Guo Song followed the eunuch to the Qilin Palace, which is the inner study of the Son of Heaven, Li Yu has already received the news of Lu Sigong's net, and his body has recovered, and he began to sit in the Qilin Hall to deal with some major government affairs.

Li Shi, the king of Lu, has not yet stepped down from the post of superintendent, but he has special things to do, one is to restore the imperial examination, and the second is to solve the housing problem of low-level officials in the imperial court, both of which are not easy to do, especially the first thing, the restoration of the imperial examination involves the vital interests of all aspects, how can it be so easy to recover, but no matter how difficult it is, he has to do it, this is his political achievement, and it is related to whether he can enter the East Palace.

Guo Song waited outside the inner study for a while, and the eunuch went in to report, and soon came out and said, "Guo Envoy Jun please come in, and the Son of Heaven will summon you." ”

Guo Song tidied up his clothes a little, and then walked into the study quickly, only to see Li Yu, the son of heaven, sitting behind the wide imperial case, looking at him with a smile.

Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Wechen is here to give orders to the Son of Heaven." ”

After speaking, he put the Son of Heaven gold medal on the table, this time Li Yu no longer handed it back to him, but directly accepted the token, Guo Song suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, which meant that his mission as the envoy of the Son of Heaven was finally over, and he was about to start a new career.

Li Yu smiled slightly: "I have received a letter from your aunt, in which she praised you greatly, saying that you have completed all the tasks with the strength of one person, and everyone else has become an ornament, is it so exaggerated?" ”

Guo Song shook his head and said: "Weichen does not deny the praise of his aunt, most of them are indeed true, but others are not decorations, such as collecting intelligence and confirming the arrival of the fleet, and for example, the undercover agent of the Hidden Sword Pavilion by Lu Sigong's side helped me a lot." ”

Li Yu leaned back against the soft couch, looking very relaxed, he smiled and said, "What are your thoughts next?" ”

Guo Song also smiled: "Your Majesty has no expectations for Weichen, so Weichen has no choice but to retreat to the mountains and forests." ”

Li Yu laughed, pointed at Guo Song and said, "You stinky boy!" is still playing with me, then I will ask you directly, do you want to stay in the court, or do you want to go to the place? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has never liked to be controlled by others, I can't stay in the imperial court, so let me go somewhere!"

Li Yu nodded, "Actually, I think so too, I have already thought about your arrangement, go back and rest first, and there will be news in a few days." ”

After speaking, Li Yu took out a jade pendant from the drawer and handed it to Guo Song, "Your capture of Lu Sigong can't be used as a credit for appointing an official position, this is my personal reward for you, take it and go to Li An, he knows." ”

Guo Song took the jade pendant, it turned out to be a five-dragon jade pendant, he didn't understand its meaning, and it was inconvenient to ask more, so he had to bow down and say: "Thank you for the reward, Weichen retires!" ”

"Go ahead! Rest well and don't stress any more. ”

Guo Song bowed and retreated.

Just came out of the Qilin Palace, but met Li Shi, the king of Lu, Guo Song learned from Liang Wu before, Li Shi entered the palace overnight to kneel and plead, and then began to make drastic corrections to the previous mistakes, now look at his good complexion, full of energy, Guo Song knew that Li Shi also won in this game, at least the Son of Heaven forgave him, no wonder the king went to Shuzhong, it should be given up and Li Shi to compete for the throne.

Guo Song hurriedly saluted: "Weichen Guo Song see His Royal Highness!" ”

Li Shi didn't expect to meet Guo Song here, which not only surprised him, but also made him very happy, and hurriedly asked with a smile: "When did Guo Yuanjun come back?" ”

"Weichen returned to the capital yesterday afternoon!"

"It's not an easy mission! I also read the detailed report of Deputy Governor Gongsun, Guo Zhijun's courage and courage amazed me, I really didn't know before, so let's do it! In the evening, I bought wine at the Vermilion Bird Restaurant to make amends to Guo Yuanjun. ”

Guo Song shook his head and smiled: "If Weichen can't afford to make amends, I won't go, if it's to catch the wind and wash the dust, Weichen will gladly agree." ”

Li Shi laughed, "Okay, that's to catch the wind and wash the dust!" ”

Guo Song hugged his fists and saluted, and left first.

Coming out of the palace, Guo Song went directly to Wubenfang, he was very curious, what reward did the Son of Heaven give him?

Soon, he came to the Imperial Commercial Firm located in Wubenfang, and after only waiting for a while, Li An personally greeted him, "The virtuous nephew is finally back!" ”

It is the nature of businessmen to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and Ang Lee has always called Guo Song Guo Gongzi, and when he discovered Guo Song's status in the mind of the Son of Heaven, his name for Guo Song also changed.

