Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tonight is the full moon, and Tang Ning originally planned to have a drink and admire the moon with her whole family tonight, including Zhao Man. Tasting books

However, an oral announcement came from the palace earlier, announcing that Zhao Man had entered the palace. It was said that the royal family was holding a family banquet in the palace tonight, and as a princess, Zhao Man naturally had to participate.

Even Zhao Man had to attend the family banquet, so naturally King Kang, King Huai, and King Duan, who was regarded by everyone as half-assed on the throne, also attended.

As a result, the banquet that King Duan wanted to hold in the palace naturally came to nothing.

Tang Ning rejected Prince Duan during the day, not just because it was impossible for him to turn hostility into friendship with Prince Duan, but also because officials like him couldn't go to this banquet.

Many of those sixteen generals have been in the army for too long and are not suitable for the twists and turns of the court. If it were an old fox like General Xiao or Lu Ding, he would also be rejected face to face.

It is normal for Prince Duan to do something forgetful once he succeeds. Emperor Chen will not punish him excessively for this matter. At most, he will just take the opportunity to beat him. He does not know the benefits of beating Prince Duan. In the end, Whose head will it fall on?

A royal palace, a luxurious palace somewhere.

The fifteenth month is full, and this is an ordinary family banquet for the royal family. It is ordinary, but the various delicacies at the banquet cost a lot of money, enough to keep an ordinary family of three from worrying about food and clothing for several lifetimes.

The Queen Mother and Emperor Chen sat at the far end, and below were several beloved concubines, including Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui, and others. Concubine Zhang Xian was seriously ill because of Prince Kang's affairs. She was still lying on her bed at this time and did not attend.

Below are several princes and princesses, seated in order of age.

There have been major changes in the northwest, but the imperial court has made full preparations. The panic in the north has been blocked from the capital, and the hall is filled with singing and dancing, and there is a lot of joy.

Fang, Emperor Chen personally served a bowl of soup to the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, try this soup. Yuan'er cooked it specially for you."

The Queen Mother looked down and said in surprise: "Yuan'er can still cook soup at such a young age?"

Chen Huang showed a smile on his face and said happily, "Yuan'er has been filial since he was a child. He knows my taste and gives me a bowl of nourishing soup every day."

"This child was taught well by Concubine Shu." The Queen Mother raised her hand and said, "Yuan'er, sit here..."

Prince Run and Empress Dowager Chen sat together. Prince Duan raised his head and looked up, but he didn't feel anything different in his heart.

In his eyes, he was just a child. Even if he was favored by his father and the Queen Mother, he could not pose any threat to his throne.

When he looked back, King Huai stood up, walked over from the opposite side, raised his glass to him, and said, "I'd like to raise a toast to my brother."

Although the two are of the same generation, King Huai is young, so it is appropriate to respect him. King Duan raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "My father pays special attention to this martial arts competition, and my younger brother also pays attention to it..."

King Huai smiled and said, "That's right. Brother Emperor, please rest assured."

King Duan drank a glass of wine, filled it again, and walked towards King Kang.

Among the princes, King Kang is the oldest. Even though he is now the heir, he still needs to have the etiquette he should have.

In the past, every time he toasted to King Kang, King Duan felt very uncomfortable. But this time, he felt very happy. He stepped forward and said, "I'd like to toast Brother Wang..."

King Kang watched him approaching, his body subconsciously dodging, and a trace of fear appeared on his face.

When King Duan saw this, his expression was slightly startled, and then a trace of indescribable joy emerged in his heart. He had been fighting with King Kang for so long, but had he ever seen him so embarrassed in front of him?

With a smile on his face, he looked at King Kang, raised his wine glass, and asked again: "Brother Emperor?"

King Kang finally came to his senses, picked up the wine glass tremblingly, and said, "Okay..."

King Duan was very close to him, and he could hear the trembling in his voice and the shaking of his body, which made him feel even happier.

Just as he was about to drink the wine glass in his hand, Kang Wang accidentally spilled the wine because he was shaking too violently.

Part of the drink spilled on the floor, and the other part spilled on King Duan's shoes.

When King Duan was stunned, King Kang's face turned pale, and he knelt down on the ground and said in shock: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it..."

He knelt in front of King Duan and wiped the wet uppers of King Duan's shoes with his sleeves, his body trembling.

When King Duan reacted, it was already too late. He took a few steps back and said in shock: "What are you doing..."

The princes and princesses looked at this scene with shocked expressions on their faces, while several concubines looked stunned, not knowing what was going on.

Fang, Chen Huang had already stood up, looked at Prince Duan, and said sternly: "Ming'er, what are you doing!"

Prince Duan looked dull and said in a daze, "I, I don't know either. Brother Huang..."

King Kang knelt on the ground, turned around, and kowtowed several times. When he raised his head, blood stains were already oozing from his forehead.

He looked at Emperor Chen and said loudly: "Father, I didn't intentionally spill wine on the emperor's shoes. Please forgive me, please forgive me..."

The dancers in the palace were so frightened that they stopped moving and stood aside in panic. The eunuchs and maids serving in the palace also lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound.

After this incident, King Kang's attempt to seize the legitimate son failed completely. There are countless examples in history of people who died due to failed attempts to seize the legitimate son. King Kang was worried about being plotted by King Duan in his fiefdom. In fear, he almost committed suicide by hanging from a beam in the palace, although he was saved. , barely able to stay in the capital, but obviously also became a frightened bird.

Just because he accidentally spilled wine on Prince Duan's shoes, he knelt down in fear to wipe it and kowtowed to apologize, which shows how much he feared Prince Duan.

Thinking that a month ago, Prince Kang was Prince Duan's number one enemy and a popular candidate for the crown prince, it was really sad to see that he had fallen to such a state overnight...

Emperor Chen looked at Prince Kang, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed continuously, with a gloomy face, and clenched his fists in his sleeves, and said angrily: "Who wants to punish you!"

After glancing at Prince Duan, he looked at the eunuchs beside him and said: "Take Prince Kang to the Imperial Hospital for treatment..."

The two eunuchs responded and hurriedly helped Prince Kang down. Prince Duan stood there, neither advancing nor retreating, with an extremely embarrassed look on his face.

Emperor Chen glanced at him and said in a voice without any emotion: "You go down first."

Prince Duan sat back in his original position, looking at Emperor Chen with a gloomy face, and cursed in his heart. The action of Emperor Kang kneeling to him just now had obviously caused his father's dissatisfaction. Who would have thought that he would become such a coward now...

After the incident just now, the family dinner continued, but the atmosphere obviously cooled down.

"Ming'er."

At a certain moment, Emperor Chen suddenly looked at Prince Duan.

Prince Duan immediately stood up and said, "Your son is here."

Emperor Chen looked at him and said, "Leave the military examination to Rui'er. I have other tasks for you."

The military examination was a task that he attached great importance to. Prince Duan was very unwilling to hand it over to Prince Huai, but he also knew that this was his father's expression of dissatisfaction with him. After his face changed, he could only grit his teeth and bow his head and said, "Your son obeys your order."

When Prince Duan sat back in his original position with a gloomy face, Prince Kang, who had treated his wounds and walked out of the Imperial Hospital, no longer had the fear on his face, but instead showed a hint of sarcasm...

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