Chapter 123: The State Banquet Begins
A chubby old eunuch slowly appeared in the center of the hall with a whisk of dust, drooping his face, and shouted in a sharp and strange voice: "The hour has come...... I would like to invite all the adults, all the talents, all the sons, all the young ladies, to move to the inner hall of the Shengtian Palace!"
The inner hall of the Shengtian Hall is also a very large place, although it is not as grand as the Shengtian Palace, but it is more than enough to accommodate one or two thousand people. Originally, Long Qi only thought that there were only a few forty or fifty ministers who could enter the palace, but it turned out that Long Qi was wrong, there were more than five hundred people in the inner hall of the Shengtian Palace, and each of them was full of red light and refreshed, and they were all shushing and asking for warmth.
Long Qi walked deeper, and secretly sighed in his heart: Nima, this is dragging the family to eat here!
If Long Qi's words in his heart make people listen to him, they will definitely beat him to death, and the emperor will hold a banquet to entertain the ministers of the first, second and third grades of the court, who doesn't feel honored, it's not enough to pull the eight generations of the ancestors over, what's wrong with just having some people?
Such a grand scene, big, but different.
At the top, there is a throne made of gilt, on which the golden dragon is lifelike, counting carefully, there are nine in total, each of which is a nine-clawed golden dragon, shining with golden light, extremely luxurious. But what makes people wonder is that on the left side of the throne there is a seat on an equal footing with the emperor, what is that? On the four sides of the throne, it is the exclusive seat of the royal family, the so-called royal family, in addition to the four princes, there is also a seat of the Marquis Yang Chuang, carefully counted, the five seats are engraved with seven-clawed golden dragons, the same lifelike, obviously from the hands of the master.
In the back, there are several large tables and several seats, obviously leaving a seat for Li Xiaoqi, but the princess should be sharing a table with a group of celebrities, so there are so many seats. The next place not far away is a few tables, which are undoubtedly reserved for the heads of the major families, and on each seat is a five-clawed golden dragon representing the loyal ministers of the court, and the Dragon Emperor City sits on one of them.
Behind is a long square table, next to which there are also one-on-one chairs, which is a place reserved for other officials, and these hundreds of tables form a large circle, and there is a lot of space in the middle, Long Qi thought that it must be prepared for talent performances.
"The state banquet is open, and everyone is invited to the table. "Different from the oily old eunuch before, this is an old eunuch with drooping eyelids but not strange at all, this is the personal eunuch next to the emperor, and it is also the personal eunuch of three generations, the loyal old eunuch, Changde.
Speaking of this Changde, it is a bit big, when the Dragon Emperor City made a big disturbance in the capital, it was the old eunuch of Changde who came to announce the news.
In fact, Changde's qualifications are similar to those of the Dragon Emperor City, he entered the palace at the age of seven and became the emperor's accompanying student, and then became the emperor's second cronies, and in the eyes of the Taisheng Emperor, he was also a loyal eunuch. After the death of the Taisheng Emperor, the first emperor ascended the throne, and Changde ascended to the sky from a little eunuch who accompanied him, and became the head of the inner house, in charge of all the sundries in the harem, and then rose higher and higher, becoming the first person among the eunuchs.
It can be regarded as three generations of old ministers......
People who know Changde's experience are ashamed, look at others, and focus on eunuchs for 70 years......
The interior of the guest was greeted by a guest who stepped forward to greet the dragon qi. Long Qi followed the chamberlain and sat on the seat of the Long family, the Dragon Emperor City has not yet come, it seems that Liu Pojun pulled him and did not let him go!
When Long Qi saw it, he sneered, and raised Erlang's legs with a big grin, this is Long Da's signature move, looking like an evil landlord, which makes people look disdainful.
Long Qi looked around, people from all sides were already seated, Zhang Shifeng sat on the left side of the Long family with a bitter face, and was looking at Long Qi with a pleading face, Long Qi pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he could not do anything.
Not long after, a tiger-backed bear-waisted man came to the door, a courteous and polite person, two people pushing a wheelchair in their hands, and on the wheelchair sat a middle-aged man with eyes like an eagle falcon and eyebrows like a sword, and six young people with tigers and bears on the left side of the Long family couldn't help but raise their eyebrows and asked each other in a low voice, "Why did my father (uncle) come here with the third and fourth masters of the Long family?"
Yes, it was Liu Hongzhu, Long Madtian, and Long Langtian who came together.
Liu Hongzhu pushed Long Qitian to the seat of the Long family, and then returned to his seat full of joy, happy and did not scold his nephew.
Sparsely, the palace maids and attendants have discipline and neatness for no one to have the same dishes on the table, fragrant and fragrant, making people's appetite move, Long Qi can't help but feast, but he can't move, because the emperor has not yet arrived, if he moves first, he will not be able to escape the charge of bullying the king, not to mention that the Long family is in an eventful season, everything must be careful.
