Soldiers come to the world

[Sorry everyone, I have something to do at home, I just came back! 】

Wuwang Palace is just a popular name for the official office of Sun Quan by ordinary people in Eastern Wu. At this time, Sun Quan is not a king, let alone an emperor. palace.

In the evening, under the protection of more than a hundred well-dressed guards, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Wu Palace, and Lu Su, who was waiting here, rushed up to greet him.

The door opened, and Liu Jing got out of the carriage with a smile all over his face, and said to Lu Su with a smile, "Let Zijing wait for a long time."

"Marquis Wu has set up a banquet, please come with me, Mr. Jing."

Lu Su took Liu Jing to the Houyan Pavilion. To participate in this kind of formal state banquet, one needs to take a shower and change clothes first. Four maids walked gracefully, and Lu Su took Liu Jing to follow.

Walking to a place with few people, Lu Su said to Liu Jing in a low voice: "Today's banquet, please don't mention the alliance for now, so as not to make Uncle Liu feel dissatisfied."

Liu Jing smiled, "He should have guessed it!"

"Although it is so, speaking out will make the atmosphere awkward, and it will be very difficult for Marquis Wu."

Liu Jing patted Lu Su's shoulder and said with a smile: "Zijing, don't worry! I know what not to say."

Lu Su hesitated for a moment, there was a sentence he didn't know whether to say or not, Liu Jing saw his hesitation, smiled and said: "Zijing thinks it's inappropriate, so don't say it!"

What Lu Su wanted to say was not confidential, it was just a piece of news he heard, and more importantly, he had a good personal relationship with Liu Jing. He wanted to tell Liu Jing privately, but he was worried that something embarrassing would happen during the banquet.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Su couldn't help but said: "I heard a news that the Son of Heaven has officially conferred the title of Jingzhou Shepherd and Marquis of Fanxiang. It is estimated that the news has already reached Jiangxia."

Liu Jing was overjoyed immediately, he was waiting for this news, but he did not expect to get it from Lu Su, he also laughed in a low voice: "Liu Jing is very grateful!"

"Hehe! I didn't say anything, Mr. Jing, didn't I?"

Liu Jing smiled knowingly, said no more, followed the team of maids and walked quickly into the waiting banquet hall.

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The banquet was held in the left hall of King Wu Palace. Because it was a formal official banquet, it was very particular about etiquette. The main hall was for the banquet of the emperor's envoys. The hall is also their respect. Of course, the official name is Zuotang, and calling it the hall is also a kind of arrogance in name.

Coincidentally, Liu Jing met Liu Bei at the gate of the side hall. Accompanied by Zhuge Jin, Liu Bei was walking quickly. The two of them met and laughed together.

"When does the emperor plan to return to Nanjun?"

Liu Bei smiled slightly, "This... I don't know for the time being, at least after the birthday celebration!"

The two walked into the left hall together. The left hall is extremely spacious, not inferior to the imperial palace. The seats have been arranged. Although the hall is huge, the seats are arranged relatively closely. In the middle is the seat of Sun Quan, who is placed on a double couch. , which means that Mrs. Wu Hou will also attend.

There is a couch on the left and right sides, which are the seats of Liu Jing and Liu Bei, and a maid is standing behind each seat, a little distance from the two guest seats, is the couch for accompanying guests, and there are two long rows of seats , Zuo Wen You Wu, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu each sat in the first seat.

The accompanying guests were already seated. Seeing Liu Jing and Liu Bei coming in, everyone got up to salute and exchanged greetings. Liu Jing and Liu Bei each took their seats. Among the two guest seats, the left is the most respected, and the right is next. This seat is really not easy to arrange. , Liu Jing and Liu Bei, who should sit on the left?

In terms of etiquette, Liu Bei should sit on the left. He is the uncle of the emperor and Liu Jing's elder, but in terms of actual benefits, Liu Jing should sit on the left.

However, Sun Quan used a very clever method to divide the accompanying guests into factions, so that Liu Jing and Liu Bei would naturally know where they should sit.

Liu Jing cupped his hands and smiled at Liu Bei: "Uncle Huang is an elder, he should sit on the left, please!"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Zhao quickly, and chuckled, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

Liu Bei and Liu Jing sat down respectively, Liu Jing glanced at the accompanying guests sitting below, left literary and right martial, it can be said that there is a clear distinction between them.

But a detail caught Liu Jing's attention, that is, Cheng Pu was sitting next to Zhang Zhao, and Han Dang was sitting a few seats away, while Huang Gai, who was also a veteran, was sitting next to Zhou Yu. Accompanying guests are his and Liu Bei's respective supporters.

Obviously, the Jiangdong ministers who supported Liu Bei had the upper hand. Perhaps this was also a hint from Sun Quan to himself. He tried his best to form an alliance with himself to show his sincerity.

At this moment, the guard yelled loudly: "Marquis Wu is here! Mrs. Marquis Wu is here!"

There was a clear ringing sound coming from the side door, and Sun Quan came with his wife Xie Shi with a smile on his face. Everyone stood up and saluted Sun Quan. Sun Quan asked Liu Bei and Liu Jing to sit down, and his wife Xie Shi also sat down. Cai smiled to his subordinates: "Although it is a formal banquet, it will not be too formal. I hope everyone can spend tonight happily. Please sit down!"

