Li Xiaoyao stared at the four small plates in confusion. Shouldn't it be more convenient to put them on the side facing people? Why did they put them upside down in the front?

Lu Feng followed Li Xiaoyao's gaze and looked at the four small plates. His lips could not move, and he whispered: "Look at the plate, you can't eat it."

Li Xiaoyao lowered his eyelids, indicating that he understood, withdrew his gaze, and sat upright, waiting for the next program.

When the auspicious time came, Su Ziyi across from him picked up the cup filled with wine, stood up straight, with a smile on his face, raised his glass and toasted to the emperor: "I congratulate your majesty on opening up the territory and adding a land of fertile water and grass!

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The emperor picked up the cup and said in a soft and weak voice: "God bless me in Peiping! I invite you all to drink this cup to the full!"

The ministers unanimously agreed and almost stood up together to raise their glasses.

Li Xiaoyao was inexperienced, so he followed in a panic, holding the cup, raising the cup, and pretending to drink from the empty cup.

The ministers drank wine and congratulated in unison: "Bearing for Peking! Happy for Your Majesty!"

"Sit!" The emperor put down the cup and raised his hand to press it.

Everyone sat down and watched as the waiter quickly removed the plates and put on the plate a large piece of barbecue, a plate of white meat sliced ​​as thin as paper, and a plate of biscuits!

Li Xiaoyao blinked his eyes and looked at the plate full of Hu cakes in astonishment and speechlessness. What did this mean? Each person grabbed a piece of Hu cake and ate it first. It was quite full.

While he was feeling depressed, the emperor's soft and frivolous voice sounded: "I love you, please feel free to do so without being formal. I can't bear the tediousness."

Everyone hurriedly accepted the promise.

The emperor looked at Su Zicheng and smiled: "Erlang, drink two more drinks. You fought well in this battle. I am very happy."

Su Zicheng stood up quickly and respectfully agreed.

The emperor raised his hand slightly, motioning for Su Zicheng to sit down, raised his cup and said with a smile, "I will pour it myself and drink it, you can do whatever you want."

Li Xiaoyao breathed out softly, leaned closer to Lu Feng, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is so kind!"

"Well, it's a pity that there is nothing edible, and you can't drink." Lu Feng looked at the white meat biscuits on the table with regret.

Li Xiaoyao followed his gaze and looked at the plate of Hu cakes, and secretly sighed. It turned out that the first dish of the emperor's dinner was Hu cakes! What a money saver!

On the opposite side, Su Ziyi did not stand up, raised his cup high at Su Zicheng and smiled: "Erlang, I salute you and Xiao Wu for their contribution to Huainan Road!"

Li Xiaoyao hurriedly stood up behind Su Zicheng with a cup in hand. Just as Su Zicheng was about to speak, the emperor smiled and said: "Sit down, Erlang. He said it's not polite, just sit down." Li Xiaoyao hurriedly followed Su Zicheng again.

seat.

Su Ziyi smiled and watched the two of them sit down, then raised his glass and said, "Xiao Wu Qianqian, since Lu Erlang was sitting at the same table with her, he drank from the glass on her behalf."

Lu Feng hurriedly took the cup from Li Xiaoyao's hand, raised it high to indicate it, drank it down in one gulp, and then indicated the empty cup to Su Ziyi.

Su Ziyi toasted with a glass of wine, patted Su Zixin's shoulder gently and lovingly, and signaled him to toast.

Su Zixin's face turned slightly red, he sat tall and straight, imitating Su Ziyi, and raised his cup high to salute Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoyao.

Moving on, Anyuan Hou Shui Qingming, Ningyi Hou Guo Minda, Jingjiang Hou Shui Qingming and others paid their respects in turn.

After this first round, the second round became more casual. Gradually, the hall became lively and noisy.

The chamberlain quietly placed a thick cushion behind the emperor. The emperor leaned back on the cushion, took the warm goat milk from the chamberlain, drank it slowly, and looked at Su Ziyi and Su Zixin with relief.

Su Zixin was close to Su Ziyi, raising his head and talking to his eldest brother with a happy smile on his face. Su Ziyi answered his younger brother's words patiently and lovingly.

The emperor watched for a while, then slowly moved his eyes away to look at the hustle and bustle in the palace.

After three drinks, everyone in the hall was sitting, standing, and moving around, toasting each other, talking and laughing, and the hall was filled with a lively atmosphere.

Li Xiaoyao and Lu Feng were chatting and laughing in low voices, ignoring the hustle and bustle in the palace.

At the table opposite the two, Wang Jing, the Minister of Rites, kept looking at Li Xiaoyao and Guo Minmin, who was sitting in front of Li Xiaoyao. Not long after, Wang Jing stood up with his upper body swaying, holding up a glass of wine, and walking unsteadily.

He walked in front of Li Xiaoyao and Lu Feng, raised his cup to Li Xiaoyao and shouted: "Come! I respect the fifth master! Now women can also be called masters! There is no need to dress in two or comb your hair with three strands."

! Come on, this master, I respect you! I will respect you with the word 'ceremony'!"

The noise around Li Xiaoyao suddenly stopped, and in silence, everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Jing and Li Xiaoyao.

Su Zicheng's face suddenly filled with anger, and he was about to strike the case, when Li Xiaoyao straightened his back, with a smile on his face, but said extremely rudely: "Master Wang, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, feels that this woman is the master, even this

The clothes and hair styles are extremely inappropriate and violate the etiquette in your mind. It is your duty as an adult to stop them in person and punish them. If they do not change, you will be impeached according to the law.

When have you ever stopped, accused, or impeached someone?

