Xia Xun arrived at the gate of the palace, and several officials came out, and they were taking a look at each other.

Seeing Xia Xun at a glance, Xie Jin was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly greeted him: "Xiaguan Hanlin is waiting for Xie Jin, and he has seen the Duke of Fuguo." "Xie Jin?" Xia Xun couldn't help but laugh when he saw that it was him.

Xie Jin already knew that Xia Xun was speaking for him in front of King Yan, and begged for him to write the edict of his father's ascending to the pole, and he had also seen him at the ceremony, and he also took the time to go over to meet him, but everyone was busy at the time, and they didn't bother to say a few words. Next, Xia Xun was awarded the title of Auxiliary Guogong, but he did not have his own Guogong Mansion, and he has been fighting guerrillas everywhere in the past few days, and he has no chance to visit, so he saw it at this time. Hurried forward to pay respects.

Xia Xun stopped, called his cousin, and said affectionately: "Haha, big gentleman, I said that you will have a day when you will come to the end of your suffering, how about it?" ”

Xie Jin said gratefully: "In the past, thanks to the guidance and encouragement of Guogong, otherwise the students would have been disheartened and would have been ghosts at the bottom of the Qinhuai River. ”

Li Guan and the others watched from behind, shocked and envious, they didn't know that Xie Jin actually knew such a big man, Grandpa Guo! actually called Xie Jin's expression, and he was so affectionate.

Xia Xun smiled and groaned, and just wanted to take the sentence he said at the beginning: "I see that your heavenly court is full, the earth pavilion is round, the bones are strange, and the spiritual root is very good. He swallowed back suddenly.

Ineffable! It is precisely because he clearly knows that the future of Xuan Xie Jin is indeed unlimited, so he absolutely cannot say this. If these words are said, Xie Jin will really be a very good minister in the future, and he will never think that he is not a prophet, and his only thought can only be that he will speak for him in front of the emperor. If he Xia Xun says a word in front of the emperor, he can be the head of the court, is this a good thing?

Emperor Yongle is a very strong boss, once this kind of news spreads in the court, it is not a good thing, but a disaster. As the saying goes, disaster comes from the mouth, Xia Xun is now in a high position, and someone pays attention to every move, but he can't be cautious when he speaks.

He snorted and said, "Okay, the emperor summoned me, so I won't say anything more to you, let's get close another day." "You can't say anything about pretending to be a ghost, but this future head of the dynasty, should be close or close, Xie Jinyi heard that Grandpa Guo was so polite, and was flattered: "Yes, it is Grandpa Guo who is busy first." ”

The words of getting close to him another day were automatically ignored by him, Grandpa Guo said this to be polite to him, he is a small nine-grade edict, why should he be close to the first-class duke? People know that they are expensive, and they are good people who give face, and they can't know how to advance and retreat.

Xia Xun smiled, and when he looked up, he saw Hu Jing, Li Guan, and Gao Yong, the three of them were staring at each other, and when they saw the Duke of Fu Guo looking at them, they hurriedly arched: "Xia Guan has seen Grandpa Guo!" ”

Xia Xun smiled, waved his hand and said, "You three don't need to be polite!" And he went to the palace.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Li Guan and the three of them immediately surrounded Xie Jin, and exclaimed enviously: "Brother Squire, do you actually recognize the Duchess of Fuguo?" The face of a good husband, when did this friendship come about? ”

Xie Jin was triumphant, and boasted as he walked: "Well, it's a long story." It is said that back then, the founding father... Oh, it was ...... in the thirty-second year of Hongwu. ”

When Xia Xun entered the palace, Ji Gang and Liu Yujue had already left, and Emperor Yongle was dining.

Zhu Di, like his father, is more picky, and eats and dresses more frugally. At the time of Jianwen, according to the Zhou rites, there were regulations on how many plates and bowls should be placed when eating, eating six grains (rice, millet, millet, beam, wheat, mushrooms) drinking six clear (water, pulp, liquor, liquor, cool, drunk), eating six animals (cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, geese, fish) 120 kinds of delicacies, 120 kinds of sauces, .......

There is also the dance of eight hundred and eighty, that is, six four beauties in eight rows and eight columns singing and dancing, there must be ceremonial music, playing elegant imperial court music, etc., Zhu Di didn't know when he ate on the first day, the imperial dining room still served according to the old rules, Zhu Di looked at the cups and plates in the hall, he was very distressed, and the next day he was cut to only a table with a few dishes.

Xia Xun went directly to the palace, Mu Si reported that he had arrived, and Zhu Di heard that he had arrived, so he said: "Announce him in!" ”

Xia Xun went in to see the driver, Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, when I eat, I don't need any etiquette." ”

He said that Xia Xun still saluted respectfully, Zhu Di held the steamed bun in his hand and pointed to the side: "Sit, let's eat together!" ”

When the emperor gives a meal, he usually has to set an empty table, which is the rule, because the emperor can give food, and the person who receives it can be the queen, concubine, emperor's children or favored ministers, and when the emperor gives the meal, he does not make another one, but takes a few dishes from the emperor's table, and lets the person eat and eat with the Son of Heaven to show his favor, and this favor is not allowed to be thanked.

