Chapter 3 The prince feasts on the coming of the prince
The people in Xiang territory have become accustomed to this peaceful and prosperous age, and Li Zhu is like their patron saint. He has been guarding Xiang territory for twenty years, and there are many rumors among the people that the security of any city in Xiang territory is unmatched by other cities.
Everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and there are no roosters or dogs. It can be said that:
There is a bright moon in Xiangyang, and the sound of thousands of households pounding their clothes.
People living in this environment have long forgotten the war, and instead pay more attention to the trivial life matters of the people. In today's vocabulary, it is called "gossip."
As soon as the news came out that Li Zhuzhao had proclaimed Li Xuan the crown prince, there was an uproar.
It was like throwing a huge boulder into a calm lake. In the past few days, all the heated discussions in the public were about this matter. After all, Li Xuan was a well-known playboy in the world, and he was also the son who caused the most headache to King Xiang Li Zhu.
, almost all the people in Xiangjing use this sentence to educate their children:
If you don't work hard, be careful and you will become someone like Li Xuan in the future.
After all, Li Xuan, who had no knowledge of martial arts, was infatuated with fireworks and romantic places all day long. He was not established as the crown prince at the age of seventeen, and had already become a laughing stock in the public. King Xiang's sudden move caused an uproar among the people.
In the distant palace of the capital of Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wen heard the news and chuckled heavily, "Eunuch Sun, please tell me to tell the prince to go to Xiangyang City." Emperor Wen, who was coughing heavily, actually had loose particles on his body.
With traces of death, Emperor Wen seems to be ill...
"嗻."
In the eyes of Emperor Wen, Li Xuan was also out of the ordinary. Among all the children of the royal family, none of them knew music, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as the Four Books and Five Classics. But Li Xuan knew nothing about this. As the only son of Li Zhu, he had never even dabbled in martial arts, let alone martial arts.
He was looked down upon by Emperor Wen. But after all, it was Li Zhu's crown prince's banquet. Other princes' crown prince's banquets with the royal family were usually just a congratulatory message.
Even if Emperor Wen was reluctant to attend Li Zhu's Crown Prince's Banquet, he still sent the Prince of the East Palace to attend.
Li Xuan's daily life seems to consist only of practicing martial arts and chatting with the old man Li Zhu. However, this body's constitution is too weak, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that it can absorb is really limited. Adding to it, he has opened up all the possibilities of the human body.
The meridians, the spiritual energy that others circulated for ten weeks, was only enough for him to barely circulate for one week, and the progress of his practice was also extremely slow.
However, to Li Xuan's surprise, Li Zhu did not find the poisonous snake in Prince Xiang's Mansion in three months...
In the blink of an eye, the day of the Golden Autumn Festival has arrived. Twenty years ago, this was the day when Li Zhu was crowned king. Li Xuan finally entered the final state of body refining - the state of shaking Qi.
The entire courtyard of Prince Xiang's Mansion was filled with chrysanthemums. Among the guests, there were several vassal kings except Li Zhu. The brothers gathered together, and most of them lamented the passing of time...
Li Zhu, who has always been serious about his words, finally smiled today because of Li Xuan's changes. Li Xuan's recent hard training made him feel great relief. The worries in his heart were relieved, and the former human slaughter also emerged.
With a hint of human fireworks, guests were greeted with smiles and chatted with each other.
At this moment, the servant in the mansion shouted in a long voice:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived~~~~~"
After hearing this, all the guests hurriedly came out to greet him. Even Li Zhu was not exempt from the custom and cupped his hands: "I see His Highness the Crown Prince."
I saw a man walking into the mansion at this time, with a majestic body and a dignified appearance. His eyes shot up to the cold stars, and his eyebrows were as thick as paint. He had a broad chest, a face full of noble Qinghua aura, and was dressed in a four-legged python robe.
Between his brows he has a look similar to that of Emperor Wen.
