Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"...If people don't learn, they don't know righteousness?"

Hearing this famous sentence in the "Three Character Classic", Gu Yunji was stunned, and something flashed across his mind like lightning.

Slowly, the face of the young man in front of him overlapped with that of the young prince who had studied the Three-Character Classic at the palace banquet many years ago. Gu Yunji suddenly reacted and his eyes widened suddenly: "You... you are His Highness the Crown Prince?!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this: "What? Your Highness the Crown Prince?!"

All the officials present had been away from the capital for many years. Let alone the prince, they had never even seen the emperor's face a few times.In the past few years, Li Jinze had been concentrating on studying in the Wenhua Hall. He rarely appeared in public during weekdays, and ordinary foreign ministers could not see him.

That is to say, since last year, Li Jinze began to enter the court to listen to politics, and then he slowly appeared in the eyes of officials.In addition, young people change greatly every day, so even Shen Baiyi, who had only left the capital for a few years, did not recognize Li Jinze immediately.

When they heard that the young man called "Zhao Jin" in front of them was the prince of the dynasty, the officials present were shocked and subconsciously knelt down to salute: "I didn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince had arrived, and the ministers were not polite enough to welcome him from afar..."

"Shh!"

Li Jinze quickly lifted up Mei Feng, who was about to kneel down, and signaled everyone to be silent with his gestures. He winked and said, "I'm afraid you are mistaken. How can there be a prince here? The boy's name is Zhao Jin, and he is one of the people around Master Cheng. A staff member."

Seeing this, Gu Yunji was the first to react and hurriedly covered it up loudly: "Oh - it turns out to be Mr. Zhao Jin. Mr. Zhao is so young that he has become the staff of Mr. Cheng, the official doctor. It seems that he is really young and promising!"

Since Li Jinze used a pseudonym and did not say hello in advance, he was obviously visiting incognito and did not want to be too high-profile.There were many people coming and going on the pier, and it was really not a place to talk. Everyone agreed, not daring to stay any longer, and welcomed Cheng Yan and Li Jinze into the city.

When they arrived at the Yamen, they screened away the rest of the crowd and closed the door. Then they knelt down and saluted Li Jinze in a proper manner: "I will see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"No gift, get up."

After leaving the strict rules of the palace, Li Jinze was like a bird flying into the sky and a fish jumping into the ocean, and his whole body relaxed.Although his movements are less steady, he has a free and easy temperament, and he looks more like a high-spirited young man.

Seeing that all the officials were a little nervous, Li Jinze smiled and soothed the atmosphere and said, "Don't be formal, just be natural. Mr. Cheng is here to do errands, and I am here to have fun. Logically speaking, I am the one who has caused you trouble." , you don’t have to guard me, just do whatever you have to do.”

It's easy to say that, this is the prince, how can he really not care about it at all.Ning Yuan, the chief envoy, was nervous from head to toe and said cautiously: "Your Highness is serious. You are the crown prince. It is an honor for me to come to Zhejiang for a visit incognito. How can I say it is troublesome? I am afraid that I will not take care of you... "

"Okay." Li Jinze waved his hand and interrupted him, "He said 'His Royal Highness' and 'Ministers and so on'. Remember, there is no His Highness the Crown Prince here, only the staff Zhao Jin. My original intention was to travel anonymously, Are you being so solemn because you are afraid that others will not know my identity?"

"Yes, His Highness said..."

Ning Yuan kept mumbling, but after receiving Li Jinze's eyes, he quickly changed his words: "It's the young master. The young master said so."

Only then did Li Jinze look back with satisfaction.

Not to mention whether the officials could adapt to it, Li Jinze adapted well and did not regard himself as a guest at all.He walked around the yamen twice, and seeing the sun getting higher, he asked: "Is lunch ready? There is nothing fresh to eat on the boat. There are just a few things here and there. I have long been tired of eating, and I want to try Zhejiang's food." specialty."

Mei Feng responded: "Don't worry, Sir, the meals are all prepared. They are in the inner hall. Please come with me." Everyone arrived in the inner hall, where there were already several tables of dazzling dishes, all delicious and fragrant, exuding an alluring aroma. The aroma made Li Jinze's eyes light up immediately.

Because he didn't know about Li Jinze's arrival in advance, Cheng Yan's official rank was not high, but he was sent by Emperor Jingfeng. Even if he was with Mei Feng and others, he was almost on an equal footing, and there wasn't much of a status gap.Therefore, the banquet is held at a round table and there is no sharing of food.

However, as soon as Li Jinze came, the situation was different again. The incognito visit was back to the incognito visit. Everyone was like a mirror in their hearts. It was impossible to pretend to be confused and understand.

Everyone was hesitating whether to set up a separate table for Li Jinze. Li Jinze had already seen their concerns and took the initiative: "Don't think about giving me any special treatment. This is good. Everyone, please take a seat."

"Young Master, sit here... eh? Young Master?" Ning Yuan was about to invite Li Jinze to sit at the main table, but found that he had gone straight to another table and sat down.

Li Jinze approached Gu Yunji with great interest: "Master Gu, I will sit with you, do you have any objection?"

Gu Yunji was startled for a moment, then smiled: "Of course I have no objection, you can sit wherever you want."

Li Jinze has a distinguished status and should be accompanied by Ning Yuan, Mei Feng and others. Who knows that he doesn't follow the routine and insists on sitting at the same table with Gu Yunji.Except for Gu Yunji, there were basically middle-level officials at the table. I had never received such a big shot before. I was so nervous that I couldn't even eat.

Li Jinze didn't care what others thought. He focused on the dishes on the table and said excitedly: "Wow, there are so many seafood!"

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "Young Master wants to try Zhejiang's specialties, so we will naturally serve you the most unique dishes. Zhejiang, apart from anything else, has no shortage of seafood."

"These shrimps are so big!" While Li Jinze was busy eating, he did not forget to chat with Gu Yunji, "Mr. Gu, I have never seen such big shrimps in the capital, and they taste very different!"

"What the young master eats in the capital are basically river shrimps, and these are sea shrimps, so the taste is of course different. Even if they are all sea shrimps, there are differences. After all, the water quality in each sea area is more or less different. The shrimp that come out are also different.”

"Mr. Gu is busy with official duties and has done outstanding political achievements. Don't you want to study food in such an in-depth way?"

"Food is the most important thing for the people. If the people eat well, their lives will naturally be good. One more shrimp or one less vegetable may seem innocuous, but in fact it is related to the most fundamental problem of eating for the people. Only by paying attention to everything can we Do your official duties well and benefit the people."

"Master Gu said it well. With a good minister like Master Gu here, why should I, Daxia, be unhappy?"

"My son is overrated."

……

In the inner hall, the other tables were quiet, but the atmosphere at Gu Yunji and others' tables was lively.

Looking at Gu Yunji and Li Jinze who were having a lively conversation, the official at the table next to him exchanged cryptic glances and said leisurely: "It seems that Gu Yunji is going to have a successful career..."