The third day of the fifth month is the 73rd birthday of Prince Min Fengmin, the highest ranking member of the royal family, and he invited all the princes this time, which added another fire to the rather unquiet capital. If it were an ordinary idle clan, people might laugh at it, but Feng Min made a difference. Even regardless of his noble status as a prince, with his current official position as the Zongren Mansion Zongzheng, it is enough to make people tremble. To go, or not to go, every prince was calculating in panic, even Feng Wuxian was no exception, although he had only met the serious old man three times in total, he was still afraid of the extremely sharp eyes, as if they could penetrate everything.

On the day of Feng Min's banquet, Shuntian Mansion Yin even mobilized people and horses to seal off the entire street in front of the palace, and even the court officials who had their official residence here had to take a detour home. No one dares to complain, what are you joking, today's palace has gathered all the princes, how can Shuntian Mansion not be nervous? In order to prevent accidents, almost every prince brought dozens of personal entourage, just look at the long string of large sedan chairs, and those who are not enough to enter the palace to serve, you can imagine how spectacular this scene is.

"Second brother came so early today." The princes who came one after another greeted each other with a smile on their faces, and they seemed to be very friendly. Due to the early death of the emperor's eldest son, the second prince is naturally the eldest among these princes, although on weekdays, the princes and this second brother with a humble mother do not have too deep feelings, and the well-informed ones vaguely know that the bloody case a month ago is related to this second brother. But today, the emperor's uncle and ancestor rarely had a treat, and in order to gain a good impression, they all pretended to pay tribute to their brother. Only Feng Wuxian knows best in his heart that there is no good banquet, and today's cheap second brother is probably not so easy to pass.

The second prince did arrive here early, but after the events of that day, he began to feel uneasy, and he had plans to flee the capital several times, but he didn't expect that the court and the central government actually reacted calmly, and when he went to ask An Shi, his father didn't mention this matter at all. He thought to himself that things were done very secretively, and the bloody case happened in the Qinglou, and he could get rid of it with a word of jealousy. Even the damn piece of the legend in the inner palace is gone. Thinking that his father didn't catch any real tricks on him, he was relieved, but he still kept the door closed, lest he touch his father's mold. This time, Feng Min invited the princes to a banquet in the name of his birthday, and he could only come to perfunctory.

However, as soon as he came here, he regretted it, he already had a ghost in his heart, and he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other brothers were not exploring the mouth of this imperial uncle, but Feng Minzhi was also very cunning, and he excused himself to wait for the princes to come and talk together, but he actually hung a dignified prince in the hall. Although the subordinates were very attentive in terms of etiquette and hospitality, no matter how much wind had already smelled a dangerous aura, he could only hope that the Zongren Mansion would not attack him at such an opportunity to reunite with his brothers.

"Say hello to the emperor's uncle." Feng Minzhi appeared slowly after all the princes arrived, and a group of junior princes hurriedly bowed in a hurry. Feng Wuhao, the Twelfth Prince, who was almost seven years old, also followed behind everyone and pretended to greet him, but his eyes had already been fixed on the crystal clear unknown fruit in the hall, and he looked salivating. However, the nurse who served him with him looked graceful and calm, although her posture was only middle and upper, and she was not inlaid with gold and jade, but she did not have half a servile appearance, and even Feng Minzhi couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Hehe, today is the king's birthday, and it is also a grand event to be able to get all of you to come. It's just that I don't know how many times this king will have such opportunities in the future, the years don't wait for anyone, look at your full ambition, it should be the world of you young people, but this king is old. Feng Minzhi stretched out his hand and let the princes into the house.

"Where is the Emperor Uncle Zu, where are you," the fifth prince Feng Wuzhao took the lead in opening his mouth, "You are old and healthy, at least you can see your great-nephews and grandchildren grow up." Besides, we juniors, how can we do without your advice? This is a high-sounding statement, if you are an ordinary person, how can you hear the deep meaning contained in it. But you don't have fuel-efficient lamps here, how can you not understand the true meaning of Feng Wuzhao's words, and the taste of such an old ancestor is not so pleasant with such an old ancestor pressed on top of the royal family. Feng Wuzhao believes that he is the queen's concubine, but he has not been taught a lesson by this old ancestor, so he is also angry.

Feng Minzhi smiled freely, but in his heart he was not worthy of the most noble prince, and he was indeed too narrow-minded to compete with an old man who was about to die, no wonder the emperor did not directly make him the prince. "Hehe, this king is an old man, how can he compare to you young people. Okay, let's not talk about it so much, if you continue to be polite, the banquet specially prepared by this king will be cold, so let's all sit down. ”

If it was a usual banquet, if it wasn't for the emperor's personal judgment, arranging the seats would be quite a troublesome thing. But Feng Minzhi's seniority was placed there, and he said that he sat down in the order of the eldest and youngest, how could others say that it was not good, and Feng Wuzhao had to barely settle for the fourth position. As for the twelve-year-old Feng Wuxi, of course, he sat down hatefully, and his eyes couldn't stop glancing at the brother who was the same father and mother.

Feng Zhi, who was sitting at the bottom right of Feng Minzhi, was overjoyed in his heart, and in his opinion, this was undoubtedly a good sign, and if he could get the help of this prestigious old man, his life would be much better. Thinking of this, he hurriedly stood up, raised his wine glass, and respectfully persuaded the wine: "Today's first cup will be honored by me on behalf of the emperor's brothers, and I wish you eternal happiness and a long life." ”

Although the rest of the princes were dissatisfied with Feng's attitude of being the boss, they all understood that it was best to follow behind here and now, so they all raised their glasses and persuaded: "Please drink this cup and live a long life!" ”

"Good, good! In that case, this king is full of drink! Feng Minzhi smiled and raised his glass and drank it all, a hint of blush flashed on his face, "How can this king not be happy to see that the royal family has so many capable sons and daughters of you?" Come, feel free, today is a family banquet, don't be rigid about so many etiquette! ”

Despite this, these princes are all people who live and move on weekdays, and they are used to it, and they have a few mouthfuls that suit their appetites, and the chopsticks all stop in unison, but their eyes are staring at Feng Minzhi, they don't believe that this old man invited him to come just for a meal.

Sure enough, after half of the wine, the play meat came, only to hear Feng Min sigh and say half-truthfully: "If it is peaceful today and the people are safe, it is a rare prosperous era in a hundred years." As a prince, do you have the intention to do something practical for the country? ”

This sentence made all the princes stunned, they originally wanted to show off their talent for governing the country in front of this imperial uncle, they didn't expect Feng Minzhi to ask this kind of question. No matter how you answer, you will put yourself in a very disadvantageous situation. If the answer is "yes", the old fox may ask himself if he would like to go to some desolate and remote place to serve his country; If you answer "no", unless you don't want to be this prince anymore, you can't confide in this word no matter what. After thinking about it, there was a sudden silence at the banquet.

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