Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde stepped forward and introduced, "This is His Royal Highness King Qin. ”

Ding Yi bowed his hand and said, "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, said to Ding Yi with a smile: "You and I are bosom friends, why should you be so knowledgeable like everyone else." ”

Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde said to Li Shimin, the king of Qin: "This is Ding Gongzi, who came to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde were by Wang Chuanyi's side, and seeing that Wang Chuanyi did not speak, they did not introduce Ding Yi's identity to Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

Li Shimin took Ding Yi's hand and said, "Let's go, I'll accompany you to see Your Majesty." While chatting with Ding Yi, the speaker walked towards the main hall.

At the door of the main hall, the prince Li Jiancheng stood outside the door of the main hall to greet the guests, and saw the king of Qin, Li Shimin, accompanying Ding Yi, the two talked and laughed, thinking that Ding Yi was a friend of the king of Qin, and this time he came specially for the king of Qin, and he did not come forward to greet him. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, accompanied Ding Yi into the main hall. I saw that under the high platform of the emperor on the opposite side, a long row of tables was set up on both sides, and all kinds of congratulatory gifts were piled up. The hall was filled with tables, and nearly half of the people were already seated at the tables. Ding Fugui took a few steps forward, sent the gift slip in his hand to the receiving officer's table, and ordered the gift to be put away. The receiving officer handed the gift list to the people beside him, and the attendant next to him immediately sang the gift list. Ding Yi basically had never lived in the world, and he didn't know the value of Lu Dao's gifts, looking at the surprised looks on the faces of the people sitting around him, the gifts he took out were very unusual. At this moment, from inside the main hall came an old man with white hair bent over and thin, on crutches.

The old man walked up to Wang Chuanyi, arched his hand and said, "Hello senior brother, His Majesty the Emperor knows that you are here, and specially asked me to come to greet you." ”

Wang Chuanyi smiled and said, "How is the junior brother doing lately?"

The visitor replied: "I am from the end of the family, under the control of others, unlike the senior brother, who is detached from the world, and the clouds and wild cranes are at ease. As he spoke, he kept looking at Wang Chuanyi and said in a suspicious tone: "Senior brother, is it possible to think quietly and change your mind to become an official in the court?"

Wang Chuanyi nodded slightly and said: "I understand, when the emperor thought that I came to congratulate my birthday, I wanted to find a half-official position, so I deliberately put on a shelf to show my majesty, hehe, it's really stupid and ridiculous." ”

The two were talking, except for Ding Yi and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who were talking and laughing in the main hall, everyone else listened to the two with their ears pricked up. These two people are the top people in the world, one affects the world, the other is the first person around the emperor, and the hall is full of civil and military ministers of the dynasty, most of them know the two, and those who don't know have heard of it. What the two of them say will affect the changes in the current situation, so there is no need to listen.

"Senior brother, is it a whim, and he didn't have anything to do to wander here?"

"Senior brother, are you old and dizzy? I'm just a housekeeper this time. ”

"Ahh

Wang Chuanyi just looked at the jade pendant on Ding Yi's chest with his eyes.

"Oh my God!" exclaimed the old man, "how is this possible?" Who's this kid?"

"It is the apprentice of the ancestor of the master behind the lady, and because of his young age, he was raised and taught by the lady in the Ding family. Wang Chuanyi looked at his soul-scared junior brother, sighed and said, "The ancestor named Ding Yi. ”

"The ancestor named Ding Yi...... No wonder he wears a jade pendant. The old man muttered. Then he begged Wang Chuanyiyang: "Senior brother, this time the matter is troublesome, please teach me." The old man said in his heart: The Ding family can have today's status, it is not that Ding Baichuan married a fairy wife, and has the support of his wife's teacher.

Wang Chuanyi looked at the junior brother who was still distracted and said: "There is no disaster in the world, you can find it yourself." Originally, the lady saw that the little guy was too tired and thought of a way to let the little guy come out to relax, but there are always people who think they are too big and think that they are the son of heaven. For the sake of you and me, I advise you to make plans early, and don't covet the wealth of a mirror. After speaking, he looked at Ding Yi and Li Shimin, looked around at everyone in the hall, sighed, and gathered his hands in front of his chest without speaking.

At this time, Ding Yi walked over and said to Wang Chuanyi: "Sir, we have delivered the gift, can we leave?"

