Yipin Tang

Chapter 71 Farce
What surprised Wang Xiang was that Li Er didn't ask him about the cook, nor did he mention the kitchen knife, but just said lightly: "Good job." This made his prepared remarks useless land.

Next is the part where the prince and princess congratulate Li Er on his birthday. Logically speaking, the crown prince should start, but Li Chengqian has not been seen since the birthday banquet. Changsun Wuji couldn’t help wondering why Li Chengqian, who is always honest and filial, was absent Li Er's birthday banquet, but it is inconvenient for him to send someone to investigate at this time.

Li Chengqian was not around and the other princes had to celebrate Li Er's birthday. The little fat man Li Tai got up and said to Li Er, "Father is celebrating his birthday. My son has prepared a gift for Father."

Li Er looked at the proud Li Tai and nodded in satisfaction. Li Tai was the most knowledgeable among all the princes, and he liked Li Er the most.

With his shrewdness, he had already guessed a thing or two about the gift he told Li Tai, but he didn't tell the truth, but looked at Li Tai encouragingly: "What gift did Qingque prepare for Father?"

On this occasion, Li Er directly called Li Tai by his nickname, which shows how much he likes him.

Feeling the encouragement in Li Er's eyes, Li Tai immediately became more confident. He took out an exquisite sandalwood box and raised his hands to his chest, saying: "A few days ago, my father agreed to compile "Kuo Di Zhi", the Literature Museum The bachelors are all collecting information, and now the general outline has been completed, and it is dedicated to the father, wishing the father a good life and health, and the Tang Dynasty will last forever."

Li Er was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said to Chen Gui who was standing behind him: "Submit it quickly."

Wang Xiang raised his head and glanced at the chubby Li Tai. It had been a long time since he had seen him, and he still liked to show off as always.It is no wonder that he is so proud. Among Li Er's many princes, Li Tai is probably the only one who is talented enough to compile "Kuo Di Zhi". In addition, he has always been favored by Li Er, so it is not surprising that he is arrogant.

Chen Gui presented the sandalwood box, Li Er opened the wooden box and Wang Xiang looked over curiously.

Inside was a carefully bound booklet, not too thick, it looked like only ten pages or so. On the cover was written "Kuo Dizhi" in block letters. It was someone like Wang Xiang who didn't know anything about calligraphy. It can also be seen that the words are very beautiful.

Li Er nodded in satisfaction, opened the booklet and read it page by page. He read it very carefully. After reading it, his face became even more smiling, and he said, "This gift is very good. Qingque's knowledge has always been made. Very good, other princes should learn more from him."

The princes who were present said yes after hearing the words, and the envoys from all over the world praised the unparalleled talent of King Wei, and Li Tai's brows were even more proud.

Li Er was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Wei Wang has made great contributions to Tang Sheji in compiling "Kuo Di Zhi", and he was appointed as the governor of Xiangzhou, Xu Buzhi, and devoted himself to compiling "Kuo Di Zhi".

Originally, he wanted Li Tai to move to Wude Hall, but he thought of Wei Zheng's old face before giving up.

Li Tai received Li Er's praise and reward, and Xie En, who was satisfied with the reward, sat down.

The congratulatory gifts presented by the other princes and princesses were nothing more than some rare things, and Li Er also smiled and praised them one by one, but his attitude towards Li Tai was much worse than that of Li Tai. What I presented was a birthday celebration poem written by myself, which made Li Erda very happy. He praised Xiao Sizi for his good poems and beautiful handwriting. Fiddle with what kind of quill.

Wang Xiang lay on the gun innocently, and said weakly: "Your Majesty, the little princess's poem is for the sake of my servant."

Li Er gave Wang Xiang a disdainful look: "Competing with a four-year-old child is really an insult to the literati."

Wang Xiang asked the sky speechlessly, turned his grief and anger into strength and buried himself in hot pot.

When the drums sounded, Li Ke made a grand appearance with a group of young girls. The costumes were all arranged by Wang Xiang, and there was a burst of exclamation as soon as he appeared on the stage.

Changsun Wuji didn't know about the rehearsal of the stage play by the prince and princess. At this time, seeing the lineup on the stage, he was shocked and dropped a hot cloud ear into the pot, and the court officials at the same table were not much better. Wei Zheng's face was even darker.

"How decent it is for a prince and princess to be so disregarding manners!"

Seeing that old man Wei was about to stand up and get angry, Changsun Wuji quickly stretched out his hand to hold him and said, "Old Wei, today is His Majesty's birthday, and so many envoys from all countries are watching, so don't let His Majesty get in the way."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng blew his beard and stared at him, and said, "Why are you embarrassing Your Majesty? As a prince and princess, you don't care about your manners, and messing around with comedians in the palace in front of so many foreign envoys is detrimental to the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. ..."

Wei Zheng's righteous words are completely useless when he meets an old fritter like Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji said flatly: "As a prince and princess, there is nothing wrong with showing filial piety to His Majesty, but you, if you give it to him at the birthday banquet It would be detrimental to His Majesty's prestige if His Majesty added obstacles."

"You..." Wei Zheng was stunned, it was really not appropriate to speak to His Majesty at this time.

Wei Zheng sat down angrily with a dark face, cursing in his heart: What bastard came up with such a bad idea!

Wang Xiang was cooking a piece of fat mutton, and suddenly his nose itched and he couldn't help but sneezed, and the half-cooked mutton slice also fell into the pot, which immediately aroused Li Er's eyebrows.

Wang Xiang rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said in embarrassment: "It must be that my wife misses me."

The concubines present couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.

After several days of careful rehearsals, the stage play with a luxurious lineup finally collapsed. The young princes and princesses were so excited that they couldn’t find Bei when they came on stage. into a farce situation.

Of course, hearing bursts of laughter in the hall shows that this farce still has merits. Even Li Er couldn't help laughing out loud several times, but he held it back forcefully in the end. He felt uncomfortable, being an emperor was really hard sometimes, and he had to hold back his laughter.

In any case, the unique performance of the stage play still made everyone very interested. In addition, many foreign envoys did not know that the prince and princess were performing on the stage, so they laughed without fear.

Wang Xiang also felt a little uneasy when a stage play celebrating the birthday of a group of immortals ended like this. Li Ke and Li Zhi on the stage were even more ashamed.

"My son... my son messed up."

Son?The Linde Hall, which was still full of laughter just now, was suddenly silent. The envoys of Fanbang sat upright, unsmiling, and the Linde Hall was terribly quiet. No one knew how Li Er would react.

Wei Zheng glared at the eldest grandson Wuji who closed his eyes and meditated, and said in his heart: You don't want to look at it now.

Li Er looked at the prince and princess who were still panting slightly on the stage. Li Ke and Li Zhi still had crystal beads of sweat on their foreheads. They seemed ashamed and aggrieved. For some reason, Li Er suddenly felt that these princes and princesses needed him as a father. Huang's affirmation and encouragement, he also wanted to give them such affirmation and encouragement, he found that he had neglected too many things in the past.Once upon a time, he was so eager to get his father's affirmation and encouragement.

(End of this chapter)