Placid Chang'an

On New Year's Eve, as soon as it got dark, the Xingqing Palace was lit up. There were thousands of palace lanterns, just like daytime.There are fiery red lanterns in the royal garden, and their reflections are reflected in the clear water dragon pool, and the shadows move with the wind, so graceful.Inside the temple is a glazed cup, and the dancing fire light has been refracted several times, making it radiant and bright.

On New Year's Eve, a family banquet was held at the Nanxun Hall, and there were no outsiders. The Tuduo Sanwei headed by Qi Lin and the retainers headed by Chen Ling were clearly separated and each occupied one side.The back kitchen of Xingqing Palace started preparations early in the morning, with all kinds of dishes from all over the world, and they were delivered by teams of maids at night.

After all the dishes were served, Li Shi brought Su Cen to the stage.

Li Shi was still dressed in black clothes, with a majestic demeanor.The neckline and cuffs are hemmed with gold thread, and a nine-clawed dragon pattern looms on the front of the movement.Su Cen, on the other hand, was dressed in moon-white cloud brocade, a wide robe with open sleeves, and a magnolia pattern, giving him the image of a handsome young man.But these two people walked together without violating the harmony, but the noble person became more noble, and the cold person became colder.

Prince Ning was born in the army, and the people sitting under him were all rough people, who didn't pay much attention to the rules. When Prince Ning opened the chopsticks first, the scene became lively.

It was a festive season, so it was rare for Li Shi to open his own private treasury and take out a few altars of good wine for everyone to taste.

The people below are all drunkards, and everyone knows what to buy. The wine in the prince's private treasury is naturally more than ten years old, and it is not comparable to those mediocre imperial wines.As a result, every altar was robbed, the Han people and the Turkic people were in their own battalions, and all [-] kinds of martial arts were presented, almost fighting in the atrium.

Before the wine arrives, the aroma of the wine comes first. After more than ten years of Qiu Lubai, everyone put down their chopsticks and waited eagerly for the maid to serve the wine.Before a slender foot fell to the ground, the wine pot was already out of his hand. It turned out that a Turkic man near the door was near the water tower, and he snatched the wine first by taking a step forward.

The maid had already seen the strangeness, and she bowed and stepped back.

The Turkic man walked back happily holding the jug, he suddenly stumbled, the jug was released instantly, a shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and with a flip of his hand, the jug had changed hands.

Relying on his dexterity, Chen Ling snatched the jug from the Turks and held it carefully in his arms to prevent being intercepted again.

Seeing the wine in his hand being robbed, Wu Chiha jumped up angrily, and stood in front of Chen Ling. With a stature of more than nine feet, Chen Ling looked like a chicken.

The big man grinned, making the centipede-like scar on his face even more ferocious: "People, go, drink, stay!"

Chen Ling thought he was no match, so he could only serve the wine, but before Wu Chiha came to pick it up, he threw the wine pot and kicked him in the crotch.

Everyone present felt that their crotch was cold, and the big man knelt down while clutching his crotch without making a sound.

Chen Ling smiled childishly and slyly. Just as he was about to catch the flagon that was still in the air, the flagon stopped on his head.

As soon as Chen Ling raised his head, he was facing Qi Lin's pale eyes.

Immediately it misfired.

Qi Lin took the wine and walked back to the banquet. Although Wu Chiha got kicked for no reason, he couldn't help smiling when he saw that his family had snatched the wine. Bu squinted and put the wine on Qu Ling'er's case.

Wu Chiha: "..." I just feel that the root of my life seems to be more painful.

Su Cen looked at Li Shi with a smile after watching this big show, "At first I wanted to go up and grab it, but now it looks like I'll forget it."

Li Shirao looked over with interest: "Who are you going to give it to?"

Su Cen's face turned red when her mind was seen through, and she picked up the flagon and poured herself a glass of wine, "Can't I drink it myself?"

Li Shi smiled lightly, picked up a cup of wine and drank it down.

Su Cen watched Li Shi drink a glass of wine, without caring at all, resting his head on one hand, and quietly approached, "Can you drink?"

"What's wrong?" Li Shi held his cup and looked at him.

"At the beginning, an old eunuch told me that you don't drink cold wine," Su Cen pouted, "I bought the news for more than a dozen taels of silver."

Li Shi raised his eyebrows, "So you kept pouring me cold wine at the Qionglin Banquet?"

