In early November, on the evening of the fifth day after the enthronement ceremony of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Qingning Palace.

Although the night was dark and the weather was cold, one of the wings of Qingning Palace was brightly lit, and several red-hot charcoal basins made the room unusually warm.

On the soft couch in the wing room, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was listening to an attendant read the recital, and there was a stool on one side of the soft couch, and Li Hongyu sat sideways.

Whenever the chamberlain finished reciting a cantata, Li Hongyu would roughly explain the background of the recital and the situation of the issues involved to the Emperor of the Apocalypse for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to make a decision.

It can be seen that after the palace breaking incident, Li Hongyu's position in the eyes of the Emperor of the Apocalypse became more stable, and he became the most trusted courtier of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

In addition to Li Hongyu, the other two people who were trusted by the Emperor of the Apocalypse were naturally Zhao Xin and Sun Chengzong, although Sun Chengzong was a member of the Donglin Party, his loyalty to the imperial power was undoubted, so the Emperor of the Apocalypse still trusted him very much.

At the same time, Sun Chengzong was also a link between the Emperor of the Apocalypse and the Donglin Party, and some things needed to be coordinated by Sun Chengzong.

Among the three, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are different from Sun Chengzong, the two are regarded as confidants by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and they are their own people.

Although Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are regarded as the backbone of the Chu Party and the Qi Party, they have been in the official career for less than two years, and they have not been involved in the Chu Party and the Qi Party much, and they have not had much intersection with the Chu Party and the Qi Party.

In addition, since the two of them became the teachers of the Emperor of the Apocalypse as soon as they stepped into their careers, it is not so much that the two are the Chu Party and the Qi Party, but that the identity of the two is the "Taisun Party", and then the Chu Party and the Qi Party.

This is also the reason why Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were exceptionally promoted by Emperor Taichang to be scholars of Zuochunfang University and Scholar of Right Chunfang, although Emperor Taichang is not good at governing the government but still knows to train close ministers around Emperor Tianqi, and from the perspective of age, qualifications and ability, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are undoubtedly the best candidates.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, you should go to bed."

After Emperor Tianqi finished processing a piece of music, Wei Zhongxian, who was standing in front of the soft couch, bowed down and reminded.

"I'll finish the rest of the recitals." Emperor Apocalypse glanced at the stack of pieces on the desk next to him, and yawned helplessly.

Because Emperor Taichang was bedridden due to illness soon after he ascended the throne, the backlog of pieces that had been accumulated since Emperor Wanli's serious illness can be described as piled up, and they are all things that need to be judged by the emperor.

Now that Emperor Taichang has ascended the throne, it is natural to deal with the piled up of musicals, and if there is no approval from him, the things that are reported on those chapters can only be stagnant.

"Your Majesty, the Holy Communion is important." Seeing this, Li Hongyu immediately got up, bowed down to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said, "The emperor has just ascended to the great treasure, and the affairs he is facing are myriad, so he must not be overworked. ”

"Since the scholar has spoken, then I will be as good as a stream."

Emperor Tianqi immediately laughed when he heard this, and after getting off the soft couch and moving his body for a while, he said to Li Hongyu, "I have suffered from being a scholar during this time, and I am with me in the imperial city, and I can't even go home." ”

"The emperor's words are serious, and it is the duty of the minister to eat the king's worries."

Li Hongyu smiled and bowed, and said disapprehantly, "Anyway, the minister doesn't have a family, so it's the same wherever he stays." ”

"Scholars, as the old saying goes, a man's husband should start a family, and a family is before starting a business."

Hearing Li Hongyu say so casually, Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but think of something, so he said to Li Hongyu with a smile, "Now that the university scholar has a successful career, it is time to have a family, as my Ming Auxiliary Minister, I can't stay so single forever, it's better to find a good day and an auspicious day to handle the marriage with Miss Qin, and I will personally officiate the wedding for you at that time."

"Thank you, Lord Long."

Li Hongyu had an embarrassed look on his face when he heard this, and after bowing to Emperor Tianqi, he solemnly explained, "Back to the emperor, when my father was alive, I once set a marriage contract for my minister, but because my father had an accident when he went to Jiangnan, the minister didn't know who the marriage contract was, so the minister couldn't marry Miss Qin until he was weak." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Tianqi suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Qin Yue, who had been in charge of the Li Mansion, was not Li Hongyu's fiancée in the orthodox sense.

The corners of Li Hongyu's mouth showed a wry smile, and he briefly told Emperor Tianqi what happened back then, naturally concealing his secret calculation of Qin Yue, and it could not be said that the Li family was fighting at that time.

"Scholar, I didn't expect you to have this romantic past!"

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but laugh when he heard that Li Hongyu had saved Qin Yue who had hanged himself with his strange medical skills in the Western Regions, and finally understood why Qin Yue wanted to live in Li's mansion.

"Your Majesty, the minister was only thinking about saving people at that time, and he didn't think about it so much." Li Hongyu laughed and replied seriously.

"I want to know, which young lady in my Ming family can have such a good fortune to become the wife of a scholar!" Emperor Apocalypse smiled and said to Li Hongyu, "Although you are older than me, I will get married next year, and I am afraid that I will have children before you." ”

"How can the minister be virtuous, how can he compare with the emperor!" Li Hongyu couldn't help but darken the look on his face when he heard this, and replied respectfully.

