Chapter 907 Provocation
Zhang Juzheng has been helping out at Prince Yu’s Mansion some time ago, and his abilities have been recognized by Prince Yu and everyone. He is considered half a member of Prince Yu’s Mansion. He has participated in many banquets at Prince Yu’s Mansion before. Therefore, everyone was not surprised that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng went to the banquet together. Everyone was somewhat used to it.
With the arrival of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, it was announced that all the officials of Prince Yu's Mansion had arrived, and the pavilion was packed with seats.
Soon, King Yu finally arrived belatedly accompanied by his entourage.
“Meet His Highness King Yu.”
Zhu Ping'an, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and others stood up one after another and bowed to King Yu.
"Excuse me, all of you, please take a seat." King Yu returned the salute to everyone, and then waved to invite everyone to take a seat.
"Your Highness, please."
Zhu Ping'an and others held their hands and remained motionless. King Yu had not yet taken his seat. How could a minister dare to take his seat first? Wouldn't that be an overstep?
“Haha, okay, please, my lords.”
King Yu sat down with a smile, then waved his hand again, and asked all the officials in the audience to sit down.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Everyone bowed their hands to express their thanks, and then took their seats.
“Huh?”
“Uh”
"Your Highness."
As soon as Zhu Ping'an sat down, he heard a burst of surprise from everyone, as if they had seen something incredible.
What's wrong?
Zhu Pingan looked at everyone curiously, but saw everyone looking in the direction of the main seat in astonishment. Zhu Pingan followed everyone's gaze, and then saw an obvious look on King Yu's face. The scar was just below the ear and up from the chin, a long and thin scar of about four centimeters, as if it had been scratched by a sharp instrument.
The blood was still wet, and it looked like a fresh injury.
His Royal Highness Prince Yu is actually injured on his face?
Is this an encounter with an assassin?
Is the protection of Prince Yu’s Mansion so lax? What do the guards of Prince Yu’s Mansion do for food? How to protect His Highness? !
There is no sense of security anymore.
Everyone was stunned and talking about it.
What an assassin!
Unlike others, when Zhu Ping'an saw the slender scar on Prince Yu's face, he immediately thought of Prince Yu's concubine.
Then, Zhu Ping'an looked carefully at the long and slender scars on King Yu's face. The more he looked at them, the more they looked like they were scratched by fingernails.
It is probably that the petite Zhang family was hiding in King Yu’s kitchen, but she was discovered by Princess Yu. There was a fire in the backyard of the palace. When King Yu went to put out the fire, he was scratched by the angry Princess Yu. This should be the untruth, not an assassination attempt. Prince Yu's Mansion was heavily guarded, so there was no way an assassin could break in.
Zhu Ping'an has a good impression of Wu Wanfu, the hou of Prince Yu's Mansion. With Wu Wanfu here, the guards of Prince Yu's Mansion are worthy of trust.
"Ahem, haha, I made you all laugh. I was thinking about something when I was walking alone. As a result, I accidentally slipped and scratched a little skin. I have already had it checked by the imperial doctor in the house. It's okay, all my Lords. Don’t worry.”
Yu Wang explained with a slight smile, but his face was a little red when he explained, and his tone was a little lacking in confidence.
Just kidding, of course you will feel guilty if you tell lies.
After King Yu finished speaking, he pretended to smile calmly at everyone.
"Oh, that's it. However, His Highness is a man of wealth, so you should be careful in everything in the future."
It’s okay if he’s not an assassin. After hearing King Yu’s explanation, everyone felt slightly relieved, and then they all tried to persuade King Yu.
"Thank you for reminding me, sir. I have taken note of it."
Everyone's reaction made King Yu feel relieved. The blush on his face gradually faded away, and he spoke with confidence. got up.
"Serve the meal."
Following King Yu's gesture, the waiter on the side sang loudly.
After the servants finished singing and drinking, the maids came and went one after another, and then the table in front of everyone was filled with wine and delicacies.
King Yu picked up the first glass of wine, stood up and said to everyone, "All the gentlemen are our wise and wise men. It is really a blessing in my life that I can consult with you all day and night. This is my great fortune. I would like to express my gratitude to you all for the first glass of wine.”
After saying this, King Yu drank the wine in one gulp and showed the empty glass to everyone.
