On May 30th, the palace and the Regent's Palace were still busy making final preparations for the Regent's [-]th birthday banquet the next day.

This banquet has been prepared for a long time, and it is far more grand than the state banquet entertaining the missions of the two countries a few days ago.

Chen Guo officials, whether they are Beijing officials or outsiders, mostly sent congratulatory gifts to the Prince Regent's residence.Even King Wu, who was far away in Wuzhou, sent a jade ruyi, and Wei Yang, who was an official in Jiangzhou, sent a cart full of ears of wheat.

Xu Jiashi made a list in descending order of the value of the gifts, paying attention to the officials who gave them expensive gifts——How many times can their salaries afford such a generous gift?The net of corruption investigation was closing in, they bumped into each other by themselves, Xu Jiashi recorded them one by one calmly.The gift itself was transferred to the treasury.

Jing Guo and Dai Qin also sent generous congratulatory gifts, but Xu Jiashi didn't accept them and asked them to present them directly to His Majesty.

The envoys from the two countries arrived in Beijing for a few days, but they didn't even see the regent's face, and now they don't even accept the gift, so there are unavoidable murmurs among the missions.

On Yasukuni's side, the deputy envoy said to Li Zhen: "My lord, could it be that Prince Xu knew that I was here to find out the truth about the marriage between the two countries, and deliberately put us at the back of the door and made a show of his power?"

The current Emperor Jingguo and Emperor Chen Guo are cousins ​​in terms of seniority. The two countries have lived in harmony for many years because of their kinship, but after all, the marriage is a matter of more than three generations. Renzong had long been interested in someone.

Now Yansui has passed the year of weak crown, and the harem is vacant again.Emperor Jingguo wanted to marry a daughter, but he was afraid that Yan Sui would not want to be disadvantaged in terms of seniority, so he sent someone to test it out, and he knew well that he would not rashly mention it and damage the friendship between the two countries.

Li Zhen shook his head: "Not to mention that we didn't make this matter public, he has no way of knowing. Even if he knows, if he really intends to obstruct the marriage, he should take a tough attitude. What kind of prestige is it to close the door? Xu Lian Ignore everything and thank guests behind closed doors, such behavior seems to be..."

"At what?"

"I am delegating power to His Majesty Chen Guo."

"How is it possible!" The deputy envoy was greatly surprised, "The regent of Chen State is from the Xu family, and they have a feud with the Yan family to seize the throne and usurp power. In the past, the Xu family was just idle. Now that the regent is in control, how can he easily delegate power to the government?" Emperor? If it weren't for the purpose of suppressing the Xu family to sit firmly in the country, Emperor Taizong of Chen would not have married our princess as the queen. Now that he is getting married, His Majesty expects that the Xu family will obstruct it, so he entrusts this important task to your lord."

Li Zhen pondered and didn't answer.

This year is his fifth visit to Chen Country.

In the first year, the emperor was still a poor prince who had just left the cold palace, his eyes were timid and he dared not look directly at others.

Two years later, he learned riding and archery with the Prince of Zhou, and his body became stronger, and he was not as timid as before. He would show his extraordinary wisdom in a few words when interacting with people, but he always dared not talk to him. The "master" looked at each other.

Another year, the Chen Kingdom was in chaos, and the emperor who had just ascended the throne was like a frightened bird. The exhaustion on his face showed that he could not sleep at night, and his gaze towards the regent became more and more complicated.

This year, it's completely different from before.

The emperor dealt with government affairs and received envoys calmly and decently, and the inadvertent smile in the solemnity was always related to the regent.

The courts of the two countries believed that the emperor and the regent were incompatible and sworn enemies.

But since ancient times, how can there be a minister's birthday banquet organized by the ceremonial supervisor, and the scale is better than the state banquet?

Even if you retreat to advance, you will not retreat to this point.

Perhaps, that is not tolerance, but preference.

Li Zhen let out a long sigh: "Send another post to the Prince Regent's Mansion, and I will definitely meet him before the banquet."

