When Sheng Xiaofa returned to the palace, he was warmly welcomed, and the emperor personally greeted him on the edge of the imperial city, patting Sheng Xiaohua on the shoulder, "Sheng Aiqing has made a great contribution this time." ”

Since he has made a great contribution, the reward that Sheng Xiaofa received this time is a bit jaw-dropping.

From the previous rank, he was directly ranked as a third-rank general, and the Xiaocai Senate was also given to Sheng Xiaofa in the Imperial City. After Sheng Xiaofa moved in, all kinds of treasures were moved into the Xiaoqi Consulate Mansion.

Such an honor can be said to directly express Sheng Xiaofa's low position in the emperor's mind. Although he did not directly take over the position of General Luo Zhan, he was ranked in the third rank, and he didn't know that he had been promoted by several levels. Sheng Xiaofa was also quite satisfied with his position. Although I moved out of the palace, I thought about it in another way, and it was a place far away from strife. In this three-grade position, it is not up or down, but it is a character that the emperor wants to cultivate, and there are definitely a lot of opportunities to get in the future.

This time to assess the affairs of Huaizhou, although Sheng Xiaofa and Song Chang went to support later, but in view of the fact that the general in front of him was somewhat insignificant, and the emperor favored Sheng Xiaohua, so even Song Chang, who took the general, also rewarded. From the left collar of the four-rank coat to the co-leader of the third-grade directly, he still works under Sheng Xiaofa.

Sheng Xiaofa is entering the category of real generals, although the emperor loves to cultivate this character very much, but in the end he still directly threw him to the minister of the scattered rank. There are ministers of scattered rank to assist Sheng Xiaofa in getting familiar with military affairs and understanding the situation of the military camp in the imperial city. For the time being, he did not leave the army led by the cavalry to him to take care of.

Sheng Xiaofa was not in a hurry, in addition to following the minister of Sanzhi to the military camp with Song Changze every day to learn about the situation, he also had to follow the minister of honor to understand the layout of the army in the palace. Sun Haizhe, the minister of honor and security, had been acquaintances with Sheng Xiaofa before, after all, Sheng Xiaohua, who came back with the emperor, had no place to arrange, so he directly became a guard in the palace.

However, now that this guard has been upgraded a little fast, and he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, Sun Haizhe and Luo Zhan have some friendships, so they have a good impression of Sheng Xiaofa several times, and the relationship between the two is harmonious and recommends each other, but they quickly became one.

Sheng Xiaofa is a talent, and he is a talent who should not threaten his low position. After all, Sheng Xiaofa's master is Luo Zhan, this general attached to Beijing, if he really wants to do it in the future, he will definitely take Luo Zhan's position and protect the border security of the entire country. And his Sun Haizhe's position is a subordinate military general position in Beijing, although it is somewhat similar, but it is also impossible to beat together.

On the premise of no conflict of interest, Sheng Xiaofa also brought this Sun Haizhe over.

Some people looked at Sheng Xiaofa's movements coldly, and they all said that he was looking for death in this action, but he had just been promoted to the position of the third rank, and he began to jump, and let the emperor know Wouldn't it be revealing his evil intentions? I just don't know whether to live or die.

So soon, as many people, especially some civil officials, had predicted, the emperor began a purge of the imperial court. However, the target of this purge is the people who helped the rebellion before but hid deeply. After pulling these people out, the emperor praised them again.

Sheng Xiaofa naturally accepted this praise.

The so-called forbearance and humiliation, the so-called secret observation, the so-called luring the wolf into the house, the so-called luring the snake out of the hole, all the words that can induce Sheng Xiaohua to betray this time, the emperor is almost as if he doesn't want money, and he is still on Sheng Xiaova's head.

Only then did everyone realize that Sheng Xiaofa had unknowingly become the emperor's person, and he was a person who could represent the emperor. He drew all the people who were favored by the emperor and those who always supported the emperor to form a party and force that really supported the emperor's position, and by the time people found out, the power of this party had become very large.

And the emperor still had a few thoughts about arranging other positions for these people, but he thought that the greater the power given, the more difficult it would be to clean up to the end. When Sheng Xiaofa saw Li Ruoxin again, Li Ruoxin actually followed Concubine Yuan to the cold palace.

Sheng Xiaofa was taken aback and hurriedly looked for the past, but was stopped at the door.

"Without His Majesty's order, no one is allowed to enter the cold palace."

"Then can you let the person inside, a little palace maid, come out?" Sheng Xiaofa also knew that it was really inappropriate for him to come over so abruptly, and he didn't know why Concubine Yuan was dismissed to the cold palace. Although Li Ruoxin is on duty in Dongping Garden, if she really wants to bring someone to the cold palace to serve her, she shouldn't take Li Ruoxin.

