On September 10 of the fifth year of Shaoxi, Zhu Xi, who had been running around Qufu and other places, was suddenly recalled to Lin'an by the imperial court, and served as a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, as well as a waiter and a waiter, and accompanied the prince Zhao Kuo in the palace.

In the Ye Mansion, Zhu Xi's expression was quite proud, and he sighed to Ye Qing about the prince's respect for science, and the knowledge he wanted to teach the prince after he took office.

Ye Qing sat aside and just listened silently, frowning occasionally from time to time, but he never said the worries in his heart.

It is true that the crown prince Zhao Kuo is studious, and it is also true that he respects the science created by Zhu Xi, but it is ...... These do not mean that Zhu Xi will be able to rise to the top and realize his ambitions and ideals in the court.

Although the scholar and the attendant are the people around the prince, they are also extremely dangerous, as the so-called companion is like a tiger, not to mention a pedantic person like Zhu Xi, even if he has been an official in the court, but the intrigue above the court will obviously not be suitable for him to survive.

What's more, the crown prince has not yet succeeded to the throne to deal with the government, so his heart is naturally still in a state of idealism about knowledge, once he succeeds to the throne, in the reality of court affairs, when he begins to slowly realize the conflict between politics and science, he will naturally abandon Zhu Xi at that time.

"When is the gentleman going to enter the palace to speak?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

"The old man has just returned to Lin'an today, and he will inform you of this matter as soon as possible. Over the years in the Northland, he has seen Lord Ye's outstanding exploits, and the old man admires it in his heart. And the old man also knows that Lord Ye is in a very difficult situation in Lin'an now, and if there is anything that needs the old man's help in the future, I hope that Lord Ye will not be polite. Zhu Xi's words were much tougher than before at this time.

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness, if Ye has something, he will definitely disturb Mr. as soon as possible." Ye Qing got up, and then personally sent Zhu Xi outside the mansion.

Zhu Xi turned his head and watched Ye Fu open the middle door to welcome him into the house, and then also opened the middle door to send him out of the house, and he felt a sense of pride and accomplishment for a while.

As Zhu Xi's carriage went away, the gate of Ye Mansion slowly closed, and Ye Qing, who had just turned around, saw Zhong Qing looking at him with a serious expression and intently.

"What's wrong?" Ye Qing asked as he passed by Zhong Qing.

"A few days ago, you asked me if there was any interaction between Zhu Xi and Xie Shenfu, did you already know that Zhu Xi would be recalled to Lin'an by the imperial court?" Zhong Qing asked after Ye Qing.

Ye Qing nodded, and did not deny it: "Yes, I thought that a pedantic person like Zhu Xi should have the same smell as a literati official like Xie Shenfu, but I didn't expect that they didn't have any relationship." ”

"Did you suggest that the queen summon Zhu Xi back to Lin'an?" Zhong Qing continued to follow closely behind Ye Qing and asked.

Ye Qing shook his head: "This is what the prince meant, because in addition to Zhu Xi, the prince also summoned several other so-called knowledgeable people into the palace to speak." In this way, the crown prince already knew that the imperial court intended to let him succeed to the throne at this time, or...... It was Li Fengniang who had already made it clear to him. ”

Zhong Qing still felt a little uneasy, although she didn't see Ye Qing and Zhu Xi talking in the hall, seeing Ye Qing open the middle door to welcome Zhu Xi, this is not a good phenomenon in Zhong Qing's opinion.

"You really don't plan to get involved in the affairs of the court?" Zhong Qing grabbed the sleeve of Ye Qing, who continued to walk forward, and asked with a more serious expression than just now.

Zhong Qing had a feeling in her heart that Ye Qing seemed to know something that others didn't know, or ...... Now he doesn't participate in the affairs of the court, not because of Queen Li Fengniang's obstruction, but because he originally wanted to watch the play from the perspective of a bystander.

"What's wrong with you?" Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing's serious expression, and his heart was slightly weak.

Some things obviously change the environment no matter what, but they will still follow the original trajectory and move forward slowly, the death of the emperor is consistent with the original history, the same is the fifth year of Shaoxi, and the succession of the crown prince Zhao Kuo, the Zen position of the saint Zhao Dian is also in the fifth year of Shaoxi.

