If Li Yi remembers correctly, it seems that it was only a few days ago that the old emperor had a banquet for his ministers in the palace, right?
The standard of the banquet for all civil and military officials is naturally not low. It is far beyond the narrow-minded and stingy King of Shu. Even if the treasury is full, it will not be so wasteful.
Even if the purpose is to slap the Qi envoys in the face and insert a knife into their chest, can't there be a simpler and more brutal method?
For example------throw a few "heavenly punishments" into the place where they live?
The cost is much lower than that of a banquet, and it is completely worthy of serious consideration.
"Is it okay not to go?" Li Yi looked at Li Mingzhu and asked.
Yesterday, I went to attend the King of Shu's banquet and caused quite a disturbance. If I messed up the old emperor's banquet, there would be no place to escape in this heavily guarded palace.
"Of course, but you have to tell your father yourself." Li Mingzhu glanced at him and said.
Li Yi thought to himself, forget it. As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger. Although the tiger was quite docile when he saw it, God knows when he will show his mouth full of fangs.
A tiger is a tiger after all. It's nothing to see through the fence in the zoo. Only a fool would jump into Tiger Mountain to see it, and it's better to see it twice a day.
Let’s just think of it as another free meal and drink. Anyway, the main purpose of coming this time has been achieved. It’s time to discuss with Ruyi about going on honeymoon. As for what will happen in the capital in the future, will the King of Shu become the prince?
Who cares what conditions the envoys of Qi will put forward!
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"What, the Queen's post?" Li Yi looked at the invitation in Ruyi's hand and was a little stunned for a moment.
The old emperor held a party in Yonghe Palace and entertained all the ministers. The empress also held a banquet in Fengming Palace. Of course, the invitations were all the ladies of the imperial capital and the wives of ministers. Logically speaking, a small county lady was not qualified to participate.
Yes, but Ruyi somehow got invited and was asking Li Yi for his opinion with the post.
"Since it's the Queen's invitation, let's go." Li Yi thought it would be good to let Ruyi go to the palace. After all, there are not many such opportunities. Besides, this is the Queen's first invitation. As the highest-ranking person in Jingguo,
It's not good for a tigress to reject her like that.
Li Yi didn't pay much attention to the banquet. He put it aside for the time being and whispered to Ruyi: "How are the preparations for that matter?"
Ruyi was stunned for a moment, then she realized what he said and whispered: "We are leaving but we don't tell Ruyi and Xiaohuan, isn't this bad..."
"We're just going out for a while, it's not like we won't come back." Li Yi shook his head. How could two couples take their sister-in-law with them on their honeymoon? It would be inappropriate to take Xiaohuan without her, so he might as well take neither one with him. In the evening
They walked sneakily, and when they found out, the two of them were already standing on the bow of the boat hand in hand watching the sunrise.
"Well, then..." Ruyi lowered her head and whispered.
She never had any different opinions on Li Yi's proposals. Even if she did, she would still be convinced by him in the end.
When Xiao Huan walked into Li Yi's room with a stack of washed clothes, he glanced at the uncle and the young lady in the yard suspiciously. A trace of alert appeared on his face. There must be something wrong with the young lady and the uncle these days. There must be something wrong with her.
Something she didn't know was about to happen, and she felt that she also needed to talk to the second young lady. The uncle and the young lady were already sleeping in the same room. In the whole family, only the second young lady was her strongest ally.
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After all the officials returned home from court, General Xu returned to the capital. The news that His Majesty was going to hold a banquet for all the officials tonight spread quickly throughout the capital.
Everyone knows that it has been several days since the Qi envoy arrived in Beijing, but he has not yet been summoned by His Majesty. Now that His Majesty has held such a large-scale celebration banquet for General Xu, he is undoubtedly embarrassing the Qi envoy. After all,
The entire Jingguo, no matter the monarch or his ministers, has accumulated too much resentment against them over the years.
Officials or dignitaries who are not high in rank but are lucky enough to be invited will naturally be happy to be able to attend tonight's banquet and can brag about it at any time. Those who have not been invited will sigh secretly in their hearts. This kind of thing only happens once in a thousand years.
It would be a pity not to be able to witness this opportunity with my own eyes.
However, some people were happy and some were sad, and some people's thoughts were not on the banquet.
Since last night, the servants of Prince Shu's Mansion have done everything with trepidation and caution, and even their walking pace has slowed down a lot.
Just this morning, His Highness had broken several tea cups. When a servant was cleaning up the broken pieces, he accidentally made a louder sound and was scolded by His Highness. He was so frightened that he even broke his head.
They were just servants of the palace. They knew nothing except that several adults came to the palace to look for His Highness this morning. After they left, His Highness's mood became even worse.
I just thought in my heart that I must be more careful when doing things and never offend His Highness again...
Compared with the Shu Palace, the atmosphere in the Qin Palace is not much better.
Many officials did not even return to their homes after going to court. About half an hour after Prime Minister Qin returned home, they secretly changed into plain clothes and paid a visit.
However, all of them, including Prime Minister Qin's students and disciples, were stopped outside by the concierge. The reason was that Prime Minister Qin was not feeling well and if anything happened, we would talk about it in a few days.
Everyone returned disappointed, and those in the Qin government who knew the inside story also had sad faces.
"Father, what do you mean by your majesty? Why was the eldest brother suddenly transferred from the Ministry of Education?"
"There are several other edicts. These are basically aimed at my father and my Qin family!"
"The adults are waiting outside. Do you want to meet me, father?"
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Everyone came forward to ask, and the old man sitting on the chair frowned and said: "There is no need to talk about this matter anymore. How can we lie about your majesty's thoughts? I am loyal to your majesty and to my country, Jingguo. The sun and the moon can
Look, heaven and earth can make things clear, things are not what you imagine."
Qin Xiang took a sip of tea. After his heart calmed down, his brows wrinkled slightly again.
His Majesty's actions this morning were beyond his expectations. Although the spring breeze turned into rain, there was thunder hidden in the secret. He asked himself that he had done nothing to disgrace His Majesty. The starting point of everything was for the sake of Jingguo and all the people. Why did Your Majesty come to this?
Could it be because of King Shu?
No matter from which point of view, the King of Shu is the best candidate to inherit the throne. Even Your Majesty cannot change this. Otherwise, there will definitely be great turmoil in the DPRK. I believe that Your Majesty himself is not willing to see it.
Such a scene.
He glanced up and saw a person in the hall with a white cloth wrapped around his neck. He frowned again, looked at the young man and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's a small matter." Qin Yu twitched the corner of his mouth and said nonchalantly.
"You'd better be more stable these days, and don't go to the King of Shu anymore." Although he was extremely disappointed with this grandson, he was the only one of his direct lineage, so Prime Minister Qin couldn't help but warned him.
Qin Yu didn't answer, the expression on his face didn't change at all, and he didn't know whether he heard it or not.
Prime Minister Qin showed some thoughtfulness on his face and said, "Your Majesty is inviting a banquet in the palace tonight. You and I will go together."
Tonight's invitation to the banquet is not limited to officials. It is completely normal for people like them to bring a junior member of the family to show their faces in front of everyone.
