Before dawn the next day, Menda came to lead Yang Muyun out of the Jinyi Wei Yamen, to the east to the Daming Gate, after the Daming Gate along the long street to the north, on both sides of the road is the Yamen, on the left is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, on the right is the Yamen of the Six Divisions. The end of the road is the Chengtian Gate, after the Chengtian Gate is the end gate, there is a large-scale building on both sides of the end gate, the left is the Sheji Altar, the right is the Taimiao. After the end gate is the noon gate, at this time has not yet arrived at the end of the day, the sky is slightly exposed to the morning light, and the noon gate is already full of civil and military officials waiting for the court.

Looking at the large group of officials in red robes and green robes, Yang Muyun had a sense of déjà vu in a trance. He remembered that on the night when Huzhou left for Nandu, he had a dream, dreaming that he was wearing a seven-beam crown on his head, wearing a red Luo shirt, holding an ivory wat in his hand, standing at the head of the ministers, looking in all directions, waiting to enter the noon gate to go to court.

He looked at the people standing at the front of the hundred officials, all of them with white beards and white hair, wearing seven-beam crowns, wearing red shirts, and holding ivory wat in their hands, thinking that they could stand in that position and exhaust the best years of their lives.

Yang Muyun was wearing a blue official robe with a brocade robe and five grades, and he didn't know whether to stand on one side or stand among those hundred officials. At this time, those officials who were waiting for the court also noticed Yang Muyun, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces, as if they wondered why a Jinyi guard officer appeared here, and they talked to each other for a while. Looking at their strange gazes, Yang Muyun felt a little embarrassed for a while, and glanced at Menda with a look of help.

Menda led a green-robed eunuch to Yang Muyun, and before Yang Muyun could speak, he saw the green-robed eunuch smile to himself: "This must be Lord Yang, right?" Come with our family to see the emperor! Then he turned and left.

"Is the emperor going to summon me at this time?" Yang Muyun looked at Menda suspiciously, only to see him nod to himself, and then followed the green-robed eunuch towards the imperial city.

The eunuch led Yang Muyun into the palace through a small door, Yang Muyun came here for the first time, he felt quite novel about everything, and kept looking left and right, only to see that the entire palace was large-scale, the palace was majestic, and the golden glazed tiles glowed brightly in the morning light. Along the way, some eunuchs and palace maids walked past them from time to time, all of them looked hurried and did not squint.

"Lord Yang, it's here." The eunuch turned to Yang Muyun and smiled. Yang Muyun looked up and saw that in front of him was a majestic and solemn hall, with three big characters written on the plaque.

"The emperor is going to the court, and he can't see you until the court is gone, so you can wait here first!" After the eunuch finished speaking, he hurried away.

"Father-in-law......" Yang Muyun wanted to stop him and ask a few more questions, but who knew that he had already gone far away.

"Are you just waiting here?" Yang Muyun looked up at the sky, the rising sun had already risen in the east, "When will the emperor have to wait for the emperor to disperse?" He couldn't help muttering to himself, "Do you think the emperor gave me any special treatment?" But he was left hanging here, and he didn't say that he would go in and take a seat. He silently glanced at the guards standing with swords in front of the hall, and saw that they had exquisite eyes and burly figures, standing there without anger and might.

Yang Muyun didn't dare to go up and talk to them, so he had to stand there motionless.

From time to time, some palace maids entered and exited the Huagai Palace, and when they saw him standing there, they couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Yang Muyun also peeked at them, most of these palace daughters were good-looking and well-proportioned, and none of them were particularly pretty. When he was looking left and right, he suddenly heard someone "Hey", Yang Muyun looked back in amazement, only to see a pretty little face poking out from behind a big red column, and a small hand as tender as spring onions beckoned to him.

"As soon as I said that there were no beautiful women, one suddenly appeared." Yang Muyun's heart moved, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he pointed at himself with his finger, "Are you calling me?" ”

That beautiful little face smiled, and two cute dimples appeared on either side.

Yang Muyun saw her slightly bowed, looked left and right again, and walked towards her quickly. When he came to the pillar, he saw that the girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in a pale pink palace dress, and the corners of her skirt were embroidered with light blue butterflies that were about to fly, and she was covered with a layer of white light veil, and the breeze blew, and there was a feeling of going away with the wind.

"The girl called the subordinate over, I don't know what to say?" Yang Muyun bowed to her.

The girl laughed coquettishly, her eyes flowed, and she was indescribably delicate and moving. She covered her mouth lightly with her bare hands, "Are you surnamed Yang, called Yang Muyun?" ”

"It's in Xia," Yang Muyun was surprised, "how could the girl know the name of Xiaguan?" ”

"You're from Nandu?" The girl didn't answer, and continued to ask.

