Night is gradually falling, Zhang Huan has already said goodbye, Cui Yuan is standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back and pondering, today he got two news about the palace, one is the dismissal of the Queen Mother, and the other is that Zhang Huan was invited to the imperial study by the Li family, obviously he is more interested in the latter.

This is not to say that the dismissal of the Queen Mother is not important to him, on the contrary, this is also the news he has been waiting for for a long time, but it is under his control, and there is a little less freshness.

And Zhang Huan and Li Department actually talked secretly for a quarter of an hour, and no one knew what they said, which aroused his strong interest, which was also one of the main purposes of his invitation to Zhang Huan to drink, and he wanted to know what kind of decision Li Department made in the end.

It's a pity that no matter how he knocked on the side, Zhang Huan just smiled and didn't say anything, and asked rhetorically, which made him reveal the secret of Ann's eyeliner in the palace.

"Father, would you like to eat some more?" The eldest son, Choi Hyun, stood at the door and asked in a low voice.

"Xian'er, what do you think of Zhang Huanqi?" Cui Yuan slowly turned around, looked into his son's eyes and asked, "I can see that the way you look at him is different from when you look at Zhang Xuan, you look down on him a little, right!" ”

"Father, the child also wants to look up to him, but he either smirks, as if he doesn't understand what his father means, or he opens his mouth to ask his father to be an official, how can such a vulgar person make the child look down on him?"

Speaking of this, Cui Xian remembered Zhang Huan's flattering words to him, 'Everyone is unhappy that Brother Cui is not included in the four princes, but I think that if Brother Cui is listed, he will depreciate his identity.......

The words are good, if this is said by Pei Jun or Zhang Ruohao, he will definitely accept it happily, but it is said from the mouth of a concubine, which makes him feel like a phoenix hearing the flattery of a sparrow.

"It's not that I despise his identity, it's because he is too self-loving, and the dignified Sangkook bent down to invite him to dinner, but he accepted it as if it were taken for granted, father! With all due respect, if you have the heart to reconcile with the Zhang family, I think you should invite Zhang Xuan, and it is really ..... to invite this Zhang Huan."

He didn't dare to say any more, so he just stood there with his hands down, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Cui Yuan looked at him in a daze, he couldn't say a word, for a long time, he sighed long, his son is actually not stupid, but he doesn't look down on Zhang Huanshu's identity in his bones, it seems that he is too smooth sailing, and he lacks some human training, and he has to experience a few more years in the local area.

"Go ahead! I don't want to eat anything, let me be quiet. ”

Cui Xian silently retreated, and at this time, the housekeeper hurriedly came from behind, and Cui Xian turned around and happened to collide with him, "Ah! Son, I'm so sorry!" The housekeeper saw that the eldest prince was angry, and he was so frightened that he apologized again and again.

"What's the matter?" Cui Yuan frowned and asked coldly.

"Master, someone asked to see him at the back door, and he said it was based on it." The butler held up a pale green ring.

Cui Yuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and let him in!" Be careful not to be seen. ”

After a while, the housekeeper led a person to the outer study quickly, only to see that he was tall and fat, dressed in black, and wearing a large bamboo hat, the edge of which was pressed very low, covering his face tightly.

"Go down!" Cui Yuan sent the housekeeper and guards back and closed the door himself, and the man in black immediately knelt down and said, "It's fortunate that you don't disgrace your life, the Queen Mother really used Zhang Huan to open the knife today." ”

His voice was shrill and like the tone of a eunuch.

Cui Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "I already know the matter, thank you for your hard work." ”

After a pause, he asked again, "Then what was her attitude afterwards?" ”

The man in black said without hesitation: "She is very satisfied with the reaction of the officials today, listen to her meaning, she still wants to try the right again, so she came to ask Xiangguo, where should I start next?" ”

Cui Yuan didn't answer immediately, he walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and suddenly smiled faintly: "Doesn't her younger brother Zhang Hua want to be transferred back to Beijing?" You reminded her that Tai Chang Qing Li Mian would be appointed as the envoy of Jiannan Festival in three days, and asked her to issue an order to transfer Zhang Hua to Tai Chang Qing. ”

"But Zhang Hua is just a ......"

"Go! Do as I say. Cui Yuan coldly interrupted his doubts.

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The street is still covered with thick snow, the temperature drops at night, the ground on the side street begins to freeze, everyone carefully holds on to the wall and slows down, and if you are not careful, you will fall on your back, but Jing Zhaoyin is quite experienced, and he organized personnel to clean the street early in the morning, so that the main streets of Chang'an are free from the trouble of slipping.

Zhang Huan walked to the door of the inn with difficulty, only to see Lin Pingping holding on to the door and looking out anxiously, as soon as she saw Zhang Huan, she shouted happily, "Zhang Eighteen!" He picked up his skirt and ran, but he forgot the advice that it was not advisable to move fast today, and as soon as he took two steps, his feet slipped, and he fell heavily on his back.

