"Today, the fifth prince is on his first birthday, and I have specially set up a banquet in the palace to celebrate, and you will definitely return happy!"

On the main seat, Pei Yao was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, held a wine glass, and delivered a speech loudly.

Standing at thirty, he is getting older, and it has been three or four years since he ascended the throne, Pei Yao has changed a lot more than before, and in addition to being calm and serious, the sharp spirit in the past is also well integrated with the imperial majesty in his bones.

is not angry and self-authoritative, seemingly gentle but with the simplicity of life and death, which makes people daunting and dare not make mistakes.

The queen stood beside Pei Yao, wearing a phoenix robe, which also showed the majesty of the mother of the country, and raised a glass with Pei Yao at this moment, with a decent smile on her face.

"The five princes are safe and healthy, and there are six princesses in the palace, and the emperor's heirs are luxuriant, which is the blessing of the Great Qi, and the ministers are very happy!"

Prime Minister Lu smiled and spoke, with kindness between his eyebrows and eyes.

Naturally, the queen is his daughter-in-law, and now she is a healthy grandson, of course, happy.

When Pei Yao heard this, he also smiled, and hugged the fifth prince from the nurse's hand.

"The queen is virtuous and virtuous, she is my virtuous helper, and the five princes she is raising now are healthy and intelligent, which makes me even more gratified."

Speaking of this, Pei Yao paused before looking at Prime Minister Lu again.

"When you turn one year old, you have to take a name seriously, and you should also give the five princes a name, so that they can enter the royal jade plate, I have had many thoughts in the past few months, but I can't make a choice in the end, I look at it today, it is better for Prime Minister Lu to choose a name for the five princes."

As soon as these words came out, Prime Minister Lu hurriedly lowered his head and surrendered his hand.

"The old minister doesn't dare, the five princes are noble, the old minister is for his subordinates, how can he name the prince."

"It's okay." Pei Yao said with a smile, "Lu Xiang is the queen's father, my father-in-law, the maternal grandfather of the five princes, the elder of the five princes, and the name of the grandfather is even more blessed. ”

Having said that, Prime Minister Lu Cheng naturally didn't want to say anything more.

Although I don't know if Pei Yao's move is intended to be a temptation, whether the Lu family has any intention of thinking about the position of the crown prince, or really promote him.

But no matter what, naming the prince or the concubine of the middle palace, even the prime minister, who is the head of the hundred officials, is under pressure.

At this time, the queen opened her mouth in a soft voice at the right time.

"Since the emperor said so, my father chose one or two good words, please ask the emperor to decide, one more person thinks, it is also to give more care to the five princes."

"Yes, then the old minister dared to choose two words and asked the emperor to take a look."

Prime Minister Lu Cheng respectfully answered.

No matter what kind of mind Pei Yao has, whether it is the queen or Prime Minister Lu, you have to remember your identity, you must put the king first, let Prime Minister Lu choose the name, then you will pick up the good words and let the emperor choose.

In the end, it was said that it was taken by Prime Minister Lu Cheng, but what word to take was still decided by the emperor.

After Pei Yao heard this, he also nodded in agreement, and asked people to bring pen and ink.

Prime Minister Lu Cheng deserved to be the first civil official of the dynasty, and after thinking for a while, he wrote three words on the paper.

They are, Jin, Ying and Xu.

"The word Jin is rich in literary brilliance, but also contains the meaning of foresight, jade is jade, jade is auspicious and rich in spiritual treasures, meaning auspicious and intelligent, the word Yin is the same as the tolerant Rong, but also extended to the meaning of tolerance and benevolence, and finally this warm word, the spring breeze is warm, is for the gentle and soft, gentleman is square, gentle and warm."

Offering the words with both hands, Prime Minister Lu Cheng also explained each selected word by word.

Listening to these words read by her father, the queen's expression was slightly nervous.

She's afraid of making mistakes, too.

After all, the emperor's attitude towards the family is now known to both the government and the opposition, and they are afraid that the Lu family is on the emperor's side and is still abandoned by the emperor.

