Today's Chang'an City, although not as prosperous as in its heyday, but the stability of the past ten years is like a cold plum in the snow, bringing instant beauty.

On the birthday festival of the saint, not only should there be a big palace banquet, there are performances and competitions in the palace, but the capital is also crowded, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Because the princes of all parties sent people back to the court to offer gifts, and there were thirty or fifty people in their entourage, they were not allowed to enter the palace, so they were not looking for fun in the bright lights of Chang'an City?

The main hall of the Lin De Hall is very spacious, in addition to the four grades or more of the Beijing officials, the saint also invited the Beijing sergeant clan door valve. Like those who have just returned to Beijing, Zheng Yide, the observer of Jiangnan West Province, and his son Zheng Hao are among them.

Those who rushed back from outside Beijing to congratulate him on his birthday were limited to the feudal towns and magistrates named by the saints, and those who came back from the feudal towns were really deputy envoys.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the birthday is not because I am one year old, but because I am very happy to be able to gather with you."

The saint and the queen mother sat in the main seat, and the ladies in the apse were naturally led by the concubine.

The ministers toasted the saint and the queen mother, and the dance music began. After three rounds of drinking, the seat also began to talk casually. Those who toasted each other in twos and threes nearby, and whispered when they reunited after a long absence, and they were also happy.

The Seventeenth Emperor's younger brother, King Di, Li Yan, stood up and said:

"The Empress Dowager and the Holy Lord, our sixteen princes' mansions are looking for nine beauties for the Holy Lord, and they have rehearsed a 'Lingbo Dance', and we also invite the royal brother to laugh."

Seeing the saint nodding, Li Yan clapped his hands, the music and drums sounded, and eight gorgeous dancers fluttered in, dragging a long silk scarf in their hands, and finally pulled in a beautiful and tall dancer wrapped in a silk scarf.

Sure enough, it was carefully selected, and the dancers danced beautifully, and even the saints, who are usually not very attentive to singing and dancing, nodded again and again.

But a tall man sitting next to King Di said:

"King Di, you're too stingy! Not to mention that the saint can't look down on it, we are the town generals of the Celestial Empire, and we will come back once a year, and you will entertain us with these crooked melons and cracked dates, won't it make our town generals chill? ”

The one who spoke was He Quanhao, the eldest son of Wei Bo's Jiedu envoy, since his ancestor guarded Wei Bo, the post of Jiedu envoy was his father and son, and the army in his hands was 100,000 people, and they also privately recruited a thousand generals as their personal guards.

In the three towns of Heshuo, including Weibo Town, the soldiers chose to "stay behind", and the generals appointed themselves as subordinate generals and territorial officials, but they were also self-sufficient, and the imperial court gave as much as they wanted, and never complained to the saint to make trouble.

The Holy One has never had the right to fight.

But he adopted a gentle policy towards these generals with heavy troops, which cleverly made people feel that he used to control the eunuchs and balance the feudal towns, so that everyone could be safe.

At this moment, it is natural that he will not care about the trivial matters of the banquet. He called Yang Xuanxuan to ask what arrangements were in the future.

Yang Xuanxuan replied: "Back to the saint, there are also nobles of the scholar clan, and they have also prepared dance music to pay tribute to Your Majesty." ”

The Empress Dowager Zheng next to her reminded: "These festival envoys don't take the scholars in their eyes the most, and the saints don't want to be kind in exchange for humiliation." Gonggong Yang, you go to the apse and inform Concubine Yuan, let her find someone who can dance among the concubines, and dance with the dancing girls in the palace. ”

Empress Dowager Zheng was born as a palace maid, and she likes to belittle the value of concubines the most: who is better than whom?

Xuanzong was very angry in his heart, his concubine wanted to dance for the general, wouldn't he lose face? However, if not, I am afraid that He Quanhao's mouth will not be stopped.

He waved his hand and asked Yang Xuanyuan to do the same.

The ladies of the apse were amazed when they heard the message. It's not that there are no young concubines, but this is different from jumping to the saint at the family banquet, where the prince, the prince, the prince, and dozens of ministers and generals sit in the hall.