Everyone sat down with a smile, a group of dancers floated in like fairies, the sound of silk and bamboo danced in the lobby, and the maids came in from both sides with wine and dishes, and put plates of delicacies in front of the guests. On the long table, it can be said that 'enjoy a big case, and a lot of delicacies'.

The beautiful maid standing behind Liu Jing poured wine for Liu Jing from a warm wine bottle with a silver spoon. At this time, Sun Quan raised his earcup and smiled at Liu Jing and Liu Bei: "Thank you two distinguished guests for coming all the way to celebrate my mother's birthday, Sun Quan Drink this glass of wine, do it first as a respect!"

He picked up the ear cup and drank it all in one gulp. Qin and Han banquets paid attention to the fact that the wine must be filled and the drink must be exhausted. According to the current saying, the wine must be filled and must be finished in one gulp. There is no pushback. Disrespectful.

There was a personal grievance between Guan Fu, a general of the Han Dynasty, and Tian Fu, the prime minister. Guan Fu served wine to Tian Fu, but Tian Fu was too strong to drink, and he was not allowed to fill it up. Angry, it triggered the incident of "Guanfu sitting and scolding". As a result, he was impeached by Tian Fu, and Guanfu was punished by his clan.

It is also because of this rule of filling up and drinking that it is common to get very drunk at banquets in the Han Dynasty. Make a fool of yourself.

Everyone followed Sun Quan to drink it up. As the banquet progressed, the hall gradually became lively, and everyone toasted to the distinguished guests. Both Liu Jing and Liu Bei drank more than a dozen glasses of wine. , drunk, but Liu Bei was slightly drunk.

It stands to reason that Liu Bei's drinking capacity is also good. He wouldn't drink just a dozen glasses.

Liu Jing was young and energetic, and could still hold on, but Liu Bei was nearly fifty years old, and his physical strength was not as good as before, so he couldn't hold on.

At this moment, the sound of the drums in the hall suddenly became louder, and a young sword-dancing general appeared in the hall, dressed in silver armor and a helmet, with bright eyes and white teeth, eyebrows like distant, and as gorgeous as peach blossoms, he was actually a handsome man. A beautiful female general, holding a Qingfeng sword.

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became lively, and everyone recognized her as Princess Shangxiang.

In the banquets of the Han Dynasty, impromptu singing and dancing between the host and the guests is extremely normal, and it can be found everywhere in the painted bricks of the Han tombs.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yong was pardoned and returned to his hometown. Wang Zhi, the prefect of Wuyuan, practiced it for him. Yong 'resented the prisoner's release and slandered the court', and Cai Yong was forced to flee to Wu.

Sun Shangxiang danced a string of dazzling sword flowers, which was extremely elegant, causing applause in the hall. Sun Shangxiang held his sword horizontally and said to Sun Quan: "Shangxiang would like to dance the sword to help the fun, please allow me!"

Of course Sun Quan knew that Sun Shangxiang was here for Liu Jing, so he was ambiguous, but it seemed rude to the guests, and he was worried that if he annoyed his sister, she would make even more absurd moves.

More importantly, the younger sister used Yijian, which means that there is no sharpened sword, so it can't hurt anyone.

Madam Xie tugged on her husband's sleeve, pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay, let her dance!"

Sun Quan knew that his wife had asked, so he nodded and agreed, "You can dance, but don't be rude to the distinguished guests!"

With a swipe of the long sword, the light flashed, and Sun Shangxiang spun around inside the hall. She saw the cold light shining, and the sword energy crisscrossed. She spun more than [-] times in one breath, which once again aroused applause.

At this time, Sun Shangxiang turned in front of Liu Jing, stopped suddenly, smiled at Liu Jing, and licked her red lips, "Leading the sword to dance with the king, may the king be with you!"

The meaning of this sentence is to say, 'I dance for you, please get up and dance with me! '

Everyone was very surprised, although it was the first time to see Sun Shangxiang dancing sword, let alone heard that Princess Shangxiang invited someone to dance, and she actually found Liu Jing.

There was a sudden commotion in the lobby, and everyone was naturally mistaken, thinking that Sun Shangxiang had taken a fancy to Liu Jing, and that the female dancer's genocide implied the courtship of a man and a woman.

Those who think shallowly are secretly happy, wishing that Princess Sun will marry Liu Jing tonight, and follow him to Jiangxia tomorrow, where he will go to Jiangxia to fight for justice, so as not to cause headaches for the people of Wu County.

Those who think deeply, such as Zhang Zhao, have worries in their hearts. If Jiangdong and Jingzhou marry, it may affect Jiangdong's plans and not conform to Jiangdong's interests. Zhang Zhao couldn't help but wink at Sun Quan secretly.

Among the people at the banquet, only Sun Quan and his wife, Liu Jing and Lu Su knew what was going on. It was not Shang Xiang who fell in love with Liu Jing. He clearly took the opportunity to provoke. as a result of.

Sun Quan was trying to stop his sister, but unexpectedly Liu Jing stood up happily and said with a loud smile, "I would like to dance with the girl!"

He turned around and asked the guard behind him to borrow a ritual sword, pulled out a string of sword flowers, clasped his fists at Sun Shangxiang and said with a smile, "Girl, please!"

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[Princess is just the pet name of Jiangdong people for Sun Shangxiang. In fact, she is not a princess. According to the normal common name, she should be called Sun Erniang, which is a bit unpleasant, and it is easy to think of the bun seller.]