"PS: The chapter number is wrong, please correct it."
The following text
That night, Prince Hongyu indeed sent Zhou Yue, the chief of the imperial guards, to invite Zhao Hongrun to come over for a banquet. However, the banquet was held not in the East Palace within the palace, but in the Prince's Mansion in the city, which was the original Prince Yong's Mansion.
When Zhao Hongrun, his wife Mi Jiang, and his concubine Queer arrived at the Prince's Mansion in a carriage, Prince Hongyu and a group of people were already waiting in front of the Prince's Mansion, and there was no lack of etiquette.
No, even Zhao Hongrun was slightly flattered when he saw this battle. After getting off the carriage, he raised his hands and saluted, saying: "Brother Wang is so kind, I really appreciate it..."
"Hey, that's what Hongrun said." Prince Hongyu stepped forward to help Zhao Hongrun up and said with a smile: "You and I are brothers, why should we care?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a short-bearded scribe came out from behind Crown Prince Hongyu, and sang a few verses of a Wei song that eulogized brotherly love. Then he bowed his hands towards Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, Prince Su,
Do you still remember me?"
Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Isn't this "Brother Cui"?"
After hearing this, both Prince Hongyu, the people around him, and the short-bearded scribe all laughed.
It turns out that this short-bearded young scribe is the brother-in-law of Prince Hongyu, Cui Yong, the prodigal son of the Cui family of Suzao. He is good at poetry and songs, and likes to make friends. His personality is as bohemian as Wenqi. He is one of the few Yongwangs in the Yong family.
There are not many interesting people that Zhao Hongrun is willing to make friends with.
What? You said there are people around King Yong that Zhao Hongrun doesn’t want to make friends with?
Of course, Zhao Hongrun did not have a good impression of Zhang Qigong, the chief staff officer next to Zhao Hongyu.
While Prince Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun were chatting, Princess Su Mi Jiang hugged her youngest son Zhao Wei and got off the carriage with the help of Zhao Que and another maid who was a nightingale.
Seeing this, Prince Hongyu immediately ordered his royal wife, Cui, who is now honored as the Crown Princess, to entertain Mi Jiang, Zhao Que and Prince Su's eldest son, Zhao Wei, on his behalf.
Zhao Hongrun was not worried about this. Anyway, Zhao Que was following Mi Jiang, and he had already asked the two women to be cautious when they were on the carriage.
After a while, Crown Princess Cui led her son Zhao Yan out to greet Zhao Hongrun and his wife, and then invited Mi Jiang and Zhao Que to the inner house. Prince Hongyu took Zhao Hongrun's hand and
The latter and a group of Zongwei invited them to the hall of the house in the atrium.
At this time, seats had been laid out in the lobby. Zhao Hongrun secretly counted that there were about twenty seats.
After inviting several Zongwei such as Zhao Hongrun and Wei Jiao to the table, Prince Hongyu introduced those present on his behalf. Some of them were relatively familiar to Zhao Hongrun, such as Zhao Hongyu's brother-in-law Cui Yong, and aides Zhang Qigong and Chen Tang.
Wait, most of them are people who are related to Zhao Hongyu.
This banquet lasted for more than two hours.
During this period, Cui Yong, the brother-in-law of Prince Hongyu, acted as the drinker at the banquet. He kept making witty remarks, making Zhao Hongrun and the rest of the people present laugh constantly.
Even Zhao Hongrun secretly regretted that he did not bring his staff Wen Qi this time. Otherwise, Wen Qi's confrontation with Cui Yong, the prodigal son of the Cui family, would definitely make the banquet more lively.
During this period, Prince Hongyu's aide Chen Tang also often praised the achievements of Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun. Unfortunately, compared to Cui Yong who constantly made people laugh with his witty remarks, Chen Tang's talent was relatively inconspicuous. At least Zhao Hongrun didn't care.
Does anyone praise his illustrious military exploits?
