Chapter Twenty-Three: A Generous Gift

Liu Bang and Empress Lu, who were side by side, looked at each other and smiled, and said to Sha Ling'er, "Your brother Wang is not bad, the east, west, north and south have hundreds of miles of territory. ”

Sha Ling'er couldn't hear what this sentence meant, but she laughed very childishly, looked around the hall and turned around and asked, "When will Sha Ling'er see her future sister-in-law?" ”

'Uh......', Liu Bang pinched his temples, glanced at Lu Hou, who was following him on the left, Lu Hou was meeting Liu Bang's embarrassed gaze, as if he wanted to ask her to help answer the phone, in the end it was not a real princess, Liu Bang was always afraid of goofs, and when he encountered such a problem, he always involuntarily avoided it and threw it to Lu Hou to deal with. Empress Lu dealt with things resolutely, decisively and resolutely, to some extent, Liu Bang was dependent on her, and always felt that her ideas would help solve all difficulties.

Empress Lu glanced at him and nodded at him, crossed Liu Bang's side, came to Sha Ling'er, took her hand and said with a smile, "The princess doesn't have to think about these things first, tonight we are just happy to eat, enjoy the song and dance, and tomorrow the emperor will invite the princess to meet the princess of our Han family." ”

Instead, Sha Ling'er put her hand on Lu Hou's hand, showing a warm smile and saying 'um'.

The ceremonial officer led everyone to take a seat, Liu Bang and Lu Hou sat side by side, sitting in the north and facing south, the first one in the side seat was Sha Ling'er, followed by Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Guan and them, and facing them was Xiao He Chen and others.

Sha Ling'er stood in place and didn't sit down, lowered her head and said with a red face, "Yesterday, Sha Ling'er was reckless, and actually used this case as a stool, the Huns are rough and wild, and there are not many etiquette, I hope you will forgive me." ”

Everyone looked at each other, Liu Bang stroked his hair and smiled, saying that the cultural differences were not enough to blame, and told Sha Linger not to take it to heart. Sha Ling'er immediately showed a childlike smile, and then solemnly and respectfully bent down to Liu Bang and bowed deeply, got up and nodded goodbye to the other ladies and beauties, and they all smiled politely back.

Looking at a table of delicacies, Sha Ling'er's eyes were dazzled, her round black grape-like eyes kept staring at the delicacies on the case, swallowing her saliva, rubbing her hands and preparing to eat, when she saw a meat dish, she pointed to it and asked Mrs. Qi, who was adjacent to her, "Madam, what is the name of this dish, it looks better than a leg of mutton." ”

Mrs. Qi smiled and leaned closer to her and said, "This is a five-crystal water elbow, it is very delicious, the princess can taste it." ”

Sha Ling'er nodded and smiled, then raised her head and asked Liu Bang, who was seated, "Your Majesty the Emperor, can I taste it?" ”

Liu Bang nodded with a smile, and made a gesture of invitation in the air, "Please." ”

I didn't see a pair of books (chopsticks) on the side of the case, and I ate directly with my hands to grab the meat, without any scruples about eating, and my mouth was oily after eating three or two times, and I still chirped my mouth from time to time, and there was soup to drink soup and water to drink, so I looked so bold that everyone was stunned. Liu Banglu looked at each other behind him, looked at Sha Ling'er with round eyes, and then Liu Bang laughed. Mrs. Qi, who was sitting next to Sha Ling'er, also looked at it and swallowed a little saliva. Mrs. Guan Zhao Meiren was even more 'wow' in admiration. Xiao He looked at Chen Ping speechlessly, and Chen Ping looked at Liu Bang with a smile. Just as she was about to take the second piece of meat, she raised her eyes and saw that everyone was looking at her strangely, Sha Ling'er's hand that was grabbing the meat immediately stopped, looked around at the people who were looking at her, retracted her hand and smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, my hometown is used to being wild, Sha Ling'er uses chopsticks." He picked up the chopsticks again, picked up an elbow and pretended to be a Han woman and sent it to his mouth, closed his lips and chewed carefully, "It's really delicious, the Han family's things are so good, the people are better, it would be good if Sha Ling'er could marry into the Han family." Then he stuffed a piece into his mouth, and he ate deliciously.

