Chapter 290 Celebration

The three of them entered the palace door with a smile and followed the servant all the way to the Xingqing Hall. There were already groups of officials gathered in the spacious and flat square in front of the hall. Seeing the three people coming in, the buzzing and laughing suddenly stopped. Everyone either looked directly, squinting, or pretended not to care, but kept glinting at the corners of their eyes. This The fifth girl, together with Huainan Road, is now one of the hottest topics discussed by officials.

Su Zicheng frowned angrily and took half a step forward, clearly blocking Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao only talked and laughed with Lv Feng, as if he had not noticed all kinds of inquiring eyes of everyone in front of the hall. Su Zicheng turned his head to find the maid and was about to lead them to find a side hall to rest. Su Ziyi was dressed in a big red court uniform and came over in high spirit. Everyone's eyes turned from Li Xiaoyao to Su Ziyi, but Su Ziyi only looked at Su Zicheng and smiled and said, "I'm afraid you're late. I just asked someone to go to your house to look for you. You fell down early." Su Zicheng smiled and saluted his brother, and Li Xiaoyao and Lv Feng also bowed.

Su Ziyi strode over, bowed his hand and returned the gift. He looked at Li Xiaoyao with a cheerful smile and said, "Xiaowu's long gown is not even enough to describe the jade tree in the wind. You have worked hard in the past six months." Li Xiaoyao bowed to the end and said with an uneasy smile, "Grandpa said so, how can Xiaowu afford it?"

"I can afford it!" Su Ziyi raised his hand with a smile, turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, and saw the blood in his eyes. A trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but with a smile on his face, "Did you have a good rest last night? At today's banquet, my father made a special trip to congratulate you on your great work. You can have a few more drinks!"

"I'll drink for Xiaowu!" Without waiting for Su Zicheng to answer, Lv Feng jumped out and grabbed the conversation. Li Xiaoyao's eyebrows moved and stared at Lv Feng speechlessly. Su Zicheng turned his head and looked at Lv Feng and smiled, "Since you have said this, you have to replace today's wine to the end. You can't lose Xiaoyao's face." Lu Feng looked at Su Zicheng unexpectedly and nodded in a daze. Su Ziyi looked at Su Zicheng with a smile. Several people talked thoughtfully for a while. More and more people came to salute, say good, and spoke. Seeing that the time was almost the time, Su Ziyi affectionately supported Lord Song, who had been the crown prince and was over 70 years old. Go into the hall with Su Zicheng and three others.

After the whip sounded, everyone lined up in order, quietly entered the Xingqing Hall, danced and saluted, and sat down. The emperor is at the top, two or three steps away from him, with four short seats on each side, placing several emperor Song and other senior ministers who have been princes or experienced two dynasties. Four or five steps outside, four rows of short seats. Su Ziyi is the first on the left, next to him is the third prince Su Zixin, on the right opposite the right. The first hand sat an old prince. Su Zicheng was next to him. Li Xiaoyao and Lv Feng sat in a row behind him. They really sat together.

Li Xiaoyao carefully looked around, because the emperor's body was not good. In this celebration banquet, the etiquette rules could not be simplified. The banquet were all officials of the third grade and above and those with knights. The number of people was not too many. There were four rows in total. The first few seats in the left and right were one person, and then down, one person was one person. There are two people in one seat, and two rows in the back, like Li Xiaoyao and Lv Feng. There are two people and four people in one seat. There is a pulp bucket between the two mats, and there are several purple robes and gold belts next to them. The short ones in the four rows are all black and golden flowers of one color, but the sizes are different. They have already been placed with a plate of familiar bones. Meat, a plate of roast lamb ribs, a plate of pork belly, seems to be cooked. In front of the three large plates, there are also four small plates with green onions, chives, garlic and vinegar. Li Xiaoyao stares at the four small plates with some puzzledness. Shouldn't it be convenient to put them on the side of people? Why did you put it upside down?

Lv Feng followed Li Xiaoyao's eyes and looked at the four small dishes. His lips did not seem to move, but he said in a low voice, "Look at the plate, you can't eat it." Li Xiaoyao lowered his eyelids, withdrew his eyes, and sat upright, waiting for the following program.

As if it was auspicious time, Su Ziyi, who was opposite, picked up a glass full of wine, stood up, raised a glass and toast to the emperor with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty opened up territory and added another fertile place of water and grass!" The emperor picked up the cup and said softly, "God bless me, Beiping! I invite you to drink this cup full!"

The ministers coaxed and almost raised their glasses together to stand up. Li Xiaoyao followed with the cup in a panic, followed by the glass, and pretended to drink the empty glass. The ministers drank wine and congratulated in unison, "Beijing is happy! Your Majesty is very happy!"

