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Chapter 44
Entering the gate of Xilin Bieyuan, I saw Xia Zhi standing in front of the ancient pine tree, saw her coming in, and said to her with a calm face: "It's slow! Let's go!" After speaking, he went to the garden, looked He came here because he was afraid that Jiuyuan would not know the way, so he waited for her here and there.

After hearing this, Jiu Yuan hurriedly followed his footsteps. Although she had participated in many royal banquets before, this was the first time she had attended the Enrong Banquet in Xilin Bieyuan. If there is no one to lead the way, don't really get lost. When the time comes to send people to look for it, this joke will become a big one!

Xia Zhi walked to the gate of the main hall and stood still, waiting for Jiu Yuan from behind to come and enter the hall with her, because Xia Zhi's footsteps were a little fast, she was slightly panting when she caught up, she took a deep breath, and then He entered the hall with Xia Zhi.

At this time, there were many courtiers and new scholars in the main hall. Seeing Xia Zhijin, they all stepped forward to salute. After a shiver, Xia Zhi took Jiu Yuan and sat down on the upper left seat under the throne .

After Jiu Yuan sat down, he saw Prince An and Concubine An who hadn't shown up for a long time sitting on the opposite side. Seeing Jiu Yuan looking at him, he nodded to Jiu Yuan.

Jiu Yuan nodded when he saw it.As for King An, Jiu Yuan didn't have much contact with him, that is, when he encountered important royal occasions, he would only see him from a distance.

It's just that his body is not good, otherwise he would be the biggest contender for the throne. In terms of status, he is half a point more noble than Xia Zhi. A weak body will erase all his advantages!
No one dares to blatantly put their wealth and life on a person who may have no tomorrow at any time. Most importantly, he has never shown any interest in the throne. It is said that he is devoted to Taoism and often invites Taoist priests Entering the mansion to discuss Taoism, he has an attitude of having no desires and no desires for worldly things. When everyone sees him like this, they will not support him behind his back.

Xia Zhi's throne can be said to be a sure thing, and the courtiers are still too late to curry favor with Xia Zhi, so how dare they do things that are ineffective against Xia Zhi!
But at this moment, there were rumors against Xia Zhi outside, and it became more and more serious, who would do it!
Jiu Yuan raised his head and glanced at the opposite side again, his heart moved, could it be that he did it, if Xia Zhi were gone, he would be the biggest beneficiary, everything he showed before was just an illusion, and he also has the heart to fight for the reserve!
Just as Jiu Yuan was thinking about it, he heard a servant singing and announcing that the emperor was coming, so he could only press down his thoughts, get up and bow down to the emperor with everyone.

After the emperor walked up to the dragon chair from the middle and sat down, he looked around at his Highness and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me! Today is a day of great joy, don't be cautious, everyone, get up and sit down!"

After thanking everyone, they all sat back to their seats.At this time, some courtiers saw that the emperor was in a good mood today, so they congratulated the emperor with joy and flattered him, saying: "Congratulations to the emperor for being a great talent! This is the blessing of the community!" After saying that, he bowed deeply!
The emperor was even more delighted after hearing this!He laughed loudly and said, "What Aiqing said really touches my heart!"

Seeing this, everyone knelt down and said blessings, and the atmosphere in the hall was full of enthusiasm for a moment.

Not long after, some palace servants came up to take down rare fruits and pastries, and served delicious food and wine. Every table was served by palace servants, and the palace servants filled the wine glasses for everyone!
All the people raised their wine glasses and bowed to the emperor, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!"

The emperor was even more joyful and said: "You don't need to be too polite! Let's drink this cup together!" After speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand and drank with everyone!

After everyone sat back and sang and danced, the emperor in the palace had a happy face, and the ministers in the palace had a good time, and it was a picture of a royal banquet and joy in the palace!

After drinking for three rounds, Lord Huguo saw that all the new scholars were enjoying the singing and dancing while drinking, and occasionally bowed their heads to say a few words, but saw that the top scholars of the new department only bowed their heads to eat food, never looked up, let alone talked to others.

In my heart, even if Zhao Hengwen has a good literary talent, what use is such a nerd? In the selection of the Chunwei Huguo Gongfu this time, the highest was only the second place, and now I see the new champion. Look, why not let him ridicule in his heart.

