Since Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, left Yanzhou with Li Qianhu and went to Guangxi to take up his post, Liu Juntao has not been idle, but began to send out invitations and prepare for his second son's full moon banquet.

At this time, although Guo Muying was out of confinement, she was still raising her body in the General Soldier's Mansion.

On this day, Guo Muying looked at her eldest son Liu Guodong and her second son, who had not yet been named and was still in swaddling clothes, in her heart, her heart was full of happiness, and the mother and son enjoyed the joy of family.

At this time, Liu Juntao walked in from outside and said to Guo Muying with a smile: "This Commander Lei and Li Qianhu are really polite, and they left me a congratulatory gift before leaving." ”

Guo Muying said with a smile: "In the future, we will also move around with Commander Lei a lot, and we must not be separated because we are far away." ”

Liu Juntao also nodded, then sat down and called his eldest son Liu Guodong over to test his eldest son's homework in recent days.

At this time, Guo Muying hugged her second son and asked, "How is the matter with the banquet?" ”

"It's all ready, and the people who should be invited by all parties have already posted invitations."

Guo Muying hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the new commander of the city guard and the prefect of Yanzhou Mansion?" ”

"It's all been posted."

After speaking, Liu Juntao asked his eldest son Liu Guodong to go out to play for a while, and then said: "But this Song commander doesn't seem to be keen on coming to the banquet, I heard that when he received the invitation, he was very cold." And the same is true of the prefect, I guess these two have already passed the qi! ”

Guo Muying also frowned slightly when she heard this, and said: "Then Commander Song, the prefect and the husband are officials in the same city, if you don't post it, it's unreasonable, and I'm worried that they will have trouble when the banquet is held tomorrow, it's really a dilemma!" ”

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "Don't worry! It's good that Commander Na Song and Gu Governor's Mansion don't come tomorrow, and I naturally don't care about these; If they come, we'll greet each other with a smile. But if Commander Song and Governor Gu deliberately cause any trouble, I will definitely let them go around without food! ”

Early the next morning, there was a rush of traffic and crowds in front of the General Army's Mansion, and various forces in Shandong sent people to congratulate them, and even many forces that did not receive Liu Juntao's invitation came uninvited, in order to get in touch with Liu Juntao.

In this regard, Liu Juntao also did not refuse to come, and invited the good students to entertain in the house.

"Shandong Buzheng sent a congratulatory gift from Lord Gu!"

"Shandong Governor Li sent a congratulatory gift!"

"Shandong sent a congratulatory gift to Lord Zhuqiao!"

"The commander of Shandong has come to congratulate the thousands of households under the command of the lord!"

The crowd around the General Military Mansion who came to watch and congratulate them made bursts of exclamations from time to time, and many high-ranking officials from Shandong Province sent people one after another, but everyone was shocked.

Although Liu Juntao is the chief military officer of Yanzhou Mansion, after all, he is not the chief soldier and governor of Shandong, and at this time, almost the entire Shandong army has sent people, which shows that Liu Juntao's power is so great that he can cover the sky with one hand in Shandong!

"Lord Gu, the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, sent a congratulatory gift!"

"Commander Ren Chengwei sent a congratulatory gift to Lord Song!"

At this time, Liu Juntao, who was greeting guests in the mansion, also heard the sound, so he paid attention to it, and found that Gu Quan, the governor of Yanzhou Prefecture, and Song Er, the commander of the city guard, only sent their subordinates to come, and they also sent congratulatory gifts and left, and they did not plan to leave for dinner, so they were also relieved.

"It seems that these two people are still a little measured, and they don't dare to go against me openly!"

So, Liu Juntao also went to greet the guests with peace of mind.

At this moment, I only heard the housekeeper outside the gate singing loudly: "Mr. Yansheng Gong of Qufu County has come to congratulate!" ”

After this shout, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and everyone was stunned.

Everyone didn't expect that when Liu Juntao's eldest son was born, Yan Shenggong sent someone to come, and now the second son is doing a happy event, and Yan Shenggong is sending someone again, how close is the relationship between the two sides?

There are even some people secretly speculating that this time the Yan Sheng Church will not give Liu Juntao's second son another name?

