"Could it be that the old lady has a fancy to which prince and wants to renew the friendship between the two families?" Xun Yi sat at the banquet and muttered in his heart.

The Xun and Li families have been married for many years, and they are gradually known as the "descendants". Their attitude matters. But from the perspective of the family, the Xun family has also been weakened by the Li family.

The family and the imperial power, while maintaining the same interests, have been fighting among themselves.

The power of the family is large, and the imperial power is naturally weak. And the nature of the concentration of imperial power does not allow the family to ride on the head of the royal family. From the gradual weakening of the major families in recent years, as well as the rise of new families, we can see the vigilance of the royal family.

The Xun family has long been interested in going and establishing another country overseas, no matter how the "ghost fire" burns, can it be burned overseas? Therefore, the Xun family's descendants are not concerned about the so-called official position, fame and fortune. Xun Yi now has the heart to transfer overseas and study the bigger picture.

However, it is impossible for the family to be completely wiped out, and instead of exterminating them all, it is better to support several families to jointly suppress them. The Xun family and the Lu family, who have people at the top, are the targets of the Li family all along. Even if you destroy your family, the ancestors of the two clans above are all gods. offended the two gods, and when the Great Zhou declined in the future, it would be the time for people to fight back and take revenge.

From the seat, Xun Yi and the contemporary Lu Hou were next to each other.

The two talked and laughed, looked around, and Lu Hou asked quietly: "Do you need to help?" The century-old family has a lot of grievances, but everyone is in the same camp. If Longchuan County can be abolished today, he will be able to attack the territory of these families.

Because of the moral collapse of the previous dynasty, it was difficult to implement the system when the Great Zhou Dynasty was founded, and in desperation, the major families were divided into divisions, and the princes were forced to implement the etiquette system. Slowly change those habits that do not follow filial piety and eat for children. But because of this, the influence of the family surpassed the royal family in the local area, and there was a hidden tendency of princes.

The Xun family in Longchuan and the Li family in Qing'an have place names hanging in front, invisibly showing the sphere of influence. Even if the emperor wants to canonize Xuyi, he can't start from these places of the family.

The first emperor had the eldest princess to lead Deyang County Xuyi, known as the eldest princess of Deyang. But she must not take places like Qing'an County or Longchuan County as titles. This is the tacit understanding between the royal family and the family, and the place of the family cannot be moved. If it moves, it means that the power of the family will be reduced, and the family will inevitably join forces to oppose it. Yingzong once tried to give his daughter the title of Nanyang. However, the Nanyang family objected, and suddenly the world was in an uproar, and all kinds of impeachment twists and turns flew into the Zichen Palace, forcing Yingzong to drag his subordinate Yushi out to take the blame, and he didn't dare to mention the matter again.

"No, the Zheng family can't afford to make waves. Xun Yi laughed in a low voice: "If you talk about the relationship, we are protected by the ancestral spirits above the family, and we have a close relationship with the royal family, how can we compare with others?

Lu Hou was stunned. He had a way to communicate with the ancestral spirits. Cao Hou is now ranked among the gods, who dares to cut Longchuan County casually? Knowing that Xun Yi had already made arrangements, he didn't ask, but said: "If there is anything, come directly to Ben Hou." ”

While the two were talking, the guests gradually arrived and the feast began.

According to the etiquette system, the king of the county set up one hundred and fifty banquets. But the old concubine is the concubine of the prince, and she is a long-lived person, an elder of the royal family, so the queen deliberately decreed this morning that all etiquette should be in accordance with the princely system.

Of course, according to the rumors revealed in the past few days, it seems that King Ruijun is about to be promoted to prince.

Therefore, one hundred and sixty feasts, as well as eight birthday meals given by the court, a total of one hundred and sixty-eight.

In addition, birthday celebrations are different from ordinary banquets. At such times, it is generally in the form of self-service distribution.

In other words, the prince and his wife set 160 recipes, prepared them according to these recipes, and the hall was prepared according to the word "Shou". Then they choose a plate, and let the servants bring it to them, and then the kitchen will prepare the same dish again. It's endless, but it's much easier than having everyone prepare a feast.

Of course, individuals choose according to their own hierarchical regulations, a hundred marquises, ninety counts, and it is enough not to exceed.

The servant brought a list to Xun Yi and Cao Hou.

Xun Yi swept it over, one hundred and sixty-eight dishes, eight dishes from the palace, and it was known as the four mountains and four seas. Mountain Guide Mountain, Shoubi South Mountain. There are Nanshan immortal green pine cones, Nanshan golden silk red life cake, Nanshan immortal peach, Nanshan white deer meat roll. The sea refers to the East China Sea, and the blessing is like the East China Sea. There are four-color flying dragon noodles in the East China Sea, Changchun longevity rolls in the East China Sea, coral jade bead soup in the East China Sea, and a plate of three-star crystal dumplings in the East China Sea.

