Chapter 445: Entering the Palace to meet (2)

The room was very spacious. The four people who came early were wearing the same clothes as Liu Erjo and others. You can tell at a glance that they were four of the other eight new Jinshis.

After the eunuch who led the way left the door, Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen had the time to look up at the four people. The four of them were straight and sat upright. When they saw Liu Ertiao and the others coming in, they didn't react much, and looked indifferent. Some of them didn't even twist their heads and sat there and closed their eyes to rest.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Zhigui? Haha, I don't expect Brother Zhigui to come so early. Brother Yu is polite here!" Seeing his acquaintance, Zhang Chuwen pulled Liu Ertiao and said hello, but his heat seemed to be pressed against someone else's cold butt. Du Zhigui just nodded slightly for their greetings, smiled lightly, then turned his head away, and said no more words.

"Uh," Zhang Chuwen chuckled awkwardly. Seeing that except for Du Zhigui, the others were also half-hot, he smiled and pulled Liu Erzhao to sit on the other two empty chairs.

For a moment, the room became quiet again, and the atmosphere between the six people seemed a little strange.

Liu Ertiao looked at Du Zhigui and the other two with his eyes slightly. Seeing that these people were tense, they sat quietly in their position, with their legs together, their hands folded and their knees gently placed on their legs and knees. Their face was serious, without too many expressions, which was very artificial and strange.

Wouldn't these people be like them, they were scared by the grandeur of the palace, right? Or are they now nervous about meeting the emperor later?

Liu Ertiao curled his lips lightly. Among the top ten in the 10th category, except for him and Zhang Chuwen, the other eight people were almost all from aristocratic families. Which one has never seen the world? Just say that Du Zhigui, with the relationship between their old master Du Yan, let alone the palace, he had even seen the emperor several times before this. Seeing that he is serious now, would he be even more nervous than the two of them who have been here for the first time in the palace? Liu Ertiao didn't believe it.

There is something strange about it here.

Liu Erzhao muttered a few words in his heart, asking these people what was the reason, but looking at their current appearance of being a stranger, he knew that even if they asked, others might not say anything. After all, to a certain extent, they are now rivals, and Liu Erzhao didn't want to stick someone else's cold butt again.

"Erzhao," Zhang Chuwen also saw some clues, and called Liu Erzhao softly, reminding her, but there was outsiders present and the small room was extremely quiet, so he couldn't explain it. But after calling, he imitated the other people and sat upright quietly.

Be careful not to make a big mistake, don’t be the bird that stands out.

"I understand," Liu Ertiao nodded slightly at Zhang Chuwen to express his understanding, but he did not imitate Zhang Chuwen, and he was like Du Zhigui and other scholars, and he was posing seriously and sitting there. It was too fake. Even if he was really doing a show, they did not do it naturally at all and they failed.

While thinking about it, Liu Erzhao noticed that someone came outside the door. Yuwen Fangde from Yuwen's mansion treated the same as them. He was taken to this room by a young eunuch, and then politely threw the person down and turned around and left.

Yuwen Fangde looked at the six people who arrived first in the room. When he saw Du Zhigui and Liu Ertou and Zhang Chuwen and other acquaintances, he chuckled indifferently, nodded slightly to the people and signaled, and then walked straight to another empty seat and sat down quietly on the chair.

These people seemed to have made an agreement, and they did not show respect or speak, just sitting there withered, some of them didn't even move.

Could this be the rule that everyone must follow in the palace? Liu Ertiao thought about the two books about palace etiquette at home and shook his head slightly. Although the two books were banned, it was when the emperor was there and the emperor was speaking. Here, there was no emperor, and no other officials, everyone was the same subject and the same ranking. It should be that there was no such rule?

He picked up the teacup and Liu Ertiao slapped it lightly. He was a little uncomfortable with this lifeless atmosphere, and always felt that something was wrong.

