The emperor walked back and forth in the main hall a few times, and finally made up his mind, stopped and said: "The loyal and obedient king behaves perversely, and there are many violations of the system, which is not of great use, and he is deeply disappointed, and he has been thinking about it behind closed doors for three months. Without the edict, you are not allowed to take a step out of the palace. ”

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Dai Quan wrote the holy decree, then gently dried it, and then showed it to the emperor.

The emperor swept his eyes and found that there was no problem, so he said, "Use the seal." ”

Dai Quan asked softly, "Which treasure does Your Majesty use?" ”

The emperor thought for a while, although his face was gloomy, but there was still an unbearable look on his face, and finally made up his mind and said: "Use the treasure of the people to correct it." ”

When Dai Quan heard this, his heart trembled. This treasure is different from other jade seals, this is the jade seal used to announce to all the people in the world, if you use the emperor's treasure, you can finally take it back. Because this is the treasure seal used by the emperor to order officials at all levels, although the blow to the king of loyalty is still very large, but it has a lot less influence than the treasure of the people, and if the emperor regrets it in the future, it is just a matter of one sentence. But once the treasure of the people is used, it is to be announced to the world, that is, the emperor, and it cannot be easily changed.

If this seal is sealed, the hope of King Zhongshun to ascend the throne in the future will be completely extinguished. From now on, I can only be a prince of peace, eating, drinking and having fun. This is even more uncomfortable for an ambitious prince than killing him.

Dai Quan usually received a lot of gifts from King Zhongshun, and now he feels that he should also give him the last bit of heart, and it is not in vain to receive his filial piety.

So Dai Quan strengthened his courage, as if he didn't hear clearly, and asked again: "What seal does Your Majesty use?" The minions didn't hear clearly, the emperor spared the minions this time. ”

The emperor didn't care, and said again: "Correct the treasure of all people." ”

Dai Quan was completely dead this time, and he didn't dare to have any other thoughts, so he took out this jade seal from a sandalwood treasure box, this treasure seal is green jade, Panlong New, four inches and one minute, one inch and four points thick, and Panlong New is two inches and three points high.

Dai Quan took out this treasure seal, dipped it in the ink, and covered it on the holy decree.

After Dai Quan covered the jade seal, he once again brought the holy decree to the emperor, knelt on the ground and unfolded the holy decree, so that the emperor could look at it again.

The emperor looked at it carefully this time, did not speak, and walked around the hall a few times, as if he could not make up his mind, but in the end he did not know what to remember. So he turned his back and waved his hand at Dai Quan, signaling him to go and deliver the message.

Dai Quan carefully rolled up the holy decree, raised it above his head, and then stood up lightly and slowly retreated to the door. Just as he was about to turn around and go out, the emperor suddenly said, "Slow. ”

When Dai Quan heard the emperor's words, he thought that the emperor had changed his mind, and immediately came back and knelt on the ground, and raised the holy decree to the emperor again.

The emperor didn't look at the holy decree, but said to Dai Quan: "If those ministers are here, let them come to the Dongnuan Pavilion and tell them: I invite them to discuss military affairs." When they were drinking, I begged them to let it go. After saying this, the emperor seemed to remember something angry, and said angrily: "Just say it to them, tell them what you say." ”

Dai Quan knew this time that the King of Zhongshun had no hope at all, and those ministers who went to the palace of Zhongshun were also hated by the emperor. I couldn't help but think in my heart, should I pack all kinds of antique jade from King Shun and send it back? I won't dare to get involved with this prince in the future.

Dai Quan knelt on the ground and waited for a while, and when he saw that the emperor had no other orders, he stood up again and retreated to the door, before he dared to turn around and go out.

Dai Quan walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and felt that his back was already soaked with sweat. Today's events really scared him to death, no wonder the ancients said that a companion is like a tiger. The emperor was just a little suspicious, and stepped into the dust with a son who was quite capable and prestigious.

Dai Quan took a few little eunuchs and rode to the Zhongshun Palace, how could the eunuch at the gate of the palace not recognize Dai Quan, while sending someone in to report, he quickly went up and knelt on the ground to greet him, and said compliments: "Grandpa Dai, why are you here?" I thought you were busy, and our master didn't bother you, so our prince must be very happy when you came. ”

Dai Quan did not dismount to greet him as the little eunuch thought, but said to the little eunuch with a frosty face: "Tell you the prince, there is a holy decree." Let him hurry out to meet him. ”

The little eunuch listened to Dai Quan's tone of speech, and felt a little chill in his heart, and then saw that Dai Quan's face was not good, where did he dare to slack off, and even ran inside and reported to King Zhongshun.

At this time, King Zhongshun was in the palace hall, eating and chatting with the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. I saw that at the banquet, it was really extravagant, flying in the sky, running underground, swimming in the water, everything on this table. A hundred years of Fenjiu is counted in the jar. In the center of the main hall is a row of singers, who are dancing seductively.

The three scholars from the minister's upper study room who came to the banquet actually came, and three of the chief officials of the six departments came, and in addition, there were some junior officials of the third and fourth grades.

