Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2827 Feast and Drink
What people are most afraid of is habit. When victories come one after another, even Turkic and Xue Yantuo, who were once proud of Mobei, were destroyed one after another by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Victory has become a common thing for everyone. , and who would care about a mere Goguryeo, and would think that the Tang Dynasty, which was in great prosperity for a while, could repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui, smashing his halberd and sinking in the sand on the Liaodong battlefield?
No one is an idiot. Everyone can see the crisis, but they have a fluke mentality, thinking that even if they encounter setbacks, it will be on others.

Even His Majesty Li Er has this mentality.

It doesn't matter about setbacks, and it doesn't matter about the loss of troops. As long as he can win the final victory, then he can draw a strong stroke on his merit book, and get closer to the grand plan of "one emperor through the ages".

Accustomed to victory, it is inevitable to be paralyzed by failure.

The festive atmosphere in front of the house is like cooking oil in a raging fire. Even if someone stood up to warn, who would listen?
Therefore, Fang Jun's recent actions may seem to outsiders only to enhance the strength of the East Palace, but Li Tai knows very well that all these are actually Fang Jun's efforts to prepare for the possible crisis.

Once the Eastern Expedition is thwarted, the entire empire will undergo changes like landslides and ground cracks...

Li Tai looked at the handsome and gentle brother sitting next to him again, and couldn't help shaking his head slightly. He might not be sure that it was this seemingly harmless brother who would drag the entire empire into an abyss that would never be restored.

But the father, who had always been respected and admired by him, lost the most important wisdom and martial arts in the midst of selfishness and stubbornness...

Suddenly, Li Tai suddenly found that he seemed to have followed Fang Jun's footsteps, walking ahead of time, seeing the future beyond everyone's eyes, and was shocked, but more like a mantis holding back a car powerless.

Will that insignificant effort compared to the current situation have an effect?
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In the evening, firecrackers were fired inside and outside the Fangfu, and the wedding officially began.

The welcoming team picked up the bride from a manor purchased by Lu's family outside the city in Beijing, entered the city gate with a bang and drums, and returned to Chongrenfang. Half of the people in Chang'an City ignored the winter cold and ran busily. Come and see the fun.

In fact, the well-informed Chang'an people were not too curious about the Fang family's wedding. What they wanted to see more was Fan Yang and Lu's send-off team.

The great prestige of the "five surnames and seven sects" in this era is not just talk. In the minds of the people at the bottom, they are like gods and gods, and they are even more respected than the royal family. After all, the world has not been peaceful for a long time, and many people It also experienced the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The dynasty changed and the world changed hands. The royal family changed one family after another. However, the "five surnames and seven sects" have always stood firm, bearing the glory of Han Confucianism.

Therefore, if a family can marry a woman with five surnames, it is simply a supreme honor.

When the welcoming team returned to Fangfu, entered the gate and came to the main hall, His Majesty Li Er, on a whim, pressed Kong Yingda, the original officiant of the wedding, on the seat, and he himself went into battle...

The emperor presides over the marriage, which is indeed a matter of great honor and favor. At this moment, all the guests in the hall understand that His Majesty Li Er did not do it on a whim, nor did he show favor to the Fang family, but expressed his attitude in this way—no matter what the court said. In order to fight, the Fang family must stand firm, and no one can move.

And this is a warning to the Guanlong nobles headed by Changsun Wuji.

Everyone can see that Changsun Wuji, who is sitting in the hall at the moment, has a depressed smile amidst the forced embarrassment...

After a set of cumbersome procedures are completed, the newcomer is sent to the bridal chamber, and it is time for the feast.

As night falls and the lights come on, the whole house is lit up with lights and colorful figures, and the whole house is full of guests and friends pushing glasses for a change, and the price of delicious wine and food is generally put on the table. The atmosphere is full of joy and enthusiasm.

Now that Fang Xuanling has become an official, his status is becoming more and more detached, and he has rarely received foreigners. Today, on the big day, His Majesty Li Er, the prince and other distinguished guests are present, so it is even more impossible to welcome them. Fang Yizhi is also a scholar Because of his pedantic temperament, he was very impatient with socializing, so all the tasks of receiving guests fell on Fang Jun.

