In previous years, when Jiang You was still the prince, she felt that the New Year's state banquet was interesting anywhere, anyway, she didn't have to worry about everything, just eat with chopsticks, and now she was busy with her feet not to say anything, and the state banquet had to be presided over in person, fortunately, the people from the Ministry of Etiquette assisted from the side, and the state banquet also had its own set of regulations, so that she would not be too busy.

When she finally drank the toast, it was considered to be the end of her busyness, and she was about to take a look at her palm print to refresh herself, when she saw him standing next to the pillar frowning, and the little son of Princess Cheng'an's family outside was standing in front of him with a affectionate face.

It's only been two hours now, but this little boy has changed into a general, a jade-colored robe, with a hosta on his head, and a flower on his head.

He held a brocade box in his hand and smiled softly at Xue Yuan: "I have admired the name of the factory for a long time in the south, but I have never seen it, and the small objects are not respectful, and I hope that the factory will laugh and accept it." ”

At this time, all the ministers and royal relatives were slowly entering, and it was not yet a formal banquet, so the two of them were not eye-catching, Xue Yuan put his hands behind him, and said indifferently: "Our family has no merit, and we will not accept things for nothing, what else is the matter with the little boy?" ”

The little boy's eyes kept rolling on his face, and it took him a while to realize what he said, and hurriedly said, "This is a piece of my heart."

Xue Yuan felt disgusted, thinking of the custom of making friends with his brother in the south, his eyebrows were saved in the middle, and he bypassed him and left directly: "Our family is not short of hearts, the little son's mind should be kept by himself." ”

Cheng Bei deliberately spat: ", what does the big man say, goosebumps have fallen to the ground, could it be that the rabbit can't do it?!" ”

He deliberately raised his voice to let this little boy hear, this person is really an infatuated lady, he saw that his infatuation was in the water, thinking of Xue Yuan's demeanor and appearance, he felt that he didn't say it, and his eyes were full of tears in a flash.

Fortunately, Princess Cheng'an saw her son sick in time, and knew that shedding tears at the state banquet during the New Year was to make herself unhappy, so she hurriedly pulled him back to his seat and shouted a few words to shut him up.

Jiang You has grown so old and seen a lot of people in □□, but he really hasn't seen a big man cry when he says he cries, he was stunned for a while, turned his head and asked Xue Yuandao: "Is this little boy pretending to be a girl?" ”

Xue Yuan frowned lightly and ordered someone to put on the warm water fragrant pancreas, and wiped his hands over and over before he said slowly: "The emperor asked so much about what to do, when he met such a quirky person, he ordered someone to drag it down and knock on a few boards." ”

Jiang You sighed twice: "This can't be helped, his mother is my aunt, and my father is my mentor, although he has died of old age, but the influence in the court is still there, if I beat him, I will be drowned by the civil official's letter tomorrow." ”

The group of civil officials in the upper court is a hornet's nest, if you offend one of them, just wait for the group of literati to participate in the impeachment and criticism, and you will be disgusted to death if you can't be played.

She propped her chin and looked at Xue Yuan: "I don't think the way he looks at you is right." She didn't think that the two men could be together, so she frowned and said, "It's like a person who hasn't eaten for a few days and sees a leg of mutton." ”

Xue Yuan quietly pinched her fingertips: "What is the emperor thinking?" It just so happened that at this time, an inner attendant reported that the king of Linchuan had arrived, he looked down and said with a faint smile: "The emperor is waiting to see the good show." ”

At this time, the hundred officials and nobles had already returned to their positions, Jiang You ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to sing, and then he said a few more words of congratulations, and he was busy with a series of regulations before announcing the opening of the banquet, and everyone finally lifted the chopsticks, and saw an attendant holding a tooth card from one side around, still carrying something in his arms, and walked to Xue Yuan's side and whispered a few words.

Although the people below focused their eyes on singing and dancing, their minds drifted to Xue Yuan, fortunately, he didn't let the people present wait too long to see the excitement, slowly got up from his position, and said to everyone: "Today is a day of celebration for the whole world, it is said that there are some things that our family should not say to stir up the situation, but since our family is in charge of the celebrant supervisor, it is a dereliction of duty to ignore some things, please forgive me." ”

The people below were thinking that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal was too bland, and they wished they had some fun to watch, so they all waved their hands busily: "Don't mind, the factory is also loyal." ”

Xue Yuan nodded with a smile, suddenly took out something from the cloth bag, and said to Han Tianjin, "Can the prince recognize this thing?" ”

Everyone looked at the object in his hand, and saw a five-clawed dragon carved on a jade pendant, Xue Yuan said unhurriedly: "This object was taken from the prince's side concubine, you all know that the dragon pattern can only be enjoyed by the emperor and the prince, you are a foreign surname county king, why do you have this dragon pattern jade pendant in your family's hand?" He rubbed the carving on it with his fingertips: "There are also four words written on it, 'Jishou Yongchang', our family wants to know what the prince means?" ”

It is said that it is very inappropriate for people with foreign surnames to use dragon patterns, not to mention that the above four words 'both longevity and Yongchang' have far-reaching meanings, which can only be used by the emperor. The civil officials below looked at each other, but none of them spoke, and the most hated by this group of civil officials were the nobles and eunuchs, and now they could see them killing each other, and their hearts naturally blossomed.

