At the beginning of the early dynasty, civil and military officials entered the palace in an orderly manner.

On the left is a civilian official, with three columns, headed by Li Mingchong, the first assistant of the cabinet.

On the right is the military general, also a three-row column, headed by Ye Xiu, the governor of the five armies and the governor of the middle army.

After dozens of people entered the hall, they stood in an orderly manner, bowing their heads slightly and facing the northern dragon throne to show respect.

Xiao Rui stood in a corner of the civilian camp, honestly supervising.

After a while, with the sound of Gonggong Hai, "Your Majesty has arrived"!

Emperor Xia walked in from outside the hall, and the pitch-black sky behind him was reflected behind him, like a god who broke through the darkness, and the five-clawed golden dragon on his body was shining with golden light under the illumination of the bright lights in the hall, lifelike. He walked steadily on the avenue in the center of the Golden Palace, and at this moment, Xiao Rui hid behind the civil officials and witnessed all this, and finally understood why everyone wanted to be the emperor.

Emperor Xia walked up the dragon steps and sat on the dragon chair.

"Long live my emperor." The civil and military officials bowed their hands.

Emperor Xia said: "You love Qing flat. ”

Hai Dafu sang: "Sit! ”

Only then did the civil and military officials dare to kneel and sit down.

Xiao Rui in the corner naturally couldn't sit on his knees, he was one of the few officials who was still standing. Compared to kneeling, it is more comfortable to stand.

Next, Gonggong Hai asked the hundred officials: "If there is something to do, play early, and if there is nothing to retreat from." ”

After asking three times in a row, Honglu Siqing took the lead in getting up and said, "Weichen has something to play!" ”

"Lin Aiqing, what do you want to play?" Emperor Xia asked.

Lin Yifeng, the secretary of Honglu Temple, said: "Back to Your Majesty, the envoys of the Great Yan Kingdom have entered the territory of Great Xia, and it is expected to arrive in the capital in a month. In order to show his attention, Weichen implored His Majesty to agree to allow the eldest prince Xiao Lie to be fully responsible for this matter, and the cooperation of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites can show the importance of our Great Xia Kingdom. ”

It is not a secret that Dayan Kingdom is visiting, but when it came, others did not know the exact time, and they didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Xiao Rui blinked, Emperor Xia had already handed over this errand to himself, so naturally he would not regret it on the spot, just see what he does.

Emperor Xia said with a smile: "Indeed, the Great Yan Kingdom attaches so much importance to visits, if the Great Xia Kingdom neglects its etiquette, it will indeed damage its image and face, and it is more appropriate to send a prince to preside." What do you think? ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Mingwen, the left attendant of the ministry, hurriedly came out and said, "Weichen has a performance!" Your Majesty, according to what Wei Chen saw, although the eldest prince has a noble character, he is young and old, but he is more interested in reading, and the purpose of the Great Yan Kingdom this time is clear, it is nothing more than to form an alliance and seek the help of our Great Xia, if a prince who is too scholarly and angry is sent to be in charge of this matter, Wei Chen is worried that there will be a mistake in the interview of the alliance. Therefore, Weichen suggested that the second prince be responsible, the second prince Xiao Yiheng has both civil and military skills, and he is from the queen, and his status is noble, which can better show the importance of my Daxia. ”

Xiao Ruile is happy, Lin Yifeng of Honglu Temple is the uncle of the eldest prince Xiao Lie, and this left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is the uncle of the second prince Xiao Yiheng.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any recommendations?" Emperor Xia was not confused and continued to ask.

Immediately afterwards, another official recommended the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince... Even Xiao Yan has an official recommendation.

Although Xiao Yan is not a party, his mother and his grandfather have connections.

Only Xiao Rui was lonely and miserable, and there was no official recommendation.

"If there is really no one to recommend it, it would be great, I can end up idle, hey..."Xiao Rui couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time couldn't help but guess in his heart, if this group of red-faced civil officials knew that Emperor Xia had handed over the task to Xiao Rui, I didn't know how to feel.

After the officials recommended him, Lin Yifeng of Honglu Temple continued to fight for Xiao Lie, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen still thinks that it is most suitable for the eldest prince to be appointed!" I heard that although Princess Linglong is a woman, she is very literate, once disguised as a man to participate in the imperial examination, won the three yuan and the first, until the palace examination was found out of her true identity, for a time it was rumored to be a good story of Yan Guo! The eldest prince's single essay collection is the most outstanding among the princes, and I believe that Princess Linglong will resonate because of her literary style, which is more conducive to the promotion of the alliance. ”

"If the paper is accepted, the second prince is not bad!" Zhou Mingwen shouted.

