Liu Yuan listened to Cui Jing's explanation, and then understood that this was a habit of the upper nobles, and all the officials who exceeded the emperor's pro-seal should invite the emperor to thank the emperor for his grace, called the fishtail banquet.

According to historical records, in the Zhongzong period, there was a popular activity called "roast tail banquet", where new officials of scholars took office or officials were promoted, and a banquet was held to entertain relatives and friends who came to congratulate them. There are three theories about the origin of this seemingly strange name: first, when a tiger becomes a human, its tail is burned off; Second, when sheep enter the new flock, they must burn the old tail before they are accepted; The three said that the carp jumped over the dragon gate, and the fish tail was burned by the heavenly fire before it could turn into a real dragon.

The most famous roasted tail banquet is the Tang Zhongzong period, a person named Wei Juyuan worships Shang Shuling, for which he made a very grand roasted tail feast, which is rich, everyone is very satisfied, it is said that Tang Zhongzong ate very satisfied, missed, and considered promoting his official again.

Could this "fishtail feast" be the predecessor of the roasted tail feast?

"Father-in-law, what are the requirements for this banquet?" Liu Yuan probably knew what was going on, but he didn't have a clue how to get it.

"It's just a light meal, there are not so many rules, but the emperor advocates frugality, and don't be too extravagant and wasteful." Cui Jing touched his beard and said a little proudly.

Liu Yuan thought for a while, and then asked, "Then, when will you invite the emperor to a banquet?" ”

"In three days." Cui Jing explained: "Of course, if the emperor doesn't come or not, then make another matter." ”

Liu Yuan nodded, but hesitated again all of a sudden, please eat is not a problem, eat well, it doesn't matter if you eat a little, the only thing that is a little lacking is. I don't have a house in Chang'an, and now I live in an inn, I can't let Li Er eat in the inn, I and Cui Mengyao haven't married yet, and I'm afraid of giving someone a handle in Cui's mansion, so I can buy a house, and I'm shy for the time being, in this Chang'an, I don't know if there is a rental business?

seemed to see Liu Yuan's confusion. Cui Jing said lightly: "I am in the east of the city, there is a house, the environment and decoration are also good, I should be a slave, and I can use it well." Now that no one lives in it, sell it to you. It's worth eight hundred taels at a discount. ”

Cui Jing finished speaking. It is rare for the old face to feel a trace of embarrassment, that house, originally lived in an orchid, which was the place where his golden house was hidden, and only the day before yesterday did people dispose of the orchid and vacate it for Liu Yuan to live. After all, Liu Yuan is also his son-in-law, the future son-in-law of the three masters of the Cui family and the three members of the three products, and he will live in the inn, and it will not be Liu Yuan who will be laughed at at that time. It's himself, but in order to take care of Liu Yuan's self-esteem, it's good to just accept eight hundred taels of silver, anyway, he doesn't lack silver flowers.

The east of the city is close to the palace, where the dignitaries like to live, so the environment and safety are good, the location is good, a good house is hard to find, although eight hundred taels is not low, but with Cui Jing's taste and status, the house will definitely not be bad, in Chang'an, where every inch of land is gold, it is not expensive.

Silver is not the problem, the problem is that there is no silver.

The division of the first phase of the lottery is three hundred taels, plus the two hundred taels given by Cui Mengyao, that is, five hundred taels, you can spend fifty taels on Dai Qisi, and now it is more than four hundred taels left, even if there is silver in Yangzhou, it can't save the near fire from far water.

Liu Yuan lowered his head and said a little embarrassed: "That, for the time being, the hand is a little tight, this house"

Seeing Liu Yuan's embarrassment, Cui Jing was very happy, thinking that you will also have a time when you are embarrassed? What is long overdue?

But what you say today can be regarded as a promotion, the sixth grade is on the upper rank, that is more than the seventh grade, which is much better than I imagined, the Tang Dynasty official rank has thirty-one levels, Liu Yuan suddenly rose four levels more than expected, although the sixth-level official is nothing in Cui Jing's eyes, but for Liu Yuan, who has a white body, this is already a great reward.

"The lottery matter, you also handed over to Cui's to take care of, originally planned to advance 5,000 taels to you, now deduct 800 taels, you can only pay up to 4,200 taels when you go to the tent, I still have a chapter to write, you, you two have a good chat." Cui Jing glanced at Liu Yuan and Cui Mengyao, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and turned back to the study.

The two of them haven't seen each other in a while, so let's have a good chat.

"You"

"You"

Unexpectedly, the two said it in unison, but as soon as they found that the other party was also talking, they stopped, and they suddenly fell into silence again.

The atmosphere was a bit ambiguous and a little awkward.

"Liu Yuan, you say it first." Cui Mengyao whispered.

Liu Yuan looked at Cui Mengyao, who was as beautiful as a flower, and said softly: "Mengyao, why don't we go to the back garden?" ”

Cui Jing's old boy, although he has a little wrong temper, but he is quite knowledgeable, no, he specially avoided it and created a chance for the two of them to be alone.

"Hmm" Cui Mengyao tapped her head, and there was a little shyness, a little yearning, and a little joy in her expression.

