The night is like ink, and the light rain is getting heavier and heavier, hitting the roofs and garden trees to make a fluttering sound, at this time soaking in the warm water, quietly listening to the sound of the rain, is undoubtedly a good enjoyment.

At this moment, Xu Jin soaked comfortably in the bathtub, closed his eyes, and listened to the sound of rain outside the window, while enjoying the service of Meiwen's soft little hands.

In order to bring the new monarch back to the capital as soon as possible, the mission hurried all the way, a journey of nearly 3,000 miles, and it was completed in half a month, with an average of nearly 200 miles a day.

Two hundred miles is nothing in modern times, stepping on the accelerator stick is about an hour's thing, but the rugged official road in ancient times, the carriage travels two hundred miles a day is simply a flying speed, there is still enough horses, and the result of the green light at all the checkpoints, if it is an ordinary business trip, you can walk a hundred miles a day to burn high incense.

So after traveling for half a month in a row with high intensity, Xu Jin, a young man, was a little unbearable, and he felt that his bones were falling apart, and now that he was on the ground, it was rare to take a hot bath so casually, it didn't feel like an ordinary comfort, and the key was to take a bath while listening to the rain.

Xu Jin liked to listen to the rain when he was a child, and when it rained heavily, he got into the quilt and listened to the sound of the wind and rain outside, the world was so noisy, but it was so quiet, and his thoughts fluctuated with the sound of rain, which felt wonderful.

The sound of rain can stir the mind, but when lonely men and women are together, the sound of the rain stirs the spring thoughts. The maid's scrubbing movements became more and more abnormal, and her breathing became obviously a little hot, and her fingertips inadvertently brushed the sensitive parts of the master.

Xu Jin opened his eyes slightly, and what caught his eye was the beautiful maid's watery eyes, as well as a sweet face covered with red clouds, the wet clothes beaten by the water were clinging to his body, and the fullness of his chest rested on the edge of the bath bucket, squeezing out the exaggerated furrows.

Xu Jin secretly snorted a little goblin, and then stood up from the bathtub, and the beautiful maid knew the meaning of the string song, and immediately removed the last shackles on her body, and shamefully let the old man hold her into the bathtub......

"Xu Jin, Xu Jin, this king is here, and he hasn't come out to pick up yet!"

Master Xu was getting better, and he was almost frightened by the throat of the male duck that came in suddenly outside the house, but fortunately, the old driver was stable enough, and immediately put up gear to speed up, and stepped up to release the pleasure, so he was dressed under the service of the embarrassed maid, and walked out of the room.

Zhu Houxi's kid was already sitting at the coffee table, drinking tea and eating pastries like cooked, and there were two people standing outside the door, one was the companion Huang Jin, and the other was the eunuch Gu Dayong. In addition, there were more than a dozen brocade guards wearing hats and robes, standing in the rain in the courtyard, straight as sculptures.

"That...... It's raining heavily outside, why don't you come into the house? Xu Jin said.

Gu Da smiled with a shy and wrinkled old face: "It's okay, the rain can't get wet, our family is waiting outside the door, Xu Gongzi and the prince will talk slowly!" After saying that, he closed the door very intimately.

Zhu Houxi muttered in a low voice: "Let him not follow, but follow." ”

Gu Dayong is one of the Eight Tigers of Internal Officials, and Zhengde Zhu Houzhao served in the body when he was still the prince, so he was very favored by Emperor Zhengde, and he once commanded Xichang, and his power was prominent. It's just that once a son of heaven and a courtier, now that Zhengde has died, the new emperor is about to succeed to the throne, Gu Dayong naturally wants to take advantage of this opportunity to welcome the new monarch and try his best to tie up with the new monarch. So regardless of the fatigue of the journey, he waited by Zhu Houxi's side all day long.

Xu Jin lifted the teapot and added tea to Zhu Houxi's teacup, and then sat down on the chair next to him. Zhu Houxi leaned back in the chair, cocked Erlang's legs very unvividly, and sighed: "Xu Jin, I am still comfortable with you." Today, Liang Chu and Mao Cheng told me a lot of regulations and etiquette for ascending the throne, and Gu Dayong followed behind his buttocks, saying that this can't be done, and it is not in line with the emperor's identity, and he is annoyed to death. ”

Xu Jin glanced at Zhu Houxi with a little pity, the royal rules are mostly recognized, even in the toilet, there are eunuchs kneeling with night pot to urinate, and there are eunuchs staring outside at night when the concubines are pampered, do you want to do it one more time? Immediately give you a sentence "Please take care of the dragon's body".

