The cold heartfelt reassurance of the emperor and the emperor in the Anhua Palace established Ye Chen's identity as the official spokesperson on the rivers and lakes. The conversation between the monarch and the minister invisibly also made the cold-faced Hades get closer to Ye Chen, of course, this is also because someone acts as a-stirring stick.

The next morning, the emperor walked coldly within the palace walls, and from time to time he would meet busy eunuchs and palace maids. What made him strange was that these people were usually afraid to avoid him when they saw him, and they never dared to look up at themselves. But many of them not only looked up at themselves today, but the key thing was that he could see in the eyes of these people that he did not usually have a look in them, like the state of a group of people when they watched the juggling on the street. Just when the cold-faced Hades was puzzled, he met Lord Reisley, the second assistant of the cabinet, and at this moment he understood something, and he realized!

After Rice saw that Huangfu was cold, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then raised his right hand to cover his head. When he walked to Huangfu Leng's side, Rice didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and said, "Hey! I really drank too much yesterday, I don't remember what I said or did, and I don't even know how I got home. ”

Rice raised his head and squinted at Huangfu Leng and continued: "Lord Huangfu, did you drink high yesterday?" ”

Huangfu knew it coldly, and he didn't pierce it, and said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Lai really drank too much, and I was also high yesterday." ”

Rice smiled: "Fellow travelers! ”

At this time, Huangfu Leng saw six or seven eunuchs coming in front of him, so he said to Rice seriously: "Lord Lai, when I was drinking at Your Majesty's yesterday, I vaguely heard that you had an illegitimate child on the outskirts of the city, and this is nothing, after all, Lord Lai is still young and fierce as a tiger!" ”

Rice looked bitter, sweating profusely, but there were several eunuchs around, their mouths were like mountains and flowing water, no matter what secrets would pour out thousands of miles, and they would not be ashamed to die by then.

He knew that he had played big yesterday, and now this Hades King began to engage himself, and just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, he heard Huangfu Leng continue: "Lord Lai, why don't I recognize him as my godson?" After he passes the crown, he will be able to work by my side, and I will treat him like a nephew. ”

Rice was anxious now that he couldn't say a word, so he could only move forward. Above the court, no matter who is on the book, there will always be people who are absent-minded, staring at Rice and Huangfu from time to time. Overnight, the two important ministers of Huaguo were revealed to have more sons, and even the old man couldn't hold back his master, who could suppress his curiosity.

The emperor also seemed to see that everyone was absent-minded, and stretched out his hand to summon the internal official Qiu Sihai and asked, "What are the ministers talking about, you go and inquire." ”

Qiu Sihai said with a smile: "Back to Your Majesty, when you were drinking with them yesterday, Lord Lai said that Ye Chen was the illegitimate son of Lord Huangfu, but on the way to the court today, Lord Huangfu met Lord Lai by chance. Lord Huangfu also said that Lord Lai had an illegitimate son on the outskirts of the city, and he had to recognize him as his godson, because Lord Huangfu was the head of the Inspectorate Department, so everyone was convinced of this, and everyone in the palace made a fuss for a while. ”

The emperor laughed after hearing this, and regardless of everyone, he directly announced his retirement from the dynasty.

In the harem, the emperor finished talking to the queen Li Jinxin about today's interesting story, and the queen smiled and leaned back, unable to calm down for a long time. After a while, the eldest prince Zhu Yan and the second prince Zhu Ting came to Huaning Palace to greet the queen's mother, they never thought that they would meet their father here, and their originally happy faces instantly became solemn and indifferent. Emperor Zhu Chengyuan couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart as he watched the changes in their faces. He immediately opened his mouth and said to the two princes: "Yan'er and Ting'er came to Huaning Palace to ask for peace?" ”

The eldest prince and the second prince bowed their heads at the same time and replied, "Back to my father, exactly." The eldest prince Zhu Yan continued: "The son doesn't know that his father is here, and he asks his father to forgive him!" ”

His Majesty the Emperor was even more distressed, born in this court, everything was out of his own control, even when he visited his biological mother, he had to be cautious everywhere. So he opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Yan'er and Ting'er don't need to be polite, you can accompany the queen in Huaning Palace, I still have government affairs to deal with, so I won't sit." After finishing speaking, he got up and went back to the Qingyuan Hall of Anhua Palace, and before leaving, he glanced at Queen Li.

Why didn't the queen understand the emperor's thoughts, the emperor was here, which could only make the two of them even more uncomfortable. The eldest prince was born to Empress Li, and the second prince was born to Concubine Qiqige. Qiqige was originally a grassland princess, once the emperor Zhu Chengyuan drove a personal expedition, but unfortunately in danger, Qiqige led the grassland cavalry with his father to rescue for 800 miles, so the two formed a good relationship and married into the royal family.

The second prince Zhu Ting usually likes to ride and shoot, is bold, and is close to the eldest prince Zhu Yan, because the eldest prince is usually informal and sincere.

The queen looked at Zhu Ting and asked, "Ting'er, how is your mother lately?" ”

The second prince leaned over and replied, "If you go back to the queen's mother, my mother is fine, and she also said that she will come to greet you tomorrow." ”

The queen smiled: "In this palace, your mother can let me let go of the constraints of my identity and be truly relaxed." Then he turned his head and said a few intimate words to the eldest prince, and when Zhu Ting saw this, he hurriedly retired, so as not to disturb the heart-to-heart conversation between the mother and son.

