Yuwen Zhengji rushed to the Zhaojing Palace, got out of the car, and wanted to enter the mansion without notice as usual.

As a result, he was stopped by the guards guarding the gate of the palace.

Yuwen Zhengji didn't react for a while, and asked the guards, "Are you new here?" Don't know me? I am Yuwen Zhengji, and Prince Zhaojing allowed me to enter the mansion without having to pass it on, don't you know this? ”

Who would have thought that the guards would come to the palace with a hard sentence: "We only know that we are guarding the palace here, and we never know that there are still people who can enter without passing the word." ”

Of course, Yuwen Zhengji didn't give up, but he didn't want to conflict with these guards, so he said to them in a good voice: "Since this is the case, I will bother a few people to go in and say that Yuwen Zhengji wants to see him." ”

"The prince said, no matter who asks to see him, he will not see him." The guard said mercilessly, "You better go back quickly!" ”

"I'm still bothering you to give a report, saying that Yuwen Zheng has an urgent matter to see," Yuwen Zheng begged without giving up: "If the prince hears that I came to ask for a meeting, he will definitely see him." ”

"Why are you so verbose? The prince said that he would not see anything, naturally no one would see him, and you would dare not take the prince's instructions in your eyes! The guard grimaced and refused to buy it.

Seeing him like this, Yuwen Zhengji's strength also came up, and he stood straight outside the door and said: "I still don't believe in this evil, I'm just waiting here today, if you don't let me in, the prince will always come out!" ”

"If you like to stand here, just stand farther away!" The guard reprimanded Yuwen Zhengji: "Otherwise, the knives and guns in our hands will not be long-sighted." ”

Yuwen Zheng stood aside angrily, and waited for a whole afternoon, and no one came in and out of the Zhaojing Palace, and of course the Zhaojing Prince did not come out of the palace.

Yuwen Zhengji ate a bowl of closed-door soup from the boss in Zhaojing Palace, and saw that it was already dark, after all, the weather was cold, and his body couldn't stand it, so he had to get in the car and go back to the house.

At the same time, in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are cars coming and going like a busy city, and the river is endless.

Anyone who is in politics has a good nose and a keen sense of smell like a hunting dog. If you smell something wrong, you will immediately run away, and if you smell a new trend of power, you will immediately run to join in the fun with your tail wagging.

Because a few days ago, Prince Zhaojing sent someone to send Xiao Xu a memorial ceremony, and this matter fell like a drop of water into a boiling oil pot. It instantly detonated Ling Tiancheng's circle of elites.

Therefore, there are often people who visit the Prime Minister's Mansion, and these two days are even more like a busy city, with cars and people coming and going, all of which are the icing on the cake.

Among them, there are naturally Sun Shilang and his son Sun Mingqian, this father and son are a pair of good dogs in front of Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's father and son, who run the most happily, jump the highest, and wag their tails the most flatteringly.

Now Prince Zhaojing sent Xiao Xu a memorial ceremony, which seemed to the father and son as if they had given a golden plaque to their family.

"Daddy, look, Fan Zuo's envoy is also here, seeing that he is holding such a big box, I don't know what kind of gift it contains." Sun Mingqian quietly asked his father.

"No matter what gift he gives, let us take the lead," Sun Shilang said confidently: "The prime minister's family is not short of money, and no matter how valuable his gift is, it can't be worth the loyalty of our father and son!" ”

"Daddy is right, or you have a long-term vision, and you found the big tree of Prime Minister Xiao early," Sun Mingqian said with a smile: "These people only remember to stammer now, but it's a little late." ”

It turned out that these people came to the Prime Minister's Mansion under the guise of sending a funeral, and the things they sent were very valuable, of course, not for the dead.

Just looking at these people coming and going with joy, where is the slightest feeling of condolence? The Prime Minister's Mansion is almost lit up today.

"Prime Minister Xiao Gongzi, please mourn, this is a little heart." A certain court official held a rosewood box in both hands, presented it, and said respectfully.

"There is Lord Lao Bai," Xiao Cheng replied, "bothered." ”

All the gifts sent were carried by the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the open hall at the back with the servants, and only after the guests left, Prime Minister Xiao looked at these gifts.

"The Humble House did not prepare a meal today, and you can't keep it for you in a hurry, and you will arrange the cups and plates another day, please come here to gather, it can be regarded as the old man returning your etiquette." Prime Minister Xiao Cheng said politely.

Those officials hurriedly shook their heads and waved their hands and said: "Don't dare to bother the prime minister, we all came spontaneously, but we just did our part, how dare we bother the prime minister to entertain again?" I'll go back later, Prime Minister, please stay. ”

"In this case, there will be no place in the next place, Xu'er came over to give a salute to the prince, you are a filial son, you should do this." Prime Minister Xiao commanded.

Of course, Xiao Xu was very proud of this kind of scene, and at this time, he came over after listening to Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's instructions, and made a not very dignified salute, and all the adults hurriedly returned the courtesy, as if Xiao Xu kowtowed to this head and really made them lose their lives.

When these people were gone, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng and Xiao Xu looked at each other and smiled.

It's just that the meaning of the two people's laughter is different, Xiao Xu is a smug smile, and Xiao Chengxiang is a scheming laugh.

"Uncle, I have seen the power of Prince Zhaojing today, he only sent a pair of elegiac couplets, and he actually attracted all these ministers in the court to visit our mansion. I quietly looked at one or two of those gifts just now, and each of them was worth 10,000 taels of silver. It seems that these big men in the court are all fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered! Xiao Xu said with a smile.

"Are you young and knowledgeable, let me tell you, the gifts in the back are not worth a word on the Zhaojing Prince's couplet," Xiao Cheng pointed at Xiao Xu: "Now these people come to give gifts is just the beginning, in the future, above the court, they all have to look at my eyes and act, I told them to go east, they will never dare to go west, I let them impeach whoever they will never dare to protect whom." ”

"Wonderful, in this way, your rights will really be open to heaven, uncle!" Xiao Xu heard Prime Minister Xiao Cheng say this, Bian Xi's whole body was itchy, his uncle's power was all over the sky, so he could do anything wrong.

"Xu'er, having said that, you must not get carried away because of this. You must know that Prince Zhaojing is showing favor to us, his marriage with your sister has not yet been decided, don't act rashly and ruin the overall situation. Prime Minister Xiao Cheng solemnly told Xiao Xu: "It's also a good thing that you are mourning in the house now, so you don't have to worry about going out and running around, you see that these people envy us on the surface and compliment us, it's hard to guarantee that people who don't have other thoughts, if they secretly stumble on us and make us lose face, then it will be worth the loss." ”