Therefore, early this morning, many courtiers brought their wives and children to attend the banquet.
This large-scale banquet was for the fourth prince and the ninth prince to be crowned kings, and also for the ninth prince's farewell banquet. Of course, the scale of this banquet was not small.
Even Zhao Yanzhen, who is confined at home, is now only invited. The host was naturally Zongzheng Temple, and the host of this banquet should also be the emperor and empress. However, because Emperor Yong was unwell, his position was currently vacant.
Therefore, the people hosting the banquet were replaced by the new princes Zhao Nianze and Xu Zhilan.
Today, Xu Zhilan was dressed up to attend the event. Her attire was graceful and elegant, as if she were a golden double chrysanthemum with pistils in autumn.
Looking at Zhao Nianze, he is also wearing a black and yellow python and dragon round collar robe. The fitting new prince's clothes only make his body fit and elegant.
The two of them walking together made people feel that they were absolutely right.
However, no one knew that the two of them had already had their own thoughts.
Xu Zhilan's eyes swept across the people below, and finally fell on Prince Jin who was closest to the high position. King Jin came here with Princess Jin today. The moon white four-clawed python dragon robe embroidered with silver thread made him look gentle and elegant.
The Princess Jin next to him was naturally dressed in light colors. Her skin was as white as porcelain, and with her beauty, even though it was a white stick of Yue Wanxiang, as soon as she appeared, everyone in the audience fell silent.
Almost wherever she goes, the eyes of everyone in the audience will shift.
It seems that these two people don't know how to stand up to each other and how to attract people's attention.
It wasn't until she felt Xu Zhilan's gaze that Jiang Nianjiao looked towards the superior, and then nodded towards Xu Zhilan.
In the first row below them were Zhao Chengyuan, who had successfully lost weight, and was dressed in a black robe, and was very handsome, and Zhao Lang, the ninth prince, who was dressed in a crimson robe, and was both youthful and handsome.
The second son was named Prince An, and his mansion was built on the east side of the city where the fourth prince had not yet completed the project.
The Ninth Prince's residence was arranged in a prosperous scenic spot in the south of the city.
These two princes are indeed very popular, but at the last spring banquet, no one was chosen, and he had a very high vision.
The Ninth Prince will go to the Voodoo Tribe soon, and he may never return to Dayong again in this life.
So among ordinary people, who would want their daughter to marry far away.
In addition, the marriage of the Ninth Prince seems to have been decided long ago. His concubine must choose the daughter of the elder of the Voodoo tribe as his concubine. Therefore, the high-ranking families in Yongdi are not willing to let their daughters marry to a barbarian land. Use it as a side room for others.
But even so, from the perspective of unrelated people, these brothers almost have their own merits and beauty.
After the prince Zhao Nianze finished speaking on behalf of his father, the sound of silk and bamboo below became melodious again.
Various performances also started off the field.
Naturally, as the show started, people at the table naturally started to drink and mingled with each other.
Zhao Nianze and Xu Zhilan only paid tribute to a few of their brothers one by one. Because the ninth prince was about to leave his son and claim a new throne, Zhao Nianze only toasted to these two brothers first and only said some words of care and congratulations.
As she finished speaking, Xu Zhilan had already taken a Kowloon wine bottle from the waiter beside her.
Then she personally poured wine for her husband and his brothers.
After the noise in the audience stopped, she whispered, "A glass of thin wine is not enough to express your feelings. King You, the road ahead will be high and the road will be long. You should take more care of yourself."
After saying this, she directly raised the glass of wine and drank it down.
Zhao Lang watched her drink the wine in one gulp, and then he picked up the wine in his own cup and drank it all in one gulp.
After paying respects to the two younger brothers, Xu Zhilan followed her husband to the King of Jin and his wife.
Naturally, there was nothing to say between the four of them.
Xu Zhilan just continued to take the Kowloon wine bottle from the waiter.
The only difference this time was that she thought she had replaced the Kowloon wine bottle with a hidden compartment while others were not paying attention.
However, all this fell into Jiang Nianjiao's eyes. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhilan was really determined to do such a thing. But she never thought about what would happen if she or
His Royal Highness Prince Jin drank this wine. Is it possible that she and the prince can escape?
When Jiang Nianjiao was thinking like this, Xu Zhilan had already picked up the wine glass. She first handed the non-toxic wine to Zhao Yanzhen, and then handed it to herself, but she kept the poisonous wine for herself.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Nianjiao suddenly realized something.
Just when Xu Zhilan was about to drink the poisonous wine, Jiang Nianjiao suddenly overturned the poisonous wine with her hand.
As the wine fell to the ground, a glass of good wine spilled onto the red cashmere carpet.
Jiang Nianjiao showed a pity expression and said, "I'm sorry, Princess, I knocked over the wine glass. Why don't you drink my glass? My glass has not been touched."
Xu Zhilan shook her head and said, "No need, I'd better pour another glass."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was about to ask someone to get a new cup and pour the wine.
