On the first day of April, the imperial city is decorated with lights, especially the Mingyuan Palace, which is about to hold a banquet. The Mingyuan Palace is located on the central axis of the Liang Kingdom Imperial City. It is the palace of Chengyuan Palace, which is the only area of ​​the court meeting. It connects the former dynasty and the harem. It is the place where Emperor Liang holds family banquets and banquets for civil and military officials. There are three main halls, five side halls and ten side halls. In addition to its large scale, the most distinctive one is that there is a pool of clear water between the three halls. The three halls are just like dewdrops dotted on the three points of the clear water. The clear water is named the lotus pond because it looks like a lotus pod. A water pavilion singing platform is built in the pond. If you look down from the air, you can see that it stretches out from the outside to the inside, and the petals are like blooming lotus flowers.

The feast for Emperor Liang's fiftieth birthday was held in the Linzhi Hall, just south of Lianchi Lake. This palace was built on the base of the nineteen steps, with a length of nineteen zhang. The palace was divided into two layers and was built intertwined. The twelve red pillars surrounded by one person were separated into four areas. Each area was equipped with a long table that could accommodate twenty people. The ground was paved by a red carpet, and eighty-one big red lanterns were hung on the top, with one on the east and west sides of the end of the first floor.

The stairs; it is up to the second floor, and the area is only half of the first floor, which can be more magnificent. The red carpet of gold ridge covers each floor, and six pillars surrounded by three people separate three areas. On both sides are long tables that can accommodate forty people. A wide avenue in the middle extends to the three steps at the end. The seats with dragon heads and dragon bodies are placed on it. Standing on the second floor, you can clearly see the dance pavilion and singing stage on the lotus pond by looking out from the railing.

The red clouds in the sky are particularly high, and the Mingyuan Palace has already begun to hold lights. The close eunuch Cui, the close eunuch around Emperor Liang, is orderly organizing the palace maids to arrange various dishes, and the palace maids of various colors are shuttled back and forth in the Linzhi Hall. As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Eunuch Cui has been following Emperor Liang for more than thirty years. He has gray hair and pale face but a rosy lips.

"Cai Xiang is here!"

As soon as he heard an official coming, the sharp-eyed Eunuch Cui immediately changed into a smiling face that made people look tired and trotted all the way, "Oh, Cai Xiang, you came so early!"

The person who came was Cai Quan, the prime minister of the Liang Dynasty. He was about fifty years old, with kind eyebrows, smiles, frosty temples, a tall figure, graceful and graceful manner. His purple robe showed an enviable status.

Cai Quan hurriedly reached out to support him and said gentle words, "Eunuch Cui, thank you for your hard work. Today, the emperor held not only family banquets, but also civil and military officials of the fifth rank or above attended. Only Eunuch Cui can control such a scene. I see this, it turns out to be true!"

"Oh, Cai Xiang is really a slave! You are too worried, you have to take care of your health. The country is bound to be a pillar like Cai Xiang! Cai Xiang, please come here!"

Eunuch Cui personally led Cai Xiang to the second floor. As the prime minister, Cai Quan was naturally closest to Emperor Liang. The banquet was set up at the first seat on the left side of the imperial seat. Officials from the three provinces and six ministries below Cai Quan were sorted in order according to their official positions, while the seats on the right side of the imperial seat were left for the royal relatives. Only officials above the third rank were qualified to sit on the second floor, and the other invited officials could only sit on the first floor.

As night gradually came, officials also arrived one after another, and everyone was greeting each other. At this time, Eunuch Cui's sharp duck voice sounded, "The prince is here! King Xiang is here! King Yu, King Ling, King Zhuang is here!"

The five princes of Emperor Liang appeared in the hall at the same time. The prince walked in the middle, with King Xiang and King Ling on the left and right. King Yu and King Zhuang were in the back, each dressed in luxurious clothes, especially King Xiang, who was the most dazzling and eye-catching. King Yu took off his armor and put on his regular clothes, which was just a simple decoration, and among the few princes, he was the most simple. However, King Yu was not in the mood to compare with King Xiang. King Ling was more concerned about his sixth brother, King Zhuang. Because of his eye disease, King Yu kept holding King Zhuang's hand.

Pei Zhenghao, Xia Junmao and Xuan Shaoning were qualified to enter the Linzhi Palace as heroes appointed by Emperor Liang. Among the three, Pei Zhenghao was the fourth-rank general Zhongwu, but because he was the only son of the general of the previous dynasty, he was specially allowed to enter the second floor by Emperor Liang, while Xia Junmao and Xuan Shaoning could only be on the first floor, especially Xuan Shaoning, as a centurion of the ninth-rank, could only sit at the end of the banquet.

