Li Chengyu rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I am looking forward to it!"

A group of people went to the imperial city.

To the east of the Royal Post House, Zhaoyang Palace has been packed up for Li Chengyu to move in!

These are the two highest-standard palaces in the post house. As the prince, Li Chengyu is qualified to stay.

Although Chu Jingxian sometimes seems very unreliable and seems to have his own way of doing things, when it comes to business matters, he always arranges things that should be arranged and never makes arrangements that should not be arranged.

In addition to the prince, the envoys of the Western Tang Dynasty also had three officials from Honglu Temple and some retinues.

Apart from that, the most conspicuous thing is probably a group of warblers and swallows.

These gorgeous women are all Li Chengyu's concubines.

When the seven or eight beautiful, charming, and distinctive women opened their mouths, they were like a group of orioles chirping. It was clear and sweet, but there were so many that it seemed noisy.

However, Li Chengyu obviously enjoyed it.

Seeing Li Chengyu like this, Fang Zhaoyu and others were speechless. They were here on a mission, and they were treated as if they were traveling with a beauty by the prince!

Chu Jingxian silently ordered to replace most of the maids serving in Zhaoyang Palace with servants!

After Li Chengyu moved in, the officials who followed him also settled in the courtyards around Zhaoyang Palace.

When Chu Jingxian left, Li Chengyu asked him: "Your Highness, King Chu, I want to walk around casually, is that okay?"

"Of course there is no problem. However, the prince has a distinguished status and your safety is the top priority. No matter where you go, please bring two more guards."

Li Chengyu chuckled: "What? There are people like Xiao Xiao in the capital of Dongxia, are they going to harm people's lives?"

Chu Jingxian said: "Young people, no matter the region!"

Li Chengyu smiled and said: "I know."

Chu Jingxian left the royal post house and entered the palace.

The emperor entrusted the reception to him. Although he did not need to report everything, as long as there was no trouble, it would be fine. But today is the first day, so a routine report is still required.

In the palace, the emperor looked at him and said, "Has the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty settled down?"

"It has been placed in Zhaoyang Palace."

"It seems that today is going very well!" The emperor's words clearly meant something.

Chu Jingxian said: "Back to my father, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple perform their duties very effectively. My son and I are very relaxed."

The emperor said: "No one is causing trouble, right?"

"That's natural. My father is wise and powerful, all the princes in the court are virtuous and dedicated, and the people in the capital live and work in peace and contentment. Who is going to cause trouble when they are full?"

The emperor chuckled: "How did I hear that a few days ago you threw bloody people in front of the gates of your two royal brothers' mansions?"

Chu Jingxian said seriously: "Misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding! When Erchen took over, there were some blind thieves who wanted to trip up Erchen. Erchen beat them up and threw them on the street to show off to the public.

It was just thrown casually, maybe it was a little too close to the residence of the eldest emperor brother and the fourth emperor brother!"

The emperor added: "I heard that you got a lot of money from your eldest brother and the fourth brother?"

Chu Jingxian raised his head and said seriously: "Father, how can you make fun of the emperor's affairs? It's because the eldest brother and the fourth brother understand the righteousness and take the initiative to subsidize the national treasury. I admire them and support them.

The mission is even more deeply grateful! Due to the donation from the two royal brothers, I only need to withdraw 50,000 taels from the Ministry of Household Affairs to complete this mission. This is all the credit of the two royal brothers!"

The emperor's eyes fell on his face, and he saw a look of sincere gratitude. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are really brothers!"

Chu Jingxian nodded: "As it should be!"

The emperor suddenly said: "I heard that you have a confidante? Now at your age, you can get married. Since you have the woman you like, why not say, if it is suitable, I will grant you a marriage!"

Chu Jingxian's eyes did not change at all, and he said: "Father, I don't have any confidante!"

"Oh? I heard that you are close to Mu Qingyu from the Weiwu Marquis Mansion?"

"That was what happened before I went on the expedition." Chu Jingxian said: "When I returned to Beijing this time, even though it was only a year apart, I felt that many things had changed. Besides, a year ago she was just me.

A friend, not a confidante!"

The emperor looked at him steadily. Chu Jingxian did not move his body or his eyes.

The emperor withdrew his gaze, showed a gratified smile, and said: "I thought you would fall in love with her. Anyone in this capital can do it, but she can't do it. The royal family does not allow scandals!"

There was a hint of darkness in the depths of Chu Jingxian's eyes, but his expression remained unchanged. He just said: "My father is joking. I treat her as a friend! But I don't understand. If I fall in love with her,

Why is this a scandal? Apart from her low family status, she has nothing wrong with her!"

The emperor's eyes became sharp again, and he looked at Chu Jingxian carefully. Seeing that his eyes were calm and calm, he said: "Although she has been abandoned and is no longer a royal wife, she was once a royal wife. How can she be divorced?"

