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In the East Palace, the prince looked serious and had no good expression on his face to Zhang Chao and Cheng Chumo. When the five of them came in, he just said a word coldly.

"Thank you the prince to give him a seat."

Zhang Chao was not polite. The prince asked him to sit, and he really walked aside and sat down. Cheng Chumo and the other four knew that they had caused trouble today, so they were honest and stood there and didn't dare to sit.

The prince ignored them and sat there looking at Zhang Chao condescendingly. Zhang Chao did not feel uneasy after making mistakes. Instead, he sat there with a smile on his face. The old god was there. Seeing Li Jiancheng was full of anger, he snorted coldly.

"You're very idle lately?"

"When you go back to your highness, I am very busy recently. Bailu Academy has just started school and is still in the trial operation stage. In addition, the book editing team has just been pulled up. Recently, I have locked myself in the cellar to write books every day, and I will write until dawn."

Zhang Chao sat there talking and was confused and confident. He was not a 16 or 17-year-old newborn calf in Cheng Chumo. He had seen more worlds. He knew very well that many things actually talked about interests.

His status in the Eastern Palace is quite special now, especially after he wrote the Zhang family rules of the Three Character Classic and now writing the Zizhi Tongjian, Zhang Chao's status is constantly improving.

Zhang Chao is famous, and the prince also needs Zhang Chao's name very much. As long as what he does not make the prince feel that the loss exceeds the profit, Zhang Chao can still laugh.

"My adoptive father has had good things recently. He has just been promoted and promoted to marry Princess Changguang. My adopted son must also express his feelings. This time, the adoptive father is ready to hold a big banquet, so he came to me and ordered the kitchen of my house full building to be responsible for the day's banquet. You know, I am also a glutton, so the adoptive father asked me to take charge of the menu personally. By the way, the adoptive father is very grateful to His Highness for his good words in front of His Highness, and asked me to ask His Highness about his time. If you have time, you will come to thank His Highness himself for your personal thanks to His Highness."

Zhang Chao seemed to have accidentally revealed the things he expected. When Li Jiancheng heard that Qin Qiong was grateful to him, he planned to come and thank him.

My heart suddenly became happy, and even my face that had been tense just now melted away.

"Shubao really said that?"

Zhang Chao smiled. He knew Jiancheng's personality very well, such as Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are as good as recruiting talents. In fact, those who reach their status will inevitably do that, whether they are sincerely respectful to the virtuous or to consolidate their status. Some of the differences are that Li Shimin is willing to respect the virtuous and the inferior, and he will accept the talented ones. He is willing to recruit anyone who has the ability.

Li Jiancheng paid more attention to fame, famous scholars and famous generals. He kept staring at the big fish. There were many counselors and generals under the command of King Li Shimin of Qin, and Li Jiancheng always wanted to dig it up.

After he recruited Zhang Chao this time, he took advantage of the emperor's marriage to show kindness to Qin Shubao.

Zhang Chao knew very well how much Li Jiancheng wanted to poach Qin Qiong. It was not that Qin Qiong had a great history among the generals in the court. In other words, there were many generals in the court. Qin Qiong was considered to be at the level of generals, but there were quite a few of them at this level. However, if Qin Qiong could be poached, the East Palace would be able to add a general, and Li Shimin had a general less. Jiancheng could still figure out the account of the incoming and outgoing.

But he had previously stretched out branches that were difficult to win over, but others were unwilling to take them.

Now he took advantage of his sister's chance to remarry Qin Qiong to show his goodwill again. Unexpectedly, Qin Qiong, who had always ignored him, actually responded.

Li Jiancheng felt that he was lucky.

He looked at Zhang Chao again and found that the guy's smile seemed to be trying to win the credit. In the end, Li Jiancheng felt that Zhang Chao must have put in the effort in this matter, otherwise Qin Qiong would not have changed so quickly.

"Wen Yuan, Shu Bao really said that?"

"If Your Highness doesn't believe it, I can arrange it immediately. Even if Your Highness sends someone to pass on a order, my adoptive father will definitely come to pay a visit."

Zhang Chao said it very confidently.

Li Jiancheng was so happy that he couldn't help but pace, "How could he send someone to summon him at will? That would be too rude. In this way, you go to Qin Mansion first, talk to Shubao, and call me a front station, and I'll go there later."

"Your Highness is going to my adopted father's house in person?"

"no?"

"No, it's just that this is too grand. Your Highness is so courteous to my adoptive father." Zhang Chao flattered.

"It is ok, Shubao is a brave general of the age and has made great achievements for our dynasty. It is also ok for me to be treated with great courtesy." Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

Zhang Chao successfully used Qin Qiong to divert Li Jiancheng's attention. In the face of the joy of being a new general, Li Jiancheng turned over the unhappiness that Zhang Chao had made before.

"Then I'll go now?"

"Go immediately, wait a minute, I'll have someone prepare some gifts for you and you can take them there."

Zhang Chao stood up with a smile, "What's going on today?"

"No more examples!" Li Jiancheng said four words in a deep voice, and this matter was revealed.

"I will definitely not be an example, and I will not be an example."

When Zhang Chao left the East Palace, Cheng Chumo and the other two were still a little stunned.

"Sanlang, what happened today is over? Wang Yongan was beaten in vain?" Cheng Chumo asked.

"What does it mean to be a waste of time? Didn't you be beaten by Wang Yongan yesterday? Today I just respect their arrogance yesterday."

