Let me eat a soft meal

First, the king of Yu forced the palace, and then the king of Qi rebelled. Gao Taiwei's relatives were exiled, and Xu Guogong sent officials to deal with them.It was only a few months after the death of the first emperor, and it was not long before spring came, and the winter had just passed away, and half of the officials in the court were empty.

Now that the situation has calmed down, and it is time for all to be done, the Prime Minister Xie Yushu proposed to order officials of the sixth rank and above from all continents and provinces to come to Beijing to report on their duties, and to open additional imperial examinations to fill the vacancies.

Li Xunzhen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was appointed as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, Xie Wenjin, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zhao Yunsheng, the Imperial College Jijiu, were the invigilators; the chief examiner of the military examination appointed General Changwei Huang Mang, and the invigilators were Li Taian, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and Duo Lunhe, the general of the hussars. A well-rounded political official who supervises officials at all levels on behalf of the emperor, has no real power, and is held by the eunuch Mu Fengchun.

As soon as this order was issued, April in the capital finally became lively, and Xie Yushu's empty prime minister's mansion was finally visited by colleagues who had returned to Beijing.

Ye Xuan leaned on the dragon chair and flipped through the memorials boredly, the air pressure in his whole body was a little low: No one else, these days, after Xie Yushu went to court every day, he was invited by his colleagues to have a drink and dinner.

Xie Yushu became an official at the age of 15. He has a gentle temper and is polite. His colleagues all have a good impression of this young Xie Qinghe. However, Xie Yushu never forms a party for personal gain, so he keeps a distance from the officials in Beijing, and usually gathers to drink Neither will go.But the colleagues who invited him now are different. These are either his subordinates when he was an official in Gyeongju, or his classmates, or the young people recommended by his classmates.

Regardless of which aspect you consider, he should be seen.

And Xie Yushu also wanted to meet, so he could choose who might be able to sit in the vacant positions in the court.

However, what embarrassed Xie Yushu was that every time he went to a banquet, he would find that the highest official, he was the youngest, and many officials with round bellies and gray beards held wine cups and toasted him with the strength of juniors. Xie Yushu didn't even know how to respond.

Geniuses like Xie Yushu who are 19-year-old ministers are rare in the world. Most of them are still in the examination of scholars at the age of [-]. For example, Jiang He, who was a high school student in the [-]th and [-]th years, entered the Imperial Academy for two years, and then was sent to Huainan as a county magistrate. , now the magistrate of Huainan, can already be said to have a prosperous official career, and he is admired by those colleagues.

After seven years in the officialdom, those who became sixth-rank officials before the age of 40 are already among the dragons and phoenixes. Most of these people have one characteristic, outstanding ability, but no qualifications and no connections.

Xie Yushu tried a little bit, and he could quickly tell which ones were despicable and which ones were just trying to gain fame. Whenever he found someone with lofty ideals, he was always very happy, so he drank more at the banquet.

In recent years, his drinking capacity has improved a lot, and he is very restrained. He will never drink again when he is six-point drunk, but every time he returns home after taking a bath, he is steamed by the heat, and six-point drunk becomes eight-point drunk. up.

In any case, Ye Xuan hadn't seen Xie Yushu who was sober for three full days.

When Taian came in from the outside, he happened to see him smashing a memorial on the ground with a sneer, and said with a sneer, "I think these officials are too comfortable in their positions. Sooner or later, their The neck was chopped off."

Tai'an looked down at the scattered booklet, it was just Li Shangshu's report on the recent situation of the imperial examination, nothing out of the ordinary, at most flattering words.

He pursed his lips tightly, a strong intuition flashed through his mind, and he felt that it would be better to wait until later.

However, when Ye Xuan saw him, he didn't intend to let him go, "I asked you to follow him, why are you back?"

Tai'an was silent for a moment, but still replied, "Master Xiang is back home."

"Oh?" Ye Xuan's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he casually picked up the booklet in front of him, and pretended to be casual, "I didn't go out to drink today, I will reward him tonight."

Tai'an hesitated to speak: "..."

Ye Xuan took a look at him, took a cinnabar pen to review the memorial, and said in a gentle tone, "Speak up if you have something to say, why are you hesitating."

"Master Xiang, I didn't go out to drink."

Ye Xuan paused, and the cinnabar made a blushing spot on the paper. He suddenly raised his eyes, "What do you mean?"

Tai'an lowered his head, took a step back calmly, and then continued, "Jiang Zhizhou has returned to the capital, Prime Minister Xie took the initiative to invite him to the Xiangfu, and the servants of the Xiangfu went to the wine shop in the south of the city to buy a few jars. Good spirits, when I left Xiangfu just now, Xiang Xie was already drunk, hugged Jiang Zhizhou and did not let go, and invited him to fall asleep tonight."

Ye Xuan broke the pen with a "click", he let go of his hand expressionlessly, and the brush that was broken in two was thrown to the ground together, and the cinnabar on the tip of the pen shook off a trace of red dots.

"Jiang He agreed?"

"..." Tai'an nodded silently.

"Heh, how courageous." Ye Xuan sneered, not knowing whether he was talking about Jiang He or Xie Yushu.

As soon as Ye Xuan left the secret passage on his front foot, the Eighth Prince shouted cheerfully on his back foot, "Seventh brother, I have chosen the title", and ran in like crazy, but in the huge hall, there was only one black man with a knife on his face. Yi Tai'an, moreover, was about to run away from work, but when he heard the noise, he temporarily suppressed himself.

