The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

When Yan Si came to see Emperor Jingtian, he didn't come empty-handed, and of course he didn't come to give gifts.

He brought with him the memorials he had reviewed when he had been in charge of Zhu Pi for the past few days and the backup of the government affairs he had handled.

"My dear father, long live my father. Long live my father." After Yan Sinian knelt down and saluted, he waited for a while but did not hear the emperor's voice asking him to get up. His brows furrowed and he raised his eyes to look up. When he went there, he saw the emperor staring at him in a daze.

Su Laiguang was startled when he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly raising his head. He immediately went to look at the Emperor. At the same time, he also saw the Emperor's dazed expression and hurriedly bowed to the Emperor and shouted: "Your Majesty."

When Emperor Jingtian heard Su Laiguang's voice, he was startled, came to his senses, smiled and asked Yan Sinian to forgive him, and then asked him to sit next to him.

Seeing the memorial that Yan Sinian put in front of him, the emperor flipped through it and asked: "Is there anything you are not used to dealing with these things these days? Those people in the three provinces and six ministries are all old foxes. What's the stumbling block for you?"

Year? What is this name? Yan Sinian secretly complained that no matter in his previous life or in this life, the emperor always called him Xiao Shiyi. After becoming the prince, he directly called him prince. The closest time. It’s just a cry of Si Nian.

And the name Nian'er! It seemed that the emperor was not only feeling guilty towards him, but also wanted to get close to him. Yan Sinian decided to follow the emperor's attitude and climb up the ladder today. He wanted to see where the emperor's bottom line was for him. where?

Yan Sinian smiled and replied to the emperor: "Back to my father, it's almost the New Year's Eve. My father has already made arrangements for matters in the court. Everything is just according to the old routine. There is nothing unaccustomed to it. As for those in the three provinces and six ministries Human? You also said that you are all old foxes, and you are the best at judging the situation. At that time, you were still fasting in the astrology building for your son. With their courage, you did not dare to be disrespectful to my son." said When Yan Sinian stood up, he knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude to the emperor.

The emperor quickly stretched out his hand to stop Yan Sinian, preventing him from kneeling down. Instead, he waved him back to his seat.

At this time, the accompanying eunuch came in with tea. Su Laiguang hurriedly took it and placed the tea in front of the emperor and the prince respectively.

When serving tea to Yan Sinian, Su Laiguang said with a smile: "Your Highness, please try it quickly. This is the new tea that has just been sent as tribute from Ryukyu. It is a new tea made with a new method there. I heard that the tea is secretly made. Then put it in the orange peel and seal it up. When the tea was fried, licorice and other substances were used, and it was dried in the orange peel like tangerine peel. When drinking, just take out a little bit, and brew it. The tea soup is very rich, but it tastes fragrant and you won't get angry no matter how much you drink it. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is specially left for you.

Yan Sinian first thanked Su Laiguang, then gently lifted the lid of the colorful double phoenix pierced bowl with his slender jade fingers. He saw that there were no tea leaves in the bowl, only red tea soup. He took a shallow sip. , said to the emperor: "It is suitable for strong or light tea, and the aftertaste is sweet and mellow. It also has a slight fruity aroma. It is indeed a good tea."

In fact, Yan Sinian didn't think this tea tasted very good. With his picky tongue, although this tea had some aroma of licorice and tangerine peel in his mouth, it was like fermented Pu'er, which was a ripe tea. And he prefers fried tea. This tea was indeed a bit bitter to him. It was Emperor Jingtian who liked this kind of strong tea. Since it was the emperor's preference, he couldn't say it was bad.

Putting down the tea bowl and seeing that the emperor had nothing to say about the government affairs and the memorial, Yan Sinian said to the emperor: "Father, the imperial concubine has asked for instructions from the imperial grandmother to include more people at this year's New Year's Eve banquet. . Among them were the married ladies and legitimate daughters of officials of the second rank and above, as well as some elderly people who were over the first grade and had served in official positions of the fifth rank or above also came to participate. But...

Before that, Yan Sinian had refuted the emperor's request to entertain the female family members, although no one else knew about it. But now he has agreed to the imperial concubine and the queen mother doing this, so he must go to the emperor to plead guilty, otherwise the issue will not be this matter, but the emperor's face and dignity. Of course it has to be shown that he doesn't agree very much, even if he doesn't want more people to come.

When he heard the first half of the sentence, the emperor was still nodding to express his knowledge of the matter. He thought to himself, your imperial grandmother spoke in front of the imperial concubine, so it is not easy for you to refute. You must know that there is no reason to speak in front of those women. They value face more, and so does the Empress Dowager. Anyway, there are only family members of second-grade or above families, not a few more people. It will not cause the pressure on the capital that Yan Sinian is worried about. Of course, he would not think that the number of people he mentioned might have exceeded a hundred.

Later, when he heard that Yan Sinian stopped after saying just two words, he looked over and signaled to him to continue speaking if he had anything to say, and he listened.

Yan Sinian went on to say: "The imperial concubine wanted to invite these people here, probably because she wanted to show the world the great kindness of my father and that she had never forgotten the old people who dedicated their lives to the country. But if they were asked to attend the banquet, those people would They have passed their sixtieth year, so those of the first and second grades are fine, but those of the fifth grade will have to sit outside in the wind. If they come down all night, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on."

The emperor agreed very much with Yan Sinian's words, but now it is only five or six days before the banquet. Some people may have already set off on their way. If we cancel this matter now and prevent those people from coming, I'm afraid it will be a disaster. There will be a royal reputation for going back on one's word. Therefore, the emperor asked the prince: "Nian'er thinks how this matter should be handled."

Yan Sinian pondered for a while, then raised his eyes to look at the emperor and said: "Father, since my sons and ministers think they are already serving as officials, then in legal terms they are all white men, so everyone is the same, treat them all They will all be arranged in the side hall, and then we will differentiate the levels in terms of seats and dishes. I guess they won’t say anything. Just like this, those people will not be able to see the Holy Face."

The emperor nodded and approved Yan Sinian's idea. "It's okay. If there's anyone close to you, I can just call him and see him alone."

Seeing that the emperor had no objections and took the initiative to help make up for the shortcomings, Yan Sinian smiled and asked the emperor: "I wonder if my father has any instructions for the New Year's Eve banquet, but does he have any instructions for his son to handle?"

The emperor smiled with satisfaction and said: "As for the overall arrangements for the New Year's Eve banquet, you have made a good grasp of it. I have also taken a look at the defense deployment and crowd control in the capital. You have done a good job and there are no loopholes." Even if there are some loopholes, Father will help you fix them. The emperor thought to himself, and felt that his father had done a very good job.