Fu Wang's Mansion Ren Xiaoyao often came, the guards in front of the mansion already knew him, there was no obstacle at all, Ren Xiaoyao walked in so swaggeringly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info81

The fat man was reading the official documents in the apse, and when he saw Ren Xiaoyao coming in, he couldn't help but be surprised. He put down his pen, stood up and said, "Why are you here today?" ”

Before Ren Xiaoyao could speak, the fat man had already smiled knowingly: "Could it be that my sister showed up and kicked you out when she was stealing?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes were stunned, and Wang Ba's anger scattered: "She dares!" …… I'll reason with her. ”

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The fat man ordered someone to serve the food and drink. The two had a drink in the apse.

I took a sip of wine. Ren Xiaoyao pointed to the official document on the table, and praised with a smile: "The young man is very diligent, I thought you were working a red card girl at this time, but I didn't expect you to be serious ......"

The fat man sighed, "Don't mention it." It's been a busy day, not to mention the red card girl, even my concubines and concubines, I haven't let them get wet in the rain for a long time......"

The fat man sighed again, and said with a sad face: "...... I'm sorry for them. I don't know if they can endure loneliness, if they have a mess with other men behind my back, won't I be a cuckold? Hey, bring in some of your shadows and help me investigate......"

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes straightened, and he said after a while: "...... Why are you out of tune than me? Is this disease contagious? My shadow is used to spy on intelligence and suppress the enemy, and you actually want me to help you catch the traitor......"

The fat man smiled dryly: "Hehe, just talk about it, I really want the shadow to do this." If I don't say anything else, my father will scold me to the death. ――Come to me at night, you must have something to do, right? Let's talk about it. ”

Speaking of the topic, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't help but straighten his waist and stare at the fat man seriously. Said in a deep voice: "Fat brother, do you know that your situation is in danger now?" ”

The fat man couldn't help laughing, and said seriously: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Dead fatty. I can laugh out loud!

Ren Xiaoyao lowered his voice and told the fat man what Pan Shangshu said to him in the prison word for word. -- Except for the ten boxes of gold buried in the back garden of the Pan family's courtyard.

The fat man really couldn't laugh.

The fat on his face trembled a few times. The fat man sighed and said: "Actually, I also know that my father must have a motive for suddenly ordering me to join the ministry, and I vaguely understand that my father may want me to join forces with you to restrain the prince, but I still don't think as thoroughly as Pan Wenyuan, that old fox is worthy of being in the court for decades, and his eyes are really vicious." ”

The fat man looked at Ren Xiaoyao and said, "Do you know that my father ordered me to hold any position in the ministry?" ”

"I don't know."

"My father ordered me to temporarily take the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and I am in charge of the assessment, promotion, promotion and transfer of officials......"

"Huh? Do you have so much power? Ren Xiaoyao was taken aback, originally thought that the fat man was just in charge of the account books and kept a record of attendance or something, but he didn't expect the fat man to hold so much power, isn't this similar to the secretary of the ministry?

The fat man smiled bitterly: "The Ministry of Officials used to be in the hands of Pan Wenyuan, from top to bottom were all members of the Pan Party, after this purge, all the officials of the Ministry of Officials were all copied and beheaded, and my father urgently transferred many alternate officials into the Ministry of Officials, and ordered me to temporarily serve as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, but what I exercised was the power of the Ministry of Officials, in other words, the Ministry of Officials is now in my hands." ”

Ren Xiaoyao muttered: "You are in charge of the Ministry of Officials, I am in charge of the shadow and the power of supervision of hundreds of officials, as well as the defense of the capital, what about the prince?" The crown prince is in charge of the country, and he has the right to intervene and interfere with the six ministries, if you don't care about the role of those officials and officials of the Qing school, that is to say, the power in the hands of us and the prince is actually evenly divided, half a catty and eight taels, and no one can help anyone......"

The fat man nodded and said: "Yes, this is also the intention of the father, before the abdication of the father, I definitely don't want either us and the prince to be the only one, as for whether the father has the heart of Yi Chu, I dare not guess now, but it is certain that the future situation will probably be like this, unless it is ......"

