If they didn't want to attract attention, they would really want to laugh out loud here.
They could even foresee that in the court tomorrow, there would be a spectacle of hundreds of officials impeaching Zhao Xiaole.
This makes them happy just thinking about it.
And under their expectant eyes, Zhao Xiaole took a few steps forward.
The second one!
The corners of the third prince's mouth almost reached the base of his ears.
However, Zhao Xiaole was not done yet. He walked past four or five court officials in succession and accepted their worship.
Naturally, the high officials in the imperial court were so angry that they wanted to bang their heads to the ground.
Just when Zhao Xiaole walked in front of the sixth court official, his footsteps stopped.
This made the third prince, who was already smiling so hard that his teeth couldn't see his eyes, suddenly startled.
"Um?"
"What's going on? Why doesn't he step over?"
He was originally looking forward to Zhao Xiaole's reaction when he walked in front of this person!
Because that person was a senior member of the court and had a very important position.
If he is also humiliated by Zhao Xiaole, then Zhao Xiaole's downfall will not be far away.
However, now that Zhao Xiaole had stopped at such an opportune moment, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Then, he looked at Liu Bern beside him.
Feeling the Third Prince's sharp gaze, Liu Bern took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, there is no solution to this plan!"
"No matter what happens to Zhao Xiaole, he has offended so many court officials now! It is irreversible!"
After hearing this, the third prince's eyes softened and he nodded, feeling that it made sense.
However, even though he said this, Liu Bern's slightly trembling eyelids still revealed the uneasiness in his heart.
I always feel like something is about to change in this matter.
Zhao Xiaole's strange behavior immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding civil and military officials.
The same is true for Taishi Cheng Zhiji.
He was still angry at Zhao Xiaole's rudeness for daring to accept the worship of hundreds of officials. Did he regard himself as the emperor?
However, Zhao Xiaole's sudden stop made him stunned, and he looked up in confusion.
But at this glance, he saw Zhao Xiaole bowing down with a respectful face, helping himself up from the ground, and bowing to him respectfully with the disciple's ceremony: "Disciple, see Master Cheng!"
"You...you?"
Cheng Zhiji was stunned and didn't understand what Zhao Xiaole was causing.
Disciple? When did I accept you as a disciple?
Doubts were doubts, but as the Marquis of Zhenguo, how could Zhao Xiaole let Zhao Xiaole keep bowing like this? He quickly returned the courtesy and said: "Master Hou, you don't have to be like this. I have never accepted Master Hou as my disciple. How can this disciple say this?"
rise?"
Zhao Xiaole smiled respectfully and said, "I am not from a good family background, so naturally I have no chance to join Mr. Wang's family."
"But once Master Cheng taught His Highness the Crown Prince as a grand master for three months, and the disciple was fortunate enough to be taught by him for three months, and he benefited a lot!"
"How can you not repay such a kindness?"
"Although Master Cheng has not accepted any disciples as disciples, how can the disciples disrespect Master Cheng?"
These words can be said to be extremely beautiful.
As a civil servant, the most important thing is the inheritance from master to disciple.
And this is also the most stable and convenient relationship other than family ties.
Otherwise, why would those ministers who control the government have so many old disciples and other relationships?
Therefore, civil servants attach great importance to the etiquette of master and disciple.
And Zhao Xiaole spoke beautifully and acted in an orderly and respectful manner, so he was naturally liked by civil servants like Cheng Zhiji.
The unhappiness that originally arose in his heart disappeared in an instant, and instead he was filled with love and praise for Zhao Xiaole.
"Um!"
Cheng Zhiji looked at Zhao Xiaole and nodded with satisfaction and said: "Master Hou fought on the battlefield and wiped out 50,000 enemies in one fell swoop. However, he was able to win without being arrogant and defeat without being discouraged. It is really rare!"
"I feel extremely honored to have been able to teach someone like the Marquis!"
As he spoke, he stroked his long beard and laughed a few times.
Zhao Xiaole still had a respectful expression on his face and said, "It is a great blessing for me to be taught by Master Cheng!"
"Without Master Cheng's guidance, where would the disciples be today?"
As the saying goes, you can wear everything you wear, but you can never wear flattery.
Anyone, as long as they don't pat the horse's hooves, will be very happy when they hear these flattering words.
Cheng Zhiji is naturally no exception.
Hearing Zhao Xiaole's flattery, he immediately laughed out loud and was so happy that he pulled Zhao Xiaole with the intention of accepting him as a closed disciple.
But all the civil and military officials around him were confused.
What does this mean?
You were so angry just now, and now you are smiling so happily, your face has changed too quickly!
Liu Bern finally knew the reason for his uneasiness.
That’s because Zhao Xiaole is really so smart!
Who is Cheng Zhiji?
That’s a veteran of three dynasties!
His Majesty began to teach him when he was still the prince, and later taught the prince.
However, although he once taught the prince, he never got involved in party politics. He was one of the few people in the civil service line who was not involved in party politics, and he was extremely respected by people.
And after such an incident, even if Cheng Zhiji did not involve himself in party politics, he would still be more or less on the side of the prince.
And one can imagine the consequences of a minister like him, whose disciples and old friends are all over the government and the public, turning to the prince. It will be a major blow to the third prince.
Liu Bern could already feel the third prince's murderous gaze directed at him again. He could no longer maintain his usual calmness, swallowed his saliva, and said hurriedly:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, Wei Chen believes that this guy is just too lucky, and he will not be so lucky next!"
When Liu Bern said this, he didn't really believe it in his heart.
Because he noticed that the people in front were all the Third Prince's people, Zhao Xiaole walked over without hesitation and accepted their worship.
After all, the Crown Prince’s Party and the Third Prince’s Party have already been at odds with each other for a long time. Even if they don’t offend them, they will not let Zhao Xiaole go. So why not accept their worship once? How cool would it be?
But for ministers like Cheng Zhiji who remained neutral, even ministers with very important positions, Zhao Xiaole stopped and showed great respect!
This made those neutral ministers immediately feel good about him.
He might even favor the prince's side.
Liu Bern's heart was beating fast.
He just hoped that his guess was wrong.
However, what made him despair was that after Zhao Xiaole said goodbye to Cheng Zhiji temporarily, he did as he said and walked directly in front of the third prince's people to accept their worship.
However, in front of the prince's party, or those ministers from the civil servant lineage who remained neutral, they all stopped and respectfully invited them up.
This made these ministers not only not angry with Zhao Xiaole, but also very satisfied with his "differential treatment", and the scene was full of laughter.
Listening to bursts of laughter outside the city gate, the sweat on Liu Bern's forehead finally fell.