Chapter 37: : The birthday banquet begins to come to the task

　　 Mrs. Zhang is sixty years old, her hair is slightly gray, but she is very energetic.

　　 Zhang Ruoxi chatted with her, and it was Xiao Rui.

　　 "I heard that the Seven Palaces has come down, don't you go and see?" Mrs. Zhang smiled.

　　 Zhang Ruoxi's cheeks flushed, and she said shyly: "Grandma, you also make fun of me."

　　 "Girl, tell grandma, what do you think? If you like it, I will ask your father to ask the Emperor Xia for marriage." Mrs. Zhang said.

　　 Zhang Ruoxi lowered her head and said nothing. When she was about to speak, she heard her mother's voice. When she looked up, she brought Xiao Rui to come.

　　What is he doing?

　　 ran to the back house for no reason, and his father was not there. Should he come to discuss with his grandmother...Oh, it's shameful, I haven't agreed yet.

　　 "I'm thirsty, go drink tea." Zhang Ruoxi quickly stood up and ran into the house.

　　 Old Mrs. Zhang laughed and looked at Xiao Rui who was walking by.

　　 "Hello old lady, junior Xiao Rui." Xiao Rui bowed his hands in a salute.

　　 Mrs. Zhang got up, Zhang hurriedly helped.

　　 "His Royal Highness is coming here, and the old body is too long to welcome." Mrs. Zhang replied.

　　 Xiao Rui said: "I'm here to disturb the old lady this time, because there is something to ask for your help."

　　 "Oh, what's the matter?" Mrs. Zhang asked.

Xiao Rui said: "The day after tomorrow will be my father's birthday. I would like to ask a famous painter to make a portrait of the emperor's grandmother and dedicate it to my father. I heard that the old lady and my emperor's grandmother are old acquaintances. I don't know if I still remember her. Honor?"

　　 Old Mrs. Zhang was startled, with a look of remembrance on her face: "You have a heart. If Xia Huang receives this birthday gift, she must be her favorite. The old man has time, where is the painter? Let's go."

　　 Xiao Rui was overjoyed and said quickly: "I don't need the old lady to go there in person. I will bring the painter to come in the afternoon. I only need to free up a study room in the mansion. Please forgive me for any interruptions."

　　 Zhang's smiled and said: "Don't disturb, don't disturb, the family won't talk about two things."

　　 The corner of Xiao Rui's mouth twitched slightly, and then he briefly said a few words, and hurriedly fled the Zhongyong Hou's Mansion on the excuse of asking for a painter.

　　 In the afternoon, Xiao Rui invited a famous painter from the capital to come to Zhongyonghou to paint. Described by Mrs. Zhang, the artist paints, and the paintings can be driven out tomorrow.

　　 Although Emperor Xia emphasized that birthdays are not allowed to be held in large numbers and no special events will be held, the capital seems to have spontaneously started not to kill, eat vegetarian meals, and pray for the Emperor Xia and the Queen of Filial Piety.

　　 This is the support of the people for Emperor Xia's love for the people like a child, which shows the status of Emperor Xia in the hearts of the people.

　　Many emperors claimed to be Mingjun and Renjun, but the standard of Renming monarch in the true sense is still in the hearts of the people.

　　 On this birthday, Emperor Xia, as in the past, was in the early reign and was in government affairs.

When Xiao Rui set off from the mansion and entered the palace to attend a family dinner.

　　 This family banquet was still held in the Hall of Preserving Harmony as usual. When Xiao Rui arrived, several other princes had already arrived, as well as Zhou Wang Xiao Mingying and Qi Wang Xiao Hanhai.

　　 At that time, Emperor Xiaowen opened his branches and scattered leaves and gave birth to 19 sons. Emperor Xia and 18 princes competed for the throne. In the end, only Xiao Mingying and Xiao Hanhai remained.

　　 Xiao Mingying supported Emperor Xia as the emperor, so the Emperor Xia trusted him to manage the clan mansion. As for Xiao Hanhai, he was lucky enough to survive at a young age. Now I am a happy prince in Beijing, raising birds and walking dogs, and I am so happy.

　　 As for the princess, this is not the invitation to the family dinner today. After all, it is another generation away. Although there are not many royal princes, most of them are awarded in other places, not in the capital.

