"Old man, what do you want to say?"
Cai Yuanchao happily picked up his wine glass, turned around and gestured to Young Master Liu,
"Your Majesty, the common people will give you another drink."
Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and nodded, reaching out to touch the wine glass with Cai Yuanchao.
"cheers."
After finishing the glass of wine, Liu Mingzhi looked at Cai Yuanchao's presence, pretended to glance casually at the people with different expressions around him, and casually crossed his legs.
"Old man, aren't you nervous when this young master mentioned the past events between us?"
Cai Yuanchao raised his head slightly and reached out to stop Liu Song from pouring wine for Young Master Liu and himself.
"Butler Liu, here comes this old man, here comes this old man to pour wine for Your Majesty."
Liu Song raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded with a smile, let go and returned to his original position.
Cai Yuanchao gave Liu Song a grateful look, picked up the flask and filled two glasses of wine.
"Your Majesty, the past is like smoke!
The old man is just a common man now. In front of Your Majesty, does it make any difference whether a common man is nervous or not?
If Your Majesty really can't let go of that past, he will still blame the common people, and the common people will admit it.
On the other hand, if Your Majesty has already let go and no longer cares about the ordinary people, the ordinary people will accept it.
As for the former or the latter, it all depends on His Majesty's own thoughts.
But! "
"But what?"
Cai Yuanchao reached out and stroked his gray beard a few times, then picked up his wine glass with a smile.
"The common people thought that His Majesty should have already let go.
Otherwise, I would not have the honor of being able to sit here and toast with your Majesty. "
Young Master Liu looked at Cai Yuanchao with a smile on his face and a calm look, pointed at him and tapped him a few times, and sneered helplessly.
“Hehehe, hehehe.
Old thing, you old fox.
Back then, I, my young master, admired you as an old man. Although I was different from you and did not collude with you, I could not do anything to you.
Now, since we are old friends reunited, and we have the respect of Ning Ning, we can't do anything to you either. "
Cai Yuanchao turned to look at his granddaughter, stood up silently, and raised the wine glass in his hand to Young Master Liu with a respectful expression.
"Your Majesty, the common people know very well that this girl Ning Ning does not have such a big face.
In the final analysis, it's just because Your Majesty is kind-hearted and doesn't want to worry about old things that have passed many years ago with ordinary people. "
Hearing this, Young Master Liu laughed loudly and raised his glass to signal.
"Hahaha, old man, you see clearly."
"Hahaha, Cao Min just said that when you reach Cao Min's age, you have already looked past many things."
"cheers."
Cai Yuanchao looked relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew in his heart that he had passed the test.
"Your Majesty, it is respectful of the common people to do the first thing."
Liu Mingzhi drank the wine in the glass in one breath and placed the glass on the table.
"Lao Cai, stop standing and take a seat."
"Yes, thank you Your Majesty."
Young Master Liu smiled slightly and looked at Huang Lingyi across from him, then picked up his chopsticks.
"Lingyi."
"Hey, I am here, husband?"
Liu Mingzhi tugged on his sleeves, pointed to the dishes on the dinner table and asked, "Lingyi, it's been a long time since my husband has eaten dishes cooked by you yourself.
Let me tell you, husband, which dishes are your specialties? "
When Huang Lingyi heard her husband's question, she quickly pointed to several dishes on the table: "Back to my husband, braised donkey meat, mutton stir-fried with green onions, steamed fish, duck tongue in sauce, stir-fried vegetables...all are my concubine's. craft.
Husband, please try how it tastes. "
"Okay, okay, my husband knows."
Liu Mingzhi nodded happily, took a chopstick of braised donkey meat and put it on his plate, then turned to look at Cai Yuanchao.
"Old man, you must know that even this young master and I, because of our busy schedule of government affairs, rarely get to eat Lingyi's signature dishes.
Today, you old man is in for a treat. Come and try it. "
Cai Yuanchao looked at Huang Lingyi respectfully and nodded hurriedly.
"It is a lifelong blessing for the common people to be able to taste the specialty dishes made by the imperial concubine.
