People who have not been there in person can hardly understand the feeling of floating in the air.

With so many people kneeling down to him, it felt as if he was standing on top of the world.

This is still Liu Tan's own feeling. His position is already relatively low. The ones at the top must be Liu Che and Chen Ajiao, followed by Crown Prince Liu Ju, and below them are him and Liu Fuling.

Now that he is like this, Liu Che will definitely feel better.

He thought he might understand Liu Che's psychological state to some extent.

Foreign envoys withdrew after paying their respects. Some powerful countries were able to stay for the banquet, while smaller countries... Sorry, please go to the side hall.

Although there were various programs and the prince would come out to entertain the guests, the level had suddenly dropped a lot.

There was no way to accept it. No matter how big the Weiyang Palace was, it couldn't accommodate so many people. Moreover, it was an imperial palace, not a vegetable market where people could be crowded together.

Each person needs to be provided with a food table and be served by several palace maids. In addition, there must be space in the middle for performances. How can so many people be accommodated?

After Liu Tan sat down at his seat, he looked up and saw Lu Xuan sitting opposite him.

After thinking about it, it is not surprising. Lu Xuan is the most noble among these envoys, and Liu Tan is the most noble on the Han side except for the crown prince. Liu Fuling has to be under his command because he is younger than him.

Lu Xuan's eyes were fixed on Liu Tan. When he found that Liu Tan looked over and noticed him, he gave him a big smile and raised the wine in his hand.

Liu Tan thought that it was fortunate that he was still drinking solid wine, otherwise drinking on an empty stomach would really make him drunk.

But... Lu Xuan looks really good today.

Perhaps because of the solemnity of the occasion, Lu Xuan wore a Wusun-style dress, which was mainly black and brown, with occasional red rope ornaments. He even wore a small golden crown on his head, the style of a Hu crown. He also wore an earring on his left ear, which seemed to be made of gold. The earring was a ring at the top and a golden ornament at the bottom that was unclear in shape. It would sway when Lu Xuan moved, which looked quite alluring.

Liu Tan took a sip of wine and began to enjoy the performance.

The performances at the state banquet were almost continuous, including wrestling matches, acrobatics, displays of rare and exotic animals, and of course singing and dancing.

Even Liu Tan was somewhat amazed by what he saw. Even after experiencing the baptism of various novel performances in later generations, he had to admit that the performances during the Han Dynasty were also quite good.

But on second thought, this banquet was of a high standard, and ordinary people would probably not be able to see such a performance.

State banquets are all buffets, with one dish served after another, and the finale is Liu Tan's sugar tree. After the sugar tree comes the most solemn state banquet dish. However, Liu Tan heard that the taste of the last dish is actually not that good, but because of its great symbolic significance, it is served at every major celebration.

When the dishes were almost served, Liu Tan became a little nervous. He secretly counted the number of dishes and found that there were only about three dishes left before the sugar tree would be served.

Liu Tan suddenly found it difficult to eat, although he told himself that he had done everything he could and had checked carefully to find basically no mistakes, not to mention that Li Buyan was still there.

If it were someone else, he might not trust them, but there was nothing he couldn't trust about Li Buyan.

Ever since the grape vines grew grapes, even though they were not yet ripe and no one knew how they would taste, the Li family had already regarded Liu Tan as their savior.

Liu Tan felt that he was repaying a favor on behalf of the original owner.

In any case, the Li family spoiled the original owner for more than ten years, which allowed Liu Tan to inherit a body without any disease or disaster.

As for why he traveled through time and where the original owner went, Liu Tan had no idea, so he tried his best to pretend that he was Liu Tan.

So anyone could betray, but Li Buyan wouldn't.

Not to mention such an important occasion. If it was messed up in order to frame him, the first person Liu Che would punish would not be Liu Tan, but the entire Li family would be executed!

Liu Tan took a sip of wine to calm himself down, then looked up and found Lu Xuan looking at him again. Even if Liu Tan was a carefree person, he felt something was wrong - this whole afternoon and night, Lu Xuan spent more time looking at Liu Tan than watching the performance. Did he think his face was more handsome than the performance?

Even though he could understand Lu Xuan's feelings, Liu Tan was still a little worried. With so many people around, why didn't he just hold himself back? This matter had nothing to do with Liu Tan. He could pretend he knew nothing, but Lu Xuan would be easily ridiculed, especially by Junxumi, who glared at him all day because of his status.

Lu Xuan seemed to sense Liu Tan's dissatisfaction. He smiled sheepishly, lowered his eyes to look at his desk, and then focused on the performance.

It’s just that I often look at Liu Tan after watching the performance. Well, it went from watching openly to sneaking glances.

Liu Tan was helpless and simply ignored him, because Liu Ju had already stood up and said, "Today is a grand event, and it just so happens that two new things have appeared in our Han Dynasty through auspicious signs from heaven. I will share them with you today."

After hearing this, Liu Tan almost choked to death on his own saliva.

It’s just something new, why is it called a blessing from heaven?

