The Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace is heavily guarded, and the guards responsible for guarding the palace are carefully selected, one in a thousand, whether it is family background or personal comprehensive quality, they all need to pass strict scrutiny; In addition, each guard must have a guarantor as a guarantor before entering the palace; Therefore, the difficulty of being able to enter the palace and become a guard can be imagined, how difficult it is;

Guards are also hierarchical, and according to different ranks, they are assigned to different positions, and their responsibilities are also different!

The emperor's personal guards, the imperial guards, are first-class guards, and enjoy the second-class food;

Yu Linwei, a second-class guard, is responsible for guarding the inner palace and enjoying the three food dishes;

The Imperial Forest Army, a third-class guard, is responsible for guarding the Imperial City of the Outer Palace, and enjoys the three food and drinks;

The Minister of the Interior of the Guard is responsible for the deployment of the security work of the palace, and is a member of the court;

The commander of the imperial guards is directly responsible to the emperor, and is in charge of the commander of the Yulin Guard, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army and the security of the palace, the commander of the imperial guards is the first product, and the guards are the second product; It can be seen that the palace is clearly distinguished, and the people have a cloud that 'would rather be a dog by the emperor's side than a third-grade official of the imperial court!' ’

King Shin often went in and out of the palace, and when he was young, he often accompanied the emperor, and the guards had long been accustomed to it; The road was unimpeded, and King Xin came to the Wenhua Palace.

Because most of the time, the emperor in the Wenhua Hall carved finely, dedicated to the production of wood, sometimes carved some of the utensils that he thought he was more satisfied with, he would send someone to send to the king of letters, so many years of accumulation, the palace of the king of letters is a collection of many emperors' imperial works.

King Xin slowly walked up the steps, and a little eunuch hurriedly greeted him from the Wenhua Palace, and bowed with a smile, "The slave has seen His Royal Highness King Xin, you haven't entered the palace for a few days!" ”

"Xiao Anzi, are you okay in the Wenhua Palace?" King Shin smiled kindly.

"Thanks to His Highness's concern, the slave is very good, if it weren't for His Highness's mercy, Xiao Anzi would have turned into a ghost at this time, and the slave would not be able to repay His Highness's great kindness even if he died!" Xiao Anzi's eyes were fanatical, and he prayed sincerely.

Xiao Anzi is a little eunuch who just entered the palace at the beginning of the year, because he is a newcomer, he will inevitably be oppressed by the old people in the palace; Once on duty in the New Year's Palace, accidentally fell asleep, was found by the steward eunuch, was almost beaten to death, was found and rescued by the passing King Xin, remembering the young first offender, arranged for Cao Huachun to transfer him to the Wenhua Palace.

"Well, that's good! Serve the emperor with your heart, don't slack off! King Xin nodded slightly, and slowly came to the door of the Wenhua Palace.

"Servants should serve Your Majesty with all their hearts, Your Highness can rest assured!" Xiao Anzi said respectfully.

"Well, the emperor can be inside?" Shin asked.

"The emperor came to the Wenhua Hall early this morning, and he was busy at this time? Minions, let's go! Xiao Anzi turned around to leave.

"Don't worry, don't disturb the emperor Yaxing, I'll wait outside" King Xin turned around and stood on the corridor with his hands in his hands, and saw a sedan chair carried by eight people stopped at His Royal Highness, with a majestic and solemn momentum.

The sedan chair landed smoothly, a eunuch hurriedly lifted the sedan curtain, and walked down an old eunuch wearing a brocade python robe, who was about sixty years old, his face was as red as jade, and his gray hair was combed cleanly, which showed that he was usually very well maintained.

The old eunuch stroked his sideburns and beard, squinted at the Wenhua Palace, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled: "Yo! Isn't this His Highness the King of Faith? It's been a day since we saw you! ”

When King Xin heard this, he shivered, goosebumps all over his body, and he smiled reluctantly with an extremely strange expression: "Wei Changgong, this king also misses you very much!" ”

"Oops! You see, it's all our family, our family should go over to visit His Royal Highness King Xin" This person is naturally Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang.

"The government of Weichang is busy, this king is idle and wild, how can he work for Weichang Gong!" King Shin smiled slightly.

"It should, it should!" At this moment, Wei Zhongxian had already come to the opposite side of King Xin, "Your Highness, but you have come to see Your Majesty?" ”

"Hmmm! I heard that the emperor's dragon health has been poor recently, and the king can't rest assured, so he came to visit! ”

"Alas! His Royal Highness still cares about His Majesty the most, it's really fraternal! A trace of sadness flashed in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, the eunuch had no queen, and the older he was, the more sad his heart became.

"Why is Your Highness standing outside the door?" Wei Zhongxian suppressed the pain in his heart and asked in a whisper.

"It's okay, the emperor is busy, it's inconvenient to disturb him Yaxing!"

"Hey! Your Majesty is busy endlessly, so when will it be? Let's go in with us! Wei Zhongxian smiled and waved his hand, making a gesture.

King Xin thought about it, once the emperor's brother was busy, it was indeed endless, so he didn't care anymore, and walked slowly to the palace, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly followed, and the two chatted while walking, and soon entered the inner hall.

Entering the Wenhua Palace, the emperor was concentrating on carving a piece of wood, which was about to be perfected, and he did not pay any attention to the arrival of the two.

