Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1173 Palace Banquet 02
Tai Zhuling took the golden post and glanced at it symbolically, looked at Xie Fu who was also wearing a purple official uniform, and asked softly, "Who is this lord?"

Qin Chuzhen handed over another gold post in his hand: "This one is Mr. Xie Fuxie, the Jiedu envoy of Huainan Road."

Tai Zhuling's post is only for official affairs in the palace, but he is not familiar with officials working outside, so he hastily and respectfully bowed down.

He turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, do you remember?"

Xie Fu heard the sound and looked in surprise, and saw a young official wearing a green official uniform not far away, looking at the gold post while bowing his head and busy writing, it was not his cousin Xie Li, who it was.

He already knew that his cousin had entered the court as an official and took up the post of Taishi Zhongcheng, but he didn't expect to meet so suddenly, and his mood was extremely agitated for a while.

Xie Li seemed to be very busy, writing with his head down. The position of Taishi was originally to record and record things, and Taishi Zhongcheng, as Taishi Ling's deputy, naturally had to undertake most of the affairs.

Xie Li bowed his head and wrote in response: "Master Hu, what do you write down?"

"Prince Qi is here!"

Xie Li said lightly, anyone is just a name in his eyes at this moment.

This sound made Xie Fu couldn't bear it anymore, and called "Brother".

Hearing this voice, Xie Li's body froze suddenly, he suddenly looked up, and a familiar smiling face came into view, and after giving his cousin a slight smile, he lowered his head and continued writing.

Tai Zhuling was stunned, Xie Fu also had a younger brother of a second-rank official, at this moment a hand patted him on the shoulder, which startled Tai Zhuling.

But it was Qin Chuzhen: "Master Hu, can we go?"

Tai Zhuling came to his senses, and said respectfully: "Prince Qi please, thank you sir."

Because the palace banquet scene is very huge, the venue is set in Hanyuan Hall where grand celebrations are held on weekdays.

The two of them walked towards Hanyuan Hall together with the flow of officials.

Xie Fu asked: "Is it easy to be bullied when you are an official in the palace?"

Qin Chuzhen smiled: "Xie Li's appointment as Taishi Zhongcheng was recommended by the emperor, and Taishi Ling is not an idiot. Mr. Hu has little contact with Xie Li's official duties on weekdays, so he doesn't have eyes." He added: "But now he has eyes. gone."

Xie Fu smiled, being a high-ranking official will not be bullied by his relatives. This is an advantage, but there are also many disadvantages.

"How is the relationship between Brother Xie and your cousin?"

"I grew up with my cousin. My cousin is a pragmatic and honest person who can serve for the peace of the country. He is most afraid of being used by rape."

"Hehe, I will keep Brother Xie's words in mind today. I have already been crowned king, and I wouldn't stay in the capital if I hadn't been on duty. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, I'm afraid I will return to the fief. Please ask him to help me manage the place."

Xie Fu asked implicitly: "Brother Qin, don't you have the ambition to strive for supremacy?"

Qin Chuzhen smiled: "To be honest, it's not that I haven't thought about it, but time and destiny, many things can't be forced."

What should be said, the two have already wanted to express clearly to each other.

The imperial city is really big, and the two of them walked a long way to reach the Hanyuan Hall. At this moment, many guests have come to the hall, including courtiers, envoys from all nations, literati, celebrities, artists, singers and actresses.

Groups of three or five were chatting and laughing independently, and everyone seemed to have no distinction of status, at least at this moment it seemed so.

Fortunately, this Hanyuan Hall is very spacious, so spacious that it can almost be used as a training ground for soldiers, otherwise so many people would be like making dumplings, squeezed one by one.

Although the palace banquet is not just the beginning at this moment, it is just a very important communication. Here you can meet people you don't usually see, and get to know people you usually don't talk about. It can be said to be a large-scale vanity fair for the world.

And there are some officials who don't like to be sociable, they often come at a pinch time to avoid this kind of contact.

Xie Fu is a foreign official, and there are all strangers in front of him, it can be said that he doesn't know any of them.

Seeing Qin Chuzhen's arrival, many courtiers took the initiative to come over to say hello.

Most of them are people who have official contacts with Qin Chuzhen on weekdays. These people have practical work, but their official positions are not high, and they are all below the third rank.

A small part of them are high-ranking officials taking idle jobs.

Qin Chuzhen introduced these people to Xie Fu one by one.

When Xie Fu was solemnly introduced, all the officials were surprised. This Mr. Xie was the only Jiedu envoy at the palace banquet tonight, but he was a real powerful official.

It was supposed to be King Qi who came to save face for Xie Fu, but in fact the existence of Xie Fu, a power minister, gave King Qi enough face.

Xie Fu didn't know that he was already well-known in the court. After all, there are as many Jiedushi in the world as there are with ten fingers, and Huainan Road Jiedushi is the most special one.

At this moment, someone said loudly: "His Royal Highness is here!"

Crown Prince Qin Chucheng came over with the support of the officials. Around him were Prince Shaofu, officials from Zhan Shifu, officials from Zuochunfang, officials from Youchunfang, and dozens of officials, big and small, all from the East Palace.

This situation has almost arrived with the emperor.

After all, the prince cannot be compared with the prince. After all, there is only one prince, who has an independent and complete government agency. His power status is only under the emperor, and he almost controls half of the world.

High-ranking officials and powerful people stepped forward to speak one after another, while those with low official positions wanted to impress His Highness the Crown Prince, but they couldn't be ranked well.

Compared with the enthusiastic attitude towards Qin Chuzhen just now, Prince Qin Chuzhen can be said to be the star of the world.