Zhu Xi was indeed recalled to Lin'an and re-entered the dynasty, but the next possible fact is: after the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he changed to Yuan Qingyuan, and then the famous Qingyuan party ban occurred.

"I always feel like you're hiding something from me?" Zhong Qing frowned and looked Ye Qingdao up and down.

Ye Qing smiled, naturally he couldn't tell Zhong Qing, he knew that there would be a Qingyuan party ban next, which completely made Zhu Xi desperate for the court's career.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Because I don't think it is beneficial for Zhu Xi to be recalled to him this time, but you have also seen Zhu Xi's spring breeze pride, if I remind him at this time, he will definitely not care, and even hold a grudge against me, thinking that I am jealous of his ......." ”

"Do you think Zhu Xi will be the kind of person who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?" Zhong Qing asked rhetorically.

"Not good, maybe not. But all I know is that when a person is in a difficult situation, he will not care if your advice is right or wrong. And when a person's eyes are a broad road

If you suggest stopping him, I believe that not many people in this world will think that you are thinking about him, let alone that your advice is right. There is a large silver ticket on the ground, and if you tell the beggar not to pick it up, be careful that someone accuses you of stealing, and the beggar may listen to it and even thank you for reminding him. And if an official, businessman or other person, when they see this silver ticket, you tell him not to pick it up, and be careful when someone accuses you of stealing, what will he think? ”

Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing, who was a little stunned, sighed and said with a smile: "Yes, the officials and businessmen will think that you want to take that silver ticket for yourself, so he will hold a grudge against you because of your suggestion, and will never think that your suggestion is good." Because the beggar has no ambition for a silver ticket, his ambition is only to eat the meal. But the officials are different from Shang Jia and others, their ambitions are not even more than this silver ticket, and they will even be too little to pick up, let alone stop him. Zhu Xi has always had ambitions for the court, but ...... The ability is not worthy of the ambition in the heart. At this time, no matter what advice I give him, he will not take it as kind. So, why should I be reminded? ”

Zhong Qing frowned, with some disdain for Ye Qing in her expression, but alas, what Ye Qing said was indeed reasonable, and even when Zhong Qing thought about it, even if it was her, she would think that the person who reminded her was ill-intentioned.

"It's just that you're crooked." Zhong Qing pursed her lips helplessly, and then thought for a while: "I originally thought that you and Zhu Xi were already like-minded because of the incident in Qufu, and even after they arrived in Lin'an, they told you about it as soon as possible, but you ...... I always felt that this was wrong. ”

"I can't be friends with Zhu Xi, let alone confidants. Putting aside the disagreement for the time being, it is unknown whether Zhu Xi sincerely approves of my various actions in the Northland. The reason why I came to the mansion for the first time today is just to tell me Ye Qing that he Zhu Xi is no longer the same Zhu Xi as before, and I Ye Qing should look at his face to give some convenience to Qufu, not like in the past two years, it has always been them who have been begging for Xin and giving up their illness in a low voice. ”

"The heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman." Zhong Qing said to Ye Qing with some dissatisfaction, and then swept past Ye Qing and walked towards the backyard.

Listening to Zhong Qing's dissatisfaction with himself, Lord Ye naturally would not be polite, just when Zhong Damei passed by him, one hand slapped Zhong Damei's buttocks hard, so frightened that Zhong Qing exclaimed, and hurriedly looked around with a red face, afraid of being seen, the two of them were so ambiguous in broad daylight.

At this time, in Shi Miyuan's mansion, Yan Keji, another scholar of the Guanwen Palace, was listening to Shi Miyuan's teachings at this time, after all, from tomorrow, he would also be by the side of the crown prince Zhao Kuo as an attendant.

And when Shi Miyuan learned that Zhu Xi also returned to Lin'an and became one of the attendants, the smiling face that was originally like Maitreya Buddha gradually became gloomy.

"Zheng Qingzhi hasn't come to my house for a few days, right?" There was a sneer on the corner of Shi Miyuan's mouth, and his dissatisfaction with Zheng Qingzhi was overflowing.

