My country, you can pinch it

Even if Liu Ke was in a hurry, when he returned home, the sky was already dark, and the lights were turned on in the room, and Shang Jinling seemed to have just woken up from a lunch break. His long black hair was tied behind his head with a hairpin, and he was holding it in one hand. Mi Shui, holding a pen and paper in one hand, is writing something at the desk, looking lazy and casual.

The housekeeper of the palace was standing beside him, reporting something in a low voice.

When Liu Ke saw this scene with all his coldness and dryness, it was as if a spring breeze had blown his heart, and it was instantly warm and peaceful. He stood behind the curtain of the inner room for a while, and after he sneered and sneered all the way from entering the palace, it was a rare There is a gratified smile.

However, there was always someone who didn't have long eyes, and asked him wonderingly: "Your Highness, why don't we go in?" Xiaotuanzi followed Liu Ke in and out, and he knew how bad his master was in a bad mood after meeting the emperor, and he kept on going. Isn't the purpose of returning home to see the young master sooner?

Liu Ke turned his head, raised his finger and pointed at his shoulder. It was snowing all the way, and the snowflakes accumulated on it hadn't melted yet. "What should I do if I'm cold all over my body?"

"Can't you just take off the cloak?" Xiaotuanzi said.

Liu Ke looked down at him, Xiaotuanzi shrank his neck, and said in a low voice, "Your servant is wrong."

"No, you're right." After speaking, Liu Ke untied the cloak, threw it to him, and strode in, "Lingling."

Inside, it's warm.

When the butler saw his master, he saluted quickly.

Liu Ke waved his hand, looked at Shang Jinling's desk, and asked, "What are you writing?"

Shang Jinling replied: "Invitation card." As he spoke, he handed over the heater on his lap.

"I'm not cold."

Shang Jinling looked at him in a gorgeous python robe, even taking off his cloak, and couldn't help frowning, "But I look cold." After speaking, he reached over to touch him, but raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Liu Ke: "..." I just came back from the windy and snowy day outside, how could my hands be hot?

But his hands were not hot, but his heart was hot. Liu Ke took it obediently and said, "I haven't seen King Jing."

"Stopped?"

"Well, he said he was suffering from hysteria and refused to let me see him alive or dead. Zhu Yuanfeng was the one who stopped him."

Shang Jinling couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth as he listened, and his eyes showed sarcasm, "Your Majesty is really good at playing tricks on people's hearts. If this skill was put above governing the country, there would be no turbulent situation today."

Emperor Shun didn't trust Liu Ke, nor did he trust Zhu Yuanfeng, even though the latter never overstepped the rules by his side, nor did he make friends with any princes or ministers.

Now it happened to take King Jing to wipe the two of them.

If Liu Ke didn't see King Jing, the emperor would have doubts about him, but if he did, Zhu Yuanfeng would be in trouble.

"You said that he was so suspicious that he became so virtuous, how could he live a good life?" Liu Ke couldn't figure it out.

"Emperors, those who are exhausted, usually don't live long, but those who are incapable of doing what they want, generally..." Shang Jinling paused, as if thinking about how to describe it, and then heard Liu Ke say, "Did before the founding emperor of his dynasty." hand."

"Pfft..." Shang Jinling laughed.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

Shang Jinling shook his head, "This is the correct answer." He praised, "It seems that reading history books is not in vain."

As soon as Liu Ke walked into the room, he became warm. He put the stove in Shang Jinling's hand again, and said, "If it wasn't for you, Lingling, that's what I planned. most."

Xinzheng is not only Dashun’s medicine, but it is also blindly poisonous. If used well, it will cure the disease. Cathay Pacific is long-lasting. If it is not used well, it will burn out your luck and lead to premature death.

However, ordinary people can't grasp the degree at all. See, the place is full of smog and mourning. With the help of the new law, all kinds of ghosts and monsters have come out, and the court is in turmoil, because the opposition can no longer be suppressed.

