Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Since the important ministers of the imperial court were invited to the mansion to attend the banquet, Gu Yanshu stayed in the mansion to take care of the banquet for the next few days.

The youngest of these ministers has almost reached the age of knowing the destiny.

If something unexpected happens because of poor care, it will go against Gu Yanshu's original intention of holding this banquet in the first place.

The servants in the mansion also saw that Gu Yanshu attached great importance to this banquet.

I didn't see that in order to prepare for the banquet, the princess not only handed over the Zhou family's silk business to the people below.

Even the opening of the two teahouses, which wasted a lot of thought, did the princess not go to see them, but only listened to the reports from shopkeeper Zhao and Lady Yao?

Driven by Gu Yanshu, the servants in Prince Li's mansion naturally did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and all of them cheered up.

With the whole palace of Prince Li waiting in strict battle, the agreed time came quietly.

It was just after that day, and Bai Xin, who had a keen sense of smell in central Beijing, noticed something was wrong.

Prince Li's Mansion, whose doors were closed in the past, unexpectedly opened the door at some point.

Just when these people were secretly guessing in their hearts what the meaning of this move by Prince Li's Mansion was, they found a carriage slowly driving from a distance, and finally stopped at the gate of Prince Li's Mansion.

After a while, someone came out of the carriage, and those with extraordinary eyesight quickly recognized that this person was Mr. Wen, a Hanlin scholar.

After seeing the person clearly, someone's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief:

Who is Hanlin Bachelor?

The current head of the Hanlin Academy, when the first assistant becomes official in the future, this is the best candidate to take over as the first assistant!

Who is the chief assistant?

The first assistant is the emperor's confidant, a figure under one person and above ten thousand in the court!

When did Prince Li's Mansion become friends with Hanlin scholars?

However, soon, these people discovered that the arrival of the Hanlin Bachelor was far from over.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, seemingly low-key carriages drove up one after another, and all the people who got off the carriages were familiar figures——

Lord Sun, Minister of Rites, Lord Shen, Minister of Officials, Lord Cheng, Grand Master...

In the end, even Mr. Pei, the first assistant, came to the gate of Prince Li's mansion in his own carriage.

Careful people roughly counted, until 23:[-] noon, a total of [-] officials entered Prince Li's mansion.

come to this conclusion

After that, the man sighed in his heart:

My dear, this already includes half of the current courtiers, right?

The commotion in front of Prince Li's mansion was not small, even if his sense of touch was not so keen, he had heard about it in the end.

Regarding the actions of these ministers, the common people can only guess wildly without knowing the inside story.

However, in the end, no one guessed the result.

But almost everyone has a vague answer in their hearts:

This capital, I'm afraid the sky is about to change.

In the past, the open and secret battles between Prince Li's Mansion and the First Prince's Mansion have not yielded any results, and seriously, they can be called petty troubles.

In the final analysis, it was because the emperor had no intention of establishing a heir, and at the same time, he did not show any bias towards any prince.

These ministers, who are like old foxes who have become fine, naturally have an unclear attitude and remain neutral.

Now that these people have all arrived at Prince Li's mansion, does it mean that they have already made a decision in their hearts regarding the establishment of the reserve?

After all, there seemed to be a lot of officials who came to Prince Li's mansion today, but there were also quite a few who didn't come.

For example, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment...

Are these ministers more inclined towards the First Prince?

But judging from the current situation, the eldest prince's situation is not good!

Gu Yanshu didn't know the speculation in these people's minds.

If he knew, he would definitely tell them that this guess was simply a big mistake.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice did not come because these two are relatively old, and the older Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice has just passed this year, and his eyes are fine, so there is no need to use glasses.

But now Gu Yanshu is busy entertaining these veterans, and doesn't care about the thoughts of other people in Beijing.

Perhaps it was because of their request to Prince Li's Mansion, when these veterans came, they were very polite and courteous.

Not only did they all bring souvenirs, but they also spoke in an extremely friendly and polite tone.

This kind of attitude made the servants in Prince Li's mansion who had been waiting for several days to breathe a sigh of relief.

Even so, these people still dare not slack off at all.

Since these ministers were invited in the name of Wen Ju, Gu Yanshu directly set up the venue of the banquet in the newly renovated main courtyard of the palace.

When repairing the main courtyard of the Wangfu, Gu Yanshu did not make major changes to the overall structure.

Therefore, the main courtyard of the Wangfu is still divided into three parts:

bedroom, study and living room.

It is conceivable that the area of ​​the living room is not small

, even if many ministers are invited today, it is still more than enough.

And these well-informed courtiers, the moment they were brought into the main courtyard of the palace, their moods were constantly changing between surprise and amazement.

It's not that these courtiers haven't seen other places in Prince Li's mansion:

Rough and cold.

Just like Li Wang, at a glance, it makes people feel inhumane.

But after entering the main courtyard of the Wangfu, it seemed as if he had come to another place completely.

The main courtyard, which was personally arranged by Gu Yanshu, is grand yet elegant, luxurious yet elegant.