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The residence of the Daiqin Tribe in Tongfang Pavilion.

Wu Yunbaoyin heard the report from his subordinates that Weifu, the chief envoy of Yasukuni, had visited the Prince Regent's mansion alone, and smiled contemptuously: "Obviously, the Prince Regent will not meet any envoys before the banquet, just for the sake of embarrassment."

The subordinates were a little anxious: "What if the regent met him? The mission we sent to Yasukuni didn't get any clear answer. Your Majesty meant to get the support of at least one of the two countries, and if the people of Yasukuni asked Chen Guo not to express his opinion." , we can’t explain to the king when we go back.”

"There is no progress on Jingguo's side because the old man is incompetent. On Chenguo's side..." Wu Yunbaoyin sneered, "Why bother to curry favor with the regent, after all, his surname is not Yan, and he is not the emperor of Chenguo."

"But Emperor Chen has no real power..."

"Then let's help him gain real power." Wu Yun Baoyin stared, "The emperor is fed up with being bullied by the regent, if we can help him bring down this deadly enemy, he will be very happy, and then he will willingly agree to all our demands, isn't it? ?"

The subordinate struggled and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Wu Yun Baoyin got up and walked to the window sill, curled his index finger and pressed it under his tongue, and called out a falcon with a whistle.The majestic falcon tilted its head and rubbed against his wrist docilely. Wu Yunbaoyin said "really good" in the language of the grassland, and the next moment he broke the falcon's neck with his bare hands.

"Your Highness! This is the fastest falcon to send news back to the grassland!"

"I know." Wu Yun Baoyin clapped his hands, and threw the dead eagle to his subordinates, "Buried it, the old eagle, the meat is not good to eat. My father will not like what I am going to do, so I simply won't let it go." It's good that he knows."

"The subordinates still don't understand why we gave up the original plan to unite the regent and form an alliance with the little emperor. What can we get?"

"Your Majesty can get a happy emperor." Wuyun Baoyin's clear eyes smiled slyly, "There is a story in the Central Plains called Fenghuo Opera Princes, just asking for a smile from a beautiful woman. It's very interesting."

-

Regent House.

Xu Jiashi rejected Li Zhen's post to meet him.

If he had met as an envoy of Yasukuni, Xu Jiashi might have paid him a favor, but he insisted on adding the title of Emperor's Cousin to himself in the post.

Emperor Jingguo can barely be regarded as His Majesty's cousin, so why should Li Zhen raise his status to stand shoulder to shoulder with his emperor?

Distant and distant relatives, also worthy of being called His Majesty's cousin?

The cousins ​​in the storybook are not good things.

Seeing that the moon is in the middle of the sky and the midnight is approaching, it is rare for Xu Jiashi not to work on the paperwork, but he does not feel sleepy.

Putting aside those entangled past events for the time being, he can be said to have stolen half a day of leisure, but he couldn't calm down in his heart.

I have never looked forward to my birthday like this in my life. Even in the year when I was crowned, I just felt that the etiquette was cumbersome and boring. What's the point of the guests coming and going?It's not like people take tea to cool down, but face to face instead of behind.

At the age of 28, the world was turbulent. Xu Jiashi took over the mess left by his father's fake death.

Looking back on this half of my life, it is really hard to tell what I am, just living my life in a daze.The birthday seemed like a joke, originally it was not planned to be celebrated this year, but His Majesty wanted to favor him, so Xu Jiashi was willing to join in the fun.

——Your Majesty really wants to congratulate him.

Even if he said that he was old, at the same time he cherished the existence of Xu Jiashi in the world.

Therefore, Xu Jiashi also felt that his life was quite valuable.

Xu Jiashi felt like he was three years old instead of celebrating his 30th birthday.I have asked many times in a different way, what birthday gift is His Majesty going to give.Even though he knew it was longevity noodles, he still couldn't help asking over and over again, just because His Majesty looked so cute and wanted to kiss him.