Han Tianjin was stunned for a moment except for this jade pendant, and then regained his calm complexion in an instant, and said lightly to Xue Yuan: "There is no evidence, the factory said that it was something on my family, is it it?" ”

Xue Yuan raised his hand, and immediately someone walked up with a person dressed as a maidservant, and the maidservant girl kowtowed when she saw Han Dayjin and said, "Lord Wang, save our lady, she was taken away and hasn't come back yet!" ”

Xue Yuan smiled: "After all, she is a side concubine, although she can't follow her to the state banquet, but it doesn't look good to be escorted up this time, so it's better to let this personal maid speak on her behalf." ”

The maid sobbed and began to reply, her wife is Han Xijin Xinna's side concubine, before she was married, she was the concubine of the military general in Beijing, although the daughter of the military general's family has many daughters is not valuable, but she always feels that the position of a side concubine has wronged herself, today a state banquet is not the main room can not come to the banquet, this side concubine is depressed in her heart, so she took advantage of Chinese New Year's Eve to go out to hang out, but did not expect to have a dispute with people on the street, and several passers-by were seriously injured.

She didn't expect to poke the basket at this time, and the people on the road stopped her carriage and didn't let her go, not believing that she would be the favorite concubine of the king of Linchuan like this, she took out this jade pendant in a hurry, saying that it was given to her by the king of Linchuan.

Xue Yuan waited for her to finish speaking, and smiled at Han Tianjin and said: "Our family is afraid of wronging the prince, so I specially went to the mansion to inquire, it turns out that this side concubine often tells the concubines in the mansion that this jade pendant was given to her by the prince, what does the prince think?" ”

Han Tianjin's face sank, because Jiang You sent Roufu to him, how could he not know what Jiang You meant? So he simply set up another courtyard in Beijing and moved out to avoid suspicion. He has always been strict with the inner house, and this military attache concubine was married by him in order to expand his connections, and he didn't like it in his heart, and he didn't bother to teach, so he let her and several other concubines stay in the suburbs of Beijing and didn't take them with him. I didn't expect to cause such a big disaster.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "How can the woman's words be taken seriously? Maybe it's her nonsense. ”

Xue Yuan smiled slightly: "Our family doesn't know nonsense, our family only knows that we must pay attention to evidence, and now that the human and material evidence are there, the side concubine has already said that this object was given by the prince, and the people of Yongan Street also know that this thing belongs to the prince, what else does the prince want to say?" ”

Han Tianjin had a feeling of being unreasonable for the first time, he had secretly stumbled Xue Yuan these days, and made friends with various forces in the capital, originally thought that Xue Yuan had become a toothless tiger now, but he didn't expect that he was secretly waiting for an opportunity, grabbed this pigtail, and gave him a ruthless blow in front of the ministers.

He took a deep breath: "The factory man laughed, these ignorant women often compete for favor and invite favor, she is just taking the opportunity to show off in the name of Lone, just this maid also said that she raised the name of Lone in order to escape the guilt, why did the Factory Master insist that this jade pendant is Lonely?" ”

Xue Yuan paced two steps with his hand, and said unhurriedly: "What the prince said also has some truth, but after all, the side concubine Niangniang is just a woman in the house, and no one gives it, how did she get this kind of royal object?" His gaze wandered around Han Dayjin's gloomy face: "Or ask the prince's other family members and concubines to come and ask." ”

Han Tianjin's hand on the desk tightened, his concubines were all brought from the south, and their appearance and behavior were more or less similar to Empress Zhang, and now there are many old ministers in the palace, if someone sees any clues, it will be another trouble.

But he was unwilling to let him suffer such a dumb loss, he slowly let go of his hands, and said slowly: "After all, this is a matter in the lonely house, at most, it is a lonely house, and the house has no virtue, it seems that it will not make the factory so troublesome, right?" ”

Xue Yuan carried the jade pendant for everyone to take a closer look, and said lightly to Han Dayjin: "If it's just the prince's side concubine making trouble on the street, our family will naturally not be able to take care of it, but since it is about the royal family, our family can't pretend to be deaf and dumb." He hooked his lips: "Originally, too. . . Emperor Zu set the ancestral system, and there were regulations on the clothing and accessories of noble officials of all classes, and people who were not of enough grade could not even see such objects. ”

Jiang You didn't know Xue Yuan's arrangement, so he kept watching quietly, and only then did he say unhurriedly: "As the king of Linchuan, he should lead by example and set an example for the nobles of the ministers, but now he is taking the lead in arrogance, what kind of thoughts do you have?" ”

These two people are talking every word, and the transgression can be big or small, and now it is not too much. When Emperor Zu was in power, it was naturally impossible to take his life with this, unless they wanted to cause chaos in the south. But such a big handle is enough for him to drink a pot in his hand, he barely settled down, and was about to speak, when he heard a delicate and cowardly voice next to him: "This, this jade pendant is given to the prince by me." ”