Tonight is the day for the King of Shu's invitation to a banquet. Li Yi only intends to make a cutscene, not to lose face of the prince, so there is nothing to prepare. In the afternoon, he is still preparing lessons in his room.
If he wanted to return to Qing'an Mansion as soon as possible, he had to get rid of those little troubles as soon as possible, but he couldn't fool those little princes and princesses casually.
"Grandpa, the clothes are on the bed." Xiaohuan walked in from the outside and put a stack of clothes on Li Yi's bedside.
Although she is still Ruyi's personal servant girl, in this family, she is actually the same as the master. She doesn't have to do these rough jobs, but she does it herself when it comes to Li Yi or Ruyi. Let the other maids intervene.
After putting the folded clothes on Li Yi's bedside, she did not leave. With her hands behind her back, she walked to Li Yi's side with small steps, and looked at the table with her head poking around.
I wondered in my heart, what is my uncle writing, is it a farewell letter to myself and the second lady? Could it be that the uncle really wants to elope with the young lady and leave them behind
"What are you looking at?" Li Yi looked back at her and asked curiously.
Since the morning, the little maid's behavior has become a little strange. She obviously doesn't know a few words, but she still pretends to read what he wrote. She never did this before.
"No, no..." Xiaohuan shook her head like a rattle, and immediately ran out of the room.
Li Yi glanced at her inexplicably, and found that it was not early, and it was time to go to the Shu Palace for a banquet.
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Although the King of Shu is not a direct son, he is the eldest son of the current emperor. He moved out of the palace a few years ago. Unlike many other princes, the King of Shu did not go to his fief, but stayed in the capital.
Not only that, the Prince of Shu's mansion recruits more virtuous men, and there are always many courts on weekdays. Those who come and go are not the children of high-ranking officials, but also honorable families. Young heroes from all walks of life are all proud of making friends with the King of Shu. Of course, the King of Shu himself is also among the people. Zhilong, who has both civil and military skills, has a very high reputation in Beijing.
For an ordinary prince, it is a taboo thing to stay in his own fief dishonestly and instead plant wings in Beijing.
Today the world is still His Majesty's world, a prince is making such a fuss in the capital, does he want to rebel
However, the king of Shu is no ordinary prince.
He is the eldest prince, born of Concubine Cui Gui. Since the empress has no sons, according to the principle of the royal family establishing a descendant but not a concubine, and establishing an elder but not a young, the King of Shu is the best candidate to be in charge of the East Palace.
There are countless people who believe that the King of Shu will be the future prince and the next king of Jingguo. Therefore, even Yushitai turned a blind eye to his behavior, and Cui Guifei was behind the scenes. The Cui family contributed to the flames, making the reputation of the king of Shu the same for a while, except for an edict issued by His Majesty, he is no different from the prince.
This is also the reason why Li Yisi didn't refuse the King of Shu's invitation to a banquet after thinking about it.
Although he was helpless, he had to admit that the King of Shu—he couldn't afford to provoke him!
Let the future emperor of Jingguo hold grudges in his heart, let alone the capital, there will be no place for him in Qing'an Mansion or even the entire Jingguo, and the days he will live in the future can be imagined.
Is it possible that he really wants to take his family away from Jingguo and live a life of ups and downs
It is not easy to live in the feudal society of the dog days.
Cursing secretly in his heart, he took two steps forward and handed the post to the servants of Shu Palace.
"It turns out to be Li Xianzi, welcome, welcome." The servant of the Shu Palace had a signature smile on his face. When facing Li Yi, there was no respectful expression on his face.
This is also very normal, even the Duke of the Kingdom does not know how many people he has received, a mere county, there are eighty if not one hundred in Kyoto, if he is not a guest of His Highness, he will not pay more attention on weekdays.
"Master Qin, come in, come in." Not far from Li Yi, another servant invited a young man into the palace with a smile on his face.
The servant behind the young man handed a brocade box to the servants of the palace, and said: "This is the original work of Zuo Gong. I know that the prince likes Zuo Gong's calligraphy, so the young man spent a lot of effort to find it."
Hearing the word "Zuo Gong", Li Yi lost his mind for a moment. He only knew that the other party was an existing calligraphy master in Jingguo. It seemed that his status in the court was not low. The man named Zuo Qiu once mentioned it.
"Li Xianzi?" Suddenly heard the servant's voice.
Li Yi came back to his senses, turned to look at him, and asked, "What else is there?"
The servant looked at him and asked tentatively, "Your salute..."
"Prayer?" Li Yi turned his head and looked at Miss Liu Er. When the King of Shu sent someone to send him an invitation, he never mentioned the salute!
The ghost knows that there is still such a rule in the capital that you must give gifts when you come to visit
Li Yi looked at the servant and asked, "If you don't salute, can you not go in?"
If this is the case, Xin Dao just happens to have a legitimate reason to go back home.
"No, there is no such rule..." The servant was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head and said.
There is no rule that you can't visit the palace of the Prince of Shu without giving a salute, but everyone is a person of status and status. It is the most basic etiquette to prepare a small gift when you visit the door, and it is also a respect for His Highness the Prince of Shu. A viscount, do you want to be so stingy
"Please, magistrate." The servant was thinking in his heart, but he couldn't say it out, so he had no choice but to make an invitation gesture.
He knew that His Highness the King of Shu would not care about whether there was a salute, but he was so ignorant as a guest
Li Yi had already noticed at this time that, except for him, everyone who entered the palace would offer salutes. It seemed that the capital really had such a rule.
This is a good atmosphere. When I get to know more friends in the future, I don’t need to do business. I can just hold a banquet at home every day. I can guarantee that I will get cramp in my hand and sell it. Wouldn’t I have money
Fortunately, he didn't know this rule. He had no plans to invite the King of Shu in the future. If he couldn't take the gift back, he might as well not give it away.
Shaking his head and stepping into the palace, Second Miss Liu, as his personal female bodyguard, naturally also followed.
"Girl, wait a minute!" The servant hastily reached out his hand to stop her.
"Why, only one person can enter a greeting card?" Li Yi turned his head and asked with a frown.
"No, no." The servant hurriedly shook his head, pointed to the sword in Liu Ruyi's hand and said, "Since it was brought by Li Xianzi, this girl can of course go in, but you can't bring weapons when you enter the palace. You need to leave the sword here, just take it when you leave."
Who is His Highness the King of Shu, and his identity is so important. If something happens, no one related to it will escape, including of course all the servants of the palace.
Although the strict orders of the palace are not as strict as those of the palace, there is one rule that is deadly.
Except for the guards of the palace, all outsiders are not allowed to bring weapons into the palace. Of course, such a long sword cannot be brought in.
Miss Liu Er's sword is almost inseparable from the body. Li Yi once couldn't find something to kill fish, and took advantage of Miss Liu Er's attention to steal her sword, and was chased and killed by her for a long time. Tian didn't get out of bed, which shows how precious she is to this sword.
I thought she would refuse, but I didn't expect that she just glanced at the next person indifferently, and then put the sword in her hand on the table behind.
"Watch it carefully." Li Yi reminded this servant.
The servants of the palace smiled and nodded, but they were secretly contemptuous in their hearts. There is no need to be careful with such a broken sword. Any hidden sword in the palace is much better than it.
He looked up at Li Yi one more time, feeling extremely suspicious in his heart, the prince—how could he invite such a bumpkin