In the eighth year of Chengping, the third day of November.

When Li Xun arrived at the gate of the imperial city, a little eunuch who was only fourteen or fifteen years old had been waiting for a long time.

"It's General Li Xun Li?"

Li Xun got off the horse, and the little eunuch immediately ran over and asked with a smile on his face.

Li Xun looked at him, this person was very strange, he didn't know him, but he still nodded and smiled: "It's Li Xun below, what does my father-in-law have to do?" ”

"The villain He Feng, on the orders of Concubine Li, is waiting for General Li here."

Li Xun bowed his hand and said politely: "It turned out to be Gonggong He, Li Xun is polite here." ”

"Don't dare, General Li can just call me Xiao Fengzi."

The two exchanged a few words, and then entered the palace.

He Feng was very enthusiastic about Li Xun, and he kept talking along the way.

"My godfather asked me to say hello to General Li, saying that if General Li has time, he can go to him for a drink."

"Who's your godfather?"

"Father-in-law Yule."

Hearing this name, Li Xun was stunned at first, and then reacted, Yu Le is Xiao Lezi's name, he used to call him Xiao Lezi, he is used to it, but his real name has been forgotten a little.

Li Xun nodded and said with a smile: "Xiao Lezi is now a character. ”

After Wang Anmao was transferred from the forbidden army, his post of military supervisor in the forbidden army was taken over by Xiao Lezi, who held the power of supervision, and in the eunuch system, he could be regarded as a figure with a head and a face.

He Feng flattered: "I often hear my godfather mention General Li, saying how General Li has the ability, and when I see it today, he is really heroic and extraordinary." ”

Li Xun smiled and didn't speak, Yu Le was three years younger than himself, and now he was just in his twenties, this He Feng was not a few years younger than Yu Le, and he actually worshipped him as his godfather, and it was a bit funny to say it, but this situation is also normal in the palace, and the seniority of the eunuchs is not based on age, but on the level of status, which is the distorted psychology brought about by their physical disability, and it is also a lack of personality.

Li Xun has come into contact with eunuchs is not a few, most of them are inflammatory, sloppy and horse-beating, the heart is relatively dark, and the mental health can only be regarded as a few, like the shepherd's strict and upright, proficient in literature and ink eunuchs, there are even fewer eunuchs.

Eunuchs this kind of people, in the past dynasties, its role has always been very heavy, in some special times, can be described as an indispensable and alternative product, the previous Pingzong, and when today's son Zhao Zhi, in the process of ascending the throne, eunuchs have played an extremely huge role, but compared with the blind favor trust of Emperor Pingzong, resulting in the excessive expansion of the power of the eunuch group, and finally listened to slander, personally conquered Hebei, 400,000 elite forbidden troops were wiped out, so that the country was almost destroyed, Zhao Zhi is much more sensible, For example, Zhao Zhi was very suspicious of military generals and lacked trust, so he let eunuchs serve as supervisors, but there were also restrictions, and eunuchs only had the right to supervise, but they did not have the right to actually command and transfer troops.

As a diligent emperor who has a very strict control over power, in the more than 20 years that Zhao Zhi has been the emperor, the power of the eunuchs has been greatly weakened and controlled, and even the great eunuchs such as Mugong, who have followed Zhao Zhi for decades, will never dare to speak lightly about political affairs.

Walking into the deep palace and approaching the Changle Palace, a heart-rending cry suddenly came.

Li Xun stopped and turned his head to look, not far away, a palace maid with a disheveled head, messy clothes, and bare feet was galloping wildly, shouting urgently while running, and behind her, more than ten eunuchs, all holding sticks, were chasing after her.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Jiuniang is wronged!"

The palace maid ran to the gate of Changle Palace, Liu Congxi walked out, kicked the palace maid to the ground suddenly, and the eunuch who was chasing after him took advantage of the situation to pounce and press the palace maid to the ground.

Liu Congxi glanced at everyone and said coldly: "A group of rice buckets, even a woman can't look at it, if you are shocked, none of you want to live." ”

"We are negligent, please forgive us."

The eunuchs hurriedly bowed their heads and confessed.

"Your Majesty, I want to see the Emperor, Jiuniang is wronged."

The palace maid relieved herself and shouted again.

"Shut him up."

Liu Congxi glanced at the palace maid coldly, turned around and left.

"You slut, you don't like a long-term thing, and you want to die by yourself, then it's no wonder I'm going to die."

A middle-aged eunuch in the lead, with a ruthless look on his face, raised his stick, and slammed it towards the palace maid's head.

"Imperial ....."

The crying voice suddenly stopped, and the palace maid's whole body was paralyzed and motionless.

"Drag her away."

Subsequently, the middle-aged eunuch ordered everyone to drag the palace maid away.

After watching this scene, Li Xun asked softly to He Feng beside him, "What happened in the palace?" ”

He Feng looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else, so he whispered: "Earlier, Huang Yuanlang, the guard in the Jiuniang Palace, had an affair with Zhencai, the incident broke out, Huang Yuanlang was nowhere to be found, Zhencai committed suicide, the emperor handed over the matter to Li Guifei and Yang Guifei to take care of, two days ago, someone complained, saying that Jiuniang was quite close to Huang Yuanlang, and the two might have misdeeds, Li Guifei summoned Jiuniang to come to interrogate, Jiuniang's attitude was strong, and her words were not inferior, Yang Guifei couldn't see it, and ordered people to take responsibility, Jiuniang was tortured but died. ”

"I heard others say that Jiuniang seems to be less than eighteen years old, so she spends such a good age, but she is ....."

Li Xun shook his head, and sighed a little, as the world often says, the most ruthless emperor family, Jiuniang looked favored by Zhao Zhi, and now... But it is said that death is death, and things in the palace are really changing rapidly.

He Feng laughed and said: "This Jiuniang also doesn't know the height of the sky, but she has been favored for a few days, and she dares to be rude to Concubine Li, and she deserves to die." ”

Li Xun glanced at him and didn't speak, he didn't have any interest in this kind of falling into the well.

Entering Changle Palace, Liu Congxi was not in the hall, but standing outside, and when he saw Li Xun, he nodded with a smile and said hello.

"Father-in-law Liu, the emperor is also here?"

"Since I'm here, the emperor is naturally here."

Liu Congxi smiled and said: "I heard that your marriage with Miss You is about to be decided, Concubine Li Guifei told the emperor about it, there is nothing to do today, the emperor simply came over to take a look, just wait for you, go in quickly." ”

Li Xun nodded, sorted out his appearance, and then walked into the main hall.

In the hall, Zhao Zhi leaned back, supported his head with one hand, closed his eyes and recuperated, and Li Yi sat on the side, pinching his shoulders for him.

"Minister Li Xun, see Your Majesty, Concubine Niangniang."

Li Xun walked closer, bowed in a proper manner, and still knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but the title had changed.

Zhao Zhi opened his eyes, looked at Li Xun, and said lightly: "I went to Longyou, but I was a little rusty." ”

Li Yi said half-jokingly on the side: "Aren't you scared by Your Majesty?" ”