405: An unusual family dinner
Today's Qingguo world, the wind and rain are smooth, the country is rich and the people are safe.
Since Emperor Qing ascended the throne, he has carried out drastic reforms to this originally weak country, and in just over ten years, Nanqing has become the most powerful country on this continent, with two of the four great grandmasters sitting on it.
It's just that what many people don't know is that behind all this, most of the credit has to be attributed to the woman named Ye Qingmei.
Although this strange woman in the celebration of more than one year has not been able to create the ideal country in her heart as she wished, the world is already full of traces left by her, the inner library, the newspaper, the Supervision Yuan, the great master...
Lu Ze thought silently, the current situation in Kyoto is so treacherous, in fact, everything is directed at Ye Qingmei.
In the main hall of the East Palace, Lu Ze, who was dressed in gorgeous civilian clothes, was very noble, looking at the various files placed on the eucalyptus in front of him.
The bright sunlight shone in through the wooden window, and Lu Ze was the only one in the huge hall, Lu Ze habitually retreated left and right, and at this time he could see that most of the contents of the file were account books related to the royal treasury.
Lu Ze gently pinched his slightly furrowed brows, thinking about the various tricky things at the moment.
He is different from Fan Xian, he doesn't have so many fathers to help, the only father is still a great master who is good at hiding and likes to engage in the art of temple balance, and Emperor Qing's love for Fan Xian, an illegitimate son, is also not thin.
The queen also told Lu Ze that she should rely on the eldest princess Li Yunrui a lot?
Lu Ze smiled helplessly.
The queen didn't know that the eldest princess actually cooperated with the second prince Li Chengze behind her back, although this kind of cooperation was far less in-depth than the forbidden love between Lu Ze and the eldest princess's aunt, but the two have also made a lot of profits through Neiku over the years.
It's just a pity that at the beginning, Li Chengqian, the prince, only knew that he was immersed in the gentle hometown of the first beauty in Qingguo, and he didn't notice anything abnormal.
Of course, Lu Ze knew that Li Yunrui was not an object that could be relied on.
Because she's a real crazy woman.
This is the first beauty in Qingguo, her beautiful appearance is still the same as when she was a girl, but her heart has long become extremely extreme, and the appearance of Ye Qingmei completely subverted Li Yunrui's perception of women under the rule of imperial power, which had an incomparably far-reaching impact on her.
Right now, Li Yunrui is frantically chasing the delicacy of power, isn't he thinking about surpassing that strange woman?
"Inner Treasury Ownership..."
The news that Fan Xian is about to enter Beijing has spread in the capital.
It's just that only a very few people know that this time Fan Xian encountered another round of crazy assassinations in Danzhou, this round of assassinations came from the most mysterious supervision institute in Qingguo, although the assassination failed, but Lu Ze knew that the treacherous turmoil in the capital had become completely chaotic.
All forces appeared on the stage again and again to start the competition.
And Lu Ze's primary goal is also Neiku, as a modern person, Lu Ze knows that the real core technology of Neikuri does not belong to this era, although the eldest princess has been in charge of Neiku all these years, but the core technology is still in the hands of those shopkeepers surnamed Ye.
As long as Lu Ze takes the ownership in his hands, he can firmly hold this money-making machine in his hands in a short period of time, and it is not Li Yunrui's simple use of the inner treasury to smuggle for profit.
For Lu Ze, the high profits generated by the inner library are secondary.
The main reason is that Lu Ze, as the prince of Qingguo, needs to hold power in his hands if he wants to really stand on the stage of the capital.
Over the years, what Li Chengqian, the crown prince, has done has been seen by Emperor Qing, and Emperor Qing is naturally a little dissatisfied with the prince he selected, because this prince has not even been able to knock down the whetstone of the second prince Li Chengze over the years.
Emperor Qing wanted Fan Xian's illegitimate son to take over the inner library, on the one hand, he wanted to suppress Li Yunrui.
Over the years, the eldest princess's voice in the capital has become louder and louder, and Emperor Qing knows that his sister is in contact with his two sons, and he is a little dissatisfied with Li Yunrui's interference in the affairs of the prince and the Qing team.
Lu Ze knew the more important reason.
Because of this time
Emperor Qing is preparing to start a war with the Northern Qi Dynasty, and needs the money of the inner treasury to support the military and government, and although the eldest princess is capable, the inner treasury is far less prosperous in her hands than it was back then, and the internal corruption is extremely serious.
It's all my money.
You take two million, I divide a million, do I have to thank you?
