That night, after settling the dispute between Qin Shaojun and Mi Jiang about "Princess Su", Zhao Hongrun was in a good mood. He got extremely drunk with the other clan guards at the farewell banquet for Shen Yu. As a result, he went up to three poles the next day and was still sleeping. I lay in a deep sleep.
On the other hand, Zhang Qigong, an aide to King Yong Hongyu, was ordered to visit Prince Su's Mansion and handed a greeting card to the concierge.
Since the invitation card handed over by Zhang Qigong had the seal of Prince Yong's Mansion on it, Prince Su's guard did not dare to neglect the invitation and immediately presented it to the family leader Lu'er.
Lv'er, who was waiting for his family, was really surprised when he learned that Zhang Qigong, the aide of Yong Wang Hongyu, came to pay homage to the government. After all, Yong Wang Hongyu was currently responsible for supervising the country, and his real power was the same as that of the crown prince. This powerful prince's aide Come to visit, how dare Lu'er take it lightly?
So, Lu'er ordered the King Su guard to invite Zhang Qigong to the main hall of the front yard, and hurriedly took the latter's invitation to Zhao Hongrun's bedroom.
"Duk duk duk." Lu'er gently knocked on the door.
After a while, the door opened. Zhao Hongrun's personal maid Que'er looked at Lu'er and asked coldly: "Young Master is resting. Please don't disturb me if you have nothing important to do."
Lu'er was a little angry when she heard this, but after all, she also knew some details about Que'er. She didn't want to offend His Highness's only personal maid, so she held back her anger and said: "Zhang Qigong, the aide of King Yong, came to visit and asked to see His Highness. This is Greetings."
With that said, she handed the greeting card to Que'er.
Unexpectedly, Que'er had no intention of accepting the invitation, and just repeated one sentence coldly: "The young master is taking a rest, and there is nothing important to disturb him." After saying that, she was about to close the door.
Seeing this, Lu'er hurriedly blocked the door and couldn't help shouting: "What's wrong with you? That's King Yong's staff! It's the staff of King Yong who is currently responsible for supervising the country!"
However, Que'er just looked at her coldly, her cold eyes seeming to say: So what?
Indeed, in Que'er's mind, so what if he is the aide of King Yong Hongyu? Is it worth waking up her son for this?
Based on her understanding of Zhao Hongrun, the latter hated being woken up when he was still asleep.
If Yong Wang Hongyu had come in person this time, Que'er might still hesitate, but since it was only Zhang Qigong, Yong Wang Hongyu's staff, who came to visit this time, Que'er didn't even need to think about it.
"go out!"
Que'er lowered her voice and scolded, while looking at Lu'er with cold eyes, as if if the latter didn't obey, she would throw him out.
However, Lu'er had also been a family leader in Prince Su's Mansion for several years. In terms of seniority, Zhao Hongrun, whom she met with Miss Su, except for the clan guards, no one in the palace was more senior than her, let alone the one with the least seniority. Bird?
"What are you going to do? Don't think that just because His Highness favors you, you can be arrogant." Facing Que'er's cold eyes, Lu'er was still a little afraid. After all, as far as she knew, Que'er was also a woman who knew martial arts. , and his martial arts skills are good, and he is more than enough to deal with her anyway.
So she said a few harsh words in a stern tone, but did not dare to say anything more. She just reiterated the important position of Zhang Qigong as an aide beside Yong Wang Hongyu, and mentioned the consequences of neglecting this person.
The more Que'er listened, the more upset she became. She grabbed Lu'er's wrist and tried to push it out. However, Lu'er seemed to have misunderstood something and screamed in fright, disturbing Zhao Hongrun who was sleeping soundly in the house.
"Who is it? What's the noise about?" Zhao Hongrun's confused voice came from inside the room, a little impatient.
