The snow was flying, and the whole sky was gray.

The same was true on the day of Li Hong's birthday banquet.

In the afternoon, the invited officials from all over the country entered Beijing and were arranged to live in various post stations, and when the post stations were full, they temporarily lived in vacant houses in various parts of the capital.

The birthday banquet is scheduled in the evening.

Listening to Gu Li, Zheng Taishi's leg was broken by himself with a stick, and when it came to the birthday banquet in the evening, someone would carry him over.

Yun Sheng wanted to laugh when he heard this.

The net is ready, and when it is scattered, where will he be allowed to escape?

Simply, at night, the snow stopped, Yun Sheng had never participated in such a big banquet in the palace, she and Zhang Jiusheng were not real chamberlains, so Sanyu did not have many tasks arranged for the two of them, just standing behind Li Hongzhi with a fruit plate, watching the other palace maids and chamberlains come and go, busy.

Her heart was beating wildly, it was so cold, but Yunsheng's palms were still sweating layer by layer, she rubbed her palms from time to time, or secretly rubbed them clean on her clothes and then took them back.

Zhang Jiusheng glanced at Yun Sheng with his spare eyes, and saw that she was so nervous that she was almost sweating, so he cautiously turned his head a little, and shouted softly: "Yun Sheng, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yun Sheng also tilted his head slightly, lowered his voice and said, "I'm nervous." ”

Li Hongzhi was sandwiched between the two, tilted his head back slightly, and said, "Don't be nervous, you just have to watch the play tonight." ”

Hearing Li Hongzhi say this, Yun Sheng and Zhang Jiusheng glanced at each other, and then quietly continued to stand behind him.

Before the banquet began, those officials walked in one after another, led by each palace person, and arranged to their respective seats, and Li Hongzhi did not appear at the banquet at this time, and those who did not appear included the one who was under house arrest in Fenglai Palace.

Li Hongzhi sat behind the curtain not far away, and Zhang Jiusheng and Yunsheng stood behind him.

The expressions of several people all became solemn, and those officials, big or small, near or far, familiar or unfamiliar, were all inseparable from each other in this matter.

Zhang Jiusheng took the time to peek at Yun Sheng and found that her eyes were slowly starting to become firm.

He was relieved.

Yunsheng is not just Yunsheng in the end.

She is also the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The fruit pot in his hand suddenly became a thousand pounds, and the lifted feet became difficult to walk, but Li Hongzhi had already lifted the curtain and went out, and he and Yun Sheng, as Li Hongzhi's internal attendants, had to follow closely.

Li Hongzhi is the protagonist of the birthday banquet, plus he is an emperor who has a bad reputation, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with holding a birthday banquet and summoning officials from all over the country back to Beijing.

But people with a heart, such as Zheng Taishi, who broke a leg, don't look very good.

I don't know if it's painful, or if it's a bad mood when forced into the palace, in short, Zheng Taishi's face is blue and white, since he came in, he has never seen him smile, but the wine in his hand has drunk glass after glass, and when no one toasts him, he has already drunk a lot of wine alone.

Li Hong's sharp eyes swept over and over again in the crowd, the two lists were in his hands, just in the past few days, he almost matched all the people and names in the two lists, and now he looked at them one by one, but there was no omission, the obedient ones came, and the disobedient ones also came.

Wu Zhidun also came, he came very early, he sat in the arranged position early in the morning, the position under the emperor's nose, the queen mother did not come, he was restless, but after looking at the palace people in the crowd who looked at him, he calmed down again.

Everything is ready, not afraid of this little emperor who has no real power.

He took a deep breath and drank the wine in his hand.

The banquet was about to start, Li Hongzhi sat down in his position, occasionally asked Yun Sheng for a grape, and took the opportunity to say a few words when he got closer, Zhang Jiusheng watched from the side and scolded the Dog Emperor for having bad intentions.

The palace people were busy bringing the food to the table.

Pots and pots of wine were added, singing and dancing were played one team after another, gifts were sent one after another, and the greetings gradually changed from warm to cold, everyone had their own thoughts in their hearts, Li Hongzhi kept a shallow smile, and he didn't seem to be planning to say anything.

But there are some people below who can't sit still.

"Holy Lord, today is the birthday of the Holy One, and Wechen is here to bless the Holy Heavens, long live long live." Zheng Taishi said, a glass of wine can be eaten.

He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Li Hongzhi.

"I heard that Aiqing's leg was injured, how do you feel now?" The wine in Li Hongzhi's hand did not move, and he looked at Zheng Taishi with a smile, and Zheng Taishi was frightened.

"Minister...... Chen's legs are much better. Zheng Taishi was furious when he saw it, so he had to suppress the true thoughts in his heart, he glanced at Wu Zhidun nervously, but saw that Wu Zhidun didn't look at him.

Since hearing that Gu Li had returned to Beijing, the two of them had almost no communication, even if it was Wu Zhidun's plan, Zheng Taishi didn't know anything about it.

He knew that he had been given up by Wu Zhidun.