Xia Xun hurriedly thanked him and sat down behind the table in an orderly manner. Mu En personally took a few little eunuchs and took a few dishes from Zhu Di's table, plus two white-flour steamed buns and brought them to him, Xia Xun thanked him again, and then ate them very delicately. Accompany the emperor to eat, can you really eat as a meal?

Zhu Di glanced at him, snorted angrily, took a bite of the steamed bun, and then took the steamed bun and nodded at Xia Xun and said: "You, you will pretend to be in front of me, since you are asked to eat, you can eat when you should eat, what do you do like an angry little daughter-in-law!" ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this place is not as good as the army, the rules are big, and the ministers are panicking unconsciously." ”

Zhu Di laughed when he heard it, in fact, although Xia Xun had not feasted with the emperor before, but he had been walking in the palace for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunyan, Zhu Di, he had seen three generations of emperors, especially Zhu Yuanzhang, the old man's aura was very powerful, although he was an old man, every gesture and even a look made people have great coercion, Xia Xun could mix in front of him for so long, how could he not afford such a scene.

However, you have to pretend to be on the occasion and know how to advance and retreat. Don't look at the emperor who said that he was cowardly, but seeing him so well-behaved, he was actually happy in his heart. The ancients said that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, but it is not necessarily that the emperor is as fierce as a wolf and a tiger, but this sentence is true. Who have you been with for a long time and there are no conflicts? It's just ordinary friends, even if you two do it, it's not a big deal, and after a while, the anger will disappear, and maybe you'll get back together.

But the power in the hands of the emperor is too great, when you make him unhappy, his words are enough to decide your life and death, and the emperor is surrounded by too many power groups, if someone takes advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the well, you don't even have a chance to get back together with the emperor. Therefore, the higher the status, the more cautious he has to behave in dealing with people, Xia Xun has been warning himself since the moment he was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and he has begun to pay attention to the way of being an official in the future.

The emperor is high, the height is unbearable, the so-called lonely family is like this, even if the table is full of delicious delicacies, only you are there to eat, it is cold enough, Zhu Yunfen is the emperor's grandson, he has lived like this since he was a child, he is used to it, but Zhu Di is different, he has been very awkward to eat for the past two days, and now he finally has someone to eat and chat with him, his interest is also high, the two of them are talking and laughing, which makes Zhu Di have a great appetite, eat three choked noodles and big steamed buns, and drink a big bowl of soup, then he put down the chopsticks contentedly, asked Xia Xun to accompany him and walk to the imperial study.

After the two of them entered the imperial study, the waiter took tea and retreated, and only the two of them were left in the palace, Zhu Di's expression became solemn: "Wenxuan, you are still young, it is the time when you are in the prime of life, you have to share some things for me, and now is not the time for you to enjoy Qingfu." ”

Xia Xun just picked up the tea, hurriedly put it back, got up and said, "Your Majesty, please command." ”

Zhu Di glared at him, waved his hand to ask him to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "Is that incident settled?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Your Majesty, the minister is good on the surface, but he is just for people to see, and the minister has not been busy with anything else in the past few days, and has been handling this matter." Judging from the information that the minister has now, I am afraid that that person has indeed escaped...... ”

Zhu Di was a little distracted, and only after a while did he say leisurely: "It is said that I am decisive in killing, but I am ......, and I can't compare to him!" To the enemy, I Zhu Di did not hesitate to raise the butcher knife, but to his wife..., hum! If I want Zhu Di to abandon his wife and children and escape alone, I can't do it! ”

The emperor's family affairs, outsiders still don't want to beak the words, Xia Xun didn't answer the words, but continued: "The minister has sent a few people to secretly ask for him, and the one who arranged for him to escape should be Jinyi Weiyuan's commander Luo Ke's enemy, the minister has worked with this person, Luo Ke's enemy is resourceful, and his arrangement of this matter is not leaky, at present, the people under the minister have not found any useful clues." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Even if he escapes, it will be a trouble after all, this matter cannot be relaxed, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death, no matter how long it takes, you have to keep checking for me, you must find it clearly!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di thought for a while, put down the teacup, lightly pounded his chest, and said: "People's hearts, people's hearts!" The reason why I am so cautious is not because I am afraid of him, he used to be high above the world, and he was not my opponent, even if he appeared anywhere now, what kind of storm could he set off? Can you still push the world upside down? ”

Zhu Di smiled contemptuously: "Before, he couldn't!" Now, he's even worse! What will he be in the future? So......, why am I afraid, what am I afraid of, do you know? ”

Xia Xun was stunned at first, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly understood. His waist stood up unconsciously, with a solemn expression, with sincerity, and said in a deep voice: "Minister, I understand!" ”！ ~！