When Shen Xuan met on the road, the team of more than 20 people immediately increased to more than 50 people.

Since the summoned chamberlains were all fresh faces, Meng was unable to inquire about much useful information.

Along the way, we can only get a glimpse or two from their attitudes.

Something must have happened.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is inconclusive.

The Son of Heaven summoned him to Beijing and also summoned Shen Xuan, but he didn't say what it was, which made Meng Shishilang's heart beat all the time. From Daning to Shandong, from land to boats, all the way south, the closer Nanjing is, the deeper Meng's brows are wrinkled.

Standing at the bow of the boat, watching the water waves being split by the bow of the boat, and the shadows in the water becoming fragmented, Meng smiled bitterly, should he be glad that it was the inner servant who came, not the brocade guard holding the driver's post?

Is he really thinking too much?

I have lived in the prison of the Criminal Department, and I don't think much about everything, and it is difficult to guarantee when I will suffer.

Towards evening, the river breeze was a little cold, and Meng sneezed, but he didn't want to go back to the cabin.

He and Shen Xuan live in different cabins, there are several rooms in between, and there is no beauty to give him eyes when he goes back, so it is better to stand here and blow the wind, and he can also sober his head.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the flags planted on the official boat were blown violently by the wind.

Meng sneezed again, rubbed his nose, but if he didn't do it, if he blew it again, there was a chance that he would catch a cold.

It seems that scolding Fang Xuan, a romantic character or something, is indeed not suitable for him. It's better to honestly go back to the cabin and don't think about it. Maybe he's thinking too much. Maybe the Son of Heaven summoned him back to Beijing to commend him?

Looking up at the sky, if this is the case, it is not Zheng He Hou Xian who came, it should also be Bai Yanhui, right?

Pinched the corners of his forehead, and a cloak suddenly covered his body, wrapped in the familiar cold incense, and he didn't have to look back to know who was standing behind him.

Really...... I walked silently.

Meng turned his head sideways, "Master Hou, when did you come?" ”

"Just now." Shen Xuan tightened the cloak draped on Meng's body, "Twelve Lang is worried about entering Beijing?" ”

"Yes." Meng nodded and lowered his voice, "I can't help but worry, I always feel that there must be something hidden in His Majesty's summons this time." ”

"No need to worry." Shen Xuan grabbed Meng's shoulder, saw him stiffen for a moment, immediately looked around, felt interesting, and hugged his arms tighter, "It's just that there is an impeachment of the imperial history, and His Majesty has summoned you and me back to Beijing to play." ”

Meng asked suspiciously, "How does Master Hou know the Dao?" ”

"Yang Neiguan informed."

Yang Neiguan?

After thinking for a while, Meng Cai put his name and face on the number, the eunuch who went to Beijing to announce the decree?

"Exactly." Shen Xuan nodded, "Yang Neiguan is an old man from the Yan Palace. ”

Meng's mouth opened wide, he was also in charge of the security work of the Yan Wangfu, how could he never know that there was such a number one person in the Lu Dao Palace? Judging from his dress, it is definitely the level of the chief eunuch, and it is impossible for him to be unknown when he is in the Hidden Mansion to achieve this position in the Twelve Eunuchs.

"Neiguan Yang is waiting at the □ side of the Queen's Palace." Shen Xuan pinched Meng's earlobe, he wanted to do this just now, if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, maybe he would have spoken directly, "Twelve Lang hasn't seen him, it's not strange." ”

"Oh."

Meng nodded, it was indeed not surprising that he and the people around Empress Xu were indeed not familiar at all.

The relationship between the foreign minister and the internal officials around the queen is definitely looking for death. Of course, the queen's maiden family and godson are exceptions.

The ears were pinched again, and Meng soon realized that he was off topic. is obviously talking about the reason why he was called to Beijing this time, how can he talk about the identity of Yang Neiguan?

"Master Hou said, Your Majesty summoned you and me to Beijing because we were involved?"

"Yes." Shen Xuan nodded, grabbed Meng's wrist, and led Meng to the cabin.

"Does Master Hou know who Lu Dao is?"

"Zhilu Dao."

"Shouldn't the ......" communicate with each other and share it?

Shen Xuan stopped, "Twelve Lang wants to know Lu Dao?" ”

"Nature."

"Oh."

"Master Hou?"

"Twelve Lang asked, Xuan naturally knew everything." Shen Xuan turned his head sideways, with a smile on his lips, and under the twilight, he became more and more charming, "It's just that Twelve Lang is willing to talk with Xuan Bingcandle at night?" ”

Candlelight night talk?

