"Yo, third brother, did you come early?"

"The third brother is here."

"Third brother."

……

The old man's will is very simple, minus those false words, the content is actually only one sentence - tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is used in the Qianqing Palace, other than that, there is nothing else, but it is such a simple edict, but the third master suffers from gains and losses, and the banquet that was originally halfway through the banquet has no intention of continuing, hastily ended, rested in the main courtyard for more than an hour, and then called Hongqing to rush to the direction of the imperial city, only then just got off the carriage in front of Tiananmen, and saw that the fourth master, the fifth master, etc. had already arrived, and only did not see the eighth. The ninth and thirteenth masters, without waiting for the third master father and son to gain a firm foothold, all the brothers had already greeted them with a smile, chatting with each other, even the fourth master, who had always been cold-faced and cold-hearted, squeezed out a few hints of smiles, of course, this kind of laughter is actually better than crying, and I can't see where it goes.

"All the younger brothers have arrived, heh, it's too late for brothers, Haihan, Haihan."

The third master had something in his heart, but the true nature of the long-sleeved dance was still there, but seeing his warm smile, he raised his hand and made a gesture towards everyone, and returned the salute with apologies.

"Third brother, it's not too late for you to arrive, hey, some people still don't know where the cat is calculating and biting at this time."

When the third master apologized, he didn't notice that the eighth master and the others hadn't arrived yet, of course, even if they did, the third master wouldn't take it to heart, after all, there was still a distance from the time to enter the palace, and there was not much difference between coming later and coming earlier, and the left and right had to wait, but what the third master didn't notice, the old sixteen noticed, so he didn't care if the occasion was not an occasion, and he shouted along the third master's words without any scruples.

"Grandma is a bear, how can you smell a stench, dare to love your sixteenth son here, it's really fucking stinky!"

Among the brothers present, except for the fourth master, who has always been on the wrong path with the third master, the rest are either close to the third master, or close to Hongqing, and they all understand who the old sixteen is scolding, and they all burst into laughter, but before the laughter fell, the old ten's arrogant voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"You ......"

There is an old feud between the old sixteen and the old ten, and there was no less-for-tat in the past, at this time, when I heard the old ten scolding so ugly, his face immediately turned red, his eyes glared, and he was going to scold back, but before the words came out, Hongqing was already flashing, stopped in front of him, his eyes were Ling, signaling that the old sixteen could not make a mistake, not to mention, the old sixteen only served Hongqing alone, if it was replaced by someone else to stop, it must be adding fuel to the fire, even if it was the third master, but Hongqing came forward like this, Lao Sixteen really endured the words that had come to his lips, but his face was still extremely difficult to see.

"Tenth brother, forget it, just say a few words."

The eighth master obviously didn't want to make any extraneous branches at this time, so he waved his hand to stop a large string of foul words that erupted from the back of the tenth master, and then Shi Shiran walked in front of the third master, and said very politely: "Third brother, the younger brother has some trivial matters, and he is a step late, Haihan, Haihan." ”

"It's okay, my brother has just arrived, so let's wait together."

The words of the eighth master's apology are almost a copy of what the third master said before, and it is clear that he is ridiculing the third master, but the eighth master is gentle and soft-spoken, and he is full of smiles, and there is really nothing to find fault with in words and deeds.

"The third brother is right, just wait together."

The eighth master didn't think about starting a war at this time, and after disgusting the third master, he also made a stop, smiled indifferently, and stood aside with the tenth master and others.

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan: Brother and Renjun Wang Hongqing, enter the Qianqing Palace to see."

A group of elder brothers originally talked and laughed, but since the eighth master came, they all became gourds with sawed mouths, and there was no laughing or talking, and the atmosphere was inevitably dull enough, but fortunately, everyone didn't wait long, and saw that Qin Wuyong had already led the two little eunuchs out of Tiananmen Square in a hurry, and announced the old man's message, and the elder brothers thanked them according to the court rules, and then marched into the palace gate in twos and threes, and arrived at the Qianqing Palace speechlessly.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is said to be the family banquet of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, it is not only the brothers who come to the banquet, but also Zhang Tingyu and other incumbent and Zhishi and bachelors in Beijing are also invited, the difference is that they entered the palace early in the morning to accompany them, but they arrived much earlier than all the brothers, at this time they were chatting in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and when they saw the third master and others arrive, there was no need for another chaotic greeting and greetings, and they were making a fuss, but they heard a shout from the apse, and all kinds of people did not dare to talk any more, They all lined up according to their ranks, and waited for the arrival of the old man respectfully.

