Leng Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The prince came to pay New Year's greetings to the lowly position, but the lowly position does not dare to be a lowly position!" Ming said that the prince's family banquet, since the lowly husband and wife are invited, there is no reason not to go, and it will be disturbed at that time. ”

Zhao Tingmei nodded and smiled, and said, "Then it's decided." ”

After a few more gossips, Zhao Tingmei got up and said goodbye and left.

Sending Zhao Tingmei away, Leng Yi couldn't figure out, why did he come to the door to pay New Year's greetings to a subordinate in person, and personally invited himself and his wife to attend his family banquet. Could it be that he has something for himself? If so, what does he ask himself to do? Does he have any difficult cases that he has to solve by himself? This possibility is not very big, because he is the magistrate under him who is responsible for the investigation and trial of the case, if there is a difficult case, he can directly order it, and he does not need to come to the door in person. Is that something that he is good at drawing realistic character drawings, and he knows about it and wants him to help paint a picture? But if that's the case, it doesn't seem necessary for him to come in person.

It seems that Zhao Tingmei's visit must have another meaning. It's just that I can't touch this deep meaning yet, and I don't know what it's for. Now, it's just a matter of taking one step at a time.

The next day, Leng Yi still entered the palace to inspect the embroidery exploration of the embroidery, and studied with them how to use the color of the eyes, so that the kind of realistic eyes appeared, each embroiderer used a method to test, until the afternoon, only to find the most suitable thread and stitch, and finally showed the eyes realistically.

They are such a difficult to overcome one difficulty after another, and each time they overcome a difficulty, they are close to success. Now, most of the difficulties have been overcome, and only a few small details remain. It seems that the moment of success is just around the corner.

Leng Yi was very happy, and when he saw that it was getting late, he left the palace and returned to the mansion.

Knowing that Leng Yi was going out to the Qi Palace's banquet, Master Dong whispered to Leng Yi: "Dong Weng can tie the gold belt given by the official family, this is Dong Weng's glory and respect for the housekeeper." ”

In fact, Master Dong was worried that Leng Yi, a small sesame official, would be too humble in front of King Qi, so he swept his face and specially reminded him to tie the gold belt rewarded by the emperor, so no matter who it was, seeing the gold belt was like seeing the emperor, so naturally he didn't dare to slack off.

Leng Yi asked Zhuo Qiaoniang to take out the gold belt, tie it around her waist, and then put on a tiger skin, take the servants, and carry a large box of heavy gifts, and go to the mansion of Zhao Tingmei, the king of Qi, for a banquet.

After recuperating these words, Zhuo Qiaoniang can already walk normally, but she can't be too tired. Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang took a sedan chair respectively, and under the protection of guards such as Wumei Daoren, they went to Zhao Tingmei's Qi Palace.

Zhao Tingmeiqi's palace is not far from Leng Yi's mansion, and it is only a meal away on foot.

Master Diao personally greeted him at the gate of the prince's mansion, and when he saw Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang getting off the sedan chair, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Lord Leng, Mrs. Leng." The two of them came, I'm really sorry, the prince was receiving a distinguished guest in the house, and it was inconvenient to come out to greet him, so he deliberately let the little one wait at the door. ”

"It's okay!" Leng Yi smiled: "Who else did the prince invite?" ”

"There are only the husband and wife of Longxi, and the two of you, Lord Leng, and there is no one else. Our prince doesn't like to be too noisy. So when I usually invite guests, I am the closest person. ”

Leng Yi heard what he said, obviously included himself in it, and couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking to himself, this Zhao Tingmei will be killed by Emperor Zhao Guangyi in the near future, if he gets too close to him, it may not be a good thing. In the future, I have to keep my distance from him.

Leng Yi and his wife stepped into the prince's mansion, and the guards could only wait in the guard room and could not follow. However, the Qi Palace's palace was heavily guarded, so there was no need to worry about assassins.

It's snowing these days, and the snow on both sides of the road in the yard is full of swept snow, and the trees, roofs, and rockeries have turned silver everywhere.

Zhuo Qiaoniang was already dressed very thickly, but she was still clever and had a cold war. Leng Yi reached over and wanted to take her hand to warm her, but Zhuo Qiaoniang avoided her hand with a red face, glanced at Zhao Tingmei in front of her, and smiled at Leng Yi, meaning don't be like this, there are outsiders.

