Volume 1 Chapter 498 Coincidental Encounter with Li Siming
It wasn't until he walked out of the imperial study that Ren Tianxiang felt an inexplicable pressure, and he guessed that this inexplicable pressure was mostly from the last words that His Majesty Xingheng said to him.
If he does this well, Xingheng will leave him a mansion in Dongcheng District.
Originally, Ren Tianxiang and Xing Lingluo's speculation was just speculation, they didn't get any hints from Xingheng before, but from Xingheng's every move and the words he said to them, as well as Xing Lingluo's experience, Xingheng might let Ren Tianxiang assist Xinglie in the future and become the next generation of the Star Emperor's court.
And because he never got Xingheng's signal, Ren Tianxiang only regarded the task given to him by Xingheng as a task, not an assessment - the task was completed as much as possible, if it was an assessment, Ren Tianxiang had to consider whether the whole process of dealing with this matter was in line with Xingheng's considerations.
But now it's different, Xingheng told him that if this task is completed well, he will leave him a mansion in Dongcheng District.
What is the Dongcheng District of Star City? This is where the important officials of the imperial court live, and it is not just an ordinary court official who can get a mansion, and it must be a person like a great official and a lord.
Xingheng's words are actually very obvious, he just wants to tell Ren Tianxiang that this task is the assessment of Ren Tianxiang, if Ren Tianxiang completes it well, he will make Ren Tianxiang a close minister and important minister of Xinglie's court after Xinglie ascends the throne, replacing the responsibilities that Xinglingluo will take over in the future.
Although Ren Tianxiang didn't have any thoughts about politics before, for the sake of Xing Lingluo, he was willing to enter the court of the Star Emperor Kingdom instead of Xing Lingluo, replace her duties, and stand closely by Xing Lie's side.
This is also what Ren Tianxiang has already decided, and he has already made preparations, whether Xingheng will give him the task at this time or give him such a task in the future, he will work hard to complete it and handle it properly for Xingheng.
Bidding farewell to the waiter, Ren Tianxiang walked into the Dongcheng District of Star City, when he came out too early before, and there was no court meeting today, so Dongcheng District was very deserted at that time, and it was rare to see people on the road.
But now it's different, you can see the people of the mansion who come out to do things everywhere above, and you can also see a lot of carriages traveling on the top of the Dongcheng District - these carriages are undoubtedly carrying the big names of the imperial court, and they are also specially allowed to ride in the carriages in the Dongcheng District, and these carriages can also leave the Star City through the East Gate of Star City.
Seeing these carriages driving slowly on the streets, Ren Tianxiang thought that there were no decent means of transportation in the princess's mansion now—there was not even a horse in the princess's mansion, let alone a carriage—so he had a whim and wanted to buy something for the princess's mansion.
Of course, these things should have been prepared by His Majesty the Emperor, perhaps His Majesty the Emperor had already prepared everything, and was waiting for Xinglingluo's coming-of-age ceremony to give these things to Xinglingluo. But Ren Tianxiang still wants to buy one, after all, everyone in the team will have to live here in the future, if there is only one of Xinglingluo, I'm afraid it will not be enough.
But unfortunately, Ren Tianxiang didn't know where to buy a carriage, and this idea had to be shelved, and when he came back from the south, he asked Xu Tai and Uncle Xu to see if he knew where to buy a carriage.
Walking casually on it, Ren Tianxiang also temporarily put down the task given to him by Xingheng, and just casually looked at the various mansions on both sides of the street, compared to the princess mansion where Xinglingluo fell, what kind of mansion is the princess mansion.
Therefore, the princess's mansion was worthy of being the county lord's mansion of the Star Emperor before, even if Ren Tianxiang went around in a big circle, he didn't find any mansions that could compare to the princess's mansion, let alone that these mansions had a river running through them, and even the mansions that could have a pond were relatively large.
This made Ren Tianxiang very satisfied, at least the star spirit still had some status in Xingheng, and she, the princess of the Star Emperor Kingdom, was not as low as she said before.
But then again, before Xing Lie was a year or two younger than Xing Lingluo, before Xing Lie was born, Xing Lingluo was cultivated as the sole heir to the throne, although Xing Lingluo didn't have much memory at that time, but she could still vaguely remember that at that time, both Xingheng and Xiao Ruoyu had very deep expectations for her. It was only later that after Xing Lie was born, Xing Heng and Xiao Ruoyu had a lot less expectations on Xing Lingluo, and more attention was paid to Xing Lie.
Although there is no habit of male superiority and inferiority of women in the Star Emperor Kingdom, for the purity and authority of the throne of the Star Emperor State, the first choice of the Emperor of the Star Emperor State is the male prince. However, Xing Lingluo did not abandon it because of this, Xingheng still asked her to study with Xing Lie and Xing Lie, and regarded her as a backup option, if something happened to Xing Lie in the future and could not inherit the throne, then Xing Lingluo would need to come forward to preside over the overall situation. And even if Xinglie succeeds in becoming the emperor of the Star Empire, she can also use her own ability to help Xinglie deal with government affairs.
