"Your Majesty, what do you think of the Ai family?" Just when Chu Wei was about to turn around, Queen Mother Xie suddenly turned her gaze.
Chu Wei looked slightly startled, and just as he was about to speak, Queen Mother Xie smiled again, "I understand, today is the prince's birthday party, don't worry, the Ai family will not forget it."
"The queen is joking. How can the queen not know how much the queen treats her children and the prince?" Chu Wei chuckled lightly and lowered his eyes.
Such a look of motherly kindness and filial piety naturally made the courtiers extremely happy and applauded one by one.
And as the Queen Mother began to speak, the entire banquet began to move in another direction.
Not to mention attending the prince's birthday banquet, even if ordinary people invite you over, they will naturally not be embarrassed to leave empty-handed.
Naturally, the birthday gifts of the ministers will not be displayed here. They were handed over to Huo Wu who was specifically doing this job today when they entered the palace gate.
The others were displayed openly in front of everyone, and the ones given to Chu Lan were either really stunning, or they were only members of the royal family.
The royal family displays gifts in public, firstly, it is a real gift, and secondly, it is to demonstrate the harmony of the royal family in front of all the courtiers.
The topic started with the Queen Mother Xie, and naturally the first person to give a gift was the Queen Mother Xie. What she gave was the "Rao Liang", one of the four great guqins in the world.
When the treasure box was opened, all the ministers couldn't help but exclaimed.
The word "Rao Liang" comes from the fact that there was once a woman who went to another country, but she ran out of money and food on the way, so she had no choice but to sell her songs to beg for food. Her sad song circled in the air, like the long cry of a solitary wild goose. Three days after she left, she The singing still lingers and echoes between the roof beams, making it unforgettable.
This qin became famous because of its continuous sound, which lingered around the beam for three days. Later, it was named by the world with the word "Rao Liang", which showed its unique status and its own preciousness.
"I heard that the Yaoliang Guqin had been lost for nearly a hundred years, and the Queen Mother actually found it. It was really not easy!"
"No, it must be because the Queen Mother saw that His Highness the Crown Prince loved the guqin, and she really cared for His Highness."
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For a time, the praises were endless.
Queen Mother Xie accepted the compliments from below with a smile, watched Chu Lan kneel down in front of her and accepted the gift, waved her hand to let him get up, and said a few words of blessing, as if she were a harmless old lady.
After the Queen Mother sent it off, the imperial concubine followed her on the stage.
She smiled and said that she was born in a family of military generals, but she was not as interested in finding rare things in the world as the Queen Mother, so I was afraid that some of the things she had given me would be hard to get.
Then he waved his hand lightly and sent out the world's famous sword - Ganjiang.
The ministers twitched their mouths and did not come back to their senses for a long time.
If this thing is not unavailable, then what if they just throw it into the moat?
Chu Lan smiled faintly and calmed down.
After the imperial concubine was delivered, Chu Kuo came on stage.
He smiled slightly and stepped forward to salute Chu Lan. Chu Kuo was also very well-dressed today, with a gold crown, jade hairpin, dark hair, and lavender court clothes. He looked like a handsome young man, independent from the world.
I saw him curling his lips and saying in a childish tone: "Brother, the gifts from the Crown Prince, the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine are all so valuable. I almost couldn't get rid of them. Fortunately, I have given them to you." The gifts are a little different."
For anyone to say this, I'm afraid it would be a serious crime of disrespect.
But he is Concubine Xie's biological son. He has been raised by the Queen Mother since he was a child, and his close relationship is naturally no better than that of ordinary people.
The two of them couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said, and Queen Mother Xie couldn't help but shake her head, "Don't try to show off, why don't you quickly show the gift you gave to His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Yes." Chu Kuo took the order and clapped his hands, picked up a box from his side, and slowly opened it.
"What is this?" Everyone stretched their necks.
A rope??
Recalling the dispute between the two in front of the Council Hall, the courtiers' eyes became subtle.
