Chapter Seventy-Two: Birthday Offerings
Although Li Shimin has always advocated frugality, but Concubine Yang was born noble, and he was deeply favored, so he made an exception for Concubine Yang to hold a banquet in the Liangyi Palace, although the scale was not large, but the palace concubines and the eldest princess in Chang'an were invited, of course, Li Yu and their princes and princesses were indispensable, and they planned to sit together as a family to celebrate Concubine Yang's birthday.
After the carriage entered the imperial city, it entered the Taiji Palace through the Changle Gate, and then drove straight to the Wangyun Palace where Concubine Yang lived, although the banquet was not held there, but as his own son, he had to go there to greet his mother first, and then accompany his mother to the Liangyi Palace for a banquet, of course, Xiao Wenxin also had to accompany Li Su to go together.
The two rushed to Wangyun Palace, where Li Ke and his wife Yang were already chatting with Concubine Yang. Chapter 72 Birthday Gift Seeing Li Su and Xiao Wenxin coming, Concubine Yang seemed extremely enthusiastic, specially pulled Xiao Wenxin to her side, and chatted with her for a long time, making the other party a little overwhelmed, not knowing what her future mother-in-law was thinking?
When the banquet was about to start in the afternoon, Li Shimin rushed over after handling the political affairs, and the family rushed to the Liangyi Hall to attend the banquet together, today Concubine Yang is the protagonist, so she walked side by side with Li Shimin in front, Li Su and Li Ke were surrounded in the back, and everyone entered the hall together.
In the main hall, the people who came to the banquet were already seated, among which the palace concubines and those married princesses and eldest princesses were sitting on the right, and Li Su and their sons and daughters were sitting on the left. Because it is an orthodox palace banquet, it implements a separate meal system, generally two people have a table, and those who have been married are husband and wife sitting together, and Li Su and Xiao Wenxin, a prospective couple, also sit behind the same table.
Everyone sits down according to their status, Li Su Xing six, but the second brother above died early, so he sat behind the fifth table on the left, and his top is the fifth Li You, and the next is the seventh Li Yun. Among them, Li Yun is not enough, this person is one year younger than Li Su, he is a timid and afraid guy, after saying hello to Li Su, he sat there honestly in Chapter 72 of the birthday gift, but the fifth Li You is not small, and the eyes that looked at Xiao Wenxin turned out to be obscene, which made Li Su very displeased, and glared at the kid a few times with a cold snort, which made him reluctantly withdraw his gaze, and then looked at Li Su very jealously before he became honest.
However, Li Su scolded in his heart, if it weren't for today's wrong occasion, he would have gone up and kicked this kid to death, and he dared to look at his woman with that kind of gaze? It seems that he is impatient, and he must teach this kid a hard lesson when he finds a time, let him know how powerful he is, and save the dog's eyes from looking around in the future.
Although it was a little unpleasant, but the banquet was still going on, seeing that everyone had already arrived, Li Shimin raised his glass and said with a smile: "Today is the birthday of the concubine, everyone toasts together and prays for the concubine!" ”
"I wish the concubine happiness such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan!" Li Su and the others hurriedly stood up, raised their wine glasses together and congratulated Concubine Yang, and then everyone drank all the wine in the glasses, and the banquet officially began. (I can't really find the birthday greetings of the Tang Dynasty, so let's use this most common one first, don't mind.) )
Since it is a birthday banquet, of course, birthday gifts are indispensable, so at the beginning of the banquet, everyone has sent their own carefully prepared birthday gifts, these gifts are either expensive or novel, but they make the people participating in the banquet look at it with relish, and even Li Su, a self-proclaimed well-informed person, is also an eye-opener.
After the concubines and the eldest princess finished offering their birthday gifts, it was finally Li Yu's turn to let them be the princes and princesses, starting from the eldest Li Chengqian, and sending their own birthday gifts in turn, among which Li Chengqian sent a set of Taoist Sanqing carved from white jade, the jade quality is superior and the workmanship is exquisite, which is also in line with his identity.
And Li Ke sent a very peculiar pearl, in which the baby's fist-sized mother pearl is located in the center of the plate, surrounded by finger belly-sized pearls, and there is a very peculiar attraction between the mother beads and the pearls. This plate of pearls, which symbolizes the affection of mother and son, was immediately appreciated by Concubine Yang and the people around her, although Li Shimin felt that this thing was a bit extravagant, but for the sake of Concubine Yang being so happy, he didn't say anything.
The fourth Li Tai is good at tricks, he made a bullshit Qianqiu Fu, and then asked his father-in-law Yan Lide to draw a portrait of Concubine Yang, and gave the title on it as a birthday gift to Concubine Yang. Although this thing is not worth a lot of money in Li Su's opinion, it is exactly what Li Shimin and Concubine Yang want, so it attracted unanimous praise from the two.
When it was the turn of the fifth Li You, the kid stood up with a nonchalant face, and said lazily: "Qiqi father, concubine Niangniang, the sons are not as rich as the eldest brother, so I really can't find any birthday gifts, so I have to prepare ten Goryeo ginseng to offer, which is a little bit of the minister's heart, I hope the concubine will not dislike it." ”
As soon as Li You's words came out, they immediately aroused the contempt of other people around him, and Li Ke and Li Su also looked angry, this kid obviously didn't give face to his mother, and even took ten Korean ginseng as a birthday gift, and he actually took this kind of gift? The ginseng on Li Yu's dozen or so carriages was all judged by catties. If it weren't for the fact that today was the birthday of the concubine, the two of them would have gone up and slapped this kid's mouth.
