Chapter 751 Birthday Banquet (2)
Empress Changsun took the prince, Princess Yuzhang, Princess Jinyang and his party stepped into the Eastern Palace. Everyone in the palace came forward to greet each other. Li Rui, who had been watching, was always acting polite and polite, and did not cause any trouble. So not long after, Liu Yi put this matter aside, calmed down, and focused on wishing Queen Changsun's birthday.
"Today is the birthday of this palace. Because of the matter of Yin Concubine Sister, I don't want to be so extravagant," Empress Changsun sat in the main seat when she entered the hall. After her highness and everyone came to see the ceremony and returned to their seats, she spoke: "I thought I could just have a casual meal in Lizheng Hall, but I couldn't resist the prince and Yu Zhang and others. I insisted on holding a banquet in this Eastern Palace to celebrate. I would not be able to fulfill their filial piety and make friends laugh."
"The Empress is so serious!" The people present responded to the greetings.
"Mother," Li Chengqian sat beside Empress Changsun, lowered his head and bowed his hand to Empress Changsun, and said, "Today is a great time, so don't mention those unpleasant things."
As he said that, Li Chengqian waved his hand to Li Qing who was serving him, and then said to Empress Changsun: "Sometimes ago, I accidentally found something, its color, its pure texture, and its workmanship was very exquisite, showing the posture of a dragon and a phoenix, showing the meaning of wealth and grace."
Li Qing took the gift box and gently opened it. Li Chengqian said in a voice: "In addition to this, my son-in-law also heard from others that this thing is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also has the effect of strengthening the body. If you can wear it on your body at any time, it will prolong your life and be free from all diseases. Therefore, my son-in-law will present it as a birthday gift to my mother. I hope the mother-in-law will be healthy and live longer than the Nanshan Mountain."
"Oh? There is such a strange thing in the world?" Empress Changsun was a little surprised and was not very polite to her son. She directly reached out and took the items in the prince's hand and looked at them carefully. It was light and cool to buy them. What was even more rare is that the color of this jade pendant was bright red and gratifying, and there was an unspeakable festive look inside and outside. It was indeed a good treasure.
"It's rare that my son is so filial. I have accepted this jade pendant." The quality of the jade pendant is secondarily. As the mother of a country, Empress Changsun has never seen any treasure? In Empress Changsun's eyes, what she cares most about was her son's heart.
"When it was the birthday of my mother and queen, my son had no choice but to celebrate. I personally wrote the "Cedar Picture" to offer it, wishing my mother and queen a lifetime better than cedar..."
"A jade Buddha, I wish my mother a good life without any reins..."
"A flying phoenix dragon hairpin, I wish my mother good health and a long-lasting appearance..."
Following the prince, several princes and princesses who were close to each other came forward to celebrate their birthdays and gave them gifts, and Empress Changsun always ordered people to accept the gifts with a smile on her face.
"Qian'er, why didn't you see Mr. Liu beside you? Have you sent someone to invite me?" Looking around, she saw that the princess and princesses were sitting around her, but she did not see her savior. Empress Changsun couldn't help but ask Li Chengqian beside her for asking.
"This..." Hearing the mother's question, Li Chengqian looked around, bent over and reported, "Returning to the mother's words, Mr. Liu's ministers have already informed him, and Mr. Liu also agreed to the appointment, but he didn't know that there is no sign to protect him..."
"Mother, this son knows," Seeing that Li Chengqian couldn't answer, Wu Mei had to come forward to rescue her. After making a sound, she attracted the attention of Empress Changsun, she lowered her head slightly and replied: "As early as half an hour ago, Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu had already arrived in the palace, and now she will sit in Your Highness..."
As he said that, Wu Mei reached out and pointed her hand and pointed her eyes from Empress Changsun and a group of princes and princesses, and said, "My mother, please look. Isn't it Mr. Liu who is sitting there drinking tea and laughing with her cousin Huan?"
"Oh?" Empress Changsun's eyes froze. When she saw her savior and distinguished guest were now sitting in a low position, her expression suddenly became gloomy: "Who arranged the seating order? How can I make my benefactor sit in a low position?"
"This..." Seeing that his mother was displeased, Li Chengqian didn't know how to answer. Regarding the banquet seats, the Ministry of Rites had always been arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and he did not expect that the person in charge of the ceremony would actually rank Liu Yian at the bottom.
"Qi reported to the queen of mother," seeing Li Chengqian silence, Wu Mei spoke again, saying, "No wonder anyone. The palace banquets have always followed the etiquette. The order of seats is also different from the monarch and ministers. Mr. Liu has no official position and is not a royal relative. Therefore, the seats will appear to be far behind."
"Huh?" Empress Changsun is not an unreasonable person. As the mother of the country, she was very clear about the rules in the palace. Knowing that what Wu Mei said was the truth, she nodded gently and said, "Mei Niang is right, this is my negligence. However, Mr. Liu is the savior of the palace and the prince. She must be a distinguished guest. You must not neglect the distinguished guest in the corner."
