boyutpedia Chapter 165 Hongmen Banquet
Chapter 165 Hongmen Banquet
Looking at himself, he said, "Prince Rui and I have something important to discuss. Please leave first!"
The musician was stunned. He had thought he could stay in Tingyu Pavilion tonight, but he didn't expect that there would be an uninvited guest, Prince Rui. Now, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only retreat in disgrace.
The musician left reluctantly.
Seeing Feng Chenyi arrive before she even had time to warm up, Zhai Yun couldn't help but say, "It's still Tian Fei who has the foresight to make some nourishing soup for you first."
It’s so short, it really doesn’t look like the impression Zhai Yun had of Feng Chenyi. It seems that she should pay more attention to him in the future.
Feng Chenyi understood what Zhai Yun said, threw down the book in his hand, and looked at Zhai Yun coldly, "It's not that I can't do it, but I don't want to. I don't want to consummate the marriage with her."
When Zhai Yun heard Feng Chenyi's words, she was slightly stunned, feeling a mixture of sadness and joy. "You can't keep dragging it out like this. How did you get away tonight?"
Feng Chenyi picked up the book to cover his face, his voice still cold: "I still have a lot of hallucinogenic drugs."
Although it was very selfish, Zhai Yun was very happy to hear that Feng Chenyi did not consummate his marriage with Concubine Tian.
Xuanyuan Che brought warriors with him, and although he intended to challenge Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi did not intend to accept the challenge. So Xuanyuan Che proposed that each country send people to compete in the Six Arts, with a city as the bet.
If Xuanyuan Kingdom loses, it will cede a city. If Fengli Kingdom loses, it will also cede a city.
Xuanyuan Kingdom and Fengli Kingdom are far apart from each other. No matter which side cedes the city, ceding one side is equivalent to opening a hole in its own country.
Zhai Yun was very surprised when she heard the news. Emperor Xing'an actually agreed to such a ridiculous bet.
Emperor Xing'an had been neither cold nor indifferent to Feng Chenyi since he came back. However, when this incident happened, Emperor Xing'an actually took the initiative to invite Feng Chenyi to dinner, which was an unprecedented honor.
Without exception, Feng Chenyi brought Zhai Yun to participate.
Zhai Yun didn't want to go at first. After all, Emperor Xing'an was having dinner with his son, and it would be inappropriate for her to go.
Feng Chenyi looked at Zhai Yun and suddenly said, "Aren't you afraid that I will go alone and never come back?" Although Emperor Xing'an is related to him by blood, in Feng Chenyi's heart, Zhai Yun is the person closest to him and whom he can rely on the most.
Although Zhai Yun knew that Emperor Xing'an would not take action against Feng Chenyi for the time being, she still followed him into the palace. Both Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi knew that this was a Hongmen Banquet.
Emperor Xing'an summoned Chen Yi to have dinner at this time, which must be nothing good.
Emperor Xing'an did not invite anyone else, but only called Feng Chenyi, who brought Zhai Yun with him.
The moment Emperor Xing'an saw Zhai Yun, he was indeed somewhat displeased. He looked at Zhai Yun with a look of resistance: "Why is he here?"
The reason why Feng Chenyi repeatedly went against him was because of Zhai Yun. Zhai Yun broke up the father-son relationship between Feng Chenyi and him, so Emperor Xing'an did not like Zhai Yun.
Feng Chenyi pulled Zhai Yun over and sat down. His arrogant attitude made Emperor Xing'an look even uglier.
If it were in the past, Emperor Xing'an would have been furious if Feng Chenyi had been so disrespectful to him. Today, although Emperor Xing'an was very angry, it could be seen that he was enduring it.
Watching Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi picking up food for each other as if no one was around, and then looking into each other's eyes and smiling intimately, Emperor Xing'an didn't even touch them with his chopsticks.
Straight to the point: "You are responsible for the competition with Xuanyuan Country. You can only win and not lose."