Hearing the last sentence, everyone didn't know how to answer, looked at each other with the people around them, and looked at Liu Bang together. Liu Bang took advantage of the situation and pointed to the dishes and said, "Let's eat it too." ”

Everyone picked up chopsticks and put their favorite food into their mouths, and there were sometimes some small noises on the table, all about eating. Mrs. Qi carefully gave the viburnum to Sha Ling'er, and Sha Ling'er also doubled the delicious food with an eager smile to Mrs. Qi, and the two of them were immediately happy. Jealous Mrs. Guan next to Mrs. Qi, sullenly using chopsticks to pestle the food on the plate, Mrs. Bo saw this, and sandwiched Mrs. Guan's favorite twisted fish for her to eat, Mrs. Guan was even more interested, as if she was deliberately angry with Mrs. Qi, desperately trying to eat Mrs. Bo, making the dishes chirping, these two people have a bit of a cold war taste.

Liu Bang, who was seated, saw that Mrs. Guan had made a fuss about her emotions at the banquet, Liu Bang desperately gave Mrs. Guan a look, signaling her to pay attention to her image and not mess around. Empress Lu smiled disdainfully and coldly. also gave the vegetables to Liu Bang to eat, Liu Bang smiled and asked her if she was still dizzy, Lu Hou shook his head and said that it was better, Liu Bang also gave Lu Hou the vegetables that he exchanged gifts, and the two seemed to want to interpret the love on the surface to the fullest.

At the dinner table, everyone performed their own wonderful stories, but the ministers watched the excitement, Chen Ping lowered his head and desperately held back a smile and stuffed rice into his mouth, Xiao He looked at Chen Ping every other while for unknown reasons, frowning and sending something to his mouth to eat with a puzzled brow. Liu Bang put down the chopsticks in his hand while eating, and gestured to the eunuch who was standing aside to serve, the eunuch quickly came over and squatted a little to listen to Liu Bang speak, Liu Bang approached his ear and whispered a few words, and the eunuch went out again.

A cup of tea, just as everyone was pushing the cup and changing the cup to eat and drink in a staggered manner, the beautiful singer and dancer came in from outside the hall, wearing heavy makeup, wearing light Hanfu, smiling lightly and skillfully, and her skirt was dancing like a streamer snow moon.

The grand and magnificent court music was played, and the chimes, chimes, xiao, pipes, flutes, and gonghou were intertwined into beautiful music. They showed off their bodies in front of the royal family, dancing with enchanting skills, ice muscles and jade slippery, combing the same bun, dancing different movements, and dedicating all the most beautiful dances of the Han Dynasty to foreign envoys.

"Yo yo deer chirping, apple of the wild food. I have guests, drummers and shengs. Blowing the sheng drum spring, bearing the basket is the will. People are kind to me, show me to walk.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild artemisia. I have a guest, Deyin Kong Zhao. If the people are not ashamed, the gentleman is effective. I have a purpose to drink, and the guest style Yan Yiao.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild Qin. I have guests, drums and pianos. The drums and drums are harmonious and harmonious. I have a purpose to drink, with the heart of Yanle guests"

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The majestic atmosphere of "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Luming" expresses the most hospitable friendship of the Han Dynasty through the way of everyone singing in unison, which is magnificent and majestic, and the melody is solemn.

While watching the singing and dancing, everyone ate delicious food, and the people at one table after the table were having fun, constantly raising their glasses with the people at other tables, immersed in the majestic music, and bursts of joyful laughter were intertwined with the singing.

Liu Bang saw that Sha Ling'er was completely intoxicated by this singing and dancing, she was smiling, her face was full of envy, her eyes looked at these excellent kabuki without moving, and smiled proudly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, can Sha Ling'er dance for you?" Sha Ling'er looked at it and became interested in dancing, and turned her head to ask Liu Bang excitedly.

