Jade of Rebirth

New Year's Eve.

A New Year's Eve banquet was held in the palace, and people from the royal family were invited to have a banquet together.Emperor Zhang Wu had quite a few brothers, but in the battle for the heir apparent, there were only three left, one was Qing Wang Yuanyi, the other was Duan Wang Yuantian, and the other was Ding Wang Yuanzhong. Ding Wang Yuanzhong didn't like to show off the most, he didn't care about government affairs, and he didn't like to associate with courtiers, so he was rarely seen.This time, because it is the time of the royal reunion, it is also here.

Except for a few princes, there are relatively high-ranking concubines and princes and princesses, and because it is a big banquet in the palace, basically some concubines who gave birth to princes and princesses are basically there.

Yuan Heng and Yu Li were dressed in auspicious clothes together, they were very grandly dressed, but both of them had good looks and temperament, so wearing auspicious clothes only made them more expensive and imposing.Sitting behind Concubine Xian, the two shared a table, and the table was filled with fragrant dishes and fine wines.On the left and right of the two are King Ning and the Eighth Prince Yuan Rui.Now Yuan Heng is about to become king, so he has a higher status than Yuan Rui, so he sits in front of him.

The emperor, empress and empress dowager sat at the top. Because it was a royal banquet, the atmosphere was quite warm and not as restrained as usual. Emperor Zhang Wu always had a smile on his face, talking and laughing with the empress and the princes. Raise your glass every now and then.

Yuan Heng prepared dishes for Yu Li, and since he could speak now, he kept whispering to Yu Li unscrupulously: "Li Er, eat more, the dishes on New Year's Eve are different from ordinary palace banquets, they are all Chinese dishes. Whether you want to eat or not, eat more and make up for the meat lost in Liangzhou."

Because Yu Li was sitting at the back, he was not very restrained, but he always felt that there was a gaze staring at him from the opposite side, but when he raised his head to look, he didn't know who it was.He felt quite strange, and after holding back for a long time, he finally couldn't help but whispered to Yuan Heng: "It seems that someone on the other side has been looking at me, it seems to be in the direction of King Ding..."

He was talking with Yuan Heng together, when he raised his eyes, he saw the girl next to King Ding looking at him angrily, gnashing his teeth, as if he hated him very much.

As soon as Yuan Heng raised his head, he saw it too. He immediately became displeased, patted Yu Li's hand privately and said, "Don't pay attention to her, you eat yours..." As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at it coldly. The girl glanced at her, and the girl immediately changed her face, and lowered her head in disappointment and aggrieved.

Yu Li looked at him, with a cold arc on his lips: "She admires you?"

But the other party is Princess Huojia, the daughter of Prince Ding, and she and Yuan Heng are cousins, how can they have such feelings?

Yuan Heng hurriedly said: "But I don't like her, you don't care..." He also said, "He is the adopted daughter of my tenth emperor's uncle. Although she is the princess, she is not brother and sister with me. The emperor's uncle also lives in seclusion and rarely appears in the palace, so you haven't seen it."

"I see." Yu Li nodded.

"But Uncle Shihuang is very strict, so she can't make any trouble." Yuli said, holding Yuli's hand under the table and gently touching it, "Even if she likes me, I don't like her, What can she do? So Li Er, don't be jealous."

"When did I become jealous?" Yu Li couldn't help but glance at him, "I just asked a question..."

"Okay, okay, you didn't eat or eat..."

"It was."

The two were bickering, and suddenly they heard Emperor Zhang Wu who was sitting at the head say: "I am very happy this year, there is no major disaster in the country, most of the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the old nine can speak again suddenly, these are really the three things I am most gratified about." .”

The people below congratulated repeatedly, and King Qing said on the sidelines: "It's really miraculous that Ah Heng's dumbness has recovered. He has been dumb for so many years, and he suddenly recovered. It's as miraculous as people's rumors."

The crown prince opposite him also said: "Uncle Si Huang is right, it is a coincidence that the ninth younger brother recovers from his illness, it happens to be the time when the ninth younger brother became the king, it can be said to be a double blessing, and the icing on the cake..." After speaking, he turned to Yuan Yuan again. Heng said, "Come on, brother toast you! Congratulations!"

