Located on the banks of the Qinhuai River, Shen Garden has long been the most famous landmark building in the capital, and there is no one.

Many new entrants to the capital, the first stop is often to sail the Qinhuai River, to see the Shen Yuan Star Tower, which has been known as the first building on the river.

After all, the building is a dead thing, it is true that the star tower towers over the Qinhuai River, and the building is grand and gorgeous, but if you see more, it will inevitably gradually become ordinary. The reason why the Star Picking Tower has always attracted attention is not only because of its own architectural beauty, but also because of the characters and stories outside the building.

If you want to talk about the stories related to the Star Picking Tower, even ordinary people in the capital can talk about it for a long time: hanging in the air, the fire dragon soaring into the sky, and the high-rise building hanging...... The so-called salty and merry, on the first floor, has gradually become the consensus of the people.

Jiangdong since the southern crossing, it is an eventful autumn, especially during the Ming Emperor Taining period to the present Xianhe, drastic changes are frequent, and every drastic change means the redivision of the situation. The ups and downs of individuals, the rise and fall of families, and even the ups and downs of national fortunes are really inexhaustible. In such a turbulent era, no one dared to say that he could stabilize the world and not be harmed.

However, in the turbulent melody of this great era, there is a small episode that has maintained a brave rhythm of singing and marching, and now, it is a famous theme that moves the north and the south, integrates and even introduces the impassioned main theme!

"Horses are not born with high standards, they are old and enter the capital, and people do not know the virtuous...... Even if the reputation is rising, it is not the same. Xiang Nian and Xu Junyan, Wang Changyu died in his prime, Yin Yuanyuan has no news, only the golden son is in the world, and so far, his peers are incomparable, and the virtuous chief is also inferior......"

Outside the Shen Garden, on the banks of the Qinhuai River, there are often Jiankang locals who preach the story extended by this star-picking tower here, and there is no lack of pride in the tone of witnessing the growth of this young sage in Jiangdong. And the listeners also sighed a lot, deeply regretting that they couldn't get acquainted with each other, and they also regretted that they couldn't witness the grand occasion of picking up stars in previous years. Today's Shen Yuma is already known and respected in the north and south, and because of the king's diligence, he has not been in the Star Picking Tower for several years.

Recently, the number of tourists around Shen Yuan has surged, because everyone knows that Shen Yuma has returned to the capital, or will go to the Star Picking Tower again to gather friends. Even if they don't have the opportunity to enter the building, it is a comfort to be able to witness the grand occasion of the star picking tower with their own eyes.

Sure enough, the hard work paid off, and on this day, a large number of Shen family's ox carts from Shen Gongfang transported various things into the building for decoration, as if they were preparing for some large-scale gathering. So the people who received the news all went to inquire whether Shen Fuma would go upstairs today, and tried their best to get an invitation.

Not to mention that most of the people in the capital were throbbing because of this, after the afternoon, there were already children from the people in the city. In previous years, oxcart wide robes and elegant instruments and beautiful maids were the standard for the travel of the sons of the lower families, but now the martial arts style is gradually recovering, especially Shen Fuma is now the martial arts flaunt.

Therefore, most of the children of these people who were present gave up taking a car, or riding a horse, or traveling widely, one by one, with their heads held high, especially after seeing the many onlookers around Shen Yuan, their expressions were even more arrogant, like a rooster with colorful feathers, and they entered the garden under the guidance of the Shen family.

As for the surrounding onlookers, they are indeed envious, and now the Star Picking Tower has a high status in the minds of the people in the capital, and it is an honor to be invited to climb the tower itself is a long time to boast about. Not to mention that now Shen is in the capital, if he is invited to go upstairs by the horse, it will be an honor among the honors.

For a while, the onlookers who felt that some identities were also impatient to wait here, and left one after another to inquire about the inside situation, and made up their minds to get an invitation no matter what the price was. Otherwise, if the horses entertain Shi Xian Junyan, and they are not invited, what qualifications do they have to boast of talent? Do you want to mix in the capital in the future?

The disturbances caused by the changes in Shen Yuan were not limited to the young people, but soon even some officials of Taiwan Province were affected. They may have passed the age of being invited, but they always have children, and now Shen Weizhou has become the recognized leader of the young generation in Jiangdong, no matter what they think of Shen Weizhou, if their own children can get in touch with him, the advantages always outweigh the disadvantages, and it will be beneficial for future development.

