On May 20, the day of the banquet in the Middle Palace, after the brothers Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan returned to the Zhongyang Hunting Palace, they reported their safety to their mother Shen Shufei as soon as possible. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Taking advantage of this moment, the great eunuch Tong Xian came to Wei Tianzi's side and whispered to the latter about the movements of the surveillance object.

In this half month, there are four objects monitored by the inner attendants, namely the Yangwu Army, the Praetorian Guard, and the Minfu transportation team that transported materials to the Zhongyang Palace a month ago.

There is another, which is the inner chamberlain itself.

Yes, even if it is Tong Xian, the great eunuch who is in charge of the inner chamberlain, he can't fully trust the huge eunuch under his command, so he specially told the two generals of the Junshui Army, Li Qi and Cao Jue, to ask the Junshui Army to monitor the eunuchs and eunuchs.

It is worth mentioning that in the process of surveillance, the great eunuch Tong Xian also paid attention to some green crows wandering in the Zhongyang hunting ground.

However, for this group of people, Tong Xian chose to turn a blind eye, after all, the crows, the hidden thieves under the command of King Zhao Hongrun, have a strict screening and supervision system, and it is almost impossible for the remnants of the Xiao family to be mixed in, who made Ying Kang, the leader of the crows, like to choose Shangshui people? And most of the Shangshui people are actually Chu people.

Therefore, in a sense, in the current unclear situation, the Crows are one of the few allies that the Inner Guards can trust.

According to the information stated by Tong Xian, what Wei Tianzi was most suspicious of was the group of minfu caravans that transported supplies to Zhongyang Xinggong a month ago, after all, this kind of minfu temporarily recruited by the imperial court was the most vulnerable to infiltration by the remnants of the Xiao family.

The second is the Yangwu Army, which was hailed as an army that could catch up with and surpass the Wei Wujun in the era of Zhao Kang, the king of Wei decades ago, and after a few decades, it has completely reduced to the guard who manages the Zhongyang Palace and the Zhongyang Hunting Ground, and Wei Tianzi's trust in it is almost zero.

The Praetorian Guards again, all indications show that even if it is the Praetorian Guard stationed at the gate of the palace, there have been some problems over the years.

And in the end, there is the inner chamberlain itself.

Wei Tianzi and the great eunuch Tong Xian are just a guess about the same party with the remnants of the Xiao clan in the inner chamberlain, and no definite evidence has been obtained so far, but it is undeniable that if the inner chamberlain is mixed with the remnants of the Xiao clan, then the threat caused by this is even more serious than the first three combined.

"Is there any movement from the King of Nanliang?" Wei Tianzi asked Tong Xiandao.

Tong Xian shook his head and said in a low voice, "Not yet." ”

The Northern Second Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, is currently stationed in Jianshan, west of Zhongyang and south of Xingyang, which is about seventy or eighty miles away from the Zhongyang hunting ground, which is similar to the distance of the Southern Yan Army stationed in Yuanyang.

For the sake of prudence, Wei Tianzi secretly ordered Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao army, to dispatch an army of 5,000 people to be stationed in Xingyang in the name of assisting in the construction of the Sanchuan to Daliang rail carriage, and sent spies to monitor every move of the Northern Second Army.

If the Northern Second Army had any unusual moves, the Chenggao Army in Xingyang and Chenggao Pass would be dispatched immediately.

"Where's the sixth?" Wei Tianzi thought for a while and asked.

"These days, Lord Yi is busy preparing for the banquet in the Middle Palace, and he has no contact with people." Tong Xian said in a low voice.

"Hmm." Wei Tianzi nodded and exhaled, perhaps with some relief.

At this time, Concubine Shen Shufei had already reprimanded her two sons and led them back to Wei Tianzi.

Seeing Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan squeezing their eyebrows, Wei Tianzi seemed to have forgotten the troubles in his heart for a while, and couldn't help laughing-Obviously, the brothers Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan did not take their mother's reprimand to heart.

Hearing Wei Tianzi's laughter, Concubine Shen Shufei was also a little annoyed, after all, the two sons are getting older and older, and she, as a mother, is indeed not as effective as she was at the beginning.

Fortunately, the two sons are still filial, although the dangerous act of going out to hunt alone is not in line with Shen Shufei's wishes, but after the brothers came back, one gave a fox skin, and the other gave bear paws and bear bile, which made Shen Shufei feel very warm, and finally dissipated some anger.

What made her feel funny was that the eldest son gave her the precious white fox skin, and the mother concubine was not in good health and needed to pay attention to the sudden change in climate, which made her heart warm, but for Wei Tianzi, this son handed over the two rabbits with an expressionless face, and Wei Tianzi was so angry that he gritted his teeth - this disparity is too big, right?!

Seeing Wei Tianzi pretending to be annoyed and driving Zhao Hongrun away, Concubine Shen Shufei shook her head beside her, laughing uncontrollably.

Sometimes she really can't understand the way the father and son get along, obviously they have a good relationship, but they deliberately want to play tricks on each other and refuse to reveal their inner feelings.

Bidding farewell to Wei Tianzi and Concubine Shen Shu, the brothers Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan returned to the Zhen Palace.

At this time, it was already the afternoon of Shenshi, and some impatient nobles had already gone to the middle palace one after another at this time, preparing to participate in the feast that night.

And when the brothers returned to the earthquake palace, Princess Yulong, Mi Jiang, Una and other female dependents had already taken off their hunting clothes and changed into Luo skirts, and Zhao Hongxuan raised his thumb even after seeing it.

