Chapter 462 Lively
Zhu Deyu, his colleagues and old brothers were toasting each other, and even Li Yuanhui had brought his men into the main courtyard without anyone noticing. They were all drinking with great enthusiasm.

Zhu Deyu's brother-in-law Li Zhen, who was still greeting guests at each table, was sharp-eyed. He first saw his son Li Bao coming back and thought, wow, the King of Qi is here. He quickly walked up to Zhu Deyu and patted him on the shoulder.

Zhu Deyu turned around, puzzled at first, then looked in the direction his brother-in-law pointed, quickly stood up, strode to Li Yuanhui, and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person, please forgive me."

When the people in the yard heard this, they all stood up immediately. Some bowed and some knelt down and kowtowed.

"Meet the king."

Li Yuanhui said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, so many people are drinking and not talking, why are you afraid that I will come and eat for free, right?"

Zhu Deyu laughed and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I dare not bother you. I just wanted to have a small gathering with my family and the brothers who came to help. It's because of the kindness of relatives and friends that we have more people. Your Majesty, please take a seat."

Li Yuanhui looked at the crowd, a little reserved, and smiled, "All right, everyone, it's not like you haven't seen me before. Today we won't talk about the court and the army, let's just talk about private friendship. That guy over there, Tang Yun, Hua Gao, all of you stand up and continue drinking. And you guys, too, all stand up and sit down to drink."

As he was speaking, Li Yuanhui came to the main table in the middle and sat down. Old Zhu hurriedly had someone arrange a new set of tableware and wine glasses.

There were twelve people sitting at the main table, including General Xiao Shizhi of the Left Wuwei Army, General Chang Yanheng of the Right Wuwei Army, General Zhang Jian of the Right Wuwei Army, Zhang Zhen'e, the Left Commander of the Beiwei Army, Luo Shixiang, the Right Commander, Dou Fengjie, the Left Commander of the Personal Army, Li Baishi, the Chief Clerk of the Tiance Palace and the Right Prime Minister of the Shaanxi East Office, Li Qinglian, the Sima of the Tiance Palace and the Central Protector General, Yu Zhongheng, the Zanzhi of Henan and the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Guard Dou Xianjun, plus the host Zhu Deyu and Zhao Jiong, the Assistant Military Officer of the Tiance Palace and the Central Commander General, whom Li Yuanhui had not expected.

Including Li Yuanhui, there are thirteen people in total.

Except for Zhao Jiong, all of them started out in Jianghuai.

When everyone saw Li Yuanhui, they felt a little bit uncomfortable, because some of them had to be on duty that day, so they felt as embarrassed as if they were caught slacking off at work by their boss. However, Li Yuanhui just made a joke about it and let it go.

Afterwards, everyone drank to their heart's content and talked about many old stories from their time in Jianghuai.

At other tables, seeing that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi and the generals were having a great time, they became less reserved and more relaxed.

Mrs. Cao was in the backyard, talking to Guo Xiuying.

Mrs. Cao's real name is Cao Luan, and her nickname is Fenghuang. She is the granddaughter of the last emperor of the Former Wei Dynasty and a direct descendant of the family. After her father passed away, she lived with Guo Fenghe's family as a daughter of the Guo family. Therefore, the Guo family is actually her natal family. Although she and Guo Xiuying are aunt and niece, they are actually like sisters. Moreover, Guo Xiuying, the niece, is several years older than her, so in fact, this niece takes care of her aunt more.

"Auntie, are you doing well these days?"

Cao Luan said: "Of course they are all good, but the palace has too many rules and is too big. It is not as good as the Qi Wang Mansion before, where I could plant some flowers in the yard. Now the place I live in is bigger, but I am not allowed to plant flowers and vegetables casually."

Guo Xiuying smiled and said, "This is the palace anyway, so we can't just let people do whatever they want. Otherwise, it will be a mess. What about the king? Is he treating my aunt well?"

