The most important thing for officials in Beijing is to sway with the wind, a while ago it was secretly rumored that the prince was not as good as the king of Chu'an, and the words of the prince's wisdom and martial arts can be heard everywhere, and even the officials with the East Palace are also popular, and the banquet continues.

Jiang Anyi, the young Zhan of the Zhan Mansion in the East Palace, became an upstart in Beijing, and the invitations he received were stacked up nearly a foot high, and there were classmates of the Ze Party, acquaintances of the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, and relatives of the emperor who tried to get acquainted with him.

During the days when Jiang Anyi was not in the capital, the battle for the leader of the Ze Party had been cleared, and Fang Linbin, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, overwhelmed Deng Huaisu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to become the new leader of the Ze Party. Above the banquet, Lin Bin and Deng Huaisu talked and laughed at all, and Jiang Anyi secretly admired it.

The wine was not less, and no one in the Ze Party wanted to have a relationship with this upstart in the court, and one by one they stepped forward to toast, Jiang Anyi would not put up a shelf, the wine was dry, and most of the wine for half an hour drank at least three or four catties of gold and jade liquid into his stomach, and Jiang Anyi returned home with five points of drunkenness.

When I returned home, it was already Wuzheng, and He Xigui (stone), who had just entered the second gate, heard the news and took it out, and said: "Master, Uncle Fan is here, and he brought a guest, I have been waiting for you for a while, and Mr. Gao is accompanying him in the study." ”

Jiang Anyi nodded and said, "You go and talk to him, I'll go see him after I wash up." Jiang Anyi has already told the prince that he will let He Xigui go to the East Palace Wei Mansion to serve, and the prince wants to reuse him as a general (under the fifth grade) in Jiang Anyi's affection, but Jiang Anyi refused.

After changing his clothes and coming to the study, he heard Li Laigao's voice from afar, "...... July in the wild, August in Yu, September in the house, October crickets under my bed. The tools of this animal are divided into cages, pots, boxes, tubes, gourds, the materials are gold, silver, jade, ivory, bone, wood, clay, pottery, porcelain and gourds, the shapes are different, or round or square or hexagonal, octagonal, in the eyes of the master, everything can be a tool. ”

A young man's voice sounded excitedly: "What Mr. said is very good, I have a gourd with me, how about Sir take a look for me?" ”

Jiang Anyi walked into the house, and saw Fan Shiben boringly playing with the teacup, Li Lai held a worm gourd in his hand and watched, there was a young man in brocade standing next to him, looking at him excitedly with admiration, Jiang Anyi didn't know this young man, but he always felt a little familiar.

"Why did Brother Fan come to see the little brother today?" Jiang Anyi said with a smile.

Fan Shiben put down the teacup and said vaguely: "Anyi is finally back, this pot of Anlong tea is almost finished by me, and this kid Shi doesn't know how to ask someone to change a pot." It's nothing, just bring a junior to see you. ”

Li Laigao slandered in his heart, and waited for an hour when he was fine, obviously thinking that I was in the way here, so he returned the gourd to the young man, and said: "The gourd is purple and thick, this gourd is the best product, and the silver inlaid tooth inlay is finely worked, a good thing." After saying that, Li Laigao stood up and saluted everyone, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang is back, it's time for me, the escort, to leave." ”

The young man lowered his head and rubbed the gourd in his hand, he couldn't put it down, and he didn't care about Jiang Anyi's arrival. Fan Shiben coughed softly

Wake up, the young man will come and put the gourd into his sleeve, and look up at Jiang Anyi curiously.

Fan Shiben introduced with a little headache: "An Yi, this is the prince of Luohuai. ”

Jiang Anyi was shocked, no wonder he felt that his face was good, King Luo Huai's appearance was six points similar to the crown prince, with straight eyebrows, hanging gallbladder nose, and thin lips, which came from blood, but those eyes were full of the innocence and curiosity of young people. Shi Chongren, the king of Luohuai, was six years younger than the crown prince and two years younger than the king of Chu'an, when he was fourteen years old.

"I didn't know that the prince arrived, Jiang was rude, and asked the prince to forgive him." Jiang Anyi got up and saluted Shi Chongren.

Shi Chongren said with a smile: "My brother-in-law often praises Mr. Jiang in front of me for his profound knowledge and wisdom, and Xiao Wang wants to ask Mr. for help if he has a difficulty." "Shi Chongren's brother-in-law is Fan Zhichang, the son of Fan Shiben and Jiang Anyi's apprentice.

Fan Shiben said embarrassedly: "Anyi, the prince found my house and asked me to come to you,...... Alas. The embarrassment and helplessness revealed in his tone, Fan Shiben knew that King Luo Huai couldn't solve the matter and asked Jiang Anyi for help, obviously to make trouble for his junior brother, but because of his son, he couldn't help but help, so he could only come to annoy him with apologies.

The servant woman came to change the tea, and Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Brother Fan is not an outsider, if there is no tea, just give orders, who do you want to blame politely." When I returned to Beijing, I brought a few catties of Anlong tea, but Zhen'er didn't let anyone send you some? ”

Fan Shiben heard the meaning of Jiang Anyi's words, and he didn't blame him for taking him as a family member, so he was relieved in his heart, and said his intention with a smile.

The incident started with the unlucky guy Yan Yan, who offended the prince that night and was escorted to the Criminal Department to listen to the punishment. This matter can be big or small, to say that he was drunk while guarding the city gate, and he collided with the prince, and it is okay to ask for a crime; To Xiaoli said that there was no accident at the city gate, but it only delayed the time for the prince to enter the city, and when guarding the city gate, eight out of ten generals would drink some wine to resist the night cold, and they were hit and whipped dozens of times, and at most one or two levels of dropping would pass.

