The side hall of the Cheng'en Palace.

Several imperial doctors were nervously showing Qian Duo's injuries, and Concubine Qian looked at the shocking bruises, and was extremely distressed, "This flower-like face, even a hard-hearted person can't get such a heavy hand!" That fool is so cruel and inhumane! ”

Wei Guansun looked full of remorse, "Uncle, it was Guan Sun who didn't protect Duo Niang well, so that she was beaten and insulted by King Zhong for no reason, please punish Uncle Niang." ”

Concubine Qian glanced at him, knowing that he was pretentious, but she didn't debunk it, "It's no wonder that you're not lightly injured, hurry up and let the imperial doctor take a look, and you will have to pay a salute later, don't miss the business." ”

"Auntie, you have to seek justice for Duo Niang, I must not suffer this slap in vain, even if he is a loyal king, I have never suffered such a grievance since I was a child!" Qian Duo said hatefully.

"Don't worry, the daughter of our Qian family is not to be bullied." Concubine Qian suppressed her anger, "After today's birthday banquet, I will definitely make that fool pay!" ”

"Uncle, King Nazhong looks like he has changed a lot from the past, Guan Sun can't understand the reason, you should be more careful." Wei Guansun reminded.

Concubine Qian had already heard Qian Guozhong say it before, and she thought that someone had asked King Zhong to act, so she didn't think deeply, "Well, I already know about this matter." ”

……

Zhao Mengqi didn't plan to attend Concubine Qian's birthday banquet, but was repeatedly persuaded by the Huang family before deciding to go.

It stands to reason that Huang and Zhao Yan should also attend, but they seem to have been forgotten and were not invited, but fortunately, Zhao Mengqi didn't plan to let them go, so he left a few attendants to take care of them.

Brought Huang Zhi to Cheng'en Palace, people kept saluting Zhao Mengqi, no need to think about it, Zhao Mengqi also knew that these people didn't have much sincerity, so he didn't bother to take care of it, with a wooden face, he walked to the seat next to King Rong and sat down.

When King Rong saw him coming, he was going to greet him, but seeing him like this, he opened his mouth, but in the end he just sighed and didn't say anything.

Those civil officials were originally dissatisfied because of Zhao Mengqi's attitude, but when they saw this scene, there were many people who wanted to take advantage of the topic, and it was just that you were loyal to the king and ignored us, but you dared not to salute your father, which is a big disrespect!

But after thinking about it deeply, in terms of status, King Rong and King Zhong are both princes, that is, they are equal, and whether they admit it or not, King Zhong is now the de facto prince, and his position must be higher than that of King Rong, and in terms of status, King Rong is now only the uncle of King Zhong, not to mention that King Rong didn't say anything, so he had to dispel this idea, just keep this matter in his heart, and when he is on the scene, he can take it out and talk about it, and smear King Zhong.

After Zhao Mengqi sat down, he looked around, and saw that the area of this Cheng'en Hall seemed to be larger than that of Chongzheng Palace, and it was much worse in terms of etiquette and height, otherwise it would be properly transgressed, and it could also be seen that the Zhao Guanjia treated his family very well.

There are almost more than 200 seats in the hall, and there are also a lot of them outside the palace gate, plus a few side halls, and there are five or six hundred guests, not counting the female banquet placed in the back hall.

Zhao Mengqi pouted secretly, but on a thirty-five-year-old birthday, he actually made such a big show, and it took tens of thousands of yuan to spend it, and sure enough, it was Zhumen's wine and meat.

A few bells rang, the birthday feast began, dancing and music, and the wine and delicacies were passed by the maids like flowers and butterflies.

As a state of etiquette, a big banquet like this has rules to follow, every drink and peck, there are emcees chanting and singing, for Zhao Mengqi, in addition to the freshness, he feels quite constrained, eating a meal and doing so many ways.

So Zhao Mengqi simply pretended to be stupid, lowered his head to himself, and picked vegetables to eat, not to mention, the taste was no worse than that in the palace.

Half an hour passed, the red tape congratulations and programmed toasts were basically over, and the next thing was a relatively free drinking feast, and Zhao Mengqi was roughly full.

Because at this time, it is usually a separate seat system, that is, one person and one table, so the people at the large banquet toast are all remote salutes, toast to each other from afar, and then drink together, many people intend to toast Zhao Mengqi, but he basically lowered his head and couldn't see it at all, so these people could only give up.

But people with other purposes were naturally unwilling, so a group of yamen left the banquet with wine glasses and rushed to Zhao Mengqi's table.

"His Royal Highness the King Zhong, I am young and stubborn, and I have offended many talents, and I am very frightened at this moment, so I specially borrow a glass of thin wine to make amends to His Highness, and with His Royal Highness's grace and generosity, I guess I will not refuse."

Heh, made a move?

Zhao Mengqi raised his eyes and looked at this group of second ancestors with interest, he was frightened by himself before, but he didn't expect to make a comeback so soon.

The slender fingers turned on the rim of the cup, and he couldn't hear the joy and sorrow, "What do you mean by saying that if you refuse, you will have a small belly?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, we all sincerely apologize, how can we slander without permission, as for what the world will say about His Highness, it has nothing to do with us."

The one who spoke on behalf of the Yanai was Qu Yanei, who had a noble father, who seemed to have a long family background, a sharp mouth, and a lot of courage.

"Hehe, the world's evaluation? Does Lonely care? Zhao Mengqi straightened his waist and straightened up, "Get out!" Toast to Lonely, you are not qualified enough! ”

"This ......"

The people were stunned, and they didn't think that King Zhong didn't talk about etiquette at all, not only did he refuse simply, but even despised them nakedly, which was simply a slap in the face to one of them in public.

"It's me who has climbed high, and I can't be humiliated if I can't kill him, so I leave!" Qu Yanei blushed his face, forcibly saved his dignity, and took the lead to leave.

Zhong Yanei returned to his seat with a disgraced face, always feeling that the eyes around him were full of ridicule, and they couldn't help but look at the initiator Wei Guansun with resentment.

Wei Guansun couldn't stand these many reproachful eyes, so he had to bite the bullet, "Then I'll go in person, and I will definitely save face for your brothers!" ”