Early the next morning, before dawn, the two brothers followed their mother, Mrs. Jia, and appeared on the square outside the Changxin Hall of Changle Palace.

On the high platform outside the Changxin Palace, the Queen Mother Dou and the Son of Heaven Liu Qi had already arrived, and their expressions were full of solemnity;

And under the long street outside the gate of Changxin Palace, Liu Sheng, Liu Pengzu, Mrs. Jia's mother and son, including the clan royal family, harem concubines, courtiers and officials, and meritorious marquis and nobles, were all present.

Da Da exorcism is a unique 'festival' in this era;

According to Liu Sheng's calculations, today's Da Da ghost exorcism ceremony is roughly the predecessor of the 'Winter Solstice Laba Festival' in later generations.

As for the process of exorcising ghosts, it is also very simple.

At this moment, everyone gathered in the center of the square, around the three-zhang long and wide brazier, watching those wizards and priests in strange costumes, dancing around the brazier.

The moral of this link is roughly the pot of fire, which symbolizes the bright Han family; And those wizards and priests who wear strange costumes and various masks play the role of demons and monsters from all walks of life.

At this moment, they dance around the brazier, which means 'demons and monsters are attracted by the light';

After the dance is finished, the sorcerers and priests will take off their ghost costumes and masks, give them to everyone present, and throw them into the brazier to burn.

It was as if as long as these costumes and masks were burned, proving that 'light will triumph over darkness', and the demons and monsters had been thrown into the brazier and burned to ashes for the raging flames;

When this news 'spreads' to the world of demons and monsters, all kinds of plague gods and ghosts will also avoid the 'fire' of the Han family from now on, so as not to set fire to themselves.

It's just that today's Da Da is obviously a little different from previous years.

- The brazier in the center of the square has become larger;

The number of sorcerers and priests dancing the witch dance increased;

At the beginning of Dada, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, also walked down the long steps outside the Changxin Palace.

Seeing Liu Qi approaching the brazier, the wizards and priests who had not finished the witch dance only babbled and gave way to both sides;

After being stunned for a moment, the wizards and priests unanimously decided to fast-forward the process of Da Da to the link of 'burning ghost masks and costumes' through a brief eye contact.

took the ghost mask handed by the wizard next to him, but Liu Qi, the son of heaven, frowned, took the mask without looking back, and threw it into the brazier one by one.

The 'crackling' sound of burning wood, accompanied by the babbling of wizards and priests, lined Liu Qi's face illuminated by the firelight, only showed indescribable solemnity at this moment.

Seeing this scene, Rao knew that he was on such a serious occasion, and Liu Sheng couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and let out a light sigh leisurely.

"Poor night in the middle of the empty front seat~"

"Don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods ······"

"Hey ······"

As if he had pointed out this poem for unknown origin, Liu Sheng only turned his head sideways with a strange smile and leaned towards his brother Liu Pengzu beside him.

"The matter of "Cutting the Domain", the pressure of my father, I'm afraid it's not small?"

"Look at this, the people who dare to dig the walls of the ancestral temples have actually begun to exorcise ghosts and pray for blessings in person······"

The joking ridicule only attracted a roll of Liu Pengzu's slightly warning eyes;

pinched Liu Sheng's arm heavily and warned Liu Sheng not to talk nonsense, Liu Pengzu stepped forward and helped his mother, Mrs. Jia, to the brazier.

Seeing that his mother and brother had stepped forward and began to burn the ghost masks, Rao was skeptical about the effectiveness of this 'big big demon exorcism', and Liu Sheng could only step forward helplessly.

- It doesn't matter which way he is an immortal, it doesn't hurt to worship him.

With this thought, Liu Sheng also walked to his mother, Mrs. Jia, and brother Liu Pengzu, took the ghost mask handed by the wizard next to him, and began to burn it pretending to be religious;

It was only a moment later that Liu Sheng had no time to pretend to be pious before he took on a touch of eccentricity.

Turning sideways with a full of loneliness, looking at the wizards and priests around him who had already taken off their ghost costumes and masks and started to dance another kind of witch dance, Liu Sheng wasted a lot of strength before he resisted the urge to complain in person.

——Earlier, in the distance, the babbling of wizards and priests, Liu Sheng didn't take it seriously!

It wasn't until he got closer and vaguely heard the content of the strange scream that Liu Sheng put on the current mask of pain.

"Demon Monster ······"

"Go away?"

·

After the exorcism, the next link is normal.

——Changxin Palace Banquet.

According to his order in the royal family, he sat down at the last seat near the palace gate, and discussed with his starling brother Liu Duan to change positions, and Liu Sheng, who was able to sit next to Liu Pengzu, finally showed his first smile today.

