Chapter 278 Everyone's Jealousy
"Your Majesty, I am not hungry!" Jia Cong knelt on the ground and said with some embarrassment.
"What? Are you, a general who is the bravest among the three armies, afraid of something?" The emperor said with a big laugh.
Jia Cong thought, of course I am afraid, I am afraid that your family will do something bad...
"Don't worry, there is no emperor or ministers here today. It's just a family dinner for an old man like me! Emperor, what do you think?" The retired emperor asked Emperor Longxing.
Emperor Longxing said immediately, "Father has said something, and I will obey it!"
However, he thought in his heart that this position was just right. His legitimate son was inherently more noble than others, even Prince Zhongshun and the other two princes could not compare to him .
"Alright, now that the emperor has spoken, you bastard, stop pretending and just come and sit down!"
Seeing that Jia Cong did not move, Emperor Longxing glared and said, "Why, do you have to let me call someone to tie you up?"
Jia Cong then grinned and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"
Having said that, he ignored the envious or jealous looks of the others and walked straight up.
Dai Quan also came with his eunuchs and set a small table for Jia Cong, the same as the one for the prince, and the food was served directly according to the prince's regulations.
Now that he was already sitting here, Jia Cong was too lazy to care about anything else. He simply filled his stomach first. He was really hungry after a whole day.
So, under the watchful eyes of two emperors, a queen mother, a queen, three princes and others, Jia Cong ate with his mouth wide open and focused on his meal!
Below, Concubine Shu winked at her son. The second prince, Li Wei, immediately stood up with a glass of wine in his hand, "Grandson, toast to the Emperor and the Queen Mother!"
The retired emperor and the empress dowager nodded, picked up the wine cup and took a sip. Li Wei drank it all in one gulp, then toasted the emperor and the empress, and finally his eyes fell on Jia Cong.
"I never thought that the Jia family has become so poor. It's just a banquet, but the Champion Marquis has forgotten the etiquette?"
Jia Cong was slightly stunned. He had already made up his mind to eat, and you, a bastard, had to provoke me?
"Ah!" Jia Cong wiped his mouth, and then said to Li Wei, "I have made the King of Nanyue laugh at me. To be honest, Your Majesty, my family background is not as noble as yours. I am just a bastard in the mansion, and it is common for me to go hungry. Therefore, I have developed a bad habit of eating and drinking a lot."
"But there is a saying that goes, 'You never tire of fine food, and you never tire of delicate meat!' Our ancestors always taught us that our Jia family's ancestors were also born in the countryside, but they followed the Emperor Taizu and were rewarded with some property by several emperors. Now, our family is indeed wealthy, but we can't forget the mistakes of our ancestors!"
"No matter how incompetent I am, I will never dare to be a scum who forgets his roots."
Jia Cong thought, I have nothing to do with you, am I spoiling you? Even if I ate and drank lavishly, I didn't eat your food... Well, even if I ate your food, so what? If you dare to provoke me, don't blame me for scolding you back.
The second prince's face turned dark. How could he be considered as someone who had forgotten his roots just by saying these two sentences?
"My nephew, although what the Marquis of Guanjun said is vulgar, it does make some sense. Even our royal family should not forget the hard work of our ancestors and emperors in starting a business." King Zhongshun said calmly, "Marquis of Guanjun, today is New Year's Eve. As a minister and a junior, do you have any gifts to show your loyalty and filial piety?"
Jia Cong looked at King Zhongshun and thought that he was not a good person either, as he was trying to sow discord and point out his shortcomings.
In other words, a look can't kill, otherwise the queen's look would definitely kill the two princes. Your own son has suffered so much, and you are still aggressive? You don't bully people like this, right? In fact, even the emperor and the emperor would feel good about it? Your own grandson/son couldn't even afford to eat back then , and you are still here making sarcastic remarks?
Emperor Longxing was about to speak to his son to save him, but Jia Cong said, "As a minister, if I offer some vulgar things, it will pollute the eyes of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor. However, although I have no chance of winning the first place in the imperial examination, I was the first among the three minor prizes in the imperial examination. So I will write a poem to congratulate Your Majesty!"
“Hahaha!” The retired emperor laughed loudly, “I forgot that you, little monkey, are both civil and military! In that case, read it to me. If you do well, I will reward you!”
Jia Cong immediately stood up and glanced at King Zhongshun. Today, I will let you see the literary talent and bearing of people in later generations.
Then I thought of a poem and read it out loud.
When Jia Cong finished speaking, the emperor and the empress dowager were full of disappointment, the emperor was in high spirits, the empress was full of pride, and the Zhongshun King and others were all stunned. This poem was too much... It didn't leave any room for them! Moreover, not only did it boast about Taizu and Taizong to the extreme, but even the emperor and the emperor were praised to the extreme. What else could they say?
The emperor thought about it for a moment, then suddenly shouted, "Good, good! This is the demeanor of my Daqian!"
"Good, good! Emperor, did you hear that? You have a good subject!"
The emperor looked at Jia Cong with a look of satisfaction! Today...isn't it him?
"Jia Cong, come closer!" The emperor waved his hand.
Jia Cong bowed and stepped forward, only to hear the emperor say, "I said, if you do a good job, you will be rewarded! You did a great job. I have been wearing this string of blue gold beads since I was a prince. It has been forty or fifty years. Today I am happy, so I will give it to you!"
Jia Cong was not polite either. He exchanged a poem for a string, which was a loss.
"Your Majesty, thank you for the reward!" He took it with both hands.
After they continued to sit down, this time no one spoke against Jia Cong. The Second Prince was directly rebuked, while Prince Zhongshun allowed Jia Cong to be rewarded. Moreover, with this poem, Jia Cong must be the one who is most concerned about the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor today. Who else would stand up and bring bad luck upon him?
The banquet was finally over, and the retired emperor waved his hand for everyone to leave. Jia Cong followed the emperor and empress directly to Fengzao Palace.