"Kuo'er!" Concubine Xie's expression changed, "This is not a place for you to joke."
"Don't worry, concubine, I haven't finished speaking yet." Chu Kuo curled his lips indifferently and walked towards Chu Lan.
"Brother Prince, I remember that since your Wu Zui disappeared from the epidemic, I have never seen you riding a horse again, so I specially sent people to Qiudi to find a horse with sweat and blood.
, I hope to see the prince’s heroic appearance on horseback again.” After delivering the box to Chu Lan, Chu Kuo’s expression was sincere, “The horse cannot be brought into the main hall, I have sent someone to send it away.
Prince's Mansion, this is the reins, please accept it with the prince's approval."
That's it! After hearing Chu Kuo's explanation, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but praise him with emotion.
It seems that the eighth prince still has his heart!
At the moment, everyone looked happy to see the success, waiting for Chu Lan to accept the gift.
Only Murong Qingwan clenched her hands secretly. Chu Wei's expression at this moment was not entirely happy. He turned his eyes and saw her nervousness, and quietly reached out to hook her fingers.
Murong Qingwan was startled, smiled back at him, and turned her gaze to Chu Lan.
Fortunately, Chu Lan lived up to expectations and smiled slightly, "Thank you, Eighth Emperor Brother, for this gift."
After that, I accepted the gift.
For a moment, the officials cheered!
Only Zhang Qingjiu couldn't help but sneer and cursed in his heart in a very shameless way.
You are so mean-spirited, this family secretly wishes that Chu Lan would die soon.
The Yaoliangqin is said to be precious, but it is not auspicious.
It is said that this "circling beam" has passed through the hands of several generations of emperors. Every time an emperor obtained this "circling beam", he would play the piano and have fun all day long, intoxicated in the music, neglecting government affairs and making the people miserable.
The last time it appeared was when the previous dynasty was about to collapse. The king of Chu did not go to court for seven days in a row. If it had not been for the persuasion of his princess Fan Ji, I am afraid that the previous dynasty would not have been able to survive his dynasty.
After that, the King of Chu tried hard to govern, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of "circling the beam", so he had to bear the pain and ordered people to beat the qin with Tie Ruyi. The body of the qin was broken into several pieces, and the previous dynasty was allowed to continue for another thirty years.
And the famous "Rao Liang" piano that was once the envy of thousands of people has ceased to play.
I don’t know that this old woman has found such a peerless piano in that corner. Isn’t she hoping that Chu Lan will not become a good king?
I don't know if these ministers really don't know, or they are all blind.
As for the gift from Concubine Xie and Chu Kuo...
Zhang Qingjiu sneered. The mother and son had a good understanding of each other. They knew clearly that Chu Lan was in poor health, so one gave him a sword and the other gave him a horse? Do you expect him to belch soon, or do you hope he won't survive tonight?
What's more, the Ganjiang Sword is also an ominous sword. In order to make the Ganjiang Sword, the Ganjiang's wife sacrificed her body to the furnace. Not to mention whether it is auspicious or unlucky, is this thing given to the prince because he doesn't want the husband and wife to grow old together in the future?
No wonder she had a lot on her mind. She could see what the three of them were thinking at a glance.
I don’t know if Chu Wei has found out what happened back then after so many days.
The gifts from the three people pushed the scene to a climax. Compared with their gifts, the gifts from the subsequent princes and princesses were naturally not enough. As for Chu Wei and Murong Qingwan, they were naturally very valuable, but those were their gifts as parents.
love.
What Murong Qingwan gave as a gift was a gold-lined garment that could withstand a sword, while what Chu Lan gave as a gift was a book that many kings had been searching for for hundreds of years but could not find. It was rumored that it was a strategy for governing the world that could lead to a prosperous era for a country.
His thoughts are naturally self-evident.
After the gifts were given, there was singing and dancing.
The scene widened and the singer came on stage. It was so beautiful and so joyful.
After the song ended, everyone was intoxicated.
Until the Queen Mother spoke and asked the woman among the group of singers to stay.