Wu Chengsi secretly sighed, he had seen a lot of beauties, but this Miss Wei Er still made his eyes shine.
It can only be said that the beauty of women is like hundreds of flowers vying for beauty, each one is different.
Miss Wei Er sat down directly on Xue Ne's chair and said softly: "Thank you for coming to celebrate my father's birthday today."
Xue Ne smiled and said: "I will naturally come over for my uncle's birthday."
Miss Wei Er's face suddenly became a little sad, and she said quietly: "Your sister will definitely not let you come out, right? I am the one who made it difficult for you."
Xue Ne said coldly: "I doted on her too much before, which made her proud. Don't worry, she can't control our affairs."
Miss Wei Er smiled sweetly and said:
"I knew you were a real man, look what is this?"
As he spoke, he took out a small box from his arms.
Xue Ne's face changed slightly: "Why did you take this thing out?"
This box is Xue Ne's gift to Wei Mansion.
Miss Wei Er said happily:
"Of course I want to see the gift you gave to dad in person. I like it very much, and dad agreed to give it to me."
"As long as you like it, put it away quickly."
After Xue Ne finished speaking, he glanced around and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Several other guests were listening to Miss Wei's jokes, but Princess Taiping was looking at him with strange eyes.
Xue Na thought to herself: "Princess Taiping has a close relationship with His Royal Highness King Zhou. She won't know the origin of this gift, right?"
Miss Wei Er smiled and said: "What does it matter? I just want others to know how good you are to me."
As he spoke, he opened the box.
In an instant, several mini Arhats emitting golden light revealed their true appearance.
Miss Wei Er took out one and played with it carefully in her hand, smiling happily.
Xue Ne hurriedly looked at Princess Taiping and found that she was still looking at him, but her eyes became a little cold.
He suddenly felt anxious and wanted to snatch the Arhat and put it back in the box.
Miss Wei Er refused to let go, frowning and said: "Xue Lang, what are you doing? I haven't had enough fun yet."
At this moment, Jin Luohan suddenly let go of the two people's fight and fell to the ground.
Xue Ne was about to pick it up. Suddenly, a guest came towards him and picked up the Arhat.
The man knelt down, picked up the golden Arhat and looked around.
"Hey, isn't this the set of golden arhats that my second brother gave to the Xue family?"
The person who came was none other than Wu Xiyue, the youngest member of the Wu family.
The surroundings instantly became dead silent, and everyone looked at Xue Ne.
After a long time, Yan Yaosheng suddenly smiled and said: "There may not be only one set of such Golden Arhats in Chang'an City. Maybe Brother Xue's family already has one."
"You are wrong. This set of Golden Arhats of Fortune and Longevity from the East was a tribute from the Kingdom of Tianzhu when the All Nations came to court. It was given to my second cousin by my father when he won the battle in Liaodong. This set is the only one in the entire Chang'an City." Taiping.
The princess made up for it with a knife.
Wu Xiyue curled his lips and said: "This gift is a gift from my second brother to congratulate General Xue on his promotion to the rank of nobility. Some people actually have the nerve to give it away again."
Xue Na was ashamed and angry, and his face turned blue and white.
At this moment, Miss Wei Er took Arhat back and said coldly:
"Since His Highness the King of Zhou gave this thing to the Xue Mansion, it belongs to the Xue Mansion. Xue Lang is the eldest son of the Xue Mansion. It is normal for him to give something from the Xue Family to my father. It is not anyone else's turn to make irresponsible remarks.
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Just as Wu Xiyue was about to retort, the woman beside him pulled him and whispered: "Okay, don't forget that you are here to celebrate your birthday."
Wu Chengsi looked at the woman and recognized her as the daughter of the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Wang Bo had brought her and her father to the palace to pay a visit.
Wu Xiyue seemed to listen to Wang's daughter and said nothing more.
He came to the side of the man named Zhang and bowed to Princess Taiping before sitting down.
Miss Wei Er saw Xue Ne lowering his head and the veins on his hands were bulging. She gently caressed the back of his hand with her slender hand and said softly: "You don't have to be like this."
Xue Ne suddenly raised his head and said, "You don't blame me?"
Miss Wei Er smiled sweetly and said:
"I blame you for what you did. You are willing to do this kind of thing for me, which shows that you value me more than your face. It's too late for me to be happy."
"It's a pity that you are about to enter the military camp, and I don't know how long it will be before we see each other again. I will never go out again. I will wait for you in the boudoir every day and pray for you."
Xue Ne felt moved in his heart and blurted out: "I...I won't go to the military camp anymore. I will stay with you in Chang'an every day from now on!"