As time progressed, heavy footsteps began outside the door, and it was clear that heavyweights had entered. Several old scholars in the national hall, the old men of the major families, all of them behaved steadily, fairy wind bones, old and strong, walking in square steps, telling jokes to each other, and walking in with the appearance of fairy wind bones. After them are the four princes, although their qualifications are higher than those of the old men of the major families, but what about the seniority......
The second prince Li Junyang wandered naturally with his hands, walked into the hall with slightly light steps, the cold light in his eyes appeared slightly, and he first glanced at Zhao Suixin coldly, and Zhao Suixin pretended not to see it; the third prince Li Liqiang put his hands behind his back, and there was no one in his eyes, and after coming in, he saw the eldest young master sitting with a big grin, his face stiffened, and then returned to normal; the fourth prince Li Hao smiled and held a folding fan in his hand, and walked in politely and politely; although the six princes Li Xiaobin and Xiaoyao Hou Yang Chuang were of different ages, they walked together at the back, and the two were also acquaintances, and the two were both gentlemen, so I don't care much about status, the two of them just seem to be hooking shoulders and whispering something.
Old Man Long and Old Man Liu Pojun still walked to the same position together, and after the two elders sat down, Old Man Long muttered, "Old Liu, did you find the old eunuch Chang and let him arrange it on purpose? You are really a dog skin plaster - you can't tear it off if you get it!"
"Let your mother fart, it seems that Lao Tzu is sitting with you, who is looking for the old eunuch, when the Chinese New Year comes, don't force me to scold the street!" Liu Pojun scolded and scolded, the people next to him are embarrassed, above the palace treasure hall, dare to openly scold and look serious, I'm afraid this is the only one! And it seems that your old man is scolding the street now!
"Damn, still scolding the street?" Old Man Long rolled his eyes, "If you don't scold the street, then what are you doing now?"
"I%%%$$&\\|" Old Man Liu's mouth exploded with three words, "Pillar, damn it, let's change seats!"
General Liu watched the two old people scolding Zhenghuan on the side, how did it lead me to it, Liu Hongzhu smiled and said cheaply, "What, Dad, this seat was arranged early, it shouldn't be changed, and besides, Your Majesty is about to arrive, so you bear with it, bear with it......"
Before Liu Hongzhu's words fell, Old Man Long glared, "Boy of the Liu family, what do you mean? Do you mean that the old man is unreasonable?
Old man Liu Pojun also drank and asked, "Patience, why let Lao Tzu endure? Do you think that you Lao Tzu and I are soft persimmons, anyone can pinch them? What do you mean by kid?"
The second elder scolded for a long time, and suddenly the topic changed, and Old Man Long asked, "Old Liu, why didn't the old sister-in-law come?"
When the old man Liu Pojun heard the sentence of the Dragon Emperor City, his originally arrogant face also faded a little, and he changed to the appearance of the bottom of the pot, "Eh...... This one...... Naturally, the women's family is going to take it with them at home, so what kind of system will it be?"
"Hahaha, you old thing, if you're afraid of your wife, just say it, what are you pretending?" Long Huangcheng couldn't hold back a smile on his face, but he didn't speak, but Zhang Qiulin, the old man of the Zhang family who was watching the excitement on the side, blurted out. The fact that Dragon Emperor City slapped the Tang family domineeringly before had already spread in the ears of these old people, Zhang Qiulin was ready to watch the excitement all the time after teaching his grandson, hearing the words of these two old people, Zhang Qiulin was really happy!
"......" Liu Hongzhu was suffocated to death, he was not a person on either side inside and out, and in the end they were okay? Hang yourself here? It's okay, it's best not to take care of yourself!
But fate is so cruel!
Old man Liu was ridiculed by the two old guys together, and he was naturally unhappy, so he picked up the ears of the innocent Liu Hongzhu on the side, and then scolded, "You said you, why don't you call your mother?"
General Liu wants to cry without tears, and the dragon mad Tianlong Langtian Dragon Qi wants to cry without tears.
The former is aggrieved, and the latter is an internal injury that is suffocated by watching the excitement......
"Invited guests from the northwest!" shouted the master of ceremonies and eunuchs at the door, and everyone's eyes were looking at the door.
Several people dressed in red and blue neat clothes walked over neatly, and the leader was the emperor who was talking to Jing Wuyan and others, and the three elders of the Ximen family, Ximen Bo. Ximen Bo walked in the front with a radiant spirit, no matter who it was, they all felt the dashing wind and sand breath on Ximen Bo's body, followed by the slightly senior Ximen Tu, who followed closely behind Ximen Bo, although he showed a look of neither humble nor arrogant, but the disdain between the eyebrows was shallow and easy to see. The last two young people walked behind, the smiling Ximen Xiao held a folding fan in his hand, and walked with one hand behind his back, and he was accompanied by a dead man-like Ximen Poison, Ximen Poison hung freely on both sides of his body, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was looking at.
Long Qi plucked out his ears and said in his heart: The Ximen family has become Li Tang's VIP again?
After a few people from the Ximen family sat down, the master of ceremonies and eunuchs reported in a very sharp voice, "The emperor has arrived!"
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(To be continued)
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