Eastern Palace.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, early in the morning, Qin Lang followed Chengqian to return to the Eastern Palace.

Outside Changlin Gate, the Prince's Left Guard led the deputy commander Su Dingfang to lead the Prince's Leben as the guard early in the morning, and Su Dingfang, wearing armor, came from afar.

"My minister Su Lie pays homage to Your Highness."

"Meet the Lord Qin."

Chengqian saw Su Dingfang who was covered in snow and frozen on his body, and smiled, "Why did Su Qing stand in the snow? Go back and warm your body." As he said that, he also picked a wine gourd from the saddle, "This is the wine given to me by the teacher, Su Qing takes it to warm your body."

Su Dingfang took it with him, held Chengqian's horse, and whispered, "Several scholars are waiting for Your Highness outside Jiafu Gate, your Highness, be careful."

When Cheng Qian heard this, his smile disappeared.

"Why did several bachelors come early in the morning, and why?"

"Because your highness did not return overnight yesterday, they came to raise an army to question the crime."

Chengqian was a little panicked.

Qin Lang said, "Your Highness, don't worry if I have it."

Su Dingfang reminded Qin Lang that those who are not fuel-efficient, and one mouth is better than tens of millions of soldiers. He is most afraid of seeing these people, and being caught by them, and it can make people feel sad.

"Nothing happened." Qin Lang laughed.

Jiafu Gate is the south gate of the East Palace, but outside Jiafu Gate, there are two gates on the left and right Changlin Gate, and there is a Changshengyuan. It was built that two thousand Changlin Army were stationed here. As a result, Qin King Li Shimin took the lead and Changlin Army did not play its due role.

Now, there are three thousand elite soldiers of the Prince's Lu Ben Army in Chengqian. Although these 3,000 people are divided into five rotations, and only six hundred people are usually on duty, they are mainly stationed outside the left and right Changlin Gate.

As the crown prince Zhan and the crown prince Left Guard, Qin Lang also has another title, which is the director of the Eastern Palace. The three thousand princes Lu Ben is under the left guard of the East Palace, under the left guard of the sixth guard of the East Palace. When Qin Lang was previously removed from the left guard, it was Cheng Yaojin who took over the left guard, and Su Dingfang was the deputy commander.

Now Cheng Yaojin stayed in Lanzhou as the governor, and Qin Lang returned to the court to continue as the left guard and was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Palace. However, the deputy commander Su Dingfang was the actual commander of the prince Lu Ben.

Previously, the Lu Ben Army had drawn elite troops to accompany Qin Lang to rescue Songzhou, fought the first battle of Longyou, and made great contributions. For example, Gao Kan, Gao Zhensheng, Liang Jianfang, and other generals, were all promoted to the governor of one state and were also awarded titles for military merits in the third war. Guo Kaizhao, Guo Kaifeng, Changsun Chong and other Lu Ben officers were already well-known and quickly promoted to the commander-in-chief.

Many Lu Ben Army remained in Longyou, and the Eastern Palace recruited a group of elite troops from each army to enrich Lu Ben Army. However, the officers were basically the original Lu Ben Army, and most of them participated in the Battle of Longyou.

When they saw Qin Lang, the old boss, they saluted one after another.

Qin Lang nodded to everyone and kept calling out their names, which made these people very excited.

He came to Jiafu Gate by horse racing. Sure enough, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, Lu Deming, Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan and other scholars in Chongxian Pavilion were standing in the snow.

Heavy snow was pouring, and a thick layer of snow had fallen on each bachelor's body. It seemed that they were waiting here just after dawn.

Chengqian followed Qin Lang and looked at the scene and his face turned pale. When he met these people, Chengqian was really afraid. He quickly got out of his saddle and went up to see the ceremony.

Qin Lang sat down and watched.

Chengqian stepped forward and bowed his hands to bow, but these guys did not move.

The prince asked them to return to the palace, but they were not moved.

