The emperor's birthday banquet is generally a big birthday celebration, Li San is not an ordinary emperor, since he was sixty years old, the scale of the birthday banquet every year is relatively large, and it is higher than one year after another.

At dusk on the fifth day of the first month of August, the imperial city was already crowded, and the palace gates were full of Yulin army guards, Chen Xuanli, as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, naturally did not dare to slack off when meeting the emperor's birthday banquet.

Since the foreign envoys are unified in the management of food and housing, they have also posted posts, which are equivalent to passes, and they must be checked one by one when they pass through the palace gate, and the demeanor of a great country must also do security work, and these foreign envoys have as many as one or two hundred people, and some even drag their families into the imperial city, which is nothing more than to pay tribute to the glory of the emperor of the Celestial Empire.

The birthday banquet was selected in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace, which was originally the place of the court meeting, Li Longji also did not go to the court for many years, and the ministers were in the office of the imperial city every day, and after Yang Guozhong was promoted to the prime minister, the office hours of the officials were changed from five o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening to seven o'clock in the morning and twelve o'clock in the afternoon, yes, yes, you can get off work at noon.

This is also the method by which Prime Minister Yang has just been promoted to prime minister to win the hearts of the people, and the effect must be very good, and this official is naturally very comfortable.

Hanyuan Palace, resplendent and brilliant, as the main hall of Daming Palace, the birthday banquet is selected here not only solemn and sacred, but also allows foreign friends to appreciate the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, full of tall times.

The whole hall of Hanyuan Hall is built on a solid loess pedestal, this loess pedestal is one zhang five feet high, thirty rods long from east to west, fifteen rods wide from north to south, Hanyuan Hall above it, twenty rods from east to west, seven rods and five feet long from north to south, twelve rods high, columns, foreheads, doors and windows are painted with red palace walls with white as the background color. Red lines are painted, door nails and balustrades are gilded, and the roof of the temple is paved with black glazed tiles.

There is a matching pavilion on the left and right of it, there are corridors and the main hall communicate, the left pavilion is called Xiangluan and the right pavilion is named Qifeng, and the straight-line distance between the two pavilions is ninety-six rods. This hall is the highest palace of Daming Palace, on a sunny day, standing on the second floor of Langya and looking out, you can see the scenery of Zhongnan Mountain.

From the main gate of Hanyuan Hall to the main gate of Daming Palace, Danfeng Gate is a long and wide stone road, called Longwei Road. The dragon tail road gradually descends from high to low, and bluestone railings are symmetrically arranged on both sides.

This time there are as many as 1,000 people at the birthday banquet, which is also the reason why it was chosen to be held in Hanyuan Palace, at this time the sunset has just set, hundreds of tables have been placed on Longwei Road, hundreds of officials have been standing on Longwei Road waiting to be seated, and they are talking at the moment, and the whole palace is extremely noisy.

The noble person of the status naturally sits in the palace, and the nobility mentioned here is naturally the relationship with the emperor, and the closer ones naturally rely on the emperor closer, of course, the princes and nobles naturally have to sit in the palace.

People outside the city are still going inside, almost every corner of Daming Palace can see the guards of the Imperial Forest Army who maintain order, Xu Chen, as a red man next to the emperor now, naturally entered the hall and sat down, and he was already sitting in the hall at this time.

The interior of Hanyuan Hall is luxurious, but it is solemn and solemn, and the overall feeling is magnificent, because it is the place of the court meeting, and the inside is relatively empty, but now is the time when it is overcrowded, and the eunuch palace maid is making the final arrangements and is busy.

The reason why Xu Chen came so early was what Li Shuang'er meant, at this moment, Li Shuang'er was directing the palace ladies to inspect the venue, there was one less wine lord in this place, and there was one less fruit plate in that place, no matter how big or small, she was a capable girl.

Boredom sat on the table in the hall, looking at the busy Li Shuang'er in a daze, there was really nothing to do, and there was no chance to visit the Daming Palace with Li Shuang'er all the way.

When he was in a daze, there was a eunuch who came to offer courtesy, and asked Xu Da Ma if he was thirsty for a while, and asked if he was tired for a while, and when he saw that this person looked like a thief, he didn't have a good feeling, so he didn't care much, but this eunuch was more persistent, although Xu Chen didn't ask his name, but the eunuch finally reported his name, nothing more than to let Xu Da Ma remember his name - Yu Chaoen.

It's okay not to mention the name, Xu Chen frowned when he heard it, and asked with a cold face: "You are Yu Chaoen?" ”

The big eunuch Yu was very distressed, but he lost a long time with a smiling face, but he ended up with this reflection, does the horse know himself? It can't be, it really doesn't have much to do with each other, so why is the colt so disgusted when he hears his name?

Seeing that Xu Chen no longer bothered with him, he left in a huff, Xu Chen was not angry, but he was disgusted when he saw some people, and he had to show it to be happy, he wouldn't think too much, this eunuch's reputation was too stinky, and it was on par with Lingcheng over there, if there was a chance to kill these two eunuchs, Xu Chen would definitely not hesitate.

