noffsinger Chapter 283 King's Head
Chapter 283 King's Head
Prince Rong used the wine jug in his hand to pour a glass of wine into the glass in front of Zhou Chang.
The deep red wine, poured into the white jade cup, looked even more mellow in color, and the mellow and rich aroma came to his face, and Zhou Chang's heart was instantly moved.
Zhou Chang picked it up and smelled it, then took a sip. It had the sweet fragrance of fruit and rice wine, with an unknown floral scent in between. The most rare thing was that there was a hint of bubbles.
It feels like a pre-mixed cocktail I had in my previous life.
Zhou Chang couldn't help but drink the rest of the drink.
"Haha, I told you this wine is special, I didn't lie to you." Prince Rong stared at Zhou Chang with amusement and pushed the wine pot to Zhou Chang's hand, "You got a bargain, but don't drink too much."
"What is the name of this wine? How does Brother Prince Rong know this wine..." Zhou Chang was about to ask further when Prince Rong quickly stood up and returned to his seat.
When Zhou Chang raised his eyes, he saw Prince Duan sitting alone at the top, with a sinister look and a gloomy face, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.
The seat below Prince Duan should be Prince Xian's, but the time was almost up, yet Prince Xian hadn't shown up yet.
Do we really have to wait until the last minute to make the final appearance?
Just as I thought of this, a eunuch's voice shouted loudly: "The emperor has arrived."
Zhou Chang also stood up.
Feng Suo also returned to his seat and stood up.
Everyone straightened their clothes and welcomed the emperor.
The Emperor Lin first came out from the inner screen and stood before the throne.
Under the imperial throne, behind the pearl curtain, accompanying the prime minister was Concubine Yi, Gu.
Although Gu was not the queen, she was equivalent to the queen in this situation.
The next person to come out was Xian Wang Fengzheng who had never appeared before.
King Xian was of medium build, with a square head, big ears, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes. He was dressed in a purple and gold python robe. He looked down on everyone with an arrogant attitude.
Wow, this head is really big, the helmet must be extra large.
Zhou Chang only had this feeling.
Prince Xian looked around disdainfully before walking down the golden steps and standing below Prince Duan.
Everyone then paid their respects to Emperor Lin and wished him a happy new year.
Emperor Lin called out and everyone took their seats.
Go down, the ceremony begins.
First of all, Emperor Lin represented all the ministers in respecting Heaven, Earth and ancestors.
Then, Emperor Lin gave a "New Year's Speech".
Finally, the palace banquet officially began.
Stringed instruments, orchestral music, singing and dancing.
Emperor Lin raised his cup again and said: "My lords, please taste this wine. It is the tribute from the Mirage Kingdom that King Xian received after his victory this time. It is very different from our country's wine and has a different taste."
"This is a trophy. I heard that this wine is rare in the Mirage Kingdom. The brewing process is complicated and requires a lot of materials. Therefore, the king of the Mirage Kingdom only takes it out to drink during the heaven sacrifice." King Xian smiled, his thick eyebrows and broad lips dancing together.
The head, face and facial features are all big. It's okay if the expression is still, but if you move, it will fly around.
Someone immediately followed suit: "So, our Lin Kingdom is the heaven of his Shen Kingdom, and offering sacrifices to the heaven is offering sacrifices to our Lin Kingdom, which is also logical."
"Haha, well said." Emperor Lin was pleased to hear this and drank a glass first.
Everyone followed suit and drank it.
Various dishes came up one after another.
The atmosphere was so good with cups being passed around and no need for any accompaniment.
There was a peaceful atmosphere in Jingming Palace, and most people were busy flattering Emperor Lin and King Xian.
Only Zhou Chang had no hope for the palace banquet food, but she unexpectedly got some good wine.
In ancient times, winemaking technology was not yet well developed, the alcohol purity of the wine was not high, and the taste was sour, bitter, astringent and spicy. It was rare that the wine today had a bit of the taste of alcoholic beverages in the past life, and he didn't even need to add honey or fruit juice to mix it, he could drink it directly as a beverage.
In this way, Zhou Chang watched the ministers flattering him as a "monkey show", and unknowingly drank up the entire pot of wine on Feng Suo's table, one cup after another.
What tribute wine? This thing was just a drink in the previous life and it can’t make people drunk.
Zhou Chang picked up the pot on his table again.
Feng Suo came over quickly and said, "Brother Jiu, drink less."
"It's okay, this isn't even wine." If it were wine, Zhou Chang would have refused it a hundred times, and she couldn't drink it.
On the other hand, the singing and dancing were boring, and the "monkey show" was even more boring.
None of the ministers wanted to miss the opportunity and toasted Emperor Lin and Concubine Yi one after another.
But what was said was nothing new.
Most of them were due to the wisdom of Emperor Lin and his achievements in both civil and military affairs. His greatest achievement in the past year was defeating the Mirage Kingdom and recovering the three states.
Concubine Yi seemed to manage the harem in an orderly manner.
As for King Xian, he was the center of attention and was praised by everyone for his bravery, martial arts and military prowess.
King Xian shook his big head, drank, and accepted them one by one without any modesty.
At tonight's banquet, the most eye-catching protagonist is him.
Zhou Chang felt sick of these words of "eulogy" and wanted to suppress it with sweet wine.
Feng Shuo was a child and couldn't drink alcohol. No one paid any attention to him. He couldn't eat much, so he had to talk to Zhou Chang: "Nine Brother, do you know why Brother Xian Wang came back so late?"
"I don't know." Zhou Chang was not interested, but his eyes still fell on King Xian.
Across from him, Prince Xian was wearing a purple-gold dragon robe and sitting below Prince Duan. He was in high spirits and toasted each other.
Prince Duan was also wearing a gorgeous crimson and black gold robe, but he was completely overshadowed by Prince Xian. He could only remain silent and watch the singing and dancing in the palace absent-mindedly.
"I heard that the fifth brother actually came back a long time ago, but he had been stationed outside the city until my father issued an edict to confer the title of 'General Yaowei' on him. Only then did he release the large army and lead 2,000 soldiers into the city." Although Feng Suo is only twelve years old this year, he lives in the palace after all, so he is much more informed than Zhou Chang.
"Oh." Zhou Chang just responded, thinking it was a very normal operation.
Feng Suo, on the other hand, always pretends to be a little adult and is always willing to talk about adult things because they find them funny.
King Xian was in high spirits, his eyebrows were about to fly out of his head, he held a wine glass in one hand and a wine pot in the other, and was standing up to "fight" the people who came up to toast him one after another.
At this time, there were two more people surrounding him, one dressed in red and the other in green, like a pair of doormen.
Prince Yi didn't recognize any of them in his memory.
"Red and blue mixed together is exactly purple." Feng Suo pointed at the three people on King Xian's side and said.
Zhou Chang had never expected this, and it was indeed the case. He also laughed and said, "You are quite smart. Do you know who those two people are?"
Qing and Hong followed closely behind King Xian, inseparable, both blocking his way and urging him to drink.
Feng Suo pouted, "How come you don't have any impression of them, Ninth Brother? Aren't those the two study companions that Prince Xian grew up with? One of them was surnamed Yin, and the other was surnamed Han. It seems that both Yin and Han were Sima officers in the army and were relatives by marriage. I heard that Prince Xian had a close relationship with them, and they often ate and lived together in the barracks. Some people described them as the 'iron triangle', closer than brothers."