Qin Lang urged him to come forward and came to everyone.

"My Lords!"

Qin Lang crossed his hands on the horse, but Yu Zhining and others glared at Qin Lang.

This made Qin Lang very unhappy. He sneered twice, "My Lords, if I remember correctly, I still seem to be the Secretary of the Crown Prince of the East Palace, and now he is the Minister of the Crown Prince and Consulate of Chongxian Pavilion, and the Chief of the Left Guard and the Director of the Eastern Palace, right?"

The prince's left chaotic son Yu Zhining stood there motionless, looking at Qin Lang, "Justice Qin is just riding on horseback and talking to us, are you kind?"

"My Lords, our Tang Dynasty system is in charge of the Eastern Palace. The Zhanshi Mansion is set up, and there is only one Zhanshi. What's the matter?"

Everyone did not answer, and Su Dingfang said later, "The Tang Dynasty system, the prince is in charge of the affairs of the internal and external affairs, and corrects the ammunition and the affairs of the general governor."

"Since I am the chief of the palace affairs, why don't you, as officials of the Eastern Palace, pay homage to the superior?" Qin Lang asked again.

This is to seize people by official positions.

The Eastern Palace was a small court, and Li Shimin had high hopes for the crown prince Chengqian, so he began to equip Chengqian with a complete range of officials from the Eastern Palace very early.

The court had the Shangshu, the Secretariat, and the three provinces under the jurisdiction of the school, and the East Palace had the Zhanshi Mansion. The three palaces that were imitated by the three provinces of the court, except for the crown prince, the crown prince, the young master and other three divisions of the East Palace, which were basically honorary officials, and the ones who really led the affairs of the East Palace were the two courts.

Among them, the crown prince Zhan Shi was the main one, which was equivalent to the Shangshu Ling. The crown prince Shao Zhan Shi was the same as the left and right servants, while the left and right concubines were the same as the Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong.

The entire Eastern Palace officials were mainly Zhan Shi. Even Yu Zhining, who was the prince’s left son, had to accept Qin Lang’s leadership.

Although the Fufang Temple and the Shiru of the East Palace were established in the imitation of the imperial court's three provinces, six ministries and nine temples, after all, the crown prince was just the crown prince and not the emperor. Especially when the crown prince was young, the affairs of the East Palace were mainly responsible for the sons of Zhan Shi and others. The affairs of the East Palace were not as clear as those of the three provinces and six ministries of the imperial court. Zhan Shiru had a clear leadership over the affairs of the East Palace.

From Li Gang to Pei Ju, and then to Qin Lang.

The East Palace experienced three princes and officials, two old and one young.

But they were all chosen by the emperor himself. Two years after Qin Lang left the Eastern Palace, the position of Zhanshen was not awarded another title. However, the left concubine Yu Zhining, the right concubine Du Zhenglun, and the young secretary Zhang Xuansu and others have always led the affairs of the government.

After a long time, I really forgot about Qin Lang, the orthodox Secretary.

The Imperial College Priest, the Crown Prince's Right Concubine, and the Crown Prince's Right Concubine, the Crown Prince's Crown Academy scholar Kong Yingda has always had a good relationship with Qin Lang. Seeing that Qin Lang was under an official position at this time, he came out to ease.

"Your Madam Yingda pays homage to Secretary Zhan."

Kong Yingda saluted with his hands, and other scholars such as Chu Suiliang and others came forward to worship. Now Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu, Du Zhenglun and others had to come forward to salute.

Qin Lang didn't get off the horse, so he just suffered.

"Your Highness returns to the palace, you stop the palace gate and refuse to let him go. Your Highness pays homage, but you don't pay homage. Is this another ritual?"

Seeing Qin Lang being aggressive, Yu Zhining refused to give in.

He crossed his hands at Qin Lang again, "I dare to ask the Crown Prince and Secretary Qin Zhan why they did not return overnight?"

