Lu Bangyan turned around and instructed the two maids: "You hurry up and wait for Duan Gongzi to wash and change clothes, and Duan Gongzi will face the saint later." ”

When Duan Qianqiu heard this, his head was as big as a fight, and he thought to himself: "Just like a cat now, if the emperor wants to demonstrate how to kill Yan Song by himself, how should he deal with it?"

Seeing his distraught and frustrated look, Lu Bangyan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said sympathetically: "Brother, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, and the emperor will treat himself as a god in front of him, there is always a way." ”

"That's all there is to it!"

After breakfast, Duan Qianqiu drove to the main gate of the palace with Lu Bangyan's car, and under the guidance of the two eunuchs in the palace, he came to the imperial garden directly behind the emperor's bedroom.

There are many palace attendants in the garden, all of whom are busy arranging and furnishing everything needed for the lunch banquet.

There are quite a lot of hundred-year-old ancient trees and vines in the garden, only to see the flowers and trees supporting the sparse, the rockeries are craggy, the small bridges and flowing water complement each other appropriately, and the pavilions and small pavilions are dotted in the meantime, full of interest. It is the early spring, especially the cold spring, but some evergreen trees are already thick and green, and they are a little more lush than the ancient pine trees elsewhere.

At this time, the imperial garden is already emerald turns, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, full of pink and white, delicate and enchanting, with a faint and sweet fragrance.

When Duan Qianqiu and Lu Bangyan came to the garden, the eunuch Gong'e had already arranged the banquet seats on the lawn almost as well, the imperial case where the emperor and the empress dowager sat was in the middle of the top, and the other tables were arranged on both sides, in turn.

The two of them were the first to come, and after waiting for a while, the people who participated in the Imperial Garden Poetry Meeting arrived one after another, and the people who came, Duan Qianqiu, didn't know any of them, but Lu Bangyan kept greeting everyone and making noise with each other.

Among the crowd, there was a lonely young man, who might only be older than Duan Qianqiu, and after he came, he only said hello to everyone a little, and then stood alone by a peach blossom tree, smiling silently.

Duan Qianqiu also had no one to talk to, and when he saw that person looking like he was living in isolation, he became curious, and after a few more looks, he saw that this person was born with handsome eyebrows, thin cheeks, long limbs, tall and thin body, standing there, like a crane. His eyes are sharp, but they are not forceful, but faintly warm and good.

When he saw Duan Qianqiu looking at him, he nodded in greeting, and Duan Qianqiu also smiled and bowed in return.

I don't know how long it took, Nei Bei sang in a shrill voice: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor has arrived-"

Everyone knelt down on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.

Emperor Yang Heng has a strange appearance, a square face and a big mouth, his eyes are shining, his cheeks are full of purple and yellow beard, and when he opens his mouth, his voice is loud and clear, like the sound of jade bells and stones, which is terrifying.

And Yang Heng's biological mother, Empress Dowager Huayi, had a kind appearance, graceful and luxurious, with smile lines at the corners of her eyebrows, beads wrapped around her hair, and sat down tremblingly with the support of the eunuchs.

The people who participated in the banquet sat down according to their ranks.

Duan Qianqiu has no official, no quality, no position, and he accompanies the last seat.

Lu Bangyan was the commander of the Forbidden Palace's Northern Guard, Zuo Yulinjun, and his seat was originally very high, but he was afraid that Duan Qianqiu had just arrived and was not familiar with the court etiquette, so he specially sat next to Duan Qianqiu, so that he could mention it at any time.

Seeing this, Duan Qianqiu's heart warmed.

After everyone was seated, Duan Qianqiu looked at the seat of the head and found that there were two seats on the left side of the emperor and the queen mother.

After a while, Nei Zhi raised his voice and shouted: "Princess Gaoyang, Her Royal Highness Princess Fengzhi has arrived-"

Duan Qianqiu heard this and thought to himself, "How could the two princesses be late even for the emperor's royal banquet?"

In a trance, the two jade men of the Great Jing Dynasty had already come to Yang Heng's seat, and Ying Ying knelt down. I only heard Yang Yuxin say: "On the order of my father, I have visited the queen, and the queen's jade body is not harmonious, and she can't see the wind and cold, so she can't attend because she is sick to her father." ”

"Hmm" Yang Heng replied in a deep voice, his face looked a little displeased, but when he looked at Yang Yuxin, his smile showed again, and he said gently: "The queen's jade body is disobedient, I'm afraid I'm going to miss the beautiful scenery of this Spring Garden, Haoxin, Bingrong, you can sit down." ”

Yang Heng looked around the banquet and said loudly: "Today is the day of my spring garden in the morning, all of you at the banquet are young talents of the Dajing Dynasty, literary and martial arts, each with their own strengths, but they can all abide by their duties and contribute a lot to the prosperity of our Dajing Dynasty. If there are people who drink but are not drunk, they need to write a poem with the theme of peach blossoms, and if they can't even make a poem, they will be punished with three glasses of wine. ”

After that, he shouted at Lu Bangyan in the air: "Lu Bangyan, you come to supervise the wine, hey, what are you doing sitting so far away?

Lu Bangyan stood up and replied, "Minister Lu Bangyan obeys the order. It's not that I'm afraid that the emperor will eat the ministers, it's just that the emperor pours the ministers' wine every time, and the ministers' drinks are much worse than the emperor's, so they hide far away. ”

"Hahaha" Yang Hengda smiled: "Okay, you can say it, but you have followed me for many years, and you are also my friend, when you are drinking and happy today, you hide to the side by yourself, it is not interesting enough, first punish three glasses of wine, as a wine supervisor, you are not allowed to cheat!"

Lu Bangyan was moved in his heart, and said loudly: "The wine punished by the emperor, even if it is a thousand cups, the ministers will drink it all." With that, he poured himself three cups and drank them with his head up.

Yang Hengda said with a smile: "My wine supervisor has made a good start, everyone, raise the wine in the cup, let us wish the Queen Mother good luck and longevity." ”

Everyone then stood up and toasted to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother smiled, picked up her wine glass for the first time, and took a few sips.

Yang Heng seemed to be in a very good mood today, and after drinking a few glasses in a row, he asked the palace maid next to him to add wine, and the Queen Mother held his hand and reproached lovingly: "Heng'er, drink a few fewer glasses, you are so happy, don't get everyone drunk at the banquet." ”

Everyone knew that the emperor was good at drinking, and there was indeed a precedent of drunk ministers at court banquets before, and when they saw the queen mother scolding him, they couldn't help laughing.

Yang Heng patted the queen mother's hand and said with a smile: "Queen mother, please rest assured, before this great peach blossom, I will definitely not get drunk today, otherwise I should do some things like burning the piano and cooking cranes and cows chewing peonies." ”

Yang Yuxin answered: "It's right for my father to drink less, after all, you have to work state affairs and need to take care of the dragon's body." I'll take care of the rest of the glasses, so I'll pay tribute to all of you here!"

Duan Qianqiu thought to himself: "This emperor is arrogant and free. And the means of winning people's hearts are not used without traces, very clever, really powerful. ”

After thinking about it, Yang Yuxin had already toasted three glasses of wine for the emperor.

Duan Qianqiu was thinking about things at that time, he didn't keep up with the speed of drinking, and after drinking two glasses less, he was grabbed by Yang Yuxin.

She held the wine glass, walked to Duan Qianqiu's seat lightly, and said with a cold face: "Duan Gongzi, this palace toasts, why don't you drink?"