Anecdotes of Tianyuan: The Long Night is Young

Chapter 85 The Banquet of the Sun

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was eradicated very quickly and cleanly this time, so Emperor Shaoyuan took advantage of the situation and wiped out the Ministry of Officials.King Duan showed his sharpness for the first time, and the prince had already regarded him as a thorn in his side, and became an opposition to King Duan.After this incident, some officials could see that King Duan had some signs of fighting for the heir. They did not stand in line or were ambiguous, but some officials also joined King Duan's team.Su Xiang was Zhao Xiyan's father-in-law, so he naturally favored Zhao Xiyan. Su Xiang called many disciples to stand in line with Duan Wang.Suddenly, three forces formed in the court. □□, Duanwang Party, Royalist Party, three forces are competing.Emperor Shaoyuan enjoyed his prejudices very much. It is not good to fight openly and secretly, but it is also because of the check and balance of the two forces that he can sit securely on the throne.Due to the matter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the court was cleaned once, but only in a small area, and the surface looked clean.Now the Ministry of Officials is vacant, the Ministry of Rites is the king, and the other four departments are controlled by the prince.Although Zhao Xiyan is the minister of the Ministry of War, but because he is busy, he doesn't have much thought to take over. It is the servant of the Ministry of War of □Yu who takes care of it.The minister of the Ministry of War emptied Zhao Xiyan, and even called it a relief for His Highness.

Zhao Xiyan got a period of peace and was busy developing his own power, but the prince kept making trouble for him, and the prince and his party always found excuses to impeach King Duan.Emperor Shaoyuan was very displeased when he received these unwarranted memorials, but he could only pretend not to see it because he could not treat the crown prince favorably.Zhao Xiyan had Yan Fengjun as his military advisor, which saved him a lot of trouble.The prince has been thinking about it for a long time these days, and decided to make a fuss about Mobei.

"Go and inform Baru, the time is ripe."

"Yes."

Since then, the prince has calmed down a lot, and the prince's cronies have restrained a lot.Zhao Xiyan was busy every day, but he did not forget Xia Shuning and her daughter.No matter how late it is to return home, I always wash off the dust before I hug my daughter, talk to her, coax her for a while, and kiss her.Xia Shuning knew that Zhao Xiyan had a lot of things to do every day, so she was very considerate of him, and always waited for him to come back to make a pot of hot tea for him.Even though he was the first to see his daughter in the morning, he did not forget to dress and wash Zhao Xiyan.When Zhao Muning's [-]th day was over, Zhao Xiyan was in a great mood and made a big fuss, even more grand than Zhao Qichen's [-]th day back then.Duan Wang is now considered to be in power, no matter who wants to come and climb.Zhao Xiyan sent out invitations, friends and foes alike, and some who had no friendship with King Duan came uninvited.Zhao Xiyan also didn't want to embarrass others at her daughter's [-]-day banquet, so she received the gift list and then dismissed her if she was not salty.

Duanwang Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of guests. Officials who came to congratulate Duanwangfu's little princess for a hundred days filled the front hall and courtyard of Duanwangfu, which was even more lively than Duanwang's wedding.After the guests were seated, Zhao Xiyan and Xia Shuning came out with Zhao Muning in their arms.Today Zhao Muning was dressed thickly, and after feeding for a hundred days, she didn't look as wrinkled as when she was just born, but now she is pink and cute.Zhao Muning's small mouth is very similar to Zhao Xiyan's, and there is a small mole between his eyebrows that is exactly the same as Zhao Xiyan's, and his eyebrows and eyes always look like Xia Shuning's.Most of the many officials didn't really come to celebrate the princess's hundredth day, but they all wanted to curry favor with King Duan.They really couldn't understand why Duan Wang only cared so much about this daughter, but she was born to a side concubine and didn't have a son-in-law.Su Xiang also brought the eldest son here today, Su Xiang saw his own daughter sitting in the hall, King Duan and the side concubine teasing the child, all the officials around were congratulating them, Su Qingshu's place was unavoidably deserted.Su Xiang looked at his daughter sitting alone, but King Duan didn't even look at her, and he knew that his daughter might fall out of King Duan's favor.Su Xiang also knew that because of his family, Duan Wang was forced to jump off the cliff, and Duan Wang was afraid that there was a gap between him and Qing Shu.Su Xiang turned his head and saw that all the women in Duan Wang's mansion had children, but his own daughter didn't live up to expectations, and there was no sign of her.Back then, she finally took the opportunity to get pregnant, but she accidentally had a miscarriage.Su Xiang really couldn't bring up any joy at this person's wedding banquet, so he sighed all over his heart.