Thinking of the consequences of these four words, Meng subconsciously covered his neck and took three steps back.

Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows, and his smile brought a little different flavor.

Extravagant, handsome, cold, very attractive, but also extremely dangerous.

Meng swallowed his saliva and wanted to retreat again, but it was like a nail under his feet.

"Master Hou."

"Huh?"

"It's on board." The sound insulation of the cabin doesn't seem to be very good, and Yang Neishou lives next door.

"I know."

"......" Zhilu Dao still wants to talk to him at night?

Meng's expression stiffened instantly, but Shen Xuan took two steps forward at this time, put one hand on Meng's shoulder, and leaned over, like a steppe wolf pressing its prey, "Twelve Lang, don't think too much, Xuan is a person who keeps etiquette." “

“……”

Meng was powerless to complain.

Marquis Shen's etiquette is absolutely 108,000 miles different from the traditional etiquette. Besides, even if Marquis Shen suddenly changed to a vegetarian diet, he wasn't sure if he would suddenly pounce.

"Master Hou, I suddenly don't want to know the way."

According to Marquis Shen's attitude, even if he is involved, the emperor is more likely to be on his side. Since there is no risk of being beheaded, is there a difference between knowing the road in advance and knowing the details after arriving in Beijing?

is really smart but is mistaken by cleverness, and he won't turn his head when he encounters Shen Xuan.

Beauty--sex-misleading!

"Twelve Lang doesn't want to know the way?"

"I don't want to."

"But," Shen Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, slowly approaching, "Xuan wants to talk to Twelve Lang in detail, what should I do?" ”

"This ...... Let me go back and think about it......"

Meng instinctively stepped back, but suddenly his vision was reversed, and the person was carried on Shen Xuan's shoulder, struggling to stand up, just in front of Yang Nei's round eyes.

Looking at each other, Meng Shishilang was stunned, gritted his teeth, and covered his face.

It's not just about humiliation.

Things were so bad that Meng calmed down.

Putting down the hand covering his face, Meng Shishilang said with a straight face: "I am studying martial arts with the Marquis of Dingyuan, but my skills are not as good as others, which makes Gonggong Yang smile." ”

The river breeze blew, but unfortunately there were no fallen leaves.

Yang Gonggong, whose eyes were round, was already petrified.

Dingyuanhou, who was carrying people, suddenly felt a little weak.

Hearing the sound, the guards who dutifully rushed to check were shocked, and they were so impressed with Meng Pei.

Dare to learn martial arts with the Marquis of Dingyuan, such a fearless heroism is really rare in the army.

Xingning Bochun masters, real men, must be thumbs up!

The next day, Xing Ningbo, who was a pure man, got off the boat, changed horses at the official post, and continued on his way.

There were no more unexpected things on the road, and the Marquis of Dingyuan did not talk to him again at night, and fell asleep. It's just that the enthusiastic gazes of the soldiers really made Meng a little unbearable. It's really stressful to be so admired.

Gonggong Yang wanted to speak several times, but after carefully observing Shen Xuan and Meng, he felt that he was thinking too much. Secretly beating his chest, Dingyuan Hou and Xing Ningbo Bo are both true temperaments and do things calmly, how can our family use such XX thoughts to speculate on the sincere friendship between them? It's just so undeserved!

As the distance of Nanjing got closer, Yang Gonggong became more and more sure of what he wanted. 's attitude towards Meng unconsciously brought a trace of kindness born of guilt.

Meng Shishilang touched his face, looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and was extremely puzzled, what did he do wrong, why was he so favored by the eunuchs? Could it be an additional skill to pierce and cross?

Coming up with this answer, Meng was suddenly embarrassed.

Even though they were speeding up all the way, when Meng Tong and Shen Xuan and his party arrived in Nanjing, it was already mid-May.

During this period, several major events occurred in the court, and the limelight and effect were sensational, completely overpowering Chen Ying's impeachment of Meng.

First of all, the Jiangxi Governor impeached Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and his eldest son Zhu Panyan for resentment against the Son of Heaven and slander the town, please be arrested and imprisoned for the crime. In short, Zhu Quan and his son Zhu Panyan were dissatisfied with Zhu Di, and privately engaged in a series of illegal activities such as sealing, building, superstition, belief, jumping, and big-god.

As soon as the impeachment of the imperial history arrived, the imperial court immediately fried the pot.

This is worth it, in history, everything that involves Witch Nightmare Town is a big and important case, and it must be strictly investigated if it is not strictly investigated!