So many Taiwanese ministers went to Shangshutai one after another, wanting to find Shen Chong to ask for one or two invitations for his children with some thin noodles. As a result, when I arrived at Shangshutai, I realized that Shen Chong had not canceled his leave and had not come to Taicheng at all, so he transferred all his brains to the Shaofu Minister's Office.

The Central Governor's Office in Taiwan, the Central Secretary ordered Chu Yu to convene a group of officials to discuss the issue of government decrees in Huainan, Henan and other places later, but after waiting for nearly an hour, only 23 out of 10 people were present. Chu Yi was naturally a little dissatisfied in his heart, and after a little inquiry, he found out what the reason was, so he was inevitably even more displeased: "This Shen Weizhou, it's not that he doesn't know that he is quite popular with people in the capital, and he has to act so recklessly!" ”

There is more than half of the staff shortage, so there will be a fart meeting. Chu Yi waved his hand in the middle of the banquet to disband the group of officials, and only after sulking for a moment did he call his son Chu Xi, who served as the palace supervisor in Taichung, and asked: "It has been ten days since the Xie family Erlang Wuyi returned to the capital from Huainan, have you ever visited?" ”

When Chu Xi heard this, he shook his head and said, "There have been a lot of ceremonies recently, and there are many general affairs in the palace. Besides, his son and Xie Wuyi have no deep friendship, and he is under the control of Shen Weizhou, so it is always embarrassing to meet. ”

After Chu Yi heard this, his face couldn't help but darken, and he couldn't help but feel that his family was really unintentional to educate Shaoxian. Seeing that his son's face was full of firmness and the consciousness of opposing positions, Chu Yi felt even more helpless, and sighed: "What is the disagreement between Shen Weizhou and the Tainei, let's worry about it when you reach the position of the third prince." The Xie family is close to the door, how can they be negligent because of this. I have a handwritten note here, you go home and prepare gifts, so let's visit Xie Wuyi. If you come across a peer gathering, you don't have to rush back, just stay there for a little Q&A. ”

Chu Xi is a little reserved in personnel, but he is not a fool, he also heard that Shen Yuan is going to have a big banquet today, and Xie Yi, as Shen Weizhou's close subordinate, must be present. When his father ordered this, he naturally wanted him to go to Shen Yuan.

However, he was still a little embarrassed: "However, my son and Shen Weizhou really don't have much friendship, is it a little ...... to visit like this?"

"Shen Weizhou is a young and virtuous leader respected by the world, and you don't have to judge him narrowly. Being able to sit down with such a person is also an inspiration to you. Go ahead. ”

Chu Yu waved his hand and urged again. He does have some conflicts with the Shen family in terms of political views now, but he is very sure of how Shen Zhezi is. Letting his son contact Shen Weizhou is not in the hope of making any great progress because of this, but in the hope of paving the way for his children to make more choices.

He planned to send his son to Huainan for training, even if he was not a first-class talent, with him, a father who was still in power, presumably Shen Weizhou would not deliberately suppress it. As he said just now, even if he had any discord with Shen Weizhou here, it would still be far beyond the reach of his son Chu Xi's weight.

It is common for political disputes to have disputes, but if family members are involved in each other's hatred, it is not an attitude to do things. If everyone is like this, then the situation will be so stiff!

Is there a big grudge between the Langya Wang family and the Shen family? When Director Wang served as the Taibao, he also requisitioned Shen Weizhou as a servant, but Shen Weizhou was too capable to hold it down. Chu Yu didn't think that his son's methods could deal with Shen Weizhou, but if he just buried himself in serious work, he could always be promoted according to the rules.

Obviously, Chu Xi's political wisdom is still a little lacking, and he can't understand his father's instructions, but he doesn't dare to disobey the order, and when Chu Yi finishes writing a letter of ordinary greetings and hands it over, he takes leave in his arms and leaves Taicheng.

In the past half day, there have been frequent trade-offs and discussions of this kind between the various portals in the city. As for the initiator, Shen Zhezi, he was not complacent because of the occasional thought that caused such a big fluctuation in the capital, and he was even a little depressed.

