Chapter 357: The Night Banquet in the Capital
There is a dinner party tonight, and the level is definitely not low, and Emperor Chongzhen has no intention of summoning him at this time, so he definitely doesn't want to worry about the tiger master anymore.
Among colleagues, there is nothing to move around at this time for the time being, Xu Changqing also plans to rest in this house for a day today, and by the way, he will have fun arguing with Li Lanfang.
At this time, although Xiu'er was eaten by mistake, Xu Changqing was obviously more interested in Li Lanfang in his heart.
It's not about passion.
Instead, Xu Changqing felt a little like a friend when he found the afterlife, and he was a very good friend, a friend when he was a child.
"Hey, surnamed Li, what's wrong with you today? Didn't you eat in the morning, you have no energy. ”
But soon Xu Changqing also discovered that Li Lanfang was wrong, like a spiritless little hen, dejected.
"I want you to take care of it, my sister didn't sleep well last night."
Li Lanfang was a little weak-hearted and didn't dare to look at Xu Changqing, but she still refused to show weakness.
Xu Changqing couldn't help but smile: "What's the matter, surnamed Li, you won't come to listen to the bed last night, right?" Or, did you eat your sister's vinegar? It's okay, you can come back tonight to listen to the bed, it's no problem to watch live! ”
"The surname is Xu, killing people is not enough, what do you want? I owe you 800 times, but now that my sister has paid you all the money, what do you want me to do? You have to see that I'm really upset, can you kill me? Anyway, it's a matter of your words! ”
Li Lanfang suddenly broke out, her eyes widened angrily, and she locked on to Xu Changqing.
Xu Changqing was taken aback, "The surname is Li, did you take the wrong medicine?" If you hadn't sent your sister to my bed, how could I have looked for your sister? Now put down the bowl and scold your mother, right? Have I treated your sister badly? Can't I just let her into the house when I go back? ”
Hearing Xu Changqing's words, Li Lanfang was a little stunned.
In fact, she already understood that Xu Changqing was deliberately teasing her many times, but Xu Changqing was by no means a person without responsibility, and Xu Changqing's foundation was far bigger than she and even many people thought!
Xiu'er can enter Xu Mansion, it is definitely an opportunity that can only be encountered in a hundred years!
In the second half of her life, even if she can't be rich, she has no worries about food and clothing, which is far better than ordinary people.
As she said, if she can really help Xu Changqing give birth to a son and a half daughter, it will be a glorious life, far better than her father's honor.
Xu Changqing thought that Li Lanfang would refute himself and quarrel with himself again, but he suddenly found that Li Lanfang lowered her head a little downwardly and turned around to leave.
"Surname Li ......"
Xu Changqing subconsciously wanted to tease her again, but he suddenly felt a little unbearable, Li Lanfang's back was really a little speechless.
"What the hell is this called?"
Xu Changqing was also a little speechless for a while, shook his head, and stopped paying attention to Li Lanfang for the time being.
But Xu Changqing just wanted to rest for a while, when his own soldiers suddenly came over to report, "Marshal, Uncle Dingbei is here." ”
Wang Pu came over at this time, it must have been yesterday's incident and tonight's dinner, Xu Changqing also gathered his mind and greeted him with a smile.
And watching Xu Changqing and Li Lanfang leave separately, by the window, Xiu'er Liumei frowned, if you don't deal with the follow-up, you will have a lot of dreams at night!
But at this time, her position is obviously unstable, and she still needs Li Lanfang to help her support her, what should she do......
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Night slowly fell, in a deep mansion near Xuanwu Gate, the brilliant lights were bright, and the traffic outside the door was gradually busy.
One by one, the carriages came, and they were soon led by the servants to a courtyard opposite the door to rest, and the masters entered the compound one by one in good clothes.
If there are people who are familiar with the ideology of the capital here, I am afraid that they will be shocked to drop their jaws just by looking at it for a while.
The owners of these carriages are either this duke, that hou, or all kinds of powerful sons, each of which is unspeakably expensive.
At this moment, another carriage drove up.
The servants who greeted the guests around were so excited that they were about to explode, and they hurriedly fell to their knees.
After a while, someone carefully opened the car door, and a little fat man who was dressed in a scholar's green robe, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, got out of the car with some irritability.
"The Prince."
"Prince, be careful."
The servants all smiled on their faces, and tried their best to make an impression in front of this little fat man.
Soon, Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu also got the news and rushed out.
Zhou Kui hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and his old face was already blooming.
The little fat man in front of him is his biggest reliance, and it is also the sustenance of all the future, it is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Zhu Cihong, the eldest son of Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou!
"Grandpa, what's going on today, why do you have to ask me to come, if the queen mother knows, she will definitely beat me."
Zhu Cihong spoke in a loud voice, and his figure was a little too fat, although it was not exaggerated, but his voice was not too good.
"Hehe, prince, it won't take you long, half an hour, at most half an hour, the queen will wait for the old man to explain, the old man has prepared your favorite osmanthus cake for you."
Zhou Kui said as he carefully accompanied Zhu Cihong inside.
Next to him, Tian Hongyu only had envy.
Although Tian Guifei also gave birth to two sons, Dabao is obviously hopeless.
At this time, Zhu Cihong has actually reached the age of opening the mansion, when his father Emperor Chongzhen was so old, he had already opened the mansion for a long time, but the children with mothers are different, Queen Zhou has been reluctant, and he still lives in the palace.
And just when a few people were just walking inside, dozens of tall war horses also came here in an orderly manner.
