"Privy, back."

"Not slowly."

The soldiers looking out from the top of the city turned around, and Guo Kui answered, got up and went down to the city.

Descending the steps, when Guo Kui came down from the city, Wang Zhongzheng and Han Gang had already arrived outside the Xuande Gate.

The side door of the Xuande Gate creaked open.

The firelight flickered, and under the crimson light, Wang Zhongzheng and Han Gang could be seen taken aback by Guo Kui's appearance in the doorway.

"Mrs. Guo!?"

"Privy?"

"Yukun, you are not slow to get it."

Guo Kui said with a smile. He knew what the king was going to do.

When Wang Zhongzheng left the palace, he also went through some inquiry. Guo Kui personally went down to the city to ask Wang Zhongzheng, and then let him go out.

Han Gang got off his horse early, walked into the city gate with Wang Zhongzheng, and when he arrived in front of Guo Kui, he saluted and asked, "Why did the privy council come down to the city?" ”

At this juncture, no matter how strict Guo Kui is, no one can say that he is nothing. It's just that the marshal who sits in the military tent in the middle of the camp came to check the entry and exit at the gate of the camp, and it is impossible not to be surprised.

"Tonight is different, if you don't watch it yourself, you can't rest assured."

Guo Kui said, smiling meaningfully at Han Gang.

Han Gang was stunned for a moment, then understood, and nodded: "It's more than a privy." ”

Guo Kui is indeed old and spicy, and with him personally welcoming him in, he has nothing to worry about.

Guo Kui turned around and accompanied Han Gang and Wang Zhongzheng to the city: "Zhang Xishen is going to ask Yukun for you." ”

"With Mrs. Zhang's kindness to Han Gang, how dare Han Gang not care? The most skilled surgeon in the Imperial Medical Bureau had all entered the palace earlier. did not hurt the viscera, as long as he could survive the infection, Mrs. Zhang would soon recover. ”

Guo Kui and Han Gang spoke, but Wang Zhongzheng did not say a word or urge.

However, Han Gang knew in his own heart, knowing that he couldn't delay for more, he said a few words to Guo Kui, and when he got out of the deep doorway, he said goodbye to Guo Kui.

"That's right." Before Wang Zhongzheng left, he asked Guo Kui, "Taiwei, who else went out just now?" ”

Guo Kui shook his head: "No." ”

"That's right." Wang Zhongzheng arched his hand at Guo Kui, "Thank you for telling me." ”

Han Gang's heart was full of doubts again.

After Wang Zhongzheng left the palace, the Queen Mother didn't send anyone to invite Wang Anshi into the palace? !

However, he didn't show his surprise again, said goodbye to Guo Kui, and went to the deep palace.

The palace room in the middle of the night is different from the majestic and gorgeous during the day, and it makes people feel miserable and cold. The lamps under the pavilion could only illuminate a small area around it, and a large area of darkness shrouded the palace room.

Every time he saw the palace at night, Han Gang would feel that this was indeed not a good place to live. No wonder there will be the Old Summer Palace and the Summer Palace in the future, no matter what era the imperial palace, I am afraid that it will be a place where the yin qi is too heavy and unsuitable for human habitation.

After walking a few steps, Han Gang found that the direction was not to the place where the Zaifu were staying, nor was it the sleeping palace of the Son of Heaven. The Queen Mother's dormitory is of course even more impossible. It is a temple with a very special status in national politics.

"The inner east gate hall?"

If the Son of Heaven wants to worship Zaifu, he will go to the small hall of the inner east gate, and Xuan Hanlin will come to write the edict. Xiang Xiang's summons to the Queen Mother, thinking normally, should also have a deep political meaning.

Wang Zhongzheng's footsteps did not stop: "The Queen Mother is waiting in the small hall of the inner east gate." ”

"If the Queen Mother wants to be eliminated, she should recruit Master Hanlin." Han Gang said softly.

"What is the matter, please ask the prince of Donglai County to ask the Queen Mother, how can Zhongzheng be more talkative?"

Han Gang and Wang Zhongzheng have a deep friendship, and the dialogue is not like ordinary Zaifu and internal servants, full of estrangement and discrimination. Since Wang Zhongzheng said so, it shows that he doesn't know what the reason is.

Han Gang didn't ask any more questions, and walked quickly with Wang Zhongzheng.

In his heart, he speculated whether Han Jiang and Zhang Dian would also be in the small hall of the inner east gate at this time.

When Han Gang arrived outside the small hall of the inner east gate, when Wang Zhongzheng entered the hall, the conclusion came out, no.

Through the open door of the palace, Han Gang did not see Han Jiang and Zhang Dian, only the Empress Dowager Xiang was in the palace.

Did they already summon them, or did the Queen Mother not summon Han Jiang and them at all before she came in?

Getting the communication inside, Han Gang guessed as he stepped into the hall.

……………………

It's almost time to arrive. ’

If the Queen Mother really sent someone to spread Han Gang.

Zhang Dian did not know whether the Queen Mother did this. But there is Sima Guang, who is not wronged, and Zhang Dian is sure that the Empress Dowager will go to recruit Han Gang into the palace.

It's just that it's impossible for people to inquire about it now.

No matter how private the news in the inner palace is, it is not much different from water passing through a fishing net. Zaifu wants to understand, and there are many channels. Well-informed or not, the difference is only sooner or later. But on the bright side, exploring the private affairs in the palace is a taboo that cannot be violated.

And Zhang Dian can't be sure what will happen to the Queen Mother's recruitment of Han Gang?