Lu Ze knew the mental activities of Emperor Qing's father, and thought about improving his reputation, at least nominally he was still the prince of Qingguo, and he could hold some things in his hands justifiably.
"Fan Xian..."
"Wan'er..."
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Emperor Qing would hold a family banquet in the palace every week.
said that it was a family banquet, but in fact, Emperor Qing, the crown prince and the second prince had a meal together, and Emperor Qing, the parent, was to make all kinds of considerations to the two children during the meal, and the father was kind and filial to the son.
Lu Ze, accompanied by Gonggong Hou, came to the back pavilion of the Taiji Palace.
Taiji Hall is the place where Emperor Qing dealt with government affairs after the next dynasty, usually all the ministers will play right with Emperor Qing here, it is said that the most frequent person who comes to the Taiji Hall is Chen Pingping, the president of the Supervision Yuan, but in recent years, Dean Chen is in poor health, nothing happens, so he rarely re-enters the Taiji Palace.
"His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Last night, a batch of very fresh and fatty redfin snapper came from Danzhou, the sea fish was big, and it was still alive when it came, the old slave specially instructed the imperial dining room to stew for a few more hours, and now it is waiting for you and the second prince to enjoy, please here."
Father-in-law Hou is Emperor Qing's personal eunuch, and the old eunuch has a gentle expression.
Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has been following, and Gonggong Hou has been by Emperor Qing's side, and he has never made a mistake in handling large and small errands.
Lu Ze said a few words with a smile, but he quickly digested the news hidden in Gonggong Hou's words just now in his mind.
It is located in the east of Gyeongkook, facing the sea, and has a well-developed sea connection, but it is far from Gyeongkook Kyoto, and it takes about ten days to reach it by horse-drawn carriage.
And when the redfin snapper from Danzhou was transported to Kyoto, it was still alive?
This fish obviously didn't come through normal channels, it seems that it came with the redfin snapper, and there should be news of that Fan Xian.
The emperor's father took his bastard child very seriously.
Not long after Lu Ze arrived, Gonggong Hou brought another protagonist of the family banquet, the second prince Li Chengze.
Li Chengze's appearance is handsome, but the man's appearance is soft, Lu Ze has to admit that the second prince of the whetstone looks very good, and Li Chengze came to the pavilion and looked very respectfully towards Lu Ze.
"His Royal Highness the Prince."
Lu Ze got up and returned the salute and smiled: "Second brother doesn't need to be polite, my father said that there is no other identity in the family banquet, only father, son and brother."
Emperor Qing had countless concubines in his harem, but he only had five children.
The eldest prince Li Chengshu has always been stationed in Dongyi City, because the eldest prince's mother Ning Cairen is a Yi people, the eldest prince with Dongyi blood, born destined to miss the throne, so Emperor Qing has been training him as a military general, guarding the frontier for Qingguo.
The second prince is Li Chengze, who seems to be leisurely and complacent, but is actually skilled.
Lu Ze, the prince, is the third in line.
The fourth child is the illegitimate son surnamed Fan who is still on the way.
The fifth child, Li Chengping, is still a little kid at the moment, but the little Tai Sui in the Fengyue place, in the original book, this product is still open a green building with Fan Sizhe.
"Young."
"Red fish from Danzhou?"
"That's a blessing!"
Compared with Lu Ze, who was sitting upright, Li Chengze didn't look very active.
The second prince couldn't sit still, so he walked around in this huge pavilion, and from time to time looked towards the 10,000 carp lake not far away, which raised countless koi fish, and the 10,000 carp that would be attracted after sprinkling fish food jumped, and the scene was amazing.
Seeing this, Gonggong Hou, who was waiting next to him, hurriedly coughed a few times, for fear that the second prince would fall into the lake.
Lu Ze laughed
smiled, but quickly stopped laughing, because a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to him at this time.
[In view of the general environment,
Dressed in a white tulle robe, a few strands of hair were randomly attached to the back of the ears and the side of the face, looking a little uninhibited, and the man's slightly emaciated face had a smiling smile.
What was impressive was his deep and bottomless eyes, and no one in the Qingguo court dared to look directly into his eyes.
Because he is Emperor Qing.
Because he is the master of Gyeongkook.
"Sons and daughters meet their father!"
Lu Ze and Li Chengze saluted Emperor Qing together, and the latter waved his hand casually: "Let's eat."
The atmosphere of the family banquet was not so tense, and Li Chengze next to him naturally picked up the fast son and ate the dishes in a big mouthful, compared to the gobbling up of the second prince, Lu Ze's eating appearance was much more elegant, but the speed was not satisfied.
