The late autumn rain, carrying the winter cold, poured into the world, breaking the colorful purple and red flowers in the imperial garden into beautiful flying fragments.
In Yonghua Hall, there is a family banquet.
The emperor's family banquet is a state banquet, but at this moment, the palace does not have the kind of separated square tables suitable for monarchs and ministers, nor does it have a separate meal system.
Large round tables were laid out, with large fish and meat piled high on the plates. There was no distinction between men and women on the tables.
The various princes of the Ming Dynasty took their children and sat at the same table with their biological mothers. The women's faces were all smiles, the faces of the young princes showed concern for their mothers, and the children were noisy around the table.
At this moment, the atmosphere in this palace is like an ordinary farmhouse setting up flowing water mats.
Although such an approach was not etiquette appropriate for the emperor's family, at this moment, it felt more like a reunion of flesh and blood.
The only difference is that the old emperor is sitting at a table by himself, smiling at the laughter and laughter in the palace. All the vassal princes have arrived, and today is the family banquet before the old emperor's birthday. In addition to these vassal princes, all the people in the court
Many central ministers, civil and military officials will also participate.
Even Liang Guogong Lan Yu and others, who had just returned to the court, were among those present. However, General Lan, who had just made great military exploits, did not look so good, and his smile was a bit unnatural.
The courtiers pay attention to the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers, while the emperor's sons can express their true self. The banquet in the palace became lively. At first, they were eating, drinking and talking peacefully at various tables, and gradually they became friends with each other. They grew up together when they were young.
The feudal lord began to whisper to each other, and then everyone simply drank and messed up the table.
The young King Ning drank wine and had his face stained, holding wine glasses and making toasts at various tables. Compared with their liveliness, the elder King Qin, King Jin, King Yan and others were sitting at the same table, but they had little to say to each other.
Seemingly infected by King Ning's free and easy mood, King Yan took the wine glass and began to toast his two brothers repeatedly. However, his two brothers had a rather cold attitude towards him.
Look, the two princes don't seem to like King Yan very much! On the other side of the hall, at a banquet, Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi whispered to Lan Yu.
The warriors were divided into several tables. At this table were all the generals who followed Lan Yu on the expedition or were originally close to Lan Yu. There were no outsiders, so they talked much more casually.
Humph! Lan Yu sneered, it's strange that a duplicitous person can be treated well by others!
No wonder Lan Yu said this. He had dealt with King Yan earlier when he went to the north of the Great Wall, and the prince had not passed away at that time. King Yan was in the fiefdom of Beiping, living in eight palaces like an emperor, and treating his troops as his private army.
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During these years in Peiping, King Yan's fiefdom was managed by him like an iron bucket, and water could not be poured into it. He was arrogant and domineering in the fiefdom, but as soon as he arrived in the capital, he pretended to be a good son and brother.
Lan Yu once told the prince that King Yan was disloyal. But the prince was so kind that he didn't take it to heart.
Thinking of this, Lan Yu picked up the wine glass. In fact, the prince may not have been kind at first, but he could let King Yan dance around the fiefdom, and then deal with him when something happened to him. But God was blind, and the prince died young.
When will the third master come back? Beside him, Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen said, "It's been a long time since I left the capital!"
As soon as our third master came out of Beijing, he was so vigorous and vigorous that the heads of several civil servants in Fuzhou fell to the ground! At the table, Dongguan Bo He Rong also said with a smile, he had the aura of an old emperor!
I heard that some of you received favors from Third Master a few days ago? Lan Yu suddenly said.
Cao Zhen looked around and said in a low voice, "I wonder if the censor had eaten too much and got us involved, saying that he was occupying fertile land and condoning the lawlessness of his slaves." As he said that, he looked around again, and you were among them!
Ha! Lan Yu sneered again and said nonchalantly, I'm afraid of a ball! All the censors of the Supervisory Council consulted me, and I didn't even piss on them.
The emperor was furious and said he would kill a few of them. Cao Zhen said with some fear, in those days Jiang Xiahou had just been poisoned by Jin Yiwei, and people in the capital were in panic. The brothers were so panicked that they thought they would be in trouble this time.
Fall, guess what happened?
Where are you fucking storytellers? Lan Yu said angrily, tell her quickly!
The third master told us through Li Jinglong's mouth that he had spoken kindly to us in front of the emperor and asked us to quickly submit a confession and hand over the things we had taken for greed. After saying that, Cao Zhen said with some fear, you are
I don’t know how dangerous it is, but if the emperor is really serious, he may not lose his head. But how the hell can we keep the title we got from the dead?