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, and he happily agreed.

Sha Ling'er smiled innocently at everyone, got up and came to the center of the main hall. Liu Bangping retired from the Kabuki of the Han family, and the Hu Lingqi brought by Sha Ling'er occupied the main arena and danced.

Wearing characteristic Hu clothes, dancing characteristic Hu dance, full of innocent smiles, he showed a grand Hu dance performance for the people of the Han family, with musical instruments that Liu Bang had never seen, music that Liu Bang had never heard, dances that Liu Bang had never seen, and beauties that the harem did not have. Liu Bang watched Sha Ling'er's performance with joy, smiled from ear to ear, kept brushing his beautiful beard, and kept saying, "Okay, good, different kind of Hu Wu, I'm really eye-opening." ”

At the end of the dance, Sha Ling'er returned to her seat, and when she heard Liu Bang praise her dancing skills like this, she was very happy and said modestly, "The Han family always opens my eyes, I have never seen such a dance in our Xiongnu court, it is very grand, and the music is also very beautiful." If the princess of the Han family arrives at the royal court, Sha Ling'er can learn from her, and the culture of the Han family has also been spread. "Sha Ling'er said that the hand dancing and dancing all reflect the love for Han culture.

Liu Bang smiled.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, this time, Brother Wang asked Sha Ling'er to bring a thin gift, Brother Wang said that it would be a dowry, please accept it." Sha Ling'er got up and said, then lowered her head and took out a golden brocade from her waist, and then walked to Liu Bang's side, holding the brocade in both hands to the eyebrows, hoping that Liu Bang would accept it.

Liu Bang didn't expect it at all, stood up in surprise and looked at Sha Ling'er in front of him, couldn't believe it, raised his hands and solemnly took the brocade in Sha Ling'er's hand, slowly opened it to take a look, his eyes suddenly widened his round mouth, and the word 'ah' burst out of his mouth again and again.

With both hands in the brocade, he raised his eyes to look at Sha Ling'er, calm with frightening joy, "Mao Dunshan Yu really has a heart, and he is so bold, I know that the Xiongnu are dominating the desert and grassland country on horseback, but I don't know that there are as many cattle, sheep and horses as there are stars, and I am willing to send a total of 500 cattle, horses and sheep." I'm afraid I have nothing else to pay back except my precious daughter. Liu Bang was simply ecstatic, didn't all he want was horses? Unexpectedly, Mao Dun was so stupid, he actually gave him a horse, Liu Bang really didn't know whether to thank him or scold him for being stupid, but Mao Dun was not so willing to give him horses, cattle and sheep so easily. His eyes lit up, and his heart suddenly sank again, and he unconsciously stopped smiling, thinking that he was not a fool, and there must be a deep request or conspiracy to send him a horse so easily, so thinking about it, Liu Bang shuddered, and an inexplicable uneasiness invaded his whole body. When I held the brocade in my hand, I felt heavy, and I didn't know if it was suitable to accept the so-called gift of Maodun. When Empress Lu who was sitting on the side heard this, she also stood up in surprise, and looked at Liu Bang suspiciously, Liu Bang handed the brocade to Empress Lu, and Empress Lu saw that it was true, but she looked at Sha Ling'er in confusion, and she was as worried as Liu Bang, and felt that there was always a feeling of oppression.

Niu Hu'er, who was waiting behind her, heard that it was another tapestry, her eyes widened in surprise and panic, and she hurriedly pulled La Sha Ling'er and gave her a look. Sha Ling'er glanced at her and ignored it, and didn't even see the change in Liu Banglu's appearance, and continued to say modestly to the people of the Han family, "No, no, the princess is more worthy of the respect of our royal family." ”

Liu Bang laughed out loud and said to everyone, "Princess Luan is really the first envoy among women, she has the courage to envoy to foreign countries at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and her eloquence is not even better. ”

Sha Ling'er was determined to praise herself in her last sentence, so she smiled at her black eyes again, and the small dimples at the corners of her mouth were even more cute.