The reborn worthy minister is difficult to do

"Not one word of the man's bed is true!" Lin bit her handkerchief, persistently whipped the plum tree with the fallen plum branch, as if she regarded the plum tree as an enemy.

Yesterday, he promised well and took Ziya Ziying to the banquet, but he changed his mind when they came together this morning.Just use the excuse that Zi Ya is still guilty of not going to the banquet as an excuse, and he can only take Xu Ci and Zi Ying.

Xu Ziying is four years younger than Xu Ziya, and now she is 11 years old. She has inherited Lin's good looks and has been a beauty since she was a child.

It's good that Ziying can go, but she is a girl after all, and after she gets married, she becomes someone else's family.It would be of great benefit for Zi Ya to go. The royal banquets were attended by dignitaries, relatives and relatives of the emperor. If he could cling to one or two, Zi Ya's career path in the future would be smooth and smooth.

I thought it was the only way to settle this matter, but I didn't expect another turning point at noon.

It is said that after the early court, Xu Changzong was talking about going to a banquet with several colleagues, but he was suddenly called by Prince Gong who had just returned from Hainan.Under the envy of a group of colleagues, Xu Changzong changed to travel with Prince Gong. Prince Gong is the emperor's half-brother and is in his 40s this year.He was very close to the emperor, so Xu Changzong was naturally happy to chat with him.

The two gradually moved away from the sight of everyone, and Prince Gong smiled lightly, "I took the liberty to invite Mr. Xu, it was my lord who was rude. It's just that I heard that there is a wife in your mansion from the Lin family of the magistrate of Yangzhou, but is that so?"

Xu Changzong couldn't figure out what Prince Gong was thinking, so he answered in a satisfactory manner: "Go back to your lord, there is indeed an aunt named Lin in the lower official's mansion."

"En", Prince Gong nodded, "It can't be wrong. This king just continued the first string this summer, and she is the fifth lady of the prefect's family in Yangzhou. She is in good health, but this king is in a hurry to go to Beijing. The road was bumpy, and the concubine fell ill as soon as she arrived in the capital. The imperial doctor did not get better after seeing her, and only said that it was a heart disease that needed heart medicine."

The two walked down the high steps, Prince Gong was in front, Xu Changzong was slightly staggered, and followed closely behind, Prince Gong looked sideways at Xu Changzong, with anxious and haggard eyes: "I asked several times, and she struggled to speak. It turned out that the concubine received a letter from her family, and her nanny died of old age. The concubine was so sad that she couldn't get sick. She talked nonsense when she was in a trance. Once I heard the concubine talking to herself by chance, saying that she wanted to try the nanny's recipe again. Linglong White Jade Cake. After some inquiries, I learned that Aunt Lin of Xu Shilang's family had learned how to make Linglong White Jade Cake from Nanny Wangfei."

Xu Changzong's heart was surging, he really wanted to sleep and someone handed him a pillow.

A few days ago, I heard that Prince Gong, who had lost his wife for many years, finally married a [-]-year-old girl as his continuation this year. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the fifth daughter of the magistrate's family in Yangzhou.

The little concubine who took good care of Prince Gong, as long as Prince Gong said a word in front of His Majesty, his official career could still be fought.

The emperor has been more and more indifferent to him in the past few years. He has stayed in the idle position of Minister of Rites for more than ten years without any achievements. He has long been the emperor's abandoned son.

After returning home, Xu Changzong told Lin about this matter, and Lin's mouth immediately pouted, "If you want to do it, it's not like you don't know that I and my mother's family are in the same boat."

Xu Changzong put his arms around Lin's arm: "Good madam, be obedient, didn't you tell me to take Ziya Ziying? If you can cure Princess Gong's heart disease, no, it doesn't need to be cured, as long as you go and do it for her." Now, I will promise you this matter. Besides, she is only a 16-year-old girl, she was not enlightened when you left home, so you are very angry with her. "

"really?"

"a man of his words."

"Hmph, well then, I'll make Linglong White Jade Cake for her for a few days just for your sake."

Mrs. Lin went to Prince Gong's mansion to make pastries for a few days, and Princess Gong's illness really recovered.Prince Gong was overjoyed and gave the Lin family many gold and silver jewelry.

Prince Gong was happy, so Xu Changzong was happy.The Minister of Rites is very old now, and he should retire and return to his hometown in a few years.His position is a lucrative post, and he has been a fourth-rank rite minister for more than ten years, so he should be promoted.

After a few days of consideration, he finally decided to take Xu Ziya and Xu Ziying to the banquet with a fluke mentality.In the future, Lin's relationship with Prince Gong is still needed, so don't offend her.

The emperor entertained more than 300 courtiers, plus each person can bring two family members, there should be a thousand people.Among these officials, I am like a drop in the ocean. Moreover, at this kind of banquet, the emperor's officials present cannot drink to their heart's content. Generally, His Majesty will only toast at the beginning of the feast, and then leave. The time is short, and they may not notice him.

This banquet can be said to be a communicative banquet among the officials, not a flattery banquet to please the emperor.

Only three days before the royal feast, Xu Changzong decided who would attend the banquet.He sent a servant to report to Wang's, while Xu Changzong himself went to Xu Ci's room.

While walking, he was thinking about how to find an excuse to reprimand him, and thought behind closed doors until after the banquet.

