Chapter 1061: The feast of the Qing Palace '11/27'
The time goes back to two days ago. After King Yong Hongyu returned to the study of his palace from the palace in the evening, his aide Zhang Qigong came to the former with an invitation in hand.
At this time, Yong Wang Hongyu took off the big cloak with the help of Zhou Yue, the chief of the imperial clan. After seeing Zhang Qigong's actions, he casually asked: "What is that?"
In fact, when he said it, Yong Wang Hongyu had already glanced clearly at the invitation in Zhang Qigong's hand. He had even judged from the elegant gilding pattern on the invitation that the owner of this invitation must be either rich or wealthy.
expensive.
However, Zhang Qigong showed a strange sneer and said in a cold tone: "Reporting to Your Highness, this is a statement of war."
"..."
Yongwang Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this and took the invitation from Zhang Qigong doubtfully. When he saw that the signature on the invitation was "King Qing's letter", he frowned even more.
He opened the invitation and looked at the contents without saying a word.
In fact, the content written by Qing Wang Hongxin on the invitation was very simple, nothing more than "a banquet will be held at the house in three days to entertain guests and friends", "Welcome King Yong to visit" and so on. However, the wording between the lines makes King Yong Hong famous.
I just felt a wave of demonstration coming towards my face.
"snort."
With a slight snort, Yongwang Hongyu placed the invitation on the desk, then sat on the chair and asked after thinking for a moment: "What did those people say?"
Of course, Zhang Qigong could understand who His Highness was referring to by "those people", so he handed over his hand and said: "They are all waiting and watching... Among them, Zhao Chengxiu, the eldest son of Prince Yuanyang, has become quite close to Prince Qing in recent days."
"Hey!" Yong Wang Hongyu curled his lips when he heard this, his expression was both angry and disdainful.
Among the several crowned kings in the country, the one he despised the most was Prince Yuanyang and his son.
I think that when the Prince of the East Palace, Zhao Hongli, was powerful, the father and son sided with the former. Later, when Zhao Hongli fell, the father and son immediately turned to Prince Qing and had an affair with the latter.
Especially when Wei and South Korea were still at war at the end of last year, due to the unfavorable situation in Wei's "Eastern Battlefield in Northern Xinjiang" at that time, he had not yet received the support of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun who was stationed in Shangdang County. In this case, King Chengling
Zhao Wenshen organized five thousand volunteers and rushed to Suanzao to build defenses there and prepare to guard the dangerous river.
And what about Prince Yuanyang and his son?
He actually abandoned Yuanyang and fled to Daliang to seek asylum, which made many people in Wei State feel ashamed of him.
Those who are greedy for life and fearful of death are just like the grass on the wall. King Yongyu Hongyu doesn't care at all if he surrenders to King Qing Hongxin.
But the problem is that the dignitaries currently staying in Daliang are not only Prince Yuanyang and his son. In addition, there are also Prince Chengling Zhao Wenshen, Prince Jiyang Zhao Wenzhuo, and Prince Zhongyang Zhao Wenxuan, and those whose status is below the title of king.
There were more than a dozen local marquises. Only the ones known to Yong Wang Hongyu were "House of Huyou Sun Mou", "Marquis of Yuanling Uncle Feng", "Marquis of Quliang Sima Song", "Marquis of Shangliang Zhao Anding", "Marquis of Wei"
"Chuan Hou Liu Mao", "Gaoxian Hou Lu Xin", "Gaoyang Hou Jiang Dan", "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", "Wanlong Hou Zhao Jian", "Kuangcheng Hou Ji Yan", "Anping Hou Zhao Tan", "Li Yuan Hou Wang Xi"
, "Lütanhou Gongsun Che", "Liuguanghou Zhao Kang" and so on, almost including the princes and princes of Liang County and the surrounding area.
These local princes of Wei State came here in the name of "visiting the emperor and offering tribute", but in fact they came for the huge profits of "Qi County Border Market", the vacant land of Shangdang County, and for the future from "Hexi"
"Earth" invades wealth and prepares in advance.
