Chapter 384: A Good Start
Enjoying the beautiful scenery, listening to good songs and songs, and tasting good wine and food, such a banquet in the palace is rare, let alone for so many ministers here.
The emperor beckoned, and the Li Gong on the side immediately stopped the song and dance for a while, and saw the emperor raise the wine glass in his hand and signal everyone to have a drink. Under his call, everyone present raised the wine glasses in front of them, and Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan were naturally no exception.
After a pretended hope that the two countries of Daliang and Mongolia would get along with each other and develop and progress together, the emperor saluted everyone with a wine glass and let everyone drink this cup together.
Seizing this opportunity, his eyes occasionally turned to the emperor's side, but basically the prince of Mengguo, who had never left Liu Qingyan, raised his wine glass and faced Liu Qingyan, his lips were wide open, and he did not make a sound, but it was not difficult to judge from the shape of his mouth that he was saying "Cheers". At this time, Liu Qingyan was originally responding to the emperor's toast, but it looked more like a private relationship with the crown prince of Mengguo.
As if the treacherous plan had succeeded, the prince of Mengguo smiled and drank the glass of wine in his hand in one gulp, which was not enough, and turned the wine glass upside down, just to tell Liu Qingyan that he was very happy, and drank all the wine in his hand in one go. He seemed to be interested in waiting for Liu Qingyan to give him a response, and it was best to drink the glass of wine dry and then show him the bottom of the glass. However, with this proud posture towards him, Liu Qingyan almost thought that he was not opportunistically toasting himself, but simply thought that he was drinking a glass of wine with himself!
Liu Qingyan was unhappy in her heart, the wine glass didn't come to her lips, and she didn't even have a basic meaning, so she put it on the table lightly. The crown prince of Mengguo didn't care, but smiled even more proudly. It seems that it doesn't matter if you can't let Liu Qingyan drink this glass of wine because of him, but it can make Liu Qingyan have emotional fluctuations because of him, especially if he is so obviously angry, he is also willing. At least it means that Liu Qingyan still cares about him very much, and this is a good start!
Liu Qingyan wouldn't know what Prince Mengguo thought in his heart, and she didn't care what he would think. Turning his head, he saw a cup on the table, and it was empty, it turned out to be Xuanyuan Yichen who drank a glass of wine. This was not enough, he beckoned again, asking the first and fifteenth junior high students behind him to pour him wine.
The two of them looked at the princess in love for a lifetime, and then said: "Lord Wang......" Before the words were really spoken, Xuanyuan Yichen waved his hand again, and simply made the two of them shut their mouths neatly, knowing what they were going to say, it was better not to say it. Knowing that they wouldn't pour himself wine, he simply picked up the flask that he had set aside.
A hand reached over and pressed it on the hand of Xuanyuan Yichen who was about to pick up the wine jug. This time, it was Liu Qingyan who did it. Seeing that Xuanyuan Yichen was also looking at her, she shook her head lightly and said softly, "Don't drink it." Dongfang Ze has long said that with Xuanyuan Yichen's physical condition, it is not suitable to drink. Basically, there is no need for Dongfang Ze to say that since Xuanyuan Yichen was poisoned when he was very young, he himself knows very well that the poison is incomprehensible, and he basically can't drink alcohol in his life.
The last time I drank, it was also a banquet held in the palace, but Liu Qingyan at that time was not clear about the situation. And Xuanyuan Yichen knew that the wine was poisonous, and in order to protect Liu Qingyan, he drank this glass of wine, fortunately, it had no effect on his body, but the incident on the night of the full moon also happened.
This time, when Liu Qingyan was not on guard, and the first and fifteenth years of junior high school were also not on guard and had no time to stop it, he let him drink this glass of wine. But this time, he wanted to do it again, but he couldn't say anything.
Xuanyuan Yichen can not care about the obstruction of the first and fifteenth years of junior high school, nor can he care about Dongfang Ze's warning, although he drank this glass of wine because of Liu Qingyan, but he can't care less about Liu Qingyan's obstruction. Looking at Liu Qingyan's admonishing eyes, he still let go of the wine jug and withdrew his hand. Liu Qingyan immediately took the wine jug by herself, handed it to Xiao Yue who was standing behind her, and told her to change it to a pot of water. Toasting and drinking are always inevitable, and it should still be okay to change to a pot of water, which does not delay drinking "wine" and does not delay your body. Moreover, if he really wants to drink so much, then pour a glass of water in a wine jug and let him drink it, so that he can have a good time. This is the real "water" wine!
After the emperor took a glass of wine and toasted everyone, the atmosphere suddenly became more lively, and the civil ministers and military generals present and the envoys of Mongolia all rushed to give the emperor a strong drink, of course, they did not forget the noble concubine who sat next to the emperor and almost did not stick with the emperor.
After toasting the emperor and the noble concubine, the ministers played a toasting game with each other. The civilians can still be called polite and courteous, but there is not so much attention to the generals, if it weren't for the palace here, I'm afraid they would turn into a wine competition. Rao is like this, they all don't stop drinking one by one, but the wine glass in their hands and the wine jug next to them are too small, if they can be replaced with wine bowls and wine jars. Maybe it's because I'm so happy today, the emperor and the noble concubine didn't stop them, and let them be so lively and crazy.
Among the guests who attended the banquet, there were always people who really loved wine and cherished wine, and they could only pity that such a liquid was wasted and wasted by a group of people who drank more than water.
The banquet hall was really lively, and when the song and dance appeared again, even the melodious sound of the bamboo orchestra could not compare to everyone's voice of drinking and persuading drinking. It's just that the excitement is lively, but there are two places that are particularly different. One is in front of the emperor and the noble concubine, after all, no one dares to run in front of these two to persuade them to drink an extra glass of wine. There is another one, which is in front of Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan.
Everyone seemed to have formed a tacit understanding tonight, and no one would run to these two to toast them, even the ministers who used to go in and out of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion and the restaurant casino with Xianwang in the past all hid one by one, and drank lively with others, but they didn't dare to secretly look at Xianwang. One of the reasons is naturally because the idle king is always sick, and he always closes his door to greet no one to see him. One day or two days is enough, he has been like this for a month or two months, and there are still people looking for him at first, but the people who will look for him are basically fun and playful people, and they can't find it three times or twice, so they will give up, and it's a big deal to find new "like-minded" friends. As for the other ministers, they didn't deal with the idle king in the first place, and they never took the idle king in their eyes on weekdays, so they wouldn't take the initiative to come to the door at this time.
At the beginning, Xuanyuan Yichen defeated Liguo, everyone was surprised and had to admire Xuanyuan Yichen's ability, and also wondered if they were deceived by various legends to cause such a misunderstanding. However, since Xuanyuan Yichen began to close the door again, everyone began to suspect again, maybe he really has no ability, but his luck is too good, just like he will be born in the emperor's family and won the favor of the emperor, it is just great luck.
In addition, today's banquet is specially held to welcome the envoys of the Mongolian State, if everyone gathers in front of Xuanyuan Yichen to compete with him for a drink, although he is not the one who directly defeated the Mongolian State, but the Mongolian State always comes in the name of surrender, so it will be too embarrassing to the Mongolian prince and the Mongolian prince.
However, there is one of the main reasons, which is that everyone knows that the emperor and the noble concubine are not in harmony with the idle king and the idle princess, so even if the idle king has made such a great contribution, he will send him away casually at the emperor, and everyone knows that the emperor still has no good impression of the idle king. At this time, if you want to get closer to the idle king, it is tantamount to offending the emperor.