In the fifth year of Taihe, October has been in October, and the third quarter of the first month of the year.

Chang'an, Daming Palace, Inner Dynasty Corridor.

Daming palace is all over the palace, except for the Zichen Palace, across the street is the harem dormitory halls, there is Penglai Hall in the north direction, there is Qinghui Pavilion corridor behind it, you can look at the Taiye Pool, Penglai Mountain, the scenery reflects each other, and the staggered fall is caused. On the east side of the Zichen Palace, there are bath halls and greenhouse halls respectively, and the functions are as their names suggest, and they are the places where the Son of Heaven rests and relaxes in his spare time.

The Son of Heaven descended to the corridor accompanied by the envoy of Mane, followed by more than a dozen gold-armored Jinwu guards and several green-robed eunuchs carrying lanterns. The Son of Heaven walked quickly, making Ma Cunliang, who was nearly sixty years old, struggling to keep up, breathing rapidly, but he didn't dare to fall at all.

"The old slave is afraid of tiring everyone...... Why don't you let the old slave arrange the steps? ”

"I wish to walk ......"

Ma Cunliang turned his head to look at the Penglai Hall where they had already passed, the Son of Heaven did not go straight to the Penglai Hall to rest as he had said to Wang Shoucheng before, but still moved westward, which couldn't help but make Ma Cunliang suspicious.

Seeing that he was about to walk to the end of the corridor and turn to the Qinghui Pavilion in the north, Ma Cunliang couldn't help but wonder: "But everyone, Penglai Palace...... To the north, let's ...... In such a hurry, where are you going? ”

The Son of Heaven did not slow down his pace because Ma Cunliang was out of breath, but just replied, "Hanlin Academy." ”

This answer only made Ma Cunliang even more confused, although he knew that the Son of Heaven was fond of reading, and often talked with the Hanlin Bachelor at night, so that it was not uncommon for the timing copper leakage floating needle to move down for dozens of moments, and even the copper leakage was exhausted, but now the hour is about to be corrected.

"Forgive the old slave for breaking his mouth, today is off, the hour is late, yesterday ...... It was everyone who let the bachelors rest for half a day today, I'm afraid...... There's no one in the academy. ”

The Son of Heaven didn't even respond this time, and Ma Cunliang didn't dare to ask again.

Hanlin Courtyard is located in the west side of the Daming Palace Lin De Hall directly behind, covering an area of more than half of the Lin De Palace. However, the Hallym Academy is different from the Hallym Academy, and the Hanlin Academy is elected to the Hallym Academy, which is more of a Hanlin Academy, rather than a Hallym Scholar who can have the power to meet the Son of Heaven every day, draft edicts, and discuss secrets.

Although the grade of the Hanlin Bachelor is not high, it should not be underestimated, and many times, a seemingly casual sentence of the Hanlin Bachelor can even influence the decision-making of the Daming Palace. So far, several prime ministers have started to rise from the Hanlin bachelor's degree.

After walking for half a moment, the group finally arrived at the Hallym Academy.

As Ma Cunliang said, there is no one on duty, it is dark inside, silent, and even the copper leak has been exhausted.

The Son of Heaven walked in slowly, put his hands on his back, and stopped at the door for a long time.

The academy is a three-entry hall, divided into nine rooms, except for the middle and the westernmost central one, the rest are the royal library. In the center of the academy, there is a very large high-standing table, on which in addition to pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things, there are also unreturned classics scattered on the table.

"This group of Hanlin, I don't remember to put the classics back on the ten-day holiday!" Ma Cunliang complained, and then hurriedly instructed a few little eunuchs to clean up the table, light the silver candle, and add to the copper leak. The little eunuchs didn't dare to slack off, and after a while, the Hanlin Academy was brightly lit by candles.

The Son of Heaven walked to the throne and sat down silently.

Different from the throne in the temple, the academy is a place where the Son of Heaven studies and discusses important matters, and the system is simple, so the so-called throne is just a low couch with handrails and a red gold double victory deer-patterned mattress.

Ma Cunliang smiled and walked to the side of the Son of Heaven, wanting to say, "Everyone, the old slave is not wrong...... but the words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back raw, just because he saw the slightly frowning dragon eyebrows of the Son of Heaven.

Ma Cunliang thought carefully, the Son of Heaven chose to come to the Hanlin Academy today very suddenly, without warning, it seems that it was decided temporarily after letting Wang Shoucheng pass on the message, looking at the appearance of the Son of Heaven, it seems that he is waiting for someone.

Ma Cunliang was determined to ask, and was about to speak, but the Son of Heaven turned his eyes to the little eunuch who had injected the copper leak and asked, what time is it?

The little eunuch was full of excitement, and when he heard this, he hurriedly ran to the copper leak in three steps and two steps, and reported loudly in his voice, "Correct!"

The fine lines between the two eyebrows of the Son of Heaven became deeper, but he whispered to himself

"Wait, wait......"

At the same time, the Sixteen Princes' House.

The hour has passed, but the Son of Heaven has not appeared for a long time, although the joy is still there, on the surface, the brothers and nephews talk happily, but the Ying King, who is extremely sensitive to the atmosphere, has faintly felt that the atmosphere of the banquet has changed.

Some people are speculating, some people are starting to fidget, and some people are looking around in the middle of a conversation.

However, it can be seen from the expressions and small movements of the kings and eunuchs present that everyone's hearts began to beat a little.

