Chapter 157: The Emperor's Birthday
The three of them each took a knife and fork and began to cut the cake one by one.
After a while, the four of them, including Li Feng, all had round stomachs and couldn't move while lying on the recliner.
"Can't eat it?"
Li Yanran kicked the eldest grandson Yan.
"I can't eat anymore, I can't eat at all."
The eldest grandson touched his belly and didn't even open his eyes.
That's how it should be after eating, lying down and letting the sun dry your belly.
"Stick, come on, divide these cakes and distribute them to the people on the farm, and the good things should be shared."
Hearing Li Yanran's order, the chef on the farm immediately took action, dividing the huge cake into several small pieces and giving them to the people on the farm.
While they were tinkering with the cake on the farm, a holy decree came from inside the palace.
The new prime minister is not a vanguard official against the eldest grandson Wuji, Wu Zetian's confidant minister, but an unknown benevolent and elegant minister.
This is really shocking, for a while, what Xu Jingzong fell out of favor,
What cunning rabbit dies, lackeys cook,
What emperor is ready to make a move against Xu Jingzong, and the rumors of cleaning up the party of Empress Wu are spreading like a storm in the streets.
Although the rumors continued, Xu Jingzong sat firmly in Diaoyutai without him, because these rumors were spread by people arranged by the Empress Wu.
This is called retreat as advance.
The more such rumors, the more reassuring the emperor became about them.
As soon as the time turned, it was Li Zhi's birthday, and on this day, the colorful flags fluttered in Chang'an City, and the world congratulated.
Li Yanran also got a notice here, asking her to dress up well, and someone would be sent to pick her up at night.
In the evening, the huge cake was also covered with Meng Bu and delivered to the mansion.
A huge carriage stopped, and Zhou Falcon jumped out of the carriage and entered the mansion.
Looking at the behemoth in front of him, Zhou Falcon was stunned.
As Wu Zetian's confidant, he can be regarded as having some vision, but he has never seen this thing.
"Look at what you see."
Li Yanran appeared in front of Zhou Falcon in palace clothes.
"Miss, Zhou Falcon was ordered by Madame to pick you up for the banquet."
Zhou Falcon hurriedly saluted Li Yanran.
"Let's go, arrange for a car to bring the gifts I have prepared."
Li Yanran glanced at the cake next to her and smiled slightly.
"Little... Miss, I'm afraid I can't bring this in. ”
With such a big guy, Zhou Falcon was also depressed.
The order he got was only to pick up Li Yanran into the palace, but the other party wanted to bring this in, which really made him a little embarrassed.
Li Yanran glanced at Zhou Falcon, and then took a delicate cake and went straight into the big cake.
"It's okay now."
Li Yanran's voice came from inside the cake, making Zhou Ying speechless.
"Come on, prepare a van."
Directly ordered someone to find a truck and carry the large cake along with the bottom plate.
"Remember, don't tell anyone about what I'm hiding here, especially my father and aunt, otherwise I won't spare you."
After the loading was completed, Li Yanran's voice came out of the cake again.
After Zhou Falcon heard it, he also responded with a wry smile.
"Li Feng, don't go with you."
was about to leave, but Li Feng leaned over.
"Why?"
Li Feng was stunned, he was Li Yanran's personal guard, why couldn't he go with him.
"This is Madame's order, and you will understand when the time comes."
Zhou Ying shook his head and didn't say anything more.
"It's... Li Feng obeyed. ”
Hearing that it was Wu Zetian's order, Li Feng also nodded depressedly and stepped aside.
"Let's go."
Zhou Falcon gave an order, the carriage was in front, and the wagon was running in the direction of the palace.
Li Feng could only watch them leave, then returned to the mansion and set up a swing in the backyard.
The carriage carrying Li Yanran came slowly, but when he came to the palace gate, he was stopped by the guards.
Seeing this, Zhou Falcon directly lit up Wu Zetian's token, but the guards still didn't want to let them in, after all, the cake was so big, who knew what it contained.
"This is a gift from the queen mother to Your Majesty, why do you dare to open it and inspect it?"
Looking at the surrounding guards, Zhou Falcon couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and stopped them.
Hearing Zhou Falcon say this, the guards also hesitated.
"Zhou Falcon, you also know the current situation, if something goes wrong, everyone can't eat and walk around."