What made Zhao Hongrun feel slightly concerned was that as the chief staff of Prince Hongyu, Zhang Qigong spoke very little at this banquet. Except for occasionally toasting to Zhao Hongrun, most of the time he smiled and said nothing to tell the truth. Just look at this.
At that time, Zhang Qigong and Zhao Hongrun really couldn't tell that he was a poisonous man who was very good at conspiracy and conspiracy.
As late at night approached, the drunken Crown Prince Hongyu personally sent Zhao Hongrun, who was also drunk, outside the mansion. Even when Zhao Hongrun and others were preparing to set off back to Prince Su's Mansion, Prince Hongyu also asked the driver of the carriage on his behalf.
They were cautious on the way, and finally sent a team of imperial guards to escort Zhao Hongrun and others back home.
To be honest, this courtesy is understandable.
Half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun and others, escorted by a group of imperial guards, returned to Prince Su's Mansion safely.
After that, the clan guards each went back to their residences to rest, while Zhao Hongrun, Mi Jiang and Zhao Que were talking in the dormitory.
"Crown Princess Cui, what is your attitude toward you?"
Glancing at Mi Jiang who was breastfeeding next to the couch, Zhao Hongrun took the tea from Queer and asked.
After hearing this, Queer recalled: "Ms. Cui is a very gentle woman and very enthusiastic..."
With that said, she told Zhao Hongrun and the latter exactly how Crown Princess Cui entertained them.
In boudoir banquets, the most common way to build friendship between women is to exchange ideas on clothes and jewelry. For example, the Crown Princess Cui was not familiar with Mi Jiang and Zhao Que. In order to resolve the embarrassment, Cui
He took out some of her valuable jewelry and watched them with Mi Jiang and Que'er. Later, he even generously wanted to give them to Mi Jiang and Que'er as gifts.
But unfortunately, Mi Jiang and Que'er did not accept it. In the end, in order not to embarrass Cui, they reluctantly accepted the hairpin.
It's no wonder, after all, neither Mi Jiang nor Que'er is the kind of woman who likes to wear jewelry.
"...On the other hand, Cui's eldest son, Zhao Yan, is very smart."
Beside, Mi Jiang interjected while coaxing her youngest son Zhao Wei after breastfeeding.
"Zhao Yongyan?"
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then nodded in understanding.
Indeed, Prince Hongyu's eldest son Zhao Yongyan is about two years younger than Zhao Hongli's Prince Zhao Yonglu, who should now be called Zhao Chenglu. It is said that he is indeed smart, but the specific Zhao Hongrun is not very clear. After all, he is not very close to the two nephews.
familiar.
However, I heard from Que'er that at first when Crown Princess Cui felt awkward with the two of them because they were not familiar with each other, they all relied on the interaction between Zhao Yan and Zhao Wei, and the women of the two families gradually became harmonious.
It is precisely because of this that Mi Jiang praised Zhao Yan and looked at the sleepy son in her arms with expectant eyes: "I hope my son can be so smart in the future."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Then you have to be ruthless and discipline me strictly since childhood."
As someone who has been there, Zhao Hongrun knows very well that the children of the royal family seem to know more than their peers since childhood, and are more well-behaved and self-disciplined. This is inseparable from strict discipline.
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's slightly teasing words, Mi Jiang stopped talking immediately.
After chatting for a few more words, Zhao Hongrun and Queer went to the next room to rest.
While Que'er was making the bed, Zhao Hongrun was sitting in the room in a daze holding the cup of tea, thinking back on the banquet at the Prince's Mansion today.
It has to be said that whether it is his own feelings or the attitude of Cui he learned from Mi Jiang and Queer, the Crown Prince Hongyu and the Crown Princess Cui treat their couple with great concern. Of course, if they understand it as
There's nothing wrong with winning over people.
But Zhao Hongrun felt that there was nothing substantial in this concern.
