Donggong Zhangjiao

"Today is the fifth prince's birthday. I have specially organized a palace banquet with a small amount of wine to celebrate. All my dear friends, you must have a great time and return home!"

On the main seat, Pei Yao, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, held up his wine glass and delivered a speech loudly.

At the age of thirty, Pei Yao has grown older, and it has been three or four years since he ascended the throne. Pei Yao has changed a lot compared to before. In addition to being calm and steady, the sharp aura of the past is also well in line with the imperial majesty in his bones. blended together.

He is not angry and has a strong sense of authority. He seems gentle but reveals the decisiveness of life and death, which makes people intimidated and dare not make mistakes.

The queen stood beside Pei Yao, wearing a phoenix robe, which also showed the majesty of the mother of the country. At this moment, she and Pei Yao toasted together, with a decent smile on her face.

"The five princes are safe and healthy, six more princesses have been added to the palace, and the emperor's descendants are prosperous. This is a blessing to the Qi Dynasty. I am very happy!"

Prime Minister Lu spoke with a smile, his face and eyes full of kindness.

Of course, the queen is his legitimate daughter, and now he has a healthy grandson, so of course he is happy.

Pei Yao also smiled after hearing this, and took the fifth prince from the wet nurse's hands.

"The queen is a virtuous and virtuous wife, and she is my virtuous wife. The fifth prince she has raised is healthy and intelligent, which makes me even more happy."

At this point, Pei Yao paused and then looked at Prime Minister Lu again.

"When I turn one year old, I have to give my fifth prince a serious name. I should give the fifth prince a name so that he can join the royal family. I have had many thoughts in the past few months, but in the end I can't make a choice. I took a look today. , why not let Prime Minister Lu choose a name for the fifth prince."

As soon as these words came out, Prime Minister Lu quickly bowed his head and handed over his hands.

"I don't dare, I don't dare. The fifth prince has a lot of money and a precious body. I am a subordinate. How can I name the prince?"

"It doesn't matter." Pei Yao said with a smile, "Xiang Lu is the queen's father, my father-in-law, and the fifth prince's direct maternal grandfather. He is the fifth prince's elder. Being named by his grandfather is an even greater blessing. I also look forward to it. In the future, if the fifth prince is more influenced by the Lu family, his talents will be outstanding."

Now that the conversation has come to this point, Prime Minister Lu naturally can't say anything more.

Although he didn't know whether Pei Yao's move was intentional to test whether the Lu family had any intention of being crown prince, or whether they really promoted him.

But no matter what, naming the prince or the legitimate son of the middle palace is stressful even for the prime minister who is the head of the officials.

At this time, the queen spoke softly at the right time.

"Since the Emperor has said so, my father will choose one or two good words and ask the Emperor to make a decision. The more people think about it, the more care he will give to the fifth prince."

"Yes, then I will boldly choose two words and ask the emperor to take a look."

Prime Minister Lu answered respectfully.

No matter what Pei Yao's thoughts are, whether the queen or Prime Minister Lu, they must remember their identities. You must put the king first and let Prime Minister Lu choose the name. Then you can give a good word and let the emperor choose.

In the end, it was said that Prime Minister Lu had chosen it, but it was still up to the emperor to decide what word to choose.

After hearing this, Pei Yao nodded in agreement and asked someone to bring him pen and ink.

Prime Minister Lu was worthy of being the first civil servant in the dynasty. After thinking for a while, he wrote three words on the paper.

They are Jin, Rong and Hexu.

"The word Jin refers to rich literary talent and also means far-sightedness. Rong is jade. Jade is an auspicious and spiritual treasure, which means good luck and wisdom. The sound of the word Rong is the same as tolerance, and it also extends to the meaning of tolerance and benevolence. The last word "Xu" The word "spring breeze" means gentleness and gentleness, and a gentleman is well behaved and gentle."

Holding up the words with both hands, Prime Minister Lu also explained each selected word word by word.

Listening to these words read by her father, the queen looked slightly nervous.

She is also afraid of making mistakes.

