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Chapter 725 The Birthday Banquet Disruption ([-])

On the fourth day of May in the 57th year of Kangxi, the old man's birthday finally arrived. Although it was only less than two months from the edict to the start of the celebration, under the careful arrangement of the third master, all matters went smoothly. Not only the Mongolian princes and envoys from many vassal states all attended the banquet, but also specially summoned 99 elders over [-] years old from the capital and surrounding prefectures to accompany them, and organized a "Thousand Seniors Banquet". No, every hour is four quarters Nearly a thousand elders, as well as civil and military officials from the third rank and above in the court, had gathered in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, chatting and laughing in groups of three and four, while waiting for the emperor's visit.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

At the right time, a burst of whips sounded to clear the way from the direction of Qianqing Gate. Immediately, Li Dequan led dozens of eunuchs to clear the way, followed by 64 court ladies in costumes singing and dancing. It was the old man's dragon chariot. Seeing that the old man had arrived, Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi, the two top-ranked university scholars in the center, did not dare to neglect, and led all the people in the square to kneel down and greeted in unison. gift.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

As soon as the dragon chariot came to a complete stop, two young eunuchs rushed forward, one from the left and the other from the right. Together, they lifted the bright yellow curtain of the dragon chariot, and two more young eunuchs stepped forward to serve the chariot. Seeing the red-faced old man get off the chariot, and then seeing the old man looking around the crowd kneeling all over the ground with great interest, he raised his hand vacuously, and cried out warmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the old man yelled, all the people waited, not daring to lose their courtesy, they thanked in unison, got up in disorder, and all stood with hands down, as if they were listening respectfully to the instruction.

"Okay, okay, there is no need to be formal. Today, so many old people gathered here to celebrate my birthday with me. I am very happy. Everything is as you like. I just arrived after breakfast , presumably the big guys arrived early and must be hungry, so I invite all the old gentlemen and all the lovers to sit down."

The old man was in good spirits, his face was ruddy, he was very interested, and he spoke in an exceptionally warm tone. After giving instructions with a smile, he took the lead in walking to the upper seat and took a seat. Under the leadership of Zhang Tingyu, several seventy-year-old ministers who were specially selected to accompany the banquet became the chief executives, laughing and chatting with the old man.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has a call."

Hong Qing is at the center and is the grandson of the dragon, so she has to accompany the first few seats, mingling with a group of old people who came to the banquet, when she was passing the cups and cups, she saw Li Dequan in a hurry Walked over, bowed towards Hong Qing, and reported in a low voice.

"Elders, Your Majesty has a call, and the little king needs to be with you for a while, gentlemen, please do as you please, and the little king will come back as soon as he goes."

Hearing the old man's invitation, Hong Qing did not dare to be negligent, but she did not show any disrespect to the old people at the same table, and after humbly confessing her crime, she got up and turned to the chairman where the old man was. After walking, I saw that the third master was already standing behind the old man, his brows were involuntarily frowned, but he didn't dare to delay, he rushed to the old man's side, knelt down on the ground, and asked Ann.

"Forget it, let's get down, I'm too strong to drink, Qing'er and you, Ama, will toast each table on my behalf to express my gratitude."

The old man didn't let Hong Qing think too much, he waved his hand with a smile, and gave a casual order.

"Hey, grandson obeys the order!"

It is an extremely high honor to toast to each table on behalf of the old man, Hong Qing dare not resign, so she can only respectfully accept the promise, and together with the third master, several eunuchs accompanied the chairman, and slowly walked down All the tables went and thanked each other for a toast.

With the actions of the third master and his son, the people at each table did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and they all flattered them with smiles on their faces. The atmosphere of the banquet was extremely high for a while, and all the elder brothers looked at the third master and his son There is inevitably envy and jealousy in the eyes, especially the old ten. The jealousy in the eyes is so fierce that it can burn a hole in the sky. Grandpa has killed thousands of times.

"Third Master, Your Majesty's expression is a bit strange. Doctor Wang was looking at it earlier, and said that the blood was on the head. If you drink more, the servant is afraid that something will happen. Look at this..."

There are nearly [-] tables of banquets in the square, even if each table is just to say hello, it’s fine to say something, but it’s not an easy job to walk around. After taking turns in the battle, they could barely cope with it. When the chairman returned to his command, the third father and his son were already slightly drunk, but at this moment, Li Dequan looked sad. He came up to greet him, and whispered an explanation in the third master's ear.

"Oh?"