King Ning is the last medicine given by Emperor Shun to soothe people's hearts, so... Liu Ke returned his gaze to Shang Jinling's table, picked up the invitation cards, took a rough look at them, and smiled. He said, "Lingling, are you planning to invite all the dignitaries in the entire capital to my brother?"

"Don't rummage around, mess up the order." Shang Jinling snatched the invitation and checked it again against the roster sent by the butler. He said, "The butler just reported that when the news of your return to Beijing came out half a month ago, this Ning The invitations from the palace have never stopped. When you come back today, another stack will be delivered to your door in the afternoon when you entered the palace alone. If you put them all together, you can send them to the stove as firewood to burn a bucket of bath water. Coupled with the heavy snowfall today, so many officials came to welcome us..."

"It's just some officials below the third rank, not too big or too small." Liu Ke didn't care.

However, Shang Jinling touched the stove and smiled slightly, "Although these officials are obeying orders, it shows that the people behind them are quite urgent. Your Highness King Ning, you are hotter than I imagined!"

"Don't make fun of me, it's useless to be hot again. After walking around the palace today, I can see that I am the target of that person."

Shang Jinling laughed softly when he heard this, and blinked at Liu Ke, "It's good to understand in your heart, do you know which of you three princes is the most desirable in the eyes of the emperor?"

Liu Ke said without hesitation and disgust: "Second brother."

"That's right, that's why we kicked him out in the first round." As he said that, Shang Jinling ordered loudly, "Brother butler."

The big housekeeper who was waiting at the door came in, "Your Highness, Young Master Shang."

"Send out all those invitations. Don't miss anything. Three days later, Prince Ning's Mansion will hold a banquet. Everyone must attend."

"Yes."

"By the way, let me tell you by the way..." Shang Jinling's eyes were dark and cold, "Your Highness will not accept any apology, if you don't come that day, you will never come to this Prince Ning's Mansion."

The butler was taken aback, the queen had just been avenged, and Liu Ke had no influence in Beijing.If he relied on his status as the son-in-law and his holy favor, if he held a banquet to invite honorable ministers, people would probably come because of this face, but if his attitude was so tough, it would be forcing the ministers to stand in line, not to mention offending people, I am afraid It also has to leave an impression of arrogance, which is extremely detrimental to winning people's hearts. Even King Jing and King Duan didn't dare to do this back then.

He couldn't help but look back at Liu Ke.

Liu Ke was drinking tea, but Xiaotuanzi urged him: "Listen to the young master's arrangement, hurry up!"

The butler was stunned, "Yes."

When Liu Ke went to Yongliang, people in the capital naturally needed people to stay. The big housekeeper took the responsibility of exchanging news, but he didn't know the relationship between the two. He only felt that his highness took good care of this young master. Now It seems that this is not the only case.

Seeing him leave, Liu Ke thought for a while and told Xiaotuanzi behind him: "Go and tell the butler, it doesn't matter the Lord's face, I will take care of it that day, and you don't need to hold money."

"Yes."

As soon as Xiaotuanzi went out, he saw the big housekeeper standing hesitantly at the door, and when he saw him, he quickly pulled him over as if he had seen a savior, and said in a low voice, "Mr. ah?"

The chief butler's ability to achieve his current status is not only due to his loyalty, but also his ability to read words and demeanor is also first-rate.

Xiaotuanzi cleared his throat and said, "No, His Highness is afraid that you will treat Young Master Shang slowly, so he specifically asked me to tell you how to treat His Highness in the future, and treat this one."

The butler felt confident when he heard it, "Understood."

Xiaotuanzi nodded, but thought again, "No. It should be how respectful you are to His Highness, and you need to pay more for this one."

"what……"

"That's right, that's it." Xiaotuanzi affirmed.

The butler hesitated for a while, then cupped his hands, "Eunuch Tuan, what if the two of you disagree?"

"Of course I listened to Master Shang." Xiaotuanzi took it for granted, "Didn't you just say it, so be more respectful."

