Chapter 209: The Night Banquet
Yongning had been thinking about Li Zhi's words, guessing what kind of situation would happen, and he actually asked her to come forward to participate in such a thing. It's just that no matter how much she guesses, she never thought that the beginning of this thing would be fulfilled at the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet.
Because of the new funeral of Empress Changsun a year ago, the palace had a banquet on the New Year, so this Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet was very grand, and Li Shimin almost invited all the officials above the fifth grade in Beijing, not to mention those royal relatives.
Yongning followed behind the crown princess very peacefully, taking care of Li Cong, who was specially requested by Li Shimin to participate, generally speaking, it is a royal family banquet, princes and grandchildren under the age of five are not allowed to participate, the child is too young to take care of it, the most important thing is that they can't tell the importance of the occasion, if it makes a fuss and spoils the emperor's interest, it will be bad...... But Li Cong broke this convention, and not long after Li Shimin's opening, he was hugged to get close to his imperial grandfather, and came back with a smile and a lot of rewards, which made people blush.
Yongning really felt that if his gaze could be turned into a knife, their mother and son would probably have been chopped into meat sauce by this group of resentful women in the East Palace. But Yongning is really proud of his son in his heart, this child is too attractive, anyone can laugh, unless it is physically necessary, there is no cry, and she was raised by her to be white and tender, fleshy, and very healthy, which is probably what Li Shimin likes the most.
Li Zhi's previous children, not to mention the girls, the three little princes are not in good health, and they often fall down when the wind blows, which is a headache. There was even a period of time when rumors were secretly spread that it was because Li Zhi was weak that the child was unhealthy. But Li Cong's birth immediately cleared up those rumors, after all, according to the situation of Yongning when he gave birth, Li Cong is really healthy and can't be healthier anymore, naturally no one dares to say anything about Li Zhi's frailty.
Because of the presence of the Wang family, Yongning did not sit at the same table with Li Zhi, but sat on the side seat behind him, until De Shun'er, under Li Zhi's suggestion, took the opportunity to pour wine with Yongning in the past, and quietly pointed to the seat where Wuyangzi was sitting and showed Yongning.
Yongning never expected that at such a night banquet, Li Shimin would actually let Wuyangzi appear, and according to Deshun'er's guidance, Yongning suddenly found that the person who was sitting with Wuyangzi was actually Zheng Deming Yongning couldn't help but have a headache, she really didn't know whether this matter was Zheng Deming's own opinion, or Xing Yanzong's thoughts.
If Zheng Deming made his own opinion, it would be fine, but if Xing Yanzong had any thoughts, she couldn't help but worry. can teach a sect of divination at the level of a half-fairy like Yuan Tiangang, but if you think about it, I'm afraid you have a little bit of that hellish "Mandate of Heaven" in it, right? Although Yongning himself is very reluctant to believe in the Mandate of Heaven, there are times when he has to bow his head in front of the so-called Mandate of Heaven.
Since knowing that Zheng Deming was involved in the matter of Wuyangzi, Yongning quietly used the bird to send a letter to Yuan Tiangang, who knew that several months had passed, and the bird who sent the letter had already returned, but she never got a reply, which naturally made her feel uneasy.
Just looking at Wuyangzi appearing at this time, Yongning can be sure that Li Shimin is afraid that he has already made up his mind to keep Wuyangzi, and Li Zhi asked Deshun'er to tell her about it, which is just to remind her that she is most likely needed to come forward to break the situation tonight.
Although most of Yongning's attention was on his son, he still left a little bit to keep an eye on Wuyangzi and Zheng Deming's movements. When Zheng Deming took the opportunity to toast Li Shimin, she could clearly see that Wuyangzi seemed to be nervous. Yongning looked down at his son's eyes that were already half-narrowed, turned his head and whispered to the nurse, took the child down, and then pushed away the wine glass in his hand, and asked Qingyan to pour a cup of tea to moisten his throat, so he looked at what the two Taoist priests wanted to do.
Zheng Deming's good popularity, after this pill incident, is gone, and the Qianyuan Temple, which was once lively, has also returned to its former coldness. It's just that although it was cold before, it was especially famous, but now there is only disdain and laughter. Thinking about Zheng Deming's life at these times, Yongning saw the depression in his eyes clearly, although he didn't know if he regretted it, but he already understood that this move he took was definitely not a good move.
As soon as Zheng Deming stood up, most of the civil and military generals who were originally smiling and laughing with Li Shimin stopped talking, and there were only a few people who were also involved in the Wuyangzi affair who were still laughing loudly and talking about cheering for him. Zheng Deming didn't seem to take everyone's indifference to heart, and sang praises to Li Shimin wholeheartedly, and at the end, as Yongning guessed, he praised Wuyangzi in a high-profile manner.
