The atmosphere in the hall was embarrassing, Shen Mingda had a smile on his face, he was very satisfied with the expressions of the people below, in the past, everyone in the Shen family pulled his banner, and he dared to do anything in Yangzhou, today, he let his son-in-law come out to town and town, let them all be more restrained, don't think that there is no one in the world who can cure them.

In the past, Jinyiwei Qianhu did not interfere much in the affairs of Yangzhou, and the relationship with local officials in Yangzhou was also very dull, and the two sides had no friendship, but since last month, Jinyiwei has changed his face. Prostitutes also have to be beaten by their boards.

Jin Yiwei's attack on Yandao Yamen last month can be said to have frightened many Yangzhou officials and businessmen, for fear that Jin Yiwei's eyes would be aimed at them.

The Shen family is deeply rooted in Yangzhou, and Shen Mingda is the governor of Yangzhou, but if the Shen family is really targeted by Jinyiwei, Shen Mingda is a prefect, and he can't fight with Jinyiwei's eight poles, what can he do to catch them?

There was silence for a while!

A loud laugh suddenly came from outside, and then three middle-aged people dressed in Ling Silk and Silk walked into the hall, led by a man who was about fifty years old, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, is this king late?" ”

The two behind him were also about forty years old, and they bowed their hands to Shen Mingda slightly, with a smile on their faces, and stood in the hall without saying a word.

"The three princes are here at the right time, the lower officials have prepared a banquet, just waiting for the three princes to come!" Shen Mingda hurriedly stood up, stepped forward and bowed to the three of them, smiling.

When the others in the hall saw the three men enter, they all stood up and bowed.

There was only one person sitting on a chair sipping tea, with a cold expression, as if he didn't see the three of them, and this person was Yang Xiaoyu.

It's not that he didn't see three of them, it's just that he's never seen them. thought that they were all relatives of the Shen family, but how did he know that these three people turned out to be the prince, and when he heard this and wanted to stand up and salute, everyone else had already stood up and saluted.

"Who is this?" The corner of the prince's eyes swept to Yang Xiaoyu, the only one who did not get up to greet them, and asked with a little displeasure.

The other two princes were also dissatisfied, they were both royal nobles. has a very high reputation in Yangzhou City, when did a young man dare to be so rude to them.

Shen Mingda couldn't cry or laugh, how could he know that his son-in-law had such a big temper that he didn't even care about the prince.

"Back to the prince, this is the son-in-law!"

Shen Mingda laughed embarrassedly and said to Yang Xiaoyu: "Come and see the three princes!" ”

"Xiaguan has seen three princes!" Yang Xiaoyu stepped on the steps sent by Shen Mingda, stood up and bowed to the three princes, without the slightest grovel, as if he was the prince.

The three princes standing in the hall looked even more dissatisfied. This is to salute them, it is obvious that he listened to Shen Mingda's words, so he reluctantly came to salute them.

"Three princes, the lower officials have prepared the wine and food, hurry up and enter the table!" Shen Mingda saw that the faces of the three princes flashed with displeasure, and hurriedly blocked Yang Xiaoyu's body, and invited the three of them out of the hall for the banquet with a smile.

Today is the family banquet of the Shen Mansion, and they all came to the banquet as Shen Mingda's friends.

At this time, Shen Mingda spoke. The three princes always had to give Shen Mingda a thin noodle.

The three of them ignored Yang Xiaoyu and walked out of the hall with Shen Mingda with a smile.

The rest of the Shen family followed. It sets off the dignitaries of the three princes.

Yang Xiaoyu sneered in his heart, the three of them who don't know the so-called princes dare to go to the family banquet of local officials, isn't this a chance to clean them up?

The imperial court had always been very taboo about the vassal kings, and they were deeply afraid that they would associate with local officials, so these three people dared to come to the banquet blatantly. It's a lot of guts!

Yang Xiaoyu smiled coldly and slowly walked out of the hall.

There are more people attending the banquet in the Shen Mansion today, so the banquet is set up in the garden at the back.

Although it is early autumn, the flowers in the garden are as beautiful as fire. Eye-catching.

On the bluestone-paved floor, there are seven or eight tables, each with six benches next to it.

Delicacies and vintage wines are placed on the table, and dozens of maidservants stand in a row, waiting to serve the guests.

The house slaves are busy and busy, and there is an endless stream.

When Yang Xiaoyu came over, the five tables near the front were already full, and he chose the most inconspicuous table in the back and sat with several side branches of the Shen family.

