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Chen Liang was quick to do things, but within a few days, he arranged for Yan Li a decent job in the Ministry of Officials, and he could take up the post after Yan Li recovered from his injury.

The Yan family has not served in the sixth department since Yan Mingren's generation, and now that Yan Li can rejoin the official department, it is a good opportunity for them, and the Yan family didn't even think about the twists and turns.

It will be Li Yue's birthday in a few days, Prince An went into the palace early this morning and told Li Yue about the birthday banquet.Prince An works in the Ministry of Industry, and birthday banquets usually involve fortifications such as setting up a stage and singing operas, so the Ministry of Industry will participate.

This year is Li Yue's birthday, so it should be a little different from previous years.According to Li Yue's intention, there was no building construction this year, but arranging for many young talents in the capital to enter the palace and have a banquet together.

Li Yue didn't worry about these things, but he was quite interested in his Uncle Wang's marriage, so he took the opportunity to ask a few questions: "How are you preparing for the marriage? Have you ever met the bride?"

"Of course I have." Prince An said with a smile on his face.

In Dayu, men and women can meet before they get married, as long as someone from the woman's family is present.Prince An and Feng Shao have been friends for a long time, and now they are married again, so it is normal to meet each other before getting married.

"I really envy Uncle Wang when I get promoted and get rich and marry a wife." Li Yue joked.

"You still need to envy me?" Prince An said and glanced at Zhao Xun.

Li Yue went to see Zhao Xun when he heard the words, Zhao Xun was writing something in front of the desk, looking very serious.Li Yue looked at it for a while, smiling, but blushing a little.

After a while, Zhao Xun got up, took a piece of paper and handed it to Prince An, saying: "My lord, please come here this time, because there is something I want to ask you."

Hearing this, Li Yue only felt that Zhao Xun seemed to have been begging others recently, begging Zhao Qingming for a while, getting rid of Shen Xuan for a while, and getting rid of Prince An for a while.

But Zhao Xun's troubles are all for himself, Li Yue feels very ironic when he thinks of this, and the smile on the corner of his mouth becomes stronger.

"Among the people who went on a winter hunt last time, I asked Commander Zhao and Master Shen to help me out, and made a list. I think some of them may be available, but I'm not in the court after all, so I have to trouble the prince for help. Take a look." Zhao Xun pointed to the list on the paper.

Zhao Xun's move was indeed to listen to Prince An's opinion, and secondly, to show his favor to Prince An again.After all, his identity is sensitive, and Li Yue's complete trust in him does not mean that others will do the same.

Prince An read it very carefully. After reading it, he got up and walked to the bank of the book, picked up a pen to cross out two names, and then drew a circle on several names.

"The rest, I'm not very sure, I need someone to investigate for a while before I can draw a conclusion." Prince An pointed to the circled ones and said: "But these are definitely usable people, all of them He is one of the best talents in the capital, and each of them thinks highly of himself, and has not yet attached himself to anyone."

Zhao Xun glanced at the names circled by Prince An, but Chen Ziming was not among them.

"This Chen Ziming... what does the prince think?" Zhao Xun asked.

"Although he is Chen Liang's son, I have dealt with him before. He looks decent at first glance, but he is actually somewhat evil. If he can be recruited, it will be of great use, but he may not be sincerely attached to His Majesty." Prince An road.

This surprised Zhao Xun. He thought that he had successfully recruited Chen Ziming with the matter of Yan Li before, but he didn't expect that there would be a change.If what Prince An said is correct, then the matter of Yan Li is likely to be a cover for Chen Ziming to be recruited?

"It's okay, there's no rush to recruit this person." Zhao Xun said: "The most urgent thing is other people. At His Majesty's birthday banquet this time, let the people from the Ministry of Rituals arrange these people who the prince thinks are acceptable, so that His Majesty will be able to let them go." have a look."

Prince An nodded when he heard the words, and said nothing more, "By the way, I met Feng Shangshu that day, and he asked me to take care of His Majesty."

Feng Jinglun, Minister of the Household Department, is Feng Shao's uncle, and he can also be regarded as the future uncle of Prince An.He could see Li Yue every day in the court, but he let Prince An take care of him. The meaning was obvious, and he was showing his attitude to Li Yue.

"Feng Shangshu has always been very assertive. He hasn't been close to the Taifu and Taibao until now. Presumably, His Majesty has always been in his heart." Zhao Xun said.

Prince An said: "That's right. In fact, although there are many people in the court who are more or less attached to Pan Taibao or Zheng Taifu on the surface, there are only a few who are determined. No matter how powerful the two assistant ministers are, they are not orthodox after all. They all understand in their hearts that it will be a matter of time before His Majesty takes charge."

In other words, there are three types of people in the court today, one is those who are attached to the two auxiliary ministers, the other is neutral, and the other is those who rely on both sides but are not close to each other.

Zhao Xun nodded, and said with a sneer: "It's a pity that even if these people who are obedient and disobedient do not sincerely support Pan Taibao and Taifu Zheng, they will not openly disobey them. Can't help."

Since ancient times, those who can truly follow the dragon need to have blood in their chests, not greedy for life and fear of death.

On the day of Li Yue's birthday, a dinner was held in the palace, not only the courtiers attended, but also many sons of the capital's dignitaries.After all, this group of young people was full of vigor, and soon after they were seated, the atmosphere of the whole banquet was heated up.

I don't know who started the banquet, and wrote a poem to celebrate Li Yue's birthday on the spot, and then the young people who are good at poetry wrote poems one after another, turning Li Yue's birthday banquet into a poetry banquet.

