Chapter 33: There are people who have left, but there are also old friends
"The child is here."
Liu Mingzhi pointed out the window, rolled up the tobacco bag in his hand, and walked slowly towards the dining table.
"The guests have arrived, welcome them."
"Yes, kid, go right away."
After Liu Chengzhi bowed, he immediately turned around and walked out of the Tianzihao private room.
Qi Yun stood up gracefully, pulled the chair at the head of the table with a smile, and asked curiously: "Husband, are the guests here?"
Liu Mingzhidan nodded with a smile, sat down gently on the chair, and casually placed the tobacco bag on the table.
"Hehehe, yes, the guests have arrived."
"How many people are here from the Cai family?"
"Four."
The common people beg your Majesty to take back your order. I beg your Majesty to take back your order."
Jingyao, the Eighth Princess, the Emperor, Qinglian and all the other sisters looked stunned, and looked at Lu Qiupeng unconsciously.
"That's true, then it's up to you, husband."
How dare you, an old commoner, ask the Queen to give up your seat?
"My concubine Huang Linlin, please see Your Majesty, please see all the empresses, please visit the Imperial Concubine Hall."
Liu Mingzhi casually glanced at the food and wine on the dinner table, chuckled and shook his head.
"Yeah, I understand."
"My uncle is safe, my aunts are safe, and my sister Ningning is safe."
To this day, ordinary people still know what my current situation is.
"Your Majesty, common people."
The old man who came was none other than Li Jingyao, a doctor from the Ministry of Punishment.
"The grassroots are here."
"Your Majesty, Cao Min, you are not that old yet. There are very few things that you have not looked away from for a long time.
"Hey, I know.
Please be more open-minded about everything."
Qi Yunsan moved the chair on her body and turned to look at Cai and An's wife.
"All the civil and military officials of the Ruizong Dynasty, except for the villains who still scolded Fang Qiu under the temple.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much, Imperial Concubine."
After all, our main purpose today is to discuss with the Cai family the life-long affairs of this boy Chengzhi and girl Ningning.
Old man, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other again.”
"Old man, meeting old friends again after a long absence is one of the best stories in life. Why should he do that?"
Qi Yunsan raised his eyes and glanced at the seven people who were saluting him and others, and waved his hand with a smile.
Lu Qiupeng said cheerfully: "Instead of being angry, I feel more strange and more friendly.
Sir, are these wines and dishes enough? Do you want someone to add a few more hot dishes?"
Young Master Liu patted the back of Li Jingyao's withered hand heavily, turned sideways and looked towards Jingyao.
Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty."
Cai Yuanchao's pretty face turned red, and a hint of embarrassment flashed through his pretty eyes.
"Uncle...Uncle, you praised me."
"Chengzhi, girl Qi Yun."
"Don't thank your uncle, don't thank your uncle. Qi Yun is a taboo.
"yes."
Come here, Lord Honda, when you heard the news from others that his eldest son had retired and returned to his hometown, you still lamented about it for a while."
While Mr. Liu, Mr. and Mrs. Qi Yun were chatting and laughing, the sound of chaotic footsteps gradually came from outside the room in Tianzihao Yajian.
"The civilian man pays homage to Uncle Liu, pays homage to all the aunts, and pays homage to Sister Lu Qiu."
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, getting louder and louder.
Jingyao, the Eighth Princess, Yun Qingshi, Yun Daxi, you sisters, and Liu Chengzhi, who followed closely behind, waved their hands.
Qi Yunsan stood up hastily, walked up to Li Jingyao with a smile on her lips, reached out and held my withered right hand.
"It's already early, so I guess I haven't even had enough food in my stomach yet, so let's go fast."
"Drink together, drink together."
"Lao Yi, Lao Hu, Lao Xing, not even Lao Chen...how are we old guys doing now?"
As soon as Qi Yunsan said these words, the atmosphere in the private room instantly became quiet.
"My concubine, thank you Your Majesty."
When his eldest son retired from old age and returned to his hometown, Mr. Honda, you were in the palace of King Yizi Bingjian in Yingzhou, northern Xinjiang, guarding the gate of the country for me, the late emperor.
Jingyao responded respectfully and immediately walked out of her seat.
"Your Majesty, I have the courage to say something, I hope Your Majesty will not blame you."
"Hey, the big man is here, uncle?"
"Bad, cheers."
"If you dare, please ask me first."
Life is short, never leave people."
Li Jingyao was silent for a while with her eyes wide open, then she laughed and bowed to Qi Yunsan as a small salute.
"Hehehe, together, together."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Young Master Liu pursed his lips and nodded solemnly, then picked up the food on the side and gave Li Jingyao a few dishes.
Qi Yunsan shook his head happily and pulled Li Jingyao directly towards the main seat.
"Lao Hu passed away on January 14 last year.
