There is a house in the inner city, only one street away from the prince's mansion, the house has just been repaired a few days ago, although it has not been inhabited for many years, but it has never been abandoned, and no one wants to buy him, because all the people who covet this mansion know that every grass and tree here, every brick and tile is taken care of by the people in the prince's mansion, unless the noble man falls into the clouds, otherwise all coveting is self-defeating. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And just a few days ago, there were a lot of people in the house, although I didn't see the face of the person who wanted to let go, but today the prince's carriage stopped at the door of the house, and those who looked at the house in the corner knew what it meant.

And in the study on the side of the house, now the prince of the Hua Dynasty is sitting opposite the old man, with a respectful attitude.

"Teacher, are you still used to coming back to live?" The old man was wearing a satin cotton jacket, a brazier was placed in front of him, the charcoal was red, but there was no smoke and dust, and his wrinkled face was full of red light.

The old man fiddled with the charcoal fire with tongs, "I haven't come back for many years, and the old people are gone, but after all, this is my own home, how can there be anything unaccustomed, but you, these are the beast carbons for the prince's mansion, you just use it here for me, but it is beyond the system." The old man didn't even look up at the young man sitting opposite, and there was a bit of reprimand in his tone, now except for the one in the imperial city, who would dare to talk to him like this?

There was no anger on the young man's face, but an embarrassed face, "What the teacher teaches is that the students will pay attention." "Many years ago, when the prince was a naughty boy, the old man taught him this, but in a more stern tone.

"Poof" a woman chuckled at the door, "I haven't seen you for so many years, and the prince's brother is still so afraid of the teacher, if it gets out, let those people outside the wall hear it, but can you still do it?" Naturally, it was Yuan Shanshan who spoke, still plain and elegant, but there was no frost on her face, and she was coming in with a tea set at the moment, although she said so, but her heart was happy, and she felt that the two were still as they were a few years ago, and there was no estrangement.

"Shanshan is here? I was finally able to drink the tea made by my sister, and I have been thinking about it more and more in recent years. The young man glanced at the other man, but the woman was gone, and the tea set rested on the table.

"Brother Prince, just thinking about pleasing the teacher, repairing the house, and sending animal carbon, only now did he think of me, a junior sister? Hum! It was in front of him that Yuan Shanshan would reveal her feminine temperament, completely without the arrogance outside, while talking, she was cleaning up the tea set.

"I knew you would say this, my sister must have not gone out for so many days, there was an interesting thing happening outside, which is secondary, mainly because the person concerned also wrote a wonderful poem, I know that you must like it, so I specially copied it for you." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Yuan Shanshan, it was the chivalrous journey.

Yuan Shanshan was stunned at first glance, and the prince on the side told what happened in the restaurant, but gradually he found that the teacher and the junior sister had wrong expressions on their faces, and they seemed to be a little helpless and funny, especially the old man, who was completely devoid of the seriousness just now, and laughed out loud.

"That's why he dared to do it, this kid has only been in trouble for a few days." Shang Lao said helplessly, and he was more gentle than when he talked to the prince just now, as if he was teaching his own juniors.

"Teacher, he has done a serious thing this time, this poem ......" Yuan Shanshan looked at the poem in her hand again and again, and her heart was also touched unconsciously.

Listening to the words of the two, he was sure that the person he was talking about must be familiar with the two.

"Who is this man? Do you know both the teacher and the sister? He was also curious, and asked people to investigate, but the other party did not leave any clues, and the onlookers did not know him that day.

"Brother Prince, just this poem, I guess seven points is that person, and then I hear you say that the situation of the day, that scoundrel, I dare to conclude that it must be him." Yuan Shanshan said with a smile, and the old man on the side interjected, "I also said that I don't like other people's poems, and I tasted them all of a sudden, right?" ”

"Teacher!" The woman's face was flushed suddenly, and then she looked at the prince's brother's inquiring expression, so she turned around and left in a slightly angry manner.

This made the prince's brother even more interested, but when he saw the old man smiling lightly, he took out a notebook from his sleeve and put it on the coffee table on one side, "It just so happens that what I said has something to do with him, come, I'll show you something first......"

At the end of each year, there are many gatherings and banquets for the magnates in Beijing, which is not only for the sake of moving around, but also for the preparation of the new year.

And among them, the banquet of the right minister and the prince is the most important, and those who can emerge in it have laid their own careers, and with the complete immersion in the art of alchemy and immortal ascension in the imperial city in recent years, the power has fallen into the hands of the two families, and gradually many young official children and even wealthy scholars, and even some quite famous scholars have also taken this as a shortcut to their careers, and this banquet has become more and more critical and lively.

By this year, the open and secret struggle between the right minister and the prince has become white-hot, with the return of Shang Xue to Beijing, the trend of the princeling party has gradually formed, although the right phase faction is weak for a while, but they all know that the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, not to mention the Yan family. This year, the banquet of the two families was coincidentally set for one day, which also became a hot topic in Beijing, and many people were also worried about how to weigh the pros and cons.

As the Northwest General's Mansion of the prince's party, this kind of distress is obviously not there, but this morning the prince's mansion sent an invitation, which surprised Li He and Li Caier, there are two posts, one is naturally to invite Li He, and the other is written on Li Huai's name.

However, this year, there were two copies, and Li Huai was invited by name, indicating that the other party knew about the concubine of the Li family, and valued it, and the relationship between it naturally surprised Li He and Li Caier, but thinking that Wang Qian mentioned the old man before, the two also understood, and Li Caier's heart was a little strange, she and her brother have been in Beijing for many years, and the prince has also been there, but he has never received an invitation.

It's just that, just after the prince's invitation, the right minister's house also sent a post, and the son of the right minister, Yan Fan, the son of the right minister, invited Li Huai, the son of Li He, at first glance, it looks like a banquet between two juniors.

This time, Li He was even more surprised, he had little contact with the Yan family for many years, and after leaning towards the prince, he had no relationship with the right minister, but this year he was invited by Yan Fan, which is by no means unusual, although Li Huai is a concubine, but after all, he is the heir of the Li family.

However, when Li He put the two invitations in front of Li Huai, the other party only smiled lightly, because just earlier, the news had already been worn in the inner guard, and Uncle Nine had already mentioned himself in front of Yan Fan.

"Father, since I'm the one who invited, then I'll do it myself." Li Huai looked at the two invitations in his hand, and said easily, Li He on the side looked straight at his son, the two of them don't see each other a few times a year, and they are not much familiar with strangers, although Wang often writes to tell Li He about his son, but this son is really strange to him.

"Yan Fan, write back by yourself." Li He said coldly, if he doesn't stand right at this time, the future road of the Li family will be over.

Li Cai'er on the side also nodded, "Right Prime Minister, we have never had anything to do with each other, and it is not something you can get involved with, so it's better to clear up the relationship as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, father, sister, Li Huai knows what to do." He looked up at the two of them, his face was full of uneasiness, thinking that they were worried about more than that, but there was no more to explain to himself, Li Huai sighed, thinking about the banquet tomorrow night, he was afraid that he would not be able to go......