After a moment's delay, Xu Jiancai bowed with several adults.
Then, he seemed to look around and asked: "I wonder where your highness has gone?"
Several adults also didn’t know.
We were all busy talking about things, so no one really paid attention to the prince.
A junior official came to report hurriedly: "Eunuch Hu asked me to bring a message to the Duke. His Highness has something to do and needs to leave first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jian pursed his lips and looked worried. An official said hurriedly: "How can such a big man as your Highness get lost? Besides, Eunuch Hu is following me. Duke Guo doesn't need to be there either."
So worried."
"The Holy One asked..." Xu Jian hesitated and sighed, "His Highness left by himself. I think there is something important. He will tell the Holy One later."
After a few more polite words, Xu Jian came out of the Gongyuan.
Didn’t you watch Li Shao?
Of course not.
He deliberately "let go" Li Shao.
Shen Chen came forward and reported in a low voice: "Your Highness met Mr. Liu."
Xu Jian raised her eyebrows.
Liu Xun's life has not been easy recently.
In order to ease Xu Miao's mind, she spends most of her time in the study.
Today, I came out of Gongyuan to feel the atmosphere of the exam that was about to begin before I could get out of home.
It's just a coincidence that I bumped into Li Shao.
Nothing good can come of this pair of good friends.
Jiangjunfang.
In the private room, Liu Xun tentatively asked a few questions about Guanzheng, and received a few complaints from Li Shao.
Liu Xun suddenly felt reassured.
What my father said was right.
Your Highness is bothering Xu Jian.
The more he observes politics, the more His Highness dislikes Xu Jian.
Liu Xun sighed and said pitifully: "Your Highness doesn't know something. I suffered a lot when I was a child."
Li Shao raised his eyebrows, and while looking at the flying cocks below, he motioned for Liu Xun to continue.
"When I was in elementary school, my husband praised me for my good study. My father praised me a few words and said, 'I heard that Ajian has memorized dozens of poems.'"
"I wrote an article, and I was so excited during the Chinese New Year that I wanted to show it to my grandfather. He said, 'Skinned arms and legs, didn't your family give you enough to eat?'"
"No matter what I do, I will be compared with Xu Jian. In short, I am inferior in everything."
"There is a year difference between me and him, but Your Highness, there is a huge difference between one year old when I was a child and one year old when I grow up."
"Xu Jian is good at everything, but I am not as good at everything. It's so annoying."
Li Shao looked Liu Xun up and down.
Liu Xun looked bitter.
Most of these "sufferings" are fake.
The old man would despise him, but his parents didn't compare him to Xu Jian.
They are all just prepared words.
Of course, Liu Xun also knew very well that His Highness the Crown Prince would not have such a personal experience.
His Highness has no brothers of similar age, so he is the first in His Majesty’s heart.
As for Xu Jian’s views on politics, His Majesty will not use them to compare with His Highness’s views.
A son and a minister, how can they be compared together?
Is Xu Jian worthy?
But there is one thing that both His Highness and Liu Xun understand deeply - Xu Jian is annoying.
After something went wrong the previous time, Liu Xunzheng needed to make more efforts and clear the way for Li Shao, and "Xu Jian" was his shortcut.
If you have someone you hate in common, if you curse a few times, the relationship will naturally become closer.
As expected, Li Shao felt much better after hearing Liu Xun's complaints, and commented: "It's not easy for you either."
Liu Xun smiled apologetically and said: "He only talks a few nonsense words when he is on duty. It is off duty. Whatever your Highness wants to do, there is no need to pay attention to him."
Li Shao snorted.
As long as Xu Jian refused to send him into the palace without turning around, what else could he do?
Liu Xun added: "Sometimes I get bored, so I quietly go to Yue Niang to talk..."
Li Shao turned his head and took a deep look at Liu Xun: "You raise people, but I don't. You should pay more attention to what you say, and your ramblings will be listened to by those dumb-headed people, so you won't cause anything else."
It’s a matter of kidnapping someone but failing to do so.”
Liu Xun hurriedly agreed, and then muttered: "It's really wrong to tie people up, how can we use tied people? It's not fun to do it unwillingly."
"Do you love me?" Li Shao continued smoothly, "I don't know how many people I have served."
Liu Xun hurriedly whispered a few words to him: "I've heard recently that... it's all new... I don't know..."
Li Shao was noncommittal.
Liu Xun was unsure and waited for a while.
The winner of the cockfight was decided, and Li Shaocai said calmly: "In that case, you go and explore the way."
Liu Xun was overjoyed: "Don't worry."
The next day.
Xu Jian obviously felt that Li Shao was in a good mood, but this good mood soon turned into uneasy feeling after he faced those heavy documents again.
Not surprising at all.
How can these things be as fun as Jiangjunfang?
