Probably because the princess is on the side, the male guests are slightly restrained, not as if they were in the garden before, laughing and talking freely, and toasting each other is also very polite, the princess is silent in the curtain, and the cold situation occurs from time to time, everyone has to pretend to watch the music and dance, presumably both sides will feel a little boring, so I proposed that the guests and hosts make the jade candle wine order for fun, and immediately received a response from everyone. Cui Bai counted the people present, and said with a smile: "The more people who drink, the more fun, we only have five male guests here, and we have to choose one to do the jade candle record, there will be fewer people, it is better for the princess to participate." The princess doesn't have to come out of the curtain, and when she needs to draw the jade candle, ask the jade candle to pass it on. ”

Li Wei's face was embarrassed, and he peeked behind the bead curtain, and the sideburns flickered slightly, and there was the sound of a hairpin ring touching and a woman's whisper, and after a while, Jiaqingzi walked out of the curtain and said to Cui Bai: "The princess said that it is okay to have a wine order." In this case, the Jade Candle Record asked Mr. Liang to do it. ”

The jade candle refers to a kind of wine order of the wine chip, like a stick, there are a number of wine order chips, by the selected "jade candle record" management, the guest and the host of the order to send the wine order to the person who shakes the dice to point out the lottery to let it draw, and then according to the sentence engraved on it to decide who drinks, how much to drink, and some rewards and punishments of entertainment. In this kind of private banquet, the jade candle recording is usually done by a male guest who is good at drinking and knowing the rhythm of music, and at this moment he has the task of entering the curtain to contact the princess, so the princess has appointed me to do it.

I got up to receive the order, and immediately took a set of jade candles from the maid, sent the dice box to Li Wei, and asked him to shake it first. Li Wei shook it, opened it and saw that it was four o'clock, and followed the ordinal number, it should be Ouyang Xiu who drew the chips. There are dozens of wine orders in the jade candle, all of which are elongated, with curved handles, silver gilt, and the front is engraved with regular script orders, the first half of the sentence is the words in the "Analects", and the second half of the sentence is the content of the order. Ouyang Xiu took a sign in the jade candlestick I presented, and I took it and read it aloud: "The son doesn't know the taste of meat in Qi Shao March, and the master is five points." ”

Ouyang Xiu then smiled at Li Wei and raised the cup, and Li Wei immediately held up the wine cup and drank five points. After that, Ouyang Xiu took the dice and wanted to continue to shake it, but he saw Qilang waving his hand and said, "The princess is also the master here, why does Neihan only respect Duwei and not the princess?" ”

Ouyang Xiu laughed: "It makes sense, I was negligent." So he raised his lamp and made a toast to the princess.

The maid behind the bead curtain poured wine for the princess, and when the princess was about to drink, the wine cup was intercepted by Jiaqingzi. Jiaqingzi immediately appeared outside the curtain and said to everyone: "The princess has just recovered from her illness, and she has always been not good at drinking, so it is better to let the princess do it, but I will drink this wine on behalf of the princess." ”

The princess is indeed very weak now, and I didn't want her to drink more, so I pushed the boat down the river, Li Wei agreed, and everyone was not good at objecting, and Princess Ouyang Xiujing's five-point wine was drunk by Jiaqing's son.

Next, Ouyang Xiu shook the dice, and this time he counted the princess, and the princess took a look, but it was: "It's fun to have friends from afar, and the guests are five points." She couldn't help laughing, and without lowering her voice, she said, "This is really the right time!" So he ordered me to read it out, and then let Jiaqingzi pay five points to the guests.

Everyone immediately got up and bowed to the princess and drank five points, and Jiaqingzi also accompanied them to drink again.

The subsequent situation was more strange, except for me who was drawn by Qilang to "ask one to know ten, and persuade the jade candle to record five points", the rest of the rounds of drinkers were almost all masters, and those signs were all "persuade the master to score five points", "go to the master ten points" and so on. Once Cui Bai drew "If a gentleman is not heavy, he is not powerful, and he who persuades officials to be high-ranking is very ten", so he persuaded Ouyang Xiu to drink, but Ouyang Xiu said that he had the dignity of a princess, and in front of the emperor, how could the courtiers dare to call the officials high, so he excused himself and did not drink, so Cui Bai turned to persuade the princess. In the end, it was the princess of Jiaqing who drank this one.

Jiaqingzi's own amount of wine is not large, and the wine cup used at this banquet is a white porcelain snail cup, with a large capacity. Cui Bai noticed that he looked at her several times, and his eyes showed pity. Later, it was his turn to draw lots, he glanced at it, and quickly threw the lot back into the sign holder without waiting for me to read it, and said to himself: "Do not do to others what you do not want to be done, let it go!" But Ouyang Xiu, who was sitting next to him, shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Cui didn't draw this lottery." Then he stretched out his hand and pulled out the lottery that Cui Bai had thrown in just now, showing everyone, "It should be this one." There is a small wound on the head of this stick, I drew it just now, so remember. ”

I took a look, and sure enough, it was the one again, "I don't know the taste of meat in Qi Shao in March, and I have five points on the master". When the rest of the bystanders learned about it, they also laughed, and even said that they cheated on the spot and should be punished. Qilang smiled at Gu Cui Bai and said, "It turns out that Brother Zixi is also a person who pities fragrance and cherishes jade. ”

