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?There was restlessness in the court hall. The majesty, who was supposed to go to court, came late. All the officials guessed the reason. It was probably the relapse of an old disease and he was bedridden.Huai Jun, who had just entered the court, was hidden among the officials, staring at Nuo Xu and Yong Ting who stood at the front.They were one on the left and one on the right, and they seemed to be in command of all the ministers. Almost everyone thought that the battle for the position of the dragon must be between the two, so Huai Jun also followed this thinking and put away his edge for the time being.

After a while, Eunuch Li, who had been serving the Holy Majesty, came.

"Your Majesty is in poor health, and for fear of delaying the government affairs, he asked King Yi to act as the government agent." Eunuch Li deliberately avoided Nuo Xu's deep gaze, looking at Yong Ting and said.

All the officials showed complicated expressions, including Huai Jun - he clearly remembered that Nuo Xu was the one whom the Holy Majesty loved the most.However, Nuo Xu's face remained unchanged, but he was rejected, and he felt unavoidably uncomfortable, but the arrogance in his bones didn't allow him to run away, so he straightened his waist even more, and then showed a smile.

At this moment, Eunuch Li looked at Nuo Xu, keeping this smile in his eyes, but there was a trace of bitterness in his eyes.

"I obey the order." Yong Ting stepped up the steps, stood in front of the dragon chair, looked down at the courtiers with pride, and asked, "Do you have something to announce?"

Prime Minister You was the first to take out the memorial, and stepped forward: "The marriage in the Qiang Kingdom should not be delayed, what's your opinion, King Yi?"

"The marriage contract is made by the Holy One and cannot be broken. The key lies in the bride."

Prime Minister You nodded, and then said: "In recent years, our court intends to make good friends with neighboring countries, and the matter of marriage should not be hasty. I think that the eldest princess has reached the age of Ji, and is opposite to the prince of the Qiang prince. The marriage of the princess can better demonstrate our court's friendship. Sincerity is the best choice."

"However," Prime Minister Zuo, who is also of high authority, immediately objected, "You are the head of all the parties, and it would be disrespectful for a princess to marry into that desolate place, and it would even damage our court's prestige. It is enough to express our sincerity to be chosen among the princesses."

Only then did the people echo the words of the left and right prime ministers, and they couldn't hold on to each other.Huai Jun just watched everything in the courtroom silently, without expressing his opinion; Nuo Xu, on the other hand, changed his usual harsh style of speaking, and kept his lips tightly shut, not saying anything.For a moment, the power seemed to be completely in the hands of Yong Ting, as long as he said a word, the matter could be settled.

However, he, who has always acted cautiously, thought for a while before saying: "Marriage is not a trifling matter, and I will make a decision after I report to the sage. Is there anything else?"

After dealing with a few more political matters, Yong Ting ordered to retreat.At that moment, his sonorous voice resounded throughout the court, as if the whole world wanted to bow their heads to listen to orders, and his heart was full of pride, and his expression showed it all.When all the officials left, Eunuch Li said to Yong Ting: "King Yi, please stop. The Holy Spirit has orders, please come to Cuiwei Palace to face the Holy Spirit."

After hearing this, Yong Ting followed Eunuch Li and left. Nuo Xu and Huai Jun were the only ones left in the big hall, and they looked at Yong Ting's back, each in deep thought.After a long while, Nuo Xu came to Huai Jun, and asked with concern: "A few days in the court, is the third emperor used to it?"

Huai Jun came back to his senses immediately, and replied stiffly: "I'm used to it."

"Just get used to it." Nuo Xu said with a smile: "Third Emperor Brother has been smart since he was a child, and when he enters the court, he must devote himself to the country."

"Thanks for the reminder, Big Brother." After finishing speaking, the two left separately.

After leaving the main hall, he passed through several flower-blossoming pavilions and walked through more than a dozen winding corridors before returning to the Zhaohe Hall.At that time, before others arrived, Youhe's flute sound was heard ten steps away.But suddenly, there was a "squeak" sound, and the flute tone was no longer in tune, which made him feel worried.

