Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing came to the main hall at the same time. They were just over thirty years old and had a thin face, but they had a literary demeanor. Li Hong was very satisfied with the two just from his appearance.

As for the literary talent and knowledge, since the martial arts empress had already been proved by the two of them in history, he was not going to take the exam here, and said straight to the point, "Liu Yizhi, can you come to Chongwenguan to be a bachelor's degree?"

When Liu Yizhi was said to be the legend that His Highness of the Crown Prince wanted to see him, he vaguely guessed that the Crown Prince might have to summon him into the Eastern Palace.

Because Li Hong was so vigorous and enthroned by the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College in order to correct, supplement and regulate medical works, he would be so similar to anyone who wanted to be summoned by Li Hong.

Therefore, even though he is now a PhD in the Law School from the Imperial College under the eighth rank, he may have to be the proofreader of Chongwenguan from the ninth rank, but he replied without hesitation, "I am willing to go to Chongwenguan."

"Then I'm sorry Dr. Liu!" Li Hong said apologetically. Because he summoned Liu Yizhi to the East Palace and entered the Chongwen Pavilion, he could only proofread the books with Liu Yizhi, a Chongwen Pavilion who was from the ninth rank. He had a pitiful low position and did not accompany Liu Yizhi's talents.

However, Liu Yizhi didn't think so. If he stayed in the Imperial College, even if he had been qualified, he might not be able to survive one day. However, as long as he entered the Eastern Palace and became the prince's confidant, he would surely make a fortune when the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor.

"I will not feel wronged if I can serve your highness." Liu Yizhi said respectfully, with an uncontrollable look of excitement in his eyes.

Li Hong saw Liu Yizhi's expression and was very satisfied with Liu Yizhi's heartfelt words, so he turned his eyes to Fan Lubing on the side. Because with Liu Yizhi's pearls and jade in front of him, Fan Lubing knew the purpose of the prince summoning him no matter how stupid he knew the purpose of the prince summoning him, and he felt a little nervous.

"Fan Lubing, are you willing to come to Chongwenguan to work as a proofreader?" Li Hong asked.

"Go back to Your Highness, I am the current Zhou Wangfu household Cao Jun, and I may find it difficult to go to Chongwenguan again." Fan Lubing did not hesitate for a moment, but immediately refused.

When everyone in the main hall heard Fan Lubing's answer, their expressions froze. They all looked at Fan Lubing a little like a fool. Everyone scolded in their hearts. Is this person mind-wrong? The prince Naxian asked him to go to the Eastern Palace to prepare to train him as a confidant. He dared not to refuse or appreciate it? Even Xiao Yuanwen, the priest of the Imperial College, did not expect Fan Lubing to answer like this, and looked at Fan Lubing with disbelief.

Li Hong was also a little surprised that Fan Lubing refused him. During this period, he successfully recruited Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Di Renjie, and Liu Yizhi under his command with his identity as the prince.

Because all this went so smoothly that he felt that for those who wanted to become an official and want to be a member of the rank of a marquis, his status as a prince was the best statement. However, he did not expect to be frustrated by Fan Lubing, so he frowned and asked, "Fan Lubing, if you have any concerns, just say it, I will solve it for you."

Seeing that Fan Lubing was a little hesitant, he continued to ask, "Is it because you are from the Zhou royal palace that you refuse like this?"

"This..." Fan Lubing said with an embarrassment, "No, no."

"You go back and tell the King of Zhou that it means to let you come to Chongwenguan, so he will naturally not stop you." Li Hong said in a somewhat unhappy tone. As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was refused to be recruited to the Eastern Palace in public, which really embarrassed him.

"Your Highness--!" Fan Lubing wanted to say something. Li Hong no longer gave him a chance to speak, so he said angrily, "You don't need to say anything, go down!"

"Your Highness, this-!" Fan Lubing was still arguing. Xiao Yuanwen, who saw the prince was about to be furious, immediately shouted, "Fan Lubing, the prince asked you to go down, why don't you retreat!"

"No!" Fan Lubing had no choice but to bow and take the order, and staggered out of the main hall. After Fan Lubing left the main hall, Xiao Yuanwen said with a smile, "Fan Lubing is too scholarly and a little pedantic. Your Highness doesn't have to get angry for him."

Li Hong knew that Fan Lubing was a person who was loyal to his advice and was not afraid of power. He would have any unspeakable difficulties to refuse him today. Therefore, he was not very angry with Fan Lubing, but Fan Lubing was too disrespectful to him, which made me angry.

"It is enough for those who select talented people, Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao. Xiao Jijiu just needs to help them from the side, and he will go back." Li Hong stood up and said to Xiao Yuanwen. Xiao Yuanwen knew that the prince was in a bad mood, so he did not dare to keep him, but bowed and sent Li Hong out of the Imperial College.

"Your Highness, Fan Lubing is too ungrateful. Why don't you give him a lesson if you are humble?" Chen Gong followed Li Hong and said angrily. The prince summoned him. This is a great honor. How dare you refuse if you are poor?

"No need, wait a little longer. When he really doesn't want to come, it's not too late for you to tie the orphan back." Li Hong said.

If Fan Lubing really didn't want to come to Chongwenguan to be a proofreader, Li Hong wouldn't mind being too harsh, because if he didn't bring Fan Lubing to the East Palace and was discovered by the martial arts queen, Fan Lubing would become a "Bachelor of the North Gate" like in history, which Li Hong would not want to see.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, Chen Gong felt much more relieved and stopped talking.

Less than an hour after Li Hong returned to the East Palace, he saw Yan Zhuang leading a child to the study room to find him. The two walked into the study room. Before Yan Zhuang could even salute, the child beside him hurriedly greeted, "Li Zhe, have met the eldest brother!"

