Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 40
Following Hou Balin out of the back garden, Fang Yiai was surprised to find that the Hou's mansion, which was just busy with servants from the mansion just now, was full of well-dressed civil and military officials!
Looking at the group of officials standing in the courtyard chatting happily, Fang Yiai muttered softly, "Could it be that these people came together?"

Although Fang Yiai's muttering was small, Hou Balin heard it clearly, "The Holy Majesty hosted a banquet for the ministers at noon today. These ministers have just come out of the palace."

In history, it was not common for the emperor to entertain his ministers. After the royal family had happy events, all that remained was to win people's hearts.

Knowing this well, Fang Yiai couldn't help being a little curious when he learned what was going on, "Banquet for the ministers? Is there any grand event in the palace?"

Hearing Fang Yiai's question, Hou Balin scratched his head and said after a while, "I heard that Princess Changle is getting engaged."

Hou Balin's words reminded Fang Yiai of the "virtuous and virtuous" Li Shimin's eldest daughter in the history books—Princess Li Lizhi of Changle.

Princess Changle is the eldest daughter of Empress Changsun, and her status among all the princesses is unmatched. Compared with concubine princesses like Xiangcheng and Gaoyang, she is obviously much more favored.

Although Princess Changle was favored by thousands of people in the palace, she was finally married to Changsun Wuji's son, Changsun Chong by a political marriage.

Reminiscent of the fate of the ancient royal princess, Fang Yiai couldn't help but shook her head and smiled bitterly, "No wonder Gao Yang always made things difficult for me. It seems that she doesn't want to marry into the Fang family, does she?"

While the two were talking, a burly middle-aged man who was thought to be dressed in fancy clothes came out slowly from the main hall of the Hou Mansion.

"My lords, thank you for coming to Hou's birthday banquet today, please take a seat."

Looking at Hou Junji standing on the stage, Fang Yi's heart twitched slightly. It turned out that Chen Guogong, who planned to rebel in the future, was not as hideous as described in the history books.

While Fang Yiai was thinking, Li Su also walked out from the back garden slowly.

Seeing Li Su walking out, Hou Balin clasped his fists and said, "Brother, young prince. Let's go in."

After finishing speaking, Hou Balin took the lead and led Fang Yiai and Li Su towards the main hall.

Climbing up the steps, just as Fang Yiai was in a happy mood preparing to participate in the birthday banquet "eating and drinking", a soft hum suddenly came from behind him, which made most of his good mood disappear in an instant.

"Hmph, even a commoner dares to come to pay respects to Chen Guogong's birthday, did he sneak in?"

Looking back, I saw an obese middle-aged man in fancy clothes standing behind Fang Yiai, pointing at him who was dressed in common clothes.

Seeing that the fat man judges people by their appearance, Fang Yiai felt a little upset, and wanted to refute, but was afraid of disturbing Hou Junji's birthday banquet, so she had no choice but to swallow it.

Seeing that Fang Yiai remained silent, the look of contempt on the fat man's face became more and more dignified. Just as he was about to pass Fang Yiai and enter the main hall, a pair of toad eyes immediately caught sight of the old doctor who was sitting at the banquet in the corridor. , "Huh? Isn't this the old doctor of the Imperial College! Why is he here? A seventh-rank official is also eligible to participate in the Duke's birthday banquet?"

Hearing the fat man's question, a young man with an obscene face said in a low voice: "I heard that he is the teacher of the Young Master in the Imperial College. Chen Guogong must have called him because of the Young Master's face." .”

"That's right, there are so many meals at the banquet, there must be more than enough to eat. It's a waste to feed the dogs, it's better to make it cheaper, old boy!" After finishing speaking, the fat man sneered, and walked slowly into the main hall with his hands behind his back.

When passing by Fang Yi'ai, because of the crowd, the fat man was squeezed out of shape, and then rushed straight towards Fang Yi'ai.

Seeing the fat man staggering and about to fall, although Fang Yi felt a little unhappy in his heart, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to support him.

The fat man felt that he had lost face in front of everyone, and instead of thanking Fang Yiai who had reached out to help him, he sternly scolded: "Go away, a poor man, don't insult the master's clothes!"

"Snapped!"

As soon as the fat man finished speaking, a crisp slap sounded.

"Who the hell are you talking about? This is my elder brother!" Seeing Fang Yi lovingly supporting him, but being insulted by the fat man, Hou Balin was furious, grabbed the fat man by the collar and cursed: "I don't love you!" Get out after drinking, if you dare to disturb my father's birthday banquet, I will tear you apart!"

Fatty just wanted to get angry, but he learned his identity from Hou Balin's words. Looking at the young Duke who looked like a god in front of him, although Fatty's official position was not low, he didn't dare to be in the Duke's mansion. With the slightest presumptuous move, "Young master."

Seeing Fang Yiai's displeasure, Hou Balin couldn't help but feel his heart sank as he was bent on asking for something. If Fang Yiai walked away because of this matter, not only would his wish to get acquainted with Qin Qiong come to naught, but he might even make preparations to give her to Qin Qiong. Hou Junji's birthday gift will also be ruined because of this.

Thinking of this, Hou Balin, who grew up in the military camp since he was a child, showed his true nature, stretched out his hand and gave the fat man a hard push, "Fuck you!"

Seeing Hou Ba Lin's face full of anger, the fat man knew that he had offended someone he shouldn't have offended, and then he cupped his hands and quickly squeezed into the crowd and entered the hall.

"Brother, don't be as knowledgeable as this bastard. Damn, can my elder brother be bullied by you in my house?"

After finishing speaking, Hou Balin pulled the palm of the house's widow, ready to enter the main hall to take a seat.

