Monument Yangmen

Chapter 48 Dragon Heart Delight
Palace banquet.

The courtiers were seated according to their titles and grades. Gold pots and silver cups of fine nectar were placed on the table, and delicacies carefully prepared by the imperial chef were placed on the plates.

Dishes named after auspicious words, such as Five Blessings, Four Seasons Like Spring, Eight Treasures and Pearls, Jade and Linglong, etc., make people salivate just by looking at them.

Zhao Guangyi was wearing a dragon robe, sitting high on a dragon chair, his face glowing red.Empress Li, dressed in a phoenix crown and Xiapei, was dignified and solemn, and sat beside her.

At the bottom sits a group of dragon disciples, sons and grandsons of dragons headed by Zhao Guangmei, king of Wei.Behind them, sat a group of concubines, princesses, princesses and so on.

Your Highness, divided into left and right sides, civil and military officials are sitting on the right, wives and children are sitting behind the civil and military officials; on the left are foreign envoys.

It's time for the birthday party.

Wang Jien shouted loudly.

"Feast!"

In the hall, everyone congratulated Zhao Guangyi on his longevity and peace.

After being seated, pairs of singers and dancers from Jiaofang began to perform magnificent songs and dances one after another.

Civil and military officials, foreign envoys, all began to watch the performance while eating delicious food.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The tribute session begins.

Zhao Guangmei, the leader of Wei Wang, took a look at Zhao Pu who was sitting quietly, gritted his teeth, got up and left his seat, and sent his eldest son to present a birthday gift.

"I respectfully wish Your Majesty a long and boundless life."

Wang Jien accepted the birthday gift, opened it, and presented it to Zhao Guangyi.

A total of one hundred and eight round and smooth roller beads.

In the eyes of ordinary people, walking beads are considered precious, but in the eyes of the royal family, this thing is just an ordinary precious item.In Zhao Guangmei's capacity, this gift is indeed a bit shabby.

Zhao Guangyi knew in his heart that at this time, Zhao Guangmei was about to be forced into bankruptcy by Zhao Pu.Therefore, he did not blame Zhao Guangmei.

"Imperial brother has a heart, give me a pot of imperial wine."

Zhao Guangmei started, and the sons and grandsons of the dragon rushed to present their congratulatory gifts one by one.

These gifts are all precious and rare items.

Even Zhao Defang, the eight virtuous king known for his fairness and integrity, sent a priceless authentic painting of Wu Daozi, the sage of painting.

Only Zhao Yuanzuo, an upright guy, sent a congratulatory gift that he copied the "Book of Filial Piety" a hundred times by himself.

Unfortunately, Zhao Guangyi even praised him for his filial piety.

After the sons and grandsons of the dragon have finished offering their congratulatory gifts, it's time for civil and military officials.

Most of the civil servants are high-minded, and the congratulatory gifts are some calligraphy and paintings.The civil servants who like to exploit are all specially collected antique calligraphy and paintings; the fair and honest civil servants are all hand-drawn paintings.

The congratulatory gifts from the generals and nobles are miscellaneous, with everything.Anyway, they are all weird and weird things, but they have beautiful meanings.

On behalf of the Yang family, Yang Yanping presented a famous ancient sword called Jingchan.

Is this startling cicada really a famous ancient sword?Anyway, Yang Yansi had never heard of it.

I have to admit that Zhao Guangyi is still very kind to the Yang family.He accepted the famous sword and raised Yang Yanping's title on the spot.Yang Yanping was promoted from baron to viscount, and he was also the son of the founding county.

Among the civil and military officials, the most conspicuous gifts belonged to the two congratulatory gifts from Zhao Pu and Pan Renmei.

The congratulatory gift from Zhao Pu was a sketch portrait of Zhao Guangyi.

Yang Yansi had to admit that Zhao Pu put a lot of effort into sketching. Although his skills were not superb, the Zhao Guangyi he drew was [-]% similar, which is very rare in this era.

