The fourth prince was convinced: "That makes sense."
The fifth prince smiled again and tried to smooth things over: "I really envy this innate ability to know everything."
The fourth prince said: "I am not envious."
The third prince laughed and said, "My fourth brother can't even get it even if he envy me!"
"I don't envy you," the fourth prince stressed, "Knowing things by nature is not something you can control. It's better to learn it so that you know exactly what you are doing."
Tang Shiyue immediately felt that this Fourth Prince was really good, with a flavor of the National Cute Emperor Fourth Master, and he was also a good Fourth Master: "Fourth Master, I admire you very much for thinking this way. If you want me to get up at the crack of dawn and work day and night, I can never do it."
The few of them were chatting quite lively.
After chatting for a long time, no one came, so the third prince asked, "You only invited a few of us today?"
"Not really," Tang Shiyue said, "I don't recognize all of them either, but I have invited all the adults who sent me invitations, but their invitations are one hour later than yours."
You know, the etiquette nowadays is that if I want to visit your home, I'll first hand you a message to express my intention, and then you reply to the message to express that you are free at that time, and then I'll say I understand and I'll come over at that time.
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I am polite and considerate. Before this time, I will send another message to indicate that I will be there soon.
But generally people don't come too early. This is considered rude.
When the Third Prince heard this, he felt that Tang Shiyue was an idiot and raised his eyebrows: "Why, you still want me to wait for them?"
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Of course not. It's just that I'm an uneducated little girl. I really don't have much to say to these adults. I'm a little scared. I simply picked a time close to noon so that I can eat directly after a few words... But the gentlemen, because the emperor loves me so much, I want to set aside time for a private chat."
The third prince thought so too.
Of course they wanted to test this person's abilities, but the other party was so calm in allowing them to test him, and even set aside time for it. This was... a bit too thoughtful.
Just then, a man suddenly strode over.
And when he walked to the door, a black and white ball rolled over. The man bent down, touched his head, and then walked in.
The Third Prince and his men stood up at once: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother!" The prince nodded and smiled: "You are here, please sit down!"
He took a seat and casually said to Tang Shiyue, "Don't let the rolling black man run around. What if he scares people?"
The Third Prince and his companions all had mixed feelings. When they came, Tang Shiyue and his sister came to greet them at the door. When the Crown Prince came, they didn't even need to greet him or give up their seats! Even the iron-eating beasts at home knew him!
Tang Shiyue said: "No, they are very well behaved."
The prince glared at her and said, "You said the same thing the last time you bit through my robe."
Tang Shiyue retorted: "You were the one who stepped on them first. They were just playing with you."
The prince smiled and waved his hands: "You are right anyway, I won't argue with you."
While they were chatting and laughing, a guest arrived at the door. Tang Shiyue stood up and said to the prince, "Brother, please help me entertain the guest. My brother and I will go out to greet him." He bowed and went out.
The three princes and their companions were left staring at each other.
Call the Prince "Big Brother" and ask the Prince to help entertain the guests... They are the guests, so what is the Prince?
The Third Prince couldn't hold back his anger and asked, "Brother, are you so familiar with Enfu?"
"Why?" The prince said with a smile, "Didn't Third Brother know this a long time ago? When I was among the common people, I once lived in Enfu's house for a period of time."
Nonsense, everyone knows this, but does it really have anything to do with the fact that you two are still so familiar with each other and so informal, calling you "big brother" or something like that?
As for the civil and military officials who were welcomed in, their feelings were difficult to describe when they saw several princes already sitting there.
But no matter what, what Tang Shiyue said, that they would eat as soon as they arrived, was successfully achieved. Xu Wenqu and Tang Shirong accompanied these old adults, while Tang Shiyue himself accompanied the crown prince and several princes.
Because Xu Wenqu's articles had been displayed in front of the emperor, many old gentlemen were still somewhat interested in him. Tang Shirong was also the brother of Lady Enfu County, so the atmosphere was quite warm.
Tang Shiyue was invited entirely according to the invitations, intending to go the lady route, which means that the women in the family would send out the invitations, but no one was invited today.
As a result, the people who came today were either high-ranking officials during the northern tour, or some minor officials whose names they could not even recognize. While they were eating, lynxes would occasionally walk through the courtyard... Not only were there no singing and dancing, and no famous entertainers, but there were not even any drinking orders. It looked very chaotic.
But so what?
The Crown Prince arrived, and all the princes also came. Most of the officials on the northern tour were high-ranking and powerful. In the words of later generations, their status was extremely high... so it could still be considered a grand event.
After dinner, Tang Shiyue asked someone to bring out the game of Three Kingdoms Kill and explained the playing method. Then the elders started playing with great interest.
Tang Shiyue, the Crown Prince and the three princes just formed a five-person game. Relying on the experience gained from playing in the past few days, they did not let down at all.
When they left, the prince and all the gentlemen gave each of them two decks of newly-released Three Kingdoms Killing cards, which meant that both the host and the guests were pleased.
The ones who gained the most were the minor officials who submitted their posts tentatively. Those whom you usually don’t see were all seen this time.
Those officials who value their status or etiquette can only say secretly that it is inappropriate... In fact, they are also a little envious and jealous in their hearts.
A day later, Tang Shiyue invited all the young ladies and noble ladies who sent their invitations.
At the same time, the young lady's post tactfully indicated that you can bring your mother, and the lady's post also tactfully indicated that if you have a daughter, you can bring her, and try to get things done in one go.
As long as he sent in his invitation, he even invited the Duke Cheng's Mansion, but avoided the Prince An's Mansion. It was clear that he was holding a grudge.
As for the female members, whether it was the Crown Prince, Xu Wenqu or Tang Shirong, it was not convenient for them to come forward.
Of course, the Imperial Concubine couldn't come out either. Tang Shiyue originally wanted to invite the Crown Princess to come over, but the Crown Princess sent a personal maid to tell her privately that she was pregnant, but because the pregnancy was still early, she didn't dare to say it or move too much, so she couldn't come over. She thanked her at the same time.
Then Tang Shiyue thought about it and tried to go to Princess Yongkang's mansion.
The eldest princess agreed immediately and came over early in the morning.
The fifth prince has not yet been arranged to be married, so the ones who came were the third prince's wife and the fourth prince's wife. They probably received instructions from their master and their attitude was very humble.
The third prince's wife is very beautiful, quite beautiful, but her cheeks are slightly concave, which makes her look a bit mean. The fourth prince's wife is dignified, with a small smile, a little serious, and she looks very much like a couple with the fourth prince.
The two princes' wives were welcomed in, and magnificent carriages kept arriving. Women in gorgeous clothes were helped out of the carriages by servants and were welcomed in one after another.
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