Before, he deliberately pressed harder and asked Li Shao to tighten the string.
Now it is loose for a while, and then tight for a while. In contrast, Li Shao will become more and more disgusted.
As my grandfather once said, if you are ambitious, you can never take it back.
In the next half month, Li Shao's situation had a lot of ups and downs.
When Enke's examination started, the Ministry of Rites transferred many officials to Gongyuan, and Xu Jian also suggested that Li Shao go there.
Li Shao listens very well.
Soon, the envoy Gu Yue arrived, and Li Shao went to greet him as a matter of course. He listened to Gu Yue's congratulations together with the emperor, and spent less time sitting in front of the desk to read the eight classics.
The skin loosened and the whole person felt relaxed.
Especially when drinking the wine that Gu Yue paid tribute to, I was overjoyed.
"It tastes really good. The wine they make is different from ours." Li Shao squinted and said to Liu Xun.
Liu Xun sat with him and said, "If you say that, I'm too greedy."
"A total of nine barrels were sent, and they are all stored in the cellar," Li Shao said. "I gave some to the ladies in the harem, and also filled two jars to the empress dowager. She drinks little, so she will probably give half of them to her."
Ning'an.
I also want to send some to Prince Ping’s Mansion, as well as to my uncles, uncles, aunts, and grandmother.
If we divide it like this, less than half of the nine barrels will be lost."
"It sounds like they all deserve their share," Liu Xun licked his lips, "Yugong's things are precious and precious. Your Highness said it made my heart itch, but it's a pity that I can't taste it.
At this time, I have to envy Xu Jian. I follow His Highness to observe the government. If the Holy Master takes a high look, I will definitely get a share of it.
Besides, if the princess has it, she will leave it to him."
Li Shao couldn't help laughing when he heard that he was sour.
After laughing, he snorted again: "The emperor's list will be released the day after tomorrow. I heard that my father meant that at the Qionglin Gratitude Banquet, the new scholars should also have a taste. Tsk! They can understand what they taste!" Just as he was talking, there was a whistle from outside.
Several young dancers came in, their eyebrows were flying, and they had a rather exotic flavor.
"It's interesting," Li Shao said, "This informant is pretty understanding."
This is his second time back.
The last time I sent them were all Yangzhou thin horses. In recent days, the wind of ancient moon in Beijing has been prevalent, so today I have replaced them all.
When outsiders came, Liu Xun no longer said "Your Highness is the elder and His Majesty is the younger", but changed his name to "Young Master".
Both of them wore masks, and no one knew their identities.
Li Shao drank two more glasses of wine, and with a thought in his mind, he said: "Since you are greedy for that wine, I want to think of something. I might as well reward you with a jar to take advantage of those ignorant people."
Liu Xun said: "Then thank you, Master."
The spring nights in the capital have become much warmer.
In the backyard of Taohe Zhai, Lin Yunyan took a sip of wine: "Speaking of which, this is my first time drinking."
At this time in the past, both my grandmother and Yunfang were ill, and she never went to the palace to see the empress dowager.
The empress must also be sick. I didn’t want her to know and didn’t come to take care of her.
As for the reason why the Queen Mother was ill at that time...
After the Gu Yue envoy arrived, Lin Yunyan gradually got a taste of it.
The envoy paid a lot of tribute, but Gu Yue did not have nothing to ask for from the court.
The request put forward by Pian Gu Yue was neither too high nor too low, so the Holy Emperor hesitated, but the Empress Dowager was very reluctant. Over and over again, the Empress began to cough and feel a little uncomfortable after the new year, which made her condition worse, and she did not recover until late spring.
Xu Jian also took a sip: "The house Li Shao and the others went to was not easy to handle."
Lin Yunyan was very curious after hearing this.
Before, Xuan Su followed Li Shao, whether it was a theater or a general square, even if he couldn't follow him, he always knew what the place was doing and what the general situation was like.
It’s different now.
The last time Li Shao and Liu Xun met, Xuan Su had to give up in the end.
I heard that the house is not big, but it has a lot of people to look after it.
There are bungalows all around, and it’s impossible to even find a high place to look around.
Moreover, there are tall trees inside. Even if they are not lush enough in early spring, they still block the view. I wonder how many twists and turns there are underneath.
Even Xuan Su didn't dare to say that Li Shao and Liu Xun were in the house.
Maybe it went around and went somewhere else.
Such caution and thoroughness reminded Lin Yunyan of Li Shao's embarrassing things in the past that were difficult to catch.
Xu Jian wants to start with the owner of the house.
But he couldn't alert the snake. If he didn't alert Li Shao, it wouldn't be a wise choice if he alerted Shan Shen.
When he really wants to attack that house in the future, a shrewd person like Mr. Shan will realize that he has already been interested in that place, and he will have to waste more words to get around it.