Afterwards, the remaining three people also arrived one after another. Everyone was treated the same, wearing the same clothes, sitting on the same chairs, and drinking the same tea. However, no one spoke, and they all acted as rigid and ignoring people.

At the time of Si, just two minutes later, one moment before the Emperor met them, Liu Ertiao took another sip of tea, turned his head and glanced around, feeling a little depressed, always thinking that he should do something now.

The arrow shot out the bird, which was a truth that my elder brother had told him before. Although the bird that stood out was at risk of being killed by an arrow, it also had the opportunity to find food first. Just like now, looking at the appearance of these scholars, it was obvious that they all knew something. It was obviously doing it for someone to see. This should also be a judgment of this interview. Something else understood, but neither he nor Zhang Chuwen knew.

Are you sitting obediently like Du Zhigui, Yuwen Fangde and others? Liu Ertiao shook his head lightly, imitated them by their appearance, and was indifferent to the public. Although there would be no big mistakes, how can he show his own differences, how can he please those who observe secretly and win their praise?

This is an opportunity!

Liu Erzhao put down the teacup, stood up suddenly, looked around at the eight other people except Zhang Chuwen, bowed his hands, gave a rogue gift, and said with a chuckling, "My brother, Liu Erzhao, I have greeted you for a few brothers. Haha, while you are still free now, I wonder who among the guys, who would like to play a game with me?"

When Liu Erzhao saw a chess board hanging on the wall next to him, he became scheming in his heart. However, to be on the safe side, he did not directly invite Zhang Chuwen next to him. In such an unknown situation, Liu Erzhao did not want to pull him into the water.

Among the eight people, only Yuwen Fangde looked up at Liu Ertiao, and at the same time he glanced at the chessboard on the wall, and was a little moved. However, after thinking about it, he still didn't get up. He just chuckled apologetically at Liu Ertiao, he was not going to take this risk.

"Haha, Brother Erzhao, please come and accompany you to a game for me!" Zhang Chuwen also saw some things. It was not surprising that there was a chessboard in this side room, but it was a bit over the chessboard hanging on the wall. This is the palace and the place where the royal family lives. It is not so unqualified. If it is abnormal, it is a monster. Although Zhang Chuwen knew that Liu Erzhao would not call him directly, he decided to accompany Liu Erzhao to this encounter.

In the slightest moment of Liu Erzhao, he walked straight to the wall, raised his hand and took down the chessboard and two bags of chess pieces.

"Brother Erzhao, please!" Putting the chessboard on the table and spreading the chess pieces, Zhang Chuwen chuckled and stretched out a hand to Liu Erzhao, from beginning to end, without giving Liu Erzhao any chance to refuse.

"In this way, I'll go over my hair," Liu Ertiao looked at Zhang Chuwen with a wry smile. It's hard to look back now. If you want to die, die together.

Regardless of the other few being a little disdainful, and even as if looking at a dead person, Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen sat down lightly, set up a chess path, and started fighting back and forth.

In a quarter of an hour, with the chess power of Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen, it was just enough to play a game. When the eunuch came in, it was said that when they entered the hall, Zhang Chuwen happened to abandon his son and admit defeat.

Following the rankings on the subject list, Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen were at the end. On the way around, Liu Ertiao looked at Zhang Chuwen helplessly and said to him softly: "Brother Chuwen, why are you doing this?"

"This is a risk, but why not an opportunity? Haha, you kid, don't you want Brother Wei to show off some light, right?" Zhang Chuwen chuckled indifferently, and had no regrets about what happened just now.

Soon, under the leadership of the eunuch, all ten people slowly walked into the hall. In the hall, Li Shimin was sitting lightly, looking up at the ten new Tang geniuses in front of him without anger. With a little smile in his eyes, the prince Li Chengqian sat beside him and lowered his head.

"The humble minister Yuwen Fangde,"

"There is no good fortune in the empress,"

"Wei Chen..."