"Your Highness will not give up, I am ashamed." Everyone held the wine glasses, stood up, bowed, and drank the wine in the glasses.
"I have a foolish qualification and limited ability. Since the founding of the government, I have encountered many obstacles and obstacles. Fortunately, I have been helped by everyone, taught me, cared for me in many ways, and provided advice and suggestions, so I can do what I do today. This chapter After two glasses of wine, I thank you all again.”
The maid filled up the wine for King Yu again. King Yu raised the wine glass, held it in both hands and saluted everyone again, and said in a deep voice.
"I don't dare to serve His Highness. It is my duty to serve His Highness." Everyone bowed and returned the gift.
After the second glass of wine was drained, the maid filled up the wine for King Yu. King Yu raised the glass and turned his eyes to Zhu Pingan.
"Zihou, welcome."
King Yu looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile, his tone was sincere, he picked up the wine glass, then looked at the crowd and said, "Today is Zihou's reception banquet. , taking this opportunity, I have to gather with you all. This third glass of wine, let us welcome Zihou together.”
"Welcome Master Zhu."
Everyone gave Prince Yu a lot of face and raised their glasses in honor of Zhu Ping'an.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhu Ping'an hurriedly stood up and left the table, very formally, bowed to King Yu who was at the head, and bowed before him.
“Thank you, sir.”
After Zhu Pingan saluted and thanked King Yu, he once again used the same solemn etiquette and bowed his head in three directions: forward, left and back to express his thanks.
Zhu Ping'an's ceremony was very respectful, and his bow was very wide.
Zhu Ping'an understood the etiquette of entering and exiting official circles very clearly, and deliberately performed the etiquette with more respect. I was young, and when I first entered Prince Yu's Mansion, I held a high position in Prince Yu's Mansion. I had already made the old people in the Mansion jealous, so it was better for me to keep my posture low, so as not to irritate them any more and cause unnecessary trouble.
After King Yu brought three glasses of wine, accompanied by fine wines and delicacies, the banquet gradually got better, and all the officials drank and chatted happily.
After three drinks, the atmosphere became even more lively.
The more you drink, the more you talk.
Zhu Pingan is the protagonist of this reception banquet, so the topic is naturally inseparable from Zhu Pingan.
“I heard that Mr. Zhu was moved to serve as a lecturer in Prince Yu’s Mansion because of his pair of bamboo chopsticks?”
“Haha, I heard that Mr. Zhu was informal and stretched out his hands to grab meat. Eat and win the favor of the Holy One."
"Haha, it's a pity Mr. Zhang. If Mr. Zhang doesn't want chopsticks, he will really become our colleague."
Although they didn't drink too much, the envy, jealousy, hatred and contempt in some people's hearts came out due to the strength of the alcohol.
"No, chopsticks are just superficial, Mr. Zhu deserves his name." Zhang Juzheng smiled and shook his head.
"Haha, you deserve your name?"
"Well, you deserve your name, haha"
The person who had talked about it before laughed.
"Haha, Mr. Zhu is well-deserved. It shouldn't be a matter of speaking, reciting poems and composing poems, right?"
An official sitting under Zhu Pingan looked at Zhu Pingan and asked with a smile. road.
"Mr. Wang, you are looking down upon Master Zhu. Not to mention Master Zhu, who is a well-deserved talent. Although we are only small talents, we can recite poems and compose poems." Another official seemed to be causing trouble but was actually very cooperative.
"Absolutely, it was Wang who made a mistake. I will punish myself with a drink. I will punish myself with a drink." The official surnamed Wang poured himself a drink as he spoke.
"When it comes to writing poetry, it's boring for me to drink and drink like this, and I can't do the martial arts of punching. How about combining poetry with wine?" Another official suggested.
"Good."
"Great good."
This suggestion made everyone nod their heads, recite poems and paint, and there were so many literati banquets. Maybe, by accident, it will be like Wang Xizhi's Lanting Preface, which will be remembered for centuries.
“What is the title?” someone asked.
“How about this as a title?”
The official surnamed Wang who was standing down from Zhu Pingan raised the chopsticks in his hand with a slight smile.
Chopsticks?
Everyone was startled, and then thought of Zhu Ping'an, whom everyone had just teased, because Chopsticks moved to serve as a lecturer in Prince Yu's Mansion, they couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Good." (End of Chapter)