On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City finally ushered in the long-lost Lantern Festival. The entire Chang'an City is full of lanterns and ribbons, showing the festive atmosphere.

All men, women and children all dressed in new clothes and enjoyed the joy of the festival.

Wang Wanru is no exception, this **** got up very early, shouting to go around the street, in desperation, Xie Tong played with her for most of the first day, and did not return to the palace until after noon.

Xie Tong really wanted to take a break so that he could cope with the dinner.

What gave him a headache was that he didn't know how to approach Hong Shan in the open light at the dinner party. This beauty that he fell in love with at first sight obviously suffered a forced marriage, if he couldn't just meet her early, I am afraid it would become Xie Tong's nightmare.

Time passed quickly, and after a while, Li Jun had already come to pick them up.

When Li Jun saw Xie Tong, he was surprised, "Xie Tong seems to be in a bad mental state", he glanced at Wang Wanru, and said with a lewd smile, "Could it be that you exercised too much last night and became sluggish?"

Wang Wanru didn't know what he was talking about, but Xie Tong understood what he meant, and said, "Brother Li, don't make fun of Xie."

As soon as these words came out, Li Junden burst out laughing.

Taiwei Sima Xuan's mansion is located in the south of the city, not far from Huaiwang's mansion, and when a few people arrived at Taiwei's mansion, Xie Tong knew how big Taiwei's name was.

The scale of the Taiwei Mansion is no less than the Wenhua Hall in Huangchao, although the luxury level cannot be compared, after all, the Wenhua Hall is the palace where the emperor once lived, but the Taiwei Mansion still surprised Xie Tong.

There are two huge lion statues at the entrance of the Taiwei Mansion, the gate of the courtyard wall is two battles high, and the plaque on the door is written in red lacquer characters, Taiwei Mansion.

There was a crowd at the gate of Taiwei's mansion, and there were more than a dozen carriages outside the mansion, and it was obvious that there were not many people attending the dinner.

Xie Tong asked, "Doesn't the prince attend the dinner?"

Li Jun replied without looking at it, "Of course I will participate, but I will come later."

Xie Tong was thinking about why the prince was late, he looked towards the door of the Taiwei Mansion, and was shocked into a cold sweat.

The greeter turned out to be Sima Xiangru.

Xie Tong only cared about how to attend the dinner party to get close to Hong Shan, and completely forgot about this great enemy. Suddenly seeing him, Xie Tong instantly hesitated, this time he stepped forward, he was bound to be recognized by Sima Xiangru, the two had a secret fight in Yangzhou, and they also had a fight outside Yingzhou City, which can be described as mortal enemies. In Chang'an, the territory of the Sima family, Xie Tong will definitely not be able to ask for any good fruits to eat, and in serious cases, he may die here.

Li Jun saw Xie Tong hesitate, followed his gaze, and found Sima Xiangru, he smiled and said, "Brother Xie, don't be nervous, with me here, Sima father and son will definitely not dare to do anything to you, you even dare to elope with the daughter of Lord Wang, and Brother Xie will not take it to heart about trivial matters." ”

Xie Tong smiled bitterly, and had to move forward.

Sima Xiangru was ordered to receive guests from all sides, and when he saw Li Jun, the second son of Li Zhaorun, the king of Huai, coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and said, "How did Brother Xian come alone? Didn't Brother Wang and Brother Xiao come?"

Li Jun smiled and said, "My father and eldest brother will come later, like brother, I will introduce you to someone, it is my new friend." He flashed around and pushed Xie Tong in front of him.

Sima Xiangru looked forward, he looked at Xie Tong in astonishment, his eyes revealed a look of disbelief, this person actually dared to swagger to Chang'an, isn't he tired of being tired.

Xie Tong's scalp was numb and stepped forward, and said, "Brother Xiangru, long time no see."

Li Jun was surprised, "It turns out that the two of you are old acquaintances, this matter is so strange."

Sima Xiangru's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said calmly, "That's natural, Brother Xie is very famous in the Jianghuai area, how can Xiangru not know." He deliberately referred to Yangzhou as Jianghuai, intending to hint at Li Jun. ”

Xie Tong secretly pinched a cold sweat, it seemed that Sima Xiangru cared about King Huai's face and did not expose him in person.

Li Jun didn't seem to hear the outside of the strings, and said, "Since you are acquainted, you will definitely have a few more drinks in a while?"

Sima Xiangru hurriedly beckoned a few people into the hall.

Several people walked into the hall of the dinner.

This dinner is much higher than the dinner in Chengdu, not only in the specifications of the hall, but also in the guests who went to the banquet, all of whom were valve nobles in Chang'an, or royal relatives. The dinner can be said to be a gathering of the current valve clan.

Xie Tong and the others followed behind Li Jun, skipped the seats, and sat in the third seat on the left, as expected, the first Xi was Li Zhaorun, the king of Huai, and the second seat was Li Xiao, the little prince.

Xie Tongshang was still participating in the top banquet of the clan valve for the second time, and he quickly swept past all the seats, although the guests came, there was no one he wanted to see. The guests were obviously very familiar with each other, greeting each other, and gathering in groups of three or five to talk about the affairs of the country.

Because of his noble status, Li Jun is obviously very familiar with all the guests, and he greets people from time to time.