To be fair, these princes actually approached Yong Wang Hongyu a while ago, hoping that Yong Wang Hongyu would come forward to negotiate with Su Wang Zhao Hongrun on their behalf.
However, Yong Wang Hongyu knew very well what these people were thinking. Because he did not want to turn against his eighth brother Zhao Hongrun, who had a good relationship with him, he kept delaying and did not give these people a clear answer. However, these princes actually sided with Qing Wang Hongxin.
Went.
Although Yong Wang Hongyu had expected this, when it happened, he still felt unprecedented pressure.
At this time, Zongwei Chief Zhou Yue picked up the invitation on the desk, took a look at it, and asked Yong Wang Hongyu: "Your Highness, what should I do with this invitation?"
Upon hearing this, Yongwang Hongyu glanced at the invitation in the hand of Zongwei Chief Zhou Yue. After frowning and thinking for a moment, he hummed and said with a smile: "Keep it... I will go to the banquet when the time comes."
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong advised in a low voice: "I think the banquet is not a good one, so I might as well not go."
"No." Yong Wang Hongyu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Lao Wu sent someone to deliver this invitation to me. If I avoid going, others may think that I am afraid of him... I will go there anyway.
Yan, I would like to learn from Lao Wu’s methods!”
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong nodded and said: "That's all, but..." At this point, he glanced at Yong Wang Hongyu, lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, I think that what the princes said, or
There is room for negotiation.”
Yong Wang Hongyu shook his head when he heard this and said seriously: "Like this, it will only make Lao Ba evil... Lao Ba has a stubborn character and doesn't like others to interfere when he does things. If I seek benefits for the princes in Hexi,
Then my friendship with Lao Ba will end here."
"However, according to what Chen Tang said, King Su and Liu Jie had a very happy talk that day..." Zhang Qigong reminded from the side.
After hearing this, a look of hesitation flashed across Yong Wang Hongyu's face, but he finally shook his head.
Because in his opinion, the danger of being an enemy of Qing Wang Hongxin was far less serious than that of being an enemy of Su Wang Hongrun.
Seeing that King Yong Hongyu vetoed it again, Zhang Qigong nodded, took a breath and said: "In this case, we can only take advantage of King Su..."
"But King Su is far away in Fenyin..." Zong Wei Chief Zhou Yue reminded him.
However, after hearing this, Yong Wang Hongyu and Zhang Qigong looked at each other and smiled.
At the same time, in Prince Yi's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun's sixth uncle and the Zongfu's Zongfu Zhao Yuanli also received invitations sent by Qing Wang Hongxin.
"A banquet with guests and friends...ah, what a childish trick."
Shaking his head, Zhao Yuanli threw the invitation in his hand back to Zongwei Chief Wang Yan.
"Your Majesty, what about this..." Zongwei Chief Wang Yan asked for instructions.
Zhao Yuanli smiled slightly and said half-jokingly: "If I dare to go to the banquet, Hongrun will kill me and come to the government to cause trouble for me." As he said this, he smiled at Wang Jian.
Under his eyes, he said calmly: "Push it for me."
"Yes!" Zongwei Chief Wang Yan accepted the order with his fists clasped.
Wang Yan was not surprised at all by this.
After all, although Zhao Yuanli was also the sixth uncle of Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, Qing Wang Hongxin, etc., family ties were also divided into distant and near ones. The relationship between Zhao Yuanli and the other nephews was not as deep as the affection for Zhao Hongrun even if they were put together.
You know, the relationship between Zhao Yuanli and Zhao Hongrun is such that even Zhao Hongrun's biological father, Emperor Wei, sometimes feels a little jealous.
"It's a humble position. Just say that the prince is busy with the government affairs of the clan." Holding his fists, the clan's chief of defense, Wang Jian, withdrew.
However, as soon as Wang Jun left, Zhao Yuanli, who had been smiling just now, slowly dropped the smile on his face and frowned at the invitation on the table.