"Xiao Dezi, go now and invite Mr. Liu to my side." As he said that, regardless of the reaction of the people below, Empress Changsun directly ordered Xiao Dezi to go out of the hall and walked straight to the direction where Liu Yi was behind.
"Hey, this is..." The prince and royal relatives who were a little farther away and had not had time to come forward to present a gift were all looking at each other. I wonder why Empress Changsun asked her waiter to come directly at this time.
"Mr. Liu," after a few breaths, Xiao Dezi walked to the end of the hall, stopped at the table where Liu Yi and Changsun Huan were, and respectfully turned to bow to Liu Yi, and said sharply: "I know that Mr. Liu has also arrived in the hall, and the Empress is happy. She comes to invite Mr. Liu to go to the hall to have a casual talk. If Mr. Liu is fine, then follow the villain."
"Uh, this is probably a bit unethical, right?" Seeing that everyone in the palace followed Xiao Dezi's body and focused their eyes on him, and when he saw Empress Changsun looking at him with a serious look on his face, Liu Yi's heart felt warm and a little moved.
"What, I'm right? Auntie is the most favorable person. How could she see her benefactor being left alone?" As she said that, Changsun Huan stood up with a proud look on his face and pulled Liu Yian up, saying, "Stop this moji, aunt is still waiting there, let's go."
Seeing that Liu Yi was summoned, Changsun Huan lost interest in staying at this last position. He directly pulled Liu Yi straight to the front of the hall and returned to his position that truly belonged to him.
"Aunt, this is early summer. Huan'er specially refrigerated longevity peaches, bright red, crisp, sweet and delicious, so I wish my aunt a long life." From the inner workings in charge of the ritual system, Changsun Huan came forward with a smile to celebrate his birthday.
"Well, you little monkey head, are really intent. Since early summer, you have been thinking about my birthday, and it is not in vain that I have always loved you." In the winter, Queen Changsun couldn't help but feel comforted, so she waved to let Changsun Huan sit beside her.
"Hmph, this kid is a trick." Seeing that Changsun Huan had brought out the peaches, the people in the hall were amazed in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and regretful. It was not easy to save the peaches until winter, but as long as they were willing, it would be more to spend Xia Bing. Which of the royal relatives present would have lacked these things? If they could have thought about it before, it would have made the boy Changsun Huan steal the limelight today.
"Little Min Liu Yi, I have seen the Empress and the Crown Prince," After bent down to meet Empress Changsun and the princes and princesses, Liu Yi was no longer pretentious and presented the birthday gift he prepared: "It coincided with the birthday of the Empress, and Yi had no choice but to celebrate. He specially prepared a pair of wine utensils and a pot of red wine to show respect. I hope the Empress should not be disgusted."
"Wineware? Red Wine?" Empress Changsun looked up at Liu Yi with interest and said, "Mr.'s gift is unique. But I have always been irritated and have always avoided drinking. Although I am already very healthy now, I have always followed my husband's instructions. In recent years, I have not touched the wine. Why is Mr. Today... Could this wine be drunk by me?"
"Reply to the Queen, this wine is a newly brewed wine in Xiaomin Mansion. It tastes sweet and bright red. Drinking it often is beneficial to the body and is not harmful. The Queen can drink it." I originally wanted to make a few advertising slogans, but when I thought about where this place was, I swallowed it in my stomach.
"Oh? If this is the case, I will try it in person." Seeing that Liu Yi seemed to be selling their wineries in the wine shop, Queen Changsun did not reveal it, nor did she mean to blame her. She knew that if the wine was not good, Liu Yiduan would not show up on such an occasion, which would smash their own signs, so she cooperated to open the gift box.
"Grape wine, luminous cup, and you want to drink the pipa immediately. Don't laugh at me when you lie drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from war in ancient times?"
When I opened the gift box, a white paper covered the cup and pot. A song "Liangzhou Ci" was vividly displayed on the paper in neat Song font, with clear black and white, and the fonts were opened and closed in moderation, making it so bold.
"The heavenly spirit is full of sadness. If the emperor sees this poem, he will hold a cup to drink." As Liu Yi expected, Empress Changsun was quickly quoted by this poem: "No matter how good the wine is, just this poem is enough to make her famous throughout the ages."
Is there any advertisement that can last longer than a popular or even famous poem? Liu Yi's purpose of operating this today is to in the future, when someone recites the "Liuzhou Ci", they will immediately think of their "Liu Family Wine House" grape wine.
The next thing went much better. As Empress Changsun said, with this wine poem as the foundation, no matter how hard the wine presented by Liu Yi is, no one will choose any reason. What's more, the wine made by the Liu family is a rare wine?
"The poem is good, and the wine is not bad. It tastes a hundred times better than that made by the Western countries." This is the unanimous evaluation of Empress Changsun and the princess after drinking it.
Chapter completed!