The gains and losses of Luoyang, Tokyo, made the hundred officials and scholars in Chang'an City really nervous for a while, and the imperial court was even more so, that is, even the sacrificial ceremony on the seventh day of the first lunar month was changed to a ceremony to worship the generals.

Unexpectedly, the marshal canonized by the emperor was not the prince who had presided over the battle to recover the two capitals, but Li Shu, the king of Ying, who had never made military merits and had always been unknown, and the general who led the troops was Zhang Liang, the general of the Zuojian Gate, who had also been absent from the battle for a long time.

When many wealthy businessmen in the eastern and western cities heard that the imperial court had sent such generals to the expedition, they quietly packed up their gold and silver, and were even ready to evacuate Chang'an at any time.

At the same time, Li Jinzhong, the provincial supervisor of the Inner Chamberlain who was ordered to inspect the East Palace, was appointed by the emperor to be appointed by the emperor and reappointed as the secretary of the military department of the inspection school and the general of the right prison gate, and was specifically responsible for raising food for King Ying.

A big case ended hastily with the arrest of Shang Jing, the eunuch in charge of the prince's inner fang, although the East Palace was still guarded by the forbidden army, but with the departure of the two inspection officers, it gradually recovered its former atmosphere.

Seeing that the Shangyuan Festival was approaching, Xie Liangchen, the newly arrived eunuch in charge of the prince's inner fang, muttered in his heart.

If according to the pomp of previous years, the East Palace should be modeled in the style of the Daming Palace to hang lanterns, the prince feasted on the night of the Shangyuan Dynasty, and the lanterns were recited to show respect.

But this year's situation is different after all, there have been rebels in the palace one after another, and the ban has not yet been lifted, how to live the Shangyuan Festival, which makes him, an old servant who runs an old errand by the emperor's side, feel quite embarrassed.

The prince soaked in Ning Xiangxuan all day long, ignoring everything in the palace, Liu Cairen, who lived in Yichun Palace and temporarily took charge of palace affairs for Dugu Concubine, listened to Xie Liangchen's report on whether to start preparing for various palace affairs in the Shangyuan Festival, shook his head and said: "It's not difficult to put up a lantern, just follow the palace, the rules of the Shangyuan Night Banquet were set by the prince, whether to change this year, can only be decided by His Royal Highness himself, you have to go to Ning Xiangxuan in person." ”

In this way, Xie Liangchen had no choice but to come to Ning Xiangxuan to ask to see the prince.

Because the predecessor Shang Jing has been convicted of rebellion and imprisoned, and the prince has lost his military power, so he, who has been promoted from the inner servant of the fourth rank to the fourth rank in the East Palace, is not only not favored, but is very likely to become the prince's funeral object.

That's all it takes, but the prince doesn't want to see him, that is, even a few little eunuchs in Ning Xiangxuan put on a look of love and reason when they see him.

According to the rules when he was in the palace, in the first few days of his tenure, he would go to Ning Xiangxuan every morning and dusk to ask the prince for peace and receive errands.

But except for seeing the prince on the morning of the first day, he was blocked from the door ten times in the future, coming and going, Xie Liangchen couldn't help but have some complaints in his heart, and the general errand was only to go to Yichun Palace to return to Liu Cairen to pay the errand, and he was too lazy to go to Ning Xiangxuan to ask for himself.

Today, catching up with this matter that has to be decided by the prince himself, and I don't know how much effort it will take to meet the prince, thinking of this, Xie Liangchen couldn't help but sigh.

"Grandpa Xie, where are you going?"

Xie Liangchen turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw Jing Xuan's personal maid Jinping looking at him with a smile. In the East Palace, only Jing Xuan treated him quite kindly, and when he saw Jinping at this time, Xie Liangchen's face showed a smile: "It's almost noon, the girl is not waiting in front of Niangniang, what are you doing when you run out?" ”

"My lord went to the palace to visit his mother today, and specially made an appointment with the prince to meet in advance, and I went to Ning Xiangxuan to invite the prince over."

