Chapter 233: A Smart Choice
Huo Qiqi's aggressiveness surprised everyone, and many people doubted her identity.Dare to act presumptuously in front of the Sixth Prince. Could it be that this extremely handsome son has a higher status than Li Yuanbai?

Among the guests, one was looking at her in admiration.

"It's an unintentional mistake. If you gouged your eyes, it's too much." Li Yuanbai's answer made everyone suffocate for a while.

The sixth prince is clearly pampering this young master. What is meant by gouging his eyes is a little too much. What he means is that as long as he doesn't gouging his eyes, he can be punished in any way.

"It's fine if you don't gouging out your eyes, then ten slaps will do." Huo Qiqi said with a faint smile, squinting at the guest who had just spoken.

She was originally very beautiful, and when she smiled, she was even more coquettish, making her bones brittle at a glance, but now when everyone looked at her, they felt creepy, she was poisonous!

"Papa papa." In fact, Jingfeng didn't even give the guest a chance to intercede.

Almost as soon as Huo Qiqi finished speaking, she slapped the guest who spoke.

The Huguogong's mansion is the position of military officer, and the people trained by the Huguogong have weak martial arts?After ten slaps, the man's face immediately swelled up on the spot. Not only that, but after the end, he also vomited a mouthful of blood, which was accompanied by several teeth.

The crowd turned pale with shock and couldn't help but breathe lightly. They looked at Huo Qiqi and Li Yuanbai with vigilance and awe in their eyes.

Li Yuanbai couldn't help but smile when he saw that Huo Qiqi had frightened everyone with ease.

"Seventh Young Master is a man of temperament, you don't have to worry about it, just sit down." Everyone tremblingly sat down according to his instructions.

The guest who was beaten immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "It's the villain's fault, and I won't dare again in the future."

"Don't dare, okay." Huo Qiqi gave him a charming smile.

The guest never dared to look up at her again.

"Get up." Huo Qiqi became a bad guy, and Li Yuanbai still had to ask for help, so he naturally chose to be a good guy, "Since the seventh son no longer cares about it, this matter is over for now."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The person who was beaten couldn't express the pain in his heart. He was injured and had to thank Li Yuanbai gratefully. The aggrieved heart was not shallow.

"Let's start the banquet." Li Yuanbai said lightly.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhifu hurriedly greeted everyone to sit at the table, and then ordered his servants to serve the dishes.

The table was the Eight Immortals table, with eight people at a table, so Zheng Zhifu naturally sat at Li Yuanbai's table.

Huo Qiqi was lazily sitting next to Li Yuanbai, and everyone didn't dare to look directly at him. They could only secretly guess Huo Qiqi's identity in their hearts.

The meals are on the table, four dishes and one soup.Two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, no wine, only tea.

Everyone's eyes flickered, secretly thinking about how much to pay later.

I thought that the imperial court just sent ordinary officials to Nanping, and a group of them had already discussed it, and it was fine to pay some money to send them away.But it was the sixth prince who came, so the previous discussions might not be useful.But how much will be paid, because there is no comparison and discussion, everyone has no idea.

No one had any appetite for the meal.

"Please bear with me, Nanping is facing floods and plagues. The people outside can't even afford food rations. Even this official can only take out these things to clean up the dust for the sixth prince and all the adults." Zheng Zhifu said. Face stood up embarrassedly.

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and it is better to keep things simple in special times.

They don't know whether it is appropriate to say this, but if someone speaks, everyone just agrees.

"Master Zheng is too polite. The people have no food to eat, yet you hold a big banquet in the mansion, what do the people think?" Li Yuanbai's words seemed to be blaming Master Zheng.

Master Zheng was so frightened that he immediately knelt down when he heard the words, "It's because I didn't think carefully. I saw that my lords came to Nanping all the way from the capital city, and the day before yesterday, I saw that His Highness was full of people, and I felt even more uncomfortable. Don't be afraid of Your Highness." Just a joke, the things on the table are the best things in the house."

"Your Highness." Huo Qiqi said with a smile that was not a smile, "It is also kind of Mr. Zhifu to clean up the dust for us. The food on the table is not extravagant and wasteful. We are human and have to eat. Although it is said that a meal is used up Four dishes is a bit too much. But eight people per table is not a lot. Besides, since everyone came to eat, why would you come empty-handed."

After hearing her words, everyone was stunned.

Are the officials from the capital so thick-skinned?Does what this young man said count as blackmailing them face to face?

"Seventh Young Master, what do you mean?" Li Yuanbai's face turned cold.

"Your Highness seems to have misunderstood me." Huo Qiqi raised his right hand and said, "I'm just a non-staff member of the Ministry of Industry, and I won't accept any bribes. Besides, with my status, I won't get any benefit from others bribing me They are stupid. What I mean is, Your Highness has seen the people suffering from hunger and hunger these days, isn’t it hard to eat and sleep all the time? All the people present here are big families. Since they are willing to come to the banquet for His Highness, don’t they hug you? Came here to share His Highness' worries?"

fox!Everyone scolded Huo Qiqi angrily.

They had never met anyone with a thicker skin than Huo Qiqi, even if everyone understood the purpose of today's banquet, they didn't need to make it so clear.

"The food brought by His Highness is indeed a cup of water for Nanping. Yesterday, the officials distributed it overnight, and it was only enough for the people to eat for six or seven days. It has been a day now. If we don't raise food, I'm afraid The people of Nanping can't hold on." Following Huo Qiqi's words, the magistrate immediately made it clear, "Seeing that His Highness is worried about the people day and night, I want to ask all the gentry to come over and discuss together, maybe we can share His Highness's worries. Your Highness, please punish."

"Punish what? Punish prefect Zheng to share His Highness' worries? Hehe, Your Highness is not the kind of person who repays kindness with revenge. According to me, when Your Highness returns this time, he should ask for credit for the prefect." Huo Qiqi seemed to be talking a lot of nonsense. Before Li Yuanbai could speak, she rushed to speak before Li Yuanbai, "Of course, the premise is that the food problem can be solved tonight. Everyone, I'm right."

Damn it!Everyone was scolding her in their hearts, but she was too thick-skinned. They didn't know her identity, so they didn't dare to refute rashly, they could only echo.

It's just that their attitude is really not good.

Prefect Zheng looked around, hoping that everyone could talk directly about donating food.

But most people are pretending to be stupid, and no one wants to be the first bird.

Huo Qiqi had a half smile but not a smile, his eyes swept around the room, almost never letting go of anyone.

Everyone who passed her gaze immediately lowered their heads.

Li Yuanbai seemed to acquiesce to Zheng Zhifu's words, and he kept silent all the time, and everyone became more nervous.

As time passed, Li Yuanbai's face slowly sank, as if he was showing signs of getting angry.

"The villain is willing to donate 1 taels of silver, plus [-] catties of grain." Suddenly, a man stood up slowly.

(End of this chapter)

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