Wish Junshou and Tianqi

Chapter 59 Banquet
The guests are salty, and each ranks his place.

A crystal bead curtain hangs down on the high platform above, followed by Concubine Rong, she sits securely on it, Xu Shi resisted to get on the platform.

There is a specially made low couch beside him, and the person on the couch is Chang Le, lying half-lying, squinting, with a layer of bright red powder on the eyelids, dark lips, servants all around are bowing their heads and waiting.

You Yan's two elder sons, Luo Qi and Luo Xu, Princess Chengxuan of the Northern Territory, several important ministers of Ming Qi, and officials of Honglu Temple have all been present and have been waiting for a long time.

The sound of orchestral strings and bamboo strings seems to be joyful, and the world is peaceful.

"Just now, my palace encountered some urgent matters, so it's a little late..."

"Your Majesty is still alright?" Concubine Rong was interrupted before she finished speaking, Chang Le's eyelids were not lifted, and she said quietly: "Why doesn't that sound good? Why don't you go back and have a rest, Chang Le is here. Nothing can go wrong."

Even the other two countries know that Ming Qi and these two are not dealing with each other, a true eldest princess and a holy family's favorite, the swords are on the verge of breaking out, regardless of the occasion, but the rest of them should just shut up.

"The princess is very elegant today, didn't she not want to come to such occasions in the past?"

Chu Shou flipped up his robe and sat down. After finishing his sentence, he raised his eyes and looked at Changle.

Only then did Chang Le open his eyes, sat up in surprise, waved his hands, and set up drinks and meals around.

She took the refined glass wine cup, looked at Chu Shou, and said angrily, "Why did you come? If you don't come, this palace banquet will be much more boring."

Chu Shou picked up the wine glass, made a slight respect to Chang Le, and drank it down without saying a word.

"Good good."

Chang Le said a few good words one after another, clapped his knees happily, turned slightly to the noble concubine behind the bead curtain and said, "Your Majesty, you should drink more."

Concubine Rong nodded with a smile, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and said with pain: "Since everyone is here, let's start the banquet."

The internal officer in front got the order, cleared his throat, and said: "The banquet is open."

The sound came out of the hall, and the music changed softly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They came early, and they were already very hungry.

"Master Li, I heard that you have performed many extraordinary feats recently. You come and go again and again, but do you have expert advice?"

Chang Le was holding a small and exquisite gold cup in her hand, and the sake was colliding with her shaking left and right, she didn't raise her eyes, but her tone made people panic inexplicably.

But Li Shen didn't care about it, he thought he was favored by the nobleman, and he had done a lot of hard work, he stroked his mustache and said, "The next official is just a mistake."

"Mischief?"

Chang Le let out a sneer, took another sip of wine, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

Li Shen was terrified, but he didn't know what Changle's laughter meant, he only knew that she didn't want to say more, so he immediately withdrew the text.

What happened that day was that Li Shen had evidence of collusion between the Lu family's officials and businessmen, and exposed the embezzlement of official jade in one fell swoop.

The officials involved in it, the chief culprit was killed, and the accomplices were exiled, causing many disturbances in Kyoto.

The Lu family was originally a big merchant in the capital, but now they have lost more than half of their lives due to such a disturbance.

And the combination of Li Shen's new achievements and old achievements made him an upright, loyal court official with a clean name, and his career was in full swing.

And Lu Xiaonian of the Lu family also got what he wanted, and exchanged half of the Lu family for a chance to become an official. After all the calculations, it was worth it.

It's just that Li Shen didn't know, being dazzled by fame and fortune, he naturally wouldn't think that with just these twos and twos plus the Lu family, how could he dare to touch the things of the official family.

Changle spends extravagant life on weekdays, one is relying on her uncle Guo, and the other is using her status to do some shady things.

She knew that once the matter of this official jade was leaked, the Metropolitan Procuratorate would find her sooner or later, but, she has a good father.

One or two, and this one is not bad for her.

But Li Shen didn't know who he had offended, and when he was feeling complacent, he often condescended to support some juniors and said some high-sounding things.

Sitting next to him was Zheng Xunji, and it was not in vain to be on the saddle beside Li Shen. It seemed that he had been promoted and had a place at such a state banquet.

With a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, he stretched out his hand to pour himself a glass of wine, picked it up, gave a slight respect to someone, raised his head and drank it, dripping freely.

