Luoyang City, Situ Mansion.

The grumpy sound of the piano sounded one after another, and the low music seemed to convey a grievance.

Groping for the source of the sound of the piano is a quiet attic in the inner courtyard of Situ Mansion. Above the attic, the carved railings are jade, and the gorgeous decoration has elevated the style of the place a lot.

Here, an extremely beautiful woman is stroking the qin in the sky outside the window, constantly beating her slender fingers, touching the strings of the guqin back and forth.

The woman is very beautiful, with exquisite facial features, big black and beautiful eyes, and her closed pale red lips, and silky and delicate skin, all of which make her fall in love with the country.

After a long time, when the music ended, the woman stopped her fingers, gently put her hands on the guqin, slightly haggard and slightly squirmed her red lips, and said, "How can my father-in-law have time to see his daughter today?" ”

At this time, in the room above the attic, I don't know when there was one more person for a while, and this person was Situ Wang Yun.

Situ Wang Yun's face was a little serious, and he said helplessly: "Hongchang, hasn't your anger disappeared yet?" ”

Ren Hongchang slowly turned his head, looked at Situ Wang Yun, and replied: "How dare my daughter be angry with her father-in-law, it's just that my daughter has been a little tired recently, so I haven't asked my father-in-law for many days." ”

Although he said this, Ren Hongchang's little face always had a hint of complaint.

Seeing this, Situ Wang Yun looked at her helplessly, then took out an invitation card from his arms and said, "Take a look!" ”

Ren Hongchang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had some doubts in his heart, but he still slowly stepped forward to take the invitation and opened it.

After a while, Ren Hongchang's little face suddenly froze, as if she had seen a demon, in addition to the horror on her face, even her soft delicate body trembled slightly.

"Father, this ...... Is this true? ”

Ren Hongchang's voice trembled slightly, and he hurriedly asked his stepfather.

"Well, and the marriage between Yuzhu and Qiuyue is given by His Majesty today, and on the day of the wedding, His Majesty will personally go out of the palace to witness the marriage, this matter is already ironclad, even if it is you, Uncle Zhang, you can't regret the marriage." Situ Wang Yun said lightly.

As soon as she heard this, Ren Hongchang suddenly burst into tears, wetting most of her already haggard little face.

"What did the father-in-law mean by showing this invitation to his daughter today? Do you want to see your daughter's jokes? Ren Hongchang's expression was a little stubborn, she immediately began to question Situ Wang Yun, at this time she didn't know what she felt in her heart, in short, it was heartache.

"Hongchang, how could my father-in-law be like this?" Situ Wang Yun was stunned, he didn't expect Ren Hongchang to be a little angry with him, and couldn't help but quickly explain: "You don't know about the matter with Yuzhu, your Uncle Zhang doesn't know yet, so if I think about it, don't let him know, so you go with me on this invitation." ”

"My daughter doesn't want to go." Ren Hongchang immediately replied that she was indeed a little annoyed with her father-in-law at this time, so she directly retorted.

"In your Uncle Zhang's opinion, you and Qiuyue are good sisters, if you don't go, he will definitely come to invite you over, and I'm afraid it will be unpleasant at that time." Situ Wang Yun looked at Ren Hongchang, and still said in a soothing tone.

Hearing her father-in-law's constant persuasion, Ren Hongchang couldn't accept this matter for a while, so she turned her delicate head directly and stopped talking to Situ Wang Yun.

Seeing this, Situ Wang Yun was also a little helpless, walked over slowly, and took the invitation from Ren Hongchang's hand.

He didn't want to, if Ren Hongchang was angry, it wouldn't be good to tear up this invitation, it would be too disrespectful to Taiwei Zhang Wen, if this was the case, his old face would also be lost, he was a Situ anyway, how could he do such a thing.

After taking the invitation, Situ Wang Yun couldn't help but sigh: "Hey...... Hongchang, think about it! I believe that you have always been a well-informed woman, don't worry your stepfather anymore. ”

After speaking, Situ Wang Yun slowly left with the invitation.

Above the attic, Ren Hongchang was still alone in the heart-wrenching news.

......

Honglu Temple.

Li Yuzhu stood at the door of Honglu Temple, looking at the slightly ancient plaque of "Honglu Temple", and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

It was afternoon at this time, and after Yang Sanxiao gave Li Yuzhu a lecture in the morning, he dragged him to arrange some necessary things for his marriage with Zhang Qiuyue.

Therefore, he could only come to Honglu Temple in the afternoon to report. Today, he is not officially in office, because the time Lu Wei gave him is to wait for him to get married before coming to Honglu Temple to take up his official post.

Because the position of Cheng is relatively simple, there are not many things, and Li Yuzhu is now the son-in-law of the Taiwei Mansion, so Lu Wei still gives him plenty of time.

But according to the usual practice, Li Yuzhu should still come to Honglu Temple in advance, report for it, and then familiarize himself with his important work.

Li Yuzhu had just come to Honglu Temple, and the guards at the gate immediately greeted him.

