Since I don’t know what the other party’s gourd is selling, I can only take one step at a time.

Besides, the benefits of the recommendation were too obvious. Chen Yichen nodded and replied, "Then I'll bother the eldest son."

"Um."

Zhu Yi nodded, then looked around the room.

"This room used to be the place where my third sister lives. I have never come again after getting married. When I come back today, I remember a lot of past events."

After saying that, he turned to Chen Yichen: "You don't have much impression of the third sister anymore."

Chen Yichen only met Zhu Jing, the third daughter of Duke Cheng Guo, when he was a child, after all, even if the maid lives in the inner house, it is still a little different from the real Duke Cheng Guo.

Her impression is almost the same as Chen Qingtong before, very vague.

“Only some of the remaining impressions of childhood.”

"Yes, you have moved out of the Duke Mansion for many years."

This sentence made Chen Yichen not know how to accept it. Should he agree to move out of the public mansion or was he dissatisfied?

The main reason is that he can't see through Zhu Yi's real thoughts, Chen Yichen's answer has many concerns.

Maybe he felt Chen Yichen's unnaturalness, so Zhu Yi did not continue to speak, but replied lightly: "If you need any help in the capital and it is inconvenient to find my father, you can also find me."

"I will prepare the carriage tomorrow morning and go to Master Zhou's mansion together."

"Yes, the eldest son."

Looking at Chen Yichen's unfamiliar and polite attitude, Zhu Yi didn't say anything more and turned around and left the west wing courtyard.

Seeing Zhu Yi's background moving away, A Niu came over and asked, "Brother Chen, is this eldest son your eldest brother?"

"That's right."

There is no denying the bloodline, and I have no grudges with Zhu Yi, and the other party was going to help me just now, so Chen Yichen did not have any hostile attitude.

"It looks fine, it looks big."

The boss in A Niu's mouth is not the street boss like Li Da and others, but has the style of an eldest son.

To be honest, Zhu Yi's external evaluation is also honest and polite. In the future, the title of Duke of Cheng Kingdom was passed on to him. Although there is no possibility of progress, he will not make any big mistakes. He is a person who is a successful person.

"Maybe, I don't know."

Chen Yichen smiled and replied, "Aniu's growth experience as a commoner, cannot understand the competition and cruelty in the high-city courtyard."

As the saying goes, knowing people, not their hearts. If you want to know a person's true character, you can never just look at the surface.

The night passed quickly. On the second day, Chen Yichen finished washing up, ate some of the breakfast he delivered casually, and went to the bus room of the Gongfu, preparing to visit the Hanlin lecturer Zhou Xu with Zhu Yi.

Unexpectedly, when he came to the car room, he found that Zhu Yi had been waiting there. Not to mention anything else, it was not easy for him to have this punctual concept as a top honorary descendant.

"I've seen the eldest son."

"No need for politeness, get in the car and get ready to go."

Zhu Yi waved his hand and then signaled Chen Yichen to get in the car.

The two of them got on the carriage, and the coachman drove slowly on the streets of the capital. I don’t know if it was the carriage of Duke Cheng’s Mansion or the stone roads in the imperial city were better built, but the bumpy feeling was much lower than the carriage that Chen Yichen had made before.

Seeing Chen Yichen's eyes always looking out the window, Zhu Yi took the initiative to find the topic and spoke: "Mr. Zhou has outstanding poetry and talent. The poems you wrote should be appreciated by him."

"However, Lord Zhou is upright and puts the country first in everything, and has the spirit of daring to be honest and straightforward. Therefore, after meeting Lord Zhou, you must not show too much utilitarianism, otherwise it will backfire."

Zhu Yi reminded Chen Yichen that he should pay attention to after seeing Zhou Xu. Although the intention of this visit is very obvious, he wanted to be familiar with the provincial examination and gain an advantage in some aspects of the choice.

But you cannot express what you think in your heart, and you cannot explicitly suggest favoritism.

Zhou Xu is a traditional scholar and literati with a clear distinction between love and hate. If you appreciate it, you will take the initiative to help and deliberately flatter and please it, which will ruin the impression in his heart.

"I will pay attention to the advice of Master Xie."

Chen Yichen sincerely thanked him. His perspective on the history of the Ming Dynasty was more about some major events and well-known officials.

Ordinary Hanlin lecturers like Zhou Xu have a personality and a few hobbies, but they just look at each other and rely solely on on-the-spot response to communication.

Now someone can inform Zhou Xu of his character in advance to avoid the risk of accidentally stepping on a mine, so he naturally has to thank the other party.

Facing Chen Yichen's etiquette, Zhu Yi said, "Now you are much more calm and restrained than before."

"Maybe it's related to their own growth experiences."

Chen Yichen replied with a smile, after all, she doesn’t have the foundation of a eldest son of the prince. If she is not capable of being a little more restrained before, she may have fallen into trouble.

"Actually, my father asked you to move into the Public Mansion this time, and he valued you very much. If it is appropriate, you can choose a good day to worship your ancestors and write them into the genealogy."