For Xu Jin, this kind of life was simply worse than being in prison, so he did not envy the emperor at all. Of course, the supremacy of imperial power, those rules and regulations, the emperor obeys the rules, if the emperor does not abide by the rules, it is a decoration, for example, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao lives as he wants, does not live in the palace at all, but lives in the self-built entertainment center (leopard room), if you want to fight the tiger, you want to go shopping, let the eunuchs and guards pretend to be vendors to set up stalls and sell, and if you want to go to the kiln, let the palace maids and beauties pretend to be Qinglou fans.

"Xu Jin, I'm a little scared!" Zhu Houxi suddenly lowered his voice and said.

Xu Jin looked at the thirteen-year-old boy who had just grown fluff on his lips and smiled: "What is the prince afraid of?" You will soon be the Ninety-Five, and others should be afraid of you. ”

Zhu Houxi angrily glanced at Xu Jindao, who was shaking Erlang's legs: "Then why aren't you afraid of me?" ”

"I'm afraid, don't you see that my legs are shaking with fear?" Xu Jin is serious and authentic.

"Roll the calves!" Zhu Houxi scolded in disdain, but there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, what he liked was this kind of unrestrained chat with each other. Especially these days, the respectful attitude of the people around him has made the little slave extremely uncomfortable, so chatting with Xu Jin at this time is very comfortable and relaxed.

Zhu Houxi sighed and said: "Xu Jin, to be honest, I never thought that I would be an emperor at all, I am so worried that I can't sleep these days, and I don't have anyone who wants to find a chat!" ”

Xu Jin understood Zhu Houxi's mood very well, a thirteen-year-old boy suddenly let him enter Beijing to be the emperor, and he had no foundation in the court, there was no one to trust, so it was strange if he was not nervous, and comforted with a smile: "What is there to worry about, now that the situation in Beijing is stable, there is actually no risk for you to enter Beijing and ascend the throne this time, don't worry!" ”

If Zhu Houxi's most trusted "outsider" at the moment is Xu Jin, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he heard this, and said: "But I'm still worried that I can't do well." ”

Xu Jin calmly took a sip of tea and asked, "The prince has seen the oil seller?" ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned and said: "I've seen it, a fable by Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty." ”

Xu Jin nodded and smiled: "The oil seller covered a copper coin on the mouth of the gourd, and then poured the oil into the gourd through the small hole of the copper coin, but the copper coin was not wet at all, what is the reason?" ”

Zhu Houxi replied: "Without him, only the hand is familiar!" ”

"In fact, doing anything is the same as pouring oil for an oil seller, practice makes perfect, and the same is true for being an emperor. Shoufu Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, Mao Ji, Jiang Mian and others are all upright ministers, you are new to the great treasure, you are not familiar with everything, it is right to listen to their opinions on major national affairs. But you can't be assertive, you have to listen more, watch more, think more, learn more, and soon you will feel that, in fact, it is not difficult to be an emperor. Of course, it is not easy to be a promising gentleman, which you have to slowly ponder and experience in the future. ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "Xu Jin, hearing you say this, I feel a lot more relaxed, I guess I can sleep well tonight." ”

"As a decision-maker, you don't have to know everything, the key is to know how to use people, and let those who are good at do what they are good at...... Xu Jin took the opportunity to instill Zhu Houxi with some of the laws of leadership and the golden rule summarized by later generations.

Of course, Xu Jin is not purely preaching, but combines some interesting story examples, so Zhu Houxi listened to it with relish. Gu Dayong, who was standing guard outside the door, peeked in from time to time through the crack in the door, and saw the scene of the two people in the room "laughing and scolding" with Erlang's legs crossed, and couldn't help but be secretly speechless, and his mind was also alive: "Hey, it seems that this Xu Jin is indeed very favored by the new monarch, and he has to have a good relationship in the future!" ”

This is the difference between eunuchs and civil officials, if Shi Xuan Mao Cheng and others see Xu Jin disregarding the etiquette of the monarch and ministers like this, I am afraid that they will immediately go crazy and scold: "This thief has no king, he should be beheaded!" ”

Xu Jin and Zhu Houyu chatted freely in the house for nearly an hour, until Gu Da knocked on the door to remind him that it was not too early, and Zhu Houyu left unsatisfied, and the worries and fears of the past few days were swept away.

Gu Dayong looked at Zhu Houxi, whose steps were as brisk as a slingshot, and couldn't help but be amazed.