Since Xie Shenfu and Chen Fuliang were reinstated, and Zheng Qingzhi's hope of being appointed as Lin'an's pacification envoy was disappointed, Zheng Qingzhi has been missing from Shifu these days.

After all, before the imperial court issued an order to reinstate Xie Shenfu and Chen Fuliangguan, Zheng Qingzhi could be said to have stayed in the Shi Mansion all day long, and almost all the big and small affairs were wrapped up in him, so he didn't know how much silver taels he had funded the Shi Mansion.

But since Xie Shenfu and Chen Fuliangguan were reinstated, Zheng Qingzhi, who had lost his soul, never appeared in the Shi Mansion again.

"It's been a long time." Yan Keji thought for a while and said.

"It's really a scholar, it's almost exactly the same as Zhu Xi's virtues, and it's really a mother with milk. I think that at the beginning, in order to be able to be sent by Lin'an to pacify the envoy, the threshold of my Shifu was about to be stepped on by him, and now there is no hope for him, and he will not come once. Shi really has a good dog. There was a sneer on the corner of Shi Miyuan's mouth, as a student of Zhu Xi, he obviously didn't expect that Zheng Qingzhi would even learn Zhu Xi's virtues together.

"Maybe there's something going on at home ...... Master Zheng." Yan Keji naturally didn't dare to say it too much, not to mention that these days, he still counted on Zheng Qingzhi to go to his mansion and instruct those palace maids from the palace to teach her daughter some court etiquette.

"Forget it, don't talk about him." Shi Miyuan waved his hand a little impatiently, sorted out his thoughts and said, "Since I will be by the prince's side tomorrow, I believe Lord Yan should know very well what he should do, right?" Naturally, it is your duty to teach the crown prince, but ...... Zhu Xi also needs you to pay more attention. ”

"Don't worry, Lord Shi, Xia Guan will not disappoint Lord Shi." Yan Keji's heart shook slightly, obviously Shi Miyuan was also afraid that Zheng Qingzhi, a student of Zhu Xi, would slap the prince by returning to Zhu Xi above the court.

And now no one knows, the crown prince succeeds to the throne is a matter of time, these days, since Qingwang Zhao Kai, Xin'an County King and the right minister left the invitation to the holy Zen throne, the first two days Shi Miyuan also wrote to the court in the same way, admonishing the holy Zen throne, so that the day of the introduction of the saint above the court, regardless of the persuasion of many ministers, shouted in the main hall to let Ye Qing escort.

King Zhao Kai of Qing, King Xin'an County, and Shi Miyuan also had the practice of keeping the right book, which was seen by other courtiers

Come, the four of them advised the Holy Zen Throne, more like they were using this move to show favor to the crown prince, as well as the Zuo Cha who had been empty since Han Yan's ambush.

Shi Miyuan's voice for the left difference is the highest, which is naturally related to the fact that he has long cultivated a group of henchmen above the court, and the thoughts of Liuzheng, King Qing, and King Xin'an County, although it is a little difficult to guess, but two of them are clansmen, and one is the right minister, so it also made other court officials start to secretly discuss in private, and now the position of the left minister is the four of them are competing for it.

"By the way, Master Shi, there is another matter, the lower official almost forgot." Yan Keji thought for a moment, and then said: "Tomorrow in the palace, the prince will be the first to summon ten of us and other attendants, and then he will summon ...... Lord Ye Qingye, does this mean that the imperial court's ban on Lord Ye has reached its deadline? ”

"In the north, Ye Qing can not listen to the moderation of the imperial court, and now in Lin'an, does Ye Qing really listen to the will of the imperial court to ban him? If he was really grounded for self-reflection, how could he run into the palace alone to see the saint? Now the saint is shouting so much in the main hall, clamoring to let Ye Qing escort him, and he is unwilling to Zen the prince. And if the crown prince intends to succeed to the throne, then he must summon Ye Qing. Don't bother with it, it must not be long before this person disappears from Lin'an back to his northern land, and above the court, there is no place for him Ye Qing to stand after all. Shi Miyuan's expression was a little smug after mentioning Ye Qing again.