One of the Praetorian Guard captains glanced at Zhou Falcon and whispered at him.
"I naturally know that I won't let it go yet."
Zhou Falcon nodded, he naturally knew what was going on here.
"Open the door, let go."
With the captain's order, the surrounding guards also made way of the passage and let Zhou Falcon and them into the palace.
The carriage moved forward slowly, and finally stopped outside Wu Zetian's bedroom, and after ordering someone to unload the cake from the truck to the house, he hurried to report to Wu Zetian.
"Yanran brought it back, what about the people?"
Hearing that Li Yanran had entered the palace, Wu Zetian also raised his eyebrows slightly, and he was excited.
"Little... Miss, she won't let you say, saying that she wants to surprise you. ”
Zhou Ying depressedly said Li Yanran's advice.
"Surprise? Hehe, then I'll wait and see. ”
Since it was Li Yanran's careful thinking, Wu Zetian couldn't say anything.
As soon as people come, everything will be easy.
As the night deepened, the invited officials also entered the palace one after another, including the important ministers of the court, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was idle at home, and Cheng Biting Jin, these county princes.
When the officials entered the palace, the originally quiet palace also became lively.
"Your Majesty has a decree, and hundreds of officials will enter the palace to see you."
Ryan stood at the door of the main hall, shouting.
The civil and military forces who had been waiting for a long time also entered the hall and sat down, and the procedures were mostly clear.
Those who can be favored into the temple are not good stubble, but these people are also distinguished from each other.
More recently, such as the crown prince and a group of princes surnamed Li, or the older horses, all sat in the front seats.
After that, there were the founding heroes led by the eldest grandson Wuji, the only county king, and several princes.
Immediately followed by the ministers of civil and military affairs of the dynasty, dozens or hundreds of people sat scattered around the hall according to their respective ranks, grades, and titles.
Everyone is well-behaved in the palace, and no one dares to make noise, so this banquet does not have a little lively atmosphere.
As the sons of the king of Guogong County, the eldest grandson Yan and the others naturally have the right to go to the banquet, and they all sit behind their father, and they don't dare to come out of the atmosphere.
After all, at a glance, they are all characters who have to tremble when they stomp their feet, and a few of them are just here to see the world.
Several people glanced at each other, and they all saw each other's distress.
This is a banquet, it is even more terrifying than the Hongmen banquet.
The attendants served dishes and wine, but no one dared to enjoy them, after all, the emperor and queen had not come, and no matter how delicious these things were, they could not be touched.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
"The Queen Mother has arrived."
With the shouts of the attendants, everyone in the hall also got up one after another, and when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian appeared, they immediately knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
...
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian sat side by side, and then Li Zhi waved his hand: "The Qing family doesn't need to be polite, just sit down." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
...
Everyone took their seats, but no one had the desire to eat or drink when they looked at the wine and food in front of them.
Going to the banquet is clearly seen as a holy grace, and dining with the Son of Heaven is actually a kind of torment for everyone.
"Father's longevity is better than Nanshan, long live long live, long live, long live, your cultural and martial arts, from the perspective of your sons, the Qin Emperor and Han Wu cannot be compared."
Li Zhong, as the eldest son of Li Zhi and the former crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, was naturally the first to speak in terms of qualifications.
And when he came, he deliberately found Mr. Miyanaka and learned a few official words to please his father.
Li Zhi glanced at Li Zhong and said, "I have only been on the plane for a few years, and I have covered the past and the present?" ”
Li Zhong: ......
After all, it's just a teenager, and if you can know anything, you just can't take it.
"My father's martial arts are comparable to the three emperors."
Li Shangjin saluted Li Zhi, but after he finished speaking, his face turned red.
Li Zhi glanced at it and said, "It's so uncomfortable to lie, hum." ”
Hearing Li Zhi's reprimand, Li Shangjin couldn't help but bow his head.
Seeing that the two imperial brothers got up to congratulate, Li Hong couldn't help it, and said in a milky voice: "Father and emperor are comparable to imperial grandfathers." ”
Li Hong's imperial grandfather was Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.
Li Zhi's eyes glared at Li Hong and shouted: "If your imperial grandfather has a spirit in the sky, he must kill you, the unfilial emperor grandson." ”