Chen Ziming sat at the banquet drinking wine quietly, out of tune with the bustle outside.Seeing that he had finished his drink, Shen Xuan hurriedly filled it up for him, and then asked: "Brother Chen has a brilliant literary talent, why didn't you show it?"

"Who did you listen to?" Chen Ziming turned to look at him.

Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, he didn't expect that the tea was just served, and he quickly spit it out, even if it was so hot, his mouth was also numb.

Seeing this, Chen Ziming hurriedly handed over a cup, and Shen Xuan didn't even want to take it to drink. After it entered his throat, he realized that it was wine, and this wine was the one he poured for Chen Ziming just now.

"Brother Shen, are you okay?" Chen Ziming asked.

"Cough...it's okay." Shen Xuan hurriedly waved his hands.

Where did he hear that Chen Ziming was a brilliant writer, he was just trying to strike up a conversation with the other party, and when he was asked back, he immediately felt a little embarrassed, that's why he was scalded with tea in a haste.

At the same time, I don't know who read a poem, and everyone cheered.Shen Xuan and Chen Ziming also heard the sound and looked, but they saw a young man standing in the banquet arched his hands towards Li Yue, and then said to Zhao Xun who was sitting under Li Yue: "I have heard that the third prince is very talented, why don't you invite the third prince Compose a poem, let us also open our eyes."

Li Yue, who was in the main seat, darkened when he heard the words, obviously a little unhappy.

Chen Ziming turned his head to look at Shen Xuan at the right time, and said in a low voice: "This man's words are the same as yours, is it true that people who find fault say that?"

"I didn't want to find fault with you." Shen Xuan said hastily, then he looked at the young man and asked in a low voice: "Do you think this person wants to find fault?"

Chen Ziming sneered, but didn't answer, motioning Shen Xuan to continue watching.

Everyone looked at Zhao Xun, Zhao Xun got up calmly and said, "Who did you listen to?"

As soon as this remark came out, the young man was stunned.And Shen Xuan just drank the tea, when he heard the words, he choked up again, turned his head and glanced at Chen Ziming, and said in a low voice: "Why do you... want to choke people, and the words are all the same?"

Chen Ziming turned his head and glanced at Zhao Xun, then his eyes fell on the young man, and said in a low voice: "But you are luckier than him, you met me, and what he has to deal with is Zhao Xun."

Sure enough, the young man's complexion changed a few times, as if he didn't expect Zhao Xun to choke him so much, so he even forgot the original words.

"The third prince asked you something, who did you listen to?" Li Yue had a smile on his face, but his eyes were terribly cold.

Cold sweat broke out on the young man's head, he tried his best to gather his mind and said: "The third prince... is of noble birth, and is highly valued by His Majesty. It must be... must have some literary talent."

He didn't know whether his words were intentional or unintentional, at first he heard nothing, but when he thought about it carefully, the words "noble birth" and "respected by His Majesty" seemed to have a bit of irony.

Zhao Xun didn't feel anything when he heard it, but Li Yue was not happy.

Seeing that Li Yue's face was not hesitant, Zhao Xun knew that this person was probably ordered to come towards him. If he made Li Yue lose his temper, he would only follow the other party's wishes, so he said flatly: "I'm just It's just a proton, I don't know who you want to promote when you say that you have a noble background. As for gaining His Majesty's respect... I am just serving as a sinner for His Majesty to send one or two, and I dare not be regarded as so important."

As Zhao Xun said, he went forward to pick up the jug, poured a glass of wine for Li Yue, and then said: "I wish your majesty a long life than Nanshan, and take charge of the government as soon as possible."

As soon as Zhao Xun said these words, everyone present heard them clearly, and many young people echoed, but a group of old ministers looked dignified and the atmosphere was stiff.

"I am fortunate to have the support of the third prince and you, and I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations." Li Yue got up and drank the wine. Many young people said congratulations and drank the wine in their glasses together.

Chen Ziming on the side looked at Zhao Xun for a moment, and said, "It's really quite bold." Shen Xuan nodded approvingly.

Pan Xingzhi, who kept his face sullen and silent during the dinner, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yu who was not far away.Zhang Yu looked at him, then raised his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, stood up and cupped his hands towards Li Yue.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared a congratulatory gift for you today." Zhang Yu said.

Li Yue frowned, suddenly feeling ominous.

Zhang Yu waved his hand behind him, and immediately someone led a veiled woman to come forward.Although the woman was covered with a veil, her posture and gait were all eye-catching, and many young gentlemen present couldn't stop their attention.

"Your Majesty has always kept himself clean, but according to the rules of the ancestors, there must always be a loving person around the age of eighteen. The old minister searched for it in every possible way, and finally found a beautiful woman who I want to present to Your Majesty." Zhang Yu said.

Then the woman stepped forward slowly and bowed to Li Yue.

Li Yue was furious and felt that he was being tricked. He looked at Zhang Yu coldly and said, "Master Zhang, you really think about me."

"It's all a veteran's job." Zhang Yu said modestly.

Li Yue looked angry, and the hand hanging by his side had already clenched into a fist.

At this time, Pan Xingzhi suddenly said during the banquet: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the beauty." All the ministers woke up like a dream after hearing the words, and they all clapped their hands in agreement.

"It's over, it's over!" Shen Xuan sighed, and said, "This is really not the end."

Chen Ziming said calmly: "That's not necessarily the case, you first have a look at how this girl looks?"

Shen Xuan murmured in his heart, but he still took a look at the woman and was immediately shocked.I saw that although the woman was wearing a veil, the eyebrows and eyes exposed outside were extremely familiar.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood that this woman looked somewhat similar to Zhao Xun!It's just that the eyebrows and eyes are much softer, but the outline and demeanor are the same as Zhao Xun's.