Chapter 536: Of course I have to play mahjong on New Year's Eve
Chapter 536 Of course we have to play mahjong on New Year’s Eve
The next morning, Su Chen was kicked out of the house by Lotus Sun.
It was said that Su Chen was late, and Princess Changle would be teased if she was alone in the palace, so she asked him to enter the palace quickly.
Su Chen really couldn't understand the strange etiquette and customs of the Tang Dynasty.
But before Su Chen left, he brought a box of good things to the palace.
Chang Le accompanied the queen in the harem to meet the royal wife, while Su Chen was thrown directly into the front hall with the other consorts.
Su Chen found out that he should be the last one to arrive.
Regarding Su Chen's arrival, all the consorts had different expressions, and no one came forward to speak.
It is said that people are divided into groups, and the royal family and relatives in the palace are also divided into groups:
There are one group of Li Er's sons, one group of Li Yuan's sons, and other princes and county kings are divided into several groups according to their bloodlines...
Of course, the ones with the lowest status are the consorts.
Among the royal relatives, the royal son-in-law is no better than a dog!
Su Chen looked around and found that there was no one to talk to. Li Yuan's son-in-law ignored him because of his seniority.
Most of Li Er's daughters were still young, and only three of them were married. Princess Nanping's consort was not in the capital yet, and only Princess Xiangcheng's consort Xiao Rui was left.
As a result, when Xiao Rui saw Su Chen, it was like meeting the enemy who killed his father.
Su Chen was stunned for a long time before he figured out that the Lanling Xiao family was also a giant in the family!
Because of Su Chen's relationship, the Xiao family's status in the Tang Dynasty plummeted, and his father Xiao Yu's position as minister and servant was gone. That was the position of prime minister, almost on the same level as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui!
Looking at the prince-consort circle again, except for myself, no one was born in a wealthy family. No wonder there was no one to say hello!
Finally, when the princes entered the palace, they found that the princes were from both civil and military circles and did not care about the consort!
Su Chen's dinner on New Year's Eve was tasteless, and he vowed not to come to the palace for next year's New Year. The worst he could do was take his family and leave Chang'an a few days in advance!
After dinner, the queen arranged a large-scale song and dance performance, which was a bit like a song and dance party in later generations.
However, Su Chen really couldn't appreciate the songs and dances of the Tang Dynasty.
Looking around, I found that many people were not very interested in singing and dancing.
Su Chenxin said: Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise the long night would have been unbearable.
He sneaked up to the sleepy Yuchi Gong and called Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong over.
Su Chen opened the small wooden box he brought.
"Why did you cut the jade into so many small squares?
What is engraved on this?"
Su Chen whispered: "This is called Mahjong, a very fun game!"
Su Chen came up with Mahjong when he just got married. He originally wanted to teach Chang Le how to play it together.
But two days after getting married, I went to Northern Sanshu. When I came back, I was busy with the steam engine and almost forgot about it.
It was put to great use today.
The four of them sneaked to the corner of the hall. Anyway, there were so many people in the hall, so no one would care if there were a few missing.
Su Chen started teaching them how to play mahjong!
The three of them got started quickly and were very excited!
Eat at home, bang at home, play cards against each other, the four of them have a wonderful time!
"Stupid, give me 30,000!"
Yuchi Gong turned his head: "Ah, Your Majesty, you are here!"
Li Er nodded: "Don't stop! Continue!"
Su Chen had long since noticed that Li Er had also sneaked over, and when he was about to greet him, Li Er glared at him and stopped him.
The same goes for Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, but Yuchi Gong didn't notice that Li Er was standing behind him.
After watching two games, Li Er roughly knew how to play mahjong.
Li Er spoke, and the four of them had no choice but to continue.
"Jingde! If you dare to hit Wutiao, you must fire!"
Seeing Yuchi Gong grabbing the cards, Li Er reminded: "That guy Su Chen across the way is waiting for your five pieces!"
Su Chen's eyes widened: Li Er's talent is quite good, he can become a master after just watching it for a few times!
He can guess all of his 258 words!
Yuchi Gong scratched his head: "Your Majesty, which one should I fight?"
"Continue to fight ten thousand!"
"Ninety thousand!"
"What a fool!"
Chen Yaojin pushed the card and caught 90,000 yuan alone!
Yuchi Gong glanced at Li Er resentfully.
"What are you looking at! Cheng Yaojin is just a bastard."
"You're looking at that boy Su Chen, he's messing around!"
"When you can't win, is it better to try to reduce losses and find opportunities to fight again? Or is it a general who doesn't understand the art of war?
No wonder you keep losing!"
Su Chen, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong said in unison: "Your Majesty is brilliant!"
Li Er asked Yu Chigong to stand up and sat down himself: "How old are you, you can lose more than a hundred guans!"
"Let's see how I can help you win it back!"
Then Li Er started killing everyone!
Su Chen discovered that Li Er was really good at playing, and he caught up with his own level after just watching a few laps.
After abusing Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, they really didn't let the two of them offend, they just learned it after all!
Li's second-hand temper is pretty good!
In less than an hour, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong spit out all the money they won from Yuchi Gong.
"Your Majesty, you want to win a big one, right?
I won’t give you three to ten thousand, but you can’t make thirteen!”
Li Er stared at Su Chen and reached out to grab a card.
"Haha, boy, look at this!"
Li Er laughed loudly: "Touch yourself! Thirteen! Boy, how many times did this happen?
You three pay for it!"
Su Chen counted the bamboo chips in frustration. He had won half the night's money and couldn't afford to lose to Li Eryi!
"Dad, what are you doing here?"
"Ah! Brother Su Chen is here too!"
Li Eryi turned around: "Si'er, why did you come to the front hall?"
Si'er looked at the mahjong on the table eagerly: "My mother asked me to come to you, it's time!"
"Dad, why are there so many jade stones on the table?"
Li Er was stunned. Is it too late?
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Er will lead the ministers to celebrate the new year.
Li Er wrapped it in a tablecloth and put away all the mahjong:
"I don't want the money you lost anymore. This mahjong set belongs to me."
Then he pushed the package to Si'er and said, "Keep it for dad. This is what dad has earned through hard work."
Si'er happily returned to the harem with a bag of mahjong:
They are all jade stones of the same size, with paintings engraved on them. Go back and take a closer look at what they are engraved on!
As soon as the hour passed, everyone present presented New Year's gifts to Li Er!
Li Er also returned gifts to everyone.
At this time, Su Chen finally knew what Changle was doing with the large carts of gifts.
Not only for Li Er, but also for Empress Changsun,
The couple actually received double gifts. This is too much!
In addition to Li Er and his wife, there are also gifts for other elders, so many princes and princes.
Even Changsun Wuji has a share, this is his biological uncle!
Su Chen didn't expect that the royal family would receive New Year's gifts on New Year's Eve. Of course, after midnight, it was also the first day of the new year!
After all the busy work of giving gifts and returning gifts, it was already time.
Then in the morning comes the first major court meeting of the new year:
Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting!
The dynasty was full of civil and military officials, and envoys from various countries were crowded outside Chaotian Gate!