Chapter 18: The Beginning of the Feast of the Five Kings

"Uh~, from today on, Lao Tzu must quit drinking, TMD is too uncomfortable!" Li Yan snorted and moaned, I don't know what time it is, as soon as I woke up, I felt a headache, my whole head was about to explode, my stomach was uncomfortable, I wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, my throat and eyes were dry and astringent, and my mouth smelled of wine.

"Your Highness, if you can quit drinking, the slave and maid will really give the Sanqing Dao Venerable a pillar of incense!" The little beauty Wen'er pouted and helped Li Su up, and complained while massaging Li Su's head with a pair of soft little hands.

"Hehe, Your Highness, you were drunk yesterday, and you vomited in the dark, but Sister Wen'er was so distressed that she shed tears!" The painting smiled as he held the decanting soup. Wen'er was said to be ashamed by the little girl, and she stepped forward angrily to paint, but unfortunately the beginning of the five-king banquet in Chapter 18 of the painting This girl was very flexible, put down the sobering soup and ran away, not giving Wen'er a chance to do it at all.

"Your Highness is about to drink the decanting soup, and it will soon be more comfortable." Wen'er's face was shy, and being debunked by the painting in front of her made her face flush with shame, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, "Your Highness...... Your Highness must be hungry, and the servant will go and prepare breakfast for you. After saying that, the little girl ran away.

Li Su smiled secretly in his heart, he didn't have any thoughts about these two beautiful little girls, after all, he was not a decent gentleman, but they and he were not yet fifteen years old, and it was the time when growth and development were the fastest, if they had a relationship too early, it was estimated that it would have a great impact on the body. So even if you want to eat them, you have to wait at least a few years.

After drinking the sobering soup, Li Su got dressed and walked around the ground twice, and then ate a bowl of millet porridge made by Wen'er himself, which made him feel much better. There is a special small kitchen next to the bedroom where he lives, and the big kitchen of the palace cannot be lit 24 hours a day, so when Li Su is hungry but the kitchen is not on fire, Wen'er or Hua'er will go to the small kitchen to cook some simple meals.

Li Su looked at the sky outside and found that Dongfang was slightly red, and there was still some time before the sun rose at the beginning of the Five Kings Banquet in Chapter 18.

"Wen'er, prepare pen and paper, you can help me write something!" Li Su yawned and ordered. He suddenly remembered that when he was in elementary school, his emperor father had instructed him to hand over the three-character scripture to the Ministry of Rites after completion, and he had been very busy these days, so he threw this matter to the back of his mind, and now he can't sleep anyway, so it is better to make up the rest now.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The well-behaved Wen'er agreed, and soon prepared the four treasures of the study. Li Su recalled, memorized it from the beginning, and wrote a sentence by memorizing it, looking at her serious writing, she had the demeanor of a small secretary in later generations.

"Hahahaha~, I didn't expect Rokuro to work so hard, get up early in the morning to study, it's really 'Shibei three days, when you look at it'!" Before Li Su could recite a few words, he heard someone laughing outside the door, and then as soon as the door opened, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and others walked in together, but they didn't expect them to get up.

"Rokuro is really in good spirits, my brother's brain still hurts and I can't stand it!" Li Jingheng said with a tired look on his face with his blood-red rabbit eyes, and then Li Yu found that except for Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, the other four young ones were all yawning and tired, and they didn't wake up, and they were probably grabbed from bed by the two old ones.

"Hehe, I also woke up with a hangover and couldn't sleep, and I had nothing to do, so I wanted to complete the previous "Three Character Classic", but I didn't expect that all my uncles and brothers were here." Li Yu said with a smile, and at the same time was very dissatisfied with the two old guys in his heart, he didn't sleep well in bed early in the morning, what are you doing here if you have nothing to do?

"Oh? But the three-character scripture that Rokuro didn't finish memorizing in elementary school? Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up and he asked with great interest.

"Uh~? It's the little nephew's clumsy work! Li Su didn't expect that the events of that day would reach Li Xiaogong's ears, and he was a little surprised for a while.

"Hehe, this is a coincidence, I have long heard of Rokuro's name, and today I can finally see it with my own eyes." Li Xiaogong was very happy, and his smiling beard was cocked.

"That's right, Liuyang, hurry up and recite the three-character scripture that was praised by Wei Tiedan, so that we can open our eyes!" Li Daozong also came up to make fun, and when he heard him call Wei Zheng Wei Tiegut, Li Ke and the others couldn't help laughing, and it was very appropriate to describe Wei Zheng with iron gall.

