Chapter 16: The Royal Banquet (3)

Only then did Xu Chen observe Li Longji.

Of course, Xu Chen didn't have the courage to look at the emperor, just glanced at it, and noticed that there were several people standing behind Li San, among them was a beautiful girl, who should also be a princess in her costume, and there was an elderly old eunuch standing next to her, the girl was talking to the eunuch, but very respectful.

The eunuch is probably Gao Lishi.

Li Longji was wearing a black gauze folded scarf, wearing a wide-sleeved casual shirt with dragon patterns, his face was haggard, age spots were rampant, his hair was slightly gray, he was over the ear but his spirit was shining, and he was extremely majestic.

Li Shuang'er got up and walked to the front of the imperial chariot, but unexpectedly found that Li Cai'er was standing behind her father, Li Cai'er squeezed her eyebrows and winked at her, this guy must have come to make trouble, Li Shuang'er didn't pay attention to her at all, and said to Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan: "The son has prepared a feast, please ask my father and the concubine to move to the courtyard." ”

Li San smiled at Shuang'er and Xu Chen, and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to it, Shuang'er don't let me down."

Yang Guifei also echoed and smiled, Li Shuang'er grabbed Li San's arm and said coquettishly: "When did the son disappoint his father?" ”

Who knew that when Li San heard this sentence, he pretended to be serious, straightened his face, and glanced at the colt quite meaningfully in front of Li Shuang'er, and then smiled with an old face, and the folds on his face looked a little twitching.

"How's it going with the colt? Isn't it still childish and awkward? Li San whispered in the princess's ear.

Li Shuang'er's face was flushed, and she glanced at Xu Chen next to her, and found that he was stunned at the moment, so she didn't answer Li San's question, and walked to the courtyard with his arm around him.

After Li San and Yang Guifei walked a few steps, Xu Chen followed behind, and then Li Cai'er stepped forward and gently patted Xu Chen's shoulder.

Xu Chen looked back and saw that the girl was grinning at him, and he looked confused, this was the first time he had met Li Cai'er.

"Have you written poetry lately? Your princess "Lying on the Stone" remembers it! Li Cai'er looked condescending, looked at Xu Chendao with disdain, turned around and said to the eunuch: "Father-in-law Gao, the horse can compose poetry!" ”

Xu Chen looked at this more kawaii girl with a blank face, with an expression of "do I know you", but he guessed correctly, this is indeed a princess, and the one behind him is the famous eunuch Gao Lishi, the poem "Lying Stone Answering Spring Green" Zi'er complained to him, but how could this princess know? Thinking that Zi'er had mentioned to him a princess of Liang Guo before, and most of her methods were made by her, could it be that this is Li Cai'er?

"Back to the princess, that poem was not made by a humble position, it was just plagiarism, just plagiarism." After all, he can't be on the stage, but he has nothing to do to practice calligraphy, who would like to let Zi'er read it to the princess, making a joke.

Li Cai'er said in her heart that you, a country man, a hooligan in the market, can also have this ability, plagiarize this kind of poetry, so she no longer cares about him, and talks about this while walking with the high father-in-law, Li Caier learned that Li San is coming to the princess's mansion, so she begged to come over, Li San can't do anything about him, the purpose of her coming here is obvious, she will not stop if she does not destroy this concubine.

At this time, Gao Lishi has spent dozens of years with Li San, and is naturally Li San's super confidant, Li San respects him very much, and Li Caier also grew up with Gao Lishi, so this princess does not dare to be presumptuous in front of Gao Lishi.

Walking all the way, he said a few words to the high father-in-law, Xu Chen still knows something about this generation of eunuchs, his loyalty to Li San, and his unwavering loyalty is praised by the world, he is a high and powerful but cautious in his work, and he serves Emperor Tang Ming wholeheartedly, Xu Chen has more of an admiration for him.

"The colt is very funny." Gao Lishi said with a smile when he heard Li Caier say the poem. He knew that this concubine was born in Wu Zhuangyuan, and it was very good to be able to copy such a poem, Li Caier wanted to taunt Xu Chen with his father-in-law, but when he didn't succeed, he stopped talking, and said in his heart, I want you to look good.

As soon as night fell, the banquet had already been prepared, Li Longji and Yang Guifei came to the front yard, and they were arranged to sit by Li Shuang'er, the wine and food had been filled with the banquet, and Xu Chen was also called by Li Shuang'er and sat beside her.

This is an ordinary family banquet, and there are not so many rules, so Li Caier obviously didn't treat herself as a guest, found a place, and sat down as soon as she sat down, this kawaii princess can hardly find any ladylike image, and the outside world's evaluation of her is even more positive.

Li Caier is nineteen years old, this is already very big in ancient times, girls from ordinary people's families, twelve or thirteen years old will reach the age of marriage, not to mention the royal family, Li San has long wanted to marry her, but this princess is too famous, the royal relatives, the children of the official eunuchs did not dare to mention the marriage, Li San also tried to marry her out by giving marriage, but who would have thought that the son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites became a relative overnight, how could the princess make a small gift? Li San was furious, but then he thought about it, the main reason was that his daughter was too angry, and people were unwilling to marry the princess at the risk of bullying the king, so what else could be done.

