With the accompanying eunuchs and palace maids lighting lanterns, the prince and Lin Weizhong walked towards the palace gate.

Lin Weizhong is sixty and eight this year, and most of the years of Ershun have passed, and he will be rare in the future. But there are not many wrinkles on his face, and his hair is still the same as ten years ago, just gray.

Or, as it did twenty years ago. It seems that his lifespan has stopped in his forties, and he will never grow any longer. Of course, Lin Wei's center is extremely grateful for the set of spitting method, as well as the "sea dog gall......

After walking across the covered bridge with the prince and making a few concessions, Lin Weizhong said with a smile: "How dare the old minister bother His Royal Highness the prince to send it off in person, this is a torment for the old minister." ”

The prince stretched out his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Why does the old prime minister say this? The old prime minister has been working hard for the royal court for decades, and he has been working hard for this great merchant court for decades.

Lin Weizhong laughed and said: "The old minister is ashamed to be inactive in the position of this first cabinet, which has caused the big businessmen to accumulate disadvantages until now. Every time I think about it, I can't live up to it, and I always feel that I have failed the first emperor, my Supreme Majesty, and even more so the people of this great empire, the old minister, and I am guilty. ”

The prince snorted slightly coldly in his heart, and said secretly: "You still know that you are guilty, if Dashang didn't have your Sulin Party, if it didn't have you Lin Weizhong, it wouldn't be like this......

With a peaceful smile on his face, he patted the back of Lin Weizhong's old hand with relief, and said: "The old prime minister is serious, the court has accumulated shortcomings for a hundred years, how can it be changed overnight? I always mentioned that the old prime minister was the humerus of my big business. ”

Lin Weizhong waved his hand again and again, and said: "Where is it, His Majesty Supreme said this, which really makes the old minister embarrassed." This humerus pillar is Li Tuizhi, who has already passed away, and Sun Bolun, who has resigned and is at home. It is the nine generals who defended the country for our big business, and it is also the thousands of officials who work hard for the salary, and the old minister has dry bones in the coffin, how can he deserve such an honor. ”

The prince's eyes were slightly cold, thousands of officials? It's an official of your Surin Party, right?

But he continued to smile and said: "The old prime minister doesn't have to be humble, Lone thinks that what his father said is reasonable, to be honest, if there is no old prime minister's 'Luli King Affairs', Lone may be the king of this great business!"

The words "Luli Wangshi" are a bit heavy.

As soon as these words came out, Lin Weizhong's pupils immediately retracted, and the hand held by the prince trembled slightly. Looking at this noble and gentle His Royal Highness the Crown Prince incredulously, his heart was full of thoughts, and he immediately understood the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince's words, which was to warn himself and let himself pay attention to what was behind him.

is telling himself that he is a person with great determination!

Thinking of the madness of the Zhu family, Lin Weizhong's face became ugly, and he said with a stiff smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, how can you say it so casually about the country's funeral? ”

The prince seemed to know that he was speechless, covered his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Ye Gu just ate a few more glasses of wine, and lost his words indiscriminately, which made the old prime minister laugh." ”

Lin Weizhong smiled and said: "The old minister is rude and vain, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me." ”

The prince waved his hand slightly, but he didn't care.

The eunuchs who went forward were carrying lanterns, and the palace maids who followed closely waited closely. The two of them crossed the jade bridge and walked the golden road.

Because of the residual snow, Lin Weizhong slipped a little, and the prince hurriedly helped him, saying that the old prime minister should be careful.

A harmonious appearance of monarchs and ministers.

It was sent to the gate of the palace, and Lin Weizhong said goodbye.

The crown prince smiled slightly, and turned back to the inner palace.

However, with a little anger on his face, he walked forward like a dragon, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting around him were a little unable to keep up with his pace.

He silently recited in his heart: "This old fox, the prime minister of the country, the leader of Su Lin." He did things tactfully, did nothing, and spent state money in vain, so why didn't he die! My father told me to endure, endure, endure! When is endurance? Xuan Yiwei has already found out all kinds of lawlessness in Lin Weizhong, which is really even more hateful than that Zhao Jishan, but now he can only press it. Let Lone not be angry!"

Over the years, for the sake of his Su Lin Party, for the sake of his Lin family, and for his lifespan, how many means has he exhausted? Such a thief is such a thief, and the country is in great trouble, but he wants to be a snake with him! It really makes people feel disgusting!

"Can't you find a pure person in this court? If there are so many mediocre officials, corrupt officials, lazy officials, and brutal officials in the great empire, is there only two people who want to seek the country? And they are lonely. ”

Thinking like this, he walked briskly for a while, breathed heavily, and turned around and asked, "How is Zhi'an doing?"

Dongfang Zhuo hurriedly approached and said: "If you go back to the prince, the third prince is the third time in Beijing, and the affairs over there have been reported to His Royal Highness. It's just that there are a lot of things in the palace, and the third prince doesn't want to come to the palace, so he just happened to be on New Year's holiday, so he asked someone to hand over all the documents to the slave maid. ”

Hearing Xuanyi, the prince's heart felt warm, and he smiled and asked, "After coming back, what did Zhi'an do?"