"Really?" Miss Wei Er was overjoyed.
Xue Ne nodded vigorously.
The hall was very noisy, and the two people spoke in low voices, so Wu Chengsi did not hear the conversation between the two.
His attention was focused on the direction of the door, and he saw Xu Guogong walking over with two women.
When all the guests saw the two women, they all stood up.
Looking at the woman on the left, Wu Chengsi seemed to see a ripe peach.
I saw that she was plump and tall, wearing a low-cut palace skirt, with her front and back curved, and every part of her body exuded mature charm.
Wu Chengsi had met this woman at the royal banquet. She was Li Zhi's sister, Princess Chengyang.
Wu Chengsi was gazing at it when he suddenly felt someone pinched his thigh. When he looked down, he found that a small hand quickly retracted into Princess Taiping's sleeve.
Wu Chengsi raised his head again and looked at the other woman.
The woman was taller than Princess Chengyang, and her face was so cold that people who didn't know better thought she was here to attend a funeral banquet.
There is only one woman in Chang'an City who can walk side by side with Princess Chengyang and is so ignorant of etiquette - the crown prince's concubine Ashina Deyaro.
Princess Taiping suddenly stood up, faced the two of them, and said with a smile: "Aunt, the emperor's sister-in-law, you are here."
Strange to say, when the prince's concubine saw Princess Taiping, the ice on her face actually melted, and she smiled slightly and said: "Taiping, you are here too."
The two of them immediately started talking to each other, leaving Princess Chengyang aside.
Wu Chengsi was stunned to see that Princess Taiping was so close to the crown prince's concubine. What was going on?
Yan Yaosheng smiled and said: "Your Highnesses, let's sit down and talk."
The prince's concubine snorted coldly: "We sisters are talking, why are you disturbing us?"
He didn't take Yan Yaosheng, a very handsome man, seriously at all.
Wu Chengsi had already seen how unruly this Turkic woman was, so he didn't think it was strange. What he was surprised about was how could Princess Taiping be so close to her?
It can be seen from the conversation between the two that this close relationship did not form suddenly. The two should have established a good personal relationship before.
Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go to our seats and talk."
Ya Ruo said: "That's good."
When they came to the round table, Princess Chengyang sat above Princess Taiping, and Yaruo sat below Princess Taiping.
Seeing her face darken, Princess Taiping took the initiative and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you take my seat."
Yaruo shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's all the same."
All the guests had arrived, and Duke Xu stood at the head of the table and loudly said some polite words of thanks.
Wu Chengsi didn't pay any attention to what he said. At this moment, all his attention was attracted by Princess Chengyang.
She was seen licking her fingers at a strong guard behind her, and the guard came and sat down next to her.
Princess Chengyang leaned on the guard as if she were leaning on her lover.
What was even more surprising was that no one around her glanced at her, as if they were no longer surprised by this scene.
Wu Chengsi stood right between Princess Taiping and Princess Chengyang, with a perfect view.
Not only can you see the situation on the desktop, but also below the desktop.
He lowered his eyes and saw Princess Chengyang's hand stroking up and down the guard's thigh. The guard was sitting upright and motionless.
Looking at Princess Chengyang's expression, she was looking at Duke Xu with a smile on her face. She seemed to be listening to him attentively, and there was nothing unnatural on her face.
Wu Chengsi finally withdrew his gaze with his strong willpower.
He was here to do business, but he had no time to spy on the eldest princess's erotic affairs.
At this moment, he noticed another man and woman walking towards the door.
He had also seen that man at the royal banquet. He was Dai Guogong, Li Daosui.
He is the third son of King Lu, and his elder brother is Li Ai, the prince of Fanyang County who was punished by Wu Chengsi.
I heard that the third daughter of the Wei family married into Prince Lu's palace. It must be that the woman next to Li Daosui was the third daughter of the Wei family.
Compared with the two elder sisters, the third lady is a real iceberg beauty. Ever since she entered the hall, her face has been frosty and expressionless.
Moreover, she did not stay with Li Daosui and kept a certain distance from her husband.
After the two approached, Li Daosui glanced around and found that the seats were already full, and his face suddenly became ugly.
Xu Guogong stood up and frowned: "Why are you here?" He did not hide his unwelcome.
Li Daosui asked with a cold face: "My father-in-law celebrated his birthday but didn't invite his son-in-law. What's the point?"
Xu Guogong said calmly: "Your father is seriously ill. You should fulfill your filial piety in front of the bed at this moment. I accept your wishes, so go back quickly."
Wu Chengsi saw Li Daosui's face turning green and red, and secretly shook his head. After all, he was younger and had not yet understood the situation clearly.