After all, everyone in the government and the public knew the emperor's current attitude towards the aristocratic family, and they were afraid that the Lu family would still be abandoned by the emperor if they sided with the emperor.

And just as the queen's thoughts were racing, Pei Yao's voice came to her ears again.

"Good, excellent. These words all have good meanings. I think, let's use the word "Xi".

Pei Yao's eyes flickered between the three words before finally settling on them. "Your Majesty is wise."

Prime Minister Lu immediately handed over his hand.

Immediately, everyone present stood up, saluted, and shouted congratulations to the fifth prince on his name.

The queen smiled and took the fifth prince from Pei Yao's hand, handed it to the wet nurse, and asked the wet nurse to take him down first.

At this point, the banquet has officially begun.

"Your Majesty, I don't read much. It stands to reason that the names Prime Minister Lu gave to the fifth prince should be all good words. Why did I look a little nervous when I saw the Queen's face just now?"

Song Bin, who was sitting next to Fang Yun, asked in a low voice.

Fang Yunzheng took a bite of the crystal shrimp on the table. When he heard her ask, he pinched the handkerchief to wipe his mouth and whispered.

"The first word Jin, in addition to the meaning mentioned by Prime Minister Lu, also means power. Jin Shen is used to refer to bureaucrats or people who have served as officials. The last word "Xu" also means favor."

"Then, isn't Prime Minister Lu also testing the Emperor?"

Hearing this, Concubine Song's eyes were slightly surprised.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "That's not entirely true. Although Jin means power, it does not refer to the emperor, but only to the power of his subordinates. The favor in the word "Xu" should not remind the emperor of the favor given by the Lu family. , after all, there is the word "瑢" in front of it, which emphasizes tolerance and kindness."

From Fang Yun's point of view, the meaning of Prime Minister Lu's choice of these three words is, firstly, to show his loyalty to the minister, secondly, to put a high hat on Pei Yao, and to remind him of the character of a gentleman with the words tolerance and benevolence. Finally, Alluding to the fact that he keeps the royal favor in mind and vows to be an upright gentleman and not to seek anything else.

In the end, Pei Yao chose the word "Xu" and was satisfied with the answer sheet given by Prime Minister Lu.

Song Concubine understood everything, and finally asked again.

"From your perspective, the Emperor is estranged from the Lu family?"

"No." Fang Yun narrowed his eyes, "Prime Minister Lu's recent actions are sincerely serving the emperor."

After saying this, Concubine Song nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

And Fang Yun also had something to say.

The way of the emperor is to be both lenient and strict. Today, he held a birthday banquet for the fifth prince. The standard of the banquet was higher than that of other princes and princesses. Pei Yao also rewarded the fifth prince with the longevity lock he wore when he was young. This is flattering.

The question to Prime Minister Lu just now was another wake-up call.

However, Fang Yun thought that Pei Yao would make other moves.

But these are not what she has to worry about right now. She has other things to do.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the door of the palace and saw the dancers from the music studio had already entered.

One of them was a very good dancer. At first glance, his appearance was similar to Qiu Baolin's.

No, after the song was over, when Pei Yao was ordering people to reward him, Fang Yun opened his mouth.

"The emperor wants to reward this girl. Is it because he is in love with the house or is this girl a really good dancer? Qiu Baolin is still sitting on the court. The emperor is not afraid of the beauty being jealous and sad."

She spoke with a coquettish attitude of a doting concubine, causing everyone to immediately turn their heads to look over.

The dancer who looked like Qiu Baolin had just received the reward handed over by Hong Zheng and had not yet grasped it. She was so frightened by these words that she immediately knelt down, her face turned pale and her eyes were wet. red.

But as soon as she knelt down, Fang Yun seemed to be more interested and chuckled.

"Look, I'm not the concubine. Now that I look at it, they look even more similar."

As she spoke, the eyes of the people present quickly searched among the concubines, and sure enough, they quickly discovered Qiu Baolin sitting at the end of the concubines. At this moment, he was as helpless as a frightened rabbit. He looked as if he was at a loss. That dancing girl does look like that. (End of chapter)