When the queen saw Zhu Ting retreating, she said to Zhu Yan: "Yan'er, if you have nothing to do these days, go to your uncle's house and walk around more." ”

Zhu Yan's face was full of doubts, and the queen mother usually let herself have as little contact with her mother's family as possible, so as not to be seen by other ministers and privately slander their Li family. Back then, His Majesty favored their Li family and made their Li family shadow for generations, and she didn't want to affect the direction of the family because of her status. After all, throughout the ages, there have been many accidents because of the growth of the harem family. She was grateful to His Majesty and didn't want to cause trouble to His Majesty, but it backfired, and his younger brother Li Linhu didn't think so.

Zhu Yan looked at the queen and said, "Queen Mother, did something happen to your uncle?" ”

The queen sighed and said, "Your uncle has become more and more arrogant recently, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself. Even if your father didn't say anything, I know it was because of me, otherwise your uncle would have been detained by the inspectors. ”

The eldest prince said: "Don't worry, the queen mother, I will go to my uncle's house to persuade my uncle in a while, but according to the ministers, it is useless for me to estimate, and you also know that uncle, unless there is any substantive reason, the queen mother may not be able to persuade him!" ”

The queen sighed and said: "Yes, yesterday I heard the maidservants say that he openly injured people on the street and almost beat people to death, although your father didn't say it, but I know that he must be very embarrassed in his heart, but it is just because of my face." You must know that every move of the royal family is watched by the people of the world, if the people in the imperial city can't do it well, how can we let your father and emperor restrain the people of the world? ”

Zhu Yan leaned over and said, "Erchen knows, Erchen will go to his uncle's house now." ”

Cheongyeong-gil, Gyeonggi-do, this is the most luxurious building boundary outside the imperial city, because the dignitaries and dignitaries who live here abound, even if a four- or five-grade official is thrown in, it will not make any waves. And the mansion in the middle of Tianqing Street is the Li Mansion, which outsiders claim to be the center of the authority of the Hou clan.

In Li Fuzhong, Li Linhu looked at his uncle and didn't know how to speak for a while. It just so happened that a subordinate walked in from outside at this time, and this person was the chief butler of the Li Mansion, known as the great butler of Li.

After Steward Li made a big salute to the eldest prince, he immediately turned his head to Li Linhu and said, "Master, that woman has come to the mansion to make trouble again, this is the sixth time, you see how to deal with it." ”

Li Linhu frowned and said, "Didn't you already give you the silver, how can you come back?" It's so stubborn! ”

Zhu Yan saw that the timing was right, and immediately said to Li Linhu: "Uncle, is it the common man who was beaten that went viral outside before?" ”

Li Linhu said indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just a Diao Min, the eldest nephew doesn't need to pay attention to him, let's continue to drink tea." He turned his head to Steward Li and said, "Hurry up and send her away, is my Li Mansion something she can make trouble if she wants?" ”

Steward Li was just about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yan: "Take me out to see, if it's really Diaomin, you can't tolerate it, whoever in my uncle's mansion wants to make trouble, where is my Dahua's royal law?" What is the majesty of the Li Mansion? ”

Steward Li was just about to speak to stop him, but when he saw Li Linhu making a look, he bowed his head and gave up. At the gate of Li's mansion, a woman about fifty years old cried loudly, and finally kept talking about Li Jiacao's life.

Zhu Yan stepped forward and wanted to help the old woman up, but the old woman didn't appreciate it, so she pushed it away and continued to cry. Seeing this, the porter on the side stepped forward and kicked the woman several times.

Zhu Yan raised his hand to stop him and said, "This woman, if you have any grievances, you can tell me, crying in front of this public will not solve any problems." ”

The woman looked at him and cried, "Can you be the master of Li Linhu?" Not all of them are the same scourge to our people. ”

The butler on the side shouted: "Bold! This noble man is the great prince of my country, and he has blinded your dog's eyes! ”

When the woman heard this, she reacted immediately, knelt down and crawled to Zhu Yan's feet, pointed to Li Linhu on the side and cried: "He beat my old man to bedridden, and the doctor said that he can no longer stand up. ”

Li Linhu shouted: "If you speak wildly, call me." ”

Zhu Yan immediately stopped the subordinates who were about to step forward, and said, "What the hell is going on, why would he beat you so well?" Didn't you do something wrong? ”

The old woman cried: "My old man is pouring night incense in the city, and that day on the road accidentally bumped into this ruthless Li Linhu, staining his clothes, who knows that without saying a word, he directly let the entourage beat my old man, and pity my old man was beaten and collapsed on the bed." ”

Li Linhu scolded on the side: "Vixen, it's unreasonable, didn't I pay you for your medical expenses?" ”

The old woman said angrily: "The two taels of silver you gave are enough to catch a few pairs of medicine, but our family still expects him to feed, how can you let our family live in the future?" ”

Zhu Yan probably understood the ins and outs of the matter, turned his head to Li Linhu and said, "Uncle, give her another twenty taels of silver, after all, they will have no way to live in the future, and the people will look at it, so they can't make the Li family think that the Li family is too arrogant." ”

Li Linhu knew that this eldest nephew had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and he was not sure who instructed Zhu Yan to come to the Li Mansion today, so he reluctantly ordered Steward Li to do it.

Zhu Yan stepped forward to help the old woman and said, "In a while, you will take the silver home and give the old man a doctor, and I will give you an explanation of this matter." ”

The old woman took the silver taels handed by the housekeeper, looked at Zhu Yan gratefully, and said, "Thank you, eldest prince, if it weren't for you today, it is estimated that my old life would have been taken away by them." ”

Steward Li was afraid that she would talk nonsense again, so he hurriedly drove her away, after all, this was the eldest prince of His Majesty today.