The Favored Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(178)

King Jin narrowed his narrow eyes and looked at King Qing.

King Qing refused to give in, with a smile in his eyes.

Prince Jin didn't say anything. He picked up the wine cup on the table and drank the wine in one gulp.

King Lu smiled and praised King Jin for his good drinking ability, and said: "Fifth brother is very happy today. In so many years, I have only seen Zuo'er from the eldest brother's family and Chen Ge'er from the fifth brother's family, and they can make my father look at me with such special eyes. "

While he was talking, he poured wine for the King of Jin. He held the wine cup in his other hand and gave a false bow, then drank all the wine.

Xiaobao had indeed made a splash before, and today, on this festive occasion, all the princes and Emperor Hongjing's close courtiers gathered together, so it was only natural that they should send congratulatory messages to their father. King Hui took the crown prince as the leader, and Zhao Zuo was already far ahead of his peers in terms of literary talent. Naturally, this congratulatory message was particularly original and original, attracting praise from the whole room. Some veterans praised him and said that if Prince Hui could take the exam, he would be the number one scholar.

This kind of occasion is an opportunity to express yourself, but unfortunately it has to come a few times every year. There are only so many congratulatory messages that come and go, and they can't go off topic. No matter how new they are, they won't show much. The reason why Zhao Zuo was able to come out on top again and again was simply because he took advantage of the word ‘head’.

If he were placed among the crowd at the back, he probably wouldn't show much.

Everyone understands this truth, but with this atmosphere and such a scene, it is natural that they will not be left behind. But as I said before, there are only so many such congratulatory messages that come and go, and they cannot go off topic. They are nothing more than fried rice, and it is normal for them to be lost to the public.

When it was the turn of Prince Jin's palace, Prince Jin was a man of concise speech, so he didn't think twice when he was asked to express himself on such an occasion. He said a few words casually, just to deal with errands. When it was Xiaobao's turn, everyone didn't take him seriously. After all, at such a young age, it would be great if he could speak clearly.

Unexpectedly, Xiaobao surprised everyone. Not only did he deliver his congratulatory message in a decent manner, but he also said many beautiful words and sentences. In fact, if you pay attention to what the people in front of you said, you will know that Xiaobao put together what everyone in front of you said.

Others cannot ignore this situation, even if they can't understand a sentence or two, they just assume there is nothing new. But who said that the little man wanted to show off? He spoke for a long time, and gradually everyone heard it and looked at each other in confusion.

Such a young child is so organized. Not only that, he can also quickly remember what others said and repeat them back. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the reincarnation of Gan Luo.

For a moment, the whole hall was shocked, and countless people clucked their tongues, saying that a child prodigy had come out of the Jin Wang family.

Everyone likes smart children, especially this child is one of his own. Emperor Hongjing smiled and waved to Xiaobao with his long eyes, and Xiaobao went over in a hurry.

"I haven't seen you for many days, but you are getting smarter and smarter."

Emperor Hongjing did not suspect that King Jin had taught the child and specially used it to compete for favor. Xiaobao was also smart and did not say any words that made people think he was amazing. Because at his age, if he says something too surprising, people will subconsciously think that it was deliberately taught by the elders in the family, and they will inevitably fall into the lower class.

So Xiaobao took the congratulatory message from the person in front of him on the spot. There was definitely no new idea, but what he wanted was not a new idea, but a 'clearance'.

"It seems that I have to carefully choose a good master for you. It is time to enlighten you and avoid wasting your talent."

"Grandpa Huang, what is a master?"

"The master is the person who teaches you and explains your doubts."

"Then Grandpa Huang, you can be Xiaobao's master." The little man said this naturally, without any awareness that the other person was not only his grandfather, but also the king of the country.

Emperor Hongjing became curious and asked: "Why do you want Grandpa Huang to be your master?" In fact, the next sentence is, but someone taught you. But even if you don’t say it, people who should understand will understand it. A king is naturally suspicious, which is also a kind of tragedy for a person in a superior position. All the good words he hears are just plain talk, and he will inevitably doubt whether these words are true or false, and what the other person's intentions are.

Probably only young children can lower this precaution, because children cannot lie before they become wise.

Of course, little monsters like Xiaobao are not included.

"Because Daddy said that Grandpa Huang is the most knowledgeable and courageous person in the world. His martial arts and martial arts far surpass those of the sages, Yao, Shun, and Yu." Xiaobao's milky voice sounded.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on King Jin's face. King Rao of Jin boasted that his skin was as thick as iron, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this moment. Besides, he didn't say anything like that, and he didn't know where this little brat made it up.

Xiaobao then asked: "By the way, Grandpa Huang, what is the soup that is far beyond the saints and Yao, Shun, and Yu? Fish soup is for drinking. Mom makes fish soup, and Xiaobao likes to drink it."

How should Emperor Hongjing respond to this sentence? Is he going to brag about how powerful he is in front of a group of trusted ministers? The highest state of eating cattle is never to cook it yourself, but to let others cook it for you.