Even if you know the answer, you still can't lower your expectations by half.That longevity noodles must be the best delicacy in the world.

For this bowl of noodles, Xu Jiashi hasn't eaten since tonight.

Maybe he was too hungry to fall asleep, or maybe he couldn't sleep because he was thinking about His Majesty.

After living to be 30 years old, and living like a lovesick kid, Xu Jiashi walked in the courtyard.Smiling with his head down, he caught a glimpse of Sirui approaching from the corner of his eye, hesitating to speak: "What's the matter? The chief envoy of Yasukuni hasn't left yet?"

Si Rui frowned: "Returning to Your Highness, Master Li is indeed still at the door... The guards have to order that he will not be let in, but..."

"But what? People from Daiqin are here too?"

"Your Highness, the people from the prairie didn't come, it's..." Sirui hesitated to speak, then hesitated to speak, and said after a while, "It's Lord Shi Zhangshi! He said he had caught a thief, and His Highness asked him to interrogate himself. "

Shi Zhang?Interrogation of thieves?at this time?

Xu Jiashi thought, could it be that Shi Zhang had lost his mind, and after thinking about it, other than him, the only one who can make Shi Zhang come to the door in the middle of the night is——

Xu Jiashi came to the main entrance quickly, and saw Shi Zhang frowned so much that he could squeeze a fly to death, with a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, and behind him were the guards of the Tengxiang camp, and there were no "thieves".

Li Zhen, dressed in stone blue casual clothes, stood sideways at the door, bowing to Xu Jiashi: "Your Majesty has seen the Regent."

Xu Jiashi raised his hands, without even showing Li Zhen's face, and asked Shi Zhang, "Where is he?"

Shi Zhang glanced at Li Zhen, shook his head stiffly at Xu Jiashi, and squeezed out his teeth: "Run away. But then... that "thief" said that he is very familiar with every door and room of the palace, His Highness can go back to the palace." Check to see if there are any valuables missing, and I will resign first. "

Shi Zhang left, Xu Jiashi turned around and wanted to go back home, Li Zhen stretched out his hand to hold his shoulder, Xu Jiashi struggled and found that the opponent had used his strength, and counterattacked backhand, Li Zhen blocked with a cross arm, and then took a step back : "The lower official has something to say to the regent."

"I have no time, if I have time tomorrow, I will have two more drinks with Mr. Li." Xu Jiashi stepped into the door.

Li Zhen said behind him: "What he gave you, can you afford it!"

Xu Jiashi paused, then turned to stare at Li Zhen, this young talented man with both civil and military skills has a good family background, and is recognized as the first choice for the son-in-law of the wealthy Jingguo family.

The rumors are true, people who know Li Zhen think that he is really talented.Even Xu Jiashi recognized Li Zhen's ability in several diplomatic relations in the past years.

But not all capable people are likable, and it is annoying to see too clearly and dare to speak out.

Killing intent flashed across Xu Jiashi's eyes: "Master Li, you have overstepped. This is Chen Guo."

Li Zhen didn't avoid his dangerous gaze, and looked back: "You can't give him what he needs."

Xu Jiashi clearly saw the man's aggressive and challenging possessiveness in his eyes - when talking about His Majesty.

It turned out to be the case.

Sure enough, inside and outside the script, the cousin is not a good thing.

Xu Jiashi took a very short time to confirm that Li Zhen was not a problem, he was too lazy to talk to him, and replied: "Master Li may not understand what people need, so naturally you don't need to give it to me!" After saying that, he turned to the mansion.

Li Zhen watched the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion close before his eyes, looked up at the moon for a moment, and finally left.

What's the use of leading the mission in exchange for bringing the person who sneaked into the mission?

Some answers can be obtained without entering that door, or even coming to Chen Country.

Some people get the moon first when they are close to the water, and some people look at the moon in the water for nothing.

Even the wind can't eavesdrop on the things hidden in my heart.

The author says:

Now Xu +4: nothing to fear.

Xu +4 in the future: How dare he, he, he dare to like His Majesty!

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