There is actually nothing going on in Prince Wei's Mansion. Except for one of the two professors who stays at the Prince's Mansion every night, the others don't have to come every day and can take turns to be on duty.

Normally, officials such as Emperor Li and Li Zongmian would come in the morning, and then they would not be on duty in the afternoon, so they did not need to come.

King Yi also provides lunch every day, and the food is better than that at their respective homes, so the officials of the palace have lunch before going back every day.

King Yi sometimes ate with his uncle, cousin and others, and sometimes sat at the same table with them. King Yi had no airs and was eloquent. Over time, everyone had a good impression of King Yi.

However, Emperor Li and Li Zongmian were very dissatisfied with King Yi's enthusiasm for merchant affairs and his liking for Cuju. They had to persuade King Yi every time they ate together.

King Yi always accepted it humbly, but even if he did not change, the two of them were quite helpless.

After dinner that morning, Li Huang, Li Zongmian, Wei Liaoweng and Du Fan left the house together.

Emperor Li walked beside him and signaled Wei Liaoweng and Du Fan to also persuade King Xia Yi to study hard and stop doing business and having fun all day long.

Wei Liaoweng and Du Fan were both upright and capable ministers, but they were not as old-fashioned as Li Huang and Li Zongmian.

"King Yi is still young, and he will definitely make progress in the future." Wei Liaoweng laughed, always using this perfunctory sentence.

Li Zongmian shook his head and was about to say something more when he suddenly saw in front of him that Mo Ze, Yu Zhu and Lin Jie who were going ahead were blocked at the entrance of the courtyard. Chief Quan and his group were saying something.

When they got closer, they discovered that Chief Quan was followed by some people, each holding a slaughtered chicken and giving one to everyone they met.

Yu Zhu and Lin Jie took it away with smiles on their faces.

The four of them were stunned.

When it was Emperor Li's turn, he kept pushing away with his hands: "What is this for? What is this for..."

"King Yi asked me to buy chickens. I heard the wrong number and bought too many chickens at once. It was such a hot day and I had to kill them all. If I didn't eat them today, I was afraid that they would all go bad tomorrow. So King Yi asked me to give them to me."

My lords, please divide."

After that, Chief Quan took the lead and put one into Wei Liaoweng's hand: "If it breaks, it will be a huge waste."

Wei Liaoweng was a man of literary and military skills, with a more open-minded personality. As expected, he got it in his hand. Hearing the last words of Chief Quan, he hesitated for a moment and his face turned slightly red, but he still took it in his hand.

King Yi can't give them money, but this is an additional subsidy, which can save them a lot of food expenses.

Seeing him take it, Chief Quan quickly stuffed each one into everyone's hands.

Everyone declined each other, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

"If this is all broken, it would be a crime." Chief Quan said anxiously.

Wei Liaoweng sighed: "Ah, what are you doing? It's just a chicken."

After saying that, he took another one from Chief Quan and put it into Du Fan's hand.

It's better now, everyone looked at each other in shock.

Soon, the four of them each held a chicken and walked out of the palace with depressed expressions.

After a while, Chief Quan went back to report that all the adults took the chickens and went back. Then he asked in confusion: "Yu Rui, will it make them unhappy if you just give them chickens?" Will it show off?

Are we too stingy?

Zhao Yurui said calmly: "It doesn't matter. From today on, every ten days and a half, prepare a chicken or a few kilograms of pork for them, and occasionally buy some chicken, duck eggs, etc."

"Okay." Chief Quan could only say.

People like Emperor Li have read the books of sages and will not easily accept gifts from others. Now Zhao Yurui is starting with a chicken. As long as they are willing to accept the chicken, they may gradually accept other things in the future.

In the afternoon, it was Mao Tong who was on duty at the gate of King Yi today.

Because of the hot weather, Mao Tong would sometimes stand at the door for a while, then return to the yard and rest in the corridor.

He wouldn't dare to do this in other places, but in Prince Wei's Mansion, Prince Yi personally told him that he could avoid the heat in hot weather.

Of course, King Yi was so aggressive that Mao Tong reciprocated the favor and guarded the gate very diligently. Even if he had to rest and escape the summer heat, he would let his subordinates take turns.

Today Mao Tong saw that it was almost time and his successor was coming soon, so he walked back to the courtyard and prepared to say goodbye to King Yi.

King Yi was very kind to him, and Mao Tong was also polite and considerate. If he was on duty, he would say hello when he came in and when he left.

But today, as soon as I said hello to King Yi, Chief Quan appeared next to me with two big fat chickens.

"King Yi asked me to buy chickens. I heard the wrong number and bought too many chickens at once. It's such a hot day and I have to kill them all. If I don't eat them today, I'm afraid they will all go bad tomorrow. Officer Mao, please help me."

, take two back with you too."

He also said that the other gang was given to Mao Tong’s boss, Li Jiqian, the work officer.

"Ah, this, this, this--" How embarrassing is this? Mao Tong took it in his hand and looked at King Yi, smiling so hard: "Thank you, King Yi, thank you so much, King Yi."

From then on, every once in a while, King Yi would bring something back to the officials of the palace and Mao Tong.

Anyway, I bought too much from the palace, and it will go bad if I don’t eat it.

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After these officials left, only Zheng Qingzhi was left on duty in the palace today.

Before dinner, Zhao Yurui went to Zheng Qingzhi first and said calmly: "My stepmother's birthday is coming soon. It is said that my stepmother and I would have dinner together with the prince Zhao Hong in the past."

".."Zheng Qingzhi.

"Do I need to avoid suspicion? Or should I refuse directly?"

Zheng Qingzhi sounded like the Yu family wanted to have dinner with Zhao Yurui, and Zhao Yurui wanted to avoid suspicion.

Zheng Qingzhi did not hesitate and said decisively: "Rejecting directly is disrespectful and unfilial. Since King Yi is the heir and the ladies of the two countries have customs, he can accept it generously. If he goes to the backyard, he can bring the envoy with him.

The front yard should be in a crowded place."

"Professor Zheng is right." Zhao Yurui suddenly realized, then he raised his head and said to Xiao Tao: "Inform Mrs. Xu that the table will be set up at Minde Hall for dinner tonight."

Then he asked, "Does Professor Zheng want to stay with us, mother and son?"

Zheng Qingzhi quickly shook his head, no, no, no.

After bidding farewell to Zheng Qing, Zhao Yurui sent someone to invite the Yu family, and then he came to Minde Hall himself.

I am going to have dinner at Minde Hall today to avoid suspicion. There are people in front, back and left. Especially after dinner, the teenagers start to exercise and go for a run through the remote hall of Minde Hall.

A table in the main hall was placed in the middle, and dishes were being placed on it. Mrs. Xu, Qiuyue and several female envoys were busy.

Zhao Yurui watched the dishes on the table being placed one by one. The table was quickly filled, but Mrs. Yu didn't come.

Fortunately, it's still summer, so the food won't be cold in a short time.

But as time goes by, it becomes difficult to tell.

Will she come? Zhao Yurui looked at the table of dishes with a depressed expression.

Zhao Yurui just wanted to show off himself, because Hongxiu said that Yu would have dinner with Prince Zhao Hong on his birthday in the past, so he thought of making temporary meals.
Chapter completed!