Hu Feng's guess is not bad, there is indeed an uninvited guest in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion!

This uninvited guest is the emperor of the Western Qin State! It's just that he didn't come to make trouble, but Weifu came to the birthday banquet on a private visit, in order to watch the beauty pageant.

The emperor of the Western Qin State was over forty years old, and his early life as a beacon made him overworked, and a strand of white hair quietly climbed up his sideburns early. Now that he has entered an era of peace, he no longer pursues it, and covets the pleasure of wine.

This afternoon, the emperor couldn't sit still in the palace, so he decided to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in advance to join in the excitement and participate in the planning of the beauty pageant, so he came to Prime Minister Hu's study from the secret passage as usual.

At this time, Qin Xingyi had already come to the door of the study and heard Tan Sheng's report: "Xiangye, Mrs. Pei is here." ”

"Very well, tell her to come in. What about the eldest young master? ”

"The eldest young master is still in the backyard, and he should be there later." Tan Sheng replied as he opened the door and invited Qin Xingyi in.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng sat behind the desk, saw Qin Xingyi walking in from the door, just wanted to say hello, suddenly heard the secret door of the bookcase creak, suddenly gasped, opened his eyes wide, stared at the secret door of the bookcase, and thought: No? It's still early.

There are no surprises in the world. What a coincidence happened!

The emperor took two small chamberlains out of the secret passage, and happened to see a girl push open the door of the study and walk in, both of them were surprised, their eyes were facing each other, they were both stunned, and they both felt as if they had seen it somewhere.

Qin Xingyi's eyebrows were picturesque, which made the emperor involuntarily think of the little princess he lost more than ten years ago, and imagined: If the little princess was still alive, it should be so old.

The emperor's gaze became very soft, which made Qin Xingyi feel very kind, as if the person in front of him was his very close family, this feeling had never been before, it was really incredible.

The two little chamberlains had been to the study several times, and they were familiar with the road, and they walked outside the door to wait.

Prime Minister Hu didn't expect the emperor to come so early, but he happened to meet with the people of Xifeng Tower, and he was worried: Xifeng Tower is a dark organization, in case they turn their faces because of today's incident and do something unfavorable to the emperor, it will be bad.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng also had a time when he couldn't hold his breath, and blurted out "Your Majesty", exposing the identity of the emperor.

Qin Xingyi heard Prime Minister Hu Cheng call the person in front of him His Majesty, and he didn't know how to kneel down, and asked curiously: "Hey, it turns out that you are the emperor?" Why do I look at you and feel familiar? ”

Hu Chengxiang was afraid of making a mistake, so he hurriedly stood up and left the desk, inserted himself between the two of them, and whispered: "The young lady must not be rude, hurry up and get out!" ”

"Huh? Prime Minister Hu, why did you go back on your word? Didn't you send someone to call Miss Ben? Qin Xingyi asked unhappily.

Being reproached in front of the emperor, Prime Minister Hu Cheng couldn't get over it with some face, and said curtly: "At this time and that time, the prime minister wants to entertain His Majesty, and it is inconvenient for you to be here." ”

"What's inconvenient? I'll just ask one thing, what about Pei Dashao? Qin Xingyi hurried up and asked directly.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng originally wanted to take advantage of Pei Dashao's control in the palm of his hand to bargain with Qin Xingyi, but the timing was not right at the moment, and it was inconvenient to say something.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Hu Aiqing, don't embarrass a little girl." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister obeys the order." Prime Minister Hu Cheng knew the words of Emperor Jinkou Yuyan, and the words he said were holy decrees, and he must obey them.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng pointed to a small door in the corner of the room and said, "Pei Dashao is resting in the inner room, you can go in and see." ”

Qin Xingyi thanked the emperor for interceding for herself, and said: "Your Majesty, thank you!" He turned and went straight to the inner room and entered the small door.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng invited the emperor to sit at the desk, instructed the courtyard outside the door to send a message to the kitchen to make tea, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister has a new jasmine tea here, and he has ordered someone to make tea, please taste one or two of it." ”

The emperor sat down in his seat and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to taste tea, who is that girl just now?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a long story, and Weichen is also trying to interrogate in depth."

"Aiqing went to investigate, and I will be told of the results."

"Yes, I obey." Prime Minister Hu didn't understand why the emperor would be interested in Qin Xingyi's origin, since the emperor had sent a message, he should investigate it to the end.

The emperor remembered tonight's beauty contest and asked, "Aiqing, can you choose the candidates in your house?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, Weichen was busy dealing with the affairs of Pei Dashao and his wife, and he didn't have time to finalize it after the finalization. So far, there have been nine beautiful young people in the Weichen Mansion to choose from, all of whom were recommended from all over the capital, and their appearance is not bad. ”

"Okay." The emperor agreed.

"Tan Sheng, you come in." Prime Minister Hu Cheng summoned outside the door.

Tan Sheng was standing outside the door, just about to talk to the two little chamberlains, when he suddenly heard Prime Minister Hu Cheng call him in, hurriedly pushed open the door, walked in cautiously, and shouted: "See Xiangye." ”

Hu Cheng said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is called Tan Sheng, and he is also one of the candidates. ”

When the emperor heard that Tan Sheng was also a candidate, he took a closer look and saw that Tan Sheng was about fifteen years old, with a high nose, big eyes, and a tall figure, and he was indeed a beautiful man, so he couldn't help but nod appreciatively and said, "Not bad!" What about the others? ”

The emperor came this time to feast his eyes, and I heard that there were nine candidates, so of course he wanted to watch them all.

