Chapter 3 Qianqing Palace Banquet
The eunuch who passed the word was none other than Li Jinzhong, who presented the Luban lock Gutu to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness did not really chop this eunuch, although at that time Lu Ban Lock was untied by the Fifth Highness, which made him a little annoyed that this slave exaggerated and made him lose some face, but in hindsight, this Luban lock is indeed true, and as a maker, he naturally understands that the mystery of Luban lock is not something that anyone can solve, maybe it can only be said that this emperor's brother is a genius, but he can't blame this slave's heart.
In fact, how did Zhu Youxiao know that His Royal Highness had played too much with Luban in his previous life, but it was not a dozen or so people who could be difficult to live in.
Although His Royal Highness didn't want to embarrass Li Jinzhong, he still had to be reprimanded for losing some face, so he hummed without waiting for Li Jinzhong to speak, "You slave, didn't you say last time that no one could unlock the Luban lock?" But before I left the palace gate, there was no one left who was broken by the emperor's brother. ”
Li Jinzhong wanted to talk more about this birthday banquet with His Royal Highness, but after listening to His Royal Highness's words, he was surprised for a while, although this Luban lock is a bit exaggerated, but although the Ming Dynasty said that there are countless capable people, it can really be said that there is no one in ten thousand who can solve the Luban lock, but after all, it is an old eunuch who has been mixed in the palace for decades, Li Jinzhong did not defend but hurriedly confessed, "Your Highness forgives the sin, the slave is vain, but only the posture of the Fifth Highness can unlock this Luban lock, and others will never work." Patting the sycophants on his lips, what Li Jinzhong thought in his heart was that the famous straw bag had such ability?
Li Jinzhong bowed his head and replied, not paying attention to the fact that His Royal Highness had been looking at him, not for anything else, because this was the nine-thousand-nine-hundred-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who was famous in later generations.
"You are Li Jinzhong?" His Royal Highness asked while looking at it with his head held high.
This Li Jinzhong is now serving in the palace of the West Li Xuan, and the adoptive mother of His Royal Highness is Xi Li, so Li Jinzhong has more contact with His Royal Highness, and the adoptive mother of the Fifth Highness is the East Li Xuan, so naturally he does not recognize Li Jinzhong.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the slave is Li Jinzhong." The old eunuch replied flatteringly.
"I heard that your original surname was Wei before entering the palace?"
Not only Li Jinzhong, but also Zhu Youxiao and Jinxiu were all shocked, how did the Fifth Highness, who had never heard of anything outside the window, know, and Li Jinzhong was even more uneasy, although his real surname Wei was not unknown to anyone, but it was very rare, and His Fifth Highness had never had anything to do with him, so he actually learned about this secret thing, why did he come here.
The more Li Jinzhong thought about it, the more anxious he became, and then he thought about Lu Bansuo, the more he felt that this ten-year-old boy was a little not simple, maybe the previous image of not learning and not knowing how to do it was to hide people's ears, and pretending to be stupid in the palace was a wise way to survive.
Li Jinzhong, who had a lot of worries, didn't dare to hide it, and replied, "Your Highness Mingjian, the slave's original surname was Wei before entering the palace, and he was afraid of insulting his ancestors, so he changed his name to Li Jinzhong." ”
"In the future, I will have nothing to do and walk around in the palace, and you will not be able to benefit from you."
The words of the Fifth Highness made Li Jinzhong feel at ease a little, and it seemed that he had been appreciated by this master.
"At the disposal of His Highness."
"In the future, when there are no outsiders, don't call Your Highness, call Fifth Master." The Fifth Highness not only said to Li Jinzhong, including the cadres in Zhu Youxiao's palace, etc., of course, excluding Zhu Youxiao, let his imperial brother call him the fifth master, he didn't feel that he had lived long enough.
Everyone is a little confused, what kind of messy name is this, it violates the etiquette law, only Jinxiu has been used to it, this name has been implemented in this lord's palace for some time, but she doesn't know the reason, in fact, this is the fifth highness is preparing for a private visit to the palace.