"The prince will not hold us accountable, and will not punish us?" Li Gan asked.

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "What are you punished?" Originally, Li Jiancheng brought these four to the East Palace to be a Qianniu just to use their relationship to win over their father and brother. Today they just made some big mistakes and were severely punished. Why did Li Jiancheng do so much effort at the beginning?

Several people felt happy that they had survived the disaster.

"Does Uncle Qin really want to vote for the prince?" Niu Jianhu asked suddenly.

Zhang Chao looked at him and looked at the other three. Seeing that they were all wanting to speak, he cursed and laughed, "It's not your turn to do these things. You'll talk about these things when you're over 21 years old and you're officially in the middle of your life."

Several people were stunned on the spot.

Although they were young, they were no longer ignorant of the world. They even knew the struggle between the King of Qin and the Prince, and understood the importance and cruelty of taking sides.

In the past, the Chengniu and Qin families were all from the Qin Prince's Mansion, and everyone had already gotten used to it. But just now, he heard what Zhang Chao said, it seemed that Uncle Qin, who was about to marry Princess Changguang, had just left the Qin Prince's Mansion and was about to transfer to the Prince's Mansion.

This sudden change made these simple guys difficult to adapt to, or even unable to accept. They could accept Li Gan's elder brother who had been reluctant to stand in the team to express his opinion, but they felt that Qin Qiong's situation was betrayal.

Zhang Chao ignored these people whose three views were somewhat collapsed.

Today he did not make the decision for Qin Qiong privately. In fact, after Zhang Chao and Qin Qiong had a long talk in Zhangjiagou that day, Qin Qiong made this decision.

He knew that once he left the Qin Prince's Mansion, the prince would definitely not give up his enlistment.

He decided to accept the prince's favor, not that Qin Qiong really wanted to turn to the East Palace. But he planned to be like Zhang Chao, and also be in Cao's camp and be in Han.

This is actually a relatively dangerous decision, but after Qin Qiong got the idea, Zhang Chao could not change it.

Even if Zhang Chao did not come to the East Palace today because of the fight, he would take the initiative to find an opportunity to talk to Li Jiancheng about this matter. Moreover, Qin Qiong had actually talked to Li Shimin about this plan, and Li Shimin also expressed his support.

After all, Qin Qiong has been transferred out of the Qin Prince's Mansion and is on the surface accepting the prince's favor. Then Qin Qiong can gain more trust and more real power through his identity as a prince consort, which is very important for Li Shimin.

Especially the positions that Qin Qiong has obtained now, not to mention the position of Assistant Minister of War, but just the positions of the Governor of Tongzhou and the General of Yulin Army, it is very important to Li Shimin.

Tongzhou is an important passage between Guanzhong and Hedong, and the Pujin Bridge is the most convenient gateway to connect the two places. Compared with the prince's strength in Jingji, Li Shimin's strength in Guanzhong, especially in Jingji is relatively weak. The base camp he really manages is Luoyang.

In case of something, even if Tongguan, the eastern gate of Guanzhong, is blocked, Qin Qiong guards the eastern gate of Tongzhou Pujin, it can still connect Henan, Guanzhong, and Hedong.

If Qin Qiong refused to accept the prince's favor, then it would be difficult for Qin Qiong to hold such an important position. It would be better to turn to the prince on the surface, which would be even more powerful. However, to do this, Qin Qiong must be truly loyal to Li Shimin, because no one dares to promise that Qin Qiong would not really vote for the prince.

This move is a risky move, and the most test of the trust between Qin Qiong and Li Shimin.

Li Shimin chose to trust.

Yiguo Duke's Mansion.

When Qin Qiong saw Zhang Chao, he stepped forward with a bad look and slapped Zhang Chao in the face.

This slap really made Zhang Chao a little caught off guard, and it hurts so much.

"Kneel down!" Qin Qiong shouted with a stern face.

Zhang Chao, who was decisive when he dealt with Wang Yongan and his gang, was confident and calm in front of the prince, was now arrogant in front of Qin Qiong and did not dare to say anything, and knelt down honestly as he said.

Cheng Chumo and the other four stood there stupidly, not understanding why the Duke of Yi, who had always been a little doting on Zhang Chao, took action today.

Qin Qiong turned around and returned to the chair to sit down, with anger on her face.

"You are becoming more and more capable. Do you don't know how much you have? In Chang'an City, you dare to beat your colleagues in broad daylight and interrupt your hands and feet? Zhang Chao, do you think you are amazing now? Do you think you don't care about the people in Chang'an City? Do you still know what the king's law is, or what the duty is?"

"Don't argue, and I don't want to hear it. In short, go back to Zhangjiagou, and dare to learn from others' mischief, dare to fight bravely, and don't need the iron spear to take action. I will break your legs myself. Don't think that if others call you a few words, you will be awesome, unless you can go to heaven, or you will be my adopted son of Qin Qiong, and I have the right to discipline you."

He was scolded so much that he could only whisper in a low voice to express his mistake and would not dare to do it next time.

"Entertainment Father, I'm not in a hurry to clean up. I can just keep it up next time. There is something more important today. Your Highness is coming soon. You might as well let the mansion prepare to welcome you."

When Qin Qiong heard that the prince was coming, he paused and said, "Then let's be here for the time being."

Zhang Chao felt relieved and finally escaped.

He miscalculated. He expected that after beating Wang Yongan and his gang, there would be no big deal on the prince's side, but he didn't expect that Qin Qiong would give him a lesson. To be continued.
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