Chapter 103: Celebration Banquet
Jiang Yao and Liu Ye rushed out of the city before the city gate closed. When she got home, she did her usual homework.
"Ye'er, do you have something to say to your teacher?" Jiang Yao moved the screen and sat on the opposite bed to meditate and practice.
"Yes, Master freshened up and rested early."
She put down the book and ran out, and now she can replicate the water magic skill that opened her eyes at the beginning. Jiang Yao followed.
"Master, you rest, I'm practicing."
The bamboo shoots are put into the well, filled with well water, the willow leaf wrist exerts force, and the bamboo shoots fly out of the well, and the water is not sprinkled.
Jiang Yao applauded on the side, "Ye'er is amazing." ”
Liu Ye effortlessly lifted the bamboo tips with one hand, walked like the wind to the kitchen, and poured a handful of water into the urn. I flew out quickly without my feet, and I was coming to a little water...
Jiang Yao shook the folding fan lightly, and followed it like a shadow. The urn is filled, and the willow leaves light the fire to boil the hot water. There were several medical books on the windowsill, and Liu Ye picked one up casually. Two stools were moved, one of which was pushed to Jiang Yao.
"Master, sit."
Jiang Yao folded a fan to cover half of his face, revealing a pair of bright phoenix eyes, which were very moving.
"That's all? No other questions? Jiang Yao continued to ask.
"Yes, is the ancestor an immortal?"
Liu Ye looked away from the book, "Doesn't Master know everything, and say everything?" Is there any unique secret book that has not been told to the apprentice? ”
Jiang Yao stared at her with burning eyes, and Liu Ye's starry eyes stared at her. The two of them were silent for a long time, and the girl was always drawing a line with him.
Jiang Yao Yingying's beautiful eyes were faintly lost, and Liu Ye couldn't bear to look at the faint loss in those beautiful eyes, so she looked away.
"Cherish the girl and say, cherish the people in front of you. Only the young girl Su'e, who fights Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the moon, is the best and most perfect in the world to be worthy of the master. Some people don't deserve Master's pity. ”
After Liu Ye finished speaking, he stood up, and the book on his lap fell to the ground with a click. She rushed out as if she didn't know it. Jiang Yao sat in place and didn't get up to chase after him.
October 10 was Tang Wenzong's birthday, and the prime minister and other ministers invited the Holy Lord to hold a celebration on the "Qingcheng Festival".
"Zhong Aiqing suggested that I should not consider it for the time being, because there is a serious drought in many places this year. Although the drought has eased since the beginning of autumn, the annual harvest has been greatly affected. "Munjong rejected the minister's proposal.
Li Jue and the others pleaded: "Your Majesty, the country has been agreed, and Your Majesty has worked hard for the people of Limin. Now the "Qingcheng Festival" celebrates the prosperity of His Majesty, and it is also the wish of the people. ”
Wenzong specially ordered Jing Zhaoyin not to entertain hundreds of officials in Qujiangchi in the south of the city. The civil and military officials insisted on playing, and Wenzong compromised the opinions of the two parties, and finally decided to hold a banquet in the Lin De Palace. One is to celebrate his birthday, and the other is to celebrate Chen Wangli as the crown prince.
The banquet venue is located in the Lin Tak Hall. Lin De Hall is located in a high ground in the west of the Taiye Pool of Daming Palace. There are three halls in the front, middle and back halls of the Linde Palace, all of which are nine rooms wide.
There are also smaller buildings on both sides, which are connected to the upper level of the main hall by a curved flybridge. The pavilions and terraces are winding and the corridors, and the halls are high and low, which is extremely magnificent.
At the end of the invitation, the civil and military officials had come to the front of the hall, and on the wide field in front of the main hall, the civil officials wore purple clothes and ribbons, and their scarlet clothes were bright red. The military attache wears ornate silk armor and a helmet with tiger skin on his head.
Prince Chengmei stepped forward to greet King Ying: "My nephew has seen Uncle Wang." ”
King Ying stretched out his hand and patted Chengmei on the shoulder, "Congratulations to the virtuous nephew." ”
King An rushed over to give a salute, "I've seen Brother Wang, I've seen the prince." ”
The prince hurriedly returned the salute, "My nephew has seen Uncle Wang." ”
King Ying raised his hand and greeted, "Uncle Guang here, here." ”
The King of Light walked slowly with one of his attendants and glanced at them.
