The Plum Blossom Banquet was not so grand when it was first held, but it was just an ordinary royal gathering. The princesses and princesses brought their relatives and friends to the palace to play and talk about the shortcomings of their parents.

Later, many princes and nobles who were abroad took this opportunity to bring some wealthy merchants and officials with interests to the banquet, thus promoting a lot of cooperation between officials and businessmen, which not only made the merchants and wealthy families earn a lot of money, but also the imperial court also made a lot of profits. As shrewd as the Queen Mother, after realizing the benefits brought by this aspect, she set the plum banquet as a fixed banquet every year, and invited high-ranking officials of the imperial court and wealthy businessmen of the people to come to the banquet.

Originally, this was a good thing to make money, but in the second year after Fang Qiuyan took the throne, the number of people invited to the banquet began to decrease year by year. Most people realized that the real decision-makers in the court and China had changed, and the regent's people-oriented governing philosophy made the channels for officials and businessmen to collude and oppress the people one by one, and the role of the plum banquet was also reduced, and more people wanted to get on the regent's boat through their connections to obtain more benefits.

At this time, the Imperial Garden was already full of people, and many young ladies wrapped in thick cotton clothes and fox furs were outside or chatting about the flowers, or playing and playing, and occasionally they could hear whispers about the little wife of the Fang Wangye's family. In the Yu'an Pavilion, the ladies dressed in exquisite and luxurious clothes gathered together in groups of three or five, forming large and small circles, talking and laughing. The men were socializing around with wine glasses, and even Mi Siyuan and Qianbaifu couldn't hide cleanly, and people came over to toast and say hello from time to time.

"Brother Siyuan, I heard that Prince Fang will bring an unmarried princess to the banquet this year, is this news true or false? Why haven't you come yet, could it be that you are busy again with something temporary? The middle-aged man with a wide body and a fat body is nearly sixty years old, still drinking wine in high spirits, and he is very bold when he speaks confidently.

Mi Siyuan was born as a literati, and he spoke elegantly, and replied: "The prince promised to come over and not break his promise." After all, he is only a young man in his early twenties, and he has been busy every day for the past few years, and he can't care about having fun. After all, they are already planning to get married, and they privately ask me if I have time to be the officiant for him. ”

"Yo, the kid invited you to marry the officiant?" Speaking of this, Qianbaifu came to the spirit, "Is there a fixed date?" If it's only for a few months, then I'm not leaving, just waiting to eat his wine! ”

"Not yet! He was worried about the war situation in Dongsheng Kingdom and the locust plague in the southeast, and after returning for more than half a month, he had been busy with going out early and returning late for more than half a month, and he couldn't spare his mind to think about getting married. It's also thanks to the girl's sensibility, and she's dead set on him, after coming to Beijing, she stayed quietly in the house and didn't cause trouble, and he was busy with government affairs non-stop, and he didn't say much when he was left out, she was indeed a good girl. ”

Qianbaifu picked up the wine glass and touched it with the old brother, and drank the warm wine in one go, and the hot smell of wine dispelled the coolness of winter. He took the words with deep eyes and said, "Hey, the child is also pitiful, he has no father when he is a teenager." In fact, I had a few encounters with him back then, when he was still young, he was a little rebellious and couldn't see any ability, but Qiu Ye's child was more suitable for inheriting the family business. At that time, I supported him mainly because I believed in your vision, but I didn't expect this kid to achieve today's results, which really impressed me. ”

"The hero is a young man, but I am clumsy."

Mi Siyuan laughed a few times and patted the old guy's fat shoulder, "I am in the world of young people in the future, we old things will have to abdicate sooner or later to make way for Xian, aren't you also cultivating two sons to succeed." ”

"Don't laugh at me, how can those two stupid boys in my family compare with Qiu Yan? Essay Tao Wu is slightly smart, which point is comparable to others? It's no wonder that Shiyue only has him in her eyes. Qianbaifu sighed.