If Li Hongyu is not mistaken, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had no children around him when he died, which means that the princes and princesses of the Emperor of the Apocalypse died early.

Li Hongyu felt very sorry for this in his heart, otherwise according to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Tianqi would be succeeded by his son after his death, and it would not be the turn of Emperor Chongzhen to ascend the throne.

Wei Zhongxian stood quietly to the side and looked at the scene in front of him, he could see that the Emperor of the Apocalypse behaved very easily in front of Li Hongyu, and did not regard Li Hongyu as a courtier and master at all, but more like a confidant, perhaps this had a lot to do with the fact that the two were of similar age.

"Your Majesty, the harem is gone!"

At this moment, a young chamberlain opened the thick door curtain and walked in quickly, bowing to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Gone out of the water?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse was slightly stunned when he heard this, now is winter, it is not the season that is prone to fire, and it is also an important place like the harem.

"Could it be ......" Li Hongyu also felt strange, but then his face suddenly changed, and he asked the young chamberlain, "Which palace is the water?" ”

"Back to the university, it's not clear yet." The chamberlain bowed to Li Hongyu and replied respectfully.

"Let's go, go to the attic." The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned and then walked towards the door, ready to go to see where the fire started, Li Hongyu and Wei Zhongxian hurriedly followed.

The tallest building in Qingning Palace is a three-storey attic, and the layout of the harem can be seen from the top floor of the attic.

Ascending the attic, I saw a fire and smoke burning in the corner of the harem, which was extremely eye-catching and conspicuous in the cold night, and the shouts of firefighting could be faintly heard.

"Your Majesty, the place where the fire broke out seems to be the Luan Palace!" Soon, Wei Zhongxian pointed to the place where the fire was burning and reported to the Emperor of the Apocalypse that he had naturally understood the layout of the palace for many years in the palace.

Hearing this, Li Hongyu's brows furrowed even deeper, he felt uneasy just now, and now it seems that something happened to the place where Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Huiyuan lived.

"Go to the Luan Palace!" The expression on Emperor Tianqi's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he stepped down to the attic, the palace is the place where the concubines of the first emperor retire, and the concubines of Emperor Wanli and Emperor Taichang live, in case something happens, how can he explain to the ancestors and ancestors?

Besides, Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Huiyuan are in the Luan Palace, if there is anything bad about the two, he will become a royal sinner, and there will be rumors on the market.

Even though Emperor Tianqi has prejudices against Empress Dowager Li, Zhu Huiyuan is the sister he has watched and liked the most since he was a child, and Emperor Tianqi has few sisters, how can he let Zhu Huiyuan have an accident?

"Your Majesty, you are a multiplying body, and you should not risk your life, so let the servants go." Descending from the attic, without waiting for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to walk a few steps, Wei Zhongxian stopped in front of the road, bowed down and said.

When Li Hongyu heard this, he wanted to stop the Emperor of the Apocalypse like Wei Zhongxian, and went to check the fire in the Qiluan Palace on behalf of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed back.

The palace is located in the emperor's harem, and it is inevitable that a foreign minister will inevitably cause criticism when he enters in the middle of the night, but Wei Zhongxian is different, he is a eunuch and naturally has no such scruples.

"I have made up my mind, and you will go with me." Emperor Tianqi waved his hand when he heard this, and walked towards the outside of Qingning Palace with a serious expression.

Li Hongyu and Wei Zhongxian glanced at each other after seeing this, and hurriedly followed, Emperor Tianqi was young and vigorous, plus he cared about Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Huiyuan, where could he be persuaded to stay, only to follow and serve cautiously.

If the Emperor of the Apocalypse was there, Li Hongyu would not have any previous concerns, and it was not easy for outsiders to say anything more, and he frowned slightly on the way.

Obviously, the fire in the Luan Palace was too strange, it was not born sooner or later, but it caught fire not long after the Empress Dowager Li moved in, which is really suspicious.

Outside the door.

"Your Majesty, the fire at the scene is unknown now, and the emperor must not be in danger!"

When the city gate guards opened the palace gate by the order of the Emperor of the Apocalypse and let the Emperor of the Apocalypse and others outside enter the harem, Wang An hurriedly led a group of servants to rush over, shouting in a sharp voice.

"Your Majesty, you are in danger of the Ming Dynasty, please think twice!" Then, Wang An led people to kneel in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, blocked the way of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and said with his head to the ground, "This kind of thing should be left to the slaves!" ”

The chamberlain who followed Wang An knelt behind Wang An, his forehead pressed tightly to the ground like Wang An, and begged the Emperor of the Apocalypse not to go to the Luan Palace.

"My mother and sister are in the palace, do you want me to be a merciless person?" Emperor Apocalypse glanced at Wang An, who was kneeling there, and shouted coldly, "Get out of the way of me!" ”

"The emperor is the son of tomorrow, you must not be rash, even if the slave dies, he must protect the emperor." Wang An knelt there and said loudly, "Your Majesty, please go back to Qingning Palace!" ”

"Your Majesty, please go back to Qingning Palace!" The attendants kneeling behind Wang An spoke one after another when they heard this, and pleaded in unison.

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