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Although Li Shimin always advocated frugality, but Concubine Yang was born noble and was deeply favored by him, so he made an exception and held a banquet for Concubine Yang in Liangyi Hall. All the eldest princesses have been invited here, and of course Li Min and the princes and princesses are indispensable. They plan to sit together as a family to celebrate Concubine Yang's birthday.

After the carriage entered the imperial city, it entered the Taiji Palace through the Changle Gate, and then drove straight to the Wangyun Palace where Concubine Yang lived. Accompanied her mother to the Liangyi Hall for the banquet, and of course Xiao Wenxin would also accompany Li Yin.

The two rushed to Wangyun Palace, where Li Ke and his wife Yang Shi were already chatting with Concubine Yang.Seeing the arrival of Li Yin and Xiao Wenxin, Concubine Yang seemed extremely enthusiastic, she specially pulled Xiao Wenxin to her side, and chatted with her about a lot of daily life, which made the other party feel a little at a loss, not knowing what her future mother-in-law was planning. ?

When the banquet was about to start in the afternoon, Li Shimin rushed over after finishing the political affairs, and the family rushed to the Liangyi Hall for the banquet. Concubine Yang was the protagonist today, so she walked in front with Li Shimin, Li Yin and Li Ke Crowded in the back, everyone entered the hall together.

In the main hall, all the people who came to the banquet had already sat down. On the right side were the imperial concubines, married princesses and eldest princesses, and on the left side were Li Yin and his group of sons and daughters.Because it was an orthodox palace banquet, the meal sharing system was implemented. Generally, two people shared a table, and those who were married were all sitting together. Li Yin and Xiao Wenxin, the prospective couple, also sat behind the same table.Capital Datang 72

Everyone sat down according to their status, Li Yin was the sixth, but the second elder brother on the top died early, so he sat behind the fifth table on the left, and his first was Li You, the fifth, and Li Yun, the seventh.Among them, Li Yun is fine, this person is one year younger than Li Yin, he is a timid guy, after greeting Li Yin, he just sits there honestly, but the fifth brother Li You is quite courageous, The gaze towards Xiao Wenxin turned out to be obscene, which made Li Yin very displeased, he snorted coldly and stared at the boy fiercely for a few times, which made him withdraw his gaze reluctantly, and then looked at Li Yin very jealously. It took a glance to be honest.

But Li Yin cursed in his heart, if it wasn't for the wrong occasion today, he would have gone up and kicked this kid to death, how dare he look at his woman with that kind of gaze?It seems that he is impatient, so he must give this kid a hard lesson sometime, let him know how powerful he is, so as to save those dog eyes looking around in the future.

Although it was a bit unpleasant, the banquet was still going on. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Shimin raised his glass and said with a smile, "Today is Concubine Yang's birthday. Let's toast together and pray for Concubine Yang!"

"I wish Concubine Yang a blessing like the East China Sea and a long life like the South Mountain!" Li Min and the others hurriedly stood up, raised their glasses together to congratulate Concubine Yang, and then everyone drank all the wine in their cups, and the banquet officially began. (I can’t find any birthday greetings from the Tang Dynasty, so let’s use the most common one first, please don’t mind.)

Since it was a birthday banquet, of course birthday gifts were indispensable, so at the beginning of the banquet, everyone presented their carefully prepared birthday gifts one after another. These gifts were either expensive or novel, but people who participated in the banquet looked at them with gusto, even Li Yin, who claimed to have seen many People with broad knowledge are also eye-openers.

After the concubines and eldest princesses had finished their birthday presents, it was finally Li Min's turn and the princes and princesses, starting with the eldest brother Li Chengqian, who presented their own birthday presents one by one. In the Qing Dynasty, the jade was of high quality and exquisite workmanship, which was also in line with his status.

What Li Ke sent was a very peculiar plate of mother-of-pearls, in which the mother-pearl the size of a baby's fist was located in the center of the plate, surrounded by child pearls the size of finger belly, and there was a very peculiar attraction between the mother-pearl and the child-pearls. Hold the child bead not far away, and the child bead will automatically be sucked and rolled to the side of the mother bead, just like a child rushing to the mother's arms.This plate of pearls, which symbolizes the affection between mother and child, was immediately appreciated by Concubine Yang and the people around her. Although Li Shimin thought it was a bit extravagant, he didn't say anything because Concubine Yang was so happy.

The fourth brother, Li Tai, would play tricks, and made a piece of nonsense Fu, and then asked his father-in-law Yan Lide to draw a portrait of Concubine Yang, put the Fu title on it, and gave it to Concubine Yang as a birthday present.Although this thing is not worth a lot of money in Li Yin's opinion, it is exactly what Li Shimin and Concubine Yang wanted, so it attracted unanimous praise from both of them.

When it was the fifth brother Li You's turn, the kid stood up with a nonchalant face, and said lazily, "I want to report to my father and concubine Yang, my servants are not as rich and powerful as the eldest brother and the others, so I really can't find anything to do." For the birthday gift, I had to prepare ten ginseng stalks, which is a little thought from my minister, and I hope Concubine Yang will not dislike it."

Li You's words immediately aroused the contempt of other people around. Li Ke and Li Min also looked angry. This kid obviously didn't want to give Concubine Yang face, and even offered ten Korean ginseng as a birthday gift. Can you do it?The ginseng on Li Yin's dozen or so carriages were all weighed in kilograms.If it weren't for Concubine Yang's birthday today, the two of them would have gone up to slap this kid long ago.

