On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full.
The autumn wind seems to have specially taken a day off in order to allow people to have a good reunion during the festival.
The weather from this morning to evening has been much warmer than in recent days.
Therefore, in the huge square in front of Fengtian Hall, apart from the two stoves standing on the left and right of the throne, there was only one stove next to the remaining tables.
The long tables are filled with gold bottles of fine wine, jade plates of delicacies, and special mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Emperor Yan entered the banquet at an auspicious time, and all the ministers took their seats after a great ceremony.
Maybe the thousands of lights in the venue and the bright moon complement each other, and the little emperor with a face as golden as paper seems to be more energetic than usual.
The officials who were invited were surprised and relieved to see this, and they were not worried about their master Long being ill and would not be able to enjoy the feast happily.
Under the full moon, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras was melodious, the actors danced to the music, and the officials listened to the music and enjoyed the dance, changing cups and cups.
What a peaceful scene where the emperor and his ministers are enjoying themselves together.
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"Huh, there are still Northern invaders who have not retreated in Xing'an, and the turmoil caused by the Red Sect in Fujian has just been resolved, so they are whitewashing the peace with songs and dances. With such a mediocre king in Zhongzhou, it is no wonder that things are getting worse."
"Hey! Be careful! The war situation in Xing'an Realm has basically stabilized. The Wala people have not been defeated on the fifteenth day of the month. It is time to get out on the first day of next month. There will be no trouble. The disaster of the red-clothed rebels has also subsided, and Fujian
The people are gradually being supported and appeased. The resumption of the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet is firstly an affirmation and reward for everyone's recent efforts, and secondly, it is not only releasing a strong confidence and signal to the outside world, but also not letting down the emperor's good intentions."
"Oh, just for this drink, you can make up nonsense with your eyes open and say such high-sounding words. Maybe you and I have not toasted to each other for a long time. I will take this opportunity to ask you tonight, how talented are you?
A third-grade Shangguan, don’t you feel guilty when you say these words?”
"Eh! You bitten Lu Dongbin, you don't know what's good or bad! If you don't want to live, just curse, don't blame me for not stopping you from committing the crime of beheading!"
"Bah! I..."
"you're drunk!"
"Well……"
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At the night banquet.
Some people ate meat and drank wine in silence, not saying a word except saluting in return.
Without realizing it, the amount of alcohol consumed and the frequency of raising the glass are much greater than the amount of food being stuffed into the mouth.
Some people have no appetite at all and are looking around with smiles.
Little did he know that the wry smile on his face was stiffer and crooked than the bitter gourd.
Some people almost treated this banquet as a restaurant and canteen. After drinking a few sips of wine, they started to quarrel with the people at the table and lose their temper.
He thought that being able to complain under the influence of alcohol was a direct remonstrance worthy of being recorded.
Fortunately, the place was bright enough and the sound was noisy enough, so not many people paid special attention to these small scenes.
Only Fifth Hou Zhuangruo, who had attended no less than ten Mid-Autumn Festival banquets, could inadvertently take in everything.
He had been observing it all night. This Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was really an ordinary banquet. Except for the topics that everyone wanted to talk about and the hidden thoughts, everything was no different from the past.
He asked his subordinates to investigate the time and process of purchasing the fine wines and delicacies at the venue, to investigate the process and details of the invitation of music officials and actors to the palace for rehearsals, and to investigate the deployment of the forbidden army, garrison and other military forces in the city, but found nothing.
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In fact, with the current operating speed of various departments in the imperial court, even if it was decided just yesterday to reopen the Mid-Autumn Festival, there would still not be a big problem if everything could be done within one day.
In short, the Fifth Marquis has not seen any problems with this night banquet until now.
But having no problem is the biggest problem for the Fifth Marquis.
He was completely unable to tell from the arrangement of the night banquet whether this was a simple impromptu initiative or a hasty move resulting from a sudden conspiracy.
He definitely did not think that the sudden resumption of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was a whim suggestion of the young emperor.
What made him most uneasy was that he had never been able to figure out what Tim's intention was in doing this trick.
The Fifth Marquis took a long sip of wine, hoping to dispel the nightmare haze in his mind.
Last night, or rather this morning so far, the less than two hours of sleep he had had was really confusing.
He dreamed that Yu Tian used the male and female balls that he played with in the house as weapons and practiced them to perfection.