The mourning period of the Empress Dowager has ended;

Liu Sheng has also reached the legal drinking age of the prince of the Han family: twelve years old.

Today's palace banquet will be the first time Liu Sheng has tasted the fine wine of this era, what is it like.

Liu Sheng was happy, and most of the others were not depressed.

- After all, no matter how you say it, it is also a festival;

In addition, the Queen Mother gave a banquet in the Changxin Palace, which made everyone who appeared in this palace banquet have a festive smile on their faces.

But soon, Liu Sheng noticed: This palace banquet seems to be a family banquet?

From the first to the last seat, the west seat is started by Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the representatives of the Dou family, the Bo family, the Li family and other relatives are seated in turn;

On the opposite side of Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, they have become Cheng Ji's maternal family: the sect leader of Cheng's relatives.

As for the east seat where Liu Sheng is located, they are all the princes, and they are each seated accompanied by their mothers.

- Chief, Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor;

As for Li Ji, she sat behind her second son, Liu De, and 'supported' her three sons in the center.

After changing positions with Liu Pengzu, the eighth Liu Xuan also returned to the side of the sixth brother Liu Fa, the fourth Liu Yu, the fifth Liu Fei, the sixth Liu Fa, and the eighth Liu Duan sat in order, and behind them sat Cheng Ji and Tang Ji.

Further down, the two brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, who were sitting next to each other, and Mrs. Jia behind them.

On his left side, Liu Sheng finally saw his only younger brother, the two-year-old emperor's tenth son: Liu Yu, and Wang Meiren holding Liu Yu.

seemed to feel Liu Sheng's gaze, Wang Meiren, who knelt in front of the table with the cub in her arms, and even smiled and nodded to Liu Sheng;

Liu Shengzi didn't want to lack the number of courtesies, nodded in return without humility or arrogance, and then turned his head back and cast his eyes on the main seat of the head.

As the current patriarch of the Liu family, the Queen Mother Dou sits upright on the first throne, and Liu Qi, the son of heaven, sits beside him;

As for the princess Liu Yan, the chief princess of the pavilion, and the legendary 'eating people without spitting out bones', but at the moment it looks extremely smart, the princess Liu sat peacefully behind the Empress Dowager Dou.

Of course, the most important thing for everyone in the palace, especially the princes, was that before this banquet began, he was pulled by the Queen Mother Dou to her side and sat with Liu Wu, the king of Liang, who was beside her······

"As soon as King Liang arrived in Chang'an, the Empress Dowager died;"

"It's a national funeral, and it's not good for me to summon big guys to gather in this Changxin Palace."

"Taking advantage of today's winter solstice Da Da Da to hold this palace banquet, I want to give my ancestors of the Liu family and see the branches and leaves of my Liu family;"

"I hope that my ancestors of the Liu family will have a spirit in the sky, bless my Han family, and prosper forever······"

Empress Dowager Dou's gentle and kind tone sounded in the hall, adding a heartfelt joy to the faces of everyone in the hall who were already in a happy mood.

When Empress Dowager Dou's voice fell, she politely looked sideways at Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and then waited for Liu Qiwen to smile and shake his head, and this palace banquet quietly kicked off with a burst of screams.

"Me, me, me!"

"I'm twelve! It's time to drink! ”

Looking intently at the side of the hall, a row of maids poured in with the music, but habitually forgot about themselves, Liu Sheng only hurriedly let out two exclamations!

When the maidservant who was about to leave turned around and looked at Liu Sheng with a lonely look, a kind laugh sounded in the huge Changxin Hall.

"Now that you're old, let's eat;"

"Just remember to eat less."

In the midst of laughter and laughter, Empress Dowager Dou's kind and gentle tone finally made Liu Sheng harvest the first servant girl in his life to pour wine!

But for the maid's intentional or unintentional eyebrows, Liu Sheng turned a blind eye, and only locked his wide eyes on the wine that was poured by the maid.

"Eat less wine, don't be rude in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty······"

was about to pick up the wine cup, but there was a gentle reminder from his mother, Mrs. Jia, behind him, which provoked Liu Sheng's outstretched hands to stop in mid-air;

Spread his eyes for help to his side, and when his brother Liu Pengzuwen smiled and nodded, Liu Shengcai finally took the wine cup with a smile!

"Ziyo!"

A sound of wine sounded in the hall, provoking Liu Pengzu on the side, who was also choked on the old wine that he had not had time to swallow;

After coughing for a while, the tears of coughing came out, and Liu Pengzu turned sideways with a tearful smile and shook his head helplessly at Liu Sheng.

- Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu;

Except for Liu Yu, the tenth prince in infancy, there are nine sons of Liu Qi today, and only Liu Sheng is the 'small' nine.