Su Cen was not convinced, "Then you still refuted my Emperor Shidu first, and then my Zhongshu Sheren," and then grinned, "If not, maybe I would have already made a fortune by now."

"What a big tone." Li Shi smiled, took another sip of wine, and said while sipping, "It's not that you can't drink it. It was cold in Mobei back then, and I used wine to keep warm, and I was hurt."

Su Cen snatched the wine from Li Shi's hand, repented, and frowned, "Then don't drink it."

Li Shi smiled indifferently, "Mobei's wine is not comparable to these wines."

The atmosphere at the banquet was intense, the Turkic and Han people were already in a mess, and suddenly someone outside the door announced that the food from the palace had arrived.

Everyone was taken aback, and the table fell silent for a moment.

The last time the emperor gave food, it caused the prince to suffer from an old illness, and one person in Xingqing Palace punished him with thirty military sticks.Now that he dares to come again, he is naturally feared by everyone.The eunuch carrying the food box stepped forward, not knowing how he offended these people on such a happy day, it seemed that they all wanted to eat him alive.

Naturally, all the best dishes are given, the wing soup is juicy, the venison is tender, and no one touches their chopsticks when they are put on the table one by one.

In the end, Su Cen paid the tip out of his own pocket and sent the man away.

As soon as the people left, Qi Lin got up immediately, "I'll find someone to test the poison."

Before he walked out of the palace gate, he only heard Li Shi say: "No need."

At the table, Su Cen had already lifted his chopsticks, took a small bite of each dish, chewed it slowly, and waited until he smiled at Li Shi: "It tastes good."

Li Shi asked, "Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?"

"On New Year's Eve, when we say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, the Empress Dowager Chu would not choose to poison at this time." Su Cen took a piece of handkerchief and wiped his mouth unhurriedly, "And this kind of thing should happen once. It will be the second time, she has already known the fortification of Xingqing Palace, she will not do useless deeds."

With a last smile: "If it was really poisonous, you would have stopped me a long time ago."

Li Shi smiled noncommittally, and sent a cup of ice snow lotus to Su Cen, "Eat more."

Just as Su Cen lowered his head and took a sip, he felt a little dark in front of his eyes, and when he raised his head slightly, he saw that the light was blocked by a huge object in front of him.

Wu Chiha took a wine cup and yelled forward, "Young Master Su, I respect you!"

Su Cen was stunned for a moment, then glanced carefully at Li Shi, seeing that there was no displeasure on his face, he picked up his own wine cup, touched him lightly, and drank it down in one gulp.

This was the thing Su Cen regretted most that night.

With Wu Chiha's precedent, and seeing that his lord did not stop him, the others were drunk and cowardly, and all came forward with wine cups, insisting on toasting Su Cen.

There were at least 40 to [-] people in this hall, even if Su Cen took a sip from each of them, it would be enough for him to get drunk.

The worst thing is, Qu Ling'er even came up to join in the fun!Holding the wine Qi Lin snatched for him in his hand, he kept showing off: "This wine is really good, brother Su, you must have a drink."

At the end of the drink, seeing that there were still so many people eager to give it a try, Master Su gave up and asked Li Shi for help, "I can't do it."

Seeing this man's eyes full of tenderness and his face full of peach blossoms, Li Shi quietly ticked his little finger under the table as a way of begging for forgiveness, smiled gently, and waved his sleeves, and the people below immediately became honest.

Su Cen's eyes were dazed and swayed a few times, then he fell headfirst into the person's arms and did not move.

Li Shi looked at the person in his arms and curled his lips, moved the table, picked him up by the waist and sent him back to the bedroom.

Halfway with the person in his arms, the bells and drums in Chang'an City rang together.I don't know which one set off the first firecracker first, and then the whole city rang out densely.

The person in his arms moved, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a clump of fireworks burst into the air, illuminating half of the night, and before they were annihilated, new ones rose into the sky to replace them.Can't help laughing: "New Year's Eve."

"Yes." Li Shi simply stopped, waiting for the person in his arms to watch the fireworks before starting again, "What do you want?"

Su Cen smiled drunkenly, "May my Zhou Dynasty be blessed with good weather and peace for the country and the people."

Li Shi also laughed, "That's it?"

"May the prince be safe and happy, and live in good health. May I keep my heart in balance and take reason as peace."

In the end, he leaned against the person's arms and fell asleep unconsciously.