Many years ago, Huai Jun got two flutes from nowhere, and clamored day and night to learn with Chen Pu, so the people in the palace had to rush to invite a teacher.Chen Pu wasn't very interested in these things about vocal music at first, but he became more interested in learning and learning. On the contrary, Huai Jun was very talented. After learning a few pieces, he put away his flute, and only occasionally took it out to play.

Thinking of this past, and remembering that day when Chen Pu complained about Xiao's oldness, Huai Jun secretly made a decision.

He had just entered the Hall of Zhaohe, and Chen Pu also happened to put away the jade screen flute.Seeing that Chen Pu was sweating profusely, he immediately took out a brocade handkerchief from his waist to wipe off the sweat for him, gently and gently.

Chen Pu kept raising his head and smiling at him, the smile was extraordinarily bright and bright under the sunlight, which made him feel itchy, and pinched his face: "What are you laughing at?"

"Guess." Chen Pu blinked, but without waiting for Huai Jun to answer, he answered, "I'm glad to see you so early."

"Well, I went to court early today."

Chen Pu stuck out his tongue, and said frankly, "If only it would be this early in the future."

Huai Jun laughed twice, and took Chen Pu's words, "Of course, if it's so early, it means that the world is safe and peaceful."

"Yes, yes..." Chen Pu nodded, "That's what I mean."

"Fool." Huai Jun twisted the tip of Chen Pu's nose, half reprimanded: "You are afraid of the heat, so don't stand outside for so long."

"It's just that the sun has been a little bit stronger these days, so what's the matter!"

"What doesn't matter? It's just summer a few years ago, who stood outside for two hours foolishly and made himself suffer from heat stroke?"

"You still have the nerve to bring it up again? Once you obviously did something wrong, and you wanted me to be punished for you and stand up!" Chen Pu squinted at him, and said dissatisfiedly, "I don't even think about who made me so afraid of the heat."

"Okay, okay, this is my fault." Huai Jun stretched out his hand, holding Chen Pu: "Let's go to the book hall."

The book hall is shady and cool, usually the sun is a little bit fierce, they will hide in the book hall for an afternoon, it is a good place to spend time.Huai Jun sat in front of the book desk, while Chen Pu picked out a book and sat directly on the ground.He has always disliked restraint, so Huai Jun just took one look at him and buried his head in his book.

In the past few days, he has found a few books about the governance of the dynasty.In the midst of the chaos, he led a group of generals to become the heroes of the era and a generation of monarchs, and the generals each took the title of hero.But □□ wholeheartedly wanted to change the court to Wenzhi, and the status of military commanders was actually high and low. Later, left and right prime ministers were set up to surpass the court.

One of the steps in the country's transition to civil rule is to develop talents, so an assessment system was created. All scholars who pass the assessment will be judged and awarded officials. There have also been two people who entered the court with full marks. □ Prime Minister Zuo during the period, and Prime Minister Mo of this dynasty.

But apart from these two, most of them are mediocre people, because most of them lack unique insights into state affairs except for the scripture assessment, so that the classroom is full of redundant people.Huai Jun believes that the future assessment must involve personal views on national conditions.

As he flipped through the book, he took notes and jotted down the main points.

When Chen Pu finished reading the book in his hand, it was already dark.He put the book back to its original place, and watched Huai Jun devote himself seriously to the book from afar, and an inexplicable sense of emptiness emerged in his heart.The first time he had this feeling was when he was eight years old, Huai Jun had to study every day and listen to his master's lectures.At that time, when he was young, he thought that Huai Jun would ignore him when he was studying, and he was sullen for a long time. After Huai Jun coaxed him for a long time, he believed that Huai Jun would not abandon him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing at himself, laughing at himself for thinking wildly, and then walked to the desk: "Third Prince, it's getting late."

Upon hearing his voice, Huai Jun raised his head and asked, "It's so late? Are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry, my stomach is growling."

