Chapter 175: Confrontation

The imperial court was sealed for nine days, and the seven days of the New Year were when they were busy with their relatives to pay New Year's greetings and gifts, without exception, early in the morning, Du Yiyi followed Ning Zhiyuan around the Shen Mansion in the palace, and then followed Ning Zhiyuan to the Yan Mansion and Liu Mansion, hurrying around the scene.

In order to prevent too many people from giving gifts this year, Ning Zhiyuan simply took Du Yiyi to visit around all day, and he was worthy of Ning Zhiyuan personally visiting the New Year, except for the elders in the relatives, that is, the seniors on the official career, Ning Zhiyuan was on duty in the cabinet, and the mansions of the three elders must be a trip.

Ning Zhiyuan didn't stay too long in Lufu, Yan Mansion, but stayed for half an hour in Liufu, which was full of binge.

The reason why there are so many binge crowds in Liufu this year is because Liu Zhen's current status does not have to be at the beginning, and secondly, it is natural that the Liu family will have a princess in the near future. Although Liu Zhen, who was born in the Hanlin Academy, has a lower status in the cabinet than Lu Yi'an, who climbed up step by step, and Yan Liu, who was born in Dali Temple, his popularity in the court is extremely high.

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Ning Zhiyuan's New Year's gift to Liu Zhen is the famous Sun Tingzhen's "Hibiscus Goose Picture", in this group of courtiers from the second to the sixth grade, it is very winkling, in the cabinet, Ning Zhiyuan is favored by Lu Yi'an, and Yan Liu's weapon is heavy, it can be said that it is relatively close to Yan Liu and Lu Yi'an, but Liu Zhen has also been deliberately cultivating a relationship, and now Liu Zhen's daughter wants to become the crown princess, and the future will naturally not be all the way, and now Ning Zhiyuan has specially stayed in Liu Zhen's mansion for a long time, but he is just making an appearance for the top.

"Today's New Year, you have to raise your love, Liu Zhen is grateful, a thousand words, turned into this glass of wine, come, Liu Zhen respects you a glass!"

Liu Zhen and Lu Yi'an were born in the same session, the title of the gold list, but it is not the same road as Lu Yi'an, Liu Zhen entered the Hanlin Academy, that is, he studied academics, and Lu Yi'an is engaged in court politics and relieves the emperor's worries, although he is now serving in the cabinet together, there are many people who compare these two with the same examination, but compared to their talent as character, Liu Zhen has been Lu Yi'an's subordinate defeat for 20 years, although the two have served together, but Liu Zhen has some more resentment in his heart, Every time he acts, he regards Lu Yi'an as an opponent and compares him to others, no one wants to be compared with the same person for more than 20 years, and he is always said to be incomparable, this resentment that has been squeezed for 20 years has changed a pedantic bachelor and made him sophisticated and sleek, everyone praises Lu Yi'an for having a good son-in-law, he has always been dissatisfied in his heart, and even because of this, he has mixed with the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court and participated in Shen Ke's book, the emperor's holy decree, this is an opportunity for Liu Zhen to subvert, no matter how powerful Shen Ke is, is just a courtier, his daughter, but the future crown princess and future queen, this glory makes Liu Zhen happy all this time, and he drank two more glasses today, and he didn't know why.

"Old Liuge, come, Xiaguan wishes you a blessed life like Mount Tai in the East China Sea."

The one who got up with the cup was Hu Zhengli, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, this person was the prince's party, Du Yiyi had seen it once, and his treachery was still fresh in his memory.

"Elder Liu Ge, Xia Guan wishes you many happy events this year."

After Liu Zhen pecked at the wine, the other man stood up with the wine glass, and judging from his flattering appearance, he could know that this was someone from the prince's party.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, the old minister respects you!" Liu Zhen took a sip, filled the wine glass, and sent it forward, signaling Ning Zhiyuan to raise his glass.

"Xiaguan also respects His Royal Highness Princess Rui with a cup, and I wish the two of them an early birth of a noble son with a white head for a hundred years!"

What Du Yiyi heard the most today was the congratulatory words, but how many of these congratulatory words were sincere, she knew at a glance, raised the corners of her mouth that were a little numb, and she said the words that she had said no less than twenty times now: "The prince's body can't drink wine, so let's replace the wine with tea and drink this cup!" ”

There are twelve guests at this table in Liufu, some of them came with their wives, most of them were alone, although Liu Zhen was older than Lu Yi'an, but the amount of wine was not bad, even if these people toasted in a circle, they couldn't make him drunk.

After three rounds of drinking, Du Yiyi calculated in his heart that the person who should have come has finally come, Liu Zhen's future son-in-law, the prince of Dahe, and the future emperor.

As soon as the prince arrived, the atmosphere on the wine table was even more enthusiastic, and even Liu Zhen, who had been smiling on the corner of his mouth, was also smiling happily.

Dressed in a brocade robe with an apricot yellow background, a jade Jinling belt around his waist, and thick-soled black-faced engraved silk riding boots, the prince walked all the way from the courtyard to the lobby, and respectfully and politely saluted the future old man on this table.

