ALL NOVEL Chapter 300
Song Zhenyin is a great talent, no one can deny it.
Many officials who did not believe in his ability found it difficult to refute it after today.
They could not help but think of the incident a year ago when the Five Surnames and Seven Famous States manipulated scholars to insult Song Zhen.
What they said was that Song Zhen was a Hu person, and his music was Hu music, which was strange and lewd, and could not be accepted by the elegant hall.
But what about now? He is responsible for hosting the "All Nations Come to Pay Homage" ceremony.
The six songs involved in it were all completed by Song Zhen alone, and the musicians were well-trained.
The "All Nations Come to Pay Homage" ceremony was a success, and no one is qualified to deny it, because the emperor said it was good.
You don't approve, it's okay. Then, please come up with a better piece of music than Song Zhen, and get more people's approval.
Many officials of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous States blushed every time they thought of the past.
When they arranged scholars to slander Song Zhen, they were still watching coldly in the family.
It's just that he's gone for the time being. There's nothing we can do. To protect ourselves, everyone is afraid of being implicated in the rebellion.
At the same time, they sneered at Qinghe Cui in their hearts.
Such a great talent, but they don't want him?
They also want to get in touch with the favorite minister Song Zhen, but they heard that marriage is not feasible. Song Zhen is said to be a pure love warrior!
What can they do?
A minister of Qinghe Cui gave the answer. He took action directly!
Cui Hanchang was waiting at the gate of Ziwei City. When Song Zhen's four-horse carriage drove out of the palace gate, he stepped forward to intercept it.
At this time, Song Zhen was with Cui Mengzhu.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Song Zhen came out of the sedan and looked at the person in front of him strangely.
"Nephew-in-law."
Song Zhen narrowed his eyes: "Oh, you are from the Cui family of Qinghe?"
"Yes, my name is Hanchang, and my courtesy name is Shouren."
"Well, Shouren, is there anything?"
He thought that Song Zhen would look up to him because of his identity, but he didn't expect that he was wrong. Song Zhen didn't take him, his uncle, seriously at all.
Cui Hanchang sighed. It seemed that the misunderstanding between Song Zhen and the Cui family of Qinghe was deepening.
It's all that dog and rat!
How could such a short-sighted woman sit on the position of the head of the Cui family of Qinghe?
Cui Hanchang found Cui Mengzhu among them through the gap in the curtain. He greeted her: "Ninth niece, you are here too?"
Cui Mengzhu didn't want to contact people from the old family, but she had to come out after being called.
"You are..."
"Oh, I am your father's fifth brother, you can call me uncle, I remember holding you when you were a child."
Song Zhen's face suddenly turned cold: "You held her?"
Cui Hanchang was startled, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and apologized quickly.
Song Zhen waved his hand and said impatiently: "I'm going back home, please don't block my way."
Cui Hanchang called out anxiously: "Nephew, are you really not going to give Qinghe Cui a chance?"
Song Zhen pulled down the curtain and said lightly: "Chance? Did they give me a chance? They only wanted to put me to death."
Cui Hanchang rode up and persuaded: "There is a misunderstanding in this matter. I express my deep apologies to you on behalf of the clan."
"No need, you only represent yourself, not Qinghe Cui."
"Nephew, please give Qinghe Cui one last chance. The family is now sparsely populated and there is a lack of successors. In a few years, I'm afraid it will be expelled from the gentry."
"Stop the car."
Song Zhen He lifted the curtains and frowned, saying, "Whether the Cui family of Qinghe goes bankrupt or not, what does it have to do with me?"
"Nephew, you don't want your wife to be homeless, do you?"
"Wait a minute, I'll correct your words. It's not that my wife is homeless, but that they don't accept her. There is no place for Cui Qiuhua's lineage in the Cui family of Qinghe."
"Indeed, the family is really wrong this time, very wrong."
"It's useless for you to think it's wrong alone. I only have one request."
