In order to impress Zhang Yong and Miao Kui to their side today, Wei Bin, Luo Xiang and Ma Yong spent a lot of money today. Although Fuqing House is considered the leading restaurant in the capital, and some dignitaries even book it to entertain guests, but what really matters is
Each family prepares banquets in their own courtyards, which means that the vegetables and meat materials used here, and even the vessels used to hold things, are unlikely to be of high quality.
Therefore, the three of them got several sets of good porcelain from their own homes early, including Ru kilns, Jun kilns and Yue kilns. In short, they brought over everything they could collect. As for food, they also brought the best porcelain from other restaurants at high prices early.
A good master has prepared all kinds of materials two days ago, and even the tea leaves were brought out by everyone for their treasures.
However, at first they felt a little sad about this, but now Gu Dayong also appeared here, and even congratulated Xu Xun with a smile on his face. Not to mention that today's cost was only a few thousand, even if it was doubled for three people,
It was worth it. At this time, Luo Xiang was even more happy than he had received the benefit. He jumped up and congratulated Xu Xun with a smile on his face. Then he loudly ordered: "Go quickly and get a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Lao Gu."
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"It's not one pair, it's two pairs. This kid Ruisheng ran to Uncle Pingbei's house and made a mistake. He was about to leave the city for a trip to the Xishan camp, but he happened to bump into my hand, so he lost a few seconds.
Ten miles away!" Gu Dayong said and waved to the bottom of the stairs, "Ruisheng, why are you lingering down there? Come up quickly!"
As Gu Dayong shouted, Ruisheng slowly came up from below. However, he did not come up alone. In front of him was Gu Dayong who remembered to follow Ruisheng. He always lowered his head.
, vaguely remembering the little fire person with a flat face. At this moment, this person was walking one step faster than Ruisheng, and even looked around with interest. Gu Dayong had never seen such a bold guy, at this time
He frowned and was about to speak, but as he looked at it, he felt that except for that face, the rest of his behavior looked very familiar. Just when he was wondering, he saw Xu Xun stand up with a sound.
Come.
"Your Majesty, what kind of fame do you have?"
"Oh, you finally recognized it? Then you are better than Gu Dayong. I followed Ruisheng and wandered in front of him for so long, but he didn't recognize it!" Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face. Seeing that
One layer of the thing couldn't be peeled off, so he immediately said to Ruisheng, "Quickly, come and help me. This thing is hard to take off and hard to take off. It seems that it won't be so easy to use it in the future!"
Under the stunned gaze of everyone, Ruisheng finally hurriedly took off a layer of something from Zhu Houzhao's face, and then ordered people to get a basin of water. However, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have not noticed the eyes of the people around him, smiling.
Said: "Of course, that's because I don't want to pretend anymore, otherwise even you Xu Xun may not be able to recognize me. How about this thing? Although it is incomparable to the masks in the novel, after putting it on my face
You look so mediocre, but you can still fool the unwary?"
As soon as these words came out, even though the people around him were either powerful officials or favored nobles like Xu Xun, no one knew how to reply for a while. In the end, Xu Xun coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not a minister.
To throw some cold water on you, you are following Eunuch Rui out this time. Everyone knows that he is the steward of Qianqing Palace and a person deeply trusted by the emperor. Therefore, those who follow him and the palace gate guards only give them a symbolic look.
After seeing that there were no major problems, we let him go. Even Eunuch Gu and the Emperor were looking down at him from behind when they met at about that time, which was definitely not the same attitude as when he came up?"
When Zhu Houzhao saw Gu Dayong nodding his head, he remembered that he was so complacent that no one noticed him all the way. He immediately picked a chair and sat down in frustration. He didn't care whether the seat was occupied or whether the utensils had been touched.
He angrily picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it down in one gulp, and then snorted coldly: "I've told you everything, what else can I say? I didn't hear that your kid was actually upstairs, so I forgot about it and rushed straight up.
I didn’t expect that there are so many people!”
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They came to pick up Zhang Yong and Miao Kui, but they brought Xu Xun with them. Now coupled with the uninvited Gu Dayong and the little emperor himself, Luo Xiang and the three of them were overjoyed. Seeing Luo Xiang
Zhu Houzhao took his seat, and he was very happy in his heart. He gestured for someone to prepare chairs and bowls and chopsticks. He explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is actually a coincidence. I heard that Eunuch Miao and Eunuch Miao and
When Lao Zhang came back from the west, his servant invited Lao Ma and Lao Wei to greet him. Who knew that he happened to meet Mr. Xu in the reception hall. And before we even had two drinks here, we came to say congratulations.
Eunuch Gu, even the emperor came unexpectedly, isn't this a huge coincidence and fate?"
"Well said, it's fate!" Although these are all people around him, Zhu Houzhao has not met so many people at once for a long time, and he is very happy now. Seeing everyone standing, he frowned and said,
"This is not a palace. Everyone should sit down for me, otherwise wouldn't this become like a morning court again?"
