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The Palace of Wu is just a common name for the official office of Sun Quan by ordinary people in Eastern Wu. At this time, Sun Quan was not the king, nor the emperor, so of course he could not act as a presumptuous act. The official name of the Palace of Wu was the Palace of Wu Hou, but in fact, it was a slightly smaller palace.

In the evening, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Wu Palace under the protection of Yu Sheng's guards. Lu Su, who was waiting here, hurriedly met him.

The car door opened, Liu Jing came out of the carriage with a smile on his face, and smiled at Lu Su, "Let Jing wait for a long time."

"The Marquis of Wu has set up a banquet, please come with me."

Lu Su took Liu Jing to the Houyan Pavilion. Attending this formal state banquet, he needed to take a shower and change his clothes first. Four maids walked gracefully, and Lu Su took Liu Jing to follow behind.

When he walked to a place with few people, Lu Su whispered to Liu Jing: "Today's banquet, please don't mention the alliance for the time being, so as not to make Uncle Liu dissatisfied."

Liu Jing smiled, "He should guess it."

"Although that's the case, it will embarrass the atmosphere when he says it, and it will be difficult for Wu Hou to deal with it."

Liu Jing patted Lu Su on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what you shouldn't say."

Lu Su hesitated for a moment, and there was a saying he didn't know whether to speak or not. Liu Jing saw his hesitation and smiled and said, "Jing felt it was inappropriate, so it would be better not to say it."

What Lu Su wanted to say was not a secret matter, it was just a news he heard. More importantly, he had a good personal relationship with Liu Jing. He wanted to tell Liu Jing privately, but he was worried about embarrassing things at the banquet.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Su couldn't help but say, "I heard a news that the sky had officially enthroned the Duke as the governor of Jingzhou and the Marquis of Fanxiang. It is estimated that the news has arrived in Jiangxia."

Liu Jing was immediately overjoyed. He was waiting for the news. Unexpectedly, he got it from Lu Su. He also laughed in a low voice and said, "Liu Jing is so grateful."

"Haha, I didn't say anything, Gong Jing, didn't you?"

Liu Jing smiled knowingly, stopped talking, and followed the maids' team to walk into the Houyan Pavilion.

The banquet was set up in the left hall of the King of Wu Palace. Since this was a formal official banquet, it was very polite. The main hall was a banquet for angels. Liu Jing and Liu Bei were only allowed to have banquets on the left and right sides of the palace. The Han Dynasty regarded the left as the highest place, and placing it in the left hall was also their respect. Of course, the official name was called Zuotang, and calling it a hall was also a kind of name-forward.

Coincidentally, Liu Jing met Liu Bei at the gate of the side hall. Liu Bei was walking quickly with Zhuge Jin. The two of them looked at each other and laughed together.

"When will the Emperor's uncle return to Nanjun?"

Liu Bei smiled slightly, "I don't know this for the time being, at least after my birthday."

The two walked into the left hall together. The left hall was wide and was no less than the palace. The seats were already arranged. Although the hall was large, the seats were placed relatively tightly. In the middle was Sun Quan's main seat, and there were two beds, which meant that Mrs. Wu would also attend.

There was a couch on each side, which was the seats of Liu Jing and Liu Bei. Behind each seat was a maid. A little distance from the two guest seats was the couch on each seat, and two long rows of seats were placed. The left and right Wu, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu each sat in the first seat.

All the guests took their seats. Seeing Liu Jing and Liu Bei coming in, everyone stood up to greet him and exchanged greetings. Liu Jing and Liu Bei each took their seats. Among the two guest seats, the left is the highest, and the right is the next. This position is really not easy to rank. Who should Liu Jing and Liu Bei sit on the left?

In terms of etiquette, Liu Bei should sit in the left position. He is the emperor's uncle and Liu Jing's elder, but in terms of actual interests, Liu Jing should sit in the left position.

However, Sun Quan used a very clever method to divide the accompanying guests with factions, so that Liu Jing and Liu Bei would naturally know where they should sit.

Liu Jing bowed and smiled at Liu Bei, "The emperor is an elder, so he should sit in the left seat, please."

Liu Bei quickly glanced at Zhang Zhao and smiled, "Then I'm better obey my duty than respect."

Liu Bei and Liu Jing sat down each other. Liu Jing looked at the accompanying guest sitting below, and the left and right martial arts were clearly distinguished.

But one detail caught Liu Jing's attention, that is, Cheng Pu was sitting next to Zhang Zhao, and Han Dang was sitting next to several, while Huang Gai, who was also a veteran, sat next to Zhou Yu. This means that the guest was his and Liu Bei's respective supporters.

Obviously, the important officials of Jiangdong who supported Liu Bei had the advantage. Perhaps this was also a hint from Sun Quan to himself. He was allying with him to show his sincerity.

At this moment, the guard shouted loudly: "The Marquis of Wu has arrived."

There was a crisp sound of rings and pendants coming from the side door. Sun Quan and his wife Xie walked over with a smile on their faces. Everyone stood up to salute Sun Quan. Sun Quan asked Liu Bei and Liu Jing to sit down, and his wife Xie also sat down. Then he smiled at his subordinates: "Although it is a formal banquet, it will not be too polite. I hope everyone can spend tonight happily. Please sit down."

Everyone sat down with a smile, and a group of dancers floated in like fairies. The sound of silk and bamboo sounded, dancing in the lobby. The maid brought wine and food into the two sides, and placed plates of delicious food on the long table in front of the guests. It was a big deal and the delicious food was repeated.

