Jiazhu of the Red Chamber

Although they were in the same sedan chair, they were happy and worried. Shui Rong only said that Jia Zhu was thinking about how to mention this to Jia Zheng, so he didn't bother him. Zhu lives comfortably in the palace.

After a while of incense sticks, the warming sedan stopped, the servants lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, Jia Zhu got out of the sedan chair first, and then Shui Rong got out of the sedan chair, and another servant handed over a big hairy cloak to put on Shui Rong.

Zhang Fu, Cai Zhu, Nuan Song, etc. followed Jia Zhu, and Jia Zhu ordered: "Send two people back to report, and say that today we are going to have a banquet with all the classmates." Zhang Fu agreed, and arranged for two clever people The young man went back to the house, and the rest waited in the lobby on the first floor to wait for Jia Zhu's orders.

Located in the southwest of the capital, Jingshun Tower has a history of more than 600 years. It is said that it was first built in the Tang Dynasty.Viewed from the front, it is a three-story wooden building in octagon, with four-story eaves raised high. There are 32 corners in total, making the small Jingshun Tower appear particularly tall. The roof is covered with colorful glazed tiles, shining brightly.Only when you walk into the building can you see that the interior of Jingshun Building is actually five floors. There are four thick sky pillars standing at the north and south corners leading to the top floor.It is rare that these golden nanmu wood surfaces are not painted, showing the natural color of yellowish brown wood, as mellow as amber.All kinds of wind chimes are hung on the windows of the building, and elegant people bring a bunch of wind chimes with them every time they come here, and they gather in the clear and melodious ringing of the bells, adding to the fun.It is the best place for those who have money and leisure in the capital city. On weekdays, children from the capital city often gather here.

The third floor is divided into three private rooms, the largest room has two small-leaf red sandalwood round tables, each table can seat ten people, when Jia Zhu and Shui Rong arrived, they saw a table full of people, holding teacups, Tasting leisurely, there are a few plates of snacks on the table, so pleasant.There were more than a dozen people standing or sitting, staring at the opposite person angrily.

Seeing this situation, Jia Zhu was in a bad mood. He was afraid that today's banquet would not go well. Suddenly, the back of his hand was stroked a few times. He looked up, Shui Rong smiled at him, and patted him comfortingly. Then he smiled and asked Hou Shun'an, "Why don't you sit down?"

Hou Shun'an was a tall man, and he said in a low voice: "We left the mansion and went straight to Jingshun Building. We wanted to make arrangements and wait for the prince to come. Unexpectedly, the little prince Zhongshun occupied the seat we reserved, and there was only one table left. Simply not enough."

The young prince on the main seat at that table is Zhu Ting, the young prince of Zhongshun Mansion. This young prince is actually about the same size as Shui Rong, and a head taller than Shui Rong. He has a Chinese character-shaped face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked several years older than Shui Rong, and he already looked like a grown man.His daily behavior failed Ying Ting's upright attitude. He just idled around, walked around, and didn't often go to the mansion to study, so Jia Zhu didn't see him.But I don't know how he learned about today's banquet, so he brought irrelevant people to wait here early.

Holding the tea, Zhu Ting squinted at Shui Rong, and said, "Prince Beijing is hosting a banquet for his classmates today, why did Xiao Wang fall behind?"

Shui Rong said: "The little prince has always disdained to attend such gatherings, why didn't you come here today?"

Zhu Ting put the teacup on the table, and someone next to him had already picked up the teapot and bowed his waist to refill him with tea. He glanced at Shui Rong, glanced at Jia Zhu, and said, "Xiao Wang is also a student of the mansion, why? Can't come here?"

Shui Rong smiled and glanced at the children who were seated with Zhu Ting, those children were different from Jia Zhu and other aristocratic children, all of them were grandparents and fathers who obtained fame through examinations, became officials in the capital after becoming officials, moved to the capital with their families, and did not have hereditary titles. In order to distinguish them from the descendants of the four kings and eight princes who opened the dynasty, they are called upstarts and are not eligible to study in the Fuyuan.

These upstarts were supposed to salute when they saw Shui Rong, but when they saw Shui Rong looking at them with a noble look, they all lowered their heads nervously, and they were no longer as arrogant as they were just now.

Shui Rong then said: "Young Lord Zhongshun knows that he has the best status. The mansion was originally built by His Majesty's sympathetic veterans, so the entry threshold was set. Otherwise, a cat or a dog could enter the mansion. Wouldn't it be against His Majesty's wishes?" painstakingly?"

