Fang Xiaoru questioned Chen Kan, but Chen Kan didn't dare to refute it, but why did you, Li Jinglong, join in the fun?
Chen Kan's face suddenly turned cold.
He asked: "I wonder, sir, what crime did my little brother commit?"
"Of course it's a crime of deceiving the emperor. Mr. Fang has just exposed your crime. Why, you still want to quibble?"
Li Jinglong was dressed very coquettishly today. His oily hair and pink noodles made Chen Kan feel sick to his stomach.
Ever since the two broke up in Jinyiwei, Chen Kan had not had much dealings with him.
Although he already knew that Li Jinglong was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, Chen Kan couldn't help but treat him like a straw bag.
Chen Kan glanced at Fang Xiaoru resentfully, and Fang Xiaoru, seeing Chen Kan actually fighting with Li Jinglong, immediately sat back, picked up his chopsticks and ate the food in small bites, with an expression on his face that he was watching a good show.
Now that Fang Xiaoru no longer asked about the poems, Chen Kan turned his attention to Li Jinglong.
Fang Xiaoru is old and disrespectful, but he is my teacher. Who are you, Li Jinglong?
Chen Kanxiao asked: "Master, you must provide evidence when you speak and act, otherwise I will sue you for slander."
Li Jinglong tilted his head: "Then you go and sue!"
Chen Kan: "..."
Rubbing his eyebrows, Chen Kan suddenly felt that it was not worthwhile to argue with Li Jinglong.
When it comes to fighting, Li Jinglong may be a dull guy, but when it comes to bickering, he's really awesome.
What's more, even if you win, there will be no benefit.
No matter what Li Jinglong said today, he came here to congratulate him on becoming a marquis, but when word spread, it seemed that he had no tolerance for others.
After quickly calculating the gains and losses in his mind, Chen Kan did not continue to reply. Instead, he toasted Fang Xiaoru with a glass of wine, then stood up and left the table, and began to toast the guests who came today one glass after another.
The ministers who came to the Chen Mansion to congratulate him today, whether they have enmity with Chen Kan or have a grudge with Chen Kan, at least all of them are of the highest scheming and cultivation. Except for Li Jinglong, no one fell behind Chen Kan. Disgraceful face.
Even Ji Gang and Chen Ying, who were sitting in the corner as soon as they entered, also toasted with Chen Kan when he came to propose a toast.
After paying tribute to the officials in the auditorium, Chen Kan's mind was spinning even though he was drinking rice wine with no reading content.
After confessing his crime to everyone and leaving the auditorium to the housekeeper Yuncheng, Chen Kan got up and wandered to the auditorium on the female side.
Compared to the noisy auditorium, the women's side was much more polite. Many ladies from the capital gathered together in twos and threes and chatted quietly.
The host for the male guests is Chen Kan, and the host for the female guests is the cute girl with big eyes.
Seeing Chen Kan wandering to the door, the big-eyed cute girl quickly left the ladies talking to him behind.
"Husband, I just heard that my father came to our house?"
The cute girl with big eyes deliberately raised her voice loudly, as if she was afraid that the female family members wouldn't hear her.
How could Chen Kan not understand his little thoughts? To put it bluntly, it was just a common routine used by royal families to compete for favor.
So he responded loudly and cooperatively: "Yes, His Majesty just came here for a while and left after eating something."
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Kan said this, the faces of the two princesses Yongping and Yongan froze.
Zhu Di has three sons and five daughters. Except for Zhu Yuelan, the other four princesses are the direct children of Zhu Di and Queen Xu.
But it happened that their two legitimate daughters had never received such treatment. Not to mention going to their home for dinner, even if he sometimes passed by the door, his father would never come in and sit for a while.
At this moment, they couldn't help but feel some complaints about their husbands.
If it weren't for their incompetence, why would the little girl Zhu Yuelan become the most favored among the many princesses.
All the women also had looks of envy on their faces. His Majesty came in person and had dinner in the mansion. What kind of honor and gift is this?
Zhu Yuelan's eyes curved into crescent moons.
Chen Kan cooperated with her and she was very satisfied.
To put it bluntly, today's banquet was specially arranged for her to show off to all the ladies in the capital. Zhu Di's arrival pushed her vanity to its peak.
Now that her vanity was greatly satisfied, she asked about the business: "Why are you coming here instead of accompanying the civil and military officials? This is the place where the female family members live."
Chen Kan smiled and said, "As the man of the house, I just want to come here to offer you a glass of wine."
It's not rude for the host of the house to come to propose a toast, because there is a big banquet in Chen's house today.
Of course, it is impossible to toast women's family members with wine like in the auditorium, with table after table doing the same.
Chen Kan just stood at the gate, raised his wine glass and signaled to the ladies, then returned to the auditorium.
Sometimes, toasting does not necessarily mean giving a toast, but more importantly, it must be done in such a manner, otherwise it will be rude.
After drinking glass after glass of fine wine, Chen Kan was finally overwhelmed and collapsed softly on the ground amidst the applause of all the nobles.
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Chen Kan was so deep in his mouth that he didn't wake up until about three o'clock in the morning the next day.