How dare Prime Minister Hu slack off? Immediately instructed Tan Sheng to find the eldest young master and bring the other candidates to the study.

Tan Sheng agreed to go out of the room, this time he learned to be obedient, and casually found a nursing home to report to Young Master Hu in advance, and he followed behind unhurriedly.

Tan Sheng came to the door of the backyard and saw Hu Feng hurriedly rushing over, and hurriedly conveyed Prime Minister Hu Cheng's order to him.

Hu Feng nodded, and returned to the backyard with Tan Sheng and the nurse, because the seven gifted servants were still staying in the east wing.

A few people walked into the backyard, Hu Feng and the nursing courtyard went directly into the east wing, Tan Sheng was attracted by the movement on the roof, stopped to watch, and saw several guards slowly put Xuanyuan Mingyu on the ground from the roof, and couldn't help sighing, feeling that Xuanyuan Mingyu escaped like this, the consequences were unpredictable, and I am afraid that he would have to suffer a lot.

Hu Feng and the nurse escorted seven servants out of the east wing, and said to Tan Sheng, who was standing at the door waiting, "See? The one surnamed Xuanyuan was caught! No one has escaped from the Prime Minister's Mansion yet! ”

"Yes, the little one knows." Tan Sheng Nuonuo responded.

"It's good to know the way! Tan Sheng, you and the nursing home will take the seven of them to the study first, and Ben Shao will have to say a few words to this little proton. ”

Tan Sheng was shocked in his heart, and felt that what Hu Feng said about saying a few words of self-esteem was definitely ill-intentioned, seeing that Xuanyuan Mingyu was silent there, and couldn't withstand more torture, he wanted to help him, so he pretended to remind Hu Feng to pay attention, and said:

"Yes, yes, the small ones will bring people over. The eldest young master also hurried, Xiangye and the emperor were waiting, saying that there were nine candidates, and if there was one less, there would be no way to explain. ”

Hu Feng understood that Tan Sheng's reminder was reasonable, but he was still more restrained in front of the emperor, glared at Xuanyuan Mingyu hatefully, and said angrily: "Forget it, let's cheapen him for the time being!" Let's go to the study. ”

Hu Feng instructed a few guards to take Xuanyuan Mingyu with him, and he and Tan Sheng escorted the seven servants to the study.

In the study, the emperor was sitting on a chair drinking jasmine tea, chatting with Prime Minister Hu Cheng, and asked, "What is the background of the candidate boy just now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, that Tan Sheng is a gift from General Huyan's mansion."

"General Huyan?" The emperor stretched out the end of the note, thinking that General Huyan really stretched out his hand very long, this Tan Sheng Bacheng was also an eyeliner figure sent by him, and he should not be easily kept by his side to prevent future troubles.

Thinking of this, the emperor was displeased with Tan Sheng, and was counting on seeing if there were any other candidates who had anything to do.

Hu Feng led people to the door of the study, and after being reported, he personally walked into the study with seven servants.

These seven little guys are all children of good families bought by various wealthy families, they are still young, they have never seen a big array, they have been squatting in the east wing room for a long time just now, and now when they enter the study, they are even more trembling, and they dare not see people with their heads down.

After Hu Feng finished meeting the emperor, he saw that the seven little guys were not angry, each like a wilted cucumber top flower, and ordered: "You few, raise your heads." ”

The emperor looked at it with a flash of eyes, and saw that each candidate had their own merits, tall, short, fat and thin, but it was also a selected top grade, but unfortunately it was not a beautiful man, so he couldn't help but be disappointed and asked, "What about the other one?" ”

Hu Feng was taken aback, he didn't expect the emperor to actually count the numbers, and the names of the people on the list of the prime minister's mansion were clearly written, and he didn't dare to drop the bag or hide it, and said:

"There is also a name for Xuanyuan Mingyu, who made a little mistake and is about to punish him."

"Forget it! Even if it is a small mistake, why should it be punished? It's all teenagers, just enlighten slowly, bring it over and take a look. "The emperor's words are unquestionable.

Prime Minister Hu Cheng didn't like any of the emperors when he saw him, so he hurriedly asked Hu Feng to bring in the ninth candidate.

Hu Feng could only obey the order and walked out of the study door, and it happened that two guards came over carrying Xuanyuan Mingyu, looking at his ragged appearance, he was afraid that the emperor would blame him for treating his subordinates badly, so he ordered Tan Sheng to take off his clothes and put them on Xuanyuan Mingyu.

Hu Feng saw Xuanyuan Mingyu change into Tan Sheng's new clothes, and his appearance became much better, although his hair was still unkempt and his face was pale, but after all, he could only face the saint like this, and he didn't have time to dress up carefully, and the emperor couldn't delay for a moment.

"Dad, can I borrow a desk?" Hu Feng asked at the door.

"Of course." When Prime Minister Hu heard that his son wanted to borrow a desk, he didn't know what to do, so he didn't know how to ask more, so he agreed.

Hu Feng immediately waved his hand and ordered the two guards to carry Xuanyuan Mingyu into the study and put it on the desk.

The emperor didn't expect that the ninth candidate was carried in, and he was still on the desk, and he wondered in his heart, and when he got up to look, he saw that he had long eyebrows and sideburns, the bridge of his nose was pointed, his slender eyelashes were curled, and his pale face seemed to tell of pain faintly.

The emperor stared at it for a long time, amazed, beautiful and delicious, and admired that there was such a beautiful boy in the world!