Lu Yanzhang's father stretched his sleeves and knelt down, and gave a courtier thanksgiving gift.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the unfilial son of the ministers is Xie Zhu Longen, thinking of this, the Chen Lu family will be loyal to Your Majesty and the Longlin Empire for generations. He said, "There is only the last one, and I also ask Your Majesty to take the dragon body as the priority, and avoid fasting, and the dog Jiuquan should be blind." ”

The voice of these words resounded in the court.

Every word is heartfelt.

But only the voice in Dongfang Shuo's ears that entered the nearby side turned into a wave of anger, piercing his heart, making him feel a chill down his spine.

Dongfang Shuo's eyes glanced slightly, and he didn't see this person's face, but he still shuddered. He followed this opportunity to speak loudly, and released his long-suppressed anger to Dongfang Shuo, so that unless the people around him cultivated higher than him, it would be difficult to perceive it at all.

Although it is not clear to see this person's cultivation, Dongfang Shuo can clearly say that it must be above Xu Changsheng.

However, what Dongfang Shuo didn't expect was that knowing that Dongfang Shuo was coming today, Lu Yanzhang's father was still present, which was very strange.

"The widow has made up his mind, Lu Aiqing doesn't need to say much, and the widow also believes that the loyalty of the Lu family is unparalleled. ”

At this point, the emperor raised his hand, looked at the father of Lu Yanzhang, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Two, let's be even." ”

So, Dongfang Shuo and Lu Yanzhang's father got up together.

The former did not move, and the latter, after standing still, raised the wooden skewer and stepped forward.

"The minister felt a little cold, and begged His Majesty to allow the minister to retire first. ”

He said.

The Emperor nodded: "Stand down." ”

Even before the words fell, Lu Yanzhang's father had already moved back, and when he retreated from Dongfang Shuo, he turned around, and a cold gaze swept over Dongfang Shuo like a sharp sword, making the latter shudder.

Although the foundation is deep, in the face of the hostility of the power of the refining period, Dongfang Shuo is still a little difficult to parry.

But nothing happened, and in the midst of all the calm, Lu Yanzhang's father left.

After he left, the court was quiet, and the emperor suddenly spoke: "Speaking of illness, Sima Aiqing finally returned to the court today after many days, how is this body?"

As soon as the words fell, an old man who was close to the destiny of heaven walked out of the front of the line on the right and stood on the middle of the court.

"Your Majesty Xie is worried, and the minister is fine. ”

When Lord Sima hunched his waist and said.

Dongfang Shuo, who was standing behind him, raised his head slightly, looked at his back, and his eyes showed a little doubt.

The Sima family knelt down because of him, and there was She who said that he was sick and exempted from the court ten days ago, why did Dongfang Shuo come only today, but he Sima Zaizhi came to the court?

Dongfang Shuo pondered, it shouldn't be a secret that he was going to be summoned, right?

The Lu family didn't know that Dongfang Shuo was going to be summoned, so there was still a reason, and even if he went to the court, he would not be ashamed, after all, judging from the words of the emperor, Lu Yanzhang's death was nominally a 'martyrdom', so no one in the outside knew that Dongfang Shuo killed Lu Yanzhang.

But the Sima family is different, the power is all over the imperial city and beyond, it is impossible not to know that Dongfang Shuo has entered the imperial city, and it is impossible not to know that Dongfang Shuo will be summoned today. But even so, the Imperial Ruler still came to witness Dongfang Shuo's reward. This kind of behavior is tantamount to taking the initiative to stretch out your face and let people beat you.

"It's good to be fine. ”

With that, the emperor leaned back.

His eyes were slightly closed, as if he had taken a nap.

At this time, when the eunuch saw this, he immediately set off to the front of the court, and the mountain shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

After a moment of silence, all the ministers and workers set off to the center of the court and bowed down at the same time.

After saluting, they turned their heads and left.

Looking at the courtiers passing by from side to side, Dongfang Shuo's gaze slowly moved to the emperor who was still sitting on the dragon chair.

At this time, the emperor was still resting on the back of his chair, but he had no intention of leaving.

Left and right, on the edges of both sides of the main hall, five steps and one person are armored guards with swords to the temple, and all of them are kings.

It's visible.

As for the invisible, Dongfang Shuo is even more uncertain.

And at this distance, when Dongfang Shuo approached the emperor, the emperor would have already been surrounded by countless masters into an iron bucket.

So now's not the time to start.

After taking a deep breath, he turned around and muttered in a low voice, "Well, go back to playing chess." ”

He walked at the end of the courtiers' procession, and even the Zai Zhisi Sima passed by him and walked straight out of the court.

"Shang Guogong, please stay. ”

But before he could leave the temple gate, a eunuch behind him approached quickly and stopped him.

Dongfang Shuo looked back in confusion, and then when he looked up at the dragon chair, the emperor on the dragon chair was gone.

Only then did he realize that there was an enchantment on the stairs leading to the dragon chair. The aura of heaven and earth could flow, so he could perceive the changes in the breath, the inner and outer breath, but he couldn't communicate at all, so he didn't notice that the emperor had gotten up and left.

Because of this, he was also glad that he didn't do it just now.

Because even if he is faster than those masters in the open and in the dark, I am afraid that he will be stopped by the enchantment.

"Excuse me, father-in-law, is there anything wrong?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

The eunuch said: "The winter flowers are blooming, and Your Majesty wants you to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers." ”

These words made the former stunned.

What kind of song is this?

"Okay, please let my father-in-law lead the way. ”

However, after all, it is the emperor's invitation, and it is always difficult to refuse.

So I had to go and see it.

And under the leadership of this eunuch, Dongfang Shuo walked towards the passage behind the palace.

After walking out of the palace from the rear, it was the road that led to the inner palace, and it was on that road that Dongfang Shuo met the people sent by the prince to intercept and kill him.

And this time, returning to the Yongdao, there are ten steps and one guard above the Yongdao, all holding spears, which seems to be the emperor's long memory.

As a result, Dongfang Shuo passed through this road safely.

The road to the back garden is a bit winding, but I haven't passed through any palace gate again.

So in the blandness, Dongfang Shuo has stepped into a peach blossom path in a blink of an eye.

"The peach blossom season is spring, why is it still blooming?"

Dongfang Shuo was puzzled.

The eunuch stopped and said with a smile: "Back to Shang Guogong, this is the back garden, naturally there is a scene that you can't see outside, it's normal." ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded, and then set off and walked straight along the path.

The road was rough, but soon, the deep road ended, and Dongfang Shuo's eyes suddenly opened up.

An artificial lake, on the surface of the lake, are lotus leaves and lotus flowers, and under the lake, there are swimming koi fish.

Just after spring, this is summer.

And on the edge of the lake, in a pavilion, Dongfang Shuo saw the figure of the emperor and bent forward.

When Dongfang Shuo approached, several eunuchs beside the emperor suddenly moved, saluted him at the same time as they approached Dongfang Shuo, and then passed by him and left in the distance.

As a result, inside and outside the pavilion, only Dongfang Shuo and the emperor were left.

(End of chapter)