"Unless what?"

The fat man hesitated, but said honestly: "...... Unless the prince can't hold his breath and makes a move......"

Ren Xiaoyao stared at the fat man and asked coldly: "Fat man, you tell the truth, do you have any thoughts about the position of the prince?" ”

The fat man was shocked when he heard this, looked around with an anxious expression, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You want to kill me?" Can you say this casually? ”

Ren Xiaoyao took a leisurely sip of wine and sneered, "What are you afraid of?" It's just the two of us here, our friendship, what can't you say? ”

The fat man straightened his chest and said solemnly: "Brother Ren's words are wrong!" The sage often said, kings, ministers, fathers, sons and sons ......"

Seeing Ren Xiaoyao's eyes staring at him without blinking, there was deep disdain in his eyes, the fat man's shoulders collapsed, and the fat on his face drooped weakly, his small eyes glanced around, and finally whispered: "...... Well, I'll admit it, I did have an idea, I didn't have a chance before, so I didn't dare to think about it at all, but now that I'm in charge of the ministry, and you have the power to supervise the shadow and the hundred officials, somehow, I'm more and more eager for the position of the crown prince......"

The fat man looked at Ren Xiaoyao and said pitifully: "Brother Ren, have I become bad?" I wasn't like that before......"

Ren Xiaoyao sneered: "What has gone bad? You mean you used to be pure? I don't know what kind of person you are, if you don't boast about yourself like this? I've even seen you jump into the river bare-ass......"

The fat man hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that we would forget about it together?" Why do you still mention it? ”

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "Come on, don't hide it, it's normal to have thoughts about the position of the crown prince, when it comes to your position, if you still don't have any thoughts about it, I really suspect that you have something wrong with your brain...... We just need to know this in our hearts, you and I both know that if the crown prince really ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, I'm afraid we won't have any good fruit to eat. So now the only way to do this is for the two of us to join forces......"

The fat man trembled inexplicably when he heard this, and he bit his cheeks and whispered, "How to join forces?" ”

"The most important thing now is to look at your father's attitude, if your father really has the heart of easy storage, this matter will be easy to do. However, the most troublesome thing is that the prince's power in the army is not small, which is something that you and I can't do together......"

The two of them sat in the apse of King Fu's mansion and discussed for a long time......

In the prince's mansion, the prince was listening to Sisi playing the pipa, and suddenly felt a chill on his body, and then sneezed. The prince inexplicably glanced at the increasingly cold weather outside the window, regained his smile again, and continued to indulge in the sound of the pipa cruising between gold and iron.

Inside the Imperial Study.

Ren Xiaoyao stepped into the threshold with one foot, and bowed his head: "Long live my emperor......

"Okay, you get up, don't talk about these false courtesies, I don't like this." The emperor's voice came from behind the bookcase, and his tone was faintly smiling.

Ren Xiaoyao didn't like to kowtow when he saw people, but when he heard the words, he straightened up after pretending.

The emperor is reviewing the recital.

Ren Xiao looked from afar, and saw that the emperor's beard was white, and he looked much older than before. In the case of Pan Shangshu's rebellion, the emperor issued a special decree and executed tens of thousands of people, and everyone in the Chinese Dynasty, officialdom and the people, it seems that everyone has a new understanding of this old emperor who has been in power for decades.

Of course, this understanding is not positive, in recent decades, the Chinese Dynasty has weakened, the Turks have repeatedly violated the border, the imperial court has retreated again and again, the people are miserable, inside, they have to pay heavy taxes, and outside, they have to avoid the capture of the Turks at all times, to be honest, the Chinese Dynasty has become like this, and the emperor's improper governance has a lot to do with it, but no one dares to say it directly.

However, in dealing with the case of Pan's rebellion, people seem to have seen a bloodthirsty emperor who treated the ministers mercilessly and killed them all, a holy decree was issued, tens of thousands of heads fell to the ground, and the Hua Dynasty has never seen such a large-scale killing since the founding of the country. Through this incident, people have a deeper understanding and fear of the majesty of imperial power in their hearts.

