Leaving the prince's mansion, the sky had already sunk. The prince specially sent someone to escort Zhang Xu back to the post house to show respect and reassurance. Zhang Xu also thanked the kindness at the gate of the post station, and specially asked the people of the prince's mansion to convey it to the prince.

When he returned to his room and confirmed that no one was watching, he let out a long breath: This day is really thrilling and dangerous!

But that's not the end of his business.

After the boy handed over a warm towel and waited for him to clean his hands and face, Zhang Xu sent the person out, sat down in front of the desk, cut a palm-sized piece of paper with the help of the dim oil lamp, picked up the pen, and wrote down the things in the prince's mansion. When the ink dried, I took out a small porcelain bottle out of nowhere, shook it up and down twice, then pulled out the soft stopper, and carefully smeared it on the handwriting.

Then, Zhang Xu picked up the pen again, wrote a few things on it scattered, called the little boy over, and asked him to take the paper and go to the shop next to the post house to buy it.

Xiao Tong didn't doubt him, so he went quickly, and when he came back, he brought back what Zhang Xu wanted, and he didn't pay much attention to the note, so he stayed in the shop. Zhang Xu knew that the things on this piece of paper would soon be seen by Lin Ruo.

can know the thoughts of the crown prince and the emperor so well, how dare he easily confront it? What's more, he admired Lin Ruo from the bottom of his heart: about two years ago, Lin Ruotuo gave him Liu Yan's manuscript and asked him to study the parts related to price stabilization and grain harvesting, and then, after Zhang Xu wrote to express her views, she replied to a few letters, pointing out the shortcomings that Zhang Xu was not aware of, and talking about her general thoughts, which surprised Zhang Xu.

Lin Ruo had told him in a letter that although this method was good, it lacked an opportunity.

This opportunity appeared when the Shangyu flood came.

Zhang Xu was glad that he listened to Lin Ruo's advice and was fully prepared before the opportunity came, so when the prince appeared in Shangyu and saw his ability and appeal, it was not surprising that he was promoted to the prefect of Shangyu.

In the past, he just thought that Lin Ruo was very smart, but later, he felt more and more that this woman had a gap in her chest, and he sincerely admired her, especially that she could help him truly realize the ambition he had hoped for for ten years!

On the contrary, it is the crown prince......

Zhang Xu shook his head, the prince was short-sighted after all.

But the crown prince will eventually ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future, if from this moment on, he can gradually consolidate his trust and status in the prince's heart, he will be able to become a great minister one day, become a generation of virtuous ministers, and leave his name in history!

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu couldn't help but feel excited.

From the discouragement of failing in the imperial examination, to the sharpening of Shangyu Academy, and now to the current display of strength, Lin Ruo has played a vital role.

For him, Lin Ruo is a real "nobleman"!

Therefore, he will definitely take advantage of the opportunity and will never do stupid things that will hurt both sides.

The news quickly reached the hands of Li Yan and Lin Ruo, and Li Yan, who was in the Lin Mansion, continued to answer Lin Qi's confusion while thinking about what he should say to the prince tomorrow; And Lin Ruo, who was in the Rong Palace, just hooked the corners of his mouth, and then continued to arrange the affairs in the palace - not only for Murong Chong's imminent triumphant return, but also because Murong Chong's birthday was coming.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye in the busyness, and everything is very smooth, except for ...... The Xiuyu jade pendant, Mr. Zhang searched all the books, but could not find another jade pendant that was given by the emperor.

On the third day of the sixth month, Murong Chong returned to Beijing with the Tiger Ben Army.

Under the command of Murong Chong and He Bai, the Northern Army and the Tiger Army severely damaged the nomadic tribe Beiqi, which had been a disaster in the northern border of Donglu for many years, beheaded the first warrior of Beiqi and deployed Midu with heavy troops, and attacked Daiguo in succession, captured two important military places including Suizhou and Youzhou, forced Daiguo to cede three cities including Danzhou, and forced Daiguo to pay tribute to the country.

How can such a big victory not be exciting?

Therefore, Emperor Mingzong took the crown prince and hundreds of officials out of the city to greet him, and worked on the three armies in the suburbs to show the emperor's grace.

"Haven't learned to ride a horse yet?"

Looking at Lin Ruo, who was driving beside him, thinking that she was still coming in the carriage of King Rong's Mansion today, Emperor Mingzong had a gentle sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Lin Ruo said embarrassedly: "If you go back to the emperor, Minhui is dull and still not very skilled. Besides, there are many people and horses today, so Minhui is even more afraid to ride a horse...... If the horse is frightened, whether it is to lose the face of the prince, or to brush the emperor and the hundred officials of the interest in the victory of the three armies, it is a great sin. ”

Emperor Mingzong stretched out his finger and nodded at Lin Ruo from afar: "You can bear it, every time you can say that what is unreasonable is reasonable!" ”

"Why did you ignore it? Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, you think it is reasonable, that is reasonable~"

Lin Ruo's smile crooked, a simple compliment, said very naturally, but it made the emperor smile.

Seeing this scene, the prince who was waiting on the side was silent, but he had a deeper understanding of Lin Ruo in his heart. Since Zhang Xu mentioned it to him, this was the first time he had carefully observed Lin Ruo's words and deeds in front of Emperor Mingzong. I have to say that Lin Ruo knows how to communicate with the emperor too well.

As for Li Yan taking Lin Qi to the Prince's Mansion that day and discussing his views in detail, it also corroborates Zhang Xu's inference: The Lin family does intend to participate in the Qingmiao Money, but the emperor has already made it clear that the Lin family does not dare to blatantly act against the emperor in the past.

In the past ten days, Zhang Xu has gone to the prince's mansion almost every day, and with the emperor's clear will, the Yewang Party is helpless. However, Lin Qi only went that once.

Lin Qi's unbelievable appearance made the prince both surprised and happy, of course, joy is more than surprise, there is no doubt about it.

It is said that the three young men of the Lin family are the most naughty, although they are a little clever, but they don't like to read, they are not wise enough, and they are more than reckless. The prince and Zhang Xu both thought so. But Li Yan is indeed a capable person, and his years of business experience and experience in dealing with all kinds of people make it easy for him to find out the open and hidden arrows in business.

Fortunately, he is only familiar with business, and in the open and secret battles in the court, he can only be a lame politician.

This also made the prince breathe a sigh of relief.

In the past ten days, the three of them discussed a lot in the prince's mansion, and Li Yan put forward a lot of suggestions that satisfied the prince, and of course, there were many words that made the prince unhappy. Fortunately, Zhang Xu was there, and he fought for a lot of benefits for the prince, which also made the prince more trusting and satisfied with Zhang Xu.

The prince was indeed very satisfied with being able to let thousands of families with money all over Donglu handle the allocation of green seedlings, and in such an open and fair way, so as not to be criticized. As for Bai Que, who is circling in the capital and stirring up the storm, since Zhang Xu also thinks that this person will be a great variable, then he will give a warning.

As a result, the Lin family didn't need to make a move at all, and the troubles that Bai Que had caused to the Lin family were solved.