Chapter 2233 Lively Banquet

"Yes, sir!" Zhou Guang agreed.

"Also, you should keep an eye on the dinner at the Second Prince's mansion tonight." Wu Fan said, "I always feel that something might happen."

This was just Wu Fan's intuition, and there was no basis for it.

Zhou Guang also agreed.

Then, Wu Fan asked Zhou Guang to leave, and he was teleported back to reality soon.

When Wu Fan left, night had already fallen, and at this time, the entrance of the Second Prince's mansion was crowded with people and cars. The carriages coming to the dinner formed a long queue. The invited dignitaries did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, and got off the carriages and walked to the Second Prince's mansion.

"Lord Liu, you're here?"

"Yes, Brother Zhao, shall we come together?"

"Together, together."

"There are so many people here today. I'm afraid most of the officials in the court are here. There has never been such a scene since the death of the previous emperor. It seems that the second prince is the one that everyone expects."

"That's right. I just saw a lot of familiar faces. Look at this row of carriages. There's no end in sight. I'm afraid most of the officials in the imperial capital are here."

"Now that the throne is vacant, among the three princes, the second prince seems to have the upper hand. If nothing unexpected happens, the new emperor will be The candidate should be the second prince. "

"Yes, although the eldest prince is the eldest son, he has taken the initiative to flee, and the third prince is unpopular. The origin of the will has always been in doubt. From this point of view, only the second prince is the most suitable to ascend the throne."

"Look at the scene tonight, the matter is basically settled."

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All the ministers who came to the dinner tonight were familiar with each other, especially some of them were even good friends. After meeting at the door of the second prince's mansion, they greeted each other and walked together. On the way, they couldn't help talking.

The topic of conversation was naturally related to the dinner tonight.

It was easy for everyone to think of the purpose of the second prince's dinner. After all, there were few fools who could get along in the officialdom.

However, understanding the purpose of the second prince's banquet was one thing, and how to choose was another.

But being able to appear here when knowing the purpose of the second prince's dinner actually showed their attitude.

Obviously, those who could appear here at this time all supported the second prince's enthronement, or at least had no objection to this matter, otherwise, they would not have come at all.

As for the first and third princes, not many people were optimistic about them at this time.

Looking at the people who supported Zhao Ke and the excitement of the scene, everyone thought that Zhao Ke had already won.

In the second prince's mansion, everyone who arrived took their seats one after another. The ones sitting in the front were Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. As for the position at the top, it was still vacant. Everyone knew who it was reserved for.

"The second prince is here!"

With a shout, everyone in the hall immediately stopped talking, stood up, bent slightly, and looked towards the door.

The second prince, Zhao Ke, walked in with a smile on his face in a gorgeous dress.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Second Prince." Everyone saluted with a respectful look.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, sit down, sit down." Zhao Ke walked while waving his hand, motioning everyone to sit down, and the smile on his face never disappeared for half a second.

Although Zhao Ke asked everyone to take a seat, who dared to sit? It was not until Zhao Ke walked to the top seat and sat down that everyone dared to sit down.

"Thank you all for attending today's dinner." Zhao Ke picked up the wine glass in front of him and said to everyone with a smile: "This first glass of wine, I toast to you all."

Everyone quickly picked up the wine glass in front of them and clinked it with Zhao Ke from a distance.

Zhao Ke raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. The officials present also drank the wine in their glasses.

"You all should know what happened before." Zhao Ke continued: "Before, because of some misunderstandings, I was detained for a period of time. Fortunately, Guan Shangshu was very clear and cleared my name. Here, I want to toast Guan Shangshu alone."

Guan Zhuo also came today and sat next to Yuan Ji. When everyone saw Guan Zhuo at first, they were still quite surprised. They understood what Guan Zhuo's appearance here meant, and they were more certain that Zhao Ke could ascend the throne and become emperor.

Guan Zhuo picked up the wine glass and said to Zhao Ke: "Second Prince, you are too polite. I am just handling the matter impartially. Since the murderer of that incident is not you, Second Prince, then there is no need for me to continue to detain you."

"Yes, yes." Zhao Ke said with a smile: "Guan Shangshu is a role model for our generation. I will drink first to show my respect."

After that, Zhao Ke drank it all again, which was considered to give Guan Zhuo enough face.

Guan Zhuo was not hypocritical and drank the wine in the glass as well.

Although Guan Zhuo did not quite approve of Zhao Ke, Zhao Ke was the most suitable candidate among the several princes, and the throne could not be vacant, so he agreed to come to the banquet. He knew very well what the message of his appearance here was, but he did not want to explain too much.

After drinking two cups in a row, Zhao Ke looked at Yuan Ji and Hou Yi and said, "Minister Yuan, Minister Hou, I toast you a cup to thank you for running around for me all this time."

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi raised their glasses and said with a smile, "Your Highness is too polite."

The three of them smiled at each other, and everything was self-evident.

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi smiled even happier than Zhao Ke, not because they were praised by Zhao Ke, but because they had greater ambitions.

At the beginning, they chose to support Zhao Ke, not out of kindness, but because, in their opinion, Zhao Ke was easier to control than the other two princes, and they could easily sideline Zhao Ke and make Zhao Ke a puppet emperor. It can be said that their ideas were the same as Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang in this regard, the only difference was that they chose to support different goals.

And now, seeing that Zhao Ke was very close to the throne, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi were naturally very happy, because this also meant that they were getting closer and closer to achieving their goals. As long as Zhao Ke ascended the throne smoothly, they could start to lay out and achieve their goals.

Because of this, they were so happy, even happier than Zhao Ke.

After drinking a few glasses of wine in succession, the atmosphere at the table gradually became lively. Zhao Ke still put a lot of thought into tonight's dinner, not only preparing fine wine and delicacies, but also preparing songs and dances. Although everyone's minds were not on songs and dances, with the background of songs and dances, the atmosphere of the banquet undoubtedly became more lively.

Eating, drinking and having fun are not the main points. The main point is who came to the dinner and how many people came. This is the most important thing.

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