And at this time.
There is a huge mansion in the royal city. On the plaque outside the mansion, there are three characters engraved on it, Ninth Prince's Mansion!
This is clearly the residence of the Ninth Prince of the Tang Dynasty, where Chu Feng's mother and Tang Yu lived when they were children.
However, because she was born as a concubine, Tang Yu was often bullied by her brothers and sisters who were born as a legitimate child.
Ninth Prince's Mansion, front hall.
A fat old man with luxurious clothes and a big belly was reading ancient books and sipping fine tea.
This fat old man is none other than Tang Yu’s father, the Ninth Prince of the Tang Dynasty today, Tangshan!
"Dong dong dong."
After a burst of footsteps, the knock on the door came to Tangshan's ears again.
"Come in!"
With a creak, the housekeeper of the Ninth Prince's Mansion pushed open the door and entered.
"Your Majesty, this is the latest information from the Royal City."
The housekeeper lowered his head and placed a piece of information in front of Tangshan.
Although Tangshan is a prince, the royal city is at the feet of the emperor. It is necessary for him to understand the trends of the entire royal city to avoid unreasonable disasters!
"Um."
Tangshan put down the ancient book in his hand and began to read the information handed over by the butler.
What the intelligence recorded at the beginning was just trivial matters in the court, some officials were quarreling, some officials were caught engaging in prostitution...
When Tangshan saw the last piece of information, his pupils shrank suddenly.
"Soon, Chu Zhan will come to the royal city to take up the post of commander of the royal city?"
Tangshan said in surprise.
The position of commander of the royal city is very popular. I don’t know how many princes and ministers are thinking about this position, and Tangshan is no exception. He also wants one of his own to hold this position, but no matter how he moves around, this position has never been settled. .
"Eh? Why are the two names Chu Zhan so familiar?"
Tangshan felt a little familiar, as if he had heard this name somewhere.
"Ninth Prince, this Chu Zhan is the lord of Qingcheng, the husband of your daughter Tang Yu!"
The butler on the side reminded.
"What?"
"It's actually him!"
Tangshan's face showed surprise again.
Ever since Tang Yuyuan married Qingcheng and was no longer with him, he almost forgot that he still had such a daughter!
This shows how little Tang Yu, who was born as a concubine, was not valued by Tangshan!
Tangshan almost forgot about Tang Yu, let alone the son-in-law Chu Zhan!
"Steward, how did Chu Zhan get the position of commander of the royal city when he has no money or power?"
Tangshan's face showed confusion.
Even for him, the Ninth Prince of the Tang Dynasty, it was extremely difficult to get one of his people to the position of commander of the royal city, let alone a small lord of Qingcheng.
"My lord, I heard that this Chu Zhan has good relations with the governor of Dongjun and the sixth prince. Perhaps, relying on their relationship, he took the position of commander of the royal city."
"However, there is another theory that Chu Zhan was promoted to the commander of the royal city because he was valued by the king. I heard that the person who went to Qingcheng to declare the decree was not an official from the Ministry of Personnel, but the king's personal eunuch, Eunuch Li. !”
The butler explained.
Because the information compiled by the housekeeper was very concise and would only record what happened, but not how it happened or why, Tangshan would not know the reason just by looking at the information.
"What?"
"This Chu Zhan is actually on good terms with the Sixth Prince, and may be valued by the King!"
Tangshan felt very surprised.
After just thinking about it, he thought of Chu Zhan. In his impression, Chu Zhan was mediocre and had no merit at all. How could he suddenly be on good terms with the Sixth Prince and even be favored by the King? Pay attention to?
"Your Majesty, no matter how Chu Zhan obtained the position of commander of the royal city, when he arrives in the royal city, do we have to send someone to congratulate him? After all, he is your son-in-law!"
The butler reminded.
"Yes, yes, this Chu Zhan is my son-in-law. When he comes to the royal city, I will naturally go and visit him!"
Tangshan grinned and said.
It doesn't matter whether he is a son-in-law or not. The important thing is that the commander of the royal city is an important position. He naturally has to go and get acquainted with Chu Zhan. What's more, Chu Zhan is also on good terms with the sixth prince Tang Chen, and even gets the attention of the king of Tang. , this makes it even more worthwhile to say congratulations and see if you can catch Tang Chen or even Tang Wang's boat.
Although Tangshan is the Ninth Prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is very majestic, but the water in the royal city is deep, and even he is walking on thin ice. He is worried that when he wakes up in the morning, the situation in the royal city will suddenly change, and he will become the soul of someone else's sword!
"Then Ninth Prince, I will go down and prepare gifts now!"
"Um."
Just as the butler was saying goodbye and preparing to leave the front hall, Tangshan added: "Remember, prepare a good gift!"
"yes!"
…
The royal palace, Tang Yong's bedroom.
"The two women yesterday were so clingy that my prince's waist almost broke!"
Tang Yong had sleepy eyes, rubbed his waist, and walked up from the bed.
Although he was complaining, you could clearly see what he was thinking about.
Just when he opened the door and was about to go out for some "nourishing", Xu Hong walked towards him.
"Fourth Prince, I have something important to report." Xu Hong whispered.
"Well, come in and talk."
Since Xu Hong had something to report, Tang Yong temporarily put his "nourishing" plan on hold.
After closing the door, Xu Hong said: "Fourth Prince, the thing is like this..."
In the next half a while, Xu Hong told the story about Chu Zhanhui coming to the royal city to take up the post of commander of the royal city, and that Eunuch Li went to Qingcheng to read out the imperial edict.
After Tang Yong heard this, his face suddenly darkened.
The position of commander of the royal city is very important and is the target of competition among all parties. However, if Chu Zhan takes the position, although Tang Yong will feel regretful, he will not look ugly.
But the key point is that Eunuch Li, the personal eunuch of the King of Tang, actually went to Qingcheng to read the imperial edict in person, which made him realize that something was wrong!
That is his father, who has begun to show his favor to Chu Feng and the Shushan Sword Sect. This means that Tang Chen, who had previously won over Chu Feng's father and Chu Zhan, is one step ahead when competing with him for the position of King of Tang. No, it is A big step, and this may very well be a decisive step!
"Fourth prince, the king promoted Chu Zhan to be the commander of the royal city for the first time. This is a very obvious signal."
"The king is showing goodwill to Chu Feng and the Shushan Sword Sect, and Chu Feng's father has been roped in to Tang Chen's command. This is very detrimental to your fight for the throne, the fourth prince!"
As Tang Yong's first adviser, Xu Hong naturally saw something different.
"I know."
"It seems that I have underestimated the importance of Chu Zhan. By the way, when will Chu Zhan arrive in the royal city?"
Tang Yong asked.
"Fourth Prince, are you planning to win over Chu Zhan?"
"The current situation forces me to put some effort into this Chu Zhan."
"Well, that's fine. Chu Zhan and the others didn't rush on their way this time. They came to the Royal City by carriage. According to my estimation, they should be able to reach the Royal City within ten days!"
Xu Hong speculated after some estimation.
"Well, help me put down all the entertainment for these ten days, and then prepare a generous gift. When Chu Zhan arrives in the royal city, we will go and congratulate him immediately!"
Tang Yong said.
"yes."
Xu Hong nodded, suddenly remembered something, and hesitated: "Fourth Prince, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"
"But it doesn't matter!"
"Fourth Prince, what should you do if you fail to win over Chu Zhan?"
Xu Hong frowned without any trace.