I can only guess where Han Gang was summoned.

First of all, it is impossible to be in the inner house. It's okay to say when the first emperor is still there, but now that there is no man's house, where can a man be allowed to go in and out at night?

Could it be the inner east gate hall? That's really not good.

Han Gang's plan, no matter how Zhang Dian thought about it, he didn't think it was good, but he couldn't disclose it to the outside.

Zhang Dian never felt that Han Gang was a person who gave up halfway, and after making up his mind, he would do everything possible to achieve his goal.

Han Gang's insistence on Zhao Xu is difficult to say that it is not because of his goal, and this palace change started from this.

Once such Han Gang returns to the two mansions, he will not be restrained by Cai Jing outside, and with his ability, I don't know what will happen to the court in the future.

Zhang Dan couldn't sleep all night, and Zhang Qi couldn't sleep either.

Only Han Jiang found a reason to go to the inner room to sleep first, but I don't know if he can fall asleep.

Su Song didn't sleep himself. In order to observe the sky, he is accustomed to going to bed late, even staying up all night, and only taking a little time during the day to catch up on sleep.

For the restless Zhang Dian and Zhang Qi, he felt funny,

With Han Gang's merits, isn't it natural to be valued?

But when exactly did Zhang Dian start to break up with Han Gangsheng? I didn't feel any signs at all.

Su Song pushed open the window, and the cold air that poured into the room suddenly made people sleepy.

But the stars in the sky were no longer visible.

Su Song looked at the lightless night sky in disappointment.

In winter, the sun, moon and stars are always much dimmer than in other places. Even the blue of the sky on a sunny day is covered with a layer of gray, far less clear and transparent than the previous memory.

When will there be a good weather. Su Song thought.

……………………

Only an hour later, Han Gang came to the Queen Mother again.

I changed into a daily uniform, and my movements were much lighter. It's just that the doubts in my heart are incomprehensible, but they are far heavier than my steps.

After bowing down and getting up again, Han Gang sat down and asked, "I don't know if Your Majesty has recruited ministers into the palace at night, but what's the matter?" ”

"Thank you for your hard work, Han Qing. Today is my no, I thought that the Qing family should stay in the palace tonight. ”

Hearing the Queen Mother say this, Han Gang didn't know how to reply for a while.

Said that he was not Jaesuke, so he couldn't stay in the palace? It feels like you're asking for an official. Today's events, the Queen Mother may be unintentional, but he can't be careless.

Han Gang was considering how to reply. I heard the Queen Mother say again: "Thanks to Han Qing today." If it weren't for the Qing family, my mother and son's lives would not be guaranteed. The Qing family is a life-saving grace. ”

Han Gang stood up: "This is the duty of the minister. ”

"Sit down." Empress Dowager Xiang asked Han Gang to sit down and sighed, "But the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there are not many people who can fulfill this duty." ”

Han Gang had a headache. It's nothing, even if you say it in front of all the Zaifu. But now, the Zaifu are all in the palace, but they have summoned themselves alone, and they can't help anyone who wants to associate with them.

"Those who fail to do their duty are only a few. Those who ignore the Holy Grace are, after all, a minority. ”

Han Gang said so, and the voice behind the screen no longer pursued, and asked: "The three traitors in the two mansions, one is dead, and two are exiled. I don't know what Han Qing thinks to do? ”

What to do?

Han Gang was slightly stunned, what did he say.

Is it for nothing that so many words are said during the day? Isn't it all about what happens afterward?

After thinking about it, he said, "As always, it's fine." After a while, His Majesty can quietly observe what is not satisfactory. ”

"Qing's words are indeed reasonable. However, I feel that national affairs should not be delayed and delayed, and we must make up for them as soon as possible. The Qing family is one of them, who is more suitable for the remaining two? ”

Finally understood what the Queen Mother wanted to say, and Han Gang suddenly cried out in his heart.

If these words came from the mouth of the Son of Heaven normally, he would have to kneel down and plead guilty, or prove his innocence. This is clearly the emperor's suspicion. But from the mouth of the Queen Mother, it's not the same thing.

However, it is impossible for Han Gang to agree to come down, and then nominate whoever comes up to fill the vacancy, let alone say who else is left to me.

"Please Your Highness, the Sacred Heart is self-determined, this is not something that the ministers can say."

"The Qing family can say it bluntly, I know that the Qing family is a person, and there is no need to scruple."

Han Gang was bitter in his mouth, isn't this embarrassing?

Advance and retreat, this power is too hot, and Han Gang can't get it now. I really want to accept it, and immediately become the target of everyone.

Of course, he was not without ideas.

It's just that the current situation is too smooth, which makes him wonder if Zhang Dian said something to the Queen Mother in private? But as long as you don't see selfishness, it doesn't matter.

After a deep sigh, Han Gang said, "Your Majesty can know the imperial history?" The use of imperial history is to rope and correct hundreds of officials, deter Zaifu, so that the ears and eyes of the people are not blinded by the ministers. Therefore, when the imperial history is used, its candidates cannot be discussed by the ruler, but recommended by the imperial history platform and Neihan. ”

When there is a vacancy in the Imperial Historical Observatory, the chief and deputy of the Imperial Historical Observatory - the Imperial Historical Zhongcheng, the Imperial Historical Governor, and the Hanlin Scholar will recommend candidates, and the lord will choose the desired candidate among them.

Han Gang believed that the Queen Mother must know this rule, so he said: "Therefore, since Your Majesty is a minister, it is not appropriate for the two governments to be recommended by the ministers." ”