Chapter 17 Chrysanthemum Royal Banquet

Renzong first gave you a cup of wine to play music during the drinking period. The emperor and the empress had been drinking and watching the performance. Some of the children whispered to the children. He quietly asked Yuan Ze, "I heard that my father once made a joke?"

"Do you mean to eat bait?" Yuan Ze covered his face with wide sleeves and smiled secretly. Turning to a little more serious, he said, "Father is too lazy to talk to those people. He sits on the pond reading and usually eats snacks. Who knows who secretly made it bad? Seeing that his father took it seriously, he replaced the dessert with bait. Wang listened and laughed. When the two whispered, Zhao Zhongpin beside Wang pulled Wang's robe sleeves and said, "Brother, why don't you come to play with me?" Only then did I remember that the Mid-Autumn Festival Baofu Feast promised him time to play with him. Then he coaxed him: "Recently, there is a case to be investigated in Kaifeng Mansion."

Zhao Zhong's big clever eyes said with envy, "Brother, just take me to investigate the case." When the king remembered something, he took out a clay figurine "clay man" from his arms. The clay figurine was upright and delicate, and he also wore all kinds of men's and women's clothes. When Wang Bian bought it, he wanted to laugh and felt that there was already Barbie in the Song Dynasty. I bought two in total, one for Yuan Ze, and the other one was originally intended to be given to Liang Yuexia, but when I saw that the future Emperor Shenzong was so close to him, I gave it to him on impulse. Anyway, I still had time to go to the street to buy it.

After the performance, after everyone drank the first imperial wine, Renzong said, "Today's banquet, everyone can have a good time. Today, I want everyone to come with my son, and let me see what will happen in the future. Please bring it closer."

After saying that, he led the eunuch and led the group of children sitting in the low seat to the hall. The children stood in line and saluted to Renzong. Renzong looked down and said, "You look up and let me have a look." The children all raised their heads.

Renzong's eyes swept through their faces one by one, nodded, and asked one by one, whose children they were and what books they had read.

Only then did Wang see Renzong clearly. He was wearing a horizontal branch with hard feet, a light yellow robe, a jade red belt, and soap boots. The clothes are much more simple than he thought. Looking at his face again, I saw that he was thin, gentle and elegant, a little more kind and a little less majestic. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he were not smiling. Is this Renzong? The king felt that he was far from the imaginary emperor. There was no airs in the conversation. He just asked the children as an elder. The king was a little relieved. Look at the Empress Cao around Renzong dressed in colorful robes. The collar, sleeves and shoe are all inlaid with red cloud dragon patterns, wearing the four phoenix crowns of Kowloon, and they also have a dignified look.

Wang didn't dare to look more. When the children answered Renzong's questions, they all got some rewards. After returning to their seats, the children were even more excited.

Renzong ordered the second royal wine. Wang took a sip and felt that the taste was very fragrant. He didn't feel spicy when he drank it in his stomach. Instead, he had a warm aroma. He asked his deskmate who knew what kind of wine it was. Zhao Zhongzhen said, "Brother, this is Su Hexiang wine: This wine is the imperial medicinal wine in the palace, which is very precious. Each bucket of wine is boiled with one or two Suhexiang pills, which can adjust the five organs and dispel all diseases in the abdomen. It tastes so sweet.

This third cup is fragrant wine. After giving wine, I watched oral skills, music, and dance performances. It has been three rounds of wine. I saw some wine and snacks served one by one, including: meat, salted meat, fried meat, double lower horns, lotus meat, oil cakes, bones, white meat, Hu cakes, and a group of immortals. Biluo, fake eel fish, glutinous rice noodles, fake sand fish, water rice, salted brisettes, melon and ginger are naturally not named by the king. Zhao Zhongpin made next to him, not one or two years younger than the king, but it is an authentic royal relative. Naturally, the food and drink in the palace is more than that of the rest of the people here.

At this time, I had been drinking for three rounds, and the atmosphere was not as tense as at the beginning, and the drinking was almost the same. Renzong ordered to withdraw the performance and let everyone drink and talk. The king thought to himself that Renzong was smart. Only in this relaxed state could he see the other side of the minister, and three drinks on an empty stomach showed the original form.

He looked at Renzong and saw that Renzong occasionally ate a little food in front of him. Most of the time, he still squinted at the ministers and their children in the hall, and occasionally turned his head to talk to the queen.

The people on the high table seemed to be almost drunk, and they gradually spoke loudly. Suddenly, they heard Wang Yaochen talking to Di Qing with a smile. The tattoo on Lord Di's face is getting better and better.

It is said that the two of them work together, and Di Qing is Wang Yaochen's boss, but he speaks like this in the hall. Everyone was much quieter, and Di Qing looked at him coldly. He can't be angry, because it is in front of the emperor, and because Wang Yaochen is a good man who sings as the champion outside the Donghua Gate.

It is said that Di Qing has made a lot of military achievements, but since Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, he has always valued literature over martial arts, not to mention that Di Qing was once a matchmaker. Today's official has achieved this degree, which is already a reward from the emperor. If he was on the battlefield, or he was a poor man, he really dared to take Wang Yaochen's head, but now he is in front of the emperor, and he is in an important position. Di Qing's usual white face didn't know whether it was wine or red by Wang Yaochen's words.

