The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 312

[Chapter 312: Strange Gift]

It was common knowledge that Prince Anding wanted to rebel, so no one dared to bring up the fact that he did not attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Some

even thought that it was a problem that he attended!

But this man did not play by the rules. Halfway through the banquet, he suddenly sent someone to give gifts.

If he did not do it on purpose, I am afraid that no one would believe it if they asked a random passerby on the road.

“Bring it up!”

The emperor was also stunned for a moment, but soon his face returned to normal. He raised his arm in a cold voice and asked someone to call the messenger who sent the gift in.

Lin Tian also raised his eyebrows, but he was not particularly surprised.

“Prince Anding? What do you want to keep secret?”

An official who was eating at the same table with them asked in a low voice.

This Prince Anding and the court had completely torn their faces. The emperor had sent people to strangle him, but all the people he sent returned without success.

Fortunately, Prince Anding did not start a war at this time, presumably because he had lost a left-hand man in the previous iron mine incident.

So he was still resting at this time.

The official wanted to ask Yang Sheng for his opinion, but Yang Sheng just smiled and said nothing, and turned his eyes to Lin Tian.

“Come to cause trouble, who would like to see their enemies live smoothly?”

Lin Tian smiled, picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, chewing and speaking vaguely.

Because of his actions, the others who wanted to ask something also shut up at the same time.

This is a major event of the court. If they discuss it in private and it gets to the ears of the emperor, it may have a different meaning.

So it is better to keep silent about such things.

“Long live the emperor.”

Soon the eunuch went down, and then a man in a dark robe came in, followed by two people holding a box.

Although the three people saluted the emperor, they did not kneel down and kowtow. This attitude can be said to be very arrogant. Even

if Yang Sheng was the prime minister, he would sometimes bow down to the emperor.

Not to mention just a small messenger who came to give gifts.

Everyone couldn’t help but take a deep breath and turned to look at the emperor, to see if he could hold his temper.

This was completely a show of force. This was the emperor’s territory, and the people of King Anding were so disrespectful.

Wasn’t it telling everyone that they didn’t take the emperor seriously?

“Get up.”

But the emperor’s expression didn’t change at all, he still had a blank expression and a majestic look.

The person who came to give the gift was not intimidated by the emperor’s posture at all, and asked someone to bring the brocade box up.

“This is a gift from our prince to the emperor. The journey is long, so it’s a little delayed. I hope the emperor won’t mind.”

Although it was an explanation, the messenger’s tone was like a notification.

How arrogant!

Lin Tian looked at the messenger with interest, as if he wanted to see what else he could say.

I don’t know if this guy can completely anger the emperor.

If the emperor punished the messenger for this, then King Anding would have a reason to start a war.

But in fact, Prince Anding didn’t need any reason at all. After all, what he was doing now was treason, and no matter what excuse he made

, it would not work. “No problem, since it’s a gift, just open it and have a look.”

The emperor looked calm and waved his hand, asking someone to take the brocade box.

“Your Majesty, you can’t look at it yet!”

But he didn’t expect the messenger to stop the brocade box directly.

“Oh?”

At this time, not only the emperor, but also the queen’s face changed, and the look at the messenger was very complicated.

The emperor stopped grinding the jade ring. He asked to open the so-called gift in public, just to see what tricks Prince Anding wanted to play.

But he didn’t expect that what he said would be rejected by the messenger!

This was equivalent to rejecting his face in front of all the civil and military officials!

Since Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he had never been so rude!

But the current situation was not suitable for him to be angry, so after Emperor Zhengde slowed down a little, he looked up at the messenger.

As if he didn’t notice everyone’s eyes that wanted to kill him, the messenger stood up slowly from the ground and patted the non-existent dust on his clothes.

“Our prince has specifically instructed that it cannot be opened now. This is a great gift from Dandan to the emperor. Please open it after the banquet is over when you return to the bedroom.”

The light in the palace shone on the messenger’s face. Although he did not show disdain, there was no respect on his face, as if he was just notifying.

Such an arrogant attitude made everyone take a deep breath again. Some impatient people wanted to stand up and yell at the deceased.

“In that case, I will accept his gift. Xiao Shunzi, go down and bring the box up.”

But the emperor seemed to be particularly easy to talk to today. He smiled and nodded slightly when he heard the messenger say that.

Eunuch Shun had been so angry that his teeth were itching. He had been with the emperor for so many years, and no one had dared to be so rude to the emperor.

But since the emperor had no intention, he could not interfere, so he stood quietly by the side.

At this time, he heard the emperor’s order, no matter how reluctant he was in his heart, he still went down obediently and carried the box up.

The box seemed to be heavy, and the things inside would hit the wall when moved. It seemed to be a big item.

But after weighing the weight in his hand, Eunuch Shun couldn’t tell what was inside for a while, so he could only put it behind the emperor’s dragon throne.

“Since the gift has been delivered, I won’t disturb the emperor’s banquet!”

Seeing that his mission had been completed, the messenger perfunctorily saluted the emperor and planned to leave.

“Go away.”

As if he wanted to save some face, the emperor asked him to leave.

If he didn’t say anything and the other party ignored him and left, he would lose face even more!

“Prince Anding is clearly provoking!”

Lin Tian shook his head and commented while eating with relish.

He just took a few glances and could probably guess the purpose of the emissary’s visit, which was just to humiliate the emperor.

He could probably guess what was in the box, but the emperor would take the initiative to open it later.

Otherwise, someone would want to open it…

“Don’t worry about it, the banquet continues!”

The emperor didn’t care about the different expressions of the people below, and immediately pretended that what happened just now didn’t happen.