When everyone was still struggling with this title, Li Jinzhong had already expressed his attitude, "Yes, Fifth Master." ”
An old man in his fifties really does not hesitate to call a ten-year-old boy the fifth master, and there is no sense of disobedience, this is where Li Jinzhong's art of speaking and doing things and capable people cannot, and it is not unreasonable for the government and the opposition to be in power later.
"I heard that you were the fourth in the family before you entered the palace?"
"Go back to the fifth master, the slaves don't dare, the minions will be ranked sixth in the future, and you can call me the sixth master."
"There is a future, I am optimistic about you." The fifth master raised his hand, so Li Jinzhong naturally sank his shoulders, put himself at the most comfortable height of the fifth master, and let the young master pat his shoulder to show his appreciation.
Li Jinzhong's operation was really as fierce as a tiger, and the little eunuchs in His Royal Highness's palace were stunned, and they all secretly admired it in their hearts, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy.
"Okay, after the gossip, Liu'er, tell me what's going on with this birthday banquet, Li Xuanzhi asked you to come over more than just a word." After the excitement, His Royal Highness finally said the doubts in his heart with some seriousness, although it was the year of the emperor's eldest grandson, he would not let his grandfather, who did not care about the government and the life or death of his descendants, take it to heart, this is a birthday celebration and a family banquet, and there must be incidents to happen at night. And the previous actions of the Fifth Highness were just worried that the treacherous and cunning Li Jinzhong had reservations, so he just knocked and beat, and Li Jinzhong's operation also made the Fifth Highness completely relieved.
In fact, the Fifth Highness is too careful, and Li Xuanzhi asked his henchmen to come over just to remind His Highness, because others are not so reliable, but Li Jinzhong was interrupted by His Highness before he could finish speaking.
Li Jinzhong also understood what this young master meant, but he was a little aggrieved, not to keep it, but to have no chance to say it, so he looked at this young master with pitiful eyes and said, "Back to the fifth master, Li Xuanzhi does have something to explain to the slave so that he can convey it." But he didn't go any further, but looked around.
This is Zhu Youxiao's territory, seeing that he didn't say anything for a long time, it is estimated that he has not reacted yet, and His Royal Highness Fifth had to wave his hand and say, "Let's go down first." Only Li Jinzhong, Jinxiu and his brothers were left.
Seeing that the little guy next to the fifth master didn't leave, Li Jinzhong also understood that this person didn't have to be taboo, so he continued, "I heard that the lord said that Long Live Lord did not plan to celebrate His Royal Highness's birthday, everything was Zheng Guifei's idea, Long Live Lord was troublesome, it was Zheng Guifei who mentioned it several times before His Majesty agreed, and Zheng Guifei told His Royal Highness Long Live that His Royal Highness had made extremely interesting objects for his old man, otherwise this matter would never have been done." "It seems that there is a lack of entertainment in the Daming Palace, and even the emperor is yearning for interesting things.
Li Jinzhong lowered his voice a little behind him and said, "I heard that Concubine Zheng Guifei is also preparing to take the opportunity to prepare a draft girl for His Royal Highness, and is ready to make a fuss about it." ”
The latter sentence should not be known to Li Xuanzhi, the reason why Li Jinzhong said should be the work of the Fifth Highness, it is true, although Li Jinzhong is cunning and cunning, but this short period of contact has made him have a demonic view of this ten-year-old master, and he really believes in the words of the Fifth Highness, "Walk around more in the future, and there will be benefits".
After saying this, Li Jinzhong stopped saying anything but stood aside, maybe His Royal Highness still needs to explain these words, this fifth master should be able to figure it out.
Changed to the former ten-year-old Zhu Youzhen may not understand the Tao of this, but the current Fifth Highness is different, that Zheng Guifei is the heart of His Majesty the Emperor today, the concubine who can no longer be favored, the Emperor His Majesty who is afraid of trouble even did not hesitate to abolish his own Laozi, which is the current crown prince, for the sake of Zheng Guifei's third prince, that is, the current Fu Wang, so there was a dispute with the courtiers for more than ten years. But that Zheng Guifei was unwilling, she should have wanted to take the opportunity to be a demon again.
