In fact, when Ying Tian received a letter from Cheng Guogong, Chen Yichen had the answer to the matter of entering the genealogy when he was asked by his mother.

It can even be said that Chen Yichen has imagined today's dialogue between father and son about entering the genealogy in his mind.

He thought that when facing Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong, he could say the word "rejection" calmly, and there would be no slight turmoil in his heart.

But at this moment, the anger, unwillingness and disappointment in my heart still surged into my heart.

This is the obsession that runs through Chen Yichen's entire life, and it is also the subconscious mind that he has never let go of his desire for his father.

Even though Chen Yichen now has tried his best to suppress it with rational thinking, he is still overwhelmed by emotional emotions in the end.

In addition, Chen Yichen also has a concern, that is, breaking up with Duke Cheng, which means that his mother Shen will completely lose the opportunity to gain status.

He could withstand the pressure and not surrender to the secular etiquette of the scholar-official class, but he did not have the ability to challenge the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism since the Song Dynasty, allowing his mother Shen to gain an independent personality and no longer rely on his husband's family.

Another more important point is that his mother, Shen, always has expectations for Duke Cheng!

Chen Yichen didn't know whether this expectation was whether women's blind obedience to their husbands under ancient etiquette or whether their mother Shen had a real emotional nostalgia for Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong.

Anyway, in Shen's heart, Duke Cheng Guozhu Yong was always his "husband" and Chen Yichen's father, and he never doubted this.

The original obsession, mother's nostalgia, and various complex relationships that cannot be cleaned up and are still messy, which led to Chen Yichen being stuck in the middle and being in a dilemma.

Now he also deeply realized what it means to have a difficult sutra for every family to recite.

In the inner hall of Duke Cheng's mansion, looking at Chen Yichen's back disappearing from his sight. Duke Cheng, Zhu Yong, who had always been tough, was mixed in his heart at this moment, and he slowly leaned on his seat.

This was the second time he heard Chen Yichen call himself "father", and the impact was far more than the first time.

Because of this "father" that Zhu Yong suddenly realized that his attention to Chen Yichen over the past period seemed to be not only out of family interests, but also mixed with some other feelings.

I will be sincerely happy that Chen Yichen has achieved Jie Yuan's achievements, and will be disappointed and angry when he hears his "failure to the exam".

Even when Zhu Yong proposed to enter the genealogy today, he vaguely realized that an expectation arose in his heart, hoping that Chen Yichen would agree to the family and change it to the Zhu family.

In theory, a simple exchange of interests does not need to generate so many complex emotions, as long as Chen Yichen can shine on his family.

Even if it doesn't work, it's just that he was given up as before, an irrelevant maid.

Why is this happening to me? Is it really like Chen Yichen said that I don’t care about the name in the genealogy?

Perhaps it was because Duke Cheng saw his former shadow in Shen Yichen.

The sound of firecrackers sounded, interrupting the complex mood of Chen Yichen and Zhu Yong. The two sighed heavily in different courtyards, and then moved to the main hall of the Gongfu, because the celebration banquet was still going on.

At this moment, the Gong Mansion was already filled with drums and drums. The officials of Shuntian Mansion and guests from all walks of life came to the mansion to congratulate him, which was full of guests.

Chen Yichen and Duke Cheng Guozhu Yong appeared in the main hall. The two looked at each other, and then greeted guests as if nothing had happened.

It was impossible to tell at all that just half an hour ago, the father and son had a fierce conflict, almost severing the "father-son relationship".

Jie Yuan was drinking and complimenting at the celebration banquet, listening to the congratulations and compliments from all walks of life. In particular, many people deliberately or unintentionally leaned on the father-son relationship, which made the two of them feel mixed emotions and couldn't help but drink two more drinks.

As night fell and the banquet ended, Chen Yichen staggered and stood up, preparing to return to his west wing courtyard, but heard Zhu Yong's voice coming from behind.

"Maybe, you're right."

Suddenly hearing this sentence, Zhu Ji, who had also drunk a few more drinks at the table because he was in a bad mood, asked in a daze: "Sir, who are you right?"

"nothing."

Perhaps Zhu Ji's rhetoric question made Duke Cheng Guo Yong sober up a little. He stood up and said no more, turned around and walked towards his room.

Looking at Duke Cheng's back as he left, Chen Yichen was a little doubtful if he had heard it wrong.

Will Duke Cheng, who has been in a strong position for half his life, admit that I am right?

Just when Shen Yichen wanted to figure it out, his drunkenness surged again, and he was confused and could not think at all.

Forget it, things have come to this point, one step at a time.

Shaking his head, Chen Yichen no longer thought about it, and went back to his room to have a good sleep.

It was already midday when he woke up. For the preparations for the provincial examination, he had not slept so slack for a long time.

When he walked out of the room and saw A Niu who was practicing boxing in the yard, Chen Yichen asked, "A Niu, has Butler Wu come here to say something today?"

"No, what's wrong with Brother Chen?"

A Niu was a little confused. For some reason, Chen Yichen asked Butler Wu when he got up.

"It's nothing, just ask casually."

