When he returned, the city gates were closed, and the imperial guard generals who guarded the city had to open the city gates for him again.
Sheng Hong felt very sorry, but he would never tire himself. Saving his life was the most important thing.
So he thought of a compromise: "Li Aiqing, how about you live in Dingchun Garden? You won't have to run back and forth."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I want to see your husband and children."
Li Qiao replied respectfully.
He was forced to work overtime, but he didn't feel dissatisfied.
Now that Sheng Hong relies on him so much, even if his official position cannot be promoted in a short period of time, no one will dare to bully him.
If you want to climb up and stop being insulted by rotten people like Lu Wenrong, how can you do it if you don't give in?
How can it be done without hard work?
He is not the fifth prince, so he can only rely on himself if he wants to be promoted. If he wants to win Sheng Hong's favor, he must do something for Sheng Hong first.
Others who want to show Sheng Hong their talents have not yet had a chance. Now Sheng Hong is grabbing hold of him and can use all his strength. With Sheng Hong's temperament, he will definitely compensate him in the future.
Moreover, this little bit of hard work is really not hard work for him. He has never suffered any kind of hardship, and he has even experienced the apocalypse. Why is he still afraid of this?
joke.
After hearing what Li Qiao said, Sheng Hong sighed with emotion. Li Aiqing thought too seriously of his husband and children.
Even if we don't see each other for a day, it won't be enough.
However, he likes such a courtier who cares about his family.
"It's not safe at night. I'll send someone to escort you back to Beijing." This was the only way he could arrange it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Qiao still looked respectful.
But in my heart I wanted to sigh.
To be honest, he wished someone would jump out and kill him.
If Lu Wenrong came in person, he would definitely make Lu Wenrong completely evaporate, and no one would be able to find a hair on Lu Wenrong.
Now Sheng Hong has sent people to protect him, which affects his performance.
However, being able to be protected by Sheng Hong's guards is an honor that most people don't have. Forget it, this can be regarded as a declaration.
Now no one should really dare to provoke him.
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Chapter 151 Sheng Hong has done a good job in keeping secret Mr. Zhou Zhengye
In Li Qiao's view, as he has the power to independently approve memorials, many officials will definitely come to make friends with him.
He comes and goes in a hurry every day, and only has time to sleep after returning home, but Tao Zhu is at home.
The social interactions of the wife and husband in the back house are no less important than the social interactions of the men in the previous dynasty.
Before, when Li Qiao was a junior official, after he entered the Hanlin Academy, no one came to visit or invited him and Tao Zhu to attend some parties or banquets on weekdays. That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, he and his colleagues from the Hanlin Academy politely sent People give each other New Year gifts.
Last year, he was promoted to an official, and his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy went around frequently with him, giving him gifts not only during the New Year, but also during other holidays.
But perhaps they knew that Tao Zhu had just given birth and needed to take care of the little one, so few people took the initiative to visit or invite their husband to attend banquets or parties.
In addition to his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, officials from other departments began to send him holiday gifts.
At the kid's one-year-old banquet, he received congratulatory gifts from forty or fifty officials. However, these forty or fifty officials were all low-ranking officials with similar official positions to him, none of whom were above third rank.
Officers from these other departments would invite him to parties or ask him out for drinks after get off work.
He refused them all, and the reasons were very valid. He needed to go home to take care of his children, and he was not good at drinking.
He has always had this temperament, and he treated his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy the same way. He always fixed his social circle on a few fellow villagers.
He treated everyone equally, so the officials who were rejected did not show any annoyance on their faces and maintained good relations with him.
Some people also invited Tao Zhu to go out for parties and banquets, but Tao Zhu refused them all because he needed to take care of his children.
In fact, considering the importance Sheng Hong attached to him, the threshold of his family should have been crossed long ago.
But because he had offended the fifth prince and his family, his popularity among officials did not match his treatment in front of Sheng Hong.
But now, in the dispute with the fifth prince, Sheng Hong not only did not let him suffer, but also allowed him to review the memorial independently. It stands to reason that officials from other departments should feel confident and bold to make friends with him, right?
He is no longer an ordinary celebrity in front of Sheng Hong. He is a celebrity with independent power to issue memorials.
Even the seven cabinet bachelors don't have this kind of power.
When the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty know this, they will definitely be shocked and take action, right?
Although he doesn't like this kind of social interaction, how can a person truly be alone in official circles?
He is ready for all kinds of invitations and posts.
But half a month passed in the blink of an eye. When he returned home, Tao Zhu only mentioned it to him twice, saying that someone had sent a message inviting Tao Zhu to the banquet.
No one invited him.
What's going on?
He was really puzzled, so before going to bed that night, he talked about this matter with Tao Zhu. He shouldn't!
Tao Zhu didn't notice this at first, but after hearing his analysis, he suddenly became surprised.
"Yeah, what's going on?"
It is such explosive news that a young minister can independently approve memorials, but recently no one has sent greetings or posted messages to Li Qiao.