　　 Xiao Rui greeted the two princes and the princess, and greeted all the brothers before finding a quiet place to stay. Of course, Xiao Yan's entanglement is indispensable.

　　 "Brother Seven, what birthday gift have you prepared?" Xiao Yan asked.

　　 "A painting." Xiao Rui asked, "How about you?"

"A picture." Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and said: "We two are really good at heart. Originally I wanted to send paintings, but I couldn't find valuable ones. I had no choice but to find the second best thing. "Crazy Grass Fu"!"

　　 "Yeah, big handy." Xiao Rui admired.

　　 Xiao Yan whispered: "Five thousand taels!"

　　I can buy a house in Nancheng District.

　　 "The rich man of the land." Xiao Rui admired.

Xiao Yan said, "What's this? I heard that my second brother bought a piece of Shoushan stone one-person tall from Dayan, and asked a few famous artists to carve it for nearly eight months. That's a big deal. In addition, the other brothers' The birthday gift is not inferior. This is the only opportunity in a year to show filial piety, who doesn't cherish it. Seventh brother, how much does your painting cost? After you are injured, people in Beijing will give you gifts, which should be enough for you to buy one. It's a famous painting."

　　 "Oh, it took me five hundred taels to ask a famous figure painter in Beijing to draw a picture." Xiao Rui said.

　　 Xiao Yan's eyes widened: "Brother, you're too stingy, are you too stingy, can you just give this gift if you stew the golden dragon koi carp of the emperor?"

　　 "Rite is light and affection is heavy." Xiao Rui said, "Maybe it will become the father's favorite gift."

　　 As soon as the voice fell, Xiao Rui's mind suddenly heard an out-of-group voice.

　　 "Ding Dong..."

　　 "New mission: Gifts dominate the crowd. The gift given has become the favorite of Emperor Xia. The mission is completed, and the threshold value is +10. The mission fails, and Jia Xu's loyalty drops to 0."

　　 "current advent value: 0/100"

　　 Xiao Rui blinked. He didn't expect that the task of overthrowing Xu Xianyang was not over. A new task came. It seemed that the tasks could be stacked.

　　 It's just that Gouri's system will not release tasks in advance. Now the gifts are all ready, and it's only for fate.

and many more!

　　 It seems that the system is very insidious. It only proposes the task when the gift is ready ,it is to make Xiao Rui perform well, and the gift is not good for IQ.

　　 I'm going to Nima...

　　 Xiao Rui's face is not good.

　　 Xiao Yan stared at the brocade box in Xiao Rui's hand and asked, "Brother, let me see what you painted?"

　　 "No! This is a secret weapon." Xiao Rui glared and shouted.

　　 Xiao Yan pouted aggrievedly and began to pretend to be pitiful.

　　 Xiao Rui will not be deceived by his disguise.

　　 It didn't take long for the Shangshan Supervisor to enter the hall and inform everyone in the hall that His Majesty and the harem concubine were walking towards the Baohe Hall.

　　 So, the princes and princes in the hall were seated on the left, and they were young and old according to the preparation, Xiao Mingying, Xiao Hanhai, the first prince, the second prince and the nine princes.

　　 After sitting down, the Emperor Xia took the harem concubine into the palace.

　　 Emperor Xia ascended to the throne, accompanied by the queen. The other imperial concubines and imperial concubines took their seats on the right.

　　 Daxia Kingdom respects the left, so the concubine sits on the right, and the mother regards her son as expensive.

　　 Grandpa Hai served in front of Emperor Xia, and immediately shouted: "It's auspicious time, and the birthday banquet begins."

　　The princes and concubines on both sides got up to stand, bowed and congratulated in unison: "Wish your majesty (father) have a long life!"

　　 Xia Huang laughed. As the birthday star, he was naturally very happy: "I am very pleased, flat, flat."

　　 Everyone returned to their seats and sat down.

　　 According to the birthday banquet process, first enjoy a song and dance, and then the prince and prince present gifts, and the luncheon officially begins. After dinner, withdraw the banquet table, and then set up wine and dinner. The birthday banquet lasts four hours and is set up at noon, held at a later date, and ends at the time of application. Because it was a family banquet, Emperor Xia eliminated the wine and meals, so it didn't take such a long time.

　　 With the arrangement of the father-in-the-sea, singing and dancing soon began.