"In previous years, I was shallow in my age, and I always felt that the world was unsatisfactory. Especially Shen Qing Yushu Bofa Jiang Biao, contrasting with many people of the same age who have no color, I only feel that the world owes me a lot. ”

The emperor has also reached adolescence in the past two years, and his body has grown much taller, no longer short and fat in previous years, and now he has gradually become stocky, and his white cheeks are like ripe white melons......

Melon? Bah!

This kid can't be connected with his own delicate and sweet melons in all aspects, Shen Zhezi secretly sighed in his heart. But then again, as he gets older, his facial features gradually open, and although the emperor is still fat, he is still slightly considerable compared to his childhood. After all, Shen Zhezi's father-in-law, Emperor Suzu and the Empress Dowager, are not bad, and this kid can have a slightly considerable evaluation, which can be regarded as a sorry inheritance for his parents.

However, although he is older, his IQ is still a little lacking. What is this saying? Is it wrong that Lao Tzu is too good? Makes you ashamed of your defilement?

Shen Zhezi sat in the middle of the banquet, lowered his head and made a false sleep, not responding to the emperor's words at all.

Shen Qing ...... Shen Qing? Brother-in-law, I'm talking to you, you can't refuse me! ”

The emperor straightened his sitting posture in the middle of the banquet and lifted his hair with a small crown: "I haven't seen each other for so long, I have accumulated a lot of things to tell you, are you speechless to me?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Shen Zhezi responded, it was considered to be a face, but he was thinking about what the three views of the emperor out of the palace and instilled in Shen Jin to his family!

It was good to have such a little response, and the emperor was interested again, leaning forward a little and whispering with a smile: "In previous years, I sighed, brother-in-law, you are always impeccable. But how can there be any perfection in the world? Alas, I can't say this kind of thing. But this is also what people see, and the world is just, whether it is said or not, it is true. ”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he became a little interested, and raised his head to look at the emperor. Then I saw that the emperor was radiant, and his fat cheeks were white and translucent: "You also know this matter brother-in-law, I also relied on my brother-in-law's help to see a fresh lady in Jiangxia's family." Jiangxia Gongjia A Jiang little lady looks and beautiful, this, I don't only value beauty, rare character and gentleness, earlier the queen mother invited the women of the sect to appreciate, and they were praised. Alas, I don't mean to compare with your brother-in-law, but in this matter I do outperform my brother-in-law. ”

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, but I don't know that Your Majesty has a lot of discernment."

Right now, the two of them are in the side hall of the Queen Mother's palace, and Shen Zhezi can already see a shirt flashing by the window when he sits at this angle, so he straightens his face and says: "But it's always rude to talk about the room in the pavilion." ”

When the emperor heard this, he already laughed: "This has nothing to do with identification, men courtship always seek satisfaction." Brother-in-law, you have all things to boast about, but you owe a little. Alas, speaking of which, I can't stand my brother-in-law, if I could have been disciplined violently back then, I wouldn't have made your lady so bad. But brother-in-law, you are right, I will talk to you in private, and I can't talk to a third person. My sister, compared to Ah Jiang's lady, is indeed a little no, not ......"

Although the emperor said apologetic, his tone was full of ostentation, and then his voice stopped abruptly. Then Shen Zhezi was fortunate enough to see a strange scene: I saw that the fat white cheeks rose to bright red at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like a peeled shrimp cooked in oil, and he never knew that the human face could become so vivid.

The emperor quickly sat up straight, straightened his face and snorted coldly, although the deterrent power was a little lacking, but his posture was full: "Sister, how can you be so rude?" I am discussing state affairs with Shen Qing, how can a woman sneak into secret? Remember your first offense, and quit quickly. ”

The corners of Princess Xingnan's mouth twitched, she took a deep breath, and then said: "I'll tell the emperor that the queen mother learned that my husband is going to have a banquet today, and the emperor is allowed to go out of the garden to have a wide view of the gathering of sages for the government." ”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he handed Princess Xingnan a knowing look. He made a special trip to visit the Queen Mother today, which is what he meant.

"I—I'm not going!"

When the emperor heard this, his eyes flickered even more, and he suddenly retreated, his tone full of grief and indignation.

"Don't make trouble, get ready, and return to the garden before the time comes."

Princess Xingnan's tone was slightly pity, although she would be the main perpetrator later, but when she thought of the situation that the emperor would encounter next, she was really a little unbearable.