"Yang Muyun has seen Gonggong Li." Yang Muyun saw that the old eunuch called his name, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute.

"You are Yang Muyun?" The old eunuch glanced at him.

"Exactly down there."

"I don't need you to be on duty today," said the old eunuch, "If the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother want to see you, you can come with our family!" The last word dragged on in a long tone, making it sound a little strange.

"Yes." Yang Muyun bowed down and said, feeling apprehensive in his heart.

......

Yang Muyun, who went to Renshou Palace, felt that it was very long, he glanced at the old eunuch who led the way in front of him, and asked very abruptly, "May I ask Gonggong Li, yesterday Xiao Lingzi was called by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother for questioning, and now I don't know what?" ”

"That monkey cub!" The red-robed old prison head said without replying: "Waiting for the emperor is not thoughtful, the queen mother and the queen mother ordered someone to beat him eighty boards, and then threw him out of Renshou Palace, I am afraid that there is only one breath left if he does not die." There was a sense of schadenfreude in his voice.

"Eighty boards?" Yang Muyun gasped in his heart when he heard this, "Ordinary people have suffered so many boards, and if they don't die, they will be abolished." "I was thinking about it in my heart, and a majestic temple appeared in front of me.

"You wait here first," the red-robed old eunuch said to him, "let's go in and report it, and you can go in again." ”

"Father-in-law Li, please."

The red-robed old eunuch staggered into Renshou Palace.

"When the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother see me later, what will they ask?" Yang Muyun was nervous for a while, "It must be how the emperor got out of the palace and how he was robbed, how can I answer?" After pacing back and forth for a few steps, he suddenly made up his mind, "No matter how they ask, I can't push things on the emperor indiscriminately, if I want to hit the board, I will hit it, let alone eighty boards, even if it is a hundred, I don't care!" ”

"Chuan" only heard the eunuch guarding the gate of Renshou Palace shouting sharply: "Yang Muyun has come to see you!" ”

Yang Muyun was startled, hurriedly straightened his clothes, and walked in slowly.

Under the guidance of the eunuchs in the palace, Yang Muyun entered a warm pavilion, only to feel that his eyes were bright, but he saw that the palace was elegantly furnished, the countryside was full of silk, the ground was covered with colorful brocade velvet felt, and there were two blue and white jade vases at the door, and a few tall corals were inserted. The eunuch fell to the ground, "The queen mother, the queen mother, Yang Muyun brought it." ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly followed suit, "Minister Yang Muyun has seen the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother!" ”

I only heard a solemn woman's voice say, "Flatten! ”

"Thank you Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager!" Yang Muyun stood up with the eunuch, peeked in, and saw two mahogany phoenix chairs separated by natural nanmu tea, and two women with luxurious clothes and graceful appearances and beaded hair sat on the left and right. The woman on the left is older, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing an apricot yellow jacket and a lotus green dress. Her eyes were slightly open, and her gaze was like electricity, which made people feel a sense of awe from the bottom of their hearts. I think she is the Empress Dowager Sun.

The woman on the right is much younger, only about 20 people, she looks kind and kind, much more graceful than the Empress Dowager Sun, wearing a phoenix crown, wearing a dragon pattern xia veil and a dark blue large-sleeved Zhai coat, and a red Luo skirt, which looks very solemn, far less relaxed than the Empress Dowager Sun's regular clothes, looking at her respectful attitude towards the older woman, she should be the master of the harem, Queen Qian.

Empress Dowager Sun's sleeves swung lightly, and the eunuch bowed his head and retreated.

"You are Yang Muyun?" Empress Dowager Sun stared at him and asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it is your subordinate." Yang Muyun replied respectfully.

"Throne!" Empress Dowager Sun said loudly.

Even if a eunuch brought a chair and placed it under the head of the Queen Mother and the Empress.

"Empress Dowager Xie," Yang Muyun held his breath and condensed, his eyes did not squint, and he still maintained a humble attitude, "Your Majesty's status is low, how dare you sit in front of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and your Majesty will just stand and reply." ”

"Well," Empress Dowager Sun bowed slightly, her face softened, "Yang Jianwei, how long have you been on duty in the palace?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager," Yang Muyun said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty originally served in the Fusi of Nanzhen Jinyi Weinan, the southern capital, and was later transferred to the Beijing Division, and served as the director and the outsider in the military department......"

Listening to him, Empress Dowager Sun looked at him

The god showed a slight color, "I can't see that you have worked in so many yamen at a young age, why did the emperor choose you to enter the palace as a small guard?" ”

Before Yang Muyun could answer, he heard a eunuch outside shouting, "Princess Yongqing is here!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhu Xiyuan floating in like a cloud in a colorful silk dress.

