After dark, Xingzhou City, which should have been quiet in the past, became more and more lively today. On the streets, in the city, there are constantly lights on, and people have come out of their homes, laughing, singing and dancing in the same direction - the palace.

Originally, in order to reflect the royal majesty, people were naturally not allowed to approach the vicinity of the palace at will, not to mention these ordinary people, even the Chinese military officials, it was a sin to go at will without being summoned or having important things to do. But today is obviously very different, Xu is inherited from the original Tang Dynasty king in the grand festival of the people's style, Li Qianshun has also developed a habit over the years, will climb the palace wall today, let the people in Beijing admire his holy face.

Although he had to wait until nearly three and a half past night, and had to have a banquet with the officials of the DPRK and China before coming out, this did not affect the people who gathered early on the square outside the palace to celebrate the few major festivals in the year.

The sound of laughter and singing continued to come from the street into the courtyard, which made Sun Tu, who had already prepared everything, a lot of interest, so soon he took Lin Dong out of the door under the pretext that he was going to see the emperor's holy face. However, there were too many people on the street today, and Sun Tu did it deliberately, so it only took a while to throw Lin Dong away, and he continued to follow the crowd, until more than an hour later, this huge procession finally came to the front of the palace.

However, at this time, Sun Tu was still quite far from the palace, and there were thousands of people from the Xia Kingdom in the middle, and after a hasty sweep of judgments, it could be concluded that more than half of the people in this city with a population of more than 100,000 had flocked to this place, which could really be regarded as a celebration of the city.

And when so many people who are difficult to know the root of the foundation have gathered, the guard work of the palace has also become extremely tense, not only the forbidden army has been fully dispatched, but also the people and horses in the security yamen of Xingqing Mansion such as the Inspection Department have also been evacuated to form a formation to block the flow of people who may break through the defense line. From a distance, one can still see a bed crossbow set on the palace wall, and the arm-thick spears on it are still flashing in a faint cold light under the surrounding lights.

But the people were not intimidated by such a strong defense, and continued to sing and laugh with joy, and from time to time the good dancer danced in public, which drew thunderous applause and cheers from the people around them.

Sun Tu was mixed in these crowds, looking at all this, he couldn't help but feel the enthusiasm of the party members, in such an emotion, even this cold winter weather made people not feel cold, but made people have a kind of blood surge, just want to sing and dance to show the impulse.

At the same time, this also once again proves the unity and self-confidence of the Western Xia. After all, there are tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the palace now, and if there is a riot instigated by someone, I am afraid it will be a riot. Why did the Great Song Dynasty, which really inherited the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, never have such an arrangement, and the emperor never thought about what he wanted to have fun with the people, in the final analysis, he was still worried that the scene would be out of control.

But Li Qianshun has this confidence, he firmly believes that his people really support him, so he dares to let the people of Beijing appear outside the palace so closely. For this alone, the lord of Zhongxing in the Xia Kingdom is already stronger than the officials of the Great Song Dynasty......

Sun Tu sighed, but a treacherous cold glint flashed in his eyes, but this is also the root cause of Western Xia's chaos! It is precisely because such celebrations have not happened for many years that when things do happen, they are overwhelmed and cause even greater disasters.

And all he has to do is wait for the perfect time to come. Just make these guys happy a little longer!

The people of the surrounding Xia Kingdom did not know that the disaster was imminent, and the people were still singing and dancing there, as soon as a slender man in a gorgeous costume spoke, the surrounding voices were also muffled:

"Thou art our sun, O King Khan, who illuminates the direction of our people. Thou art the eagle that spreads its wings, O king of Khan, and leads my people to the high heavens; King Khan, you are the strongest in the world, and let my people sweep the eight wildernesses from now on...... I only wish that the Khan King would live forever and that my people would stand forever in the middle of this heaven and earth! The majestic and desolate singing voice rose high, and the people around him were intoxicated by it, even though Sun Tu couldn't understand the meaning of the song, he also praised in his heart that this singer was indeed very infectious, and it was much better than the so-called three major tenors in the world in later generations, such as Pavarotti and the like.

This song not only fascinated the people in the square, but also the guards in front of the palace gate and the palace wall also showed a look of listening, at this moment almost everyone was attracted by the singing, and they didn't know that someone had quietly walked forward for a while, and it was not too far from the palace wall over there.

Although the outside of the palace is very lively, the palace is also a scene of singing and dancing, and the ministers raising their glasses.

