The Huagai Hall had a large banquet, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together, Zhu Yuanzhang also personally presided over this grand banquet, Li Jie and Yuan Jianzheng were the protagonists of this banquet, which naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

It's just that many people look at Li Jie with very complicated eyes, because most of these people have participated in Li Shanchang's birthday banquet, and they have also seen the embarrassment of Li Jie's father and son being exposed to the birthday banquet, but they didn't expect that it was only two months later, but Li Jie was a blockbuster, not only got His Majesty's respect, but also was a subordinate of the East Palace, and his future was limitless.

"Jie'er, you have made a great contribution, why do you feel that you are a little absent-minded?" At this moment, Liu Ying came to Li Jie's side and asked in a low voice, he was originally an idle marquis, and he rarely entered the palace, but today is his nephew's celebration banquet, so of course he has to appear, and he didn't brag to others just now.

"It's nothing, uncle, drink less, don't hurt your body!" Li Jie saw Liu Ying and smiled reluctantly, Liu Ying's cheeks were red, and his originally shrewd eyes were also full of drunkenness, and it seemed that he should have been poured a lot of wine.

"It's okay, let's be happy today, of course we have to drink a few more glasses, you're out now, your mother...... Hiccup~, your mother must be very pleased! Liu Ying patted Li Jie's shoulder and spat out wine, his most important nephew was reused by the imperial court, and he was of course happier than anyone else as an uncle.

"Decree~" At this moment, I suddenly heard the eunuch in the palace shouting, which made everyone put down their wine glasses.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Zuo Si admonishes Li Jie to improve gunpowder, make firearms, offer clairvoyance, and use hot air balloons to the sky, which makes great contributions to the country, and confers Cheng Delang, a member of the Ministry of Works, and accompanies the East Palace ......"

The eunuch read out the reward for Li Jie, in addition to the change of official position, there were many additional rewards, such as gold and silver, fields, etc., but no one paid attention to these at all, because when the four words "accompany the East Palace" appeared, everyone's eyes on Li Jie became hot.

Li Jie's official position has changed a lot, Cheng Delang is a civil official, which is of little significance, and Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Works, has real power, but it is nothing, but only this companion reads the East Palace, and the meaning is completely different.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince generally had his own set of leadership teams, independent of the imperial court, but this was also prone to problems, such as the subordinate officials of the East Palace for their own interests, they might separate the prince from the emperor, and even encourage the prince to rebel, which often happened in history.

In order to solve this problem, Zhu Yuanzhang let the ministers of the court and the central government concurrently serve as the prince's subordinate officials, such as Li Shanchang and the prince's young master, Xu Da and the prince's young master, Chang Yuchun and the prince's young guard, etc., it can be said that the important official positions in the East Palace are almost all designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and only some less important official positions are decided by Zhu Biao himself, such as Li Jie's position of Zuo Siji.

However, among these official positions related to the prince, there is a very special position, that is, the prince's companion, which is not a formal official position, because it has no rank at all, but it is the closest person around the prince, if the prince ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely reuse these most trusted people.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knows this clearly, so the prince's companion reading is also personally designated by him, and each of them is a person with outstanding intelligence, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the prince's companion reading is actually an important minister left by His Majesty to the prince and assist the prince in the future.

It is precisely knowing the above that the eyes of the Chinese martial arts officials in the hall are all focused on Li Jie, there are envy, there are jealous, and more people are thinking about how to get in touch with Li Jie, a young man?

However, in the face of the envy, jealousy and hatred of so many people, Li Jie felt cold in his hands and feet, because this holy decree was read to the end, and there was no mention of anything related to the horse, in other words, Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to marry his daughter to him at all, even if he was reused now, but if Li Shanchang's incident happened in the future, God knows if Zhu Yuanzhang would turn his face and be ruthless?

In addition, even if he takes a step back, Zhu Yuanzhang really opened his net and did not kill himself because of Li Shanchang's matter, but what about his parents? Zhu Yuanzhang let himself go, it doesn't mean that he will let go of his family, only by marrying the princess and adding the credit he has worked hard to earn, Li Jie can be sure to save his family's life at the last moment.

Thinking that his painstaking plan had finally come to naught, Li Jie also felt that all thoughts were lost, and the lively banquet in front of him seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him, and the whole person sat there stiffly, lazily paying attention to the officials who came to congratulate him.

However, at this moment, Li Jie suddenly felt that he was slapped on the shoulder, and then a familiar voice said, "Boy, why are you stunned?" ”

Li Jie was pulled back to reality by the sore shoulder, and when he looked at it, he found that it was the "evergreen" Tang He who patted him.

"The old man wants to pee, you come to help me!" Tang He was seven or eight points drunk, and his steps seemed to be a little staggering.

"Sa...... Pee? Li Jie was speechless, but before he could speak, Tang He grabbed him by the shoulder with one hand and lifted him up, and then dragged him outside the hall without saying a word.

As soon as he walked out of the palace, the drunkenness on Tang He's face disappeared immediately, and his footsteps became very steady, only to see him pull Li Jie to no one's place, then he looked at him with a smile and said: "Boy, you are so bold, in order to save your life, you dare to fight the princess's idea!" ”

"How do you ......"

Li Jie was also suddenly startled when he heard Tang He's words, and just wanted to open his mouth but was interrupted by the other party again: "Why, you don't really think that everyone else is a fool, and you can't see your intention to do these things, right?" ”

"What do you mean by this, why don't I understand?" Li Jie calmed down at this time, although he was shocked that Tang He actually knew his plans, but as long as he didn't admit it, others couldn't do anything about him.

"Hehe, I'm starting to pretend to be confused, but don't worry about me going to tell the truth, Li Shanchang is really getting older and more confused, with his flamboyant style in the past few years, sooner or later he will be unlucky, it's human nature for you to find a way to protect yourself now!" Tang He laughed again.

Tang He broke the matter, but Li Jie didn't know how to answer, so he simply fell silent and saw what he was going to say next?

Sure enough, Tang He saw that Li Jie didn't speak, so he smiled again and said: "I have to say, marrying a princess is indeed a good way to save your life, but it's a pity that you are too reckless, and with this little credit, you asked Your Majesty for marriage, and now Your Majesty refuses, your road is blocked!" ”

"What do you want to say?" Li Jie was finally no longer silent at this time, and asked with his eyes like a torch staring at the other party at the moment.

I saw Tang He smile proudly at this time: "I want to tell you that although this road is blocked, I can show you another clear way!" ”