Royal Palace.

Huagai Hall.

Faced with Song Lian's sudden attack on Hu Fei, everyone in the hall was shocked and looked at Hu Fei, waiting for Hu Fei's reaction.

But before Hu Fei could say anything, Hu Weiyong could no longer sit still.

"Tai Shigong! What you just said is too much! Although my son has been naughty since childhood, in the heart of the truth, it is just because he is still young and ignorant. And now he has corrected himself. The truth often says

Proud of him!”

"How come you are so worthless in the eyes of Grand Historian! I think you are not here to attend the annual banquet today, but are you here to disrupt the situation on purpose?"

Hu Weiyong stood up suddenly, pointed at Song Lian with one finger, and said in a deep voice with a gloomy face.

Seeing Hu Weiyong getting angry, Li Shanchang on the side wanted to stop him, but he couldn't help but frowned worriedly.

"You want to excuse him just because you are ignorant? What's the point of having rules?! I would like to ask everyone here, has Hu Fei not gotten into too many troubles these days?"

Song Lian curled his lips, turned around and looked at the people around him, and said slowly.

Hearing Song Lian's question, everyone averted their eyes and pretended not to hear, for fear of being involved.

"Song Lian..."

After listening to Song Lian's words, Hu Weiyong became more and more dissatisfied, and his face turned red. He was about to continue to refute, but saw his son shaking his head and winking at him. Then he gritted his teeth and swallowed back the words, feeling angry.

sat down again.

"My father has always protected his young, please forgive me, Mr. Tai Shi will forgive me."

Hu Fei forced out a smile, cupped his hands towards the surrounding ministers and Song Lian, and said slowly.

Song Lian snorted coldly and said nothing.

Seeing Song Lian's indifferent attitude, Hu Fei couldn't help but squint his eyes, retracted his cupped hands, and turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, who looked solemn.

"Your Majesty, since Grand Historian just scolded Wei Chen for a long time, Wei Chen should retort a few words, right? I hope Your Majesty will allow it."

Hu Fei looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile.

"Say what you have to say, but don't be too presumptuous."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and gave Hu Fei a special warning.

After drinking, Hu Fei was not sure what bold words he would say, but since someone was willing to come forward to dampen Hu Fei's energy, he was happy to watch.

"According to the decree."

Hu Fei smiled and cupped his hands and said.

Queen Ma, who was sitting next to Zhu Yuanzhang, looked at Hu Fei with worry. She wanted to say a few words for Hu Fei, but she felt that it was inappropriate to interrupt at this time, and she looked a little nervous.

When Hu Fei turned around, he saw Princess Anqing looking at him with the same worried look. He couldn't help but curl up his lips, showing a gentle smile, and his eyes indicated that he was fine.

My father and daughter-in-law are both here, and there are so many of my daughter-in-law’s parents. I cannot afford to lose face today, and I must get it back!

The ministers present all held their breaths and watched Hu Fei, who was obviously about to start a counterattack, with solemn expressions on their faces, making the atmosphere in the entire hall seem depressing.

"Since Tai Shigong feels that my dandy habits have not changed, I will transform into a dandy at this moment and let you see what the dandy habits are."

"Don't you mind, Grand Historian?"

Hu Fei looked at Song Lian and asked calmly.

Song Lian glanced at Hu Fei and turned away, still looking dismissive, not even the trace of politeness at the beginning was gone.

"Regardless of whether I have any rules or not, whether I am disrespectful to His Majesty and the Queen, I want to talk to you first!"

"Since I, the young master, can come to attend the palace annual banquet as an eighth-grade person today, it means that I have received your majesty's favor, but you have reduced me to being worthless. Do you mean that your majesty is confused?"

Not clear about good and evil, loyalty and traitor?!"

Hu Fei's face darkened, he stared at Song Lian and asked loudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked!

Song Lian's expression changed drastically, and he was about to refute, but Hu Fei had already spoken again.

"You and I meet for the first time today, and we can't even be considered acquaintances. Besides, you have resigned and returned home, and are no longer in the court. His Majesty still calls you the first civil servant of the Ming Dynasty. This is to remember the contributions you made to the court.

contribute!"

"But not only are you not humble, but you act like you are relying on your elders. You lecture me in front of His Majesty!? Are you treating all the adults here as decorations, and do you think they can't share His Majesty's worries?!"

"You are not a sage, but you pretend to be a sage and think of yourself as a sage, but you don't know that you have lowered your status. It's so funny!"

"Your Majesty is the king of a country, the Emperor of Heaven, and it is natural that he should be the last one to appear. But you, an old man who has resigned and returned home long ago, dare to arrive before your majesty and enjoy the courtesy of being welcomed by the ministers.

