Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 11 - Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

The banquet finally started. Though it was not as extravagant as the previous banquets held in the palace (due to lack of food and wine within Yue Zhong), it was a meaningful one.

In order to express the importance of Lie Zhong Liu, they arranged his position next to Rong Tian and Feng Ming’s sitting.

It wasn’t for long until they heard one of the guards said, “Prime Minister, this way.”

Feng Ming was sitting at the same table as Rong Tian, he raised his foot and kicked him, “Hurry and stand up to greet him.”

Rong Tian also whispered back, “I am the Great King, he is a Prime Minister, why should I give him my greetings?”

FM: Idiot, showing your respect and courtesy will win over any talented people. Seeing Feng Ming staring at him, Rong Tian decided not to tease him anymore. RT: The person you put in much effort to invite here, why would I dare to neglect?

After finishing, he took Feng Ming by the hand and led everyone outside to greet the new Prime Minister. Lie Zhong Liu was wearing a white robe and blue belt, which made him appear very similar to Lu Dan.

The food and drinks were brought forth, Feng Ming couldn’t help complimenting Chiu Lan for the excellent food. Looking over at Lie Zhong Liu, Feng Ming said to him attentively, “All these dishes are very good, Chiu Lan’s cookery is great, you should eat a bit more.”

LZL: (laughing) I’m not fortunate like Duke Ming—having beautiful ladies serving you left and right, how can I have the appetite?

He then looked over at the maids standing behind Feng Ming.

Rong Tian gave Lie Zhong Liu a toast and asked him which of the maids he prefer (to help serve him).

“Ah?” Feng Ming looked back in shock.

Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing look terrified as they hid behind Feng Ming, afraid of being chosen by Lie Zhong Liu.

LZL: Anyone is good, anyone is good. Haha...as long as it’s a beautiful person, I’ll love them all.

This person who laments about world and always have a pondering demeanor, once he sees a beautiful person, he lost all of his Prime Minister attributes, a huge change that made everyone drop their jaw in disbelief.

Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing were whimpering to Feng Ming, pulling his sleeves in hope for him to help them.

FM: Your honor, with your grace and talent, there must be lots of beautiful women who admire you. If you give me some time, I’ll find someone to fit your needs...

“Here I am....” A clear voice suddenly interrupted Feng Ming’s words.

Everyone lifted their heads to see, it was no one else besides Lie Er, who just came back from who knows where.

Lie Er giggled as he ran forward and sat down beside Lie Zhong Liu, tilting his head as he smiled at him, “Although I’m not the number one most beautiful woman, but I’m a lot better than those twin sisters.”

Not caring for Lie Zhong Liu’s reaction, Lie Er wrapped his arms around his neck and gave him a forceful kiss on the face.

After the kiss, he glanced over at the food on the table and his two eyes lit up as he shouted out excitedly, “Wow, only sitting alongside the Prime Minister that one will enjoy such delicacies. No other people have these delicious foods.” He pulled up his sleeves, grabbed some food with his chopsticks and continued praising nonstop.

Seeing how Lie Er was so carefree, the corner of Lie Zhong Liu’s mouth curved as if smiling but not smiling. He also withdrew his glance from Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing as he followed Lie Er’s style of eating and gave a toast to Feng Ming.

Feng Ming accepted the toast. At this time, Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing’s hearts were beating wildly and were grateful to Lie Er. Taking the opportunity, they quickly excuse themselves to arrange for the dance entertainment, hoping to slip out from Lie Zhong Liu’s point of view.

During the dance, Feng Ming had a shocking surprise because Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing used his poems to create a song out of it. Of course, the poems were not originally created by Feng Ming, but by Li Bai (a famous poet during the Tang Dynasty). Feng Ming quickly told Lie Zhong Liu that the lyrics were not by him, which Lie Zhong Liu agreed – since those words didn’t seemed to be something Feng Ming would come up with judging by his age.

As for Lie Er, he drank a bunch of wine. He even ran towards Feng Ming and gave him a toast. After the second toast, Rong Tian stopped Lie Er and told him that the main guest of honor is Lie Zhong Liu and he should go over there and toast Lie Zhong Liu instead.

Lie Er did as ordered and Lie Zhong Liu didn’t refuse Lie Er’s toasting. While watching the dance, Lie Zhong Liu praised the beautiful outfits and asked whose needlework made them. Lie Er yelled out to Chiu Yue to come over and give Lie Zhong Liu a toast for his praises.

Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing were sitting besides Rong Hu and Zi Yan and had long taken over their spots as they gobbled down the delicious foods on the table. After hearing Lie Er, they made a face and continued to finish the dishes.

Soon the banquet ended and after the dancers left, the whole room was silent.