依照大兴国的传统<></span>新科状元除了打马游街和佛塔题名之外<></span>景元帝还在承恩殿为墨誉设下了国宴<></span>出席国宴的只能是朝廷四品以上官员及一众新科进士<></span>
景元帝上坐<></span>左右两边分别是司徒皇后和黎贵妃<></span>黎贵妃身旁的小桌上坐着七皇子百里明煦<></span>
大殿之中有两列座椅依官职爵位一字排开<></span>司徒家与晋阳王府正面相对<></span>接下来是国舅府与左相府相对<></span>司徒赫重伤未愈<></span>司徒家列席的只有司徒大元帅<></span>黎戍无官无职<></span>国舅府也只黎国舅一人在座<></span>晋阳王府出席的有世子韩晔和世子妃百里落<></span>左相府的位置上端坐着新科状元墨誉和左相墨嵩<></span>
以下皆是些京官和新科进士<></span>
待众人皆坐定<></span>宴席还未开始<></span>景元帝环顾左右<></span>问道：<></span>怎么不见婧丫头和婧驸马<></span><></span>
高公公忙应道：<></span>回陛下<></span>老奴去请过了<></span>婧公主驸马身体抱恙<></span>就不来了<></span>请……落驸马和落公主……多喝几杯<></span><></span>
百里落盈盈笑道：<></span>难为婧儿妹妹如此惦记着我们<></span>我和驸马改日定登门探望妹夫和妹妹<></span><></span>
韩晔未出声<></span>
高贤将百里婧的原话只字未改地抖出来<></span>听在任何人的耳中<></span>都知道百里婧对韩晔和百里落恨意未消<></span>景元帝蹙眉<></span>威严的眸子闪过不悦：<></span>婧丫头啊……唉<></span><></span>
司徒皇后忽地发出一声虚弱的咳嗽<></span>景元帝偏头看过去<></span>问道：<></span>皇后身子好些了么<></span><></span>
司徒皇后即便病了<></span>神色略显憔悴<></span>身形却依旧挺拔<></span>坐姿端正<></span>仍不损大兴国女将军和一国之母的风采<></span>她苦笑道：<></span>多谢陛下关心<></span>臣妾好多了<></span>婧儿留在宫中照顾了臣妾十余日<></span>今儿早上才回的相府<></span>这些日子几乎没睡过一个好觉<></span>许是累极<></span>才缺席了国宴<></span>为人母亲<></span>带累了女儿<></span>臣妾深感有罪<></span><></span>
十分平淡的讲述<></span>没有撒娇和抱怨<></span>只是娓娓道来<></span>让听者无不动容<></span>
景元帝叹道：<></span>原来如此<></span>朕老了<></span>记性真是差了许多<></span>竟忘了婧丫头前几日宿在宫中<></span>唉<></span>难为那孩子了<></span>若是婧丫头平日里做事不周到<></span>还请墨亲家和状元郎莫要介意才好啊<></span><></span>
左相墨嵩忙起身道：<></span>陛下折煞老臣了<></span>婧公主贤良淑德<></span>犬子能娶婧公主为妻<></span>真是三生有幸<></span><></span>
墨誉着一身大红色状元朝服<></span>也随着父亲站起来<></span>寒暄道：<></span>微臣的大哥身子一直不好<></span>还请陛下和婧公主多多担待<></span><></span>
景元帝抬手示意道：<></span>两位爱卿就坐吧<></span>朕的女儿朕清楚得很<></span>从小惯着宠着<></span>哪能那么听话<></span>若是做了什么出格的事<></span>墨亲家尽管直<></span>即便是皇女<></span>也已经为人妻子<></span>得守妇德才是<></span><></span>
左相深深鞠躬：<></span>老臣惶恐<></span><></span>
黎国舅捋着胡须笑出声：<></span>陛下<></span>左相大人一门真是和睦<></span>羡煞老臣哪<></span><></span>
左相谦虚：<></span>哪里哪里……<></span>
司徒大元帅从头到尾不曾插一句话<></span>他最不喜这些应酬<></span>国宴还未开始<></span>那些文官已经搭上了<></span>分不清话中有几分真几分假<></span>军人向来直爽<></span>战场上的生死较量不是几句寒暄的动听话就能拼得过的<></span>
司徒家如今的基业都是马背上打下来的<></span>于任何人无所愧疚<></span>所以<></span>司徒家的地位远在黎家和墨家之上<></span>与外藩晋阳王一门平起平坐<></span>
本是男人们的宴席<></span>女人插不上几句嘴<></span>酒至半酣<></span>黎贵妃看着身旁的百里明煦道：<></span>煦儿<></span>从今日起<></span>状元郎就是你的老师了<></span>快去敬老师一杯酒<></span><></span>