Jia Zhu saw that Shui Rong was being rude, and was about to step forward to smooth things over, but Shui Rong stopped him and looked at Zhu Ting with interest.But seeing that Zhu Ting was not angry, he pointed to all the upstarts present one by one and said, "Wu Shicun, son of Wu Shangxi, Minister of War; Li Yu, the son of Li Jiexin, an official and a great scholar, Zhang Zesheng, the son of Zhang Hanning, the imperial envoy of the right capital, Wei Shaoliang, the son of Wei Ba, the governor of the capital, and Fan Xin, the son of Fan Zhong, the vice governor of the capital. Everyone, come on, cheer up and meet the King of Beijing!"

The upstarts who had been named swept away the sluggishness just now, stood up and bowed their hands to salute Shui Rong, Wei Shaoliang, the son of Dadutong, said: "What the King of Beijing taught me is that I wait for cats and dogs only by relying on the meritorious deeds of my father's generation. It has a place in the capital."

Seeing that his words contained sarcasm, Jia Zhu was about to step forward to explain, but Hou Shun'an was impatient, and said bluntly: "There is something in your words, I waited for my ancestors to live and die with the great grandfather. , I earned it from a narrow escape, and my grandparents were probably nestling at home watching over their wives and children while they were warming the kang!" After speaking, the children of several aristocratic families laughed together.

Zhu Ting sneered and said, "If I remember correctly, the Hou family's hereditary line up to Hou Xiaokang's generation has come to an end. I'm afraid the eldest son Hou can only pass the imperial examination to become an official. How is it different from these upstarts?" After finishing speaking, he tapped himself He raised his head and said: "Look at my memory, I have forgotten. There is still a way to donate to officials. I don't know how many generations of Hou's family have gnawed at their old books, but there is still money to donate to officials."

This time it was replaced by the upstarts laughing, Jia Zhu frowned, knowing that all the people present today were teenagers, they were extremely arrogant, and they would get angry when they were provoked, if they continued to procrastinate, they might alarm their elders, it would be out of control, So he took a step forward and cupped his hands and said: "What the little prince said is very true. All of you here today are backed by the shadow of your ancestors, and it's just a matter of time. Only the mansion is in the favor of the sage, so we have the opportunity to be classmates. It is the order of the Holy Majesty, and we can only follow the order. If you have any objections, you can jointly write to the Holy Majesty. Arguing in vain here is nothing more than adding more talk to irrelevant people."

Jia Zhu saw Shui Rong nodded at him in praise, and shook her head slightly to tell him not to pursue further. She didn't want a teacup to go straight to him and threw it over. onto his coat.

Jia Zhu looked at the furious Zhu Ting in surprise, not knowing why he was so angry, but Zhu Ting pointed at Jia Zhu and scolded: "I don't know who it is, it turned out to be the young master of the Jia family, he can speak eloquently, no wonder Wang Gao of Beijing Jing takes a look at you."

Just as Jia Zhu was about to argue, Shui Rong took a step forward to stop him, with a beautiful face flushed with anger, pointing at Zhu Ting and saying, "If you still remember that I am the King of Beijing, hurry up and take your people out! I discipline you for Prince Zhongshun?"

Everyone was angry when they saw Shui Rong, so how dare they continue to argue, it turns out that the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion is an ordinary hereditary family, and Zhu Ting's generation is just a son, and everyone praises him as a little prince, which is actually one level lower than Shui Rong, not to mention the Zhongshun Prince Just in his prime, Zhu Ting doesn't know when he will reach the title.Although he usually does not deal with Shui Rong, he has never been willing to lose the upper hand in his mouth. It is all because Shui Rong does not want to use the title of prince to suppress others. Now seeing Shui Rong is really angry, although he is not convinced, he dare not continue to argue Going down, I had to slam the table with one hand, still not feeling relieved, I kicked the table to the ground, the teacup and teapot on the table fell to the ground, and the bowl of broken tea flowed, everyone was afraid of getting on their bodies, so they hurriedly took a step back , Jia Zhu also pulled Shui Rong, and said in a low voice: "Good lord, why get angry?"

Over there, Zhu Ting smashed the table and led a group of upstarts downstairs. Other students from the mansion surrounded Shui Rong and scolded the upstarts. If the shopkeeper cleans up, we go to the box next door, wouldn’t it be clean?”

Let's talk about whether the banquet can go smoothly, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.

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PS: The prototype of Jingshun Building is Feiyun Building in Wanrong County, Shanxi