Not only a big man like Su Xiang thinks so, but the female relatives brought by those officials are also whispering.All the hostesses in Duan Wang's mansion have children, even Princess Mobei, who has no status, has a son, but the dignified Duan Wang and Princess have no children, so how can we not let people gossip.On such a big day, Su Qingshu must be there as the mistress of the palace, but she is just a display.At this moment, the prince only had Bairi's daughter and Xia Shuning in his heart, and he never even glanced at her. Su Qingshu was very uncomfortable being whispered by the women of the aristocratic family here.She knew that she had no one to blame, it was the bitter fruit she had planted, and she should taste the bitter fruit herself.Zhao Xiyan was not deaf, so naturally he heard it.Even though he didn't want to be tainted with Su Qingshu anymore, they had a deep relationship after all, and Su Qingshu was the princess who was being married by the matchmaker. Zhao Xiyan was inevitably a little angry that these women from aristocratic families dared to talk nonsense on such a big day.

Zhao Xiyan summoned Xiangyun and asked the concubine to go back to her room and rest.Xiangyun walked up to Su Qingshu, whispered to Su Qingshu that the prince asked the princess to go back to the room and rest, don't care what others say.The first sentence that the prince asked the princess to go back to the room to rest is the original sentence of Zhao Xiyan, and the latter sentence is added by Xiangyun himself after hearing the whispers of the family members.After Su Qingshu heard this, and Xiangyun had followed Zhao Xiyan closely since he was a child, Su Qingshu suddenly felt so happy that he wanted to cry after hearing this.It turned out that the prince still cared about him, Su Qingshu turned his head to look at Zhao Xiyan who was toasting, the corners of his eyes were a little moist.Yinger helped Su Qingshu back to the room, Zhao Xiyan sitting at the table naturally saw it, and didn't react.Just as the women from the aristocratic family who were whispering were following their husbands to toast Zhao Xiyan, Zhao Xiyan only responded politely, but did not drink.When the men saw King Duan's attitude, they understood the reason in their hearts, and they glared at the woman angrily. The woman was terrified when she saw her husband's sharp eyes.

Grasping Zhou is naturally the highlight of the Hundred Days Banquet, and Zhao Xiyan ordered his servants to prepare it early.I saw a thick red cloth spread on the ground, surrounded by all kinds of objects.Zhao Xiyan whispered something in Xia Shuning's ear, and Xia Shuning placed the child in her arms in the center of the red cloth.Zhao Xiyan and Xia Shuning were both on the side, shaking the rattle to guide her to grab things.The people around murmured and did not dare to move forward, so they could only watch helplessly.Ulanya and Qiu Ruyu took their children and ran around to lure Zhao Muning.Xia Shuning held Zhao Muning's favorite little butterfly in his hand and stretched out his arms. Zhao Muning rushed towards Xia Shuning without even thinking about it.But because there were things around the red cloth, Zhao Muning looked down, but didn't grab it.Zhao Xiyan told her to grab something, but she didn't do it for a long time.As soon as Xia Shuning spoke, Zhao Muning first stretched out his fleshy hand to grab a peach blossom fan. Just as Zhao Xiyan and Xia Shuning were cheering, Zhao Muning reached out and grabbed the brush next to him.Zhao Muning grabbed these things and lost them after a while, and stretched out a hand for Xia Shuning to hug.Seeing her daughter grabbing the peach blossom fan and brush, Xia Shuning felt that her daughter would definitely grow into a well-educated and graceful beauty in the future, so she couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.Not only Xia Shuning was happy, but Zhao Xiyan was even more happy, laughing heartily, the guests looked at Duodu and immediately ran up to congratulate the little princess, and said a lot of auspicious words.Zhao Xiyan was in high spirits, everyone praised his daughter, and he didn't want to be humble.

Just when Duanwang Mansion was very lively and it was the climax of the Hundred Days Banquet, a discordant sound broke the joy.

"His Royal Highness congratulates Princess Yongning on her [-]-day celebration, and presents a box of East China Sea Pearl, a piece of exquisite coral, a pair of longevity locks, a box of century-old ginseng, a set of the four treasures of the study, and twenty bolts of brocade."

"My brother thanked His Highness the Crown Prince, and wished His Highness a thousand years and a thousand years."

Zhao Xiyan knelt down and took the gift list from the East Palace Rider, and thanked His Highness the Crown Prince with everyone in the mansion.

"His Royal Highness is busy with government affairs, and has no time to get away, so I sent a humble post to congratulate the prince."

"His Royal Highness is full of heart, and my ministers are terrified. Please thank His Royal Highness on my behalf."

"My lord, you are being polite. My humble position will definitely bring my lord's thanks to you."

"That's work."

Zhao Xiyan received these things with a smile on his face, but he was very angry in his heart. These things are not as good as gifts for the minister's concubine for a hundred days. Isn't this a slap in the face?Zhao Xiyan had to happily accept it in court, but his heart was full of anger.Zhao Xiyan's complexion is not good, everyone can see that the crown prince is against King Duan.Zhao Xiyan had a bad breath in his chest, but after a while, he continued to have fun with the guests as if nothing had happened.