As soon as the first powerful words were spoken, an old man in a pale gray robe with white beard and hair, about ten years old or so, took the lead in entering the third class of Qi Yun with a mahogany crutch in his hand.
Within people's eyes.
"Lao Cai, the last time we met was inside the north gate of the capital.
"able!"
"Drink together, drink together."
"Your Majesty, compared to ten years later, you are not much older now."
Cheers, cheers.”
Once things between Chengzhi and the others are officially finalized, there will be plenty of opportunities to drink together in the future."
Hearing what Lu Qiupeng said, Li Jingyao's expression suddenly tightened, and she looked at Qi Yunsan with a wry smile and nodded.
The eighth princess, the male emperor, Huyan Yunyao and all the sisters saw this and stood up one after another and changed their positions.
"Long live my emperor, long live long live, my dear empresses, the Seventh Imperial Concubine may live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
"Hahaha, hahaha, Your Majesty still sees clearly, Your Majesty still sees clearly.
"please."
"Thank you uncle."
In the eyes of everyone, Liu Mingzhi walked to the door first, raised his hand and knocked heavily on the door frame several times.
"Yes, time is forgiving, time is forgiving.
"Cai He'an, the governor of Chenye Prefecture, comes to see Your Majesty, to all of you empresses, and to the Seventh Imperial Concubine."
Compared to Your Majesty, you, common man, have lived eighty years in vain.
Seeing this situation, Li Jingyao looked at Qi Yunsan and waved her hands quickly.
Lu Qiupeng looked at Cai Yuanchao's shy look, smiled and picked up his wine glass and gestured to Li Jingyao.
"Oh, Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, are there any Seventh Prince in the palace today, only their eldest nephew Liu Mingzhi is not here.
Seven years later, in April and a half, Lao Shen passed away.
Immediately following them were a couple of seven people, about seventy years old.
"The child is here."
"Give his chair out, and the sisters will change seats one by one, so that the husband and Lao Cai can have a naughty chat about the past."
Qi Yun drank three cups of wine in one gulp, placed the wine glass heavily under the table, turned around and waved to Liu Song who was standing aside.
"Please take your time."
"Old man, Master Honda, are you angry when you call him that?"
Time is really forgiving!"
"Qi Yun, he should also retreat."
When Lu Qiu heard this, he immediately stood up and gave a blessing.
"Liu Song, pour the wine."
"I would like to inform my father, mother, and aunts that our distinguished guests have arrived."
"cheers."
"They both should stop standing, it would be bad if they both sit down together."
"Brother Chengzhi, he invites you first."
"Dad, please."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the common people will definitely dare to overstep their bounds. They will definitely dare to..."
"Your Majesty, he invites you first, he invites you first."
"Yes, my child knows."
"He's an old guy. To be honest, we haven't seen each other for about ten years.
"Your Majesty, the common people will give him a toast."
"No gifts, no gifts at all."
Young Master Liu looked at Lu Qiupeng's expression filled with emotion, shook my hand with all his strength, and nodded with the same expression filled with emotion.
"Hahaha, this is bad."
"Brother Cai, Madam Sister-in-law, please take a seat together."
Li Jingyao looked at Qi Yunsan with a simple look, sighed heavily, and nodded with emotion.
"The big man is here."
"Bad, bad, bad, then sit down, then sit down."
"Your Majesty." Eating is only secondary.
"cheers."
"Oh, yes, we have seen each other for a long time.
Qi Yunsan raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile: "Hahaha, he will be bad when he is angry, and he will be bad when he is angry.
Maybe he is still lingering on, maybe he has not survived that winter and has not left yet."
After a glass of wine went down his throat, Qi Yunsan picked up a peanut and threw it out of his mouth.
Young Master Liu quickly stretched out his hand to help him up, and shook his head helplessly.
Lu Qiupeng turned the wine glass on his watch heavily, raised his hand and patted Lu Qiupeng's shoulder.
Jingyao, the eighth princess, the male emperor, Huang Lingyi, you sisters, and Lu Qiupeng heard the footsteps in the room becoming increasingly muddy, and they all arranged their clothes in unison, and immediately straightened themselves up.
Your own sitting posture.
If he doesn't have anything he wants to eat, just tell his Aunt Yun'er, and uncle will ask you to prepare it for him."
"The common people would like to offer you a drink."
"well."
"No need to add more, these wines and dishes are enough.
Li Jingyao drank the wine in the glass in one breath and silently put the glass under the table.
Li Jingyao nodded firmly and firmly, then directly picked up the wine glass behind her.
"cheers."
The common people have not seen Your Majesty in less than four years."
He’s an old guy, cheers!”
Cai Yuanchao stood up quickly, picked up the plate and caught the chicken drumsticks handed to him by Qi Yunsan.
Lu Qiupeng stretched out his hand to wipe the drink under his gray beard, and let out a long breath with an indifferent expression.
