Rebirth of the first courtier

The time is really long!

53. The three steps of a courtier

Although he was crowned king, the fourth prince ran out of the imperial city within a few days and disappeared.The blood of the ministers who supported the fourth prince was frozen to ice, and they didn't even have the energy to go to court.

The fourth prince ran away for a year, and the ministers gradually calmed down, going to court, working, and listening to announcements.

Xiao Qi'ao also took charge of the affairs of the household department this year, not as busy as before.In the summer, he asked Master Li for leave, and took Hu Li to the Zhuangzi where he was escaping the summer heat.

Mr. Li was sweating hotly in the household department. Thinking of the students who took Hu Liyouyoudada a few days ago and left without hesitation, he kept muttering, "I don't know how to respect the teacher at all. When you come back, you have to be careful." Training."

"My lord, what are you talking about?" The pawn who was helping Master Li at the side leaned over curiously and asked, and Master Li gave him a bang, "Go, go, go to work, and ask about your lord's private affairs." very."

"Oh." The pawn slipped out clutching his forehead. The lord has been in a moody mood lately. Who is it that made him angry?Or who has the guts to be so angry with his family for several days?

There was no one to answer the pawn's doubts. Master Li moved the ice basin to him, squatted beside him, and fanned vigorously with a fan, "It's really hot today. The Imperial City It’s all this hot, so there won’t be a drought, right?”

"It's really hot this year, Brother Xiao." Hu Li lay on his stomach in the gazebo, paddling in the lake with his hands, and a group of small fish followed the direction of his paddling.

"Well, it won't be long before it will rain." Xiao Qi'ao looked at Hu Li who was having fun playing in the water, carefully watching him so as not to fall into the lake.

"Oh, it's better if it's raining. It'll be much cooler when it rains." Hu Li took the fish food and sprinkled it in the lake. Mountain summer.

"Hmm..." Xiao Qi'ao thought that there would be a month of continuous rain and subsequent floods soon, and hoped that Master Lin would realize the serious consequences of the heavy rain earlier than in his previous life.

"Is the old lady feeling better today?" Hu Li turned over, dangling Xiao Qi'ao's sleeves, bringing up a little bit of wind, Hu Li narrowed his eyes.

"It's better. Grandma's body has always been healthy. Now it's just a bit of bitter summer. When the weather cools down, she'll be fine." Xiao Qi'ao pinched Hu Li's nose, and pulled the sleeve back from his claws, "Okay , get up, didn't you say you're going to hunt with the red halberd?"

"Wait a little longer, it's too hot right now." Hu Li refused to get up from the wooden chair in the gazebo, leaned on it and blinked at Xiao Qi'ao, trying to make him feel how much he didn't want to move .

Xiao Qi'ao endured it, but in the end he was defeated by his watery eyes, and stayed with him in the gazebo for a while, knowing that the sun was in the west, so he got up and took the red halberd to the back mountain to hunt.

The red halberd is already two years old. Its body is fully three feet high, and its wings are almost seven feet long. Its sharp claws and eagle beak are powerful enough to tear apart its prey.Not to mention that Chiji ate a lot of spiritual herbs and pills obtained from Grandpa Hu. It was not obvious at the beginning, but now Chiji has the intelligence of a ten-year-old child, and he is very picky when hunting. Except for all kinds of chickens, there should be no sight in the prey.

Thanks to Hu Li being a fairy, otherwise there would be a three-foot-tall eagle standing on that thin arm, and anyone who looked at it would be terrified.

But Hu Li didn't realize this at all, he waited happily for the red halberd to run after the prey in the back mountain without any spiritual power, just like an ordinary person, enjoying the fun of chasing.

Xiao Qi'ao would sometimes be with him, but most of the time he stayed in the summer resort. Although he took a leave of absence to avoid laziness, he still had to deal with official duties that should be dealt with.

Moreover, Mother Xiao was also brought to the summer resort. During this time, Xiao Qi'ao let Xia Yi control the Gu worms, and Mother Xiao was able to get out of bed and walk around.

She knew that Xiao Qi'ao had a good relationship with the old lady, so even if she was disgusted by the old lady, she still went to the old lady to pay her respects every day.