Everyone was well aware of the little emperor's temperament. Xu Xun took the lead and sat down. Naturally, the others also sat down with smiles. Ruisheng picked up the jug and was about to pour the wine one by one, but as soon as he picked up the jug, he
Zhu Houzhao held it down with one hand: "I remember that I said everyone should sit down, but I didn't say I asked you to stand. If you are missing chairs, bowls and chopsticks, let me bring them up, and you can sit next to me!"
Now that the little emperor had spoken, Ruisheng had no choice but to obey and immediately added a chair and a pair of bowls and chopsticks. Seeing everyone sitting together at the big round table, Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhang Yongdao with a smile:
"Zhang Yong, Xu Xun praised you so much when he came back, saying that you had discovered Zhu Zhixiu's treacherous plot early, and had taken precautions to recruit the remaining troops, especially the thunderous ambush in the long street... Although I know you
What a good military strategy, but you can’t tell that your courageous strategy is so brilliant!"
When Zhang Yong heard that Zhu Houzhao praised him so much, Zhang Yong's face, which had not shown much rosiness after drinking a few glasses of wine at first, suddenly turned red. He knew that Xu Xun must be saying good things about him behind his back, so he quickly said humbly:
"My slave is just a lucky success. Thanks to the emperor's reputation for promoting talents in an eclectic way, and the military remnants who are all willing to die for the job. Coupled with the unexpectedness, we can achieve such results."
If Zhang Yong attributed all the victory to himself, although Zhu Houzhao always felt good about himself, he was not that thick-skinned. However, Zhang Yong gave the idea a high hat, and the evaluation of Zhu Houzhao's eclectic use of talents was exactly
The proudest and most arrogant person, he suddenly became elated. He personally took the pot and filled a cup and handed it to Zhang Yong. When he saw Zhang Yong stood up in fear and took it with both hands, he followed the same example and filled a cup to Xu.
Xun, then Miao Kui.
Just when everyone thought that the little emperor was just paying tribute to the three imperial envoys patrolling the border, Zhu Houzhao shook the pot and poured himself a cup. Then he pulled out the stopper and looked down at the pot. It was Yang.
He asked someone to bring more wine. When another pot of wine was delivered, he took the wine cups in front of the others and filled them up for Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, Ma Yongcheng and Ruisheng one by one. Only then did he smile.
He raised the wine cup in front of him.
"Since today is so lively, I would like to toast you all with a toast! It is said that we work together as one, and it is only because of your assistance that I can make the world peaceful. I hope you will still work conscientiously in the future, so that I can save my worries!
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Although Zhu Houzhao had many problems, Xu Xun, at least for a long time, had never felt like accompanying an emperor like a tiger by his side. Therefore, at this moment, when seeing other people, they were either shocked or moved.
Or excited, he was the first to stand up and drink it all in one gulp, and then smiled and said: "I will definitely remember the emperor's words in my heart. I am the youngest among everyone, and I thought that having assisted the emperor for fifty or sixty years should be no problem.
Your Majesty, please don’t find me troublesome in the future!”
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"Hahaha, okay, okay, let's live a long life together!"
Seeing that Xu Xun's words made the little emperor overjoyed, everyone else naturally didn't care. After drinking the wine, they all echoed and said something to make Zhu Houzhao happy, and then responded incessantly. On weekdays, Zhu Houzhao was always busy with big banquets and small banquets in the palace.
I can't be careless, but today I drank everyone's toast in one go. When I sat down, I felt a little dizzy. Seeing this, Rui Sheng quietly ducked back and quickly brought the sobering stone and sobering soup.
.Although Zhu Houzhao was a little reluctant, since his head was dizzy, he could only hold his nose and drink the large bowl of hangover soup, but then he raised his eyebrows.
"What's wrong with this taste? Although there are many kinds of hangover soups in the palace, they all taste as bad as they taste. Why is this one so delicious and refreshing? No, give me another bowl!"
Seeing that Ruisheng was dumbfounded after hearing this, Wei Bin quickly coughed and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the usual sobering soup with Chinese medicine added. It is made from fish heads, plus mature vinegar, pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, etc., from
It has been cooked in the morning, so in addition to being a hangover reliever, it is also a rare and delicious dish..."
"Ah, does this still make sense? Send some more of this hangover soup so that everyone can have a good taste!"
At the little emperor's shout, the big casserole was brought up, and everyone scooped it into small bowls one by one and tasted it. They all found it spicy and refreshing, and the slight drunkenness that had arisen at the beginning was relieved.
This kind of method of using fresh soup to relieve hangovers is not uncommon in various families, but since the little emperor said it, everyone naturally agreed. After such gossip, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but drink another bowl of soup, but it was so spicy.
The feeling went straight to his nose, and in the end he couldn't bear it anymore, and he sneezed loudly again. This time, the soup and water in his mouth sprayed everywhere, not only on his head and body, but also on his body.
There was a lot of stains, and everyone in the seat next to me was even more unlucky. Everyone was in a hurry for a while. At this moment, there was another burst of noise below, followed closely by laughter.
"Since it's so rare to have such a complete group of people today, why did you exclude our family?"