Li Shimin was also extremely disgusted with this son, especially seeing that he was so rude to his favorite Concubine Yang, he even had a trace of anger in his heart, and he wanted to drive out this disgraceful son right now. However, Concubine Yang next to him smiled generously and said: "Wulang also gave a piece of heart, how can I, as an elder, still dislike it?" After Concubine Yang finished speaking, she asked the palace maid beside her to accept the gift. However, Li You did not have the slightest gratitude for Concubine Yang's generous performance, and sat there and poured himself a drink.
Li Su glared at Li You fiercely, this kid not only had lust for Xiao Wenxin just now, but also disrespected his mother and concubine now, this Liangzi is over, it is nothing to provoke him Li Su, but if anyone dares to provoke his own women and relatives, then he will wait for his revenge a thousand times!
But now it's Li Su's turn to present a birthday gift, so Li Su adjusted his mentality, walked forward with a smile, bowed and said: "The son sees the father and the mother, I wish the mother eternal youth and happiness!" ”
"Hehe, Liulang, usually the concubine loves you the most, what birthday gift have you prepared?" Seeing Li Su, a son who was more and more reassuring to him, Li Shimin's face finally turned from gloomy to clear, and he asked in a very relaxed tone. Concubine Yang also looked at Li Su with a smile, she got some tone from Li Ke, knowing that this son spent a lot of time and effort in order to prepare gifts for herself, so she was also looking forward to Li Su's gifts.
"Father, my son, this time I have prepared three very special birthday gifts to congratulate my mother!" Li Su said with a smile, although the gifts that came with him were loaded with more than a dozen cars, but those were just ordinary congratulatory gifts, not birthday gifts, birthday gifts are generally selected and prepared by the host himself, and given to the birthday person in front of everyone at the banquet, for example, in addition to giving the plate of mother-of-pearl just now, Li Ke actually gave a lot of other gifts.
"Oh, bring it up!" Li Shimin seemed to be more anxious than Concubine Yang, Li Su mentioned it to him last time, but he didn't say what kind of gift he was, and the shadow guards around him also reported to him, saying that Li Su's mansion thundered during the day, which made him even more curious, and wanted to see Li Su's mysterious gift earlier.
"The retainers obey!" After Li Su finished speaking, he beckoned, and Wen'er and Hua'er, who had been standing beside Li Su with a brocade box, stepped forward. Li Su walked over to the first gift Wen'er took, then reached out and opened the box, taking out a round plate-like thing from it.
"Mother, please see, this is the first gift prepared by the son." Li Su said, handing over the gift in his hand to Concubine Yang.
Concubine Yang took it and took a look, and found that the outside of this thing was a round rosewood frame with exquisite workmanship, which was decorated with many patterns and birds and beasts, and in the middle was a shiny thing, like crystal. When she straightened the thing and wanted to take a closer look, she suddenly saw a beautiful face in the crystal that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
"Ah~, this ...... Is this a mirror? Concubine Yang looked at her delicate face in the mirror, revealing a look of disbelief, she couldn't believe it anyway, there was still a mirror in this world that reflected people so clearly.
"Huh~, let me take a look?" Li Shimin next to him also found that this mirror was different, took it and looked left and right to take a good look at his heroic face, and found that this mirror was really much stronger than the bronze mirror he used, and even the beard on his face could be seen clearly.
"Father, mother, this is indeed a mirror, but it is different from the bronze mirror we commonly use, but a mirror polished by crystal, and the son uses an exclusive secret method to treat the crystal, and when using it to shine on people, it will be a hundred times clearer than the bronze mirror." Li Su said triumphantly, although the time is shorter, and he can't make glass, but what does it matter, if there is no glass, use crystal instead, find a crystal with good permeability, and then let a clever craftsman polish it into a flat plate, and then make a mirror with tin foil and mercury.
The others were a little disappointed when they heard Concubine Yang say it was a mirror at first, and they thought that Li Su had prepared a gift for her mother, and it turned out to be a mirror after a long time, but soon they found out that Li Shimin and Concubine Yang were abnormal, if it was just an ordinary mirror, they should not be so out of shape. After listening to Li Su's explanation, they understood the difference of this mirror, so they all stepped forward to see it.
"Brother Huang, can you let us also see what is the difference between the mirror presented by Rokuro?" Princess Danyang, who was the most daring, was the first to stand up and say, this proposal was immediately approved by several other eldest princesses, and even Qinghe and the other little guys were also coaxing, wanting to take a look at the mystery of the mirror.
Li Shimin couldn't refute everyone's interest, turned his head to look at Concubine Yang, although Concubine Yang was reluctant, but finally agreed, so he handed the mirror to everyone and circulated it. As a result, it immediately caused a sensation, and the men didn't care, but they felt that they had finally seen their appearance, and those women couldn't put it down one by one, if it weren't for the only bit of reason that kept them awake, maybe they would dare to go home now.
After finally circulating it, Concubine Yang immediately put the mirror in the brocade box, and told her to keep it by her personal palace maid, and no one could touch it without her consent.
ps:Although it's not good to break here.,But the following plot is still very long.,The old fish has no time code today.,You can only wait until tomorrow.,But the following two gifts have been prompted in the previous article.,You might as well guess it first.,Hehe.。
In addition, the book friend 'Jue Shi Allure' proposed that there was a problem with the title, and now it has been changed, thank you for the reminder of Jue Shi Allure.!!