Although his father King Lu did not go to the palace in Mount Tai because of his serious illness, he has always been a staunch ally of King Pei.
After the fall of King Pei this time, King Lu would have been implicated.
It was Li Zhi who saw that King Lu was seriously ill, so he did not deal with him, but King Lu was still dismissed from his official position.
Nowadays, all officials in Chang'an City who have some relationship with King Pei will be suppressed and excluded, and Prince Lu's Palace is no exception.
The in-law relationship between Xu Guogong's Palace and Lu Prince's Palace has now become a burden to Xu Guogong's Palace. Naturally, Xu Guogong does not want to see Li Daosui.
Li Daosui looked around and found that no one was willing to look at him twice, and sneered:
"I have finally seen the faces of you guys. Before anything happened in Prince Lu's Mansion, you didn't have this attitude."
His words immediately aroused public outrage.
The prince's concubine slapped the table and angrily shouted: "What do you mean by this?"
Li Daosui seemed to be willing to go all out and sneered: "It's really funny. The crown princess of the East Palace didn't come, but a concubine came to celebrate the birthday. It's really the most ridiculous thing in the world."
Princess Chengyang frowned and said, "Li Daosui, you speak too presumptuously!"
The prince's concubine suddenly stood up, took out the riding crop from her waist, waved her hand and whipped it over, and she really did it!
Li Daosui didn't practice martial arts, so he didn't hide away. There was a "snap" sound from the whip on his face, and a red mark crawled up the left side of his face.
Li Daosui covered his face with his hands and was stunned. He seemed to be shocked by the behavior of the prince's concubine.
After a long while, he came to his senses and said angrily: "You, a foreign girl who doesn't know etiquette, actually used force on your birthday?"
His words expressed the thoughts of many people, but no one dared to say them out loud.
Yaruo sneered and said, "Come here, teach me a lesson!"
The two guards behind her immediately stepped forward and were about to attack Li Daosui.
Miss Wei immediately looked at Xu Guogong and asked with her eyes if she wanted to stop him, but Xu Guogong shook his head gently.
Wu Chengsi saw all this, and it seemed that the Wei family planned to take advantage of this opportunity to completely cut off from Prince Lu's palace.
Among the guests sitting there were either the Wu family or the prince's party, and the rest were all neutral parties, so no one could stop the prince's concubine from committing atrocities.
Li Daosui never dreamed that he would be beaten in public.
One guard specially slapped him, and another guard put his hands behind his back and put his knee on his back so that his colleagues could slap him.
Miss Wei's third daughter stood aside and looked on coldly, as if the person being beaten had nothing to do with her.
After dozens of slaps, Li Daosui's entire face became swollen, and even Wu Chengsi couldn't bear to look at it any longer.
At this moment, he suddenly caught sight of something from the corner of his eye.
Looking down, he felt that his eyes had been hit by ten thousand points of damage. At this moment, Princess Chengyang's hand was groping at the guard's thigh again.
Although the guard still had no expression on his face, his whole body was tense, and it could be seen that he was trying his best to endure it.
Wu Chengsi was reprimanding the two of them in his heart, but he never looked back. At this moment, someone pinched his thigh again.
Then with a "clang" sound, one of Princess Taiping's chopsticks fell to the ground. Princess Taiping smiled and said: "Wu Wei, help me pick up the chopsticks."
After hearing Princess Taiping's words, Princess Chengyang retracted her hands into her sleeves like lightning.
Wu Chengsi silently knelt down, picked up the chopsticks, and while he was getting up, pinched Princess Taiping's calf as revenge.
At this time, Xu Guogong saw that the corner of Li Daosui's mouth was bleeding, and finally said: "Your Highness, I think Dai Guogong has learned a lesson, so please spare him."
Yaruo, however, has a wolf-like temperament. After seeing the blood, he became even more excited and sneered: "Really? If he knew he was wrong, why didn't he admit his mistake to me?"
Xu Guogong's expression changed, and a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.
Xue Ne couldn't help but said: "If you keep slapping him, he won't be able to speak even if he wants to admit his mistake."
Yaruo immediately glared at him with a pair of sharp eyes and sneered: "Are you the brother of that little girl Xue Yujin?"
Xue Ne frowned: "Not bad."
Yaruo narrowed her eyes and said, "Do you know that your sister has contradicted me many times because of the support of Prince Zhou's palace?"
Xue Ne raised his eyebrows and was about to retort when Miss Wei Er pulled him aside and whispered: "Your Highness is not easy to mess with. Don't talk back to her."
"I asked you something, why didn't you answer it?" Yaruo's tone became more severe.