He had to find a way out for himself.

With trembling hands and raising the wine glass in front of him, Zheng Taishi drank it tremblingly, sat in his place, and said no more words, as if this banquet had nothing to do with him.

After a long time, Zheng Taishi suddenly beckoned the palace people behind him to come closer, and after whispering, the palace people nodded and retreated.

Gu Li hid in the shadows, and when he saw that the palace people had left here, he also waved his hand and called a brother over.

Li Hongzhi beckoned to the queen, and Sanyu handed over the list of congratulatory gifts sent by various ministers of civil and military affairs, and casually named a name: "Lord Liu Guangzu, Lord Liu, are you here?" ”

Lord Liu, who was called by name, stood up in a panic, and almost knocked over the food on the table, and walked to the ground in front of Li Hongzhi in a panic and knelt down.

"Weichen Liu Guangzu, knock on the saint, long live the saint." He trembled and fell to his knees.

"Hmm." Li Hongzhi glanced at the list and said with a smile: "Lord Liu is Jiangzhou weaving?" ”

"Yes." Liu Guangzu's whole body almost trembled and knelt on the ground, but Li Hongzhi didn't call him up at all.

"How much is the January of Jiangzhou weaving?"

When Liu Guangzu heard this, almost the whole person collapsed to the ground.

Wu Zhidun, who was sitting on the side, had already grasped the fist in his hand, and he said in his heart: "It's started." ”

"Back to ...... Back to the saint, it's ......" The cold sweat on Liu Guangzu's forehead slid down his cheeks one by one, and his voice trembled, but he couldn't say the answer.

Liu Guangzu glanced up at Wu Zhidun, but saw that he didn't look at him at all, knowing that this time was the end.

"Eighty taels a month, right?" Since he didn't want to say it, Li Hongzhi said it for him.

Liu Guangzu wiped his sweat and nodded again and again.

"The Tengyun Jade Fairy you sent up, crystal clear, fat white and delicate, with warm tentacles, the best Hetian white jade, according to the market price, what is the market price? Do I need to ask for you? ”

Liu Guangzu almost cried, lying on the ground, his whole body trembling like chaff, and he couldn't say half a word out of his mouth. Li Hongzhi threw the list in his hand in front of Liu Guangzu, and he didn't even dare to look up to take a second look.

"The rest of you, don't feel lucky, I have accepted every one of the congratulatory gifts on this list, and I know in my heart what the price of each one is. You know how much money you have made in your position over the years, and I know it. For so many years, I have pretended to be deaf and dumb, and you should know better than me what the reason is. ”

As soon as the words were spoken, all the officials rose from their positions and fell to their knees.

Li Hongzhi stretched out his finger and knocked on the table, the banquet of so many people, at this moment, the crows were silent, and the crisp sound of him hitting the table was particularly loud.

"I ask myself, my father has never treated you harshly, do you dare to touch your conscience and say that you did not form a party for personal gain, did not loot the people's fat, and did not do all the things that hurt nature and reason behind his back?!" Li Hongzhi took a deep breath, slowly stood up, looked at the group of people below, and then looked at Wu Zhidun, who was kneeling there with a fearless face, and couldn't help laughing in his heart: "You are not afraid of me, I know it very well in my heart, but if I didn't pretend to be like that, would this dragon chair still be me sitting today?" I'm afraid I have already changed my surname! ”

"Wechen is terrified!"

"Scared fart!" Li Hongzhi scolded.

Yun Sheng and Zhang Jiusheng, who were following him, widened their eyes, but they didn't expect that Li Hongzhi, who looked gentle and temperamental, would actually say foul language, or in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Wu Zhidun was kneeling, but when he saw Li Hongzhi angry, he stood up leisurely.

Li Hongzhi looked at him and smiled: "Wu Xiang has something to say?" ”

"Wechen does have something to say to the saint." Wu Zhidun also smiled slightly and took a step forward.

Gu Li, who was hiding in the distance, also slowly raised the bow and arrow in his hand and aimed at Wu Zhidun.

"Wu Xiang, please say." Li Hongzhi raised his hand and gestured, then turned around and walked to his seat.

"Saint, since ancient times, it has been bustling, all for profit, all for profit. The minister thinks that the throne and the country should also be inhabited by those who are capable. ”

Zhang Jiusheng frowned slightly, this old thing is really dead, this kind of thing can be said, it seems that he came prepared, if there is a fight for a while, he has to protect Yunsheng first.

When he thought like this, he secretly glanced at Yun Sheng, but found that Yun Sheng's face was calm, as if he was not surprised. It's just that her fingers clutching the fruit bowl tightly, glowing a little white, let Zhang Jiusheng know that she is not as calm as she seems.

She was trying to restrain herself.

The eldest grandson's family, the family is broken and fragmented, all thanks to Wu Zhidun.

Li Hongzhi turned around, looked at Wu Zhidun with a smile, and asked, "What?" Wu Xiang thinks that you can sit in this position better than me? ”