After the ministers presented birthday gifts, the banquet officially began.
Most of the things sent by the courtiers are some rare things, which are not worth much, but they are better than hunting. Those with titles, such as several princes of the state, as well as the princes of the county, gave relatively expensive gold and silver antiques.
After all, giving gifts is also very important. It is not an ordinary hardship to let the emperor see his heart, but not let the regent see how much money he has embezzled.
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Chi Zhao just took a look at the things sent by others and let the eunuch around him put them away, but Shen Wumian sent it, he kept it, and just played with it in his hands.
The courtiers below are staggering, and every now and then someone will stand up to offer a toast to the emperor, but everyone knows that the little emperor can't drink, so the toasters are all bold and do it all, and the emperor only needs to raise his glass if he wants. The wine in the glass didn't move at all.
People are easy to drift when they drink, even if these people are the pillars of the country, they cannot be exempted from the custom. Gradually, the ministers who were originally reserved and restrained became more and more happy to drink, and their voices became louder.
This dynasty is similar to the Sui and Tang dynasties. Although there are differences in respect among people, they are not as rigid as in the Ming and Qing dynasties. They are excited to drink. There are two generals who punched on the spot, and the people around saw it. He just smiled and didn't make a sound to stop it.
The country is inherently not peaceful, and if you don't even drink alcohol well, then you won't be able to get through this day.
It's almost time to see, a group of dancers dressed in cool dresses came, and everyone's eyes were attracted by these rare and stunning beauties, except for two people.
One is Chi Zhao, who focuses on playing with the objects in his hands, and the other is Shen Wumian, who focuses on Chi Zhao.
The thing that Shen Wumian gave was very ordinary, it was a piece of jade pendant. The material of the jade pendant was good, but in the palace where even the toilet was made of high-quality red sandalwood, it was not a rare thing, and the shape of the carving on the jade pendant was also very strange, not really. A pattern with a birthday meaning.
The front of the jade pendant is carved with evergreen pine and a unicorn sleeping under the pine tree. The carving is very fine, and even the lines on the horn of the unicorn are carved. On the back of the jade pendant, there is a text with some ancient strokes.
Chi Zhao squinted at it for a long time, and finally half-guessed, it should be a word for sleep.
To be honest, if you don't know who gave this jade pendant, Chi Zhao may think that the word is pronounced "Xia", "Xia" in Xiabu Xiabu.
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I heard that the Shen family, who was born as the regent, has a rule. On the day when the children of the direct line are born, they should ask the most skilled craftsmen in the world to carve a jade article for the newborn. If it is a son, carve a jade pendant, and if it is a daughter, create a jade hairpin. Yudu has been selected a long time ago, waiting for the child to be born, set a name, approved the eight characters, and then start work.
If there is no accident, the jade should be well preserved for more than ten years. When the child grows up and begins to be engaged, the jade will be taken out and given to the other party of the betrothed as a token.
The one in Chi Zhao's hand should be the betrothal jade pendant made for him by Shen Wumian's parents. He looked over and over without expression for a long time, as if he was not holding a jade pendant, but a piece of fat and thin pork.
Shen Wumian didn't seem to care, but in fact his eyes never left Chi Zhao's body. When he was not a prince, he led troops into the hinterland of the enemy country several times, and he was not as nervous as he is now. The jade dew nectar in the cup was like white water, and he drank one cup after another, but he couldn't taste how good the wine was.
In fact, Shen Wumian's move has no representative significance. His thoughts are still the same as before, to help the little emperor well, and strive to make him a wise king. As for the relationship between the two, it is better to further or maintain the current state. It doesn't matter.
He is not Shen Shiliu. He listens to what the little emperor says. He thinks more long-term. After the emperor marries a man, it will inevitably become a stain on the emperor's life. Maybe because of this incident, he will After wiping out all the merits of this emperor's life, after thousands of years, people can only remember that he married a male queen, but they can't remember what other great deeds he has done.
What exactly does Chen Yi care about, Shen Wumian doesn't know, he never cares about those false names, going around in circles, his mentality has returned to the past. As long as Chen Yi wants to do, he will do it for him without complaint.
Of course, the condition is that he must stay by his side all the time and can't look at other people again.
The food for the birthday banquet was carefully prepared by the imperial kitchen, but Chi Zhao didn't move a single bite. He still looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and didn't know what he was thinking. The system has disappeared again. It is said that the legendary preliminary round will be held soon. The preliminary round will be broadcast live on the whole network. The system has been under a lot of pressure recently, and a lot of redundant data garbage is generated every day. The baldness of the world.
