After taking their seats, everyone knew that Cheng Xi had returned to Kyoto.
In this year's great victory in the war, Cheng Jinghe also made his name in the army, and Xiao Shenggao introduced him alone.
Those who were discussing realized that this was Cheng Jingyu's brother.
The young general has military exploits, and it coincides with the New Year, so he must be rewarded.
Xiao Shenggao rewarded him with a title, made him a general, and gave him many rewards.
After Cheng Jinghe thanked him, everyone around him looked at him with envy.
With Cheng Xi in the Cheng family, he has reached the rank of marquis and has no title.
Cheng Jingyu was made princess at the age of twelve. She was a girl. Although she had no real power in her hands, no one knew that Cheng Xi loved her the most.
Now Cheng Jinghe has also been granted the title of earl. He is the heir of the Cheng family, and everything from now on will fall into his hands.
Looking at it this way, the future of the Cheng family certainly has unlimited possibilities.
But such a big family, with a large number of soldiers, controls the life and death of Beidi.
It's normal for some people to be envious, so how could Xiao Shenggao not be afraid?
He is a suspicious person by nature. Judging from her father's expression just now, he must have been made sad in the study room.
Giving your brother a knighthood is definitely just a helpless move.
Since ancient times, Cheng Jingyu has made great achievements and learned lessons from his previous life. There are many people in the royal family, such as Xiao Heng.
For example, Xiao Heng’s father Xiao Shenggao.
Cheng Jingyu held a cup of tea in her hand and took a sip. She noticed someone was looking at her, so she looked over.
It's Yu Nixiu.
She had just been invited over and sat on the phoenix seat, looking a little haggard.
I must have figured it out during the lockdown, and I became much calmer.
But the look in her eyes now was no different from the looks in those ministers' eyes.
They are probably all jealous of the Cheng family's power and position.
Since Cheng Jingyu broke up with Xiao Heng and declared that she would not marry him, she inevitably became enemies with the Queen's party.
Just as he was thinking about it, another person came in from outside the hall.
It turned out to be Fu Yanci, and the originally bustling hall fell silent for a moment.
Perhaps in order to avoid Xiao Shenggao's suspicion, he opened the banquet before entering the hall.
Xiao Shenggao had just finished conferring a reward on Cheng Jinghe, and he felt unhappy because he didn't really want to confer a reward on him. It was just that Xi Chu still had to rely on the Cheng family.
Fu Yanci hit the muzzle of the gun, just in time for Xiao Shenggao to make a fuss.
"You are actually late for the palace banquet today. Is this how you treat guests in Dajing?"
Fu Yanci stood by the seat instead of sitting down: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I was delayed due to something."
"I would like to know what got you caught up in? What other important matters do you have in Kyoto?" Xiao Shenggao looked at him with a sneer: "If you can't tell me, you will be punished with ten drinks!"
Ten cups? !
Cheng Jingyu almost couldn't help but stand up.
Today's palace banquet uses Wangchunhong, a famous Dongchuan wine. It is very strong. Three cups can make anyone unconscious.
Fu Yanci didn't even take a bite of anything. How could his stomach bear it after ten cups?
Even though his play just now made Cheng Jingyu very angry.
But when she really wanted to embarrass him, she felt that Xiao Shenggao was going too far.
But just as his butt was about to leave the chair, Fu Yanci glanced over at him calmly.
There was no emotion in this look, but there was an inexplicable sense of stopping.
It seemed to be telling Cheng Jingyu not to move.
"Wangchunhong is a famous wine, I just drink it." Fu Yanci sighed and drank the first glass.
What's going on with this guy? He's really drunk!
Could it be that, as he said himself, he came to Xichu just to avoid everyone being afraid of him.
So it’s okay to be bullied?
Stupid or not!
Fu Yanci drank three glasses of wine in a row without changing his expression.
Xiao Shenggao's face turned green after drinking.
At this time, Cheng Jinghe also leaned over: "So this is the Third Highness of Dajing? He is quite upright."
Not only is he upright, but in the eyes of others, he is stupid.
He is a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually.
After drinking the fifth cup, Xiao Yi couldn't help but stand up and tried to smooth things over: "Father, no matter how good Wang Chunhong is, it will only be delicious if we all drink together. How can we watch His Highness Fu drink like this?"
"Fifth brother, you have been very close to Fu Yanci recently. I have seen you talking to him several times. Why, you two have a close personal relationship?"
The one who spoke was Xiao Heng, who had been silent.
He was like a poisonous snake at this moment, his jealous eyes turned on Cheng Jingyu, and then fell on Fu Yanci.
Xiao Yi secretly glared at Xiao Heng: "What are you talking about, brother Huang? Don't I think it's a pity to just watch him drinking when the palace banquet is so good?"
"I think His Majesty the Fifth is right," Nie Wenxun also suddenly spoke up, putting the wine glass under his nose and smelling it: "Why don't you drink such a good wine with Your Majesty?"
Cheng Xi looked at this and that. He hadn't returned to the court for more than a year, so he felt that the atmosphere was even weirder.
And the Third Highness Dajing obviously had a difficult time as a hostage.
He knew that the reason why the emperor was embarrassing Fu Yanci was because of today's reward from his Cheng family.
But it is really unnecessary to embarrass a young junior like this.
So Cheng Xi also stood up and raised his glass: "Your Majesty, why don't we follow the advice of Prince Wenxun and His Royal Highness Five and drink this cup together to celebrate the New Year."
Marquis Cheng had already spoken, and it was impossible for Xiao Shenggao to refuse.
So even if he didn't want to, he had no choice but to raise his cup and said, "Those who are celebrating the New Year, loosen up quickly. You can do whatever you want."
After finishing speaking, he drank all the wine in the glass.
Cheng Jingyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She counted and found that Fu Yanci had mixed seven glasses of wine in total.
Seven glasses of strong wine made his body feel uncomfortable.
At this time, I saw him sitting in his seat, with his eyes lowered in thought, wondering if he felt uncomfortable.
Thinking of this, you feel a little bit guilty about yourself. He just did that to you, and you still have time to feel sorry for him.
Cheng Jinghe, on the other hand, was curious: "You are meditating for a while and frowning for a while. What are you thinking about?"
"No, no." Cheng Jingyu hurriedly lowered her head to eat the food.
But Concubine Yi obviously didn't watch enough of the show. She wasn't happy with Yu Nixiu being released, so she wanted to find something else to watch.
"Your Majesty, I see that Prince Wenxun and the princess are getting along very well recently. I don't know what can make them happy."
She was very elegant, but when she said this, she looked at Yu Nixiu provocatively.
Anyway, she would be happy if Xiao Heng couldn't marry Cheng Jingyu.
Cheng Xi's expression changed when he heard this.
He also said in the afternoon that he would not let Cheng Jingyu marry into the royal family, and he would face this problem tonight.
If the emperor wanted to curry favor with Zhou, he must have wanted Cheng Jingyu to marry him.
But in this way, the Cheng family will be in a more difficult situation in the future.
Not to mention that Cheng Jinghe was still young and had not yet married. Even if Cheng Jingyu married to Dazhou, it would be a place of right and wrong.
He did not want his children's marriage to become a political sacrifice.
But just as he was about to speak, someone was faster than him.
Nie Wenxun stood up and laughed: "I and the princess really hit it off."