To put it bluntly, during the banquet today, Prince Hongyu did not mention to Zhao Hongrun the topic of why the Smelting Bureau and the Weapon Casting Bureau were taken back. After the banquet, Zhao Hongrun only remembered Cui Yong's witty words and nothing else.
Harvest.
And afterwards, because Prince Hongyu was very drunk at the time, Zhao Hongrun had no chance to ask about it.
"Did you do it on purpose?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly.
At dawn the next day, Zhao Hongrun decided to take Mi Jiang, the two Que'er daughters and the youngest son Zhao Wei into the palace to pay homage to Concubine Shen Shu and take a look at his father.
As a result, when they arrived at the palace, they were stopped outside the palace gate by a group of ink-armored guards because they did not have a pass.
At that time, Zongwei Zhongzhao was shocked. He held the token of "Prince Su's Mansion" and said angrily to the commander of the imperial guard: "Are you blind? Isn't that right?"
However, the commander of the imperial guards shook his head and said: "It is not this thing."
Hearing this, Zhongzhao was furious.
You know, when they entered and exited the palace, sometimes they didn't even need tokens. As soon as the guards saw them, they would let them go immediately. But today, it was better. Even though they showed their tokens, they were still blocked outside the palace gate.
Just when Zongzhao was about to take effect, Zhao Hongrun stepped out of the carriage. While calming down the angry Zongwei Zhongzhao, he asked the guard commander: "I wonder what the token in your mouth is?"
The commander of the imperial guard obviously recognized Zhao Hongrun. His face straightened immediately, he bowed his hands and said, "Shi Zhao (zhao), pay homage to His Highness King Su."
"Shi Zhao? Are you from the Chenliushi clan?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
The commander of the Imperial Guard named Shi Zhao respectfully replied: "Yes, Your Highness King Su."
Zhao Hongrun looked Shi Zhao up and down for a few times, and then asked thoughtfully: "What do you, Shi Rong, Shi Fen, and Shi Liang call you?"
Shi Zhao respectfully replied: "My father's name is Rong..."
"It turns out that he is the son of the Shi family of Chenliu." Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized, and then said with a smile: "I wonder how your father and two uncles are in good health? Are they in Daliang? Or are they in Chenliu?"
Hearing this, Shi Zhao showed a hint of embarrassment on his face and replied respectfully: "My father is in Chenliu, my second uncle has gone to Shangdang, and my third uncle... is now in Anyi, um, with His Royal Highness King Huan."
"Did the three brothers of the Chen Liushi family really break up?"
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this.
He knew a little bit about this matter: because it was revealed that Yongwang Hongyu was not born to Concubine Shi Guifei, and that Yongwang Hongyu did not attend the funeral of Concubine Shi Guifei for unknown reasons at that time, the three brothers of the Chenliu Shi family
The dissatisfaction between the second middle school master Shi Fen and the third master Shi Liang.
Afterwards, the Chenliu Shi family split up, and the three Shi brothers went their separate ways. The eldest brother, Shi Rong, still stayed with the prince Hongyu, while the second brother, Shi Fen, went to Shangdang to cooperate with the nobles of the Huanwang Party in the wine business.
The third master, Shi Liang, went even more simply and defected directly to Zhao Hongrun's younger brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, just like the Li family in Jiyang and many other former East Palace Party members who refused to bow to Prince Hongyu.
Because his brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan was involved, Zhao Hongrun couldn't ask any more questions and changed the subject: "Commander Shi, where did the token you just mentioned come from? Was it issued by the clan?"
Shi Zhao respectfully replied: "Replying to His Highness Prince Su, it was not issued by the Zongfu, but by Chui Gong Hall... Of course, if His Highness Prince Su has a token from the East Palace, he can also enter and exit. Otherwise..." His face
Showing a bit of embarrassment, he said sarcastically: "I really can't handle this humble position."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun felt a little surprised.
Has Prince Hongyu’s control over the palace reached this level?