"...Don't think everyone knows about this?" Li Qiao thought of the last time he and Tao Zhu donated money, but Xin Zhi didn't even know about it.
"I only heard what you said, but I didn't tell anyone else." Tao Zhu said immediately.
Since Li Qiao started writing contemporary works, Li Qiao would occasionally talk to him about some interesting memorials, but rarely talk to him about other things.
For this, Li Qiao was still a little apologetic. There had never been any secrets between them as husband and wife!
But he understood very well that Li Qiao was busy with national affairs. He, a housewife, really shouldn't know about so many confidential matters.
This time Li Qiao could independently approve the memorial, which was a great joy. Li Qiao told him that night, but he didn't tell anyone.
The things that Li Qiao told him about the court were rotten in his stomach and he didn't say anything to anyone.
"Then others don't know about this?"
Li Qiao opened his eyes wide.
Even if Sheng Hong wanted to keep it secret, there were many people in Zhengtonghe Palace where Sheng Hong lived. Several times when he was approving memorials, maids would come over to give Sheng Hong a massage, add tea and snacks, etc.
People talk a lot, but this matter has not been spread?
Li Qiao was greatly shocked. He had to find someone to verify this matter.
It was a coincidence that when he went to work the next day, he met the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince has nothing important to report to Sheng Hong recently. He only needs to go to the Punishment Department every day. Li Qiao has not seen him for several days.
In the hot summer, the Seventh Prince was still riding a horse. He and Li Qiao kept pace, waving their whips and heading towards Dingchun Garden quickly.
It was just dawning, and the gentle wind was carrying moisture and coolness. It was a good experience to ride fast against such a light wind in this hot summer.
When he arrived at the gate of Dingchun Garden, he jumped off his horse. The seventh prince handed the horse to the guard guarding the gate and said to Li Qiao, "I didn't expect that your horsemanship is so good that you can keep up with me."
"...Thank you, Seventh Prince, for your compliment."
Li Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Why did he say that the Seventh Prince was running faster and faster? He thought that the Seventh Prince was in a hurry, but it turned out that he wanted to see his riding skills?
Seeing that the Seventh Prince was about to leave, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Seventh Prince, stay here."
When the Seventh Prince stopped, he motioned the Seventh Prince to take a few steps to the side, and then lowered his voice and said, "Seventh Prince, have you heard anything new about Xiaguan recently?"
"What's new?" The seventh prince was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked seriously, "Is there someone in the capital spreading rumors about you?"
"No, no, no." Li Qiao shook his head immediately.
So the seventh prince doesn’t know?
Then Sheng Hong’s confidentiality work is quite impressive.
"I just asked casually. Since there is no one, let's go into the garden together." He pointed to the gate of the designated spring garden.
The seventh prince looked at him suspiciously and saw that he was not going to speak again, so he walked towards the gate of Dingchun Garden.
The name of the Zhengtong Renhe Hall is called the Hall. It is actually a large courtyard with pleasant scenery and an architectural style similar to Jiangnan gardens. It is lined with green trees, exotic flowers and plants, and two springs. The spring water is tinkling accompanied by the crisp birdsong. It makes people's hearts calm down all of a sudden.
Li Qiao liked this kind of yard very much. Unfortunately, Qingquan Mountain was the territory of the royal family. There was only one palace of Sheng Jun here, and no one else, not even the prince, had the right to build a garden or house here.
Sheng Hong was exercising under a century-old banyan tree with a large canopy. He was wearing a white robe and his hair was casually draped. From a distance, he looked a bit like an immortal.
Li Qiao praised Sheng Hong's temperament in his heart, and then went to the side room specially used for sorting memorials, while the seventh prince was waiting in the main hall.
He read the memorial very quickly by himself, finishing it quickly, holding the most important and urgent things in his arms, and left the wing.
The wing room was only more than twenty meters away from the main hall. He glanced at the door of the main hall, but there was no sign of the seventh prince. The main door of the main hall was closed, and Qian San stood guarding it.
This means that Sheng Hong has important matters to deal with.
He stood at the door of the wing holding more than a dozen memorials. Subconsciously, he moved his ears to hear clearly who was in the hall.
Eavesdropping is immoral.
But since he got involved in the court and provoked the Fifth Prince and his family, he must know as much information as possible to deal with various situations.
However, the soundproofing of the main hall was good, he was standing a little far away, and there were cicadas and birds chirping in his ears, so he could only vaguely make out who the people inside were, as well as individual words.
The person inside is Master Zhou, the Minister of War.
After waiting for about two-quarters of an hour, the main hall door opened, and Master Zhou Zhengye, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked out of it.
Master Zhou is the uncle of the eldest prince. He is in his fifties this year. Among the seven cabinet bachelors, he is the youngest and has a stronger body than the other bachelors. However, like the other bachelors, he comes once every three days. Dingchun Garden.
