Otherwise, a moment later, Qi Wanru and Shang Shuhua went to the garden pavilion with their companions, and there was still a moment or two before the start of the game, as long as they could drag on this time.

Ruhuan and Fang Hui's girl were chatting in one place, and after saying a word or two, the girl's eyes lit up, and she turned her head and told Fang Hui, so Fang Hui also went out.

Everything should be fine, Xie Ruqing relaxed a little, just waiting for the game to draw lots.

Qi Yanzhi was in the main hall at this time, greeting a group of imperial relatives and ministers, and mentioned state affairs as he spoke.

Shang Shangshu said: "Fanbang's ambitions are obvious, and he has frequently harassed my border with North Korea in recent days, and I don't know if it can be stable this year." ”

"What Shangshu said is extremely true, the war in the northwest is tight, and the capital is afraid that it will have to increase troops to support, but now we are short of troops and materials, and there are no soldiers to send, if we expand our recruitment in the coming year, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be unstable."

The banquet in the palace has never been a simple eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and everyone can peek into the positions and even holy intentions of all parties in the chat, and the Shangshu has always been the favorite minister of the emperor, so everyone is talking around him.

Fanbang wolf ambition, then the jewelry they paid tribute is a disaster, all the ministers are thinking about whether their wives and girls will take this hot potato, some are happy and some regret, only hate that they didn't hear it earlier.

"If you send troops, the Yu family of the General's Mansion can be said to be the first choice, not to mention that he is in charge, then Yu Jun is a young talent, and he should be a promising person......"

Everyone is talking about how to deal with Fanbang, pushing the general's mansion to the cusp, as we all know, the Yu family is the prince's party, if the general's mansion people lead the troops to the northwest, it is equivalent to the military power, if the battle is won, the military prestige and the people's prestige will be high, and then Yao Guifei's party will lose a big situation.

That Shang Shangshu is a distracted imperial party in the open, but in fact secretly supports Yao Guifei and the three princes, the reason why he deliberately pushed out the general's mansion is nothing more than to make the emperor jealous of the prince's ambitions, and secretly make a stumbling block for the prince.

And the general's mansion was not to be outdone, and said: "Everyone loves, it's just that the old man is old, where can he still lead the troops, the child is young and inexperienced, how can he lead the troops to delay state affairs, there are many military generals in the DPRK and China, there must be suitable candidates, and everything is decided by the emperor." ”

Shang Shangshu glanced at Qi Yanzhi, who was silent, and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Qingyang was also one of the top prodigies in the capital when he was a child, and your father also joked that day, saying that the son of the big family is easy to cultivate, and when he grows up, he must be allowed to go to the battlefield to experience it, but it is a pity that the will of heaven makes people, otherwise the Marquis of Qingyang will definitely be the pillar of the country now." ”

Qi Yanzhi smiled and nodded, "What Lord Shang said is very true, Yan Zhi has now become the rice worm of the country, and he is really ashamed." ”

The reason why Shang Shangshu took Qi Yanzhi to provoke the conversation was nothing more than to test the position of King Qiyang, King Qiyang has always supported the emperor and does not participate in any party struggle, but many people do not believe it, because he married the general's mansion, who knows what is in mind openly and secretly, so he always wants to test more. If he is a princeling, it is better to take precautions and even suppress it as soon as possible, if he is really the emperor's party, he can win over the party of the three princes.

It's a pity that King Qiyang seems to have no quarrel with the world, but in fact he is very cunning, and never shows his position, making it impossible for people to tell the difference, but in the hearts of everyone, Qi Yanzhi is a waste without a city, and he must be easy to talk about it, so whenever there is such an occasion, everyone likes to ask him.

Who knew that Shang Shangshu had hit a soft nail, and he didn't know if this young master Qi was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, and he laughed at himself and said the same as not saying it, and it also made Shang Shangshu's words hurtful.

"The Marquis of Qingyang is arrogant, can't you practice martial arts and can't write literature, I heard that you read poetry and books on weekdays, and it is more than enough to be a literary minister, the emperor appreciates you so much, maybe you can become a pillar of the country in the future." Shang Shangshu made up for face.

Qi Yanzhi was about to speak, when the Nine Emperor Princes suddenly interjected, "If you can become a pillar of the country by reading painting books and miscellaneous books all day long, isn't everyone expected to become an official in the court?" ”

Yu Ning seemed to be sarcastic about Qi Yanzhi, in fact, Qi Yanzhi knew that he was excusing himself, and he was also very surprised in his heart, he had no intersection with the Nine Emperor Princes, strictly speaking, he was still a "love rival", I really didn't expect him to help.

Shang Shangshu looked at the Nine Emperor Princes and then at Qi Yanzhi meaninglessly, and laughed, "The eldest prince of Qi is really a man of temperament. ”

The Nine Emperors are not afraid, even if Qi Yanzhi is friendly with him, what is the use of a waste, but he looks down on this Qi Yanzhi, Shang Shangshu dispelled the doubts in his heart, and no longer spoke around Qi Yanzhi.

"Thank you, Nine Emperors." Qi Yanzhi nodded towards Yu Ning.

As long as Yu Ning saw Qi Yanzhi, he inevitably thought of Xie Ruqing, it was impossible to say that there was no mustard in his heart at all, and he was not a very generous person, but since Xie Ruqing had become the wife of Qingyang Wang, he could not be hateful or fall into the ground, and it was entirely for Xie Ruqing's sake to help - of course, there may be elements of his appreciation of Qi Yan, but he himself is unwilling to admit it.

With this little episode, Yu Ning was a little depressed, so he withdrew from the main hall and went to walk in the garden.

At this time, the sun was warm, and the concubines and ladies all moved to the flower hall and were grabbing lots to divide porridge.

The competition is very simple, that is, the participants in the competition draw lots, and whoever catches them will give their porridge to whoever drinks, and the other party drinks and votes. Each person prepares five portions of porridge, and the highest score will be rewarded, and if there is a tie, it will be determined according to the appearance of the porridge and the imperial chef in the palace.

When Xie Ruqing was drawing lots, Yao Guifei specially asked: "Ruqing is a southerner, I don't know if your local Laba porridge is different from the capital?" ”

She chuckled in her heart, this question Mama Liu told her, saying that the laba porridge in the south is slightly different from the capital, since she came to the capital, her approach has followed the capital, and such a competition, if others don't like it because of the taste, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, the porridge that Mama Liu gave her caters to the taste of the people in Beijing, and if she is detained for a sin that is not her own, it is easy to tell it later.

But it was like a ring of cleverness, she replied: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, it's no different, just a little sweeter, and the most useful materials are slightly different, the capital can't find some materials in the south, so I made a combined version, if it's not delicious, I hope the girls understand." ”

Yao Guifei nodded, "Well, I want to try your girl's craftsmanship." She instructed the maid, "Give me a small bowl of porridge made by Mrs. Qingyang Hou later." ”