The Huagai Palace held a banquet, and all civil and military officials gathered together. Zhu Yuanzhang also personally hosted the grand banquet. Li Jie and Yuan Jianzheng, the four protagonists of the banquet, naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

However, the eyes of many people looking at Li Jie were very complicated, because most of these people attended Li Shanchang's birthday party and saw with their own eyes that Li Jie and his son were exposed to the birthday party. However, they did not expect that in less than two months, Li Jie made a big splash. Not only was he valued by His Majesty, but he was also a minister of the Eastern Palace, and his future future was limitless.

"Jie'er, you have made great contributions, why do you feel a little absent-minded?" At this moment, Liu Ying came to Li Jie and asked in a low voice. He was originally a leisurely marquis and rarely entered the palace. However, today it was his nephew's celebration banquet, so of course he also had to appear. He had bragged to others a lot just now.

"It's nothing, uncle, please drink less, don't hurt your body!" Li Jie reluctantly smiled when he saw Liu Ying. Liu Ying's cheeks were flushed, and his originally shrewd eyes were full of drunkenness. It seemed that he had been drunk a lot.

"It's okay, we're happy today. Of course we have to drink a few more drinks. You're promising now, your mother... hiccup~, your mother must be very relieved!" Liu Ying patted Li Jie's shoulder and said, "The nephew he valued the most has been valued by the court. Of course, he, as an uncle, is happier than anyone else."

"Opinion~" At this moment, I suddenly heard the eunuchs in the hall shouting, which made everyone put down their wine glasses.

"The Emperor Chengyun of the Heavenly Heaven, and the imperial edict said: The Left Secretary Li Jie improved gunpowder, made firearms, presented a thousand miles away, and used hot air balloons to the heavens. He made great contributions to the country, and was appointed Chengdelang, the Ministry of Works, and accompanied him to study in the Eastern Palace..."

The eunuch read out the rewards to Li Jie. In addition to changes in official positions, there were many additional rewards, such as gold, silver, land, etc., but no one paid attention to these, because when the four words "Suiting the East Palace" appeared, everyone's eyes became hot when they looked at Li Jie.

Li Jie's official position has changed a lot. Chengdelang is a literary official, which has little significance. The Ministry of Works has real power, but it is not a big deal. However, this only companion to study in the Eastern Palace has completely different meanings.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the princes generally had their own leadership team, independent of the court, but this was also prone to problems. For example, for the sake of their own interests, officials from the Eastern Palace might alienate the prince and the emperor, and even encourage the prince to rebel, which often happened in history.

In order to solve this problem, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the ministers in the court to serve as the crown prince's officials, such as Li Shanchang and the crown prince's junior teacher, Xu Da and the crown prince's junior tutor, Chang Yuchun and the crown prince's junior guarantee, etc. It can be said that almost all the important official positions in the Eastern Palace were designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and only some less important official positions were decided by Zhu Biao himself, such as Li Jie's position as the Left Secretariat.

However, among these official positions related to the prince, there is a very special position, that is, the prince's companion. Speaking of which, companion is not a formal official position, because it has no rank at all, but it is also the closest people around the prince. If the prince ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely reuse these most trusted people.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew this clearly, so he personally appointed the prince's companionship, and each of them was an extremely talented person. Anyone with discerning eyes knew that the prince's companionship was actually the important minister left by His Majesty to the crown prince and assist the prince in the future.

It is precisely because of the above that all the civil and military officials in the hall focused on Li Jie, some envious and some jealous, and more people were thinking about how to get in touch with Li Jie, a young man?

However, in the face of so many people's envy, jealousy and hatred, Li Jie felt cold, because at the end of the reading of this imperial edict, no words related to the prince-consort were mentioned. In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to marry his daughter to him, even if he was reused now, if Li Shanchang's incident happened in the future, God knows whether Zhu Yuanzhang would turn against him?

In addition, even if you take another step, Zhu Yuanzhang really made a fuss and did not kill himself because of Li Shanchang's affairs, but what about his parents? Zhu Yuanzhang letting himself go does not mean that he will let his family go. Only by marrying the princess and adding the credit he earned with his hard work can Li Jie be sure to save his family's life at the last moment.

Thinking that his hard work was finally lost, Li Jie felt a sense of despair. The lively banquet in front of him seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him, and he sat there freely, lazy to pay attention to the officials who came to congratulate him.

However, at this moment, Li Jie suddenly felt that his shoulder was being slapped heavily, and then a familiar voice said, "Boy, why are you stunned?"

Li Jie was pulled back to reality by the soreness of her shoulders. When she looked at her, she found that the one who photographed her was the "Evergreen Tree" Tang He.

"I want to pee, come and help me!" Tang He seemed to stagger with a little drunkenness.

"Peat... pee?" Li Jie was speechless, but before he could speak, Tang He grabbed his shoulder with one hand and lifted him up, and then pulled him outside the hall without saying a word.

As soon as he left the hall, the drunkenness on Tang He's face disappeared immediately, and his steps became very steady. He saw him pulling Li Jie to the place where no one was. Then he looked at him with a smile and said, "Boy, you are so brave. In order to save your life, you dare to make a decision on the princess!"

"Why are you..."

Li Jie was shocked when he heard Tang He's words. He was about to speak but was interrupted by the other party again and said, "Why, don't you really think that others are fools, and you can't see your intention to do these things, right?"

"Duke Xin Guo, what do you mean? Why can't I understand?" Li Jie calmed down at this time. Although he was shocked by Tang He that he knew his plans, as long as he didn't admit it, others would have no choice.

"Hehe, I actually started to pretend to be confused, but don't worry about me telling me. Li Shanchang is becoming more and more confused as he grows older. With his arrogant behavior over the past few years, he will be unlucky sooner or later. It is normal for you to find a way to protect yourself now!" Tang He smiled again.

Tang He pointed out the matter, but Li Jie didn't know how to answer, so he simply remained silent and saw what he was going to say next?

Sure enough, when Tang He saw that Li Jie didn't say anything, he smiled again and said, "I have to say that marrying a princess is indeed a good way to save your life. Unfortunately, you were too reckless. With this little contribution, you asked Your Majesty for marriage. Now that Your Majesty refuses, your road is blocked!"

"Duke Xinguo, what do you want to say?" Li Jie finally stopped silent at this time, and immediately stared at the other party with a torch and asked.

Tang He smiled proudly at this moment: "I want to tell you that although this road is blocked, I can point you another clear road!"
Chapter completed!