, even later than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!"

"This is ignoring the majesty of the imperial court and not understanding the general situation! Fortunately, you are called the first civil servant, but you are so arrogant. In my eyes, you are not much better than a dude. You think you are highly virtuous, but you don't know that you are just showing off.

A fat man will make you laugh!"

Hu Fei pointed one finger at Song Lian and scolded Song Lian from head to toe like a barrage of bullets, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

After listening to Hu Fei's long speech, Song Lian was completely stunned, and his face turned red. If it weren't for his age and difficulty in moving, he would have jumped in front of Hu Fei and started to fight.

After hearing what Hu Fei said, everyone present looked at Song Lian with different expressions. They did not expect that Hu Fei would dare to speak so openly in front of Song Lian, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that Hu Fei

What Fei said makes perfect sense.

The atmosphere in the entire hall also became more depressing.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I was possessed by a dandy just now. If there was any disrespect in my words, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Immediately afterwards, Hu Fei turned around, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said respectfully. In an instant, he seemed to have turned into an honest and honest child again.

"I knew that you would be better off after drinking! Taishi is a highly respected official, how could you be so rude and even call yourself a young master?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sympathetically at the furious Song Lian, pretended to be angry and looked at Hu Fei reproachfully.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Perhaps Tai Shigong has never seen a real dandy, so I have no choice but to be possessed by a dandy. I hope I don't offend Tai Shigong."

Hu Fei smiled and said slightly apologetically.

"Father, I think that what Hu Fei just said is not insignificant. Since you are a minister, no matter how big or small your official position is, whether you are in the government or not, you should examine yourself and not overstep."

At this time, King Yan Zhu Di suddenly spoke up and said good things for Hu Fei.

But he did not realize that Zhu Yuanzhang actually had no intention of blaming Hu Fei at all.

But the speaker has no intention, but the listener does.

"Your Highness, King Yan, it seems that Hu Fei is already yours?! Otherwise, why would you stand up and speak for him at this time?"

Song Lian was worried about being unable to refute Hu Fei. When he saw Zhu Di interjecting, he immediately subconsciously pointed the finger at Zhu Di.

Hearing Song Lian's words, not only Zhu Di's expression changed, but also Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang's expressions changed.

"Tai Shigong, are you too drunk today?! Do you dare to say anything in front of my father? You really don't know the basics, right?!"

Zhu Di had a serious face, stared into Song Lian's eyes, and said in a deep voice.

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Song Lian frowned. He had realized that he had said the wrong thing, and his expression was solemn. However, he was already riding a tiger and could not change his words.

Zhu Yuanzhang was most afraid of cliques. Song Lian's words undoubtedly pushed Zhu Di into the tiger's mouth.

"Okay, okay, everyone, please stop arguing. Tonight is the New Year's Eve banquet. Please don't hurt your friendship. If you have any questions, we'll talk about it later."

"Hu Fei, what you said just now was indeed harsh. Why don't you apologize to Grand Historian?"

At the moment when the tension was at stake, Zhu Biao stood up slowly, glanced at Zhu Di and Song Lian, and said slowly, and finally his eyes fell on Hu Fei, hoping that Hu Fei's apology would serve as a conclusion to resolve the conflict.

But Hu Fei directly rejected Zhu Biao!

"Your Highness, Wei Chen is right, why do I have to admit my mistake? I can't admit everything others say about me, right? Besides, everything Wei Chen said just now was not just spoken out of words."

Hu Fei looked at Zhu Biao, cupped his hands and said.

Hearing Hu Fei's reluctance, Zhu Biao frowned and winked hurriedly, signaling Hu Fei not to continue messing around, otherwise he knew that tonight's annual banquet would definitely end on bad terms, and it might really happen.

Angry father.

But Hu Fei no longer paid attention to Zhu Biao and turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, since Tai Shigong doesn't think highly of the minor ministers, why not let Tai Shigong teach the minor ministers a thing or two? I heard that Tai Shigong is a master of poetry and prose, the first civil servant, and one of the four gentlemen in eastern Zhejiang, so why not ask him to give me some advice?

How about taking this opportunity to compete with Wei Chen?"

"If I lose, I must kowtow and admit my mistake. From now on, I will change my mind and be a new person!"

Hu Fei cupped his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said calmly.

But after hearing what Hu Fei said, the whole hall was in an uproar. Everyone opened their eyes in surprise and looked at Hu Fei in disbelief.

Isn't it just asking for trouble to compete with the first civil servant?!
Chapter completed!