Chapter 44: Are you ready?

(pink 250 plus more)

After Pingyang took the jade away, there was less of this great god, and the remaining half of the guests, but the wine was more enjoyable, the four altars of snake gall wine were divided, and each person drank a glass less, during which there was no shortage of knowledgeable guests, so they drank more, two or three cups of belly, and vaguely felt the wonder at that time, but they couldn't tell why.

After a few days, the benefits of this medicinal wine were passed on from mouth to mouth, and the snake gall wine on the reception banquet was praised by a god, but if you want to drink another sip, it is hard to find, so that most of the people who were expelled from the banquet that day were mostly remorseful.

This is a later story, and when this banquet was dispersed, it was already the early morning of the second day, such as Yu Shinan and Changsun Wuji, they went back in the first half of the night, and the remaining guests who had drunk all night were drunk and staggered, and were helped by the palace people of Furong Garden to leave outside the garden in their own carriages.

Du Chuke sent off Gao Zhixian, who had a good relationship, returned to the open-air hall, swept around the banquet full of cups and plates, and found that one of the missing guests was drunk on the desk, so he walked over.

"Lord Qi, Lord Qi, wake up." Du Chuke pushed the man in a brown robe.

"Well, ah, Du, Lord Du." The man raised his head, revealing a drunken face, looking no more than in his early twenties, speaking with a big tongue, obviously drunk.

"It's me, it's almost dawn, get up, I'll call a carriage to take you back to the museum." Du Chuke looked at the eyes of this drunken man, and felt a little regretful, this man's name is Qi Zheng, he is a Jinshi who has been in Zhenguan for six years, and he should have a good future, but unfortunately his personality is too gentle, and his work is not reliable.

"No, no, no, thank you, I, Hiccup—I'll go back myself." Qi Zheng burped, the smell of wine made Du Chuke Xun frown, he staggered to his feet, pushed away the palace people who stepped forward to support, and walked towards the outside of the hall alone, Du Chuke looked at his back, stretched out his hand to beckon the palace people, and went to do other things.

Besides, the drunkard descended the twenty-four steps step by step, and almost made a heel in the middle, and walked along the left side of the road, and after a few steps he accidentally tripped and rolled into the dense grass.

"Good wine, good wine, but it's a pity that it's not pure, and it's mixed a little more—burp," the man who lay in the grass burped again, raised his hands and rubbed them vigorously on his face, and the next moment he stood up with one fell swoop, and walked quickly towards the grove without looking back, and went around most of the circle, and touched the side hall behind the garden, where there was still a little drunk

"Knock Knock"

knocked on the door a few times, Qi Zheng didn't wait for the answer inside, he pushed open the half-covered door and flashed in, searched the room with his eyes, looked for the shadow behind the screen, walked over a few steps, coughed lightly twice through the screen, bowed down, and said:

"Qi Zheng is not doing well, he was greedy for a cup and drank too much last night, he missed the sound of you knocking on the case, and failed to stop the rumors from making troubles in time, and he was appointed by His Royal Highness, please punish him."

Then go around to the Luohan bed on the other side of the screen, the man lying on the side of the kimono, his body moved slightly, and his eyelids opened to reveal a pair of unique blue eyes, it was not Li Tai, who was it.

"If you want to receive the punishment, cut off your ears."

"This-" Qi Zheng hesitated, his tone was helpless and annoyed, and sighed: "Zheng knew that he had missed a big event, thanks to Miss Lu's quick wisdom, she didn't let the other party succeed, it stands to reason that she should be punished, and it is not a pity to cut off both ears, but His Royal Highness handed over Zheng's affairs, Zheng still has a lot of unfinished, if you cut off your ears and are disabled, I am afraid that it will be difficult to serve Your Highness again. ”

These heartfelt words were full of emotion, but after Li Tai heard it, he was unmoved, he didn't feel touched at all, he lifted his eyelids, looked at the figure on the screen shaking his head, and said:

"Use your tricks on business, go down."

"Thank you Your Highness for forgiving your sins, Zheng Ding should remember His Highness's teachings, do more business, and talk less, Your Highness will rest, and Zheng will retire."

bowed again, Qi Zheng opened the door lightly, and after seeing that there was no one left and right, he picked up the hem of his clothes and ran towards the grove by the wall, and did not forget to mutter:

"It's hard to do, it's hard to do, it's good that the person came up, and he asked me to block the words, and as a result, when people got out of what kind of bad smelly stuff, they sent me a secret signal for a long time, obviously I changed my mind temporarily, fortunately, I have a lot of eyes, and I have a pair of discerning eyes, so I didn't steal the limelight of the main owner of the house - alas, the bottle is expected to return, the thought of drunkenness and sleeplessness, tenderness and sweetness, beauty is beautiful, but unfortunately not enough for another taste, tsk, or my eyesight is good, I picked a master with good eyesight, ha."

"Knock Knock"

"Come in."

