Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

The Fourth Prince discussed with the two young masters of the Wei family and decided to abandon the previously planned activity and instead have a game of tossing pots to help with drinking.

The launch of this activity drew a lot of applause from the audience.

Just as Xie Ze had guessed before, now that the autumn examination is approaching, it is naturally impossible for young students who aspire to take the imperial examination to come out to enjoy the flowers and have fun at this time.

Therefore, most of the young men who were invited at the moment were the eldest sons and grandsons who were blessed by their ancestors and could inherit the family title without taking the imperial examination, or they were playboys who were really incompetent and did not want to be officials.

For such people, a down-to-earth game like tossing pots naturally appeals to their tastes more than reciting poems or showing off calligraphy.

When many people heard that the original poetry segment was cancelled and replaced by a pitching pot game, they breathed a sigh of relief and secretly cast grateful glances towards Xie Ze.

Jiang Liangcai, who prepared a bunch of poems but found them useless, and the fourth prince, who was the one who proposed to change the program but no one was grateful: "..."

Xie Ze didn't care about these people's secret thoughts at all. He picked up a piece of food for his little study partner with chopsticks very naturally, and poured him a small glass of wine. He said very earnestly: "This osmanthus wine is well brewed. It tastes mellow but not spicy. Ah Xin can try it."

[Yes, Your Highness drinks too.] Jiang Xin smiled and thought that Your Highness really liked to drink.

"Have you ever played the game of pitching pots?" Xie Ze asked with a smile as he saw that Jiang Xin was enjoying his meal and was in a much better mood.

In his previous life, he had taken Ah Xin out to play a few times, but at that time, Ah Xin was self-conscious due to his leg injury, and after participating in two such activities with Xie Ze, he was unwilling to go out again. Therefore, he didn't know whether Ah Xin liked it or not.

Jiang Xin didn't know what Xie Ze was thinking, so he shook his head honestly, but his eyes were full of curiosity.

Xie Ze's heart softened when he saw this, and he said with a smile: "I'll take you to see it later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Ze moved closer to Jiang Xin and whispered in his ear: "Let your Highness win you a good start."

In the game of pitching pots, the winner naturally has to have a prize.

The Wei family is wealthy and powerful, and has the imperial concubine as their backer, so naturally the prize they offer must be good things.

Jiang Liangcai was sitting nearby. He glanced at the two people who were acting as if no one was around, then drank the wine in his glass in frustration.

His shooting ability is so average, so he won't embarrass himself. It's really, so unlucky!

*

The Wei Mansion temporarily changed the program and asked the servants to hurriedly set up the venue. They also went to the storehouse to find a rare object, covered it with a red cloth, and had a servant in the mansion carefully bring it over. Only then did the atmosphere become lively again.

Young Master Wei stood up first, raised his wine glass and looked at everyone with a smile: "Everyone, thank you for attending the flower viewing banquet held by my Wei family. Today we have specially prepared a small game of pitching pots to liven up the atmosphere. The prize is a set of colorful glass lamps that my father was fortunate enough to get from an overseas businessman a few days ago."

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants in the Wei Mansion cooperated and lifted the red cloth covering the lottery head.

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the audience.

The sunlight shines on these six transparent wine glasses, reflecting a dazzling light that is even more eye-catching than the women's gorgeous jewelry, making it impossible to take your eyes off them.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, and asked which overseas businessman Master Wei got the glowing wine glass from, and if he had more.

They want to buy!

However, the eldest son of the Wei family just said with some embarrassment: "The overseas merchant came to the capital a few months ago. At that time, there was only this set of glassware. It was my father's good fortune that he bought it.

By now, the merchant should have left the capital long ago, and I’m afraid I can’t find him anymore.”

That being said, everyone present was a smart guy, so naturally few of them would believe this guy.

If it was really that unique treasure, how could the Wei family be willing to use it as a prize for a small flower-viewing banquet?

Not to mention keeping it privately, wouldn't it be better to present it to the emperor and make him very happy?

This old fox Wei must have a lot of stockpiled goods at home. Today he deliberately took this opportunity to take out this glass lamp to attract everyone's attention. As for saying that this thing is unique, it is naturally to take the opportunity to raise the price so that he can sell it at a higher price!