Which young girl in Huaichun never thought of talking to her husband before the flower and the moon, confiding in each other, and most importantly, her father still acquiesced.

So, Liu Yuan walked in front, although Cui Mengyao said that she was a famous daughter, but she didn't have a sense of domineering, and walked beside Liu Yuan, slightly behind a third of her body, in order to show her respect for Liu Yuan and take care of Liu Yuan's dignity as a big man.

"It's a nice day, and the garden is well kept." Liu Yuan didn't know what to say for a while, so he had nothing to say.

At night, you have to talk about the stars, the moon and so on.

Cui Mengyao smiled: "Although this is an old mansion, my uncle's third-grade official position limits the scale here, and this back garden is much smaller than the one in my old mansion in Qinghe." ”

Although Chang'an's face is large, but the planning is very complete and meticulous, take the house as an example, there are no three products, don't want to put the façade facing the market, but facing the door, and different levels, the size of the house, specifications, decoration have detailed regulations, can not be crossed at will, where is like Qinghe, the Cui family has been operating for hundreds of years, where to run as stable as Mount Tai, the house wants to start how to start, so the new house is not as good as the hometown, it is also reasonable.

Liu Yuan listened and agreed: "That's true, when I first went to your old house in Qinghe, I was also shocked by it, I didn't expect that there are such beautiful houses in the world." ”

Cui Mengyao covered her mouth and smiled: "When did you look stupid, like a dirt bun, but you have a ghost idea, take advantage of the congratulations to advertise your Jinyu family at the old lady's birthday banquet, and also made such a crooked poem, it's funny to think about." ”

Liu Yuan also laughed embarrassedly, thinking that in order to make money and expand the popularity of the Jinyu family, he really couldn't put much effort into advertising.

Fortunately, it seems that the effect is good now, at least after Qinghe and his party, the business of the Jinyu family has become better step by step, and after the collapse of the Yumanlou, the Jinyu family has become the largest and best gold shop in Yangzhou, and the original batch of craftsmen who took in the Yumanlou, Liu Yuan is even more powerful, and now he dares to argue with the Jin Supreme.

However, it was that trip to Qinghe, a big oolong, the two met because of jewelry, and because of the jewelry after the most bad luck to form a pair, I have to say, some things in the world are so wonderful, some people, the opposite side does not meet, and some people, even if they are thousands of miles away, can also be thousands of miles of marriage.

Isn't there a saying called "fate and three lives"?

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Yuan had a very wonderful feeling, shook his head and looked at the beauty on the side, but he didn't expect Cui Mengyao to look at him with a tender face, looking at each other, the spark of love was burning, Liu Yuan couldn't help it for a while, and gently grabbed Cui Mengyao's soft wattle, only to feel warm and delicate, slippery, soft, and very comfortable to touch.

"Ah" Cui Mengyao suddenly came to her senses, hurriedly pulled out her hand, and said embarrassedly: "Chun'er is following behind, there are many people here." ”

Liu Yuan twisted his look, that's right, Chun'er and a girl were following behind, but they were far away, and now they were still playing with the two of them picking flowers behind their backs, as if they didn't see anything.

"It's okay, they can't see it." Liu Yuan was happy in his heart, there are many people here, so you can't be too affectionate, so there are few people, isn't it

Cui Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Yuan just touched his hand just now, and he felt that his heart was about to jump out, his heart was like a deer, his head seemed to be blank, and his heart was shy and sweet, is this the romantic feeling of the moon before the flowers?

"Liu Yuan, I heard that you defeated my future second brother-in-law in Yangzhou, and even my father told me that you are talented and brilliant, maybe you don't know the way, my father rarely praises people, that, you can write a poem for me, okay?" Cui Mengyao whispered.

What the? Cui Jing, that old boy also praised himself?

Liu Yuan took a look, it is estimated that when he was in Yangzhou, Cui Jing came up with a "negative person" theme to test himself in order to hint at himself, but fortunately, he plagiarized two songs at once, and suddenly made the old boy not light, that is, from that time on, Cui Jing Liu Yuan's attitude changed.

Men like women to be beautiful, it is best to know emotions and have temperament, women like men, in addition to being handsome, having a sense of security, it is best to have talent and responsibility, ancient and modern.

"Then you can come up with a question." Liu Yuan didn't refuse, beauty, just to coax and spoil.

Cui Mengyao said happily: "You can play as you like." ”

Feel free to play, no theme?

Liu Yuan was happy in his heart, this is really not difficult, isn't this a chance to make his glorious image more radiant in Cui Mengyao's mind?

"Okay, you let me think about what kind of poem to compose." After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he touched his nose with his hand, lowered his head, and paced like those scholars.

Cui Mengyao's eyes showed joy, her eyes stared at Liu Yuan's steps, and she secretly counted in her heart: one step, two steps, three steps and seven steps.

As soon as I counted the seventh step, I heard Liu Yuan's guy suddenly shout: "Ha, there is." ”

Daddy said it well, it was really a seven-step poem, Cui Mengyao's beautiful eyes were filled with a little ripple, and she looked at Liu Daguan with a little admiration, to see what great works he had come out. (To be continued.) )