August 18 is the first great court meeting of Nanling Kingdom after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The saint who has always been diligent did not appear in front of the ministers as scheduled, and it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who presided over the court meeting in place of the saint.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, several members of the cabinet stayed as usual and went to the imperial study to discuss state affairs.

Today, the prince specially named and left two ministers and asked them to stay for the time being, only saying that the saint had important matters to discuss.

Those who were named and left behind were Su Lingzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Yimu, the Marquis of Ping'an.

Su Fu and Zhang Fu are in-laws, and the wife of Su Ling's eldest son, that is, Su Yin's mother, is the eldest sister of Zhang Yimu, Marquis of Anping, that is to say, Zhang Yimu, Marquis of Anping, is Su Yin's eldest uncle.

It's just that the relationship between Su Lingzhi and Anping Mansion is not particularly harmonious, and there is not much contact between the two mansions.

Therefore, Su Yin hid from the elders in the palace and followed the five princesses into the palace on the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and did not return to the palace for two consecutive days and nights, and Zhang Yimu, the Marquis of Anping, did not know.

When Su Lingzhi learned that Su Yin followed the fifth princess into the palace, it was already the night of the sixteenth, Su Yin's mother saw that Su Yin had not returned to the house, and tortured Su Yin to stay in the mansion as a personal ring, only to know that Su Yin secretly entered the palace.

Su Lingzhi, who learned the news, had a very bad premonition, and always felt that something bad had happened, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in the house in the past two days, but he couldn't find a solution.

Today, Su Lingzhi has been trying to reduce his personal sense of existence, but when the person presiding over the court meeting changed from a saint to a prince, Su Lingzhi not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but the premonition of a bad event in his heart became stronger and stronger.

finally survived until the end of the court meeting, Su Lingzhi was about to smear oil on the soles of his feet, but he was named by the prince.

Recently, there are no major events in Nanling Kingdom that particularly require the Ministry of Rites to come forward, and being named and left behind at this moment, Su Lingzhi is completely sure that his unconscious granddaughter will cause trouble for him again.

couldn't help but weaken his legs, and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites standing beside him reached out to help him, so he didn't show his ugliness in front of everyone.

On the way to the imperial study with the prince, Su Lingzhi's eyes met with Zhang Yimu many times, but unfortunately Zhang Yimu couldn't give him a hint, obviously An Pinghou didn't get any news.

Several ministers of the cabinet were invited into the imperial study by the prince first, but Su Lingzhi and Zhang Yimu were left outside, and only a little eunuch with an expressionless face accompanied them.

The closed imperial study has an excellent sound insulation effect, and An Pinghou, who has a good internal force, can't hear a single sound even if he focuses all his internal force on his hearing.

Although Su Lingzhi is a generation older than Zhang Yimu, there is not much difference in age between the two.

On weekdays, Su Lingzhi's general expression xiàn has a high-minded posture of a scholar, which especially makes Zhang Yimu dislike, but at the moment he is just being left in the palace by the prince, and in the face of the restless Su Lingzhi, he naturally sneers at it in his heart.

There is a concubine Zhang Guifei in the Anping Hou Mansion, who naturally has eyeliner in the palace.

In the past few days, there has been no additional news in the palace except for the good news that Concubine Hui gave birth to a little prince for the saint, that is, the saint's health seems to be a little unwell.

Both of these news were confirmed at today's court meeting, so Zhang Yimu was not as apprehensive and anxious as Su Lingzhi about being named by the prince today.

It's not that he hasn't been left by a saint before, but today the prince is coming to court on behalf of a saint, what is the difference between the prince being left by a saint and a saint?

I really don't know why Su Lingzhi is so restless?!

Su Lingzhi, who had a ghost in his heart, couldn't get a hint from Zhang Yimu, so he had to turn to the little eunuch who was silently guarding the side, hoping to get some news out of the little eunuch's mouth.

Quietly approaching the little eunuch, Su Lingzhi took out a purse from his sleeve pocket and quickly stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand: "This father-in-law, who is so good-looking, came to the imperial study to wait?" ”

The little eunuch seemed to be frightened by Su Lingzhi's actions, and looked at the extra purse in his hand blankly, and did not react for a long time.

Zhang Yimu couldn't help pursing his lips, he was almost speechless at Su Lingzhi for such a stupid little eunuch, he just looked at Su Lingzhi for a long time, just to kill this boring waiting time.

After a while, the little eunuch seemed to have just come back to his senses, looked left and right, and saw that the guards outside the imperial study were all facing away from them, and no one paid attention to the movement here.

The only thing that noticed the two of them was An Pinghou, who was watching them like a good show, and saw that An Pinghou didn't seem to be disgusted by Su Lingzhi's actions, but was extremely interested.

The little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, took the purse into his arms very quickly, hugged his fist in the imperial study with his dusty hand, and said in a low voice: "If you go back to Su Shangshu, our family has to be promoted by General Manager Zhang, and I have just been transferred to the imperial study to serve today." ”

clearly answered Su Lingzhi's question.

"In which palace did you serve in?" Seeing that the little eunuch accepted the purse and answered his own question, Su Lingzhi felt that there was a way to inquire about the news, and continued to pretend to chat, hoping to get some clues from the little eunuch.

"Back to Su Shangshu, I was in charge of delivering meals to the nobles in the imperial dining room before." The little eunuch was very practical, answering all questions about Su Lingzhi's inquiries and telling the truth, but there was no useful news.

Su Lingzhi was about to ask in a different way, but found that the door of the imperial study opened from the inside.

Seeing that several cabinet ministers had withdrawn, Su Lingzhi hurriedly took a step back to the side and regained his foothold beside Zhang Yimu.

Several ministers came out of the imperial study, I don't know if Su Lingzhi had a ghost in his heart, or if the matter discussed by the saint or the prince and several ministers in the imperial study was indeed related to Su Lingzhi.

Su Lingzhi only felt that the eyes of several ministers fell on him, and there was a little more indescribable meaning, which made Su Lingzhi's heart "flutter" and beat wildly, and the idea of fleeing from the desert surged in his heart.

This feeling has not appeared in Su Lingzhi for many years, so Su Lingzhi feels especially sad.

Without waiting for Su Lingzhi to have more ideas, Zhang De appeared at the door of the imperial study, waved the dust in his hand and said to Su Lingzhi and Zhang Yimu: "Marquis Zhang, Master Su, please!" ”

Although Su Lingzhi is older, Zhang Yimu has a knighthood, so he naturally takes Zhang Yimu first.

Zhang Yimu looked very calm, smiled at Zhang De, and took the lead in entering the imperial study.

At this time, even if Su Lingzhi had the intention to retreat, he had already lost the opportunity, so he could only follow Zhang Yimu into the imperial study. (To be continued.) )