For a moment, His Majesty Li Er was in a dilemma.
After all, this is the best time to divide the Jiangnan nobles, and His Majesty Li Er does not want to make enemies everywhere.
No matter how you look at it, he, as the emperor, needs the support of Guanzhong aristocratic families like Webster.
So he could only say with careless eyes: "What my concubine said is wrong. As Xiao Douzi's brother-in-law, Yang Fan naturally regards her as his younger sister Pang Zhong. Why not be nice to her?"
"Besides, the reason why Chang Le married together is because of Yang Fan's extraordinary talent and learning, and not because of the rumors that Yang Fan loves beauty! Therefore, my concubine's words are a bit too much!"
Although His Majesty Li Er's face became increasingly gloomy, Concubine Wei was not afraid at all. Instead, she smiled sweetly and said, "Your Majesty said it is true. I have learned a lesson!"
"But there is one thing I disagree with. According to outside rumors, County Duke Wannian is a man who only knows how to use a hammer. Such a person married Princess Changle, the noblest and most talented princess in our royal family. Your Majesty said that Changle admires Yang Fan. Talent and learning, this is unconvincing!"
"Now that all the ministers of the court and the royal family are here, it's boring to drink and drink. Why don't we all communicate with each other?"
"On the one hand, it can allow us to see the talent and learning of Wannian County Duke, and it can also deepen our relationship. Why not? What do you think, Your Majesty?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Wenju, who had been the most outspoken just now, immediately agreed: "The imperial concubine is right. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in military affairs. It is said that Wannian County's talents are unparalleled in the world. As a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, a certain person is really I would like to ask for advice, but I wonder if the county magistrate dares to do so?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately responded.
After all, there are so many consorts, but His Majesty Li Er is particularly fond of Yang Fan. Now that there is an opportunity to add insult to injury, of course everyone will not let it go.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, His Majesty Li Er couldn't say anything, so he could only say: "My concubine's proposal is very good. Since everyone is so elegant, how can we have wine without ordering? How about we make a drinking order?"
Drinking and ordering is a unique way for ancient people to have fun while drinking.
The drinking order has a long history. It was originally established to maintain order at the banquet.
In the Han Dynasty, it was called "槞", which meant the execution of the drinking order at banquets, and some punishment was imposed on those who did not drink all the wine in the cup. Later, the drinking order became a custom and became popular among scholar-bureaucrats.
Drinking orders frequently appear during banquets, and poems and articles are often written to praise them. It can also be called a game for literati.
Now His Majesty Li Er proposed a drinking order. Even though Yang Fan was a little unhappy, he still couldn't object openly.
Concubine Wei immediately agreed proudly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. Now the snowflakes are falling and the plum blossoms are fragrant. How about a flying flower order?"
"Your Majesty is worthy of coming from a scholarly family, and her ambitions are extraordinary. I second my suggestion. I also want to ask Wannian County Duke for advice..."
Yang Fan followed the voice and saw that the person speaking was about twenty years old, with a tough face and a lean figure, like a well-educated scholar.
"This is Princess Nanping's consort Wang Jingzhi, and her father is Wang Gui..."
Just as Yang Fan was guessing who this person was, a soft word sounded in his ears.
Yang Fan turned his head and saw that Princess Gao Yang had come behind him without knowing it. Her red lips moved slightly. She obviously knew that Yang Fan did not know this person and was introducing him to him.
Yang Fan nodded slightly and directly motioned to Li Zhi next to him to give up his seat.
His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, was sensible enough. Although he was very unhappy, he still gave up his position.
There was no way Li Zhi had a natural fear of Yang Fan, his brother-in-law.
Perhaps to facilitate the drinking order, Li Er immediately made certain adjustments to his position.
With the emperor at the center and the princes and consorts on both sides, the ministers were arranged according to their authority.
Due to the status of Changle and Princess Gaoyang, Yang Fan, the consort, took the first place under Li Ke.
Princess Gao Yang stood next to Yang Fan, who arranged the brocade mat for her, showing her meticulous and considerate care that envied others.
Princess Jinyang sat next to Princess Gaoyang.
After hearing Wang Jingzhi's words, Xu Jingzong immediately encouraged him: "I'm afraid Wang Xian's nephew drank too much. People say that Yang Fan is as tall as eight buckets. With him here, ordinary people should stay away from such elegant things as drinking wine. How dare you be so arrogant?" Arrogantly going forward to make up the numbers?"
Xie Wenju immediately joked: "Uncle Xu's words are wrong. Although we should be self-aware, there is no end to learning. How can we shrink back because of the other party's reputation?"
What he said sounded modest, but when he said it right after Xu Jingzong, it seemed like teasing and contempt.
Who doesn't know that Xu Jingzong's eldest son died in the imperial examination? He and Yang Fan had already planted their seeds.
