Out of the palace, Fang Yuan returned to the household department.

But as soon as the talent arrived at the door of the household department, he was stopped.

It was the eunuch of the East Palace who invited Fang Yuan to the East Palace.

Fang Yuan was a little speechless, because it was a long distance from the imperial study to the household, and from the household to the East Palace.

The key is in the palace, unless the emperor allows it, otherwise you can't sit in a sedan chair, you can only walk over with your legs.

After some time, Fang Yuan arrived at the East Palace and met with Li Chengqian.

When I saw Li Chengqian this time, he did not sit in a wheelchair again.

Seeing Fang Yuanlai, he got up cordially and walked towards Fang Yuan.

"Fang Yuan, congratulations on your promotion to the head of the household!"

"Bengong has not been weak in his legs these days, and now I have a chance to congratulate you."

Li Chengqian smiled kindly.

Politely invited Fang Yuan to sit down.

It's true that the legs and feet are not sloppy these days.

But more to see if there were really Boling Cui clan soldiers attacking Fang Mansion.

Fang Fu unexpectedly won the victory, killing more than 500 people, which surprised Li Chengqian, so he invited Fang Yuan.

"Write about Your Highness."

"How is Your Highness doing now?"

Fang Yuan said politely.

More attention is paid to Li Chengqian's leg and foot problems.

Historically, Li Chengqian had a leg disease, which should be the problem that fell this time.

After so many days, it has not been completely healed, and the throne will gradually drift away from him.

"It should be fine in a few days."

"Don't say you're unhappy, how are you doing at work now?"

The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes were a little gloomy, but they disappeared quickly.

He returned to his place, and a beautiful palace maid came over and poured wine for him and Fang Yuan.

"I'm getting used to it."

Fang Yuan took a drink to moisten his throat and said slowly.

In the ten days since he was appointed as the head of the household department, thanks to Cui Zhentang, he didn't do anything.

So Fang Yuan slowly adapted to the work in hand and officially became the third giant of the household department.

As the head of the household department, Fang Yuan had a lot of power, and had the right to decide the salaries of officials in other departments, etc.

"Just get used to it!"

"Fang Yuan, there is still a vacancy here in the East Palace, the crown prince is young Zhan, are you interested in serving it?"

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded.

Then his expression became solemn, and he said with a straight face.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty."

Fang Yuan was shocked in his heart, a little moved and complicated.

To be precise, the household servant belongs to the position under the fourth grade, and the prince Shao Zhan Shi belongs to the position under the fourth grade.

In other words, Li Chengqian directly gave a position that was half a level higher than the household servant, and he still had a lot of power in the East Palace.

"I hope you can think about it seriously."

"You are no longer Chang'an Ling, and your position is no longer so special."

Li Chengqian interrupted Fang Yuan's words and reminded.

He meant a few things, and he hoped that Fang Yuan would think about it seriously.

At the same time, it was also proposed that Fang Yuan's previous refusal to solicit because of the special position of Chang'an Ling was a warning and an importance.

"His Royal Highness can be said to be courteous to his ministers, and the ministers are deeply admired!"

"In this case, I want to open my heart and say a few words to His Highness today, hoping that His Highness can promise in advance not to blame the minister."

Fang Yuan pondered for a while before speaking.

As Li Chengqian said, this is a matter of serious consideration.

"All out."

"Today, I am not a monarch and a minister, but a friend, and I can speak freely."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and ordered the palace maids and eunuchs present to leave.

After everyone left, he seemed to have changed his face, as if he wanted to make friends with Fang Yuan.

"Your Highness's legs, it's hard to get better, right?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and sighed.

I should have broken with Li Shimin, so let's make a little muddy here with Li Chengqian.

"That's what the Imperial Doctor said."

Li Chengqian's brows furrowed, and his face welled up with anger.

But thinking of what he had promised Fang Yuan just now, his anger slowly disappeared.

Several royal doctors said that his leg was not completely healed.

But it should be able to recover almost completely, not much different from normal.

"The minister just watched His Highness walking, and he could vaguely see that the posture was not beautiful."

"This is nothing to ordinary people and even the relatives of the emperor, but it is fatal to the crown prince."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment and asked puzzled.

Why is there no problem for others, but there is a problem for yourself.

Although it is not very convenient to walk on the legs now, it is just not very convenient, and the impact is not very large.

"The crown prince, the prince of the empire, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"An emperor, if he walks badly, will be impeached by the minister for losing his imperial prestige."

Fang Yuan continued.

"Arrogance!"

"Who dares to impeach?!"

Li Chengqian was immediately furious.

The rage made him feel like he wanted to kill.

