A simple and elegant blue shirt and skirt, coupled with his tall figure, graceful figure, black hair that hangs down to his waist like a waterfall, his beautiful face is still with a touch of indifference, and his beautiful eyes are deep and bright, like a noble and holy blue lotus, which is still in front of Li Zhi and Wu Mei.

Wu Mei sometimes has to admit that in this world, I am afraid that only Bai Chun can wear such monotonous clothes with the stunning appearance that women yearn for. I'm afraid that she is the only one who can turn this indifferent and ruthless temperament into a woman's advantage.

"Sit down." Wu Mei looked at Bai Chun lightly and said.

Li Hong's longest-standing and most loyal servant girl has still not made any changes to her identity.

After so many years of persistence, Wu Mei also completely relieved herself of Bai Chun, and also understood that Bai Chun did not change her identity, which was to prove to herself and His Majesty that she was just a slave of His Royal Highness the Prince, and everything else would never be extravagant.

"Your Majesty, Empress Xie. This is what His Highness asked the slave to send to you, 5.8 million taels of silver tickets, please accept it. Bai Chun wanted to hand the silver ticket to the palace maid, and then the palace maid handed it to Wu Mei.

But Wu Mei took it directly from Bai Chun's hand, naturally took it, put it aside without looking at it, and said lightly: "In a few days, it is time to choose the crown princess for Li Hong, you have been with the prince for the longest time, do you know who is the most inclined person in his heart?" ”

After Bai Chun sat down, he said with a rare smile: "Back to the queen, His Royal Highness likes Pei Wanying a lot, when His Royal Highness and Pei Wanying met, Pei Wanying didn't even know that His Royal Highness was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, if Pei Wanying could marry His Royal Highness in the future, this matter would be a good conversation." ”

Bai Chun replied decently, just explaining the acquaintance process between Li Hong and Pei Wanying, but he still did not give a clear answer to who His Highness was most inclined to.

"Since he came back to the present, is he about to treat Pei Xingjian's mansion as his East Palace?" Li Zhi asked aloud on the side.

Pei Xingjian didn't look for him and the queen, and he didn't give people a name, but he blatantly ran to other people's homes every day, at this time, it is estimated that he went to other people's houses again and went to tryst with other people's daughters.

Bai Chun's face also revealed a trace of embarrassment, although what His Majesty said was not entirely right, but ...... It doesn't seem to be far off, but it's really not going to Pei Xingjian's mansion today.

"Back to Your Majesty, since Pei Xingjian talked with His Royal Highness before returning to Chang'an, Your Majesty has not seen Pei Wanying since returning to Chang'an, and ...... in King Pei's Mansion that day."

"Then he can't be idle today, right?" Li Zhi interrupted Bai Chun's description of the scene of Pei Wangfu, he fainted at that time, and he didn't know a lot of things, as if he had broken off from drinking, and now Li Xian was already on the way to Bazhou, and he didn't want to mention what happened in Pei Wangfu at this time.

Bai Chun smiled apologetically, and then continued to say respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, when the slave maid came today, His Royal Highness had just received an invitation from Chen Jingzhi, the former assassin of Yangzhou, to go to the banquet. ”

"Chen Jingzhi?" Li Zhi showed a thoughtful gaze, looked at Wu Mei, and turned his head to remember that Chen Jingzhi was the assassin who was framed by Li Jingye in the first place.

Li Hong walked to the glass window in front of the Chongwen Palace, looked at the dozen or so people sitting inside, and continued to walk outside the East Palace without paying attention: "Let them wait, if you want to wait, you can wait." ”

"Then the slave went over and talked back?" Hua Meng and Cheetah followed Li Hong's left and right sides, and the three of them were dressed as ordinary people, preparing to go out to Chen Jingzhi's thank-you banquet.

"Ignore them, just let them wait." Li Hong, who stepped into the carriage, swept over, and saw a figure that looked like Belus, looking not far from the East Palace.

Li Hong, who didn't care about it, didn't bother to see if it was Belus, but got into the carriage and galloped outside the imperial city.

"What is the official position of Belus now that His Majesty has made him?" Li Hong, who was sitting in the carriage, thought about it and asked Hua Meng and Cheetah outside.

"Back to His Royal Highness, His Majesty gave Belus the title of General Youweiwei of the Tang Dynasty, and set up a Persian temple in Liquanfang for their Persians to gather here." Hua Meng sat on the side of the carriage, turned his head and said to Li Hong in the carriage.

Li Hong in the carriage didn't say anything more until the carriage arrived at the door of a restaurant, and after Li Hong got out of the car, he said to Hua Meng: "Let the Ministry of Rites contact Belus to see if there is anything wrong with them hanging around at the gate of the East Palace." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Hua Meng looked at Di Renjie and Chen Jingzhi who came out of the restaurant, and said in a low voice.

"Remember to bypass the night moon, don't be known to her, this little girl has been very restless these days, and she may be talking to Belus about some conditions, and she will inform the Ministry of Rites of these words." After Li Hong finished speaking again, he turned his head to look at Di Renjie and Chen Jingzhi, who were already in front of him, waiting to salute.