Xiao Qi'ao watched Mother Xiao's tossing coldly. He didn't intend to kill her this summer. He had to keep Mother Xiao alive, at least until the new emperor ascended the throne.

Half a month later, as Xiao Qi'ao said, the heavy rain poured down, and the scorching heat was quickly dispersed.The summer resort is already cool, but it has rained heavily for a few days, and it even feels faintly cold at night.

Xiao Qi'ao didn't dare to bring the old lady and Hu Li to live in the summer resort, and after the rain stopped for a while, he took them all back to Xiao's mansion.

In the imperial city, everyone was beaming. The sun was so fierce the past few days that everyone stayed at home and didn't move much.Even the court hall had a group rest within a few days after Xiao Qi'ao asked for leave, and even Emperor Huiming hid in the hall every day because of the heat, and had to bring an ice basin with him when he went out.

It's a pity that the joy didn't last long before it was washed away by the continuous heavy rain along with the heat. Xiao Qi'ao looked at the heavy rain outside, frowned and remained silent. Hu Li lay on Xiao Qi'ao's back from behind and grabbed him. "Brother Xiao, what are you thinking?"

"Little thing, you've become more courageous, huh?" Xiao Qi'ao stretched out his long arms, picked him up like a child, and flicked his forehead.

Hu Li stuck out his tongue, turned his head to look at the heavy rain outside the window and the stagnant water in the yard, and then looked at the sky, "Brother Xiao, the dark clouds are still very thick, how long will this rain last?"

Xiao Qi'ao pinched Hu Li's cheeks, and sighed: "At least it will be down for a few more days, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the dams in many places will be destroyed."

Hu Li blinked, thought about what he saw when the dam collapsed, and frowned, "Does that mean that many people will die? I remember that after the flood, there will be a plague."

"That's right. I hope the things I sent someone to Mr. Lin will be useful." Xiao Qi'ao asked Xia Yi to develop a medicine that could prevent the plague very early on. The prepared medicinal powder was sent to Mr. Lin, hoping that it would be useful.

What Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li were worried about was exactly what Mr. Lin was worried about. Ever since Mr. Lin received the medicine powder sent by Xiao Qi'ao, he began to pay attention to it.Especially after the heavy rain had lasted for nearly ten days, Lin Daren braved the heavy rain and went into the palace to ask to see the emperor, and told Emperor Huiming all the issues he was worried about now.

Emperor Huiming is not a faint emperor, he still pays close attention to people's livelihood.After hearing the words, they first asked people from the Tai Hospital to verify the efficacy of the medicinal powder brought by Mr. Lin, and then announced that the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War entered the palace to discuss possible flooding.

After the discussion in the imperial study, Mr. Lin invited himself to check the embankment, and headed south along the embankment from the north.Just when Mr. Lin arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, the dam collapsed, and the flood washed away the houses and fields.

Mr. Lin couldn't repair the embankment in a short time, so he could only find another way, gather the victims together, manage three meals a day, and dug more than a dozen tributaries together to divert the flood to barely save the nearest city.

Fortunately, Jiangnan is rich and prosperous. The prefect of Jiangnan is a newcomer who has only been in office for two years, and he dare not stretch his hand too far. With sufficient food and grass, this catastrophe did not cause casualties like the past.

However, post-disaster reconstruction is still the top priority of Mr. Lin. When he received the letter from Xiao Qiao, he directly called Xiao Shilang a great talent.

This letter was prepared by Xiao Qi'ao a long time ago, just for this flood in the south of the Yangtze River. Even Xiao Qi'ao had reminded Master Lin of the method of diversion when drinking on the New Year's Eve.

Xiao Qi'ao hugged Hu Li and sat on the rocking chair in front of the window, swaying leisurely. He needed Lord Lin to become the top leader of the Ministry of Industry, so that the Ministry of Industry could be more smoothly subordinated to the Eighth Prince's command.

According to the news he received recently, King Jin could no longer hold back. He hoped that the Eighth Prince would move faster in the northwest, otherwise he might not be able to make it in time.

