Zhao Hongrun's seat was arranged in the third long case of the east seat of the main hall, and the previous two seats were Zhao Hongli, the eldest prince, and Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang.

For this arrangement, Zhao Hongrun did not feel uncomfortable, but a little relieved, after all, it has always been a tradition for the young and the young to be orderly, if the people of the Yongwang Mansion deliberately arranged his seat in front of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli and Xiangwang Zhao Hongjing, then Zhao Hongrun would be suspicious in his heart.

After all, if this arrangement is made, Zhao Hongrun will attract more attention, which will make him misunderstand whether the people of Yongwangfu deliberately let him be exposed to everyone's sight.

According to the difference in status, a prince with the status of Zhao Hongrun is different from ordinary people sitting alone, generally a three-seat or two-seat long case, and the dishes on the table will also be the most sumptuous grade on the banquet.

However, Zhao Hongrun didn't like to sit alone, so not only did he let Que Er sit on the left hand side, but even Jie Ziyu, who originally wanted to accompany Zongwei Chang Wei Jiao to sit in the back "accompanying seat", was also pulled by him to the right hand side and sat down.

This is a great courtesy and glory for the meson owl.

When he took his seat earlier, Zhao Hongrun said hello to the two brothers, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli and Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang.

His relationship with Xiangwang Zhao Hongjing has always been only slightly friendlier than that of strangers, and it is not even a "nodding friend", because if they were not brothers to each other, according to Zhao Hongrun's character, he would never have anything to do with people like Xiangwang Zhao Hongjing.

In contrast, the relationship between Zhao Hongli and Zhao Hongrun, the eldest prince, is more harmonious, although there were various contradictions between each other at the beginning, but in recent years, the contradictions between the two have gradually been eliminated, and even the two have some cooperation in the brewing industry of the former Donggong Party forces in Shangdang County.

"Hongrun."

Just when Zhao Hongrun was secretly observing the guests in the hall, Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang, came up and said with a smile: "How are the preparations for the marriage?" For my brother, I'm waiting to eat your cup of wine. ”

Seeing that Zhao Hongjing took the initiative to come up and set it up, Zhao Hongrun was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it, he understood.

After Qingwang Hongxin fell, if you want to say who among the brothers is the most anxious, then it must be this three emperor brothers, after all, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli is protected by the queen Wang, even if it is the current trend Yongwang Hongyu wants to deal with the former, he has to weigh it, and this three emperor brothers, there is no strong and favored mother to protect him, and there is no force that can make Yongwang Hongyu feel jealous, at this time, if Yongwang Hongyu intends to deal with him, it is not a very difficult thing.

『…… Just, what is this guy looking for me to do? Shouldn't he go to Zhao Hongli?"

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhao Hongli in the distance in a little surprise, but saw the latter smile at him.

With a slight movement in his heart, Zhao Hongrun faintly guessed a few points: most likely Zhao Hongli and his staff Luo Ying looked down on Zhao Hongjing and deliberately wanted the latter to be out of the game early.

In fact, sometimes Zhao Hongrun also feels that Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang, plays more of a trouble-stirring role in the matter of the princes competing for the throne, and for Zhao Hongrun, who hopes that Wei will end the dispute for the crown prince as soon as possible, this kind of person is destined to be unpopular.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun seemed polite, but in fact said distantly: "Brother Sanwang, don't worry, Brother Sanwang will definitely be a guest in my house at that time." ”

After that, he pretended to signal Que'er to pour wine for him, and he had vaguely made it clear that he didn't want to continue chatting with Zhao Hongjing.

It's not that Zhao Hongjing can't understand Zhao Hongrun's hints, but at the moment he is in a worrying situation, and he urgently needs to find a helper who can join forces to resist Yongwang Hongyu, and compared with the longer prince Zhao Hongli, it is obvious that the eighth in front of him is stronger, so he said with fake emotion: "Hey, I think of my brothers, the sixth went to Qi State, the fourth went to Shanyang in Northern Xinjiang, and now, even the fifth child has gone to Song County...... Some things are really not good, maybe today you and my brother are still sitting together drinking and talking, and tomorrow my brother will part...... Hey, when I think of this, my brother sighs with emotion. ”

"Brother's "parting"? You're talking about you, right?'

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhao Hongjing with the wine cup.

In his opinion, if King Yongwang Hongyu will make any big moves after he monopolizes power, then the first thing must be to seal the three royal brothers around him to the place and let this-stirring stick out in advance. - If it were him Zhao Hongrun, he would do the same.

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, Zhao Hongjing was inevitably a little anxious, just when he was about to say something more, he heard a commotion at the door of the hall, and then, the brightly dressed Yongwang Hongyu stepped into the hall surrounded by a group of people.

"Thank goodness!"

Zhao Hongrun said secretly, and quietly turned his gaze to the vicinity of the palace gate, which made Zhao Hongjing, the king of Xiang, feel depressed for a while.

Today's Yongwang Hongyu seems to be the focus of this feast, and his arrival seems to make the atmosphere in the palace more hot, as if everyone wants to come forward to talk to this prince of the general trend, in order to deepen their impression in the heart of His Royal Highness King Yongwang.

When Yongwang Hongyu stepped into the hall, he swept to the east seat in the hall at first sight, and when he saw Zhao Hongrun and the three of them already sitting in the seat, the smile on his face was even worse.