"You are too impatient, little one. You are so impatient when you are just a fledgling... I hope your behavior will not affect my major events, otherwise..."
Thinking secretly in his heart, Zhao Yuanli's eyes flashed with a sharp edge and disappeared in a flash.
"Tsk, it seems that it is still necessary to inform Brother Three Princes."
At the same time, at the residence of Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng, Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng also held an invitation from Qing Wang Hongxin, frowning and saying nothing for a long time.
Seeing this, his wife, Mrs. Wei, interrupted and said, "Prince Qing invited your husband to a banquet. Why are you sighing so much?"
"You don't know."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, said with worry on his face: "King Qing organized this banquet to threaten King Yong and King Su... I have no friendship with King Yong, but King Su..."
His wife, Mrs. Wei, suddenly understood, and then said, "If your husband doesn't want to go to the banquet, why don't you excuse yourself and refuse?"
"It's hard to refuse." Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, sighed.
When he said this, Zhao Sheng felt helpless.
Even though he was doing well in Daliang, in fact, he was the person who most relied on the Zhao family of the Wei Kingdom in the Central Plains among the Longxi Wei Kingdom. Zhao Sheng felt uneasy when he rashly offended Qing Wang Hongxin, the currently powerful prince.
After hearing Zhao Sheng's explanation, his wife Wei added: "In this case, husband, just treat this as just an ordinary banquet. No matter what King Qing says during the banquet, husband should act according to the opportunity and never express his position easily."
"This is the only plan for today."
Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng nodded and said somewhat helplessly.
One after another, invitations from Qing Wang Hongxin were also sent to the houses of well-known people in the Liang Dynasty, such as Lintao Lord Wei Ji, Hubu Shangshu Li Liang, and Military Shangshu Li Huan.
There are many who refuse.
On the second day of November, Prince Qing's Mansion opened its doors early to welcome many guests.
Suddenly, cars and horses gathered outside the gate of Prince Qing's Mansion, and many dignitaries who might or might not be seen on weekdays came to the banquet with gifts.
"The Marquis of Huzhou paid a visit to his house for a banquet, and was given five hundred gold, a pair of jade horses, and a box of pearls..."
"Marquis Yuanling came to the house for a banquet and was given three hundred gold, a tiger skin, a piece of jasper..."
"The Marquis of Quliang paid a visit to his residence for a banquet..."
"The Marquis of Shangliang..."
For a time, the gatekeepers in front of Prince Qing's Mansion were shouting greetings, and Prince Qing Hongxin also stood outside the door, welcoming distinguished guests one after another into the mansion.
Whenever a distinguished guest arrives, Zhao Hongxin's face becomes even more triumphant and joyful.
After a long while, Zhao Hongxin finally finished welcoming the guests and walked towards the hall of the mansion.
At this moment, in the hall of the mansion, countless servants were serving wine and food, and there were many enchanting orioles and swallows dancing in the hall, which was quite pleasing to the eye.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, King Qing Zhao Hongxin came to take the throne in the palace, entertained all the dignitaries present warmly, and frequently drank wine.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Hongxin saw that the time was right, so he stood up with a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Today, Xiao Wang and all the distinguished guests are gathered here. Some of Xiao Wang's uncles and brothers, or some of me, are here.
The heroes of the Wei Dynasty, today..."
As soon as I said this, I heard another announcement coming from the gate of the mansion, and the gate official's voice was slightly trembling.
"Su...Prince Su paid a visit to the palace for a banquet and presented...a pair of riding whip..."
"..."
Suddenly, the vocal music in the hall suddenly stopped, and everyone present was silent. Prince Qing Hongxin also stood there holding a wine glass, as if he didn't know how to respond.
At this time, everyone present looked at the palace door in unison.
After hearing a burst of footsteps, King Su Zhao Hongrun led nine Zongwei and ten Yanling soldiers into the hall as if there was no one else around, and looked around at the guests sitting there.
At this time, you can hear a needle drop in the hall.