"Exactly." Yang Muyun was shocked in his heart, how could a girl in the palace be so clear about her origin?

"You're here at last," the girl smiled, "Your Highness, she doesn't know how hard you have to think?" ”

"Your Highness?" Yang Muyun was confused when he heard it, "What Your Highness?" How could I have thought so hard for me? ”

"The emperor has arrived," I heard someone shouting loudly.

"Your Majesty?" Yang Muyun's body was shocked, and he hurriedly bowed his hand to the girl and said, "The lower official is going to see the driver, I will lose my company first, and please forgive me!" He hurriedly turned around and walked towards the place he had come from.

"Hey, ...... you" Before the girl finished speaking, Yang Muyun had already gone far away.

As soon as Yang Muyun returned to his original place, he saw a group of people and horses in the front hall, in front of him was the Han general holding the honor guard, and there was a step under the Huangluo umbrella cover behind, carried by eight eunuchs to this side, and his spirit was suddenly lifted.

The palace maids, guards, and eunuchs who saw Huang Luo's umbrella cover from far and near knelt down one after another, and Yang Muyun, who had just gained a firm foothold, also quickly learned to kneel on the ground, and the mighty team of people walked past everyone and walked straight to the Huagai Palace, as if there was no one around.

"This emperor is so majestic." Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart. But he didn't dare to raise his head slightly, for fear that he would be taken down after being discovered, and he would be punished with a cane at the lightest, or beheaded at the noon gate.

He felt nervous in his heart, and cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his forehead, dripping down the corners of his forehead and falling to the ground. At this moment an ant crawled in front of him, and a drop of sweat fell on it, and its swift body suffocated, as if it had fallen into a pool of water and struggled.

Yang Muyun stretched out his fingers, gently picked it up, and flicked it far away.

"Under the coercion of the imperial power, people are like this ant. If you don't pay attention, you will let your life pass away with the wind. Yang Muyun sighed in his heart, the figure in front of him couldn't help flickering, thinking that the guard of honor was still moving forward, holding flags, umbrellas, and gourds in an endless stream, and under the cover of flags, it was a corner of the blue sky on the horizon.

The guard of honor stood silent under the corridor on both sides of the palace gate, and after a morning of court meeting, the emperor and his old man should also be hungry, and he couldn't help but drink some tea and eat some snacks, and after a long time, he saw a eunuch walk out of the gate of the Huagai Palace, whisk the dust, and shouted sharply: "Xuanjin Yiwei Qianhu Yang Muyun came to see!" ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly got up and stepped forward after hearing this, and said in a loud voice: "See you, Minister Yang Muyun." ”

The eunuch smiled at him and said, "Yang Qianhu, please come in with me." With that, he turned around and went in first, and Yang Muyun hung his head and hurriedly followed.

Entering the solemn hall, Yang Muyun didn't dare to look around, but followed the footsteps of the eunuch and walked in, and walked to the end of the scarlet carpet, the eunuch flashed to the side and said loudly: "Yang Muyun of the Jinyi Guard Thousand Households meets the emperor in person."

Yang Muyun knew that he must be sitting on the top when Zhu Qizhen, the orthodox emperor of today, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, put his palms up on the blanket, knocked his forehead on his fingertips, and said loudly: "Weichen Yang Muyun knocks to see the emperor." ”

I only heard a graceful and elegant voice say, "Excuse me, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Muyun got up and stepped aside respectfully, with a burst of excitement in his heart, "I finally saw the emperor, what does the emperor look like?" Although he was very curious, his eyes did not dare to look around, and when his eyes moved slightly, he saw a pair of official boots standing still in front of him, and it seemed that there was another official present.

I only heard a rich old voice say: "Your Majesty, Weichen and several adults in the household department have discussed it, and I think that the money in the inner court is still better taken by Jingcang, which is many times closer than the distance from Tongzhoucang, and it also saves the father-in-law from the pain of running around and tiring, isn't it the best of both worlds." ”

"Hmm" the graceful and elegant voice said: "Liu Aiqing is reasonable, but it is a common practice for people from the inner court to go to Tongzhou Cang to receive Yulu, and no one has ever questioned it, why did Liu Aiqing suddenly propose to withdraw it from Jingcang instead?" ”

"Your Majesty" Lord Liu said: "If it is peacetime, there is nothing, but in recent years, there have been frequent wars in my Ming Dynasty, and there have been a lot of military movements from the south to the north, and the military rations of the army have passed."