Did Liu Che really want auspicious signs to fall from the sky, or did he want people to know that he was the one who caused it?

If it was the former, Liu Tan would be relieved.

If it's the latter...it's considered a blessing from heaven, so what's the point of him being the one who created the blessing?

Just when Liu Tan was complaining in his heart, a group of beauties dressed in thin clothes, which could be considered revealing at this time, came in one after another. Each of them held a silver wine cup in their hands. Then these beauties sat down beside the table one by one and carefully placed the silver wine cups in their hands on the table.

Liu Tan looked down and realized that it was not just a wine cup, but there was half a cup of wine in it.

When it is said to be half a cup, it is basically the amount that can be drunk in one gulp.

Liu Tan looked at his wine cup and then looked at Liu Ju in disbelief.

When Liu Che said he wanted to use it to entertain envoys, he thought he would need a lot.

After all, many envoys are from the Western Regions. Although the area is not big, there are many small countries there.

There were a lot of people there, and everyone there could drink quite a bit, so he really had to mobilize a large amount of liquor, and it took almost several distilleries working together to distill a similar amount.

So… now everyone only has one? Is it really necessary to be so stingy?

Although Liu Tan complained in his heart, he still didn't dare to say a word.

All the envoys except Lu Xuan were very curious about the wine in the cup. They had never seen such transparent wine. Several of them thought that the man was just trying to fool them with water, but when they bent down and sniffed, they smelled the aroma of wine, and it was very strong.

Liu Ju held up his specially made golden wine cup and said, "I offer this toast to you all on behalf of my father."

Liu Tan quickly picked up the wine cup, and then he heard Liu Fuling next to him snort. The sound was very small, and if Liu Tan didn't have sharp ears, he probably wouldn't have heard it.

He knew that Liu Fuling was probably envious and jealous. At Liu Fuling's age, he just liked to be in the spotlight. If he also understood the importance of power, he would basically be heartbroken every time he attended such a banquet.

Liu Tan was quite happy. He was happy when Liu Fuling was unhappy. When he thought of what Lady Gouyi had done, he wanted to get rid of the mother and son as soon as possible so that out of sight, out of mind.

Liu Tan took a sip of the wine and found that Liu Ju still had a chance of success. He used the one with the lowest alcohol content. If it was a higher alcohol content, I'm afraid this little bit of wine would be enough to knock down a lot of people.

Thinking of this, Liu Tan couldn't help but think of the drunk Lu Xuan at that time.

He subconsciously glanced at Lu Xuan and found that the envoys seemed hesitant, as if they were not quite accepting of this new thing.

Or... thinking about it more darkly, are they worried that the big man will poison the wine?

Lu Xuan was quite calm and drank it straight away in one gulp. Liu Tan's heart was in his throat when he saw this.

This guy got drunk right after drinking, and in a very chaotic way. He also liked to hug people. What if he acted crazy in public?

Fortunately, Lu Xuan performed well this time. Although his face was a little flushed, his eyes were still clear.

Liu Tan felt relieved but also wondered, is this... an increase in his alcohol tolerance?

After seeing Lu Xuan decisively drink the wine in his cup, the other foreign envoys also began to pick up their cups and take a sip.

Liu Che, who was sitting at the top, saw the situation below very clearly. He couldn't help but snort and said, "A bunch of villains, do you think I will poison them to death?"

Chen Ajiao, who was standing by, licked her lips and said calmly, "These small countries are all ungrateful. Even if you marry them, you may not be able to get what you want."

Liu Che didn't even look at Chen Ajiao, but just said: "I have made up my mind."

Chen Ajiao curled her lips: "I just want to remind Your Majesty not to regret it."

Liu Che always felt that there was something else behind Chen Ajiao's words, but this was obviously not the time to pursue the matter.

The liquor was soft on the palate but strong on the aftertaste, and many of the foreign envoys couldn't help but exclaim "good" after drinking it.

Junxumi, relying on his impending marriage to the Han, boldly asked, "This wine is rich and mellow, with a long aftertaste. It's truly a fine wine. Where did Your Majesty get it?"

Liu Tan glanced at Junxumi in surprise. When did this guy become so cultured? Although his Chinese was still very stiff, his choice of words was very accurate.

When he asked this question, the others also praised him. Lu Xuan looked at Liu Tan and said, "This wine is unprecedented. Could it be a blessing from heaven?"

Liu Tan looked at his eyes with his nose and his heart with his eyes. He really wanted to switch places with Liu Fuling. Could Lu Xuan please stop looking at him?

Liu Che sat on the throne, and his smile deepened as he watched these people holding silver wine cups and sniffing the aroma of wine.

Liu Tan thought that if it was Liu Ju who came up with the idea of ​​giving only half a cup, then he must be a great marketing expert.

While thinking this, Liu Ju suddenly changed the subject: "Although fine wine is good, there are things you have never seen."

As soon as he finished speaking, a palace servant brought in a box from outside. It was a very large wooden box with a lacquer painting of a spring scene on the outside.

Liu Tan took a deep breath, he knew the highlight was about to begin.