The prince's arrival at this moment was like Emperor Wen's arrival in person, so Li Zhu naturally had to follow all the etiquette. Moreover, since the Jin Dynasty, there has never been a time when the princes announced that the royal family would come to the throne. The prince also expressed Emperor Wen's intention.
, which gave Li Zhu enough face.
When the prince saw Li Zhu kowtow, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Zhu and the other two princes up. "Uncles, you don't have to be so polite. Your Majesty specially asked your ministers to come and send congratulatory gifts. Uncles, there is no need to stick to etiquette."
After the prince finished speaking, he waved his hand to the accompanying eunuchs to present generous gifts, mostly gold, silver, precious jewelry, and some medicinal materials, which were delivered to the people in Li's mansion.
The prince's every word and deed seemed to give people a feeling of spring breeze, but Li Xuan on the side felt that this person was very dangerous when he saw the prince at the first sight! Because he could clearly see the look in the prince's eyes when he looked at him
, his eyes were full of hidden coldness, deep disgust and worry, and a flash of murderous intent! But it disappeared in just an instant.
However, Li Xuan knew why from the memory of this body. Li Zhu asked for a baby marriage for him. The marriage partner was none other than the little saint from the Jin Dynasty's super warrior family - Guli.
There are many warriors in the Gu family, and even the day laborers who do odd jobs know some simple moves. In addition, there are even a lot of cultivators. The head of the Gu family, Gu Qingyuan, is even more mysterious.
The realm of cultivation at the peak of integration. This is also the foundation for the old family to transcend the world and become a super aristocratic family in the Jin Dynasty. It can be said that the old family in the secular dynasty is the real overlord. This is also the main reason for Li Zhu's engagement.
The legendary hometown has the appearance of a woman shy of the moon, but Li Xuan has never seen it. He only learned that the current prince was a passionate pursuer of his hometown, but his hometown was promised by the old Qingyuan to marry Li Zhu. Presumably
Is this why the prince wanted to kill me? Li Xuan subconsciously made a judgment in his heart.
It's just that the little saint from the old family didn't come this time, and only the elders from the old family came. Otherwise, if Li Xuan really wanted to see her beauty, would she be even more beautiful than the saint from the Hehuan Sect?
Li Xuan looked at the prince who was chatting and laughing with everyone: But even if it's because of this, it's not me who made the engagement, so it shouldn't be you who hates me! Li Xuan thought in his heart, and he felt that there was a hint of murder in the prince's eyes when he looked at him.
He had to pay attention to it. Cultivators have always had extremely keen intuition, and he vaguely felt that the prince had some other prejudices against him.
All this happened in just a moment. Li Zhu asked the servants to take the gifts and move them into the treasury, and invited the prince to enter the main hall with him. With the arrival of the East Palace, the prince's banquet officially began.
The Literary Officer of Prince Xiang's Mansion first read out the lengthy procedures for the Crown Prince's Banquet, and the whole process was boring.
After the reading, the most important part comes, drinking the wood-flavored soup, then kneeling down and offering incense.
"The wood-flavored soup is here~" As a servant passed the message, the maids in the mansion slowly served the crown prince soup. This is the custom of the Jin Dynasty. Whether it is a prince or a prince, he must drink it on this day.
The woody soup means that the country remains unchanged.
Although the beverage industry in the Jin Dynasty was extremely developed, the woody soup was still only available to the emperors.
Li Xuan slowly took the woody soup, brought it to his mouth and was about to drink it, when he noticed something strange.
Li Xuan had been observing the prince's face during this process. He always felt that today's things would not be so simple. From the moment the woody soup was served, he could clearly see that there was a coldness in the prince's eyes.
Flash away.
Li Xuan's heart thumped when he saw the prince's expression: He must not drink this soup!
He raised his hand and put down the woody soup and said, "Wait a minute."
The prince's face froze for a moment, and he thought to himself, "Is it possible that this guy Li Xuan discovered something about Ni Duan?"