36. Chapter 35 The Prince of Chu Arrives Unexpectedly
When they came to King Rui's Mansion, King Rui came to meet them in person, "King Rui's Mansion can invite the Prince of Nanguo, the Prince of Yanguo, Miss Su, it's a real honor, please come inside." ”
Su Yingxue only nodded slightly in response, and only heard the Prince of Yan Guo respond: "King Rui is too polite." ”
Then there was the cold talk between them, Su Yingxue didn't deliberately listen to what they said, and then followed them all the way inside.
King Rui politely invited people inside again: "The prince of the southern kingdom pleases, the prince of the Yan kingdom pleases, and Miss Su please." ”
Su Yingxue walked in behind them, and the banquet was very luxurious, not only that, but also invited many ministers of Chu to accompany them, it can be seen that King Rui attaches great importance to the reception of people from Nanguo and Yan Kingdom this time, and those ministers should be courtiers who are close to King Rui.
King Rui invited the prince of the southern kingdom and the prince of the Yan kingdom to walk to the high seat, Su Yingxue sat on the next seat of the prince of the southern kingdom Ye Minghao, the king of Rui sat on the lower seat of the prince of the Yan country, and the minister of the Chu country sat under Su Yingxue.
However, before everyone could raise their glasses, they heard a eunuch's scream outside the banquet: "The prince has arrived." ”
Suddenly, at the banquet, everyone looked around, and everyone knew that in this Chu State, the so-called prince must be Shangguan Jinyu, the prince of Chu State.
The ministers of the Chu State all know that the prince of Lu Dao, Shangguan Jinyu, and the Rui King Shangguan Jinrui have always been at odds, and now the Rui King holds a banquet, and the prince actually comes uninvited, after everyone looks at each other, they look at the Rui King Shangguan Jinrui, his face recovers after a moment of gloom, and he quickly gets up and faces the door.
King Rui rose to greet him, and the ministers of Chu naturally got up one after another, and the whole banquet suddenly fell into a stalemate. Except for Ye Minghao, the prince of the Southern Kingdom, Situ Xuanyuan, and Su Yingxue, the prince of the Yan Kingdom, who sat still and did not move, the others all got up, left the table and walked to the middle position, and followed Shangguan Jinrui to greet the prince.
In front of the door, the sound of steady footsteps sounded, and several figures appeared in front of everyone, led by Shangguan Jinyu, the prince of Chu State, Su Yingxue had seen it, and naturally recognized it, Shangguan Jinyu was dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, with a belt of the same color around his waist, hanging white mutton fat jade, and his gestures were even more gentle and moving, and his handsome facial features were holding a gentle smile, like a spring breeze, and as soon as he walked into the banquet, there was a warm feeling.
Shangguan Jinyu's side was followed by a young man in white Shengxue, this young man was unknown to others, Su Yingxue recognized it at a glance, it was actually Lin Mohan, the head of Jinyiwei, I didn't expect the prince to appear with Lin Mohan, it seems that the Emperor of Chu is extremely good to this prince, and even the royal manager around him is sent to protect the prince.
Although Su Yingxue thought so, she didn't show any expression all the time, and kept looking at everything on the field. At the banquet, no one spoke for a while, although Shangguan Jinyu led people to greet His Royal Highness the Prince, but anyone with eyes could see that he did not welcome His Royal Highness the Prince.
Suddenly, a hearty voice sounded first: "The eldest brother is so lively here, we are uninvited, the eldest brother will not welcome us."
The person who spoke was none other than the crown prince Shangguan Jinyu.
The prince had already spoken first, and it would be bad for Shangguan Jinrui not to speak again, so he smiled and said: "The prince is laughing at this, the prince can come to my Rui Wangfu, it is the king's face that is bright, how can he not welcome it, the prince is on the seat." ”
At this time, the ministers on one side are all a little uncomfortable, because they are all courtiers who are close to King Rui on weekdays, but the prince is the master of Chu State, King Rui must still be behind, they are openly going to the banquet in King Rui's mansion at this time, this is not very good after all, if the prince successfully ascends the throne in the future, they are afraid that they will not be good, so thinking about it, I can't help but become more and more panicked.
However, at the moment, there is no room for everyone to retreat, and they can only salute in unison: "Ministers and others greet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Shangguan Jinyu walked in with Shangguan Jinrui, and said with a gentle smile: "Everyone get up, have a good banquet, don't be uncomfortable because of the arrival of this palace, it is the fault of this prince." ”
"His Royal Highness Prince Xie."
The ministers got up, and the sudden arrival of the crown prince Shangguan Jinyu made the originally good banquet suddenly close to ambiguous and unknown factors, and everyone's expressions were a little complicated.
However, this is just a matter of Chu State, and it has nothing to do with the Prince of Nanguo and the Prince of Yan State, they saw Shangguan Jinyu coming over, so they smiled and nodded in greeting, and Su Yingxue only nodded slightly.
"The prince of Chu is really moved by the fragrance, is it that the fragrance of wine and meat from the Rui Wangfu has drifted to the prince's mansion." Ye Minghao opened his mouth lazily and evilly, and Situ Xuanyuan, the prince of Yan State on one side, immediately echoed: "The prince of Chu State is really good at calculating, but he just caught up at the banquet?" ”
Su Yingxue couldn't help but look at the two princes, she didn't expect these two people to cooperate so well at this time, on the surface, they were joking, but the meaning in her words was that Shangguan Jinyu was deliberately here to stir up the situation.
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Jinyu's face darkened slightly, but he quickly showed a smile: "I'm afraid it's not the palace that smells the fragrance, but the prince of the southern kingdom and the prince of the Yan kingdom, no matter how the palace is, it is not as fast as the prince of the southern kingdom and the prince of the Yan kingdom." ”
The three of them started a battle of words, and others did not dare to interject casually at the banquet, Shangguan Jinrui instructed the subordinates of the Rui Palace, and immediately placed a few seats up, and placed them in front of his position, the crown prince Shangguan Jinyu did not need to doubt, he must be sitting at the head of him, and as for the others, they were arranged down his seat.
This move moved Su Yingxue's seat to the bottom, but next to her head was Lin Mohan, the head of the Jinyi Guard, after Lin Mohan sat down, he glanced at Su Yingxue sideways, and then nodded slightly to say hello, Su Yingxue also nodded, remembering the last time in the palace, Lin Mohan actually let her go, and she still can't think of what he wanted to let her go at that time.
However, because of their greetings, they provoked the prince of the Southern Kingdom, the prince of the Yan Kingdom, and even the prince of the Chu Kingdom and the King of Rui all looked at her one after another, I am afraid that they felt very strange in their hearts, this Lin Mohan has not greeted anyone since he came in, but he seems to be very polite to this Su Yingxue, what is going on?