The guard smiled, his smile was full of mockery, "Counselor Sheng, my subordinates still advise you to clarify this magical investigation and come over to find someone." ”

But this time it doesn't seem to be easy to know, the people in Dongping Yuan were either sent out of the palace or wiped out, and it was already good to survive a Li Ruoxin. In desperation, Sheng Xiaofa could only continue to inquire. However, before he could find out why, Luo Zhan returned to Beijing.

The emperor had the intention of letting Luo Zhan return to his hometown before, and this war should be Luo Zhan's last stop if there was no accident, but he didn't expect that this last stop did not let Luo Zhan leave a perfect ending, but made it a little embarrassing. Although it will not return to Beijing in disgrace, compared with Sheng Xiaohua, it feels a little defeated.

Luo Zhan is Sheng Xiaofa's master, and now that the master has returned to Beijing, Luo Zhan naturally has to go to meet him, regardless of whether the other party is defeated or won, but this time Luo Zhan is much better than victorious, at least let the emperor temporarily put down his vigilance and the idea of dealing with him. Luo Zhan's real loss is nothing, but his daughter lost an arm in this war, which is the real loss.

Sheng Xiaofa was the first one in the greeting team this time, after all, the emperor did not come out, and Sheng Xiaofa was Luo Zhan's apprentice, so no one grabbed this position with him. Sheng Xiaofa prepared three days in advance, and called Song Changze together.

Song Chang rode a horse and followed Sheng Xiaofa's side, his eyes narrowed, but he really wanted a suave young man, he opened his mouth slightly, and said softly, "I heard that you almost broke into the cold palace in the palace?" ”

"It's really a good thing that you don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles." Sheng Xiaofa sneered. This matter was an impulsive thing he did at the time, and he was called over by the emperor afterwards to talk about it. However, only he knows whether Sheng Xiaofa really has no brain impulse or what.

Song Chang still smiled, as if the smile on his face had stiffened into a mask, and it hadn't changed at all, "I'm afraid that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink." ”

Sheng Xiaofa glanced at Song Changze and grinned, "Whatever you want." ”

There was silence between the two for a while, and then it was Song Chang who spoke first, "But if you really want to know about that Li Ruoxin, I can tell you something." ”

Sheng Xiaofa tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

"Chang Ying has been to the palace and has seen Li Ruoxin." Song Changze's tone was very light, and there was still nothing but a smile on his face.

Sheng Xiaofa glanced at him, and only felt that the person in front of him was not simple. When he was outside, he was a free and easy person, and when he was married to Song Changze, Song Changze often smiled, but it was very different from his current appearance.

Sure enough, everything changed after returning to the capital.

"Chang Ying's girl doesn't know where she found out about your going to the cold palace, so she found me and asked me. I didn't know what your purpose was, and I didn't explain it clearly, but Chang Ying didn't mind, so he said it to himself. ”

"Don't sell it." Sheng Xiaofa tugged on the reins, and looked at the horsehair in front of him, "If you have anything, just say it." ”

"Do you know who is behind Li Ruoxin?"

Sheng Xiaofa shook his head slightly, "I just have a cooperative relationship with her, how can I know so much?" ”

Song Changze didn't care either, and continued, "Chang Ying said that the atmosphere in Dongping Yuan was a little tense when she went, although she didn't know what was going on, but Concubine Yuan's appearance should want to deal with Li Ruoxin. But because of Chang Ying's arrival, it became a little stiff and changed his tone, which sounded very kind. It was Concubine Yuan who said it to Li Ruoxin, she said, Li Ruoxin, that stupid girl, didn't know how to count money stupidly for others after being calculated. Then in front of Chang Ying and Li Ruoxin, he pulled out a little girl and killed her with a cane. ”

Sheng Xiaofa squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "The one who was killed with the cane, is it called Shuangyi?" ”

Song Chang nodded, "It's indeed this girl, and what happened in Dongping Yuan was three days after this incident, Yuan Concubine was ordered by the emperor to be locked up in the cold palace, Li Ruoxin was brought by Yuan Concubine herself, and the rest of the people were indeed dismissed, killed, and closed." But these were all after Concubine Yuan entered the cold palace. ”

"But what else is alive?"

Song Chang sighed, "There are naturally living mouths, but they are all people you can't see." ”

Sheng Xiaofa glanced at him and didn't speak, and Song Chang Ze smiled after a while, "Chang Ying knew that you should pay attention to this matter when you came back, so he also paid attention to it secretly, and really found a "live mouth", this person escaped a section because he accompanied the daughter of Yuan Concubine in Dongsu Garden, but later even the whereabouts of the little princess were a little confused, and this live mouth continued to be in the palace, and changed to a concubine's courtyard on duty. ”