Looking at Zhao Hengwen's eyes gradually darkened, could it be that the emperor wants to use these nerds to replace the family's position in the court!

Turning around and smiling, he praised the emperor in the hall: "Your Majesty! Yichen thinks that the chef of today's banquet should be rewarded. You can't even lift his head up after eating so much!"

These words were obviously a compliment to the chef's craftsmanship, but secretly they were mocking Zhao Hengshu for not being able to get on the table!Originally, everyone was happily drinking and enjoying the music, and they didn't pay special attention to Zhao Hengshu's movements. After hearing this, they all turned their heads to look at him.

Zhao Hengwen was lowering his head to eat the food in the bowl, but he didn't expect that the words of Lord Huguo made everyone's eyes turn to him, he smiled wryly in his heart, hurriedly stopped his hands, wiped his mouth, stood up and bowed to the emperor Said: "The minister is terrified! The minister is disrespectful in front of the palace, please forgive me!" After speaking, he bowed deeply again.

The emperor in the palace was very displeased with Duke Protector's behavior. Since the old man married his granddaughter to Duan Wang's mansion three years ago, he has been very peaceful, but he doesn't know what happened recently. Everywhere is against Xia Zhi.

Fortunately, even the champion selected by Xia Zhi is not pleasing to the eye.

Then he looked at Zhao Hengshu, who was pleading guilty to His Highness, and said with a hearty smile: "You don't have to be the champion! I see that Aiqing just bury her head in her meal, but she's really hungry?"

Zhao Hengshu replied respectfully: "Your Majesty is very careful! I have been poor since I was a child, and in order to go to Beijing to catch up with the exams, I turned into sellers to pay for the travel expenses. During this period, I have been sleeping in the open with leftovers. I have not known the taste of meat for several months!"

Everyone laughed in their hearts when they heard this, this champion is really honest, even if your family is poor, you don't have to be honest and tell me about the fact that you don't know the taste of meat for several months!

Jiuyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and looked sideways at Zhao Hengwen. He always felt that this Zhuangyuan Lang looked familiar, so he fixed his eyes and thought about it, wasn't he the one who paid for him after eating Bawang's meal in a restaurant last time? Finally, are you still looking for a scholar who borrowed money from you!

People are quite stupid, but they seem to be good at reading books!

After hearing the ridicule in his heart, Duke Protector sneered and said, "It seems that the banquet for several days has not satisfied the appetite of Zhuangyuan Lang!"

What he said was that there were people coming to host a banquet every day for the past two days, why couldn't they eat enough!In his capacity as a dignified first-rank official, Huguogong, it is indeed a bit aggressive to talk about a junior in the new department. Now everyone present knows that Huguogong is deliberately making things difficult for the new champion.

Zhao Hengshu replied with a bow to the Duke Huguo: "If you return to the Lord, you will indeed be invited to every meal in the past two days!" Speaking of this, he continued as if thinking of something embarrassing: "But they always don't stop. Talking and pouring my wine, whenever I want to order food, a glass of wine is brought, so I haven’t ordered any rice these days!”

Speaking of this, he also had a slight embarrassment on his face. After all, someone else invited him to drink, but now he is talking about others behind his back, and he really feels a little bit sorry!
The emperor in the hall laughed out loud after hearing his answer, and said in a rare teasing way: "Haha. Alright! Aiqing, go back and sit down and continue eating! Otherwise, she will be the first person to starve to death in Daxia." Champion!"

Zhao Hengshu quickly thanked him, and sat back in his seat, ignoring everyone's gazes, and really buried himself in eating again.

When the Duke Protector saw him, he felt like he had punched cotton just now, and he was so upset that normal people could see that he was mocking him, but he couldn't hear it, and took it as an ordinary Ask questions, and answer them with a glance.

Now seeing how he is burying his head in eating, I feel even more stuffy!

This is just a small episode, and no one will care after that!

Xia Zhiben had read his policy theory on state affairs, and felt that although his arguments were a bit radical, they also had some truth, so he was selected as the number one scholar.

I don't want to see this scene today, or Zhao Hengshu is just pretending to be stupid, or he is really wise and stupid, no matter what it is, he has offended the Duke Protector now, and he will not get too close to the family in the future. That's great!
(End of this chapter)