"Since my uncle wants to hear it, my nephew will be ugly!" Li Su couldn't resist the two old guys, and Li Ke and the others behind them also looked interested, so they had to agree.

Li Su started to memorize from the beginning, and after reciting the first half of the book, he began to memorize the works of the hundred schools of thought, and then it was this paragraph of history, but when Li Su memorized the sentence 'Tang Gaozu, the rebel division, in addition to the Sui chaos, and the creation of the national foundation', the next sentence opened his mouth to recite 'Twenty passes, three hundred years, Liang annihilated, and the country was changed'.

Suddenly, Li Su's whole body was excited, now it is the Tang Zhenguan period, and the history behind it has not happened! And now listening to him is not only the little girl Wen'er, but also Li Xiaogong, these royal relatives, if he says that the Tang Dynasty can only be passed on for three hundred years, it is estimated that he will be chopped into meat paste by the other party on the spot.

Thinking of this, Li Su quietly wiped his sweat, jumped all the history below, and recited it directly from his mouth, and his heart was only. Chao Yusi, Xi Yusi's began to memorize, until the end's diligence is meritorious, and the play is useless. The sentence of 'precepts, it is advisable to exert one', and the entire three-character scripture is considered to be over.

Li Su's back was very slow, even so, Wen'er, who was in charge of copying, was still tired and sweating, and after writing the last word, he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Li Su's eyes full of admiration, this was the first time Li Su showed his talent in front of her.

"Good! A small three-character scripture, which actually includes astronomy, geography, history, and morality, and the text is simple and easy to understand, it is really a rare book of enlightenment, no wonder it can be praised by Wei Zheng? It wasn't until Li Xiao finished reciting that Li Xiaogong slapped his thigh and praised loudly. Don't look at him as a military general, but his famous background has given him a strict education since he was a child, and his literacy is not low.

"Qiwen! Wonderful article! can write this article without thinking, Rokuro is really a god! Li Daozong shook his head and was still savoring the three-character scripture, but he still did not forget to praise Li Su in his mouth.

Li Ke looked at his own brother with a lot of emotion, but he didn't expect Li Su to be a blessing in disguise, and after losing his memory, he was so literate, even his brother was ashamed of himself, and his mother's hard work for so many years finally paid off. Thinking of this, the corners of Li Ke's eyes were also a little sour.

Li Yong and the other three didn't feel surprised, after all, they had already seen Li Su's literary brilliance before, but the two old men applauded, of course they didn't dare not cater to it, and then praised a few words.

"By the way, I just listened to Rokuro's three-character scripture, and I almost forgot about business." After a few more gossips, Li Daozong suddenly patted his head and said, "Liulang, do you remember what happened last night?" ”

"Last night?" Li Su was a little dazed, he only remembered drinking a lot of wine yesterday, and he also said a lot of nonsense, and he couldn't remember anything else.

"Rokuro? Last night, the Taoist Sect proposed to hold a banquet, and then invited the princes and nobles in the court to push out our new wine at the banquet, so that the old man and his former friends could have a good time, and at the same time increase the popularity of the new wine, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? Li Xiaogong reminded.

"Oh~, the little nephew remembered." Although he had a headache when he mentioned wine, he finally remembered what happened last night, "The little nephew is resolutely supportive of this matter, and the little nephew is also very impressed with his uncle's talent." Li Su opened his mouth and said, and by the way, he also patted Li Daozong's ass lightly.

"Hahaha~, Liulang's mouth is still so sweet, the old man knows that Liulang will definitely agree!" Li Daozong smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, stretched out his chubby hand and patted Li Su's shoulder.

"Agreed? Agree with what? Li was stunned for a moment, and always felt that Li Daozong was smiling with some bad intentions.

"Ahem! That is true! Li Xiaogong looked a little embarrassed, coughed lightly twice and said, "This morning, my Daozong discussed it, and found that this banquet is not suitable no matter where it is held, and I don't need to talk about it with the Daozong, even more so in your third brother's mansion, and you also know the situation in Xiaojie's family, and you can't even get together a single person, so after thinking about it, I found that only your mansion is the most suitable." ”

"My house?" Li Su's face was embarrassed, he found that this Li Xiaogong was very personable on the outside, but in fact, he was thick-skinned, and he was on par with Li Daozong who was smiling next to him, and he was not a good bird at all. If the banquet is placed on his mansion, then whose cost is it, and looking at their appearance, the scale of this banquet must be not small, and the preparations for the banquet alone are enough to keep his palace busy. Although there is a reason for this banquet to advertise new wine, the more important reason is that Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong want to take this opportunity to get together with old friends from the past, so they can't come to his house to open it, right?

