King Yi's heart tightened and he hesitated for a moment, but he stepped forward boldly and saw a banquet table gathered in the hall. The prince was sitting at the head of the banquet, holding a wine glass, accepting the congratulations of the officials.
"Brother Xian, you are finally here!" After the prince drank to everyone, he glanced at King Yi who was wandering outside the hall, hurriedly walked down the steps, grabbed his arm, and invited him to sit down.
King Yi was not as cheerful as usual, with a completely indifferent face. He responded to the prince hastily and sat down without saying a word. The ministers all glanced at him secretly.
The prince didn't take it seriously, dismissed King Yi, turned around and walked up to the main seat, took the bottle of wine and poured a full glass, "My dear brother has come all the way to the capital. If we don't do our best to entertain you, how can we show our dignity?" Sincerity? I knew Brother Xian was about to leave, so he hurriedly laid out a large banquet of wine and meat as a token of farewell."
He raised the wine cup and turned to King Yi, "Come, let me offer you a glass of farewell wine for my brother!"
King Yi put his hand on the edge of the lamp, his fingers stretched and shrunk, and he pondered undecidedly.
"I would like to represent all the officials in the province," Su Zongshan on the opposite side stood up slowly and said, "I would also like to toast the prince!"
"I'll give you a toast!" Everyone shouted and looked at King Yi. Only Ming Huiguang's eyes were the most eager, as if he was worried about something.
King Yi had to take a stand. He sighed softly, suppressed his anger, raised his hand to take the wine cup, stood up and replied: "King Yi thanked His Highness the Crown Prince and thanked you all." After saying this, all the officials agreed and drank it all in one gulp.
"Okay!" The prince's face was full of joy and he immediately drank it before turning to leave.
"but,"
The prince's footsteps suddenly stopped.
King Yi said these two words seriously and bowed deeply, "I still need to stay here for a few days, and I will not return to the fief for the time being."
The hall was silent. For just a moment, the prince gritted his teeth and showed a fierce look in his eyes, but then he calmed down again. He only wandered a few steps and laughed twice: "Did I see it wrong? There were several sergeants this morning. I was packing my luggage and asked them, and they said that the army was preparing to return. Oh, how wonderful! How wonderful!"
King Yi smiled softly and said: "Those people are all soldiers. How dare I let them stay in the capital and cause trouble. So I sent them away."
"Oh, that's it..." The prince put the wine cup back on the table, "I also thought that we, father, son and brothers, would be reunited together to have a reunion year. But etiquette and law do not allow it. As the emperor, His Majesty's intentions may be unpredictable."
"Where is this etiquette?" King Yi opened his eyes angrily and stared at the prince's back.
"This is the law of this dynasty and the etiquette of the country." The Guoxiang man suddenly spoke and glanced at King Yi from the corner of his eye. "Whenever the prince comes to visit, he is not allowed to stay. He must return to the feudal clan as soon as possible!"
King Yi drank another bowl of wine, looked up to the sky and laughed: "This banquet is really just for me! Are all your thoughts here?"
"Brother Xian, this is all out of the good intentions of everyone..."
King Yi waved his arm: "Your Highness, you don't need any more persuasion! I am a cheerful person and don't like the style of hiding things. Just make it clear that I don't plan to leave the capital, so don't go to all the trouble!"
"Then don't blame me for submitting a letter to the emperor!" shouted the people from Guoxiang.
King Yi drank several cups in a row and was already drunk. When he was so irritated by him, he immediately got angry and slammed the table, causing the cups and plates to vibrate: "Don't scare me with this, I'm still afraid of you! Get out of here!" Above the table, I will also submit a report! Whoever says the right thing will determine success or failure!"
"Xiandi..." The prince glanced at King Yi in embarrassment.
King Yi didn't care about this. He clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, I don't want to sit here for a moment. Goodbye!" Then he kicked away the tables and chairs, threw up his sleeves and left, leaving only an uproar in the hall.
The prince wiped the wine spilled on the table and glanced around indifferently: "You have all seen how reasonable and respectful I am to my concubine. Unfortunately, he doesn't take it seriously and instead gets angry. I think this king , you, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, can jointly submit a memorial to let the emperor know about this person's rebellion and expel him from the palace immediately. Everyone, what do you think?"
"Go! Must go!" Several recordkeepers saw Shang Zheng's face and shouted first.
"What's the prime minister's idea?" The prince turned around and asked.
Su Zongshan sat on the chair like a sculpture and said slowly: "King Yi is the heir of the Holy Emperor after all. It is inconvenient for us foreign ministers to interfere. Everything is at the discretion of the prince."
"Okay, you can do it."
Su Zongshan accepted the order and immediately asked the clerk at the banquet to remove the food and wine. He took the paper and pen, wrote for a while, then completed it, then handed it to the second political officer and said: "You also sign."
The Guoxiang man started writing as soon as he picked up his pen. Halfway through, he saw that Minghui beside him was motionless, so he turned sideways and asked, "Master Ming, do you sympathize with King Yi?"
When the prince heard the word 'sympathy', his reaction was as fast as lightning, and he immediately turned his attention to Minghui Guang.
"Your Highness," Ming Huiguang coughed a few times and admonished with a serious expression, "Since the Liu Party was destroyed, although there are still many provincial officials, most of them are subordinate officials, and I am the only three chief officials. I only signed The names of these three people represent the will of the entire Zhongshu Province in a grand manner, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public. There are still two ministers missing from the province, so we should not be arbitrary in our actions, but should be cautious."
"You don't want to sign?" The prince asked coldly without caring about his suggestion.
Ming Huiguang took a step back and knelt down on the ground: "I am sorry that I am concerned about matters and do not dare to agree to His Highness's request." After saying this, he broke out in cold sweat and his back was quickly soaked.
"Okay," the prince sneered, "In the future, you and my concubine will be held accountable together. I'll take this memorial and submit it to you if you want to participate in politics."
"Thank you, Your Highness..." Ming Huiguang paused solemnly.
King Yi went straight back to the court where he lived. Out of anger, he summoned Liu Shuzhai to come for questioning. At this time, Xu Zhai was helping the sergeant pack his things. He was not far away, so he came on foot and closed the door to discuss.
"Your Majesty, you really shouldn't get angry openly!" Shuzhai sighed, slapping his forehead.
"Sir, you don't know what's going on, so you should be angry!" King Yi said with a red face and breath of wine, "The prince has made things difficult for me in every possible way, and he also played tricks at the banquet. If I don't provoke this contradiction, There is no reason to fight with the prince! This is an opportunity. Does Shunzhai have no plan?"
Xu Zhai stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then said: "When my subordinates come here, they are not familiar with life. How can they dare to step into the muddy water in front of them? Mr. Ye said before that if you have anything to discuss with him, why not send an envoy to ask? Let’s see how the Leaf Party responds?”
"There's no need to send anyone, I can't trust anyone else anymore," King Yi said firmly, "In this case, you stay here to guard the sergeant, and I'll go to the military headquarters again!"