Leng Yi also smiled, in modern times, there is nothing like holding hands like this, but in ancient times, it is eye-catching. I had to withdraw my hand and follow all the way to the lobby, where a thick red felt carpet curtain hung at the entrance of the main hall. An attendant next to him sang loudly: "Lord Leng Yileng, the official of Kaifeng Mansion, has arrived!" ”

After a while, a pair of men and women came out of the lobby, and the smiling man was Zhao Tingmei, who arched his hand and said, "Lord Leng is here, I didn't come out to greet him, it's rude!" ”

Leng Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Don't dare to be!" Then introduced Zhuo Qiaoniang and said: "This is the Humble Jing Zhuo Clan." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang hurriedly blessed the gift: "Meet the prince!" ”

Zhao Tingmei also returned the salute and introduced the woman next to her: "This is my princess Li." ”

Leng Yi and his wife hurried to greet each other again. Then Princess Li returned the salute, stepped forward affectionately to support Zhuo Qiaoniang's hand, and said: "Oh, I heard that you were sick when you came to the capital, but it happened that I was busy with things here and didn't have time to visit, and then I heard that Doctor Hua had cured your illness, so I felt at ease." How's it going, how do you feel now? ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang is not good at sociability, thinking that she is a dignified princess, and she is nothing, she is very frightened, her face is red to her neck, but Nuo Nuo said: "It's okay, it's okay, thank you princess for your concern." ”

Princess Li affectionately grabbed her arm: "Let's go, go into the house, it's freezing outside, you can recover from a serious illness, but you can't blow the cold wind." Go in and I'll introduce you to a big beauty you know. Princess Li said, as if she had been Zhuo Qiaoniang's best friend for many years, and entered the house affectionately.

Zhao Tingmei and Leng Yi looked at each other and smiled, and also followed into the lobby.

The cold wind outside, but the lobby is warm like spring, not only because there are steaming braziers in the four corners of the lobby, but also mainly because on the fluffy carpet in the lobby, is leaning crookedly against a stunning beauty, with beautiful eyebrows and phoenix eyes, Qiong nose and red lips, snow-white skin, graceful posture, wearing a well-fitting long dress, slender fingers holding a glass of scarlet wine, is slowly tasting, hearing the voice, beautiful eyes look forward to it, eyes turn to look over, it makes people like a spring breeze as comfortable.

Seeing such a beauty, if Leng Yi didn't know her low interest, I was afraid that she would be stunned at that time.

This stunning beauty is, of course, the queen Xiao Zhouhou of Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty!

Zhuo Qiaoniang saw her, she was also stunned, this beauty is comparable to Bai Hong, just two kinds of beauty, Bai Hong is heroic, this one is delicate and charming, she couldn't help but glance at her husband, but seeing his indifferent expression, there was even a trace of disdain, she couldn't help but be secretly happy, and then blamed herself, how to see a beautiful woman and worry about her husband's favor, this kind of jealousy, is not a woman's moral demeanor.

Xiao Zhouhou glanced at Leng Yi, then turned his gaze back, and looked at a lonely middle-aged man next to him, his eyes were full of tenderness, as if he was about to snuggle in his arms and be coquettish.

The middle-aged man was a little handsome, but his figure was thin, and his face revealed indescribable melancholy. Holding a glass of wine, he also followed the sound and saw Leng Yi, nodding slightly.

Zhao Tingmei smiled and said, "Lord Leng, I'll introduce you to a friend," pointing to the lonely middle-aged man: "This is Grandpa Li Yu and Grandpa Li of Longxi." After introducing Xiao Zhou, he said: "This is Grandpa Li's wife, Mrs. Zheng Guo." Immediately, Leng Yi and his wife were introduced.

Originally, the person sitting with Xiao Zhouhou like this must be her husband, the famous Southern Tang Dynasty queen Li Yu, but after Zhao Tingmei introduced it, Leng Yi was still slightly surprised, after all, Li Yu's name was too loud.

Leng Yi arched his hand and said: "See Grandpa Li!" Zhuo Qiaoniang also followed Fuli, but she blushed and didn't know what to call it.

Li Yu stood up, returned the salute, and said, "You're welcome, Lord Leng, please take a seat!" ”

There was a thick carpet on the wooden floor of the lobby, and in it was a small table with a few dishes on it, and a pot of wine, the wine pot was very exquisite, and the wine cup was also antique, and beside it, there was a yaoqin, which was placed on the pillow crookedly, as if it had been played before, and had not yet been put back on the table.

The maid brought two thick futons over and placed them next to the small table, Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang sat cross-legged, and the maid poured wine for them. Zhao Tingmei and his wife sat separately on both sides of the table.