Obviously Emperor Hongjing has no shortage of these people. As soon as Xiaobao finished speaking, someone jumped out and slapped Emperor Hongjing on his fart. One person jumped out, and countless people jumped out, and then these people perfectly explained to Xiaobao what it meant to be 'far beyond the sages' and what it meant to be 'Yao, Shun, and Yu Tang'.

However, with Xiaobao's beautiful jade in the front, and King Jin's fancy slapping the dragon's fart far beyond anyone else's, the latter would inevitably fall to the bottom. Therefore, flattery also pays attention to form. The highest level of flattery is never that you go up to flatter yourself, but that you obviously do nothing, but the person being flattered feels that you just flattered him, and the flattery makes him very embarrassed.

For example, King Jin was standing there calmly at this time.

Not only does it give people a sense of inscrutability and calmness, but it also makes people unexpected that this seemingly cold and hard-boiled King Jin actually admires and worships his father so much.

Even Emperor Hongjing looked over with a much more complicated look.

After that, Xiaobao was qualified to sit on Emperor Hongjing's dragon legs and look down at the people below. It wasn't until the scene here became increasingly unsuitable for the children that Emperor Hongjing ordered Li Dequan to take all the grandchildren down. Not only the children of King Jin's family, but also the children of King Qing, King Wu, and King Lu were taken down.

"What a soup of Yao, Shun and Yu. If you want to drink fish soup, fifth brother, your boy is really amazing!" King Lu said with admiration and envy.

Naturally, King Hui and others around him were not happy, especially King Hui. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that his son was better than me, so he just had to be young. But now that someone better than his son came out, King Hui couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.

Not to mention An Wang and others, they secretly resented that the women in the family were not living up to expectations and did not give birth to a smart son, otherwise there would be no need to watch Lao Wu being in the limelight today. Under such circumstances, they all swarmed up, hoping to make King Jin drunk and embarrassed, so as to win back the victory.

Just taking turns in battle, King Jin drank more and more. The palace maid had already brought several jars of wine over and they were all gone. Prince Qing looked on anxiously. I wanted to use Emperor Hongjing as an excuse to get them to restrain themselves, but when I looked up, I found that Emperor Hongjing had left at some point. Nowadays, the most distinguished people in this pavilion are undoubtedly King Hui and others, and no one dares to step forward to dissuade them.

Especially since this was obviously a dispute between several princes, no one wanted to get involved, as if they didn't see it. Eat when you should, drink when you should, and talk when you should talk.

King Hui was the first to fail. He threw down the wine cup and stood up holding his stomach: "I have to go and line up. You drink first, and wait for me to come back. Today, I, my fifth brother, and I will not get drunk." Return."

He stretched out his hand to wave, and a young eunuch came up and helped him leave.

King Jin put down the wine cup and looked at the blushing King Lu: "Since eldest brother is gone, I won't drink anymore."

King Lu was about to say something.

At this time, a eunuch hurried over and said, "His Royal Highness, King Jin, Your Majesty has summoned you to come over and speak."

"What's the matter?"

The eunuch lowered his head and said hesitantly: "It seems that the little emperor grandson said something wrong and angered His Majesty."

The people next to him suddenly showed interesting eyes, with a hint of schadenfreude.

This is called stealing but losing the rice. You think you can please your father by holding the child. Little do you know what a child of this age knows. If you accidentally offend the holy face, you will be left with nothing to eat.

King Lu, who was ignorant, patted King Jin on the shoulder and comforted him: "Fifth brother, my little emperor's nephew is too young and ignorant. Please don't express your anger."

King Yong said: "I'm not telling you what to do, fifth child. How do you teach such a young child what to do? You see, this is really..." He was quite embarrassed, but just one sentence completely wiped out all the efforts Xiaobao had made before. The overthrow was as if the King of Jin's ulterior motive for favor was now discovered by Emperor Hongjing.

King Jin glanced at him and stood up.

King Qing said anxiously: "Fifth brother, I will go with you."

King Jin shook his head and followed the eunuch away.

On the other side, when Yao Niang heard that 'Your Highness' and 'The young master is not feeling well', she became a little panicked and subconsciously stood up.

"Which eunuch are you from? Where is His Highness at this time? What happened to Xiaobao?"

"Replying to your Majesty, this servant is the eunuch serving at Fu Bi Pavilion, his name is Xiao Anzi. I don't know what is going on, but it is just the order from above. Your Highness is still accompanying you at Fu Bi Pavilion. The little emperor's grandson has some problems. I felt uncomfortable and asked my servants to accompany me to Jiang Xuexuan."

"What's wrong with the little grandson?"

Xiao Anzi looked anxious and pitiful: "My dear, I don't know. I just heard that it seems to be abdominal pain. I have already ordered someone to call the imperial doctor, but the little emperor's grandson is making trouble for you."

"That's it..." Yao Niang didn't know why she was hesitating and glanced to the side.

Xiao Anzi looked over and saw that there was no one there. There was only a man dressed as a eunuch who was using a bamboo pole to adjust the glazed lamp hanging on the tree.