[Liao Zhai] White Tiger

In the end, it was Big Brother Bai who resorted to gourmet food and abduction, and searched his guts to praise the royal chef in the palace to the fullest. Bai Jingyang was willing to give up his plan to go fishing with Xuanqing, and went back to his room to change his clothes to prepare.

It is expected that the cooking skills of the royal chef are already very good. For such a grand occasion as the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu birthday banquet, the dishes prepared will definitely be more delicate and delicious.

After everything was ready, Thirty and Thirty-eight dressed up as coachmen, and the carriage in charge stopped at the gate of Baifu. Bai Zhenshan, who was eating shrimp and drinking wine, sat leisurely in the hall, waiting to go to the palace to eat. After a while, Big Brother Bai took Second Brother Bai to watch over the servants carrying the precious gifts into the carriage, and took safety measures to prevent accidents on the road.

Just then, two unexpected people came over.

"Zhenshan, you've almost prepared everything here, do you want to help brother?"

Bai Zhende and his grandson Bai Hao walked in through the main entrance very naturally, as if he wanted to enter the palace with them along the way.

Big Brother Bai and Second Brother Bai frowned immediately, and turned their heads to stare at the grandparent and grandson.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, you narrow your eyes in displeasure.

This Bai Hao likes brightly colored brocade clothes on weekdays, and he is afraid that others will not know that his family is rich, such as jade girdles, gold beads on his forehead, and purple jade crowns with hair. It must have been like a glittering jewelry stand, but he was uncharacteristically today.

He only wore a plain white brocade gown. Although the material and fabric were excellent, the color was a little more elegant. The accessories were all made of pearl white jade and other plain colors, which were less greasy. The whole person looked warm and moist. Young, standing there quietly, like a handsome young man.

On such a more solemn day, with such a deliberate attire, people who are familiar with him can tell that he is imitating Bai Jingyang at a glance.

The sullen-faced Second Brother Bai couldn't help but let out a sneer, the disdain and sarcasm in his eyes were clearly visible, and the seemingly gentle Brother Bai also kept a chilling smile and looked at them quietly.

Bad guys can only do these dirty tricks.

"No, no, no, my eldest son is ready." Bai Zhenshan put down his raised right leg, showing off his son with a look of praise.

"Jingze is really capable, but my wife used to take care of the storeroom in the mansion. There are so many things in it, young people are inevitably careless. I don't know if the gift selection is in line with the Queen Mother's wishes. It will be bad if something goes wrong. " Bai Zhende pretended to be concerned.

Bai Zhenshan laughed loudly: "Brother, after all these years, you still worry so much, like an old lady. It's just a birthday gift, so why worry about it? All the civil and military officials in the court will give it to you. How can the Queen Mother have time to see it all?" , Most of them were stuffed into the warehouse, and the dust was collected in another place. Take ten thousand steps back, even if something goes wrong in the end, it was chosen by my son anyway, and he will carry it himself, so you can rest assured."

Bai Zhende choked at the words, and his smile became a little forced. After so many years, he still couldn't get used to the other party's unreasonable way of speaking.

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to coax Bai Zhenshan to return the key to the warehouse for his own safekeeping, but he would never have thought that this person would not follow his words at all.

But this time he came here with a thick skin, the idea of ​​the warehouse was just a matter of passing, it would be best if he could succeed, if not, let it go, the more important thing was to enter the palace with Bai Zhenshan, to show the illusion of a good relationship between the righteous brothers.

Ever since Bai Zhenshan came back, those guys in the court hall heard that his family had been driven to a remote backyard, they gloated over other people's misfortune, and ran against him openly and secretly.

Therefore, during this period of time, it was particularly difficult for him to mix in the officialdom.

In order to change this predicament, Bai Zhende knew that Bai Zhenshan had to rely on him. He needed to show a harmonious and intimate relationship with the other party, so that the generals would not continue to target him for the sake of his father, and the civil officials would also I will be afraid of one or two, and restrain myself from making small moves in the dark.

In Bai Zhende's expectation, this should be a very easy thing to do.

Anyway, Bai Zhenshan has been a muscular idiot since he was a child, and he would never refuse him.

Bai Zhende tried his best to smile and said: "It's good that you know it well, it's getting late now, it's time for us to enter the palace."

Bai Zhenshan: "No hurry, Xiaobao hasn't come out yet."

While talking, the well-dressed Bai Jingyang came out from the inside, and the beautiful young man in brocade clothes was like a luminous body, instantly making people feel that the whole hall became brighter.

The eyes of everyone at the scene lit up, and they couldn't help but glue their eyes to each other.

Bai Jingyang helped the hair-inlaid purple gold crown on the top of his head, pouted and said to his father and brother: "It was Qingshuang who asked me to wear it like this, and also put away all my white clothes."

It turned out that Qingshuang, the personal maid, thought that for such a grand occasion, her young master is handsome, so she should wear some bright colors. Seeing that the rich and grand clothes will be more impressive and imposing, so she prepared this set of.

It has to be said that with Bai Jingyang's appearance, he can completely control such a set of bright and luxurious clothes, instead of wearing the feeling of walking on a jewelry display stand, people will be suppressed by his appearance and temperament at first sight, and even breathe One lag, not to focus all attention on his expensive accessories.