"Greetings to the Emperor!" According to the etiquette in the book, ten people bent down one by one, loudly reported their names and names, and then met in unison to greet the Emperor.

"Well, the one next to me is the prince. You have come up to see him too!" Li Shimin nodded gently and introduced his son to the ten people below. After that, Yuwen Fangdeliu and two ten people bent over and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Okay, you all sit down aside," Li Shimin waved to the people, signaled to them to sit down, and then glanced at them gently, and said softly: "You ten are all pillars selected by my Tang Dynasty this year. Haha, today is the first official meeting between our monarch and minister. Let's meet first, and you don't have to be too reserved."

"Yes, the emperor!" All ten people bowed their hands, but none of them dared to let go of their courage. This is the palace, and the one above is the emperor. Only a fool would follow the emperor's polite words so honestly.

Seeing the palace maids bringing them tea, Li Shimin tapped the table with his fingers, staring at Yuwen Fangde, who was sitting at the right head, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Are you the top of the list of the genocide, Yuwen Fangde?"

"Go back to the emperor, you are the empress!" Yuwen Fangde stood up respectfully, bent over and bowed to Li Shimin, and reported.

"Is it Duke Ying, Yu Wenshi and his youngest son?" Li Shimin nodded gently and asked again.

"Back to the emperor, Mr. Yu Wen and his father are you!"

"Well," Li Shimin nodded, waved his hand slightly at Yuwen Fangde, signaling him to sit down, his eyes skipped over Yuwen Fangde, looked at Du Zhigui who was sitting at his lower head, and asked softly: "Are you Du Zhigui, the second-ranked cadet, and the grandson of the censor Du Yan?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's the empress!" Du Zhigui also stood up lightly and bent over to report.

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One by one, Li Shimin could call out his name correctly, family background, call him seriously, and his voice was gentle. No one could see the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in his heart from his face. However, when asked about Liu Erzhao, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Li Shimin's mouth. He looked at Liu Erzhao, and Li Shimin asked softly: "Are you the ninth place in the current subject list, Liu Erzhao, and Liu You's younger brother?"

"Go back to the emperor, he is the weak minister," Liu Ertiao also stood up, bent over, bowed, and replied with a respectful look. He did not dare to make any tricks in front of the emperor.

"Well," Li Shimin nodded gently, without letting Liu Erzhao sit in. Then he looked at Zhang Chuwen, who was the lower leader of Liu Yi, and asked in a warm voice: "You are the tenth place in the subject list today, Zhang Chuwen, Liu Yi's wife and brother?"

"Go back to the emperor, you are the minister!" Zhang Chuwen stood up and saluted, standing side by side with Liu Ertiao.

"Well," Li Shimin nodded again, his eyes swept over Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen. After a while, he asked the two again: "I heard that after the list of the statutes was lowered a few days ago, several officials or the Duke's mansion invited you to the banquet and celebrate, but none of you went to respond. Maybe tell me, why is this?"

As soon as Li Shimin asked, several people in the hall, including Prince Li Chengqian, looked suddenly changed. I wonder how Li Shimin knew about this, and why he asked in the hall?

Is it a shock to the tiger? Or is it deliberately reminding some people?

"Back to the emperor," No matter what others think, Liu Ertiao and Zhang Chuwen were overjoyed, letting the emperor know that they are not dependent on other forces and are only loyal to the emperor. Isn't that the result they wanted in the previous episode?

Liu Erzhao came out and bowed to Li Shimin and replied: "It's not that I don't want to give me good gifts to you and some adults. It's just that I'm poor, both of them are poor children, used to being poor since childhood, and have never met anything. I don't know how to socialize, and I don't have much money on hand, so I can't afford to return visits with so many gifts, so..."

"This kid is really good at competing with his elder brother, and he has a bit of a naughty taste!" After hearing Liu Ertiao talk in an idiot, Li Shimin sighed in his heart, and there was a little more smile in his eyes when he looked at Liu Ertiao.
Chapter completed!