Zhao Guangyi, Longyan Dayue, was promoted to the title of Taifu, and the title was changed from Liang Guogong to Xu Guogong.From the official position of the first rank, he was promoted to the first rank in one fell swoop.

The first rank of the official residence has already achieved the subversion of the ministers.

Zhao Pule couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

The congratulatory gift that Pan Renmei asked her son Pan Bao to send was a huge stone, the whole body of which was dim yellow, faintly showing the word "Shou".

Zhao Guangyi liked it very much and gave the stone the name Tianming Shoushi.

Pan Bao also received a reward because of this, Xun Yun Qiwei was changed to Feiqi Lieutenant, and was promoted to a higher level, and Zhiguo Xiaowei, who was the seventh rank, was promoted to Zhaowu Xiaowu, who was the sixth rank.

Pan Bao was so happy that he almost jumped up.

Concubine Pan Gui also kept winking at Zhao Guangyi because her younger brother got a reward.

In the main hall, all the officials were rewarded.A happy scene.

Suddenly, the lights in the hall gradually dimmed.

In just three or four breaths, only a few bronze sparrow lamps in front of Zhao Guangyi's eyes remained on in the hall.

Zhao Guangyi was overwhelmed, and burst out, "What happened?"

Wang Jien leaned forward in front of Zhao Guangyi, "Your Majesty, don't panic, the surprise prepared for you by those brats is about to appear."

When Zhao Guangyi heard the words, a big stone fell from his heart. Seeing that the officials were in a trance, a little flustered, he spoke to comfort him.

"All my loves, be safe and don't be impatient."

After appeasing the officials, Zhao Guangyi gave Wang Jien a reproachful look, "You, you! You're a few dozen years old, and you're fooling around with a bunch of kids."

The Daqing Palace, and even the eunuchs and maids in the entire palace are all in charge of Wang Jien.If he hadn't participated in it, it would be impossible for the lights in the Daqing Palace to go out.

"Clap clap clap..."

A burst of neat clapping sounded in the depths of the Daqing Hall, in a dark corner.

Immediately afterwards, sparks of light gradually lit up in the dark corner.

41 burning flames, dazzling in the dark.

In the hall, everyone was silent, staring at the lights and slowly approaching.

"What is this?"

"Could it be a new dance rehearsed by Jiaofang?"

In the hall, everyone was secretly speculating, and everyone's curiosity and eyes were attracted by the lights.

The lights moved into the hall.

"Snapped!"

The clapping stopped, and the bronze bird lanterns in the hall started from the middle and slowly lit to both sides.

A disc-shaped, huge giant cake appeared in front of everyone.

A large milky white cake with cherries dotted around the edges, 41 red candles burning slowly around the cake.On top of the cake, the sweet brown sauce paints a huge picture.

Four figures emerged from under the wooden cart covered by the white cloth.

"Wow~"

Everyone in the hall was startled.

Wearing a big red gown, one of them is carrying a big red lantern with the word "longevity" written on it.

"I wish you good luck and longevity, I wish you a happy birthday..."

After saluting, he jumped up and down like a treasure, and his cheerful singing made the tense atmosphere in the hall suddenly joyful.

All the officials in the hall laughed.

The civil servants were more reserved, and the generals laughed out loud.

Zhao Guangyi was also amused, he stretched out his index finger and pointed at Wang Jien, but he couldn't speak because of his hearty laugh.

Privy envoy Cao Bin, concubine Wang Chengyan, governor of Shunzhou Shi Baoxing, general of Zhenbei Yang Ye, after bursting with laughter, they realized that the person playing tricks was their own son, and their faces turned black.

"Boy (Emperor's nephew)! I wish Your Majesty a happy life..."

After the four of them played their treasures, they presented their sons and nephews and bowed down at Zhao Guangyi's knees.

Zhao Guangyi laughed loudly and said: "You four brats really gave me a surprise. You also gave all the lovers a surprise! Get up and tell me, what is this gift you have prepared for me?"

