The main hall was extremely spacious. Cui Po entered the hall and saw that there were three rows of wooden tables on the left and right sides according to the ancient system. They were single-person and individual systems. Many people were already sitting there. There were mostly foreigners on the left side; while Cui Youfu's seat was at the top of the second row on the right.

Cui Poyan took a detour to Cui Youfu's table. Seeing that he was coming, Lord Zhongshu stopped talking to someone beside him and said to him: "Where have you been there just now?" But without waiting for him to answer, he continued: "Fortunately, it's not too late. Now His Royal Highness has entered the room to greet Lao Linggong's food and daily life. The matter is urgent at this time. I will introduce you to you after the banquet. At this time, you need to take on the responsibility of His Royal Highness to congratulate Lao Linggong's birthday as soon as possible."

"Congratulations on birthday! What's the responsibility for this?" Cui Po's doubts were naturally revealed. When the Lord Shu didn't understand it, he quickly explained to him: "Today, not only are the six ministries in the court, but the heads of the nine temples. Even the governors of more than 40 Taoisms in the world also had envoys, and those envoys from remote foreign countries arrived. Since the Anshi Rebellion, it can be said that there has been no such gathering in the world. Now that Your Majesty is incompatible with the dragon body, the Crown Prince is at the attention of all directions. If the birthday celebration is broken, the prestige will inevitably plummet, and it is even more underestimated by those foreigners, so you must not take it lightly."

Diplomacy is nothing small, especially when the vassal states are domineering and the monks are disinterested, if one is not handled well, the consequences are seldom arise. Cui Po still understands this truth, but the more this happens, the more confused he becomes. He asked in surprise: "Why do you come to me for such a major matter?"

"Speaking of this, this is Yang Gongnan's idea, oh! He has already reinstated his post. I have already made some ideas together before, but I just got the news. The method we discussed was known to the Four Rebellious Towns. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, has the ambition of Emperor Taizong, has always been jealous of the Four Towns. Today they will definitely disrupt the situation to use this to attack the Prince's prestige. Therefore, the old law is difficult to implement, and time is urgent. It is still Gongnan's recommendation, saying that you are famous when you are young. Looking at the words you made, although the posture is strange, it is praised by the world. It can be seen that you are not a person who is restricted. In the urgent time, you can use it to collect strange weapons. If the prince had known your name, the situation was like this, so he agreed." While Cui Youfu spoke, he looked at the four people sitting in the same row with angrily.

Following his eyes, Cui Po saw four people dressed in military officers gathered in a corner. The people next to him ignored them. They didn't care at all, but just talked to each other.

"Are they..." Cui Po asked curiously

"They are the confidants of the four rebellious governors of Wei Bo, Lu Long, Ziqing and Chengde," Cui Youfu explained briefly, and then said anxiously: "The time is urgent now, so let's talk about this matter later. This time, the matter is of great importance. If you do it well, you will definitely be appreciated by the prince. This examination and future career paths are easy to do. If you do it, you will be ruined... Alas! The program today is cumbersome, I think there are still nearly two hours for you to prepare. If you need it, you can go to him to cook." Cui Youfu finished his words urgently, and looked at Cui Po with encouragement, but more of them were deeply worried.

When Cui Po saw that the person he was referring to was a middle-aged man in yellow standing at the door of the central hall. He knew that the matter was urgent, Cui Po did not ask any more questions and hurriedly bowed and left the hall.

After leaving the hall, Cui Po had a brief conversation with the man in yellow and realized that he was originally a branch of the Guo family. He was highly appreciated by Lao Linggong for his shrewdness and ability, and became the position of a butler. Afterwards, Cui Po did not give any instructions, but just asked for a quiet room and went in to meditate. Seeing that he had no action, but also knew the whole story of the matter was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

After two incense sticks, Cui Po walked out of the room with a relaxed face and asked, "Are there any veterans in the mansion who passed the battlefield? There are Hu Zuo, Qiang Di, War Drum, and Mingluo. It would be even better if there were actors who could have such a good oral skills."

"There are all the above things. Today, even the hundreds of craftsmen from the Palace and the Jiaofangsi gathered here. As for the various musical instruments, my old man Ling Gong was originally from a battle formation, so he was not short of them. Is it just this veteran..."

"What? If there is no veteran, that's going to be troublesome." Cui Po asked with a frown on his face and frowned.

"There are all kinds of people, but these veterans are all personal soldiers of Lao Linggong back then. After years of fighting, they are almost disabled and have no family. It is precisely because of this that Lao Linggong is afraid that they will find it difficult to survive after returning home, so he took them in the mansion and raised them. If the young master wants to use them, it is probably a surprise. Otherwise, I will go to Shence Army to find General Wang to borrow some soldiers." The butler enthusiastically suggested.