At the door of the endless stream of restaurants, no one paid special attention to this luxurious carriage and the tall Li Hong.

Luxurious carriages now abound in Chang'an City, and even more luxurious and extravagant than Li Hong's carriage are countless, so the three of them greeting at the door will not attract the attention of others.

Under the guidance of Di Renjie and Chen Jingzhi, the three of them came to a private room that was not the best in such a restaurant, and Chen Jingzhi's daughter had already respectfully waited for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Your father and daughter are quite talkative, and I thought you wouldn't thank me." Li Hong looked at Chen Qinghan who saluted him with a smile, and said hehe.

Sitting down as the guest and host, Li Hong looked at Chen Qinghan in detail again, compared to when he was in Jiangnan, Chen Qinghan at this time looked much more beautiful, not as tall as Bai Chun and Yeyue, but it was also flawless.

The complexion is obviously much brighter than at the beginning, the fair skin seems to be glowing with a layer of light, and the beautiful cheeks and a pair of talking eyes fully reflect the grace and gentleness of the Jiangnan woman in terms of temperament.

Compared with Chen Jingzhi and Chen Qinghan's cautious restraint, Di Renjie knew a lot more about Li Hong, so the banquet was more open, which played a lubricating role in the banquet for four people.

As for why the two met, Li Hong didn't have any idea of what he wanted to know, whether it was the officialdom of this era or the officialdom of later generations, there was a connection between officials and officials that the monarch could not sort out.

Even if people tell you clearly, but as a superior, you can't find like-minded colleagues in the inextricable relationships like them.

Therefore, Li Hong never asked about the reason for the acquaintance between Di Renjie and Chen Jingzhi from beginning to end, Di Renjie and Chen Jingzhi naturally understood the reason, especially Di Renjie, who was full of smiles and humor, his expression was relaxed and ordinary, and he didn't care if the prince would ask.

During the banquet, Chen Qinghan, under the persuasion of his father and Di Renjie, also drank a few glasses of wine with Li Hong, she was not strong enough to drink, after a few glasses of wine, her originally fair cheeks suddenly appeared more fair and attractive, and a blush gradually clinged to her cheeks, embellished with the unique grace and shy beauty of Jiangnan women, as if making the whole room a lot more beautiful.

"The little girl is very grateful to His Royal Highness for taking care of the little girl when he was in Jiangnan, if it weren't for Your Highness, I am afraid that the minister would have died in prison a long time ago." Chen Jingzhi picked up his wine glass, and after Chen Qinghan sat down, he said to Li Hong with gratitude.

Li Hong drank it all after Chen Qinghan helped him fill it, and then looked at Di Renjie and said: "Now that I have drunk three rounds of dishes and five flavors, I must have something to do with you today." ”

"Your Highness is wise, Your Highness just doesn't ask, and the minister also plans to toast you with a glass of water and wine, and ask Your Highness for something." Di Renjie stood up with his wine glass and said with a smile.

"There are many officials in the Tang Dynasty who have picked up the missing and filled the vacancies, Di Renjie, you just recommended Chen Jingzhi, what talent do you like about him?" Li Hong directly skipped the nonsense that Di Renjie might say next, and asked bluntly.

Di Renjie looked stunned, obviously he didn't expect that Li Hong would be so straightforward, and he rejected all the foreshadowing words he had prepared, and directly asked himself what he liked about him.

"Your Royal Highness, Lord Chen Jingzhi's reputation in Yangzhou, I think you know better than me, in terms of his talent, or in the ability to govern a state capital, or in the way of getting along with colleagues, Chen Jingzhi Lord Chen does not have much advantage compared to other people who pick up and fill in the gaps. But Chen Jingzhi has one thing that many of my Datang officials lack today, that is, he does not know how to be flexible, and he is upright, not afraid of the powerful, does not seek personal gain, and does not appoint cronyism. Di Renjie thought about it and said in an organized manner.

Li Hong fiddled with the wine glass in his hand, his expression was calm, and he said without the slightest emotion: "There is no shortage of such officials in Dali Temple, right?" Dali Temple is now under your control, and it can be said that it has never been afraid of the ...... of the powerful. ”

"Your Royal Highness, you laughed, the minister thinks that he can't do it like Chen Jingzhi, the minister looks at current affairs, looks at the world, since he is in charge of Dali Temple, he has never offended, he has never complained, whether it is the royal family, or the officials of the Jiupin Stream, they have no complaints about the minister. This is enough to show that the minister is obviously unable to be like Chen Jingzhi in terms of dealing with people and things, and not knowing how to be flexible. The minister is also worthy of your expectations of Your Majesty and Your Highness. Di Renjie shook his head and sighed, drank the wine in the cup, and said with a slightly lonely and self-reproachful expression.

Di Renjie's self-criticism, in Li Hong's view, not only presents all his strengths and weaknesses on the table, but more importantly, Di Renjie can see himself clearly after being in such a high position, which is a more rare quality in his opinion.

Let's ask, in this world, how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, after being in important positions, are not praised by the words around them, and they are fluttering, and they don't know the height of the sky?