Empress Lin didn't move for a long time, the emperor was still holding the lantern in his hand, his face was a little unsteady, and his face also sank, and just about to have a seizure, he heard Li Zhan calling: "Father queen."
Lin Houfeng's eyes sank slightly, she took the lantern from the emperor, and said flatly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Although after Concubine Xiao's death, the relationship between the Empress and Empress has eased a little, at least the Emperor will no longer embarrass Empress Lin in front of other people as in the past.But the two have been entangled for so many years, and the grievances and grievances can be put down just by letting them go.Lin Hou's shallow lips parted slightly, "Zhan'er, what do you think of this lantern?"
Li Zhan said: "Exquisite and translucent, exquisite workmanship."
"If you like it, take it."
As soon as the words fell, the emperor suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand, Eunuch He gasped, and several concubines exchanged meaningful glances with each other.
Li Zhan, who was caught between the two fathers, seemed a little helpless, "My father..."
The emperor looked at Empress Lin with blazing eyes, "Empress, what do you mean by that?"
Empress Lin still had that irrelevant tone, "literally."
The atmosphere between the emperor and empress was like a taut string that might break at any time.Just when everyone was silent, Yan Weilan took a sip of the peach blossom wine, feeling the sweetness of the wine and the fragrance in his mouth, he added some more to the glass, passed Yu Ce, and pushed the wine glass to Yu Sheng.
Yu Ce: "???"
Blocked by Yu Ce, Yu Sheng couldn't see Yan Weilan's face, but could only see him as white as green onion, with bony fingers resting on the edge of the wine glass. He inexplicably remembered the feeling of these hands walking on the body, his face turned pale. It burned.He picked up the wine glass, and took a sip of the peach blossom wine at the place where Yan Weilan had just tasted the wine.
It's so sweet, why didn't he find that peach blossom brew was so delicious before.
Yu Ce looked at Yu Sheng playfully.Everyone has this wine on the table, Yan Weilan gives the wine, and Yu Sheng drinks, it's all drunkards who don't want to drink.The emperor and the empress were about to quarrel, but the two of them are still down there drinking and teasing their feelings, they are really brave enough.
At this time, Li Luan opened his mouth to act as a peacemaker between the emperor and the empress, and said with a smile: "Queen, the gift of lanterns on the Qixi Festival is only limited to lovers and husbands and wives. It seems inappropriate for you to give the lanterns given to you by the emperor to King Qin." " Li Luan respected Empress Lin a lot, but his surname was Li after all, so he still wanted to stand on the emperor's side.
Concubine De hurriedly echoed: "What King Shu said is very true. The concubine also knows that the Empress loves her son dearly. Why don't you ask someone to make another lantern of the same kind and present it to King Qin? What do you think?"
After Concubine De finished speaking, all the concubines tried to persuade her.
The emperor is the boss, and it is reasonable for everyone to stand by him.Yu Sheng couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to stand up and speak for Queen Lin, but Yan Weilan took a step ahead.
"Just now King Shu said that the act of presenting lanterns on the Qixi Festival will only be between lovers and husbands and wives. I have doubts, where did this saying come from?" When Yan Weilan was silent, her beauty could not be ignored. Once she opened her mouth, it seemed like The epiphyllum blooming in summer night, everyone's eyes were focused on him, only the third princess sitting opposite him looked at him shyly and timidly, wanted to see, but did not dare to look at him as openly as others.
Yan Weilan's tone was quite polite, but Yu Sheng noticed something different.Speaking of which, since Yan Weilan and Li Luan met for the first time, they hadn't gotten along very well, and Yan Weilan had specifically told him to stay away from Li Luan.At the banquet, Yan Weilan was the only one who had no interest in the affairs of the empress. Now that she suddenly spoke up, was she trying to stand in line, or was she purely trying to antagonize Li Luan?
Li Luan's tone was sneering: "Master Yan, don't you know the story of the Qixi Festival? The story of 'The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl' still needs me to tell you?"
Yan Weilan chuckled, "The Weaver Girl went down to earth, violated the rules of heaven, married a mortal Niulang, and had a son. The matter was known by the Heavenly Court, which angered the Queen Mother and sent heavenly soldiers and generals to arrest the Weaver Girl." Returning to Jiuchongtian caused the Cowherd's family to be separated."