Who makes Shan Shen a smart person?
Anyone who treats Master Shan as a fool will have no good consequences.
As for Li Shao.
People with uncertain minds are most afraid of being unbalanced.
I used to press hard, but recently I relaxed enough to do whatever I wanted. Then I tightened it again, and my thoughts of rejection and resistance became even heavier.
That energy burst out, naturally...
"He should be able to bring a lot of surprises." Xu Jian said.
There are even some surprises that were not in their imagination.
Lin Yunyan couldn't help laughing.
After thinking about what would happen next, she smiled and nodded: "There should be a lot of good things."
The imperial list will be released soon.
At the time of the Apricot List, Laoshi Alley had already attracted a lot of discussion in the capital, and everyone said that this year's No. 1 pick would probably come from here.
She has great confidence in the "Qian Cheng" of Laoshi Lane.
She was also curious about what ranking Yu Pu would achieve in the end.
Under the oil lamp, the smell of alcohol smears slightly on the face, and the face is white and rosy, making the whole person more lively.
Xu Jian glanced at her twice.
When she came in just now, he noticed at a glance that the little princess seemed to be taller than a year ago.
Although, I'm afraid I won't even have a knuckle if I grow it.
Taking the jug, Xu Jian refilled the wine for herself, but not for Lin Yunyan.
Lin Yunyan looked at the empty wine cup in front of her, looked at Xu Jian, and asked with her eyes.
"This drink is very powerful," Xu Jian said without changing her expression. "With your drinking capacity, you will go crazy after just one more drink."
Lin Yunyan:......
The fourth update is approaching.
The person sleeping on the bed opened his eyes and coughed twice.
Soon, someone lit a lamp and brought a cup of warm water over.
Moistening his throat, the man asked: "Is Dao Heng back?"
"I'm back. I've been waiting in the wing, waiting to report back to you."
"Let him come over." After saying this, he took a coat from the shelf beside the bed and put it on. The exquisite gold and silver embroidery thread was dazzling by the oil lamp, and he looked extremely rich.
Soon, Monk Dao Heng came in to say hello.
He is still wearing plain clothes and a hat on his head.
It has been half a year since he left Guangde Temple. He has also adapted to this kind of hat, and he no longer has to adjust it as often as before.
"What did Su Yi say?" Jin Guiren asked.
Su Yi is the Chinese name of the Gu Yue envoy.
Monk Dao Heng replied: "In the past few years, Gu Yue has had a lot of contacts with the imperial court, but the Xiliang people have put a lot of pressure on them. They came to Beijing this time also to deepen cooperation."
Jin Guiren laughed when he heard this: "In the end, the Holy Father is not easy to fool. He gives a little but refuses to give more? Do you want us to give him some advice?"
"You are right."
"A few months earlier, I would have suggested to him to 'make peace' and privately ask the Holy Father to discuss peace with the Empress Dowager," Jin Guiren said.
In the Ning'an proposal, the Holy Emperor would most likely hesitate, and the Empress Dowager would definitely not agree.
The Holy One is reluctant to begin with, but if the Empress Dowager continues to insist, she will naturally reject Gu Yue.
This idea was originally intended to be rejected by the Holy Spirit.
If you reject this part, the rest of the conditions will be easy to negotiate.
The Holy Emperor and the Empress Dowager are not biological mother and son, so there will be some resentment.
As for what this feud will eventually look like...
Who knows.
After all, it’s a good show.
"It's much easier for Xu Jian to marry Ning'an," he commented, and then asked, "Is Xu Jian still suppressing the prince?"
Dao Heng said: "The prince and Liu Xun are in that garden."
"Young and energetic, there are so many interesting things in the world, but he likes women's nests," Jin Guiren shook his head, "Xu Jian is also too young, and he has to pay attention to methods to guide the prince. His strictness will only be counterproductive. p>
Look, the prince won’t listen to him now, right?
Liu Xun became the hot cake.
These two brothers had to fight over who the prince would listen to.
Having said that, Xu Jian was at a disadvantage from the beginning. Who told him to dare to tie up the prince before? I didn’t even dare."
On the side, the person who was serving the tea pursed his lips and smiled: "They all rely on their own abilities, but they don't know that everything is under your control. Liu Xun thought that he had found a good place because of luck. And Xu Jian
, His methods were indeed in line with His Majesty’s wishes, but he did not expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would not like them very much.”
Jin Guiren glanced sideways at the man.
If the chess pieces are not used, they are all a waste.
Don't be in a hurry, just watch the dramas one by one, the capital is quite lively.
March 18.
The imperial list was released in the capital.
The umbrella-covered ceremonial guard sent the new top scholar to the place where he stayed in Beijing, and the sound of firecrackers shook the sky. It was Laoshi Alley.
