Chapter 276: Li Yuan's Birthday Banquet
Li Er directly stretched out his thumb and began to shoot without hesitation.
But when I saw such a big cake again, I began to make trouble.
"I said, Brother Xian, how can I take such a big cake back?"
"Don't worry, I've got you covered."
Saying that, Zhao Mu asked someone to take the box for the cake, fixed the bottom of the cake, and put it in the box.
"These are candles, and I keep them in the box as well.
When the time comes, I don't need to say more about it, right? ”
"Brother Xian, I understand, I understand."
There is a knife in the palace, you can use a knife directly, you can cut this cake, put it on a plate and eat it with chopsticks, it is also very convenient.
As he spoke, he asked someone to put the cake on his old Li's car.
Because of his imperial grandfather's birthday, Li Yue also got into the carriage with him and prepared to return to Chang'an.
Before leaving, Li Er said a few words of thanks, asked again, and invited Zhao Mu to Chang'an as a guest, but Zhao Mu waved his hand and refused.
In this way, Li Er no longer insisted, said a few more words, got into the carriage, and set off in the direction of Chang'an City.
"Butler, this time you must be slow to catch the car, don't be in a hurry."
"It's the shopkeeper."
Drive, drive, drive.
The carriage moved forward slowly, and the speed was much slower than usual, but within two hours, it could reach Chang'an City without delaying the start of the birthday.
"Young Master, what are our plans for today?"
"Well, by the way, I'll take you to eat a delicious one."
"Young Master Xie."
"You stupid girl, let's go."
Speaking of Chang'an City at this moment, the palace can be described as very lively, especially the Daming Palace.
In the morning, Li Yuan got up early, bathed and changed.
I no longer play cards with other people, or listen to music and watch plays as I usually do.
The emperor has said that he wants to give his birthday this year and prepare for a grand celebration.
"Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang!"
looked at his own group of imperial grandsons and granddaughters, came to his side, and shouted one by one.
Li Yuan's heart was so happy that he asked someone to bring the pastries on the side, and distributed them to each of them by himself.
Everyone took the cake and thanked them again and again.
"Grandpa Xie Huang, Grandpa Xie Huang."
"The daughter has seen her father, and the son-in-law has seen her father."
"Hahahaha, it's the two of you here, sit down.
There are pastries on the table, and today is a family feast, eat as much as you want, make whatever you want. ”
Father Xie.
"I've seen my father."
"Grandpa."
A few children who followed him hurriedly stood up and saluted.
"Father, are you still used to staying in this Daming Palace?"
"Hahahaha, I don't worry about eating, drinking, and eating habits in this Daming Palace.
And don't you come to Chang'an to see me every year?
Okay, take my grandson, the granddaughter, and sit on the side, and sit in whatever position you want. ”
"Thank you, Father, thank you, Grandpa."
Li Yuan's heirs are not only the three sons of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji.
In addition to their three sons, there were several other sons, daughters.
Even now, he has a lot of concubines, and he also has a lot of concubines who have given birth to heirs.
It's just that except for their three sons, who were born to Queen Dou, the others were all born to concubines, that is, to other concubines.
Therefore, in terms of fighting for power and profit, there is no possibility at all.
And each of them does not have any rights, their identity is just a prince of the Tang Dynasty, and they cannot pose any threat to Li Er's rights.
So when he treated his other younger brothers and sisters, Li Er seized the right, but they all turned a blind eye.
Including Li Er himself, there are still some younger brothers and sisters, who are still crying in swaddling clothes.
His father's old tree is blooming, it's just that, as long as he is happy, he can get it as he wants.
There is no need for the father and son to have a conflict because of this matter.
After all, aren't you like that yourself?
"I've seen the Emperor!"
"Hahahaha, you guys are here, sit down.
Hey, you said you should come, what kind of gifts do you bring? ”
"Emperor Taishang, we will bring a small gift to congratulate the Emperor, as blessed as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan!"
Hahahaha, yes, yes.
Those kings and grandsons rushed in one after another, unlike other times, if there was a birthday banquet, there were many things.
Since he came to Daming Palace, Li Yuan has also wanted to open it.
It's really not interesting to do it if it's lively, and it's really not interesting to do it so lifelessly.
"I've seen my father."
Just when the big guy was talking, with the appearance of this person, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up.
There is no other, all because it is the eldest grandson queen who came this time.
This identity, even if it is Li Yuan's other descendants, cannot be compared!
As Empress Eldest Sun rushed over, she came straight to Li Yuan and saluted.