Cao Huachun, who was serving on the side, saw the two of them coming, and was just about to speak, King Xin hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Cao Huachun, who was about to stop talking, and looked at the emperor with a warm smile in his eyes.

Leaning slightly, the emperor put down the craftsman in his hand, looked at the carved wood, nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with his masterpiece, and while admiring, one left hand stretched out.

Cao Huachun hurriedly took the Jinpa, and was about to hand it to the emperor, but King Xin reached out and took it, gently came to the emperor's side, and slowly handed the Jinpa in his hand.

The emperor didn't raise his head, took the Jinpa and tried the fine sweat on his forehead, then wiped his hands, looked at the utensils in front of him, and said very proudly: "Little Chunzi, what do you guess this artifact is?" ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he hurriedly covered his mouth, afraid of laughing out loud, but Wei Zhongxian didn't snort' and laughed backwards.

The emperor was startled, slowly looked up, and found that the king of letters standing next to him was looking at himself with a smile on his face, the emperor was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up, holding the king of letters with both hands, and the dragon face was happy; "Brother Wang! When did you come? Why didn't anyone tell me? ”

"Brother Huang, the younger brother saw that you were very focused, so he didn't let Cao Huachun report it, it was the younger brother's intention!" Shin explained.

"Alas! This is yours anymore, nothing is as important as Brother Wang! Then he looked at Cao Huachun and reprimanded: "In the future, if you believe that the king sees me, you must not delay!" ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave obeys the holy decree!" ”

"Don't hurry up and serve tea!" The emperor angrily reprimanded Cao Huachun, turned around and kindly pulled King Xin and said: "It's too messy here, follow the imperial brother into the side hall and sit down" After that, he picked up King Xin and left, ignoring Wei Zhongxian's existence.

Wei Zhongxian smiled, shook his head and sighed bitterly, and then muttered: Alas! Your Majesty really loves His Royal Highness!

The two of them sat down, chatting endlessly, and after about half an hour, they came to their senses and found that Wei Zhongxian was also among them, and the emperor asked in surprise: "Why is Wei Aiqing here?" ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he smiled helplessly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave came up with His Royal Highness King Xin!" ”

"Really? Haha, look, I only care about talking to Brother Wang, but I have snubbed you" The emperor laughed, and then asked, "What is the matter with Wei Aiqing?" ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly took out a copy of the fold from his sleeve robe, presented it with both hands, and said: "There is an urgent report from Liaodong, please read it by Your Majesty!" ”

When the emperor heard this, he took the fold and opened it to look at it, his brows furrowed, and then he put down the fold in his hand, looked at Wei Zhongxian and asked, "What does Wei Aiqing think?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is the fulfillment of the calamity of the stars, please judge Your Majesty!" Wei Zhongxian bowed and replied.

When King Xin heard the words 'Calamity of the Stars', his eyes immediately narrowed, and he did not speak, after all, there is an emperor here, and he cannot trespass.

The emperor thought for a long time, so he said: "Then let's wait for tomorrow in the court!" ”

"Yes!" Wei Zhongxian bowed down and responded: "The old slave will not disturb His Majesty and His Royal Highness King Xin!" Then he turned around and retired.

After Wei Zhongxian left, King Xin asked, "Brother Huang, where did the 'Calamity of the Stars' come from?" ”

"Hey! The big explosion disaster has fallen since ancient times, the court is the 'disaster of the star', messing with my Ming, this disaster star is the disaster of the people outside the Guan, Jinzhou was lost a few years ago, and now Ningyuan is lost again, and the whole territory of Liaodong has fallen into the hands of the Manchurians! The emperor said helplessly.

When King Xin heard this, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Didn't Ning Yuan just win a big victory?" How did all of a sudden the whole fall of the territory? ”

The Emperor sighed and said, "Ah! Ningyuan's victory is a conspiracy between the Manchus and Yuan Chonghuan, they have already reached an agreement, the loss of Jinzhou is Yuan Chonghuan's deliberate non-resistance, both hands to Nurhachi, in order to cover people's eyes, they concocted a 'Ningyuan victory', after the truth was exposed, Jinyiwei has escorted Yuan Chonghuan to Kyoto, Nurhachi took the opportunity to attack Ningyuan, hit our army by surprise, Ningyuan fell! ”

King Xin was shocked! "How did you know that Yuan Chonghuan colluded with the Manchus?" It's impossible! Yuan Chonghuan, who is recorded in the history of dreams, is a national hero.

The emperor said firmly: "This is the secret agent outside the border who captured the ancestor of Pingxi Wangzu Dashou!" ”

"Brother Huang, with just one letter, how can you determine that Yuan Chonghuan colluded with the Manchurians? Isn't it that the Manchus hated Yuan Chonghuan because of Ning Yuan's great victory, and deliberately framed him with a 'discord scheme', and when Yuan Chonghuan left Ningyuan, the Manchus took advantage of the weakness and captured Ning Yuan in one fell swoop! King Xin analyzed.

Hearing this, the emperor took a breath of cold air, frowned, and shook his head again: "Even if King Pingxi didn't find out the truth, Yuan Chonghuan lost Jinzhou, and the evidence is indeed conclusive!" ”