They are all extracted from the Tongzhou warehouse, which has long been overwhelmed, and it is discussed with the minister and Lord Kuang, the Tongzhou warehouse is specially used for the transportation of military grain, and the distribution of the food is extracted from the Beijing warehouse, so that it can not only ensure the supply of military food in wartime, but also will not be in arrears to the father-in-law, so isn't it good? ”

"Hmm" The emperor seemed to think for a moment, and then said slowly: "In this case, then I will draft an edict when I go back, that is, I will issue an edict, you go down!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" That Master Liu answered, bowed and retreated.

"This Lord Liu actually chased here to ask the emperor to issue an edict, which can be regarded as a high authority." Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart. He didn't know that Liu Zhongshi, the head of the household, had already shown his prominence when he was Emperor Taizong, and now he has gone through four dynasties and made outstanding achievements, even if Zhu Qizhen saw him, he was polite.

"Are you Yang Muyun?" The Emperor said, "Come up and raise your head so that I can take a good look." ”

Yang Muyun was young and vigorous, and when he heard what the emperor said, he didn't think much about it, so he stepped forward slowly, raised his head and looked behind the dragon book.

The orthodox emperor was twenty years old, with a slightly chubby face, a short beard on his lips, slender eyes, and a very dignified demeanor. He was wearing a winged crown on his head, wearing a dragon robe with a disc collar and narrow sleeves, and he couldn't help but smile when he looked at Yang Muyun, "Sure enough, she is young and talented, no wonder she pesters me every day to see you!" ”

Hearing the emperor praise himself, Yang Muyun couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was a little dazed, who is she? Why do you pester the emperor to see you every day?

"It's been a hard time for you along the way!" Zhu Qizhen smiled.

"Weichen relies on the emperor's protection, Fang turned danger into a disaster, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yang Muyun hurriedly lowered his head and replied.

"Okay, there are no outsiders here, what are you doing here?" Zhu Qizhen stood up, came to Yang Muyun's side, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you, it was you who saved my royal brother and sister!" ”

"The minister doesn't dare, as a courtier, he should serve the emperor loyally, even if he is full of brains!" Yang Muyun replied impassionedly.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, turned around and took out a scroll from the imperial case and handed it to him, the corners of his mouth hooked, "Yang Qing opened it and took a look." ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to take it, unfolded it and took a look, it turned out to be the Ming Dynasty solid border policy that he wrote when he participated in the township test in Kaifeng, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked up at Zhu Qizhen.

"Yang Qing already has an official body, and he can use his leisure time to participate in the Golden Autumn Township Test, I really admire it." Zhu Qizhen said that the tip of his eyebrows twitched slightly.

"The minister was frightened, and the minister received the holy decree and failed to rush to the capital quickly, so he failed the emperor's grace and asked the emperor to punish the crime." As he spoke, he hurriedly fell to the ground.

"Get up." Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly, "I already know all about Qing in Kaifeng, speaking of which Yang Qing has made a great contribution, not only saving Yu Qian and Nianfu, but also guiding the victims, removing the rebellion of Zhou Wangfu, and saving Kaifeng from war." What sin are thou? ”

Hearing this, Yang Muyun stood up, and when he saw that there was no blame on Zhu Qizhen's face, his heart was relieved, so he stood aside.

"I'm a little curious, why does Aiqing want to take this township test?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"Back to the emperor," Yang Muyun held his breath and said slowly: "The minister has been reading the sage book since he was a child, thinking of exchanging a splendid article for the title of the gold list. Since entering Jinyiwei by mistake, although there is no need to gain fame to win the official body, but it is a pity that he did not enter the field, so he ...... Therefore, when the minister passed by Kaifeng, he saw that he was applying for the township examination, and he was itchy for a while, so he signed up to go to the department. ”

"Oh," Zhu Qizhen nodded slightly when he heard this, "Yang Qing's article is quite well written, and it is very agreeable. "Paused slightly," but there is something accusing of the first emperor, but it seems a little frivolous. ”

"Weichen has no form in his pen, he offended the first emperor, and asked the emperor to forgive him." Yang Muyun was taken aback and hurriedly said.

"Do you also think that the first emperor should not give up Jiaozhi, Kaiping, and quit the slave?" Zhu Qizhen didn't have anger on his face, but asked.

"Back to the emperor," Yang Muyun said: "The first emperor is benevolent and does not want to use more swords with Siyi, so he makes this retreat." But Siyi did not understand the painstaking efforts of the first emperor, but pressed step by step, the emperor went south to Luchuan, and really maintained the dignity of my Ming Dynasty, and I Ming Dynasty could not retreat again and again. ”

"Well," Zhu Qizhen became interested when he heard it, "Do you think so too?" ”