"Xiyuan greets the Queen Mother and the Queen!" Zhu Xiyuan bowed to the two main gods in the palace sitting in front of him, but the corner of his eyes slanted at Yang Muyun.

"That's it," Empress Dowager Sun's big sleeves flicked, and her solemn face moved slightly, "It's rare to come to the mourning family so early!" ”

"Xiyuan was sleeping peacefully in the palace, but suddenly heard someone calling, and woke up at that time," Zhu Xiyuan said seriously: "The Queen Mother is working hard for the affairs of the palace these days, and everyone is haggard, Xiyuan is uneasy, so she wants to come to see the Queen Mother earlier, I wish the Queen Mother to take care of her body and be auspicious for ten thousand years!" ”

"When did your little mouth become so talkative?" Empress Dowager Sun said with a smile: "You must be tired all the way, sit down and rest!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Zhu Xiyuan smiled and sat on the chair that the eunuch brought to Yang Muyun.

"Huh? You're there too! Zhu Xiyuan squeezed her eyes at Yang Muyun and said with a surprised expression.

"You know him?" Empress Dowager Sun was a little surprised by Zhu Xiyuan's reaction.

"Queen Mother," Zhu Xiyuan's delicate chin lowered and said, "He is the Yang Muyun I told you before that saved me and Brother Wang in Luzhou, how did he come to your Renshou Palace?" ”

"It was the mourning family who called him," Empress Dowager Sun looked at Yang Muyun's eyes with a different color, "It turns out that you were the one who saved Xiyuan and Qi Yu, no wonder the emperor summoned you to the palace as a guard." ”

"Your Majesty's little credit is not worth mentioning," Yang Muyun lowered his head and said, "This time I failed to protect the emperor's ministers, and my sin will not be atoned for." ”

"You know in your heart," Empress Dowager Sun's soothing face tensed again, "Although your time on duty in the palace is short, what should be done and what should not be done should be measured." The emperor values you, Xiyuan is grateful to you, do you have nothing to fear? ”

"Your Majesty is guilty," Yang Muyun was shocked, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Your Majesty has a negative imperial grace, please punish the Queen Mother!" ”

"The queen mother ......" Zhu Xiyuan couldn't help but say beside him: "The emperor's brother wants to leave the palace, how can Yang Muyun be stopped by a mere guard, fortunately, the emperor's brother is safe and sound, although he has been derelict in his duties, please ask the queen mother to read his previous merits, and reprimand him a few words." ”

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Sun glanced at Zhu Xiyuan, "You care about him very much, don't you?" Before he entered the palace, did he let people say that he knew you first, and let you come over to intercede for him? ”

"No, no, no," Zhu Xiyuan's jade hand shook frequently, "Queen Mother, you misunderstood, Xiyuan is in the deep palace, how can you know about his entry into the palace?" Xiyuan really got up early in the morning and sincerely came to greet the Queen Mother. ”

"Well," said the Empress Dowager Sun, "if you really have this filial piety, you will watch from the sidelines, and you will not speak for him again." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." Zhu Xiyuan's face darkened, and she cast a look at Yang Muyun helplessly.

"The emperor went out of the palace in private, was it his own intention, or was it instigated by you and Xiao Lingzi?" Empress Dowager Sun's voice became stern, and seeing Yang Muyun's hesitant expression, her voice raised a little higher, "Answer truthfully!" ”

"Yes, the Queen Mother," Yang Muyun said: "The emperor is in the deep palace all the year round, and he really wants to see the things outside the palace, and his subordinates are talkative, and he said some funny things before that aroused the emperor's ** out of the palace, so the emperor ...... him" Speaking of this, he touched the ground with his forehead, "Your Majesty should die, he failed to persuade the emperor and dispel him from the palace, and because of this, he also affected Xiao Lingzi's father-in-law...... In short, all the mistakes come from the subordinates, the queen mother governs the sins of the ministers, and the ministers have no complaints, and please ask the queen mother not to anger others. ”

"You are quite righteous and take the sins of others yourself," Empress Dowager Sun raised her eyebrows and reprimanded: "Xiao Lingzi didn't even come to report to the mourning family for such a big event as the emperor leaving the palace, the crime is unforgivable, where is your turn to intercede for him?" ”

"Your Majesty is guilty!" Yang Muyun only felt that his head was cold and he didn't dare to raise his head.

"I heard that you have also read books and tested for fame," Empress Dowager Sun's tone softened, "As a minister, you should know that you are loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and the emperor is a member of the country, and every move is related to the lives of the people in the world.

In case of a mistake, it is not a matter of your own sin, but where to put the Ming Dynasty? If the monarch is wrong, the dynasty will be unstable, and even the world will be in chaos. Didn't the saints teach you this truth? "The more I talk about it, the more I talk about it.

