As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zhang suddenly felt a little bad. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Previously, his father had already said that he would be admitted to Zhuge Caotang no matter what, but now, since he came to the capital to serve the imperial court, why did he want to be admitted to the Caotang?

According to Xuanyuan's meaning, the imperial court and Zhuge Caotang should be incompatible, if they really become the protégé of Zhuge Caotang, wouldn't it be openly opposed to the imperial court?

Xiao Zhang knew that his father's ultimate goal was to control the whole world, and his father's expectation for him was to control the three worlds of gods. However, in the human soul realm, openly opposing the imperial court, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat, unless you have the absolute power to despise the human soul realm.

However, not to mention Xiao Zhang, even Xiao Zhantian is only a subordinate of the emperor, and it is impossible to have the capital to oppose the imperial court.

Xuanyuan Jue obviously saw Xiao Zhang's tangled expression, so he smiled: "However, Brother Xiao don't worry, although the imperial court and Zhuge Caotang are like fire and water, they have not yet reached the point of tearing their faces with each other, otherwise, the imperial court will not allow so many imperial people to apply for the Zhuge Caotang." ”

Xiao Zhang suddenly looked up at Xuanyuan Jue, squinted his eyes and sneered: "I suddenly feel that you are the roundworm in my stomach, and you can guess all my thoughts perfectly......"

"Don't ask me who I am." Xuanyuan Jue spoke first, interrupting Xiao Zhang's words, "You just need to know that I have no ill will towards you. ”

Xiao Zhang didn't continue, but continued the topic just now, and asked: "So, what do you mean, let me feel at ease and boldly apply for the Zhuge Thatched Cottage exam, and then I can serve the imperial court in a grand manner?" ”

Xuanyuan nodded and exclaimed: "Brother Xiao is really smart, I can understand it with a little light, well, it is indeed worry-free to talk to smart people." ”

Xiao Zhang smiled faintly, then picked up the wine bowl and said, "Brother Xuanyuan, you and I hit it off at first sight!" Come, drink, drink! ”

Xuanyuan decided to put the folding fan on the table, rolled up his sleeves and picked up the wine bowl, and said, "I am willing to accompany you!" ”

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Soul Capital, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Huang Guozhong sat in front of the table in the study in plain clothes, the prime minister of the empire, a powerful minister above hundreds of millions of people under one person, although he lived in the most luxurious mansion in the soul capital, his daily life was very simple.

Perhaps because he was too tired to take charge of the government instead of the emperor, Huang Guozhong's face was already covered with deep wrinkles, and there were many more white hairs in his original black hair.

Dressed in plain clothes, it is not the silkworm silk that is popular in the officialdom now, but the most ordinary cotton cloth, and there is only a pot of coarse tea in front of him that even ordinary squires disdain, but in this bookish prime minister's study, it exudes a unique charm.

On the table, there was a thick piece of music that almost reached the roof. A piece of music is in front of him, Huang Guozhong's brows are sometimes wrinkled, sometimes stretched, sometimes showing a slight smile, he is holding a cinnabar pen in his hand, and it will be a long time before it slowly falls on the music chapter very carefully, representing his most authoritative annotation as the first minister of the prison state.

After reading this concerto, Huang Guozhong stretched his waist with great effort and yawned, he had been reading and reviewing the recital all night last night until this moment, it was almost noon the next day, but there were still too many recitals to count.

Rubbing his eyes, he picked up the teacup on the table, and drank the coarse tea that had been cooled.

Slowly getting up, Huang Guozhong walked to the door of the study, looked up at the somewhat dazzling noon sun, and then lowered his head and sighed deeply, although his expression was a little tired, but his eyes were full of pride.

Indeed, His Majesty the Emperor has ignored the government for many years, but he did not hand over the government to the crown prince, but gave full power to Huang Guozhong, which means that the emperor has absolute trust in the imperial prime minister, but does not believe in his own son.

In this regard, Huang Guozhong had already expected it.

As he gets older, the emperor will feel more and more threatened by the prince, and the prince wishes that his emperor father would die early in order to ascend to the long-awaited throne.

Therefore, even if the emperor is busy with other things and neglects government affairs, he will not hand over all government affairs to the crown prince, in case the prince's power expansion and seizure of the throne in advance. As a result, Huang Guozhong, a minister with a different surname, became the emperor's preferred figure.

Today, Huang Guozhong has replaced almost all the rights of the emperor, controls the general trend of the empire, determines the future trend of the empire, and has become an invisible emperor.

Dealing with the mountains of music from all parts of the empire all day long, Huang Guozhong was very tired, but his heart was very satisfied, because the temptation of power is not the same as money, it can make people have energy that can never be exhausted, and it will never get bored.

Another all-night passed, and the next day was almost noon, Huang Guozhong hadn't even eaten a meal, and all that was with him was the old teapot that was only used to make coarse tea, and a teacup that had been broken a few times and was lucky to not break.

Seeing that Huang Guozhong finally left the table and walked to the door of the study, a maid immediately stepped forward in surprise and saluted: "Prime Minister, lunch is ready, are you ......?"

While saying this, the maid's surprised look was tinged with timidity.

However, Huang Guozhong didn't seem to hear it, and his body, which was getting thinner and thinner due to hard work day and night, just stood quietly in front of the door in the bright sun, motionless.

"Prime Minister, it's time for you to have lunch." The maid plucked up her courage and said again.

Huang Guozhong's expression finally changed, but his furrowed brows furrowed again, and he said after a long time: "No need, I'll reward you." ”

The maid pouted, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she did not say it, and bowed and withdrew.

Huang Guozhong continued to stand quietly at the door of the study, as if waiting for something, and after a while, someone came. This man is tall, strong and strong, described as strong, full of flesh, and at first glance he is quite unreasonable.

"Father." The man saluted respectfully to Huang Guozhong, "I don't know why my father invited his children here?" ”

Huang Guozhong sighed a little tiredly, then turned around and walked towards the study: "Jun'er, come, come inside, let's talk, my father has a lot to say today." ”

It turned out that this majestic and tall man was Huang Guozhong's second son, Huang Jun. Huang Jun nodded in response, and followed Huang Guozhong into the study.