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Chapter 51: Crown Ceremony Part 1

After Li Hao thanked him, Changsun Wuji suddenly realized that this year he had not seen him. Li Hao had really grown a lot taller, almost as tall as him. He looked like a handsome young man, so he asked, "Nephew, I wonder if you have already performed the crown ritual?"

Li Hao's heart moved. He felt that Changsun Wuji would not ask this for no reason, and he must have made some attempts, so he answered carefully: "You are not a family of clerks and do not intend to perform the ceremony."

"Oh, that's not what I said." Changsun Wuji stood up and walked up to him, "You are now a county man named by His Majesty. He has become one of the nobles. How can you not perform the crown ceremony? Let's choose a good day and I will help you get crowned, how about it?" After saying that, he looked at Li Hao with deep meaning.

Li Hao understood his thoughts. He wanted to use this to win over himself. The ancients attached great importance to the ceremony of crowning. Those who received the crowning were equivalent to mentors for the winner.

Changsun Wuji was the most powerful minister of the Tang Dynasty. Even Fang Xuanling could not be compared with him in terms of power and strategy. If he could win him as a crown, it would be a supreme honor. He could be considered as having half his foot stepped into the political circle of the Tang Dynasty. He was branded as Changsun Wuji, and he would be Changsun Wuji's man from the future.

However, Li Hao kept in mind the tips given to him by Zhiyuan Zhenren, "The trees are fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy them." It is not a good thing to climb the big tree of Changsun Wuji now, and his foundation is shallow.

As soon as he thought of this, he said, "It may be that Uncle Changsun was disappointed. When the boy was in the army, he had become the chief marching manager Li Daozong as his teacher. General Manager Li laughed at the time. If the boy gave the crown ceremony one day, he would definitely give the crown to the boy himself, so..."

Changsun Wuji was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he did not show it, but smiled and waved his hand: "Forget it, since you made an appointment with Li Daozong in advance, I would not force you. If you perform a ceremony, you must ask me to watch the ceremony."

"This must be." Li Hao bowed and bowed, "If uncle had nothing else, the boy would take his leave first."

"Yes." Changsun Wuji nodded and asked the butler to see him off.

Li Hao took a carriage around and did not go home, but went to Li Daozong's mansion. There was nothing he could do. This time, in order to refuse Changsun Wuji, he moved out Li Daozong as a shield. Changsun Wuji even said that, and he couldn't just say nothing. The ceremony must be held so that Changsun Wuji would not be held by Changsun Wuji.

Although Li Daozong was disgusted with Li Hao, Li Hao was very kind to save his life and he was not easy to refuse, so he agreed to cooperate with him once and let him go home to choose a day, and then notify him to go to the championship. After finalizing this matter, Li Hao returned home.

In fact, the moment Li Hao entered the Li Daozong family, someone immediately returned to the Zhao Palace to report Changsun Wuji. After hearing this, Changsun Wuji's expression did not change much, but just nodded and said, "I understand, go down." Then he got up and walked slowly to the hall, looked up at the sunset that was about to set, and sighed: "What did this kid... think?"

After Li Hao returned home, he asked Du Hong to take the almanac and found a zodiac festival. On June 12th, there were only five days left before today, so the ceremony was scheduled to be held that day.

Next is to list the guest list. Li Hao didn't know many people in Chang'an. Cheng Yaojin had to invite him. As an old acquaintance, Changsun Wuji also had to invite him. After all, he proposed the ceremony. Li Daozong was the crowned person, so he had to invite him. After excluding these three people, there was also Li Jing. After all, he met Li Jing several times when he went to war with the army and said a few words. Li Jing was the chief marching manager at that time and controlled the army. Li Hao was also his hand.

The soldiers below, well, have to send him a post. If you think about it carefully, there seems to be nothing to invite in Chang'an, so you will look at Lantian County. Li Hao was sad to find that he only knew one Lantian County magistrate Chen Anzhi in Lantian County. He had met him a few times when he went to buy land. He lived in Lantian's territory. Out of courtesy, he had to send a post. As for whether Chen Anzhi came or not, it was not his business.

Taking the treat list, he found that there were only a few people on it. Li Hao shook his head and sighed: "Oh, it's so sad. I've been here in Chang'an for two years. I only know so many people, sad, blindly sad."

Du Hong interrupted when he heard this, "Young Master, it's not sad at all. On your list, except for the Lantian County Magistrate, the rest are either princes or dukes, but they are all pillars of the Tang Dynasty. Not everyone can invite these people."