The third master was already a little drank, and when he heard Li Dequan's words, he immediately woke up seven minutes from the wine, and hurriedly looked over to the chairman, only to realize that the old man's face was extremely red, and the corners of his mouth The side was tilted from time to time, obviously something was wrong with her body, she couldn't help being taken aback, but she didn't dare to make a quick decision, instead she took a quick look at Hong Qing until she saw that Hong Qing remained calm Nodding his head, he hastened to order: "It's not too late. If you have trouble, Eunuch Li, go and pass on the order of the king immediately, so let's play music to see off the guests."

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With the words of the third master, Li Dequan breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly responded, and quickly walked towards the drum team in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The old man on the board was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think much about it. He waved his hand, and was served by two eunuchs. After getting on the dragon chariot, with a loud shout, the large group of people marched towards the Hall of Central Harmony. Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and other senior scholars, as well as elder brothers, did not dare to be negligent, and got up one after another to follow the emperor. driving behind.

The Hall of Central Harmony is the place where the emperor rests his feet when holding grand ceremonies. Generally speaking, grand ceremonies are held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The ceremonies are cumbersome and time-consuming. Not only is it a torment for the officials, but also for the emperor. It is also physical work, and when the ceremony is over, it is often exhausting. At this time, the Hall of Zhonghe comes in handy. The emperor can rest here before returning to the harem. The birthday ceremony of the old man is also the same So, the difference is that at this time, the hall of Zhonghe and even the surrounding corridors are filled with various congratulatory gifts, such as jade carvings, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., piled up in a dazzling array of jewels. Absolutely, it is dazzling to see.

"Huang Ama, my servants have already asked the subordinate servants to prepare a soft couch in the hall. If you are not in a hurry to return, just rest in this hall first. If you can allow your sons to be filial, then Blessed are the sons."

When the old man started to drive, the third master had already led the people to the Zhonghe Hall as quickly as possible, and made a quick arrangement. Just after the arrangement was completed, the old man was already marching with the support of two young eunuchs When the palace came, the third master saw this, hurried forward to meet him, and remonstrated with a smile on his face.

"Well, the third child has a heart. I'm not tired, so I'll just take a look at some very strange congratulatory gifts. Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

The old man didn't accept the kindness of the third master, he waved his hand with a smile, pushed away the two little eunuchs who were supporting him on the left and right, and wandered along the edge of the hall with erratic footsteps. Not daring to step forward to disturb the old man's elegant mood, so he could only follow around with different expressions.

"Well, who sent this box? Why is it closed?"

The congratulatory gifts that can be displayed in the Hall of Central Harmony are all treasures. Even though the old man is used to seeing treasures, he is still dazzled by the dazzling array of gifts in front of him. He commented on them with great interest while walking, but When he reached the center of the hall, the old man frowned suddenly, pointed at a large closed box, and asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, it was just sent by the servant. This is a gift specially given by the General King to the servant to bring back from the front line."

As soon as the old man's question came out, the third master was a little bit blind, nothing else, the layout of the Hall of Central Harmony was handled by him himself, and there was never such a strange big box in his memory, and he was at a loss. On the other hand, he saw a military attache squeezed out of the top-ranking officials following behind, and rushed to the front of the imperial court in a few strides.

"Yo, it's Orontai, tell me, what's in it?"

The old man took a closer look and saw that it was Erluntai who came, the corner of his mouth immediately twitched, he smiled and raised his hand, signaling Erluntai to flatten his body, but he began to question with great interest.

"If you return to the master, the slave doesn't know. The general king only said that the inside is a rare treasure from heaven, and the slave has no chance to see it."

Orontai has had several ups and downs in the past ten years. First, he was relegated to Beigukou for a few years because of drinking and making trouble in the Mulan hunting ground. It was never a serious job, until the old fourteen won the commander-in-chief position and was recommended to him, then he was able to re-assign the title of first-class bodyguard in Ouchi, and went out with the army in the name of deputy commander. This time, he was entrusted by the old fourteen The birthday ceremony in Beijing, rushed all the way, the capital who just arrived yesterday, rushed to the palace to attend the banquet, so he didn't go to the third master to arrange gifts, relying on his own experience as a first-class guard in the palace , Familiar with the situation, people directly put the gift of the general king into the palace, at this moment, when the old man asked, he dared not neglect it, and hurriedly bowed to answer.

"A rare treasure from heaven? Heh, I'm really curious, come here, open it."

Hearing Erluntai's pedantic remarks, the old man's original interest immediately became more intense, and without thinking about it, he waved his hand and gave orders with great interest.

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Li Dequan was accompanying the attendant, he heard the old man's order, he dared not delay a little bit, he hastily responded, strode forward, and took the copper spoon from a young eunuch who was by his side all the time , quickly inserted it into the copper lock hole on the box, but after hearing a crisp "click", the copper lock had been unlocked, and Li Dequan lifted the cover casually. Just looking at it, his body immediately stiffened like a puppet. On the spot...

(End of this chapter)