As soon as Wuyangzi appeared, the banquet was even quieter, it was just that the ministers didn't speak, and now the ladies didn't speak, obviously when they were at home, they didn't listen to their husbands scolding this Wuyangzi, and they couldn't understand this meeting for a while......
Li Zhi put down the wine glass, calmed his face, glanced sideways at Yongning, and saw that she nodded knowingly, so he relaxed a little. The crown princess Wang only paid attention to the Wuyang Zi Heavenly Master, who had been very controversial recently, and did not see Li Zhi and Yongning exchanging glances, but the eldest grandson Jing, who was sitting side by side with Yongning, saw this move clearly.
The eldest grandson Jing was scared to be sick for a long time because of the tragic death of the Wu family, and when she was sick, she was punished and grounded because Li Zhi found out that she had done something in Yongning's tonic. She was able to attend today, but also thanks to the blessing of the eldest grandson Wuji, in the end it was her own daughter, although she was a little stupid, the eldest grandson Wuji was not willing to really care about her life or death, and actually asked Li Zhi in person, so that Li Zhi had to release her.
If the eldest Sun Jing still has some thoughts of weakness, but during this period of grounding, the palace people's means of stepping on low and praising high have also wiped out that little bit of weakness. Seeing Li Zhi and Yongning again at this time, the hatred in Changsun Jing's heart was almost impossible to hide. And Li Zhi's deliberate look at Yongning's behavior made her even more jealous.
But what made Changsun Jing feel the most painful was that whether it was Li Zhi or Yongning, it seemed that they always didn't look at her in their eyes and hearts, and even her hostile attitude didn't make them pay more attention to her, as if she was just a transparent little person, and it didn't deserve their more glances at all.
Although before the night banquet, Changsun Wuji had already asked people to send a message to Changsun Jing, asking her to keep quiet during the dinner and not to interfere no matter what happened, but Changsun Jing still couldn't help but pay attention to Li Zhi and Yongning's eyes and attitudes, and couldn't help the urge in her heart to destroy.
Yongning really didn't take Changsun Jing to heart, since Zheng Deming took Wuyangzi out, she has been watching the two of them stand in the middle of a specially vacated open space as if acting. It's just that there are not many people around the audience who are willing to cheer, even with Li Shimin's strong support, they can't hide the fact that they are deserted.
Zheng Deming felt a sense of powerlessness from the depths of his heart, this was the first time he regretted it, he shouldn't be greedy for a while, and let the eldest grandson Wuji hold it, now he has done these things, if it is done, the sect will not be able to spare him, if it is defeated, the sect will not be able to spare him, and what he is doing now is just delaying the time of defeat.
And Wuyangzi is even more empty-hearted, he originally just thought that there were many nobles in Chang'an, and planned to use some means to cheat some money, but he didn't think about it but was dragged into such a quagmire, he couldn't find a place to feel at ease if he wanted to cry In the past two days, he thought, if it continues like this, it is better to be directly exposed by a nobleman, and then go to prison for a few years, I am afraid that he can still feel at ease, if he continues like this, he really doesn't know if he has the life to enjoy the package of treasures he collected......
Yongning watched coldly as the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji accompanied Zheng Deming to the throne of Wuyangzi on the throne of the earth fairy, and then there was the unknown trust, shouting loudly to let Wuyangzi reveal the immortal family's methods......
Li Zhi looked sideways at Yongning again, but Yongning frowned slightly, a little unsure of how to act. Should she start when Wuyangzi pretends to be a half-fairy? Or do you go up and debunk it after the fact? Otherwise, she also used some means to shape herself into a half-fairy?
Yongning greeted Deshun'er and asked Li Zhi in a low voice, but he didn't want Li Zhi to be stumped by Yongning's question, and in the end he only gave her the word "wait". Then wait, Yongning sipped his tea, looking at the misty tricks made by Wuyangzi, and then with a wave of dust, he conjured up a plate of fairy peaches and other small magic tricks.
Yongning looked at those Wenchen generals who seemed to be a little blindfolded, and could only sigh secretly in his heart, or did he have little knowledge Li Zhi also frowned, and couldn't help but turn around and come to Yongning in person and asked, "Is this his real ability?" Is there a way for you to debunk it? ”
"I can still be better looking than him" Yongning raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "His methods are rough compared to those hundred opera artists in the East and West markets, and compared to me, a real half-immortal disciple, he is far behind...... You just have to pick a thorn, don't worry, I will definitely be able to help people get through."