During the New Year's Festival, according to the practice in the palace, each prince and princess will receive a reward from the palace. This year's reward is a little different, first of all, the prince got the first share, which is the righteousness of nature, but it is more generous than in previous years, and there is also a book written by His Majesty. The second is that the reward of the second prince has also gone up to a level, and the gift of the eldest prince who is far away at the border has been given a pair of bows and arrows, and the most important thing is that with this pair of bows, there is also a will, announcing that he will return to Beijing to be crowned king when the grass grows at the end of summer.

The courtiers in Kyoto were confused, not knowing what His Majesty was thinking. Judging by the appearance, the crown prince's position is still extremely stable, so why did he call the eldest prince back? This prince has been leading the army abroad for many years, although he is not the eldest son, and if he returns to Beijing, the underwater situation is only a little unstable.

There is also an edict in the palace reward that is very eye-catching, it is issued to the Taixue Wupin Fengzheng Fan who is hiding on the Cangshan Mountain, and His Majesty actually gave a reward according to the etiquette of the horse, and the officials guessed that this should be for the sake of Miss Lin's face.

The New Year's Pass is frequent, the official gentry and the courtyard give gifts to each other, and the people who are familiar with each other will also visit in person, and there are two messengers with rich gifts also go to Cangshan, these gifts are from the East Palace of the Prince and the Second Prince's Mansion, and the object of the gift is still Fan Xian.

Everyone thought that once the chūn was over, Fan Xian was hindered by the identity of the "county lord and concubine", and it was difficult to improve in the officialdom, and His Majesty would order him to take over the inner library. Therefore, the crown prince and the second prince must rush to increase their efforts to win over before this incident happens, but they are very hidden, and I believe that no one should find out about those messengers who give gifts.

............ "What did the second child give?"

His Majesty, the emperor of Qingguo, leaned on the soft couch, wrapped in a black sè on his body, his face was calm, and a few wrinkles were particularly obvious on his well-maintained face, and his eyes were quietly looking at the goose-feather-like snowflakes outside the study.

Chen Pingping coughed twice, tightened the blanket on her knees, and replied respectfully: "It's a collection of poems from the previous dynasty." ”

The emperor smiled slightly, but there was a hint of ridicule at the corner of his lips: "My second son likes to play sour texts, but he thinks that everyone in the world is like him." Fan Xian casually wrote a poem, but there were countless poets in the previous dynasty, and this gift was too unsophisticated. ”

He then asked, "What did the prince give?"

"A box of mahjong made of jade. Chen Pingping touched her smooth jaw with her hand, looked at a large area of flat snow in the palace with her eyes, and narrowed her eyes slightly, "Fan Xian likes it very much." ”

Fan ...... Idle, it seems that there is indeed a willingness to be a rich idler. His Majesty said softly: "The crown prince gave this gift, I don't know who in the East Palace came up with the idea." ”

"It's supposed to be something Xinqi. Chen Pingping smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what Fan Xian thinks, but the minister knows that the Lord of Chen County and the second young master of the Fan family love to play cards." ”

The emperor's eyebrows curled, and he said, "How is the morning girl?"

Chen Pingping replied with a small meaning: "There is a fan who knows the warmth and coldness by his side, and he should be happier than in the palace." ”

"No one in this house can really be happy. The emperor smiled and said, "You really decided to let Fan Xian envoy to Northern Qi?"

Chen Pingping sat in a wheelchair, still bowing her head with great difficulty, and saluted: "Yes." Since Majesty agrees with the minister, the minister will start to arrange, if Fan Xian does not do something for the courtyard, it will be difficult to really master the courtyard in the future and serve His Majesty. ”

The atmosphere between the two suddenly became silent and cold, the emperor looked at Chen Pingping's head coldly, and said faintly after a while: "Don't forget jì, he is the blood of the royal family, how can he take risks!"

............ After a long silence, Chen Pingping smiled with some difficulty and insisted on her opinion: "Master, the problem is that he can never become the bloodline of the royal family, and the minister, as a subordinate of the master, wants to seek a safe future for him." He paused and said: "If he takes over Neiku, he will definitely become the object of the princes' vigorous wooing, and the master doesn't want to see this situation, so it's better to let him go out and avoid the limelight, and it's not a matter to hide on the mountains all the time." ”

The emperor looked coldly at the cripple in front of him, this was an old dog in the eyes of the ministers, but how long had he not heard the word master come out of his mouth?

"That's right. The emperor slowly closed his eyes, and it seemed that at this moment, the wind and snow in the palace disappeared without a trace.

Chen Pingping sat quietly in a wheelchair, waited for a long time, and finally waited for the next sentence of the Son of Heaven: "It's just that you have to be clear, Si Nanbo and Prime Minister Lin will not agree to this arrangement, and when I stay for a while, I will be annoyed to death." ”

"Let's go!"

The crisp shout of the little eunuch sounded under the eaves of the Xingqing Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids poured out from the side of the palace, carrying the Son of Heaven to serve the emperor and walk to the front hall.