Seeing this, Que'er glared at Lu'er fiercely, but saw the latter shrank his head in guilt, took the opportunity to run into the house, and cautiously reported: "Your Highness, it's me, Lu'er."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun responded vaguely and said a little impatiently: "Is something wrong?"
Lu'er said cautiously: "It's like this. Zhang Qigong, an aide to His Highness King Yong, came to pay homage to the palace and asked to see His Highness."
"Zhang Qigong...Zhang Qigong..." Zhao Hongrun was lying on the bed and chanting Zhang Qigong's name in a daze, as if he hadn't reacted for a while.
After a long while, he finally said with a sudden realization: "Oh, I know who it is, um, uh, Wei Jiao, ask Wei Jiao to receive him."
After saying that, he seemed to fall asleep again.
Seeing this, Lu'er originally wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly saw Que'er coming to her side at some point, and said in a low voice that could not be refuted: "Get out."
Looking at those eyes that were as sharp as sharp blades, Lu'er didn't dare to say anything and was grabbed by Que'er's wrist and dragged out of the room.
Looking back at the gently closed door, Lu'er angrily raised her right hand and made a few punching movements before leaving with a murmur.
But she didn't expect that when she found Wei Jiao, the chief of the imperial family, Wei Jiao was fast asleep in his room and could not be woken up no matter how he screamed.
Looking at the other Zongwei, including Shen Yu, they were all lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, smelling of alcohol.
"What should I do?"
Looking at the greeting card in her hand, Lu'er stamped her feet anxiously.
At this moment, Lu'er suddenly heard the sound of Lang Lang reading from the wing in the east courtyard, and she suddenly felt happy: Yes, I am stupid, I should ask Mr. Jiezi about this!
Thinking of this, Lu'er hurried to Jie Zi's wing and saw the latter shaking his head while reading in the room. He hurriedly said: "Mr. Jie Zi, Mr. Jie Zi."
Jie Zigui looked up and saw Lu'er, put down the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's Miss Lu'er...Miss Lu'er is in a hurry, what's important?"
Lu'er then told Jie Ziyu exactly what happened.
"Zhang Qigong, the staff of King Yong?" He took the greeting card from Lu'er's hand and looked at it. Jie Zizi squinted his eyes, with a few strange colors flashing in his eyes, and murmured: "On the fourth day, I couldn't hold my breath anymore.
Huh? Haha..."
As he said that, he seemed to realize something. He looked up and saw Lu'er looking at him with a confused expression, and then said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I'll leave this matter to you."
Hearing this, Lu'er was also happy. After all, Jie Zizi was a staff member of His Highness. In terms of status, he was equivalent to Zhang Qigong, so there was nothing wrong with him coming forward to receive him.
After agreeing to the matter, Jie Ziyu did not stop, asked Lu'er to bring a few bottles of wine, and then went straight to the main hall of the front yard.
At this time, in the main hall of the front yard of Prince Su's Mansion, Zhang Qigong, the aide of King Yong Hongyu, was frowning slightly, drinking tea one sip after another.
It's no wonder, after all, it's been a while since he entered Prince Su's Mansion, but no one has come forward to receive him yet - he doesn't care much if he can't see Prince Su Zhao Run, but no matter what, the Zongwei of Prince Su's Mansion must come out.
?He is also an aide to Yong Wang Hongyu.
Of course, he was dissatisfied, but he did not dare to leave just like that. After all, Prince Su's Mansion was not a place where he could put on airs and show off his power at will.
After waiting for another full stick of incense, Jie Zizi rushed into the hall and saw Zhang Qigong sitting in the hall with a depressed expression. He chuckled secretly and took the initiative to say hello to him: "Brother Zhang, please don't blame me for not being able to entertain you." Zhou, it is really unlucky that His Highness and Master Zhu Zongwei, in order to say goodbye to Master Shen Yu last night, were so drunk that they were still sleeping soundly...No wonder, no wonder."
Seeing that someone finally came forward, Zhang Qigong perked up and looked up at Jie Zizi: "May I ask who you are?"