But before he could move forward, Fang Yiai stopped him, "Follow me to see the old doctor."

Knowing that the old doctor was in the Hou Mansion, Li Su, who had been staring at the plum blossom in his hand in a daze, raised his head, and after a while of watching, he also found the old doctor who was in the corridor at the moment.

The three of them came to the corridor, looking at the old doctor who was shivering in the cold wind, Fang Yiai couldn't help but feel a little sad.

The old doctor was sorting out textbooks at the Imperial College, and rushed over non-stop when he received Hou Junji's invitation, but after he arrived full of joy, he was arranged by the housekeeper to this last-class banquet in the corridor.

Reminiscent of how old he was and how he had to sit in the corridor to bear the disdainful gazes of everyone, the more the old doctor thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and he couldn't help himself and drank a few more glasses of water and wine.

Seeing the old doctor's pitiful expression, Fang Yiai was slightly taken aback, and then said, "Master, why are you sitting here?"

"Ah?" Seeing the sound of life in his ear, the old doctor rubbed his dazed eyes. After seeing Fang Yiai and the three of them, he couldn't help blushing, and said, "I'm here to blow some air, to blow some air."

Although Hou Balin had a reckless and rude personality, he really respected the teacher. Seeing the old doctor shivering in the cold wind, he immediately rushed to blame himself, and hurriedly said: "Master, hurry up and sit in the main hall."

Seeing Hou Ba Lin's invitation, the old doctor felt warm and said with a beaming smile, "Okay, okay."

After finishing speaking, the old doctor got up slowly with the support of Hou Balin and Fang Yiai, and the four of them walked towards the main hall together.

Walking halfway, a woman dressed as a lady stopped Hou Balin immediately.

"Lin'er, your second uncle and the others are here, go to the door to meet them!"

"Understood, mother." After Hou Balin responded, he said to Fang Yiai: "Brother, you go in first. I will come later."

After finishing speaking, Hou Balin followed his mother to the door to welcome the guests.

After Hou Balin left, Li Su took his place, supported the old doctor with Fang Yiai, and walked slowly towards the main hall.

The three of them came to the main hall, and just as they were about to step into the gate, the fat man who had been beaten by Hou Balin also came out from the main hall at the same time.

The fat man who was planning to go to the convenience saw Fang Yiai, and couldn't help but think of Hou Balin's slap just now. Now seeing Fang Yiai supporting the old doctor, he couldn't help thinking that Fang Yiai was just the son of a low-ranking Beijing official. The reason why Hou Balin called him the eldest brother was because he used sweet words to confuse the young and innocent young master.

Thinking of this, the fat man smiled slightly, and waved to the butler of the Hou Mansion who was standing aside to welcome everyone.

After calling the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, the fat man whispered a few words into the housekeeper's ear, and then swaggered to the toilet for convenience.

After the fat man left, the three of Fang Yiai were about to enter the door when they were stopped by the housekeeper of the Hou residence.

Because it was Hou Junji's birthday, the housekeeper didn't dare to neglect. After being reminded by the ill-intentioned fat man, he immediately questioned Fang Yiai and the three of them, "The banquet in the hall is for officials above rank five. Are you What official position?"

Seeing the housekeeper blocking the way to ask, the old doctor said timidly: "Old man, old man, from the fifth grade doctor."

Knowing the official position of the old doctor, the housekeeper seemed a little embarrassed, but seeing his beard and white beard, the housekeeper couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic in his heart, "From the fifth rank? That won't work. The old doctor sees that you are getting old, why don't you go to the second rank?" Shall we have a banquet?"

The old doctor wasted his whole life, because of his old-fashioned temper, he was suppressed everywhere, how could he dare to act presumptuously in the Duke's mansion where he was a high-ranking official, "Okay, okay."

After finishing speaking, the butler immediately looked at Fang Yiai and Li Su, "Where are the two young masters?"

Because the title can be inherited, Li Su said bluntly: "The son of the Prince of Hejian County."

Seeing Li Su reveal his identity, Fang Yiai didn't think too much about it, because he was invited by Hou Balin, so he wasn't afraid that he wouldn't be able to enter the main hall, "Commoner."

"So it's the young prince." After saluting to Li Su, the housekeeper looked at Fang Yiai in embarrassment, and wanted to ask him to go to the corridor for dinner, but seeing him with Li Su, he didn't know how to speak for a while .

While the housekeeper was hesitating, the fat man who had gone for convenience came back swaggeringly. Seeing Fang Yiai being questioned by the housekeeper, the fat man smiled complacently, and then spit at Fang Yiai's feet.

The fat man's contemptuous behavior made Fang Yiai very unhappy, and said, "Don't worry about the housekeeper, how about I follow the master to the second hall?"

Seeing that Fang Yiai offered to go to the second hall, the housekeeper immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Okay, okay. Please follow me."

The reason why Li Su came to the Hou's Mansion was for Fang Yiai. Seeing that Fang Yiai and the old doctor were going to the second hall, he also followed.

After walking a few steps forward, seeing the fat man approaching the main hall triumphantly, Fang Yiai sneered, his eyes full of amusement.

Today, Hou Balin wanted him to write calligraphy for Hou Junji at the birthday banquet. When this reckless young master came back to find Fang Yiai and the others, Hou Balin would do something when he saw that the carefully prepared birthday gift was in vain. What's the reaction?
Li Su, who saw what the fat man had ordered the housekeeper to do, couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly when he saw the fat man walk into the main hall, and murmured, "It's so ridiculous that you don't know when the disaster is coming."

(End of this chapter)