The emperor's birthday, all nations come to the court, and the whole country celebrates.

The ceremony is roughly divided into two parts.

Morning worship ceremony, dinner ceremony.

Yang Yansi was white, and he was not qualified to participate in the early dynasty, nor did he have the opportunity to witness the spectacular scene of the coming dynasty of all nations.

Compared with the rigorous early court ceremony, the dinner ceremony is much more relaxed.

Courtiers were allowed to bring their families to participate.

Due to the large number of guests, preparations for the dinner began in the morning.

The congratulatory gifts prepared by Yang Yansi are a bit special, so they have to be sent in advance.

Yang Yansi, Yang Yanzhao, Cao Wei, Wang Shilong, Shi Yuansun, a group of five people carried a giant birthday gift and wanted to enter the palace.

The giant birthday gift was carried to the gate of the palace, and the soldiers in front of the palace stopped five people.

On the emperor's birthday, the envoys of Fanbang entered the city, and the city of Bianjing was mixed, and the palace guards were far more than twice as many as before.

"Who are you? It can be seen that trespassing on the palace is a capital offense. Thinking that you are young, wait around you once, and retreat quickly. ”

The speaker was a broad-faced, dark-skinned, burly strong man, wearing armor and a long sword at his waist, with a majestic face.

The palace is forbidden, and within a hundred steps of the city wall is a forbidden area, and the soldiers guarding the imperial city have the right to shoot on the spot.

Yang Yansi stepped forward, and the soldiers immediately held their hands on the hilt of the knife, and he hurriedly took a step back.

"Brother, slow down, the five of us are all the heirs of the generals, and today is Your Majesty's birthday, I specially prepared a small gift, ready to send it to the palace."

Hearing that Yang Yansi and the five of them were all the heirs of the generals, the strong man's face softened a little.

"When you go out together, brother, I won't embarrass you. If you want to go in without the accompaniment of the adults, you must ask the eunuch's permission, and you wait, and I will send someone to give you a message. ”

Wang Jien, the chief eunuch in the palace.

According to historical records, on the night of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's death, the Empress Song of Xiaozhang sent Wang Jien to hold the edict of Taizu and summoned Zhao Defang into the palace. After Wang Jien left the palace, he did not go to see Zhao Defang, but summoned Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, into the palace.

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi entered the palace one step ahead of Zhao Defang and ascended to the throne.

Whether the facts are true as recorded in the historical records is not known.

In short, Wang Jien played a crucial role in Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne.

As a hero of Conglong, Wang Jien was greatly favored by Zhao Guangyi.

After a while, an old man with gray hair and a white beard, carrying a whisk of dust, appeared, with anger on his face. When he went to report it, the soldier followed him in frustration, as if he had been scolded.

Among the minions in the palace, Wang Jien can be regarded as an ancestor level. In addition to serving Zhao Guangyi, he basically stayed at home. I was rashly disturbed today, and I was very unhappy.

When I went out of the palace gate, I took a look and saw Yang Yansi and his party, and the anger on his face disappeared.

Wang Jien pretended to be annoyed, "Our family said that whoever is so bold and dares to trespass into the palace to ask for a meeting, it turns out to be a few of you little cubs." ”

Cao Wei stepped forward and stuffed a jade wrench into Wang Jien's hand.

"Eunuch Wang, the boys have specially prepared a birthday gift for Your Majesty, and they plan to send it in, you can be accommodating and accommodating......"

Wang Jien did not have the slightest consciousness of accepting bribes, and played with the jade wrench openly, looking at Cao Wei suspiciously.

"Little cub, what's the bad idea?" Wang Jien saw the giant birthday gift covered with gauze, "What kind of birthday gift, cover it so tightly, let our family take a look." ”

"Don't!" Cao Wei blocked Wang Jien, "Eunuch Wang, this thing should not be exposed now, if you want to see, let's find a more secret place." ”

Wang Jien looked at Cao Wei suspiciously.

After a while, he shook off the dust and sighed: "Little cub, this thing that has not been checked cannot be sent to the palace." You should know ......"

"This ......"

Cao Wei was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it.

Yang Yansi stepped forward and quietly stuffed something into Wang Jien's sleeve.

Wang Jien wanted to take it out and take a look, but he took out half of it, and when he saw the words on it, his hand froze.

"You kid......" Wang Jien stretched out his index finger and pointed at Yang Yansi, beat his chest and said, "You are embarrassing our family." That's it, for the sake of your filial piety to respect your father, our family will help you. Come with me! ”

"Our family is not embarrassed by your palace boss, you can also come and take a look alone."

Under the leadership of Wang Jien, the group walked to a side hall at the foot of the imperial city.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Jien walked out with a smile on his face.