History is like this, even if it has nothing to do with you, but you will always sigh at the same time, if you have the opportunity, you will definitely not hesitate to make the most correct choice.

I didn't see Gao Lishi, this old guy is estimated to be with the old emperor Li San, and the birthday banquet will not start for a while, Xu Chen has been sitting in the hall for an afternoon, he really can't hold on, and he wants to go out for a walk, so he went to say hello to Li Shuang'er.

Li Shuang'er was surprisingly busy, and when she heard Xu Chen say that she wanted to go out for a walk, she casually agreed, and then thought about it, but she was flattered, yes, the colt actually said hello to her, this, this was completely impossible before.

The last time I was in Qujiangchi, Xu Juma didn't say hello, and left the table directly, and lied that it was an uncomfortable stomach, you must know that on that occasion, if it was discovered by his father, the consequences would be unimaginable, but Xu Juma didn't care, he did his own thing, which also angered her, but, at this moment, this little thing was a hello, very unexpected.

The indescribable joy in my heart was only a short while, and I began to direct the work again, but the work momentum has obviously improved a lot.

Xu Chen is dressed very brightly today, and he is tall and handsome, this out of Hanyuan Palace, but it has attracted the attention of countless eunuchs and palace maids, most of them still don't know this concubine, but some people recognize it, bowed their heads and whispered a few words to their companions, and they were all stunned: This is that Xu Concubine!

So in the admiring eyes of a group of people, Xu Chen walked down the steps, this long road was full of officials, and Xu Chen didn't want to join in the fun, but at this moment, the officials were scratching.

Longwei Road, which was originally slightly crowded, was full of people, but they retreated to both sides one after another, making room for space, and there were originally a group of officials at one end of Longwei Road who walked in, it was Yang Guozhong.

Qujiang Chishang has only seen Yang Guozhong once, but he can write down this person, at this moment Yang Guozhong walked in front with a spring breeze on his face, followed by Hu Tong, the servant of the Criminal Department, Li Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others. Yang Guozhong also served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but now he has more than 20 positions, most of which are virtual.

Yang Guozhong was born in the army, his figure is very burly, he is in his early fifties, he is majestic, and it is said that he can still reach the level of the Seven Girls of the Night Palace, but his appearance is too sorry for the audience, that is, he is a public face, but at first glance, he feels awkward, Xu Chen always feels that Yang Guozhong's nose is crooked.

As soon as Prime Minister Yang appeared, it also indicated that the birthday banquet was about to begin, but he did not see foreign envoys. Yang Guozhong walked on the Longwei Road, everyone retreated to both sides, the prime minister looked up and saw that the palace was still cleaning up, and knew that the emperor did not come, and stopped when he walked to the middle.

Very useful, power this thing, often the coolest at this time, the more people around, the more powerful you are, before Li Longji went to the court, when the officials were outside the palace, they were all gathered together in piles to speak, often alone, indicating that there is no way to mix in the court, either offended the big officials or offended the emperor, no one dared to talk to you.

Xu Chen originally wanted to go shopping elsewhere, but he didn't want to be blocked by this Yang Da's nose, there were railings on both sides, and he couldn't climb the railing and jump down, but it was not Xu Chen's surname to go back to the palace, but fortunately, there was no official who knew him, so he wanted to go around directly.

There is nothing to visit in the palace, but although Xu Chen has been here several times, he has not walked in person, as a traverser, he is fortunate to go to the palace for a walk, and it will not be blind if he does not visit.

So when Xu Chen approached Yang Guozhong's group, he was stopped by a person: "But Xu Yuma?" ”

It's no wonder that Xu Chen is too handsome in this Hu suit, and he is particularly eye-catching when he walks in the crowd, so he was recognized, it is the old man in the imperial history who once asked him for poetry.

"Sure enough, it's Xu Luma, I have all your poems."

This old poet saw that Xu Chen actually said such a thing, Xu Chen had to stop, this old guy looked familiar, since he knew himself, it was not good to leave in a hurry, so he said: "My lord, this is here to attend the birthday banquet?" ”

Nonsense, the old poet obviously didn't expect the famous colt to say such a sentence, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

The situation in the field changed suddenly, but the old man's sudden sentence of "Xu Concubine" was listened to, and then he looked at Xu Chen, and after being sure that this was Xu Concubine, they all ran over to say hello.

Xu Yuma's fame is too great, these officials naturally know the stakes, everyone has never seen Xu Chen Xu Wenxian's true body, so they are very interested in this mysterious horse, now that they see it, they naturally want to come to say hello, and say that they will lift their shoes, no, they are said to be carried later.

Seeing that such a person didn't want to stammer, the scene was instantly chaotic, and everyone wanted to see what this colt was like and whether they could stammer, so they all walked away from Yang Guozhong's side.

It was a lot colder in an instant, Yang Guozhong looked at Xu Chen, who was surrounded by the crowd, and his nose widened with anger...... (To be continued.) )