on purpose?

Fan Xiaodao was a little puzzled at first, simply thinking that General Xu Hu didn't like him. After Qiu Huairen reminded him, he realized that Xu Hu had taken advantage of His Majesty's birthday banquet to talk to him at the gate of the palace in front of all the civil and military officials.

There was such a big fuss because the general who held the power to defend the capital wanted to draw a clear line with himself!

Now Fan Xiaodao's identity is clearly revealed. It is impossible not to know Xu Hu's status. Today, he has saved the enemy again and was rewarded with a unicorn suit. His status in the court will definitely rise in the future, and he is the military minister appointed by the emperor.

, and he was not in the capital, and there were always a lot of rumors on weekdays. Now when he made a fuss, it seemed arrogant and rude, but in fact it was a reassurance to the emperor.

No one who can become a general is a fool.

He may seem rude and rude, but he is actually as considerate as his hair.

These big bosses in the court are all evil-minded!

It's just that the matter of the Crown Prince and Princess Taiping has already scared the Emperor, so he's not afraid that going too far will be too much?

As a result, the anger in Fan Xiaodao's heart faded away.

Several big shots entered the palace, and the officials behind them all followed through the Meridian Gate through the Yemen on the left and right, and entered the palace.

Peng Yushi took a few short steps, dragging his bloated body, to Fan Xiaodao's side, "Xiao Sir Fan!"

"Peng Yushi?"

When I thought about the fact that he had donated one hundred thousand taels to the Ministry of Household Affairs for this dinner, I couldn't help but look at this fat man with admiration.

Peng Yushi greeted Qiu Huairen. Qiu Huairen was a generation older than the two of them. He nodded slightly, walked forward quickly, distanced himself from the two of them, and gave them room to talk. Peng Yushi whispered: "Xiao Fan

Sir, I recently bought some Persian dancers. Their dancing postures and small figures are simply top-notch. Find some time and come to my house to do them."

"Definitely next time!" Fan Xiaodao thought for a while and said haha, "I have time to go!"

Seeing that he had agreed, Peng Yushi said: "Okay, I will go to your house to post a message for you another day. By the way, I will also call Capt. Zhao."

There will definitely be a next time, but there will definitely be no next time.

Even if he had time to go, even if he agreed, Peng Yushi's response was appropriate. He was afraid that the other party would forget and send a greeting note.

However, Fan Xiaodao swore that he agreed to be a guest at Peng Yushi's house just because the two had a life-and-death friendship in Jiangnan, and it was definitely not because of those Persian dancers!

After a brief exchange, the two separated immediately.

The night banquet was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. All civil and military officials walked up the steps from both sides of Chibi and arrived at the entrance of the palace.

The royal palace banquets are divided into large, medium and small.

A large banquet is held for more than 1,000 people, a medium banquet is held for 500 people, and a small banquet is held for less than 500 people.

Today's night banquet is a small banquet.

According to the etiquette system, a grand banquet should be held on the Longevity Festival, and all officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital should attend. However, the emperor has not been in court for twenty years, let alone entertained the ministers. Today, there are more than 200 people, which is particularly gracious.

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In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are more than two hundred tables, divided into three tables: upper, middle and lower. The meals on the tables are also different. On the table are tea and food, five minutes of wine, four-color dishes, three soups, and two large clusters.

Steamed buns, five kinds of fruits on the middle table, three cups of wine, four colors of vegetables, two kinds of soup, two kinds of steamed buns, one cup of wine on the bottom table, four colors of vegetables, one thing of soup, and big steamed buns.

Naturally, the family members of the royal family, cabinet ministers, six ministers, and three generals were served at the table. In addition, the master of the imperial wine ceremony was also served to show his nobility.

Like Fan Xiaodao, Zhao Xingcong is in the fifth rank, so naturally he can only sit down from the table, which is thirty feet away from the dragon throne.

The food portions are surprisingly small.

Each dish only requires two chopsticks.

Zhao Xing had the foresight to eat five big buns before coming.

This palace night banquet is not about food, but about worldliness.

It's still early and the banquet hasn't started yet.

The big bosses went to the side hall to wait, while the ministers were outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, chatting in small groups in small groups.

His Majesty has not arrived, and the ministers are not so reserved. After all, they are officials in the same dynasty. With the emperor's character, today I am your subordinate, and tomorrow I will become your immediate boss. This kind of thing happened frequently in the dynasty, and they were all very polite.

They would greet their parents and wives, or chat about some anecdotes about the capital.

Even if there are occasional disagreements between officials, they will not be brought up on this occasion.

As for what happened in front of the Temple of Heaven at noon, everyone tacitly chose to keep silent, as if the fire at the Temple of Heaven had never happened.

At least, His Majesty can attend the night banquet, which shows that His Majesty is in good health.