Lu Min is the noble girl of the scholar clan who came to dance, she looked at the concubines who shirked each other, smiled secretly in her heart, got up and went to put on makeup and get ready.

Li Xuan'er was still thinking at first, most of the feudal towns ordered by her father were self-protecting and watch-and-see when Huangchao rebelled, and did not send troops to Qin Wang and the like, did her father want to beat them and restrain them?

Now it seems that he is just making a show to the world how these important towns can enjoy themselves with the guests and hosts of the imperial court. Can...... If Vice General He can say such a thing, how can he take the imperial court in his eyes?

She sighed secretly, got up and said to Concubine Yuan: "Concubine Yuan, Xuan'er is a junior, and there is nothing wrong with dancing for her father and ministers in the main hall, so let Xuan'er go and relieve her father." ”

Concubine Yuan's brows relaxed:

She is right, the younger generation dances to make the saint more decent than the concubine. What's more, she took the initiative to ask Ying, and what happened to her later had nothing to do with her.

Chao Meiren followed her daughter out and asked in a low voice: "Xuan'er, are you going to dance the 'Ni Dress Feather Coat' or 'Hundred Birds and Phoenix'?" Ah Niang asked them to pick up their dance clothes. ”

There is no woman in the Tang Palace who does not learn to dance, and Xuan'er has also learned to dance with the teacher dancer since she was a child. In the past, her favorite dance was the "Neon Dress and Feather Dance", which was soft and charming, and the spring was infinite.

She stopped and held A-Niang's arm and smiled: "A-Niang, don't worry, I don't dance those soft dances, I have learned a new sword dance, so I wear this dress, no need to change." ”

In the front hall, Lu Min and Wang Baozhu have already begun to dance "Green Waist". The dances they learned separately, Lu Min returned to the capital, and the two practiced together for a few days. This is a soft dance, the two of them look left and right, and there is no need to move neatly.

Lu Min came to Beijing this time and had her own little abacus.

The Zheng family wants to marry the Lu family, although she admires Zheng Hao for being handsome and talented, but he doesn't even look at him, as if he is poisonous, and his eyes will cause sores when he touches it.

Besides, his family is a noble and an eight-grade petty official, and the only advantage is that he is married to a wife, which is certainly not her first choice.

This palace banquet, high-ranking officials and nobles gathered, if you can meet the person you like, you will be happy to have a better home.

The two danced together, and Lu Min certainly didn't want to be compared to Wang Baozhu.

Spinning, flicking his sleeves, and looking back, Lu Min was full of style, and cast his eyes on the faces of several major generals. In an instant, General He Shao grabbed the towel she threw over, and pulled her to his thigh.

This action, if it is placed on the dancers who were presented by King Di just now, not only will there be nothing at all, but it will also attract everyone's laughter. But this dancer is a noble girl of the scholar clan, and doing so will inevitably make the scholar ugly.

Sure enough, the air froze all at once, and even the music stopped.

Lu Min hurriedly got up from General He's lap and lowered his head to retreat. But her scarf was dragged by the major general and didn't let go. He said unhurriedly:

"What? That's it? Or is it that when he arrives at the Holy Lord, General Ben can't even hold the dancer he likes? ”

A father-in-law next to him whispered: "General, this is not an ordinary dancer, she is the daughter of the Fan Yang Lu clan, and she is an authentic noble daughter of the scholar clan." ”

"Scholars?" General He Shao stood up with a smile, hugged his fists at the saint and said: "Saint, the last general's wife died of illness a month ago, and now there is a lack of a wife, the last general has taken a fancy to this little lady of the Lu family, I wonder if I can ask the emperor to fulfill it?" ”

There was an uproar in the hall.

Mo said that the scholars looked down on them and the generals of the feudal towns who occupied the mountains and were kings, even if they were really married, they should not ask the saint for marriage on such an occasion.

Lu Shang, the secretary of the military department, slowly stood up, and several ministers who were sitting around him, the ministers of the Shi clan, also stood up one after another, glaring at the feudal general without saying a word.

He Quanhao looked left and right, and several generals of the feudal towns also stood up.

In the main hall, there was a sudden tension.