At this critical juncture, Emperor Xing'an summoned Feng Chenyi to have dinner. On the way here, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi had already thought about this, but when they heard Emperor Xing'an say it in person, it was still a little hard to believe.
It is easy to say that you can only win and not lose.
Feng Chenyi put down his chopsticks and looked at Emperor Xing'an with a distant look in his eyes: "Father, I have lived in the Northern Wilderness since I was young. I only have martial arts skills, but I am not proficient in the six arts. I am not up to the task of such a great responsibility."
Although Emperor Xing'an did not have high expectations for Feng Chenyi, Feng Chenyi had to do this because he only had three sons, and the fifth prince neglected his studies and just played all day long.
The crown prince will inherit the throne in the future, and there is no room for negligence.
"I have ordered the students of the Imperial College to fully support you. You can select talents from the Imperial College to participate in this competition." Emperor Xing'an looked determined to win.
The Imperial College is full of children of aristocrats. They are cynical and unaware of the sufferings of the world. They are greedy for pleasure all day long. What kind of people can be chosen from them?
It was simply wishful thinking for Emperor Xing'an to rely on those people to defeat the elites carefully selected by Xuanyuan Che.
The Crown Prince has been taught the Six Arts by the Grand Tutor since he was young, so he should be the most suitable candidate. Fortunately, Emperor An arranged for Feng Chenyi to do this even though Feng Chenyi had never learned the Six Arts.
In order not to cause trouble for Feng Chenyi, Zhai Yun tactfully kept silent and just signaled Feng Chenyi not to agree. Fortunately, Emperor An was obviously putting him in trouble.
If they lose, Feng Chenyi will be blamed alone. The world will know that he is unlearned and incompetent. If he loses a city, the history books will even record him as a sinner of Fengli Nation! Winning will be the joint effort of the entire Fengli Nation and the prosperity of Fengli Nation.
Emperor Xing'an's plan was a good one.
"But I heard that the Emperor brought with him the top scorers in the Six Arts from Xuanyuan Nation." Xuanyuan Che came prepared, and Feng Chenyi knew it was a trap and couldn't agree to it. "When it comes to the Six Arts, the Crown Prince is the undisputed leader."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xing'an became furious. "I'll leave this matter to you. In three days, I want to see the talent you've selected. If you lose the competition, you'll be sent to the border to guard the breach in our country, and you'll never be allowed back!"
Emperor Xing'an said this without giving Feng Chenyi any chance to speak, and turned and left.
Queen's Palace
Queen Bu Yuluo's informant reported that Emperor Xing'an handed over the competition with Xuanyuan Kingdom to Prince Rui, and ordered the Imperial College to fully assist. Bu Yuluo was very angry.
In her opinion, Feng Chenyi had just gotten married, and Emperor Xing'an had already given him the position of supervisor of the North City Military Camp, which was already a threat to the Crown Prince. Now Feng Chenyi was asked to be responsible for such a big thing. What if he won?
Feng Chenyi's influence will grow. We have finally sent Feng Chenmu away, and we cannot let another Feng Chenyi grow up!
She entered the palace at the age of sixteen, and it has been more than thirty years now. Her father, the uncle of the current king of Fengli Kingdom, is already old, but she still has two younger brothers who are officials in the court, and the sons of her two younger brothers are also in the Imperial College. As long as she gives an order, they will be able to enter the palace.
Feng Chenyi can't win!
When returning to Prince Rui's Mansion, Zhai Yun saw that Feng Chenyi was not worried about the competition. Although they had many extraordinary people and things under their command in recent years, the candidates this time could only be selected from the Imperial College.
Just as Zhai Yun was about to discuss the candidates for the competition with Feng Chenyi, Feng Chenyi started talking about something else: "Let's go to the Dali Temple tonight."
Feng Chenyi Feng Chenyi couldn't wait to see his mother's files.