In the suburbs of Beijing, peach blossom and bamboo forests, small bridges and flowing water, there are often some special literati activities.

These activities are organized by the talented scholars of the people, and there is no lack of a more utilitarian purpose at the conference, which is to show their talents, in order to hope that they can have high-ranking officials and dignitaries take a fancy to themselves, so that they can rise to the top without passing the imperial examination.

In the court, many big officials have the right to be promoted, but the prince's status is special, if there are too many talents, it will be considered as a party for personal gain, in order to report later.

A smart person will not destroy the Great Wall by himself, and constantly replenish talents for the imperial court, which will only speed up his own demise, so although the six princes want to arrange the people around them in the main official positions in the court, they are also powerless.

When Qi Lichen received the invitation, he also felt very sudden.

The invitation was given to him by the Sixth Prince, saying that he was invited to a meeting of the Friends.

Qi Lichen thought about it, this kind of activity is so lively, he also participated, and it was no big deal, so he should also go.

On the day of the contest, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and the carriage went out of the city, the air became more and more fresh, there were a lot of green trees and vegetation here, and there was a large bamboo forest in the suburbs.

What's more, the pink and emerald green, superimposed on each other, are indescribably beautiful.

As soon as the carriage got out, there were people from the Six Princes waiting, "Master Qi, come here, that tent is the tent of the Six Princes, if you need to rest, you can go over there." ”

"I want to visit the Six Princes, and then look at the bamboo, the bamboo here grows really well, straight and slender." Qi Lichen smiled and said.

In fact, he doesn't like this kind of place very much, everyone here has a purpose, and it seems that because they are the same as him, he doesn't like it.

Some people have a lot of money and are favored by several people at the same time, including princes, princes and nobles, and ministers, they are like betting on a treasure and choose who to stand on.

If it is a prince, nobleman and minister, they can be recommended and become officials directly, although the official is not very big, if they make a meritorious service, they still have a chance to be promoted, it is better than studying hard for decades in the cold window, being compared to others in the examination room, and being obscure.

Of course, these people who have taken shortcuts are naturally not as good as those who have taken the test.

Some people will also choose to stand with the prince, although there is no opportunity to become an official immediately, but it is very promising to follow the prince, if this prince presses the right treasure in the future and becomes the emperor, it will be a step to the sky.

This decision is the most difficult to make, because things in the court are changing rapidly, and today is his exclusive favor, and it is very likely that he will be appointed as the prince, and the day after tomorrow may change the direction of the wind.

The person who can make such a decision must be a person with great perseverance.

The little guy heard this, but was embarrassed, "I don't have a house, I don't know when you will come, so I didn't wait for you, I went to visit others just now." ”

"Oh, I see." Qi Lichen nodded, looked around, and then said: "The scenery here is good, I'll walk around at will, you go down first, if the six princes are free, you come to me again, I won't go too far." ”

The little guy let out an 'oops' and ran down quickly.

Today is really lively, not only there are many people in official uniforms, but also many talented people in white, chatting with each other, and some places have also started games, but they are also fighting friends with literature, and the momentum is really earth-shattering, for fear that others will not see them.

Qi Lichen felt a little noisy, so he looked for a secluded place.

There was a stone table, and on the table was a pot of freshly brewed tea, which smelled like green tea with jasmine, and a fresh fragrance came to the nose.

He was about to pour himself a cup of tea when he suddenly heard two faint voices not far away.

These two voices were all too familiar to him, they were both people he had come into contact with recently, one was the sixth prince, and the other was the prime minister.

It seemed that the prime minister was the first to provoke the words, he stopped the six princes, only made a simple salute, smiled and said, "I don't know how Qi Lichen is with you?" Is it as well-behaved as a kitten, don't be deceived by his appearance, he is not a cat, not even a beast, he is a snake, a snake that is not familiar with it, it may bite you back at any time, it is really non-poisonous and not a husband. ”

Gu Xizhou frowned, "Are you here to tell me about this one?" Do you think I'm going to believe it? ”

"I don't believe it's all the old man, I'm soft-hearted, and kindly remind you that his ambition is by no means more than that." The prime minister laughed coldly.

"I want to see what the truth looks like in your eyes. Your Excellency may wish to talk about it. Gu Xizhou laughed, that attitude seemed to know something, but as if he didn't know, which made people feel very ambiguous.

The prime minister was choked for a while, and he broke up with Qi Lichen, but it was just because of one thing, treasure.

If it weren't for this batch of treasures, he might have stayed with Qi Lichen for a while, but now he couldn't hold sand in his eyes at all.

Such a secret, he absolutely couldn't let Gu Xizhou know, so he casually changed the topic, "A person like him, I advise you, you will never be able to hold him, and you may even be bitten back, it will not be good to lift a stone and hit your own foot when the time comes, you can do it yourself, don't blame me for not reminding you when something happens." ”

Gu Xizhou looked at him coldly, "Please pay attention to your identity when the Prime Minister speaks, if you let the emperor know about such market words, what kind of fate do you think you will have?" ”

The prime minister snorted coldly, said no more, and turned his head to leave.

Qi Lichen stood outside the bamboo forest, his figure was blocked, he could obviously hear a person leaving, it seemed that the prime minister was still immortal.

When he came to the capital, there was no way to take out such a shield, but this shield has advantages and disadvantages, it can pull himself out of the swamp at a critical moment, or it may make him fall into the clouds at a critical moment, and he will never recover.

He doesn't trust anyone easily.

Sure enough, after the prime minister's footsteps disappeared, he heard Gu Xizhou's cronies say, "Sixth prince, whose words do you believe?" ”

"One person can speak anything in order to gain my trust and stay by my side, and another person can naturally say countless words in order to deal with his enemies, so I don't believe anyone." Gu Xizhou smiled coldly.

"Then why did you keep Mr. Qi?" The attendant asked.

"Keeping him naturally has my purpose, he is a good hand at dealing with the prime minister, and he is also a talented person, if he can really be used by us, it will also be a help in the future." Gu Xizhou smiled slightly.

The entourage nodded knowingly, "I see, it seems that everything is in the calculation of the Sixth Prince Ning." No matter how this matter develops, we are the ones who will profit after all, so let them fight. ”

"But it's time to give Qi Lichen a little support, he doesn't have any status in the court after all, with his intelligence, he can't last long in this snobbish place." Gu Xizhou said and sighed leisurely.

The entourage smiled, "To deal with the person we want to deal with for us, we naturally want to help him, but this person is very deep in the city, the sixth prince should be careful, don't fall, don't be like Zhang Sheng last time, I suspect that the prime minister sent him to come over on purpose to surrender." ”