Yu Sheng had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly understood what Yan Weilan wanted to say, and then he continued: "Later, the Queen Mother thought that the two were really in love with each other, and allowed them to meet once a year on the Magpie Bridge on July [-]th. Will they take their children with them?"
Yu Ce then joined Yan Weilan's camp, "The Qixi Festival is not only a day for lovers to get together, but also a time for family reunion. It is natural for a father to send lanterns to his son."
Seeing Yu Sheng and Yan Weilan singing against him, Li Luan couldn't help sneering: "The custom of giving lanterns between lovers on the Qixi Festival has been passed down in our dynasty for a long time, and you are clearly making excuses."
Song Fan's youthful nature couldn't help expressing his own thoughts: "Yan, what the two adults said is quite reasonable. The gift of lanterns is just to show love to each other. Isn't father's love for his son not love?" Is it?"
Sitting next to Song Fan was the elder brother of the Xu family, he was already dissatisfied seeing Song Fan's repeated appearances.And he knew very well in his heart that although the queen was the biological father of the king of Qin, who would be the concubine of the king of Qin would depend on the emperor's will in the end. "Mr. Song's words are wrong," he retorted, "The rules are there, and I have never heard of a father giving his son a lantern on Qixi Festival."
Yan Weilan glanced at the Xu family brother blankly, "You've heard it now."
The brother of the Xu family was speechless by Yan Weilan, blushing, and hurriedly drank tea to cover up his gaffe.
With the two brothers Song and Xu at the beginning, several other girls also expressed their opinions.The two people sitting at the top did not speak for a long time.
Lin Hou looked unresponsive, but her face was slightly pale, and the veins in the hand holding the wine glass were visible.The emperor was closest to him. Seeing him frowning, he seemed to be disgusted, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand, "Lin Qingjue, you..."
Empress Lin put one hand on her lower abdomen and shouted in a low voice, "Don't touch me."
The emperor paused and shook his sleeves to leave, when he heard Li Zhan calling: "Father Emperor."
The emperor closed his eyes for a long time, and said, "Zhan'er, since your father wants to send you off, you can accept it."
Li Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Father, and thank you, Queen."
Although Li Luan was a little unwilling, but the emperor had already spoken, so he couldn't say anything more.
Yu Sheng couldn't help sympathizing with Li Zhan.The relationship between the two fathers is so stiff, his childhood must not be very good, no wonder his personality is not lively at all.Yu Sheng thought of his parents. Although Yu Mengqing and Jiang Huamei had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days, he knew that they still had each other in their hearts.No matter how much Yu Mengqing doted on his concubine, he still had the most basic respect for his wife. Compared with the emperor and empress, they were simply model couples.
In any case, the turmoil caused by the lanterns has finally calmed down-at least temporarily.The palace maids began to serve dishes one after another. What Lin Hou said was right. The food at the Qixi Festival Banquet was the best of the year. Every dish was luxurious and exquisite. There are several ways that Yu Sheng ate it with great enjoyment, but he felt that the portion was too small. There were only two pieces of braised pork on one plate, which was not enough for him to stuff his teeth.
Eunuch He handed over the lantern to Li Zhan, Concubine De smiled and said, "It's really rare that so many girls and brothers have come to the palace today, how about we all have fun together?"
The emperor pulled himself together, rubbed his brows and said, "What advice does Aifei have?"
Concubine De spoke the lines she had prepared early in the morning: "The concubine heard that Fourth Miss Pan played the pipa so well that even the singers in the palace felt inferior. Playing a song in front of you, is it just to add to the fun?"
Miss Pan Si got up and saluted, and said generously: "It is my honor to be able to present music to the emperor and queen."
Concubine De looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, look..."
The emperor said: "The concubine can be the master."
Even Yu Sheng, whose IQ is not enough, can see that this is a play that the emperor and concubine De have colluded with early in the morning.After Miss Pan Si finished playing the pipa, Miss Liu San danced again.Yu Sheng secretly looked at Yu Ce's expression, and saw that he was attentively watching the performances of the girls, with nothing but admiration on his face.Even Yu Sheng, who claims to be an optimist, can't compare to this mentality.If he was choosing a wife for Yan Weilan now, he would have gone berserk long ago.
After the girls performed, it was the turn of the three brothers.Prince Ning's family wrote a poem, Song Fan danced a sword, and Xu's elder brother invited Li Zhan to match him.
Li Zhan said mercilessly: "This king is not good at this way, Mr. Xu should find someone else."
