Chapter 124 Yan Li (second update)
Zhou Gu Wenyan reluctantly believed Xie Lin.
Xie Lin reluctantly walked to the door, opened the door, and showed his usual smile, "Your Highness, why are you here? I quietly took my friends out for dinner, what wind blew into your ears?"
In the days when he lived in Jiangning, he ate and lived in Su's family, so he naturally didn't want to be misunderstood by Su Xingze as a wolf, and he wondered how the eldest prince knew that Su Xingze was brought here by him today.
The eldest prince, Yan Li, was tall, with long eyebrows and three points similar to that of Concubine Xian. He greeted Xie Lin and asked bluntly, and laughed, "Young Lord Xie's face is very eye-catching when he leads people into this Juxian Building from the back door. The people in this hall can see clearly from the back window upstairs."
Xie Lin: "..."
It turned out that he was staring at him early in the morning!
Xie Lin Meizhe opened the door and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, if I had known that you wanted to join me in a private room, I would not have spent money to book a place. You just need to say hello, and I will definitely go to your place."
"It's not too late now, the flowers in your private room are covered by the hall." Yan Li was very generous.
Xie Lin decided to go all out, "Since your Highness is so generous, I will not be disrespectful! It just so happens that money is a little tight recently."
"It's easy to say!" Yan Li entered the door, and his eyes fell on Su Xingze.
Su Xing saluted, "Your Highness!"
Zhou Gu raised his eyelids, raised his eyebrows lazily, and spoke in a blunt manner, "Who am I? It turns out to be Your Highness. My grandfather always said that I have no rules. Now it seems that His Highness's rules are no better than mine. After all, I have never broken into other people's private rooms."
Compared to Xie Lin, he really doesn't give Yan Li face.
Yan Li looked stern, but for a moment, he said without changing his face: "You have never broken into other people's private rooms, but your highness has never done it when you rob women in the street."
Xie Lin yelled from the side, "Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai
Yan saluted, turned her head, looked at Xie Lin, seemed very puzzled, "Xie Lin, Zhou Gu robbed you of a woman, you fought so loudly, and you can still shake hands and make peace, this hall is also in admiration."
Xie Lin coughed, "Who shook hands with him? I just can't beat him, and I'm waiting to find a chance to take revenge."
Yan Li said "Oh?", "Then the hall will wait and see for your chance."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhou Gu, narrowing his eyes, "You don't welcome me like this, but because of the prince?"
"His Royal Highness thinks too much, I simply think that if I take my brother-in-law out for a meal, you will disturb our cleanliness." Zhou Gu really didn't want to see Yan Li, he felt that he was hypocritical and put on airs, and he obviously hated him to death because of the fall of Jiang Sheng, the former governor of Liangzhou, but he still came up to him and wanted him to speak kindly.
"Since you want to eat in peace, you shouldn't come to Juxian Building today." Yan Li's purpose today is Su Xingze, instead of talking to Zhou Gu, he turned directly to Su Xingze and looked him up and down, "Su Xingze, a talented man from Jiangzhou, I have admired for a long time."
Su Xing generally knew why His Royal Highness came here today, because since he came to the capital, he has been shutting himself out from reading books, and Zhou Gu has been sticking to him all the time. The number of guards inside and outside the Xie Mansion has tripled, and their intention to protect him is obvious. It can be seen that Zhou Gu offended His Highness severely, and His Highness couldn't do anything about Zhou Gu, so he wanted to get back the position from him, but those who hadn't seen him couldn't sit still.
He faced Yan Li, seemingly ignorant of his sharpness, and smiled lightly, "Your Highness is a dragon and a phoenix among people, and I have heard of it a lot. I saw it today, and it is really impressive."
Yan Li laughed loudly, "So, Eldest Young Master Su, would you mind discussing with me about today's proposal in Juxian Building?"
Su Xing nodded and agreed, "Your Highness is of great status, and it is my honor to find Lun Ce specially for you."
Yan Li sat down unceremoniously upon hearing the words, "In that case, please, Mr. Su!"
Su Xing also sat down, "The one who lives means stability, the one who is safe, stands upright, the one who thinks, crowned with the form of knowledge, and the one who is dangerous, takes the danger of high-rise buildings collapsing. As the saying goes, safety begins with fear, and slowness will lead to overturning. Therefore, fear begins with the end, and to prevent disasters, it is to live in peace and think of danger."
Yan Li sat up straight when he heard the words.
"A ruler's government must be rooted in the sky and imitated by it. Therefore, the rites are the great responsibility of the ruler. If the government is not correct, the monarch's position is in danger. Therefore, the ruler knows it. Therefore, the knowledge of people is used to eliminate deceit. Therefore, the virtuous ministers, the virtuous and the great, are the first for the people in the world. Therefore, the monarch and ministers are one.
After these remarks, the private room was very quiet.
After a while, Xie Lin clapped his hands and praised, "Brother Su, it's wonderful!"