At the main table sat three princes, Shen Mingda, and two officials of the Shen family.

On the two tables below the main table, there sat a dozen young handsome people, who talked in low voices and laughed together.

A few tables down the table sat the rest of the Shen family!

It is not everyone in the Shen family who came to Shen Mingda's family banquet today, you must know that Shen Mingda is just Shen's usual concubine, and there are the Shen family's long room and second room above him.

According to Yang Xiaoyu's knowledge, the long house and second room of the Shen family all live in Nanzhili, Shen Mingda's eldest brother seems to be the left servant of the Nanzhili Household Department, and the second brother is the Shangshu of the Nanzhili Rite Department, which can be described as a prominent family.

When the table was almost full, Shen Mingda stood up and said a few words, and then sat down and moved his chopsticks.

As soon as the host moved the chopsticks, the other people followed the chopsticks to eat and drink.

The Shen family's banquet was very rich, but in Yang Xiaoyu's opinion, it was no different from his eating and drinking in the Yang Mansion, and even slightly inferior.

Yang Xiaoyu symbolically ate a few bites, and then every once in a while, he ate another bite, and the Shen family sitting next to him invited him to drink, and he only took a sip of tea.

There was a lot of laughter at the main table, and the people at the other tables were eating wine and food, listening to the voices of everyone at the main table, and they looked deeply agreed.

Yang Xiaoyu didn't deliberately listen, in his opinion, these people are either chanting wine and composing poems, or tasting wine and appreciating flowers.

But the more I didn't pay attention to it, the louder the voice at the main table became, and one person said: "Jinyi Wei these dogs do all kinds of bad things, a few days ago, they surrounded the Yandao Yamen and killed the officials of the Yandao Yamen, and what is even more infuriating is that they forced the Wei Command to implement a curfew on the street, but what so what, in the end, the curfew was not lifted!" ”

It was a middle-aged man in his forties among the three princes who said this, and he didn't see that when his words fell, the eyes of Shen Mingda and everyone in the Shen family changed color slightly.

At this time, an elegant and gentle prince said: "What is this, the little girl went out of the city to play, Jin Yiwei actually followed behind, framing the innocence of the little girl out of thin air, this king sulked all night for this, and planned to go to Nanzhen Fusi tomorrow to ask, what fault did this king make, Jin Yiwei was so bullying." ”

As soon as the elegant prince's voice fell, the other one began to speak for the older prince, and three of his ten sentences were scolding Jinyi Wei for losing his conscience and doing all kinds of bad things, leaving him with the despicable act of whipping corpses and robbing tombs.

Yang Xiaoyu listened to the abuse of the three princes, and sneered in his heart, wishing that they would scold more ugly things.

However, after the older prince finished speaking, when he was about to speak again, Shen Mingda hurriedly said: "The sun is shining today, I waited and drank this cup." ”

"Yes, drink this cup first!" 、

Everyone at the main table remembered that this was the Shen family's family banquet, and they smiled and picked up their wine glasses, touched each other, and drank them all.

Yang Xiaoyu didn't want to stay for a moment now, he stood up gently, bowed his hand slightly to the few people on the table, and turned to leave.

For him, today's Shen family banquet seemed to be specially prepared to humiliate him, which made him dissatisfied.

The middle-aged prince at the main table swept Yang Xiaoyu and left the table halfway, and sneered at Shen Mingda: "Lord Shen, you should also find a good person when you are looking for a son-in-law, how can you find a person who does not know etiquette and leave the table halfway, it can be seen that his tutor!" Speaking of this, he looked pity.

Shen Mingda couldn't say if he was bitter, he originally wanted to announce to his relatives and friends the news that Yang Xiaoyu and his daughter were going to get married in Layue after the banquet, and also click on Yang Xiaoyu's identity, who knew that in the middle of the banquet, the three princes poured bitter water and scolded Jinyiwei directly, but he couldn't interject if he wanted to.

Now that Yang Xiaoyu is leaving, if he reveals Yang Xiaoyu's identity at this moment, the three princes must not accuse him of doing it on purpose.

For a while, Shen Mingda smiled bitterly, and hurriedly signaled to his son on the other table, asking his son to come forward and persuade Yang Xiaoyu.

Shen Mingda's son is also a smart man, he saw his father's signal, so he confessed his guilt to his friends at the table, and hurriedly left the table to chase Yang Xiaoyu. (To be continued......)