"God helps me! It's just right. Go quickly. They all summoned them over, and prepared all the other things together. I found a secluded courtyard to settle down. I'll arrive later. Seeing the butler busy, Cui Po did not forget to follow up: "Let those veterans put all the houses on the battle formation that year."

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Just as Cui Po and others were making a noise, the Fushou Hall was also in a turmoil. Countless mats were already set up in the vast courtyard, and guests scattered everywhere sat one after another. Together with the princes and nobles and military generals in the main hall, they actually packed a courtyard that could accommodate thousands of people.

Seeing that all the guests had already sat down, the auspicious time had arrived. With three crisp sounds of the quiet palace whip, today's old birthday star, the current Taiwei, Guo Ziyi, Fenyang, slowly walked out from the back hall under the help of the prince. Two ritual officials from the rituals in front of the hall sang loudly: "The Prince Yong Wang Shi arrived; the current Taiwei, the same as the Pingzhang official, Guo Lao Ling Gong arrived, the prince's relatives, civil and military officials, as well as the envoys of the foreign countries and guests of all kinds, greeted him."

As the loud voice of the ritual officer echoed in the hall, all kinds of people stood up one after another. Except for a few princes and nobles, foreign envoys, everyone else bowed to the ground and greeted loudly.

Then, an official in the palace held an edict in his hand, and a decree of the imperial edict was about to be read, which was nothing more than a list of the achievements of Mr. Guo’s life, and so on. Only when everything was done, the prince and Mr. Lao Ling sat down, and three cups of water and wine were given to the heaven, earth, and behind the ancestral temple, as Mr. Guo raised the wine cup and invited everyone to drink, the banquet officially began.

After three rounds of wine, it was the time to have a birthday. This time, the birthday came from inside to outside, first from close relatives to princes and grandsons, and the civil and military officials of the court, and foreign envoys.

The first wife of Cui Youfu, who was nervous, saw that he was the first wife of Guo Lao Linggong, was the first-class wife of the imperial decree in the dynasty. He saw that the woman in her forties slowly stepped forward, and after paying a prayer, he raised the wine cup in his hand and said crisply:

A birthday banquet, a cup of green wine, and a cup of green wine. I wish Chen Sanyou: one wishes you a thousand years old, two wishes you will be healthy, three wishes are like a swallow on the beam, and you will meet each other every year!

Then the priest on the side gave this congratulation loudly, spreading the inside and outside of the hall. Her novel congratulations were inevitably praised by the guests. Even the prince, who was sitting in the right row of the hall, couldn't help but lean back slightly and look at Cui Youfu.

"I think this kind of congratulations seems to be written by Li Rui among the ten talents. This person is quick-witted and has the most urgent talent." Cui Youfu knew that the prince's prince's words were availed. After a little thought, he gave his own judgment. After a moment of thought, the prince nodded in agreement.

Then, according to the seniority, each room went up to celebrate his birthday in order. Various beautiful words emerged one after another. I don’t know who asked me to make it. Then, I praised the officials and officials for making it public. They would like to give a review of the guests inside and outside the hall, and listed the high and low levels.

When the last one came forward, everyone in the hall burst into laughter. It turned out that this was a cute and cute child in patchwork clothes, only three years old. Because he was the first great-grandchild of Lao Linggong's father, he did not follow his parents and went up to celebrate his birthday alone.

The family of Gongqin was born, although he was young, after all, he had seen some worldly things. In addition, it was only for today's moment, and I don't know how long his parents had practiced. Therefore, this young child was not afraid of life. He saw him alone, holding a big birthday peach in his hand, swaying forward, and kneeling on the ground, and then kowtowed. He thought he had forgotten to count, so he didn't count the number. He kowtowed hard, probably because he saw that it was almost done. He stood up and said in a slight voice: "Ancestor, yes... yes...

"I guess he was so anxious that he forgot to congratulate you for a while. "Yeah," he said, "That...the pine trees in the south...well...the crane." After saying that, he seemed to be dissatisfied with him, as if he was far from what his mother taught him. The child raised the fresh peach in his hand and said, "Ancestor, grandpa, that...I'll give you this peach...it's very sweet, it's delicious!" After saying that, he raised the fresh peach in his hand, swayed and crawled towards Lao Linggong, who was in the high position in the hall.

The people in the hall could still hold it back and laughed out loud. Even those who were full of thoughts and were as obedient as Cui Youfu couldn't help but squirt a sip of wine. For a moment, the hall was filled with laughter and joy, but it hurt the two priests. After looking at each other for a while, one of them suppressed the laughter and sang loudly: "Guo Ji, the fifth-generation eldest son of the Guo family, congratulated Lao Linggong, 'Longevity', and the pines and cranes prolonged their lives'."
Chapter completed!