The reason Chen Yichen asked Butler Wu was because he thought that he was "disobedient" to Duke Cheng like this yesterday and should have been kicked out of the mansion today.

Get out of the news after receiving the early news, and you can pack your luggage before nightfall, and return to Yingtian Hall to check in.

If it was too late, with the traffic efficiency in ancient times, I would probably have to sleep on the streets.

"oh."

A Niu didn't think much about it, and instead said, "Brother Chen, the maid brought sober soup this morning. Remember to drink it later."

And sober soup?

When Chen Yichen heard this treatment, he was a little surprised. Shouldn’t he let himself drink the northwest wind?

No matter what, since Duke Cheng has not held accountable, there is no need to worry about it.

Just as Shen Yichen was about to return to the house for breakfast, a servant from the Duke Mansion walked into the yard and looked at him and said, "Mr. Chen, a guest came to visit and said he was your friend."

Friends?

When Chen Yichen heard this title, he was a little confused. In the past few months in the capital, he had not even had many acquaintances, so where did he get his friends?

But he quickly realized that Zhao Hongjie, Li Da and others had gone to the capital one step ahead of him?

Could it be that this friend refers to them?

"I know, I'll go there right away."

When Chen Yichen thought of it as Zhao Hongjie and others, he became a little excited. After all, the ancients said that meeting an old friend in a foreign land can be regarded as a great joy in life.

After tidying up his clothes for a little, Chen Yichen followed the servant to the front of the public mansion, and then saw a Jinyiwei wearing a silver-white flying fish suit, facing her back to her.

"Zhao Hongjie?"

Chen Yichen shouted tentatively, because the aura this person gave him was completely different from Zhao Hongjie in Yingtian Mansion. Even in his body shape, there seemed to be some slight changes.

However, among the classmates in Yingtian Mansion, only Zhao Hongjie joined the army and decided to take the path of the Fufu Department, while Li Da and others followed the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

So if nothing unexpected happens, the only Jinyiwei in the flying fish suit is Zhao Hongjie.

Sure enough, as Chen Yichen finished speaking, the Jinyiwei in front of the mansion turned around and showed a familiar and unfamiliar face.

Familiarity is Chen Yichen guessed that it is true that the visitor is indeed Zhao Hongjie.

The strange thing about Zhao Hongjie's face at this time was much tougher than Yingtianfu, and his skin became much darker.

"Yichen!"

Unlike the literati who bowed and bowed, Zhao Hongjie opened his arms and hugged him, filled with excitement of reunion after seeing Chen Yichen.

"I didn't even notify me if you came to the capital. If I hadn't seen the list of titles submitted, I would probably have not known it yet!"

Zhao Hongjie had a little complaining in his tone. Chen Yichen was his best friend, but he didn't even know when he came to the capital.

"The incident happened suddenly, and the time for the local examination was urgent, so I planned to contact you in the next two days."

Chen Yichen smiled and explained, if he hadn't received a letter from Duke Cheng's family, he wouldn't have come to the capital to take the provincial examination, but would have waited for the autumn and winter seasons to take the spring examination next year.

After arriving in the capital, there are less than two months left. We have to prepare for the exam and operate the interviewee's connections. We really don't have the extra energy to contact Zhao Hongjie and Li Da.

So Chen Yichen thought that he would drink and have fun later when the provincial examination was over. However, he didn't expect that Zhao Hongjie would come to him so soon, and he was a staff member of the intelligence agent agency in the Ming Dynasty.

"Yichen, I am really happy to learn that you won the Jieyuan. No matter how you say it today, you have to have a good drink!"

"no problem."

Chen Yichen agreed readily. Although the so-called celebration banquet yesterday seemed very lively, it was actually more of a friendship between Duke Cheng and officials of the capital. Jie Yuan, he, was not very much like the protagonist.

Even if you drink it in the end, it can only be called bitter wine and painful to the throat, which is completely different from today's feeling of "a thousand cups of wine for friends".

"By the way, where does Li Da work in the Governor's Office of the Five Army? Why don't you ask him to join him?"

"he……"

Hearing Li Da’s name, a hesitant look appeared on Zhao Hongjie’s face.

"What, you're not thinking about those things back then."

Chen Yichen joked that in the late Yingtian Mansion, Zhao Hongjie and Li Da had already "colluded" together. Now they are both foreigners in the capital, and their value of classmates for many years is even more prominent.

"Of course not."

Zhao Hongjie had a strange expression on his face, and then he smiled and replied: "Li Da was not in the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but in the Commander-in-Civil War."

"Oh, that's fine, go."

Chen Yichen didn't care. The so-called Beijing Guard Commander can be simply understood as the Imperial Guard.

The commander of the Beijing Guard has a total of twenty-six guards. Except for the guard stations placed in the Yingtian and Fengyang of the Zhongdu, the capital only has the twelve guards in the capital, which are used to protect the left and right, guard the palace and other responsibilities.

However, the Beijing Guard Commander Office cannot fully command the twenty-six guards because this is the emperor's right. Many powerful guards even formed their own independent system, and only obeyed the commanders of the guards, such as the Jinyiwei and the Flagbear Guard.
To be continued...