It was not dawn, and there were still a few sparse remnants of stars hanging in the sky.

A sedan chair carried by eight people appeared on West Chang'an Street, all the way to the West Garden where Emperor Jiajing cultivated immortals and alchemy.

A gust of wind blew, and the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, revealing the face of a white-bearded old man with kind eyebrows, if Zhu Ping'an was here, he would definitely recognize this old man as the old guy who would play in the city that day. However, this old guy is not an ordinary person, he is the second most powerful person in the daimyo, and the first assistant of the dynasty, Yan Songyan Ge, is old.

Yan Song, Yan Ge Lao is 72 years old this year, and in Daming, ordinary people, this age has long been gone. However, we are Yan Ge Lao, and our body is still delicious, the eyes are not dazzled, the ears are not deaf, and we can do some interesting little shows with our wife at night.

Especially, in recent days, Yan Ge's old life has been even more nourishing, the disobedient Qiu Luan who wants to set up another mountain has hung up, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are not flattering to themselves. Although the recent political star Xu Jie, who has been a little up-and-coming, it doesn't matter, newcomers, just knock and knock.

The day before yesterday, his godson Wenhua brought him a priceless gold wire tent from the southeast, and he also sent nearly 10,000 taels of silver.

In addition, the examination is about to begin, and the East Building has put a few carts of silver in the cellar these days.

Yan Ge sat in the sedan chair and thought of these things, his face was full of red light, and he urged the sedan chair man to go faster from time to time.

Compared with the previous things, this matter is the proudest thing for Yan Ge Lao.

Yan Ge Lao gets up early every day, not exercising. Instead, he went to Xiyuan to meet Emperor Jiajing. The saint has been concentrating on cultivation and alchemy for more than ten years, and he is not in the court, and he is qualified to meet the emperor every day, except for our old Yan. But there are few people left, can you not be proud?

In particular, our Lao Yan is not an ordinary "court" like others, but we are serving the Dan with the Shengshang, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, we Lao Yan is the only one.

In Yan Ge's old heart. I am in my 70s, I can eat and sleep, and I can do some exercise with my wife at night. I don't believe that it is the credit of the pill, otherwise why would I be so vigorous in my seventies.

Therefore, every time he gets up early to go to Xiyuan to serve Dan, Yan Ge Lao is always red. trotted all the way without breathing, and Yan Gelao's positive spirit of being a guinea pig also moved Emperor Jiajing.

For a while, the monarch and the minister were full of tacit understanding.

Yan Ge's old sedan chair didn't stop until it reached the gate of Xiyuan Palace, and as soon as it stopped, the gate of Xiyuan Palace slowly opened.

Yan Ge Lao is already a regular customer of Xiyuan, and Xiao Huangmen also likes this generous and enthusiastic Ge Lao, for example, this time, as soon as Yan Ge Lao's sedan chair arrived at the palace gate, Xiao Huangmen's waist bag had several more silver tickets with small denominations.

The little yellow door led Yan Ge Lao. walked into the West Garden, which Yan Ge was very familiar with.

"Lord Yan, please wait here for a while."

However, when Yan Ge Lao was about to enter the palace of the Holy Alchemy, which was extremely familiar in the past. A bearded man with a python suit and jade belt walked out of the palace, and stopped Yan Ge Lao with a smile on his face.

"Okay, I don't know if Huang Gong rested yesterday."

Yan Song was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward with a smile on his face, grabbed the hand of the beardless man in python suit with both hands, and asked for warmth. At the same time, he stuffed several silver tickets of a hundred taels into the cuffs of the bearded man without a trace.

"Thanks to Lord Yan, our family slept well last night. Sleep soundly. The man in this python suit said and put the silver ticket in the cuff into Yan Song's sleeve again without a trace, this speed, this concealment, is much faster than Yan Song's.

"Huang Gong is honest, which is really admirable." Yan Song said admiringly.

"Lord Yan said with a smile, Lord Yan, please take a break for a while." The man in the python suit said, stretched out his hand, and asked Yan Song to rest for a while in the palace next to him with a smile on his face.

"How dare you, Yan Gongplease." Yan Song, who was in his seventies, reacted quickly, half-bent down and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please.

Yan Song, as the head of the cabinet, does not need a man to be like this python suit, completely because this man is not an ordinary person, this person is the red man in front of Emperor Jiajing, the head of the harem eunuchs, Huang Jin.

Emperor Jiajing was quite disdainful of eunuchs, thinking that these eunuchs were suitable for cleaning toilets and pouring toilets, and had always had strict control over eunuchs, but for this Huang Jin was an exception, he trusted him very much. Huang Jin entered the palace in the early years of Zhengde, went to study in the inner study hall, and soon, he was selected to go to Xingwangfu to accompany the prince. In the sixteenth year of Zhengde (1521), Wuzong died, had no children, and the saint entered the throne as the heir, which was Sejong. Because of Huang Jin's achievements, he was promoted to the imperial eunuch. Later, he was successively transferred to the Shang Diet Supervisor, the Division Supervisor, and the Internal Officials and Eunuchs.

This kind of capable, powerful, and self-restrained person is by no means idle.

Especially recently, Yan Song got the news that the Holy Lord intended to let Admiral Huang Jin supervise the East Factory.

Therefore, Yan Song is so enthusiastic, even if he is stopped outside the palace gate, he has a smiling face.

After about half an hour, the palace where Emperor Jiajing cultivated immortals and alchemized pills opened the door, and out of it came a fair-skinned official who was not tall in his forties or fifties, always with a smile on his lips, and seemed to give people a kind feeling.

The official came out and nodded with a smile to the eunuch on duty who was standing outside the hall, and then went down the hall.

Yan Song and Yan Ge in the other hall saw this person, his face turned dark, why did Xu Jie, this person come, and he was summoned by the saint in advance. The last time I was in the limelight in the "Gengshu Change", I thought that this political star would be fine with a bang, but I didn't expect that it seemed that a fierce medicine was needed.

"Xiaguan has seen Lord Yan, and Lord Yan looks very good today." Xu Jie saw Yan Song from a distance, so he bowed his hands slightly, and generally the lower officials saw the salute of the upper officials, and did not stammer like other officials.

Xu Jie's life is also very nourishing during this time, after the Gengshu change, although he did not enter the cabinet, but the treatment is the same as the cabinet, and he is still the crown prince. These days, I am often called by the saint to come to Xiyuan for tea and inquire about national affairs. The DPRK and Chinese colleagues are also very welcoming to themselves.

Especially today, the Holy One has entrusted himself with the heavy responsibility of the main examination. will try, others have not discovered the energy in it, but Xu Jie knows it very well. If you have mastered the exam, the main exam, then these talents who have climbed the dragon gate are their protégés, don't look at these people who are inconspicuous now, they will be in the future

So, in Xu Jie's view, he is not far from success, and he is not far from avenging those persecuted by Yan Song for Xia Shi.

"Oh, it turned out to be Xu Shangshu." Yan Song nodded slightly, and looked at Xu Jie again, this kid's tail wants to be cocked, it's time to spank.

After a short greeting, Xu Jie took half a step to the side and avoided it. Yan Song was led by Huang Jin into the palace of Emperor Jiajing's cultivation of immortals and alchemy.

Wait and see, it won't be too long.

Xu Jie looked at Yan Song's back, put away the smile on his face, and when he turned around again, he smiled again and walked towards the gate of Xiyuan. (To be continued)