Hearing Li Xiran call him "Hanlin", Jiang Cheng was very annoyed. He entered the palace of King Yi to assist King Yi for nearly ten years, and was the first hero of King Yi to ascend the throne as emperor.

It stands to reason that after King Yi ascended the throne, he would be able to crown the king and worship the prime minister into the cabinet, but King Yi only gave him a fictitious title of Hanlin Bachelor, although he could enter and leave the palace to face the saint, but he did not even have a specific official position.

Tanghuai Mountain, who entered the Yi Wangfu several years later than him, although he also had the false title of Hanlin Bachelor, he entered Tianzhang Pavilion and took over Lu Zhengqi's errand.

When the Chinese Wu saw him, they had to respect "sir", and Li Xiran was just an idler who had abdicated, and he dared to humiliate him in person. Jiang Cheng was annoyed in his heart, but with a smile on his face, the words he said were all pits, "Jiang Cheng knows, but he saw that he was pulling with a female Taoist priest in public, which would lose the face of my Great Zhou official, so his tone was heavier." ”

Emperor Xining intended to let Hua Yuan conceive into the sixth department, Jiang Cheng was jealous in his heart, where could he hide it from Li Xiran with this little thought. Li Xiran rolled up the long sleeves of his deep coat, and while cooking tea for his nephew, he taught Jiang Cheng a lesson, "Does Jiang Hanlin want to make Long Live disgusted Hua Yuanhuai with a few words of ridicule?" ”

"Jiang Cheng has no such intention." Jiang Cheng didn't expect Li Xiran to dare to say it so directly, and quickly stood up and pleaded guilty.

Emperor Xining took the tea cooked by his uncle with both hands and asked softly, "So, which female Taoist is there?" ”

Li Xiran nodded, "Exactly." ”

Jiang Cheng saw that the two of them said half of it, and had a sense of fear that he was alienated by Emperor Xining, and hurriedly showed his value, "Long live, that female Taoist priest is the aunt of Princess Sheng, she has lived in Shengwang's Mansion for more than a month, and has been in and out of Shengwang's Mansion with Qin Anren and Chen Xiaocao several times, and is quite respected by the two of them. ”

Listening to Jiang Cheng's words, Emperor Xining's face sank, "Who asked you to monitor the movements of King Sheng's Mansion?" ”

Jiang Cheng was frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Long live the anger, no one let Weichen do this, the last time Weichen met Qin'anren's mother and daughter going out with this Dao aunt, Miss Chen Xiaocao took the initiative to inform Weichen." ”

Xiaocao has never been a talkative, and she is not familiar with Jiang Cheng, how could she "take the initiative" to tell him. Li Xiran didn't help Jiang Cheng intercede, and quietly tasted tea.

Emperor Xining didn't want to embarrass Jiang Cheng too much, so he ordered in a deep voice, "This tea is good, you go downstairs and ask for another catty." ”

After Jiang Cheng withdrew, Emperor Xining explained to his uncle, "Jiang Cheng has assisted me for many years, and I have worked hard without merit, and I don't want to wronged him too much." ”

Li Xiran nodded, "Long live love and righteousness, which is the blessing of the country." ”

Emperor Xining no longer mentioned Jiang Cheng, and said with a smile, "I heard the third brother say that there is a mask-making craftsman in King Sheng's mansion, who is in the same family as Chai Yanting's mask-making people. Today, it seems that this man's craftsmanship is no worse than that of his fellow disciples. ”

Li Xiran also smiled, "There is no good or evil in art, and it is good to use it in the right way; To use it in evil ways is to be evil. Long live can summon this artist to the ordnance supervisor and let him do things for the imperial court, if this art is used well, it can be won or lost. ”

Emperor Xining's eyes were bright and dark, and he put a skin on his face that he didn't know what it was, and when he thought about it, he felt awkward all around, and he couldn't wait to find all the people with fake faces and burn their masks clean.