God bless the Ming Dynasty!

The two of them were unfamiliar with the ministers and were awkwardly placed.

The ministers knew the two of them, but no one came forward to say hello. Firstly, they were of very low moral character, so it was a great kindness to be invited to the night banquet. Secondly, they were from the Sixth Door, and they were considered to be people in the world. Birds of a feather flock together.

There was nothing to talk about with the two people who were fighting and killing all day long. Thirdly, Fan Xiaodao's identity was sensitive, the emperor was uncertain, and the situation was unclear. If he appeared to be particularly enthusiastic, it would arouse others' suspicion.

This feeling is not good.

I really don’t understand whether it’s worth it for Peng Yushi to spend one hundred thousand taels of silver to come here just to show off his face.

Prince Zhu Yan was not far away, waving to the two of them.

Seeing this, the two of them rushed over as if they had been granted amnesty, and the three of them entered a side hall next to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Zhu Yan said: "Thanks to you for what happened today!"

Fan Xiaodao said: "Old Xu is gone."

Zhu Yan was stunned when he heard this, and said: "I will tell my father that the reward I deserve will not be less."

"You didn't know about his offering sacrifices to His Majesty?"

Zhu Yandao: "I didn't know it at first. I just thought my father was a little strange today. When he asked me to go back to the palace to find Eunuch Zhao, I realized that it was my father who used a trick to lure the snake out of its hole. You also know that recently,

There are also a lot of rumors and rumors about me, so many things, well, it’s hard to describe them all.”

"The mountain behind Taiping Taoist Temple, really nothing to search for?"

Zhu Yan shook his head, "Today, General Xu Hu and I sealed off the Taiping Taoist Temple, searched the Taoist Temple from top to bottom, and found the cave you mentioned, but there was no such 'thing' as you mentioned, only a few cauldrons of pill furnaces.

, and there are some semi-finished elixirs."

The underground palace in the back mountain is a huge project, so how could it be gone forever?

It should be that the two of them broke into it and killed the dirty people who were neither human nor ghosts, which aroused their vigilance and destroyed the evidence in time. If you guessed correctly, there should be a mechanism at the entrance of this underground palace, in case of emergency.

Under the circumstances, the entrance should have been automatically sealed, so Zhu Yan was allowed to pounce.

The two of them were a bit reckless.

However, if you don't do this, Zhu Dian's plan will succeed and those monsters will be released, with disastrous consequences.

They had fought against cat monsters, and those inhuman strength and speed were no match for them unless they were extremely skilled in the arena or the palace. And there were hundreds of these monsters, and Fan and Zhao only took advantage of them to sleep.

On the occasion, assassinate them one by one.

However, the Night King Zhu Dian was not caught and was still hiding in the darkness.

Until this hidden danger is eliminated, the matter is still not over.

"Princess Taiping, will you also attend the night banquet?"

When Zhu Yan heard this, his face turned red and he said: "My aunt has managed the government for my father these years, and she has worked hard without any credit. Naturally, she was also invited."

The two people's eyes fell on Zhu Yan's face, trying to see a clue from his facial expression.

The palace has issued a silence order about what happened last night.

However, Fan Xiaodao and Zhao Xing have already learned the reason for the matter from Xu Ting, and today, the palace issued an imperial edict canceling the prince's wedding that was originally scheduled to be held in the twelfth lunar month, which was deemed to have agreed to Xu Ting's annulment, so today

During the night banquet, the two of them did not see Xu Ting.

Zhu Yan said: "Why are you two staring at me like this?"

The two of them were silent.

Zhu Yan finally couldn't resist and sighed, "Okay, I just made a mistake that all men in the world make."

Zhao Xingdao: "Then...Princess Taiping, is she your aunt?"

Zhu Yan said: "It's not like we're close."

His Majesty the Emperor is the daughter of Princess Xingxian, while Princess Taiping is the only daughter of the late emperor.

After Prince Xingxian took over the Forbidden City, he took great care of the late emperor's family, and his favor for Princess Taiping has only increased over the years. If only in terms of blood relationship, except for one great-great-grandfather, he has already had five clothes.

, eight poles cannot be hit.

But, after all, they are all members of the royal family.

This kind of scandal would be unspeakable among ordinary people, let alone among the royal family?

Zhu Yan added, "And she was the one who seduced me. It's just that I was too young at the time and believed her words. Five years ago, she went to Jiangnan to provide disaster relief and talked to me about the situation in the capital. She said that now that His Majesty will not come to the court, he will have great power in the court.

They were all dispersed to the cabinet, leaving great power behind. If I ascend to the throne in the future, I am afraid that I will lose control over the ministers in the court, so I decided to put on a show. Alas, I regret it now that I think about it."

Fan Xiaodao asked: "Last year's martial arts conference was also her idea?"
To be continued...