"These two children have no fate, and we can't force it as elders." Mi Siyuan filled the old brother's wine glass and said with a smile, "Qiu Yan must be waiting for the little daughter-in-law to dress up at this time, don't you know what kind of girl he likes when someone comes?" I heard that this girl is very favored, and Qiu Yan loves her very much, and accompanies her every day. ”

When he heard the rumors, he also felt incredible, Qiu Yan's kid couldn't even look down on Qian Shiyue, and it was very strange that he would pamper a civilian woman in every way.

"The prince has arrived, the prince has arrived!"

There was a whisper outside, followed by the noise of everyone hula and walking outside. Mi Siyuan and Qianbaifu glanced at each other, and got up indifferently with a smile and rushed to join in the fun.

"Where is the prince?"

"Doorway, door!"

Following everyone to the Imperial Garden, many young ladies ran to watch, and a few were shy and embarrassed to pass. The officials and businessmen were still laughing and talking with their wives, but they could feel their eyes glancing at the door from time to time.

Fang Qiuyan's arrival can be described as the attention of everyone, he is calm, but Wen Tiantian, who is deaf and clear-sighted, is not calm.

That's a lot of people!

She was a very good hearing, and she sat in the carriage and listened to the movements outside. Wen Tiantian exhaled a deep breath to dispel the drowsiness, fiddled with the wide and gorgeous clothes casually, shook his head, and all kinds of golden hairpins shook on his head and clanged.

"Tiantian, we're here."

Qiu Yan simply got out of the car, and when he saw that Wen Tiantian's side had not moved, he walked over and called.

"Oh." Wen Tian responded sullenly. The car door had been opened, the thick curtain was raised, and just as he was about to get out of the car and raise his eyes, he saw the man's dress, his movements were stagnant, and a trace of surprise crossed his eyes.

Fang Qiuyan is the same, she has seen a little girl wearing beautiful clothes before, but her daily wear is still not as shocking as the dress.

"Come down." couldn't help but soften his voice, and then found that Wen Tiantian's face was a little shy, not at all like a little shrew who stood on a chair at home and pinched her waist and had a temper with him.

"Wow, look at it, the prince is so gentle! I also reached out to pick up the princess, so envious! ”

"The prince is so charming even his back. Oh, this damn charm! ”

The whispers of the virgins not far away made Wen Tiantian stunned, why is everyone praising him, am I not good-looking?

For a while, various emotions crossed his heart, and he slowly put his right hand in his palm. Although Fang Qiuyan's hearing was not as good as hers, the whispers of those women still came into his ears intermittently.

Seeing her shyly come out of the carriage, Fang Qiuyan simply held her slender waist with both hands, hugged the whole person off the carriage with a little force, and whispered in her ear when the two of them were close: "Don't be nervous, just follow me." ”

"It's you who should be nervous, look at those women, they want to eat you."

Fang Qiuyan couldn't help but chuckle: "The lady is right, you have to protect me well." ”

"Go, go, poor!"

Bent down to help her tidy up her dress, Fang Qiuyan, who was secretly blinded by the little girl, didn't care, and the smile on her face deepened.

Wen Tiantian was shy and wanted to distance herself from him, but Fang Qiuyan's big hand held her tightly and refused to let go. She was ashamed and angry, and after struggling a few times to no avail, she could only let him be willful.

Today's Fang Qiuyan changed his low-key humility from the past, and swaggered to lead his sweetheart into the imperial garden. In front of everyone's eyes, he slowed down his pace and cooperated with Wen Tiantian's short legs, and his eyebrows and eyes were two points softer than in the court, less angry and self-imposing, more like a proud boy in the spring breeze.

Passing through the crowd at the door, Fang Qiuyan politely greeted the person who saluted them, and Wen Tiantian also raised the corners of her mouth with a smirk, indicating that she was in a good mood.

It was the first time she had walked into the palace, and it was only when she saw it with her own eyes that she realized how unbelievable the historical maps she had seen when she was in school. The royal garden has both magnificent palaces and exquisite pavilions, and there is no scene of flowers blooming in the cold winter, which still does not affect the grandeur of the garden.

