Lu Chen simply rolled his eyes and looked at the few princes who were eating there. Originally, it was fine for Lu Chen to eat alone, but with these people eating together, it would be difficult for them not to be discovered.
Immediately, all the civil servants on the opposite side turned their attention to Lu Chen, and those princes were still working hard with their heads down! In the main hall, there were various officials making offerings to Li Yuan!
Li Yuan, who was sitting behind the dragon desk, was looking at the tributes happily and scanning the officials. He felt a little proud in his heart. However, when he found that the civil servants were not looking at him but at the opposite side, Li Yuan felt a little proud. I just clicked and felt something was wrong.
When Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen, he immediately understood what was going on. Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly made a decision in his heart: "In the future, as long as it is not necessary, Lu Chen will not be allowed to come to court. This guy will do it once." It’s a shame!”
Li Yuan was not angry at Lu Chen for stealing the food. He was mainly because he saw those guys eating and he didn't have to eat. After such a long ceremony, he was still the king of a country and had to maintain his airs, but he was also a human being. Ah, he is hungry too!
The civil servants couldn't help but licked their lips when they saw Lu Chen and the others eating secretly.
Li Yuan didn't even hear the official who paid tribute say what he was paying tribute. When Li Yuan looked back at the official, there was already an embarrassed expression on the official's face.
"Hold the lamp!" Li Yuan winked at Chang Bao, and Chang Bao announced loudly.
The word "holding the lamp" means that the dinner party has begun. As for the previous tribute ceremony, it ends here. Many officials felt disappointed because they were unable to contribute.
As Chang Bao's voice spread, chamberlains and maids lit candles and lanterns, and the entire Tai Chi Hall suddenly became bright.
"Pass the banquet!" Chang Bao shouted again, and immediately the maids began to come in one after another, placing dishes and wine bottles on the small table in front of everyone.
Before the dinner started, Li Yuan naturally wanted to say something first. In Lu Chen's view, this was no different from the leadership lectures of later generations, so Lu Chen was the kind of person who listened with one ear and heard the other.
After Li Yuan finished speaking, the banquet naturally began. After Li Yuan raised a few glasses, the ministers had a banquet by themselves. On the day of Yuan Zheng, when Li Yuan hosted a banquet for the ministers, they naturally needed to be accompanied by singing and dancing. This dance of Yuan Zheng can be compared with Different from the past, this is a dance called "Nuo dance".
In Lu Chen's opinion, this Nuo dance is similar to an exorcism ritual. The boy wears a ghost mask and dances while playing and singing with instruments in his hand.
At first, Lu Chen thought it was just these boys performing, but as a result, these boys were dancing. Taichang Qing Li Zhongwen directly brought some civil servants from aristocratic families to join the performance. Lu Chen's eyes widened when he saw it. Chen never thought that these civil servants from aristocratic families had such a "cute" side, and their "enchanting" figures made Lu Chen lose his appetite for food.
"Brother Cheng, are they like this every year?" Lu Chen, who was wiping his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, looked at Cheng Yaojin with a speechless expression and asked.
"This is a custom over the years!" Cheng Yaojin chewed meat, turned to look at Lu Chen and explained casually.
"These guys are really bold and bold!" Lu Chen nodded and said while looking at the dancing postures of those civil servants.
The Nuo dance lasted for a while and then ended. What was left was that the literati began to "show off" and recited various poems and poems. Of course, many of them were in praise of virtues, which made Lu Chen's skin crawl.
It’s okay to flatter! You can also take pictures of the emperor’s horses! But it was a bit hard to accept that the photo was so explicit and others applauded it. Lu Chen couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.
"Mr. Lu, why are you sighing?" Lu Chen's shaking of his head was immediately noticed by the official who had just composed a poem, and he immediately looked at Lu Chen with some displeasure and asked.
"A little tired! Just stretch your neck!" Lu Chen looked at the official. Lu Chen didn't understand what his shaking head had to do with him, so he said it lightly.
"Oh!" The official said "Oh" directly and meaningfully, and the meaning was self-evident. At this time, many civil servants suddenly stopped holding their chopsticks, and some
Everyone put down their wine glasses and looked at the official, with only one meaning in their eyes: "iron head".
"Pei Qi, don't be presumptuous!" The scene of the official's confrontation with Lu Chen naturally fell into the eyes of Pei Ji, who was chatting and laughing with Xiao Yu and others. As soon as Pei Ji saw the official, his heart suddenly jumped. This official was none other than his nephew Sima Pei Qi of Puzhou.
"Pei Qi?!" Originally Lu Chen didn't want to argue with the official in front of him, but when he heard this person's name, Lu Chen immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Pei Qi with interest.
He has not forgotten Pei Qi's name. It was thanks to him that Xu Gaofeng and others left their hometown. As for Lu Chen, he did not trouble him later. It was just that he sent Xu Gaofeng and others' families out of the country as gifts. Thinking that he would actually be seen at the Tai Chi Hall banquet in Yuan Zhengri. According to his official position, he should not be qualified to come in. Therefore, Lu Chen couldn't help but turn his attention to Pei Ji. Obviously, if this uncle did not lead him, I am afraid that this person would not be able to come in. Pei Qi can't sneak in, right?