But if anyone really seems to care about this, it is the two brothers of Li Han who are still arguing.

King Zhang and King An had enough trouble, and they each sat back on the mat, but when they didn't have much peace, Li Rong, the king of An, came over again and whispered to Li Han and King Zhang: "Hey, look, isn't the one sitting at the opposite end Uncle Guang?" ”

"Ah, yes, I haven't noticed." King Zhang lowered his voice.

Li Han followed the direction of Li Rong's gaze, and really saw Li Yi, the king of light, who was sitting alone, with a wooden face, and did not talk to anyone at all, and was also Li Han's thirteenth uncle.

Seeing that the King of Light seemed to notice the gaze of the three brothers, he made an extremely standard bow to this side, as if he was receiving his subordinates.

When Li Han saw it, he couldn't help but sneer, his tone was extremely disdainful, and he didn't want to make a few Uncle Wang, who were chatting in a whisper, on the other side, cast their eyes.

When King Zhang and King An heard this, they were also surprised, so they clubbed King Ying on the shoulder and reminded him to be quieter, and then lowered his voice and asked Li Han, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I didn't expect Uncle Guang to come too," Li Han whispered to the two brothers while facing the opposite side: "I remember that when my father was still alive, everyone in the palace thought that Uncle Guang was not wise...... It's no wonder that he didn't say a few words in his impression, this uncle is no older than you and me, and a certain old man teases him, every time he doesn't say a word, he has a blank face, so he ...... Seeing that he was so polite, I didn't hold back ......"

In fact...... This is not what Li Han is talking about.

For the uncle of King Guang, for some reason, Li Han has never had a good impression, not that the two have had any holidays, but an inexplicable and strange feeling, Li Han can't say what he is worried about for the time being.

"Don't make fun of the Light King, it's an uncle after all." King Zhang looked at the other side with some sympathy.

"I remember that Emperor Muzong liked our Uncle Guang very much," King An thought for a moment, and then said to Li Han as if he had come up with some new prank idea, "Huh...... But I remember that the saint also likes to tease Uncle Guang to talk, and when the saint comes, we might as well ......"

After Wang An's words were halfway through, he noticed that Li Xiao and King Zhang's eyes crossed his shoulders and looked out of the courtyard.

"General Wang has arrived!"

With just two flicks of his fingers, several green-robed eunuchs came in with paper lanterns, and humbly bent down on both sides of the door, waiting for the big people who were about to come in behind.

The alert An Wang Li Rong had already gotten up from the table and was ready to bow his hand.

The official system of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that officials above the third rank wear the most noble purple robes and wear goldfish bags at their waists; Wearing a scarlet robe and above the fifth grade, wearing a silverfish bag at the waist; The following are all dressed in green robes and have no fish bags.

Sure enough, he was followed by an elderly eunuch wearing a more noble purple official robe and a goldfish bag around his waist.

It was none other than Wang Shoucheng, the hussar general who supported the Son of Heaven of the Three Dynasties, whose status was extremely noble, even if it was the prince, in order to show respect, he was called "Ah Weng".

When King An saw Wang Shoucheng, he took the lead in taking a step forward, bowed his hand and said hello: "Ah Weng! ”

Wang Shoucheng didn't speak, but silently watched King An bend down slightly and return the salute, and the other kings also saluted, for fear that he would be slow to move.

Wang Shoucheng's gaze moved to Li Han, and King Ying hurriedly crossed his hands like King An and said, "Ah Weng......"

Li Han used his elbow to pestle the sixth brother King Zhang, but King Zhang Li Miao only nodded slightly at Wang Shoucheng, which was regarded as a greeting.

After a breath, Wang Shoucheng quietly walked towards the steps in front of the imperial banquet of the Son of Heaven and stood at the bottom of the steps.

For a while, the entire banquet hall was silent, and everyone held their breath.

Li Han secretly thought in his heart that the saint had always been accompanied by Wang Shoucheng when he attended the banquet, but now that he saw Wang Shoucheng, he didn't see the shadow of the saint.

"May I ask General Wang, where is the saint?" King Li of Zhang, took a step forward, neither humble nor arrogant, and asked.

Wang Shoucheng looked at King Zhang, looked at him for a long time, bowed down and said softly: "Please don't worry, Your Highness......"

Then Wang Shoucheng's eyes looked around at the kings, solemnly crossed his hands in the upper right corner, straightened his waist, and said solemnly: "Biography - the sage's oracle!" ”

After a breath, presumably from Wang Shoucheng's point of view, the scene must be very spectacular, all the eunuchs, slaves and maids present, princes and kings, all knelt in unison in the direction of Wang Shoucheng.

Daming Palace, Hanlin Academy.

戌正.

Ma Cunliang asked his eunuchs to put in a glass of buttermilk, and the Son of Heaven took a few sips and stopped drinking.

The breeze outside the academy gradually rose, passing through the hall, and it seemed that a storm was brewing.

Ma Cunliang stood quietly in front of the throne of the Son of Heaven, but the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt. Why did His Majesty tell Wang Shoucheng that he wanted to go to Penglai Hall to rest, but finally came to this Hanlin Academy? Which one is this playing?

Just as he was thinking about it, the Jinwu guards outside the hall entered, knelt down in front of the Son of Heaven and crossed their hands and said: "Your Majesty, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Mu Qingchen came to see him, and said that he came by order to ......."

The Son of Heaven's expression was gradually tense, and Huo Ran got up.

"Let him see him quickly!"