As soon as the king appeared, everyone didn't care whether he was unapproachable or not, and the previous gentle atmosphere was swept away, and after seeing the ceremony, they immediately seized this opportunity to talk about official affairs, including the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Households, and other large and small matters. There were even people from Taifu Temple who came forward to complain that the horses were not as good as a year, and asked if they should send someone to find someone to come back to feed the horses.

And the king of the crossing was in the midst of the chaos, there was no impatience and impatience, but the cloud glanced at everyone lightly, and everyone felt that the king must have heard his question, and gradually quieted down, hoping that he could give the most effective answer. He said: "This king has been ill recently, and he has resigned from his position with the emperor. ”

There were exclamations of exclamation around them, and they all said: "Lord, how can this work?" "Everyone wants to say that you have to do this, but who dares to say this? This world is the emperor's world, everything depends on the emperor's words, if you say that you have to cross the king, it is a great rebellion......

When everyone thought of this, they immediately looked at each other and their movements stopped. The prince's move is intended to avoid suspicion and retreat? Or is it a retreat?

Seeing that the crowd was no longer chasing him, King Du calmly walked to his place and sat down, his eyes passed through the crowd, and looked behind the screen. Although she couldn't see clearly, that kind of gaze wouldn't be anyone else except her. Ji Erlan felt that the other party seemed to be smiling, so he also subconsciously raised the corners of his lips and smiled in return.

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the green tendons on Emperor Yang Shen's forehead were beating faintly, and the cups and cups were thrown all over the ground: "What does he mean by this!" He's threatening me! ”

Li Zhonghan bowed and knelt aside, and persuaded repeatedly: "King Du is afraid of the emperor." ”

"Humph! Will he be afraid? "The emperor's face is pale, he can't understand Yang Zheng's temperament, if it is unchanged, then there is no dispute. This time, he took retreat as advance, just to let himself and the officials of various ministries see what kind of dirt he would become without him in the court! "He thinks I can't do it!"

Li Zhonghan didn't dare to accept this, and only said: "Since King Du is willing to take the initiative to step down from an important position, why don't the emperor seize this opportunity and assign all the affairs of the central government to the available people in one fell swoop." ”

"If it's so easy...... the emperor's face twitched a few times, thinking that the government has been controlled by the queen mother for many years, and the courtiers have formed gangs, how many people can pat their chests and promise to be loyal only to him, the emperor?! He, the emperor, is a real bag! And that Song Yuheng, who actually changed his tricks every day to show off his talents, was extremely hateful and stupid!

"However, even if it is not easy, I have to give it a try, the people who were promoted in the imperial examination this time are all personally selected and assigned by me, and there will be someone who can have my heart!"

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

Li Zhonghan beat a drum in his heart, the Queen Mother came at this time, didn't she want to add fuel to the fire? He hurriedly crawled on the ground and neatly cleaned up the scattered folds, and ordered the little chamberlain to come in and clean up the cups and broken porcelain. Then followed the emperor out to welcome the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was as glamorous as ever, with a pair of smart and upward phoenix eyes habitually squinting, slightly raising her chin, and at a glance, she knew that she was a harsh and strong woman.

"Queen Mother, why are you here?"

The Queen Mother walked up to the emperor, took a closer look, and asked, "Did the emperor lose his temper?" ”

Being seen through from head to toe makes it uncomfortable for anyone, let alone the emperor. But he could only answer honestly: "Erchen is just in a mood for a while, it's not a big deal, and the queen mother doesn't have to worry about it." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at him intently. She didn't plan to continue asking, she already knew, and she knew her son better than anyone else, so there was really nothing to ask. Then he said: "In this case, the emperor should hurry up and change his clothes, the hour is not early, and the mourning family will go first." ”

Seeing off the Queen Mother, the emperor's face was even more ugly than Fang Cai, and he stood under the eaves for a moment before he said in a deep voice: "Change my clothes!" ”

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Although Ji Chenglin has been officially promoted to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, there have been many complicated things recently, and the emperor has not yet awarded the Qin family a seal, so he cannot enter the palace to participate in the banquet at this time. The nobles all followed behind their parents, but Ji Erlan was the only one who occupied a seat, which was very conspicuous.

She suddenly didn't notice all kinds of eyes, and sat down in her place leisurely, raising her eyes to look at the upper seat.

Behind the beaded curtain hanging from the gold and jade, there were several concubines of the emperor, and Xiao Xun was also among them. At this time, she was already a mother, and her body was a little plump, but her face did not have much smile. Especially after seeing King Du, she suppressed her eyes and didn't dare to let people see it.

Ji Erlan sighed secretly, feeling sorry for her in her heart, only one step away, it was a different fate, poor creation made people, and the world made people.

Not long after, the queen mother and the emperor entered the Yuntai Hall with their front and back feet, everyone met the queen mother, and then got up to meet the emperor.

The jade concubine raised her hand to signal, the dancing girls dressed in light gauze Luo Qiyu entered, the music sounded, the Yuntai Hall was suddenly filled with golden brilliance, splendid neon clothes, more than 20 beautiful girls with long sleeves flying, clothes fluttering. Everyone felt that their eyes were full of light, and they were very dazzling.