"This must be Gongzi Li!" The guard stepped forward and said, because he had already been notified, and he also deliberately emphasized Li Yuzhu's identity: the son-in-law of the Taiwei Mansion. Therefore, he was particularly respectful when facing Li Yuzhu.

Li Yuzhu nodded and said, "Well, I'll come to Honglu Temple today to report." ”

"Then Li Gongzi hurry up and please go inside!" When the guards heard this, they immediately guided the gate with both hands and made way for them.

So Li Yuzhu stepped straight into the gate of Honglu Temple.

After Li Yuzhu entered, several guards began to gossip.

"Huh...... Is this Li Yuzhu? The new Cheng? ”

"It seems that this eyebrow is quite delicate, no wonder he will become the son-in-law of the Taiwei Mansion."

"Maybe you should have some ability!"

"But with this identity, I'm afraid Lord Lu won't dare to underestimate him in Honglu Temple, after all, behind the family is now Lord Taiwei."

"I heard that Lord Situ arranged for him to come to Honglu Temple, and I think his background is really big."

"Huh...... Speaking of Lord Situ, have you heard about it before? This Li Yuzhu and Miss Ren Hongchang of Situ Mansion also had some scandals a few days ago. ”

"I know this, it seems that the news came from the Taiwei Mansion, but looking at this posture, presumably those scandals are also fake."

"Hey! Don't talk about it, do your own work, these people will definitely have a bright career in the future, let's not think about it, if you make these big people unhappy, be careful to lose your job and lose your life. ”

......

After Li Yuzhu walked into Honglu Temple, he directly bumped into a person - Taihang Xu Dan.

Taihang Xu Dan was originally Li Yuzhu's current position, speaking of Cheng and Taihang, in fact, Cheng's status should be a little higher, and there are not many affairs.

But Taihang is just the opposite, on weekdays, Dahonglu has any trivial matters, they are all handed over to Taihang to do, but his status is not as good as Cheng. However, everyone prefers to do Taihang, because generally speaking, Taihang is closer to his boss Dahonglu, and there are many things to do, as long as there are no mistakes, then it must be meritorious, so in the future, like a promotion or something, Taihang is easier.

is like Lu Wei before, it is because he followed Dahonglu Liang Jian to do things, so he has more opportunities to make contributions than Xu Dan, and Lu Wei is already capable of doing things, so he will have the opportunity to sit in the position of Dahonglu.

Today's Taihang Xu Dan heard that Lu Wei was taking the position of Da Honglu, and his heart was also very red-eyed, but he was helpless, and now the officials were crushed to death, so he could only call him Lord Lu.

Lu Wei asked him to take the position of Taihang, and Xu Dan immediately agreed, because Lu Wei is very young now, which can be regarded as young and promising, plus now that the eldest prince Liu Wei has just ascended the throne, that is, the new emperor, His Majesty, he will naturally promote some young people to be his followers in the future, after all, every emperor will cultivate his loyal ministers, so Lu Wei is very likely to be promoted, so as long as Lu Wei leaves, Dahonglu's position is likely to be the next Taihang.

Therefore, Taihang Xu Dan directly agreed.

As soon as Taihang Xu Dan saw Li Yuzhu, he shouted to him: "Ouch...... Isn't this Li Gongzi? ”

Taihang Xu Dan met Li Yuzhu before, that is, in the preparation for the enthronement ceremony, the two had a relationship, but they did not talk at that time.

"Mrs. Xu is good." Li Yuzhu also responded respectfully.

"Hehehe...... Where is it, Li Gongzi came to Honglu Temple today and thought that he should have come to report, right? Taihang Xu Dan naturally knows the backer behind Li Yuzhu, so when Li Yuzhu arrives, he will not worry about Li Yuzhu competing with him or anything, because he will definitely not be able to compete, and Li Yuzhu's career will definitely be much longer than his.

Therefore, Taihang Xu Dan did not treat Li Yuzhu as an opponent, but as a future important minister of the court.

"Well, I'll report for a trip first, and then I'll come back to the official post after I get married." Li Yuzhu said frankly.

"Hehehe...... Li Gongzi's wedding, then Xu Dan will give you congratulations here first, hahaha. As soon as Taihang Xu Dan heard this, he immediately congratulated Li Yuzhu like chicken blood.

Hearing this, Li Yuzhu couldn't help but arch his hand at him, not knowing how to reply to him, after all, this marriage was not what he wanted.

Seeing that Li Yuzhu didn't speak, Taihang Xu Dan didn't look a little embarrassed, because he knew that if it was someone else, he would have invited him to their wedding a long time ago, but Taiwei Mansion was different, because the wedding was held in Taiwei Mansion, and Taihang Xu Dan's status was not qualified to participate.

Therefore, Taihang Xu Dan smiled and took the initiative to invite: "Li Gongzi, I'll take you to report for a while, and then I'll take you to familiarize yourself with your future work, it just so happens that I also held the position of Cheng before." ”