Emperor Qing only ate two bites and then put down the fast child, he just quietly watched his two children eating.
Since Emperor Qing came to the pavilion, Gonggong Hou took the initiative to retreat left and right, leaving only the space for this family of three to be alone, this old eunuch even understands Emperor Qing's mind better than those ladies in the harem.
Emperor Qing's gaze suddenly fell on Lu Ze.
Lu Ze raised his head a little puzzled, only to see the corners of Emperor Qing's mouth raised, and he slowly spoke: "Qian'er has eaten more today than before."
Li Chengze next to him glanced at a few empty plates on the dining table, and nodded very approvingly, in the past, the prince held his own identity, and even the family banquet only tasted a few bites, and he would not let go of eating, today Lu Ze ate no less than the second prince who devoured it.
"This Danzhou red fish tastes very delicious, so my son ate more."
Emperor Qing nodded, and his eyes unconsciously glanced to the west, with a complicated expression, which was the direction of Danzhou.
After eating, Emperor Qing began to study the question between Lu Ze and the second prince about the six arts of the gentleman.
Etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Although Emperor Qing is a doer, he did not abandon all these things for the six arts, but recognized the importance of them, and he was also very affected by Ye Qingmei in those years.
This time, Emperor Qing's question was extremely profound, and it was about number problems.
Li Chengze's brows furrowed slightly, the second prince, who had always prided himself on being extremely smart, was in deep thought at this time, his fingers kept making comparisons under the table, looking for an answer in distress.
"Qian'er."
"You say."
After a long time, Emperor Qing spoke.
Lu Ze bowed his head slightly and replied yes, and then replied quickly without being humble or arrogant.
"Erchen thinks this is the problem..."
After listening to Li Chengze, who was next to him, his eyes showed a look of shock, he didn't expect the prince to be able to answer such a difficult question, and even Emperor Qing's face flashed a hint of discoloration, and he nodded very approvingly: "Very good."
Just when Lu Ze and Li Chengze thought that the study was about to end.
I heard Emperor Qing suddenly ask again: "The child of the Fan family that Wan'er is engaged to is about to enter the capital, do you two think that the royal treasury should be handed over to him?"
"After all, it was I who promised that whoever married Wan'er would be able to take over the inner library."
Lu Ze didn't have the hesitation of Li Chengze, and said directly: "Let's take a look first."
Emperor Qing nodded with great satisfaction, not because of how perfect Lu Ze's answer was, but because he answered fast enough, Emperor Qing always felt that his temperament as a prince was too gentle and gentle.
But I think today's prince is much more pleasing to the eye.
Emperor Qing laughed, "Then let's take a look first."
After finishing speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.
Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief, today's family banquet was not as comfortable as he imagined, and when he got up and was about to leave, he found Li Cheng behind him
Ze Zheng looked at himself and seemed to be smiling: "Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behaved perfectly in front of his father, and he was very impressed."
Lu Ze looked at the second prince who was not as free and easy as when he first entered the pavilion, and turned his head to leave.
I silently recited the sentence in my heart: whetstone.
As soon as he walked out of the Taiji Palace, Lu Ze found that the deputy commander of the Ouchi guard on duty today was Gong Dian, who was familiar with Lu Ze, but Lu Ze did not come forward to greet the deputy commander too much.
His father's eyes are very vicious.
In the original book, such a private matter as the palace code receiving the prince's calligraphy and painting was known to Emperor Qing.
His son was too close to his personal bodyguard, and Emperor Qing, the big boss, naturally felt uncomfortable in his heart, and later the palace code noticed something wrong under Emperor Qingdi's hint, and tore off the incomparably precious calligraphy and paintings in front of the prince, which was regarded as saving his job.
Lu Ze just said a little hello to the palace and left, and just after walking a few steps, he met the palace maid who was waiting for her.
"His Royal Highness the Prince."
"The eldest princess, please."
Lu Ze was big again.
I don't know how the prince in Qing Yunian's original book was so bold to get together with Li Yunrui, after all, Changxin Palace is still in the palace, once the matter of the two of them leaks out, it will be the end of all burping.
Just wanted to refuse, Lu Ze thought about the news that Fan Xian would enter Beijing.
Li Yunrui, as Lin Wan'er's mother-in-law, naturally would not watch her daughter marry this Fan Xian, let alone agree to hand over the treasure of Neiku, who made money, and the current Lu Ze was one with the eldest princess in the eyes of people.
He sighed silently in his heart.
Mom sells batches.
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In Changxin Palace, Li Yunrui wore a black and gold dress, showing his elegance.
"Qian'er."
"You're here."