Zhang Juzheng some time ago has been in the Yu Wang House to help out, the ability to get the Yu Wang and the recognition of the people, but also half of the Yu Wang House, also participated in a number of Yu Wang House banquets, so the people of the high arch with Zhang Juzheng with the banquet, and did not feel surprised, the people are somewhat accustomed to it.
With the arrival of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, the Yu Wang House of the officials also announced that they have arrived, the pergola in a row, the seat is not empty.
Soon, King Yu also finally came late accompanied by his entourage.
“Greetings to His Highness, King Yu.”
Zhu Pingan, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and the others rose and bowed to King Yu.
“Your honours are excused, all of you please take your seats.”King Yu arched his hand and returned the salute to the crowd before waving his hand and inviting them to take their seats.
“Your Highness, please.”
Zhu Pingan and the others arched their hands and did not move, King Yu had not yet taken his seat, how could a subject dare to take his seat first, wouldn’t that be overstepping his bounds.
“Hehe, good, all the adults please.”
King Yu smiled as he took his seat, then once again waved his hand, and in a neutral manner, invited all the subordinate officials on the stage to take their seats.
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
The crowd arched their hands in thanks before settling into their seats.
“Huh?”
“Erm ……”
“Your Highness …….”
Zhu Pingan had only just taken his seat when he heard a burst of surprised voices from the crowd, as if they had seen something unbelievable.
What’s going on?
Zhu Pingan curiously looked at the crowd, but saw the crowd looking at the direction of the main seat with stunned faces, Zhu Pingan followed the crowd’s line of sight and then saw a rather obvious wound appear on Yu Wang’s face, just below the ear and upwards of the chin, a slender wound of about four centimetres, as if it had been cut by a sharp instrument.
The blood had not yet dried, so it looked like a new injury.
His Highness Yu Wang’s face was even injured?
Did he encounter an assassin?
The protection of the Yu Wang Mansion is so lax that it has reached this point, what are the guards of the royal residence for? How to protect His Highness?
There is no sense of security anymore.
The crowd was stunned and murmured.
God damn assassins!
Unlike the crowd, as soon as Zhu Pingan saw this slender scar on Yu Wang’s face, the first thing he thought of was Yu Wang’s backyard.
Then, Zhu Pingan took a closer look at the slender scar on Yu Wang’s face, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like he had been scratched by his fingernails.
It is assumed that Yu Wang’s kitchen to hide the little Zhang, the result was Yu Wang Consort now, the royal residence backyard fire, Yu Wang went to extinguish the fire, was angry Yu Wang Consort scratched it. This should be the untruth, not what assassin assassination. The Yu Wang House is well guarded, how could an assassin break in.
Zhu Pingan had quite a good impression of Yu Wangfu Zhongwu Wu Wanfu, with Wu Wanfu in, Yu Wangfu’s guards were worth trusting.
“Cough cough, huh, let all the adults see laugh, this is lone walking when thinking about things, the result of an accidental step slippery, scuffed a little skin. Already let the imperial physician of the house to see, no harm, all adults do not need to worry.”
Yu Wang faintly smiled and explained, only when explaining his face was a bit slightly red, his tone was slightly a bit understated.
Just kidding, of course you will be weak when you tell a lie.
After Yu Wang finished speaking, he pretended to smile calmly at the crowd.
“Oh, so that’s how it is. However, Your Highness is a body of ten thousand gold, so you should still be careful in all things in the future.”
It’s good that it’s not an assassin, the crowd was slightly relieved after hearing Yu Wang’s explanation, followed by exhorting Yu Wang.
“Many thanks to all of you for reminding me, I’ll make a note of it.”
The reaction of the crowd, let Yu Wang heart relieved, face of the redness also gradually faded, speak also in the middle of the air up.
“Serve the meal.”
With a gesture from King Yu, the chamberlain at the side sang loudly.
After the chamberlain finished singing and drinking, there was a maid who came and went, and then the wine and delicacies were placed on the table in front of everyone.
King Yu picked up the first cup of wine, rose to pay tribute to the crowd said, “all of you are my Ming wise man, I can be able to ask for advice and all of you, it is really the honour of my life. This first cup of wine, I will toast thank you all the gentlemen.”
After speaking, King Yu drank it all in one go and showed the empty wine cup to the crowd.