Before, you acted as if you didn’t hear and turned a blind eye!

Now, after drinking a few glasses of water and wine, you feel emboldened, right? Or maybe you are overwhelmed by the amount of wine! You even want to salute me with the word "gift"!

Where has Sir Wang's way of being a minister gone? Where has it gone? Where has Sir Wang's knowledge and morality gone? Where has Sir Wang's four-dimensional virtues gone? Where have they gone?"

"Well said!" Lu Feng applauded, slapping his hands vigorously.

In the silence of the entire hall, Lu Feng's energetic cheers were particularly loud.

Su Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. With a smile on his lips, he picked up the tea cup and slowly sipped the tea. He narrowed his eyes and looked sarcastically at the Guo brothers sitting below him.

Su Ziyi smiled easily, holding Su Zixin with one hand, and nodding at Li Xiaoyao and Wang Jing with the other hand without hesitation, talking and laughing with Su Zixin without knowing what they were talking about.

Wang Jing's face turned purple after being scolded by Li Xiaoyao, and he stood there holding the cup, not knowing what to do.

Li Xiaoyao sat relaxedly, with a bright smile on her face, and looked directly at Wang Jing Qingmei, as if she was the one standing tall and condescending.

"Master Wang has had too much wine. I will help you to drink a bowl of sobering soup." Someone nearby shouted and came to the rescue.

Wang Jing immediately staggered a few steps and exited the hall.

Another person stood up from the back row opposite, walked up to Li Xiaoyao with a cup in hand, leaned over and said with a smile: "Fifth Master has made outstanding achievements during this trip to Huainan Road. He is really amazing and talented. It makes men like me feel ashamed.

Incomparable, I heard that the fifth master was born in a farm family and did not study much. He is so smart and naturally talented. It is really unheard of and unheard of! Huh? Hahahaha!"

Li Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "My little girl is blind, I don't know who this is..."

"The lower official is Gu Jiaxian, a direct student of Dai Wenge."

"Oh~~" Li Xiaoyao said a long "oh" and smiled slowly and clearly: "Your Majesty said 'I'll wait', I thought it was the Prime Minister. This little girl is ignorant and always thought that only the Prime Minister can

The word "wait" is used to express the voice of hundreds of officials. It turns out..."

"Xiao Wu, you heard wrong!" Lu Feng banged the table and roared again. Li Xiaoyao was so frightened that he stroked his chest and looked at Lu Feng with a frightened face.

Lu Feng jumped up and pointed at Gu Jiaxian and shouted: "He said, 'I'm waiting for a man'! This is unbearable! An upright man like me, Lu Er, is being 'waited' by this guy!"

Who said I'm not as good as a woman? Mother... ah, saying I'm not as good as a woman! It's intolerable! Wait... and more!" Lu Feng's mind was spinning the fastest on this: "My little master uncle

He is also a man, but you also 'waited' for him, and you said that my little uncle is not as good as a woman?

Prince Ning's literary skills and martial arts are not as good as women's in your opinion? Is it unbearable? All the men in this palace are waiting for you. Your Majesty... ah! Is it unbearable?

Bear it!" Lu Feng jumped to his feet and shouted non-stop.

Li Xiaoyao kept blinking his eyes, looking at Lu Feng who was jumping up and down like a monkey and shouting non-stop, and Gu Jiaxian who was stunned, dazed and dumbfounded. He tried his best to hold back his laughter and could only bear the expression on his face.

Weird and stiff.

Su Zicheng pursed his lips tightly, tilted his head slightly, gritted his teeth to hold back his laughter, and tried hard to regain some anger.

Su Ziyi sat upright, lowered his head, and drank tea carefully. Su Zixin's eyes lit up as he watched the excitement. He looked at Lu Feng who was dancing non-stop opposite and worshiped him. It was so fun for Lu Feng to be the master!

With a hint of anger in his eyes, the emperor looked at the Guo brothers with dissatisfaction, then turned to look at Lu Feng, who was jumping at every word, foaming at the mouth, Li Xiaoyao, who had a strange expression, and his three sons.

The ministers all over the hall had different expressions and were extremely quiet.

Lu Feng jumped to his feet and shouted several times, "What is tolerable?" Suddenly he remembered a new sentence, waved his arm and nodded at Gu Jiaxian and shouted: "The saint is right! Only villains and women are difficult to raise!"

After exiting, he suddenly woke up and shouted to Li Xiaoyao: "Xiao Wu, I didn't tell you!"

The emperor, who was hesitating whether to speak to stop Lu Feng, burst out laughing. When the emperor burst out laughing, the ministers in the palace, who had worked extremely hard to endure the laughter, finally got permission and immediately burst into laughter.

Su Zicheng laughed so hard that he fell back, almost knocking over the next few cases. Su Zixin laughed so hard that he rolled into Su Ziyi's arms, saying "Ouch, ouch, ouch" and almost out of breath.

Anyuan Hou Shui Qingming laughed so hard that his whole body trembled. Jingjiang Hou Shui Qingming's voice changed when he laughed. He couldn't hold Lu Feng's fan when he lifted it up to light it, and it slipped to the ground.

The entire Xingqing Hall staggered around laughing.

Li Xiaoyao smiled nervously, poured a glass of wine, held it to Lu Feng with both hands, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, drink a glass of wine to moisten your throat."

Lu Feng took the cup and drank in one gulp. He looked at Li Xiaoyao and explained seriously again: "Xiaowu, I really didn't say anything about you."

Li Xiaoyao couldn't hold it back any longer, burst into a bright smile, nodded his head repeatedly and whispered: "I know, it's okay to say it, women are hard to raise."
Chapter completed!