Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 462 Palace Night Banquet

After the Spring Festival, there is usually a very grand palace dinner. All officials gather in the outer palace and the emperor presides over the banquet. The family members were ordered to enter the inner palace and be received by the queen.

Logically speaking, the situation this year is not suitable for holding a big banquet. After all, the emperor is paralyzed, so it is not very nice to have so many people gathering in the palace for a banquet. But the power of thousands of years of inertia did not change just because an emperor fell ill. The palace was still decorated with lanterns and colorful firecrackers, and everyone went to the banquet happily dressed in red and purple.

It stands to reason that Liu Wanxi should be in charge of the inner palace and family members. It is a bit troublesome for the foreign ministers to choose who to take charge of it. If there is a prince, the prince can take charge of it. But now?

Liu Wanxi sought Ji Qingyuan's opinion on this matter, and Ji Qingyuan said that he would let the second prince Ji Wuli and the eighth prince Ji Wuyou co-host the meeting.

This is a signal that is easy to be interpreted in a special way. Ji Qingyuan is not easy either. He does not want to let one person host alone, so he came up with the unreasonable method of co-hosting. This method is very awkward. Co-hosting, who said the speech? Who will serve the first drink? It's just a mess.

But Liu Wanxi was too lazy to wipe Ji Qingyuan's butt. No matter how much she loved him, she missed her lover, so she happily reported the good news to Xue Mu as soon as she returned to the palace.

"Is Pingyang really sealed?" Xue Mu smiled and said, "Then is she participating in the outer palace or the inner palace tonight?"

"Her duty as chief arrester is very important, so she naturally participates in the work of all officials."

"Well……"

"What, you want to eat the princess?"

"What's the matter? I just want Wei Ye and Gu Ying to play as palace maids. Wei Ye has been making trouble for a long time. The officials' family members don't know them, so it doesn't matter. If Xiahou is here, it will be bad for her to see them."

Liu Wanxi smiled and said: "What's wrong? Do you think Xiahou really can't guess that you are hiding in the palace? Then you will be the chief arrester for nothing."

"Huh? Can she guess it?"

"It's obvious. Maybe you've guessed that I'm yours..." Liu Wanxi blushed and whispered: "Anyway, the way she looked at me wasn't right..."

"Maybe this canonization made her realize that I can exert influence on you. Combined with her professional sensitivity, it is not surprising to guess." Xue Mu pondered: "Eunuch Li is not exposed, right?"

"Probably not." Liu Wanxi blushed and said, "That's enough. She realizes that you are stealing the imperial concubine. She can tolerate this. This is already very difficult for you to tolerate. I'm afraid you can't even think about it. When it is tied to you, the principles have given way.”

"Eh? Realizing that you are mine and realizing that I am stealing a noble concubine are two different things, right?"

"For other men, this may be two different things, but for you..." Liu Wanxi said with a smile, "Is it really the first day Xia Houdi met you?"

Xue Mu said angrily: "I clearly refused at the beginning!"

Liu Wanxi smiled and leaned into his arms: "Okay, okay, I'm the one who seduced you."

This ceremonial attire was very noble, with the warm fragrance of soft jade in his arms. Xue Mu was a little moved, but he knew it was not the right time, so he said helplessly: "You are also seducing me now..."

Liu Wanxi said in a charming voice: "Little Eunuch Xuezi, do you want to accompany me to the banquet to see if there are any official relatives who can steal it?"

"You are the little boots..."

"I'm Xiaoyuanzi..."

Xue Mu's big hand covered a certain place and rubbed it gently: "Is it round here?"

Before Liu Wanxi had time to answer, Weiye jumped in wearing a little palace maid's outfit: "Nonsense, she is not round, I am the little round girl!"

"..." Xue Mu pulled out his hand in embarrassment, held Wei Ye's face and rubbed it twice: "Such a small palace maid, will others be surprised when they see her?"

"It's nothing. There are also five or six-year-old maids in the palace. Most of them were adopted by the father-in-laws in the enshrinement hall as heirs. Xia Hou also used this name at the beginning." Liu Wanxi lazily stood up to tidy up her messy clothes and casually said He said: "Qiye has become very familiar with almost all the maids in the palace these days. Everyone looks at her like a treasure."

