Everyone followed the sound and looked outside the hall. What caught their eyes was Zhu Zaijing who had changed into a gray robe and had his hair tied up casually with a wooden hairpin.
"I'll see you, Your Majesty!" King Shen reacted the fastest and stood up immediately.
Dozens of people following him stood up one after another and bowed to meet this strange emperor.
Zhu Zaijing had a stern look on his face. He did not let them level up immediately, but stared at Dai Wang who had one foot in the air.
The Zhu family vassal kings, including Dai Wang, all felt a cold air coming towards their faces, as if ice picks were piercing into their blood vessels.
With the arrival of Zhu Zaijing, it was like an invisible wall collapsed on them, making everyone breathe harder.
"Is this dragon energy?" King Shen said in his heart.
King Lu, who was beside him, thought to himself, "This man looked very kind during the meeting. Why is he so aura now? It doesn't look like he is a good person!"
The Zhu family vassal kings have not encountered this kind of oppression from the superiors for a long time.
Zhu Zaijing's cold expression changed to a smile in a second, "Uncle Dai Wang is so skilled. He is still so dexterous even though he is so old!"
Everyone was stunned by this silky face change.
The king was at a loss as to why the emperor, who looked ashen just now, was suddenly so friendly, so he tried, "Your Majesty, forgive me! I shouldn't beat your Majesty's slaves like this!"
Seeing his intention to bow slightly and kneel tomorrow, Zhu Zaijing said in his heart, "Uncle Dai Wang, you don't have to be like this. We are all descendants of the Zhu family, Taizu Emperor Gao! There is no distinction between you and me!" "
"My slaves are your slaves, there is nothing I cannot beat or scold! Hahaha..."
With this refreshing laughter, everyone's tension eased a bit.
Dai Wang said, "Hahaha, thank you for your kindness! Your Majesty said that the world belongs to our Zhu family, and what is your Majesty's is also ours, hahahaha!"
Feng Bao, who was behind Zhu Zaijing, glanced at the king with a look like he was looking at a dead person.
"Come on, come on, everyone, sit down! It's a family dinner today, there aren't so many rules for kings and ministers!"
Everyone sat down doubtfully.
Zhu Zaijing sat on the dragon chair and said, "Uncle Dai Wang, come on, come on! Sit next to me!"
"Your Majesty, I am so virtuous and capable..."
"Hey! As I said, there are no kings and ministers today. You are the oldest among these vassal kings. Elders are respected!"
King Dai was overjoyed, loosened the jade belt around Songle's belly, and walked to Zhu Zaijing's side with a smile.
"Then you're welcome, Ang!"
Zhu Zaijing patted King Dai on the shoulder and motioned him to sit down, "Come on, come on, those younger ones should also sit down. These are your uncles and nephews. They are all one family. It just so happens that you are familiar with them too!"
The few vassal kings named by Zhu Zaijing looked at him with evasive eyes and pushed each other to sit down.
Those present today are not all members of the Zhu family clan, but only more than 20 vassal kings. There are also other clans with lower titles whose salary and wealth cannot be compared with these vassal princes. When Zhu Zaijing takes care of these big clans, After the gift packs, just find a way to survive for the lower-level clan over there.
After everyone sat down, they all looked at the bowl of rice porridge in front of them and were at a loss.
"It has been many years since our Zhu family got together!" Zhu Zaijing looked at them, "Today we will have a good meal and talk about old times together!"
"Your Majesty, it's been a long time since we've seen the Holy Face!" King Dai narrowed his eyes and clenched his chin, "But look, these slaves are so brave!" He glanced at the eunuch he had just beaten, "They actually How dare you eat something that even a pig wouldn’t eat!”
After saying that, he turned around and saw the emperor who was eating porridge looking at him with a spoon.
Suddenly, King Dai's eyeballs almost exploded.
King Shen and King Lu looked at each other with gloating eyes.
The two of them have been chatting, eating and drinking together every day since they came to the capital. Their personalities are very compatible with each other. They are the two people who have the best relationship among the Zhu family who are now strangers.
The other vassal kings were also shocked, and they all lowered their heads and pretended not to see it.
There was dead silence in the hall.
"What did Uncle Dai Wang say?" Zhu Zaijing said with a smile.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" King Dai stuttered, "I... I said they... entertained... poorly..."
"Oh, I arranged it like this. I feel ashamed to say it. The treasury only has 200,000 yuan left now. The palace has no decent expenses. To tell you the truth, I haven't eaten meat for several days!"
"So it has to be like this. I feel sorry for you!"
Dai Wang looked like he was surviving a disaster, "No grievance, no grievance..."
I immediately took a few mouthfuls of white rice porridge and swallowed it with a look of struggle.
How could he, being so pampered, eat such a thing?
"Your Majesty, is the treasury really running out of money?"
King Shen suddenly interrupted.
Zhu Zaijing saw the expression on his face, which was one of worry.
Immediately, the first impression of Prince Shen was quite good in Zhu Zaijing's heart.
"Yes, you don't know. The national treasury has been in deficit for the past year. Even the officials' salaries have been owed for several months..."
"Why…"
Everyone was astonished and whispered in shock.
This is the first time I heard that the emperor whose treasury was poor was eating white rice porridge!
real or fake!
King Lu also spoke immediately, "I didn't expect that your majesty would be in such hardship. The ministers and others are far away in the fiefdom and can't be of much help. I'm really sorry that I can't share your worries!"
Zhu Zaijing snorted in his heart, your big gift packages are of great help!
Seeing that the emperor did not answer, King Lu realized that this wave of flattery had hit the horse's hooves, lowered his head and ate his porridge obediently.
King Shen wanted to say that he could help the treasury with some money, but he did not dare to be the first to do so, so he simply buried his head and drank porridge.
If he dares to be the first to open this mouth, the remaining vassal kings will definitely eat him.
"Your Majesty, is it true that there are only 200,000 taels left in the national treasury? Did the imperial court work so hard??"
King Dai, who was not used to white rice porridge, spat out the porridge, put down his spoon and said.
Zhu Zaijing suddenly became furious.
Damn it!
What's the meaning?
I have repeated it twice that the national treasury has no money. Do you think it is true?
Zhu Zaijing immediately returned to his cold expression, "False, I may have miscalculated yesterday's accounts from the Accounts Department!"
As soon as these words came out, the space became quiet again.
The little vassal kings were so frightened that they almost dropped the bowls in their hands. They put them on the table and looked at the dragon chair.
The king realized that he had offended the emperor and just said, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of..."
"It seems that I made a miscalculation!"
"His Majesty!"
"Then let me do some calculations now. How about my math skills on behalf of the king?"
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean that!"
King Dai finally knelt down and dropped the bowl and spoon on the ground with his long sleeves.
The jade bowl and spoon shattered on the ground, and then a piece of white spread beneath them.
"The first account is that you just beat my slave and roared rudely in Huangji Palace. How can this be counted?"
"Your Majesty, I...I..."
"The second account, you just said that I am a pig, so how does this count?"
"I didn't! Your Majesty! I didn't..."
"The third account!" Zhu Zaijing spoke very quickly, not giving the king any time to react. "In the past year, the imperial court has received five memorials impeaching you for murdering your wife, illegally opening mines, and embezzling salt taxes. This one How to settle the account?"
Zhu Zaijing roared angrily, and Dai Wang, who had white hair and beard, fell to the ground completely powerless, his hands and feet shaking non-stop.
Like a pig before slaughter.
Everyone in Huangji Hall quickly stood up, all of them lowered their heads and remained silent.
They felt the damn dragon energy again!