The first to speak was Wang Shilong, his mother's princess, and Zhao Guangyi was his own uncle, so he could get close.

"Today is His Majesty's birthday. The emperor's nephew and Yang Yanzhao specially prepared this birthday gift for you. This thing was made by us and has not been named yet. After you taste it in a while, you can give it a name."

Zhao Guangyi walked up to the cake, and when he saw the picture on the cake, he was overjoyed.

"Reward! One hundred taels of gold and one thousand bolts of silk cloth."

Everyone was puzzled, why did the emperor offer rewards as soon as he saw the cake?

Stretching his neck to take a look, he realized the mystery.

Half of the huge cake is decorated with various fruits and the four characters of "Fu Shou Tian Qi".The other half is a map of the Song Dynasty.

The reason why the four of Yang Yanzhao received the award was because of this picture.

Because, on this map, there are sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Zhao Guangyi's lifelong wish is to recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun. Now that the Sixteen States of Yanyun appear on the map of the Song Dynasty, can he be unhappy?

Fortunately, the Liao envoys were far away, and the seats were not as high as the cake, so they couldn't see the map clearly, otherwise they would definitely stand up and find fault.

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed, and circled around the cake, not knowing what to do.

Yang Yanzhao sent a wooden knife with interest and handed it to Zhao Guangyi.

Under the guidance of Yang Yanzhao, Zhao Guangyi cut the cake from the middle.

There was an eunuch serving Zhao Guangyi who wanted to try it, but Wang Jien gave him a stare and stopped him.

Wang Jien leaned in front of Zhao Guangyi like a dog's leg, and couldn't wait to choose a piece of cherry fruit, took a bite, and dug out a piece of cake, which was delicious.

After tasting it, Wang Jien greedily licked the cream on his lips, and bowed to stand beside Zhao Guangyi.

"Your Majesty, please have a meal."

The implication is that it is not poisonous.

After Zhao Guangyi made one cut, the rest was left to the eunuchs around him to complete.

Cao Wei wanted to help, but was stopped by Yang Yanzhao.

Yang Yanzhao clearly remembered that Yang Yansi gave orders.

There is a Dae Sung map on top of the cake, so keep them out of the way when cutting the cake.

It would be a disaster if the censor Yanguan put on a hat of sharing the Song Dynasty in the future.

The eunuchs who served Zhao Guangyi were all spiritual people.

Although they had never eaten cakes, when they were cutting the cakes, those with auspicious words and fruits were distributed to the foreign envoys.

Those with a map of the Song Dynasty were cut out according to the state capitals controlled by civil and military officials, and distributed to the ministers and workers.

A piece of cake was placed in front of everyone.

Cao Wei doggedly prepared a wooden spoon for everyone, and when it came to the royal family, they replaced it with a silver spoon.

Zhao Guangyi ate first. He dug out a piece with a silver spoon and stuffed it into his mouth.

"it is good!"

Zhao Guangyi yelled out a good word, and the officials and envoys of Fanbang also started to eat it one by one.

Then, after eating, their eyes widened.

Those who are not eligible for the cake can only watch others eat and swallow their own saliva.

Yang Yanqi belongs to the category that is not qualified to eat cakes.

The emperor didn't speak, and Yang Ye didn't dare to give the cake to his wife and children.

A huge piece of cake was eaten up by everyone in just a quarter of an hour.

Although the cake is big, it can't stand many people.

After everyone finished eating, they were still unsatisfied.

Zhao Guangyi wiped his mouth with a smile on his face while being served by the maid.

"You four little fellows have celebrated a special birthday for me. I feel your filial piety, and I am very relieved."

"The four of you stepped forward to accept the seal."

The four of Yang Yanzhao looked at each other, and they all saw the joy in each other's eyes.

The four knelt down in front of Zhao Guangyi on one knee.

(End of this chapter)