"Brother Xiao, is there really nothing wrong with Jiangnan?" Hu Li asked worriedly, looking at the rain that was still falling outside the window.

"As long as it works properly, nothing will happen." Xiao Qi'ao held Hu Li's waist, gently moved his fingers to scratch it, Hu Li's body froze immediately, and then immediately began to flutter, and soon Laughing out of breath.

"Hahaha, stop scratching, stop scratching, brother Xiao, hahaha, stop scratching." Hu Li twisted and twisted, his face was flushed with a smile, the physiological tears in his eyes were left, his nose was red, and he looked Poor and cute.

Xiao Qi'ao stopped, and let Hu Li lie on his body panting heavily, and after a while he stared and said: "Speak as you speak, why are you tickling me?"

Xiao Qi'ao smiled and nodded between his eyebrows, "You can eat as much as you want, play as much as you want, and don't worry about the affairs of the court."

Hu Li pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xiao Qi'ao's nose, "How can this be considered a matter of the court, it is obviously a matter of common people."

"Okay, okay, what you said is correct." Xiao Qiao let Hu Li pinch his nose, and everything he said had a strong back nasal tone.Hu Li burst out laughing with a "puchi", let go of the fingers pinching Xiao Qi'ao's nose, and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up again.

Mr. Lin is a good official who loves the people. He stayed in Jiangnan until September, completely letting the people in Jiangnan settle down.Because of the anti-plague powder, only a few people were actually infected with the plague after the disaster, and it did not cause a large number of people to die.If there is no plague, there will be no panic and less unrest.

When Mr. Lin came back, he was not only thinner but also darker, looking like a refugee.For this reason, Emperor Huiming lamented Master Lin's love for the people, and rewarded him with a cart full of supplements, hoping that Master Lin would not be exhausted.

The emperor is close to the virtuous, the ministers are virtuous, and the entire court is harmonious and not like a court. King Jin is really worried about this.

"Go tell the people over there, the dose is increased, and I hope to see results before next year."

"Yes, my lord."

"Master, there is movement from King Jin." A man in black came in from the window and was almost slapped out by Hu Li.

Xiao Qi'ao took the unsigned letter, burned it after reading it, "Keep watching, and tell Xia Er, speed up, the Eighth Prince must come back before the year."

"Yes, master."

After the man in black left, Hu Li sighed, "The royal family is really messed up!"

"Yes, so it's better for you not to associate with Yu Jia." Xiao Qi'ao took the opportunity to apply eye drops without any hesitation.

54. The four steps of a courtier

"Your Highness, a letter from the Imperial City!" Xiao Hongyong jumped off his horse, and the soldiers at the side hurried over to hold the horse.

"Know Your Highness, a letter from the imperial city." Xiao Hongyong handed the envelope in his hand to Qin Yuyi. Qin Yuyi had grown a lot taller than before, and already had the height of an adult man. Slender and powerful.

"A letter from the imperial city?" Qin Yuyi opened the envelope, and slowly frowned upon seeing the contents of the letter, "Ayong, according to the previous plan, leave the first army and the third army to guard Huangsha City and Yong'an City respectively , the Second Army will follow me back to the imperial city."

"But something happened in the imperial city?" Xiao Hongyong's face changed slightly. The first army and the third army are strong soldiers trained by His Highness in the past year. Even the cavalry team of the second army is almost comparable to those who have lived on the grassland all year round. northern tribes.

"Father is critically ill, and the third brother is about to move." Qin Yuyi frowned and looked in the direction of the imperial city, thinking of the letter sent by the teacher before, "The imperial city will be unstable, and my highness should go back to serve the sick."

Xiao Hongyong is not an idiot either, he naturally knows how stupid it is to stay in the northwest at this time.

Qin Yuyi always ordered and prohibited the soldiers under his command, saying that he wanted to send out some soldiers, packed up his things early the next morning, and left a letter for Ji Fengsu to be sent by his confidants, and then led the two armies with a thousand soldiers to brave the wind and snow all the way. The imperial city rushed.

According to the information given by the teacher, if his guess is correct, he will definitely be ambushed by Brother Sanhuang along the way, but he doesn't know where he will choose.