Fang Yuan didn't answer immediately, but quietly looked at the angry Li Chengqian.

"You go on."

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He suppressed the anger in his heart, wanting to know the follow-up.

"Ordinary ministers naturally dare not impeach."

"But what if they're some of the princes?"

Fang Yuan's voice was a little quieter, and he said in a deep voice.

"Li Ke?!"

"Hongu can't wait for it"

Li Chengqian was furious.

He immediately thought of Li Ke.

also thought that it was Li Ke who caused him to fall.

Damn Li Ke, it turns out that he has been prepared for a long time?!

In the past, Li Chengqian only thought that if he deduced, the throne might not be available.

But now that he has a leg disease, he may also be impeached by the minister, and he may also obey Li Ke's orders.

"Your Highness, I have a lot of contradictions with His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and I am destined to be impossible to take refuge in him, please rest assured, Your Highness."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Just a few leg diseases, do you think that this palace has no chance with the throne?!"

Li Chengqian glared at Fang Yuan angrily.

He understood that although Fang Yuan didn't say it explicitly, he actually expressed it properly.

It is impossible to take refuge in Li Ke, and it is impossible to take refuge in him, and the reason for not taking refuge in him is that he feels that he cannot be the emperor.

For this reason, Li Chengqian was very angry, and the eyes staring at Fang Yuan already had a feeling that he wanted to knife Fang Yuan.

"Your Highness, people's words are terrifying!"

"And you have more than one brother!"

"The most important thing is that Your Majesty is still in the prime of life!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell, Li Chengqian's anger disappeared.

Instead, I felt a chill and an incomparably depressed feeling.

He has always had an evil thought in his heart: his father is still so young, when will it be his turn to ascend to the throne?

Now that there is a leg problem, and there is such an excellent brother as Li Ke, it is really difficult to say what will happen in the future.

"Your Highness, the last word."

"I have my ideas, you have your practices."

"Everything is man-made, and no one can say what will happen in the future."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

After speaking, he got up and saluted Li Chengqian and left the East Palace.

Li Chengqian didn't speak, looking at Fang Yuan's back as he left, and fell into deep thought.

Fang Yuan, who walked out of the East Palace, didn't seem to have changed his face, but he sighed again and again in his heart.

Talking to Li Chengqian today about this is a big crime to divide the relationship between the emperor's father and son and his brothers.

But this was Fang Yuan's careful consideration, and he felt that Li Chengqian would not tell Li Shimin about his affairs.

There is another more important point, that is, if he has an unpleasant quarrel with Li Shimin today, what may he do to himself.

Before he had enough strength, he had to find something to do for Li Shimin, so that he didn't have time to notice himself.

The crown prince should be one of the people Li Shimin cares about the most at present, and he should care about Li Chengqian.

It didn't take long for Fang Yuan to finally return to the household department, and at this time, the morning shift was almost over.

When Fang Yuan had just returned to his office, Fang Qingping came.

"My lord, the subordinate has come to report to you."

Fang Qingping smiled.

The smile seems to have become more flattering than before.

If you look carefully, you can vaguely see awe in your eyes.

This was not done before, and it was only after it was rumored that Fang Fu had killed five hundred soldiers suspected of being from the Boling Cui clan.

"In the afternoon, the officer is a little tired."

Fang Yuan waved his hand and stretched his waist.

A trip to the imperial study, a trip to the East Palace, and back from the East Palace.

Most of this morning was spent on the road, and my feet were smoking.

"Yes."

How could Fang Qingping have an opinion, he should leave immediately.

He had just come out with his front foot when someone knocked on the door of Fang Yuan's office on his back foot.

"Yu Yunchun, a member of the Xiaguan Warehouse Department, visited Fang Shilang."

A middle-aged man smiling like a chrysanthemum came in.

"What?"

Fang Yuan glanced at him and shifted his gaze.

"Xiaguan is here to report to you, is Fang Shilang free?"

Yu Yunchun said.

His eyes were a little worried, worried that Fang Yuan would refuse.

Ten days ago, he was going to follow behind Fang Qingping and report to Fang Yuan.

But that day, there was news that the Boling Cui clan would destroy the Fang Mansion.

So he and some people dismissed the idea of taking refuge and waited for ten days before deciding.

Although it was said that he would wait for ten days before deciding, he actually didn't think that Fang Yuan would be able to get through this hurdle.

But he never thought that Fang Yuan not only passed this level, but there was also a legend outside that Fang Mansion had killed the five hundred soldiers of the Boling Cui clan in a short period of time, and even cut off the head and sent it to the door of the Boling Cui clan.