Outside the side hall, Wang Jien wiped a little cream from the corner of his mouth, and said happily: "You little cubs, it's really rare to be able to make this birthday gift." If Your Majesty sees it, he will be happy. ”

Yang Yansi followed closely with the gift, bowed slightly, and said, "This has to be kept secret by you, the eunuch, and give Your Majesty a surprise when the time comes." Once the boys have received any reward, they will be grateful to the eunuch for his support. ”

Hearing the heavy thanks, the smile on Wang Jien's face became even stronger, "The seventh boy of the Yang family, you are a spiritual doll." We also make a guarantee to you that before His Majesty's birthday banquet, no one else will be allowed to see this thing. ”

"Our family is responsible for tonight's birthday banquet, and our family will arrange a proper place for you to stay in a while."

Zhao Guangyi's birthday banquet was held in the Daqing Palace, and Wang Jien arranged Yang Yansi and his party in the Fuze Hall near the Daqing Palace, and sent two fathers-in-law to guard the door and prevent people from entering.

Inside the Fukuzawa Palace.

Cao Wei curiously pulled Yang Yansi and asked, "Brother Qilang, what did you give that eunuch, how did he become so easy to speak?" ”

"What else can there be, money."

"Impossible, the jade wrench I gave is a fine jade, worth hundreds of taels of silver. You just stuffed that eunuch with a fluttering piece of paper, how could it be worth more than my jade wrench. ”

Yang Yansi couldn't help but roll his eyes, "A piece of paper, you said it lightly." The piece of paper in your mouth is worth ten thousand taels. ”

"Ten thousand taels?!"

Cao Wei, Yang Yanzhao, Shi Yuansun, and Wang Shilong stared at Yang Yansi dumbfounded.

"Seven...... Seventh brother, how can you have so much money? ”

"You don't care how I have so much money, you should think about how to behave at night. The re-bet is already pressed out, if you four mess up at night. Just wait for me to be a coolie for a year! ”

Yang Yansi glanced at the four of them, leaned against the pillar of the Fuze Hall and sat down, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.

Originally, Yang Yansi wanted Yang Yanzhao to present a birthday gift alone, but after thinking about it carefully, Shuda was easy to attract wind. And he was worried that Concubine Pan Guifei would make trouble from it, so he pulled Cao Wei and the three of them together.

In this way, if the emperor rewarded four people at a time, Yang Yanzhao would not be so dazzling. Even if Concubine Pan Guifei is favored, she will not provoke the heirs of the three top powerful families, and make enemies for herself for no reason.

In the Zichen Palace, after Wang Jien settled Yang Yansi and his party, he returned to Zhao Guangyi's side.

Zhao Guangyi was reading a copy of "History of the Han Dynasty" in his hand, looked up at Wang Jien, and lowered his head to continue reading.

"I heard that you brought a few little cubs from the Yang family, the Cao family, the Wang family, and the Shi family into the palace?"

Wang Jien smiled happily and complimented: "I can't hide anything from Your Majesty, those little cubs were indeed brought into the palace by slaves." ”

turned over his hand and took out the wrench given to him by Cao Wei and held it in front of Zhao Guangyi.

"A few little cubs know that today is His Majesty's birthday, and specially prepared a birthday gift for His Majesty. It's a pity that his status is low, and he can't enter the palace gate. That's why I found a slave to take them into the palace. For this reason, the boy of the Cao family also gave the slave a jade wrench! ”

Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the jade wrench, "Give it to you, you can accept it!" You worked hard to say good things for those five boys in front of me, couldn't it be because you received such a tattered wrench? ”

Wang Jien put away the jade wrench and said with a flattering smile: "The slave is His Majesty's minion, how can he be bought by others." It's just that the filial piety of those five boys is rare. And then there'......"

Zhao Guangyi asked, "What's more?" ”

Wang Jien smiled brightly, "And the gifts prepared by those five boys are indeed a bit special, and they will definitely surprise Your Majesty." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Guangyi became interested, "What kind of special law?" ”

Wang Jien smiled, "The slave promised to keep it secret for those five boys." Moreover, that gift can only show how special it is if you see it with your own eyes. ”

Zhao Guangyi shook his head and scolded with a smile: "You dog minion, you actually sold off with me. Okay, I'll just wait, wait until the evening and see what's so special about it. ”

"Step down and get ready for dinner!"

Wang Jien retired.

After leaving the palace gate, he patted his cuffs, and a flower appeared on his face.

The reason why he said good things for Yang Yansi and a few people was because of the piece of paper in his sleeve.

It was a house deed, a house near the Jinshui River, covering an area of 200 acres. According to the current market price of Bianjing City, it is worth 10,000 taels.

Dusk drum and morning bell.

When one hundred and eight drums sounded, Emperor Zhao Guangyi's birthday banquet officially began.