Lu Wenyuan didn't know how to answer, and as soon as he said "um", Zhu Shiji went around behind him and grabbed the collar, and shouted one after another: "Brother Huang, your family Lu Wenyuan found it himself!"

Lu Wenyuan was shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart that the emperor was really here, and he was about to struggle with his hands and feet, but how could he earn Zhu Shiji?

Zhu Shiyang was sitting in the hall drinking tea, and when he saw Lu Wenyuan, he was also taken aback, stood up and asked, "Lu Wenyuan, why did you come here?"

Lu Wenyuan was shocked and wanted to salute, but was secretly pulled by Zhu Shiji, and said in a low voice: "There are outsiders here, don't reveal your identity." ”

Lu Wenyuan looked around, and saw that there were many families in the hall who were busy placing furniture around, so he quickly changed his words, and said, "I've seen Huang Gongzi below." ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled slightly, a folding fan in his hand danced very elegantly, and said, "Hmm": "How did Lu Gongzi find here?"

Lu Wenyuan was a little embarrassed, looked at Zhu Shiyang and then at Zhu Shiji, and saw that both of them were staring at him for a moment, knowing that they couldn't escape, so he stubbornly said: "It's Huang Gongzi and Wang ...... all the way Wang Gongzi found it. ”

Zhu Shiyang squinted at Lu Wenyuan for a long time, staring at Lu Wenyuan like a thorn in his back, lowered his head, Fang moved his gaze, gritted his teeth and said, "It must be Gui Xi who sold me again!"

Zhu Shiji held back a smile on the side. Lu Wenyuan saw the doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but think about it and asked, "What are Huang Gongzi and Wang Gongzi doing here?"

Zhu Shiyang only cared about fanning his stubble, but Zhu Shiji smiled and said: "The matter has come to this, Brother Huang is afraid that he can't hide it if he wants to, so it's better to simply sue Lu Gongzi." ”

Lu Wenyuan heard what he said, and hurriedly raised his head to look at Zhu Shiyang's face. Zhu Shiyang was rough for a while, and gradually calmed down, put away the folding fan, and sighed: "This house is what I am going to reward you." ”

Lu Wenyuan was taken aback when he heard this, and he only guessed that he had just guessed, and even guessed that this was a palace built by the emperor in private, but he never thought of himself. I really don't know how to react at the moment. Helplessly, he was stunned for a long time and said, "The ...... Emperor"

Zhu Shiji pulled Lu Wenyuan to his side and explained carefully: "This mansion was brought by the imperial brother from the king of Changping. Since the imperial brother learned that Lord Lu lived in the Fu Mansion, he had been looking for a house in Beijing, and saw that this place was of the right size, the feng shui was also good, and the most important thing was that it was close to the Forbidden City, which was convenient for the court, so he hurriedly asked for it. The royal brother has been out of the palace frequently these days, and he is here to decorate the house for the adults. ”

Lu Wenyuan heard it like falling into a fog, and it wasn't until Zhu Shiji said the last sentence that he suddenly came back to his senses and repeated: "The emperor has been out of the palace frequently these days, is he here to arrange the house for me?"

Zhu Shiji nodded and smiled: "Yes." All the decorations in this house are actually arranged by the royal brother. You see the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and the porcelain vases on the shelves, most of which were moved from the palace by the emperor. There are also the Taishi chair and the Eight Immortals table, which were also built by the imperial brother and instructed the imperial craftsmen. ”

Lu Wenyuan followed his words and turned his head to look at it for a week, but when he turned back again, he gradually tightened his brows. Zhu Shiyang didn't know what he wanted, and thought he was flattered, so he squinted at him proudly, then shook the paper fan in his hand, and Shi Shiran walked outside the hall.

Zhu Shiji was well versed in the thoughts of the imperial brother, and then pulled Lu Wenyuan out, pointed to the scenery in the courtyard and said: "The scenery in this garden is also the imperial brother who remembered that Lord Lu is from Hangzhou, and specially invited the garden master from Suzhou and Hangzhou to design it. The emperor's intentions towards Lord Lu can be seen from this. ”

Zhu Shiyang became even more proud when he heard this, but he pretended to be dissatisfied and said to Lu Wenyuan: "I originally wanted to give you an order to reward you in a few days, but who knew that you found it yourself, and I haven't finished arranging it yet." You see, there are still a few calligraphy and paintings missing on the wall in this hall, the reeds by the pond have not been planted, and the front yard ......"

He frowned and pointed around, although he counted the shortcomings of this house, in fact, he hoped that Lu Wenyuan could praise himself greatly, at least he would be grateful.

Although Lu Wenyuan knew his thoughts, he was reluctant to flatter, just because although he was grateful to the emperor for his intentions, he complained even more that the emperor did not distinguish between priorities and did not hesitate to delay the country's major affairs in order to arrange a small house.

