Chapter 107: In the Lantern Festival Night Banquet
"Dad, you're back!"
Linlan's smile was like a flower, which instantly added a bit of warmth to this exquisite attic.
Prince Zhan smiled heartily, he has always been fond of this precious daughter, on the one hand, it is also because his two sons are too angry.
On the other hand, it is also out of longing for his deceased wife, Lin Lan and her mother look like a few households carved out of the same mold.
"Well, why don't you want to accompany your father to the banquet?"
Hearing her father's inquiry, Lin Lan stuck out her tongue, in front of her father, she still didn't dare to be petty.
"Oh, every time I go, there are always people pestering others, and those children of the family obviously don't have any talent in their stomachs, and they like to show off, and the ministers over there are hiding knives in their smiles one by one, which makes people panic when they look at it."
Lin Lan couldn't help but complain.
At last year's Lantern Festival night banquet, there was a link to guess lantern riddles, and some children of the family pretended to be talented and rich in order to behave in front of her, but they couldn't guess a lantern riddle.
The poems are endowed, and the couplets are all the last sentence without the next sentence, and the bull's head is not the horse's mouth.
Although some of these people have cultivated well, for Lin Lan, they always feel that they don't have anything else in their minds except aura.
"Let's go with my dad again this time, or are you willing to let my dad be there alone?"
Prince Zhan pretended to put on a lonely face.
"Hmph, Daddy is like this every time, okay, okay, I'll just go with you." Lin Lan also pretended to be helpless and said.
This is also at home, if people outside knew that Prince Zhan, who has always been known for his iron hand, would make such a look in order to let his daughter accompany him to the banquet, it is estimated that even his jaw would be shocked.
Prince Zhan smiled happily at this time, and instructed Mama Xia to help Lin Lan change clothes, and he walked out of the attic.
Coming to the courtyard, he looked in the direction of the palace and looked far-reaching.
recalled that more than 20 years ago, after the crown prince was demoted, he also wanted to go over and sit on the supreme throne.
It's just that he was dissuaded by the princess who was still alive at the time, and it turned out that the princess's decision at that time was extremely correct, and he was not suitable for that position.
More than 20 years have passed, and the brothers who fought for the throne at the beginning are either dead or imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion for the rest of their lives.
Among the group of people, only he and the other Prince Rui were left who were still doing well.
Moreover, if he were to be honestly asked to deal with the situation he was facing today, he might not be able to handle it.
It was still the father who was more prescient.
Prince Zhan sighed,
"When will this eventful autumn be over?"
……
At the beginning of the lanterns, the entire imperial city was already hung with all kinds of lanterns.
In order to celebrate the Lantern Festival, the curfew will be lifted in the Imperial City today, and the entire Imperial City is plunged into a lively jubilation.
When Prince Zhan and the others arrived at the palace, the dinner had not yet officially begun, but many people who had received invitations had already gathered.
Among them, many high-ranking officials and ministers, nobles of the family, and the mountain chiefs of the three major courtyards also came.
The sharp-eyed Han Linlan saw a familiar figure, and couldn't help muttering, "Hey, why is his old man here?" ”
Prince Zhan looked over with his daughter's gaze and found that it was a white-haired old man he had never seen before, dressed a little casually, but he looked very free and easy.
So he asked curiously, "Lan'er, do you know that old gentleman?" ”
Han Linlan nodded, and whispered in his ear: "Daddy, that one is the one who uses the Divine Pill to save the disciples, I didn't expect him to come to the banquet today." ”
Hearing this, Prince Zhan couldn't help but look at Mo Yu seriously, he had already learned a lot about this matter through other channels.
And this person is clever, and the flip of his hands has caused a rift between those families who originally had a delicate relationship, and buried a thorn in their hearts.
Whatever the final outcome, these families will no longer be as close as they once were.
But although this method works very well, it is a pity that there are also a lot of troubles, and this Mo Jiaoxi may make enemies on all sides at that time.
After all, it was the other party who single-handedly provoked the current situation, and there will be no family in the future who will give the other party any good looks.
Fortunately, as long as he is still teaching in the academy, he doesn't have to worry about his life, and no family dares to risk the world's condemnation to attack the teaching and training of a academy, even though the other party only has the cultivation of the two heavens.
After thinking about it, Prince Zhan still quietly said to his daughter Chuanyin: "Mo Jiaoxi is a respectable person, but your identity is special, it is not appropriate to have too much involvement with the other party, when I turn around, I will say hello to Gongsun Mountain Chief, and after a while, I will introduce you to Gongsun Mountain Chief's door, you don't play around all day like in the past, and strive to break through to the Four Heavens as soon as possible." ”
Every time he mentioned cultivation, Prince Zhan was always a little serious, and Han Linlan could only nod obediently, and then quietly stuck out his tongue when the other party was not paying attention.
After a while, the people who should have come have basically arrived, and they can officially start the banquet when Han Fengtian comes.
The entire banquet hall was divided into several factions, and the one with the largest proportion was naturally the major families.
Don't look at the fact that they are currently fighting for the Spirit Blood Divine Pill in Linhai County, they are about to fight out, but on this occasion, they are all sitting together as if nothing has happened, as if they are close friends.
The other faction is the three major academies and Han Fengtian's descendants, including those like the Night Duty Division, Qin Tianjian and so on, which are controlled by Han Fengtian.
It's just that Ye Mu is far from coming tonight, as the first spiritual cultivator of Tianqian, his appearance often feels a little noisy, although he has always regarded himself as a courtier, but in order to avoid suspicion, he almost never participates in this kind of occasion.
Qin Tianjian came to his apprentice Ji Xinghe, who was only forty years old, and he was already in the realm of the Sixfold Heaven Consummation, and it was rumored that his astrological skills were already on par with his master Ye Muyuan.
Then there are the ministers of the court, basically the ministers of the fourth rank and above on the side of the imperial city have arrived, and those below the fourth rank do not have the qualifications to go to the court, so they are basically no longer in the imperial city.
Almost half of these ministers are from the family, but at this time, they represent the courtiers of Tianqian, and they still have to do superficial work, so they are also alone on the other side.
And the person closest to Han Fengtian's seat is the person who represents the royal family, and it is also the smallest number.
Prince Zhan, Prince Rui, and several royal princesses, but they are all married, and this time they all came with their own horses.
Mo Yu sat quietly beside Gongsun Wenhan, and they were in a relatively inward position, which also made Mo Yu, who was a little afraid of society, feel a little more comfortable.
He slowly looked around, not to mention, and found two familiar faces.
Among the ministers, Su Miaomiao's father, what is Su Beichuan's, was toasting to a middle-aged man in front of him who looked extraordinary, and the smile on his face made Mo Yu sigh that Su Miaomiao was not easy.
There is another acquaintance, Li Xianzhang of the Li family, who is also staggered with the people around him.
As if noticing Mo Yu's gaze, Li Xianzhang glanced at it and found that he didn't know Mo Yu now, but nodded with a smile on his face.
This is not the same as when I met Mo Yu for the first time, I am simply not alone.
He didn't know anyone else, and he didn't bother to know him, so it was very good for a socially phobic person to participate in this kind of banquet.
Just as he was immersed in eating and drinking, he suddenly heard a voice behind him.
"Dare to ask, Your Excellency is Mo Jiaoxi?"