Seeing this, Renzong said, "Di Aiqing, I will give you medicine and allow you to wash off the tattoos."

Di Qing got up and bowed and saluted, "Thank you for your kindness. I am willing to keep this tattoo, so that everyone in the world knows that the emperor will give a name to those who have meritorious backgrounds." After Di Qing finished speaking, most of the people were moved.

Wang Yaochen stirred up the flames and said, "Is Lord Di against the will?" The hall was immediately quiet. Everyone looked at Renzong and Di Qing. Some are worried and nervous, and some are waiting to see jokes. In this era of emphasing literature over martial arts, Di Qing's privy has made many people's eyes hot.

Even Renzong narrowed his eyes and looked at Di Qing without saying anything. The hall was quiet. Suddenly, he heard a child talking to himself: "Your Majesty, Shengming, what Lord Di said is also reasonable. It seems that this Lord Wang likes the tattoos on Lord Di's face too much. It's better to let the emperor be gratitude and give this adult a tattoo. Everyone will be happy when they go up.

Everyone looked along the voice and saw Wang sitting at the low table. After saying this, he ate a mouthful of vegetables and drank a sip of wine. However, this sentence made the teenagers at the table laugh unabashedly. Even Bao Zheng, who usually did not like to laugh, laughed. Seeing that even Renzong laughed, the people on the high table also laughed.

Wang Yaochen wanted to say something more, but when he saw that the atmosphere suddenly changed, Renzong was just teased. He didn't dare to say more, so he stared at Wang fiercely. Zhao Zongshi sneered in his heart: "Wang Yaochen, you are a loser; Di Qing, next to Wang, do you still laugh after tonight?

Wang's edge was too strong and too much of a show. He didn't know that he was so energetic that he forgot his age - 14 years old.

All eyes were focused on him, and there was appreciation, of course, envy and hatred. People are like this, and big trees will attract the wind. Especially on the occasion of the emperor's banquet of ministers.

Some ministers whispered to each other. Some of them didn't know Wang's side and asked the people next to him whose child this was. Ouyang Xiu said, "This child has a history. This is the adopted son of Lord Bao." Some ministers echoed: "Yes, I heard that Lord Bao has received a adopted son, and he is brave." Ouyang Xiu continued, "Do you know who this son's biological father is?" Everyone whispered, and some said, "I heard that it's Lord Wang Anshi."

Renzong couldn't stand the loneliness and said, "I also heard that he is learning martial arts from Lord Di Qing?" He turned his face and looked at Di Qing.

Di Qing said, "In return to the emperor, I also saw that this child was a malleable talent, but I just taught some horseback riding and archery."

Renzong said, "Then I want to see how your master teaches and how this student learns." After saying that, he told the hall to prepare a grass target bow and arrow.

After a while, a target was placed in the distance of the gate of the hall. Renzong said, "This fourth royal wine, let the king perform, come on, give wine!"

After saying that, the maid added wine to the ministers.

The king was ordered to walk to the door of the hall, and several bodyguards stood around. Seeing a bodyguard next to the king, he handed a bow and three arrows to the king.

Wang took it over and pulled the bow. Fortunately, he pulled it, turned around and looked at the hall and was shocked. Several bodyguards have blocked the door of the hall behind him, holding bright knives in their hands. This is the legendary guard with a knife in front of the palace. Wang thought to himself and took a cold breath. Fortunately, he didn't raise his bow when he turned back, otherwise his head would have fallen to the ground. The king quickly calmed down. At this time, he could not make a fool of himself. He meditated in his heart: the front is like pushing Mount Tai, the back is like holding a baby, the bow is like a full moon, and the arrows are like a meteor. "Shoo, hoo, hoo" three in a row, and the branches hit the bull'seye. Then he handed the bow to the bodyguard. One bodyguard took the bow, and the other bodyguards made way. The king returned to the hall. At this time, the eunuch carried the arrow target into the hall to show it to Renzong. Renzong looked at it and asked the ministers to have a look. Everyone cheered and said, "Good" Wang's heart added a little more arrogance.

Wang Anshi didn't look pale, and he couldn't see how happy he was. At this time, there was no expression on the face of another person. From the beginning, he did not say a word and quietly looked at what had happened. This person was not someone else but Sima Guang. He was a little jealous. Wang was more proud than when he was young; but he was vaguely worried; Wang was wandering in front of so many high-ranking officials at a young age. If you have enough time, won't you repeat the mistakes of the struggle of friends?

He was thinking about it, but he saw Han Qi hum with disdain. At this time, Wang Yaochen seemed to feel that someone was supporting him. If he wanted to say that Di Qing was his boss and Han Qi was also his boss, Han Qi and Di Qing had been in conflict. Just now, the king made himself make a fool of himself in public and showed accurate arrows. If he didn't suppress him, he would not let go of his old face, so he said, "The future is terrible, I am Old man, I can't compare with this child. The master and apprentice are like father and son. This child has three fathers. I can't afford to provoke him.