"Well, you don't have to be that sassy fox, right?" Una deliberately came to Zhao Hongrun and took a turn.

Looking at Zhao Hongrun's embarrassed appearance, Zhao Hongxuan and the guards were snickering, they all knew that the fox in Una's mouth was referring to Ying'er.

In the laughter of everyone, Zhao Hongrun coughed and diverted the topic: "Well, it's almost time, let's leave for the Middle Palace." ”

may not have gotten a definite answer from Zhao Hongrun's mouth, Una snorted angrily and pulled Princess Yulong and Mi Jiang away.

Zhao Hongrun shrugged helplessly, and rushed up with his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan and the Zong Wei.

When Zhao Hongrun and his party came to the Middle Palace, the Middle Palace was already overcrowded at this time, no wonder, after all, almost all the children of the nobles who participated in the imperial hunt this time were dragged by their families, plus the henchmen and guards, I am afraid there were thousands of people.

No, near the middle palace, Zhao Hongrun saw Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, who was followed by five young people, and through talking Zhao Hongrun knew that three of the four or five young people were the sons of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and two were cousins and nephews who were close to him, all of whom were specially brought by Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, to see the world, after all, the imperial hunt is indeed one of the best events in Wei.

Due to the relationship between the seats, Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan's brothers were not fortunate enough to participate in today's banquet, Zhao Hongrun only brought Wei Jiao, Gao Kuo, and Lu Mu, and Zhao Hongxuan only brought Li Meng and other three guards, after all, according to the statistics of the internal attendant, there were no less than 2,000 people attending the banquet this time, so it is inevitable that there will be restrictions on the number of accompanying seats for each place.

Of course, even if you don't have the opportunity to participate in the banquet in the middle palace hall, you can go to the side hall to eat and drink, no, after saying hello to Zhao Hongrun, Mu Qing took the rest of the guards and disappeared, it is said that he grabbed a seat.

With Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others walked into the main hall of the middle palace, Zhao Hongrun really realized the majesty of this palace, it is bigger than the Zichen Hall of the banquet in the palace, the pillars in the hall, one by one are all huge pillars that two people can not hug, the top of the palace is as high as more than ten zhang, so that Zhao Hongrun secretly said: I don't know how much money was spent on building this palace.

After stepping into the main hall of the middle palace, a waiter from the inner chamberlain came to lead the way, leading each guest to their respective seats.

The seats of Zhao Hongrun and his entourage, the seats in the east, starting from the first seat in the east, are Zhao Yuanyan father and son of Zongfu Zongzheng, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, Zhao Yuanyan, uncle of the six kings, and Zhao Hongjing, King Xiang, and Zhao Hongrun's position is ranked fifth.

After that, Princess Yulong had a single seat, and King Huan Zhao Hongxuan had a single seat.

said that it was a seat, but in fact, those long cases were enough for three people to sit down, so after Zhao Hongrun sat down, he stretched out his hand to invite the two daughters of Mi Jiang and Una.

However, Una still seemed to be a little angry in her heart, so at the invitation of Princess Yulong, she sat down at the latter's seat, but fortunately, Mi Jiang still gave face, and knelt down on Zhao Hongrun's right hand.

Otherwise, if even the future Princess Su sat on Princess Yulong's side, then Zhao Hongrun would be embarrassed.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongxuan couldn't help but joke: "Brother, a few days ago, I hugged left and right at night, it tasted good, right?" ”

"Less nonsense!" Zhao Hongrun scolded angrily.

After a while, after all the guests were seated in their respective seats according to the guidance of the inner chamberlain, a group of young and beautiful women walked out of the side doors on both sides of the main hall.

These...... It's not a palace maid, is it?

Zhao Hongrun thought of it with some surprise, because he saw that those women were all wearing heavy makeup, with phoenix eyes and spring, and they were graceful when they walked, and they really didn't look like those palace maids who had been taught strict palace etiquette.

After a while, Zhao Hongrun understood that these women were women who were specially responsible for pouring vegetables and wine to accompany the wine.

"What does it feel like to hug left and right?" Zhao Hongrun teased his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan.

It may be that Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, has a relationship with a single one, and two enchanting and graceful women came to Zhao Hongxuan's side, one on the left and one on the left, only to see these two wearing low-cut Luo skirts, and the skin under the thin clothes is looming, as if the bones have been removed, and they are tired of Zhao Hongxuan's left and right, making Zhao Hongxuan, who has no experience in this area, blush, and at a loss.

Seeing his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan's tense body, his face flushed, and his eyes not squinting, Zhao Hongrun laughed maliciously.

And just when he was making fun of Zhao Hongxuan, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing behind his left side, and then, a gentle body leaned on him, and someone whispered in his ear affectionately: "Your Highness, have you ever missed the slave family?" ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turned his head to look, and found that the one who was half leaning on him at the moment was actually Ying'er, who had been away for a long time.

"...... you" Zhao Hongrun was stunned, looked around, and then saw that Ying'er's sister Qi'er also sat down next to Mi Jiang's right hand.

"......" Mi Jiang glanced at the finch, and the two taciturn women did not speak.

Seeing Zhao Hongrun's actions, Ying'er gently bit Zhao Hongrun's earlobe and sneered: "His Royal Highness seems to care more about the finch than the slave family...... Is it better for the slave family to serve the finches? ”

"Nothing." Zhao Hongrun said vaguely, because he noticed the pouting and resentful gaze of Una at the next table.

"Why are you here?" He asked, digressing the subject.