"What the Queen Mother taught is that her subordinates are ashamed, no matter how the Queen Mother treats her subordinates' crimes, her subordinates will never complain!" Cold sweat oozed from Yang Muyun's forehead, and it fell to the floor drop by drop.

"You don't have to kneel all the time, get up and talk back!"

"Yes, Queen Mother!" Yang Muyun said in his mouth, but his body was motionless.

"Didn't you hear what the Queen Mother said?" Zhu Xiyuan said coquettishly: "If you don't get up yet, do you want to disobey the Queen Mother's decree?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't dare, Your Majesty is afraid, Your Majesty is guilty......" Yang Muyun stood up tremblingly, bowed his head and stood up.

Empress Dowager Sun glared at Zhu Xiyuan, Zhu Xiyuan spit out her little pink tongue, and hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth.

"Can the kidnappers of the emperor be caught?" Empress Dowager Sun asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother," Yang Muyun said hesitantly: "No...... I never caught it. ”

"Then you are too undutiful as a guard," Empress Dowager Sun said: "Not only did the emperor not protect him well, but he also didn't catch the thief who kidnapped the emperor, what face do you have to be on duty in this palace......"

In the face of Empress Dowager Sun's fierce questioning, Yang Muyun could only say nothing, he almost lost his own son, no wonder people are so angry as mothers.

Seeing that Yang Muyun was silent, Empress Dowager Sun was still angry, and turned to Queen Qian: "You too, even the emperor's heart is not tied well, let him only think about running out of the palace all day long, if something really happens, the mourning family will see where you go to find a place to cry!" ”

In the face of Empress Dowager Sun's reprimand, Queen Qian said with a smile on her face: "Yes, yes, the Queen Mother has taught her a lesson, it is her daughter-in-law who does not care enough about the emperor, and her daughter-in-law will definitely change her way in the future." After a pause, he said: "Queen Mother, you haven't closed your eyes all night, your daughter-in-law will accompany you in to rest for a while!" ”

"No, if the emperor doesn't come back, the mourning family will always sit here," Empress Dowager Sun said with a stubborn face: "If you don't see the emperor, the mourning family will never fit your eyes." Glancing at Queen Qian, "If you are tired, go back to Kunning Palace, you don't need to accompany the mourning family here." ”

"Where did the Queen Mother say," Queen Qian forced a smile, "Where is the reason why you are waiting for the emperor here and your daughter-in-law going back to rest?" Your daughter-in-law is here to accompany you. The smiling face could not hide a trace of tiredness. This is Renshou Palace, and the Empress Dowager Sun is dressed in regular clothes, so she doesn't feel anything. But Queen Qian came from Kunning Palace, wearing a phoenix crown and a xia curtain worn on the ceremony, and the clothes were not enough, but there were thousands of pearls and hundreds of gems on the phoenix crown, which was really heavy, and the move was a little bigger, so the beads trembled and shook, and pressed on a slippery green silk, and it might fall off when it was not moving properly, it was really good-looking and uncomfortable, and if you want to change it, you have to go back to Kunning Palace. But the Empress Dowager Sun and her old man are like old monks who settle down, and they don't move the place, and as a daughter-in-law, they can't leave without permission to change clothes, so they can only sit here without embarrassment.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Sun had counted Queen Qian again, Yang Muyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of Zhu Xiyuan looking at him intently, and couldn't help but be stunned. Zhu Xiyuan stuck out her tongue at him and made a grimace, looking extremely cute. Yang Muyun didn't dare to look at it anymore, and quickly turned his gaze away.

"The emperor has arrived," a eunuch sang aloud outside.

"The emperor is here!" The faces of the three women in the room were surprised and happy, Queen Qian and Zhu Xiyuan stood up immediately, and Yang Muyun bent his knees and knelt on the ground facing the door.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, I saw Zhu Qizhen change into a bright yellow dress and walk in.

"Queen Mother, my son has come to greet you!" Zhu Qizhen stepped forward quickly, took three steps and made two steps to kneel in front of the Empress Dowager Sun.

"Your Majesty, you're back!" Empress Dowager Sun was excited for a while, and she was ready to cry, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhu Qizhen up, "Let the mourning family take a look, but where is the injury?" ”

"Queen Mother, my son is fine! Do not worry! Catching a glimpse of Queen Qian and Zhu Xiyuan, "The queen and princess turned out to be here!" ”

"The concubine has seen the emperor!" Queen Qian gave a salute.

"Xiyuan has also seen the emperor!" Zhu Xiyuan also learned from Queen Qian's appearance, and gave a blessing.

"Excuse me," Zhu Qizhen waved his sleeves and saw Yang Muyun again, "Why is Yang Qing here?" ”