The emperor is the son of heaven, high up, looking down on all living beings, not allowing anyone to oppose or betray anyone, the Pan Dang case, tens of thousands of lives, has been a good interpretation of what imperial power is for people, that is a kind of contempt to the world, so that thousands of subjects have to bow down to the momentum.

Now the emperor is sitting in front of Ren Xiaoyao, his face is as old as a thousand-year-old bark, his gray eyebrows are always raised high, just like his unyielding, always strong character, his hands are skinny, and it seems a little difficult to hold the pen. I trembled so much that I had to stop and take a break to write two words.

The emperor is still old! Ren Xiaoyao actually had a feeling of regret in his heart.

He remembered that half a year ago, when he first entered the palace to face the saint, he knelt on the scarlet carpet, and he was full of black. He seems to be only forty or fifty years old. The emperor, who was in the prime of life, was looking at him with a book in his hand and a smile on his face, in the majesty of the world. and implicitly a bit of bookish temperament, the emperor at that time was a master of majesty and elegance.

It's only been more than half a year, and the superior is already like dozens of years old, in half a year. He defeated an enemy with whom he had been with all his life, and the enemy had already died in the humiliation of defeat, and what about the emperor? Seeing him shaking Suosuo's hand, Ren Xiaoyao suddenly felt confused, did the emperor really win? He can defeat one enemy after another, and he can play with everyone, including Ren Yao, in the palm of his hand, lifting and suppressing him. Checks and balances, the emperor's mental trick was played by him, but ...... Did he defeat the years? Is he defeated and old and weak? Did he fight to death, old age, sickness and death?

"Ren Xiaoyao, what's wrong with you? I shouldn't call you a few times. The emperor's voice seemed to come from the distant sky.

"Huh? I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Weichen was distracted...... "Ren Xiaoyao said embarrassed, but his expression did not show any embarrassment.

The emperor has long been accustomed to Ren Xiaoyao's problems, and he just glared at him when he heard the words. Said: "Are you okay with Qian Yun?" Were there any quarrels? ”

mentioned this Ren Xiaoyao proudly: "The emperor can rest assured, Weichen has tamed Princess Bailiyun like a cat." If you tell her to go east, she won't dare to go west, and if you tell her to chase dogs, she won't dare to catch chickens......"

The emperor's brows furrowed: "You tamed my Qianyun like a cat?" ”

The father-in-law's tone was quite unkind, Ren Xiaoyao blinked, and tried to discuss with the emperor: "Uh...... Or, she tamed Weichen like a cat? Doesn't that sound comfortable to you? ”

The emperor clenched his fists fiercely, restraining the idea of driving Ren Xiaoyao out of the study.

"Pan Yi's mansion, have you finished raiding it? Is there anything missing? ”

There are so many missing, but they are all missing in my storeroom......

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, copying the house is Wechen's strength, Pan's Mansion was searched clean by me, as if it had been washed with water, and even the land was scraped by Wechen......"

The emperor sneered and continued: "...... And then you burned down the Pan Mansion again, right? Sure enough, it was copied cleanly! There is no grass in Panfu, and no chickens and dogs are left. ”

Ren Xiaoyao smiled awkwardly: "...... Accident, pure accident, if the emperor had issued a holy decree to give the Pan Mansion to Wechen, Wechen would not have burned anything......"

The emperor snorted heavily, threw an account book in front of Ren Xiaoyao, and said in a deep voice: "More than 500 people, all day long, only 180,000 taels of silver handed over to the treasury, Ren Aiqing, what do you explain?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao was so frightened that he was drenched in a cold sweat, he had long known that he couldn't hide the corruption, after all, it was more than 500 people acting together, everyone saw it, how could he hide it?

"Wechen...... Damn it! Wechen ...... Guilty! Ren Xiaoyao knelt down very bummerally and admitted to corruption. The emperor once said that as long as he wants to know about the things in the world, none of them can escape his eyes. After many verifications, Ren Xiaoyao believes that this sentence is true, and if he denies it again at this time, it will be out of place.