However, Jiang Nianjiao said, "Don't bother, just leave the pouring of wine to me."
After saying that, Jiang Nianjiao directly put the wine glass into Xu Zhilan's hand. Then she took a new wine glass and directly asked the waiter to pass the Kowloon wine pot. What she did was not only Xu Zhilan, but also the waiter. I was dumbfounded.
In the end, Jiang Nianjiao took the wine bottle directly from the waiter's hand, but the waiter was obviously guilty. After a struggle between the two of them holding the items, Jiang Nianjiao was obviously a little impatient. She just yelled, "Let go!"
After hearing this, the waiter finally let go.
However, as he let go, Jiang Nianjiao seemed to be unable to hold the wine bottle in his hand, and then the wine bottle fell to the ground.
Then the entire bottle of wine fell to the ground. Seeing this, Jiang Nianjiao quickly said, "It's all my fault. All the wine was spilled. What a pity."
Hearing this, Xu Zhilan only looked at Jiang Nianjiao in surprise.
Others might not be able to see it and just thought it was Jiang Nianjiao's mistake.
However, how could Jiang Nianjiao have such a frivolous temper? Besides, this mistake of one hand might cause her to overturn the cup twice in a row.
However, when she looked at Jiang Nianjiao in shock, Jiang Nianjiao had already taken a new cup and used the wine on her table. Then she poured herself a glass of wine and said, "I made a mistake just now. I invited His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess." Forgive me."
Xu Zhilan just shook her head silently.
Zhao Nianze said nonchalantly, "That slave is not discerning and is not sure. How can I blame you? Well, let's not waste time because of these slaves. Let you have a cup!"
Jiang Nianjiao readily agreed to Zhao Nianze's proposal, and then they only drank the thin wine in their glasses.
But nothing happened during this period. During the banquet, she only said to her husband, "Your Highness, I want to change my clothes."
Naturally, Zhao Nianze would not stop her.
Soon Xu Zhilan walked out of the banquet and came to the Taihu Stone Pool outside the Lishan Palace. It was obvious that she was waiting for someone to come. .
Fortunately, no one in the outer palace passed by the lake, so no one noticed her wandering alone.
At the same time, the young man in black clothes also strolled towards the lake.
Arriving at the Taihu Stone Pool, the young man in Xuanyi only whispered, "What are you looking at?"
Xu Zhilan then turned to look at the other party, "Are you here?"
The young man in Xuanyi nodded, and then whispered, "Your mission failed."
Xu Zhilan whispered, "I know, can you give me another chance? Just give me one more chance. I will never make the same mistake as before!"
"Give you another chance? How many chances do you think you have? Can't you see that people are already wary of you. What chance do you have?" Young Master Xuanyi said indignantly.
Xu Zhilan also became a little nervous at this time, "What should we do?"
"What should I do? How do I know what to do? Naturally, you will continue to take care of everything. I will not care about what happens next."
"But you won't take action against my parents, right?" Xu Zhilan immediately asked.
"If you hadn't implicated me, I wouldn't be able to harm your family, but if you implicated me, your parents would no longer be able to live." After the warning, the young man in Xuanyi prepared to leave directly. .
Xu Zhilan only whispered, "Don't worry, if this matter is exposed, the blame will be solely on me and it will have absolutely nothing to do with you."
After hearing this, the young man in black clothes left with peace of mind.
Not long after he left, Jiang Nianjiao, who came with Zhao Yanzhen, couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Why is he the one who joined forces with Xu Zhilan?"
Zhao Yanzhen didn't seem surprised, after all, he already knew the final outcome of the story.
The Young Master Xuanyi mentioned by Jiang Nianjiao was Zhao Nianze's biological mother's younger brother, Zheng Ronghui.
Yes, Zhao Nianze's biological mother also had relatives. Although her relatives did not receive the position of queen because of something happened to Zhao Nianze's biological mother, they still received the treatment of being a noble and generous reward.
Because the old princes almost all followed the emperor to conquer the world and were rewarded for their military merits, so the position of prince cannot be awarded to the Zheng family, but the position of marquis still has rewards, and this reward will not follow the descendants. As long as they don't make big mistakes, they can almost always rest on their laurels.
It's just that they suddenly became rich, and most of the Zheng family's life was short-lived. The first uncle died of overeating when he was in his thirties, and the second uncle died of a stroke. Only Zheng Ronghui, who had a son because he was old, has always been poor. He grew up in a comfortable life and did not have the mentality of getting rich suddenly, so he is still alive and has inherited the position of Marquis Zheng.
It's just that Zheng Ronghui, who inherited this position, didn't seem to be given any real official positions, so everyone almost ignored this person on weekdays. Even the people around Zhao Nianze tried to win over many people to arrange for him to take the position, but they didn't try to win over that person. Uncle Guo.
It can be seen that the Zheng family has almost nothing to do with these power struggles.
