The Captivating Crown Prince

Chapter 22: 22 special birthday gifts

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The maids in dance costumes danced in the main hall, but there were always some restless dancers who kept winking at those officials, and as the most handsome three people in the Tai Chi Hall, of course not excluded.

Shang Wuxin looked at the dancers who were secretly giving him a good look and smiled, but no one knew what she was laughing at. If it was said that the prince fell in love with the dancers, everyone felt that the prince's mind was more difficult to guess than the emperor.

Leng Yufeng didn't even look at those dancing girls, he just drank the wine on the table. For him, those women were worse than the pain caused by the wine. If it wasn't for the emperor's birthday banquet, he would have thrown these coquettish women away. out.

Huan Moche was looking at the scenery in the hall tenderly, but he didn't look at the dancers. He ignored the eyes of those dancers. Huan Moche suddenly felt that no matter how beautiful these women were, they might not be better than the prince. Dirty eyes.

The dancer's dance made the atmosphere in the hall a lot more harmonious, and the birthday banquet that had just been left out because of Concubine Xin also became lively. After all, today is the emperor's birthday, and everyone is not beaming.

"Father, my son, I wish the father a boundless long life and good health for the Holy Body!" The eldest prince Shang invited a pair of landscape paintings he had drawn and knelt respectfully in the Taiji Temple. Do it with his own hands.

"Well, the eldest prince has a heart!" Emperor Shang asked Eunuch Xu to put away the painting, which is quite satisfied with the painting. Emperor Shang never called his children by name, and many ministers also knew that the emperor treated these princes equally, which also caused several forces in the court, and the emperor also had some power.

"Father, my son, I wish the father good luck and good health!" The second prince Shang Lanhai said respectfully while standing in the hall in a cyan robe inlaid with gold threads, and then he presented a lotus that he had worked hard to collect. It turned out to be the intersection of purple and blue, which looked strange and beautiful.

The second prince is the son of Concubine Ning. Concubine Ning has always been a concubine who will not fight or snatch in the palace. Whether she was or is now a very stable master, there are not too many concubines in the palace who will be against Concubine Ning. What kind of hatred is there, and Concubine Ning likes to worship Buddha and usually likes to stay in the Buddhist hall in her bedroom. Concubine Ning has two children, one is the second prince Shang Nanhai, and the other is the third princess Shang weekend.

Emperor Shang looked at this unusual lotus and nodded with satisfaction. Everyone also knew that the emperor seemed to be most satisfied with the second prince today.

"Imperial father, my son congratulates my father on the birthday of Nanshan, as blessed as the East China Sea!" The third prince, Shang Chengying, congratulated him. The birthday gift he presented was a fine jade, and the color and lustre showed that it was of extraordinary value. He originally thought that he would be able to please the father and emperor today, but the mother and concubine were so disturbed that no matter what the birthday gift he gave, the father and the emperor would not treat him differently.

Bring the fake prince Shang Wuxin. There are five princes and four princesses in the Emperor Shang, and Shang Wuxin is the youngest child. The nine children in charge of the royal family are indeed very poor. After Empress Qiu entered the palace, the emperor never touched those women again, which led to the thinness of the royal heirs. After all, the royal family might not be able to have a few descendants after the calculation, but none of these embarrassing emperors cared.

Afterwards, every prince and princess had already given birthday gifts, and only Shang Wuxin sat there and kept tasting the things on the table. When he encountered something good, he took a few bites, and when he encountered something he didn't like, he frowned. Don't touch it anymore. Others may not have noticed Shang Wuxin's little appearances, but Huan Moche and Leng Yufeng, who were sitting next to her, saw it clearly. I want to cherish pictures like this.

"This... The prince doesn't seem to have presented the congratulations yet!" Concubine Qin said hesitantly. She had just seen the cruelty of the prince. Now, although she wanted to damage the prince's face, she didn't dare to show it too obviously. Thinking of the last time Hiring killers to kill the prince was unsuccessful, and Concubine Qin felt more and more that the prince was not easy.

