"Duke Cheng Guo, is the young man next to Qingtong Chen Yichen?"

After seeing this scene, Taining Hou asked Zhu Yong.

"Um."

"It doesn't seem like the rumor..."

Chen Ying said meaningfully.

It is rumored that Chen Yichen was very stupid and could not even pass the exam for several years after school. He was also disgusted with things and had no ambitions and had no enterprising intentions. Therefore, he was disgusted by Duke Cheng and was not allowed to be included in the genealogy.

Although Chen Ying was familiar with Zhu Yong, as their status as a prince, it was impossible to talk too much about such family affairs. Therefore, his understanding of Chen Yichen, the maid, was basically just occasionally hearing rumors from servants.

But today, Chen Ying looked at Chen Yichen's speech and manners, which seemed to be far from the rumors. Not to mention anything else, at least he was not at all inferior to the second son Zhu Ji, and even overwhelmed the other party in his momentum.

"Hara Taining, let's stop standing, let's take a seat first."

Zhu Yong did not take Chen Ying's words, but instead reached out to invite him to take the seat first.

"please."

Chen Ying, Hou Taining, also took the opportunity to reach out and make an invitation. Everyone is smart, and it is obvious that Zhu Yong doesn't want to talk more about this topic, and Chen Ying won't continue to talk more.

Although the family banquet of kings, princes and sixth families in the Ming Dynasty was called "family banquet", it was completely different from the usual meals in later generations, and there were rules and precautions everywhere.

Take the most basic seating as an example. Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong and a group of top nobles and powerful officials in Nanjing sat in the first seat. The titles were slightly lower than that of other high-ranking officials, among which the left was the upper.

The civil servants and military generals who were a little more a little more a little more a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little a little. The arrangements are clear.

The only exception here is the students of the inner court of the Duke's Mansion. They did not place the "four seats" at the end according to their seniority, but instead were "two seats" at the middle level.

This arrangement is that Duke Cheng wants the children of the clan to be in a more prominent position and to receive more attention from important officials. Another point is that this group of people has a relatively simple family background, and the future prospects of ordinary officials are really not as good as theirs.

When the family banquet was in the seat, Chen Qingtong wanted to take Chen Yichen to sit in the "lower three seats" belonging to the senior official and honorary, but Chen Yichen politely declined.

The reason is also very simple. In the name of Taining Marquis' Mansion, he simply used a big banner to make a tiger skin, and in order to suppress Zhu Ji, he had to do it.

If you really go to the table of a high-ranking official and honorary, and let everyone see Zhu Yong's son under the banner of Taining Hou, the impact will be great. At that time, no matter whether it is Cheng Guogong or Taining Hou, they will probably not be able to leave the Taiwan Strait.

So Chen Yichen was still a little confused about his true identity and status. He didn't have the capital to be too arrogant and didn't know how to write the word "death". So he simply walked to the last seat and found an inconspicuous corner and sat down.

Chen Yichen's guests were basically the kind of people with low rank but had very outstanding political status. For example, local parents of the prefecture, county and county magistrate, and censors like the Nanjing Censorate.

Although this group of officials is not of high rank, you should know that Nanjing is Yingtian Mansion, and its administrative status is special. Maybe this group of people has the right to go directly to Tianting.

But unfortunately, Chen Yichen didn't know anyone...

Although Chen Yichen did not know him, he, a young young man, sat down, which aroused the curious speculation of other officials at the same table.

"I don't know what to call this guy?"

A young official sitting on Shen Yichen's left took the initiative to say hello to him.

"I'm a late-child, a student at the Duke's House, don't you know the honorable title of the adult?"

Chen Yichen briefly introduced himself and asked about the other party’s identity. After all, there are all high-ranking officials on this table, so it will be troublesome if you offend them.

"I am Zhou Shun, the magistrate of Jiangning, and I'm lucky to meet."

Zhou Shun only served as the magistrate of Jiangning this year, so he didn't know that Chen Yichen was the illegitimate son of Chengguo. It was precisely because he had little qualifications and was the official with the lowest level of invitation this time that he took the initiative to say hello to Chen Yichen.

When Chen Yichen said his name, several officials sitting next to him looked at him. From his strange eyes, it was obvious that they knew who Chen Yichen was. Today he saw him.

However, compared to Zhou Shun, other officials knew that they did not talk. After all, the illegitimate child had a very sensitive identity, so how to treat Chen Yichen was a problem, so it would be better to pretend not to know.

"I have met Master Zhou after my late son."

After Chen Yichen learned of the other party's identity as a magistrate, he immediately bowed his hands.

In fact, to be serious, Jiangning County Magistrate is Chen Yichen's parents' official, and he is now an ordinary citizen without any fame. In theory, he has to kneel down and bow down to meet the official in formal occasions.

But Chen Yichen is a future generation thinking after all, but he doesn't have the hobby of kneeling down at any time. Anyway, the other party doesn't know whether he has fame or not, so he can just give a gift.

"You're welcome, my friend."

Zhou Shun also waved his hand quickly. Today, there are all big guys here, and he is a junior, but he didn't want to find a young student to show off his skills.

Just as Zhou Shun was about to talk a few more, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng Guo, had already stood up and spoke as usual to thank the guests, so everyone was sitting upright.

The speeches were basically polite words from loyalty, patriotic and mutually supportive colleagues. Chen Yichen was extremely bored when he heard it. His eyes were placed on the tabletop delicacies and swallowed his saliva from time to time.

Unexpectedly, his appearance was so despised by the officials at the same table. No wonder Duke Cheng did not recognize this illegitimate son, it was indeed a rotten wood that could not be carved...

After finally waiting for Zhu Yong to finish the banquet, facing the "three major items", "six cold dishes", "eight hot dishes" and other delicacies on the table, Chen Yichen had been coveting for a long time and was waiting to move his chopsticks.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few bites, one of the students in the inner courtyard stood up and raised his wine glass and said to Zhu Yong: "Mr., today's family banquet is so happy, how can you not have poetry to entertain yourself?"

"I was born in the late Zhu Jin and I would like to offer an ugly poem. Please be kind and upright."

Zhu Jin's words made the students of the inner courtyard applause, and other guests also put down their wine glasses and chopsticks to listen to his works.

After all, few of these nobles and senior officials attended the banquet of the Duke. They probably came for dinner.

However, Chen Yichen was full of complaints. Although you, the children of the inner courtyard family, are just for the sake of showing off. But you can choose an hour to show off. You don’t want to eat. I have tolerated it for a long time!

Of course, Chen Yichen said nothing about this. After hearing this, Duke Cheng Zhu Yong replied with a smile: "Okay, Zhu Jin, you can write a poem and let all the adults comment on the following text."

"Mr. Xie."
Chapter completed!