"Humph!" The emperor snorted again, and then his tone became calm: "That's it, even if it's the dowry I gave to Qian Yun, on the day of your wedding, it coincided with Pan rebelling and rebelling, which disturbed your interest, and I always felt sorry for Qian Yun." Let the money you have coveted be made to you as my reparation. ”

But no, it caused me and Baili Yundongfang to delay for many days, just by virtue of this, it is not enough for you to compensate me with one million taels of silver, Ren Xiaoyao suddenly felt justified in his embezzlement.

"But I tell you, this is the exception, and the only exception, and if you let me know that you are greedy for ink and silver next time, I will let you know what the law of the country is! Do you understand? The emperor's voice was extremely stern.

Ren Xiaoyao immediately smiled, and slapped his ass with great flattery: "Understood, big understood!" The emperor is indeed a generation of benevolent monarchs, and he is also a good father, and of course, a good father-in-law of Weichen...... Your Majesty, are you tired? Do you need to rub your shoulders with Weichen? Thirsty? Wechen will pour you a cup of tea......"

The emperor smiled slightly: "Forget it, your hospitality is very expensive, and I can't afford it." Sit down, I have called you here today mainly to ask you. What are your thoughts on my recent arrangements for the court? ”

The emperor's words were more vague, but Ren Xiaoyao knew what he meant, after all, neither the fat man nor Ren Xiaoyao had done anything to be sorry for the emperor, and they were put in a position of public criticism for no reason. The emperor naturally wants to give an explanation to them.

Ren Xiaoyao smiled purely: "No idea." I don't have any ideas, hehe, the emperor sees thousands of miles and is strategic. Any decision made is a matter of wisdom......"

If you have an idea, you can't say it, he can't tell the emperor, the fat man and I plan to join forces to pull down the crown prince you set up, do you have no opinion?

It is estimated that Ren Xiaoyao will have to go to heaven in the next second, half a month later. He was like Pan Shangshu, who was cut into pieces by the executioner......

The emperor stared at Ren Xiaoyao with a smile, staring at Ren Xiaoyao for a while, secretly thinking that he wouldn't know anything, right? Why are you looking at me like that? It can be seen in people's hearts......

"I know that you have more or less guessed my intentions, whether you and no pathology understand it or not, I can only tell you that I have no ill will towards you, even if I am a hundred years later, the crown prince will ascend the throne. I will also make proper arrangements for your future situation. ――From the standpoint of the elders, you are my son-in-law, and you are my own son without illness, so how can I see you in a difficult situation in the future? What's more, you still have the grace to save me, if you say the heart of loyalty. Among the Manchu courts, I am the only one who is most at ease with you. ”

The emperor's words reassured Ren Xiaoyao, and Ren Xiaoyao's expression relaxed a little.

Originally, Ren Xiaoyao thought that the emperor was ruthless, and the birds were all hidden. Ren Xiaoyao tried his best to move rescue soldiers for him, but he used himself and the fat man to do something to check and balance afterwards. This somewhat chilled Ren Xiaoyao, but he didn't expect that this father-in-law was still quite humane, and even the back road was arranged for him. Emperors are not necessarily ruthless.

"There is another thing, it may be a family ugly, but you are my son-in-law, and the night the rebels entered the city, you were the rescuer who moved out of the city, and I don't know it. That night, the Shence military camp stayed awake all night, and the sergeants waited for the day, but the Shence army did not have a single soldier, and later Liu Changsheng, the general of the Shence army, explained to me, saying that the situation in the city was unknown, and he did not dare to fight easily, for fear of being suspected of plotting against Yunyun, hum! The excuse is good, but I don't believe a word! ”

"I now suspect that the Shence Army did not move that night, it may be the prince's instigation, and even the prince was in the Shence army at that time! They fought the idea of the yellow finch in the back. If Pan Yi captures me or kills me, the crown prince will not hesitate to attack the city, justifiably annihilate the rebels, and then ascend the throne as emperor. ”

Ren Xiaoyao interjected: "Wouldn't it be okay to arrest Liu Changsheng of the Shence Army for interrogation?" Your Majesty, if you hand over Liu Changsheng to Weichen's newly trained shadow subordinates, the results will be judged within three days......"