This is the imperial meal given by the queen to the old concubine. Xun Yi relied on being coquettish and cute, and in previous years, he could eat a little. But this year, when I looked at the dishes, I suddenly lost interest. There have been a lot of things going on these days, and he has no appetite. Moreover, there are obviously things in these dishes that he taboos.

Looking at the previous dish again, today's birthday banquet is also known as the Eight Treasures Fulu Birthday Banquet.

There are eight fresh fruits, eight dried fruits, eight spiced medicines, eight candied fruits, eight sour and salty, eight wax flavors, eight hanging hands, and eight blessing cakes. Sixty-four products are placed in the hall into a "Fu" character.

There are 14 meat and vegetables in the main dish, with a total of 28 dishes. In addition, there are four exclusive dishes for worshipping the god of longevity, such as roast pigs, cattle and sheep, and eight pagodas. This is a special sacrifice to the god of longevity, that is, the great priest's order. After the sacrifice, everyone eats separately, and it is not counted in the twenty-eight main dishes. Twenty-eight dishes are arranged into a "Lu" character.

Next to it, there are three roasted animals, and there is an eight-layer rice cake with eight layers of rice cakes, fruits, and fresh treasures.

Xun Yi stared, especially the Eight Treasure Rice Tower, which exuded pure faith power. As the great priest of the gods, he has a happy face. Pigs, cows, and sheep are all roasted, and there is nothing to eat, but the power of faith contained in the Eight Treasure Pagoda is a good thing!

The side banquet after the 32 dishes corresponds to the appetizer, there are eight plates of persuasion of wine, eight plates of decanting, eight colors of steamed buns, eight kinds of noodle soup, eight kinds of longevity cakes, eight plates of white frost candied fruit, eight plates of seasonal fruit and eight types of thick porridge and fresh soup, which are secretly combined with the number of eight treasures to form a "longevity" character.

Generally speaking, you can't finish the dishes. Each person orders according to their preference.

Next to Lu Hou only sixty plates. At the beginning, there were twenty-four plates, eight dishes and sixteen plates, sixteen plates of side banquets, and the remaining four were empty to eat sacrificial dishes.

Xun Yi slightly ordered forty-eight plates, as long as the first seat was sixteen plates, twenty main dishes, eight side banquets, and four sacrificial dishes.

The two are relatively few. There are many people next to him who order dishes, and the front table is full just for the first time.

Xun Yi and Lu Hou served appetizers and continued to chat.

"By the way, when are you going to go for military training? I also have a kid at home, and you can be your companion when the time comes. ”

Military training, the rules set by Mao Gong and Gaozu back then. In order to prevent the descendants of the princes from being dishonored, each generation of heirs had to go to the army for several months to train. Even the princes have to go, and if they don't go to military training, they can't be crowned kings, let alone ascend the throne.

After hearing this, Xun Yi peeled the citrus and said casually: "The north has not been peaceful in recent years, and if it is purely for mixed military merits, you can't go north." ”

"You're referring to the promotion of King Ruijun?"

The reason why King Ruijun was promoted to prince was by virtue of his military exploits in the north not long ago. On the same day, Liu Xun, a personal soldier of the Ruijun Palace, brought back the battle report, so that the imperial court could prepare properly, and secretly defuse a "autumn wind" in the north.

"Well, the next few years will be even more unstable. Just now, Xun Yi talked to his cousin: "Simple military training, don't go north, I mean to go to southern Xinjiang." ”

Lu Hou secretly wrote it down, and said: "Then you kid prepare early, and then we will report to you Chengjue." ”

Three dukes and ten marquis, these nobles of the opening dynasty hold each other, and the titles are cut, but they must not be held by the emperor. Like Xun Yi at present, you say that he is a Shuren, but he has a vacant title, and he cannot be regarded as a Shuren. You say that he is a lord, but he does not have the corresponding rank, and I don't know which rank he counts.

Now, everyone's tacit understanding is to let Xun Yi follow the rules of his grandfather Xun Yu, and wait for him to make arrangements after he takes the title.

"If you work hard, you might be able to come back. ”

Mao Gong was a super grade national prince back then, and when he was passed to Xun Yu, he was a first-grade national prince. When Xun Chen arrived, only the marquis remained, but after Xun Chen's death, he was posthumously crowned the prince of the country. But the title inherited by the Xun family has fallen to the first level of earl.

When it was passed on to Xun Yi's generation, no one could say what title he could give. However, Emperor Chengyuan posthumously sealed the Earl of Xunyuan that day, even if it was worse, it could only be an earl.

"It's just that I'm so good at the knighthood, especially those of us who go back and fight, at least we can return to the marquis. (To be continued.) )