Profiteer!

Young Master Wei didn't care how people looked at him. He just calmly asked the people below to cover the red cloth, and then said with a smile: "If you are interested in the jackpot, you can come up and try it, but everyone can only have one chance. If you lose, you can't come again."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the young masters from the noble families present were ready to give it a try.

Although there is a guy like Xian Wang who has perfect scores in horse riding and archery in front, but Xian Wang did not say that he would definitely participate...

As soon as this thought flashed through their minds, they saw that the wise king, who had never cared about anything, actually took the initiative to join the game before everyone else.

Everyone: "..."

Everyone was depressed for a while, but then quickly cheered up.

Well, even if the wise king participated, so what? So what if he scored full marks in horseback archery? Although pitching pots also requires aiming, it is still somewhat different from archery.

When it comes to marching and fighting, riding and archery, they are indeed no match for this madman, but when it comes to pitching pots, they are much more proficient than the wise king, so who says they can't compare to him? !

On the other hand, if they could really win the legendary wise king once, even if they didn't get the prize of the seven-colored glass lamp, they wouldn't lose out! It would be so proud to tell others about this in the future!

Thinking of this, the eyes of the young men who only knew how to entertain cats and dogs all day long suddenly lit up, and they all raised their hands to ask to participate. This great opportunity must not be missed!

Young Master Wei: “…” Although I don’t know why everyone suddenly got so excited, it’s a good thing to liven up the atmosphere, right?

Jiang Xin, who has always been sensitive, naturally noticed what Young Master Wei felt. However, he thought that this group of people were eyeing his prince covetously. Could it be that they knew it was hopeless to deal with his prince alone, so they wanted to unite and eliminate his prince first?

No, that's too despicable! He would never let anyone bully His Highness!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xin immediately became nervous and raised his hand high without thinking, as if he was afraid of being left out.

Not only that, he also raised the hand of Jiang Liangcai, who was drinking alone next to him, and signaled with his eyes that he should sign up quickly. They must protect His Highness and must not let those who want to gang up on His Highness succeed!

Jiang Liangcai: “…”

Xie Ze was a little surprised to see Ah Xin participating so actively: "Do you like the pot-tossing game so much?"

In this way, I can occasionally take Ashin to places where people like to gamble and fight.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xin shook his head, and with a stern face, he complained to his own prince: [They are all staring at your prince, they must want to unite and eliminate the most powerful prince first. My third brother and I will protect you and prevent them from doing anything bad.]

Although one of them was a novice in pitching pots and the other didn't even know what pitching pots was, and it was unknown where Jiang Xin got the confidence to stop them from fighting together, Xie Ze was still pleased.

Unable to help himself, he raised his hand and rubbed his little study partner's head. Xie Ze smiled gently and said, "Okay, then the two of us will defeat them together."

[Yeah!] For the first time, my little friend was filled with fighting spirit and confidence!

The forgotten Jiang Liangcai: "..." I am indeed just a filler...

*

The young men in the front yard were going to have a pitching-pot competition, and the ladies in the back yard naturally got the news.

Although she didn't know why the program had suddenly changed, Mrs. Wei remained calm and stood up with a smile to invite everyone: "We have nothing to do, why don't we join in the fun?"

Naturally, all the ladies responded well and followed Madam Wei to the screen in the front yard, watching the young masters' competition from afar.

This was also an arrangement that had been discussed earlier. After all, it was the Fourth Prince who was choosing a concubine, and he himself needed to be satisfied.

Therefore, it was suggested that the ladies go to watch the competition in the front yard, so that the Fourth Prince could have a chance to meet the ladies he wanted to see. If he was satisfied, he could proceed to the next step and ask His Majesty for a marriage.

After all, the marriage of a prince is different from that of ordinary people.

The other ladies can also take this opportunity to look at the young men in the front yard. If they meet one that suits their taste, they can go back and talk to their masters about it.

For example, at this moment, the daughter of Lady Ningguo, looking from afar at Xie Ze, who still stood out among a group of young talents, couldn't help but feel happy.