Although Lu Chen was slightly startled by Concubine Wan Gui's sudden question, he still looked calm on the surface. He then saluted Li Yuan and Concubine Wan Gui and said, "This firecracker is exactly what I am going to present to you today." Your Majesty’s gift!”
"Oh? Why don't you present it quickly!" When Li Yuan heard that it was Lu Chen's gift to him, he immediately urged Lu Chen impatiently.
"Your Majesty, the fireworks presented by me are not suitable for display in this hall!" Lu Chen raised his head and glanced at the roof of the hall, then said with some embarrassment.
"Why?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen in surprise and asked.
"Because the roof of this hall is not high enough! I'm afraid that the roof of this hall will collapse when the time comes!" Lu Chen said with a bitter smile.
"Hahaha! Mr. Lu County is really good at joking. This roof is at least ten feet high from the ground. Could it be that your so-called firecrackers can still pierce the sky?" After hearing Lu Chen's words, some of the civil servants immediately opened the firecrackers. Taunt mode.
It's just that after this man finished mocking, everyone looked at him with a strange look, especially the civil servants from the aristocratic families in the "head", and the officials headed by Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo looked at him with a "stupid" look. For a moment, the official was at a loss.
"Second brother, is this kid out of his mind?" Not only the civilian camp, but also the military commander Cheng Yaojin, who was drinking, looked at the civilian official with disbelief and murmured to Qin Qiong who was standing aside.
"I don't know! Anyway, I think his mind is not very bright!" Qin Qiong put down the wine glass, shook her head slightly and sighed.
Even Li Xiuning, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, who were not far away from them, looked at the civil servant with expressions of waiting to see the excitement.
Although there are rumors outside that the prince and the King of Qin are not dealing with each other, today is "Yuan Zhengri", and those who should be friendly should still be friendly, so the brothers and sisters are sitting there in harmony, not to mention their friendship with Lu Chen They are not shallow at all, so when they see someone mocking Lu Chen, they all look excited and wait to see the show.
The ritual process in previous years was the same, so the three people in front felt a little dull. After Li Yuan called Lu Chen's name, these three people became more interested.
Ever since Lu Chen cheated those aristocratic families, who in Chang'an City didn't know that Lu Chen was a cheat, especially when Lu Chen spoke like this in front of Li Yuan, no one in this group dared to say anything now, who knew that this When the guy said this, he wasn't trying to tempt these people to jump into the pit. Now he just keeps talking if he can, and now someone actually bumps into it, so everyone is looking at this place with a "stupid" look. A colleague.
"Who is this person?" Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo asked in a low voice.
"It seems to be the governor of Xiangzhou!" Zheng Shanguo thought about it and said.
"Go back and tell Yang Shidao to move this kid to another place!" Xiao Yu said with some displeasure.
"I wonder why Xiao Pushe is looking for an official?" Yang Shidao on the side seemed to have heard Xiao Yu's words, and came over to ask. Xiao Yu has a good relationship with Qiwang of the fifth surname. Yang Shidao was born in the Yang family of Hongnong and belonged to the Guan family. One of the Eight Great Families of Long. Although they belong to different aristocratic groups, they are both aristocratic families after all. They still have to give each other some face. Because they worked together with Li Daozong to fight against the Huns in Lingzhou, they were transferred back to Chang'an by Li Yuan years ago. At the turn of the new year, he will take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
"We were just talking about how to congratulate General Manager Yang!" Xiao Yu smiled at Yang Shidao and said, "Oh, no, I will change my name to Yang Shangshu from now on!"
"Your Majesty has not made the appointment yet. Xiao Pushe's words of congratulations are probably too early!" Yang Shidao responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. Yang Shidao, one of the "Three Yangs" of the Yang family, like his brother Yang Gongren, has the same regard for these five surnames. As long as Qi Wang's people are decent, that's all.
What's more, the three brothers of the Yang family are all shrewd people. At the same time, Yang Shidao is still a prince-in-law, so naturally he will not get too close to people from these aristocratic families. If Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo hadn't talked about him just now, Yang Shidao would not have said hello to these two people.
"Yes! Yes! That's what Mr. Yang said!" Xiao Yu looked at Yang Shidao's serious expression and said quickly, "We are just saying that this Xiangzhou governor is a little too unwise. It is obvious that Lu Chen is a scammer. , he still wants to jump into the pit, is such an unwise person really capable of serving as the governor of Xiangzhou?"
"This governor must have just come to Beijing, and it is not known that he is not familiar with Mr. Lu's personality. However, I believe that Mr. Lu will not be familiar with him!" Yang Shidao said this very calmly. In one sentence, "As for whether he is qualified to serve as the governor of Xiangzhou, I'm afraid it needs your Majesty to decide. This matter is beyond our control! If there is anything wrong with this person, we will just report it to him." Your Majesty, it will be up to Your Majesty to decide at that time!" After Yang Shidao finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo, then turned his head and continued chatting with other acquaintances.
