Chapter 14 Who Seeks the Country
The Miss Hanchen present whispered one after another, with thorns in their eyes, and they couldn't see Li Zhi'an, who was also a Han person, and her identity was not as good as herself, but she was born with a beautiful face and a moon appearance.
The sons cast admiring glances, as if they wanted to marry this beautiful woman right now.
Han Derang followed Xiao Xuan's gaze to Li Zhi'an, he raised his eyes to look, and then lowered his head again.
Li Zhi'an moved lightly, stepped forward and bowed his head, "Li Zhi'an greets all the adults, the little woman has no virtue and no talent, only this hand of the pipa can still be heard, and the pipa song that I just presented, I hope that the adults will not dislike it." Then she returned to her father's side.
There is no heroic posture of a Khitan woman, but in the beauty of such a small jasper, there is also a bit of boldness and courage.
Xiao Siwen bowed his head and smiled.
Han Kuangsi looked at Xiao Siwen's satisfied look, then cast an approving look at Boss Li, and said with a smile, "Brother Li, we have been friends for many years, seeing that you love your daughter, today you are willing to let Ling Qianjin come forward to play the song, the old man is very grateful." ”
Han Kuangsi looked at Li Zhi'an and had a plan in his heart.
Boss Li smiled and bowed, and Li Zhi'an bowed with him. The two of them did not linger longer.
Before Li Zhi'an walked out of this door, he looked at Han Derang, who was eating and drinking casually, and his eyes rippled with soft waves, and he instantly lowered his eyes.
This scene was under Xiao Xuan's eyes, and she looked at Han Derang with a smile, her eyes just on him. Xiao Xuan picked up the wine glass, shook it, and after signaling to Han Derang, the sake entered his bowels.
Han Derang didn't know what her smile meant, so he had to smile back and sip his glass slightly.
All the officials smiled humbly, and Han Kuangsi faced Xiao Siwen and bowed his head and said, "Lord Xiao, please give orders to open the table." Everyone looked at Xiao Siwen.
Xiao Siwen straightened his clothes, picked up his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Today, thanks to the love of all my colleagues in the Han family, I invited the old man to drink with everyone. ”
Xiao Siwen raised his glass to taste the wine in greeting, and everyone raised their glasses to meet it. This is the beginning of the feast.
Xiao Sui sat upright with a smile, maintaining the style of a lady and a lady, and when she saw that there was a new dish on the table, she picked a little bit and tasted it, and more often, her eyes followed Xiao Siwen's.
Han Derang deliberately sandwiched the dishes in front of Xiao Xuan, his eyes seemed to drift to her unintentionally, and when he didn't see that there was no himself in her eyes, he smiled bitterly and ate the salty meal.
Xiao Siwen's sharp eyes just swept over Han Derang to know his intentions, Xiao Siwen smiled and said nothing.
After three rounds of drinking, there were several officials who were greedy for cups with red faces and seemed to be drunk.
Xiao Xuanmo's eyebrows frowned slightly, she had never seen such a drunk, she covered her mouth and nose lightly, and leaned into Xiao Siwen's ear, "Father, I'll go out and see what fun things are outside." The eyes glanced at the drunken officials.
Xiao Siwen understood, nodded, and Xiao Sui went out.
"Lord Xiao, as far as you can see, who is the most likely to inherit the Great Unification?" A middle-aged official, with a blushing face, staggered to his feet with a wine glass.
As soon as the words came out, many officials sobered up a lot, and their shrewd eyes were staring at Xiao Siwen. This is the purpose of their ministers' banquet today.
Xiao Siwen's body stiffened, but he still smiled, "Didn't you say that you don't talk about state affairs?" Come, the old man will do it first as a respect. He poured himself a full cup and drank it.
There was a tall and thin man who couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly said, "Lord Xiao, you can understand and understand the difficulties of our Hanchen, Weichen knows that his status is humble, and he just wants to find someone to rely on as soon as possible, so that the ministers can still do some modest help for Da Liao, and please show the way." ”
Xiao Siwen frowned, his face was solemn, and his hands were on his knees.
Seeing this, Han Kuangsi stood up, saluted solemnly to Xiao Siwen, and said, "Lord Xiao, you are the royal nobles of the Khitan, and we are just Han officials who are at the bottom of the ranks. In the current situation, everyone knows that the ministers do not seek to soar, but to beg, but to have a stable future. I hope that your lordship will look at the affection of your colleagues for many years, and tell your ministers what you think in your heart, and your ministers will follow your lordship and be loyal to the new lord. ”
The words were quite sincere, and all the ministers stood up one after another, and said in unison, "The ministers are willing to follow the lord and be loyal to the new lord!" ”
Xiao Siwen shook his head and waved his hand, and sighed again and again: "Everyone, why is this difficult? Sit down quickly, don't break the official! ”
The crowd had to sit down again.
Xiao Siwen shook the wine glass lightly in his right hand and sighed, "This official doesn't know your concerns, this is also the official's worries!" ”
No one interrupted with a word, and he added, "Prince Zhao seems to be able to grasp the overall situation, but his father's rebellion is difficult to dispel the doubts in the heart of the saint today!" ”
The crowd looked at each other, as if puzzled.
"Then among the princes, there is only the lingering Jin prince Yeluxian, who has been sick, and all the rare medicinal materials have been replenished over the years, so it must be almost good." Xiao Siwen seemed to be talking to himself, so he drank the wine in the cup and poured another glass.
Everyone had an epiphany, as if they could see the light of day through the clouds and mist, and said in unison, "Thank you Lord Xiao for your advice, the ministers are very grateful." ”
Xiao Siwen pretended to be confused, "What did this official say to be grateful?" Don't mention it again, drink, drink! Han Kuangsi raised his glass and touched Xiao Siwen at the right time, his eyes full of smiles.
Everyone got the answer they wanted from Xiao Siwen's mouth, and the hanging heart finally fell to the ground, so they drank it with confidence.
Han Derang just smiled helplessly, look, this is officialdom, disgusting but has to be such an officialdom. He thought of Xiao Xuan, who didn't even look at him before going out, and the look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
After Xiao Sui went out, he stood at the lacquer bar on the second floor, with his hands on his waist, thinking that he finally didn't have to look at those hypocritical faces anymore, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and inadvertently saw Li Zhi'an dialing the abacus at the counter in the lobby.
Xiao Sui suddenly became interested, wanting to meet this young lady from the Han family, she walked all the way down the stairs, staring at Li Zhi'an with beautiful eyes, and smiling lightly.
Xiao Xuan lay on the counter, looked at Li Zhi'an, who lowered her head and seriously settled the accounts, and smiled smartly, "Sister Li is so good-looking!" ”
Li Zhi'an's hand holding the brush trembled, and the delicate Chinese characters on the paper were covered by a drop of thick ink. She raised her eyes and saw that it was Xiao Xuan, hurriedly walked out of the counter, and bowed, "The folk girl Li Zhi'an has seen Miss Xiao, and she was negligent, so she didn't see Miss Xiao here, which is rude." ”
Xiao Sui helped her up, her eyes were full of smiles, "Sister Li, I am Xiao Sui, my family calls me Yanyan, I really want to make friends with you at this moment, and I hope you don't dislike it." ”
Li Zhi'an seemed to have doubts in his eyes. Xiao Xuan said again, "If you don't look down on my naughty friend, then you can continue to call me Miss Xiao." With that, he turned sideways.