Hurriedly a servant hurriedly ran over to report: "The prince, the country, the loyal and righteous uncle Xu Changqing has arrived." ”
"Xu Changqing?"
Zhu Cihong was clever, and suddenly became interested, and hurriedly looked at Zhou Kui and said, "Grandpa, is Xu Changqing also here tonight?" ”
Zhou Kui's face was a little complicated, but he quickly recovered, and said with a smile: "Prince, haven't you always wanted to meet our loyal uncle, just right, let's go over and meet together." ”
"Hehe, that's a good feeling."
As he spoke, several people came out together.
And here, someone has already notified Xu Changqing, and Zhu Cihong is also here.
Even though Xu Changqing is a noble and noble bloodline, no matter how high he is, he can't be as tall as the prince, and soon Xu Changqing also discovered Zhu Cihong's figure, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Minister, Xu Changqing, the chief military officer of the Shandong Left Association, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven is a thousand years old!" ”
Seeing Xu Changqing kneeling, Zhou Kui had a smug smile on his face, and he couldn't hide it at all.
What about you Xu Changqing, even if you are a cow, now, aren't you kneeling at the feet of Lao Tzu?
Zhu Cihong obviously didn't know that he was just a fox and a fake tiger at this time, he was in an ignorant adolescence, and he admired heroes the most, especially Xu Changqing, whose prestige had already swept the world!
At this time, seeing that Xu Changqing was tall and tall, a military robe was quite majestic, and the whole thing was even more heroic and handsome, Zhu Cihong hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and personally helped Xu Changqing up: "Xu Shuai doesn't need to be polite, Lone has heard of Xu Shuai's name for a long time, but unfortunately I have the fate to see it for the first time at this time, tonight, Lone, Lone must accompany Xu Shuai to have a few more drinks." ”
Although Zhu Cihong pretended to be mature, that kind of youthfulness could not be concealed at all.
Xu Changqing's impression of him is not bad, even because of Li Youwei's affairs, the two were rivals in love back then.
"You praise the prince, tonight, Changqing is forced to sacrifice his life to accompany you!"
Seeing Xu Changqing give himself face like this, Zhu Cihong was overjoyed, and hurriedly entered the courtyard with Xu Changqing.
Only Zhou Kui was left, and his face gradually darkened.
What the hell is going on, why is the prince so ignorant!
Tonight's dinner was held in the middle courtyard, after all, the front yard was still not private enough, and it was easy for outsiders to hear and see.
Xu Changqing, Zhu Cihong and others walked through several labyrinthine corridors, and a few minutes later, they came to the middle courtyard.
At this time, there are already many people here, a bit like a Western-style buffet, each holding a wine glass, talking and laughing in groups.
Xu Changqing soon found a lot of familiar figures, Wu Sangui, Wang Pu, including Wang Tingchen, Tang Tong and others all arrived.
Moreover, Xu Changqing also saw his cheap grandson, Xu Shengyuan of the Wei Mansion.
Xu Shengyuan actually made Xu Changqing a little impressed, he really stayed in Shandong for more than a year, and later after the entrance of the Qing army, he found a way to transfer back to Beijing.
It is nothing more than people saying, 'There are people in the court who are good officials', at this time, he is already a general, and without an inch of merit, this is comparable to riding a rocket.
Xu Shengyuan was very clever, and when he saw Xu Changqing coming, accompanied by the crown prince Zhu Cihong, he hurriedly came over to salute: "I've seen the prince, I've seen the little grandfather." ”
Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly looked at Xu Changqing: "Xu Shuai, you, are you so senior?" Brother Shengyuan actually wants to call you little grandpa? ”
Xu Shengyuan was also slightly embarrassed for a while, but after all, he had experience in polishing at the grassroots level, so he was quickly relieved and smiled very gently.
Xu Changqing smiled: "Prince, our family's lineage has been passed down for generations, and we have been drifting at the border, which is incomparable to the comfort of Beijing." ”
Zhu Cihong hurriedly made a sudden realization, "Haha, Xu Shuai, speaking of which, we are really not outsiders." Just like back then, Grandpa Tai and Marshal Xu fought side by side, and in other days, if there is a chance, Lone must also fight side by side with Xu Shuai! ”
As soon as he said this, the venue suddenly fell silent.
Even Zhou Kui was a little confused, he never thought that this child, who had never grown up, would still have such ambitions.
Xu Changqing smiled and nodded: "It is an honor to be able to fight side by side with the crown prince!" ”
The royal education must not have been said, Zhu Cihong looked dumbfounded, but he was quite wise and foolish, and he was a very easy person to get along with.
It's just that Xu Changqing can only feel sorry for him in his heart, all aspects are comprehensive, and he is destined to have that kind of opportunity.
Xu Changqing and Zhu Cihong came together, and tonight's guest of honor was almost here, Zhou Kui led everyone with a smile and came to the big guest hall to watch the performance.
The decoration in the large guest hall is extremely luxurious, many dancers, singers, and musicians are carefully preparing, and on small tables, many maids are serving exquisite dishes like an assembly line.
Originally, Zhou Kui must have been sitting on the main seat, but when Zhu Cihong came tonight, he definitely couldn't sit on the main seat anymore, but he just wanted to go to the left position and greet the guests, but suddenly found that Xu Changqing had already gone over there as a deed, and then sat down unceremoniously.
For a while, the originally harmonious and comfortable venue suddenly became quiet.
What do you want to do......