On the side of Prince Ning's Mansion, there are a lot of guests.
Zhu Xuan looked at the people in the lobby who came to congratulate him on his birthday, basically all the important people in Jiaodong had arrived.
Especially - he saw Wen Ye, the thorn-headed inspector.
Just at this time, Shi Yiru came forward, Zhu Xuan turned his face away, and said in a low voice: "Is everything ready?"
"My lord, you can rest assured."
Shi Yiru leaned into his ear and whispered, "Even Wen Ye, his people have been taken aside."
"Let people watch them, don't let those people act rashly."
"My lord, don't worry."
"Um."
Only then did Zhu Xuan nod his head, and then said: "Close the gate of the mansion."
Shi Yiru responded, and immediately ordered the servants around him to go down and close the gate of the mansion. This noise was not small, and one of the guests who came to celebrate the birthday immediately heard the sound, and came over and asked: "My lord, why did you close the door of the mansion suddenly?"
Zhu Xuan just glanced at them and didn't speak.
But Shi Yiru who was standing beside him immediately took a step forward and said with a smile: "Oh, please don't misunderstand. Today is the prince's birthday. In order to have fun with the people, the prince specially ordered the villains to open the granary of the prince's mansion and take I took some rice grains and gave them to the common people in the street."
"oh?"
"Those ordinary people are grateful for the rewards, so they will come to the palace to thank the prince for his great kindness. However, the prince doesn't care about these things."
"..."
"Furthermore, today I'm having a banquet with all the adults, so naturally there should be no idlers to disturb you, right?"
Everyone immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "It turns out that the prince is so kind-hearted."
"It's really a blessing for all people in the world."
"Yeah yeah."
…
It was common for them to flatter and flatter them like this, but Wen Ye seldom attended this kind of thing, so he could see it and not hear it much. Hearing such words at this time, he couldn't help frowning.
At this time, Zhu Xuan looked at him: "Master Wen."
Hearing him calling himself, Wen Ye raised his head, his eyes were cold: "What is your order?"
Zhu Xuan said with a smile: "Seeing Sir Wen's expression, it seems that he doesn't take what everyone said seriously."
Immediately, everyone around looked at him.
Wen Ye was not ambiguous, and said coldly: "It is a good thing for the prince to give food and rice to the people in the city on his birthday. But I just heard someone say that this is the blessing of all people in the world. It’s a bit exaggerated.”
The person who just said this suddenly changed his face.
He said coldly: "Oh? Master Wen thinks there is something wrong?"
Wen Ye said: "All the people in the world are the emperor's people, and only the emperor can benefit the people and bless the people; as for the prince, it is indeed a good thing to do this, but it is only some people in Changqing City who benefit. , Isn't it an exaggeration to say that it is a blessing for all peoples?"
"you-"
"What's more, these words are already suspected of presumptuousness!"
The man was a little annoyed, but he was really blocked by his words and didn't know what to say.
Standing in the crowd, Wen Ye looked even colder.
He was originally a military commander, although now he is an inspector, he still does not change his style of military commander, and even has a leader around him, which is naturally different from the civilian officials around him.
Even though everyone was a little dissatisfied, they couldn't say anything when they were overwhelmed by his aura.
What's more, I dare not say anything more.
Zhu Xuan couldn't help laughing: "Master Wen, you are really outspoken."
"..."
"Okay, this matter--for the time being, let's not watch it. It just so happens that the banquet over there has already been set, everyone, please take a seat first."
After speaking, raise your hand.
Seeing this situation, everyone followed immediately.
However, Wen Ye frowned slightly.
Just now Zhu Xuan said, "Temporarily press the button", that is to say, this matter is not just over.
He couldn't help but wake up in his heart.
At this time, a familiar figure came over, it was the smiling governor Zhao Gan, he said: "My lord, today is the birthday of the prince, why do you have to speak harshly and make things difficult for the prince?"
Wen Ye gave him a cold look, he had never looked down on this person who flattered Zhu Xuan, and he didn't bother to say anything to him at this time, so he turned and walked forward.
After a while, everyone was seated.
After the Battle of Jingnan, King Ning was one of the few surviving princes after Zhu Feng ascended the throne. In addition, Zhu Feng granted him the rich land on the Jiaodong side as a fief. Yan is the wealthiest of several princes.
Therefore, his Prince Ning's Mansion was built tall and luxurious, and the hall where the banquet was held was also very spacious, almost comparable to the Fengtian Hall in the Jinling Imperial City and the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Beiping Imperial Palace.
So many people were invited, and dozens of tables were set up for the banquet, which turned out to be extremely spacious.
Those young, beautiful, and gorgeously dressed maidservants lined up and delivered trays of delicacies to the table. It was steaming and fragrant, which made people move their index fingers.
This banquet is really rich!
However, Wen Ye frowned again.
This kind of regulation has greatly exceeded the power that King Ning should enjoy. Although he did this from time to time in the past, most of the time, he didn't leave any reason for people to catch him.
But today this—
Wen Ye sat at Zhu Xuan's main table, looking at Zhu Xuan with heavy eyes.
At this time, Zhu Xuan stood up, raised the wine glass at hand, and said with a smile: "Everyone, all the people who came to this King's birthday banquet today are outstanding people from this place, and they are heroes for a while. , this glass of thin wine, I respect everyone first."
As soon as he said that, everyone stood up.
One of them, who is older and has a different status from the others, is a famous scholar here, whose surname is the same as Lin'an, and hurriedly said: "The prince is an important minister of the dynasty and a pillar of the country. It is also our good fortune to be able to celebrate the birthday of the prince. We only Congratulate the prince with this wine."
Everyone also hurriedly said: "Yes, I wish the prince a long life."
"May everything go well, my lord."
…
Among those clichéd greetings, Zhu Xuan drank the wine in the glass with them.
After finishing drinking, he sat down, and the moment the wine glass in his hand was placed on the table, he couldn't help but sighed heavily: "Oh!"
Everyone around was taken aback.
Although there were hundreds of people in such a huge hall, everyone's eyes were focused on him, even if he frowned, everyone would watch him.
Immediately, someone asked: "My lord, today is your birthday, you should be happy, why are you sighing?"
Zhu Xuan said, "I have one thing that bothers me."