"I heard that Mr. Li is loyal and upright, and has wiped away a lot of evil spirits for Ming Qi. I have heard of it in the northern border. It is really enviable to have a minister like Mr. Li assisting Ming Qi."

Chengxuan's untimely opening sounded like he was praising Li Shen, but every word was aimed at Chu Shou.

Everyone knows that when Li Shen slammed his head against the pillar in front of the hall, the Wu clan was destroyed, and the princess returned to the capital.

Chu Shou didn't stop picking up vegetables to eat, as if he didn't intend to join in.

"My princess heard that the New Deal has been implemented in the northern border recently, which has made people panic. Tell your brother, don't rush if you want to be top-notch. The throne will be his sooner or later."

Chang Le pressed her temples and spoke slowly, she didn't even bother to open her eyelids, she only had one good thing, she never concealed her words and went straight to the point.

Cheng Xuan was also not polite, and replied: "The princess is serious, father is in the prime of life, so don't worry about the throne."

"Yeah, what are you worrying about here?"

Chengxuan was choked speechless, and he was puzzled all around, he ignored what should be answered, and ran out and clamored for what should not be said.

What is the relationship between Changle and Chu Shou?
Not allowing her to think about it, Chang Le said again: "I heard that the new official from the household department is also named Lu, isn't the Lu family imprisoned?"

"Princess."

Chu Shou opened his mouth and interrupted Chang Le's faint voice, "Youyan's new tribute Zhuyeqing tastes very different from our Mingqi's, why don't you try it."

Chang Le opened his eyes and looked at her, feeling interested, "Bamboo Leaf Green? I haven't found anything new, and the taste hasn't changed. What I'm greedy for is the jars of mulberry wine that Rukawa buried under the ancient tree of the Astrology Tower when you were young. Drink Xiangmei, you won’t wake up for several months.”

Chang Le said intoxicated, Fu forehead closed his eyes, Chu Shou lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, not knowing why.

"Yes, I heard that the green bamboo leaves that You Yan sent this year have added a few rare herbs. The concubine, the eldest princess, the princess and all the ministers must try it tonight."

Luo Qi got up and saluted, and then looked sideways at Luo Xu, who reluctantly stood up, and also made a vain salute, and said, "That's right, the bamboo leaves that are paid this year are indeed different from those in previous years."

"That's fine, the distinguished guests are here tonight, let's have a taste together."

Concubine Rong opened her mouth, and started to move around, took the tribute wine, took a sip, and praised again and again.

"I heard that Princess Liuchuan has been in poor health recently. Chengxuan came here this time, and there happened to be a doctor accompanying him. He also treated General Gu's injuries before. Why don't I bring someone to show the princess someday?"

"Rukawa's illness can only be seen by the little prince."

As Chang Le spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and suddenly sat up from the low couch, with gold hairpins and tassels dangling on his head, stretched his neck to look left and right inside the banquet, "Can Qianzhi come to the banquet?"

"here."

The table full of exquisite dishes was empty, and as the sound sounded in the hall, Zhao Qianzhi stood up, combed his hair, put on a crown, his black hair was still draped behind him, and he was wearing plain clothes with the neckline slightly open. Compared with other people in the hall, it is too immodest.

He raised his head and took a sip of wine, sprinkled it into the clothes room, wiped it casually with the hand wearing the prayer beads, and replied vaguely: "Here."

Seeing this, Changle suddenly covered his mouth and giggled, his eyes were full of surprises, even a little excited, he kept laughing, and even clapped his hands, everyone below lowered their eyes, not daring to say more.

Chu Shou was quite speechless, just looked at her lightly, sighed lightly, and his eyes drifted away again, unwilling to look again.

"Qianzhi is really a rare guest. Thinking about it, you have never been to the palace since that incident. It is really boring for the princess to live here alone."

As Chang Le said, she changed her face again, tears were about to flow down.

Those in Beijing and Youyan were really frightened. This eldest princess, who strongly admires the extreme exaggeration and beauty, has a flamboyant temperament as expected.

Chu Shou hissed, raised his hand and rubbed his ears, and finally said, "Princess, it's better not to talk."

Chang Le listened, then covered his mouth exaggeratedly, made a "silence" gesture towards Chu Shou, nodded again and again, and soon his face returned to peace.

(End of this chapter)