Not long ago, Xu Jingzong was dismissed from the post of Huangmen Minister due to the conflict between Yang Fan and the Jiangnan nobles.
Naturally, everyone knew that Xu Jingzong wanted Yang Fan to make a fuss.
Princess Gao Yang frowned slightly and was about to retort, but Yang Fan quietly stopped her.
There is no need for women to get involved in the fights between men.
Although everyone continued to provoke, Yang Fan's face was indifferent at this time, showing no joy or anger, and he obviously saw the purpose of this group of people.
Those who targeted him either had a grudge against him or were members of the Jiangnan gentry.
It seems that these people are determined to smear his reputation before he goes to Jiangnan.
Seeing that Yang Fan had no reaction to the criticism from Xu Jingzong and others, everyone booed from time to time.
In fact, it’s no wonder that everyone is not optimistic about Yang Fan. In fact, Yang Fan only has a few poems.
Although it was widely praised, it was criticized by many great Confucian scholars.
Because his poems are written in simple words and his sentences are simple, most of them are about love and love.
Although the poems are good, they always lack a bit of grandeur.
Of course, more people are jealous.
After all, Yang Fan not only held a high position at a young age, but also married two of the noblest princesses, which was of course disliked by others.
Wang Jingzhi slapped his forehead and lamented in a feigned distress: "I have forgotten this incident, so aren't we trapping ourselves in a cocoon?"
"However, brother Xie, victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs, not to mention it is just a literary competition. The worst is to drink if you lose. If you can have good poems and wine, it will be a great joy in life!"
Yang Fan glanced at this seemingly generous man and thought about it in his heart.
Is this guy following the words of Xu Jingzong and Xie Wenju and laughing at him, or is he really an open-minded person?
But this guy's father Wang Gui is really a celebrity in history. Not only was he one of the four famous prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty, he also had a very good reputation.
After hearing the words of these people, Li Zhi, who had lost his voice easily because he knocked out his front teeth, also said at this time: "County Duke Wannian is talented and has an extraordinary mind. He is a hero among people. Although I am young, I can't bear it." I would like to hear some teachings."
These words were high-sounding, but Yang Fan felt uncomfortable hearing them. Is this guy really so sinister?
Literary people are inherently arrogant and will not obey anyone. Li Zhi said this, which is to praise himself, but in fact he is forcing himself to go to Liangshan and inciting hatred for himself.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Yang Fan noticed a few more hostile looks.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Yang Fan couldn't help but said: "Since Your Highness knows that he is still young, he should always be vigilant. Since he knows that I am a talented person among men, why do I never see you coming to ask for advice? Isn't this a contradiction? Lying. This is not the behavior a good boy should have!”
Yang Fan's words were too damaging. He thought Li Zhi was reprimanded at an early age and made him a generation shorter in vain.
Princess Gao Yang couldn't help but smile in her heart, but she didn't want to be rude, so she had to endure it with all her strength, her shoulders shaking like daggers.
Princess Jinyang stared blankly, but she didn't know why brother Zhinu went crazy and wanted to cause trouble for her brother-in-law.
Li Zhi was stunned at first, then blushed, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
I really feel that Yang Fan's poems are all excellent works, and any one of them can be regarded as a masterpiece that has been passed down to the world.
Although I just had the idea of making Yang Fan look embarrassed, I also hoped to attract Yang Fan's attention. After all, this brother-in-law always likes to tease him.
Now Yang Fan actually compared him to an ignorant child, and he suddenly felt ashamed.
At Li Zhi's age, he had not cultivated himself to the point of being invulnerable. He just felt that everyone would look at him with ridicule, so he could only stand up and said: "Brother-in-law has taught you a lesson, I am in trouble, and I will definitely do it often in the future." I came here to ask for advice. The King of Japan has some toothache today, so I will take my leave now."
Xiao Sizi quickly tried to persuade him: "Brother Zhinu, my brother-in-law said this for your own good. Why do you care?"
Li Zhi said with shame: "Sister Douzi misunderstood. I was not angry because of my brother-in-law's words. On the contrary, it was my brother-in-law's words that woke me up like a revelation."
"There is no end to learning. From now on, I will continue to realize it every day. Father, my son is not feeling well and has to retire first..."
After saying that, without waiting for His Majesty Li Er's reply, Li Zhi turned around and left.
Looking at Li Zhi's retreating figure, Yang Fan really wanted to curse her.
This guy is pretending like a little white rabbit, why should he be so shameless?
Although Li Zhi's words sounded nice, the trick of using retreat to advance was really useful.
In this way, everyone will think that he, Yang Fan, is bullying the small.
It turns out that this guy's ability to ascend to the throne in the future is not just due to luck, but actually full of bad intentions...
As expected, after Li Zhi left, almost everyone expressed sympathy and admiration for His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin's frankness and sincerity.
