I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 84 Chen Pingping as Lobbyist
"Master, Chen Pingping sent an invitation."

When Zhao Huai'en returned to the palace from the outskirts of Beijing, he handed over an invitation.

Li Chengzong took it and took a look. It was indeed an invitation from Chen Pingping, inviting him to a gathering at Chen Garden.

"Send someone to reply and tell them that I will be there on time tomorrow."

"Yes, master."

When we arrived at the backyard, Si Lili was chatting about gossip with Li Wenzhu and other young people from the palace. The gossip they were talking about was about her younger brother Li Xiaoqian.

Originally, Li Xiaoqian was planning to open a private school outside, but after attending a few classes in the palace's school, he felt embarrassed to talk about opening a private school.

After all, his overall level was not even as good as that of the boys and girls in the school. If he went out to run a private school, he would be misleading the students. So he simply stayed in the palace and attended classes with a group of half-grown children.

At the same time, he also taught Confucianism to these children in the palace, and was a true teacher and friend to these teenagers.

Recently, Li Xiaoqian has been getting very close to a female teacher hired by the palace. It is estimated that there will be a happy event in the palace soon.

Seeing Li Chengzong coming, Li Wenzhu and the others called him the head of the family and joked with each other. Then the group of girls ran off to play in a hurry.

Only Li Chengzong and Si Lili were left in the backyard. Li Chengzong put his head on Si Lili's stomach and listened for a while, then said with a smile: "My daughter didn't bother you today, did she?"

"It's still early. And how do you know it's a girl?"

Si Lili was a little depressed. She actually wanted a son.

"It's my daughter."

"Okay, okay, it's my daughter."

Si Lili didn't know where Li Chengzong's obsession came from, and she was too lazy to argue with him, so she changed the subject and asked, "Why did Chen Pingping ask you to go to Chen Garden?"

"I don't know. We'll know tomorrow when we go take a look. Do you want to go with me? I heard his Chen Garden is quite interesting."

The manager thought about it and refused.

Li Chengzong did not force it.

The next morning, before Li Chengzong set out, Chen Pingping had already arranged a carriage to pick him up at the palace.

Li Chengzong was not polite. He asked Zhao Huai'en to rest and got on the carriage arranged by Chen Pingping and went to Chen Garden alone.

Chen Garden is outside Kyoto and covers a very large area, even larger than Prince Ding's Palace. The garden is extremely luxurious and has all kinds of rare and precious animals and plants. Naturally, there are many people as well, and the number of girls in the garden is no less than the largest brothel in Kyoto.

Chen Garden is so luxurious, of course, it was done intentionally by Chen Pingping. After all, as the president of the Supervisory Council, he oversees the entire world. If he really has no desires or demands, how could Emperor Qing be at ease?

After the carriage left the city, it drove for about a quarter of an hour before arriving at Chen Garden.

As soon as Li Chengzong got off the carriage, he saw Yingzi pushing Chen Pingping and waiting at the gate of Chen Garden. In addition to the two of them, there was also his eldest cousin Qin Shan.

"Meet His Majesty the Third Prince." x3
"Dean Chen."

Li Chengzong cupped his hands, looked at Qin Shan and said with a smile: "Why is my cousin here today?"

Qin Shan shook his head. Before he could speak, Chen Pingping said, "I invited Mr. Qin to come to Chen Garden today because I wanted to be a lobbyist. Your Highness, please come in. Let's go in and talk."

Walking into Chen Garden, it is completely different from the ordinary wealthy families. Exotic flowers and plants can be seen everywhere, even peacocks, and there are many uncommon animals, and it is difficult to tell what species they are.

However, it can be speculated that it was probably because of the impact of nuclear radiation after the nuclear war that caused some animals and plants to mutate.

Noticing that Li Chengzong was quite interested, Chen Pingping said with a smile: "These are all things I have collected from various places over the years. They are for fun and to relieve boredom. If Your Highness likes any of them, I will have someone send them to the palace."

Li Chengzong smiled and said, "President Chen is very elegant, but a gentleman does not take away what others like. President Chen appreciates the kindness, so there is no need to give the gifts. No one in my palace will keep these things, so if you give them to me, it will be wasted in vain."

Chatting and looking along the way, Li Chengzong saw many new things he had never seen before, which opened his eyes. He thought that he must find time to go out for a walk in the future.

Speaking of which, I have traveled to this world for so many years, and although I went to the West a few years ago, I have never really appreciated the scenery of this world.

After walking through the corridor and crossing the courtyard, they arrived at the interior of Chen Garden. Chen Pingping immediately called the girls to play music and dance.

I have to say that Chen Pingping really knows how to enjoy life. All the people he found were beautiful women, allowing Li Chengzong to experience for the first time what kind of luxurious life a prince should have.

After watching some singing and dancing and listening to some music, it was noon before I knew it.

Chen Pingping was very hospitable and set out a large table full of delicious food that was both delicious and appetizing.

Shortly after they sat down, a man wearing a mask and armor walked in.