Xue Ne glanced at Miss Wei Er and saw her big watery eyes staring at him, squeezing his hand tightly, as if to persuade him to be patient.
Xue Ne took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "My sister-in-law is naughty and ignorant. Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Princess."
Yaruo smiled and said, "What if I don't want to forgive you?"
Xue Ne was stunned, not knowing what to say.
Yaruo suddenly said angrily to the two guards: "Stop fighting, it's making a lot of noise. Didn't you hear what I'm talking about?"
The two guards were startled and immediately stopped.
These guards fought very measuredly, and although Li Daosui looked miserable, he actually did not suffer much damage.
He hurriedly got up, turned around and fled the hall without saying a single unnecessary word.
The third lady of the Wei family took a deep look at Yaruo, followed her husband, and walked out slowly.
Yaruo had already lost interest in Li Daosui, stared at Xue Na, and said slowly: "Go and call Xue Yujin over, and ask her to apologize to me in public!"
Xue Ne fell into silence.
The second young lady of the Wei family pulled him hard and said in a low voice: "I just came here to apologize. It won't cause any problems. Go and call her over."
Xue Ne still didn't speak.
Miss Wei Er's eyes turned red, and she said aggrievedly: "You know how your Highness behaves. If she really loses her temper, our birthday in the Wei family will be completely ruined."
Xue Ne stamped her feet, stood up and said, "I'll call her over right now."
Yaruo shouted: "Stop, who knows if you will take the opportunity to escape. Bring a token and I will send someone to call your girl over."
Xue Ne had no choice but to hand over the Qianniuwei badge he was wearing.
Wu Chengsi has been paying attention to the guests who are watching. It can be seen that they are very dissatisfied with Yaruo's domineering, but they dare not stand up and speak.
This is normal, after all they can't afford to offend Donggong.
What made Wu Chengsi dissatisfied was that Princess Taiping was actually watching with cold eyes, looking like she was watching a show.
He wanted to ask about the relationship between Princess Taiping and Yaruo, but he couldn't find a chance to talk.
After Yaruo sent someone to call Xue Yujin, the birthday party finally went on, but everyone's expressions were a little unnatural.
Yan Yaosheng suddenly stood up, smiled at Xu Guogong and cupped his hands and said: "Today is my father-in-law's fiftieth birthday. My son-in-law has no other talents. He can only recite a few lines of old poems. Please allow me to contribute a poem."
A man in the third section laughed and said: "Yan She was the most talented man in Chang'an back then. If your poems are all clichés, we won't use them as poems anymore!"
The man surnamed Zhang smiled and said: "In my opinion, Yan She's literary talent is better than that of the past, but it may not be weaker than Chen Zi'ang, the most talented person in Chang'an now."
"That's right, Chen Zi'ang just took advantage of King Pei's influence. Others have given way to him. In terms of true talent and learning, he can't compare to Yan Sheren!" The man from before said loudly.
Wu Chengsi silently observed Yan Yaosheng and admired him quite a lot.
He easily stirred up the atmosphere and allowed everyone to quickly get rid of the adverse impact of the crown prince's concubine on the banquet.
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Wu Xiyue interrupted:
"That's not entirely true. I heard that Yan Sheren and Chen Ziang had a debate in Luoyang, and the two met their opponents. This shows that Chen Ziang is still somewhat capable."
Princess Chengyang smiled and said: "Okay, don't be nagging, I also want to hear Yan Sheren's masterpieces."
Xu Guogong smiled and said: "I haven't heard the poems of a good son-in-law for a long time."
Yan Yaosheng raised his hands in all directions and said with a smile, "Then I'll be embarrassed."
After walking a few steps along the hall, he suddenly raised his head and chanted:
"The counselors in the hall respect you, and the soldiers on the side are at war. The time and place are favorable and the people are harmonious. Yan Ke attacks and says Ke."
Today there are towers and cauldrons, and next year the mountains and rivers will be strengthened. Let’s all sing the song of the great wind, and soon people from all over will come to congratulate us.”
Princess Taiping was the first to clap her hands and praised: "Okay!"
He turned around and glanced at Wu Chengsi. This poem not only meant birthday wishes, but also implied that the court was about to fight a war, expressing his blessing for the victory of the war.
Wu Chengsi didn't have many feelings. War is not a romantic thing. Someone needs to step forward and carry the burden forward.
Hearing Yan Yaosheng's congratulations is better than eating a big pot of rice with the soldiers and listening to them telling each other how they miss their relatives.
Under the leadership of Yan Yaosheng, all the guests wrote poems to celebrate their birthday.
However, there were also a few people whose poetry skills were quite good, which made the atmosphere of the birthday banquet better and better.