Hearing this sentence, Li Hao finally felt better and laughed: "What you said makes sense, but I don't know if Li Yaoshi will come, after all, I have no friendship with him."

Du Hong said: "Young Master, just send a post, don't let someone hold on to the handle of the conversation."

"I think so too." Li Hao smiled and handed the post to Du Hong, "Here, go and send the post."

"Yes!" When Du Hong heard that he was going to visit the residences of the Dukes and Princes, he was so excited that he took the invitation with his hands tremblingly, turned around and ran away.

June 12th is a zodiac auspicious day, but Li Hao tore the almanac and swears that he will never believe in the almanac again, because it rained this day, and it has not rained for nearly two months in Guanzhong, but it rained this day. Why isn’t this against him? It’s also an auspicious day, haha, for him, a future person, no bullshit auspicious day is as important as a good weather, so the weather is good, so it will be better.

Fortunately, the rain was not heavy, but it had been drizzling since the morning and the wind was blowing, which was annoying. The lanterns hanging outside the yard were blown away.

Li Hao originally thought that it would be good to have one or two people come in such a weather, but the result was beyond Li Hao's expectations. Everyone he invited, including Li Jing, came even more surprised to him was that someone came uninvited, and that person was Li Ji.

He had met Li Ji once, and he saw him at Chang'an City when he was going to war. Both sides had never said a word, but Li Ji still came and came with Cheng Yaojin.

Li Hao personally went to the door to greet him and greeted him as soon as he met: "Li Hao greets Uncle Cheng and Uncle Li."

"Wow, kid..." Cheng Yaojin let out a signature magical laughter, reached out and patted Li Hao on the shoulder, and said, "Good boy, I didn't expect you to be the crown ceremonial in the blink of an eye. I still remember the way you wore open-crotch pants when you first met you..."

Li Hao glared and screamed: "When did I wear open-crotch pants?"

Cheng Yaojin glared and said, "You haven't worn it when you were a child?"

Li Hao said anxiously: "When I was a child, I was naturally passing through it, but when you saw me, I was already fourteen years old!"

Cheng Yaojin waved his big hand and grinned, "Don't care about these details!"

Li Hao's facial muscles were thrusting straight, when did this guy learn his lines?

At this time, Li Ji spoke: "Li Hao, I come here uninvited, you won't be welcome."

Li Hao hurriedly saluted and said, "How dare you? Uncle Li comes to the humble house, but the boy only feels the brilliance of the turquoise and sweeps the place to greet you at any time."

Li Ji smiled and spread his hands: "Then why don't you invite us in?"

"Please, please come in, two uncles." Li Hao hurriedly spread his hands and invited them in, and at the same time he said to Du Hong, "Du Hong, give tea, give good tea!"

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "This bastard is so stingy."

Li Ji next to him suddenly heard this sentence and was a little confused and asked in confusion: "Zhijie, where do you start?"

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "I'm still listening to my boy. Li Hao is extremely stingy. Usually, it's difficult for customers to come to him to drink a sip of tea. If a customer who likes him can get a cup of tea, but it's usually tea or old tea. If a distinguished guest comes to him, he will let someone serve good tea, which is really good tea, and it's new tea."

When Li Ji heard this, his expression became extremely wonderful. He secretly glanced at Li Hao. Li Hao didn't hear the content of their conversation. When he saw Li Ji looking at him, he replied with a harmless smile.

After looking at Li Hao, Li Ji smiled and said to Cheng Yaojin: "In this way, we are considered distinguished guests."

Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, he dares to give me a try!"

Li Ji smiled and said, "You forced me to come this time and said that his tea is so good. I really have to taste it this time."

"Hey." Cheng Yaojin grinned, "His tea tastes a bit bitter, but it smells very fragrant after drinking it a few more times. Everyone has different tastes and their preferences are naturally different. I think this Li Hao is more interesting than his tea."

"Well, I think he's interesting, too."

...

The two of them entered the living room as they spoke. Li Jing, Li Daozong and Changsun Wuji had already arrived and were sitting in a seat to drink tea. There was also one person who didn't know Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji, and that was Chen Anzhi, the magistrate of Lantian County.

When he saw the two of them coming, Chen Anzhi hurriedly put down his teacup, stood up to greet him, and introduced himself. This was a good opportunity to show his presence. How could he miss it? He felt that this time was right. Unexpectedly, all the people invited by Li Hao were big shots in the court, either dukes or princes, and they were all bosses of the BOSS level. This made him very happy. He had already secretly decided to offer Li Hao like his ancestors in the future and respond to all his requests. As long as he served him well, would he still be worried about his career?
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