Li Qianshun's interest today is extremely high, and his already somewhat black and red face is already shining under frequent drinking, and I saw him raise his glass from time to time and touch a few times with Mo Yuhe and other important ministers, and said with a smile: "Today is my fifty-seventh birthday, thinking about the thin ice when I ascended the throne at the beginning of the year, everything seems to be close at hand." Looking at today's Xia Kingdom, there is no longer a need to worry about being invaded by the Liao and Song dynasties day and night as at the beginning, but can be left and right between the Liao and Song dynasties and get enough benefits. And all of this depends on the diligent efforts of your ministers for many years, so let me toast you again! As he spoke, he looked up again, and poured down a large cup of mare's milk wine.

Seeing this, the ministers naturally did not dare to slack off, and they also raised their glasses and drank all the wine in the glass, followed by a flattery praising the emperor's wisdom. After everyone had said the nice words, Mo Yuhe took the lead in stepping forward and said respectfully: "The emperor has a big birthday today, and the minister has prepared a small gift, and I hope the emperor will not dislike it." With this opening of his mouth, the highlight of today's birthday banquet has finally been staged, and it is time for the ministers to present a birthday gift to the emperor to show their loyalty.

However, his move caused some dissatisfaction from the prince. Because in the past, it was him who said this, but this year, the situation has changed, and the emperor actually asked Mo Yuhe to take this head, obviously this is also to teach him a lesson.

However, at this time, everyone did not pay much attention to the prince's reaction, and everyone's attention was focused on the birthday gift that was about to be offered, and the first thing to bring up was naturally the birthday gift carefully prepared by Mo Yuhe, but it was a Buddha statue made entirely of gold and five feet high. Only the raw material gold of this Buddha statue is not less than four or five hundred catties, which immediately made the people present amazed, and many people thought about the birthday gift they prepared, but they were afraid that they would be pulled out of the top spot by the Zhongshu Order today. Then there was the birthday gift offered by the prince, but it was a long painting: "Father, this is a hundred Buddha pictures painted by the Tang Dynasty painting saint Wu Daozi hundreds of years ago, and the son specially purchased it from the Central Plains, and I hope that my father will not dislike it." ”

After learning that this painting was actually painted by a great painter like Wu Daozi, and it was a hundred Buddha pictures that were deeply respected by the country, everyone was amazed. Even though it can't compare to the golden Buddha offered by Mo Yuhe in terms of actual value, it is already a very valuable existence.

Subsequently, there were officials who came in one by one to offer birthday gifts, most of which were valuable treasures, and the emperor was even more pleased, and he was often secretly frightened when he saw the fine seal. If his family still offered that BMW, today's birthday banquet would hardly leave any impression in the emperor's mind. Fortunately, this time it was a blessing in disguise, so that Sun Qianli asked for such a Buddha treasure from Master Yusang, and he would not be weaker than others.

So when it was the turn of the fine seal clan to present a birthday gift, he also stepped forward with a steady pace, held up the sandalwood box in his hand and said: "What the minister and the fine seal clan have offered is a Buddhist treasure, and I also ask the emperor to allow the minister to demonstrate on the spot to show the wonder of the Buddha treasure." ”

After hearing his words, the emperor immediately thought of what had happened before, and immediately became interested, nodded and said, "Please, you try it and I'll wait and see." And the prince's face darkened by three points, if it weren't for the trouble of the fine Feng clan, why would he be in such a field today......

The other officials also thought of a series of things that had happened in the capital a few days ago, so they all showed curious expressions when they looked at the small sandalwood box again, and they all wanted to know what was so wonderful about this so-called Buddha treasure that the prince could covet it.

And as the fine seal often took out the music box, wound up, and let it release bursts of Buddhist scriptures and Sanskrit sounds, and another Buddha statue slowly rose from the box, everyone present, including the emperor and the prince, stayed on the spot, and after looking at it for a long time, someone exclaimed: "This is really a treasure of Buddhism that has never been seen before!" ”

"This should be the Buddha who felt the piety of the emperor and me, so he gave such a treasure......"

The emperor was a little out of shape at this time, and actually said directly: "Quick, bring it up and let me take a closer look!" This is the reaction that the prince just presented in the hundred Buddha drawings that he couldn't give birth to. The emperor took it, carefully looked at it for a long time, and then smiled: "Okay, the birthday gift offered by the fine seal clan today is the most suitable for my heart......" As he said, he also glanced at the prince deliberately, making the latter's heart tighten.

With this birthday gift in front of the jade, the birthday gifts offered by those officials after that seem a little cliché and ordinary, and there are no more good things that can make people's eyes shine.

In this way, today's birthday banquet has quickly come to an end, seeing that the time has come to the second and third quarters, Li Qian stood up with a sense of wine, "Let's go, you and others will go to the palace wall with me to have fun with the people!" Finely sealed, you are by my side! This arrangement was obviously to reward the birthday gift that he had offered before, and it also made him attract the envy of many people again.

Half an hour later, the emperor finally came to the palace wall, accompanied by his ministers, and the biggest celebration of the day was about to begin. But no one would have thought that chaos would arise!