Finally, it was noon.

The New Year's Day court meeting is over, and it's time for the "moment" that all ministers and workers love to see -

New Year’s Day feast!

The entire Fengtian Hall, including the corridors and steps outside the hall, as well as the huge square in front of the hall, and all open spaces, are equipped with large round tables for banquets.

After another half an hour, thousands of civil and military officials were all seated.

Naturally, who will sit in the seats in the main hall and who will sit in the seats in the square outside the hall are all arranged and planned in advance.

The seat in the palace where you can see Emperor Chen is naturally the best seat. The closer you are to Emperor Chen, the more noble it becomes. Only the big shots in the court cannot enjoy it.

Zhu Xiuyuan, as the famous person in front of Emperor Chen, naturally could not have a lower seat. He was also in the Fengtian Hall, relatively close to the front, on the same level as the six civil servants.

Moreover, the person in charge of arranging seats in the palace was very considerate and arranged Dong Cheng on his left, and Liu Wencai, Liu Xun, etc. on his right, all of whom he knew.

Not long after the officials sat down, the table was already piled with all kinds of palace delicacies, which were all delicious and delicious, and the smell of them made people's mouths flutter.

In addition to the dishes, fine wine was also served.

Not surprisingly, this banquet did not use royal wine, but the Zhenjiu and Jade wine provided by Jiangcheng Bofu.

On each round table, there are dozens of pots placed, according to the amount of one pot of Zhen wine and one pot of Jade wine for each person.

"Zhenjiu, jade wine..."

Liu Wencai, who was sitting next to Zhu Xiuyuan, placed his two bottles of wine together.

Then he smiled and said: "Brother Zhu, I have long been greedy for these two kinds of wine in your house. It is said that this Zhen wine is very strong, but not overpowering, and although this jade wine is not strong, it is very fragrant. Don't be afraid, Brother Zhu

You are joking, I have been looking forward to this moment since the day before yesterday."

"Brother Liu, please forgive me. These two fine wines are not enough for this New Year's Day banquet. But brother Liu, don't worry. After this banquet, you can come to my humble residence and drink whatever you want from these two fine wines."

!" Zhu Xiuyuan laughed.

"Hey, brother Zhu, there's no need to be like this. Providing the New Year's Day banquet is more important, so I won't have to worry about it."

Liu Wencai smiled and touched two more wine bottles.

Is this love you can’t put down?

In fact, Liu Wencai knew about it since Zhu Xiuyuan brewed these two kinds of wine the day before New Year's Eve.

He wanted to have a taste of it.

However, in order to supply this New Year's Day banquet, although the brewing workshop in the uncle's mansion has been working hard, it still feels that it is not enough...

Naturally, there is no place for others to drink.

Therefore, Liu Wencai and other people who are good drinkers are holding back, waiting for the New Year's Day banquet to have another drink.

Liu Wencai touched the two wine bottles and swallowed secretly. He seemed to have smelled the aroma of wine.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Liu Xun next to him, lifting the wine pot, opening the lid, and sniffing it carefully.

Liu Xun completely forgot himself and looked intoxicated. He dropped the lid, held the wine bottle in both hands and was about to drink.

"Master Liu, you are crazy!"

Liu Wencai was startled and quickly stopped him, "The banquet hasn't even started yet, you... can't drink yet!"

Liu Xun's expression changed slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes, as if he remembered that the banquet had not yet begun.

So he put the jug back on the table, and with some reluctance, picked up the jug and covered it.

Then, Liu Xun didn't say anything, and just sat there motionless, with his hands folded across his chest, staring straight at the two pots of wine.

Seeing this, Zhu Xiuyuan and Liu Wencai both shook their heads.

This is the real drunkard!

"My lords, I heard that the wine used in this banquet is not the royal wine, but... it was widely circulated in Beijing some time ago..."

Suddenly, a voice came from the table next to Zhu Xiuyuan and his friends.

Zhu Xiuyuan glanced sideways and saw that they were some officials from the Sixth Department.

Huang Song, the Minister of Rites, was also among them. Huang Song had taken the lead in opposing Zhu Xiuyuan many times.

He can be regarded as Zhu Xiuyuan's political opponent in the court.