Mrs. Lin had already prepared, and prepared clothes for Xu Ziya and Xu Ziying early in the morning.

And Xu Changzong's progress with Xu Ci was also very smooth. After scolding him a few words, Xu Ci didn't contradict him at all.Afterwards, he was fined to lock him up tightly, and Xu Ci also just remained silent, not as hysterical as before, and he was terrified that this matter went smoothly.

Xu Ziya recuperated in the room for a month, and the wounds on his body had long since healed.

On the afternoon of the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, there was still an hour before the banquet. Xu Changzong took Xu Ziya and Xu Ziying, who were dressed like two immortals, towards the palace.

It is disrespectful to go to the imperial banquet early or late, and it is most appropriate to arrive half an hour in advance.

The three of them walked for about two quarters of an hour, Xu Ci dragged Xu Zixian, who had finally changed into women's clothes, into the carriage, and walked away.

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This imperial banquet can be said to be the most grand in recent years. Even the elders of the three dynasties who rarely go to court on weekdays attended in costumes.When Xu Changzong was led to the Palace of Preserving Harmony by the leading eunuch, many officials had already arrived and were greeting each other.

In the center of the Hall of Preserving Harmony, a passageway was paved with a red carpet, and the left and right sides were filled with neat desks. Xu Changzong roughly calculated that there were about three hundred tables, with a total of 22 vertical and [-] horizontal tables.The civilian officials are on the right and the military officials are on the left. There is a clear distinction.

Xu Changzong is an official of the fourth grade, the higher the official position, the smaller the number of people.So his position is okay, in the middle position.

Seeing him coming, several officials who were familiar with Xu Changzong brought their family members to greet him.

The young officials took their wives with them, while the older ones mostly took their children. They all made up their minds to take this opportunity to develop contacts for their children, pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

"Hey, these two young masters and young ladies are as handsome as fairy children, are they Eldest Master Xu and Eldest Miss Xu?" asked Master Zhang, a colleague who also brought the child.

"That's right, that's right. I haven't seen Uncle Zhang soon."

Seeing the two good-looking dolls saluting calmly, Mr. Zhang laughed and said, "Okay, my dear, this is Zhang Qi. Qier, this is your Uncle Xu." call.

After chatting for a while, finally unable to hold back, Mr. Zhang asked: "Sir, why don't you see the Second Young Master of your mansion?"

"Gouzi made a mistake a few days ago, and I punished him to think about his mistakes behind closed doors. That's why he missed this banquet. Otherwise, I would have brought him here. I wouldn't have brought Zi Ya." He had thought of this set of rhetoric a long time ago, and now the answer is smooth and natural .

Xu Ziya's mistakes were covered tightly by the Xu family, and almost no one knew that it was Xu Ziya who was actually in the confinement period.

After exchanging greetings, Xu Changzong took the two of them to continue looking for someone to get acquainted with. Master Zhang saw that he had gone far, and thought to himself: It is true that Xu Shilang favors the concubine and neglects the legitimate son.

He cast a disdainful glance at the direction the three of them were leaving, thinking behind closed doors and not in a hurry, it was just an excuse he came up with.Family ugliness should not be publicized, but he said it so loudly, he really didn't show mercy to his own son.

Bringing two concubines into the palace, Mr. Xu is really confused.

Frowning and shaking his head, there is a difference between concubine and concubine, and orthodoxy is the key link, Master Xu's actions are not general.

Pointing to the direction where Xu Changzong left, Master Zhang whispered to his seven-year-old son: "Just now that child should not be friends with."

Master Xu didn't care about the difference between concubine and concubine at this time, if he usually cared about it, but now he was deceived by his promotion, he only wanted to cling to Prince Gong, and he had already forgotten about etiquette.

After exchanging pleasantries, but did not see Prince Gong, Xu Changzong had no choice but to take the two children back and sit down beside his desk with regret.

Not long after they sat down, Xu Ci and Xu Zixian also came.The one who led the way was the prince's close attendant, Eunuch Zhou. Once he entered the Palace of Preservation, Eunuch Zhou didn't even look at Xu Changzong and the others, and led the two baby dolls straight ahead, until he walked to the first row of the second row of military officers. Just stopped.

The first row is the prince, and the second row is the prince.His Majesty also spent a lot of money this time, and even the prince got out of them all. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of those in power.

"Second Master Xu, Miss San Xu, this is the position of the crown prince. You sit down and rest first, the crown prince will be here soon." Eunuch Zhou bowed to beg for a laugh, his face was like a pleasing dog .

Xu Ci smiled generously, held Eunuch Zhou's hand, thanked him, and slipped the golden marble in his hand into Eunuch Zhou's hand.Eunuch Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and his smile became even brighter.

Since the two entered the palace, they have attracted the attention of the whole hall.

Everyone whispered to each other, wondering which royal and noble family these two half-aged children belonged to.A few sharp-eyed people recognized Xu Ci and whispered, "Isn't this the second son of Xu Shilang's family?"

Although the sound is small, it can be clearly heard in the huge quiet hall.

All of a sudden, everyone in the main hall looked up at Xu Changzong, who was originally unknown.

At this moment, Xu Changzong's handsome face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he wanted to find a hole in the ground to get in.

That wicked bastard actually made his father embarrassing in public!

Xu Ci showed his face to Xu Changzong with a small smile, and waved the bright red invitation card inlaid with gold in his hand.