The prince has always been named after the Confucian scholar through Zhuzi for his heavy etiquette, even if he is the prince of the prince, he will not be arrogant to Confucianism, that is, he has won the support of those pedantic imperial history, the prince bent down slightly, it can be said to be a great honor for Liu Zhen, he smiled and stepped forward to help him up, with a little trepidation and said: "The lower official does not dare to accept this great gift!" ”

"Liu Ge Lao is a meritorious man of my Dahe's pillars, and he is also a master of Zhu Cheng's science, and he can afford to worship this prince, Liu Ge Lao, it seems that you are very lively here! It seems that the prince came too late, and I don't know if he missed any interesting things that shouldn't be missed! The prince's lips opened slightly, and the Adam's apple slid up and down with laughter, and helped Liu Ge Lao to sit down, he seemed to have just seen Ning Zhiyuan. Fourth brother, I didn't expect you to come so quickly! No wonder you left in a hurry in the palace before, it turned out that you came to Liuge Lao to drink! ”

The prince glanced at the tea cup in front of Ning Zhiyuan, and sat beside the old Liu Ge with a smile.

Ning Zhiyuan lowered his eyes and smiled, and took a sip of tea carelessly. "It's not that this king is coming quickly, but the prince you are coming too slowly, Liu Ge is the future father-in-law of the eldest brother, you are so sluggish, and you are not afraid that Miss Liu will be angry with you at that time?"

"What is the fourth brother talking about, Miss Liu is a reasonable person, not those who are unreasonable, Liu Ge Lao, you say yes!" The prince respectfully bowed his head to the old man of Liu Ge, smiled and picked up the wine glass and touched it with Hu Zhengli and drank it all. "Liu Ge Lao's wine is really good wine, the fourth brother's body can't drink wine, it's a pity!"

These words are as sharp as the tip of a needle, how can everyone not understand the meaning of the words, but the guests in this hall are all members of the prince's party, even if they understand the meaning, they will not be Ning Zhiyuan.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, although Shanlin is young, but reasonable is accessible, the prince is a noble person, and it is already a great honor to be able to come to the humble house!" Liu Zhen is well versed in the world, who doesn't know that this is a competition between the two, and the prince will rely on him to fight with Lu Yi'an in the future, so he naturally has to cater to it.

"It's rare for the fourth brother and sister to have such a good belly, I heard that the fourth brother approached a woman named Ziyue to the house a few days ago, the fourth brother, the third emperor uncle said it well, it was when he was young, but he didn't just want to have fun, the fourth brother still put his body first!" The prince squinted at Ning Zhiyuan, with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and the mockery in his eyes was undisguised.

"There is Brother Lao worried, and in two months, it will be the time when the eldest brother worships his ancestors and enters the East Palace, and the king is here, I wish the eldest brother can make his wish come true, and the second wish the eldest brother and his wife are happy." Ning Zhiyuan sneered, raised the teacup in front of him, and took the lead in taking a sip.

"Then borrow the fourth brother's auspicious words." The prince smirked and raised his glass to take a sip.

"The wine here is good, but it's a pity that this king can't taste it, Liu Ge Lao, this king still has some things to deal with, so he will stay soon, farewell!" Ning Zhiyuan's sauce-colored cheeks seemed to be the sauce pig's trotters on the porcelain white plate in front of him, and the prince was even more proud when he saw it.

"Your Royal Highness King Rui!" Elder Liu Ge didn't dare to offend Ning Zhiyuan like this, so he hurriedly got up, but just as he was about to take a step, the prince dragged him back: "Elder Liu Ge, come, drink this cup with me." Fourth brother, the eldest brother will not send it, go slowly all the way! ”

Ning Zhiyuan wrinkled his nose, walked down the steps with his sleeves and left Liufu.

Du Yiyi followed him steadily and got into the carriage with him.

has always just seen Ning Zhiyuan aggressively forcing people to have no way out, and today seeing that the prince is firmly beating him and suppressing his limelight, Du Yiyi has a little happiness in his heart, even if Ning Zhiyuan has the ability to compete with the prince now, but since the prince can be honored as the prince, he has the absolute ability to be proud of his brother as his second person in the world.

"Knowing that Liu Zhen and you are not on the same road, but you want to stay here, who is to blame?"

Du Yiyi didn't forget to cast two sneers.

"How long can he be proud!" Ning Zhiyuan held the window edge with one hand, and the hot air melted the snowflakes falling on the curtains, and Sen Ran's gaze was as terrifying as if it had emerged from hell.

Not far from the carriage, a black horse galloped over, and Qin Huai, who was searching on horseback, saw the carriage moving slowly forward, and immediately accelerated his speed and rushed over.

"Qin Huai is here."

Ning Zhiyuan squinted at the person who came not far away, and rolled the curtain up a little more.

"Lord Wang, His Royal Highness King Chao is waiting in the mansion!"

As soon as the two eyes met, the master and servant of five years had the same mind.

The carriage drove into North Street, entered Liudong Street, and stopped outside King Rui's Mansion, Ning Zhiyuan jumped out of the carriage, and Du Yiyi was about to get out of the carriage when he was stopped by him.

"You go back to the backyard first!"

Thinking of the incident the night before, Du Yiyi raised her eyelids and said with a blank face: "I'll go with you." ”

Ning Zhiyuan just glanced at it, and said more, and took the lead in entering the palace, in the palace hall, Ning Chaoge, who was wrapped in a snow-white robe, was sitting on the first chair on the left, holding a tea cup in his right hand, and slowly knocking on the table with his left hand unintentionally, humming a tune silently and happily.

"How long has he been here?" Ning Zhiyuan walked quickly around the rockery barrier.

"It's been two quarters of an hour!"

Qin Huai replied.

Stepping on the steps, Ning Zhiyuan smiled and walked into the lobby with his fists as he walked: "Second Emperor Brother, I've been waiting for a long time!" ”

"It's okay, when I came to your Rui Wang's Mansion today, I saw that it was a new look, Mr. Du has worked hard for you for many years to remove the eyeliner of others in the mansion, but it is for you to pick up a ready-made cheap!"