The so-called emperor's family banquet in the Qianqing Palace is a banquet for the emperor and the harem ladies, and all adult princes have another table, so whether it is the crown prince or the very favored Zheng Guifei's family, His Royal Highness Fuwang, the third prince of the family, is not present in the Qianqing Palace, because it is the birthday banquet of the emperor's eldest grandson, and the five emperors and grandsons are also present, so the two Li Xuanzhi in the east and west are fortunate to be present as the adoptive mothers of the two emperors. But they are only the prince's servants, and they are also the prince's servants who are very unpopular with the emperor, and their status is the same as that of Concubine Zheng Guifei, so even if there are some conditions, they will not be able to stand out at all.
"Is there a saying for choosing a waiter?" His Royal Highness Fifth believed that Li Xuanzhi should be prepared, and it was impossible to just throw a question to a child.
"The waiter said, a hundred words are better than a silence."
It seems that this Li Xuanzhi is also poor in donkey skills, and he doesn't know how the other party makes a move, and there is a huge gap in strength, so he can only make His Highness silent is golden.
"Go and talk back, just say that His Highness knows. Xiu'er, you can go back too, I can't take you to play at night. His Highness waved his hand.
Li Jinzhong knew in his heart that this young master made a special mention of His Royal Highness's knowledge, and he didn't want to mention himself, and the birthday banquet must have known the difficulties, but he could still look calm, and he should have an idea. Li Jinzhong has made up his mind, this crisis depends on how this young master resolves, if he breaks the situation skillfully, he will definitely follow him to the death in the future.
Li Jinzhong replied according to His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness, this Li Xuanzhi can imagine Zhu Youxiao's somewhat stupid appearance and couldn't help sighing, who can he count on? The crown prince is not favored, and he only has one daughter, although he is the eldest grandson and mother, if something goes wrong, it may affect the prince, as long as the prince does not succeed to the throne for a day, then there is a risk at any time.
Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, the two difficult brothers, sat in the garden, although Zhu Youxiao didn't know a few words and didn't have much knowledge, but he was smart but the emperor's family, this highness still felt a strong crisis from Li Jinzhong's words, Zheng Guifei was not going to herself but to her father, but there were no eggs under the nest.
Think about the numbness of the scalp for a while, the hearts of this people who play tactics are dirty, and they are still suitable for being carpenters, what should I do? Zhu Youxiao sighed one after another.
A little snow on the eaves has not yet melted, the afternoon sun is still a little dazzling, the sparkling silver light and the light breeze of the winter moon blows, and the brain of the fifth highness is a little sober.
The interesting things mentioned by Zheng Guifei should just be to arouse the interest of Emperor Wanli and make him agree to this birthday banquet, and Zheng Guifei will not be untargeted, since it is said that there is, then it must be to know what these emperor's eldest grandsons are tinkering with, which means that this imperial brother's side has been interspersed. And at that time, the worst situation is that the things taken out are not so interesting, and he can't arouse the interest of the emperor's grandfather, so he is unhappy, and even some clowns, his father has been much uglier than the prince over the years, and he doesn't care about any more of this, and there are more lice and no itch, and it is harmless.
Then the killing move should be the one that Li Xuanzhi doesn't know about the draft girl for the emperor's eldest grandson, but how Zheng Guifei will operate it is not something that His Royal Highness can figure out now, the cumbersome procedure of this draft girl is not something that can be decided on the spot, unless this imperial brother dies on the spot, otherwise he should go through this level, the real difficulty should be in the back, and he will see the trick in the future.
After sorting out the clues, the Fifth Highness held the hand of the imperial brother, and the Great Highness finally stopped sighing, looked at his imperial brother and asked, "Little Five, what should I do?" ”
This imperial brother, who is five years older than himself, stands a head taller than himself, and it is not much worse when he sits, Zhu Youxiao used to protect him from being bullied by others, Zhu Youxiao grabbed Zhu Youxiao's shoulder and said, "Brother Huang, leave the matter of using your brain to me in the future, with me, I will not let anyone bully you, and neither can the old man." ”