(of.) (of.) At the fourth watch, Yang Yuanqing got up, today is not only to practice martial arts, he also has an important thing to do, there is a well in the small courtyard where he lives, and he usually draws water from the well for washing, but today he is sitting by the well, naked, wearing only a small short ku, he is struggling to wash his military uniform, and there is a small box of powder ground with dried soap carob beans at his feet.

Today he is going to attend Princess Leping's birthday banquet, and it is definitely not okay to wear a blue cloth robe, but he only has a total of four clothes, two sets of cloth robes, a military uniform, and a set of Mingguang armor.

It's just that his military uniform is a little bloodstained and must be washed, Yang Yuanqing grabbed a handful of soap horn powder, evenly wiped it on the corners of his clothes and the front xn, and began to rub it hard, the fabric of the military uniform is woven with fine linen, which is very strong and comfortable to wear.

Washing clothes by himself, which is completely unimaginable in the eyes of other Yang brothers, but for Yang Yuanqing, this is normal, he has been washing clothes since he was five years old, and when he was a child, he often followed his aunt to the Wuben River to help his aunt wash clothes together.

With the faint moonlight, the two dark blood stains in front of the xn and on the shoulders have faded, Yang Yuanqing put two buckets of water again, rinsed the clothes, wrung out the clothes, shook them, and hung them on the strings in the courtyard, so that by noon, the military uniform should be dry.

After washing the clothes, the hour was still early, Yang Yuanqing moved his shoulders slightly, pulled out the horizontal knife from under the tree, and slowly walked to the courtyard, condensed his spirit, and found the best state.

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Princess Leping Yang Lihua's birthday began to be prepared as early as a month ago, according to Yang Lihua's quiet xn grid, she doesn't like this kind of extravagant celebration, a family quietly eating a meal is the best birthday, and this is not a big birthday.

But she couldn't help herself, this is the first more important birthday since Yang Guang ascended the throne, filial piety has been removed, Yang Guang decided to use the birthday of Princess Leping to invite hundreds of officials, the feelings of the ministers, in order to make the birthday more grand and lively, Yang Guang made a decision, not only to invite officials above the fifth grade, even their family wives and daughters are also invited to the banquet.

But in this way, it is not suitable for the birthday to be held in the palace, and the ministers discussed, and decided to move the birthday banquet to the Lanting Mansion, which is the original residence of the Han King Yang Liang, a huge mansion is just empty, which can be used to hold this birthday banquet.

This Leping princess birthday banquet Yang Guang invested a lot of money, not only cost a huge amount, but also ordered Zongzheng Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taichang Temple, Neish Province and Jingzhao Mansion and other related temples to organize, the ministers knew that the holy drunkard did not mean to drink, this birthday banquet was also organized with extra dedication.

Lanting Mansion is located in Chongye Fang, is a mansion covering an area of 200 acres, the mansion is extraordinarily magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, there are three halls that only accommodate more than 1,000 people, not to mention all kinds of strange flowers and plants in the house, all kinds of pavilions and pavilions, lakes and water pavilions, its exquisite luxury, comparable to the imperial palace.

At this time, the front of the house has been put up with lights, a group of joyful, two days ago, there were five hundred palace eunuchs stationed in the house, with all kinds of silk and satin, all kinds of lanterns and colored tiles will be the birthday banquet mansion dressed up with flowers, thousands of spirits.

This time, the officials and their families who are eligible to participate in the birthday ceremony are all above the fifth grade, but not only limited to the ministry officials, officers, loose officials, honorable officials, knights, and all officials in Beijing who are above the fifth rank are eligible to participate, but according to the different official positions, there is a limit on the number of family members they can carry, even so, the scale immediately swelled several times, and the number of people attending the banquet will be as many as thousands.

But compared to the largest banquet, this kind of banquet can only be regarded as a small scale, the banquet will generally last for a few days, the whole country carnival, that is the emperor ascended the throne, canonized Tai, changed the yuan, suburban temples and celebration of harvest and other major happy events will be held.

From noon, the officials and their families who came to participate in the birthday banquet came to the direction of Chongye Fang one after another, carriages, ox carts, horses, donkeys, the street in front of the Han Wangfu was endless, although there was a wide field in front of the door, but it was impossible to park hundreds of carriages, and there were also the emperor's chariots, as well as foreign guests, so all the vehicles had to go back, and none of the servants were allowed to stay.

Hundreds of officials from Chang'an County and Daxing County were in front of the gate to ease traffic, and in addition, nearly 10,000 soldiers were dispatched to patrol around the palace and guard the palace, and the defense was very thorough.

Yang Yuanqing appeared in front of the palace around the afternoon on the "Guang" field, he rode a horse to avoid the crowded crowd, and walked forward with difficulty, at this time it was the peak period for the arrival of guests, the crowd was surging, especially in front of the "Guang" field in front of the palace, the carriages and ox carts were turning around with difficulty, the host was explaining things to the people, the road was blocked, and it seemed crowded.

But after the "Guang" field, in front of the house is a different scene, more than a dozen large tables are lined up, twenty officials are busy registering the names of the guests, changing the banquet cards, many familiar officials meet at the door, always inevitably want to greet.