Although King Zhongshun accepted a concubine today, he organized such a big event. The main purpose is to win over the courtiers and peek into the position of the crown prince.

King Zhongshun has been appreciated by the emperor in recent years, and the emperor has taken him with him several times to the south, and in public, he has said that King Zhongshun is "like me", such a thing. made him think about it, so he has been wooing courtiers and cultivating power in the past few years. The emperor turned a blind eye to these things, which further fueled the arrogance of the loyal king.

Today, it is not just an excuse to gather the ministers together to win over their feelings, and when they leave, they will give each of them a heavy gift, it is best to let them join their own command, and even if it fails, they can also be allowed to say something good for themselves in the court.

The king of Zhongshun and the ministers were drinking happily, when they suddenly saw a little eunuch running in in a hurry, completely ignoring the rules of the palace. King Zhongshun immediately said angrily: "Where did you come from, a slave who doesn't understand the rules, didn't you see me and the adults around me drinking and feasting? Drag him down and kill him. ”

The little eunuch was already paralyzed when he heard this, but no one else cared whether he was paralyzed or not, and a few strong guards came up to drag him out.

At this time, the little eunuch reacted and shouted loudly: "Lord Wang, the slave has been wronged." The slave came in to report to the prince, and Dai Quan, the governor of the six palaces outside, came. ”

When the king heard this, he waved his hand at the bottom, and several of the guards lowered and withdrew to the eunuch.

King Zhongshun asked carefully, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

The little eunuch knelt on the ground and trembled and said, "The slave is bold, and he doesn't dare to lie to the master, and now Grandpa Dai is still waiting outside the gate of the palace." ”

After hearing this, the displeasure on King Zhongshun's face just now immediately dissipated. I felt that Dai Quan, the head of the six palaces, was to give himself face to come to the banquet, and his previous dots were not in vain.

"I'm just marrying a concubine, I didn't expect Grandpa Dai to come to congratulate him in person, although he is a royal servant, but after all, he is serving the emperor, I still want to give him this face." King Zhongshun's face was full of joy and a little proud, and he said to the ministers of civil and military affairs who came to the banquet below.

When the civil and military forces below heard this, they also began to compliment the loyal king.

"It's still the prince's face, and Grandpa Dai never participates in these wedding banquets, that is, the prince can make him condescend." A minister said complimentally.

"What you said is a bit bad, although Grandpa Dai is noble, but after all, he is a royal minion, and the prince is also his master, in short, he came to congratulate him on a happy event, which is what it should mean." Another minister next to him, seeing that the previous minister had said all the good things, hurriedly added two more sentences.

King Zhongshun listened to the compliments below, and the beauty in his heart was boundless, but he said very politely: "Don't dare, don't dare, Father-in-law Dai is serving his father after all." How can I have such a blessing? ”

After saying these words, the king of Zhongshun will order someone to welcome Dai Quan into the main hall.

At this time, another eunuch hurriedly ran in from outside, and when the king of Zhongshun saw it, this person was sent to the door by himself today, and he was specially responsible for welcoming the Zhao eunuch who was sent there, and this person was waiting by his side on weekdays.

Eunuch Zhao also disregarded etiquette, so he trotted to the side of King Zhongshun, lowered his head and said in the ear of King Zhongshun: "Master, Dai Quan is waiting outside the door, saying that he came with a holy decree, so let the prince go out to meet him quickly." ”

King Zhongshun confirmed that it was not a fake, and he was a little surprised. He is just marrying a concubine today, and he has not gone to the Jade Butterfly, how can the emperor go to great lengths to make an order? No, I want to canonize this concubine in order to show my favor for him. Thinking of this, King Zhongshun was in a good mood.

He said to the ministers as if showing off: "I'm just taking a concubine, and it's really a bit too much for my father to stir up the people like this, but we can't refuse my father's grace." Please go out with me to receive the Decree. ”

All the ministers present felt that this was the truth, so they went out with the honorable King Suizhongshun.

As he walked, King Zhongshun instructed the chief of the palace: "Open the middle door at once and prepare the incense case." ”

Dai Quan waited outside for a short time when he saw the door of the Zhongshun Palace's mansion rumbling open. King Zhongshun and all the ministers of the court came out of the gate together, and when they saw Dai Quan, they saluted together. Dai Quan did not return the salute, but got off his horse and carried the holy decree from the main gate to the main hall of the loyal king.

At this time, the incense case had been lined up in the main hall of the Zhongshun Palace, and there was a beautiful woman in a pink wedding dress, who was already waiting there, thinking that it was the concubine of Zhongshun Wang Gangna.

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment when he saw her, and then he understood what they thought? Dai Quan pursed his lips, but he didn't stop him.

Soon the king of Zhongshun and all the ministers arrived, and Dai Quan did not greet the king of Zhongshun first as he had done in the previous decree. Instead, he stood directly behind the incense table and held up the holy decree, and the king of Zhongshun immediately gave the woman a look. The woman's face was full of joy, but with some sincere fear, she knelt under the head of King Zhongshun, and the ministers knelt behind King Zhongshun, and almost filled the hall with black pressure.