"What request?"
"Let Cui Yu, the old woman, kneel down and beg me. If it works, the Cui family of Qinghe will be revived, even better than the past; if it doesn't work, the Cui family of Qinghe will decline and never turn over."
Song Zhen lowered the curtains and told the coachman to speed up and leave.
Cui Hanchang stopped there blankly, he didn't know what to say.
Do you think he doesn't want Cui Yu to admit his mistake?
But they can't do it.
It's all the damn filial piety, what about the order of seniority? You can't just tie Cui Yu up and make her bow her head to apologize to Song Zhen, right?
Suddenly, Cui Hanchang's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.
It seems that it is not impossible?
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The "All Nations Come to Pay Homage" ceremony was not over. In the evening, the Emperor and Empress hosted thousands of ministers and generals in the Huiyou Hall to have fun with their son.
Song Zhen, Di Renjie and Xue ZhengQing, and Ouyang Yu, sat together in the corner.
Originally, Li Zhi only wanted to entertain the ministers of the central government, but Song Zhen felt that officials from all over the country came all the way to the Eastern Capital to attend the ceremony. Even if they had no merit, they had worked hard. As an emperor, you can't neglect one thing while neglecting the other, right? Otherwise, it is easy for others to have opinions and lose their hearts.
Li Zhi was persuaded and held a unique buffet dinner in Huiyou Hall according to Song Zhen's proposal.
What? No one will ask how to arrange the group of foreign envoys, right?
All we can say is that they can do whatever they want, and the Tang Dynasty has no obligation to invite them to the table.
Unlike previous banquets, in the past, each minister had a table and chair, and ate separately. Now, all the ministers are squeezed together? Take what you like to drink and eat.
As I said, the Tang Dynasty is very tolerant. They did not find it difficult to accept this kind of free dinner similar to the Hu people, but found it very fresh.
At this time, Song Zhen and others were at the same table, and an unexpected guest arrived.
"Brother-in-law." A fair-skinned and beautiful man greeted him with a smile.
Song Zhen frowned, what's going on? No one cares about the poor in the downtown, but the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, right?
In the past, when he was slandered by the Five Surnames and Seven Families, no one stood up to speak for him, except Di Renjie.
Now, he has soared to the sky, and a group of inexplicable people come to claim kinship.
"Who are you?"
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Jiyang, with the courtesy name Yangchen, and I am from the Zhaojun Li family."
"Oh, then?"
Li Jiyang did not retreat because of Song Zhen's indifferent attitude, but stepped forward.
"My wife Cui Mengjing is your wife's fourth sister."
"Is that so." Song Zhen still maintained this indifferent expression.
Now he has met four of the eight brothers-in-law.
There are two people from the Fanyang Lu family, the third brother-in-law Lu Yunfei and the sixth brother-in-law Lu Guangxin.
There is one person from the Xingyang Zheng family, who is the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple and is his subordinate, the second brother-in-law Zheng Yumu.
But, so what? He doesn't need to rely on his brother-in-law for food now.
On the contrary, the fourth brother-in-law, Li Jiyang, who took the initiative to cling to him, is a bit weird in Song Zhen's opinion.
So you have been an official in the court? A secretary of the fifth rank, don't you have the qualification to attend the morning court?
Not necessarily.
Then why, after a year, you come to say hello to me for the first time now?
Could it be that you never knew the relationship between me and your wife's sister before?
Could it be that I was not your brother-in-law a year ago?
Or do you not recognize my identity at all?
Li Jiyang kept a spring breeze smile, and at this time, Cui Mengzhu came.
"Old Song, I'm so tired, please help me rub my shoulders."
Li Jiyang was stunned when he saw this person.
I've never heard that the relatives of ministers are eligible to attend the banquet, could it be that?
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[I went to have a midnight snack last night, and ended up having diarrhea all day today. Sorry, I'm not feeling well. The update is late. 】