"Brother Xiao, aren't you worried about His Highness the Eighth Highness?" Hu Li squatted on the window sill, looking at the bright moonlight outside, squinting his eyes to absorb the moonlight while asking.

Xiao Qi'ao was sitting cross-legged on the futon next to him, forming a perfect cycle between exhaling and inhaling. Hearing Hu Li's question, he smiled lightly and said, "What are you worried about? If the Eighth Prince wants to become stronger, all these things must be done." It's what he has to go through, and if he can't make it through, it's his own fate."

Hu Li opened his eyes, turned around and lay on Xiao Qi'ao's body, "But aren't you his teacher?"

"It's a teacher, so we have to arrange everything for him? That's raising and crippling him, not letting him spread his wings and fly high." After Xiao Qi'ao finished speaking, he let Hu Li flutter around and stopped talking.

It's not that he really doesn't care about Qin Yuyi at all, it's just that beside Qin Yuyi, there is Xia Er he left for him, and a man and a woman who were sent over later.If he still can't come back like this, then he will give up on him and support the younger tenth prince again.

Xiao Qi'ao finished his work and opened his eyes, hugged the fluttering Hu Li into his arms, lowered his head and was about to kiss him, Hu Li subconsciously trembled and turned into a little fox.

Xiao Qi'ao rubbed his tail dumbfoundingly, and began to tell him about the current situation in the imperial city.

Emperor Huiming's critical illness was beyond his expectation. Logically speaking, Emperor Huiming would not be critically ill until five years after his rebirth. Now it has only been three years since he unexpectedly became critically ill.So there is only one explanation, and some people can't help it.

Among the grown-up princes were only King Jin and Prince Rui, but Prince Rui didn't care about anything, and now he didn't know where he was at ease. Although the possibility of him not being completely ruled out, King Jin was more obvious.

As for the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince, he is clear about the situation of the Eighth Prince, and the Seventh Prince and Concubine Ning most hope that Emperor Huiming can live a few more years, and it is best to live until the Seventh Prince becomes an adult and has enough strength and capital after.

Even though the tenth prince and his biological mother, Yuguiren, have been quite favored this year, the tenth prince is only nine years old now, and Yuguiren has no background behind him. It is just a dream to compete for the position of emperor.

"How is Your Majesty doing now?" Hu Li Nuo Nuo's voice sounded, his head was tilted up, his red eyes were round and round, completely different from his long and narrow eyes in human form.

"Fortunately, there is no news from the palace for the time being. I think His Majesty was fine a few years ago." Xiao Qi'ao pinched Hu Li's tail, left and right, making Hu Li soft. Lying in his arms, her round eyes were full of accusations and dissatisfaction.

Xiao Qi'ao held the little fox in front of his eyes, kissed his round eyes and wet nose, and said with a smile: "I sent someone to invite a master chef to cook you the salt-baked chicken you like. Do you want to go and see?"

Hu Li was changed from the topic in an instant, the little fox turned into a human again in a flash, dragged Xiao Qi'ao and was about to run outside, regardless of the wind and snow outside.

Xiao Qi'ao helplessly put the thick cloak on him and tied it, and let him drag him to the small kitchen.The small kitchen was warm and cozy. The master chef was instructing several other people in the small kitchen to help him. After seeing Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li, he simply nodded and greeted him, and continued to work.

Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li didn't care about his seemingly contemptuous attitude, Hu Li didn't care about these rules, Xiao Qi'ao knew that the master chef he invited from the gluttonous feast was famously weird, as long as he was cooking , even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, he just nodded his head as a greeting.

The master chef has a strange temperament, but the food he cooks is so delicious that his tongue can be bitten off. Hu Li's eyes started to glow green before the dishes were cooked.

Xiao Qi'ao saw him squatting next to the master fascinated, so he went back first. Although he had a rest today, he still had some matters to deal with in the Hanshan Pavilion.

Although the Hanshan Pavilion is mainly for Xiao Qiao's service in the court, each important minister or palace has more or less arranged one or two people, most of them are rough servants, and a very small part are as servants. The guest came to the door.However, Hanshan Pavilion has been developing rapidly in the past two years. Xianshan Island has already received news and has always wanted to send someone to take a look. If possible, I want Hanshan Pavilion to be moved to Xianshan Island.