The criminal department of Dali Temple immediately went up, and the Jinyi guards also went out one after another, and above the court, Zhu Di's face never cleared again.

The matter was not settled, and Prince Chen of Annan entered the court, crying about the Hu family's usurpation of power and seizure of the throne, and asked the kingdom to uphold justice. According to the words of later generations, it was the man surnamed Hu who engaged in conspiracy, launched a rebellion, killed the king's family, and plotted to seize the throne, and succeeded. Prince Chen did not die, and ran to the Ming Dynasty to ask for political refuge, hoping that the Ming Dynasty Son of Heaven would carry forward the spirit of internationalism, uphold justice for him, oust the Hu family, and help him regain the throne.

Annan was a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, and members of the Annam royal family who wanted to inherit the throne must be canonized by the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty. Not sending envoys to the court, ascending to the throne himself, and carving one hundred and eighty seals is also an illegitimate regime and must be outlawed.

The same is true of North Korea, the Ryukyus, etc.

After the Hu family usurped the throne, they also sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and reported to Zhu Di, saying that the royal family surnamed Chen was dead, and the Hu family's ascension to the throne was the will of the people. The envoys sent by Zhu Di to Annam also reported that Hu's words were basically correct.

So, Zhu Di issued a gold seal and an edict to the Hu family, and also rewarded Qiyi money.

Not long after the reward was not issued, Prince Chen came out. After verification by multiple parties, the identity was confirmed. You can't drive people away, you can only arrange for him to live in the same hall. After Prince Chen moved in, he cried when he saw the sky and met people, crying how miserable he was, how hateful the usurping Hu clan was, and the Ming Dynasty was the heaven-dynasty-the kingdom, and he must be the master of the ministers!

However, he spoke Chinese very well, and was familiar with many Chinese, and found that the other party could not understand it, so he immediately changed the language channel. Can you understand this time? Well, keep crying.

What is it? Naked-naked-naked-slap in the face.

Zhu Di was furious and threw the minister he had sent to Annan to inspect him into Jinyi Prison, clearly telling Yang Duo that he didn't want to see this person again.

Yang Duo did things very well, and within three days, he turned out all kinds of evidence of this minister's corruption, stolen goods, and perversion, and it was impossible to exile and confiscate the army, so he was directly beheaded and razed the three clans.

let out a sigh of relief, but Zhu Di was still annoyed.

At this time, the matter of establishing the crown prince was troubled again, and a group of Qinggui in the Hanlin Academy called on the military and civilian elders in Beijing to go to the table together to persuade the emperor to establish the crown prince.

Anyone with a normal head should know the way, at this time, it is purely to find Zhu Di uncomfortable, and he is completely running on the broad road of losing his official position and losing his head.

Xie Jin, who was the driving force behind the scenes, was also very helpless, and they didn't expect to catch up with this inch.

Originally, the plan was very good, Chen Ying took the lead, King Lahan and King Zhao went into the water, as long as they succeeded in making the two of them suspicious of the Son of Heaven, the matter would be considered a success.

Then came the ministers and the elders of the people.

The Son of Heaven can refute the recitals of the ministers, and he cannot turn a blind eye to the people's hearts. As long as the Son of Heaven is a little loose, plus the mouth of the ministers, maybe the matter will be done?

The Son of Heaven doesn't like the son, but he likes the son of the son quite much, which is the biggest chip in the hands of Xie Jin and others.

What a saint!

Originally, the plan was one ring after another, and the dawn of victory was close at hand, and even Yang Shiqi said that it was rare for Xie Jin to come up with such a good idea.

But who would have thought that as soon as Chen Ying started, as soon as the Hanlin people's invitations were sent, the affairs of Ning Wang Xiaozhen and Annan's usurpation of power appeared one after another. In addition, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui took retreat as advance and asked the emperor to become a vassal, and even the queen, who had never asked about political affairs, expressed her dissatisfaction.

Empress Xu was really angry.

She is the queen and the mother. She is virtuous, but she also has a bottom line.

The two sons have been away from her side for so long, and they finally came back to celebrate her birthday, but they were forced to invite themselves to the domain, and they didn't dare to go to the north, but only to the southwest, what is the difference between this and exile?

Zhu Gaochi is her son, and so are Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui! The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, and she is distressed!

Although Zhu Di has a preference among her three sons, Queen Xu has always been able to achieve a bowl of water, and at critical moments, she has spoken for Zhu Gaochi many times, which shows her attitude.

But this time, because of Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, she was not only angry with Chen Ying, but also a little dissatisfied with her eldest son.

