Mingshi

Chapter 1571 The Night Banquet
After making arrangements for Sha Lang and the others, Luo Xin apologized to Sha Lang, going to the palace to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with Emperor Longqing tonight, and hosting a banquet for Sha Lang and the others tomorrow.

When Sha Lang and the others heard that Emperor Ming just invited Luo Xin to the palace for a festival, their eyes were filled with excitement, which meant that Luo Xin had a bright future. Only when Luo Xin had a bright future could they have a bright future.Luo Xin said apologetically:

"If it hadn't been for His Majesty's personal invitation, I would definitely clean up the dust for you today."

"Lord Luo, don't worry about us. Besides, we are very tired all the way, so we just need to have a good sleep."

"Alright, you guys have a good rest tonight. I'll send someone to take you around the capital tomorrow, and clean up the dust for you at night."

"My lord, you said in your letter that an academy will be established in the capital this time?" Sharon looked at Luo Xin with burning eyes.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "I will try my best to get an official status for Mr. Sharon."

"Really?" Sharon stood up excitedly. He has been traveling in Daming for many years, and he already has a deep understanding of Daming, knowing what it means to have an official status.

"There should be no problem." Luo Xin said with a smile: "Mr. Sharon, you should rest first."

Luo Xin left the Kuayuan and went to see Dai'er. Seeing that Dai'er was choosing clothes, and seeing Luo Xin walking in, he said:
"Sir, I'm still a little nervous to see His Majesty."

"What's there to be nervous about?" Luo Xin said with a smile, "It's not like you haven't met the Emperor."

"But..." Dai'er said with some confusion on her face, "At that time, Your Majesty was not yet the Emperor."

"That's no different, the person is still the same person."

"Is Xiao Jun here too?" Luo Yu raised his head and looked at Luo Dao.

"En." Luo Xin patted Luo Yu's head and nodded.

"I haven't seen him for almost two years." Luo Yu's face showed a look of longing: "I don't know if Xiao Jun has forgotten me."

"Probably not." Luo Xin laughed.

"It's hard to say!" Luo Xin said like an adult: "When he lived in the palace, he was only a little over two years old, maybe he has forgotten me."

Half an hour later, Luo Xin's family of three arrived at Dong'an Gate in a sedan chair, and then headed towards Qianqing Palace in the sedan chair prepared by the palace.Of course, Luo Xin did not take the sedan chair, but walked side by side with Feng Bao who came to greet him.Seeing Luo Xin again, Feng Bao was much more polite, and Luo Xin also greeted him with a smile, as if nothing happened in the morning.

This was Dai'er and Luo Yu's first visit to the palace, Dai'er was so nervous that she didn't dare to lift her head, but Luo Yu looked around, looking for Emperor Longqing's son Zhu Yijun.

Arriving at the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Luo Xin took Dai'er and Luo Yu to meet the emperor and empress.However, before Luo Xin's family of three knelt down, Emperor Longqing and the Empress stepped forward together and supported them.Emperor Longqing and the empress knew Luo Xin's family very well, and knew that Luo Xin was their reliance, otherwise they would have been bullied by all the officials, and they were very polite to Luo Xin's family.

Naturally, eating in the palace would not be like Luo Xin's house, where everyone would sit around a table, but sit at separate tables.Emperor Longqing, Luo Xin, Luo Yu and Zhu Yijun shared a table, and Dai Er shared a table with the empress and imperial concubine.

Prince Zhu Yijun still vaguely remembered Luo Yu, and the two children sat together, and Zhu Yijun's memories were soon brought back, and they started chatting.Luo Xin and Emperor Longqing also chatted happily, telling some things about when Emperor Longqing was King Yu.

As for the empress and concubine, they were also very polite to Dai'er. It seemed that Emperor Longqing had warned them, so Dai'er soon stopped panicking and started chatting and laughing with the empress and concubine.

It didn't take long to eat a meal, and Luo Xin left with Dai'er and Luo Yu in about half an hour.If Luo Xin was alone, Emperor Longqing could still keep Luo Xin, and the two of them had a good chat.To be honest, this Emperor Longqing is also pitiful. After ascending the throne, there is no one who can chat with him, only Luo Xin can chat with him, but Luo Xin is busy with work, how can he have time to chat with him?

So, tonight, Emperor Longqing and Luo Xin really had a lot to talk about, but Luo Xin came from a family of three, so it's not easy to force him to stay.

On the way home, Dai'er leaned against Luo Xin's arms with a look of exhaustion, Luo Xin then said:
"I asked you to eat, why are you so tired?"

Dai'er rolled her eyes at Luo Xin and said, "It was dinner with the empress and noble concubine. I was so nervous that I forgot what I was eating."

Luo Xin patted Dai'er's little hand lightly and said, "Why are you nervous? I think the queen and imperial concubine are very kind to you."

A look of pride appeared on Dai'er's face and she said: "This is all for the face of my husband."

"Father, Xiao Jun still remembers me." Luo Yu beside him said not to be outdone.

"Well, I saw it for my father."

the next day.

Luo Xin arranged for Lu Yuan to take Sha Lang and others to visit the capital, while he went to the cabinet.Today the cabinet was going to hold a meeting as usual, when Luo Xin walked into the room, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird.Just thinking about it for a while, I knew that it was the news about having dinner with the emperor.

People are popular and people are jealous!
Luo Xin didn't care, and sat there firmly.Now that Xu Jie had left, Gao Gong had no opponents. At this time, Luo Xin really needed the support of Emperor Longqing. He didn't ask too much, but he didn't want Gao Gong to intervene in the reform of the Ministry of Handicrafts.Now it seems that the meal last night still had some effect.

However, the side effects are also great.During the whole meeting, Gao Gong didn't ask Luo Xin a word. In the usual meeting, Gao Gong would more or less ask Luo Xin for his opinion, but today he didn't.

"This old Gao is really narrow-minded!"

Luo Xin shook his head, but didn't care.Anyway, nothing about the Ministry of Industry was raised at the meeting. It seems that although Gao Gong was jealous of Luo Xin and intentionally squeezed out Luo Xin, he didn't touch Luo Xin's things.

However, Gao Gong ignored Luo Xin, and finally Luo Xin spoke.He proposed that the academy to be established should be named Gongyuan.Naturally, Gao Gong would not object to such a trivial matter, so he passed it in an instant.

After the meeting was over, Luo Xin didn't stay any longer, so he immediately went to the Ministry of Industry.Now it is the preparation stage for the reform of the Ministry of Industry, there are too many things that need Luo Xin to make up his mind.

Now that Sha Lang and others have arrived, and the matter of the three major battalions supervising the army has been settled, Luo Xin puts all his energy on the reform of the Ministry of Industry.The Ministry of Industry was originally in charge of Luo Xin, so Gao Gong couldn't say anything, and Gao Gong saw that Luo Xin pretended not to be involved in Gao Gong's control of the cabinet at all, and only devoted his energy to the reform of the Ministry of Industry. He also understood Luo Xin's thoughts.

*
*
(End of this chapter)