Xie Tong had no time to watch the guests in the venue, and the expected person did not appear, which made him uneasy.

Wang Wanru and Xie Tong sat at the last seat of Li Jun, if it weren't for Li Jun's noble status, let alone entering the table, he wouldn't even be able to enter the gate of the Taiwei Mansion.

While hesitating, the doorman reported that "Doctor Hong Ru has arrived".

Xie Tong suddenly felt his blood boiling all over his body, although he didn't stand up and look up, but a pair of eyes looked towards the door.

Wang Wanru also became nervous, she stood up and looked blankly at the door.

The guests around sighed that now the Hong family has become the leader in the clan, all because Hong Ru gave birth to two delicate daughters, one is married to Song Kui, and the other is planning to marry Sima Jinyu.

Xie Tong felt very uncomfortable when he heard it, he didn't say anything to refute it, on this occasion, he was really insignificant.

The first to come in was Hong Ru, followed by Song Wenyuan, Hong Ye, and Hong Shan fell last.

The beauty is still so pure and refined, her beauty is incomparable, as soon as she appeared on the stage, she attracted everyone's attention, and even the beauty queen Wanru was admired for her beauty, and she felt ashamed.

The fly in the ointment is that this beautiful woman has a cold face and looks not very happy. The Hong clan sat in the sixth seat on the right, echoing Xie Tong's seat.

Xie Tong couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he first saw Hong Shan's daughter pretending, and it was also at the dinner party of Song Kui, the king of Shu, that Song Wenyuan introduced him. Now that Song Wenyuan has married Hong Ye as his wife, he is no longer a human being, and the grievances between Xie Tong and his father make it difficult for the two brothers to go back to the past.

Xie Tong couldn't help but look at Song Wenyuan, Song Wenyuan seemed to have lost a lot of weight, I don't know if it was because he was not used to life in Chang'an, or because what happened in Sichuan and Shu last time made him melancholy.

Song Wenyuan had just taken his seat, and found that a gaze was staring at him tightly, and he suddenly looked towards Xie Tong. There was a sense of peace in the eyes of this unattractive young man, it was such a sense of déjà vu, although Song Wenyuan didn't recognize this person, he responded with a smile and a smile.

Xie Tong didn't expect Song Wenyuan's kung fu to improve a lot, and he nodded in the face of Song Wenyuan's smile. He immediately stopped looking at him.

Wang Wanru gently pulled Xie Tong and said, "Sister Shan'er is so beautiful!"

Xie Tong didn't make a sound.

At this time, the doorman shouted again, "King Huai has arrived, Lord Taiwei has arrived, and Gonggong Tian has arrived." Everyone got up, and all the important people of the dinner party had arrived, and what made Xie Tong couldn't believe it was that Father-in-law Tian actually participated in this kind of dinner.

All the guests and hosts were seated.

Taiwei Sima Xuan looked around and said, "Everyone, today is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the old man is not talented, and this dinner was held the next day, it is an honor that Wang Ye Huai and Gonggong Cui actually participated in the banquet with their faces, which added a lot of color to the dinner, and the old man proposed, for the prosperity of the Tang Empire, in order to be able to break the thieves as soon as possible, we have a toast." ”

The crowd shouted, drink as much as they wanted.

Xie Tong also drank it all.

He secretly observed Sima Xuan, Sima Xuan was over fifty years old, but he did not look old, he was still red, his figure was not fat or thin, just right, although he was ranked in the third duke, pampered, but he was not as bloated as King Huai, his eyebrows revealed a taste of spies, and at a glance he was a scheming figure. Xie Tong couldn't help but suspect that such a person should be diligent in calculation every day, and for some reason he spent financial and material resources to hold this meaningless lantern dinner, and invited so many Chang'an celebrities.

Xie Tong couldn't figure it out.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Sima Xuan smiled and said, "Lord, father-in-law, my lords, the old man has recently accepted a batch of song and dance troupes from the Western Regions, which are very different from the song and dance troupes of our dynasty.

At the banquet of the clan valve, singing and dancing performances have become commonplace, but Lord Taiwei emphasized that it was from the Western Regions, which really made everyone feel happy to see it.

Sima Xuan clapped his hands, and walked out of the hall with seven young girls, covering their faces with light gauze, these seven girls were dressed in the same way, wearing gauze short shirts, revealing snow-white arms and navels, wearing silk trousers, and red dancing shoes, although they couldn't see their faces clearly, but they gave a looming feeling, and everyone present could feel that this was a first-class beauty.

The sound of musical instruments sounded, and the seven girls danced like fairies, their bodies were extremely soft, not only outstanding in dancing, but also in gorgeous postures, which made these people of the noble clan all watch with relish.

Xie Tong had no intention of watching the dance, and a pair of eyes secretly looked at Hong Shan.

Hong Shan didn't want to attend the dinner, but she couldn't resist her father's persecution, she was already disgusted with this kind of upper-class life, and she disdained it. She looked around the hall and noticed an ugly man staring at her.

Hong Shan felt so strange in his heart, he didn't look at so many singing and dancing beauties, why did he stare at himself. She glared at Xie Tong fiercely.

Xie Tong didn't expect that Hong Shan was still the same as the female tiger, and almost nothing changed. I was happy in my heart and smiled on my eyebrows. Don't dare to provoke her again.