In this case, the common people will not be polite. "
Huang Lingyi smiled slightly and waved his hand: "Mr. Cai, you're welcome. Please."
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Concubine."
After finishing the braised donkey meat on the plate, Young Master Liu picked up his wine glass and looked at his future in-law, Cai He'an.
"Brother Cai."
Cai Hean stood up hurriedly and saluted Young Master Liu with an uneasy expression.
"I'm here."
Seeing Cai He'an's reaction, Mr. Liu shook his head helplessly and raised his hand to indicate a few times.
"Brother Cai, today is our family dinner.
There are no outsiders around, so you don't need to be so reserved. Sit down quickly, sit down quickly. "
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Majesty."
"Brother Cai, although we two brothers have been officials in the same court for decades, we rarely have the opportunity to meet.
In the past few decades, the number of times this young master and Brother Cai have met can be said to be very few.
They are not too familiar with each other.
You may not know much about my personality, young master.
However, your father is very understanding.
Therefore, in front of Lao Cai, I, this young master, will no longer waste my time and say some unintentional words.
Today, it is fate that we two brothers can gather together.
Come on, let's have a drink together. "
"Yes, yes, I would like to offer you a drink, please do it first as a token of respect."
"cheers."
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass, then directly raised the flask and filled up another glass of wine. He smiled lightly and gestured to Cai Ningning's mother and future mother-in-law, Huang Linlin.
"Sister-in-law, this is the first time we meet. I would like to propose a toast to you."
Huang Linlin stood up hurriedly, holding the wine glass and returning a salute to Young Master Liu.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I respect you by doing it first."
After Mr. Liu showed his kindness to several people, he wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with his fingers and looked at Qi Yun with a smile.
"Yun'er."
"Hey, I'm here."
"Birthday and horoscope."
Qi Yun quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, stood up and walked to Young Master Liu. She took out a piece of neatly folded rice paper from her sleeve and handed the rice paper to Young Master Liu with a smile.
"Husband, here you go."
Liu Mingzhi took the rice paper from Qi Yun's hand, opened it and glanced at the contents, then turned his attention to Cai Hean with a smile on his face.
"Brother Cai."
"Your Majesty, tell me."
Young Master Liu scratched his head and brows with his fingers. He was silent for a moment thoughtfully, then turned to look at Cai Yuanchao sitting next to him.
"Lao Cai, is there anything else you want to say?"
Seeing Young Master Liu asking him, Cai Yuanchao glanced at his son and daughter-in-law, and gently shook his head at Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, all the matters in the household of the common people have now been handed over to Quanzi to supervise.
What he said was what he said, and the old bones of the grassroots people had no objections. "
"Hahaha, old man, you are very open-minded."
"Hahaha, it makes Your Majesty laugh. At this old age, what else can't be thought of?
Steal half a day's leisure in a floating life, steal half a day's leisure in a floating life! "
Liu Mingzhi patted Cai Yuanchao on the shoulder with a smile, and turned his attention to Cai Hean again.
"Brother Cai, I think you have heard something about my little brother's situation.
Young Master, I come from a military background, and I have always been quick to talk.
The reason why our two families are sitting together today is clear to me, and it is also clear to you.
Since we two brothers know each other well, I will not waste my time saying it again. "
As Young Master Liu spoke, he turned to look at Liu Chengzhi and Cai Ningning, the lovers, with a smile.
Liu Chengzhi raised his head and glanced at his father, first at Li Jingyao, then at the beauty next to him, touching his nose and grinning innocently.
Cai Ningning noticed the look in Young Master Liu's eyes, and a blush instantly appeared on her pretty face.
She took a quick peek at her sweetheart beside her, and lowered her head shyly with her beautiful eyes.
When Liu Mingzhi saw the reactions of his second son Liu Chengzhi and his future daughter-in-law, he cheerfully raised his hand and handed the rice paper in his hands to Liu Song who was standing behind him.
"Brother Cai, this is Quanzi's birth date. Please take a look at it with Madam-in-law."
(End of chapter)