Cheng Qian said in a panic, "Yesterday, Prime Minister Qin returned to Beijing and went to meet the saint's will. Later, he encountered wind and snow, so he stayed in Prime Minister Qin's mansion for a night."

"Your Highness stays outside the palace at will, what are the rules in the palace?" Yu Zhining asked.

Qin Lang interrupted him with a cold snorkeling, "Your Majesty, you're too tempted by this little thing."

The two of them faced each other in a tit-for-tat way. After Yu Zhining's righteous family, his great-grandfather Yu Jin was the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, one of the famous Eight Pillars, a native of the Xianbei people. His original surname was Wan Gui Yu.

Yu Jin was called the Eight Pillar Kingdom together with Li Hu, and the Yu family's family was incredible. Yu Zhining's father was a Zhongshusan of the Sui Dynasty. When he first served in the Sui Dynasty, he started his family as a county magistrate. Later, when he met the Li family's Taiyuan, he directly joined Li Shimin's commander and consulted for the plan. He later ranked as the 18th bachelor of the Qin Palace, and was also one of Li Shimin's confidant advisers.

After ascending the throne, Li Shimin appointed him as Duke of Liyang County, appointed him as Minister of the Secretariat, and also appointed him as the attendant of the Sanqi, and gave him the position of the Prince's Young Secretary, and taught Chengqian. In the two years when Qin Lang was not in Chang'an, he was awarded the title of the left son of the prince, and actually led the affairs of the Eastern Palace.

Li Shimin trusted Zhining very much. At a palace banquet, the emperor did not see Yu Zhining attending, and he also asked about the reason. As a result, the close servant replied that the banquet was summoned by officials above the third rank, and Yu Zhining's Secretariat was only a fourth rank official.

So the emperor specially summoned Yu Zhining to the banquet and appointed him as the third-rank official of the Sanqi Changshi on the spot.

Yu Zhining was trusted by the emperor. As the Minister of the Secretariat and the Prince of the East Palace, he was also very dedicated and responsible, for fear of letting down the emperor. Not only did he manage the Eastern Palace in an orderly manner, but he also had to give advice if Cheng Qian had any wrong things.

Now that Qin Lang comes back, Cheng Qian actually doesn’t go home at night. This is too much.

This morning, Yu Zhining gathered this scene and wanted to give Qin Lang a warning.

"Qin Prime Minister, this is not Longyou, this is the Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty, not the place where you are noisy!"

"presumptuous!"

Qin Lang shouted angrily, "As an official from the Eastern Palace and a teacher from the Prince, it is your duty to advise and advise, but don't forget the superiors and subordinates. As the crown prince, how can you be so despised? As a secretary of the Eastern Palace, how can you be so despised? He still won't retreat!"

"Prime Minister Qin, the responsibility for today is all about you. If you cannot regret it in person, I will join you in the imperial court."

“Get out of here!”

Qin Lang waved his whip and urged his horse forward.

Yu Zhining actually stopped in front and reached out to pull the horse's head. This made Qin Lang really angry and lawless.

He kicked the leopard head and the horse's belly. The leopard head was a military horse that had fought several battles in Longyou. He immediately neighed and bumped forward. Yu Zhining was just a civil servant. He couldn't really stop the young and strong leopard head. He was overturned to the ground and fell down, covered in mud and snow, very embarrassed.

"Get out!" Qin Lang shouted angrily.

The faces of the civil officials and great scholars changed drastically.

"It's so cold and snowy, but you are surrounding the palace gate and blocking His Royal Highness here to blow the wind and snow. Do you want to murder His Royal Highness?"

As soon as this accusation came out, the faces of the group changed drastically.

I came with Yu Zhining today to suppress Qin Lang, but if I really made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sick, no one could afford it.

Everyone moved aside, Qin Lang dismounted and pulled Chengqian, who looked uneasy, and walked in.
Chapter completed!