The sky is getting dark, all kinds of lanterns in the streets and alleys are lit up, strings and rows, high and low, red and green are colorful, so that the whole king becomes brilliant, this is the real lights of ten thousand homes.

In the past, every household at this point was preparing to rest after eating, but today the royal capital is particularly lively, men, women, old people, children, almost everyone is strolling on the street.

The young girl of Huaichun borrowed the lantern to find the wishful husband, the husband and wife borrowed the lantern to enhance the relationship, the old people borrowed the lantern to recall the past, and the children borrowed the lantern to call friends, which has different meanings for people of different ages, and even has different meanings for everyone.

The common people celebrate the festival, of course, the royal family also celebrates the festival, if you look down from the air, there is a place with the brightest lights, almost a sea of lights, that is the palace, on this day, most of the officials will come to the palace for the festival, which can be regarded as an annual event.

At this moment, the palace was already full of splendor, and there were lanterns everywhere on the cornices, on the cloisters, and even in the hands of all the maids and eunuchs.

The invited princes and ministers dressed in brand-new dresses, or with their grandly dressed wives, or with beautiful palms like flowers, walked to the back garden with laughter and laughter along the way.

The back garden is the place where the palace lantern festival is held, the density of the lanterns can almost be said to be the silver light of the fire tree, all the notes of the Qiongzhi and precious wood are hung with lanterns, each lamp is exquisite and unique and never the same, on it or carved or painted, the myths of mountains, rivers, birds and beasts are everything.

In the back garden, on the side of the lotus pond, there is an elegant pavilion, and there is a long case carved from white Haoying stone in the pavilion. This is where King Jiang and the Queen Mother are located.

There are two rows of long cases on both sides of the pavilion. On each long table is a fine wine and fruit. This is the position of the princes and ministers and VIPs, eighty percent of the seats are already full, talking and laughing with each other, or praising each other's daughters for their beauty, or praising their wives for their virtues, although they know that they are kind words, but they still sound extraordinarily comfortable, and they are happy and have a very festive atmosphere.

"Lord Yushi arrives at ......" with the eunuch singing a promise. All the dignitaries and dignitaries behind the long case hurriedly got up to greet them.

I saw Liu Yushi and a middle-aged man with a similar appearance coming side by side in the sea of lights, followed by several beautiful women dressed up, one of them was Liu Can's mother Chi Lingshan, and then there were young boys and girls who borrowed me, respectively, the sons and daughters of Liu Yushi and the people around him.

"Mishi-sama. The ministers bowed and saluted.

"Colleagues, you don't have to be polite, let me introduce to you, this is my fifth brother Yuanlong. The strong man of the Emperor of Food, now holds an important position in the White Deer Food Palace. ”

listened to Liu Yushi's introduction. The ministers were all taken aback, they had all heard of Liu Yuanlong's name, but they didn't expect to see a real person today.

"It turned out to be the Yuanlong Food Emperor, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"I have heard the name of the Yuanlong Food Emperor for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name. ”

"Just now, I wondered who had the posture of a cloud dragon, but I didn't expect it to be the Yuanlong Food Emperor. ”

The sound of sycophants is endless, everyone is an old fritter, and a few words of boasting will not blush at all, the old prime minister and his officials can't open their mouths, but they also arch their hands to show respect, the food continent is respected, and the food emperor is already a very high status.

Listening to everyone's flattery, Liu Yuanlong did not accept it modestly and calmly, he didn't say a word, just nodded in return, and looked very proud.

"What about Qin Yu? Didn't Qin Yu come?" Liu Yuanlong didn't sit down, his eyes swept around the two rows of long cases, but he didn't see Qin Yu, and his face couldn't help but sink.

In the afternoon, his son Liu Lan came back to complain after being beaten, and when he asked, it turned out to be Qin Yu's so-called, he was angry on the spot, and he first broke Liu Can and ate the sea, and then beat his son into a pig's head, which is simply squatting on the head of the Liu family, which is unbearable.

Originally, he didn't plan to come, but this time he came specially to question Qin Yu in person, if the situation is suitable, maybe he can punish him with his own hands to vent the hatred in his heart.

However, Qin Yu didn't come, seeing that the time was about to come or not, you know, according to the rules, the lower the status, the earlier it should be, and the VIPs and ministers should expire before the queen mother, otherwise what kind of system will the king of a country and other courtiers become?

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and they all felt the suppressed anger in Liu Yuanlong's tone, and secretly wondered in their hearts that Qin Yu was afraid of the Liu family's power, and knew that the lantern festival was not going to be good, so he didn't dare to come?

"Yes, what about Qin Yu, I've arrived here, why didn't he arrive?" Liu Yushi's gaze looked at the prime minister.

"The Queen Mother was invited, but she dared to be late to put on a shelf, this son is really arrogant, and even the Queen Mother doesn't take it seriously!" Chi Lingshan said coldly.

The old prime minister was also secretly anxious in his heart, why hadn't Qin Yu appeared yet? Could it have been an accident? Or was it delayed by something?

However, of course, the old prime minister would not show it, and when he heard this, he glared at Chi Lingshan and reprimanded: "Qin Yu is the great food of our country, and he has made great contributions to the country and the entire food continent, and he is also a guest invited by the king, what are you talking about as a woman? Is there a place for you to speak?"

Although the food continent is not patriarchal, men still occupy a strong position, and unless women become big eaters themselves, even if they marry into a wealthy family, they have no say in the real big occasion.

Chi Lingshan didn't expect Lao Cheng to be so unkind to herself, she is also the sister of the head of the Chi family, a wealthy gourmet family, and the wife of Liu Yushi, and it is really shameless to be reprimanded in front of the ministers.

"I think what Madame said is right, what if Qin Yu is meritorious? Can he despise the majesty of the king if he has merit? The arrogant and arrogant shelves have been put in the palace, and such an arrogant person is not worthy of participating in the lantern festival at all, in my opinion, ......" Liu Yushi's voice did not fall, and he only heard the eunuch chanting a long voice.

"The Queen Mother has arrived at ......" The shrill voice echoed throughout the back garden.

The ministers hurriedly quieted down, Liu Yushi and the old prime minister no longer quarreled, except for Liu Yuanlong, Liu Yushi and the old prime minister, the rest of the people all knelt down and saluted.

"Welcome to the Queen Mother!" shouted the ministers and their wives and daughters in unison.

King Jiang and the Queen Mother came slowly surrounded by two rows of delicate palace maids, among which the Queen Mother was particularly graceful and luxurious, and for a time the wives and daughters of the hundred officials were overshadowed.

There is also a woman beside the Queen Mother, whose beauty is comparable to that of the Queen Mother, her dress is not as luxurious as the Queen Mother, exquisite and generous, but she is more than half a chip, her temperament is cold and elegant, and she is really good at Chunlan Qiuju when she stands with the Queen Mother.

Seeing this woman appear, the ministers were all taken aback, isn't this woman Qingyi of Jinyi Pavilion? In the past, Qingyi would not have participated in this kind of gathering, but today the sun is coming out in the west?

(PS: Who is Qingyi? Please don't ask the author such an evil question, the author doesn't understand it at all.) (To be continued.) )