“I am humbled by Your Highness’s indulgence.”The crowd held their wine cups, rose and bowed longingly, and drank the wine in their cups dry.
“Lone qualification is stupid, ability is limited, since the opening of the government, a lot of barriers and constraints, fortunately there are all the public help, teach me, many parties to adjust and protect, offer advice and suggestions, lone to line up to today. This second cup of wine, I once again thank you all the gentlemen.”
The maid poured wine for King Yu again, King Yu lifted up the wine cup, and held it with both hands to toast to the crowd again, and said in a deep voice.
“I do not dare, to serve your highness, I am duty bound ……”The crowd bowed and returned the salute.
After the second cup of wine was dried, the maids poured more wine for King Yu, who lifted the cup and turned his gaze towards Zhu Pingan.
“Zi Hou, welcome.”
King Yu smiled as he looked at Zhu Pingan, his tone sincere, lifted the wine cup, and then looked at the crowd, “Today is Zi Hou’s reception banquet, taking this opportunity, I have only been able to meet with you all, this third cup of wine, let us all welcome Zi Hou together.”
“Welcome Lord Zhu.”
The crowd gave Yu Wang face and raised their glasses to Zhu Pingan.
“Many thanks, Your Highness.”
Zhu Pingan busily got up and left the table, very formally, bowing and saluting the Yu Wang who was right in the middle of the table with a long bow.
“Many thanks to all the lords.”
After Zhu Pingan bowed and thanked King Yu, he once again bowed and thanked in the three directions of front, left and back with the same grand etiquette.
Zhu Pingan’s execution of the salute was very respectful, and the range of the bowing and clasping were all very large.
Zhu Ping’an understood the etiquette of entertainment in the official world very well, and deliberately bowed respectfully and heavily. His own young age, the first time into the Yu Wang House, will be in the Yu Wang House in the high position, would have caused the old man in the house eye red, their posture to lower some good, to save the stimulation to them, adding some unnecessary trouble.
Yu Wang mentioned three cups of wine, accompanied by wine and food, the banquet is gradually into the good, all the officials are excited to drink and talk about the day.
After three rounds of wine, the atmosphere is even more lively.
When more wine was drunk, more words were spoken.
Zhu Pingan as the main character of this reception banquet, the topic naturally could not be separated from Zhu Pingan.
“I heard that Lord Zhu was relocated by His Holiness to be our Yu Wang House’s Scholar-in-Chief because of a pair of bamboo chopsticks?”
“Hehe, I heard that it was Lord Zhu’s unpretentiousness, reaching out and grabbing meat to eat, that won His Majesty’s favour ……”
“Oh, it’s a pity that Lord Zhang, if Lord Zhang do not want chopsticks, then really become our colleagues ……”
Although he didn’t drink too much, but with the strength of the wine, some people’s inner envy, jealousy, hatred and contempt came out.
“Where, chopsticks are just the surface, Lord Zhu is truly worthy of his name.”Zhang Juzheng shook his head with a slight smile.
“Hehe, truly deserving?”
“Well, well deserved, heh ……”
The people who had been whispering before, kindly laughed.
“Hehe, Your Excellency Zhu is truly renowned, then being able to speak logically and recite poetry shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
An official seated under Zhu Pingan looked at him and asked with a smile.
“Lord Wang, you’re looking down on Lord Zhu, not to mention Lord Zhu’s great talent, although we’re small talents, we’re not bad at reciting poems and songs.”Another official seemingly demolished the stage but actually very co-operative said.
“Right extreme, is Wang Mou misspoke, self-punishment cup, self-punishment cup.”The official surnamed Wang said and poured himself a cup.
“This talking about composing poems ah, it’s boring for us to drink dryly like this, and we can’t do that martial arts paddling act, how about using poems to accompany the wine?”Another official proposed.
“Good.”
“Great good.”
This proposal caused the crowd to nod their heads, reciting poems and painting, how can a literati’s wine banquet be less. Maybe, accidentally, like Wang Xizhi’s Lanting Preface, it will be famous for a hundred generations.
“What is the title?”Someone asked.
“How about this as the title?”
The official with the surname Wang under Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and raised the chopsticks in his hand.
Chopsticks?
The crowd was stunned, then thinking of the fact that the crowd had just joked about Zhu Pingan’s relocation to the position of Scholar-in-Chief of the Yu Wang House because of his chopsticks, they couldn’t help but smile and nod their heads, “Good.”
