Deep Palace Conspiracy: My son will sit on the dragon throne and I will be the queen mother

In the hospital, the fight between Shi Xu and Cheng Rui has already been decided.

Cheng Rui lay on the ground in a state of disgrace, and was pointed at by Shi Xu with a long sword.

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Yi'an and others were watching the joke, and even Chengze and Chengyuan came out to join in the fun. Chengrui was really embarrassed today.

Hearing Chengjue's voice, everyone looked back and saw Chengjue and Du Wanzhi standing at the door.

Chengrui got up quickly, dusted himself off, ran to Chengjue, and said aggrievedly, "Brother Jue'er, you must make the decision for me. Shangguan Shixu bullied me, and I almost toppled you in the East Palace just now. .”

Just now, this boy was called brother-in-law, but now he has become Shangguan Shixuan. Chengjue was so angry that he rolled his eyes at him, "There are distinguished guests here today, can you tell me if you can be honest?"

"Yes, yes." Seeing Du Wanzhi coming over, Chengrui felt that he was a little rude and immediately softened.

"I have met your highnesses, Young Master Shangguan, and Miss Shangguan." Du Wanshang took a step forward and saluted respectfully.

Several people returned the favor and were very polite to Du Wanzhi.

"Brother Jue'er, let's have a banquet and chat while eating." Yun Shu said.

Chengjue nodded, "Let's have a banquet."

Then he grabbed Chengrui's arm and said, "Go and change clothes."

Chengrui pouted and looked at how dusty he was, so he had to go to the side hall to change clothes first.

This is the first time Cheng Jue has held a banquet since he took charge of the East Palace, so naturally he is entertaining distinguished guests.

Cheng Jue was naturally the host, with the eldest sister Yi An sitting on one side, and Yun Shu on the other side. However, Yun Shu suddenly gave up her seat to Du Wanzhi, letting her brother Jue'er perform well.

The delicious food was served, and after a few people raised their glasses, they started using their chopsticks.

They were not as restrained as they were in front of Emperor Yinde of Jinse Palace, but more like they felt at ease when they had meals in Weiyang Palace and Fengyi Palace when they were children.

Chengjue was careful and did not forget to observe Du Wanzhi's preferences so that he could pick up dishes for her. Du Wanzhi watched his every move and saw that Chengjue loved steamed mandarin fish, so he picked up a chopstick for him with his own hands.

If Chengjue hadn't told him in advance not to make noises, Yun Shu and Cheng Rui would have started it again.

Shixuan is naturally next to Yi'an. He dared to be next to Yi'an in the Jinse Palace, and he even dared to be next to Yi'an here.

Not only that, he also specially asked the chef of the East Palace to cook many of Yi'an's favorite dishes. Yi'an knew how good he was.

Chengrui and Shiqing, the two youngest children, sat together.

Chengrui saw that Shi Qing liked the cumin mutton dish, so he directly put a lot of it in the bowl for her, and said, "Eat quickly, if there is not enough, my brother will give it to you."

This sentence made Shi Qing dumbfounded. Looking at the cumin mutton in front of her, it was neither good nor bad to eat it.

Chengrui has loved making noises the most since he was a child, especially making noises with Shi Qing. He doesn't give in to anyone.

Cheng Rui is a good talker, but Shi Qing is not easy to mess with. The two of them can fight easily.

Seeing that Shi Qing was embarrassed to eat, Cheng Rui took a mouthful of mutton and put it to Shi Qing's mouth.

Shi Qing didn't know why, but her face suddenly turned red.

Feeling that all the eyes of her brothers and sisters were on her, Shi Qing had no choice but to eat the mutton and made a serious note of Cheng Rui in her heart.

Everyone was extremely happy after the family dinner. Perhaps because Chengxuan was dealt with, everyone felt temporarily relieved.

After the excitement subsided, Chengjue and Shixu sent Du Wanzhi and Yi'an back respectively, and began to discuss important matters in the study room of the East Palace.

Shi Jiu sat aside, holding a teacup in his hand, but there was some worry in his eyes.

"My uncle brought down the Qiao and Cai clans. Qiao Bin's official position is not high. Just find someone from the Ministry of Rites to take over. Most of the people in the Ministry of Rites were Qiao Bin's people before. This time, there has been a big change of officials in the Ministry of Rites. Now, The list of serving officials has basically been finalized.”

"But what I'm really worried about is the Ministry of War. Just now when I was in the Yangxin Hall, my uncle asked my father if he had anyone suitable to be promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War."

"But dad didn't give out the candidate directly. I always feel that my uncle has to ask your opinion on this matter."

"We've put Chengxuan in a big position this time. If uncle really finds out something, I'm afraid it won't be good for us, so we have to be careful."

"The relationship between Wang Shangshu and father is unusual. If we nominate one of our own to be the Minister of War this time, will my uncle feel that you, the crown prince, have too much power?"

Shi Xian was outspoken, and Cheng Jue felt that what he said was reasonable.

Ever since he knew that Minister Cai was going to rebel, Cheng Jue had been observing the officials of the Ministry of War to see if there was anyone suitable to take that position.

"Who do you think is suitable?" Cheng Jue stared at the sequence.

Shijiu was so scared that he shook his head repeatedly, "Anyway, I'm not suitable. I hold such an important position at such a young age. I'm not afraid of what others say. I'm just afraid that there will be some rift between my uncle and you."

"Now my cousin Gu Yan is also thinking about joining the court as an official, but he hasn't found a suitable position yet. Logically speaking, it would be fine for the son of the prime minister to be a minister of the Ministry of War. But my cousin, my relationship with you, I'm afraid..."

Chengjue saw that Shi Xiu's thinking had matured a lot now, and he considered everything comprehensively, and he couldn't help praising him in his heart.

Perhaps it was the experience of a war that made the timing more stable.

"I already have a suitable candidate." Chengjue wrote a note on rice paper for Shixian to read.

"Cao Yi?" Shi Xu frowned, "Last year's Wu champion? What leverage does he have in your hands?"

Shi Xian knew Cheng Jue well. At this time, it was impossible for him to bring someone who had nothing to do with him to this position.

"It's not a clue." Cheng Jue looked at Shi Xian, "Aunt Rumeng next to the Queen Mother is a fellow villager of Cao Yi. Before Aunt Rumeng entered the palace, she had a good relationship with Cao Yi. Just like you and Sister An An, only But Cao Yi’s parents looked down on Aunt Rumeng, and Aunt Rumeng’s family was relatively poor, so she had no choice but to enter the palace.”

"Last year, Aunt Rumeng was just twenty-five years old. At the age when she left the palace to get married, Cao Yi had become famous. He wanted to marry his beloved girl back home, but Aunt Rumeng refused."

"She wants to stay in the palace and serve her mother all her life."

Chengjue said, feeling very sorry. The palace maid is also a human being and is qualified to find her own happiness, not to mention such a good husband, but Aunt Rumeng chose to stay in the palace.

"So you plan to help Cao Yi. Just like Aunt Meng works as an errand in Fengyi Palace, Cao Yi can naturally be used by you." Shixian asked.

"Only my mother and I know about this matter. Even if my father wants to investigate, he won't find anything." Cheng Jue narrowed his eyes, as if he had already made a plan.