Where is the kindness and humility of weekdays? Can't tolerate his two brothers like this?

It can be regarded as a skill to make Queen Xu angry like this.

was rejected twice, and Zhu Gaochi could only smile bitterly.

If you can't see the face of the queen mother, you can't defend yourself, so you can only kneel in front of Kunning Palace for a long time.

If he can't get the mother's forgiveness, he really won't be able to do it.

Thinking of the years in Beiping and all the difficulties after entering the capital, Zhu Gaochi was full of tears. He didn't do it at all, so why did he have to bear the black pot?

The princess came to persuade her, and knelt down together, but Queen Xu was still missing. It wasn't until Zhu Zhanji knelt beside the prince that Queen Xu couldn't help but soften.

Sending people from the palace to invite the prince in, Queen Xu sat in the warm pavilion and sighed, as if talking to herself, "The palace is also old." ”

The palace people didn't dare to make a sound, and carefully served the decoction to persuade the queen to use the medicine.

Since the chaos in the court, Queen Xu's rest is not good, her spirit is not good, and the phoenix body is not in harmony, and after the Zhao Yuan of the Tai Hospital judges the pulse, Kunning Palace began to take medicine again.

Because of the queen's illness, the temper of the Son of Heaven is getting worse and worse, and it is not pleasing to anyone. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Sixth Department have eaten a lot. The Hanlin Academy, the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are even more serious disasters, and the attendants who were dragged down by the Han General could not count the two slaps in the imperial history and the matter.

Empress Xu used medicine, Zhu Gaochi took Zhu Zhanji into the warm pavilion, and the princess was stopped outside.

Standing in front of the door of the warm pavilion, watching the door of the warm pavilion close in front of her, the princess lowered her eyes, still dignified, but her nails dyed with Kodan had been pierced into her palms.

It was in this tense atmosphere that Meng and Shen Xuan arrived in Beijing.

It was a storm to meet him, and Meng was even prepared to keep the iron coupon on his body. After entering Beijing, he found that all the preparations were useless.

Compared to a few major events in the court today, what is his little thing? Not to mention the storm, if it weren't for the fact that the Son of Heaven specially summoned him and Shen Xuan into Beijing, I am afraid that they would not even be able to make a wave.

Meng and Shen Xuan returned to the mansion, and after understanding the situation, they waited for the Son of Heaven to summon them.

And so on, that is, five days.

Zhu Di was busy writing a letter to King Ning, telling his brother that I believed that the slander of Wei Zhen was not done by the virtuous brother, but must have been bewitched by the villains around him in order to frame the virtuous brother and separate the brotherhood. I don't care about the affection of my relatives and will not delve into it, but the virtuous brother must also recognize his mistake and hand over the villain who did this to Jinyiwei Faluo. In addition, if the virtuous brother is always idle and has nothing to do, it is better to drink tea, raise flowers, read books, listen to music, and cultivate his sentiments.

"This is a good brother's plan."

This is for the good of the virtuous brother, and it is also for the harmony within the royal family, so there is no need to be too grateful.

After receiving the letter, regardless of what Zhu Quan thinks for the time being, in Zhu Di's opinion, this is definitely leniency.

After dealing with the matter of King Ning, Zhu Di sent someone to Annan to find out, and made it clear that if it was really the Hu family usurping the throne, this matter would not be good.

The matter of establishing the crown prince was temporarily put aside, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui's invitation to the feudal domain was also pressed.

Yang Neiguan returned to the palace to resume his duties, and Zhu Di learned that Shen Xuan and Meng had arrived in the capital. After pondering for a while, Zheng He was ordered to go to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and Xingning Bo Mansion to deliver a message, and after the morning of tomorrow, Xinuan Pavilion would meet him.

Zhu Di thought very well, first talked to the two of them in private, and then lifted the whole thing, and directly pressed the Hanlin Academy with Chen Ying's introduction.

If it's just Meng and Shen Xuan, there is no need to be so troublesome, but the matter involves the emperor's son and the prince of the country, so you can't take it lightly.

It's a pity that no matter how good the plan is, it doesn't change quickly.

Zhu Di never thought that there was really someone who was not afraid of death, and with his eyes of wanting to kill, he fired at Meng again in the early dynasty.

This person who is not afraid of death is not someone else, but still the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, Chen Ying.

Meng Ming, who was standing in the ranks of the military ministers of the right class, was dumbfounded.

Did he provoke this benevolent brother?

If you think about it, no.

What is the reason for holding him at the cost of his life like this?