In addition, Gu Yanshu also placed some items in the main courtyard that would never appear in the former Prince Li's Mansion.

For example, swings, glass greenhouses, and the few blooming plum trees planted in the garden at this time.

These things seem to be incompatible with Prince Li's Mansion, but if you observe carefully, you will feel that they complement the main courtyard in front of you.

If the rest of the palace is the desert outside the Great Wall, with no end in sight, then this main courtyard is like an oasis in the desert.

While refreshing, there was also a warm current in my heart.

Originally, the ministers felt a little heavy because of the arrangement in Prince Li's mansion outside the main courtyard, but when they walked into the main courtyard, they felt a lot more relaxed.

At this time, Qin Lu also walked out of the living room with Gu Yanshu.

"Your Majesty, see His Royal Highness Li Wang, see Li Wang Concubine, Your Highness Wan An."

Noticing the arrival of the two, the ministers who were still looking at them in the courtyard hastily sorted out their manners and saluted them.

"My lords are free."

Qin Lu nodded slightly to everyone, which was regarded as a return gift.

Gu Yanshu knew Qin Lu's temperament, except for talking a little more in front of him, it would be difficult to say a word more in front of outsiders.

Now at this time, it is natural to take over the burden of diplomacy, and smiled slightly:

"It's hard work today, my lords took the time to come here. I hope that my lords will forgive me for being far away from the palace and the prince."

Some people were surprised by Gu Yanshu's sudden opening.

After all, according to the rumors, His Royal Highness Li Wang is quite unkind, and he is also indifferent to this male princess.

But today Gu Yanshu did this in front of Qin Lu.

Looking at His Highness Li Wang in a blink of an eye, not only was there no displeasure on his face, on the contrary, there was an air of taking it for granted inside and out.

These people knew that the relationship between King Li and Princess Li was different from the rumors.

But in the end it's all old foxes

Jing, no matter how many thoughts you have in your heart, you can still keep your expression on your face, leaning slightly towards Gu Yanshu:

"His Highness Princess Li speaks seriously."

Although they held high positions in the court, they were different from the previous monarchs and ministers of King Li.

Now that King Li and Princess Li can come to greet them in the courtyard, it is considered polite, how dare they let them go to the gate to greet them?

"It's getting late now, and the mansion has prepared some rough tea and light meals, why don't the adults sit with the main hall first?"

It was almost noon now, and these ministers were too old to be hungry. Now that they heard Gu Yanshu's words, there was no reason to refuse.

Wei Wei saluted and thanked Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu, then followed them into the living room.

As soon as he entered the living room, someone noticed something was wrong.

For example, in the living room at this time, the windows are clearly closed, but the inside of the room is also as bright as daytime.

If you look closely, you will find that the root here seems to be in the window of the living room.

The windows of the living room of Prince Li's Mansion were not made of traditional silk cloth, but crystal clear glass.

Today's banquet was attended by all the courtiers. The emperor even showed off his glasses and magnifying glass to these people, so how could he not mention the glass tea set and lampshade?

It's just that they never thought that in addition to making lampshades and tea sets, glass can also be used to make windows, and after being used on windows, the effect can be so good!

Immediately, someone began to think secretly:

This glass window seems to be pretty good too. I will have a chance to test out King Li's tone and see if I can get one for my own home.

In addition, the careful ministers also found that the living room seemed to be much warmer than the outside.

After staying for a little longer, I even felt a faint warmth.

But when I looked around, I didn't see any charcoal basins for heating. What a miracle!

These ministers are all old foxes who have become spirits. Although they have hidden a lot of thoughts in their hearts, none of them spoke first.

All of them maintained a smile on the surface, whispering to each other about the past, and took their seats one by one under the arrangement of Princess Li.

After a while, the seats in the parlor were filled by the ministers, but there was a vacancy in the lower seat.

Although the vacant position was not obvious, it still did not escape the eyes of these experienced courtiers.

when someone

A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Just from the various behaviors of the people in Prince Li's mansion since they first entered the mansion, and Gu Yanshu's orderly arrangements just now, it can be seen that this Princess Li is an extremely proper person.

No matter how you look at it, the negligence of having an extra seat at the banquet should never happen to a proper person.

If it is not negligent, it means that there should be another guest in this position.

Judging from the location arrangement, the guest's official position should not be high.

Now that even Mr. Pei, the first assistant, has already taken his seat, who on earth has such a big air?so late?

Just when everyone was puzzled, they heard a sound similar to the wheels of a carriage rolling on the road outside the door of the living room.

Then, I saw a person pushing a person in a wheelchair and walking in slowly.

The room was brightly lit, and many people could clearly see the face of the person in the wheelchair.

The face is as bright as a crown jade and as bright as the moon, the key is that it makes people feel very familiar.

Before anyone could think about it carefully, he looked up the information of this person from his mind, and saw that person slightly arched his hands.

A warm and cool voice sounded like jade beads falling into the plate:

"The road is slippery in snowy weather, Qingxiao has trouble moving, something unexpected happened, he came a little late, now I apologize to you adults, and I hope you adults will forgive me."