Li Shimin also hated this son extremely, especially when he saw that he was so rude to his beloved Concubine Yang, he even felt a trace of anger in his heart, and immediately wanted to drive this shameful son out.However, Concubine Yang next to him smiled generously and said, "Wu Lang gave it with a sincere heart. As an elder, how could I still dislike it?" Concubine Yang asked the maid beside him to accept the gift after she finished speaking.But for Concubine Yang's generous performance, Li You didn't show the slightest gratitude, and sat there pouring himself a drink.

Li Yin glared at Li You fiercely. Not only did this kid have a lust for Xiao Wenxin just now, but now he is also disrespectful to his mother and concubine. If he provokes his own woman and relatives, then he will wait for his revenge thousands of times!

But now it's Li Yin's turn to offer a birthday gift, so Li Yin adjusted his mentality, walked up with a smile, bowed and said: "My son sees the father and mother, I wish mother youth forever, good luck and longevity." Both!"

"Hehe, Liulang, Concubine Yang loves you the most. What birthday gift did you prepare?" Seeing Li Yin, his son who made him more and more reassuring, Li Shimin's expression finally turned from cloudy to clear, and he asked in a very relaxed tone.Concubine Yang also looked at Li Yin with a smile. She got some advice from Li Ke, knowing that this son had spent a lot of time and effort preparing a gift for herself, so she was also looking forward to Li Yin's gift.

"I would like to report to my father, I have prepared three very special birthday gifts this time to celebrate my mother's birthday!" Li Yin laughed. Although the gifts that came with him were packed into more than a dozen cars, those were just ordinary gifts and were not It can’t be regarded as a birthday gift. The birthday gift is usually selected and prepared by the host himself, and given to the birthday party in front of everyone at the banquet. For example, Li Ke just gave the plate of mother-of-pearls, but also gave many other gifts.

"Oh, bring it up quickly!" Li Shimin seemed even more anxious than Concubine Yang. Last time Li Yin mentioned it to him, but he didn't say anything about the gift, and the shadow guards around him also reported to him that Li Yin The incident of thunder in the house during the day made him even more curious, and he wanted to see Li Yin's mysterious gift sooner.

"I obey!" Li Yin waved after finishing speaking, and Wen'er and Hua'er, who had been standing next to Li Yin holding the brocade box, stepped forward.Li Yin walked to Wen'er's first gift, then reached out to open the box, and took out a round plate-like thing from it.

"Mother and concubine, please look, this is the first gift prepared by my son." Li Yin said, and handed the gift in Yang Concubine's hands.

Concubine Yang took it over and looked at it, and found that the outside of this thing was a round rosewood frame with exquisite workmanship, which was dotted with many patterns, birds and animals, and in the middle was a shiny thing, like a crystal.When she held the object upright and wanted to take a good look at it, she suddenly saw a beautiful face that was both familiar and unfamiliar from the crystal.Capital Datang 72

"Ah~, this... is this a mirror?" Concubine Yang looked at her slender face in the mirror, showing disbelief. She couldn't believe it no matter what, there are still people in this world who can be photographed like this clear mirror.

"Huh~, let me take a look too?" Li Shimin next to him also found that this mirror was different, took it over and looked left and right, and looked at his heroic face, and found that this mirror was indeed much stronger than the bronze mirror he used , Even the beards on his face can be seen clearly.

"Father, mother and concubine, this is indeed a mirror, but it is different from the bronze mirror we commonly use, but a mirror polished by crystal. My son also processed the crystal with an exclusive secret method, and used it to illuminate people. , will be a hundred times clearer than a bronze mirror." Li Min said triumphantly, although the time is short and he doesn't know how to make glass, but it doesn't matter, if there is no glass, use crystal instead. Crystals with good properties are polished into flat plates by skilled craftsmen, and then mirrors are made of tinfoil and mercury.

Others were a little disappointed when they heard Concubine Yang say it was a mirror at first, and thought that Li Yin had prepared some kind of gift for his mother. After a long time, it turned out to be a mirror, but soon they discovered that Li Shimin and Concubine Yang were Abnormal, if it was just an ordinary mirror, they shouldn't be so gaffe.After hearing Li Yin's explanation, they realized that the mirror was different, so they all went forward to see it.

"Brother Huang, can we also see what is the difference between the mirror presented by Liulang?" Princess Danyang, the most courageous, stood up first and said. The little guy was also booing, wanting to see the mystery of the mirror.

Li Shimin couldn't refute everyone's interest, so he turned his head to look at Concubine Yang. Although Concubine Yang was reluctant, she finally agreed, so he handed the mirror to everyone for circulation.As a result, this immediately caused a sensation. The men were fine, but they felt that they had finally seen their own appearance clearly, while those women couldn't put it down one by one. Dare to take it home.

After finally circulating it, Concubine Yang immediately put the mirror into a brocade box, and told her personal maid to keep it. Without her consent, no one could touch it.

ps: Although it is not good to disconnect here, the following plot is still very long. Laoyu has no time code today, so he can only wait until tomorrow. However, the following two gifts have been reminded in the previous article, so you may wish to guess first One click, hey hey.