The interior of the royal study is decorated in a simple and simple way, and is very spacious. On both sides are a complete set of rosewood male chairs. Directly behind is a mahogany-carved sunflower open window. At this moment, the window sill is half open, and you can see the green bamboo planted behind the study.

A three-legged incense burner placed in the corner emitted wisps of green smoke, which swayed gently in the breeze.

The current leader of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhen, sat quietly in front of the table. He was wearing a dragon robe, carrying the sun and the moon on his shoulders, and a golden crown on his head. A huge pearl was set on the top of the crown. He was over fifty years old and looked slightly bloated.

Normally, the wrinkles on his face are extremely deep due to long-term fatigue. If you ignore the oppressive feeling in his clothes, he would look like a kind old man on the roadside.

At this moment, the old man who holds the most power in the world has a pile of memorials that have been annotated beside him. He is lying on the long desk with his upper body half-crouched. He squints at the memorial and takes out the pen in his hand from time to time.

, annotate a few words carefully, as if studying the texture of the paper.

Zhang Xun walked to the door of the Imperial Study Room, raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, and then slowly walked into the room. As the national advisor in the Han Dynasty, he had a transcendent status and could enter the palace at any time to meet the emperor.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan saw the emperor crouching at his desk, squinting and correcting memorials, and couldn't help but sigh. The current emperor is definitely the most energetic person he has ever seen. The great Han Dynasty has gradually dissipated under Liu Zhen's rule over the past few decades.

After recovering from the trauma of the war, all industries are prospering, and they are now in their prime.

However, the current emperor's eye disease has become more and more serious. Even if he uses Qi to clear his eye meridians many times, it can only delay the decline of his vision, and cannot cure it at all.

He had no choice but to come to see the saint today - he traveled thousands of miles overnight to meet that old man Li Tong. They had a good chat at the beginning, but he didn't expect that just after he explained his purpose, the old stubborn man changed his face faster than turning the page of a book.

To save face for himself as a national master, he refused directly and said that he would take a very strict look at his youngest son and would never give him a chance to practice Taoism!

Zhang Xuan tried hard to persuade him, but he couldn't persuade him. He really couldn't bear to let go of Li Yi, a good young man who cultivated Taoism, so he had to return to the capital overnight, hoping to ask Liu Zhen to suppress that old stubborn Li Tong...

"Why did the Imperial Master come to my imperial study?" Liu Zhen heard the noise and turned around to look at Zhang Xuan with a deep voice.

"Speaking of it, this is also my great fortune..." Zhang Xuan went to Xihe Palace to test the qualifications of the third prince and told the whole story about his chance encounter with the extremely talented Li Yi.

"Oh?" Liu Zhen's voice rose slightly, and he asked curiously: "Is there really a person in this world who is born with all meridians..."

Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

While State Counselor Zhang Xuan and Emperor Liu Zhen, the two most powerful people in the entire Han Dynasty, were discussing a certain gifted prodigy, someone had also found an opportunity to strike up a conversation.

The maid Lian'er looked down in annoyance at a stain on her clean clothes - the sugar water on the candied haws. She pinched her waist and looked at the swarthy boy in front of her. She pouted and scolded: "Hey, whose boy are you from?

Why are you so careless..."

Li Yi rolled his eyes, grinned in a sincere manner, and responded with a smile: "Oh, I'm sorry, sister——"

"Humph." Lian'er is also kind-hearted in nature. Seeing that this "black boy" looks quite handsome and sensible, she waved her hand: "Forget it, forget it..."

Li Yi finally seized the opportunity, how could he let this maid slip away? He quickly waved his hand and said: "Hey, sister, we can't forget it. Why don't I treat you to a cup of tea and keep you company?"

"Drinking tea?" Lian'er looked at the young man in front of her in astonishment. You must know that she is several years older than the other man - maybe he wants... Thinking of this, she felt funny and curious at the same time, but still

I couldn't help but follow this young man into a teahouse.

"What -" As soon as Li Yi finished a brief self-introduction in the teahouse, Lian'er screamed, holding her hands tightly to her chest with a frightened look, her eyes full of fear, looking at Li Yi nervously, and ended

He stammered: "You, you, are you really the fifth young master of the Li family?"

Li Yi saw that the maid opposite looked nervous, as if she was quite afraid of him, and he was immediately shocked - Fifth Brother, my reputation is so bad, how shameless is gossiping about me outside every day!

"This is still false!" Li Yiyi slapped his chest eloquently, pointed to the bronze skin on his face, and assured loudly: "If you don't believe it, go and ask around. Who lives in Ximen Street and doesn't know that my skin color is Wan Ge?"

None of them?"

"Hmph, why don't you call me uncle?" Li Yi leaned back in his chair and said proudly.

"Uncle..." Lian'er saw that the other party did not seem to do such shameless things as rumored, so she relaxed her vigilance and said hesitantly: "But the young lady said that she would not marry her even if she died.

A man who is careless, shameless and ignorant..."

Li Yi's old face turned red and felt embarrassed - Fifth Brother, I am so low-key, and I actually got a reputation that an ordinary dude can't get even if he tries his best? Ahem, you're careless? This little girl is really not afraid of making her family scandal public...

Fortunately, it was difficult to see any change in his skin color. At this moment, he only paused briefly and continued to persuade: "Ahem, this is your lady's misunderstanding of me, and it can be easily solved, but I need your cooperation...

…”

"Cooperate?" Lian'er was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands in a panic and said: "I, I will not do anything that would be sorry for my young lady!"

"Who asked you to do anything sorry for your lady? I just asked you to tell me some of your lady's daily life..." Li Yi hurriedly corrected.

"But -" Before Lian'er could finish her words, she was interrupted again by Li Yi.

"But what!" The guy frowned and said in an educational tone: "Have you ever heard that you would rather demolish ten temples than ruin one marriage? You just want to pass on some information to me!

What's more, where can I find such an outstanding uncle? This is all for your young lady's benefit!"

Lian'er lowered her head. She hadn't recovered from what she had just said, but she heard the "Uncle" opposite her say, "This is a box of rouge produced by Lianfu Xiang specially for the nobles in the palace. It's not like an ordinary shop."

The ones sold on the market are so thin! Tsk tsk - when using it, just pick up a little on a thin hairpin and apply it on your lips, it’s enough; dissolve it with a little water and apply it on the palm of your hand, it’s enough to pat your face.”

Having said this, Li Yi glanced at the maid opposite who was looking at him curiously, clicked his tongue, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, this rouge, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to even smell it, let alone want to buy it.

I received the order today, and when I came out of the palace to buy it, I asked for an extra box... It is said that this box is made from the juice of thousands of fine Western roses, washed and purified, and steamed with floral dew.
Chapter completed!