In fact, Li Su thought about it for a while, and also understood the reason why the banquet was held in his palace, the two old guys were both clans with military merits, and there were many civil and military ministers among the people invited this time, so they should avoid suspicion. And Li Ke is also the same reason, after all, his identity is more sensitive, as one of Li Shimin's most valued sons, he has a lot of prestige in both the court and the people, so Li Ke should avoid suspicion, not to mention banqueting ministers, even if he usually says a few more words, he may be impeached by the imperial history. As for Li Xiaojie, not to mention, there is not even a single subordinate in the house, so he just ignores it!

Li Ke is different, although he and Li Ke are brothers, but first, he is young, and secondly, both his prestige and talent are far from Li Ke, although his efforts during this time have changed his image in the eyes of the world a lot, but in the eyes of everyone, he is still the same prince as before, basically there is no threat to the throne, and he will not be found fault because of the banquet of the Chinese martial arts.

"Don't worry, Liulang, we are also aware of the situation in your house, and there are indeed more people invited to this banquet, so the money for this banquet will be paid by me and the Taoist Sect, and we will also send people over to assist, but you have to worry about it!" Li Xiaogong is worthy of being a human spirit, and he can see Li Su's concerns at a glance. This made Li Su a little embarrassed, but since people paid and gave people, it was nothing to make a venue by himself.

"Hehe, my brother doesn't have two uncles who have a lot of money, and yesterday's shares alone have squeezed out my savings for many years, but I can still send some." Li Ke also smiled, looking at his appearance, he had already understood the reason why he could only hold a banquet here in Li Ke. Li Xiaojie also agreed at the moment, but he asked for money and no money, so he could only sell himself to Li Su temporarily, and he has been staying in the palace to help Li Su arrange it in the past few days.

Li Su saw that everyone was unanimous, and he couldn't refuse, so he had to agree, anyway, he was an idle prince, and he had nothing to do at home, so this time he could find something to do for himself.

Next, they discussed the details of the banquet again, and set the name of the banquet as "The Banquet of the Five Kings", Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, and Li Xiaojie were all county kings, plus Li Ke and Li Su, the two princes, just five princes. As soon as this name came out, everyone thought it was good, and even the newly brewed wine was named 'Five Kings Drunk', and last night their group of princes were indeed drunk and fell to the ground, and this name is also very appropriate.

And written by Li Xiaogong and Li Ke, they wrote two invitations respectively, Li Xiaogong's one was written to Li Shimin, and Li Ke's one was for the crown prince Li Chengqian, after all, such a grand banquet, it is really unreasonable not to send an invitation to the emperor and the prince, as for whether they come or not is their business, anyway, the invitation is delivered, and it is in the name of five people.

The rest of the invitations need to be prepared by them separately, whose guests are responsible for the invitation, and then they are all summarized here by Li Su, remove those duplicates, and calculate the total number of guests invited, Li Su himself has invited a lot of guests. The banquet is scheduled for the 10th of next month, which happens to be the tenth day, which is the legal rest day of Datang, and today is the end of the month, leaving them with just ten days left to prepare.

After the matter was agreed, Li Xiaogong and the others immediately returned to the mansion to prepare, allocated manpower and materials to Li Su's mansion, and sent capable subordinates to assist Li Su, after all, such a big banquet could not be handled by Li Su's manpower.

And with the sending of invitations from various mansions, it immediately caused a sensation among the aristocratic class of the entire Chang'an City, after all, such a large-scale banquet is rare, coupled with the information that has been circulated one after another from the mansions of Li Su and others, the new wine, food and large-scale banquets revealed have made people of good things scramble to guess the true face of the Five Kings Banquet, which also makes the name of the Five Kings Banquet spread throughout Chang'an in just a few days.

The people who received the invitation were also very interested in the banquet of the five kings, and the three county kings and two princes feasted together, which was already very rare, and the rumors about the banquet of the five kings in the city covered this grand banquet with a layer of mystery, and many people were looking forward to the arrival of this banquet!!