In the palace, there were people kneeling in a circle outside the emperor's bedroom, a wave of concubines, and a wave of former ministers.

"Where's Xiaosi? Are you back?" Emperor Huiming's face deteriorated so badly that he couldn't see that he was still alive and kicking to participate in the royal hunting a month ago.

"Your Majesty, Prince Rui is already on his way back. He will be able to return to the imperial city within three days at most from the letter just now." Eunuch Fuming took a wet handkerchief and gently wiped the back of the emperor's hands, whispering.

"Where is Little Ba?" Although Emperor Huiming fell ill, he was not confused. His illness was strange, but he hadn't found out who was responsible for it.

"The Eighth Highness has already rushed back, saying that he has already left the northwest." Eunuch Fuming wiped Emperor Huiming's body respectfully, then stepped back and stood quietly with his head bowed.

As the chief eunuch in charge of the palace, he knew the most timely and most news about the palaces and courts, so he naturally knew some things that Emperor Huiming didn't know, but he didn't need to tell Emperor Huiming.

If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished!

Others helped him find his family, so he naturally wants to repay his kindness!

Emperor Huiming said that he fell ill, and even the Tai Hospital had issued a notice of critical illness, but Emperor Huiming kept holding his breath.When Prince Rui came back, he even got up and talked to Prince Rui for quite a while.

Qin Yujia looked at Emperor Huiming with a sallow complexion, feeling a little indescribable in his heart.When he was young, Emperor Huiming was the sky above his head. Because of his intelligence, he was loved by Emperor Huiming, but his mother and concubine had a special status. Since he was a child, his mother and concubine told him that he belonged to the rivers and lakes, not the palace.

Now, Emperor Huiming had fallen, and the tall man who could lift him up had become weak, powerless, and even suffering from illness.

"Father, take good care of him. I'll write a letter to the master and ask him to find a genius doctor to show you." After all, it's his father, and he won't just watch him die and do nothing.

"Good boy, let's go." Emperor Huiming was extremely tired, and closed his eyes after speaking, Qin Yujia retreated softly, "Eunuch Fuming, please take care of yourself and help me watch more of my father."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I don't worry about it." Eunuch Fu Ming bowed down and replied respectfully.

Emperor Huiming's illness dragged on for a long time, but he didn't get better, but he didn't continue to get worse.

King Jin's face was livid in the mansion, and he threw the porcelain fragments all over the floor, "How is it, did you find anyone?"

"I found it, my lord, but he is already dead." After the man standing respectfully at the door finished speaking, King Jin's face became even more ugly, "Have you found out who did it?"

"Going back to the prince, I didn't find out. This person was extremely careful and didn't leave any useful clues."

"Are there any people from us in the Tai Hospital?" King Jin's face was gloomy, and the man nodded, "Also, it's just that the man is a doctor who grabs medicine, so the chance is not great."

"If the opportunity is not big, you have to find an opportunity. Go and tell him that you must find an opportunity years ago. When the time comes, you should cooperate with the outside world. I don't believe it..." As long as someone is here, you can understand what King Jin's unfinished words are.The man was no exception, he nodded without changing the expression on his face, "Yes, my lord."

Dayu's winter is not very cold, especially in the imperial city, but it started to snow when the New Year's Eve was approaching.It's not as good as road closures due to heavy snow every year in the Northwest, but this year's snow is not small.

The common people are all beaming, the auspicious snow heralds a good year, next year will definitely be a good harvest year, and life will be better.

When Qin Yuyi came back, it was just in time for the first snowfall. He almost braved the wind and snow all the way forward. The second army he brought back was stationed in the outskirts of Gyeonggi. He rode with Xiao Hongyong along with a few followers. Palace gate.

The guards guarding the gate of the palace watched a small group of horses rushing towards them, and they were all ready to fight, but when they got closer, they realized that it was the Eighth Prince who had returned from the northwest.