Wang Chuanyi said with a smile: "It's all up to the son." ”

As soon as Ding saw Wang Chuanyi say this, he was not happy to observe and understand Wang Chuanyi, so he came to relieve his husband. Ding Yi turned around and said to Li Shimin, the king of Qin: "I came to send a congratulatory gift for my senior brother, and the task has been completed, so I will leave." I hope that His Royal Highness can think of the common people in the world, be diligent in government and cultivate virtue, and have the fate to see him again. ”

Li Shimin hurriedly stopped: "The son can give gifts and don't enter the table, I will go and ask my father to come out to meet now." So saying, he was going to the back of the main hall.

Wang Chuanyi took a step forward and blocked King Qin: "Your Highness, don't be busy, don't forget the expectations of the prince." After speaking, Li Shimin was stunned, turned to Ding Fugui and said: "Just now you have seen the meaning of the son, and when you say it to all the people who are registered, you can stay and help King Qin." As he spoke, he took out a gold medal from his arms and handed it to Ding Fugui.

The old man looked at Wang Chuanyi blankly, and said with a melancholy face: "As soon as the gold medal is born, the way has to change, senior brother, are you a little rash." ”

"Senior brother, you only know one thing, the cause of his day is already there, and today is the effect. You better follow me to cultivate the Mandate of Heaven. After speaking, he glanced at the main hall again, and saw that most of the officials bowed their hands to show their obedience. Then he said to Ding: "Childe, please." ”

Ding Yi walked out of the main hall in a few steps and saw Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde, and the two of them bowed their hands to express their obedience. Ding Yi made an appointment with Qin Qiong, and after meeting in the evening, everyone left the Forbidden City and crossed the horse. When Emperor Li Yuan accepted the birthday congratulations of the ministers, he neither saw his reception advisers, nor did he see Wang Chuanyi and his party, thinking that he was talking to the advisers alone, and he didn't care. This is also the first birthday celebration after the unification of the world, the heart is not only happy but also a little fluttering, the banquet of the ministers of civil and military affairs actually toasted to themselves, each is serious and affectionate, it seems a little weird to make themselves a little moved, after all, it is a hero who fights the world together. Under the courteous persuasion of everyone, Emperor Li Yuan was drunk.

At noon the next day, Emperor Li Yuancai woke up from a hangover, endured a splitting headache, and got up to change his clothes. At this time, a eunuch from the Yellow Gate came in and sent Li Yuan a letter from his great strategist, and after reading the letter with a headache, Li Yuan's face changed as if he had been struck by lightning, and he was stunned. Hurriedly asked the eunuch: "Where is the eunuch now?"

The eunuch said: "After sending away the few people who came to celebrate his birthday yesterday, he left a letter, gave it to the servants, brought his clothes, sealed the door and left. The servants came to report the news, and the emperor was drunk and unconscious, and now he is still waiting outside the door. ”

"Quick, lead the way. Li Yuan said and hurriedly walked out of the door. When I came to the outer door, I saw a child dressed as an eleven or twelve-year-old scholar, dozing under the corner. Li Yuan came to the child, and the eunuch stepped forward and shouted, "The child wakes up, and the emperor has arrived." ”

Xiao Tong raised his head in panic, his face was full of dust, his lips were chapped and he knelt on the ground and said: "Meet the emperor, Xiaomin should die, I didn't see the emperor, please spare the emperor." "The child's language is incoherent.

"Hurry up and talk about Taifu, and tell everything you know. Li Yuan didn't care about the emperor's decency, so he pulled the little boy and asked, "Taifu is there now." ”

"Yesterday, Mr. came back in a hurry, hurriedly left a letter, and when he left, he said to himself as if to say that the emperor hopes that it can be done in time, don't make a mistake, let everything be ordered. The villain was afraid that he couldn't afford to delay the big event, so he came here to announce it before noon yesterday and waited until this time. The boy replied.

The eunuch also said: "The little one saw the little boy yesterday afternoon, and felt that it was a big deal, so he sent someone to check, it is reported that the Taifu and Qin Qiong went to the same place successively, and most of the civil and military officials went to see off the group of people who came to celebrate their birthday yesterday, and the Taifu left with him." ”

After hearing this, Li Yuan sighed and said, "Time is also, life is also." ”