Zhu Cixiang glanced at the people around him calmly.
"Deceiving the emperor is a grave crime against the nine clans."
Seeing Zhu Cixi's sharp gaze, many of the courtiers around him suddenly felt cold.
They looked at the table. The rice next to them had been eaten to pieces.
These officials and wealthy businessmen said to Zhu Cixiang in front of them: "Your Highness, there are only vegetables on the table right now, not rice!"
The wealthy businessmen on the side had already eaten all the rice.
"The battle situation is intense, and the rice just now is a mouthful of food saved from the soldiers' mouths!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at the people around him calmly and said.
He glanced at the table of the wealthy businessman and the eunuch's table next to him, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to the people around him: "Okay, now that the enemy is facing us, food is in short supply, so don't waste it!"
After speaking, Zhu Cixiang took a deep look at the people around him and slowly walked to the main seat in the living room.
Many dignitaries, you look at me, I look at you.
After a slight hesitation, everyone began to slowly eat the salty and bitter bean sprouts in front of them. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, with bitter expressions on their faces.
These bean sprouts are really not something that ordinary people can eat.
But there is no way, I can't leave now. If I force myself to say that I am full, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor and will be beheaded!
But if you really finish eating this big pot of salty and bitter bean sprouts... no one can bear it.
Everyone showed a dilemma.
It’s really hard to handle!
"Your Highness! I am old and have no appetite. I am a little tired. Can you go back home and rest first?"
At this time, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui stood up and said to Zhu Cihong in front of him.
After hearing Zhou Kui's words, Zhu Cixiang frowned slightly.
He glanced at the grandfather in front of him, and a trace of disgust flashed in his heart. He was very angry at the greedy grandfather in front of him.
This guy was so greedy that he even asked him to take the lead in collecting the 5,000 taels of silver that his mother had given him in the original history. As a result, this old guy actually lost 2,000 taels of the money.
It’s simply a piece of cake!
This thought flashed through Zhu Cixiang's mind. Although he was disgusted in his heart, he was his grandfather after all. As the head of the state, there was no way he could do anything to him!
The only option is to find a way to do it secretly!
He waved his hand.
"Grandpa, you can go on your own!"
Zhu Cixiang said expressionlessly.
Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Zhou Kui looked happy. He wanted to fish out his two friends at this time, and said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him: "Your Highness, that Liu..."
Zhou Kui's words haven't finished yet.
"If grandpa wants to leave, go down and rest! Otherwise, stay and continue to eat all the bean sprouts on the table! These are the food saved from the mouths of the frontline soldiers! They must not be wasted!"
Zhu Cixiang said calmly to Zhou Kui in front of him.
After hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Zhou Kui in front of him became silent and said nothing. After casting a look at his friends on the side, he turned around and left the Duke Chengguo's Mansion.
"Everyone move your chopsticks! Why don't you move your chopsticks?"
Zhu Cixiang glanced at the people around him with a calm look in his eyes.
Everyone quickly started to pick up a handful of bean sprouts with chopsticks, and reluctantly stuffed a few salty and bitter bean sprouts into their mouths.
The first ones to be unable to hold on were naturally the group of eunuchs.
"Your Highness! Your Highness! The Zajia want to change the amount of the donation! The Zajia suddenly remembered that there are some other silver coins in a secret vault!"
"Yes, yes! The Zajia family is going to donate more!"
The corners of Zhu Cixiang's mouth raised slightly.
He waved to the Jin Yiwei on the side.
Several brochures were handed to the eunuchs on the tables nearby.
Soon, these people wrote out an amount, and then these Jin Yiwei handed the book to Zhu Cixiang.
Seeing the content in the brochure, the corners of Zhu Cixiang's lips curled up slightly.
"Not bad!"
"Go back to the palace!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said to the eunuchs beside him.
These eunuchs felt as if they had been granted amnesty and quickly began to leave the house.
Looking at the backs of these eunuchs, Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly.
These eunuchs are extraordinary, and the money they donated is quite generous! Especially the eunuch Wang Zhixin, who is indeed the richest man in the palace, directly pledged two hundred thousand taels of silver!
This handwriting also shocked Zhu Cixiang.
Together, these eunuchs pledged a total of more than 500,000 taels of silver! Zhu Cixiang was already very satisfied with this amount!
These thoughts flashed through Zhu Cixiang's mind, and at this moment he waved to the attendant on the side.
Soon, these people distributed the bean sprouts next to them equally on the tables of the businessmen and the tables of the powerful officials.
"Now that they are gone, adhering to the principle of not wasting, these bean sprouts belong to you! Be sure to finish them!"
With a faint smile in his eyes, Zhu Cixi said to the officials and businessmen on the side.
Although Zhu Cixiang had a smile on his face, in the eyes of these wealthy businessmen and officials, the Zhu Cixiang smile in front of them was much more terrifying than the devil.
"Why did you stop? Keep eating! I have no interest in waiting here for you to finish eating!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at the people around him with a serious look on his face and said.
Everyone around him quickly started eating bean sprouts.
But who are they? They usually have very precious bodies. How have they ever eaten something like this? Where have they ever tasted something so salty?
And there are so many salty bean sprouts in front of me, it makes me despair just thinking about it...
"Your Highness, I suddenly remembered that I have some silver coins under a cabinet. I want to pledge more!"
At this time, a wealthy businessman finally couldn't hold it in anymore and said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
Zhu Cixiang waved to Jin Yiwei on the side. Soon after the wealthy businessman wrote a number, Zhu Cixiang took a look and nodded with satisfaction.
The wealthy businessman breathed a sigh of relief. After bowing to Zhu Cixiang in front of him, he quickly left the courtyard of Duke Chengguo's mansion.
Hongmen Banquet!
Almost all the powerful people and wealthy businessmen sighed.
It seems that I have to bleed today. If I don’t bleed, I will definitely not be able to leave this yard today!
What kind of bean sprouts are there on this table? They are simply a murder weapon!
However, His Highness the Crown Prince spoke in such a high-sounding way that he and others had no way to refute anything...
One by one, wealthy businessmen stood up and revised the amount of their pledges.
Soon, there were fewer and fewer people in the entire courtyard...