This is a very normal thing, Guo Song has never taken it to heart, he smiled slightly: "Did Uncle An go to the Treasure Pavilion?" ”

"How can you not go, I received more than a hundred pieces of beautiful jade, it's really a good thing, ask if your subordinates still have it, and sell it to me directly, which is twice the purchase price of the Treasure Pavilion."

"Good! I'll go back and ask the guys, but I have something to say first, and I can't beat me up with the idea of collecting. ”

Li An laughed and took Guo Song into the house.

The two sat down in the outer study, Guo Song first took out three gems, one each in red, yellow and blue, and put them on the table and pushed them to Li An, "This is for Uncle An!" ”

Li An hurriedly picked up the gem and looked at it carefully, and kept praising it: "Good thing, rare gem!" ”

After appreciating it, he returned the gem to Guo Song, and said with a smile: "I don't collect gems, if you really have a heart, you might as well give me three pieces of jade." ”

Guo Song was helpless, so he had to smile and say: "I'll give you three more pieces of jade when I go back, Uncle An should accept this gem!" ”

Li An still shook his head, "If you don't have anyone to give you such a good gem, I can show you a place to go." ”

Guo Song was stunned, "I don't understand Uncle An's words. ”

Li An lowered his voice and said: "Princess Lu loves gemstones, you give these three superb gems to King Lu, you may not know that King Lu will soon be crowned King Yong." ”

Chang'an is in Yongdi, and King Yong has become a special prince, and King Yong is the precursor to the canonization of the crown prince.

Guo Song nodded, "Thank you Uncle An for your advice." ”

Guo Song put away the gem, took out a piece of jade pendant and handed it to Li An, "This was given to me by the Son of Heaven just now, let me come to Uncle An." ”

Li An suddenly opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, and exclaimed in surprise for a while: "It's actually for the Five Dragons Jade Pendant, what did you kid do, and you actually got such a heavy reward?" ”

"Uncle An, what do you mean by the Five Dragons Jade Pendant?"

"It is the level of the Son of Heaven's personal reward, from one dragon to six dragons, Dou Xian came to the undercover Yu Chaoen's side for five years, and the Son of Heaven gave him a three-dragon reward, which is still the highest one, and the Son of Heaven actually gave you a reward of five dragons, you are very rich."

"What is the reward of the five dragons?" Guo Song couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and asked.

"The reward of the six dragons is one of the 10,000 acres of Huangzhuang, and the reward of the five dragons has two choices, one of the thirty acres of beautiful houses in Chang'an City, or one of the fifty acres of garden mansions by the Qujiang Pond, which one do you choose?"

Guo Song scratched his head and asked, "Is it impossible to go out of the city at night in the house by the pond of Qujiang?" ”

"Not exactly!"

Li An explained to him: "There are three types of houses by the Qujiang Pond, one is the royal garden, such as the Hibiscus Garden, the second is the official residence, and then the second is the private house, the private house can not go out of the city at night, but the official house is different, the official house has a waterway pass card, as long as you don't take the land route, but take the waterway by boat, you can enter and exit Chang'an City once a night with the waterway pass card, Chang'an's city ban has almost no effect on you, but there are very few official houses on the Qujiang Pond, and there are only a handful of people who can enjoy this preferential treatment." ”

After listening to the introduction, Guo Song said happily: "Then I will choose the garden official residence by the Qujiang Pond, which is good for Mengzi." ”

Li An nodded, "I have to prepare for it in the next two days, you come to me the day after tomorrow, and I will take you to see the house." ”

Guo Song pondered and said, "There is one more thing I want to ask Uncle An, what happened to His Royal Highness the King?" ”

Li An shook his head, "You'd better not know about this matter!" ”

"Uncle An, tell me!"

Li An looked at Guo Song and sighed: "Li Yi suddenly fell ill and died last year, do you know? ”

"I don't know, but I'm not surprised."

Li An closed the door, and then whispered to Guo Song: "Li Yi's violent illness and death have not been announced to the public, and Li Shi has been unable to canonize the crown prince for a long time, and the saint is very angry with him. ”

"But the Son of Heaven finally chose to forgive, right!"

Li An sighed and said: "Not long after Li Shi knelt down to plead guilty, the three of them sat together and talked openly and honestly all night, Li Si officially expressed his support for Li Shi as the crown prince, Li Shi also promised to treat Li Si well, and the saint made a decision, Li Si lived in Chengdu Mansion for a long time, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing unless he was summoned, and he also took great pains to not want to have another scene of his son killing each other, this matter is extremely secret, you just know it, don't mention it again." ”

Guo Song nodded, said goodbye and left.

Coming out of Li An's mansion, Guo Song looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Mengzi for a long time, and he should go to Qujiangchi to see it.