The banquet at Prince Xun's Mansion lasted until very late, and most of the people invited were people from the same camp and with some status or ability in the court.
"Your Highness King Xun, please stay. I'll take my leave first." A short, fat-looking middle-aged man burped, cupped his hands with a smile, turned around and stumbled towards the front yard.
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Li Qin was no longer polite and simply replied: "Master Lu, go slowly."
Not long after, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the palace servants began to clean up the mess.
Li Qin took Zhang Rongyang to the back hall. The hall was full of candles, so it looked particularly bright. He sat on the main seat above, picked up the tea that the maid had just brewed, and flipped the tea lid twice.
He said calmly: "Tang Ji really didn't come."
Zhang Rongyang was sitting on the side. He drank a lot of wine in the evening and his face was red. He took a sip of tea to wake up and coldly snorted: "It seems that he is not a smart man."
Li Qin raised his eyebrows slightly and rested his head on the table with his elbows: "I heard that the third brother also tried to recruit him, but was also rejected. Does he not want to participate in the partisanship, or is he loyal to Li Yu wholeheartedly?
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"No matter what, since it can't be used by us, there's no need to keep it." Zhang Rongyang's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a bit of ferocity.
"Father, keep a close eye on us, so don't take action for the time being," Li Qin reminded.
Zhang Rongyang nodded slightly. The other party was just a young man who had just entered the court. Although he did not want to join them, he did not pose much of a threat. There was no need to use the big to gain the small. The top priority was still the provincial examination that was about to begin. In other words,
He said: "The official position will not be easily let go of the position of chief examiner of this provincial examination."
In the past, the examiner of the provincial examination was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but starting from 12 years ago, the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of Rites was in charge. The final decision-making power rested with His Majesty. Now the Ministry of Rites supports King Xun, and the Ministry of Personnel supports King Jin. The two groups
Naturally, no one wants to retreat in terms of power.
"Yes, the third brother loves to fight against me the most." Li Qin sighed, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth: "But I said that he is still too young to fight with me.
A little more."
Seeing his smile, Zhang Rongyang felt relieved, shook his head, stood up and said, "In that case, I'll go back first."
"Uncle, let's go slowly." Li Qin stood up and gave him his hands.
At the same time, in the side courtyard of Prince You's Mansion.
Tang Ji held Jiang Ran's hand and walked from the corridor to her room. After stopping, he touched her head: "You haven't told me yet, what wish have you made?"
"Didn't you say that your wish won't work if you say it?" Jiang Ran replied with a playful tilt of his head, pushed open the door, turned around and added, "Would you like to come in and sit down?"
Tang Ji's eyes suddenly lit up and he replied with a smile: "Are you inviting me?"
In an instant, Jiang Ran remembered his dishonest actions in the yard just now, and his cheeks became rosy again. He quickly closed the door, leaned against the wooden door, and replied softly: "Humph, you big pervert, don't even think about it.
Come in!"
Hearing this, Tang Ji smiled and shook his head: "Okay, then I won't go in. You go to bed early. Good night."
"Good night." Jiang Ran nodded and replied. She pinched her fingers and listened to the footsteps outside the door fading away. Suddenly she remembered something and quickly opened the door and walked out quickly: "Tang Ji!"
She looked forward, but there was no one in the corridor. She sighed helplessly and was about to go back to her room, but she found a figure behind her. She subconsciously wanted to push her with her elbow, but this time she was picked up by him.
live.
"The same move won't work on me the second time!" After saying that, Tang Ji released his hand holding her arm, then stroked her long and delicate hair, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Jiang Ran blinked her beautiful eyes, signaled Tang Ji to stretch out his hand, and took out a red rope from his sleeve and tied it to his elbow: "This is the peace I got from going to the temple with Yaoyao a few days ago to pray for blessings."
The rope, with it, will definitely keep you safe."
"Since you gave it to me, you must be the one who kept me safe!" Tang Ji adjusted the position of the safety rope, then raised his eyes and looked into the room, and then said softly: "I really don't want to let me in.
Why don't you sit down? I promise not to do bad things."
Jiang Ran hesitated for a moment, but still agreed: "Okay, okay."
But after just a moment, she regretted it. She lay on the bed, nervously grabbing the quilt, and hummed softly: "Did you agree not to do bad things?"
"I didn't do anything. I just didn't have a good night's sleep for a long time after sleeping in the same bed with Ranran last time. Maybe I miss you too much. Since I specially prepared a birthday for you, you let me stay.
Go to sleep!" Tang Ji said softly as he slept beside her.
Jiang Ran's heart was pounding. He took a deep breath and replied, "Okay, I can't tell you anything."
But she stepped forward and agreed, and then she felt Tang Ji's dishonest hands moving around her body, and her face turned red: "Tang Ji!"
"Shh, you can't tell if someone finds out!" Tang Ji whispered in her ear, and then asked: "What wish did you make today?"
"I promise you that if you have bad thoughts about me tonight, you will become a eunuch." After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he snorted softly, but felt that something was already flooding in his body, and the flush on his face became even more intense.
"You are my future wife, isn't it normal to have bad thoughts towards you? However, in order not to become a eunuch, I'd better be honest." Immediately, Tang Ji stopped what he was doing and took her arms.
Waist, slowly closed his eyes, and added: "Only tonight, if you are caught by me next time, you will be punished double."
Jiang Ran didn't reply, he breathed a sigh of relief and decided not to let him in again in the future.
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The next day, in order to avoid being bumped into by Jiu'er like last time, Tang Ji left Jiang Ran's room early. While he was brushing his teeth, Li Yu leaned over with a smile.
"I saw everything last night. You entered Sister Jiang's room last night and didn't come out again. Didn't I say that about you Tang Ji? You are a man after all, and you are already like Sister Jiang. Don't you plan to marry her?"
Don't you just want to have fun? Let me tell you, if Sister Yao finds out about you like this, she will definitely be split into two pieces, and I will look down on you!"
After listening to Li Yu's words, Tang Ji picked up the cup and drank some water to rinse his mouth. In fact, he had already mentioned the marriage to Jiang Ran before when he was in Huaizhou, but she was still struggling with her life experience, fearing that she would not be able to prove her father's innocence and be raped.
He found out that she was the daughter of a criminal general, thus implicating himself. However, he was only a small official now, and it would take a lot of time to find out the truth of the case, so he could only read it while walking. After thinking about it, he put the mouthwash
He spat it out and said casually: "Why are you still in the house? Don't you have to go to court today?"
Li Yu didn't continue the topic just now. After all, he hadn't even dealt with his emotional problems. He sighed and replied: "It's still early. By the way, my father sent someone to tell you that you still have five days."
"If you can't hand over the plow and cart by then, be careful."
"Really?" Tang Ji asked in shock.
Li Yu crossed his arms and said, "Do you think I'm joking with you?"
Tang Ji shook his head and complained in his heart: "This dog emperor is really heartless!"