"Okay, let's go over to have dinner." Huai Jun closed the book after writing the last word, and followed Chen Pu out.

The dinner is not rich, because when Huai Jun was a child, he heard Concubine Jun tell a story. One day, he said that there was a famine and the people were starving. It was very pitiful.He couldn't eat that day, until at night when he saw the Holy Majesty, he asked: "Father, there are so many people who have nothing to eat in the world, why do we still have such rich meals?" The Holy Majesty was delighted when he heard this Jun had such a benevolent heart, so he ordered that all the meals in the palace should be simple.

Huai Jun thought sadly—in fact, before Concubine Jun left, the Holy Majesty loved him very much, but in the palace, even if he could blame the Holy Majesty for being ruthless, could he blame his mother?

"Pu'er, we went to Yongning Temple on the day my mother lost her hair." He sighed, and finally said: "I have always understood that my mother's life is not happy, I just don't want to lose her. But as a son, I can't be so selfish. Now that she has made up her mind, we will send her there."

"Okay, let's see off the empress together." Chen Pu curled the corners of his mouth and gave Huai Jun the greatest encouragement with a smile.

After dinner, Huai Jun sent Chen Pu back to the dormitory first, and then returned to the library to deal with matters.But as soon as he stepped into the book hall, an eunuch knocked on the door and came in: "See King Yu, this servant, in the name of King Wang, invites King Yu to come to Shangyang Hall for a gathering."

Huai Jun lives in Zhaohe Hall, Yong Ting lives in Dongqin Hall, and Nuo Xu lives in Shangyang Hall.As soon as he stepped into the Shangyang Palace, he smelled a strong fragrance of tea. Wangwang's tea was the most famous in the palace, but Huai Jun didn't like tea, and he didn't have much research on it. Surprised.

"Hui Jun is here. It just so happens that our brothers haven't met for a long time, so I invite you to have a cup of tea while I'm free." Wang Wang pushed a fine porcelain cup in front of Huai Jun who had just sat down, and then offered him a cup of tea. .

Huai Jun took a sip disrespectfully, thinking about Nuo Xu's intentions in his mind.

On the other side, Yong Ting pushed away the tea in front of him, and said bluntly: "Brother Huang, you and I don't need to talk too much, just speak directly when you have something to say."

That being the case, Nuo Xu did not hesitate to speak out.He looked at the teacup, his pupils reflected a deep brown color: "Father asked you to enter the palace today, what exactly did you say?"

Huai Jun looked at Yong Ting and pricked up his ears, waiting for his answer.

"It's nothing." Yong Ting answered casually, thinking about what his father said to him in his heart——Yong Ting, your father has great expectations of you, and you must pay attention to your behavior in the future.

"Then what about the jade seal? I heard that the father gave you the jade seal of the Chuan Kingdom?"

Nuo Xu wanted to enter Cuiwei Palace several times today to visit the Holy Majesty's condition, but he was always turned away.Later, I heard from the eunuch of Cuiwei Palace that King Yi was holding something when he left, and it was rumored that it was the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.

"No, father is still in good health, and there is no need to hand over Yuxi." Yong Ting told the truth, and then left.

Nuo Xu raised his eyebrows, looked at his back, and weighed how much his words were true and how much was false.Huai Jun didn't doubt Yong Ting at all, everyone in the palace knew that Yi Wang was the most honest person, he said no, he just didn't.So he didn't stay any longer, got up and left.

"Huaijun, drink another cup of tea."

He politely rebuffed: "Tomorrow is early morning, Brother Da Huang, go to bed early."

After Yong Ting and Huai Jun left, the Shangyang Hall became deserted again in the middle of the night, leaving Nuo Xu amidst the fragrance of tea, facing two cups of unfinished tea on the table.

He said to Mo Huichuan who was on the side: "Let's withdraw."

Mo Huichuan sighed: "My lord, tea is good tea, you can't bear to waste it, so let me drink it."?