Yan Zhonglang was escorted to the Criminal Department, and the matter was handed over to Jia Nan, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, which can make Jia Fatzi embarrassed, this Yan Zhonglang will be Liu Shizhong's son-in-law and Liu Guifei's brother-in-law, of course, he can't be beheaded because of this matter; But this person was sent by the prince, and the result of the treatment was to give the prince an explanation, but in the past two days, the prince was surrounded by flattering people, and Jia Nan couldn't find a chance to come closer, so he asked Ding Shangshu Ding Dawei to let him be dealt with according to the law. In the end, Jia Nan's bull temper attacked, you don't care about it, I don't bother to care, and ordered Yan to be detained in a separate small courtyard, there is no shortage of food and drink, but he is not allowed to leave the hospital, and he will deal with it after he can ask Prince Ming.

He is not in a hurry, Yan Jian's wife is in a hurry, Gan joined the army and sent a letter to the door, saying that General Yan drank alcohol and collided with the prince and was imprisoned in the criminal department, so that his wife could find a way to rescue the general. Yan Liu hurriedly went back to his parents' house to find his father Liu Shizhong for help, Liu Shizhong was thinking about getting closer to the prince, and after learning about Yan Building Materials, he was so angry that he scolded "the mud can't get on the wall" and drove his daughter out of the house.

Don't look at Yan Liu's very tight control of Yan Building Materials at home, but it is also out of love for her husband, thinking that her husband can get ahead and her wife will be honored by her husband, but now her husband's life and death are unpredictable and panicked. I have the heart to enter the palace to find my sister Liu Guifei, but the two have not been close since childhood, Liu Guifei is a cold temperament, a few years ago her own brother was committed in the hands of Jingzhao Yin Gao Yizhi, Liu Shizhong sent someone into the palace to ask for help, and only replied with the sentence "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people."

Liu Xingjie was so angry that he scolded Bai for giving birth to this daughter. He doesn't even care about his younger brother's crimes, and it is estimated that he won't care about his husband's affairs, but Yan Liu's heart for her husband has nothing to do, so he can only cry in the car.

Gui Zhi, the wedding girl, reminded: "Madam, why don't you ask the prince for help?" ”

A sentence reminded Yan Liu. Liu Guifei is cold, and has always let go of her children, Luo Huai Wang Shi Chongren went out of the palace at the age of ten to build a mansion, and all matters were handed over to the palace province according to the law, but Yan and his wife as uncles and aunts saw that their nephews were young and helped Zhang Luo everywhere, and Yan Liu often went to the palace to help, Shi Chongren was very grateful to them and his wife, and he directly asked his uncle and aunt for help when he had something, and the relationship was very close.

Luohuai Wangfu was built in Xingningfang, the scale is not as large as Chu'an Wangfu, and the buildings inside are far inferior, and the servants and maids sent by the palace province are also leftover, and the entire Luohuai Wangfu gives people a lazy and procrastinating feeling.

Seeing off the crying aunt, Shi Chongren was stunned for a while, and ordered: "Go and invite Mr. Zhuang to me." ”

The ministers of the East Palace and the Chu'an Mansion are not fully equipped, and the officials of King Luohuai are even more scattered, and more than a dozen officials take care of the affairs of the palace, most of these people go to the Luohuai Palace, and there is nothing to take care of in the palace anyway, and the prince does not care about it, so he is idle.

Mr. Zhuang Zhuang Songwei, who was originally the master of Liu's mansion, was the only character recommended by Liu Guifei to her son, and was appointed to follow the literature of the six grades in Luohuai Palace, and his official rank was not high. However, Liu Guifei told Shi Chongren to do things with the teacher's etiquette, and not to be slacking off in the slightest.

After listening to Shi Chongren's narration, Zhuang Songwei asked, "Can the prince directly ask the prince to intercede?" ”

Shi Chongren thought about it, shook his head and said: "I'm not close to Brother Prince, he won't give me face, maybe he will take the opportunity to stand up, but it's not beautiful." In the palace, the prince is a baby, and King Chu An also likes his father, and I, the third prince, have always been a neglected role, except for festivals, I can't even see my father's face, and the proud eunuchs and maids in the palace don't take my three princes seriously. ”

Zhuang Songwei glanced at this young man lovingly, and rarely saw a trace of melancholy in his eyes, thinking of the beautiful figure in the cage of the bird in the palace, his heart couldn't help but ache faintly, and he sighed silently, and said: "That is the case, the prince went to find Fan Yuan Wailang and asked him to take you to Jiang Anyi, the young man of the East Palace, for help." ”

Shi Chongren's eyes jumped, this Mr. Zhuang has never spoken much, his demeanor is calm, his eyes are deep, and he points to the key point of the matter in just a few words, no wonder the mother concubine let herself be a teacher.

Comparing Mr. Zhuang and Jiang Anyi in his heart, Shi Chongren listened to Jiang Anyi and said: "The minister will go to tell the prince about this matter, but General Yan will be punished somewhat, otherwise the prince's face will not be able to let go, what do you think?" ”

Shi Chongren thought that his uncle-in-law often took him to hunt, three arrows and arrows in one hand, and complained to himself when he was drunk.

"Mr. Jiang, my brother-in-law is a reckless man, he doesn't like to live in Beijing, and often looks forward to making contributions to the battlefield, Mr. might as well say to the prince brother that he will be demoted to the camp in the north of the town to atone for his crimes, how about it?"

"I'm willing to give it a try."