The emperor was half-closed, holding his jaw and didn't know what he was thinking, his palm slowly stroked the slightly hot small charcoal stove, and after a while, he sighed, opened his eyes, looked at the familiar palace scene, and shook his head gently.

―――――――――――――――――――――――― the main hall of the palace, the eunuch came out with a whisk of dust and recited in a clear voice: "The Holy Lord has arrived." ”

The ministers below who had been waiting for a long time cleaned up their clothes, bowed to the ground, and shouted long live from the mountains. The emperor glanced at these courtiers, slowly walked to the dragon chair and sat down, and said, "Get up." ”

The courtiers listened to the words before they got up, but these high-ranking officials and nobles were living in Kyoto, and they couldn't help but be a little fat and weak, so their movements were slow and inconsistent, and they didn't look funny.

............ "Everything else has been negotiated, and it is time to implement the agreement that was drawn up with the north last year. The emperor's god seemed to be not very good, half-leaning on the dragon chair, "Ministers, can there be a suitable envoy?"

In the past few months, there have been rumors that the prime minister's new son-in-law, Taixue Wulu Fengzheng Fan Xian, may be assigned to envoy to Northern Qi. Prime Minister Lin Ruofu always thought that it was the civil servants who opposed him in the DPRK and China, so he had made full preparations for a long time.

Originally, the two Fan Lin clans have always looked at each other unpleasantly in the court, one is a down-to-earth imperial faction, and the other has some inexplicable relationship with the eldest princess, and with Fan Xian's entry into Beijing, all the Yiqiē have undergone drastic changes. The prime minister broke with the eldest princess, but Fan Shilang became his in-laws.

Fan Jian, the head of the household, was a little behind, and he glanced at the front of the queue and found that Prime Minister Lin Ruofu was also looking at him. The two of them looked at each other and smiled slightly.

"On the sage, the minister thought that when the Honglu Temple Shaoqing Xin Qiwu negotiated last time, he acted neatly and benefited a lot for the country, which was really a good talent, and if Xin Shaoqing was the envoy for this return visit, it was the most appropriate. ”

The one who came out to reply first was Prime Minister Lin Ruofu's protégé, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple Ren Shao'an, because the current rì dynasty was going to discuss the matter of the return visit, and he had to ask his opinion on etiquette and specifications, so he and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple Xin Qiwu were both in the hall.

Of course, he understood that the prime minister would definitely not want his son-in-law to travel thousands of miles to the enemy country, although there was certainly no problem in terms of security, but the mountains were high and the road was far away, and when he tried it, Fan Xian would definitely be promoted again, and if he sent an envoy immediately, who knew what would become of the DPRK in a few months?

In fact, the meaning of the prince's east palace is similar to that of the prime minister, now there is no eldest princess going crazy behind the prince's back, and the prince is also much more mature in thinking about the problem, thinking that Fan Xian will stay in Beijing and immediately take over the inner library, and at the same time increase his efforts to win over, this is the right way, if he can take advantage of this to master Fan Shilang and repair the relationship with the prime minister, it will be better, not to mention that chūn is coming, and the East Palace still has a place to rely on Fan Xian.

From this point of view, no one should mention that Fan Xian went to the Northern Qi Dynasty. After all, if you offend the Fan family, even if you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties and a scholar, and at the same time face the hatred of those two old guys, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it.

So the palace suddenly fell into silence, it seemed that all the ministers recognized Xin Qiwu's envoy to Northern Qi, and even Xin Qiwu himself began to prepare to receive the order and leave for Fan.

The emperor frowned slightly, as if he had not thought of the current situation, and gently placed the stove in his hand on the yellow satin table next to him.

At this time, one of the courtiers came out and said in a deep voice: "The minister is too learned to be honest and idle, and he is an envoy to Northern Qi." ”

The ministers categorically did not expect that someone would be willing to offend the Fan Lin family, and countless eyes were focused on him, only to find that it was Qin Heng, the counselor of the Privy Council, who spoke, this Qin Heng belonged to the military background, but he was not afraid of the eyes of the civil officials, but everyone was puzzled, even if you were a member of the Privy Council, there was no need to offend the prime minister and the Fan family?

Hearing this, Prime Minister Lin Ruofu's face remained unchanged and very quiet, and Si Nanbo Fan Jian smiled slightly helplessly. Due to the relationship with Fan Xian, it is naturally inconvenient for these two old foxes to say anything, but they have good officials to stand up for them, and after hearing a discussion in front of the palace, a courtier said in a deep voice:

"The minister thinks it's inappropriate, Xiao Fan is only seventeen years old, and he has not had the slightest officialdom encouragement, and he sent an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty, which is a major event to promote national prestige and make friendships. Although Lord Xiao Fan is talented, but under the lack of experience, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on such a heavy responsibility, on the other hand, Xin Shaoqing, calm and proper, this trip to the Northern Qi, should be able to go all the way smoothly. ”

Xin Qiwu sighed in his heart, knowing that he had to take the initiative, stepped out of the queue, bowed down and begged: "Minister, I am willing to serve the country." ”