"Meet the Third Prince and the Dean."

This person was the deputy commander of the Black Cavalry—Jing Ge.

Of course, his name was not Jing Ge yet. He was only given the name Jing Ge by Fan Xian later. Now he should be called Jing Wuming, or Jing Jiang.

If the plot had gone according to normal, during a routine drill, Qin Shan's shot severely disfigured Jing Ge, and Jing Ge fought in self-defense, then killed Qin Shan, the second-generation military officer with the most profound background.

However, because Li Chengzong arranged for someone to intervene in the matter in advance, Qin Shan was able to survive.

As for Jing Ge, he was still thrown into the death row of Qing State, but Li Chengzong sent people to protect his relatives who stayed in his hometown, so the Qin family naturally did not take action against Jing Ge's family.

Therefore, there is no unsolvable feud between the Qin family and Jing Ge.

After Jing Ge bowed, he took off the mask on his face, revealing his true face.

He was quite handsome, but unfortunately there was a hideous scar on his face, which made him look a little scary. "It's you."

Qin Shan stood up in an instant.

"Meet General Qin."

"Thanks to you, I am no longer a general."

Qin Shan sighed and said with some emotion: "I haven't seen you for so many years. I thought you were dead. Dean Chen is so capable that he can even rescue death row prisoners and make you the leader of the Black Cavalry of the Supervisory Council."

"Associate."

Qin Shan was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "Why, are you showing off to a useless person like me?"

Jing Ge: “…”

He was just telling the truth and had absolutely no intention of showing off.

For a moment, the situation was a little awkward.

Chen Pingping glanced at Li Chengzong, who was eating and drinking by himself. Seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he turned to look at Qin Shan and said with a smile, "Master Qin, as the saying goes, it is better to resolve an embarrassment than to create one. He has made many contributions to our Qing Kingdom over the years. Can you please give me some face for what happened back then?"

"I have long since stopped taking what happened back then to heart."

Qin Shan is no longer the impulsive and irritable young general. After so many years of training in the court, he has already deeply understood the ways of being an official.

Although the Qin family is not afraid of the Supervisory Council, since Chen Pingping has spoken, they must give him face.

And just as Qin Shan said, after so many years, the grudges from the past have long been put aside.

Besides, it wasn’t all Jing Ge’s fault back then, he was also at fault.

"I destroyed your face, and you destroyed my martial arts. How about we make peace from now on? Of course, I was young and impulsive back then. If you are angry and want revenge, I am always here to help you."

"I didn't say I wanted revenge." Jing Ge shook his head.

"Write it all off?" Qin Shan asked uncertainly.

"Written off."

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Chen Pingping smiled knowingly and turned to look at Li Chengzong: "Third Prince, what do you think?"

"It's none of my business, so why should I think it's unimportant?"

Li Chengzong was like the host, smiling and calling out, "Eat, or the food will get cold."

Hearing this, Chen Pingping smiled, and while inviting Qin Shan and Jing Ge to sit down and eat, he also winked at Jing Ge.

So, Jing Ge knelt down without saying a word and kowtowed three times.

"Thank you, Third Prince, for taking care of my family. I'm so grateful to you, Third Prince. I..."

Li Chengzong interrupted: "Why, you want to pledge yourself to me? I don't like men."

Jing Ge: “…”

He doesn't like men either.

"Alright, get up. The main responsibility for what happened back then still lies with Qin Shan. Your imprisonment in the death row is the end of it. After all, the two of you fought privately, so you deserve it whether you live or die."

Li Chengzong took a sip of wine and said calmly, "If you want to thank someone, thank Dean Chen. He was the one who saved you and took care of your family afterwards. It has nothing to do with me."

Chen Pingping shook his head to express his opposition.

"He should be grateful to Your Highness. If Your Highness hadn't sent someone to protect him right away, I'm afraid..."

"President Chen, I, Qin Shan, am not that despicable." Qin Shan interrupted dissatisfiedly.

In fact, Qin Shan did not send anyone to attack Jing Ge's family. It was his father Qin Ye who sent people, but they met Li Chengzong's people and finally gave up revenge.

"Of course I know what kind of person Young Master Qin is, but as a father, I can't help but love my son too much."

Qin Shan was silent.

"Dean Chen, no one is as good at lobbying as you."

Li Chengzong shook his head and smiled faintly: "If what you mean is true, my uncle once planned to kill Deputy Commander Jing's family, then Deputy Commander Jing should go and seek revenge on my uncle."

"Your Highness the Third Prince has misunderstood. I have absolutely no such intention."

"That's why I said you're not a good lobbyist."

Li Chengzong smiled, looked at Jing Ge who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, and said calmly: "Of course, if Deputy Commander Jing really wants to seek revenge on my uncle, I will not stop him. Then everyone will rely on their own abilities."

"Your Highness, I have absolutely no such intention."

"Then hurry up and get up and eat."

Chen Pingping echoed: "Yes, let's eat..."

(End of this chapter)