Leng Yi thought that Zhao Tingmei's family banquet should be a regular round table meal, but he didn't expect it to be such an elegant drink, which was very in line with his taste, and said with a smile at the moment: "Grandpa Li and Prince Qi are very interested, such a harsh winter, throw away the world, and exchange the floating name for a low singing." ”

Leng Yi used the famous sentence of the famous lyricist Liu Yong, praising several of them, Liu Yong was not born at the moment, and his words naturally no one knew, this is just the right point, which immediately attracted Li Yu's sideways eyes, and Xiao Zhouhou also squinted at him: "Listen to this, Master Li is not shallow in poetry?" ”

Leng Yi thought to himself, you are boasting of being romantic here, but you don't know the ugliness of your affair with Zhao Guangyi, I have seen it clearly, since you are facing such a slut, you don't have to be polite, so she smiled faintly and said: "'The young man doesn't know the taste of sorrow, and he is worried about the new word'." See smiled. ”

Leng Yi's sentence quoted the famous sentence of Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, which surprised Li Yu and Zhao Tingmei, but Xiao Zhouhou's originally squinted phoenix eyes also opened a lot, looked Leng Yi up and down a few times, and said with a light smile: "I really can't see it, Xiao Tuiguan, there is such talent." ”

Leng Yi picked up the wine glass, and didn't wait for Zhao Tingmei to persuade him to drink, he drank it all, praised the good wine, and then said: "Leng Mou in front of Grandpa Li, where dare to say half a talented word, Grandpa's words, Leng Mou has loved it for a long time, and now he can see it, it is really a blessing for three lives." After that, he bowed his hand to Li Yu.

Zhao Tingmei said happily: "Oh, it turns out that you also admire Chongguang's words, and you should be cited as a bosom friend!" ”

Chongguang is Li Yu's word. Xiao Zhouhou's long eyelashes fluttered twice, closed them again, and Yu Yin sighed tactfully: "Mountains and rivers, bosom friends are hard to find." ”

Leng Yi heard that she meant that he was not worthy of being Li Yu's bosom friend at all, and felt a little uncomfortable, although he couldn't compose poetry, he had always been very interested in poetry, and memorized a lot of Song words, especially the famous Song Dynasty masters, among which the two favorites were Liu Yong and Li Yu. Li Yu's poems, he can memorize them all, and he also knows the taste, he doesn't want to be looked down on by her, so he said: "'Socks step incense steps, hand gold shoes. Grandpa's words are so well written! ”

Xiao Zhouhou was slightly stunned, then became furious, and said, "You dare to laugh at Mrs. Ben?!" ”

This sentence was written by Li Yu when Li Yu was cheating with Xiao Zhouhou, depicting Xiao Zhouhou who was afraid that others would find out, carrying shoes, wearing socks, and secretly running to have a tryst with Li Yu.

Zhuo Qiaoniang didn't understand poetry, and she couldn't understand what they said, seeing that this Mrs. Zheng Guo was angry, she couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly smiled, and said, "My family official didn't mean this, Mrs. misunderstood......

"It's none of your business!" Xiao Zhouhou's words were like ice, and he didn't even look at Zhuo Qiaoniang, staring directly at Leng Yi, "Whose power are you relying on, dare to be so rude?" ”

Leng Yi saw her scolding Zhuo Qiaoniang, and he was also angry, smiled faintly, and said, "I just recited Grandpa Li's famous sentence and praised it for its good writing." I am a small pusher, who can I use, and how dare I laugh at my wife. - It's really hot in this room. As he spoke, Leng Yi took off the tiger skin he was wearing. The maid next to her hurriedly came over to take it and put it on the screen by the door.

Leng Yi took off his big hat, revealing the gold belt rewarded by Emperor Zhao Guangyi tied around his waist, which was made of pieces of gold-wrapped jade strings, and was also inlaid with countless pearls and agate gemstones, which was really golden and dazzling.

Li Yu is most afraid of Zhao Guangyi, after Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he often sneered at Li Yu, and the cowardly Li Yu did not dare to contradict him for half a word, and now, suddenly saw Emperor Zhao Guangyi's gold belt tied to Leng Yi's waist, and was immediately shocked, and he was busy kneeling up and kowtowing.

Xiao Zhouhou also lost her face, Zhao Guangyi rewarded Leng Yi with a gold belt, their husband and wife didn't know, although she was with Zhao Guangyi, she knew very well in her heart that Zhao Guangyi just wanted to humiliate her husband by raping herself, since she couldn't resist, so she asked for the surname to cater to it, but it made Zhao Guangyi's purpose not succeed, and at the same time, she could also exchange Zhao Guangyi for showing mercy to her husband's subordinates. She knew very well that she was not a lover at all in Zhao Guangyi's heart, just a tool to humiliate the enemy, where did she have half a status.

Now that she saw Leng Yi showing this baby, she knew that he was Zhao Guangyi's person, it turned out that this official dared to say that because of the emperor's power, she secretly regretted that her words were too reckless, in case this official said bad things about her husband in front of the emperor, wouldn't it be a big trouble, she was frightened in her heart, and quickly followed her husband to kneel down and kowtow.

Leng Yi didn't know that these two were so afraid of Zhao Guangyi, and he regretted that he had brought this golden waist, so he hurriedly helped Li Yu and said, "Grandpa, please get up!" Zhuo Qiaoniang also got up and supported Xiao Zhouhou.

Li Yu and his wife got up at this time, and Li Yu arched his hand and said in fear: "I am reckless after drinking, and I ask Lord Li to forgive me!" ”

(To be continued)