?Seven years ago on the fifth day of the fifth month, Li Yuan ascended the throne of the Emperor in the Tai Chi Hall and established the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet is not only a festive banquet, but also an annual National Day banquet for the court. The rules are naturally much larger than ordinary banquets.

Each guest attending the banquet was led into the hall by a special palace servant, and then stood quietly at the designated location. After all the invited guests arrived, the emperor first gave a brief speech and then began to reward the ministers. At the same time, because the men and women at the banquet were separated, the women inside and outside, and the royal family and the daughters of the royal family left the main hall of the Tai Chi Hall in sequence and moved along the passage to the side hall.

When the women sat down, the female officials began to sing the name. Whenever they thought of someone, the palace maids would offer him gifts given by the emperor.

Like others, Li Yao not only got a few boxes of medicinal materials and powder, but also got a colorful ribbon. Although she celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in ancient times, she only took a glance and learned the knotting techniques of others. She naturally tied the ribbon around her waist, which was a profound way to follow the customs.

The banquet in the side hall was hosted by Concubine Wan. Compared to the serious and solemn atmosphere in the main hall, it seemed much more casual. After a while, the hall was filled with singing and dancing, drinking and laughing.

Li Yao had a poor alcohol tolerance, and after a few drinks, he felt a little drunk and had to go out to breathe early. She leaned on the pillar outside the hall, looking at the gorgeous and magnificent palace community from afar, quietly emptiing her thoughts. Suddenly, behind her, the gentle voice of Changsun's family: "Mingzhao, why are you here alone?"

Li Yao quickly turned around and bowed, "I am so happy today that I drink too much, so I can wake up here."

Changsun raised his sleeves lightly, covered his mouth and smiled, "Speaking of this time, the imperial wine that was drunk was still from the Mingyuan winery. I didn't expect that the owner was the "Drunk Fairy" who was unable to drink. It was very interesting."

The Tang Dynasty was an era when people advocated the indulgence of wine and entertainment and showed off their wealth. Most emperors could not tolerate the folk making wine.

Therefore, there were many fine wines that were famous in later generations in the Tang Dynasty, but most of these wines had a light taste and low alcohol concentration, which was even less than the glutinous rice wine in later generations. The highly distilled wine "White Jade Brew" brewed by Li Yao during his winter leisure time was richer and more mellow than the sake she made with turbid wine. Once it was released, it quickly became popular throughout Chang'an and became the new favorite among court tribute wines.

However, Li Yao, the so-called "female Du Kang", was given the banter of "drunk fairy" because of his two major manifestations of "good wine but infinite" and "drunk wine but no virtue".

Li Yao saw the lovely daughter's posture of the future generation of virtuous queens, and his cheeks were even redder with a dizzy wine: "Ming Zhao made the princess laugh."

"Come on, I'll take you to a place, it's much better than blowing the wind here."

After saying that, Changsun said, without waiting for Li Yao to politely decline, he held the other party's hand intimately and walked back along the corridor of Tai Chi Hall.

The two of them came to an open space between the Tai Chi Hall and Zhu Mingmen. There were dozens of open-air tents. Li Yao followed Changsun into one of them. He saw two rows of tables laying inside, and there were mini bows and arrows placed on the rows of tables outside. There were ten steps apart from the rows of tables inside, and there were several plates of rice dumplings that were the size of dumplings. After all, the banquet in the main hall had not yet ended. At this time, no one came in except the two of them.

"Princess, this is..."

Li Yao was asking Changsun when a eunuch hurried in, lowered his eyebrows and asked with his eyes: "Master, is the princess going to shoot the horns and millet?"

Changsun smiled and said, "Of course I can't shoot arrows, I just brought your master to play."

The eunuch pointed to a position and said to Li Yao: "Your lord, please come to the seat."

When Li Yao put his skirt on his seat, the eunuch continued: "The Lord must sit and shoot arrows. He can eat himself when he shoots, and can also take him out of the palace, but the arrows must be clustered into his body before counting."

Li Yao nodded to show his understanding, then he tapped the bow and aimed slightly, and then hit the arrow. As a result, the arrow failed to pierce into the rice dumplings, and a laughter sounded: "Hahaha, why did I see Ming Zhao missed as soon as I came in?"

Li Shimin walked in and followed him with six men. Since returning from Shuozhou last year, people from the Qin Palace have followed Li Shimin to Mingyuan from time to time. Li Yao naturally recognized the vast majority, including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yu Shinan, and Chu Liang. There was only a middle-aged man with a clear appearance, which made her feel a little disgusted.

When Li Yao saw Li, he realized that this person was Du Yan, a famous "poison warrior" in the early Tang Dynasty. He couldn't help but take a look, but Du Yan was also quietly looking at her. The two eyes just met together, and Li Yao immediately made a clever look, and Du Yan's face changed suddenly, and he quickly turned around to avoid Li Yao's inquiring gaze, and took the initiative to talk casually with others.

When Li Yao saw the other party's obvious guilty attitude, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, but before she could think about it, she was interrupted by Li Shimin's cheerful voice: "Mingzhao, don't be stunned, see brother show your hands."

Li Yao nodded and said, "Okay, Mingzhen will wait and see."

Li Shimin said to the eunuch again: "You don't have to serve here, we can play by ourselves."

When the eunuch withdrew, Li Shimin picked up the bow and arrow, then shot nine arrows in one breath, and each arrow was deeply pierced into the rice dumplings, which immediately attracted everyone to applause and cheer.

Changsun used a pottery plate to bring these nine rice dumplings that were shot. Li Shimin immediately distributed them to everyone present, including himself, and everyone happened to have a share.

Li Shimin peeled off the rice dumpling clothes, swallowed the small rice dumplings into his abdomen, pointed at his side, and said, "This bow is weak and the arrow is dull. Only when you shoot the gap between the reed leaves can you get it. Ming Zhao will give it a try again, how about it?"

"Then I'll shoot a few more arrows."

Li Yao sat down beside Li Shimin with a dry smile, and picked up a small bow and shot the rice dumplings again. However, Li Yao's mood was influenced by Du Yan before, and he had not figured out what Li Shimin sold in the gourd today, so it was difficult to concentrate. It was not until the fourth time that he finally hit the target.

Seeing this, Li Shimin immediately raised his hands and smiled, "You're good at ejaculation!"

For a moment, the cheers in the tent were even more enthusiastic than when he was shooting an archery.

Li Yao put down his bow and arrow, looked at the tent for a moment, suddenly sighed and said to Li Shimin: "I guess this is all people that Brother A can trust. If Brother A wants to say anything to Mingzhen, you might as well say it bluntly."

When Li Shimin heard Li Yao's straightforward words, his eyes flashed slightly, then he curled his smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "I just want to know why you suddenly neglect me?"

Li Yao's heart was a little nervous. It was natural for her to raise Princess Pingyang's two sons. She withdrew those wet nurses and explained the reason to Princess Qin at that time.

Moreover, Li Yao has always been optimistic about Li Shimin for the three brothers of the Li family and does not want to get involved in the bloody storm in the future.

Therefore, every time Li Shimin came to Mingyuan, she would treat her warmly. If she really said she was neglected, the other party had not visited her for more than two months...

Seeing her silent, Li Shimin couldn't help but look a little cold: "Li Mingzhen, you are usually very smart, why are you speechless now?"
Chapter completed!