Mortal Mage

Zhang Mingxuan-Mansion

Early in the morning after the new house was completed, Zhang Mingxuan went to the palace early.

Li Si has never attended court since the last time the court decided to sell the spiritual vein and go to war with the Tianze Empire.

Although Zhang Mingxuan was still an acting doctor of the fifth rank in the court, his status was no longer what it used to be.

Every day when he went to court, a strange scene occurred in the palace.

All the officials above the third rank would avoid him when they saw him from a distance, but it was inevitable that they would bump into each other.

Often when a Shangshu bumped into a fifth-rank official like him, it would be the Shangshu who would take the initiative to salute him.

The superior official took the initiative to salute the subordinate.

He didn't care and just returned the greeting, but this left the Feather Guard Wang Han dumbfounded.

On this day, Zhang Mingxuan was slacking off in the Ministry of Rites as usual. After the court was dismissed, he saw Wang Han patrolling the gate of Lihe Hall alone, looking extremely bored.

Zhang Mingxuan had nothing to do because all the officials kept their distance from him. He didn't make a single friend in the month he spent in Lihe Hall.

So when I saw that bored man, I went over and started a conversation with him.

"Hey!"

Zhang Mingxuan walked behind Wang Han and patted him on the shoulder suddenly.

"Stab" sound.

Wang Han was smart enough to pull out the long sword in his hand. When he looked back and saw that it was Zhang Mingxuan in official uniform, he hurriedly put the sword away in fear. "Oh, Master Zhang, you scared me to death."

After saying that, he immediately knelt on the ground.

Zhang Mingxuan ate the ice melon brought out by the Ministry of Rites and handed one to Wang Han, but Wang Han didn't dare to take it.

Zhang Mingxuan didn't care and asked in a low voice tentatively, "Brother Han, can I ask you something?"

Wang Han is actually in his thirties. According to his age, there is nothing wrong with Zhang Mingxuan calling him brother.

But this frightened Wang Han enough. "Master Zhang, if you have anything to ask, just ask me. If I know anything, I will tell you."

"Ah, no, the premise is that it doesn't involve things that can't be said."

Wang Han quickly added another sentence.

"It's not a big deal. I just wanted to ask you about someone because you, the Feather Guard, are monitoring all officials."

"who?"

Zhang Mingxuan casually spat out two words; "Crown Prince."

Others might know a little about the prince's style of doing things and how he deals with people. After all, they are all old ladies and city dwellers. Even if they know less, they still know more than he does.

"Oh, Master Zhang, please don't make fun of me. I'm just a small flag officer on duty at the Ministry of Rites. How can I know about the Crown Prince's affairs?"

"Just asking some common questions that everyone knows."

"It's just a normal thing... I can't talk about normal things, sir." Wang Han's dark face showed bitterness. He touched the back of his head and looked around, but found that no one was paying attention. "But sir Zhang, no matter what you want to know, our general flag should know something."

"Okay, okay, just ask around."

Zhang Mingxuan slapped his thigh, turned around and left the court.

"Our general bannermen are very good, sir."

Wang Han muttered to himself as he watched Zhang Mingxuan leave.

He had been on duty in the Ministry of Rites for seven or eight years, and no official had ever paid any attention to him. Zhang Mingxuan was the only official he had ever met who was courteous to others.

He is not arrogant and speaks gently, like he is eighteen years old.

A fifth-rank doctor in charge of ceremonies! If I have such a high-ranking official as my backer, I can walk around the palace freely in the future, and the eunuchs on duty in the attendant bureau will have to follow my lead.

"It's just that Lord Zhang couldn't ask anyone else, but he had to ask about the Crown Prince. If you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't know. Even if I knew, I wouldn't dare to say it."

Wang Han pondered in his mind and muttered to himself.

He walked out of the palace with his sword in his hand, his eyes lifeless.

Zhang Mingxuan returned home and was having dinner when Yubin came over to report that several eunuchs had come to the door.

He put down his half-eaten meal and went out in person.

A group of people were standing outside the door, including a senior eunuch, three junior eunuchs, and seven or eight small flags of the Feather Guards.

"This is?"

There is something strange about this group of people.

I haven't reported my residence to the palace yet, why is there someone coming to the palace after the court session? What can't I say during the court session?

"Oh, Master Zhang, your mansion is so hard to find. The imperial edict yesterday morning made us spend a whole day looking for it. If we hadn't asked the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Construction Office and they told us that you had registered a new house in Dongcheng, we wouldn't have been able to find your mansion today. It's so winding and alley-like."

The old eunuch who was in charge started complaining when he saw Zhang Mingxuan.

"Can't you just ask directly in the court?"

Zhang Mingxuan looked puzzled.