However, he also knew that his uncle had a point, so he said vaguely, "After the third brother returns, I will discuss with him." ”

Thinking of the third brother who conquered Montenegro and fought Mobei for him, Emperor Xining was happy and satisfied, "When the third brother returns, what should I reward him?" ”

Li Xiran reminded, "Long live to reward him, it is better to reward the noble concubine, Princess Sheng or ...... The immortal black feather. ”

"On the side of the concubine, I will be filial to you; The three siblings are very easy to satisfy; As for Wu Yu," Emperor Xining discussed with his uncle, "do you think I should keep him in the capital or in Mobei?" ”

Li Xiran guided, "Civil officials are proud to worship each other, and military generals are proud of their military exploits. When the world is peaceful, the world is governed by civil officials; When the border pass battle began, the military generals defended the territory. Let him be there, but see how Banzai intends to use him. ”

Jiang Cheng went downstairs to find the shopkeeper and asked for tea and returned to the third floor, standing outside the private room and waiting, instead of going in to disturb Emperor Xining and Li Xiran talking. Once again, he deeply realized that no matter how he gave advice to Emperor Xining, in the eyes of Emperor Xining, he was still inferior to Li Xiran.

Since this is the case, he will also respect Li Xiran in the future, and say more good things about Li Xiran in front of Emperor Xining, so as not to make Emperor Xining unhappy

Jiang Cheng's face was cold, staring at the private room where Hua Yuanhuai was on the second floor opposite. Hua Yuan's pregnancy with this person made Jiang Cheng deeply uneasy, and he must not be allowed to enter the Sixth Department, otherwise this person will become his great enemy.

The door of the private room on the second floor opened, and Hua Yuanhuai walked out of it, although his eyes were red, his face was full of joy.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng became more and more curious about the identity of the female Taoist, who was Chen Xiaonuan's aunt, but Hua Yuanhuai's old man, and Hua Yuanhuai was King Sheng's uncle. In other words, King Sheng and the Shangqing Palace have long colluded, and King Sheng's remarriage of Chen Xiaonuan is also related to this, and it is also King Sheng's plan to be sent to the northwest by the Taoist priests of the Shangqing Palace!

The more Jiang Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that there was a lot of catty here, and when Hua Yuanhuai was brought to him, Jiang Cheng's eyes were already on fire.

Hua Yuanhuai bowed his hand to Jiang Cheng slightly, and said with a smile, "In Hua Yuanhuai, Xiachaozhou, I saw Mr. Outstanding from afar, and Yuanhuai was presumptuous, can I ask Mr. to give him a big name?" ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Jiang Cheng also smiled, "Fortunately, my surname is Jiang Minghui, I have heard the name of Huada people early, and when I see it today, I only hate it late." ”

Hua Yuanhuai nodded with a smile, "Yuanhuai is too." ”

When the door of the private room was opened, Hua Yuanhuai bowed his hand slightly to Jiangcheng Road and entered the room. After the door was closed, Hua Yuanhuai took his robe and knelt down, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live the minister, I don't know if I am here, it's late, please long live." ”

Emperor Xining called out gently, and said, "This is my uncle, who should be the left minister." ”

Hua Yuanhuai bowed, and Li Xiran returned the courtesy.

These two people wore the same robes and hats, which made Emperor Xining feel very eye-catching, and there was an impulse to let every minister in the early dynasty in the future.

After Hua Yuanhuai sat down, Emperor Xining saw that he had an outstanding appearance and elegant temperament, and felt even more refreshed, and he must leave this capable and pleasing person in the court to accompany the king!

Emperor Xining's smile became softer and gentler, "When did Hua Aiqing enter Beijing?" ”

Hua Yuanhuai got up and replied, "The minister entered Beijing the day before yesterday, but he didn't go to the ministry to order because he didn't take care of government affairs. The minister went to the Shengwang Mansion today to meet the concubine, and was attracted here by the housekeeper of the Shengwang Mansion. ”

Emperor Xining asked him to sit down, and asked in a homely manner, "I don't know how many times Aiqing has been in the Spring and Autumn Period?" ”

"The minister is forty-five this year."

Emperor Xining smiled and said to his uncle, "Hua Qing is in the prime of life, but his face is only thirty-four or five. ”

Li Xiran smiled, "What Long Live said is extremely true, Huada people have skills in their faces, and the old ministers are envious." ”