The Xu family brother who was rejected was a little embarrassed.Yu Ce stepped forward, "kindly" helped him out, and smiled slightly, with a flamboyant air and outstanding literary talent, "If Mr. Xu doesn't dislike it, I would like to pair up with you."
The brother of the Xu family smiled softly: "Master Yu is a well-known talent in Beijing. I have little talent and learning, so how dare I try to compete with Master Yu."
"It's okay," Yu Ce said with a smile, "I'll let you."
Brother Xu had no choice but to say: "Then please be merciful, Mr. Yu."
Li Zhan: "..."
Yu Ce went to the middle to fight against the brothers of the Xu family, and finally there was no light bulb between Yu Sheng and Yan Weilan.Yu Sheng turned his head and took a sneak peek at Yan Weilan, who was also looking at him, Yu Sheng stretched out his hand under the table, and called him silently: "Weilan."
Yan Weilan lowered his head and smiled, as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water, took Yu Sheng's hand, opened his palm, and wrote on it: I am here.
His smile was captured by the third princess on the opposite side, which made this well-informed princess suddenly see the gods.
Concubine De gently tugged at the corner of her daughter's clothes, "Chun'er?"
The third princess withdrew her gaze with a guilty conscience, "Mother Concubine."
Concubine De said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Master Yu and Lord Yan, what do you think? They are the two unmarried courtiers that your father admires the most. This time your father invited them to a banquet. I just want you to see for yourself."
The third princess knew why Concubine De was asking such a question, she lowered her head shyly, "Since these two are the young talents whom the emperor likes, they are naturally excellent."
"Then which one do you prefer?" Seeing that the third princess was blushing and refused to answer, Concubine De smiled and said: "There is no rush, if you don't say it now, it won't be too late to tell Concubine Mu later."
While the two were talking, Brother Xu and Yu Ce also ended up on the other side. The two were evenly matched.
After all the candidates showed off their talents, Concubine De asked Li Zhan jokingly, "King Qin, do you like Miss Pan Si's song?"
After asking this question, Li Zhan naturally couldn't let the girl get off the stage, "I like it."
"What about Miss Liu San's dance?"
"Alright."
Concubine De thought for a while, and said: "How about this, whoever you like the most, give this lantern to that person, how about it?"
Lin Houfeng's eyes sank slightly, she took the lantern from the emperor, and said flatly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Although after Concubine Xiao's death, the relationship between the Empress and Empress has eased a little, at least the Emperor will no longer embarrass Empress Lin in front of other people as in the past.But the two have been entangled for so many years, and the grievances and grievances can be put down just by letting them go.Lin Hou's shallow lips parted slightly, "Zhan'er, what do you think of this lantern?"
Li Zhan said: "Exquisite and translucent, exquisite workmanship."
"If you like it, take it."
As soon as the words fell, the emperor suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand, Eunuch He gasped, and several concubines exchanged meaningful glances with each other.
Li Zhan, who was caught between the two fathers, seemed a little helpless, "My father..."
The emperor looked at Empress Lin with blazing eyes, "Empress, what do you mean by that?"
Empress Lin still had that irrelevant tone, "literally."
The atmosphere between the emperor and empress was like a taut string that might break at any time.Just when everyone was silent, Yan Weilan took a sip of the peach blossom wine, feeling the sweetness of the wine and the fragrance in his mouth, he added some more to the glass, passed Yu Ce, and pushed the wine glass to Yu Sheng.
Yu Ce: "???"
Blocked by Yu Ce, Yu Sheng couldn't see Yan Weilan's face, but could only see him as white as green onion, with bony fingers resting on the edge of the wine glass. He inexplicably remembered the feeling of these hands walking on the body, his face turned pale. It burned.He picked up the wine glass, and took a sip of the peach blossom wine at the place where Yan Weilan had just tasted the wine.
It's so sweet, why didn't he find that peach blossom brew was so delicious before.
Yu Ce looked at Yu Sheng playfully.Everyone has this wine on the table, Yan Weilan gives the wine, and Yu Sheng drinks, it's all drunkards who don't want to drink.The emperor and the empress were about to quarrel, but the two of them are still down there drinking and teasing their feelings, they are really brave enough.