The reason for marrying a younger brother? This is not a scandal, what is a scandal? If you really like it, you can just live in the inner room as a concubine. Not only can you not marry her as a main concubine, you can't even marry a side concubine!"

Chu Jingxian said expressionlessly: "I know! I don't have this intention!"

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, asked some more questions about the reception and Li Chengyu's attitude, and then asked Chu Jingxian to withdraw.

He also made a special statement: "Go to Zhaoqing Palace to see your mother-in-law!"

Chu Jingxian hesitated for a moment, as if he was about to say something, and the emperor said calmly: "As a son of a human being, you should still have the filial piety that you should have!"

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As soon as Chu Jingxian left, the emperor was so angry that he swept all the memorials on the desk to the ground.

Eunuch Liu bowed quietly, lowering his presence.

The emperor lost his temper for a while before sitting back in front of the case. Eunuch Liu immediately handed over the warm tea beside him.

The temperature of the tea was moderate. After the emperor took a sip, he seemed to feel better.

Eunuch Liu then said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the Seventh Highness has done a good job, why are you still angry?"

The emperor said with a dark face: "I am the two rebellious sons of Qi Boss and Lao Si!"

Eunuch Liu was even more puzzled and said: "Your Highness and the Four Highnesses generously donated a total of 180,000 taels of silver, which is not a small sum. They understand the righteousness so well and they are also sharing the emperor's worries. The emperor should be happy.

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The emperor glared at him: "Dazhu, do you know how many countries there are in this world?"

Liu Gonggong said: "This slave knows that in addition to our Eastern Xia Kingdom, there are also Southern Qi, Western Tang, and Northern Vietnam. The world is divided into four parts, but there are still some small countries and tribes that depend on the four countries for their survival, which is not worthy of justice!"

The emperor's face was still dark: "Last year, the envoy from Wusang Kingdom came and was received by Lao Si. At that time, he paid a total of 470,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Wusang is a small country, and only envoys came.

, to allocate so much money!"

Eunuch Liu didn't dare to speak. This was a state matter. He, a eunuch in charge, only had one head.

The emperor said: "The envoy from Southern Qi came here the year before last, and the boss was in charge. He allocated a total of 820,000 taels of silver!"

Eunuch Liu: "..."

He still didn't dare to speak. When the two princes allocated silver coins, it was approved by the emperor himself. At that time, the emperor didn't think it was much, but now there is no difference without comparison. The seventh prince also received the envoys of the Western Tang Dynasty, and only allocated money

Even if we add the 180,000 taels from the eldest prince and the fourth prince, it is only 230,000 taels.

And just now, His Highness the Seventh Prince said that there is still more money left, and it will be turned over to the treasury after the envoys are sent away.

With this move of His Majesty the Seventh Highness, His Highness the Grand Highness and the Fourth Highness were deceived.

Eunuch Liu considered it and said: "Now that the envoys from the Western Tang Dynasty have just arrived, it may not be time to spend the money yet. How much it really needs to be spent will not be known until the envoys leave and we will re-calculate it!"

These words made the emperor look better.

But it's not much better.

He also glared at Eunuch Liu: "Do you think I'm just angry at Yinliang? Why did Lao Qi blackmail them two instead of blackmailing others?"

Eunuch Liu deliberately pretended to be stupid and said: "At that time, His Highness and His Royal Highnesses were also vying for this job, so His Highness let them see that the job was not that easy to handle. Then he threw those little thieves away.

Their house is closer, let them know?"

The emperor was originally angry, but immediately laughed out loud after hearing this.

"You old guy, you really don't understand anything!" He snorted: "The boss and the fourth boss seem to be such easy-to-talk people? Just because of this, they obediently gave out 180,000 taels of silver?"

"Then what else could it be?" Eunuch Liu looked confused: "Is there any other reason?"

The emperor said directly: "That's because those little thieves are the people sent by the boss and the fourth!"

"No way, this is a brother, how could he cause such a stumbling block?"

The emperor snorted again.

Brother?

He understands best how royal brothers get along.

But he was a little proud.

Look, the eldest son and the fourth son were fighting over each other like black-eyed chickens, but he made a stroke of genius and put the seventh son in charge. The seventh man acted without rules and did whatever he wanted, and he would not care about the eldest son and the fourth son.

The formal style before the fourth; nor the brotherhood between the eldest and the fourth; or even the conventional rules.

He used his own method to catch the boss and the fourth by surprise, and also asked them to pay a large sum of money, saving money in the treasury. However, the emperor did not care about their brotherly quarrel.

Let's fight, my son has grown older, and his ambitions have grown bigger! No one will pay attention to him as his father.
To be continued...