King Han laughed after hearing this, and then patted his pocket.

"Don't be afraid, you have money!"

Lao Cao said worriedly: "Your Highness loves the people and wants to invite the people back for dinner. This is a good idea, but His Highness cannot solve this problem with two or three hundred shi of food."

"Your Highness, in order not to leave any clues, the banquet dishes served at the Full Moon Restaurant are not particularly expensive. There is a plate of roast mutton, a plate of stewed pork, a roast chicken, and the rest are basically vegetarian dishes."

"Isn't His Highness just afraid that the court will say that His Highness is extravagant and wasteful? If such a big banquet is held, from the palace to the gate of Kaiyuan City, then..."

After hearing this, Zhu Song also felt that it was difficult to handle. Lao Cao said it right. If a banquet is set from the palace to the gate of Kaiyuan City, it is almost the same as handing a knife into someone's hand.

The civil servants in the imperial court were extremely dissatisfied with the salary of the feudal prince. The feudal prince had a salary of ten thousand dan per year. For those of them who were officials, even if they became high-ranking officials in the court, it would only be a thousand dan.

This is still a very small number. The largest number of officials in the imperial court is two thousand, and these must have titles. Most of those without titles only have about one thousand, and may not even have one thousand.

Zhu Song asked: "Then we take the people's food and don't treat them to a meal. I will always feel a little bit sorry."

Lao Cao thought for a while and suddenly came up with a good idea.

"Your Highness, it's actually easy to solve. Why hold a big banquet outside? Why don't you just send the wine, meat and vegetables from the banquet door to door?"

Zhu Song was stunned after hearing this, and then slapped his thigh.

"Yes, since we can't hold banquets outside, I will send the food to the people's homes. No one can find fault with me. Lao Cao, your head is getting smarter and smarter!"

Lao Cao was praised a lot and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Isn't it true that I have been with His Highness for a long time? I have become more or less enlightened!"

Not to mention, Lao Cao wrote two flattering memorials in succession, and he is quite good at flattering me.

The King of Han gave an order, and all the chefs in Kaiyuan got busy and started cooking. Of course, they couldn't deliver every dish of the banquet to every house. Roast chicken, pork, and a jar of wine were enough to be considered as having eaten.

It’s time for a banquet.

The sun is gradually rising, and although it is still freezing outside, there is still an endless stream of people coming and going at the gate of the palace.

The front yard of the palace was full of people, but there were some empty seats. Zhu Song looked at Lao Cao, who took out the guest list for the banquet.

"Your Highness, our Kaiyuan capital commander Li Rong and deputy commander Tian Xuelin are not here."

These two people are the general commander and deputy commander sent by the imperial court to take over Kaiyuan. This means that except for the three guards who protect the palace, there is no other military power for Zhu Song to use in Kaiyuan.

These two people were sent to take over Kaiyuan's military power, so they were naturally His Majesty's confidants, but Zhu Song didn't expect that he would hold a happy event, and the two of them actually didn't even give them this little face.

"What excuse did they two use?"

Lao Cao shook his head: "There is no excuse. The two of them said they were busy with official duties. At this time of freezing weather, they were afraid that the tribes on the grassland would take the opportunity to rob and raid, so they did not dare to leave their posts without authorization. Not only did they two

They didn't come, and they even ordered the generals below not to come."

"But the generals under him are all our Kaiyuan generals, and they have been with His Highness for some years. How can he listen to them?"

Zhu Song looked around and saw that everyone who came to his place for a wedding banquet today was indeed a familiar face.

"If you don't come, you won't come. We can understand that. After all, they are sent by His Majesty. Of course, they must be loyal to His Majesty."

"Since they two don't want to come, let's start the banquet without waiting for them!"

Just when the banquet was about to begin, at this moment, I heard a eunuch singing loudly at the gate of the palace: "The imperial edict has arrived!"

Zhu Song was stunned, what does it mean for His Majesty to come to deliver the imperial edict at this time?

Zhu Song gave Zhang Tiezhu, who was guarding the door, a warning. If he found something bad happened, he would immediately take control of the palace and everyone in the palace.

Then Zhu Song came to the eunuch who announced the decree and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Holy Gong, greet you!"

The eunuch announced the edict and opened the imperial edict: "The Emperor is entrusted by Heaven to make the following statement: King Zhu Song of Han is a virtuous and virtuous man. I am very happy to hear that King Han's palace is pleased to have a son. I specially give King Han's palace a hundred pieces of brocade, thousands of silks and satins, and a piece of gold Ruyi." A golden lock of longevity, I admire this!"

Zhu Song finally breathed a sigh of relief, then knelt down and prostrated and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Song, accepts the decree, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Song received the imperial edict and was about to invite the father-in-law who announced the edict to sit down and eat together, when he saw the father-in-law who announced the edict said: "Your Highness, wait a minute. Your Majesty has ordered someone to specially create a golden lock of longevity. Your Majesty wants this servant to see the young prince with his own eyes." Wearing this golden lock of longevity will ensure that the young prince will live a long life, so your majesty can rest assured!"

Zhu Song didn't think much and made a gesture of invitation.

"That being the case, please invite your father-in-law to follow me into the house."

The eunuch who announced the decree shook his head.

"Your Highness, we are not perfect, so it is better not to enter His Highness's palace. Your Highness, why not bring the young prince here, and I will leave after I finish putting the golden lock on the young prince."

Only then did Zhu Song realize that something was wrong. Why did he have to let his son wear this golden lock in front of so many people? Did this golden lock have any meaning?

Even though Zhu Song was suspicious, he still waved his hand and signaled the maid to come into the palace and invite the princess out. After a while, Princess Han came out holding the child.

When the eunuch saw the young prince coming out, he waved the whisk in his hand, and a young eunuch behind him walked out. He opened the red cloth covering the holder in his hand, and a particularly large golden lock of longevity appeared.

The longevity lock is big enough, but the longevity thread hanging at the back is very short. It doesn't look like a longevity lock, but rather like a shackles worn by criminals.

At this moment, Zhu Song understood what the imperial court meant.

I saw an eunuch picking up the longevity lock. It was difficult for an adult to hold it, let alone a child, who would be very uncomfortable.

The eunuch walked towards Princess Han. The princess subconsciously took a step back. Seeing Zhu Song's expression, she had no choice but to endure her heartache and walked over again.
Chapter completed!