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It's normal to feel nervous before the game, Chi Zhao didn't try to comfort it, and he felt that the system would definitely pass the preliminary round.
After all, the time the system has practiced singing is really super super super long.
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The system was not there, it was just convenient for Chi Zhao to think about some things. He lowered his eyes and scratched the pattern on the jade pendant with his thumb little by little. Suddenly, a drunken and loud voice sounded from the hall.
"Your Majesty, when the previous emperor was at His Majesty's age, he had already been married for a year. There were more than a dozen concubines, concubines, noble concubines, Shu concubines, virtuous concubines, and beauties in the palace. The old minister dared to ask if His Majesty should also get married, Have you spread branches and leaves for the royal family?"
The person who said this is the Prime Minister of the Right, the Prime Minister of the Left and the Prime Minister of the Right are both Regents, but compared to the Left Prime Minister who is absolutely royalist, the painting style of the Prime Minister of the Right is a bit strange, because no one can understand who he is. One of a kind.
To say that he supports the regent, but many times he sings against Shen Wumian, and to say that he supports the little emperor, but he and the left minister Wei are natural enemies, and there is no shortage of innuendo between each other in the Ming Dynasty. Shen Wumian guessed that he may have secretly colluded with people from other forces, but after investigating for a long time, he did not find any clues.
In the end, Shen Wumian could only come to a conclusion that this right-hand man, Mr. Huang, is just an old scumbag. He gets involved everywhere, and he doesn't form alliances anywhere, so he was so alone in the position of the right-hand minister. .
Being able to stand alone in this situation for so many years shows that this person is not simple.
However, after he finished saying these words today, his life on his own would probably be over.
After hearing what Lord Huang said, everyone's first reaction was to look at the little emperor who was sitting at the top, only the Minister Zuo, he turned his head abruptly, and looked at the regent who looked gloomy first.
The left minister's mood is a little complicated. In fact, what the right minister said, he wanted to tell His Majesty a long time ago, but after the incident of breaking into the palace last year, most of his people were killed and injured, and now he has no strength to confront the regent head-on.
Moreover, he still remembers clearly what the Regent said to him that day in the palace.
The meaning of the regent is very clear. He does not want to be the emperor, and he will never let others shake the status of the Chen Dynasty, but this is all because he is pleased with His Majesty. If His Majesty is by his side and is good with him, he will He is willing to be his servant, but if someone dares to take His Majesty away from him, or if His Majesty wants to escape from him, then the first thing he will do is to rise up and change the dynasty.
The second thing is to make the current His Majesty the queen.
Being liked by a man like Shen Wumian is the luck of Chen Guo, and it is also the misfortune of Chen Guo. Now there are serious internal and external troubles. To be honest, if Chen Yi really wants to govern, with Chen Yi's current level, he will definitely not be able to keep Chen Guo. ; The only thing that can keep both inside and outside in a delicate balance, and deter other countries from attacking, is Shen Wumian.
So after leaving the palace that day, Zuo Xiang only thought about it for an hour, and decided to pretend that nothing had happened. As for the issue of the royal family heirs, he only thought about it once and didn't think about it. No matter how weak the royal family is, it will not even be able to find a child with royal blood, but a capable person like Shen Wumian, there is only one in heaven and earth.
These truths, the left side thinks very clearly, but others don't think so. In fact, someone has long proposed to let Chen Yi get married, but those voices have been suppressed by Shen Wumian before they are made. Today, the right side suddenly proposed this. This incident also caught Shen Wumian by surprise, because before today, the Right Prime Minister never showed any signs of wanting to get involved in this matter.
The hall became quiet for a while, and even the two generals who were punching were silent. The dancer and musician saw that the situation was not right, so he slowly stopped his movements. Such a lively scene suddenly became silent. The situation was so strange. Most people are stunned.
The Right Prime Minister still looked cheerful, Shen Wumian stared at him for a while, then turned his head to look at the young man at the top.
Today is the birthday banquet, so the young man is wearing a dark red dragon robe. The young man has fair skin, which is very suitable for this color. After raising it for a whole year, various medicinal foods are constantly supplemented, and this is how the young man grows on his pointed chin. A little meat, at this time he was supporting his head with one hand and holding the jade pendant he gave him in the other.
With a "click", the jade pendant was placed on the table, and the sound of the collision between the jade and the white marble table was very clear. Seeing the little emperor's movements, Shen Wumian's heart sank for some reason.
Now Chi Zhao is not so transparent in front of all the ministers. Shen Wumian let him participate in the decision-making of the government, intentionally or unintentionally. After so long, everyone can see that the Prince Regent is delegating power, although he does not know why. I will do this, but everyone knows that the current emperor is no longer the puppet emperor of the past.
