To put it bluntly, the emergence of the new atmosphere is not surprising at all. It is just that the palace has become clean and tidy. Several large trees in the front and back yards have been renovated by experts, the courtyard walls have been repainted, and a few obstructive rooms have been demolished on the streets outside.
Just a shabby house to watch.
It is normal for a royal palace to undergo renovations every few years.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, Prince Ping's Mansion is completely different.
In particular, a rumor circulating among the people made this change extremely grand. Everyone said that Prince Ping was about to take over the East Palace, the old residence of Emperor Ziqi Fuze...
These words have an effect.
The function is to allow those wavering officials to quickly understand the direction.
The number of visitors to Prince Ping's Mansion is also increasing day by day, and the level of officials coming is getting higher and higher. So far, at least 80% of the officials coming are second-grade and below.
Everything is moving forward in the set direction.
The third prince sat under the grape trellis in the garden, stroking the demon grapes that were already crystal clear, but the color was still less than three-quarters of the heat. He felt very satisfied in his heart.
Brother Prince, did you ever expect that this would be the result?
When my father came to the throne, you and I started fighting.
How many tricks have you played in eight years?
Finally, the dust has settled, I won, I will be on the 9th Five-Year Plan, and you will rest in peace!
"Your Highness, when this year's grapes mature, they can probably be sent to the East Palace." Du Qing next to him smiled.
It only takes a month at most for the grapes to mature. What Du Qing means is that within one month, the overall situation can be decided?
The third prince smiled and said: "It doesn't matter where the grapes are sent, what matters is you. How can I repay you for your hard work over the years?"
He is where he is today because of Du Qing's help.
Every time he had a fight with the prince, Du Qing was the one who came up with ideas from behind, allowing him to do it with ease.
He failed and left Beijing sadly, but it was Du Qing who gave him confidence and comfort. Now that his wish has come true, he wants to ask Du Qing what he wants.
Du Qing is very difficult to arrange.
Ordinarily, it would be more appropriate to give him official positions such as Prince Commander, Prince's Horse Washing, etc. However, Du Qing did not have a literary degree, and these official positions all required a literary degree, so he felt a little embarrassed.
Du Qing smiled and said: "Du Qing can assist a wise king to ascend the throne in this life. His wish is fulfilled. Your Highness has this intention, and Qing is grateful. How about His Highness give Qing a decree when the time comes, and choose a place to build a pavilion?"
The third prince laughed loudly: "What's so difficult about this? Let alone building one pavilion, so what if there are ten pavilions and hundreds of pavilions? What's the name of your pavilion?"
"Qingben Buyi, this pavilion is the 'Buyi Pavilion'!"
"Haha, that's right!"
"Thank you... Your Highness for your kindness!" Du Qing almost said thank you for your kindness, but quickly changed his words.
The two of them smiled at each other, feeling very happy...
The third prince stopped laughing: "Did you know that someone came to Beijing last night!"
"Qing already knows that Lin Su entered the capital yesterday and was accompanied by a woman in black. This woman is his concubine An Ye. During the palace examination two years ago, she followed him to the capital. At that time, her cultivation level was to peek into the sky. In actual combat,
The power of peeking into the sky is invincible, and if nothing unexpected happens now, it should be possible to peek into the sky."
The third prince only said, "Someone has come to the capital." Du Qing immediately knew who he was referring to. He not only reported Lin Su's name, but also reported the details of the cultivation base of the people around Lin Su. These two people
The years of tacit understanding are also the result of Du Qing's exquisiteness.
"Yes, you are still as meticulous as ever!" The third prince said, "Did you know that he stayed at the Zhou Mansion yesterday?"
"I know! Zhou Zhang was busy working on Deng Hongbo's affairs at that time. He stayed in Zhou Mansion last night. Zhou Zhang will definitely ask him for advice. Yi Qing thinks that this boy will set off a frenzy to rescue Deng Hongbo in the capital in these days." Du Qing said.
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"Haha..." The third prince looked up and laughed: "Qin Fangweng was robbed by him when he came out of the dungeon, and Ding Jiye was robbed by him when he came out of the dungeon. But things are quite different today. The situation he faces is that he is the one who saved the dungeon.
, do you think he can succeed?"
Du Qing smiled and said: "It's easy to kill people, but it's hard to save people. Kill one point and defend one area. They are not the same."
He didn't say it clearly, but the third prince understood clearly...
Killing someone is completely different from saving someone.
Killing only requires one breakthrough and it's done.
To save people, you need to defend in every aspect, leaving no breakthrough point for the opponent.
The difficulty factor can be said to be several times higher.
When Lin Su was attacking, none of the people who were released from Tianlao survived.
Now it was changed, and the third prince was the main attacker. He wanted to see how Lin Su could defend against the general trend.
At this moment, a report came from outside: "Your Majesty, Lin Su, Zhang Haoran, Qiu Mochi, Huo Qi, and Li Yangxin have come together to ask to see the Prince!"
The third prince and Du Qing were shocked at the same time.
Du Qing said: "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I didn't mention my purpose of coming, I just asked for a meeting, and I asked for help from a great scholar..."
There are many kinds of greetings in this era...
There are personal stickers, official stickers, and scholar stickers...
There are also different treatments for worshiping...
If you come to visit with an official post, the host can refuse. As long as you give an answer, go to the Yamen to discuss something, then refuse. There is no disrespect at all, and it even shows a faint sense of integrity.