Xue Mu smiled and said, "I'm so busy, I've almost gained weight."

Weiye protested: "I'm not idle, I'm serious."

"What are you serious about?"

"Be the king of children seriously, and now they all call me sister!"

Damn, you, a twenty-four...no, twenty-five-year-old girl now, want to be the child king of a five- or six-year-old girl!

Outside, Ye Guying started to cough: "It's almost time, little boots, do you want to go?"

Xue Mu glared at her, wanting to retaliate to Little Ye Zi, do you want to talk to her?

But thinking about the tragedy of this girl being bullied by him, he still took the words back and did not take advantage of the verbal advantage.

After thinking for a while, he finally said: "It's okay to go. If nothing unexpected happens, Xiahou will come to see me."

…

Little Boots' father-in-law followed the imperial concubine to host the banquet in the inner palace, peeking at the officials and their families to see which one was the most beautiful. The scene was very eye-catching.

Madam Gaoming also knows that the imperial concubines are now in charge of internal and external power, and they are all fawning over each other. Even the "little boots father-in-law" and "little leaf maid" have become the objects of the ladies' fawning. They will quietly touch you with their delicate hands and secretly give you a piece of jade. What……

Ye Guying collected the money calmly, Xue Mu wiped the oil calmly, and everyone was happy.

As for the official banquet in the outer palace, the atmosphere was not quite right.

I didn't even know how to say the opening speech. Ji Wuli and Ji Wuyou awkwardly took the lead, not knowing who would stand up and speak first.

Ji Wuyou usually didn't want to show any intention of fighting, but not at this time.

His humility will disappoint those who bet on him. This is something that must be pushed forward even if there is no argument.

"Tsk..." Ji Wuxing sneered and poured the wine to himself.

Ji Wuli found an excuse to get angry and slapped the table: "The official banquet has not yet started, but you are so rude!"

Ji Wuxing glanced sideways: "Is it none of your business?"

"Bastard!" Ji Wuli looked livid: "Pull this disgraceful and rebellious madman down!"

"Slow down!" Ji Wuyou finally stood up and pressed his second brother's hand: "Don't make trouble, the officials are watching. It's outrageous."

Ji Wuli sneered: "Hypocrite."

Ji Wuyou's expression darkened. The officials looked at this farce and looked at each other in silence.

Xiahou Diqing stood up suddenly with a smile on his face and strode towards the throne of honor: "Today is a great joy for Xiahou to return to the clan, how about I let Xiahou say a few words?"

Ji Wuyou smiled slightly and stepped aside: "This is how it should be."

Ji Wuli didn't know what to say, so he stepped aside. Xiahoudi strode between the two of them, raised his glass and said, "The prosperity of our country depends not only on God's help, but on the concerted efforts of all our colleagues. Xiahou would like to toast you all!" "

The ministers burst into laughter: "I also wish Princess Pingyang the joy of recognizing her ancestor and returning to the clan!"

"Everyone wins!"

All the ministers drank together. Xiahou raised his neck and drank it all. He turned the glass cup upside down and said with a smile: "We are all warriors, and Xiahou has been dealing with the world all day long. There are not so many rules, so you can eat and drink freely!"

Su Duancheng laughed: "This is the most concise speech I have heard in the past thirty years. Why are you standing there stunned?"

The ministers all laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed instantly, entering what a banquet should look like.

The three sect masters, Li Yingqing, Zheng Yezhi and Chen Qianzhen, sat together, each exchanged glances, and then sighed in unison.

Xiahou Di left the throne and gave it to his second brother Bage again. He turned around and carried the wine bottle in front of the three sect leaders and said with a smile: "Xiahou respects you all."

"Princess Pingyang is so polite." The three of them stood up. Zheng Yezhi smiled and said, "Women will not show mercy to men. I am convinced."

Xiahou Di said: "It's better to call Xiahou by his name. It doesn't sound like a princess."

The three of them all laughed and said, "Sooner or later you have to get used to it."

Xia Houdi shook his head and said nothing, just drank three glasses in a row.

The three sect leaders all narrowed their eyes, and it was obvious that Xia Houdi was not in a good mood. She was drinking without using any power to suppress it, and she was really drinking.

Does she want to get drunk?