Lan Yu took a sip of wine, turned to look at the vassal princes, and leaned forward slightly. Since we have received the favor from the Third Master, when the Third Master returns to Beijing, we have to help the Third Master to stand still. Saying that, using chopsticks
Head, looming over there, don’t let anyone bully you!
That's natural! Everyone nodded.
After three drinks, the atmosphere in the palace became even more lively.
But the old emperor, who was sitting alone, had a hint of loneliness in his smile. There was a large table of food in front of him, but the old emperor didn't even take a few bites.
In fact, it was a bit tasteful. The sons who had come back from a long way away were all talking around their mother. After eating for so long, no one came to kowtow to say hello to the old man.
The adult princes and vassals sat like lumps of elm wood, showing their status in front of their brothers. The younger vassals were talking and laughing with their mothers and children.
In the end, as a father, no one cares about him!
This is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang often feels lonely. He has many children and many people around him, but there is no one else who is really close to him except Zhu Yunxi.
The emperor's eyes swept through the crowd one by one, and suddenly stopped at a table. The table was deserted, with three or five people absentmindedly stuttering.
Those were the sons of the Prince of the East Palace, Zhu Yunwen, his two younger brothers, and his younger sister.
A phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken. The prince is dead. Although Zhu Yunwen has won the title of King of Huai, he is not favored in the palace. The person who arranged the banquet was also afraid that the emperor would become upset after seeing it, so he put their table at the back
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The other tables were all lively, but that table was deserted, and Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little unhappy. He had a problem, and the most important thing was to protect his shortcomings.
It doesn't matter if he beats his own children to death. But if outsiders dare to show mercy, he will definitely become violent.
Just as he was about to say something, he saw young Prince Ning walking over with a red face and a wine glass in his hand.
He knelt down directly in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and said loudly, "Father, I would like to give you a drink!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son, whose face was somewhat similar to his own when he was young, and smiled in his heart, but his face was still serious and serious, like a strict father's.
Picking up the wine glass, he was still warning: Eat less wine, know more about things, you are still young, drink less wine! After saying that, the cup was empty.
Father, don’t worry, I have remembered it! After Ning Wang Zhu Quan finished laughing, he drank it all in one gulp.
My son, I also want to toast my father! King Zhu Di of Yan also knelt down and said, I want to thank my father for his kindness, and Xu Erchen went to the capital to pay his birthday to fulfill his filial piety.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said, in fact, according to our temperament, I don't really want you to come back. You are all a big family, and you have wasted people and money along the way. As he said that, the old emperor showed a smile, and if you want to thank, you can thank King Wu.
His inn changed the postal regulations and created financial resources for the country.
As soon as the emperor spoke, the hall became quiet, everyone watched and listened.
The first postal bills sold in Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and other places alone brought in millions of dollars to the court! Zhu Yuanzhang continued, at that time we asked him, Grandson, what do you want to reward you? Wu
The king told us, Grandpa Huang, your grandson doesn’t want anything!
Your birthday is coming soon. My grandson asks you to be kind and let your uncles return to Beijing to reunite with their families. At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang said to all the vassal kings, today you can see your mother, and you and your biological mother can have a family relationship.
Happiness is all given by King Wu!
Wise King! Jin King Zhu Fan (gang) said with a moved expression.
King Qin Zhu Shuang was also on the side, nodding his head repeatedly.
The vassal kings sitting around their mothers were thoughtful. The mothers accompanying their sons spoke good words about King Wu in their sons' ears.
Flesh and flesh are human relations. The sky is big and the earth is big, but it is not as big as a family.
But being born in the Heavenly Family is both a great blessing and a great misfortune. A mother cannot see her own flesh and blood, and a son cannot fulfill his filial piety before his bedside.
Zhu Yunxi's move not only allowed them to congratulate the old man on his birthday, but also gave them an opportunity to reunite with their flesh and blood and enjoy family happiness.
Zhu Yuanzhang took another sip of wine and looked at the heavy rain outside the palace. Dasun, when will you come back?
Afterwards, the old emperor put down his wine glass with some loneliness.
But at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and Pu Wuyong walked in quickly, informing the emperor that His Highness King Wu was back!
Where? Let him come over for dinner! Has it been rained so heavily?
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Prince Wu’s mistress makes a brilliant appearance.