Li Zhe was Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty, and because he had not changed his name to Li Xian yet, he called himself Li Zhe.

Since Li Zhe was born Li Hong was already the crown prince, his half-brother was not a vassal in another place, so he had already left the palace to open a yamen and built a mansion. Li Zhe had only Li Hong and Li Xian when he was young, so he only called Li Hong the eldest brother now.

Because Li Hong was in poor health, he lived in the East Palace all year round and met his two younger brothers Li Xian and Li Zhe very few times, so he was very unfamiliar with the two. Li Xian and Li Zhe did not come to the East Palace to visit him when he was sick, so he would not come to the East Palace normally. Therefore, Li Zhe suddenly appeared in the study today, which made him quite curious, so he asked, "Liu Lang, why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here to give someone to my elder brother!" Li Zhe said with a smile. Seeing that Li Hong was a little confused, he continued, "Brother, have you taken a fancy to Fan Lubing from my residence in the Imperial College today? I specially sent him to you."

Seeing that Li Zhe was ridiculously treacherous, Li Hong asked lightly, "Liulang, this matter is probably not that simple, right?"

"Of course." Li Zhe said seriously, "He didn't want to come to the East Palace. It was because my brother, I tried a lot of effort to persuade him that he was willing to come to the Chongwenguan in the East Palace to do a proofreading book."

"Liulang, tell me! How can I thank you for my elder brother?" Li Hong said in a faint tone. He could understand that Li Zhe knew how to get rewards after giving at such a young age, because he had no scheming in the royal family.

"Brother, I heard that my mother gave you Zhao Hong's skirt. Is it true?" Li Zhe asked with anticipation.

"Yes." Li Hong nodded slightly, but couldn't help but say in surprise, "Liulang, you don't want to attack her, right?"

"What? Are you reluctant to leave?" Li Zhe said complaining when he saw that Li Hong had seen through his little thoughts, "Brother, in order to get Fan Lubing to agree to work at Chongwenguan, my younger brother gave him the only female maid in the mansion who knows how to play music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dance and music. Now he is from your East Palace, why do you have to compensate me? "

When Li Hong heard Li Zhe say this, he frowned and asked, "Did he agree to work in the East Palace with the condition that he can get this maid?"

"Not!" Li Zhe said angrily.

Li Zhe is still young and doesn't understand the affairs of his children. Naturally, he can't say that he likes Zhao Hongshu, but he likes to play. There is only one maid in the palace who can sing and dance, and knows how to chess and calligraphy. Now, in order to send Fan Lubing to the East Palace, he sent the maid out, which is naturally very painful and can only ask Li Hong for Zhao Hongshu.

As for why he had to send his maid to Fan Lubing to the East Palace, it was not that Li Zhe was considering Li Hong in a decisive way, but because Li Hong's prince, although they were brothers, Li Hong was always the prince and would inherit the throne in the future. In addition to brotherhood, the relationship between the two was also a monarch and minister. Because of this relationship, the person Li Hong liked was Li Zhe and didn't understand anything. In order not to offend Li Hong, officials of the Zhou Palace would persuade Li Zhe to send people to the East Palace.

"This bastard--" After hearing Li Zhe's explanation, Li Hong couldn't help but swear. He was angry with Fan Lubing, because today he saw what a scholar who was a romantic scholar who was a ghost under the peony flowers was like? Isn't Fan Lubing just one?

Suddenly seeing Li Zhe with an awkward look, Li Hong said, "Liulang, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't want to send Zhao Hongju to you, but when the mother sent someone to send her, she said in person that she would let Zhao Hongju serve Gu's daily life with her. Are you sure you still want her now?"

Li Zhe knew very well what it means to be intimate. Therefore, Li Hong said this, and Li Zhe understood what Li Hong meant, and hurriedly said, "Since this is what the mother's meaning, then the eldest brother will pretend that his younger brother has never said it. Brother, if you have nothing to do, your younger brother will say goodbye first."

"Yeah!" Li Hong nodded slightly and said to Yan Zhuang, "Yan Zhuang, you send Liu Lang to you."

Yan Zhuang bowed to take the order and sent Li Zhe out of the study. When Yan Zhuang returned to the study again, Li Hong asked with a thoughtful look on his face, "Yan Zhuang, do you know what the name of the confidant beside King Zhou?"

Yan Zhuang was stunned, shook his head and replied, "I don't know much about this. Your Highness, is there anything wrong with it?"

"Yes!" Li Hong sighed, "Didn't you see that Gu is not simple?"

In history, Li Xian (Li Zhe) of Tang high school was highly regarded by Queen Wei's relatives and wanted to use Empress Wei's father Wei Yuanzhen as the subordinate minister. Pei Yan thought it was not possible. Li Xian was furious: "I can give Wei Yuanzhen the world, so I am still stingy with one servant?" Pei Yan reported to Empress Wu, and Empress Wu was very annoyed by Zhongzong's actions. After only two months of succession, he demoted him to Chang'an.

Historical books commented that this was a manifestation of the incompetence of Li Xian, the Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty.

But this is not the case in reality.

Because at that time, his power had been emptied by Empress Wu and no one around him could be used. He wanted to consolidate the unstable throne at that time. He had no choice but to reuse Empress Wei's relatives, and regarded Empress Wei's father Wei Yuanzhen as his subordinate minister, trying to form his own team.

Otherwise, how could his actions make Empress Wu furious and want to destroy him?

"Why send someone to check?" Yan Zhuang said cautiously.

"Let's forget it!" Li Hong thought for a while and said, then signaled Yan Zhuang to retreat.
Chapter completed!