The civil servants may be more concerned about the Eighth Prince's achievements in the Northwest this year, but most of the military officers are more concerned about the Eighth Prince's bravery in the army.Several guards had also heard of the Eighth Prince, and seeing them covered in snow, hurriedly asked someone to open the palace gate.

The Eighth Prince rode his horse to the gate of the inner palace before dismounting. Xiao Hongyong followed the Eighth Prince into the palace gate, and the other attendants followed the eunuchs to take a rest, drink some hot water and eat something.

"Father, my son is back!" Qin Yuyi knelt in front of the window with a respectful expression, "My son has lived up to his trust. The Northwest has all surrendered, and two tribes in the north have surrendered to me, Dayu."

"Okay, okay, get up and let the emperor take a look." Emperor Huiming's expression improved a lot, and he sat on the bed, looked at Qin Yuyi who was already a grown man, and patted his hand, "Done good!"

"Father's health doesn't matter, right?" Qin Yuyi has been in the northwest for more than a year, and he has become more and more good at acting. It is very different from the appearance when he sneaked into the bedroom two years ago and tremblingly asked Emperor Huiming to allow him to join the army.

"It's nothing." Emperor Huiming thought of the clues he had found, and his face was gloomy for a moment, but he looked at Qin Yuyi and smiled again. Both Xiao Si and Xiao Ba are good, but they are really helpless. Yu will not fall.

55. The five steps of a courtier

Qin Yuyi's return to the imperial city undoubtedly made some people more anxious.Although Qin Yuyi only held the position of General Mingwei on his body, who knows how many soldiers and horses he has in his hands during his year in the Northwest?

Emperor Huiming's health fluctuated from good to bad, and no one could guarantee that Emperor Huiming would last until next year. Everyone in the palace was trembling, for fear that he would be taken as the leader and shot down by an arrow when the wind was turbulent.

Another New Year's Eve came in this tense atmosphere. Emperor Huiming rarely got up on New Year's Eve, and even attended the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.

"Your Majesty, your medicine is ready." Eunuch Fuming walked in with a small bowl made of jade. Emperor Huiming signaled all the court ladies to go down, took the medicine bowl and drank it clean.

Eunuch Fuming took the medicine bowl, saw the sediment in the medicine juice left in the medicine bowl, and slightly raised his head to look at Emperor Huiming, who looked exceptionally good today, "Your Majesty, the empress of the palace banquet in the harem has passed, you see ?”

Emperor Huiming smoothed his belt and crown and waved his hands, "We'll talk about the palace banquet in the harem later, how are the preparations for the palace banquet in Qiming Palace going?"

"All the ministers have arrived, Your Majesty wants to go there now." Eunuch Fuming handed the medicine bowl to the little eunuch beside him, and went to tidy Emperor Huiming's clothes by himself.

"Well, let's go to Qiming Palace first. What about the third child?" Emperor Huiming was dressed in a solemn emperor's dragon robe, and against his good looks today, he looked very energetic.

"The two princes and three highnesses have already gone." Eunuch Fuming followed Emperor Huiming, ready to support Emperor Huiming at all times, "The empress has arranged the chores of the palace banquet in the harem, and is heading to Qiming Palace."

"In that case, wait for the queen." After arriving at the Qiming Palace, Emperor Huiming really stayed in the back hall, and did not go to the front hall until the queen came.

On New Year's Eve, all the ministers with enough grades will participate in the banquet in the palace, but for Hu Li who is waiting for the New Year's gluttonous banquet, it is no less than a bolt from the blue.This year, Xiao Qi'ao became the left servant of the household department, so he must enter the palace.

Hu Li has been lying on the soft couch bored since the afternoon, no matter how lively the outside of the yard is, it can't attract him.Even Xiao Hongyong who had returned home had no time to talk to him right now, Xiao Jinghao was too late now, since the beginning of winter, Mrs. Li had begged to see the old lady more than once.

Now Xiao's mother's health is still not in good condition, and she has the intention and powerlessness to plan to get married for Xiao Jinghao, not to mention that Xiao's mother may not be willing to worry about it.Mrs. Li was anxious, so she could only ask the old lady to help her see each other.