As soon as Concubine Qin's voice fell, everyone looked at the prince. Although they didn't dare to be as rude as Concubine Xin just now, everyone was still curious about what birthday gifts the prince would give the emperor. participated.

Shang Wuxin put down the dim sum in his hand, and then took a box from the fearless hand and stood up.

There are no new birthday speeches or no intentions. Everyone thinks that the prince is too casual or that the prince is too arrogant, but smart people think that the prince's bearing is extraordinary, and there is no hypocrisy in the officialdom.

Eunuch Xu put away the box in the Prince's hand, and Emperor Shang didn't even look at it, but the Fourth Prince said, "I don't know what the congratulations are presented by the Prince? So that we can all feast our eyes?" Fourth Prince Shang Ancang seemed to just want to see the congratulations presented by the prince, but in fact he knew very well how the prince's mansion was very poor, how could there be any good birthday gifts, and it was a great joy to let the prince lose face in a large audience.

The mother-in-law of the fourth prince, Shang Ancang, died of illness a few years ago, but he stood alone in the courtroom, and his ability should not be underestimated.

"Open it!" Emperor Shang said, Eunuch Xu opened the brocade box under everyone's eyes, and the congratulations in the brocade box immediately appeared in everyone's eyes, but everyone was surprised, and even more He stood up in disbelief.

Looking at the birthday gift in the box, Huan Moche glanced at the prince worriedly, thinking that if the emperor blamed the prince, he would protect the prince this time no matter what.

Leng Yufeng glanced at the box and didn't understand what the prince wanted to do, but he believed that the prince would not do useless things. He seemed to pay too much attention to the prince today, but the prince just has the ability to attract people. Even his friend Mo Che seems to be looking at him. He always sees his friends looking at the prince from time to time. Among them...

"Prince, today is the father's birthday. No matter how poor your crown prince's residence is, you can't just take out a few bad grains of rice and present it to the father. What do you mean?" Several other princes also stood in the same party to accuse the prince of disapproval. Although they are not as harmonious as they appear on the surface, they have never paid attention to Shang Wuxin, but now Shang Wuxin is too threatening, and now the crown prince is on Shang Wuxin, the first thing they need to do is to The unintentional prince is deprived of his position.

"Prince, what is the meaning of this?" Emperor Shang asked while looking at the gift, and there seemed to be some reproach in his voice.

"Royal Father!" Shang Wuxin came to Eunuch Xu and picked up the box high, so that everyone could see the mottled rice grains inside, "Now there is a famine in the south, even such rice grains are looted by the people, but it's just a few. Due to the famine in the south of the moon, countless people have died, so I am presenting this birthday ceremony today just to let the brothers and sisters know that although the Prince’s Mansion is poor, there are still many poor innocent people. The common people, so I deliberately reported to the father and emperor!"

"Bang!" Emperor Shang slapped the top of the royal table fiercely, "With such a big thing, no one of my beloved ministers wrote a book? Well, it's really good!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger!" Many ministers fell to their knees, some really didn't know, and some didn't write. After all, when such a thing happened, it is a great responsibility to manage officials in the south, and in the minds of those in power The people are the lowest.

"Brother, I don't know if you think this gift from this palace is good? Let the royal father know the hardships of the people, this birthday gift is shabby?" Just when everyone held their breath, Shang Wuxin walked to the kneeling there In front of the eldest prince Shang Chengzao, he looked down at these princes.

"I...I..." Shang Chengzhao was speechless, he did not expect such a thing behind a few grains of rice.

Emperor Shang made a lot of anger, and then glanced at the ministers, "The prince knows things and you don't know, it seems that you are dizzy. Now, what should you do?"

No one dared to speak, and no one dared to touch the dragon's beard when Emperor Shang was so angry, Emperor Shang looked down at the ministers, and his voice was slightly kinder, "Young Master Huan, you are extremely wise, Tell me what to do with this famine?"