For this quirky younger brother who makes some jokes from time to time, whether it is a few elder brothers or the Empress Dowager Dou who sits upright, they are extremely tolerant.

It was in such a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere that the process of the palace banquet was also carried out quickly, and after a while, most of the people drank for three rounds.

Fang was still kneeling in his position stiffly, and there were quite a few people who couldn't let go of the banquet, but at this moment they had already gotten up and walked leisurely in the hall, looking for a target for their own (chatting) and drinking.

And after three glasses of wine, Liu Sheng, who tasted wine for the first time in his life, was already a little drunk······

"Hiccup!"

"Hey, hey, hey······"

Looking at his younger brother Liu Sheng, who had red cheeks and a sloppy gaze, he was already weak and leaned his face on the outside of his arm, and Liu Pengzu only turned around with a wry smile;

When he saw his mother, Mrs. Jia, he also looked at him with a helpless smile, and the mother and son only sighed at the same time in tacit understanding, and then looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiao Jiu~"

"Little Nine ······"

With a sigh of embarrassment, Liu Pengzu turned sideways, only to find that although Liu Sheng's face was leaning on his arm, his eyes were staring directly at his right side.

Following Liu Sheng's gaze and looking again, Liu Pengzu found that in the main position of the head, the Empress Dowager Dou, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, and the mother and son of Liu Wu, the King of Liang, were already slightly red;

Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, there is a hearty laugh from time to time.

And Liu Sheng, looking at this scene of harmony between mother and son, leaned his face on his brother Liu Pengzu's arm, and let out a 'hehe' giggle from time to time.

"Do you think that the emperor's grandmother, father, and Uncle Liang are like our mother and son?"

A gentle inquiry only provoked Liu Sheng to nod his head obediently, but he still had that silly smile on his face;

"I feel, I see······ Belch! ”

"Seeing our mother and son, the days to come ······"

"My brother took my mother to his palace to take care of him, and I heard that my brother and I are coming, and I am twenty miles out of the city······"

"No!"

"——Fifty miles out of the city to greet you!"

Suddenly refreshed for a moment, but Liu Sheng also laughed after only three seconds.

"Hey, hey, hey······"

"Brother, also pull my younger brother into Wang Yuan and drive the horse himself;"

"When I arrived at my brother's palace, my mother took my hand like a grandmother······

"Hiccup!"

"Take my hand, ask this, ask that, talk endlessly······"

"Let's just talk about it~"

"Drink~"

"Laugh~"

"Crying;"

"Just... Belch! ”

"And he fell asleep······"

Listening to Liu Sheng depicting such a beautiful picture in a tone that was obviously drunk, but not offensive at all, Liu Pengzu's face also quietly swelled with a sweet smile.

"Yes;"

"Yes ······"

"——Ah Sheng came to visit his mother, I, as an elder brother, will definitely go to the border to meet Ah Sheng······"

looked at the two brothers in front of him, just like that, you said a word, I said a word;

Mixed with Liu Sheng's drunken smirk, Mrs. Jia's face behind the two gradually brought a touch of peace of mind.

It was when Mrs. Jia's mother and son were enjoying the future with Liu Sheng, that Liu Qi, the son of heaven, slowly got up from the side of the Empress Dowager Dou and attracted the attention of everyone in the hall involuntarily.

saw that Liu Qi, the son of heaven, had slightly red cheeks, and his body was already a little unstable;

Only those bright eyes that were incomparably deep in the past, as if they could see through everything, now have a touch of superficial stubbornness and determination······

"——A hundred years later, I will be the king of Liliang!!"

The sudden roar caused everyone in the hall to stop moving, and even a few drunk people struggled to recall the audio content they had just received.

After a while, the huge Xuanshu Hall was suddenly quiet to the point where it was audible to the point where a needle could be dropped······

——Behind Liu Rong, Liu De, and Liu Si, Li Ji's face was shocked, and her tooth sockets trembled!

As for the emperor's eldest son, Liu Rong, he could no longer hold the shelf of the 'emperor's eldest son', and without paying attention, he dropped the wine cup in his hand on the table in front of him.

Li Ji and Liu Rong's mother and son are like this, and the others are not much better.

In the east seat, except for Liu Yu, the tenth prince who was sleeping deeply, all the princes and concubines all cast their dull eyes on Liu Qi's proud face;

In the west seat, the faces of the relatives of the family changed drastically, and the wine also dissipated in an instant, almost in front of the forehead, clearly writing the words 'Your Majesty, don't make trouble'.

"Glory ······"

"Rong'er ······"

"-You have no jokes!!"

Without waiting for Li Ji to hold back the horror in her heart, she called out the word 'Rong'er' without confidence, and saw the head of the throne, and the Empress Dowager Dou immediately stood up with a cane.