The night was getting dark, and the Hundred Days Banquet was over, Zhao Muning was sleepy for a long time, and slept soundly on the small bed.Zhao Xiyan lay on the head of the small bed, watching his lovely girl sleeping with happiness in his eyes, and from time to time stretched out his thumb and forefinger to rub Zhao Muning's little pink fist.Seeing Xia Shuning pat him on the shoulder, he woke up from his daughter's sleeping face.Zhao Xiyan carefully kissed his daughter and tucked her in the quilt, called the nanny to carry her down, then hugged Xia Shuning back to the bed and sat down.Xia Shuning took off all the clothes on Zhao Xiyan's behalf, leaving only the pure white clothes.Zhao Xiyan hugged Xia Shuning from behind, buried his whole head on Xia Shuning's neck, smelled it carefully, and rubbed it with the tip of his nose and chin like a cat.Such a rubbing always made Xia Shuning feel itchy, her whole body was numb, and she couldn't help but smile coquettishly.

"Master, itchy~"

"What kind of powder did Ning'er use today, it smells so good."

"It's just the same face powder as before. It's been bathed. Where did the fragrance come from? Don't smell it, sir, it's so itchy."

"I don't use face powder. Could it be that after becoming a mother, I have an unusual fragrance?"

"Why can't I smell the fragrance?"

"Maybe only I can smell it."

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhao Xiyan rubbed Xia Shuning's ear tips, ear sockets, and back of the neck with his warm lips all the way. Before Xia Shuning could say anything, the bed curtain was torn off by Zhao Xiyan with one hand, and the rest was always warm.The girl who was watching the night outside the door blushed all night and didn't stop until the noise stopped before she hurriedly changed shifts.In the early morning of the next day, the two of them became even more clingy, and they exchanged affection with each other. Xia Shuning dressed Zhao Xiyan in the court clothes and arranged the sachet and jade pendant for him. Waking up, Zhao Muning hugged her.Zhao Xiyan scratched Zhao Muning's face with his index finger, Xia Shuning took Zhao Muning from the nanny, and followed Zhao Xiyan to the front hall.In the front hall, Su Qingshu sat on the right side of the hall, Qiu Ruyu led the energetic Zhao Qichen, and Ulanya led the sleepy Qi Rui who had been waiting for a long time.As soon as Zhao Xiyan arrived, he sat on the main seat and drank tea, and all the girls brought their children to pay their respects.Zhao Xiyan said some words of encouragement as usual, but today Zhao Qichen didn't have to run to Zhao Xiyan by himself in the past.Zhao Qichen bowed his body and arched his hands, looking like a big kid.

"Father, in a few days my son will take the Taixue's riding and archery test, but he didn't practice very well. Grandpa Huang said that whoever wins the first place this time will be given the former emperor's bow. My son wants to..."

"You want to get that bow? Kid, you're not too ambitious."

"What the father said is that the son heard that the master said that the father had also won the first place in Taixue riding and archery before, and his archery skills were excellent. So..."

"So, you want me to give you some pointers, don't you?"

"Exactly."

"Okay, yes. After I go down to court every day, you will come to Changxia Garden to look for me."

"Thank you, Father."

Only then did Zhao Qichen show the smile that a child of this age should have, and happily ran back to Qiu Ruyu's side.Qi Rui is also a little ghost, seeing that his brother has obtained the permission of his father, he wants to make a fuss.Zhao Xiyan hugged him on his lap and pinched his little face.

"You are still too young, how about I teach you when you are five years old?"

"Okay! Pull the hook!"

Qi Rui stretched out her little finger and approached Zhao Xiyan. Seeing the child's character, Zhao Xiyan allowed him to also stretch out her little finger to check with him.Zhao Xiyan spoke a few more times, and Wulanya and Qiu Ruyu couldn't hide their smiles seeing Zhao Xiyan being so close to the child.Seeing that it was not early, Zhao Xiyan rushed to court.Sure enough, the prince's party wrote a letter to impeach Duan Wang for his extravagance, lack of compassion for the people, and extravagance at the [-]-day banquet of the Princess Duan's Mansion yesterday.The prince and his party finally managed to find a decent reason, and kept sending letters of remonstrance, which made Emperor Shaoyuan unbearable.How did they offend the common people when they gave birth to a full moon and held a feast for joy?When Emperor Shaoyuan saw that they were talking white and black, he had no choice but to slap Zhao Xiyan in court, asking him to be diligent and thrifty for the sake of the people of Daqi, and fined him another two months' salary.Zhao Xiyan didn't care about these things, and respectfully admitted his mistake, showing an attitude of remorse.The prince and his party saw that Emperor Shaoyuan only punished slightly, but not severely, so how could he be reconciled and kept admonishing him.As soon as Emperor Shaoyuan changed the topic, he asked the Ministry of Rites to report the upcoming Chinese New Year in the palace and the ancestor worship matters before the year.It is rare for Emperor Shaoyuan to go to worship the ancestor this time. In the past, the prince was sent to worship the ancestor on behalf of the emperor, so the Ministry of Rites paid more attention to it.The ancestors were either emperors or heirs. In the end, it was enough for Zhao Xiyan and the princes to follow, and they didn't say anything.

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