And they are still the kind of political enemies who are sworn enemies. Because of the three major cases, it is impossible for them to reconcile.

"That wine is known as 'the best wine in the world' and is said to be extremely sweet... But why are there two types? Zhenjiu and Jade wine..."

"Don't you know, Mr. Liu? It is said that he brewed it for more than ten days and divided the spirit into two parts. One is sweet and the other is mellow. They are the so-called Zhenjiu and Jade Wine."

"Well, I have long wanted to have a taste of this wine, but unfortunately... this wine is the wine from the Disaster Star Mansion... Haha, today is an opportunity to finally have a taste."

"Master An, why are you so spineless? What's so good about the wine in the Calamity Star Mansion? Huang Shangshu, what do you think?"

"Since it's not the imperial wine, then I won't drink it!" Huang Song, the Minister of Rites, said coldly.

"Yes, we won't drink the wine brewed by the disaster star himself..."

"After drinking this wine, I am afraid that the disaster star will come to my door. When the time comes, disasters will happen one after another, which will not be good!"

"What your lord is saying is... we don't drink this pure wine and jade wine!"

…

The people at the table were making noises, and they did not lower their voices deliberately, as if they wanted Zhu Xiuyuan to hear.

"Since Huang Shangshu and all the adults don't want to drink, can you... give your wine to the official? Hehe, the official opened the lid and took a little smell. It was indeed a good wine, and he was all excited.

Almost floated."

Suddenly, someone at another table stood up and handed over his hands. He was also a drunkard.

"Yes, since you don't want to drink it, then give it to us."

The guests at the surrounding tables also started to cheer.

These people were either centrists in the court or local officials from other places, and they had no hatred towards Zhu Xiuyuan.

On the contrary, they had long heard that Uncle Jiang Cheng in Beijing had brewed a new kind of wine, which was said to be the best wine in the world. Just now they secretly opened the lid of the pot and smelled it. From the smell, it was indeed considered a fine wine.

"Everyone, aren't you afraid of... getting bad luck? This is the wine brewed by the disaster star himself!"

The expressions of some people at Huang Song's table suddenly changed.

They all agreed with Huang Song and said they would not drink this kind of wine, but because of the situation, they could still drink it secretly when the banquet was halfway through.

But they didn't expect that someone would make such a request and ask them to give away two jugs of wine...

How can this be done?

They endured it for more than ten days, dreaming of trying this legendary wine.

In fact, this is no longer a matter of drinking or not, but a matter of fulfilling an obsession in my heart.

During those ten days or so, they had heard the rumor that "Jiangcheng Uncle's Mansion had fine wine", and their ears were filled with confusion. Although they were disdainful on the surface, in fact, they had long wanted to taste it for themselves.

But now, I was about to taste it when I saw it, and a bunch of Cheng Yaojin suddenly came out.

"I'm not afraid of any bad luck. I don't believe this!"

"Uh... Sir, if you are a low-ranking official, please let me know your bad luck..."

…

Suddenly, a bunch of people appeared to help them bear their bad luck.

What made Zhu Xiuyuan's brows jump wildly was that Liu Wencai and Liu Xun were actually involved.

Liu Xun stood up and gradually came closer, his eyes like an eagle scanning the wine bottles on Huang Song's table.

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but be stunned. Could this Liu Xun still want to rob him?

"That's not okay. This wine is a gift from His Majesty. Even if we don't drink it, we still have to keep it here. How can we give it away casually? This is disrespectful to His Majesty!"

"Yes, I can't give it to you!" Someone covered the wine bottle in front of the table with both hands.

…

At this time, Liu Xun had already walked to their table and said bluntly: "If you don't want to, maybe you have to keep it and drink it secretly?"

Liu Xun's words instantly stung many people at the table.

Yes, that's what they had in mind.

So they retorted one after another, saying that this was a wine given by His Majesty, and they could not give it away even if they did not drink it.

"Well, you guys have been saying before that drinking this wine will bring you bad luck."

Liu Xunchu was at the table, looking down at them all.

"Now, he said that this is a wine given by His Majesty and cannot be given away. Do you think that the wine given by His Majesty... will bring bad luck to people after drinking it?"

By the end of Liu Xun's words, his tone was very cold.

"Uh...this..."
To be continued...