After all, no matter what, one's own family is still more trustworthy than outsiders.
Of course, there are also hidden dangers in this practice - also as a royal descendant, Xinglie, as the emperor, may also be framed by Xinglingluo, so that Xinglingluo can also seize the throne.
But in fact, there are relevant regulations in the royal family of the Star Emperor Kingdom - as long as Xinglie becomes the emperor, then Xinglingluo will forever lose the right to inherit the throne, even if Xinglie died early and the prince is young, Xinglingluo will only become the regent of the Star Emperor State at most, and after the new emperor grows up, he will naturally return the throne to the new emperor.
And in Ren Tianxiang's thoughts, since Xing Lingluo is the princess of the Star Emperor Kingdom and even the future county lord, and it is basically impossible for her to become the emperor of the Star Emperor Kingdom, there is no need for her to be so affected and assist Xing Lie. If her duties had to be resolved, Ren Tianxiang would rather have him perform in place of Xing Lingluo.
This idea was actually said by Ren Tianxiang a long time ago when he mentioned the future of the two of them to Xing Lingluo, presumably the shadow guards who were with them at that time had already conveyed Ren Tianxiang's thoughts to His Majesty Xingheng, otherwise Xingheng would not have suddenly given up Xing Lingluo, who had basically learned something, and instead cultivated Ren Tianxiang from scratch - I'm afraid that His Majesty Xingheng, a father, doesn't want his daughter to be tired in the future because of the political affairs of the Star Emperor, as for Ren Tianxiang...... Since he wants to marry Xing Lingluo, then Xingheng will not have any psychological burden to make him casually.
While thinking wildly, Ren Tianxiang walked around in Dongcheng District, and because it was the first time to wander here, the streets were still a little unfamiliar, so he lived up to expectations and got lost......
After listening slowly and making sure that he had no way to confirm where he was now, Ren Tianxiang could only helplessly raise his hand and open the communication bracelet, ready to check his current position.
"Ren Tianxiang?"
Hearing someone call his name, Ren Tianxiang immediately raised his head. At this time, a carriage stopped in front of him, and the middle-aged man sitting in the carriage gently lifted the curtain of the carriage window and looked at Ren Tianxiang with some uncertainty.
Ren Tianxiang frowned slightly, realizing that he didn't know who this middle-aged man was, but he thought that since people could call his name, he must know himself. So he bowed slightly and said, "I'm Ren Tianxiang." With all due respect, may I ask your Excellency?"
"Heh, sure enough, it's you. The middle-aged man laughed and said, "It's normal that you don't know me, even I have only seen your portrait from Your Majesty...... You should have heard of my name, my name is Li Siming, the chief judge of the Ministry of Justice of the Star Emperor. Thank you so much for the previous things about Si Yu. ”
"It turned out to be Lord Li, disrespectful. Ren Tianxiang learned from the appearance of those officials he had seen, and said politely with Li Siming.
"By the way, I remember that the Princess's Mansion shouldn't be here, I don't know if you came here for something?" Li Siming immediately grasped the key point of the problem, in fact, it was also because he knew that Ren Tianxiang did not have many acquaintances in Dongcheng District, except for the Princess's Mansion, it was basically impossible for Ren Tianxiang to go anywhere.
"To tell you the truth, I just came back from the palace, I wanted to say that I was going to visit Dongcheng District, but I didn't expect to get lost while walking, and I couldn't find the princess's mansion. Master Li, I wonder if you could please point me out the location of the Princess's Mansion? ”
"I see, in that case, I'll give you a ride. It just so happens that I am going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice now, and I won't detour too much when I go to the princess's mansion halfway. While speaking, Li Siming asked his coachman to open the curtain of the car door, and said to Ren Tianxiang, "Come on." ”
"Then I might as well be respectful. Ren Tianxiang didn't shirk either, after all, Li Siming also showed kindness to himself, and he couldn't refuse, otherwise he would have alienated the relationship between the two in vain.
After getting into the carriage, Li Siming ordered the carriage to go towards the princess's mansion, and then looked at Ren Tianxiang, as if he was looking at him, and Ren Tianxiang was also looking at Li Siming.
This is the first time the two have seen each other, they have heard of each other from the people around them before, especially Li Siming, Li Siyu's evaluation of Ren Tianxiang in front of him is not ordinarily high, which also made Li Siming want to meet Ren Tianxiang a long time ago.
At the thought that His Majesty Xingheng was also going to cultivate Ren Tianxiang now, Li Siming felt more and more that the young man in front of him was extraordinary.
However, both of them were looking at each other, and there was really some silence in the car, so Li Siyu coughed lightly twice and said, "Your Majesty instructed me to send a few commissioners of the Criminal and Prison Department to cooperate with you to go south to investigate the matter of Xifeng, presumably you went to the palace just now for the matter of going south, right?"
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