Back then, Your Majesty, he scolded ordinary people so much that he didn't have many colleagues."
"bad."
"Hehehe, please."
"Yes, I obey."
"Lao Cai, people don't have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes.
"Lao Cai, life seems short, but it is also very long.
"Thank you, daddy."
Li Jingyao took a bite of the soy sauce beef, and a hint of melancholy flashed through her hairy eyes.
Liu Mingzhi turned slightly sideways, smiled and waved his hand.
"Li Jingyao, a commoner, please see Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, and the Seventh Imperial Concubine.
"Old guy, can you still drink now?"
Life is long and I have no old friends.
"Oh, there's someone here again today, he needs to be polite."
Two and a half years later, Lao Chen passed away.
One year later in July, Lao Yuan passed away.
Qi Yunsan raised his brows slightly, tapped the table with his fingers, and looked at the door with a smile.
"Master Honda said he could do it, so he can do it. Come and sit here."
Jing Yao, Wen Ren Yunshu, Murong Shan and the rest of the sisters looked at the door with curious eyes as well, unintentionally.
"Lao Cai."
"Yun'er."
"Your Majesty, etiquette can be abolished, etiquette can be abolished."
Lu Qiupeng took a long breath of alcohol, happily picked up the kuaizi and gave Cai Yuanchao a chicken leg.
"Hahaha, it is a life-long blessing for ordinary people to have your Majesty value you so much!
"Girl Lu Qiu, you have to be polite when you go to your uncle's place. You can eat whatever you want.
The dishes prepared by uncle, aunts, and sister Ningning today are all things Qi Yun hates to eat."
"Lao Cai, how much trouble did he cause for you, Master Honda, back then."
Lu Qiupeng put the kuaizi on his watch, picked up his wine glass, casually leaned under the chair, and looked at Lu Qiupeng with a sad expression.
Now, not all of them are white, even their beard and hair are white.
Qi Yunsan sat under the chair carelessly, smiling heavily and pointing to the chair beside her that Jingyao had given up.
Li Jingyao looked at Qi Yunsan who was sitting in the main seat with a simple expression, and immediately bowed and made a small salute.
Lu Qiupeng picked up the pot and poured down two glasses of wine. He turned to look at Lu Qiupeng and said cheerfully: "It's been a long time since we met. His girl is beautiful again."
"Sit down, that's an order."
"No gifts, no gifts."
"Old guy, if Master Honda tells him to sit down, he will sit down."
Li Jingyao listened to the sighing tone, her arms trembled heavily and she picked up the wine glass and gestured.
Cai, An, Huang Linlin and his wife looked at each other and placed the bowls in their hands with relaxed expressions.
Upon seeing this, Liu Song immediately picked up the pot and poured another glass of wine.
Nowadays, there are more and more.”
"Then it's still a little short. Sit down and sit down."
"You...you, Brother Chengzhi, it's better for him to invite you first."
"The common people would like to offer you a drink."
Hehehe, hehehe, the common people would like to offer another drink to Your Majesty."
"Girl Qi Yun."
"Lao Cai, Lord Honda just said it was easy to say, has time been kind to people?"
As if in the blink of an eye, four years have not passed.
Young Master Liu rolled up his sleeves, picked up Kuai Zi and took a bite of the cold dish. Before I swallowed the food in my mouth, I smiled and gestured to everyone under the dining table.
The rest of them, please stop being polite to me, my eldest nephew."
Long live my emperor. Long live, long live, my queens, a thousand years, a thousand years.
"It's bad, this old man just has to be respectful."
Lord Honda, you vaguely remember that when we said goodbye for the last time, you could still see a few white hairs under his old man's head.
"Your Majesty, yes, please don't do this.
"Hahaha, but there's no harm in saying it."
At the end of last year, Lao Qiu sent a letter to the grassroots people. I said in the letter that I might never have the opportunity to write letters to the grassroots people and chat about everyday things.
"Thank you less to Uncle Liu, thank you to all the aunts, and thank you to Sister Ningning."
Compared with everyone's different reactions, Li Jingyao's reaction was less intense.
Lu Qiupeng took a bite of the food, then raised his wine glass again and gestured to Li Jingyao.
"Hey, I'll do it quickly."
Lu Qiupeng frowned heavily, but silently took a sip of wine and sighed heavily.
Qi Yun nodded with a clear expression and glanced at the food and wine on the table with a slight smile.
As Qi Yunsan spoke, she picked up the wine glass with a half-smile and turned to look at Li Jingyao.
As for Liu Mingzhi, Liu Chengzhi, and Cai Yuanchao, the expressions of the eight of us have changed. It can be said that if we are less prone to trouble, we will be less relaxed.
"My concubine is here."
"Old man, Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, they invite you first."
"Slowly excuse yourself."
The imperial concubine is a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
"It's bad, these common people are respectful and obey orders."