Chapter 689: The Banquet Begins

After counting carefully, there are several of these children who have not yet married, and this has to count Li Yun's little guy, because Li Ke and Li Su have already married, but they don't have children yet.

As for the princesses who have not yet been out of the cabinet, in addition to the little sons, many others have also reached the age of leaving the cabinet, or they have in-laws who have not yet married, or they are too young to get married.

The level of this banquet was a little different from usual, and all the Huang nobles who were close to Chang'an City were invited.

Looking at this posture, it's almost time to catch up with the New Year.

After waiting for a short time, Li Daozong and Li Xiaojie also came with a few important family members.

It is worth mentioning that among Li Yuanba's cousins, Li Xiaogong, the old guy, brought the most people, because this product has nine sons, and there are several unmarried daughters, and there are more than ten children together.

This time, Li Xiaogong's family is worth it, and the people of their family alone can sit at two large tables.

But one thing, although there are a lot of people in their family, they don't come to eat and drink for nothing, and the gifts they bring are not only some rare jewelry and other things, but also some precious medicinal herbs and novelties.

If these things were to be sold alone, I am afraid that it would be enough for a small nobleman to live extravagantly until old age, and to bless future generations.

Compared with Li Xiaogong's family, the other royal families surnamed Li are much worse, not only the number of people is small, but even the gifts they bring are ordinary gold, silver and jewelry, and there is nothing new at all.

The most surprising thing for Li Yuanba was not others, but his eldest nephew Li Chengqian, this guy led the crown princess and a little girl who had just turned one year old this time.

The crown princess is the little daughter of Li Xiaojie, the king of Qinghe, her name is Li Qingwen, she just turned sixteen years old this year, and it goes without saying that she is beautiful, the key is her character. is gentle and quiet, and it is very compatible with Li Chengqian to stand together.

"Cheng Qian, it's only been half a year, why did you get married, and why do you even have children?"

Li Yuanba led Li Chengqian's three people into the hall where Li Shimin was, and said with a smile:

"Ordinary people have to be pregnant for ten months before they can give birth, is it possible that when we get to our old Li family, we can give birth to a child in six months?"

Li Chengqian's face was a little red, and he waved his hand a little hurriedly. Said: "Fourth Emperor Uncle, in fact, when you came back last time, your nephew was already married. It's just that you returned in a hurry, and there was smallpox in Chang'an City at that time, so I didn't have time to tell you! ”

"Oh! I said, this pregnancy for ten months is a heavenly principle, even if our old Li family is favored by God, it is impossible to break this heavenly principle! ”

Li Yuanba laughed, and then glanced at Wu Shun, who was talking with Empress Changsun.

Wu Shun will understand. first confessed to the eldest grandson queen, and then walked out of the palace.

After a full cup of tea, Wu Shun finally walked back, only this time she had an extra tray covered with a red cloth in her hand.

Li Yuanba took the tray from Wu Shun's hand. handed it to the crown princess Li Qingwen and said:

"Girl, when you got married, the fourth uncle was not in Chang'an. It's a congratulatory gift for your marriage, and the fourth uncle didn't have time to give it to you! Here is a hairpin, a pair of earrings, a necklace, two jade bracelets, a ring, these are some of the knick-knacks. It's a congratulatory gift from the fourth uncle! ”

While saying this, Li Yuanba directly lifted the red cloth on the tray, revealing the things on the tray.

Hey, it's not like Li Yuanba said that it's all gadgets, but the ones in this tray are all good things!

Although the hairpin is pure gold, the hairpin as a whole presents the form of a flying phoenix, the fine feathers, the head feathers inlaid with red and green gems, spread their wings and want to fly, lifelike.

The earrings, rings and jade bracelets are all made of the finest Hetian seed jade, which looks crystal clear and flawless.

As for the necklace, it is a little exquisite, it is a black pearl of water, although they are only half the size of a small thumb nail, but they can't help but be the same size, the round and jade touch, people like it when they see it.

Just these things, any one of them is priceless!

"By the way, the fourth uncle also has a longevity lock here, which was sent by the king of a small country in the west when the first day of the new year was just full moon, and now I can't use it on the first day of the new year, so give it to my niece and granddaughter!"

As soon as he stuffed the tray into Li Qingwen's hand, Li Yuanba seemed to remember something, and felt in his sleeve for a long time, and then took out a small jade lock with silver silk thread and hung it directly on the neck of the little girl who was led by Li Chengqian.

The little girl blinked with a pair of big black eyes, curiously grabbed the small jade lock hanging around her neck, and looked at it carefully.