Ye Zhu touched the back of his head, a little confused, "Where is my seventh brother?"

"Not here." Tai'an answered succinctly.

"How could it be?" Ye Zhu blinked suspiciously, tilted his head and said, "I just met Mu Fengchun outside, and he said he just brought some tea into the hall, why isn't Brother Seven here?"

Tai'an: "..." I can't say that I've caught a rape, can I?

The guard in black who can't lie finally chose to remain silent.

"Okay, Brother Seven will come back later, tell me that I have already chosen the title, Ann from Chang'an Prosperity." Ye Zhu was disappointed for a moment, but soon cheered up and walked out bouncingly, "It's a pity, Jiang He came back today and was having a drink at Mr. Xie's mansion, I thought Brother Seven must have not seen Lord Jiang for many years, so I planned to ask him to go with him..."

Tai'an grabbed him, "Don't go."

"Ah?" Ye Zhu was puzzled, "Why?"

"..." Because now your seventh brother is attacking Xiangfu, intending to get rid of everyone who has seen Xiangye drunk.

This reason cannot be said, Tai'an pursed his lips, and said dryly, "Anyway, don't go."

"...Oh, okay." Ye Zhu nodded, turned and left.

When he got out of Qianyuan Palace, he turned his head and ran out of the palace, stuck out his tongue and muttered in a low voice, "The more you say you won't let me, the more I want to find out!"

Tai'an, who was just about to climb over the palace wall and skip work, watched the eighth prince joyfully running towards the prime minister's mansion. He was silent for a long time, and finally sighed faintly.

Forget it, Xiao Sheng said that if you want to die, you can't stop it, so let him go.Tai'an lightly jumped onto a tree outside the palace, and then turned over from above, startling the vendor who was carrying candied haws targets under the tree, Chun Siyue was dazed and sweated all over.

The black-clothed boy landed on the ground, stared blankly at the vendor's target for a long time, and then slowly took out two pennies from his waist.

The secret tunnel of Qianyuan Palace was dug secretly by the Imperial Forest Army when Ye Xuan was pretending to be sick, and it took more than a month to dig through it, just to hide from many eyes and ears.

Ye Xuan pushed open the door of the secret passage, behind the bookshelf in Xie Yushu's study, because he often reviews confidential documents such as memorials here, and generally no one is allowed to come in, and even cleaning and other things are done by himself.

There was no one in the room, and there was some noise in the yard outside.

Ye Xuan walked over, and saw the cups and plates were messed up on the stone tables and benches outside under the tree, the empty wine jars were poured all over the floor, and the mellow aroma of spirits floated in the air.

And Xie Yushu, who was clearly drunk, stretched out his hand to hold Jiang He, sat on the stone bench and raised his head to talk to him, and fell into his arms unsteadily, with the red blood jade beads on his forehead and the gems inlaid on Jiang He's belt They collided together, making a crisp crashing sound.

Xie Yushu knocked a little hard, and let out a soft hum in grievance.

Jiang He said "Ouch", raised his chin and looked at it carefully for a while, then touched his drunken eyes with a fan, and laughed loudly, "Qinghe, you are drunk."

"I didn't, you were the one who was drunk!" Xie Yushu would have a childish temper when drunk, and refused to admit it stubbornly.

Jiang He grabbed his face and shook it, jokingly said, "I still said no, look at you, you will show your true nature when you are drunk."

Xie Yushu slapped his hand away sullenly, and muttered "I'm not drunk", as if he wanted to prove it, he stood up aggressively, and then walked out in a snake-like slash.

He fell into Ye Xuan's arms, and Ye Xuan put his arms around his waist to prevent him from falling to the ground.

However, Xie Yushu also played a scoundrel, and said angrily, "You, why are you blocking me?"

"Hahahaha——" Jiang He only saw someone standing there. He thought it was a servant of the Xiangfu, and he didn't pay much attention. It's been beaten up."

"So who, your master is drunk, so hurry up and take him down to sober up." Jiang He raised his head as he spoke, only to realize that the person holding Xie Yushu's arms was an acquaintance, "Ah, His Royal Highness—oh, no, it's already Your Majesty."

"My subject, Jiang He, has seen my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Jiang He casually stood there and saluted with fists in his hands, looking at him with a three-point smile and three-point calmness in his eyes.

The 25-year-old man's face has become more resolute, and his words and actions are full of temptations, but there are still traces of the kindness he once had.

Seeing that Ye Xuan just nodded casually and didn't pursue his rude behavior, he was still relieved. No matter how noisy the rumors outside were, at least Jiang He judged that the person opposite still had the shadow of Ye Xuan, the Seventh Prince. .

Xie Yushu was so drunk that he kept bouncing in Ye Xuan's arms. He was warned by Ye Xuan and raised his fingers and flicked his forehead. The corner of the mouth, and reached out to rub it for him.

Xie Yushu's eyes immediately showed grievances, probably recognized him, and obediently stayed in his arms without moving.

Seeing how close their monarchs and ministers were, Jiang He felt completely relaxed, and sighed, "Before I came to Beijing, I was worried that you hadn't seen each other for seven years. Now that your identities are so different, I'm afraid there will be suspicions. Now it seems that it's me Think too much."

Ye Xuan glanced at him, and responded noncommittally.

Jiang He patted his head suddenly, and said in distress, "Oh, I came today to talk about a marriage with Qinghe, look at my brain, why did I forget."

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, his eyes gradually became dangerous.