I have to say that Yongwang Hongyu also considered the question of "in case the old eight Zhao Run refuses to go to the banquet today", but fortunately, this bad situation finally did not happen.

In addition to breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, Yongwang Hongyu said a few words to the guests who came to talk one after another, and then came to Zhao Hongrun quietly, and said with a little apology: "Hongrun, I still want you to take time to come to the banquet in my busy schedule, and I really don't want to go to my brother's heart." ”

In fact, when entering the mansion, Yongwang Hongyu had already learned the news that Zhao Hongrun had gone to the banquet from the greeter at the door of the mansion, and also learned that Zhao Hongrun's gift was an old ginseng - although in this era, the value of the old ginseng is not high, and even many people in the world do not understand what this thing is for, but it can be labeled as a "gift from King Su", and the meaning of this old ginseng is more valuable than itself.

At least, it's much better than a "horsewhip", isn't it?

After a few words of greeting, Yongwang Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun said goodbye and walked to the main seat in the hall.

Today's banquet in Yongwang's mansion was presided over by Cui Yong, the brother-in-law of Yongwang Hongyu.

For this Cui Yong, Zhao Hongrun doesn't know much, only knows that he is the leader of the middle-aged and young generation of the sour jujube Cui family, and is a prodigal son who likes wind and snow, although he is full of knowledge, and he is also good at composing poetry and danqing, but these skills are not used on the right path, and he frolicks with some women in Fireworks Willow Lane all day long, so angry that Yongwang Hongyu's father-in-law almost drove this son out of the house.

Later, after King Yong's reputation was in power, Princess Yong's Cui family was afraid that her younger brother Cui Yong would really be "severed from father and son" by her father, so she called this younger brother to Daliang and asked Cui Yong to be responsible for helping her husband and the nobles in the city.

Not to mention, the bohemian Cui Yong is very good at this.

For example, Cui Yong is the "Zhao Sheng" next to King Yong.

After the arrival of King Yongyu, the feast officially began.

To tell the truth, the guests of Yongwang's Mansion today are not as noble as the banquet of Qingwang Hongxin, which is no wonder, after all, there are many nobles who are still in Song County and cannot rush back to participate, but at least the local celebrities in Daliang have arrived one after another, which once again proves that Yongwang Hongyu is worthy of today's general trend.

However, during the feast, these guests looked at Zhao Hongrun from time to time, which made Zhao Hongrun feel very annoyed.

Maybe Zhao Hongrun will ignore it once or twice, but observing his expression three times and twice, he is not a fool, how can he not guess the thoughts of those people?

At the same time, Zhang Qigong, the staff of King Yong's Hongyu, and his brother-in-law Cui Yong, these people also noticed the strange eyes of many guests in the palace, and they had different expressions.

At the end of the feast, King Yongwang Hongyu personally sent Zhao Hongrun out of the mansion in full view of everyone, and even asked someone to present a wooden box as a return gift, and said closely: "Let the virtuous brother come to the banquet today, and the foolish brother really can't help it." It just so happened that the foolish brother recently got a box of good Sauvignon, so why don't you give it to those confidantes in Hongrun Mansion as an apology, and I hope Hongrun will not refuse. ”

The so-called Sauvignon, in fact, is a colored pearl to put it bluntly, not to mention in the Wei State, even in the Chu State is a very valuable treasure. If it is a large Sauvignon, not to mention the priceless, at least it is more precious than gold and jade, so this return gift is really valuable, at least more valuable than Zhao Hongrun's old ginseng.

Zhao Hongrun resigned a few times, but in the end, he couldn't stand the hospitality of King Yong's Hongyu, so he could only accept it.

After sending off the guests one by one, Yongwang Hongyu recruited some henchmen such as his brother-in-law Cui Yong and staff member Zhang Qigong to the study.

During this period, Cui Yong remembered the box of Sauvignon sent by her brother-in-law, and was quite reluctant.

After all, that kind of good Sauvignon doesn't even have many of his sister Yongwang Princess Cui's, but this time Yongwang Hongyu gave away at least a dozen, which made him very painful - even if he left a few for him, let him coax those women to be happy when he ate flowers and wine.

Hearing Cui Yong's muttering, Yongwang Hongyu and his staff Zhang Qigong were a little speechless in their hearts.

After pondering for a while, King Yong Hongyu said: "Today, the eighth can come to the banquet, this is to give the king enough face, what is a few Xia Sauvignon?" …… As I expected, Hongrun himself was not interested in that position, but that Jie Zi Owl was secretly playing tricks. Now that this king has become a general trend, as long as Hongrun does not change his mind, a meson owl, forgive him and he will not be able to make any tricks. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qigong said in a low voice: "Your Highness, having said that, I wonder if Your Highness has ever seen that the guests at today's banquet have frequently watched King Su?" As he spoke, he glanced up at King Yong's Hongyu, and said: "Although King Su has no intention of competing for the throne, he is too powerful, and with him in Daliang for a day, some people are afraid that they will not be single-minded about His Highness......

"What do you mean?" Yongwang Hongyu frowned and asked.

Zhang Qigong arched his hand, and Zhengse said: "In the next suggestion, for the sake of the proper period, we should still think of a way to let King Su move to Shangshui...... In this way, in this big beam, no one can restrain His Highness. ”

"This ......"

Yongwang Hongyu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.