"Sons and ministers (ministers) knock to see Huang Ama (陛xià)!"

In a slightly chaotic footsteps, the old man was already surrounded by a group of little eunuchs, Shi Shiran walked out of the apse, and when the group saw this, they didn't dare to ignore it, and they knelt on the ground one after another, and bowed together.

"Excuse me, just settle down."

After a year and a half of recuperation, the old man's dragon body was already very good, his spirit was also full, and his face was full of red light, but seeing his steps to the dragon bed easily, he lifted the hem of his robe, sat down, looked around at the kneeling people in the hall, and then raised his hand in vain, and called out very kindly.

"Xie Huang Ama (陛xià) Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

As soon as the old man shouted like this, all kinds of people didn't dare to slack off a little, and they shouted long live according to the rules of the court.

"Well, okay, it's a family banquet today, and no outsiders are here, so you don't have to be restrained by those false courtesies, just be casual."

The old man seemed to be in a good mood, and he ordered with a smile.

"Huang Ama (陛xià) Shengming."

Regardless of whether the old man's words are sincere or false, it is indispensable for everyone to praise them.

"Qin Wuyong."

The old man bowed his head, and did not greet him more, but raised his voice to greet him.

"The old slave is here."

Hearing the old man's summons, Qin Wuyong, who was waiting on the side, didn't dare to ignore it, and hurriedly flashed out from the side, and answered the promise loudly.

"It's almost time, and it's going to begin."

The old man waved his hand and casually ordered.

"Wow!"

Seeing that the old man's Chrysostom had been opened, Qin Wuyong dared to delay anything, so he hurriedly responded, hurriedly walked to the side, commanded a group of eunuchs and palace maids to bring three round tables, and put up chairs.

"I heard that there is a hot pot stove in Beijing recently, so I tried it, I think it's okay, it's hot, I'll follow the trend today, come to a fireplace for the New Year, come, don't be stunned, serve on the table."

As soon as the table was arranged, all the brothers were dumbfounded, there was no side, these three seats were not the specifications of the palace banquet, it was the atmosphere of the ordinary people's hearth, the hot pot was noisy, but the upper and lower dignity was very difficult to distinguish, obviously not in line with the system of the heavenly family, the big guys couldn't figure out which play the old man was singing, and for a while some people couldn't help but mutter, but the old man was in high spirits, walked down the front pier slowly, and happily sat down on the chairman's seat, He replied to everyone, and greeted him excitedly.

"The sons and the retainers (the ministers) obey the order."

The old man has already spoken, and everyone is suspicious in their hearts, but no one dares to disagree, after humbling each other, they also sat down, needless to say, the five, four, five, seven, and eight masters are all sitting on the chief, and the other two are Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu, the two old men's humming generals, as for the others, they are not very particular, and they are generally just sitting together.

Well? Something is wrong, the old nine and ten are excited there!

Hongqing's position is high, but his seniority is low, and he doesn't want to sit with the nine or eleven masters, so he was greeted by the old fifteen brothers and sat down on the most hands-on table, but the corner of his eyes suddenly saw the ninth master and the tenth master looking at each other there, and the faces of the two of them were full of strange excitement, as if they had some kind of expectation, as soon as they saw this, Hongqing's heart couldn't help jumping, and suddenly, he was already alert, but he couldn't guess what the two wanted to play for a while.

"Come, do it, it's so hot last time!"

After a while, everyone had already taken their seats, and the old man didn't have any nonsense, picked up the silver chopsticks, and smiled towards the boiling hot pot, and announced the start of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with a smile.

In fact, there are hot pots in every house, and they are occasionally used on weekdays, but they are all happy to eat by themselves, and they are used at this night banquet in the sky, but it is the first time in the world, and the big guys can't help but be a little bit uneasy, and the atmosphere can't help but be a little silent, or the old man gave an order again, so that the big guys just do it, and let the brothers at the same table tell some jokes to be funny. The three banquets have already been filled with you and me, that is, even Hongqing has drunk a few more glasses, but his attention has always been on the nine or ten masters, and he vaguely feels that tonight's night banquet may be staged with a big show.

Well, that's about to start?

Sure enough, as Hongqing expected, after a few rounds of wine, when the five and seven masters ran to the table where Hongqing was to toast, they saw that the nine and eleven masters quickly looked at each other, both got up, and went to the chairman with the wine bottle......