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Just as Xin Ran, Gao Yifei and Chen Ming were happy to talk about it, Chen Wenduan came back to the mansion after he finished his work in the morning. When he saw that they were chatting happily, he came to them and asked, "what are you discussing? Can I join you?"

Chen Ming said: "brother, we are talking about the issue of the successor of the Emperor today. We all think that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, is good, but today's Prince is not necessarily the choice of the emperor in the future."

Chen Wenduan said: "this matter, the court is also divided into two groups, one is to support the prince, the other is to support the Yi King Zhao Yun, in my opinion, you do not rush to draw a conclusion, you can all understand, so today is the prince's birthday, at noon the prince will hold a grand celebration banquet in the East Palace, today's saint, civil and military officials, Yi King Zhao Yun You may as well join me to meet the forces of the imperial court and make preparations for the future. "

Xin Ran said," this is the best way. Later, we will all go to the banquet with Shixiong. "

GAO Yifei then said," three brothers, I am the staff of Zhao Yun, the king of Yi. I have to accompany Zhao Yun at noon. It's not convenient for me to join you. In this way, I'll leave first. We'll meet again at the banquet. If there's any problem, we can help each other secretly. As for my acquaintance with Xin Shixiong, we still pretend to be friends at the banquet It's good to meet each other for the first time at a banquet, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the treacherous party in the DPRK. Look, how is that? "

After hearing this, Xin Ran said in a hurry, "brother Gao is considerate. That's it."

After the three discussed these, Gao Yifei got up and left Chen's house. He went back to accompany Zhao Yun, king of Yi, to the banquet.

After seeing Gao Yifei off, Chen Wenduan asked the housekeeper to prepare all the gifts to celebrate the prince's birthday. Then he said to Chen Ming, "it's stipulated that every invited person can only bring one person he invited to celebrate the prince's birthday. So after I bring brother Xin, you can't attend in the name of a guest. Just act as my schoolboy and follow me And brother Xin. "

After hearing this, Chen Ming said, "brother, you are so eccentric. Let brother Xin be a guest. I'll be a bookboy."

Xin Ran hurriedly said: "or I'd better dress up as a bookboy. Don't let Chen Xiandi be wronged."

When Chen Ming saw Xin Ran saying this, he said with a smile, "I'm joking with you. Don't take it seriously. It's good to be a bookboy."

Just at this time, the housekeeper came to Chen Wenduan and said that the gift was ready. Chen Wenduan took them to the door of the mansion. Chen Wenduan was a civil servant. He rode in a sedan chair. Xin Ran and Chen Ming rode on horseback. The housekeeper followed him with some relatives and went straight to the prince's east palace.

Chen Wenduan's family is not far from the prince's east palace. About half an hour later, they arrived at the gate of the east palace.

Although Chen Wenduan was only the head of the Ministry of rites, it was nothing in Lin'an City where the first and second grade officials were redundant. However, because his father Chen Liang had a high reputation both inside and outside the court before his death, now although he has passed away, there are still many old officials, many of whom were first grade and second grade officials in Lin'an. Therefore, the guests at the door saw Chen Wenduan's sedan chair When he arrived, he did not dare to neglect him. He hurried forward and welcomed him to the main hall of the east palace.

Stepping into the main hall, I saw a man wearing a crown and a yellow robe sitting in the middle of the hall. He was probably the prince of today. They didn't dare to neglect him. They rushed forward, knelt down on their knees and congratulated the prince on his birthday. Prince Zhao Hong was very familiar with Chen Wenduan, but he didn't know Xin Ran. He asked who Chen Wenduan was carrying.

Chen Wenduan bowed himself and said, "Your Highness, what you bring with you is the old prince of Xin Qiji. Xin Ran is also. He has been taught by his father since he was a child. He is versatile in literature and martial arts. This time he heard that it was his Highness's birthday. He specially asked you to bring him to celebrate his birthday."

Prince Zhao Hong seemed very arrogant. He snorted and said, "since you are Mr. Xin's son, please take a seat on behalf of our palace."

"Yes," they said

Under the guidance of the people in the East Palace, he took a seat.

Just as they sat down, they saw a cry from outside: "the emperor has arrived."

They all got up from their chairs and knelt down to wait for the arrival of the emperor.

Soon, the emperor stepped into the main hall of the east palace. Prince Zhao Hong rushed forward and welcomed his majesty ningzong to the throne of the main hall. Please take his seat.

Xin Ran stealthily takes a look. He sees Shi Miyuan on the left side of the emperor's back, followed by Xia Zhen and the leader of Tianxia clan. In addition, on the right side of the emperor, there is a person dressed as a prince. He quietly asks Chen Wenduan, "who is this prince dressed as?"

Chen Wenduan said quietly, "this is Zhao Yun, king of Yi. Now he often attends to the emperor."

After the emperor took his seat, he said: today is the birthday of the prince. I'll join in the fun. You don't have to be polite. Get up and take your seat. All of them called for long live and got up to take their seats.

At this time, Xin Ran looked carefully, and saw Prince Zhao Hong sitting with the emperor in the main hall. On the right side of the emperor was Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, as Chen Wenduan said just now. On the left side was Shi Miyuan, and behind him stood Xia Zhen, the leader of Tianxia sect.Emperor ningzong's throne was at the top of the main hall, so everyone in the main hall could see it clearly. When he glanced at it, he saw Xinran. He was quite surprised. He quickly asked the servant to announce it to his seat and said: 'it turns out that Xin Aiqing came to celebrate the birthday of the prince today, but the prince didn't tell me. "

then he said to the crown prince," this Xin Aiqing is the son of Xin Qiji. He has a lot of opinions on the grand plan of the country. He once communicated with me. Today I'm here to celebrate your birthday. Why don't you tell me. "

when the prince heard that emperor ningzong also knew Xinran, he was very surprised. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and his face was slightly red.

Seeing that the prince was silent, Emperor ningzong said, "Xin Aiqing is a distinguished guest today. I think we should sit at the same table with Zhao Yun, king of Yi."

Hearing the emperor's arrangement, the prince quickly asked people to take Xin ran to the table of Zhao Yun, king of Yi.

Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, saw Xin Ran go to his own table. He got up quickly and bowed himself to give a salute. He said, "Xiao Wang is Zhao Yun. I admire your father's knowledge and character very much, but it's a pity that I have no chance to listen to your father's instruction. Today, I'm very honored to be sitting at the same table with Mr. Xin for advice."

Xin Ran also replied: "the Lord is too polite. I'm a cloth clothes man. The grass people really don't dare to be so polite. Please take a seat."

Zhao Yun, king of Yi, said, "you are welcome, sir."

Then he took Xin Ran's hand and sat down together.