After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Chapter 301 Family Dinner
It was dusk when Li Chenan arrived at the palace.

The lanterns on the palace wall have been lit, but the palace gate at the south gate has not yet been closed.

Eunuch Chang put his hands in his sleeves and walked back and forth in front of the palace gate.

Autumn was already cold, and he was getting old, only then did he realize that his old bones really couldn't bear it anymore.

It's only autumn, if it's winter and it's snowing... this year's winter is a bit difficult!

At this time in previous years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already started to purchase charcoal for winter.

But this year... the note from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already been handed to him, but the emperor has not yet approved it.

Even if it is approved, I am afraid that there will not be so much money in the account of the Ministry of Households.

Not to mention domestic money.

All the money in the inner money was spent in Changle Palace, I am afraid that the emperor himself does not have much money in his hands.

It's really an old lady's Chinese New Year, every year is not as good as every year!
But what can be done?

I can only hope that God will be more merciful, so that this winter will have less rain and snow and more warm sunshine.

Just when Eunuch Chang was thinking this way, he suddenly stood still, his old eyes lit up, and he saw Li Chenan walking over from a carriage.

Inexplicably, Eunuch Chang likes this child very much.

Because there seemed to be a ray of sunshine on his body.

It is warm and comfortable.

"Eunuch has been waiting for a long time!"

Li Chenan bowed and saluted, it was completely different from the time he faced Prime Minister Ji in the imperial study two days ago.

Eunuch Chang immediately bowed and said, "Master Xiao Li, don't you want to spoil the miscellaneous family!"

"Eunuch is wrong!"

"Your old age is here, the elders are respected, and the younger ones should give a big gift. It has nothing to do with status or family background!"

Look at this kid, how cute he is!

Eunuch Chang's old face was filled with a brilliant flower.

But he still said humbly: "But there is a difference between respect and humility. If someone sees you gossiping...it won't help!"

Only then did Li Chenan realize that he really did not do the right thing.

If you show your sincerity, you might even harm this Eunuch Chang.

So he stopped being polite, followed Eunuch Chang into another carriage, and went to the depths of the palace.

"Lord Li, His Royal Highness, the Second Prince and the Third Prince are all here at the end of Shen Shi. The Emperor seems to be in a good mood today, but the miscellaneous family still wants to say something that should not be said... Tomorrow the Emperor will go to Changle Palace , don't make him angry if you stay for a while."

Li Chenan grinned: "Thank you father-in-law for reminding me, don't worry, I will talk about everything tonight."

"The miscellaneous family can rest assured!"

Li Chenan suddenly asked:
"Eunuch Chang, have you been to Changle Palace?"

"I only went to the gate of the palace, where the emperor established a rule that no one is allowed to enter Changle Palace except for the golden dragon pendant bestowed by the emperor."

"Oh... Does anyone in the court have a golden dragon pendant?"

Chang Zuoqing looked at Li Chen'an meaningfully, "Not even Concubine Ji or Concubine Li, and of course none of the ministers in the court... Don't be curious about that place, if the emperor wants you to go there one day, he will naturally send someone to give it to you." You brought the golden dragon pendant."

Li Chenan didn't ask any more questions, but became more and more curious about the place of Changle Palace.

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Hall of Mental Cultivation.

This is the largest palace in the harem, and it is the emperor's bedroom.

Tonight, Emperor Ning hosted a banquet here. As the emperor, of course he didn't need to entertain anyone, so in Li Chenan's view, this was roughly a family banquet before parting.

It's just that my identity is a little embarrassing.

Eunuch Chang said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince participated in the banquet... There were no princesses or concubines.

Five men eat.

Of course it doesn't mean eating.

So what does the emperor mean by this move?
Let yourself get to know these three princes?
Also let yourself and the second prince settle down?

Once he did this, if the news spread tomorrow, no one would dare to question his identity as the eldest son of the emperor.

Could it be that he is really Queen Lu's son?

I can't help but Li Chenan doesn't think about it this way——

The crooked-necked banyan tree in Huangcheng Division was planted by Empress Lu herself, and Changsun Jinghong has guarded that place for 20 years. Looking at it now, Huangcheng Division will hand it over to her sooner or later.

If he was not the son of Empress Lu, how could he easily pick off this overripe peach that grandson Jinghong had worked hard for 20 years?
But is he really Queen Lu's son?

When General Xiong takes his parents to the capital, he will have to ask them carefully about this matter.

The carriage stopped outside the palace, Eunuch Chang took a lantern, and led Li Chenan to walk on the dim bluestone path.

It was very quiet all the way.

But Li Chenan always felt that there were many eyes on him from everywhere.

He looked left and right, but couldn't see anything.

After all, this is the inner palace, and there are many masters who want to guard it.

He didn't know that on the roof of the Treasure Pavilion not far from here, there was an old man in gray linen with his hands behind his back, looking at the slowly moving lantern with his eyes.

He watched the lantern disappear into the Hall of Mental Cultivation until he shook his head and grinned.

A moment later, he flew up from the roof of the Zhenbao Pavilion like a night owl and disappeared into the night.

He landed in a dark palace.

The palace is called Fengyi Palace.

20 years ago, the lights here were brilliant.

Twenty years later, there are not a single ghost here.

It was once the bedroom of Empress Lu.

There is a sycamore tree in the southeast corner of this yard, and a big-leaf banyan tree in the northwest corner.

That phoenix tree has withered, and that big-leaf banyan tree is also withering.

Twenty years ago, the four big-leaf banyan trees planted in Kyoto were all seeds of this tree.

He stood in the yard looking at this big-leaf banyan tree, watched a cup of tea, and suddenly said in a low voice: "You said it has the most vigorous vitality, but if no one takes care of it, it will eventually be destroyed by those vines." To stalk to death."

"This old slave can't understand what the emperor wants, but this old slave promised you to protect the eldest son of the emperor... This old slave will definitely do it! The eldest son of the emperor has no worries, you can rest in peace!"

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The Hall of Mental Cultivation is brightly lit.

Originally, this was supposed to be a joyful family banquet, but when Li Chenan stepped into the threshold of the palace, he suddenly found that the atmosphere here was a bit dignified.

The emperor was wearing a white silk dress and sitting at the top of the tea table, His Royal Highness the crown prince was on the left, and the second prince was opposite the emperor, so the one sitting on the emperor's right should be the third prince.

The emperor was leaning against the back of his chair, holding a stack of papers in his hand and looking at it.

The other three princes didn't seem to know what to say or do.

Then just drink tea.

Until Li Chenan's footsteps broke the silence here.

The three princes all turned their heads to look at Li Chenan, their expressions were different.

The emperor didn't look up, but just said one word; "Sit!"

Li Chenan looked around, came to the side of the second prince, and grinned: "Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)