Chapter 597: Banquet
This time, anyone can see that the general really likes Zou Shiyan.
Zou Shiyan originally just wanted to sit in a remote corner and not chat with others, who knew that General Zhao Zhilong was looking for him from afar, and in the end, Zou Shiyan could only get up and walk over.
After a stick of incense, all the positions were arranged, and the civil and military officials had almost arrived, at this time, the emperor also came surrounded by eunuchs, and behind him were a few favored concubines, as well as princes and princesses.
"Today's banquet is to pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Zhao Zhilong, so that I can prosper the country, since everyone is here, then don't be biased, we must let the soldiers who come back from the northwest feel warm." The Emperor said softly.
Immediately afterwards, there were palace people serving various dishes.
Luo Dali sat on the right rear of Zou Shiyan, looking at the dishes one after another, and couldn't help whispering to Zou Shiyan, "My good girl, the dishes in the palace are really beautiful!" ”
If nothing else, it's just pleasing to the eye, and each one looks like a fake.
Zou Shiyan sat in his place and glanced at the medicine.
Well, that's good! However, no matter how delicious it is, it can't compare to his previous dishes in Suizhou, because in addition to the taste, there is also warmth.
The banquet soon began, and the singing and dancing leveled down.
The song and dance workshop in the palace has also rehearsed for a long time in order to prepare for this celebration banquet, when have the soldiers seen so many beautiful women, their eyes are staring straight at it, and the general Zhao Zhilong snorted from time to time, only to restrain a little, but there is always a special person in the crowd, that is Zou Shiyan.
He sat quietly beside Zhao Zhilong, and from time to time someone toasted, and he was also following the flow, but other times he just sat in a daze, unlike some generals who drank too much wine and showed a coveted look when they saw the palace maid.
He is also watched by many people, and the first thing is the sight from the princess's seat.
"Fifth sister, what are you looking at?" The Seventh Princess asked, her eyes rolling.
She looked in the direction of the fifth princess, and there were many people on the other side, but the most eye-catching one was the one that the fifth sister was staring at.
The fifth princess's beautiful eyes were originally looking in the direction of Zou Shiyan, but she was suddenly disturbed, and she said with a displeased face, "I can watch whatever I like, what does it have to do with you?" ”
There was arrogance in his words, and he didn't take the seventh princess in his eyes at all.
"Humph! Looking at a man at a young age, the fifth sister is not Sichun! The voice was not small, and the other princesses looked at it with a sarcastic smile on their faces.
The fifth princess was not angry and arrogant, and glared at the seventh princess several times.
"Shut your mouth, be careful what I tell my father!"
As soon as these words came out, they really scared the Seventh Princess, and the other party turned around, no longer provocative, but said in a low voice, "What are you dragging on, isn't it just coming back outside, my father is just helping!" ”
The princesses sitting together, you look at me, I look at you, and no one made a sound to coordinate.
Although they are princesses and are noble-born, they cannot decide whether they are talking or doing or marrying, and as princesses of a big country, they must maintain a good image in front of outsiders.
"Annoying annoying elf!" The fifth princess also muttered quietly, and then patted her legs, which were a little numb, for sitting motionless here in a specific elegant posture, it was really tormenting for such a person as she could not stay.
Her eyes looked in the direction of Zou Shiyan again, just a few glances, she had already recognized it, that person was the person she had seen in the military camp in the northwest before, at that time she was still dressed as a man, and wanted to go to the battlefield to experience the feeling of being a soldier, but she was discovered.
Later, she was sent to the nearest safe town, where she was found by the Master and sent back to the capital.
The fifth princess has dreamed of this handsome man several times, and the so-called jade and bamboo are none other than Zou Shiyan.
Singing and dancing, from time to time someone blocked the fifth princess's view of Zou Shiyan, which made her very annoyed.
Zou Shiyan's feeling was so sensitive, how could he not see someone looking at him, but there was no murderous aura in that person's eyes, so he didn't care, taking advantage of the gap between the dancing dancers and the dancers. I glanced at it casually.
He knew that man!
It was a girl who ran to the barracks to disguise herself as a man, but sitting in the seat where the prince and princess could sit opposite, Zou Shiyan already knew the identity of the other party without asking, and it must be a princess of the emperor.
However, he didn't care about it, he didn't know each other in the first place, and it was just a gesture to send the other party to a safe place.
Zou Shiyan shook his head, and while he lowered his head to drink tea, he looked at other places, where there was still a line of sight staring at him before.
Right next to the emperor, there were two beauties in palace clothes sitting on the left and right, and it just so happened that he had also seen these two beauties.
One is Zhao Zhenzhu, and the other is Miss Yun!
These two people actually entered the palace and became mothers!
The moment Zou Shiyan looked over, he happened to meet Zhao Zhenzhu's eyes, Zhao Zhenzhu nodded, and Zou Shiyan suddenly raised the teacup and saluted.
Originally, this move was very fast, and the distance between the two people was very far, however, there was a fifth princess who had been paying attention to Zou Shiyan, and Zhao Jizhu had a Yun concubine who competed with her beside her.
These two people are not fuel-efficient lamps, and seeing a man and a woman interacting from a long distance, both of them fell into association.
The fifth princess unconsciously had anger on her face, she thought that her father's concubine would not have a leg with Zou Shiyan, and Concubine Yun had a smile in her eyes, looking at Zou Shiyan from time to time, and then at Zhao Zhenzhu, she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.
Zhao Zhenzhu had already retracted her gaze, and her current identity was not suitable for having too much contact with Zou Shiyan.
The emperor is happy today, talking to the courtiers from time to time, and the general Zhao Zhilong also said at the beginning that this time the peace talks on the defeat of the Pingyi Kingdom, how many carriages, horses, cattle and sheep will be offered at the meeting, and then he talked about it, and then led the topic to Zou Shiyan.
"Your Majesty, I won't tell you that this war in the northwest can end so quickly, and there are so few casualties, and the biggest hero is Vice General Zou beside me!"
Zhao Zhilong's eyes looked at Zou Shiyan, who was sitting upright, and his upright body was particularly eye-catching, which attracted the emperor and other courtiers unconsciously with this upright feeling.
"Vice General Zou is so brave at a young age, it seems that my dynasty is really favored by God!" There were courtiers at the bottom celebrating.
There have long been people who pouted their lips with disdain behind their backs, these people who usually pat on the back and don't have any merit and strength just like to blame God for everything.