"Meet my father!"
"I've seen the Queen Mother."
Several imperial grandsons gathered around the emperor, and the imperial granddaughter hurriedly saluted.
"The queen is here, sit down quickly, why are you here alone, what about my emperor?"
"Back to the Emperor's words, His Majesty said that he wanted to surprise the Emperor.
So this surprise is on the way, please don't worry! ”
"Well, I'm looking forward to what kind of surprise my emperor will arrange for me!
Okay, Queen, sit down too. ”
"It's my father."
Although Li Yuan said that, all the seats were casually seated, but all the seats had already been arranged.
Whoever will come today has been arranged in advance, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have already been arranged.
The crowd sat down in their seats and began to wait quietly.
One after another, all the people rushed over until all the seats in the entire hall were seated.
Today is the birthday banquet of the emperor, who dares to come at noon? Doesn't that mean not giving face to the emperor?
However, everyone found that His Majesty, who should have been the first to come here, had not yet arrived today.
For a while, everyone's hearts muttered quietly.
Why hasn't His Majesty come yet? Could it be that Your Majesty is busy with some things that have not yet been completed?
On the contrary, Li Yuan knew what his emperor had done, so he was not in a hurry, and still waited quietly.
As time passed by 1 minute and a second, the eldest grandson Wuji drove the carriage into Chang'an City, came to the palace, and stopped in front of the Daming Palace.
Called the two of them to carry the cake in first, and with the sound of footsteps, the eldest grandson Wuji rushed in.
The two guards who followed behind him, the thing they were carrying, the big guy was surprised!
"Wechen has seen the Emperor."
"It's you, what are you carrying behind here?"
"If you go back to the Emperor, the things behind are gifts arranged by His Majesty to the Emperor Taishang personally.
Your Majesty and the Princess will come with you later, for this thing is fragile.
So we walked very slowly on the road, so that we came back late, and asked the emperor to take care of us! ”
"Alright, let's go sit down!"
"Emperor Xie."
Time passed minute by minute, and with the voice of His Majesty's arrival, Li Er and his party entered the Daming Palace.
The moment they walked in, everyone in the audience stood up and saluted.
"I've seen Your Majesty!"
Li Er waved his hand, and everyone sat down one after another.
I saw Li Er come straight to the middle and salute Li Yuan above.
"Erchen has seen his father, he has seen his grandfather, I wish my father, grandfather, good health, long life, happy birthday.
The son prepared a birthday gift for his father, and asked his father to like it.
Someone is here to carry things up! ”
In the past, a few people carried the things up, put them in front of Li Yuan's table, removed all the boxes, and presented a three-layer cake in front of everyone.
Seeing these things that had never been seen before, everyone looked dazed and stunned.
What is this thing? How come you've never seen it?
Li Yuan was also stunned, and looked at Li Er with a puzzled expression.
"Emperor, what is this thing?"
"Back to my father's words, this thing is called a cake, and it is necessary for birthdays.
It's sweet and soft, and it's delicious. ”
Wow, cake!
On the contrary, it was Li Chengqian and Changle who looked expectant.
You don't need to look at this cake to know it, it must have been made by my father from Uncle Zhao.
I really didn't expect that Uncle Zhao would make such a super-sized cake, is it possible to go to Zhaojiazhuang when he dies and let Uncle Zhao make a bigger cake than this?
But after thinking about it, he still shook his head, how could he be more bullish than the emperor's grandfather?
But he knew that he was blessed today.
Well, this cake is a bit interesting, is it eaten directly with chopsticks?
"Father, don't worry, do you still have some processes for eating cakes?"
As he spoke, he asked someone to carry the cake away and set it aside.
If ordinary people reach this point, they will start eating directly, but as a royal family, some things are still more troublesome.
Although Li Yuan wants to omit all these steps, he still has to go through the process.
"Yue'er, you go to your mother's side first."
"It's my father."
Li Yue got up and came to the seat of the eldest grandson queen.
"The Queen Mother."
"Yue'er, sit down quickly."
"Sister Huang, I knew you would come back today."
"Qian'er?"
"It's the queen mother."
Empress Changsun said a word, and Li Chengqian obediently stepped aside.
As this process entered the next step, everyone got up in turn and came to Li Yuan.
Salute, give blessings, give gifts.
Of course, the gift link is omitted directly, and the official of the Ministry of Rites can say the list.
It stands to reason that the current saint should have been ranked first, but this time, he put himself in the last place.
His Majesty means that good things must be the last finale.