Yan Li received the news that Su Xingze was staying in the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Officials on the same day, and he was shocked and angry.

Called the staff and asked with a calm face, "What's the matter?" How could Su Xingze live in Shen Xian's mansion?"

The staff didn't know what the situation was, it was too sudden, "Your Highness, I have never heard that Shen Xian has anything to do with Jiangzhou Thorn Shi Su Xu, and I don't know what is going on, Shen Xian has always been a maverick, you also know this......

"Go check!" Yan Li dropped a teacup.

The staff trembled and hurriedly responded.

The talents who entered Beijing from all over the world are very concerned, especially the great changes in Jiangzhou a while ago, and the Jiang family was dismissed by the nine clans, so Su Xingze, a talented son in Jiangzhou, although he has been low-key since he came to Beijing, is still very concerned.

Not only the eldest prince Yanli is concerned, but the second prince Yanlin is also concerned, and the rest of the ambitious four princes and five princes, without exception.

The same goes for the emperor.

On this day, after the morning court, the emperor called Shen Xian to the imperial study, stared at him for a moment, and asked aloud, "Shen Aiqing, I heard that your mansion has a talented man in Jiangzhou?"

Shen Xian arched his hand, his face was as usual, with a straight face, not smiling, "Back to Your Majesty, Xie Yuan's student, you know, the minister and Xie Yuan have the friendship of the same department, he came to trust the minister to take care of his students, why didn't the minister give him this face?"

"Huh?" The emperor was surprised, "He's Xie Yuan's student?"

Shen Xian nodded.

The emperor suddenly, "I remember, Xie Yuan has been staying in Jiangning County all these years, it is said that he has a temper with Su Xu, and Jiangning County has been governed at night, and a large part of it is due to Xie Yuan."

Shen Xian was silent.

"Su Xing is Su Xu's son, and it is not strange to worship Xie Yuan as a teacher." The emperor was originally a little dissatisfied with the actions of the East Palace for a while, and wanted to teach the East Palace a lesson or two, but now that he is Xie Yuan's apprentice and is left in the mansion by Shen Xian, there is this relationship, so he naturally can't take Su Xing anymore.

Although the emperor didn't think it was a big deal that the huge Liang lacked a talent like Su Xingze, he didn't think that one more of them could change the situation, even if he was Xie Yuan's student, Xie Yuan was indifferent to fame and fortune, could he teach any careerist?

The emperor was relieved and asked, "What is Su Xingze's talent and character?"

Shen Xian did not hesitate to praise, "In the opinion of the minister, it is extremely good, I can only say that he is worthy of being a student of Xie Yuan, a golden autumn scientific examination, a champion talent, entered the Hanlin Academy, cultivated for a few years, and after coming out, he can become the auxiliary minister of the society."

The emperor didn't expect Shen Xian to give Su Xingze such a high evaluation, and he didn't take it seriously, but when he heard this, he was a little interested in exploring, "Oh? If you let Mrs. Qin listen to this, do you think he will jump to his feet? Qin Taifu taught Zhou Gu that Jin Qiu wanted him to win the champion."

Shen Xian's expression paused for a moment, and it seemed that he was rarely stuck, "This, I can't say."

Although Zhou Gu didn't look at it, as long as the discerning people would know that he was a piece of jade, otherwise he would not have been thrown by His Majesty to the East Palace to accompany the prince to read, back then, His Majesty was not as powerful as he is now, and he had not suppressed the prince.

The old protector of the country, Lao Jiang, saw it clearly, took precautions, and sent Zhou Gu to the East Palace, which can be described as far-sighted.

Shen Xian couldn't help but admire the old protector at this time, he and the eldest princess of Sheng'an were not ordinary people, and they would control His Majesty's temperament steadily.

The emperor smiled, "Since you say so, then I want to see who this year's champion is."

Shen Xian also wanted to know.

Out of the imperial study, Shen Xian strolled outside the palace and met Yan Li, the eldest prince who had just come out of the palace of Concubine Xian and was about to leave the palace.

Shen Xian glanced at the eldest prince and arched his hand, "Your Highness."

Yan Li returned the salute, "Lord Shen, this is just seeing my father?"

Shen Xian nodded.

Yan Li knew Shen Xian's temper, and it was useless for him to talk around the corner, so he simply asked directly: "This hall heard that Su Xing stayed in Lord Shen's mansion, can this hall ask what is the relationship between this Su Xing and Lord Shen?"

Yesterday he asked his staff to send someone to check

, After checking for a long time, he only found out that Zhou Gu accompanied Su Xingze to the Shen Mansion, and Shen Xian left Su Xingze behind, these years, the Protector Mansion and the Shen Mansion have no friendship, and they don't usually move around, this time it's really strange, he guessed, could it be that the Protector Mansion and the Shen Mansion have some backs that others don't know?

His subordinates couldn't find out more inside information in a short period of time, so Yan Li simply stopped Shen Xian and asked.

Shen Xian said directly: "This official and Xie Yuan were in the same department back then, and Su Xing was Xie Yuan's disciple."