From early in the morning to greet guests at the gate of the mansion, until now to feast and drink, Fang Jun entertained back and forth with a smiling face all day long. I was so hungry that I growled...

It wasn't until the beginning of the Xu Dynasty that His Majesty Li Er and the prince returned to the palace one after another, and the guests were almost dispersed, so Fang Jun could sit down and have a rest and eat something.

In the side hall, all the princes and sons-in-law were still drinking happily. Fang Jun came to offer a toast to everyone, then sat next to Li Zhi, wolfed it down, and let out a long breath.

Princess Yuzhang's son-in-law Tang Yizhi was very envious: "Now Fang's family is a first-class family, and Erlang is a high-ranking nobleman. The guests here and there are like crucian carp crossing the river. All the prominent and respectable people in the entire Chang'an City have been here today. Come to the mansion to congratulate you, you can't be disrespectful to ushers and senders, Erlang is really lucky."

After standing for such a day, I have to laugh with me, it must be hard work.

But for a family like the Tang family of Ju State Duke's Mansion, whose roots are not deep, and whose holy family members are not well-established, they dream of such luck, and cannot hide their envy in words.

Fang Jun glanced at Tang Yizhi, it was difficult to answer this question, admitting or denying it was a bit of a suspicion of being a good boy, so he looked at Li Tai and changed the subject: "Your Highness also said earlier that we would drink up our brothers-in-law On the ground, but I counted the heads on the wine table, and it seems that none of them are missing, but I don't know why?"

When the consorts heard this, they quit immediately.

Dou Kui, Princess Suian's son-in-law, widened her eyes and shouted at Li Tai: "Your Highness is really indifferent! Do you treat the heroes of the world like nothing? Come on, come on, I will fight you for three hundred rounds today, see Let's see who is the first to drink and fall to the ground!"

He is the son of Si Nongqing Dou Jing, the grandson of Empress Taimu of the same clan, his roots are straight and Miaohong, and he is not at all cautious when facing Li Tai.

Chai Lingwu also said with a smile: "Your highness is brilliant in writing, full of compliments, we feel ashamed. But when it comes to drinking, hehe, I really want to learn from you."

Hearing this, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to Chai Lingwu and said, "Get on the horse and kill the enemy, I am not as good as you, and rule the roost at the wine table, you must be defeated! Come on, let's drink this cup first!"

Immediately toast with Chai Lingwu.

He knew that Fang Jun and Chai Lingwu had always had quarrels, they didn't like each other, and their standpoints were quite different. The rift between each other was not easy to turn around, and he was afraid that Chai Lingwu would get hotheaded and find fault at the banquet, which would be bad. Given the festive atmosphere of the Fang family, Fang Jun must not let it go.

Seeing Chai Lingwu walking down Fang Jun's rhythm at this moment, it is obvious that he has no plans to make trouble today, so he is relieved.

Fang Jun raised his wine glass and said to Li Zhi with a smile: "I respect Your Highness for a glass. It is an honor for His Highness to come today. I and the rest of the family feel honored. Your Highness must drink to one's heart's content, so as not to return without getting drunk!"

The corners of Li Zhi's mouth twitched, feeling guilty in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to say something to prevaricate Fang Jun. After all, this person is not drunk with a thousand cups, and he can't drink ten of them...

But just turning his eyes, he saw Li Tai beside him looking over with a half-smile, and his heart skipped a beat.

He couldn't help but think of what Li Tai said to him earlier, telling him not to avoid the situation, but to face it.

He is very convinced of Li Tai, and he also thinks what he said is very reasonable. If he develops the habit of avoiding things and only thinking about solving them in a roundabout way, he will inevitably lack a bit of courage to move forward in dealing with things in the future, which will make his prestige lossy.

Zuo Zuo is just drinking, the big deal is getting drunk, can he be drunk to death?

Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth in my heart, raised my wine glass, and said generously: "This king gave up his life to accompany the gentleman today!"

He raised his head and drank a glass of wine.

The crowd cheered loudly.

Here, Li Zhi is the youngest, and he usually looks cute and smart in front of his elder brothers and brothers-in-law, so it is inevitable that he lacks momentum and feels a bit "weak".But facing Fang Jun's provocation with great vigor at this moment is really impressive.

It's amazing when a little brother who's been cherished everywhere suddenly becomes manly.

(End of this chapter)