Cui Bai smiled and didn't answer, but said to me: "Okay, how to punish, please give the order of the Jade Candle Record, but don't count the words signed just now." ”

I immediately accepted his suggestion and smiled: "Then I will ask Zixi to serve the guest and the host with a wine, regardless of the song tricks, just be interesting." ”

Cui Bai bowed his head, stood up and took out something from his big sleeve, and said to everyone: "I also guessed that today's banquet will have to be ordered, so I brought this to make everyone laugh." ”

He slowly unfolded the thing. It was a small wooden painted puppet, with large sleeves and shirts, dressed as a scholar, each joint could be moved, the head and hands and feet were tied with silk threads, and the other end of the thread was tied to the upper handle.

Before the performance, Cui Bai asked me, "Huaiji, can you play a song for me to tread "Laughing"?" ”

I agreed, and ordered someone to fetch the flute, stand it on one side, bring it to my lips, and begin to accompany him.

Cui Bai walked to the middle of the hall, one wall pulled the puppet, and the other wall sang with the sound of the flute: "The pavilion is exquisite, and the beauty is Juanjuan across the autumn water." Jiang Tian looked at Chu Tianchang, full of bright moons and thousands of miles......"

The wooden puppet stretched out its sleeves and danced, with a smart posture, as if it was a living person, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and gaze, and they all listened attentively to Cui Bai chanting and singing softly in this soft and somewhat desolate music: "Thousands of miles, Chu River water, Mingyue Tower is high and alone." Jingwu palace gives birth to autumn, and looks at the twelve Wushan mountains. The appearance of the snow muscle is uneven, and the Zhuge Wuyun Fairy. ”

The one who listened to it the most was Jia Qingzi, and Cui Bai finished singing. She still did not come back to her senses when everyone cheered, and stared at the puppet in a daze, until the princess called her three times in succession, and she woke up like a dream, and hurriedly went into the curtain to ask the princess what she commanded.

The princess asked Jiaqingzi to fetch Cui Bai's wooden puppet to show her, Cui Bai happily presented it, and the princess admired after looking at it: "I see that ordinary wooden puppets are all big heads and small bodies, and it is rare that Mr. Cui has the right proportion, just like a real person." ”

Cui Bai responded: "I often draw Taoist figures on weekdays, so I pay a little attention to the human body and bones. This puppet was originally done in his spare time to relieve boredom, and unconsciously did it according to the proportion of real people, but he lost the cute and funny state of ordinary puppets. If the princess likes it, just stay, and next time I will ponder and make a better one for the princess. ”

The princess happily accepted the wooden puppet, and asked Jiaqingzi to give Cui Bai a glass of wine, Cui Bai smiled and bowed and said: "The princess is good, Cui Bai naturally doesn't dare to refuse, when she drinks enough, but this girl has drunk too much wine today, why don't you replace her white snail cup with a banana leaf cup and let her drink a little light." ”

The banana leaf bowl is the smallest of the wine vessels. The princess invited her to order someone to change Jiaqingzi's white snail cup. Jiaqingzi looked at Cui Bai gratefully after taking a sip, and when she met his smiling gaze, she immediately became cramped, and her already flushed face was covered with a layer of crimson.

After that, everyone pushed the glass and changed the glass, and then the wine order was carried out. During this time, a singer named Apple comes in with a pipa and plays a piece of music, which immediately catches Shichiro's attention, and his eyes are locked on her while Apple plays. Apple stumbles upon him as she turns around, and her face is different, as if the two recognize him.

As soon as Apple finishes playing, Shichiro summons her to his side, and the two whisper to each other, Apple tears down her eyes when she says it, and Shichiro immediately wipes her sleeves and stares at her, his eyes are gentle, as if he is transparent to everyone around him.

Later, Li Wei drew a lot: "I have never seen a person who is as virtuous as a womanizer, and a woman who is multilingual." As soon as I pronounced this, the hall erupted in laughter, and everyone turned their eyes to Shichiro with a hint of play.

Shichiro didn't argue, he took the full wine cup in front of him with one hand, and drank it all with his head up. The male guests laughed and said yes, but Jiaqingzi came out and passed on the princess's instructions: "It's not a good thing to be lustful, it's not enough to drink alcohol, you should be punished." ”

People who don't care about themselves naturally echo it, and Shichiro readily agreed, saying to me directly: "How should I be punished, but please make it clear." ”

I smiled and said, "Cui Zixi, the right talent, sang a tune, Lang Jun might as well improvise the lyrics with the tune I played, and sing a song to help the fun." ”

Shichiro agreed, and I raised the jade flute again and began to play a "Partridge Heaven". Shichiro listened attentively to the tune, and as soon as I finished playing a stack, he was already confident, and sang in a clear voice along with the tune I repeated: "The colorful sleeves diligently hold the jade bell, but I was drunk and blushing back then." Dance low willow building heart moon, singing peach blossom fan bottom wind. After parting, memories meet, and several soul dreams are with you. There is a silver light left tonight, and I am afraid that the meeting is in a dream. ”