The beautiful maid standing behind Liu Jing poured wine for Liu Jing from a warm wine jar with a silver spoon. At this time, Sun Quan raised his ear cup and smiled at Liu Jing and Liu Bei, "Thank you for traveling thousands of miles to celebrate my mother's birthday. Sun Quan drank this glass of wine first."

He picked up his ear cup and drank it all. When he was in a banquet in Qin and Han dynasties, he emphasized that the wine must be filled and the wine must be completely consumed. According to the current saying, the wine must be filled and must be dried up in one sip. There is no resistance or rudeness to the owner.

Guan Fu, the Han Dynasty general Guan Fu and Prime Minister Tian Fu had personal grudges. Guan Fu went to Tian Fu, but Tian Fu was unable to drink all the wine and was not allowed to fill it. Guan Fu was dissatisfied. He saw that Tian Fu refused to drink all the wine in one gulp, and he was furious, which triggered Guan Fu's incident of cursing, and was impeached by Tian Fu, and Guan Fu was thus killed by the clan.

It is precisely because of this rule of drinking all over, which makes it common for the Han Dynasty banquets to get drunk. In this case, the wine supervisor appears and when he sees someone who is already drunk, he orders people to help him away to avoid making trouble.

Everyone also drank it all with Sun Quan. As the banquet went on, the lobby gradually became lively. Everyone toasted the guests. Liu Jing and Liu Bei both drank more than a dozen glasses of wine. Liu Jing had a good drink and had a drink of more than a dozen glasses. After drinking more than a dozen glasses, he was in full swing, but Liu Bei was a little drunk.

Logically, Liu Bei's alcohol capacity is also good, so he doesn't drink more than a dozen cups. The key is that he drinks urgently. A round of more than a dozen Jiangdong officials line up to toast, and they must drink until they are dry and full.

Liu Jing is young and energetic and can still support him, but Liu Bei is nearly fifty years old and his physical strength is not as strong as before, so he can't support him anymore.

At this time, the sound of drums in the hall suddenly became excited, and a young sword-dance general appeared in the hall, wearing silver armor and silver helmet, with bright eyes and white teeth, with eyebrows as far as dark as peach blossoms, and was actually a beautiful female general holding a green sword in her hand.

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became warm, and everyone recognized that she was Princess Shangxiang.

During the Han Dynasty banquet, it is normal for the host and the guests to sing and dance improvised, and it is everywhere in the bricks of the Han tombs. This is called dancing with each other, that is, the host dances, and the guests must also dance with them.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yong was pardoned and returned home. Wang Zhi, the guard of Wuyuan, practiced it for him. After drinking, Zhi danced with Yong. Yong did not repay him. Wang Zhi was embarrassed and insulted Cai Yong in public and falsely accused Cai Yong of being accused of being imprisoned and slandering the court. Cai Yong was forced to flee to Wu.

Sun Shangxiang danced a dazzling string of sword flowers, which was elegant, which caused a lot of cheers in the lobby. Sun Shangxiang said to Sun Quan with his sword: "Shangxiang is willing to dance the sword to cheer up, please forgive me for your kindness."

Of course, Sun Quan knew that Sun Shangxiang came for Liu Jing, and he was unsure, but this seemed rude to the guests, and he was worried that he would make even more ridiculous actions.

More importantly, my sister uses a ritual sword, which means she cannot hurt anyone without a sword.

Mrs. Xie pulled her husband's sleeve next to her and smiled, "It's okay, let her dance."

Sun Quan knew that his wife had already given instructions, so he nodded and agreed, "You can dance, but you can't be rude to the guests."

With a stroke of the sword, a bright light flashed, and Sun Shangxiang rotated sideways inside the lobby, and saw a cold light shining and the sword energy scattered. She rotated more than twenty times in one breath, causing cheers again.

At this time, Sun Shangxiang turned to Liu Jing, suddenly stopped, smiled at Liu Jingyan, and gently spit out his red lips, "Take the sword to dance, I wish you all the same."

The meaning of this sentence is that I am dancing for you, please get up and dance with you.

Everyone was very surprised. Although it was the first time that Sun Shangxiang had seen sword-dance, he had never heard of Princess Shangxiang asking someone to dance with her, and she actually found Liu Jing.

There was a sensation in the lobby, and everyone naturally had a wrong idea. They thought that Sun Shangxiang had fallen in love with Liu Jing, and the female dance lord originally implied the idea of ​​courting a man and a woman.

The shallow-thinking person was secretly happy, wishing that Princess Sun would marry Liu Jing tonight and would go to Jiangxia tomorrow to be chivalrous and righteous, so that she would not give Wujun people a headache.

Those who think deeply, such as Zhang Zhao, have worries in his heart. If Jiangdong and Jingzhou marry each other, it may affect Jiangdong's plan and are not in line with Jiangdong's interests. Zhang Zhao couldn't help but wink at Sun Quan.

Among the people at the banquet, only Sun Quan and his wife, Liu Jing and Lu Su knew what was going on. It was not because Shang Xiang was interested in Liu Jing. She was clearly taking the opportunity to provoke her. Sun Quan knew more than others. This was probably the consequence of her scolding her in the afternoon.

Sun Quan was about to stop his sister, but Liu Jing stood up happily and laughed loudly, "I wish to dance with the girl."

He turned around and asked the guard behind him to borrow a ritual sword, pulled out a string of sword flowers, clasped his fists at Sun Shangxiang and said, "Please, girl."
Chapter completed!