"Go!"

"Take the edict !!"

got up with a cane, groped to hold Liu Qi's hand, and clenched it tighter as if she was afraid that Liu Qi would run away, and then the Empress Dowager Dou turned around;

Obviously, he couldn't see with his eyes, but he still looked at the side of the palace with anticipation, the palace man who took the order.

"Empress Dowager;"

"Edict ······"

After a while, I saw that the palace man was holding a three-finger-thick wooden box with both hands, and as soon as he handed it over, he was grabbed by the Empress Dowager Dou!

——Holding Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, in one hand and the dove cane in the other hand, in order to take over the wooden box containing the edict, the Empress Dowager Dou chose to release the dove cane······

Bang!

The sound of the dove cane falling to the ground, like the last sound of the alarm, focused the eyes of everyone in the hall on the upper throne.

But seeing that the Empress Dowager Dou didn't care about her dove staff at all, she still held Liu Qi's wrist tightly with one hand, and with only the other hand, she fumbled to take out the edict in the wooden box, and then spread it on the table in front of her.

"Since the emperor has this intention, let him use the seal on this edict!"

When this sentence came out of the mouth of the Empress Dowager Dou, even Liu Sheng, who finally reacted to what had happened, quietly changed his face.

- Empress Dowager Dou, she actually prepared the edict a long time ago······

Just wait for the Son of Heaven Liu to open the seal, and the King of Liang Liu Wu ······

"Your Majesty~"

At this critical moment, an extremely loud shout sounded, which made the hearts of everyone in the hall tense again!

But seeing that Xixi's relatives were among them, Prince Zhan Shi Dou Ying staggered up from his seat and walked forward with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty······"

"Hey, hey, hey······"

"Your Majesty... Belch! ”

"I've eaten too much!"

"Huh?"

"Eat too much!"

"This and this, all drunk!!"

With a casual expression, Dou Ying still couldn't stop walking forward, and took two more steps, but staggered forward.

"Dou Ying!"

Seeing such a critical juncture, since the nephew of the family still stood up and embarrassed, Mrs. Dou sank when she was buzzing!

Dou Ying, who fell on the imperial case and knocked the food on the case to pieces, got up from the imperial case slowly, his body swayed, and he arched his hand perfunctorily to the Empress Dowager Dou.

"Too, the Queen Mother atoned for her sins······"

"Minister... Belch! ”

"I also ate a lot of alcohol······

"Drunk ······"

"Drunk ·········"

Seeing Dou Ying making such a fuss, everyone in the hall didn't dare to look away for a moment, for fear that they would miss something important!

On the top, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, had gradually become close to the people, but he looked at Dou Ying's chest without a trace;

In the eyes that were still full of stubbornness, there was finally a trace of fear that lingered······

"Dou Wang Sun !!"

Empress Dowager Dou scolded fiercely again, which frightened everyone in the hall and trembled!

But in front of the imperial case, the edict that was spread out by the Empress Dowager Dou just now, I don't know when, was caught in Dou Ying's placket;

And with another reprimand from the Empress Dowager Dou, the edict was grabbed by Dou Ying casually, and she wiped it on her hands, face, and even around her neck without care!

Subsequently, Dou Ying, who was so drunk that he couldn't even walk straight, fell on the imperial case in three or five steps, but he crumpled the edict very quickly;

At a distance of more than a foot, he threw the crumpled edict into the blazing furnace impartially······

"Minister, Jun Qian... Belch! ”

"The ······ of the Emperor's Disgrace"

"Minister, this is this... Retire ······"

vaguely saluted goodbye, and when Dou Ying turned around, everyone in the hall saw that Dou Ying's mouth, nose, neck and even hands had been stained with black stains by the ink on the edict;

Dou Ying didn't seem to notice this, only shook his body, staggered to the outside of the palace gate, stepped on a pair of shoes of the right size at will, and walked towards the outside of the palace by himself.

When Dou Ying's figure disappeared outside the temple gate, almost everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

- except for two people.

In addition to gritting her teeth and leaving the table angrily, Empress Dowager Dou;

and Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor, who was dull-eyed, numb, and couldn't help but let out a wry smile······

Four more completed.

Call~

Tentacle monsters, it's really not something anyone can do······

By the way, I would like to report the results.

As of the release of this chapter, the number of subscribers to the first VIP chapter in 23 hours is 834, which is still far from the goal of 1000 in 24 hours.

It's a pity that the first order plus is gone.

The follow-up is ordered to be added, starting from 800, and every 50 up, I consciously add a change.

Two shifts will start tomorrow, with a total of 10,000 words.

Call~

Slept and slept.

I didn't sleep for two days and one night, and I couldn't stand it······

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