Chapter 201 The Thoughts of the King of Zhenbei

The emperor hosted a banquet in the palace to entertain the King of Zhenbei. The important officials of the court above the third rank, the King of Ling, and the King of Xuan were all present. Only the third prince was unable to attend because he was injured.

However, the emperor did not indulge him. At least in front of the King of Zhenbei, he still had to make the necessary statement.

"Chu Xuanyi, take people to the Prince of Jin's mansion immediately and bring Tianyin to the palace to apologize to the King of Zhenbei."

"I obey your order." Chu Xuanyi took the order and left.

"I dare not." The King of Zhenbei hurriedly stopped him, "Your Majesty-"

"My dear minister, you don't have to stop me." The emperor waved his hand, "Tianyin got into trouble the day before yesterday. I had him beaten with thirty boards. These two days, I ordered him to stay in the palace to reflect on his mistakes."

The King of Zhenbei finally understood why the King of Ling and the King of Xuan were both present at the banquet, but Chu Tianyin was not there. It turned out that he was recuperating in the palace?

The Prince of Zhenbei has always been thoughtful. At this moment, he couldn't help but think in his heart that the Third Prince had been punished by the Emperor for accidentally killing the Princess. Unexpectedly, he was punished again recently...Among the princes, is the Third Prince considered to have fallen out of favor?

Concubine Feng was demoted to Qingyin Palace and deprived of the title of Concubine. The Third Prince was demoted to a Prince of a County. Now if he has lost the Emperor's heart, then there is definitely no hope for him to compete for the throne.

Hundreds of people in the Ling family are still in the Tianlao waiting to be executed in the autumn, so the Fifth Prince's hope for the throne is not great.

Then there are only these two left.

The Prince of Zhenbei raised his head and glanced at the two princes opposite him calmly, thinking secretly who he should support?

The Queen and her son definitely have a better chance of winning, but who can figure out the Emperor's mind? If the prince who holds military power stands in the wrong position...

"Prince Rong." The emperor held the wine cup in his hand and turned to look at Prince Rong at the table, "How old is your little princess this year?"

The sudden question made Prince Rong startled. He subconsciously tightened his wine cup and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, my daughter is only fourteen years old."

The emperor hummed: "Still young."

Prince Rong breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, his daughter will be fifteen in a few days, but he already understood the meaning of the emperor's question. He was afraid that he was going to marry his daughter to Qi Yun. Prince Rong did not want to marry the King of Zhenbei, so he concealed this point.

Anyway, no matter how many days it is, if she is not fifteen, she is fourteen, and it is not considered deceiving the emperor.

The emperor did not say anything more. During the banquet, the emperor and his ministers drank and talked about personal matters. It seemed that they were having a good time.

In less than half an hour, the imperial guards came to report that the third prince had arrived outside the palace.

The emperor ordered someone to bring him in.

Chu Tianyin entered the palace with the help of the guards. His steps were slow and difficult. Everyone's eyes on him were like sharp swords, piercing his whole body.

Chu Tianyin bowed respectfully to the emperor. Even the action of kneeling down seemed extremely painful. His face was pale and sweat oozed from his forehead. He looked very bad.

"Stand up." The emperor said majestically, "Tianyin, your father-in-law is here. You should apologize to him."

Chu Tianyin froze for a moment, then responded respectfully.

He stood up slowly. He could feel that everyone was looking at him. There was sympathy, pity, ridicule, and even gloating in those eyes.

Chu Tianyin took a deep breath and restrained the violent ups and downs of his heart.

It doesn't matter.

He gritted his teeth and thought, you can enjoy watching the joke, after all, there are not many such opportunities.

Chu Tianyin thought of his plan, the throne that was just around the corner, and the saying "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make him suffer and work hard", and he felt that this was a test from God, and all the eyes seemed to become irrelevant in an instant.

Anyway, when he ascends the throne, all those who laugh at him and laugh at him today will die!

Turning around, he bowed deeply to the King of Zhenbei: "Father-in-law, I will prepare some wine in the palace tonight, and sincerely apologize to you, father-in-law, and please honor me."

His attitude was very humble, thinking that he was just a junior, and he didn't have the value of a prince at all, which would make it impossible for the King of Zhenbei to refuse, otherwise it would be a deliberate embarrassment.

Of course, in front of the emperor and all the ministers today, the King of Zhenbei would never make things difficult for him, so he said lightly: "Your Highness, if you are not feeling well, go back to the palace to recuperate. After the palace banquet is over, I will talk to your Highness in detail."

Their invitation and acceptance seemed fair and aboveboard, and would not give people the handle of the vassal king and the prince to privately give and take, and the imperial censors in the court could not find fault.

The emperor probably thought of Chu Tianyin's injuries and quickly ordered someone to send him back to the palace to rest. As for the appointment of the father-in-law and son-in-law to meet in the evening to apologize, he did not say anything.

The murder of the Princess of Jin County was complicated and affected the face of the royal family. Naturally, it was not appropriate to explain it in detail in front of so many people. Besides, it was Chu Tianyin's own business to apologize, and it was reasonable for him to solve it himself.

It was impossible for him, the king of a country, to solve it for him.

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