The rise of the prince

Chapter 452 Transformation
On the third floor of Tingyulou, all the literati and poets come here on weekdays, and those with excellent pen and ink will win, but sometimes there will be exceptions. Nanwang's background did not dare to stop him, let alone the prince is not in Beijing now.

"Tsk tsk tsk, sparse shadows and slanting water, clear and shallow water, dark fragrance floating in the moon and dusk, good poems, really good poems! King Pingnan has a good literary talent, but it's a pity that such a good literary talent, such a good building, in the future," Zhang Rang said halfway, He didn't continue to say: "Didn't some people say that King Pingnan is the number one talent in Beijing recently? Unfortunately, if the number one talent is only good in poetry, the rest is mediocre, which makes people feel unsatisfied. He killed the enemy bravely on the battlefield, and the rest is mediocre. Difficult to become a master."

Everyone smiled slightly, tacit understanding.

"Yesterday, the woman in charge of the royal residence hurried to the post house with a heavy gift, presumably to beg the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin." Shen Sheng said.

"What's the use of holding Buddha's feet temporarily, but it only adds to the jokes. However, King Pingnan is still young, addicted to wine and sex, and actually takes a prostitute as the head of his family. It is so absurd, and I don't blame us." Wei Guo comforted Xu with a smile. , Finding the faults of the losers, especially the losers, can increase their sense of accomplishment.

Of all the people present, only the crown prince smiled the happiest, and the rest of them were more or less restrained. The more calm and calm they were in front of the victory, the more they could reflect their own demeanor. Only Xue Fang didn't say a word, and only cared about drinking and eating.

Yu Chengan told everyone while chatting and laughing: "The matter has come to an end, you must not relax, you must assist the emperor to implement this matter as soon as possible, punish rape and eradicate evil, if it was not for Chen Yu, this matter would have been settled long ago, and now something has happened. The accident, although it is said to be a certainty, must be completely settled."

Everyone expressed their reassurance, but Xue Fang remained silent, as if she was thinking about something.

Drinking and having fun in King Pingnan's territory, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in their hearts, and the banquet was very lively.

Xue Fang frowned, and said abruptly: "Yesterday, the emperor summoned Bao Zheng, the fellow acquaintance of Honglu Temple, and today he summoned the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to the palace for a banquet. Don't you think this is strange?"

"What can the little Honglu Temple Tongzhi do?" The prince said indifferently, "The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin have close contacts with my prince's mansion, Mr. Wei, and Mr. Zhang. They have a deep friendship, so what if they enter the palace."

Xue Fang frowned, his face was very ugly but he didn't reply, the atmosphere was full of gunpowder for a moment, Zhang Rang quickly smoothed things over: "The prince means that he has his own foresight, and the arrangements have been made long ago. Sir Xue, don't worry."

Xue Fang stopped talking and just ate and drank by herself.

Halfway through the banquet, Xue Fang left the table by himself. He couldn't sleep recently, because the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, but it was clear that things were going well. King Pingnan was almost at a desperate situation. Disobedience, the imperial decree has long since gone down.

But even so, he still felt that something was missing. He actually didn't like to be with the prince and others, but it was just a last resort.

The matter was about to end, so he couldn't bear it, what was wrong?
At this time, the carriage from the mansion arrived. The coachman was a relative of his from the country. He didn't understand big things, but he was honest.

He treats his servants differently from his colleagues. He is closer to his servants and can chat easily, because country people speak in a simple way without so many twists and turns, so they speak casually.

Talking about trivial matters at home and major events in the world, he can speak freely. The driver naturally doesn't understand so many principles, but he often talks about things he heard in the streets and alleys. This is a different world from his experience, and it sounds very interesting.

While talking, the coachman suddenly said: "My lord, let me tell you about an important event. The king of Pingnan who killed 100 rebels in the south has also investigated corrupt officials in Jiangzhou and found more than [-] million silver. The sky will be transported to the capital."

Xue Fang was taken aback, then frowned: "Where did you hear that?"

"Storytellers are talking about it everywhere. I heard about it in the teahouse in the west of the city at noon today, and I listened to it in the south of the city in the afternoon. Just now, sir, you were eating in there, and there were people talking about it outside the building." The coachman happily told himself Tell what you know.

Xue Fang's heart was beating wildly. He said something was wrong, and now he finally knew what was wrong!

He is a duty envoy, and he knows exactly how the treasury's revenue and expenditure are, 100 million taels!After a year of war, the state treasury is now not to mention 100 million taels, if it hadn’t been for this year’s autumn harvest, even 30 taels would not be available!

And now there are storytellers everywhere saying that King Pingnan has 100 million taels of dirty silver to be taken into the capital.
Reminiscent of the previous day when the emperor was clearly furious and said that King Pingnan was going to be punished. If Chen Yu hadn't resisted the order, it would have been decided long ago.

But this morning, the emperor still let the officials reprimand King Pingnan for his crimes, but he didn't get angry, and he didn't mention the punishment.
The coachman listened to it three times a day. I'm afraid the people in Beijing know it all!Those storytellers might not know.
The more Xue Fang thought about it, the more her heart beat wildly, her head became dizzy, her scalp became numb, her fingers began to tremble, and she hurriedly stopped the carriage: "Changing the road, don't go home, go to the government office, to my Duzhi government office, quick! Quick! quick!"

The coachman was frightened by the master's sudden change of face, nodded repeatedly, then beat the horse vigorously, and galloped towards the imperial city.

Xue Fang was cursing in her heart, what kind of prostitutes, there are such cruel women in this world!
In the side hall of Changchun, the banquet was in full swing. Since it was to receive envoys from other countries, it was naturally a state banquet.

Ancient state banquets are much more luxurious than later state banquets. According to records, in the Song Dynasty, when the ministers entertained the emperor, there were 180 eight dishes for the emperor's table in the main hall, 130 two dishes for the officials' tables in the second seat, and 92 dishes for accompanying officials outside the hall. A large number of entourages, servants and thousands of people eating and drinking are definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Entertaining foreign envoys, the banquet will naturally be richer. Many dishes were rewarded by the emperor, and they were piled up on the big table in front of Liu Xu and Wanyan Yingge. They were indeed stacked together, otherwise they would not fit.

On the red embroidered gold carpet in front of the table, there were maids dancing and dancing, and the joy was harmonious. Apart from the emperor and empress, there was Tang Zhouwei, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and Bao Zheng, who accompanied the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to the banquet.

Tang Zhou laughed at Maitreya, but it was Bao Zheng who behaved decently, neither humble nor overbearing.

Halfway through the banquet, the dance music was withdrawn, and the emperor asked some innocuous words.

Liu Xu answered decently, respecting the imperial power of the Jing Kingdom without compromising the prestige of the Jin Kingdom. This envoy has close contacts with several important ministers of our country, and there are many exchanges, is there such a thing?"

The resplendent and resplendent hall suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere that had just been heated turned sharply and plummeted to freezing point
(End of this chapter)