At night, it was the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the royal mansion was naturally lit up.

After a lively atmosphere similar to that of previous years, everyone watched the performances of the invited troupe and waited for the arrival of the time.

Everything is going well in Yunzhou County, but something is wrong in Bianjing.

Every year on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor will invite hundreds of officials and their families to eat a palace annual banquet in the palace, and this is the grandest banquet in the Song Dynasty in a year, and even ministers who are not much in the dynasty in the past will enter the palace today and bring three or two family members to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

Last year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was hosted by the crown prince, and the saint secretly ran to Yunzhou County, and the ministers only learned about it later.

Although the emperor did not run away this year, the ministers who paid attention found that the prince was gone!

As the prince of a country, the crown prince disappeared at the annual palace Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and the saint actually did not ask, which means that everyone knows very well, and it is clear that the saint knows the whereabouts of the prince.

And since more than a month ago, the minister has not seen the prince, this familiar scene suddenly made everyone understand, the prince is afraid that he has slipped away like His Majesty last year, and the place he went, without thinking too much, at least eighty percent may have gone to Yunzhou County.

Otherwise, if you look for Ye Wei's traces, will they be gone?

This is definitely going to Yunzhou County, and this guy went to see his daughter again.

If the ministers can see it, the two princes can naturally see it.

Zhao Ji and Zhao Sheng glanced at each other, and they both understood what the other party meant, even if the father knew about this rare opportunity, it was also a good opportunity to ruin the prince's reputation among the hundred officials.

Therefore, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet seemed to end like this, even if Zhao Youdang wanted to get up, Zhao Sheng hurriedly followed.

However, just when Zhao Ji was halfway through, the fourth princess, Meng Yuru, suddenly stretched out her hand and pulled Zhao Ji, who was halfway up, back to his position.

So while everyone was sitting, the fifth prince suddenly stood up straight, standing out from the crowd and immediately attracting everyone's attention.

And Zhao Sheng also found that only he stood up at this time, and suddenly scolded his mother in his heart, but everyone's eyes had already converged, so he could only stubbornly arch his hand and say:

"Father, on the occasion of the New Year, I don't know why the prince is missing, is it possible that the prince is unwell?"

At first, no one brought up this matter, but now that Zhao Sheng opened his mouth, the imperial historians who had been holding back for a long time couldn't help it anymore, and an envoy with a white beard and an old-fashioned face stood up and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the plan of the year lies in the spring, the New Year is the beginning of the year, and the New Year is a good wish for everyone's family reunion.

Even ordinary people know that they should return to their parents on the occasion of the New Year, and fulfill their filial piety with the feelings of missing their parents.

However, today the prince is absent for no reason, which is unfilial piety at best, and at worst, the prince should be an example for the sons of the world.

If this goes on for a long time, the people of the world will learn from it, and the chaos in the world will not be far away!

The prince's behavior is not the way of the prince! Not the way of the Son of Man! ”

Since this imperial historian spoke, it was like a flood bursting the embankment, and the rest of the officials also echoed it, and Zhao Sheng was secretly relieved when he saw this meeting.

Although he was cheated by his fourth brother, he finally achieved his goal.

Now that the prince is definitely no longer in the capital, he can't refute this accusation, and when it reaches the people tomorrow, the prince's reputation will definitely become extremely bad!

Zhao Duan, who was still smiling on his face, sank his face the moment Zhao Sheng got up, and the difficulties of the imperial history made his face extremely difficult to see.

He didn't speak, he drank quietly with a gloomy face, let these imperial envoys speak, and waited for a quarter of an hour to finish speaking, and then slowly got up and clapped his hands.

And the moment many imperial historians heard this clapping, the words stopped abruptly, as if they were choked by the neck, and everyone looked at Zhao Duan, Zhao Duan glanced coldly and said slowly:

"Are you all done?

If that's the end, let me ......."

Before his words fell, there was an iron imperial history who stood up sincerely.

"Your Majesty, the old minister hasn't finished speaking, the prince's move ......"

The corners of Zhao Duan's mouth twitched, and all the officials also looked at him with stupid eyes, even if Zhao Duandang waved his hand, two guards immediately walked into the hall, one left and one right to hold the imperial history and walked towards it, the imperial history was still unconvinced and asked loudly: "Your Majesty!" Your Majesty! When did the minister commit such a crime? Your Majesty! ……”

"What about the imperial history, when I opened my mouth, who allowed you to speak, and was polite to you, did you take it seriously?"

The ministers bowed their heads and remained silent.

Zhao Duan regained his attention and said, "Okay, since you want to know where the prince went, then it doesn't hurt for me to tell you, the prince went to Yunzhou County."

As for why he was allowed to go to Yunzhou County at this time, it was the first and third generation of Dai Zhen to visit my royal family.

Now that the royal heirs are withering, the son of King Yun is the only heir, and I attach great importance to it, but my grandfather, as a king, the father of the people of the world, should take the world and the court as the priority, and cannot go to Yunzhou County in person.

Therefore, I asked the crown prince to go to see my eldest grandson on my behalf, and by the way, I sent the name I gave my eldest grandson over.

After all, I can't let the only heir of the royal family not even have a name, right?

All of these are my decisions, and you seem to be very opposed to this, so what do you want to do? Let's hear it. ”

As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, no one dared to say anything, the meaning of his words was already obvious, after I finished speaking, who was in favor and who was against?

I'll listen to those who oppose it, but whether I want to do that depends on my mood, and this is also what I told the prince to do, so if you have any opinions, you can find me.

Now whoever has an opinion, stand up!

After being silent for a while, Prime Minister Zhang He made his debut:

"Your Majesty's behavior is all the heart of the elders, and it is the normal feeling of people, so why shouldn't we be like this for our own children and grandchildren?

How can you accuse Your Majesty with this?

It's just that the crown prince is the prince, and it is related to the country, and I and other officials are just worried that the prince will encounter danger when he goes out this time, which will easily shake the society, so he is so excited, and I also ask Your Majesty to understand the ministers, and the next meeting can definitely not let the prince act like this, even if he wants to go to Yunzhou County, he should go to the court according to the regular regulations, not smuggling. ”

Zhang He stood up and skillfully turned the accusations of the ministers against the prince into a grandfather's love for his eldest grandson through the emperor's words.

It can be said that one person on both sides is given a step down.

The two sides also knew that there would be no result in this matter today, so they walked down the steps.

The hundred officials immediately said in unison: "Please Your Majesty put the safety of the country first, and categorically do not let the prince leave Beijing without permission again!" ”

Zhao Duan also nodded and said, "This time I didn't think about it, and it won't be like this next time." ”

Both sides took a step back, and the dinner party suddenly resumed its happy scene again.

It's just that no one noticed that Zhao Duan looked at his fifth child with a very dissatisfied look.

The fourth child is still asking why his daughter-in-law wants to pull him back.

Meng Yuru asked him to see the emperor's face, Zhao Ji looked up, and suddenly realized, looking at the fifth child, his eyes were full of schadenfreude and a trace of sympathy!

…… (End of chapter)