The first time he entered the palace in his life, he was both curious and afraid. Xuan Shaoning sat upright on the couch, but his eyes were back and forth. Suddenly he felt a look at him. After a closer look, he actually saw Xiao Moyan on the seat opposite him! He hadn't seen him for a year, and Xiao Moyan's face had not changed, and he was suddenly jealous. He was smiling at Xuan Shaoning. He originally planned to meet the emperor and then look for time to see his classmates, but he didn't expect to see Xiao Moyan here. Xuan Shaoning was very happy, and he smiled at Xiao Moyan, and then made a gesture of silence. Seeing Xiao Moyan's seat before him, Xuan Shaoning thought that his official rank should be above him.

"The emperor is here! Concubine Jingjia is here!"

Everyone immediately knelt down on the spot. Although Pei Zhenghao had tried his best to bury his head down when he met the emperor before entering the palace, Xuan Shaoning still tried his best to raise his eyes and peek at Long Yan. Emperor Liang, wearing a yellow brocade dragon robe and a dull jade bun, slowly walked into the hall with the help of Eunuch Cui. Today is the fiftieth birthday of Emperor Liang, but the person in front of him was straight, with a rosy complexion, his temples were like ink, and his gait was steady. Especially his eyes were smart and capable, he showed the nobleness and domineeringness of the Nine Five Lords to the fullest in the journey. The woman following Emperor Liang was the Concubine Jingjia, the highest-ranking position in the harem. Her skin was as snowy, her eyebrows were like the moon, her red lips were like blood, her chest was tall, and her pink yarn faintly revealed her graceful figure, which seemed very young, her head and body full of pearls and treasures, which made others envious.

Emperor Liang and Concubine Jingjia stood on the imperial throne together. Looking at the civil and military officials crawling on the ground, Emperor Liang ordered with a smile: "Let's all be flat." Then Emperor Liang looked at his sons with a fiery look back and forth, and then he fixed his eyes on King Yu, "Yun Qi, come here, come in the middle, let me take a good look!"

When King Yu heard the call, he hurriedly walked out from behind the couch, bowed and knelt down, and replied loudly: "Son Master, please see the father!"

"There is no need to be polite between father and son. Get up quickly and let me take a good look at you!" At this time, Emperor Liang's eyes were filled with his father's love.

King Yu stood up and looked at Emperor Liang with a bright look. He had been in Mobei for eight years. During the eight years, he would return to Beijing only on the birthday of Emperor Liang every year. Every time the father and son met, he felt very uncomfortable when he thought of this.

"Father, son minister..." For a moment, King Yu's eyes fogged.

"Okay, I'm the happiest to come back. I'll stay in the capital for a few more days when I come back this time, and we, father and son, have a good chat!"

"Yes!" King Yu refused to let the tears fall, and Emperor Liang saw it and was very moved.

King Ling, who was sitting while King Xiang started, was leisurely watching the show, and deliberately whispered toward King Xiang: "I didn't expect that the fourth brother also learned to play the emotional card."

King Xiang's eyes rolled, smiled slightly, and went out to salute, "Please take care of your health. At noon today, the fourth brother told me that I was looking forward to spending more days with my father!" Then he said to King Yu: "There are many days when the Fourth Brother is away. My father misses me very much. From time to time, I will ask about my fourth brother, and the same is true for our brothers. Now that the Fourth Brother is back, our family is finally reunited!"

"Haha, Yun Sheng is right, our family is together!" Emperor Liang was very satisfied with what King Xiang said, and his face changed before he finished speaking, "Huh? No, where is Yun Xuan?"

After being asked by Emperor Liang, everyone present looked around and remembered that Princess Yunxuan was missing at the scene.

"Father! My son is here!"

A string of silver bell-like voices came into Linzhi Hall from not far away. Xuan Shaoning saw a woman running over. She did not wear too many golden hairpins. Her long hair like ink swung constantly with her running. Her eyebrows were like willows, her bright eyes were filled with stars, her cherry lips were like apricots, and her snow-white and slender neck was a goose-yellow silk shirt, with a soft breast and a thin waist, and the girl's body was faint and eye-catching. Xuan Shaoning asked himself that he had seen beauty, Chu Hanqian and Qi Wantong were all rare beauties, but in addition to her beauty, Princess Yunxuan also had the innocence of the girl, which made Xuan Shaoning look crazy for a moment. Until this touch of goose yellow ran past, bypassed the main hall, climbed the stairs, and disappeared completely. Xuan Shaoning was still stunned.

"Don't calm down, it's all wrong for the son to come late!" Princess Yunxuan was panting and hurriedly knelt down to apologize to Emperor Liang, her plump breasts fell. Her appearance immediately attracted everyone's eyes in the hall.

Not only did Emperor Liang not get angry, but instead said dotingly: "No matter how you say you are a princess, you must not lose your demeanor. OK, for your fourth brother is back, I will let you go today."

Concubine Jingjia looked at Princess Yunxuan with a smile in her eyes, "I haven't thanked your father yet. It's normal for her daughter to dress up, let alone our beautiful Princess Yunxuan, come to your father's side."