Speaking of which, Shuang'er is also an eighteen-year-old girl, but Li San loves her very much, and is reluctant to marry her off, and the princes and nobles who propose to Li Shuang'er are countless famous families.

The feast is the beginning, from the palace teaching department, the palace invited by the pear garden began to sing and dance on the side of the banquet, this kind of song and dance Xu Chen can't understand, but this is Li San's favorite.

The guests who participated in the dinner were: "Tang Xuanzong Li San, Yang Guifei Yuhuan, Princess Li Caier of Liangguo, Princess Li Shuang'er of Anyi and the eldest concubine Xu Chen."

Li San and Yang Guifei are naturally on the top, followed by Li Cai'er, Shuang'er, and the bottom seat is naturally the big engineer, Gao Lishi is standing next to Li San, Zi'er is standing behind the princess, she was sent to pour wine for everyone in the banquet.

Before the banquet began, Li Cai'er ran to Shuang'er excitedly and said with an ambiguous smile: "Look at how I fix him." This made Shuang'er worried, Li Shuang'er didn't want to make a big deal about it, after all, her father came to inspect the relationship between the two this time, and he was busy asking him to stop there, but Li Cai'er ignored her at all, and only said that when the judgment continues, it will be chaotic.

After the feast began, Li San said a few words, and then chatted with the concubine and the two princesses, talking and laughing, Gao Lishi also echoed on the side, Xu Chen began to urge sadly, people were talking about family affairs, and he couldn't interject.

Li San chatted with a few people for a while, and then noticed that Xu Chen, who was sitting in the lower seat, was indifferent to his son-in-law, and the purpose of his coming today was also so that he and the princess could live in harmony and build a happy family.

"What's the colt doing lately?" Li San asked Xu Chen.

Xu Chen sat on the table at first and looked embarrassed, but he didn't pay attention to the emperor's questioning, Li Shuang'er stepped on his foot, then put away his mind, and said: "Eh, that, if you go back to the emperor, the minister only practices boxing in his spare time, and helps the princess deal with housework." ”

This is to the point, Li San said "um" and nodded, Li Shuang'er was also very satisfied with Xu Chen's performance.

"Erchen heard that the concubine has a close relationship with the little prince," Li Cai'er said very abruptly.

Originally, there was talk and laughter, but there was silence in an instant, and suddenly no one dared to speak, Li Cai'er's words were still very lethal, Li Shuang'er pinched Li Cai'er fiercely, but Li Cai'er ignored her at all.

Li San was quite displeased when he heard this, because the horse was too powerful in the past, and his restrictions on the horse in recent years were obvious to all, and Li San also moved a ban for this, clearly pointing out that the horse is not allowed to interact with princes and generals, and the ministers of the government and the opposition. Therefore, even if Xu Chen is born as a martial artist, he only has the false title of a horse captain. It is also strange to say that Li San tried his best to prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, but Yang Yuhuan's brother Yang Guozhong was in power.

Xu Chen was also taken aback when he heard Li Cai'er's words, he had only met with the little prince a few times, how could she know? And what this princess said just now was clearly meant to harm me, thinking about what she and Li Shuang'er had done to her before, she was even more sure in her heart that this princess had always had bad intentions.

"Is that really the case?" Li San asked with a gloomy face.

Xu Chen hurriedly explained: "That's the case, the little prince has been obsessed with martial arts since he was a child, and he didn't let the minister go when he met him by chance, and he had to accept him as an apprentice and teach him the stunt of flying eaves and walls. didn't think about it, the little prince really took it seriously, practiced a few times, and actually drank a stomach of water, and then he realized that it was the minister who teased him, so he asked the minister to settle accounts again and again. ”

Xu Chen said, Li San was already smiling, and Gao Lishi was also busy playing a round on the side and said: "This little prince has been stubborn since he was a child, and he teased him with a horse, but let him suffer a little." ”

"The concubine has long heard that the little prince is entangled, endlessly, it's a good ......," Yang Yuhuan echoed and smiled.

Li San didn't have much atmosphere, but this time he was relieved, laughing, Li Shuang'er also pinched a sweat for Xu Chen, she didn't know why she would worry about him, she obviously hated him very much, and she couldn't wait for her father to be angry and drive him back to his hometown. Li Cai'er saw that everyone was playing in the round, so she couldn't help but get angry, frowned coldly, and snorted.

At this time, the rise of singing and dancing next to him, Li San and Yang Yuhuan were attracted to the past, it turned out that this was Li Bai's poem, "Yun Xiang Clothes and Flowers Want to Look" Lingren sang quite beautifully, this poem was what Li Bai did for Yang Yuhuan, the two looked at each other at this time, and only listened to Li Sandao: "This strange poem, I'm afraid no one can match, right?" ”

Yang Yuhuan nodded sadly, this sentence was heard by Li Cai'er beside him, and he thought that it was just right to make this guy ugly, so he said to Li San: "The horse can compose poems!" ”

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