Liu Juntao also walked quickly to the gate, laughed and welcomed Mr. Shan in.

It didn't take long for the feast to begin.

Liu Juntao, accompanied by Liu Zi'an and Lan Siqi, toasted table by table, and talked and laughed with everyone who came to congratulate.

After some staggering, the atmosphere of the banquet also reached a climax.

At this time, someone asked with a smile: "Lord Zongzhen, dare to ask the name of the second son!" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "I haven't had time to come up with a name yet." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Mr. Shan present.

At this time, Mr. Shan also said directly: "The name of the eldest prince was given by the Yan Sheng Gong, if the lord of the town does not dislike it, I also have a name of the Yan Sheng Gong here, which is specially given to the second son." Of course, the premise is that the lord of the town has not yet named the second son. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, and they all congratulated Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao also said with a smile: "Then I will thank Yan Shenggong!" ”

Mr. Shan said with a smile: "The eldest son's name is Guodong, which means the pillar of the country, and the second son is named Guoying, which means the hero of the country!" I wonder what the head town thinks? ”

Liu Juntao didn't have too much thought about the name, after all, it was just a codename, not to mention that this code name was given by Yansheng Gong, so he agreed to it.

After that, the banquet continued to be lively, and Liu Juntao and Liu Zi'an also sat down at the main table and began to eat some food.

At this time, Liu Zi'an whispered in Liu Juntao's ear and said: "Zongzhen, I just got the news: now Shi Heng, the right governor of the central government, Cao Jixiang, the eunuch Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen, the superintendent of the imperial history, have written to ask His Majesty to rescue the emperor, while the rest of the courtiers have some scruples, worried that once the emperor returns to the court, he will inevitably compete for power with the current saint, so the court and the central government have a big disagreement on when to welcome back the emperor!" ”

Liu Juntao smiled and clinked glasses with the guests next to him, and then asked quietly in a low voice, "What does Lord Yu mean?" ”

"It's strange that Lord Yu has never expressed his attitude, but is trying his best to reconcile the contradictions between the DPRK and China."

Liu Juntao sighed slightly and said: "Those courtiers in the court who advocate delaying the return of the Emperor must be from His Majesty's faction, and Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others are obviously biased towards the Emperor!" Now the DPRK and China have begun to split! ”

Liu Zi'an also has a bad face, after all, from ancient times to the present, anyone who has been involved in the dispute over the throne has no good end!

"Zongzhen, according to the intelligence, it won't take long for the imperial court to send an envoy to Warat, and now His Majesty's side is not reasonable, and if it doesn't last long, there will be a big storm in the DPRK and China soon!"

"What about a big storm? It's going to be a bloody storm! ”

In an instant, Liu Juntao's originally good mood fell to the bottom, Liu Juntao, who is familiar with history, knows very well that after the orthodox emperor returns to the dynasty, although the war between Daming and Warat will come to an end, but the smoke above the court has just been ignited, and I am afraid that I will also be involved in it at that time, and a careless will be a complete loss!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao didn't have much to drink and have fun, and his mind was full of this power struggle.

"The Investigation Department must pay close attention to the movements of the DPRK and China, and must not take it lightly! Don't let up on the side of Warat! ”

Liu Juntao whispered to Liu Zi'an, and Liu Zi'an also nodded frequently.

At this moment, Liu Juntao saw Mr. Shan coming over with a wine glass, first clinking glasses with the guests at the main table, and then said to Liu Juntao: "Lord Zongzhen, I can't drink enough, I want to borrow a room from Lord Zongzhen to sober up, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Liu Juntao understood, so he smiled and said, "It's not a problem!" In this way, I will take Mr. Shan to go! ”

"Thank you, Lord Chief!"

After speaking, Liu Juntao left Liu Zi'an to greet everyone, and he came to the back hall with Mr. Shan, and retreated from the left and right people.

"Sir, do you have something to say to me?"

Mr. Shan was no longer smiling at this time, and said, "My lord, this time, Yan Shenggong asked me to ask my lord a word. ”

"Oh? What words? ”

"Are you loyal to the Ming Dynasty or to the emperor!"