"The Eighth Prince Xiao Jing worshiped under Master Qiu, and his literary talent is also outstanding."

"The princes are all studying in the Jiwen Palace, which one is not a rich five-car?"

"Lord Wang, have you thought about this? His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince also learns to be rich and five cars? ”

"Don't count him!"

Xiao Feng was innocently stabbed.

......

Xiao Rui really wants to move a small Mazha and bring some melon seeds to watch the play quietly, look, this live broadcast of the civil and official fighting method is more intense than listening to books, no wonder it is an hour or two every morning, when is this going to be a head. I don't know how the military general on the other side held back his expressionless face, look... Zhang Jinfu, the Marquis of Zhongyong, frowned, his eyes were distracted, was he asleep, or was he thinking about national affairs?

The most wonderful thing is that Emperor Xia is not annoying, he is willing to be like a glutton, he listens to the advice of the officials, and when he feels that the time is almost right, he coughs lightly.

In an instant, the arguing officials were silent, and they all returned to their seats and knelt down.

"Since you Aiqing eagerly recommend several of my princes, and each has its own reasons, if I appoint them at will, it will be difficult to convince the public, and it will be unfair. It also happens that several princes are in the same class today, so let them come out and talk about their thoughts. Emperor Xia set the tone.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" All the officials drank together.

As the words fell, the eight princes stood in the center of the hall.

Emperor Xia glanced at it and said with a smile: "I remember that I seem to have nine princes. ”

The eight princes glanced at each other and saw that Xiao Rui was not among them.

Xiao Rui had no choice but to stand out from the corner and arch his hand: "Back to my father, my son is now on duty in front of the palace to supervise the imperial history, and he is conscientiously supervising the hundred officials. ”

Xiao Rui couldn't wait to leave the task of entertaining the Great Yan Kingdom, just to take this opportunity, anyway, Emperor Xia only mentioned it to himself, and did not make an order to announce it.

Emperor Xia smiled and nodded, and said with relief: "King Xian has such a dedicated heart, I am deeply grateful, very good, then you continue to supervise." ”

Xiao Rui was overjoyed, so to speak, his father is not asking for himself, beautiful!

Who knows, Emperor Xia looked at Xiao Lie and the eight people, and said solemnly: "You have to learn more from King Xian, since you have all arranged the positions for you, you must forget your identity, the first is the position, and the second is the identity of the prince." Giving you a five-month term is an attempt to see if you are capable of taking on the responsibility. King Xian has this ability, and his term of office will be extended by me, and he will be the palace supervisor of the imperial history, so he will always be the palace supervisor of the imperial history. ”

The corners of Xiao Rui's mouth twitched instantly.

!

Is this a threat from my father? If you don't want to be an errand envoy, then you have been supervising the imperial history in front of the palace, and you want to leave the capital to inspect the state capital? Daydreaming! Then everything will be messed up with your own plans.

"Yes!" The eight princes were a little surprised, but they still gave up.

Xiao Rui cried with a sad face, raised his hand, and asked: "Father, the son's words haven't been finished yet, why did the father praise him in advance, which flattered the son." ”

"Oh? King Xian didn't finish his words? Emperor Xia was deliberately surprised: "It seems that I am in a hurry, what else do you have to say?" ”

Xiao Rui could only bite the bullet and said: "Erchen thinks that the supervision task arranged by his father is important, but this is a kind of ego spirit, and it is Erchen's self-contained and self-denying mentality. The envoy of the Great Yan Kingdom is a major event between the country, if you can be the general responsibility, this is the spirit of the great self, and there is no major national event in the world. Therefore, Erchen was ashamed of his incompetent performance just now, and begged his father to agree, Erchen was willing to learn from several other princes, and he also had to work hard to win the important task of entertaining the envoys of Dayan this time, and he could not affect his own work. ”

It's finally back, it's not easy.

Xiao Rui swore that he would never play a little trick in front of Emperor Xia for a long time in the future, and he couldn't play him!

The next moment, the other princes glanced at Xiao Rui with a hostile expression, are you deliberately brushing your sense of existence?

Just play shamelessly, first suppress and then promote?