You can use the invitation to visit, or you can refuse. If you do something in advance that ignores family ties, it is normal for people not to give you face.
However, the great Confucian scholar cannot refuse.
Especially the prince who is about to take over the East Palace cannot refuse.
In this world, literature and art are respected.
If the great scholar comes to visit you, you have to accept him no matter how impatient you are. Otherwise, the great scholar only needs to objectively write an article about the situation and circulate it. You, the would-be prince, do not pay attention to literary ethics and do not respect literary ethics. The crime of not respecting literary ethics will be established.
Therefore, today, five great scholars from Lin Su came to visit together. Although the third prince did not want to receive them, they could only do so.
"Five great scholars have been invited to the Lixian Pavilion. I will arrive shortly after I change my clothes."
There is nothing wrong with this etiquette.
Lixian Pavilion is found in every wealthy family.
Of course, the word virtuous varies from person to person.
In the eyes of ordinary people, a "virtuous" person only needs to read a few sentences and recognize a few words.
In the eyes of a wealthy family, "virtue" is considered to be a talented person.
The "virtuous" in the eyes of the prince are none other than great scholars.
Lin Su and other five great sages, who lived up to their names, stepped on the newly renovated flower path and walked all the way. Every ten or so steps on both sides, two family members would bow. When they arrived in front of Lixian Pavilion, two guard leaders bowed.
Welcoming each other, in the Lixian Pavilion, two beautiful maids greeted them and welcomed them into the pavilion.
Today is the end of April.
It was written into poetry that the beauty of April in the world is gone. There are few flowers in the world. However, in the Prince Ping's Mansion of the third prince, this rule has been broken to a certain extent. At least outside the Lixian Pavilion, flowers are in full bloom.
This flower is quite unique.
Growing on vines, the vines have no leaves, and the purple trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in the wind. The flowers are slender and weak, but they bloom on the bare vines, but they look unique.
A delicate fragrance spreads out, making you feel drunk.
Huo Qi, Li Yangxin and others looked around and were impressed by the structure of Prince Ping's Mansion.
Huo Qi's Huo family is a millennium-old family in Youzhou, almost the same age as the Da Cang Dynasty.
Li Yangxin is from Lanzhou. Mentioning the Li family in Lanzhou has the same shocking effect as mentioning the Huo family in Youzhou. The sons of these two aristocratic families have seen the world and have considerable experience in the structure of courtyards, but they are still attracted by Prince Ping's family.
I was deeply impressed by the structure.
Every pavilion, every courtyard, every rockery is full of originality.
Even every tree and every ridge of flowers has its own particularity.
For example, the Lixian Pavilion is astonishingly detailed. In the east is crape myrtle, which symbolizes the purple energy coming from the east. In the north is a lake, which symbolizes peace of mind. In the west is a Guitang. Guitang is named after the bright moon, and the bright moon rises.
At that time, he appeared from behind Guitang...
Lin Su is sitting on the left.
Zhang Haoran is on the right.
In other words, Zhang Haoran and Lin Su were face to face. There was a strange light in Zhang Haoran's eyes, and Wen Dao's voice quietly penetrated into Lin Su's ears: "Look back!"
Lin Su didn't look back, and a voice came back: "What are you looking at?"
"flower!"
"I've already seen it!"
"Then take a good smell of the fragrance of the flowers. Do you have any impression?"
There was a smile in Lin Su's eyes. He understood what Zhang Haoran meant. In fact, he had already noticed it...
The flower that just bloomed in Lixian Pavilion at this time was transplanted by the demon clan, and its name is Manluo. The floral fragrance of Manluo is ethereal and distant, and is very recognizable. This floral fragrance reminded them of something.
matter.
That day, they met the third prince by chance at Zui Guest House.
There are two top-level guest rooms in Zui Keju, one is occupied by them and the other is occupied by the Third Prince.
They had just finished the banquet and when they opened the door, the third prince happened to open the door at the same time, and the two parties bumped into each other.
There was no other person in the third prince's room, leaving only a unique fragrance.
Afterwards, Zhang Haoran and Lin Su analyzed who left the scent in the third prince's room.
This person is obviously the leader of a certain Jianghu force standing behind the third prince.
At that time, their literary status was still low, their knowledge was not broad, and they could not analyze anything.
However, this unique fragrance was still remembered by Zhang Haoran.
Now, as soon as he smelled the fragrance of Manluo outside Lixian Pavilion, the memory that had been sealed in Zhang Haoran's brain was immediately awakened. This fragrance of Manluo was the same fragrance that day...
After two years, the fragrance that he smelled by chance was connected again. Zhang Haoran's memory and sensitivity were astonishing.
However, Lin Suyun was calm about this great discovery that he thought he had decrypted, and nodded gently to indicate that he would be done with it.
Zhang Haoran deciphered the problems that troubled them that day as soon as they entered Prince Ping's Mansion, and he admired himself half to death.
However, he never expected that Lin Su would have troubles in his heart...
It's the same flower, the same fragrance of that day, but what Lin Su decodes in his heart is completely different...
He clearly knows...
The fragrance of the drunken guest that day was not the fragrance of flowers, but more like the natural body fragrance of the human body.
Today's Manluo fragrance is nothing short of a natural floral fragrance.
No matter how similar the two are, they are not the same thing.
This thing seems to be a coincidence.
However, Lin Su also knows that there are not so many coincidences in the world.
Many coincidences are deliberate.
For example, these two fragrances are particularly interesting...