Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31
"Brother Liu Qi, wait!"

Just when Liu Qi was about to lead Cai Yan to the palace gate, a loud shout came from the other side.

Liu Qi turned his head to look, and saw three people riding horses, the front one was a combination of one black and one white, and a scribe was half a step behind.

It was Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Xun Yu.

"Brother Meng De, Brother Ben Chu, Brother Wen Ruo!" Liu Qi greeted with a smile.

"Haha, it really is Brother Liu Qi, I thought I was wrong just now!" Cao Cao laughed.

When the three of them came to Liu Qi and Cai Yan, they got off their horses one after another. They also needed to enter the palace on foot.

"Unexpectedly, Brother Liu Qi would also come to the palace banquet. I didn't believe Meng De said that he saw Brother Liu Qi before!" Yuan Shao said.

Standing beside Cao Cao, Xun Yu also smiled and nodded to Liu Qi and Cai Yan.

"Brother Benchu, I'm still very confused. After all, I don't have an official position. I'm just a commoner, but I'm still terrified when I receive an invitation to a banquet!" Liu Qi smiled wryly.

"Brother Liu Qi is too humble. You must know that Master Lu has been recommending you before, but you didn't agree. What's more, you are enough to attend this banquet with your status as a good brother!" Cao Cao said disapprovingly.

He knew that Lu Zhi and the others had been recommending Liu Qi to be an official in the court before, but Liu Qi had shirked it for various reasons.

Liu Qi shook his head, but didn't reply, and it's hard to talk about it, silence is the best.

"Okay, it's not long before the banquet starts, let's go to the palace first, we'll talk later!" Yuan Shao said with his eyes shining brightly.

"Very good!"

"Very good!"

Neither Liu Qi nor Cao Cao refused. After all, it is not a good thing to stay here to talk. You must know that this is outside the gate of the palace. If it was normal, the soldiers guarding the palace gate would have come up to chase people away.

The group of people did not hesitate too much, and walked in together towards the palace gate.

When Liu Qi saw Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were walking, they cast their eyes on Cai Yan who was being led by him from time to time. Although there was surprise in his eyes, it was more puzzled.

He knew that in this era where men are superior to women, basically large-scale banquets will not bring female relatives. The female relatives who can attend the banquet are either the original spouse of the host who hosts the banquet, or have status, or have been rewarded, but he Without explaining anything, he squeezed Cai Yan's little hand slightly.

Cai Yan felt Liu Qi gently pinch her little hand, glanced at her, and saw Liu Qi's warm smile. She was a little nervous, but her mood relaxed.

soon
Liu Qi and his party came to the hall where the banquet was held.

I saw that there was a wide passageway in the middle of the hall, and there were desk tables neatly arranged on the left and right sides, which were very neatly aligned. Various food and drinks were placed on the desk tables.

There are also many officials who have arrived, or sit cross-legged at the table and talk to each other, or sit quietly alone, or are dating.

There are also a group of eunuchs and maids around the hall.

There is also a large table on the front steps, the food on the table is more delicate than the food on the table below, and the variety is also much more; behind the table is a large dragon chair; there is The position of the current ruler, Lingdi.

When Liu Qi walked to the entrance of the main hall, he looked around the main hall and observed the situation in the main hall.

"Brother Liu Qi, where is your position?" Cao Cao asked.

Liu Qi came to his senses and said with a smile, "There!"

After speaking, he raised his right hand and pointed to the first table on the right hand side of the door, the third row from the door.

"Then we won't be able to talk later, Benchu ​​and I are opposite to you!" Cao Cao said regretfully.

"It's a pity!" Yuan Shao said in agreement.

Both he and Cao Cao wanted to win over Liu Qi, but during this period of time, apart from getting acquainted with each other, there was no other progress.

"Hehe, brother Mengde, brother Benchu, after the banquet is over, we can meet again, right?" Liu Qi laughed.

"It is!"

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao said at the same time, and they didn't bother with this issue anymore.

Liu Qi led Cai Yan to sit down behind the arranged table, and Cai Yan also sat quietly on Liu Qi's left hand, pouring Liu Qi a glass of wine with his own hands.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao also went to sit opposite Liu Qi, their seats were connected, but Yuan Shao sat at the top, Cao Cao was at the next seat, but both were closer to the dragon chair than Liu Qi's seat.

However, Cao Cao's counselor Xun Yu was behind Liu Qi.

Liu Qi has been in this era for so long, and he also knows that this kind of banquet is very strict about seating. The left side of the dragon chair down the steps is the seat for civil servants, and the right is for military officers.

After descending from the dragon chair steps, the first seats on the left and right sides near the aisle are the places where the top leaders of civil and military officers sit, and then the first seats are arranged vertically according to the positions, and so on.

It can be said that those sitting in the first seat vertically down near the aisle are all people with real power.

Other than him, Liu Qi didn't think he had real power, and it was most likely because of his status that he was arranged here, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit here.

Liu Qi shook his head, picked up the wine that Cai Yan had poured for him, paid respects to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and finished drinking in one gulp.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were toasting Liu Qi, they also raised their glasses with smiles, made a toast in vain, and then drank it in one gulp. Be too casual, and even your words must be careful.

Liu Qi was also bored, chatting with Cai Yan from time to time, waiting for the banquet to start.

As the time for the banquet got closer, more and more people sat in the hall, even Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others came, but they sat in the front seats.

Cai Yong and Lu Zhi just nodded at Liu Qi when they came in, but didn't talk.

Soon, the seats in the hall were also filled with people, only the main character was missing, after all, this banquet was initiated by Emperor Ling, and now only Emperor Ling could start the banquet.

Liu Qi looked around, except for a few people he knew, he had never been in contact with others. For example, besides Xun Yu who was sitting next to him, he knew no one else.

Cai Yan also sat beside Liu Qi very quietly. You must know that Liu Qi was the only one who brought the female relatives here, and she didn't want to make any mistakes. If something went wrong, neither she nor Liu Qi could run away.

If Liu Qi could bring her to such a banquet, she wouldn't be able to cause Liu Qi any trouble.

(End of this chapter)