Most of the guests are bringing their wives and daughters, the men are dressed in the same way, dressed in regular clothes, wearing gauze hats, and wearing ** black leather boots, but the women are light and slight, although it is late autumn time, but most of the nobles comb the half-moon high bun, wearing narrow sleeves and striped long skirts, wearing a short shirt with half arms, and a long curtain on the shoulders and arms, which looks slender and pretty, they are equipped with rings with emeralds, all of them are delicate and moist, the pink light is greasy, looking from afar, the front of the Lanting Mansion is a floating green pill, dazzling.

Yang Yuanqing's horse has been taken away by a special person, replaced with a horse card, he looked at an empty table, came to an empty table, his face was a little hot, he found that everyone was brightly dressed, but he was wearing a half-worn military uniform, which had been washed white, especially in front of xn and the left shoulder in the morning, the color was too hard, and the color fell off, Lu out of two large pieces of mottled old white, and he didn't feel it all the way.

There are also people who wear military uniforms, but they wear neat and bright palace guard uniforms, using fine silk, military uniforms are straight, wearing long swords at the waist, and riding boots on their feet, which looks particularly energetic, which is like his military uniform is old and yellow, wrinkled, and the military uniform he wears is actually the worst texture of all military uniforms, and even the clothes of the subordinates are not as good.

Fortunately, he was burly and tall, and although his clothes were shabby, they did not affect his mental outlook, and he was barely stopped by the guards, but countless pairs of contemptuous eyes swept towards him, and the feeling of being looked down upon did make him a little uncomfortable.

When the registered official saw that he was wearing a military uniform and holding an invitation card in his hand, he arched his hand and smiled: "This general, please register first." ”

There are several large registration books on the table, among which Huang Pi is a guest of the military department, he opened the book, looked down line by line, and found his name on the fourth page, he picked up the pen and signed his name on the back, and drew a circle in the family column, put down the pen and smiled: "Is this okay?" ”

"That's it!"

The registration officer has already exchanged his invitation for a banquet card, five hundred and thirty-one, which is not too bad, it is estimated that he has a knighthood, and the registration officer smiled at him: "It's okay, General Yang, please come in!" ”

Yang Yuanqing had already seen a pair of sisters who broke the enamel bottle at this time, talking to the Zheng family girl he met in the Zheng Mansion the day before yesterday, Yang Yuanqing was afraid that they would be in a hurry to repay their money, he was just about to enter the mansion, and suddenly someone behind him called him "Yuanqing!" ”

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that it was Changsun Sheng calling him, wasn't Changsun Sheng in Taiyuan? When did he come back, and did his grandfather come back?

He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "General Changsun, when will you come back?" ”

Changsun Sheng smiled and said: "I came back in the morning, your grandfather went to Luoyang, halfway to the order, to inspect the site of the new capital, it is estimated that it will be two days late to come back, he is very worried about you!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's face was hot, it was estimated that Changsun Sheng already knew a little about He Ruobi, so he had something to say, he saw that Changsun Sheng was followed by a young man, about ** years old, dressed in a brocade robe, handsome, and looked quite like Changsun Sheng, so he smiled and said, "Is this Ling Lang?" ”

"It's a dog mowgli."

The eldest grandson Sheng pulled a little, "Don't you give your brother a gift?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly saluted Yang Yuanqing with a fist, and said loudly: "The future is Wuji, see Brother Yuanqing." ”

"It turns out that you are the eldest grandson Wuji."

Yang Yuanqing also arched his hand to him and smiled: "I have heard that Brother Xian is a prodigy, and when I saw it today, I really have an extraordinary appearance." ”

Changsun Sheng doted on his little boy very much, Yang Yuanqing praised Wuji, which made him very happy in his heart, so he smiled and said: "It's a pity that I don't hesitate to learn literature and martial arts here, unlike my other apprentice, who is both civil and military." ”

"General Changsun is talking about the people of Li Longzhou! I've already met him, and he's really good, he's rarely big, and he's not an ordinary person when he grows up. ”

"That's what a lot of people say about him."

While talking to Yang Yuanqing, Changsun Sheng nodded to the people on both sides, he was an old minister in the court, and he had a wide range of contacts, Yang Yuanqing saw that he had taken up too much of his time, so he arched his hand and smiled: "General Changsun, please take care of yourself, we will talk again when we have time." ”

He gently patted Changsun Wuji's shoulder again, and whispered: "If you have the ambition to be the prime minister, you can work harder." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji shot an eager gaze in his eyes, and said with a fist: "Thank you Brother Yang for your encouragement, Wuji remembers." ”

Changsun Sheng was moved in his heart, but he did have a lot of people to say hello, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you can go in by yourself!" I'll come to you when I have time. ”

Changsun Sheng took his son to the other end, where several ministers were waving to him, and he heard Changsun Sheng smile from afar: "Su Xiangguo, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that you married a concubine again?" Be old and strong! ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, and was just about to enter the door, when he heard a commotion behind him, and a shuffler shouted, "His Royal Highness King Qi has arrived!" ”

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