The old lady has nothing to do in the winter, and she is a little idle. She still cares a little about Xiao Jinghao who is always by her side, not to mention that Xiao Jinghao is dedicated to serving her and doesn't talk too much.

For this matter, the old lady took Xiao Jinghao to many old sisters this winter, only making Xiao Jinghao blush with embarrassment.

This trip, Xiao Hongyong has been busy with this matter since he came back.In the Xiao mansion, except for Xiao Jingshu, who disliked everyone, the other three had a good relationship, and Xiao Hongyong and Xiao Jinghao were the closest.

For the sake of this younger sister's marriage, apart from going to the military camp every day, Xiao Hongyong told the old lady about all the sons and brothers he knew that he thought were good.As a result, when it was New Year's Eve, the old lady didn't let him go, and was discussing with him how to go to the homes of a few promising people to talk about it after the New Year.

Hu Li swung his legs, turning to one side for a while, then to the other side for a while.Seeing that he was really bored, Xiao Qi'ao walked over and leaned over, pinched his cheek, "Do you want to go to the palace banquet with me at night?"

"Hey? I'm not an official, so can I go?" Hu Li looked at Xiao Qi'ao suspiciously, and Xiao Qi'ao was pinching his cheeks regardless.

"Of course." Xiao Qiao patted his head and explained, "You can bring your family to the palace banquet. Although you can't say that you are my wife for the time being, younger brother is also allowed."

Hearing the word "wife", Hu Li's face turned red, and the top of his head was about to smoke.Although Big Brother Xiao often likes to tease him, but, but, but "wife"!

Hu Li held his face in his hands and stood up "shua", almost tripping himself with his left foot and his right foot, pointing at Xiao Qi'ao's smiling face, stammering, "I, I'm not yours, I'm ,wife!"

Xiao Qi'ao squinted her eyes and nodded, looking very shameless, "Yes, I am Xiaoli's wife."

Hu Li's face turned even redder immediately, he gave Xiao Qi'ao a vicious look, and walked out with his head held high, if one ignores the fact that he is at the same hands and feet, it is very convincing.

Xiao Qi'ao let out a muffled laugh the moment Hu Li walked out, seeing Hu Li running out of the yard faster, he laughed even more joyfully.

Even though Hu Li was awkward all afternoon because of his "wife", he still boarded the carriage to the palace in the evening, and was rubbed by Xiao Qi'ao again.

When getting out of the car, Hu Li straightened his clothes. It was the first time he wore such formal clothes.The wide-sleeved robe was embroidered with exquisite patterns. The dark red embroidered pattern was solemn and festive. It was worn on Hu Li's body, and matched with his exquisite facial features, it was particularly eye-catching.

Although Hu Li had been to the imperial palace, except for Xiao Qi'ao's imperial examination, he would meet the Eighth Prince in the small garden at the other side of the gate, and never had a good look at this huge and magnificent palace complex.

Xiao Qi'ao led him in front, the wide sleeves covered the hands they held, and introduced each palace to him as he walked.Hu Li was fascinated by what he heard, and he repeatedly felt that he was the richest person in Dayu, and he built such a big house.

Xiao Qi'ao squeezed his palm funnyly, "I'll see His Highness the Eighth Prince later, don't act too familiar with him, you understand?"

"Oh," Hu Li nodded, "I see."

The palace banquet was held in the Qiming Hall, and when Xiao Qi'ao led Hu Li over there, many officials had already arrived, and they were all sitting in the side hall talking together and waiting.

It wasn't too early for them to come, and they were led to the main hall of Qiming Hall by the little eunuchs before they sat down for a cup of tea.A row of long low tables were placed on both sides of the main hall, and the ministers were led to sit by the eunuchs and maids according to their rank.

Hu Li was sitting next to Xiao Qi'ao, looking curiously at the two people who were sitting closer to the front.One was the Eighth Prince, he was dressed formally today, which made Hu Li feel unaccustomed for a moment, and the other was Prince Rui, Hu Li took a second look, moved closer to Xiao Qi'ao, and whispered: "Xiao Qi'ao Brother, do you still remember Yu Jia?"

"Remember, what's wrong?" Xiao Qi'ao pretended not to know, but glanced at His Highness Prince Rui.