Cao Luan nodded and said, "He treats me very well, but I don't see him often." Guo Xiuying frowned and said, "Does the king ignore you? I'm not saying this to your aunt, you have to learn from her."

Cao Luan waved his hands quickly and said, "It's not that he neglects me, it's just that he's often not in the palace, and sometimes he comes back very late. It's not that I don't see him often, even the princess can't see him every day. The princess, the concubine and Sister Duan often play cards together. I don't know how to play, so I can only sit and watch."

Guo Xiuying sighed after hearing this. This aunt was very pretty, had a noble family background, a gentle personality, and usually liked to do needlework. Marrying into the Prince Qi's mansion was already a very good result.

But there are indeed many female relatives in the Qi Wang Mansion, and those with titles are almost in the double digits. But no one can control this matter.

Guo Xiuying just hopes that Cao Luan can live a stable life, and that's enough.

But judging from the fact that the King of Qi was willing to bring her out to the Zhu family, even for the sake of the face of the two important ministers, Guo Fenghe and Zhu Deyu, he would not treat Madam Cao harshly.

Not long after, news came from the front yard that the King of Qi was preparing to return to the palace. Cao Luan greeted Guo Xiuying, hurriedly got up and went to the front yard, and followed the already slightly drunk King of Qi into the carriage.

"I see that you are still not satisfied. If you want to come here to talk to General Zhu's wife in the future, just tell the people below to prepare the carriage."

"Ah" Cao Luan exclaimed in surprise when his thoughts were seen through, and then his face turned slightly red, and he said a little stiffly: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Yuanhui reached out and pinched her pretty face, then leaned back in the car and closed his eyes to rest.

Cao Luan listened to his steady breathing and knew that he was dozing off at the moment. He must be thinking about something, but he seemed to be in a normal mood because his brows were furrowed. . .

Sometimes she really wanted to ask him, isn’t it tiring to think about so many things all day?
But she didn't dare to ask this question, because she knew there were some things she shouldn't ask about. For example, he had just had a great time drinking with his confidants at Zhu's house, but now he had just got in the car and hadn't left the town yet, so what was His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi worried about? She actually had some guesses about this, but she wasn't sure, and she didn't dare to speak carelessly.

In Changchun Hall, among all the concubines, wives, and other female relatives of the King of Qi, few were of ordinary origin. They were the daughters of the royal family of Wenxi Pei, Xingyang Zheng, Lingzhi Duan, and Cao Wei. They were able to enter the King of Qi's palace almost all for political considerations.

But among all the people, the one that King Qi values ​​the most is still Princess Murong Jiayin, whose position as the principal wife is unshakable. . Only Princess Qi will give advice on some matters, but most of the time she will not ask King Qi what he is busy with every day or what he is worried about.

Even though this princess has become a princess of the previous dynasty, her greatest support is gone.

But Li Yuanhui's attitude showed that the princess relied on him, the King of Qi. Therefore, the backyard of the King of Qi's mansion was relatively calm. Because everyone knew that they could not replace the princess as the principal wife, so there was nothing to fight for. Instead, they had to worry about being disliked by the King of Qi if they had a conflict with the princess.

The princess who was in charge of the affairs of the palace was extremely fair. Food, clothing, cosmetics, and jewelry were all provided impartially according to one's social status.

Perhaps the only one who is qualified to compete with the princess is Concubine Zhang, whose family is full of nobles. Her brothers and uncles all hold important positions. The Zhang family is also the money bag of the King of Qi, so their importance is self-evident.

But this concubine Zhang was a very cold person, she didn't like crowds, she had a good relationship with all the women in the mansion, but she wouldn't be too close to them, but she couldn't get along with her own sister, the somewhat eccentric Madam Zhang.
A stable backyard was very important to Li Yuanhui. Sometimes he wondered if a certain Silang, who was of the same rank as himself, had only been emperor for thirteen years because of the troubles in the backyard.
(End of this chapter)