Yuan Heng quickly showed a humble and obedient smile on his face, and also raised his glass to the prince: "Thank you, brother prince!" After drinking, he said, "Uncle Si Huang and brother prince were joking, and I didn't fall ill because of being crowned king. , I think it's because of Li'er, you guys don't know, Li'er is called a 'lucky star' in Yu Mansion, I probably got Li'er's honor!"

Yu Li hurriedly said from the side: "Your Highness is joking, the 'Fu Xing' is purely exaggerated and far-fetched. His Highness's dumb disease has been treated for many years, and it must have been relieved, but His Highness didn't notice it."

Emperor Zhang Wu at the top stroked his beard, with a smile on his face, he said: "I haven't read the imperial edict of Lao Jiu yet, why not strike while the iron is hot, and the real double happiness will come."

As he spoke, he said to the servant on the side: "Sun Fan, declare the decree."

The young servant hurriedly took out the prepared imperial edict and said, "Xuan..."

The people below quickly knelt down and only heard:

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said:

Saint benevolence spreads fortune, and everyone respects relatives wherever the sky and the earth are covered.The emperor ordered General Pu, and the sun rose from the corner of the sea, and he did not take the lead.In the past, my emperor's ancestors were born and raised in many ways.The tortoise and dragon seal is bestowed far away on the Fusang area.Zhenmin's big seal character, the mountain of Rongshi Zhenguo.Today, the ninth son of the emperor, Heng, went to the disaster area in person to protect the people in the disaster area from suffering. His name is alive in this world, and his merits will last forever.This! "

Yuan Heng hurriedly said: "Thank you, Father, Long En!" As he spoke, he stepped forward to accept the imperial edict, with a happy expression on his face, but not too much, very decent.

The people below all stood up and congratulated Yuan Heng one after another. Yuan Heng thanked them one by one. Finally, he returned to his seat and handed the edict to Yu Li:

"Look, Li'er, this is all thanks to you!"

Yu Li was also happy for him, couldn't hide his smile, and said: "This should be you, without me, the position of prince is also yours."

In his previous life, he was also named King Zhao, but it was only a matter of time.

Just as he was about to say something to Yuan Heng, when he looked up, he saw the prince glaring at them coldly with a pair of red phoenix eyes, which were full of murderous intent.His heart trembled, he clenched his fist lightly, thinking, Pei Junqi doesn't know you yet, it means I still have time to fight... In this life, you will definitely be deposed in advance!

Seeing him talking, Yuan Heng suddenly showed a gloomy killing intent, and couldn't help asking: "Li'er, what's wrong with you? Why don't you look so good?"

Yu Li shook his head and smiled again: "It's okay, I just got cold suddenly."

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid who was serving food accidentally knocked over the wine bottle in front of him, and the wine immediately flowed all over the table. The maid was so frightened that she kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"Slave servant is guilty of death, slaveservant is guilty of death, please forgive me, Your Royal Highness!"

Yuan Heng on the side was very displeased, and was about to leave when Yu Li stopped him: "Forget it, just go get me another wine bottle and that's all."

Today is New Year's Eve, a day of joy and reunion. The emperor and empress certainly don't want to make trouble, and the wine bottle was not broken, but just fell on the table, which is not a big deal, so he didn't intend to make a big fuss.

As if she had been pardoned, the court lady hurriedly kowtowed a few more times: "Thank you, Princess, thank you, Princess!" As she spoke, she hurried down.

Yuan Heng was a little unhappy, and said: "You are clumsy, you spoil Li Er's interest, damn it."

"Forget it, since it's Chinese New Year's Eve, if you spare her, it's considered good deeds." Yu Li comforted him with a smile.

"Li'er is kind-hearted."

"It's not that I'm kind, it's just that in today's situation, one thing more is worse than one thing less."

While the two were talking, the maid from just now came over again, cleaned up the mess on the table for him, brought another wine bottle, and refills the wine for him herself.

Seeing that she was trembling nervously, Yuli waved her to go down: "Okay, you go down."

"Yes." The maid hurriedly stepped back.