Su Xing calmly promised himself, and cupped his hands, "I hope His Highness will not hesitate to enlighten me on the shallow words."
"If you speak superficially, then our hall will really bow down today and dare not say anything." Yan Li stared at him and invited him bluntly, "This hall admires Mr. Su's talent very much. I wonder if Mr. Su would like to have a night talk with this hall by candlelight?"
Su Xing refused with a smile, "Your Highness loves you, but I never like to talk with people at night by candlelight."
Yan Li said "Oh?"
"Your Highness is joking. I don't like to talk at night by candlelight. It's purely because I like to read books in the dead of night and don't like disturbance."
Yan Li immediately said: "It's easy to say, this hall can cooperate, and during the day, this hall also has time."
He stared at Su Xingze: "In this way, change the Japanese Palace to hold a banquet in the mansion, and invite Mr. Su to the mansion for a banquet. Then we will have a good discussion with Mr. Su, and I hope Mr. Su will not shirk."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Su Xing to reply.
The door closed again, and Su Xing frowned.
Xie Lin raised his thumbs up to Su Xing, "Brother Su, the number one scholar, you will definitely win the top prize in the golden autumn scientific examination." Then, he said to Zhou Gu, "Are you convinced?"
Zhou Gu rolled his eyes at Xie Lin, "It doesn't matter whether I accept it or not. The important thing is that Yan Li will definitely make a moth before the scientific examination. The banquet is fake, but the real thing is to make trouble. It will definitely be a grand banquet to deal with Brother Su. He came here today to test it out."
He turned his head to look at Su Xingze, "I'm sorry, Brother Su, I have troubled you."
Su Xing tilted his head, and said casually, "You also know that you have troubled me? Why don't you call off the marriage with my seventh sister?"
Zhou Gu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said seriously: "Brother Su, are you saying this casually, or are you serious?"
Su Xing took a sip of the teacup, and instead of answering his words, asked instead: "His Royal Highness said that he wants to host a banquet and invite me to the palace for a banquet. What can you do, can you push it for me?"
After he finished speaking, he calmly said: "Before the imperial examination, I really don't want to cause trouble. You know, Han Chuang has studied hard for many years, and a bunch of younger sisters in my family are counting on me."
Zhou Gu's heart was hanging in the air. Hearing this, he felt that Su Xingze was right. Su Rong also said that a bunch of older sisters in the family were waiting for her to make a final deal with his marriage or waiting for Su Xingze to choose a relative in high school. Su Xing couldn't tolerate any mistakes.
Zhou Gu gritted his teeth, thought for a while, but couldn't come up with a good idea. After all, Yan Li is His Royal Highness, and his status is there. If he insists, unless the crown prince comes forward, there is really nothing he can do about it.
But if the prince came forward, it would be troublesome.
He looked at Su Xingze, and asked tentatively: "After I returned to Beijing, I went to the East Palace once, and His Highness the Crown Prince asked about you specifically. If not, let His Highness the Crown Prince come forward?"
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came forward, would it alarm His Majesty?" Su Xing didn't need to make a choice, because when he left Jiangning, his sister had already said that he would cooperate with the Eastern Palace.
"Maybe." Zhou Gu knew that His Majesty had been following every move of the princes, especially the prince.
Su Xing shook his head.
Zhou Gu said again: "If you live with me in Duke Huguo's Mansion, my grandfather will naturally be able to stop the First Prince."
"The old Duke has not been involved in the affairs of the court for a long time, right? Your Majesty has been watching the Duke's Mansion?" Su Xing shook his head again, "The current Duke's Mansion is no different from the East Palace."
After he finished speaking, he thought of something, and said again: "Before coming to Beijing, Mr. gave me a letter of recommendation, asking me to go to the Minister's Office of the Ministry of Officials to meet. I don't know if I ask Mr. Shen to come forward to help, may I stop His Highness?"
Zhou Gu was surprised, "Of course it can. Mr. Shen is upright and has always been a maverick. For many years, he has not formed cliques for personal gain or formed cliques, which is highly valued and trusted by His Majesty. He also has another advantage, that is, as long as he does not want to do things, no one will give him face, and others will not do anything to him. After all, he is in charge of officials' evaluation of political achievements."
He looked at Su Xingze, "Mr. Xie and Mr. Shen are inseparable?"
"Yes." Su Xing nodded. Since the husband gave him a letter of recommendation, Shen Xian probably wouldn't mind him visiting and being troubled by him. "In that case, I will visit Mr. Shen tomorrow for help!"
Zhou Gu nodded, "This is the best."
Now facing the scientific examination, I am not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the more the East Palace and the Huguo Gongfu are protecting each other, the more I am afraid that it will backfire. The most fearful thing is to attract His Majesty to intervene. After all, Jiang Sheng's downfall, Jiangzhou and Jiangning County have arranged people from the East Palace. Your Majesty is already dissatisfied. It is best to wait until after the scientific examination. In the future, even if there is a real knife and a sharp spear, I will not be afraid.
See you tomorrow~
(end of this chapter)