It really surprised Chen Yichen a little when he suddenly heard the genealogy from Zhu Yi's mouth.

"Is this the eldest son's idea, or the grandfather's idea?"

“There are both.”

"Let's not talk about it for now, why would the eldest son care about my entry into the genealogy?"

Duke Cheng's willingness to enter the genealogy is nothing more than the concept of prosperity and prosperity. There is no problem with his father. Any achievements he has made on the road to imperial examinations in the future will be honored if he enters the genealogy.

But Zhu Yi has not inherited the title now, and Zhu Ji is staring at the title next to him. It is not obvious for him to be a concubine's son, and in a sense, there is even one more competitor.

Even if this competitor is only nominal, it does not have much threat.

"You wanted to ask a long time ago, right?"

"That's right."

Chen Yichen nodded and admitted that since Zhu Yi showed goodwill to him yesterday, he was full of doubts.

The father-son family relationship is not reliable. Could it be that Zhu Yi will have the so-called brotherly love to help him?

It's better not to make trouble.

The rule of being attentive and either being traitor or being robbed can be used in most places, and Zhu Yi is no exception. Chen Yichen, the eldest son of the dignified Duke's Mansion, did not believe that he would be a naive and kind little white rabbit.

"Because I can understand my father's difficulties of being in a high place, and understand that only by unity can we protect the prosperity of the Gongfu forever."

"The smoother your career will be, and it will also be a helping hand to the Duke's Mansion."

"I admire you so much before the eldest son becomes the Duke of the Third Generation of the People's Republic of China."

Chen Yichen had a little ridicule in his tone. Isn’t this the way Duke Cheng made a contribution? It really has no brotherhood.

Actually, seriously, this idea is correct from their perspective, and the only thing that is wrong is that it is too realistic.

When you are still the ignorant child who is ignorant, why don’t you pay more attention?

If Duke Cheng could give a few words of polite encouragement at that time, it might be a great encouragement for Chen Yichen when he was young, and he might be able to change his life in advance.

Because this is the attention from his father, and it is what he longs for most in his heart since he was a child!

"I'm not for myself, but for my father."

Zhu Yi smiled bitterly on his face and continued, "What you can see is the noble and majestic Duke Cheng Guo. But I can see the cautiousness behind him, even the humbleness."

"My father is already the most powerful minister, why do you still need this? Because he has too many things on his shoulders. If he doesn't advance, he will retreat. Once he takes a wrong step, his wealth and honor will become a passing cloud."

In a sense, Chen Yichen agreed with some of Zhu Yi's words.

Because he knew that after the Tumu Fort Incident, with Duke Cheng Guo’s death, the impeachment memorials of all parties were like snowflakes, and all the blame was thrown on him.

My personal evaluation also changed from the beginning to the fact that the strong enemy was regarded as a baby, to the Duke of Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong, was very happy with merits and missed opportunities for war.

Then the general situation of relegation of the Ming Dynasty was decided, and the Duke of Cheng was determined to collapse, and even more unrighteous and unkind, had no plans or courage, and everything was based on flattery.

So today's great minister is at the peak of power. Who would have expected that in just a few years, he would want to step on all aspects?

It’s just a pity that Chen Yichen has experienced disappointment in the relationship between father and son, and even his thinking has changed. This set of rhetoric can no longer be empathetic.

"What you said makes sense, but when we mother and son need it the most, we were abandoned by Duke Cheng, right?"

This sentence made Zhu Yi speechless for a moment. Everyone's joys and sorrows were different. Chen Yichen's experience was not something that he, the eldest son, could feel.

In this way, the two of them remained silent until the coachman's voice came from outside the curtain of the carriage: "Report to the eldest son, you have arrived at Lord Zhou's mansion."

"Get out."

Zhu Yi sighed and took the lead in getting off the carriage, followed by Chen Yichen.

The mansions of Hanlin officials like Zhou Xu are far less brilliant than those of Chengguo Duke's Mansion. After all, Hanlin Academy is a clear yamen, and most of the work in daily life is mainly about book writing, and there is no place to make money.

If you want to turn your money, you either enter the sixth department of the cabinet and become a real official. Or you are sent to study in politics. Those who give you money will probably have to spend more than ten miles, otherwise your life will be "poverty".

The servants at the door recognized the carriage of Duke Cheng’s Mansion at a glance and immediately came up to lead the way. This was completely different from the treatment of Chen Yichen when he went to Duke Cheng’s Mansion.

In addition to the grand scale of Chengguo Duke's Mansion, there is also that Zhu Yi is not the first time he has been to Zhou Xu Mansion. Because after passing the imperial examination, there is no nominal study, either he just studies by himself or seeks Hanlin and literary masters to improve himself.

Zhou Xu's poems and essays are outstanding, so Zhu Yi naturally visited him many times, so the concierge is more familiar with each other.

The two walked into the mansion. The so-called "mansion" was actually the size of an ordinary courtyard in later generations. An old man with white hair and beard stood in front of the main hall.

After seeing the other party, Zhu Yi immediately bowed and said, "My younger generation Zhu Yi, I have met Lord Zhou."
Chapter completed!