Rong Zhao almost didn't sleep all night, and was woken up just after taking a nap in the carriage on the way into the palace, he opened his eyes and drove the curtain to look out, and was blown by the cold wind, and asked impatiently: "Arrived?" ”

Huo Yun hurriedly turned around and replied: "Young Master Rong, there is the Vermilion Bird Gate in front, and it just so happened that His Royal Highness also entered the palace and asked about you." ”

"II...... Second Highness? Rong Zhao was stunned for a moment before he remembered Princess Anping's matter, so he stuck his head out and glanced at the half of the face exposed in the window of the carriage opposite, and hurriedly got up and jumped out of the carriage, bowing to the second prince over there: "Jingxi Houfu Rong Zhao has seen His Royal Highness, I am really embarrassed to go to the mansion last night to disturb, and I ask Your Royal Highness to forgive me." ”

The second prince, Zhao Run, also got out of the carriage, greeted Rong Zhao with a smile, and said kindly: "Rong Gongzi doesn't have to mind, originally I was just at the request of Sister Anping, and it was naturally appropriate for Gongzi to go to the third brother's mansion." ”

Rong Zhao sneered in his heart, sure enough, there are no secrets in this imperial capital city! Even this second prince, who only studied calligraphy and painting and didn't care about political affairs, knew that he had gone to King Rui's mansion, and I am afraid that there was no one in the capital who did not know that he was tied to King Rui.

Seeing that the Suzaku Gate was in front, Rong Zhao couldn't go back to the carriage no matter how sleepy and tired he was, so he walked forward with Zhao Run.

Zhao Run's eyes are all qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he doesn't care about Rong Zhao, who was born in Wuxun, at all, and it is already a big face to be able to walk with him at this time, so he doesn't pay attention to it. Rong Zhao didn't care much about this Second Highness, he didn't speak, and he didn't bother to socialize, anyway, this is a place where there is less to say and less to make mistakes, and there is no harm in not speaking.

When he arrived at the Vermilion Bird Gate, because he followed Zhao Run, the Dragon Guards did not check his identity and let him go, and after passing through the long doorway, Zhao Run stopped and turned to Rong Zhao and said: "Young Master Rong, I want to go to Fengyang Palace first, and you and General Huo can go to the side hall over there later." ”

Rong Zhao hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Second Highness, for your advice." ”

Zhao Run nodded slightly and turned to leave, Huo Yun saw Rong Zhao standing still, so he stepped forward and explained in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince was raised by the queen's mother, so naturally I have to go to Fengyang Palace first to ask His Majesty and the queen to be healthy, son, let's go to the side hall over there and wait." ”

"Okay." Rong Zhao glanced around again, the empty field, the high red walls around, the three towering halls in the north direction, and the gilded three big characters on the palace door: Taiji Palace. The red dragon lantern in front of the hall dyed the white jade dragon pillar in front of the hall crimson, and the auspicious cloud flying dragon became more and more lifelike, as if it was soaring into the sky. So he sighed softly: "Sure enough, the Taiji Hall of this Great Qi Palace is much more magnificent than the Jizhou Palace. ”

In the side hall, there are already more than a dozen princes and magnates waiting, the imperial capital city is like a cloud, and those who can enter the palace on the first day of the new year are not ordinary people, the most important thing is that the youngest of these people is forty or fifty years old, even if they are not gray-haired, they are all old and not angry and arrogant. As soon as a handsome and elegant young man like Rong Zhao came in, he was like a white peacock walking into a group of red roosters, and like a night pearl falling into the rubble.

"Hey, who's this little brother? The eyes are very raw. A man in a second-grade civil court uniform twisted his beard and asked.

"Lord Tan, this is Prince Rong of Jingxi." Huo Yun stepped forward to report for Rong Zhao, and then turned to Rong Zhao and said, "Young Master Rong, this is Lord Tan of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Lord Tan, ladies and gentlemen, Happy New Year." Rong Zhao smiled and greeted everyone in the room.

"It turned out to be the prince of Jingxi! Heck, this is an upstart! Someone nodded towards Rong Zhao with emotion.

"Now that the frontier is peaceful and the four seas are peaceful, the generals have also begun to take nepotism, which is sad and lamentable!" Someone shook their heads in disdain.

"It can't be said that after more than ten years of fighting in Western Xinjiang, Qiangrong Diyi was finally pacified, and the people in the Ganxi area were given a peaceful day, and this Jingxi Hou can be regarded as an indispensable contribution."

"That's because of His Majesty's personal conquest, if there is no His Majesty, Jingxi Hou will not be able to level the Western Xinjiang for another ten years."

"That being said, it's not easy for Jingxi to ...... over the years."

For a while, everyone in the room talked about it, but they turned a blind eye to Rong Zhao, the son of the person concerned. Huo Yun was a little embarrassed for a while, but he was just the fifth-grade deputy general of the Rui Wangfu, so naturally he didn't dare to say anything in front of these first-grade and second-grade magnates, so he could only try to secretly remember everything those people said in his heart so that he could report to his lord.

On the other hand, Rong Zhao stood there calmly, his eyes were misty, he only cared about his own thoughts, and turned a deaf ear to the discussions next to him.

"Ahem! cough cough cough ......" A heavy cough came from outside the door, and then an old smile sighed: "Oh, happy New Year, colleagues!" ”

"Oh, Happy New Year, Gongsun!" Immediately, someone greeted him with smiling faces and clasped his fists and saluted.

"Happy New Year, Lord Gongsun!"

"Happy New Year, Gongsun Jaefu!"

……

From the greetings and New Year's greetings one after another, Rong Zhao knew that this old man with a white beard and a purple robe was Sun Quan, the father of the concubine, and the grandfather of King Su.

Gongsun Quan's eyes wandered among the pursuit of many powerful people, and finally fell on Rong Zhao, who was outside the crowd, and asked in surprise: "Hey, this young man is ......?"

"My lord, this is Jingxi Hou Rong Shuo's sister-in-law, Rong Zhao." Tan Youcheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Oh! Sure enough, he is handsome and handsome, and he is talented! Gongsun Quan looked at Rong Zhao with a smile, and then turned his head to Tan You and sighed, "It's really a talent, no wonder Princess Anping fell in love with Rong Gongzi at first sight." ”

"Oops, huh?!" Tan Youcheng laughed in surprise, the laughter was extremely hearty, and the discussion that overshadowed the dozen people in the room attracted everyone's attention to Rong Zhao.

"Haha!" A loud laugh suddenly broke out in the crowd, successfully diverting everyone's attention, but seeing an old man in a second-grade purple robe twisting his beard and slowly walking to Rong Zhao's side, blocking everyone's sight, he arched his hand towards Gongsun Quan, and teased: "Lord Gongsun is still competing with a young man when he is old?" ”

The smile on Gongsun Quan's face suddenly faded a little, and he smiled and said, "What kind of joke is Lord Xiao talking about this New Year?" No matter how bad the old man is, it is impossible for him to compete with a yellow-mouthed child. ”

"What this is said is that Gongsun Da is leaning towards the government and the opposition, and naturally he will not take Jingxi Hou who guards the western Xinjiang in his eyes." Xiao Zheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, twisted his beard and smiled indifferently.

Gongsun Quan's expression changed suddenly, and he said coldly: "Xiao Zhengshi, you claim to be a scholar in vain, but here you are bitter and provocative, mean, where do you put the sage's teachings?" ”

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The great god fights, hehe......