"Are you Pei Qi?" Lu Chen looked up at Pei Qi standing in front of him and asked.
"The lower official is Pei Qi!" He had dared to come out and offer poems just now, but it was because he drank a few more glasses of Tusu wine and saw Lu Chen shaking his head after reciting poems, so he directly asked "drinking makes people cowardly" He called Lu Chen, but when Lu Chen asked him just now, Pei Qi sobered up and regretted talking to Lu Chen.
After all, he knew his own affairs, and there were quite a few disputes between him and Lu Chen! Lu Chen never caused trouble to him and actually made him forget about it.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen nodded, "Be an official well!" Today is the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, and Lu Chen doesn't want to spoil Li Yuan's mood here. At the same time, Lu Chen doesn't want to give himself anything on this happy day of the year. Tiandu gave Pei Qi a direct and nonchalant warning, but nothing more happened.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu County, for the suggestion!" Pei Qigong bowed to Lu Chen respectfully, then walked back to his seat and sat down. Only then did he realize that just by looking into Lu Chen's eyes, he was Made my spine sweat.
Seeing that Lu Chen did not embarrass his nephew, Pei Ji nodded directly to Lu Chen and thanked Lu Chen. Lu Chen smiled and nodded to Pei Ji.
"Lu Aiqing!" Li Yuan, who was sitting behind the Long Bookcase talking to Concubine Wan Gui, saw all these things, so when Pei Qi returned to his seat, Li Yuan called Lu Chen directly.
As soon as Li Yuan spoke, the Tai Chi Hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Lu Chen.
"I'm here!" Hearing Li Yuan calling him, Lu Chen stood up and saluted Li Yuan.
"I heard that you, Mr. Lu County, are known as 'the best in both poetry and calligraphy'. Didn't you think of something on this happy day today?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen with a smile and asked.
"'Poetry and Characters'?!" Lu Chen was stunned when he heard the nickname given to him by Li Yuan. Some said he was a "damage" person, and some said he was a "street cleaning tiger", but he never heard of it. He once said that someone called himself "poetry and calligraphy master". Lu Chen felt that this thing was just scolding him. With his level, how could he have "poetry and calligraphy skills"? According to Lu Chen's own definition, he was a Just a "handling expert".
But now Lu Chen can't refute anything. This was said by Li Yuan. The emperor of the dynasty said that he was "the best in both poetry and calligraphy", so even if he wasn't, he must be!
Li Yuan's words obviously meant that he wanted to show off.
"Ahem! I don't dare to accept the title of 'Poetry and Words', but if it's a poem, I really thought of one!" Lu Chen said to Li Yuan with a smile.
"Oh? It seems that if I hadn't called your name, I'm afraid you would still be hiding your clumsiness!" When he heard Lu Chen said a poem, Li Yuan said with a smile.
"Then it would be a shame for me!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan, and at the same time looked around at the ministers in the Tai Chi Hall, "This poem for me is called "Yuan Ri"!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan again, with thoughts in his heart. Wang Anshi complained.
"One year old is eliminated in the sound of firecrackers,
The spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu.
Thousands of households, every day,
Always replace old talismans with new ones. "
"Show your ugliness! Show your ugliness!" After Lu Chen recited the song "Yuan Ri", he saluted Li Yuan and the civil and military ministers again and smiled.
As Lu Chen's song "Yuan Ri" came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, and many people started repeating it.
"Good poem! Good poem! You should be rewarded!" Li Yuan directly stroked his beard and laughed, "Come on! Give Lu County Duke three pieces of silk and satin, and reward him with a thousand gold coins!" Li Yuan immediately announced the reward to Lu Chen loudly, and those who had chanted in front of him The officials in Shi all looked at Lu Chen with envy. They worked hard to praise his virtues, and the most they could get was only a hundred gold rewards. But when they arrived at Lu Chen's place, they were both rich in silk and satin. It was really hard to compare one person to another!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and thanked him for the reward.
"Mr. Lu!" Just when Lu Chen was about to return to his position, a sweet voice called out to Lu Chen. Lu Chen stopped and turned around to see Concubine Wan Gui, who was sitting next to Li Yuan, smiling. Look at yourself.
"I wonder what your Majesty's orders are?" Lu Chen asked as he saluted Concubine Wan Gui.
"I just heard that your poem "Yuan Ri" mentioned the word 'firecracker'. I wonder what this firecracker is?" Concubine Wan Gui asked with a smile as she looked at Lu Chen.
When Lu Chen heard about Concubine Wan Gui's culture, he was immediately shocked. He was just thinking about meeting the occasion, but he forgot that this "firecracker" hadn't appeared yet! Suddenly Lu Chen started thinking about countermeasures!