In the eyes of Cheng Mei and King An, Guang Wang Mu's glaring eyes turned a rare moment today. In King Ying's eyes, King Light's gaze was definitely provocative.
The King of Light bowed to them, nodded and walked straight past the three of them, walked into the hall, and sat down on the side of the royal seating area.
Hundreds of civil and military officials came over one after another to greet several princes and princes. King Ying's eyes looked at the King of Light who was sitting on the side like an old monk sitting on the side.
The sharpness in his eyes was captured by King An. King An wondered, how could his brother's rough personality compete with a stupid person?
After the King of Light broke his leg when he fell from his horse, he never rode a horse when he went out, and his entourage drove him around. If there is any activity in the royal family, he will not be able to refuse, because of his leg injury.
He thought about the willow leaves and drove to the suburbs. Passing by the door of her house, he passed through the door of Liu Ye's house without entering. When I lifted the curtain, I saw the door of General Tie a few times, sometimes the door was unlocked, but the courtyard door was closed.
He didn't know if it was her who lived here or not. A lonely woman, how can she survive? Several times he wanted to get out of the car and knock on the courtyard door to find out.
But when he couldn't protect himself, he didn't want to affect her because of his own fault. Since it can't help, it's better not to disturb her. He had traveled that way many times, but he had never met her.
The crown prince Chengmei sat on the first seat in the east, and King Ying and other clans sat down in turn in the west. The drums in the hall rang out in unison, the smoke curled, and the two teams of palace ladies came out with cactus in their hands. Wenzong joined hands with Concubine Xian, and the luster of the splendid dragon robe flashed.
The crown prince led all the ministers to kneel and bow in unison: "The ministers wish Your Majesty a prosperous future and longevity." ”
"All the ministers are flat and give seats."
Wen Zong smiled and looked around at everyone. Prince Chengmei was wearing a pale yellow dragon silk clothes, and her respectful and elegant temperament was natural, which was the same as Wenzong's behavior.
There was once a young man as handsome as Chengmei, who also led the ministers to stand on top of the court.
The figures of the two teenagers in front of Wen Zong's eyes overlapped, making him suddenly feel like a dream.
The teenager turned out to have a serious side too. His serious side is just as elegant and frugal as the child in front of him. Why did I only care about his naughty and lazy side in the past?
Wenzong's eyes were a little sour, and his pity rested on Cheng Mei. Cheng Mei raised her eyes, to this is the gaze, the gaze that he longed for in his childhood.
When he was young, he was so envious of his brother Li Pu, the king of Jin, who was often held on his lap by the imperial uncle, who was a loving father to his brother.
Today, the emperor's uncle looked at him with pity, and the young man at the bottom of the steps smiled brightly.
The faces of the two children overlapped again, but the child had never smiled so brightly in front of him. A sour smile tugged at the corner of Wen Zong's mouth.
Concubine Yang Xian wore a nine-luan phoenix hairpin and a yellow skirt, like a graceful and luxurious peony.
The prince and the ministers knelt down the steps, Wenzong didn't say that they were flat, and everyone couldn't afford it.
The ministers lowered their heads and studied the lotus floor tiles of the main hall. There were also people who raised their eyes and peeked, and His Majesty was pondering.
Concubine Xian gently called softly: "Your Majesty." ”
Wenzong came back to his senses, "Zhongqing is flat. ”
The crowd took their seats one by one. The bells and drums rang in unison, and the palace maids and attendants walked up to the main hall wearing flowers with gold plates and jade cups in their hands, and the dishes were placed on the table like flowing water.
The jade cup is poured with mulberry wine and sake, and the gold plate is filled with delicacies.
Honey and mutton fat are mixed into the noodles, and the outside is dipped in sesame seeds and fried Jushengnu. In water calves, calves are simmered over a slow fire. Concentric raw knot is a palindromic knot after the raw meat is cut into strips, and then air-dried into dried meat...
If it was just a birthday celebration, Wenzong would not have laid such a big show, Wenzong once issued the "Dingqing City Festival Banquet Standing Edict".
The edict clearly stated that my birthday, the world's tin feast, and the joy of the same. If you don't want to slaughter, you can live well with your watch, but if you don't believe in it, you will be blessed without vain.
According to the custom, vegetarian food is not killed. Congratulations to Cheng Meili as the crown prince, Wenzong made an exception to limit meat and vegetables, and was extravagant and wasteful.