After being deliberately humiliated and reprimanded by others, instead of being angry and resentful, one can instead look for shortcomings within oneself and repent. This is worthy of being a son of a dragon.
Where there are decent people, there are villains. Unfortunately, Yang Fan, who is unreasonable and unforgiving, naturally became the villain.
Even Changsun Wugou, who had been silent, looked at him with some resentment.
He seemed to be complaining that Yang Fan shouldn't say such harsh words to his youngest son.
His Majesty Li Er also glanced at Yang Fan indifferently. Although his expression was calm, Yang Fan still saw dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Obviously he also thinks that Yang Fan shouldn't be fussy with a child.
This made Yang Fan even more depressed!
Everyone thinks this Li Zhi is a harmless little white rabbit?
I go!
This kid is also very good at acting.
No wonder this guy became the emperor. It seems that among the princes, this guy is the most deceptive.
You have to be careful when facing this kid in the future. I didn't expect that I would fall into this kid's hands sometimes.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. Yang Fan reached for the wine glass on the table and drank it in one gulp.
Princess Jinyang didn't seem to feel anything was wrong.
Seeing Yang Fan finish drinking, he immediately filled the wine bottle with enthusiasm.
Seeing Yang Fan finish his drink again, he filled it up again...
Li Zhi's departure did not affect the atmosphere of the banquet, but everyone glanced at Yang Fan vaguely, as if they were waiting for Yang Fan's answer.
As if waiting for Yang Fan to finish drinking, he started to make drinking orders.
But how could Yang Fan care about what they thought?
He drank and ate on his own, creating a unique combination with the little princesses of Gao Yang and Jinyang.
Seeing Yang Fan drinking more and more, Princess Gaoyang frowned and said softly: "Husband, drink less?"
Looking up at Gao Yang, Yang Fan curled his lips and said to Princess Jinyang: "Keep pouring the wine!"
"promise!"
Princess Jinyang agreed with a smile, and obediently held the wine flask to pour the wine, but she found it fun.
The wine is fine wine. The wine at this time has been distilled, and the alcohol content is not much lower than the distilled wine at home.
After drinking several glasses of wine in a row, Yang Fan became a little drunk.
But his behavior of randomly instructing Princess Jinyang to pour wine made everyone frown slightly.
Some are jealous, some are envious, but most people think it's inappropriate.
Seeing Yang Fan keep drinking, the eldest grandson Wujia frowned and waved to Princess Jinyang: "Sizi, stop pouring wine and come to the queen mother's side."
Who knew that the little princess was just having fun, and she was the biggest devil in the palace besides His Majesty Li Er.
Everyone was respectful to her, even the brothers and sisters were more polite than affectionate.
At this time, Yang Fan gave her random instructions, but Xiao Sizi felt a kind of intimacy that was not restricted by etiquette, and she enjoyed it very much.
So he pouted nonchalantly and said, "Mother, Sizi has to wait on his brother-in-law to drink!"
Changsun Wugou had a gentle temperament. Hearing this, he could only give up and look at Yang Fan with resentment.
Looking at his eldest grandson Wugou, Yang Fan said with a smile: "Mother, do you also think that I have no respect for you?"
The eldest grandson Wuga said warmly: "You are the husband-in-law of Changle and the brother of little Sizi. How can you talk about superiority and inferiority? I just feel that Sizi is not in good health and I am afraid that she will be tired."
"Haha, that's easy to handle!"
Yang chuckled, stretched out his hand, and lifted Princess Jinyang into his lap.
Chong Changsun Wugou raised his eyebrows: "Wei Chen can just hold Her Highness the Princess. Are you satisfied, the Queen?"
The eldest grandson Wugou was so angry that he kept silent.
In fact, Yang Fan's behavior is inappropriate if you think about it carefully.
Doesn't this kind of behavior confirm that Wei Guifei said that Yang Fan has thoughts about Xiao Sizi?
Of course, Yang Fan definitely didn't mean this himself, but he couldn't help others thinking about it!
Seeing Yang Fan hugging little Sizi affectionately, His Majesty Li Er frowned and couldn't sit still!
What's going on?
How dare you kid tease your daughter in front of me?
This is absolutely intolerable!
However, Li Er naturally cannot say that there is anything wrong with Yang Fan's behavior.
Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that it was confirmed that Yang Fan was interested in his daughter?
With his mind spinning, Li Er said: "Ahem, since I've had enough wine, let's start the drinking order, let's start with you!"
Yang Fan was slightly startled: "When did you agree to the drinking order?"
Although I didn’t refuse just now, I didn’t agree to accompany this group of pretentious literati to have fun!
What's more, these people obviously want to make themselves look bad, so why should I slap them in the face?
But I saw His Majesty Li Er looking like he would be responsible for the consequences if he didn't agree.
Yang Fan knew that there seemed to be no escape today!
Since this group of people want to slap you in the face, don't blame yourself for not practicing martial ethics.
