Walking on the road to the sky leading to the Qianqing Palace, Li Maofang kept following closely behind the inner prison, but in his heart he remembered the look of hope and pleading on Yu Mian's face before leaving the Huanhai Marquis Mansion. Jing Zhan, is your good man really going to waste a good future for such a little woman? Many pictures of childhood companions emerged from his mind, and for a while there were several cruel thoughts crossing his heart, but then he remembered the little girl's rather stubborn eyes, and he was a little hesitant in his heart. Seeing that the Qianqing Palace was close in front of him, he still hadn't made up his mind in his heart.

Xuanfuyang Marquis Li Maofang entered the hall.

Forget it, Jing Zhan has his own blessings, even if I am a brother, why should I worry about the sky and go as I wish. The moment his right foot stepped into the door of the temple first, he seemed to be "blessed" to his heart.

Although he is the main person in charge of the Siyi banquet, most of the itinerary is still arranged by the familiar Guanglu Temple, after the dispersal, a figure standing outside the palace gate for a long time attracted the attention of the prince Zhu Gaochi: "Maofang? Didn't you go to prepare for the Four Yi Banquet, why did you return here? ”

"Your Highness, the minister has a feeling and wants to return, please atone for your sins." Fuyang Hou Yan knelt on the ground.

Inside the East Palace. Zhu Gaochi stood by the window.

"Maofang, what's the matter?" Prince Road.

He was answered with a long sigh. "Uncle, if you talk about ordinary people's families, I should call you that."

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Since the Yongle Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the wind of the Four Yi Banquets has risen. Originally, this banquet was just a small banquet used to entertain Korean and Ryukyu envoys, and only the official of the Ministry of Rites or the military department could preside over the reception. However, since the voyage of Zheng He, the Marquis of Huanhai, there have been countless tributary states over the years, especially when the Marquis of Huanhai returned from his envoys, and even the kings of other countries returned from this voyage. In the face of such a feast of dozens of monarchs, it is always a little less sincere and criticized by only a second- or third-class official. Therefore, the Ming court, which has always had a good face, gradually changed from the Ministry of Rites, Guanglu Temple and Honglu Temple to the prince's attendance and hospitality, showing the demeanor of a great country.

It was not the first time that the crown prince Zhu Gaochi had hosted this banquet, and he was sitting in his ears from afar as he listened to the kneeling Yiguan read out the list of tributes in inarticulate Chinese, and he couldn't help but be bored. He was still thinking about the sentence that his nephew Li Maofang seemed to have unintentionally said when he was leaving yesterday: The minister and the Yu family have been friends since childhood, and Mo Zhi knows him very deeply, and Yu Rang also likes this son very much. If His Royal Highness can help him pay attention to one or two, the Yu family will definitely be grateful to Dade in the future. In addition, with all due respect, it seems that it is time for His Highness to show up more by the newcomers.

With all due respect, my good nephew, you are very blunt, although the Yu family is only the position of the prefect at this time, but with its fame, the favor of the father's holy will will definitely become a big member in the future, I don't know that it is firmly tied to the same boat, and it has an extra layer of security for the control of the crown prince. But can a woman be loyal to me with all her death? This damn group of pervasive brocade guards, I only asked above the palace, they dared to arrest people in the name of Concubine Li of the palace under my nose before they could leave the palace, and they really didn't take my prince in their eyes at all. Is it Zhu Hao, Xuerong or Sai Hazhi or Shi Zhaowen? The prince with a hint of coldness at the corner of his mouth thought about every Jinyi Wei governor and servant in his heart with a name that he never dared to show half a point. In his eyes, his eyes fell on the two of them, Zheng Dajian and Yu Mian, who were sitting in the middle seat with a worried brow, and their right hand, which was shrunk in the wide sleeved robe, began to rub the jade wrench on their thumbs.

In his heart, he suddenly heard the tribute envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom come forward to read the tribute, and only listened to the messenger read that the list of tributes from the Ryukyu subject country to the Ming Monarch was as follows: five alchemy alchemists, fifty fine iron swords, ten beauties, and 100 longevity pills...... And so on and so forth, and so on and so forth.