Hu Li shook hands angrily, "I think Yu Jia lied to me, I thought he was from the clan, he is obviously a prince."

Xiao Qi'ao put on shoes for Prince Rui in an aboveboard manner, shook Hu Li's hand, and comforted him, "It's okay, we just don't want to associate with him anymore."

Hu Li nodded angrily, thought for a while and shook his head, "If he can apologize properly, I can still forgive him."

Xiao Qi'ao nodded regretfully, although Prince Rui could not be kept away from his little fox, the most important thing was for the little fox to be happy, "Well, your friend, you just decide."

When Qin Yujia sitting on it saw Hu Li beside Xiao Qi'ao, his body froze immediately. With this embarrassing feeling, he wondered if Hu Li would be so angry that he would never eat what he gave him again. !

"Your Majesty is here, the empress is here!"

"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty the Empress." As the voice came through, everyone in the hall fell to their knees, and Hu Li also knelt on the cushion with Xiao Qi'ao, his eyes gurgling.

"Pingshen." Emperor Huiming sat on the throne, and the empress sat beside him.

All the ministers sat down again, seeing that Emperor Huiming was in good spirits, many of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Listening to Emperor Huiming's happy words, King Jin narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that the little doctor had succeeded.King Jin gently moved his fingers to the attendant standing behind him, and the attendant bowed and left the hall.

Father, if you want to blame, blame you for occupying the throne!

"Father, my sons and daughters pay homage to Father, and wish Father a long life." Halfway through the banquet, King Jin stood up, and he signaled his servants to bring up something that was covered by a red cloth. Red cloth, there was a "hiss" sound in the hall.

There is a huge natural jade stone under the red cloth, and the strands inside the jade stone are just right to form a dragon pattern.

Emperor Huiming laughed and clapped his hands, "Not bad."

Since King Jin offered gifts, the other princes and princes naturally had to offer gifts.Prince Rui offered a bottle of pills from a miracle doctor, which is said to be able to life and death human flesh and bones.Emperor Huiming also accepted it in a good mood.

The Seventh Prince has no errands and is still studying in the Royal Academy, so he can only offer a hundred longevity words, which can be regarded as sincerity.

When it came to Qin Yuyi, Qin Yuyi was stunned for a moment. In fact, Qin Yuyi had been stunned since everyone started giving gifts.

Before Lin Guiren left, although he told Qin Yuyi some rules, Qin Yuyi had already forgotten.Although Xiao Qi'ao taught him a lot of things, Qin Yuyi's mind was mostly filled with various twists and turns.

Fortunately, he had a lot of things with him and he could use them as tops. Qin Yuyi took out a map of customs defense from his arms and offered it.

"Father, this is the defense map of the Northwest Pass drawn up by my son and several generals based on the current situation in the northwest. I would like to take this opportunity to dedicate it to my father."

Emperor Huiming signaled the little eunuch to get it. The Northwest Pass defense map was originally intended to be presented to his teacher after he had seen it.

Emperor Huiming also went to the Northwest in his early years. When he saw this defense plan, he understood how useful it was. Emperor Huiming looked at Qin Yuyi and asked in a low voice, "You made this defense map?"

"I did it together with several adults. I just provided the terrain in the northwest, and the various defense points were discussed by the adults based on the actual situation." Qin Yuyi bowed and pushed out most of the credit.

Just as Emperor Huiming was about to say something, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the hall. Emperor Huiming frowned, the door of the hall was suddenly pushed open, and a group of soldiers with swords poured in, surrounding the entire hall.

The third prince smiled and stood up!

56. The six steps of the courtier

Most of the ministers were taken aback, but none of them were stupid enough to be able to attend the palace banquet. Seeing this posture, everyone probably had a little guess in their hearts.

The Seventh Prince sat on the spot with his eyes wide open, as if he had been stupefied by fright. The Tenth Prince was still young, and was being firmly guarded by the eunuch at the moment, while Prince Rui stood up straight away, the soft sword at his waist twitched. Come out and aim at King Jin.

Xiao Qi'ao took Hu Li's hand and sat quietly on the spot, and even had time to give Hu Li a hand.