Standing next to him in plain clothes today, Bai Hao looked like a shabby poor man in rough clothes and ragged clothes, the contrast was too tragic.

Big Brother Bai and Second Brother Bai laughed immediately, and praised: "Xiao Bao looks good in this dress."

Bai Zhenshan: "That's right, Qingshuang has a good eye, I'll give her a monthly increase later."

Since his father and brother boasted so much, Bai Jingyang put away his mouth that could hang oil bottles, and promised not to change his lips, but a moth appeared on Bai Hao's side, holding his grandfather back.

Bai Hao made a fuss that he must go back and change his clothes. No matter what, he didn't want to wear this clothes to embarrass himself in the palace.

Bai Zhende got a headache from being cheated by this pig teammate.

"Brother, then you discuss it slowly, and we will take a step forward." Bai Zhenshan said goodbye neatly.

After speaking, he pulled the three sons into the carriage, Thirty and Thirty-eight raised their whips at the same time, and with a "snap", they left in a hurry.

Bai Zhende, who had no time to dissuade him, came back to his senses, turned around and gave Bai Hao a big mouth, he was so angry, he didn't expect that none of his little calculations would succeed.

The steward prepared two carriages for them, one carrying Bai Zhenshan and four expensive gifts, and the other carrying the three brothers of the Bai family.

At this time, both Big Brother Bai and Second Brother Bai stared at the fourth extra person in the car with jealous and angry eyes.

Brother Bai pointed at Xuan Qing and said, "Xiao Bao, why did this guy come?!"

Bai Jingyang stuck out his tongue: "Didn't you say that the imperial chef in the palace has great craftsmanship, I want to take Brother Qing to try it too."

The two elder brothers were silent, unable to persuade their stupid and cute younger brother, they could only keep throwing eyes at Xuan Qing behind their backs.

When the carriage arrived at the palace, Xuan Qing pretended to be Bai Jingyang's personal bodyguard and sneaked in.

Because he cast a spell on himself, as long as the people around him are weaker than him, they will subconsciously ignore his overly handsome appearance and strong aura, treat Xuan Qing as an ordinary guard, and forget it at a glance.

And those who are stronger than him and able to see through have long since ceased to exist in the world.

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The Empress Dowager's Qianqiu birthday banquet was held in a very grand place, the palace was decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, and the dishes on the banquet were naturally extremely well prepared, which met Bai Jingyang's expectations.

Before Emperor Wuxuan announced the opening of the banquet, he naturally had to say a few words on the occasion, Bai Jingyang took advantage of this opportunity to make a move like lightning, quietly picked up two dishes, tasted them, narrowed his eyes happily, and secretly ate and chewed with one cheek , everyone on the table didn't notice.

At this time, the glamorous Concubine Hu Gui appeared gracefully with the little prince.

The empress dowager who was sitting at the top quickly greeted the little prince to come to her with a smile on her face. Concubine Hu Gui also twisted her slender waist and wanted to sit in the vacant seat next to Emperor Wu Xuan, which should have belonged to the empress.

Emperor Wu Xuan raised his head and glared at her, his eyes full of cold warning.

Concubine Hu Gui pouted, she could only sit down in the seat below, and the seat closest to Emperor Wu Xuan was vacant in such a majestic manner, obviously attracting a lot of attention, but everyone tacitly avoided talking about it.

Bai Jingyang blinked his eyes, feeling a little strange, so he lowered his voice and quietly asked Brother Bai beside him.

Like this kind of thing, the second brother Bai who is not interested in it will definitely not know, but the big brother Bai is a gossip.

Sure enough, Big Brother Bai immediately put on an excited face, unfolded the fan of landscape drawings for decoration, and blocked their faces, deliberately creating a private space for whispering, and popularized Bai Jingyang's science.

It is said that the mysterious empress is a man with a very mysterious origin, so whether it is the former court or the harem, his existence is kept secret, like a taboo. No one dares to mention him, and no one points out that the queen should be abolished. Concubine Hu Gui came to power.

Even though Concubine Hu Gui is basically in charge of the affairs of the harem now, even the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is handled by her alone, but the Empress Dowager refuses to even appear on stage once in such an occasion, it can be said that she is quite self-willed and self-willed. Still no one blamed him.

During the time when Big Brother Bai was talking to him about science, the emperor above had finished speaking and the meeting officially started.

Except for Bai Jingyang's family, almost no one who came to the birthday banquet came for food, so the palace also arranged opera troupes and various song and dance performances to take charge of the lively atmosphere. Some court ladies and eunuchs set off fireworks and firecrackers on the designated base of the city wall , embellishing the sky above the palace with incomparable splendor.

Originally, at this time, there should be a link where the relatives of the emperor came forward to present gifts and celebrate the birthday one by one, but due to the bloody experience of Emperor Wuxuan when he came to power, there were no princes and brothers left in his generation, and there was only one under his knee Little prince, so this session couldn't be held at all, so it was simply omitted.

Halfway through the birthday banquet, the Empress Dowager suddenly spoke up and sent someone to ask Bai Jingyang to come up and show her.