When the prince who sat on the top seat heard the Ryukyu envoy read out the five names of the Jinfeng Fangshi at first, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, what Jinfeng Fangshi, those Fangshi were obviously snatched by Zheng Hou and others. When he heard that there were dozens of Huang Lao's longevity pills and several beauties, he seemed to be "blessed" to his heart, and suddenly remembered the concubine Li Fang he had just thought. At the moment, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of the purple-robed Li Guogong who was sitting in the lower left direction, and received the secret decree a few days ago: the army of the father Yongle Emperor Zhu Di has been pulled out and driven back to the direction of the capital. By the way, I don't know what kind of punishment the little girl named Zhining was caught by that group of people. I look very familiar with that girl, this prince has never left the palace in recent years, except for Liuhe to welcome Zheng Hou, and I don't know where I have seen her little girl. Wait for her, why would a little girl be captured by Jinyiwei, which ...... In the eyes of the ministers in the audience, the smiling prince was still satisfied with the gifts of the Fanyi tribute envoy. Where can it be compared to the outside of the expedition, so unfathomable, and the suspicion is constant.

The envoys under this step read out the worship has been completed, only to listen to the main book of Guanglu Temple from the seat, and then said: "It is not easy for the countries to sail to the court, and I am also grateful for the devout visit of the countries. After the envoys of various countries submit to me, they can live for ten years like me, and then come to the Ming Dynasty to see me after ten years, according to the people present. ”

The envoys of the various countries, who had been drunk and began to act arbitrarily, raised their heads and waved their sleeves, were shocked when they heard the words conveyed by the interpreter around them, and the eyes of everyone present began to widen. As if they couldn't believe that they and Yourong Yan could take the life-prolonging medicine that only the Emperor of the Heavenly Khan could use, some of the monarchs of the small country who were trembling and took the brocade box immediately took the pill into their stomachs along the wine as if they were afraid that they would be robbed of it if they left here.

"Zheng Qing Yuqing, the two of you have a meritorious service in HNA and a spy in a meritorious position, and I will also give you a Long Xue Bai Zhi Dan. Good students are well managed. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled and gave the two of them the pills that the two inner eunuchs were about to hand over to him.

The banquet marched for a while, and the dancers of the Church Workshop began to play the palace sound. The prince was just about to leave the table to rest, when he heard a report from the direction of the imperial kitchen: Your Royal Highness, the special imperial dish has been prepared. Is it pass-through?

Transmit. The prince, who was about to leave the table, heard this, and paused his body to be lifted up slightly.

As soon as Gong Le arrived, he only heard the shrill voice of the inner supervisor shouting: "Spread the special gift of the imperial dish and the Ming Thousand Roasted Meat."

The envoys of the nations, who had learned their good deeds in the past few days, knew that if anyone in this country of strict etiquette and law shouted loudly, there would be another reward, and they all stopped talking and waited for a new reward. Some of the envoys who had just taken the longevity pill in a hurry and began to want to expel the filth from their bodies, and the envoys who wanted to live forever also endured their discomfort and waited for a new reward.

In just a moment, Zhijian was carried up by dozens of sturdy eunuchs, and the still blazing roasted meat was carried up. The envoys were stunned again, why was this so hot? For a while, even the body seemed to be hot.

The large plate was placed on the iron frame that had been prepared in the local area a long time ago, and the faces of everyone in the entire hall were red at one moment, and the prince, who was sitting at the top of the house, also felt the heat at this moment, and immediately turned sideways to the inner supervisor next to him and asked: "Zhang Fu, you go back and ask the imperial dining room, why is this hot meat so hot." Even I can feel the heat here. Go and give each of them a fine...... Let's preach. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

"I have something important to return to Your Highness immediately, please Your Highness and all the important ministers, so that the ministers can leave here quickly." The inner eunuch stood up beside the prince just now, only to hear the chief guard in the distance arguing with a brocade guard in armor, and it actually came here, and even the envoy who was slightly dissatisfied just now at the bottom of the stairs had noticed it.

"Zhang Fu, go see what's going on." The prince, who has always had a tolerant personality, couldn't tolerate people being so presumptuous, so he ordered it at the moment.

Who knows, but after a while, Zhang Fu, who had just been sent, also stumbled over, and there was a big loss of honor in front of everyone. The prince was stunned, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, only to hear Zhang Fu's mouth wide open, and hurriedly said: "Palace, Your Highness, the three major halls in the palace of Your Highness suddenly caught fire, and the fire spread very quickly, and the Water Dragon Division has gone to extinguish the fire with all his might, but ...... But".

"But what?"