The emperor can make decisions, and the right minister just asked the emperor himself. Everyone looked at him nervously, not knowing how he would answer.
Shen Wumian not only excluded others from mentioning his own marriage, but also excluded others from mentioning the emperor's marriage. To be eligible to participate in the birthday banquet, either the emperor's important minister or the royal family's relatives, in short, everyone is not an idiot. Since ancient times, the most messy and dirty things have always come from the emperor's family. Such a simple thing, just think about it a little bit. Almost clear.
This is the reason why everyone is afraid to speak.
Everyone was looking at Chi Zhao, but Chi Zhao turned his eyes and looked at Shen Wumian, who was closest to him.
Chi Zhao's eyes are pure and clean, but because they are too clean, they will arouse disgust from others. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. When the water is extremely clean, it means that there is nothing there, no love, no hatred, no country, and no court.
There is no such person as Shen Wumian.
Shen Wumian's pupils tightened slightly, he straightened his body, and it seemed that he wanted to stand up, but he was worried about others, so he still sat firmly in his original position.
Chi Zhao probably understood what he wanted to do. He should have wanted to rush over and ask himself why he didn't answer, why he hesitated, but even if he asked, Chi Zhao didn't know the answer.
He didn't understand why he hesitated, in fact, he originally wanted to agree.
Shen Wumian's delegating power is an opportunity for him, he can slowly take power, just like the original owner and Shen Wumian in the previous life, fighting each other for power, fighting to the death or the other, Shen Wumian likes him, and can only watch what happened in the previous life If the incident happened again, he would definitely feel very uncomfortable. By the way, Chi Zhao could also marry an ambitious woman, and cooperate with her to avoid sleepless nights. Anyway, he had the spring supper overnight potion, so he was not afraid of being discovered.
But after seeing what Shen Wumian looked like now, he couldn't say anything.
Shen Wumian stared at himself, his eyes were cold and sharp, it looked terrible, but in fact he was very stern, he was nervous and scared, but he didn't want to show his true emotions, and he didn't want to be sympathized with. mocking, so he can only disguise himself with majestic anger. What others saw was the regent with a gloomy face, but what Chi Zhao saw was a sleepless, helpless prisoner waiting for judgment.
"This matter will be discussed later."
Half-blinding his eyelids, Chi Zhao replied with a normal voice. At this point, the tense atmosphere in the hall finally relaxed, and the people below were also relieved, and the atmosphere slowly became lively again.
The surroundings seemed to have returned to the way the birthday banquet had just begun, but in reality, no one had the heart to eat, drink, and chat. When everyone else was doing their best to perform, the right phase was eating happily, and it seemed that he didn't even realize what he said.
Or, he realized it, but he didn't care, or he had a goal he wanted to achieve, whether it was the regent or the little emperor, it wouldn't cause him to care.
Chi Zhao sighed, it was really difficult for him to survive in a group of actors.
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I haven't been drinking for a long time, and Chi Zhao really misses the taste of alcohol. After going to so many worlds and experiencing so many things, Chi Zhao always feels that this world is the most tiring world, and he should relax.
He picked up the wine glass and drank the small cup of wine, Chi Zhao smacking his lips.
It's okay, it tastes good, and it doesn't feel overpowering.
So, Chi Zhao reassured the eunuch who was serving on the side to ask him to pour another cup for himself. The eunuch hesitated, he raised his head, looked at the regent first, and then gave Chi Zhao another cup after getting the other party's approval. .
Chi Zhao pouted where Shen Wumian couldn't see, and then drank the new cup.
After repeating this for three or four cups, the king regent signaled that the eunuch could not pour any more. Chi Zhao heard the eunuch persuade him to stop drinking.
Hearing that the little emperor was so well-behaved, the eunuch couldn't help showing a smile. Their majesty was really cute. He never made trouble and never embarrassed their servants. It can be said that he was very well behaved.
In the next second, the obedient little emperor in his heart suddenly stretched out his hand and poured himself a glass of wine. After offering the cherry, he raised his hand high, and when he couldn't raise it any higher, he began to adjust the angle.
He tilted his head and looked at it. He was sure that he was aiming at the wine glass below. Chi Zhao let go of his hand at a high altitude, with a vivid sound effect in his mouth, "Piu!—"
Seeing the cherry falling into the wine glass and splashing a splash of water, Chi Zhao picked up the wine glass, turned his head and looked at the masked eunuch seriously, "Do you know what this is called?"
Eunuch: "...I don't know this old slave."
Chi Zhao looked at him angrily, "I don't know, this is called Pink Pink Lady."
Eunuch: "..."
What?