"I rarely come to the Imperial Garden, only twice. The scenery here is beautiful when the flowers are in full bloom in spring and summer, and there is a red plum garden, where a lot of plum trees are planted, so let's go to eat first and then go to enjoy the flowers later. ”

Wen Tiantian tilted her head to look at him, Qiu Yan carefully introduced like a tour guide, explained the itinerary, pointed out various palace buildings to her from time to time, and patiently answered her small questions.

The two walked leisurely and slowly, and happened to meet two middle-aged people walking with a smile at the gate of the Red Plum Garden.

"Master Mi, Boss Qian, the two of you have been waiting for a long time."

Fang Qiuyan introduced, "Tian Tian, this is Lord Hubu Shangshumi, and the other is the leading wealthy businessman and the boss of my dynasty. It was really hard for the two of you to take time out of your busy schedule to come to the banquet. ”

"Where, where, the prince has lifted up. The Queen Mother has a banquet, how can I not come? Qianbaifu laughed very heartily, and then turned his gaze to Wen Tiantian, who was obediently greeting, looked at it shallowly, and exclaimed, "What an aura girl, no wonder our Lord Fang is talking every day, you two are really a good match when you stand together, it's a good match!" ”

Mi Siyuan also observed quietly, secretly saying that this girl was wearing a gorgeous dress and could not hide the aura on her body, her eyes were moist and smart, and her palm-sized face looked immature and delicate.

"Thanks for the compliment." Wen Tiantian smiled unconsciously, sweet and pretty.

"You're not modest." Fang Qiuyan quipped.

Wen Tiantian shrugged her nose, wanting to make a grimace and worried about being rude, so she only raised her chin slightly at him, "I learned from you!" ”

Fang Qiuyan smiled dotingly.

As soon as Mi Siyuan and Qianbaifu met, they were fed a wave of dog food by these two people, as if they saw the pink bubbles that came out when the little couple looked at each other floating around.

"Oh, it's good to be young, this glue-like look is really envious of others." Qianbaifu sighed.

Mi Siyuan looked at the old brother with a smile, "What are you doing with envy people, go to your wife." The prince still has to take the princess to see the emperor and the queen mother, let's not delay the two old guys. ”

"Lord, the guests are almost here, the emperor and the queen mother are in the palace, just waiting for you to have a banquet."

"Okay, let's get over here." Fang Qiuyan thought for a moment and reminded, "Master Mi, please pay more attention to your family with Boss Qian at today's banquet, I see that there are a lot of visitors in the palace today, and it will not go wrong to take care of them more." ”

What does this mean...... Want to make trouble?

Mi Siyuan and Qianbaifu glanced at each other, and their hearts suddenly moved slightly. No wonder Fang Qiuyan, who rarely attends banquets, suddenly came over, and it was really for business.

"Thank you for reminding me, the two of us will pay more attention."

Without further words, after Fang Qiuyan and the two said goodbye, they led Wen Tiantian to continue to walk towards the Red Plum Garden. met a lot of people to greet him along the way, Qiu Yan just responded to the other party shallowly, and didn't make any more introductions, Wen Tiantian just nodded and smiled with him, so that he was not rude.

On the other side, Shi Tianming sat alone on a chair with a wine glass, staring indifferently at the crowd coming and going. No matter how he confronted Fang Qiuyan in the court before, his relationship with the Queen Mother alone would not be left on the invitation list.

The low aura around the body made many people who wanted to come to greet hesitate and did not dare to approach, Shi Tianming and Fang Qiuyan could not be provoked, and if they got close to either party, they were easy to be hostile to the other party, and those who could come to the palace to participate in the banquet were not fools, when the situation was unclear, it was better to protect themselves and not cause trouble.

Fingers twitched the texture on the outer wall of the teacup and Shi Tianming's gloomy eyes hid a surging murderous intent.

Today's matter, if it is not successful, it will be benevolent.

Fang Qiuyan secretly suppressed the officials of the other camp, firmly controlled the military power in his hands, and not only slaughtered his subordinates, but also unscrupulously sent them to the door to provoke demonstrations.

Today is going to fight against the water, even if he dies, there will be more suppressed forces in the future to take the opportunity to crusade, and Fang Qiuyan's days of showing off his martial arts will soon come to an end!