The emperor sneered: "You can't be tried, Liu Changsheng died at home inexplicably on the third day after the end of the rebellion, and the imperial doctor said that he died of an emergency." ”

"Is this juncture hanging? Your Majesty, this is a bit abnormal......"

The emperor smiled: "Even you can see it? ”

Depend on! What words? What do you mean that even I can see? It seems like I'm a lot lower than others.

The emperor sighed, and his tone was gloomy and lonely: "If it is really the prince's behind-the-scenes instructions, then my father has failed too much......"

"Your Majesty, don't say that, in fact, you have done a very successful job, you see, you still have an obedient and filial son who is not sick, and my son-in-law, isn't he also loyal to you? With such a good son and son-in-law, you should be happy......" Ren Xiaoyao boasted of himself without shame.

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Inside the Prince's Mansion.

The crown prince paced in the apse, his handsome face looking a little anxious.

Fan Rui entered, and the prince stepped forward and asked, "How?" Any news? ”

Fan Rui shook his head and said: "It's hard to say whether the emperor has any suspicions, after Liu Chang's death, the emperor sent the imperial doctor to investigate, and the imperial doctor reported that it was an emergency, but the emperor just smiled and didn't say anything." Just now, the emperor announced that Ren Xiaoyao had entered the palace again, and he retreated left and right, not knowing what the two were talking about. ”

The prince sighed and said, "Lonely's step is too hasty. As soon as Liu Changsheng died, wouldn't he seem to be lonely and wanted to cover up? ”

Fan Rui said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being presumptuous, Liu Changsheng must die, if he doesn't die, when the emperor interrogates him, he will definitely bite out of His Highness, and then it will be a big deal." Now that he is dead, even though the emperor has doubts about this matter. There is no way to verify. Your Highness just needs to wait for this matter to settle down, and with only suspicion, the emperor will not do anything to you. Not to mention...... What's more, the power in His Highness's hands is not small now, even if the emperor wants to depose His Highness, he has to think about it. We are different from Pan Shangshu. He started in a hurry. And we, already have everything, we only owe the east wind ......"

"Dongfeng?"

"The east wind is the tendency and support of the ministers, and if His Highness has the support of the ministers. There is also the allegiance of the generals, and at that time, hundreds of officials will write to ask the emperor for the throne, and the emperor may not be able to do anything. At that time, His Royal Highness will be able to ascend to the throne without blood, avoiding the cannibalism of father and son. Even if the Fu King in the capital and the princes of the foreign domain, they have nothing to say......"

The prince smiled when he heard this, and smiled very happily: "Give a post to Lonely, invite a few old ministers in the court to come to Lone's mansion, and Lone wants to have a banquet with all the old ministers, and Lone still has a few things that the government doesn't know how to deal with, by the way, ask the old ministers for advice, hehe......"

"Your Highness is wise. A large number of officials have been convicted because of the Pan Party's rebellion in the DPRK and China, and many alternate officials have been temporarily promoted. Your Highness's great things can be accomplished......"

"Thank you Mr. for reminding me, Lone knows how to do it, hehe......"

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When Ren Xiaoyao left the palace, it was almost late at night, and the autumn stars were faint. The moonlight was dull, and the evening breeze was mixed with a biting chill. Whistling in the empty West Palace Square.

Ren Xiaoyao shrank his neck and shivered a few times.

Today is really a typical night of dark moon and high wind, such a cold weather, suitable for the comfortable charcoal fire at home, my wife will give me a hot pot of wine, get a few side dishes, while hugging my wife, while drinking a little wine, tsk, cool! Hurry home!

When the emperor announced that Ren Xiaoyao entered the palace, Ren Xiaoyao came all the way, and there was no carriage to go back at this time. Ren Xiaoyao tightened the neckline of his shirt, hugged his hands on his chest and walked home. (To be continued.) )