Zhang Huan hurriedly helped her up, patted the snow chips off her body and head, and couldn't help laughing: "Why are you in such a hurry?" Is it because he is afraid that Zheng Qingming will eat more eggs, and hope that I will not be able to come back? ”

"Not really!" Pingping got up, rubbed his waist and glanced at him angrily, "Am I just going to make fried eggs?" ”

"Where! Where! The chowder we made was so delicious that I still can't forget it. ”

"Say it again!" Ping Ping was ashamed and annoyed, and rushed up to grab Zhang Huan's ears, but he didn't prevent his feet from slipping again, and he fell into Zhang Huan's arms, knocking him to the ground, Zhang Huan laughed, picked up a large ball of snow, and sprinkled it on Pingping's head......

"Huh! It's good to be young! At some point, a thin middle-aged man appeared next to them, looking at them with a smile behind his back.

"Chu Shangshu!" Zhang Huan shouted, standing in front of them was Chu Xingshui, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Ping Ping stood up embarrassedly, quietly threw away the snow ball in her hand, and secretly said to Zhang Huan: "He has been waiting for you for almost an hour." ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly straightened his clothes, bowed down and saluted him, "The little nephew went to Cui Xiangguo's mansion and made Uncle Shi wait for a long time." ”

"I've heard about it, too."

Chu Xingshui didn't care about what happened this afternoon, he smiled gently: "I'm just here to talk about family life with my nephew. ”

Chu Xingshui's mansion was in Guangdefang near the West City, but he went to Pingkangfang in the East City to talk to him about family life, Zhang Huan smiled faintly and put on a gesture of invitation, "Uncle Chu, please come to the house to talk in detail." ”

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The room was very warm, and Ping Ping had already prepared a brazier for him, although the charcoal seemed to be a little more, but Zhang Huan's heart also felt warm.

"The plain girl is so cute, I like it very much."

Chu Xingshui took out a piece of ancient jade from his arms, handed it to Lin Pingping and said with a slight smile: "Thank you Miss Pingping for accompanying me for an hour's homely words, although this piece of ancient jade is not as good as Zhang Eighteen's, but it is also a little bit of my heart, please accept it Miss Pingping." ”

Ping Ping glanced at Zhang Huan with some uneasiness, and saw that he was smiling, and he didn't blame himself for being too talkative, so he accepted the jade and poured tea for the two of them, and then retreated.

Chu Xingshui took a sip of hot tea, and naturally continued the topic just now: "I heard Pingping say that the virtuous nephew also has an ancient jade, and I have always been very interested in Tibetan jade, can the virtuous nephew borrow me to take a look?" ”

Zhang Huan knew that the jade that Chu Xingshui said was the piece that his mother gave him, and it didn't hurt to show him, but he had already given this piece of jade to Cui Ning, so how could he get it, Zhang Huan smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry Uncle Shi, this piece is not with me for the time being, and I will have the opportunity to show it to Uncle Shi in the future." ”

A look of disappointment flashed in Chu Xingshui's eyes, and he still smiled quietly: "Okay, I just heard that Ping Ping said that there are words inlaid on it, and it is a name, and I also know that the name inlaid on the jade is a tradition of some families, so my curiosity was aroused, so I wanted to take a look, if I wasn't around, forget it." ”

Although Ping Ping is really cute, but her memory doesn't seem to be good, she forgot what name is engraved on the piece of jade, Chu Xingshui said three names in a row, she said it all seemed to be, which made Chu Xingshui angry and funny, so he had to ask Zhang Huan in person, but his redundant explanation caused Zhang Huan to be suspicious.

The jade is engraved with his mother's name, and his mother's background has always been a mystery, does Chu Xingshui know something?

However, how could his mother's name be mentioned casually in front of outsiders, Zhang Huan stopped talking about it, changed the topic and said with a smile: "I have always heard that Brother Chu Wei is the favorite of the champion in this imperial examination, hey!" The poor little nephew was ill-fated, he gave up the imperial examination, and it was easy to win a six-grade Guoyi lieutenant, and he didn't want to offend the queen mother again. ”

Chu Xingshui pointed at Zhang Huan and laughed, "You! Do you really care about that Captain Guo Yi? If you are interested, how about you go to my Huainan and I appoint you as a soldier? ”

Zhang Huan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Although I don't care about that position, I was dismissed on the day I took office, and I really don't have face." ”

"Didn't Cui Xiang get back face for you?" Chu Xingshui smiled meaningfully, and as soon as the topic changed, he returned to the piece of jade, groaned, and cautiously tested: "I heard Pingping say that the word 'Banglan' is engraved on that piece of jade, right?" ”

After speaking, his smile gradually disappeared, his eyes were staring at Zhang Huan tightly, lest he miss something, the nervousness on his face was revealed, Zhang Huan had already affirmed that the purpose of Chu Xingshui's coming at this time was to find out the details of his mother, but no matter who his mother was, he would never allow anyone to disturb her peace.

"It's not!" Zhang Huan shook his head resolutely.

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