"Thank you, my father, and Imperial Concubine!" Princess Yunxuan smiled, got up and came to Emperor Liang.

Xiao Yunxuan is the only daughter around Emperor Liang. She is only sixteen years old and is in her life. Her biological mother is Concubine Yun, one of the four concubines today. Xiao Yunxuan looks very handsome like Concubine Yun when she was young. Both mother and daughter are very favored.

"Okay, the banquet begins!"

As soon as Emperor Liang finished speaking, a row of palace maids began to serve dishes like fish. It was not until the palace maid placed the wine and dishes on the banquet table in front of Xuan Shaoning that Xuan Shaoning came to his senses and nodded in confusion to thank him. The palace maid pursed her lips and smiled. In terms of appearance, the palace maid was quite good; the gorgeous dishes on the long table were unprecedented in Xuan Shaoning, but at this moment his mind was no longer above these vulgar things.

"Father" King Ling was the first to leave the seat. "Today is the fiftieth birthday of the father. My son prepared a gift!"

"Yun Rui is the first one every year. What gifts should I see!"

When King Ling clapped his hands, four servants raised a huge screen, about one and a half tall. The screen was made of nanmu and the picture was embroidered with landscapes. It was not special at first glance.

"Father, this screen embroidered with the beautiful mountains and rivers of our Daliang. It is not embroidered with ordinary thread, but the golden thread made by the best craftsman in Donglaiju spent three months with pure gold. This picture of the thousands of miles of country was written by Zhao Dongkang!"

"Zhao Dongkang? Is the golden silk saint Zhao Kangdong?" Cai Quan couldn't help asking.

King Ling smiled arrogantly, "Cai Xiang is indeed knowledgeable, yes, it's Zhao Kangdong, the Golden Wire Saint!"

Emperor Liang looked at Cai Quan with a little doubt, "Cai Xiang also knows this person?"

Seeing Emperor Liang asking, Cai Quan stood up slowly and bowed, and then said, "I have also heard rumors in the market that this person has extraordinary embroidery skills, especially with gold thread embroidery. Many officials have asked him to make embroidery pieces, but this person is a bit noble. Only those with talent and wealth will agree."

"Talented and rich?" Concubine Jingjia didn't understand.

"The first one means literary talent, and the second thing is financial power." Cai Quan explained leisurely.

"So that's it!" Concubine Jingjia seemed to suddenly realize, "Will the King of Ling ask this person to embroider this map of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains be proven by Ling Wang's reputation?"

Emperor Liang smiled with satisfaction, "Yun Rui is intent, I like it very much, and I reward the twelve night pearls that were tributed by the Nanzhao Kingdom!"

"Thank you, Father!"

After the Prince of Ling thanked him with great spirit, the prince walked out, "Father, I am much inferior to my seventh brother." As he said that, the prince took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Father, I heard that Bai Yuting had a doctor named Mr. Ruoye, so I went to Annan Bai's house a few days ago, told Mr. Ruoye about his father's condition, and asked him to write a prescription. The prince thought that his father had a lot of money and needed to take care of his dragon body. Most imperial doctors in the palace were very wise and protected, and only hoped that Mr. Ruoye's prescription would make his father live longer than the southern mountain!"

Xuan Shaoning faintly heard "Bai Yuting", and his heart moved. The goose yellow dissipated, but replaced by Bai Luoyao's pure whiteness, which made Xuan Shaoning uneasy. He raised the wine cup in panic and suffocated, but unexpectedly the wine was so strong that it kept coughing.

When the Prince Ling, who had just walked back to the seat, saw the prince and quipped: "The prince used this piece of paper to celebrate his birthday on his fiftieth birthday. All the famous doctors in Daliang are in the palace. Mr. Ruoye is probably just a false reputation. How can such a prescription for a wise warlock to use for his father at will?"

On such an occasion, the prince's words made the prince embarrassed. The prince blushed and was about to refute, but he heard Xiao Yunxuan say, "Father, my son-in-law thinks that the eldest brother has good intentions. First, all the imperial doctors in the palace do not seek merit but have no mistakes; second, the prince is steady in his behavior. If he were not sure, how could he easily give the prescription to his father? Only when his father is healthy can he have a thousand miles of power!"

Unexpectedly, although Princess Yunxuan was young, she spoke so well, cleverly resolved the embarrassment between the two princes.

"Yes, my father and son also agree with Yun Xuan. The prince is very dedicated. Although it is just a prescription, it is not as light as the country of thousands of miles!" King Xiang held the prince and did not forget to step on the King of Ling.

"Yun Xuan, Yun Sheng is right. I still believe in the prince. I am very pleased with the prince's intentions. I accept this prescription and reward the Hetian Baiyu Ruyi pair!" Emperor Liang was not angry at the dispute between his two sons just now.

"Thank you, Father!" The prince returned to the meal with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!