"Dad," Changsun Xi pushed open the door of the study and walked in, "You have something to do with the child?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was writing behind the case, and when he saw her come in, he put down his pen, looked up at his flower-like daughter in front of him, and could discern the obvious haggard on her face, she came back too late last night, and she was called by him early in the morning and didn't rest well, which was not the main reason for her appearance.

Pointing to the chair opposite, after she sat down quietly, she was silent for a while, and then sighed, the middle-aged man who had passed forty years, his face was already old, and he said softly:

"Your mother is not in good health, and your father is busy with official duties all day long, so he has neglected you children over the years, but in his heart, my father doesn't want to watch you suffer a little bit and suffer a little sin, so from childhood to adulthood, I give you the best in everything, especially you, because you are the youngest daughter of your father and mother, and you are well-behaved and sensible, think about it yourself, in the past ten years, what have you asked for, didn't your father give it to you?"

The eldest grandson Xi was already vaguely aware of what he was going to say, and although he wanted to escape, he could only respond in a silent voice under the kind words of his loving father:

"No, Dad is the best for Xi'er."

"No, Dad is not good enough for you," Eldest Sun Wuji denied her words, clasped his hands together, his face was painful, his voice was hoarse, and said: "Because what you want now, Dad really can't give it to you, and he can't afford to give it to you." ”

"Daddy—"

"You listen to your father's words," the eldest grandson Wuji raised his hand to signal her to be a little restless, "Dad is also wrong in this matter, I noticed your mind at the beginning, only when you were young and ignorant, thinking that the days will be long, and you will figure it out when you grow up, but Dad is wrong, Dad didn't think about it, two years have passed, but your child is a little obsessed," Speaking of this, Eldest Sun Wuji's expression suddenly became excited:

"Do you know, how angry did my father feel when he watched you put down your body last night to greet King Wei, and saw that you gave away poems in public and were handed over to others, how can you always be sensible, how can you do that kind of thing that you don't know the general situation, how can you abandon the face of our eldest grandson's family for an outsider?"

"Are you still Dad's well-behaved and sensible daughter, how did you become like this, do you know, Dad is most angry not that you lost the face of the eldest grandson's family, Dad is most angry that you don't think about the future at all, do you think you can really have anything with Li Tai, Dad went to the palace two years ago to probe the emperor's tone, Dad will tell you clearly today, say something disagreeable - unless the emperor is replaced, this matter is impossible"

With a low shout, after Changsun Xi was shocked, the whole person collapsed on the chair, and a delicate little face was only pale in a trance.

The room was quiet for a long time, and then Fang remembered the voice of the eldest grandson Wuji:

"As soon as May passes, after the end of the year, you will be sixteen years old, there are many young talents in Chang'an City, Dad will help you run for the election, and let you marry out in a beautiful way, no matter when, Dad is your backer, and the eldest grandson's family is your backer."

The eldest grandson Xi who hung his head on his chest didn't say a word, and the eldest grandson Wuji only said that she couldn't accept this reality for a while, but she couldn't see her eyes hidden behind her forehead, which were becoming more and more cold.

Dingguo Chang Princess's Mansion

In the early morning, the cool air slipped in through the window, and the widow who was nested in the silk quilt opened her eyes, squinted for a while, came to her senses, and carefully recalled the scene at the reception banquet last night, but after no loopholes, she happily rolled a few times on the wide and amazing bed wrapped in the quilt.

Except for Qi Zhongen's accident, everything is not much as she expected before, I believe that after this banquet, the people of Chang'an City will remember her name again, whether it is the sister of the murderer Lu Zhi, the little girl who was tricked at the Gaoyang banquet three years ago and helped King Wei block the knife, whether it is Miss Lu, who had a close relationship with the eldest princess of Pingyang last night, or the unmarried side concubine who painted and wrote poems with King Wei, she wants her name to spread all over Beijing for a while.

February 12 is her ceremony, in Chang'an, but all the status of the lady, and the ceremony is complicated or simple, heavy or light, is to give outsiders a clear indication that this young lady is not valued. As for the number of female guests who came to the door that day and the identity of the female guests, it is another message to convey another message, whether this young lady's character and talent are good enough.

She went to Lu's house a few days ago to discuss the matter, and she had to do it carefully and make a ceremony, as long as there was silver, the pomp and circumstance could be made, but the female guests who came to the door to add the flute were not so easy to find, not only in quantity, but also in quality. Although she has the help of Pingyang and can invite a few noble ladies, it is far from enough to give her a beautiful label for her courtesy, so she needs to let Jingli spread her name in a short time, make full use of people's curiosity, and attract those ladies who cherish their identity and reputation to add to her

"February 12, I've got you ready here."

When we met a year later, there was no word-for-word exchange, but I remembered every word he made on her birthday two years ago, she believed in their tacit understanding, what should be done, what could be done, she almost did it, just to wait for him to promise that day

(The tragedy is down, so the three are late, but I still have the cheekiness to ask for a pink ticket, %"_"%. ）