At this time, Li Luan opened his mouth to act as a peacemaker between the emperor and the empress, and said with a smile: "Queen, the gift of lanterns on the Qixi Festival is only limited to lovers and husbands and wives. It seems inappropriate for you to give the lanterns given to you by the emperor to King Qin." " Li Luan respected Empress Lin a lot, but his surname was Li after all, so he still wanted to stand on the emperor's side.
Concubine De hurriedly echoed: "What King Shu said is very true. The concubine also knows that the Empress loves her son dearly. Why don't you ask someone to make another lantern of the same kind and present it to King Qin? What do you think?"
After Concubine De finished speaking, all the concubines tried to persuade her.
The emperor is the boss, and it is reasonable for everyone to stand by him.Yu Sheng couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to stand up and speak for Queen Lin, but Yan Weilan took a step ahead.
"Just now King Shu said that the act of presenting lanterns on the Qixi Festival will only be between lovers and husbands and wives. I have doubts, where did this saying come from?" When Yan Weilan was silent, her beauty could not be ignored. Once she opened her mouth, it seemed like The epiphyllum blooming in summer night, everyone's eyes were focused on him, only the third princess sitting opposite him looked at him shyly and timidly, wanted to see, but did not dare to look at him as openly as others.
Yan Weilan's tone was quite polite, but Yu Sheng noticed something different.Speaking of which, since Yan Weilan and Li Luan met for the first time, they hadn't gotten along very well, and Yan Weilan had specifically told him to stay away from Li Luan.At the banquet, Yan Weilan was the only one who had no interest in the affairs of the empress. Now that she suddenly spoke up, was she trying to stand in line, or was she purely trying to antagonize Li Luan?
Li Luan's tone was sneering: "Master Yan, don't you know the story of the Qixi Festival? The story of 'The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl' still needs me to tell you?"
Yan Weilan chuckled, "The Weaver Girl went down to earth, violated the rules of heaven, married a mortal Niulang, and had a son. The matter was known by the Heavenly Court, which angered the Queen Mother and sent heavenly soldiers and generals to arrest the Weaver Girl." Returning to Jiuchongtian caused the Cowherd's family to be separated."
Yu Sheng had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly understood what Yan Weilan wanted to say, and then he continued: "Later, the Queen Mother thought that the two were really in love with each other, and allowed them to meet once a year on the Magpie Bridge on July [-]th. Will they take their children with them?"
Yu Ce then joined Yan Weilan's camp, "The Qixi Festival is not only a day for lovers to get together, but also a time for family reunion. It is natural for a father to send lanterns to his son."
Seeing Yu Sheng and Yan Weilan singing against him, Li Luan couldn't help sneering: "The custom of giving lanterns between lovers on the Qixi Festival has been passed down in our dynasty for a long time, and you are clearly making excuses."
Song Fan's youthful nature couldn't help expressing his own thoughts: "Yan, what the two adults said is quite reasonable. The gift of lanterns is just to show love to each other. Isn't father's love for his son not love?" Is it?"
Sitting next to Song Fan was the elder brother of the Xu family, he was already dissatisfied seeing Song Fan's repeated appearances.And he knew very well in his heart that although the queen was the biological father of the king of Qin, who would be the concubine of the king of Qin would depend on the emperor's will in the end. "Mr. Song's words are wrong," he retorted, "The rules are there, and I have never heard of a father giving his son a lantern on Qixi Festival."
Yan Weilan glanced at the Xu family brother blankly, "You've heard it now."
The brother of the Xu family was speechless by Yan Weilan, blushing, and hurriedly drank tea to cover up his gaffe.
With the two brothers Song and Xu at the beginning, several other girls also expressed their opinions.The two people sitting at the top did not speak for a long time.
Lin Hou looked unresponsive, but her face was slightly pale, and the veins in the hand holding the wine glass were visible.The emperor was closest to him. Seeing him frowning, he seemed to be disgusted, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand, "Lin Qingjue, you..."
Empress Lin put one hand on her lower abdomen and shouted in a low voice, "Don't touch me."
The emperor paused and shook his sleeves to leave, when he heard Li Zhan calling: "Father Emperor."
The emperor closed his eyes for a long time, and said, "Zhan'er, since your father wants to send you off, you can accept it."
Li Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Father, and thank you, Queen."
Although Li Luan was a little unwilling, but the emperor had already spoken, so he couldn't say anything more.