Seeing Xie Fu looking at Prince Qin Chucheng, Qin Chuzhen smiled and said, "Brother Xie, why don't you go over and say hello."

Xie Fu was actually looking at Cui Sanfei who was next to Qin Chucheng. Although Cui Sanfei was Qin Chucheng's friend, Cui Sanfei had already appeared in some capacity on this occasion.

Xie Fu smiled: "His Royal Highness is supported by all the ministers, why should I be one more?"

Qin Chuzhen said: "Brother Huang is a generous and generous man, and he is very popular among high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but..."

Xie Fu asked, "But what?"

"However, there are many courtiers who are rigid and often write to the emperor to report the misconduct of the emperor's brother."

Xie Fu deliberately asked: "What do you think, brother Qin?"

Qin Chuzhen smiled and said: "I have no right to manage this. I only need to manage myself well, be a minister, think about state affairs, and seek the interests of the people."

Xie Fu looked at Cui Sanfei and asked, "How did Cui Sanfei come?" This is a night banquet in the palace, not a place for playboys to seek pleasure.

"Lord Cui has just been promoted from the prince's attendant to the chief of Zhan's mansion."

"Oh, no wonder I dared to challenge you on the street a few days ago."

Qin Chuzhen smiled wryly: "He dared to challenge me before. In Jinling, Brother Xie, you have seen it."

It was Cui Sanfei who also saw Xie Fu and whispered in Qin Chucheng's ear.

Qin Chuzhen looked in Xie Fu's direction, showing joy, and walked towards Xie Fu directly, breaking through the crowd.

On such an occasion, how can Xie Fu be rude and salute: "His Royal Highness."

Qin Chucheng said with a smile: "Tonight's palace banquet is mainly about joy. You don't need to be too polite, Mr. Xie, it's better to be casual."

Qin Chuzhen also greeted: "Brother Huang."

Qin Chucheng responded in a lukewarm way: "Sixth Emperor Brother."

Seeing this, Xie Fu thought to himself, but the brothers were guarding against each other, framed each other, and had no feelings at all. It was worse than him and his cousin. This emperor's family is really cruel and ruthless.

Qin Chucheng then solemnly introduced Xie Fu: "Let me introduce to you adults, this one is Huainan Road Jiedu Envoy Xie Fu, Lord Xie."

"Master Xie is a capable minister as an official, and he is also a friend of this palace in private. When I am in Suzhou on official business, I have been warmly received by Mr. Xie."

Saying this is equivalent to announcing that Xie Fu is his man in front of people.

All the courtiers around Qin Chucheng admired Xie Fudao, but Cui Sanfei just smiled slightly and didn't talk too much.

On today's occasion, Qin Chucheng couldn't take care of Xie Fu alone, so he was enthusiastic enough, and after chatting for a few words, he said loudly, "It's almost time, let's all sit down."

Taking advantage of Qin Chucheng walking away, Qin Chuzhen moved closer to Xie Fu and said in a low voice: "Father is very taboo for the emperor to have too close contact with generals. Brother Xie needs to keep a low profile and be careful of suspicion of forming a clique."

After all, the prince already has the six guards of the East Palace in his hands, and if he has other military powers, his power will overwhelm the emperor.

Xie Fu smiled and looked at Qin Chuzhen. It would be easier to deal with Qin Chucheng alone, but what you have to deal with is your father. As the prince, all the power Qin Chucheng has is given by the emperor.

Qin Chucheng whispered to Cui Sanfei: "Why is your elder brother like this? Every time I use my hot face to get his cold ass." Obviously, he was still worried about the rejection of the gift to Hu Ji last time.

Cui Sanfei smiled and said: "Your Highness, my elder brother is this kind of person. You are surrounded by flatterers. Do you feel that there is such a person missing, who is honest and dares to give advice?"

Qin Chucheng chuckled, and suddenly turned to Xie Fu and said, "Master Xie, you are new to Chang'an, and you are not familiar with many places. How about this, I will arrange Sanfei to accompany you."

That would be the best, he could speak bluntly in front of Cui Sanfei, but because of his special status, Qin Chuzhen had to half-hide what he said.

The densely criss-crossed seats are divided into two sides of the main hall, leaving an open space of more than ten feet wide in the middle for singing and dancing performances.

The emperor's relatives, civil and military officials, celebrities, celebrities, and actresses of Daguan Kingdom are arranged to sit on the left.

On the top row on the left, sitting in the front row are the Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao who are almost ancient. All three are the emperor's benefactors.

The next ones are Prince Taishi, Prince Taifu, Prince Taibao, a group of princes and daughters, and county kings with different surnames.

The next step is Shangshu Ling, Shangshu Zuopushe, Prince Shaoshi, Prince Shaofu, and Prince Shaobao.

Xie Fuzheng's second grade, the position is very ingeniously arranged, under these few, but above the Zhongshuling and the six ministers, it seems to be mixed among the powerful officials.

Sitting on the right is the Mission of All Nations. Xie Fu, sitting in the front row, looked at the other party in all kinds of exotic clothes. From the service and use of the other party, it could be seen that it was the Mission of any country.

Cui Sanfei still introduced them one by one like Xie Fu.

At this moment, a pink and golden figure walked into the hall. The person who came was a young and beautiful girl, wearing a gorgeous dress, tall and exquisite, and the golden skirt embroidered with phoenixes was like golden scales splashing water as she walked.

With a long sword hanging from her waist, she adds a bit of sassiness to her coquettishness.

Behind the girl was a handsome young man, who followed the girl with his head down, with an honest look.

Everyone's eyes fell on the beautiful scenery of the beautiful girl, but Xie Fu's eyes fell on this honest and handsome man, and he was slightly surprised, Brother Su!

(End of this chapter)