Dongfang Zhuo replied: "I heard from the people below that after the third prince came back, he slept at home for two days and two nights, and he didn't wake up until the fifth night of the first month. It was because of his sister-in-law that the second lady pulled him up. ”

Hearing him say this, the prince felt a little guilty in his heart, and pondered: "Zhi'an is also tired, and a big puddle of things in Xuanyi is pressing on him, no wonder he can sleep for so long." I owe him alone. ”

As soon as such an idea arose, it was shattered by Dongfang Zhuo's words.

I only heard Dongfang Zhuo said: "On the sixth day of the new year, Mei Dang's family came to visit, and he entered the door from the afternoon of the sixth day of the new year, and did not leave until the eighth morning of the new year. ”

"On the same day, the third prince went to visit friends in the Huiyou Building, but he happened to be blocked by the daughter of the Zhao family, and I heard that it was a good tear. But in the end, the daughters of the Zhao family were also obedient, and in the room A of the Huiyou Building, I don't know what the third prince and the daughter of the Zhao family said, in short, the third son and the daughter of the Zhao family did not come out at noon until the ninth day of the first month. ”

"On the tenth day of the first month, the third prince did not leave the house, and invited the eighth prince in the house, the little son of the Ye family, Grandpa Han and the nobles of the family to have a banquet in the house. ”

"And the heads of the eighteen banks in the capital. Drank a whole night of feasting. At noon on the eleventh, I heard someone say that the third prince came out of the house in a hurry, rode a fast horse, and went to the 'eldest princess's mansion', and after entering the princess's mansion, he never came out again. ”

"Oh, but this evening, the third prince sent a message saying that he had gone to Qiuming Mountain. ”

After listening to these reports, the prince's face immediately darkened, and he said a little angrily: "Can he change his lazy temperament? Let the ministers be left alone, he doesn't have any idea?"

"Eating nonsense all day long, this one is merry, that one is flirting for a while, and taking this major event of the country and dynasty seriously is like child's play? You go and ask him, does he have a little conscience at all! Looking at such a scene, he can bear it?"

"What a thick skin, he actually stayed with Sister Yong'an for four or five days? What kind of system is this? Do you want to spread the royal face? If you have the ability, he will come to propose marriage! Lone doesn't disown him as a brother-in-law? Something that has been mixed up! Let Lone be angry with that class of ministers, is his conscience black, or is it for the dog to eat?"

Dongfang Zhuo Nuonuo was speechless, thinking in his heart: "When you ran out of Qianli Village to hide from Qingqing, you didn't say that. ”

After a long time, the prince was in a stable mood, sighed, and said with a little self-criticism: "There is a saying that the upper line is the lower effect, and when he is alone as the shopkeeper who shakes his hands, it is estimated that Zhi'an is not happy in his heart, so he will act so recklessly." This is to show Lonely, just to tell Lone, if Lone does this again, he will have to pick a child. ”

Le Fangzhuo said thoughtfully: "The prince's words are serious, the third prince has always done things like this, looking lazy, in fact, he has never delayed things." ”

The prince waved his hand, sighed, and said, "Small table." ”

Dongfang Zhuo hurriedly responded: "Listen to the slave." ”

The prince said: "Ming'er, you can leave the palace and go to Qianli Village." You still have to bear the hat of the right overseer of Xuanyi. Zhi'an is afraid that there is a problem in Lonely's heart, so he specially arranged for you to accept this position, just to let you be Lone's ear, as my eyes, and take a good look at Xuanyi. He is so kind, how can Lone not accept it?"

Dongfang Zhuo's expression was a little unnatural: "But there is no one to serve the prince here......"

The prince shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, it's important." Sitting in this seat, why is it so difficult to have a friend? Even Zhi'an, who has known his life, is afraid that I will have a guess about him, so he specially asked me to arrange for you to come over. How often do I not know what he has worked hard for, and how often do I not know that he has done things for me and for this great businessman? ”

After saying these words, there were tears in the prince's eyes.

The small table greeted the lady and said, "Because you are the prince......"

The crown prince waved his hand slightly, sighed, and said, "Don't talk about this, go to your father's place." ”

……

Lin Weizhong, who was sitting in the carriage and rushing towards the Taifu Mansion, slept for a while, just for a moment, but woke up suddenly, and always felt a palpitation. He breathed a long sigh of relief and secretly pondered: "In the past, I underestimated this East Palace, and a warning without a trace made the old man feel so frightened. ”

"This is clearly telling the old man, don't take the aftermath, don't take the risk of the 'Surin Party', be careful that he will be liquidated in the future. It doesn't matter if the old man lives or dies, but this party, the descendants of the Lin family, has to make more calculations. The authentic 'Lanting' of Wang Yishao sent by Zhao Jishan is only worth the price now, and it's time to stop. ”

Lin Weizhong thought like this, sighed, and asked the groom outside the car, "Are you almost home?"

The groom replied: "If you go back to Xiangye, it is not far from the house, and it will arrive in three o'clock." ”

Lin Weizhong opened the curtain of the carriage, approached, and whispered in the ear of the horseman: "After returning to the house, you immediately go to send a letter to the Zuodu Zhou Yushi of the Supervision Yuan, Wang Zhengyan of Dali Temple, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Lei Shilang of the Ministry of Households, and other figures, just say that it is said that the pavilion said, and there is no question about the affairs of the East Palace Liurate Mansion in the future." ”