Chapter 18 Princess Zhaoming is so shameless!
The originally noisy and lively flower-viewing banquet fell silent for a while.
Everyone thought they had heard wrongly.
The atmosphere of drinking and drinking came to an abrupt end.
Xia Wenbin was the first to react.
He sneered at first, and then said in a deep voice: "That's nonsense! There is clearly no name of Lord Chief Assistant on Princess Zhaoming's invitation!"
"Besides, how could the Chief Assistant attend her banquet!"
During the banquet, some officials also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, the relationship between the chief minister and Princess Zhaoming is bad, how could he attend her Yichun banquet!"
"Perhaps I misread the invitation. I was originally going to attend a flower-viewing banquet!"
The crowd gradually became noisy and there was a lot of discussion.
Although the officials comforted themselves in this way, it was obvious that some officials were a little unable to sit still.
——That person is the chief assistant of more than ten thousand people!
If the Chief Assistant all went to the banquet at the Princess Mansion and they didn't go, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Chief Assistant! ?
In the pavilion, the female relatives also noticed the movement at the banquet.
Xia Yurong frowned slightly and called Hong Yao, who was serving at the banquet.
"What's going on?" Xia Yurong asked softly.
Hongyao lowered his head and said in a small voice: "Listen, I heard that... the chief assistant went to Princess Zhaoming's Yichun banquet..."
When Xia Yurong heard this, her expression immediately turned ugly.
The female relatives on the side naturally heard it, and Qingshan frowned: "What do you mean, Lord Chief Assistant? Why did you go to the princess's mansion if you didn't agree to come to the flower viewing banquet?"
Xia Yurong twitched the corner of her mouth and forced a smile: "Qingshan, don't say that, maybe Brother Pei has some reasons..."
Hearing what Xia Yurong said, Qingshan's eyes lit up: "Yes! It must be that Princess Zhaoming! She must be holding the handle of the Chief Assistant to threaten him!"
"If this were not the case, how could Mr. Chief Assistant attend her banquet!"
Speaking of this, Qingshan looked indignant: "Humph! Back then, Princess Zhaoming was bullying others, and she actually let you be a servant in her house. It was simply arrogant and unreasonable!"
"Now she is just a deposed princess who has lost her power. Do you really think she can still have the glory she once had?"
"You finally escaped from the dire straits, but she still wants to occupy the chief minister. How shameless!"
Xia Yurong's eyes were slightly red. She lowered her head and her tone was slightly trembling. I felt pity for her: "Qingshan, stop talking...I, it's my fault. I shouldn't expect so much..."
Qingshan saw this and hurriedly comforted her: "Yu Rong, don't cry. How can a shameless and unruly princess like her be compared to you?"
"You and Mr. Chief Assistant, a talented and beautiful woman, have a good understanding of each other, but she is the one who gets in the way and entangles you shamelessly!"
"Hmph! If I see her one day, I will definitely show her some color!"
When the female relatives saw this, they were also relieved and comforted, scolding Princess Zhaoming for her shamelessness and excessive lewdness!
At the banquet on the other side, several officials could not sit still.
They stood up in a flattering manner and slightly bowed their hands towards Xia Wenbin who was sitting on the throne: "Forgive me, Mr. Xia, but I can't wait to drink, so I will leave today."
Regardless of the reason why the Chief Assistant went to the Princess Mansion, it would be better for them to take a look.
Xia Wenbin naturally knew what these officials were thinking, so he didn't stop them. He just smiled and asked the servant to send them out.
Most of them left in groups, and for a while, only a small half of the officials were present at the banquet.
Although those officials felt uneasy, they still felt that the Chief Assistant's visit to the Princess Mansion for the banquet was just an accident and were unwilling to leave.
Xia Wenbin's eyes swept over less than half of the guests, with a flash of hatred in his eyes.
"You are here today to attend the flower-viewing banquet at my house to give me, Xia, face. Of course, I can't live up to your love!"
As he said this, Xia Wenbin clapped his hands, and the two boys walked to the center of the banquet carrying wine bottles. "This wine is Jiangnan's famous wine - Shizhou Spring Color, specially made by Jiangnan Sijia Winery."
"Xia is very happy today. I will drink these two pots of spring scenery from ten states with you!"
After saying that, Xia Wenbin raised his hand with a smile, and the two young men moved to both sides, respectfully pouring wine for the guests who were still at the banquet.
"Spring scenery in ten states!? But only two pots of spring scenery in ten states are sold in a month!?"
Xia Wenbin smiled and touched his beard: "Exactly."
The faces of the guests were all shocked: "Master Xia is indeed a highly respected person, so he can get such fine wine!"
Some officials also echoed: "It is said that if you want to buy this wine, it is not enough just to have money. You must also reserve it in advance. You have to wait two or three years for a bottle!"
Xia Wenbin waved his hand pretending to be humble: "Although it is a good wine, I am happy today and invite all my colleagues to taste it together."
When all the guests heard this, they all raised their glasses and said loudly to Xia Wenbin who was sitting on the throne: "Thank you, Mr. Xia."
Because of these two pots of spring scenery from ten states, the atmosphere at the banquet gradually became lively again.
Not one of the guests present had a glass of Shizhou Spring Beauty, and everyone cherished it and praised it full of praise.
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"Hahahaha, even if Lord Chief Assistant goes to the Princess Mansion today, if we can drink this kind of immortal product, we are still willing to stay here with Lord Xia!"
"Yes, yes! Mr. Chief Assistant must be forced to go to the princess's house for the banquet. Come to think of it, even if we don't go to the banquet, Princess Zhaoming can't do anything to us!"
"If I had gone to the princess's mansion today, I wouldn't have been able to drink such good wine!"
"It's worth it! It's worth it!"
Everyone raised their glasses and drank, and laughter filled the table again.
At this moment, a follower hurriedly walked up to a drinking official and whispered something to him.
The next second, the official who was still drinking happily shook his body, and the unfinished wine glass fell to the ground!
His eyes widened and his tone trembled slightly: "Is this true?"
The attendant hurriedly said: "Dang, seriously, the people on Chang'an Street have seen it, and now that carriage... should be arriving at the princess's mansion soon..."
As soon as he said this, the official stood up from the desk in a crawl. He didn't even have time to bow to Xia Wenbin and leave, and ran out of Xia's house in panic!
Before everyone could recover, several more followers ran in in a panic and whispered something in their respective adults' ears.
Immediately, their eyes widened, they straightened their clothes with frightened expressions, and trotted away!
Xia Wenbin frowned and didn't realize what happened.
When the dozen or so officials who still had not received the news saw this, they all looked panicked and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"What, what's going on?"
"Why did everyone leave suddenly?"
"Yeah, why are you walking so fast?"
"What happened?"
"I don't know..."
The discussion and fear in the crowd overshadowed the laughter and cheers.
Until the boy from Xia Mansion ran into the banquet in panic again and knelt down in fear.
"Report to your lord, Y-Yichun Banquet, Yichun Banquet——"
"What happened to the Yichun Banquet!?" For some reason, Xia Wenbin suddenly had a bad feeling.
The boy was so frightened that he couldn't speak fluently: "Jiang and Jiangnan's family went to the Yichun banquet at the princess's house!"
(End of chapter)