Lu Wenyuan was only afraid that his flattery would make the emperor even more unable to recognize the stakes, so he persuaded Zhengse: "The emperor gave the mansion and arranged it personally, and the minister was grateful." But the emperor has repeatedly left the palace for this reason, ignoring his own safety, and not hesitating to delay political affairs, which is what the ministers do not want to see. The minister only hopes that the emperor can always focus on the society of the country, and stop working hard for such unworthy trivial things, ignoring the major affairs of the country, otherwise even if the minister lives in the house, he will be afraid day and night because of guilt, and he will not be able to feel the emperor's kindness. ”

Yixi's words were very pertinent, but Zhu Shiyang's enthusiasm was poured into his heart. Zhu Shiyang was shocked and annoyed, and even a little aggrieved, and his face was gloomy and unhappy at the moment: "Lu Wenyuan, why are you so ignorant? I went to great lengths to arrange your residence, in exchange for such lukewarm rhetoric from you?"

Lu Wenyuan said with a straight face: "The minister is grateful for the emperor's kindness, and he knows that he has nothing to repay, so he dares to speak out. Although those flattering words can make the emperor happy for a while, they are not conducive to correcting mistakes, but will even more blind the emperor and confuse the authorities. As the saying goes, 'good medicine is good for disease, and good advice is good for action', which is what it means. ”

Zhu Shiyang sneered and said, "A good piece of advice is good for action." Lu Wenyuan, you are really my loyal minister, but I want to hear you say that flattery today, do you say yes?"

Lu Wenyuan was stubborn, hung his head slightly, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Please forgive the emperor for not obeying his orders." Those flattering words may as well be left to others to say, the minister only wants to be the emperor's minister wholeheartedly. Saying what others can't say, admonishing others who don't dare to admonish, supporting the government and helping the world, is what the minister wants. ”

Zhu Shiyang laughed angrily, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Okay, good, Lu Wenyuan, you really have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I can't say anything about you! I only learned a lesson today, and I won't do such a thankless thing in the future!"

Lu Wenyuan said calmly: "What the emperor wishes is also what the minister wants. ”

Zhu Shiyang opened his mouth and stammered. After panting for a long time, he finally couldn't find anything to say, so he flicked his long sleeves and walked away.

Zhu Shiji took a breath of air at this time, and stretched out his hand to drag Lu Wenyuan: "Lord Lu, why do you bother, is it so difficult to coax the emperor with two soft words?"

Lu Wenyuan looked at Zhu Shiyang's back, and his expression was quite sad, but he still said firmly: "The minister has already made it very clear. Some words are not good, but someone has to say them. The minister is not grateful to the emperor, on the contrary, it is because he is grateful to the emperor that he knows everything and says everything, and he only hopes that the emperor can understand the minister's intentions. ”

Zhu Shiji said: "The emperor wants to be understood, and the emperor also wants to be understood." The emperor's heart and nature know that if he wants to be good to a person, he must give him everything he thinks is good. Sometimes, although I am obsessed with doing something for this, the intention is good. If you want to advise the emperor, you have to follow the emperor's temperament, first tell him that you understand his affection, thank him for what he has done, and then point out what he is wrong. This can make the emperor happy, and let him listen to the words, so why not do it. ”

Lu Wenyuan listened quietly, as if he was touched.

The matter of the imperial mansion was over, Zhu Shiyang was poured cold water on his head, his enthusiasm disappeared, and he never went out of the palace to ask about the decoration of the house. Zhu Shiji had no choice but to take over with full authority, perfected the imperfect points, and went to the imperial brother to say that he had invited the edict of the imperial mansion, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

The relationship between Zhu Shiyang and Lu Wenyuan has completely cooled down, although Zhu Shiyang did not punish Lu Wenyuan afterwards, his attitude towards him is not as good as before, the monarch and the minister often have nothing to say for a long time in the same room, even if Lu Wenyuan has the heart to say a few more words, Zhu Shiyang has no intention of responding, but only perfunctory. Even if Lu Wenyuan had the ability to talk about lotus flowers, the more he talked, the more embarrassed he became, and finally he had to shut up and secretly look at Zhu Shiyang's face.

After a few days of this, it was time for the court to go to court again. Before dawn that day, Lu Wenyuan and Fu Qian came to wait outside the noon gate early.

They thought that the emperor had gradually adapted to the days of the court, and the five members of the cabinet had long ceased to enter the harem to urge, but who knew that this day had gone wrong, and the civil and military officials waited outside the noon gate for a whole hour, until the eastern sky had turned white, but they had not yet waited for the order of "the emperor to drive the palace".

The officials were a little anxious, and some people in the originally solemn team were already talking in whispers one after another, and the more they discussed, the louder they became. Lu Wenyuan turned around and drank a few times, but he was inevitably anxious, and kept looking up in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, and after looking for a long time, he saw Gui Xi leading a few former fathers-in-law to come in a hurry.

Lu Wenyuan sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that something was really wrong. Before he could think about it, Gui Xi had already arrived, hurriedly saluted, stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Lu, it's not good." The emperor got up early this morning and got up, his temper was so big that no one could get close, and now he was throwing things in the palace. ”