The butler: "..." He silently glanced at Xiaotuanzi, thinking that he should not have offended the eunuch, right?

"What kind of eyes do you have?" Xiaotuanzi snorted, "This is Mr. Tuan and I have been with His Highness for many years. Most people would never tell him. Just you, let's serve the master together, my own people, and me. Just a word of persuasion. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Lao Luo.”

Lao Luo is Luo Yun.

When Liu Ke returned to the capital, the commander of the guards naturally followed him. There were thousands of soldiers in Prince Ning's mansion, and he mobilized them. He could be called a confidant.

When Xiaotuanzi said this, the housekeeper believed it, "No need, thank you, Mr. Tuan."

"One more thing, His Highness said that the banquet three days later will affect his face, so he must handle it well. If the mansion is not enough, then he will hire all the major restaurants in Beijing. In short, he must be decent."

"Eunuch Tuan, don't worry."

As soon as King Ning returned to the capital, he didn't even have a firm foothold, so he distributed invitations all over the capital. This matter quickly spread to every corner, and everyone talked about it.

At this moment, the capital city has been sealed off and the government is closed, and every household is preparing for the New Year. King Ning's move seems too eager.

But if you think about it, it makes sense, after all these years away from Beijing, if you don't win a group first, even at the New Year's Eve banquet, you will appear to be weak and weak, without the air of a son-in-law.In the same way, people can also take this opportunity to see what the Seventh Prince, whom the emperor has hoped for and invited repeatedly, looks like.Is he still as unscrupulous and domineering as he was six years ago, or is he a potential dragon who keeps a low profile and soars when encountering water?

People in the capital are all good people. After receiving the post, they only said "Thank you, Your Highness. If there is nothing else, I will go there" to save face. As for whether to go or not, I have to wait and see to see if there are any "other things" ".

This is all tacit, but Prince Ning's Mansion is not as polite. Seeing that he accepted the post, he smiled and put down a sentence, "My lord, Your Highness sincerely invites you, but if you don't come that day, then the future of Prince Ning's Mansion door, you don’t come here either.”

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, full of courtesy, but with a tough and arrogant attitude.

In the noble family of the capital, King Ning treats everyone equally, no matter how good the words are, he has to listen to the threat of this sentence.

Yes, threats.

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"Lao Qi is so brave, the capital is not standing firmly, so he starts to force people to stand in line." Duan Wang sneered and took the bronzing invitation and threw it on the charcoal stove, the flames rolled into ashes .

"Your Highness, shall we go?"

"What are you going to? It's clear that you want to fight with this king!" Duan Wang looked at his confidant coldly, and ordered, "Notify me, anyone who dares to go to Ning Wang's mansion for a banquet will be against this king!"

Hearing this, the confidant replied: "Yes." But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, he persuaded again, "However, Your Highness, our people don't have to go, but the ones under King Jing's family are probably..."

"What a pity for a double-faced person. These are old families. If Liu Lang can't do it, then change someone else. Liu Ke's mother family is also the Wang family, which is no different from Liu Lang. It just so happens that the Wang family is implicated by the noble concubine. Injury to the muscles and bones, not a good situation, just took advantage of these people. Otherwise, who do you think sent those officials at the city gate?"

Seeing that King Duan was so confident, his confidant immediately felt relieved, but suddenly he said, "Your Highness, it seems that the Yang family has not received the invitation."

When Duan Wang heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, "It's kind of interesting."

Two years ago, Yang Shenxing parted ways with King Duan. The latter was not a tolerant person, and he had made many obstacles overtly and secretly. However, the emperor still needed Yang Shenxing, so even if King Duan and King Jing joined forces, they did not completely hand over the chief assistant to him. Press.

Even if the New Deal is riddled with holes and completely changed beyond recognition, it is still in progress. This is the life-saving talisman of the Yang family.

But now that King Ning is here, this Lord Yang should also give way.

"I didn't even post an invitation. It seems that Lao Qi's first shot is aimed at our Master Yang, and he can't wait to replace him!"