"Don't want it! We will never let the Turkic dogs kill our relatives, and we will never let the Turkic invade our country again!"

Everyone said in unison.

"Okay, what I want is your morale and determination."

Li Ke said with gaze, "I know that many of you think they are sent to the royal palace and think they will not go to the battlefield again, so they are not enterprising and have no ambitions of the past.

However, I will tell you that you are not only the guardians of the king's palace, but also the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the Tang Dynasty needs you, you can still fight on the battlefield and defend your country."

Everyone listened and showed joy. Li Ke glanced at everyone and said, "I will select fifty people from among you as my personal guards. I hope you can show your talents and strategies."

After saying that, Li Ke signaled Su Dingfang behind him.

Su Dingfang walked to Li Ke, and Li Ke said solemnly to him: "Dingfang, the task of selecting soldiers and forming personal guards will be handed over to you."

Su Dingfang knew that Li Ke trusted him very much and responded respectfully: "Don't worry, your Highness, I will definitely live up to what you hope and train a real iron guard."

Li Ke believed in Su Dingfang's ability, so he left the school ground with confidence with Yang En.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to select soldiers himself, but that there is another important thing for him to do today.

That is, his calligraphy, painting teachers, and the officials of the royal family chiefs and the officials were all here.

He must be prepared and then meet them one by one.

Also, Ma Zhou also wants to work with the royal palace, so he doesn't want to neglect this famous minister.

As soon as Li Ke arrived at Juyi Hall, he saw Xiao Baozi leading a middle-aged man dressed in a scorching official uniform and aged thirty.

The person who came was tall and thin, but with the unique demeanor of a scholar, Li Ke wondered who this person was?

It was obviously the first time that the visitor came to the Han Palace. Although he seemed to have heard of the glorious and grandeur of the Han Palace, the layout and furnishings of the palace still surprised him slightly.

He stepped forward slowly and bowed to Li Ke who was sitting high in the middle of the hall and said, "Chi Suiliang, the chief of the royal palace, please see Your Highness."

This was the first time Li Ke saw Chu Suiliang. He was surprised when he heard Chu Suiliang call him the chief of the royal palace and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Li Ke didn't expect that Li Shimin was really generous and gave Chu Suiliang the important position of the chief of the royal palace.

Chu Suiliang, Li Ke, knew that he was not very good at calligraphy or Li Shimin entrusted his or her ministers, so Li Ke began to make plans in his heart.

Since Li Shimin sent Chu Suiliang to be the chief minister of the royal palace for him, why not take Chu Suiliang for himself?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly walked to Chu Suiliang, held up with both hands and said, "Why should the teacher be so polite, it is unbearable for Ke to bear it?"

Li Ke said that the teacher wanted to use the excuse of asking for calligraphy to bring Chu Suiliang closer.

It was also the first time Chu Suiliang saw Li Ke. Although he had heard that this prince looks very much like the current emperor's prince, he was still impressed by the demeanor shown by Li Ke when he saw it with his own eyes. Li Ke was calm and calm, with a slightly childish face showing determination, and his firm eyes flashed with wisdom. In addition, Li Ke was respectful, which immediately moved him and said, "Your Highness is such a great courtesy, I really dare not take it. However, Your Highness calls Wei Chen a teacher, Wei Chen a stupid person, I hope your Highness will give you advice."

Li Ke explained, "The teacher's calligraphy accomplishment was highly praised by his father. Ke wanted to learn calligraphy from his teacher. He did not expect that the teacher has become Ke's chief minister of the royal palace. Then Ke can always discuss calligraphy issues with you in the future.

Therefore, I hope the teacher will not abandon his students.”

Seeing Li Ke so earnestly, Chu Suiliang refused to refuse: "Then I will refuse."

Li Ke knew that Chu Suiliang was not like Liu Rengui, and Su Dingfang and others were generals from ordinary people. It was not easy to impress him with the usual method of respecting wise men and rude men. Therefore, he did not think about it for the time being, but just wanted to wait and see what happened before making plans.

Anyway, he is the chief minister of his palace. He has time to contact him and has time to impress him with practical actions.

After the two of them sat down, the maid just served tea when she saw Yang En walking into the hall with a white-haired old man.

When Li Ke saw that the person who came was in his seventies, he realized after a moment of thinking that this was the painting teacher Yang Fei could have for him, the famous painter Dong Boren.

A few days ago, he heard Concubine Yang say that he wanted to learn painting, but he didn't expect that Concubine Yang took the opportunity to arrange the royal officials in the palace and put them in his mansion today.

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He hurriedly stood up to meet him, and before Dong Boren saluted him, he said, "Ke, I have met Mr. Dong."

Seeing that Li Ke gave him a great gift, Dong Boren hurriedly helped Li Ke up and said, "Your Highness, you can't do it, you can't do it."

Immediately, he bowed to Li Ke and said, "Old minister, Dong Boren has met Your Highness."

Li Ke knew why Dong Boren was so respectful to him, because he was the son of Concubine Yang and the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui. Dong Boren was once an old minister of the Sui Dynasty. He was summoned to Sui with Zhan Ziqian and became a general in the Guanglu Dafu Hall.

He is a famous painter of the world. He is good at painting Buddha statues, figures, towers, chariots, horses, and pens, with a similar character, and a sentiment outside his pen.

He is known as "Dong Zhan" together with Zhan Ziqian.

Chu Suiliang didn't understand why Li Ke was so respectful to such an ordinary old man. After hearing Dong Boren say his name, he was also shocked.

He did not expect that Li Ke was so capable that even famous masters like Dong Boren who had already lived in seclusion at home and did not care about the world could invite him to his mansion to teach painting for him.

I couldn't help but become curious about Li Ke, but became more interested in it.

At the same time, he was not slow at the foot and went forward to salute and said, "I have been born in Chu Suiliang late and met Mr. Dong."

When Dong Boren heard Chu Suiliang introduce himself, he knew that he was the calligraphy teacher Yang Fei told him to invite Li Ke. He was quite satisfied with this well-educated young man and said kindly: "You don't need to be polite to nephew."

Seeing that the two of them had already seen the ceremony, Li Ke invited them to take their seats.

Dong Boren sat on Li Ke's left hand, while Chu Suiliang sat on the right hand.

After the three of them sat down, Li Ke asked Dong Boren with concern: "How can Mr. Dong go all the way?"

Dong Boren bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for your concern. The old minister is healthy and has no major problems."

Li Ke thought that Dong Boren was old and had to be tired after taking a bus for a long time; he said, "Old Dong was tired all the way, so please rest in the back hall. Ke would welcome the teacher at the dinner."

Dong Boren was indeed a little tired. Seeing Li Ke say this, he stopped refusing: "The old minister will say goodbye first and teach His Highness how to paint tomorrow."

Li Ke stood up and said, "Assuming the teacher's arrangements."

Then, he sent Dong Boren out of the hall, and then turned back to Chu Suiliang and said, "Teacher, I wonder when other officials from the royal palace will be here besides you?"
Chapter completed!