"Grandpa Jing has entered the palace!" Xie Liangchen was taken aback a little, although there were no restrictions on entry and exit in the East Palace at the moment, he knew that any minister of civil and military affairs who wanted to enter the East Palace must get the approval of the Furong of Qingning Palace before he could make the trip, and Jing Yuncong had enough face, "It just so happens that I also have to meet the prince to do something, and I just want to go with the girl's light." ”

Jinping asked puzzledly: "Gonggong Xie is in charge of the inner fang, why do you want to borrow my light when you see the prince?" ”

Xie Liangchen smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the girl, it's true, I'm also confused for the reason." ”

Jinping smiled "fluttering": "If that's the case, my father-in-law might as well wait at the door, and when I go in and ask the prince to come out, you can come forward to do something, so as not to entangle with those bad boys." ”

The two of them said, raised their feet and arrived in front of the door of Ning Xiangxuan, Wang Bao'er, who was standing at the door, glanced at Jinping, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Grandpa Jing has arrived?" The prince has asked no less than five times since this morning, and if he doesn't get it again, the little one has to prepare the golden medicine and wait for the board. ”

Jinping has always hated Wang Bao'er because of his coming to Xing'er, and when he saw that he looked anxious, he deliberately slowed down, pointed to Wang Bao'er and introduced to Xie Liangchen: "Gonggong Xie, this is Wang Bao'er, the godson of your predecessor Shang's father-in-law, maybe he will become your godson one day." He turned back to Wang Bao'er and shouted, "I still don't ask for peace when I see Grandpa Xie." ”

Wang Bao'er was angry and ashamed by her, and ignored Xie Liangchen, stepped forward with a red face and pulled up the brocade screen and walked to the courtyard.

Every time Xie Liangchen came back, he had to be blinded by Wang Bao'er, and he was not surprised that no one was in his eyes, Jinping was unexpectedly pulled by him and walked a few steps, before he came back to his senses, shook off his hand, and said: "You scoundrel, I saw the prince, I look good with you." While scolding, he walked into Ning Xiangxuan with Wang Bao'er as if he were smoking.

Xie Liangchen didn't dare to trespass without permission, so he had to stand outside the door and wait according to Jinping's words.

Sure enough, after only a quarter of an hour's effort, the prince walked out under the guidance of Jinping, but he was not followed by Wang Bao'er, but a handsome little eunuch who had never seen before.

The prince saw Xie Liangchen waiting outside the door, and knew that he had something to go back, so he said: "Let's go to Jing Niangniang with the palace to reply, just meet Grandpa Jing together." ”

Although Xie Liangchen didn't understand what the prince meant, he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to agree, and followed the prince side by side with the little eunuch towards the stable.

Jing Yuncong came to the East Palace to visit his daughter this time, but compared with his daughter, it was the prince who he was more eager to see.

Mrs. Jing felt sorry for her daughter, and after meeting the prince, she took Jing Xuan's hand and asked for warmth.

Seeing this, the prince gave Jing Yuncong a look, and the two followed each other to the only other room in the stable, Jing Yuncong saw that the two eunuchs who followed the prince also walked in, and he didn't know why, so he smiled at the little eunuch: "Little father-in-law, farewell in the river, do you remember me?" ”

Lai Xing'er knelt down and kowtowed, "Say hello to the deputy marshal." ”

The prince pointed at Xie Liangchen and said: "This is Xie Liangchen, who is in charge of the prince's inner fang of the new faction of the Inner Servant Province, who originally followed Lord Li Jinzhong to take charge of the Shangyi Bureau, and you are still a fellow villager, what does the grandfather have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Xie Liangchen was shocked in his heart: The prince has not been able to leave Ning Xiangxuan these days, and he has actually touched his bottom clearly, and the water in the East Palace is indeed not shallow.