It was a purple longevity lock, crystal clear, as if there were water waves circulating inside.

I haven't heard that this Hetian jade is purple, could it be that this is not jade?

Of course, this is jade, but it is not nephrite like Hetian jade, but jadeite like jadeite, and it is also the best among jadeite, purple jade, purple eyes.

Li Chengqian glanced at it, he really knew what it was, and hurriedly said: "Fourth Emperor Uncle, these things are too valuable, you ......"

"What is too precious!" Li Yuanba said angrily: "Besides, these things are all given to Jingwen and your girl, what does it have to do with you?" ”

"But......" Li Chengqian wanted to say something, but at this time, Li Yuanba directly interrupted him and said: "Okay, it's polite to be blind to the fourth uncle, wait for the fourth uncle to give birth to a second ...... here."

Damn, I almost said the word second child with a bald mouth.

Hurriedly stopped, changed the topic, and briefly introduced the situation of today's banquet to Li Shimin and others.

There are too many people who come to Wuwang's Mansion this time, and some of the children of the emperor's relatives have not yet married, although Datang is more open to the style of men and women, but when men and women sit together, there will still be some incompatibility, so they can only arrange two banquet halls.

As the so-called male protagonist outside and female protagonist inside, Li Yuanba is naturally presiding over the man's side, and the woman's side depends on the princess Wushun.

Originally, this matter should have fallen on Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, but although the venue of this banquet was wrong, since Li Yuanba was the main venue, it would naturally be presided over by their Li Lao Si family.

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When the time came, the people who had come to the dinner party had already arrived, as if they had been discussed, they were all in a group, and at least a dozen people came.

Li Yuanba didn't need to greet him at the door in person, he just led the guests into the lobby in the hall for a while.

As mentioned before, the banquet was divided into two halls, but later there were still too many people.

Therefore, Li Yuanba added two halls again, anyway, the Wuwang branch is large enough, even if there are two thousand more people, they will not feel crowded.

Among the four halls, in addition to the two Chinese-style halls that have been arranged, the remaining two new halls adopt a typical Western-style dining setting.

At the north end of the main hall is a long table with white silk cloth and appetizers of fruits, cold cuts, and other foods.

In the very center, there is also a large round table, on which are placed a number of huge porcelain pots, and in the porcelain pots, they are carefully prepared juice.

Because the Oriental Hall is already full, those who come later can only be arranged to the Western Dining Hall.

The arrival of groups of guests made the remaining two halls slowly become fuller.

The people they know each other get together, just like they usually chat and chat, without so many constraints.

In the Oriental dining hall, that is, the main hall where Li Yuan, Li Shimin and others are located, Li Yuanba is toasting from table to table.

"Hahaha, Shiro, you've been out for more than half a year, and you finally came back, and you don't get together with us old brothers, you can face pediatrics really big!"

Li Xiaogong sat at the large round table at the front of the neighborhood, and when he saw Li Yuanba coming over to toast, he grabbed him and joked.

Although this old man has been running for six years, his body is still very strong, which can be seen from the nine men who look about the same size not far from him.

Among the nine men, the youngest guy's name is Li Yong, and he is only about the same age as Li Chengqian......

"Hey, didn't I just come back? This time I will stay in Chang'an City for a month or two, and when I have time, I will definitely come to visit! Li Yuanba laughed and said, "Come, drink, this cup is my self-punishment." ”

"We're not as good as Shiro now!"

Seeing Li Yuanba drain the wine in the cup in one gulp, Li Daozong, who was sitting next to Li Xiaogong, said with some envy,

"My old man's body is not good now, otherwise he would have followed Shiro to kill the Japanese slaves and level Goguryeo, how can it be like now, eating in the house all day long and mixing in the dark?"

Li Daozong, an old guy, was also the master who dared to fight on the battlefield in his early years, and he was even more desperate when he started a battle.

Because of this, this old guy's body bones left a secret wound on the battlefield back then, and like Qin Qiong, his body is not as good as before.

"Yes, old, we're all old!"

Li Daozong's words were agreed by Li Xiaojie, to be honest, these old guys who followed Li Shimin to fight the world back then, although they are now extremely popular ministers and knights, but when they think about the past, they are still full of emotion.

This topic was a little heavy, and Li Yuanba hurriedly changed the topic: "Okay, I don't know what you old guys mean?" If you are willing, wait for Ming'er to ask the imperial brother for a favor, and tell your sons and sons-in-law to report to the guard of the Xuanwu Gate Shenwu Guard! (To be continued.) )