At the banquet, when Yu Tian was toasting with him, two iron balls slipped out of his sleeves and bounced towards him.
There was nothing in his hands to protect him, nothing to escape from, and he was hit between the eyebrows by the iron ball!
On the shocked face, there was a big mouth below, and a big bloody hole above it. The death state was particularly horrifying!
Fortunately, as an important minister of the court, the Fifth Marquis has enough ability and time to investigate various matters related to tonight's banquet.
While ensuring that his own life is not in danger, he also has the opportunity to intervene in the preparations for tonight's banquet and defeat his opponent.
Thousands of years ago, the overlord of Chu held a Hongmen Banquet and asked Xiang Zhuang to dance with his sword to test his powerful rivals.
Since today's Hongmen Banquet was hosted by Yu Tian, his archrival also arranged a sword dance to test his opponent.
Except for the guards, no one in the court is allowed to wear sharp weapons to meet the Holy One.
As for the swords used in the performances at the night banquet, they were all specially made. They were extremely tough, not sharp, and soft in texture, making them difficult to hurt.
Only the Fifth Marquis had a Jin Yiwei who specialized in practicing this heresy.
Used to make fun of the situation, one deception is enough to add to it.
Especially the Fifth Marquis has determined that Yu Tian did not bring the pair of male and female balls into the venue.
There is no way such heavy things can be carried around without leaving traces.
The Fifth Marquis was thinking about it, and finally saw his subordinates coming on stage to perform a sword dance.
For a moment, the Fifth Marquis was shocked when he saw Yu Tianhao sitting there, completely unaware of his presence.
Seeing Yu Tian smile, he picked up a large bunch of grapes and swallowed them one by one from bottom to top.
It looks quite evil and creepy!
It was also seen that Tian’s cheeks were bulging and swollen!
Where are these grapes!?
Just as the Fifth Marquis was thinking this, he saw that Yu Tian's left and right cheeks suddenly collapsed inwards!
Instead, two iron balls as big as goose eggs were spit out from Yu Tian's mouth one after another!
Shoot straight towards the door facing the Fifth Marquis!
Wu Hou's thoughts were racing, and he tried at least ten ways in his mind, but he couldn't completely avoid the ball!
There is not much time left for the Fifth Marquis, he has no choice!
The Fifth Marquis could only follow his instinctive reaction and lie back to avoid the sharp edge.
At the same time, the left arm uses its internal force to hook back towards the face as a defense, preparing for the worst case scenario of losing one arm.
Click!
The Fifth Marquis seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking from his left elbow.
Then the first iron ball passed through his elbow without any hindrance!
The second iron ball roared through the hole!
Before the Fifth Marquis could feel the pain of his elbow being penetrated...
I can feel the coldness coming from my chin rushing straight to my forehead!
Then his vision fell into darkness without any pain at all!
"General."
"General?"
"The fifth general."
The fifth prince came to his senses.
He found Yu Tian holding a golden bottle and looking at him with a smile.
It was Yu Tian who woke him up from his confusion just now.
"Our family proposes a toast to the general, and hopes that the general will show his respect."
Without saying a word, the Fifth Marquis raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, showing his indescribable pride!
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A night of silence.
Only the servants of the Fifth Marquis' family knew that the clothes the general took off after returning home actually cracked the tung oil-finished wooden floor in the house.
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The next day.
The Fifth Marquis entered the palace early.
Not long after, he got the decree as he wished and left Beijing to go to the north to set up border defenses to guard against surprise attacks by the Oara people.
Overnight, the fifth general's temples became a lot grayer and whiter, making him look very old.
Overnight, the Fifth Marquis figured out many things.
I figured out that Yu Tiandang had never taken him seriously as the Fifth Marquis.
Letting him grow up to compete with him, saying that raising a bandit is self-respecting may not be appropriate. You should just feed a paper tiger that seems to be able to compete with it at first, so as to prevent the family from becoming a dominant family and being criticized by the public.
Now it's time to blow away this paper tiger of his.
He would die easily if he didn't leave.
The saddest thing is that after he is gone, we still have to follow Yu Tian's wishes and join forces with the Northern Alliance to fight against Oara.
Of course he could do nothing.
But if he does nothing, he will undoubtedly be forgotten by the world and become worthless soon.
By then, he will not even be able to touch or reach the fifth position in the Zhongzhou court...
It’s messy, it’s so messy. The more I write to the end, the more difficult it becomes. It’s my own fault.