When I woke up, it was as if all the bones had been removed from my whole body, and I couldn't lift any strength.
The cute girl with big eyes has disappeared, but looking at the clothes she is wearing, it is obvious that someone cleaned her body last night.
He was extremely thirsty, but Chen Kan didn't want to open his mouth and call for someone.
Then he began to squirm like a maggot.
He kept squirming out of bed, and then squirmed along the cashmere blanket on the floor to the table in the bedroom.
Leaning against the corner of the table, Chen Kan raised his hand with difficulty. There was herbal tea in the silver pot on the table.
Chen Kan just faced the spout.
"Gudu Gudu~"
After drinking a gulp of herbal tea, I finally felt less thirsty.
Leaning on the table leg, Chen Kan didn't want to move at all.
He was exhausted yesterday, and now he just wants to be lazy for a while.
But things didn't go his way, and there was a rapid knock on the door.
Yun Cheng's voice came from outside the door: "Master Hou, Master Xu, the commander of the Five Cities Army and Horses, is here."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Kan responded lazily: "I know, invite him in."
Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
When Chen Kan returned to the capital, he never went to the Wucheng Bingma Si Yamen once. If anything happened, Xu Yuan or Zhang Yong and others would come to discuss with Chen Kan.
Chen Kan has now begun to deliberately reduce his presence in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
He has too many things to do, and it is impossible for him to revolve around the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division all his life.
Yesterday, Chen Kan also figured out from Zhu Gaosui why the performance of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was unsatisfactory during his trip to Yunnan.
In a word, Zhu Di restricted his actions.
After knowing that all this was Zhu Di's intention, Chen Kan no longer struggled.
There are too many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and the Five Cities Army and Horses Division cannot be saved even if it is ten times its current size.
Moreover, Chen Kan has always believed that once a person transforms from a scholar to an official, he is no longer an innocent person.
Since you are involved in officialdom, you must be prepared to be killed, or to kill others.
How can there be any distinction between good officials and bad officials among officials?
As long as he does good things that benefit the country and the people, even if he is a huge corrupt man, Chen Kan thinks he is a good official. If he does nothing under the guise of serving the country and the people, even if he has a great reputation, Chen Kan will I don't even think that such a person is a good official.
Where did the little white rabbit come from in the politicians’ group?
Everyone has a damn reason!
After putting on his clothes with difficulty and tying his long hair casually with a hair tie, Chen Kan slowly walked towards the front yard.
Xu Yuan walked back and forth in the living room, but couldn't sit quietly in one place.
There was still a hint of anxiety on his face.
"Ah~"
Chen Kan yawned, walked into the living room, looked at Xu Yuan like a top and asked, "Why don't you use your wheelchair today?"
Hearing Chen Kan's question, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Xu Yuan's face.
Now almost the entire capital knows that he likes to sit in a wheelchair.
But he just simply likes the feeling of strategizing thousands of miles away. Is this wrong?
Fortunately, Chen Kan did not continue to ask further questions. He came to the main seat in the living room and sat down. After pouring himself a cup of herbal tea, he asked: "Sit down, what happened?"
Xu Yuan came to sit in front of Chen Kan, frowned and said: "Master Marquis, Marquis Licheng was taken to prison by the Jinyi Guards today, should we take action?"
The Marquis of Licheng is Sheng Yong.
Sheng Yong was suddenly taken to prison, which caused quite a disturbance in the capital.
Moreover, Sheng Yong was different from the officials who had been sent to prison in the past.
He is not only a veteran of three dynasties, but also has high prestige in the military.
Once Sheng Yong died in prison, the army in the south was likely to riot.
But Xu Yuan couldn't contact Zhu Di, and he wasn't sure whether this was His Majesty's intention, or whether Jin Yiwei was going to get involved again.
In desperation, Xu Yuan had no choice but to come to the Hou Mansion early in the morning to ask Chen Kan's opinion.
When Chen Kan heard this, there was no trace of surprise on his face, and he asked slowly: "It was Sheng Yong who was taken to the prison, and it was not you who was taken to the prison. What are you anxious about?"
"I......"
Xu Wan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but frown and said: "But isn't our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division born to steal people from the Jin Yiwei?"
"That's right."
Chen Kan nodded in agreement.
Xu Yuandao: "Yes, Marquis Licheng is absolutely innocent. Shouldn't we save him?"
Chen Kan: "Who told you that if Marquis Licheng is innocent, we must save him?"
"Well..."
"What do you mean, sir?"
Xu Yuan suddenly discovered that since his trip to Yunnan, he had been unable to keep up with his thinking.
Is he about to be eliminated by the times?
Chen Kan still said calmly: "Don't be in a hurry, just wait and see first."
A hint of confusion appeared on Xu Yuan's face: "Wait and see?"
"good."
Chen Kan took a sip of the herbal tea, poured a cup for Xu Yuan, and then said calmly: "Marquis Licheng is different from ordinary officials. This time, it may not be our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division's turn to take action."
Xu Yuan suddenly realized: "My lord, you are saying..."