It is not certain whether those who were killed were from the Boling Cui clan or not, but what was certain was that the Fang Mansion had a very average strength.

A fourth-grade member has the strength beyond the great family, and such an object is the object that hugs the thighs.

"In the afternoon, the officer is a little tired."

Fang Yuan also waved his hand and rejected Yu Yunchun's report.

He also understands that reporting means taking refuge.

But now Fang Yuan is not in a hurry, and he is really tired.

"Okay, okay."

Yu Yunchun also didn't dare to have an opinion.

He was even worried that Fang Yuan would refuse his approach.

But fortunately, I didn't completely refuse and let myself come back in the afternoon.

It is estimated that it is a punishment for his hesitation ten days ago, and he must be conscious in the afternoon.

"After you go out, help the official deliver a message."

"I want to report back in the afternoon, and now I'm tired."

Fang Yuan waved his hand.

When Yu Yunchun went out, he also closed the door by the way.

After Yu Yunchun heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and understood that Fang Yuan was not going to target him.

I heard that I went to the imperial study today, and when I returned to the household, the prince's people came again, and I guess I was tired of walking and wanted to rest.

After Yu Yunchun left, the door of Fang Yuan's office was closed, and no one came to disturb Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan took a nap in the office before going to lunch.

When he came back from lunch, Fang Yuan met Cui Zhentang.

"Cui Shilang, why does your complexion look bad today?"

Fang Yuan stepped forward and greeted him in a friendly manner.

The household officials who passed by immediately lightened their steps, staring at Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang intentionally or unintentionally.

The entire household department knew that when Fang Yuan took office on his first day, Cui Zhentang deliberately asked people not to welcome Fang Yuan.

Now, it is rumored outside that Fang Fu and his group have killed five hundred soldiers suspected of being from the Boling Cui clan, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is already a sea of blood feud between the two sides.

The two stood together like this, and immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they were worried that something would happen to the two.

"I was bitten by a dog, and I thought about whether to kill him directly or slaughter him."

Cui Zhentang's eyes sank, and he smiled.

His smile seemed easy-going, but it was a little stiff, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"As far as I know, people who are bitten by dogs will get sick in about three to five years and become monsters similar to dogs, so Cui Shilang should pay attention."

"If you find that you are going to become a dog monster, remember to tell your daughter-in-law where the money is hidden, otherwise no one will know where it is in the future."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

He felt that Cui Zhentang was not really bitten by a dog.

Instead, he secretly scolded him as a dog and deliberately humiliated him.

But it's okay, the one who humiliates people gets doubly humiliated.

As the words fell, a few officials here couldn't help but laugh.

The symptoms of dog bites in this era have been documented and have not yet become widespread, but some people know about them.

Hearing the secret scolding of Fang Yuan for being a dog, Fang Yuan felt funny when he counterattacked Cui Zhentang, and felt that Cui Zhentang was more likely to become a dog.

Naturally, Cui Zhentang might not have been bitten by a dog, but when they heard Fang Yuan say this, they couldn't help but laugh.

"Laughing at what?"

Cui Zhentang's eyes suddenly turned cold.

A sharp gaze fell on the laughing official.

"No, no, I didn't laugh."

The official shuddered.

The smile has long since disappeared into the unknown.

At this moment, he was panicked, worried that Cui Zhentang would be held accountable.

He wanted to slap himself, and he was already remorseful.

"These two months of deduction!"

Cui Zhentang said coldly.

The official's face immediately boasted.

It's already November, and next month is December.

The monthly salary in December is higher than that of the previous month, and can be more than three or four times higher.

In this way, he was punished for four or five months, and his heart hurt to death.

"Cui Shilang is really joking."

"This colleague just smiled, and he couldn't deduct the moon."

"Our household is a place of affection, and only by loving each other can we improve work efficiency."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

The official's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Fang Yuan gratefully.

The surrounding officials listened, and immediately felt that Fang Yuan was closer to him than Cui Zhentang and more sympathetic to his subordinates.

"No rules, no circle!"

"This person laughs at his superiors and deserves to be punished!"

Cui Zhentang was unmoved and said in a deep voice.

He knew that Fang Yuan was deliberately buying people's hearts.

But at this time, it is impossible for Fang Yuan to succeed.

"Cui Shilang's sneer joke is stiffness."

"Go, go, with me, Cui Shilang won't punish you."

Fang Yuan's smile was even bigger.

Wave to the colleague and tell him to go.

The colleague slipped away with a loud thud.

Nearby officials also walked away quickly, and soon disappeared.

Cui Zhentang stopped and turned to stare at Fang Yuan with a terrifying look in his eyes.

(End of chapter)