" Sit down!" The emperor put down the cup, raised his hand and pressed it. Everyone sat down and looked at the waiter's plate neatly. He put on a plate of barbecue cut into very large pieces, a plate of white meat cut as thin as paper, and a plate of beard cakes! Li Xiaoyao blinked his eyes and looked at the pile of cakes in astonishment. What does this mean? Did one person get a piece of cake and nibble it first? On the contrary, when I was full and depressed, the emperor's gentle and floating voice sounded: "You are free to be free. You don't have to be polite, and I can't stand those tedious things." Everyone responded quickly. The emperor turned his head to Su Zicheng and smiled, "Erlang has two more drinks. I'm very happy that you played well in this battle." Su Zicheng stood up in a hurry and answered respectfully. The emperor raised his hand slightly, motioned Su Zicheng to sit down, raised his cup and smiled, "I drank by myself, and you are also free."

Li Xiaoyao exhaled gently and whispered to Lv Feng, "Your Majesty is so good!"

"Well, it's a pity that there is nothing to eat and you can't drink." Lv Feng looked at the white meat cake on the table regretfully. Li Xiaoyao followed his eyes at the plate of cake and sighed secretly. It turned out that the first dish of the emperor's treat turned out to be a cake! What a saving money!

Opposite, Su Ziyi did not stand up. He raised his cup and smiled at Su Zicheng, "Erlang, I respect you and Xiaowu for the achievements of Huainan Road!" Li Xiaoyao hurriedly stood up behind Su Zicheng with a cup. Su Zicheng was about to speak when the emperor smiled and said, "Erlang sat down and said that he was rude. Just sit down." Li Xiaoyao hurriedly sat down with Su Zicheng. Su Ziyi looked at the two to sit down with a gentle smile, raised the cup and smiled, "Xiaowu is shallow. Lv Erlang sat with her, so he drank a bar in the cup for her." Lv Feng hurriedly took the cup from Li Xiaoyao's hand, raised his head and drank it, and signaled the empty cup to Su Ziyi with a smile on his face.

Su Ziyi toasted the first glass of wine, patted Su Zixin on the shoulder gently and affectionately, signaling him to toast. Su Zixin's face turned slightly red, and he sat in danger. He learned from Su Ziyi and raised the glass to Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoyao high. Next, Anyuan Hou Shuiqing, Ningyi Hou Guo Minda, Jingjiang Houshui Qingliang and others toasted in turn. After this round, the second round was much more casual. Gradually, the noise in the hall also became casual. The servant quietly put a thick cushion behind the emperor. The emperor leaned back on the cushion, took the warm sheep milk handed over by the servant and drank it slowly. He looked at Su Ziyi and Su Zixin with satisfaction. Su Zixin moved almost close to him. Su Ziyi sat, raised his head and talked to the eldest brother with a happy smile. Su Ziyi answered his younger brother's words patiently and lovingly. The emperor looked at it for a while, slowly looked away, and looked at the hustle and bustle of the hall.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone in the hall sat and stood and walked around, toasting each other, talking and laughing. The hall was full of rich excitement and joy. Li Xiaoyao and Lv Feng whispered and laughed, and ignored the noise in the hall. On the opposite table, Wang Jing, the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonial He stopped and looked at Guo Qian in front of Li Xiaoyao and Li Xiaoyao. He didn't seem to see anything. Wang Jing stood up, raised a glass of wine, and walked unsteadily in front of Li Xiaoyao and Lv Feng. He raised his glass to Li Xiaoyao and shouted, "Come on! I respect the fifth master! Now women can also be called masters! There is no need to wear two pieces of clothes and comb three rays of hair! Come on, sir, I respect you! Just give this word "courtesy" to you!"

The noise around Li Xiaoyao stopped for a moment. In silence, everyone's eyes focused on Wang Jing and Li Xiaoyao. Su Zicheng was angry and was about to rise up. Li Xiaoyao's back was stiff, with a smile in his words, but he said very rudely: "Wang is a servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and he feels that this woman People claim to be the master, and even this dress and hair style are extremely inappropriate. Contrary to the etiquette in your mind, the responsibility of the adult should be stopped face to face and blame him for reform. If you blame him and don't change it, you will be impeached according to the law. When did you stop him? Accused? Have you been impeached? Before, if you haven't heard it, you can't see it! A few glasses of water and wine are on your stomach now, aren't you? Otherwise, my heart will be overwhelmed by that point of wine! You even want to respect me with a word 'salute'! What about Lord Wang's way of being a minister? Where have you been? What about Lord Wang's knowledge and morality? Where have you been? What about Lord Wang's four-dimensional eight virtues? Where did it go again?"

"Well said!" Lv Feng slapped and shouted loudly. In the silence of the hall, Lv Feng's full cheering was particularly loud. Su Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. With a smile on the corners of his mouth, he picked up the teacup and slowly squeezed the tea. He squinted and looked at the Guo brothers sitting under him sarcastically. Su Ziyi smiled relaxedly and took Su with one hand. Zixin, with the other hand, lit Li Xiaoyao and Wang Jing without hesitation, and talked and laughed with Su Zixin and didn't know what to say.

Wang Jing was scolded by Li Xiaoyao with a purple face and froze there holding the cup. He didn't know what to do. Li Xiaoyao sat relaxedly, with a bright smile, and looked directly at Wang Jing, as if she was the one standing condescending.