Yu Sheng couldn't help sympathizing with Li Zhan.The relationship between the two fathers is so stiff, his childhood must not be very good, no wonder his personality is not lively at all.Yu Sheng thought of his parents. Although Yu Mengqing and Jiang Huamei had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days, he knew that they still had each other in their hearts.No matter how much Yu Mengqing doted on his concubine, he still had the most basic respect for his wife. Compared with the emperor and empress, they were simply model couples.
In any case, the turmoil caused by the lanterns has finally calmed down-at least temporarily.The palace maids began to serve dishes one after another. What Lin Hou said was right. The food at the Qixi Festival Banquet was the best of the year. Every dish was luxurious and exquisite. There are several ways that Yu Sheng ate it with great enjoyment, but he felt that the portion was too small. There were only two pieces of braised pork on one plate, which was not enough for him to stuff his teeth.
Eunuch He handed over the lantern to Li Zhan, Concubine De smiled and said, "It's really rare that so many girls and brothers have come to the palace today, how about we all have fun together?"
The emperor pulled himself together, rubbed his brows and said, "What advice does Aifei have?"
Concubine De spoke the lines she had prepared early in the morning: "The concubine heard that Fourth Miss Pan played the pipa so well that even the singers in the palace felt inferior. Playing a song in front of you, is it just to add to the fun?"
Miss Pan Si got up and saluted, and said generously: "It is my honor to be able to present music to the emperor and queen."
Concubine De looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, look..."
The emperor said: "The concubine can be the master."
Even Yu Sheng, whose IQ is not enough, can see that this is a play that the emperor and concubine De have colluded with early in the morning.After Miss Pan Si finished playing the pipa, Miss Liu San danced again.Yu Sheng secretly looked at Yu Ce's expression, and saw that he was attentively watching the performances of the girls, with nothing but admiration on his face.Even Yu Sheng, who claims to be an optimist, can't compare to this mentality.If he was choosing a wife for Yan Weilan now, he would have gone berserk long ago.
After the girls performed, it was the turn of the three brothers.Prince Ning's family wrote a poem, Song Fan danced a sword, and Xu's elder brother invited Li Zhan to match him.
Li Zhan said mercilessly: "This king is not good at this way, Mr. Xu should find someone else."
The Xu family brother who was rejected was a little embarrassed.Yu Ce stepped forward, "kindly" helped him out, and smiled slightly, with a flamboyant air and outstanding literary talent, "If Mr. Xu doesn't dislike it, I would like to pair up with you."
The brother of the Xu family smiled softly: "Master Yu is a well-known talent in Beijing. I have little talent and learning, so how dare I try to compete with Master Yu."
"It's okay," Yu Ce said with a smile, "I'll let you."
Brother Xu had no choice but to say: "Then please be merciful, Mr. Yu."
Li Zhan: "..."
Yu Ce went to the middle to fight against the brothers of the Xu family, and finally there was no light bulb between Yu Sheng and Yan Weilan.Yu Sheng turned his head and took a sneak peek at Yan Weilan, who was also looking at him, Yu Sheng stretched out his hand under the table, and called him silently: "Weilan."
Yan Weilan lowered his head and smiled, as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water, took Yu Sheng's hand, opened his palm, and wrote on it: I am here.
His smile was captured by the third princess on the opposite side, which made this well-informed princess suddenly see the gods.
Concubine De gently tugged at the corner of her daughter's clothes, "Chun'er?"
The third princess withdrew her gaze with a guilty conscience, "Mother Concubine."
Concubine De said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Master Yu and Lord Yan, what do you think? They are the two unmarried courtiers that your father admires the most. This time your father invited them to a banquet. I just want you to see for yourself."
The third princess knew why Concubine De was asking such a question, she lowered her head shyly, "Since these two are the young talents whom the emperor likes, they are naturally excellent."
"Then which one do you prefer?" Seeing that the third princess was blushing and refused to answer, Concubine De smiled and said: "There is no rush, if you don't say it now, it won't be too late to tell Concubine Mu later."
While the two were talking, Brother Xu and Yu Ce also ended up on the other side. The two were evenly matched.
After all the candidates showed off their talents, Concubine De asked Li Zhan jokingly, "King Qin, do you like Miss Pan Si's song?"
After asking this question, Li Zhan naturally couldn't let the girl get off the stage, "I like it."
"What about Miss Liu San's dance?"
"Alright."
Concubine De thought for a while, and said: "How about this, whoever you like the most, give this lantern to that person, how about it?"
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