And just as the queen's thoughts were flying, Pei Yao's voice came from her ears.

"Okay, excellent, these words have a good meaning, I see, then take this warm word."

Pei Yao's gaze wandered between the three words, and finally froze.

"The emperor is wise."

Prime Minister Lu immediately surrendered.

Immediately, all the people present stood up and saluted in unison, congratulating the five princes on their names.

The queen smiled and took the five princes from Pei Yao's hands, handed them to the nurse, and asked the nurse to take them down first.

At this point, the feast can be regarded as a serious beginning.

"Niangniang, the concubine doesn't read much, it stands to reason that the names given by Prime Minister Lu to the five princes should be good words, why did the concubine look at the queen's face just now, and she seemed a little nervous."

Concubine Song, who was sitting beside Fang Yu, asked in a low voice.

Fang Yu was taking a bite of the crystal shrimp on the table, and when he heard her ask, he pinched the handkerchief to wipe his mouth and said in a low voice.

"This first word, in addition to the meaning of Prime Minister Lu Cheng, also has another meaning of power, the gentry is used to call bureaucrats or people who have been officials, and the last word also has the meaning of favor."

"Then, isn't Prime Minister Lu also tempting the emperor?"

Hearing this, Concubine Song's eyes were slightly surprised.

Fang Yu smiled, "It's not all, although this Jin has the meaning of power, it does not refer to the emperor and monarch, but only to the power of his subordinates. ”

From Fang Yu's point of view, Lu Chengxiang's choice of these three words means that one is to show his loyalty to the courtier, the other is to put a high hat on Pei Yao, and remind him of the gentleman's character with the words of tolerance and benevolence, and finally, he alludes to the fact that he remembers the royal favor and vows to be a gentleman and not seek anything else.

In the end, Pei Yao chose this warm word, and he was also satisfied with the answer sheet handed over by Lu Chengxiang.

Concubine Song understood everything, and finally asked again.

"From Niangniang's point of view, is there a gap between the emperor and the Lu family?"

"No, it won't." Fang Yu narrowed his eyes, "Prime Minister Lu Cheng's recent move is to sincerely do things for the emperor. ”

Saying this, Concubine Song nodded and didn't ask any more.

And Fang Yu also had something to say.

The way of the emperor, leniency and severity, today for the five princes to hold a first birthday banquet, the specifications of the banquet is higher than other princes and princesses, Pei Yao also rewarded the five princes, the longevity lock he wore when he was young, this is a lift.

The question I asked about Prime Minister Lu just now was another wake-up call.

However, Fang Yu thought that Pei Yao should have other actions.

But that's not what she's going to worry about right now, there's something else she has to do.

Thinking of this, his eyes glanced at the gate of the temple, and he saw that the dancers of the music room had already entered.

One of them jumped very well, and at first glance, his appearance was six points similar to Qiu Baolin.

No, when the song was finished, when Pei Yao was ordering someone to give a reward, Fang Yu opened his mouth.

"The emperor wants to reward this girl, is it love the house and Wu, or is this girl really dancing well, Qiu Baolin is still sitting on the field, and the emperor is not afraid of the beauty being jealous and sad."

She spoke, with the delicate posture of a favorite concubine, which caused everyone to immediately turn their heads to look over.

The dancing girl who looked like Qiu Baolin had just received the reward from Hong Zheng in her hand, and she hadn't held it steady yet, so she was frightened by this sentence, and immediately knelt down, her little face was white and her eyes were red.

However, when she knelt down, Fang Yu seemed to be more interested, and let out a chuckle.

"Look, it's not the concubine who wants to say it, but now that I look at it, it's even more like three points."

As her words came out, the eyes of the people on the field quickly searched for the concubines, and sure enough, they soon found Qiu Baolin sitting at the end of the concubines, like a frightened rabbit at the moment, at a loss, and the appearance was indeed similar to the dancing girl. (End of chapter)