"This..." What Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo didn't expect was that the two of them actually encountered a "soft nail" in Yang Shidao's place. They could only look at each other, a little embarrassed and stopped talking about it, just quietly. Look towards Lu Chen.
"Don't tell me! You can really do it!" Lu Chen didn't feel unhappy about being questioned, he just said with a smile.
Hearing what Lu Chen said, everyone else looked at Lu Chen in unison, with only one thought in their minds: "This guy didn't take the opportunity to dig a hole. That's wrong! This doesn't fit with this guy's character!"
"Don't look at me with that look. Today is a happy day. I'm in a good mood today. As long as you don't cause me trouble, I won't make it difficult for you!" As soon as Lu Chen said these words, he immediately There was total silence in the Tai Chi Hall.
At this time, many people finally understood that they dared to dig holes for the Chang'an County Duke to deal with people, it all depended on his mood! At the same time, many people cast "sympathetic" looks at Xiao Yu and others.
"What about you! Don't say anything to me. I'm in a good mood now and don't want to embarrass you. Don't ask for trouble!" Lu Chen looked directly at the governor of Xiangzhou and said with a warning in his words.
"You..." The governor of Xiangzhou was about to say something more, but he was pulled by an official beside him, interrupting his words. The governor of Xiangzhou turned to look at the person who was pulling him, and saw that it was his friend. At the same time, this friend kept shaking his head to indicate that the governor could only swallow his words and sat down holding his breath.
"Why are you trying to stop me? Isn't there anyone who can stop this person from uttering such arrogant words in front of His Majesty?" Xiangzhou Governor asked his friend with some dissatisfaction.
"Stop you? I'm trying to save you!" The governor's friend directly poured a glass of wine for the Xiangzhou governor. At the same time, he pointed at the senior officials of the aristocratic families sitting at the "head", "They don't dare to come forward. You have just returned to Beijing." How dare you stand up as the governor?" My friend sneered and said, "You really don't know how powerful this county official is!" The friend sighed as he spoke, and then whispered in detail what Lu Chen had done. I told the governor of Xiangzhou again.
After listening to his friend's story, the governor of Xiangzhou looked at Lu Chen. His eyes had changed from contempt just now to one of fear now. It was Lu Chen's actions that made the governor immediately "shocked" For heavenly beings”.
"Lu Aiqing, you haven't said how you are going to dedicate these firecrackers to me!" On this happy day, Li Yuan naturally did not want to let a governor ruin the joy. Just now, the governor of Xiangzhou questioned Lu Chen, and Li Yuan was really afraid that Lu Chen would directly follow him. When the governor started to work again, Li Yuan felt a lot more at ease when he saw that Lu Chen knew the general situation so well.
"I wonder if your majesty and empress can move to the front of the palace?" Lu Chen asked as he saluted Li Yuan and Concubine Wan Gui.
"Alright!" Li Yuan nodded cheerfully in agreement. At this time, Chang Bao hurriedly walked up to Li Yuan and directly helped Li Yuan to stand up. At the same time, Concubine Wan Gui was also helped to stand up by another chamberlain.
Li Yuan and Concubine Wan Gui walked down the imperial steps directly. Lu Chen bowed and stepped aside, "All the ministers, please follow me to see what the 'firecracker' presented by Duke Lu is!" Li Yuan stood on the imperial court. In front of the steps, he said loudly.
"I obey your Majesty's will!" After hearing Li Yuan's words, everyone stood up and waited where they were.
"Lu Aiqing, can you lead the way?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen with a smile and asked.
"According to the decree! Your Majesty, your Majesty, please come with me!" Lu Chen responded directly with a salute.
Even though it was just two sentences, everyone was shocked. Li Yuan used questions to Lu Chen. If it were other ministers, Li Yuan would probably have dismissed them with "lead the way". When he arrived at Lu Chen's place, he directly Just asking Lu Chen if he was willing or not showed how important Lu Chen was in Li Yuan's heart.
Lu Chen led Li Yuan and Concubine Wan Gui to the entrance of Tai Chi Hall. In the middle were naturally Li Yuan and Concubine Wan Gui. The other officials were also lined up according to their rank. Next to Li Yuan were Li Xiuning, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. At this time, Lu Chen discovered a man who was a little thin, but had high cheekbones, thick eyebrows and narrow eyes. He looked a bit like a foreigner, and he seemed a bit unusual among a group of Han people. But when it came to being ugly, Lu Chen didn't think so. feel.
It's just that this person is obviously not very popular and can only stand a little behind Li Jiancheng, but this person is dressed in the clothes of a prince.
"This person should be Li Yuanji!" Lu Chen thought about it in his mind and came to the conclusion that the only person who could be so close to Li Jiancheng and look so "outstanding" was King Qi Li Yuanji.
"Please wait a moment, Your Majesty, I will ask my servants to prepare!" Lu Chen bowed to Li Yuan and quickly walked down the steps to find Xu Gaofeng and his son who were waiting aside.