Yan Li was stunned.

Shen Xian arched his hand, "This official still has important matters, so I won't talk with His Highness."

Shen Xian, as always, didn't say much, turned around and left.

Yan Li looked at Shen Xian's back and gritted his teeth, he really didn't expect Su Xingze to be Xie Yuan's apprentice, in this way, it seemed impossible for him to take revenge on the East Palace through Su Xingze.

He was depressed in his heart, cleaning up Su Xingzhi, offending Xie Yuan, and stirring up the East Palace and the Protector Mansion was nothing, but Shen Xian, he was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the end of this year was the triennial official assessment, and he still wanted to arrange people to dispatch, so naturally he couldn't offend Shen Xian.

It seems that if you want to deal with the East Palace, you can only think of another way.

Yan Li walked outside the palace while thinking, walked out of the palace, and halfway there, he met the carriage of the second prince Yan Lin.

The two people who used to ignore each other stopped the carriage in unison, and Yan Lin poked his head out, "Big brother, find a place to have a cup of tea?"

"It's boring to drink tea, drink bar!" Yan Li said: "There is a new welcome shop in Beijing, selling drunk flowers, I have sent someone to buy it, and it does have a unique charm compared to other wines."

"Okay." Yan Lin has no opinion, "The drunken flower drink is indeed good, suitable for drinking."

So, the two brothers went to the welcome square together.

The shopkeeper of the welcome shop was an old man, and when he saw the distinguished guest, his face was full of regret, but it was a pity that he couldn't slaughter a sum of money, "Two sons, I'm sorry, the wine in the small shop is sold out today."

"You have too little to offer." Yan Lin doesn't believe in this evil, "Do you want to make things scarce and expensive? This prince does not eat this set. If you don't have any wine today, you have to conjure it up for me."

The shopkeeper took a closer look at the waist card on Yan Lin's waist, and said "oops" in his heart, thinking that there was someone who was not easy to mess with today, he made a bitter face, "The drunken flower drink is really sold out, even if you kill the villain, Your Royal Highness, the villain will not be able to change it for you."

Yan Lin's face was ugly, and he wanted to say, "Then the prince will kill you." , only to hear Yan Li ask, "When will there be?"

The shopkeeper held out a finger.

"A day later?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed, "Ten days later."

Yan Li: "......"

Yan Lin glared, "Why are you drunk flowers so hard to arrive? Could it be that the winemakers are thousands of miles away?"

The shopkeeper nodded again and again, "You guessed it, it's true, it's a long way, and it really can't be reached for a while. But ......"

The shopkeeper's inspiration moved, "Yesterday there was a new batch of wine, called Baihua Brew, which is not worse than Drunken Flower Drink, and even this wine is more expensive than Drunken Flower Drink, why don't you two try it?"

Yan Lin sighed, "It's really not worse than a drunken flower drink?"

"You will know if you taste it, and the villain will not dare to lie to you." The shopkeeper hurriedly said.

"Okay!" Yan Lin nodded in agreement.

Yan Li has no opinion.

The shopkeeper led the two into the private room upstairs.

The welcome shop is not only famous for drunken flowers, but also for the dishes, so although it is mainly sold wine, when there is no wine to sell, there are also a lot of customers, and many people come to the dishes.

Yan Li and Yan Lin sat down after entering the private room, waiting for the shopkeeper to send someone to bring wine and food, open the wine jar, and suddenly the wine was fragrant.

Yan Li loves wine and immediately says, "Good wine!"

Yan Lin also had nothing to say, and nodded, "Well, it smells good."

"You two slow down." The shopkeeper is satisfied, and now the purse has made money again, and secretly boasts of his wit. It is said that this wine was shipped by the master as a gift, and he did not plan to sell it, but he didn't care about it for now, and he made money. Anyway, the master was at the beginning

I also said that the world is big, and the money is the biggest.

After a few cups of potholed flowers, Yan Li and Yan Lin were very comforted in their stomachs, and Yan Lin took the initiative to ask Yan Li, "Big brother, why don't we join forces?"

Yan Li also had this intention, "If we fight alone, I'm afraid we won't be able to pull down the East Palace, but if we join forces, it will be feasible." After he finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes, "But second brother, are you sure?"

"What's the uncertainty about? Isn't the biggest stumbling block in front of us the East Palace? The thoughts of my father are well known to everyone, what is the idea of supporting you and me in the past two years? It's nothing more than a tripartite way of checks and balances, but big brother, do you think it's really good for you and me if it drags on like this? I'm afraid that the crown prince's position will become more and more stable in the future." Yan Lin disdainful, "The prince is not afraid of delay, you and I can't. One day he sits on the throne of the prince, and one day you and I have to be a head shorter than him."

"Not bad." Yan Li bowed his head, "Since you also have this intention, then we will decide, pull him off the horse first, and as for the future, you and I will rely on our own abilities."

Yan Lin raised his glass and clinked glasses with Yan Li, "Cheng!"