The atmosphere gradually became lively, the emperor also called a few close ministers to talk and laugh, everyone began to push the cup and change the lamp, and the female dependents also had not intoxicating fruit and wine brews.

Therefore, the night banquet was in the name of celebrating the new upstarts in the DPRK and China, and many famous talents on the gold list were listed during the banquet. After three rounds of drinking, someone proposed a couplet of poems. The emperor readily agreed, and his eyes lingered on Hong Yan and the others.

Everyone knew that the emperor was going to promote his henchmen, so they also looked at them one by one. Those people suddenly felt like a thorn in their backs, quite nervous, only Hong Yan felt the scrutiny gathered from all around, without any panic and crampedness, it was still a situation in which Mount Tai collapsed forward and did not change color. The emperor's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and he smiled and asked the scholar Wang of the Hanlin Academy to give everyone a start.

Scholar Wang smiled slightly and said, "How about the old minister let the student Qin Cheng do it for him?" ”

Qin Cheng was instructed by Scholar Wang, so his seat was set behind Scholar Wang, and he did not sit with Hong Yan and the others. When everyone heard this, they all looked at this old-fashioned face in their thirties. Qin Cheng was surprisingly indifferent, without the slightest strange look, and still maintained his original respectfulness. Everyone couldn't help but compare him with Hong Yan, and then they remembered that Hong Yan seemed to be bent on asking to marry Qin Cheng's niece Ji Erlan.

Thinking of her, everyone thought of Ji Chenglin, the new Shaoqing of Dali Temple. This family is really unusual, could it be that all the lottery heads are occupied by their family? Everyone present couldn't help but exchange meaningful glances.

The emperor smiled condescendingly and promised to let Qin Cheng give everyone a start.

Qin Cheng got up and saluted, thought about it, and said, "Insist that Qingshan will not relax, and the roots are in the broken rock." ”

Hearing his words everywhere, I immediately gasped, the artistic conception of this poem, a 'bite', a 'broken rock' is really a 'thriller'...... Everyone didn't know how to evaluate it for a while, but Scholar Wang laughed out loud, got up and said to the emperor: "My student, I look honest on my face, but I am actually tough and stubborn in my heart. However, the old minister just likes his energy. ”

The emperor savored his two sentences, 'bite to the green mountains' and 'take root and break the rock'...... It is the pride of an indomitable and strong man who stands up to the sky. "Good! Very good! I like these two sentences very much, come on, reward! ”

Qin Cheng hurriedly thanked him, and the emperor's mood improved a lot, and asked, "I don't know which Aiqing can continue?" ”

Everyone pondered for a while, and Hong Yan Shi Shiran arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister has two sentences, I don't know if it's okay." ”

"Oh? You said? When the emperor saw that it was Hong Yan, he immediately said.

"The new pine hatred is not a thousand feet high, and the evil bamboo should be cut down ten thousand bushes."

Xinsong hates not to be a thousand feet...... Everyone savored it, and suddenly someone shouted, Hong Yan's mouth 'Xinsong' doesn't refer to himself, this poem just shows that he can't wait to grow up, serve the court, and share worries for the emperor. In the latter sentence, there is more decisiveness and determination to cut off the 'evil bamboo'.

These two sentences really spoke to the emperor's heart, and everyone couldn't help but admire them. Ji Erlan lowered his eyes and sarcastically in his heart: "Sycophant." ”

The emperor was overjoyed, and clapped his hands again and again: "Okay!" Reward! ”

Hong Yan bowed to the ground, but did not thank the reward, but said: "Qi to the emperor, the minister does not want to be rewarded, he just wants to take this opportunity to show the matter, and ask the emperor for permission." ”

Yan Xiang's gaze suddenly fell on Hong Yan, and he chuckled in his heart. He wanted to speak, but heard another person say up: "Your Majesty! ”

The emperor looked at Hong Yan and was about to ask, but Ji Chenglin suddenly walked out of the banquet and obstructed: "Your Majesty, the minister knows what Zhuang Yuanlang wants, but the minister thinks that the emperor must not agree!" ”

Hong Yan suddenly looked back at Ji Chenglin, and there was a faint ominous premonition in his heart, could it be that there was something wrong with his mother? He subconsciously looked towards the woman, but the veil blocked him, and he couldn't distinguish it at all.

"What doubts does Ji Aiqing have?" The emperor naturally knows Ji Chenglin, although he has not been in office for a long time in Beijing, he has made several contributions, large and small, and he is a usable person. But Ji Chenglin's words made him have strong doubts,

At this time, outside the Yuntai Palace, Yan Shicheng's stewards were in a hurry, and the corpse was identified by a special person, and it was not the Cui family at all, this Cui family must have found some way to get the golden cicada out of its shell, or it was taken away by others. No matter what, it must be unfavorable to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he quickly informed the Prime Minister of this matter, in case something happens during this period, who can afford it!

But the few people standing in front of him clearly wanted to prevent him from going in to report the news, what else did he not understand, something was going to happen!

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