Winter nights always come very early, and at the end of the hour, the streets of Chang'an City are already lit up.

At noon, Li Yuanba dragged Li Chongyi and the three of them to have a meal in the mansion, and after a good sleep, he asked Bai Fu to arrange a carriage and gifts, and prepare to go to the palace of Zhaojun.

After all, Li Xiaogong asked people to give gifts again and again, and it seemed a little unreasonable for him to come to the door for the first time without taking something.

Because the little fat man Li Jingheng and Li Xiaojie needed to go back to their respective mansions to change and prepare some gifts, when Li Yuanba's carriage arrived outside the Zhaojun Palace, he was only alone.

As soon as the carriage was settled, a doorman from the palace came to greet him.

After seeing the invitation, the doorman was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuanba, and then shouted to the palace like a wine shop welcome a guest and sang a promise: "His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived!" ”

At this time, the gate of the palace was actually full of traffic, and there were not many people coming in and out, but there had to be a seventeen or eighteen person, and most of these people were Confucian scholars dressed as officials.

The doorman's loud voice immediately attracted the attention of many people, but they quickly reacted and hurriedly came forward to salute.

A formulaic smile appeared on Li Yuanba's face, and he waved cordially to the people who came to salute, at least on the surface, it seemed amiable.

Just when the smirk on Li Yuanba's face gradually became stiff, the savior came!

I saw Cheng Fu, who had gone to give him a gift before, hurriedly walked over from the palace, bowed down from afar, and said at the same time: "Lord, everything is complicated today, so I just came out to greet him now, and please don't blame the prince!" ”

"It's okay!" Li Yuanba breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Cheng Fu as if he was looking at a relative, and he secretly said in his heart: "Damn, I finally don't have to be polite with these guys!" ”

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"Chief Cheng, didn't your prince only invite a few familiar ministers and members of the Li clan? Why are so many people here? ”

Li Yuanba followed behind Cheng Fu and walked to the back garden, and in addition to those dressed as officials, there were also some literati in their thirties, all dressed in furs, gathered under the corner pavilion to enjoy the plum blossoms and talk.

"Back to the prince's words, it will be the Shangyuan Festival after the year, and this year's Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival will be our turn to do it in Zhaojun Wangfu. Therefore, taking this opportunity, my prince invited some literati to think of some poems and lantern riddles, and choose some to use in the Lantern Festival of the Shangyuan Festival! ”

Cheng Fu, who was leading the way in front, replied with a smile.

"Oh? It seems that my brother Wang has good connections! Li Yuanba muttered in a low voice.

After walking for less than a cup of tea, Cheng Fu led Li Yuanba directly through the back garden and came to the back hall of the palace.

The architectural style of the back hall of the palace is very similar to the Qianqing Palace visited by Li Yuanba in the previous life, but in terms of area, it is several sizes smaller.

At this moment, the back hall is already full of people, and only the few small hu tables at the front are still empty.

Li Yuanba swept around the small table that had already taken up a position.

Hey, I found that there are really many acquaintances: Wenchen's side has the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui; On the military general's side are Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, and Wei Chigong......

When everyone saw Li Yuanba walking in flutteringly, whether they were happy or not, they all stood up and bowed.

Not happy?

Not! Who called Li Yuanba a relative of the emperor, and he was the most favored?

"Excuse me!" Li Yuanba accepted everyone's salute very calmly, and in his own words: "Lao Tzu is now enjoying happiness with the Tang Dynasty, and not receiving a few courtesies from you really damages my identity as a traverser!" ”

Just when Li Yuanba thought of this, a shrill voice came: "King Zhaojun, King Rencheng, and King Qinghe have arrived!" ”

Yo, this old brother is here together!

The three princes who paced out of the back hall first greeted all the civil ministers and military generals present.

When they saw Li Yuanba, who was standing in the middle of the main hall, they were all stunned, and then hurriedly greeted them, after all, it was the younger brother of the current saint, and they were brothers and cousins, but they didn't dare to take any shelf.

"Shiro, when will you arrive at the Dewang Mansion!" Li Xiaogong, as the master, took the lead in giving Li Yuanba a salute and said.

"Brother Wang invited, how can Yuanba not come?" Li Yuanba returned the salute with a smile, and at the same time looked at the king of Zhao Jun, who was recorded in history as the first military merit of the Li royal family.

Li Xiaogong looks like he is in his early forties, tall and thin, slightly delicate, with three long beards under his chin, plus the moon-white robe he is wearing at the moment, he looks very personable, and he can't see that he was once a military general, but like a literati and ink man with a belly full of elegance.

From this point of view, Li Chongyi is somewhat similar to his father, but this character does need to be polished.

"Shiro, when Xiao'er went to your house to deliver invitations earlier, you didn't say that! If it weren't for the fear of hurting the relationship between you and my brother, my brother would have chased you with a horizontal knife a long time ago! ”

King Rencheng looked at Li Yuanba with a bluffed face, and his serious expression caused everyone present to laugh.

It seems that Li Yuanba guessed well before, this king of the city and county is really a master who likes to joke, looking at his wide body and fat body, although his round fat face is deliberately stiff at the moment, it gives people a kind feeling.

It is said that what kind of Lao Tzu there is, what kind of son he has, Li Jingheng is very similar to his father.

"Okay, in front of so many people, can't you be more restrained?"

Li Xiaoyou, the king of Hejian County, was very similar to his younger brother Li Xiaojie, he reached out and patted Li Daozong's shoulder heavily, and continued: "Now that everyone has arrived, is this banquet about to start?" ”

"There's one more yet, so we'll wait!" Li Xiaogong led Li Yuanba and the others to sit at the top few small beard tables, shaking his head slightly.

"Anyone else?"

When Li Yuanba heard this, he curiously swept around, and found that on Li Daozong's right hand, that is, the second position on the side of the general, there was still an empty small beard table, and he couldn't help but feel quite strange.

You must know that the seats in this hall are carefully arranged, and in terms of status, who should sit where, who should not do where, and if you do something wrong, it may cause conflicts.

The people below were also inexplicable, especially those generals, when they saw that the table in front of them was still empty, their faces all became strange, especially Cheng Yanjin, whose beard was scruffy and fierce, was about to blush.

Just when the old goblin Cheng was about to hold it back, a loud voice came from far away outside the back hall:

"General Zuo Wuwei, Duke Qin has arrived!"

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