"I, Jie Zizi, am unworthy of being held as a staff member of the royal palace." Jie Ziu replied with a smile.
""Top of the Double List" Jie Ziyu! "
Zhang Qigong's pupils shrank slightly when he heard this.
As the saying goes, a person's name is like a tree's shadow. In the 22nd year of Hongde, in the examination in which Su Wang Zhao Run personally wrote and invigilated the examination, Jie Zizi, who was "top of the double list", could be said to be famous in Daliang, even more famous than The top scorer in past examinations.
It’s no wonder, after all, the test questions personally drafted by Su Wang Zhao Run in the 22nd year of Hongde had such a great response that countless well-educated people fell into disgrace in front of the weird test paper. Jie Zizi answered two test questions at that time, and finally Winning the reputation of being number one in the double charts, this talent and knowledge are enough to make Zhang Qigong be more vigilant.
"It turns out that he is the wise brother of Jie Zi... Brother Yu has been a few years older than brother Xian. Brother Xian, you don't mind being called brother Yu so, right?" Zhang Qigong said with a smile.
"Brother Zhang is serious."
After a few words of greeting, Jie Zigong invited Zhang Qigong to the side hall and ordered everyone in the house to serve tea.
After waiting to sit in the side hall, Zhang Qigong looked around at the furnishings and decorations in the hall, secretly thinking about what he would say to test him later - facing this talented scholar Jie Ziu, his talent and learning were not inferior to him in the slightest. , he did not dare to take it lightly.
After the tea was served, Jie Zizi looked at Zhang Qigong and took the lead in saying, "Brother Zhang came to visit me today. I don't know if I have any advice?"
Zhang Qigong shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't dare to give you advice, but... His Highness King Yong has been busy with government affairs recently, and His Highness King Su has been fighting in the north and south for nearly a year, and there are few opportunities to get together. Therefore, His Highness King Yong intends to give way to I'm here to see if His Royal Highness Prince Su is free and to gather at Prince Yong's Mansion."
"That's it." Jie Ziyu nodded in sudden realization and said seriously: "I will tell His Highness about King Yong's kind invitation later."
That's what he said, but Jie Ziyu didn't take it seriously at all - it was obvious that Zhang Qigong was just using Yong Wang Hongyu as a cover.
As expected, Zhang Qigong smiled and nodded, then followed the topic and said, "Speaking of which, there seem to be some... unusual rumors in Daliang City recently. I wonder if my dear brother has heard of them?"
Jie Ziyu thought about it secretly, and thought that it would be better to gain the upper hand than to catch someone unawares, so he pretended to be disdainful and said: "What Brother Zhang is referring to is the rumor that our Highness Prince Su intends to fight for the throne? Humph! It's just some people stirring things up behind the scenes." It's just a matter of fact... I don't think a wise man like Brother Zhang would believe such ridiculous rumors, right?"
"..." Zhang Qigong was blocked and speechless.
If it were anyone else, he would have wanted to say "no storm without fire", but it concerned Su Wang Zhao Run, so he did not dare to speak rashly.
After thinking about it, he stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "This rumor is spreading quite fiercely. I wonder who is behind it and what is its purpose?"
"Is there any need to think about it?" Jie Ziu said emphatically: "It's just a repeat of the same old trick... I think back then, those people used this trick to force His Highness King Su to go to Shangshui. I think those people were so incompetent that they returned to Guizhou.
This is just a cheap trick."
"Why are you so sure?"
Seeing that Jie Ziyu defined the rumor as "malice against King Su" in just a few words, Zhang Qigong couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
In his opinion, it was obvious that Jie Ziwei was pretending to be confused.
Isn't that rumor beneficial to Su Wang Zhao Run? Why is it so rashly defined as "malicious"?
"It's hard to deal with..."
Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Zhang Qigong thought to himself.
It can be expected that it may not be easy for him to get words out of this meson owl.