This is something that no one thought would happen, and even Shi Miyuan was a little secretly glad that after he and Ye Qing entered the palace that day, he decisively chose to write a letter to advise the Holy Zen position in these days, so that at the last moment, he finally avoided the dissatisfaction that the prince and the queen would have with him because of this.

But Ye Qing was just like the previous Emperor Taishang's Zen throne and when the Holy Lord wanted to succeed to the throne, he once again performed one step slower than others in the court.

Back then, the Emperor Taishang took the throne and the Holy Emperor succeeded to the throne, but Ye Qing firmly stood on the position of the Emperor Taishang, but what happened in the end? Although there was a great deal of freedom in the Northlands, but in the end? Isn't it still almost killed by the Emperor Taishang in the palace?

Now Ye Qing doesn't have a long memory, and at this critical moment in the court, he still hasn't made a stand.

Such an attitude of not writing to advise the Holy Zen Throne would have made the prince and the queen feel dissatisfied, and the Holy Lord shouted above the court to let Ye Qing escort him because of the matter of the ministers advising him on the Zen position, so Ye Qing obviously would never leave a good impression in the prince's heart.

Therefore, Shi Miyuan can even see that once the crown prince succeeds to the throne in the future, he will inevitably hold a grudge against Ye Qing, and even when the time is ripe, he will inevitably deal with Ye Qing as soon as possible.

So thinking of Ye Qing's situation that Ye Qing has always been an afterthought in the court, Shi Miyuan's heart has an indescribable comfort, of course he is extremely happy to see the discord between Ye Qing and the prince, and even the prince hates Ye Qing, which is definitely a good thing for him Shi Miyuan.

"So the prince summoned Ye Qing into the palace to meet ......? Will it be for Ye Qing to write to invite the saint to the Zen position, or will it be...... Stern warning Ye Qing? Yan Keji thought about it and said.

"Then it depends on the city government of the prince and the queen, at this time...... As the so-called desire is not reached, Ye Qing is Ye Qing after all, controlling the entire northern land, whether it is my court, the queen or the prince, they can't be despised either. So, I guess that when Ye Qing enters the palace tomorrow, I am afraid that it will be the queen and the prince who persuade each other, and will never put pressure on Ye Qing at this time. Xiaozhi is moved by emotion and courtesy, which is the means by which the prince and the queen should face Ye Qing. If there is no city government at all, then I am afraid that it will be much more difficult to deal with Ye Qinglai in the future. ”

"Temporarily appease Ye Qing, let Ye Qing think that the crown prince and the queen are not dissatisfied with him Ye Qing, so that he can relax his vigilance, and then give Ye Qing a fatal blow when necessary?" Yan Keji guessed along Shi Miyuan's train of thought.

"Who knows, let the prince and the queen worry about these things. No matter what, it's enough for me to watch the play, no matter what means the prince and queen use to force Ye Qing, as long as the result will not change, the process is not important to us. Shi Miyuan's mood instantly became relaxed after leaving Zheng Qingzhi's rat behind, and when he thought of Ye Qing's situation after he was one step slower above the court, his mood immediately became much more relaxed.

Ye Qing himself did not express his position, did not write a book to advise, and coupled with the fact that the saint shouted at the ministers in the main hall, Ye Qing hurried to escort him, just like the analogy that Ye Qing and Zhong Qing made, the hearts and human nature at this time ...... It's so elusive, hate you or thank you, no one knows what people will think.

Just like Zhong Qing now, after learning that Ye Qing was going to enter the palace tomorrow, she recounted the analogy that Ye Qing had just given her, and told Lord Ye the original one, and she was restless for many days, and finally found the reason at this moment, that is, Ye Qing's non-statement in the court now was the culprit that made Zhong Qing uneasy.

Naturally, Zhong Qing thought more than Shi Miyuan and the others, after all, there are some things, only a limited number of people have confirmed in their speculations, although no one has pierced the layer of window paper, but ...... Facts are facts, and such a thing, Zhong Qing obviously doesn't want to see, it will happen one day.