The reason why Xu Xun prevented Zhu Houzhao from making a small report before was very simple, that is, in order not to make the emperor feel that he was a villain who bewitched the prince by a slight skill, and then took advantage of the prince's trust to blow the wind to the emperor. But he knows better that as a good man who loves his wife and son in political affairs, as long as Zhu Houzhao goes back and sends so many rare books, Emperor Hongzhi will inevitably track down all kinds of things that happened on this day, and in the end, this Lin Lin will not be able to hide from the Son of Heaven.

So, he pretended to be sincere and kowtowed again, and then said without raising his head: "Emperor Mingjian, Weichen got into trouble when he first came to Beijing, but Xing'anbo is an elder. spread it out, and others don't say how Xing'an Bo is, they must first investigate what is wrong with Weichen, a junior. Besides, just relying on the words of those few people in the market, it would be too childish to let the prince report to the emperor. As Wei Chen said to the crown prince, the emperor is like the biggest head of the family, if the people under him resort to him no matter what happens, wouldn't it be annoying? ”

Hongzhi Zhongxing is known as a prosperous era in the Ming Dynasty, but most of the affairs are decided by cabinet ministers, as the Hongzhi Emperor himself, has always been extremely dislike those difficult battles. Therefore, listening to Xu Xun's arguments, his face softened a little, and then nodded lightly: "Li Yifeng has already transferred those people to Dongchang, and I have already asked people, although they don't know who the mastermind is, but they did see that person enter the back door of Xing'anbo Mansion with their own eyes. As for you, you just arrived in the capital a few days ago, so you can't arrange this. ”

Fortunately, this matter was automatically found as soon as he arrived in the capital, and the means were clumsy, otherwise if he met those clever people, I am afraid it would not be so easy to explain!

Thinking about it this way, Xu Xun still said respectfully: "The emperor is wise! ”

"At a young age, learn from those old officials and oil to sing what saints!" Emperor Hongzhi scolded angrily, but his mood improved slightly, and then he ordered, "Don't kneel, get up." ”

Knowing that today's level was almost over, Xu Xun let out a sigh of relief, and then stood up. However, the next moment, he could only hear the emperor shouting at Liu Jin on the side: "Liu Jin, I haven't asked you yet, what happened to those beautiful pictures that the prince brought back yesterday!" ”

Liu Jin thought that he had been summoned over today, but the emperor wanted to put pressure on Xu Xun and let this kid tell the truth, and he had nothing to do with himself. Therefore, at this moment, the emperor suddenly pointed the finger at him, and he immediately panicked, and quickly knelt on the ground with his knees weak, but he kowtowed countless heads in one breath.

"The emperor forgives the sin, the slave and maid were bargaining with the shopkeeper at that time, and they didn't see ......"

"How dare you say it! You were able to serve the crown prince without the death penalty in the first place, because I saw that you have been in the palace for many years, and you have always been respectful and honest, not for you to instigate him to learn badly! Since you can't even do such a trivial thing, what's the use of me keeping you......"

Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongzhi was about to send Liu Jin down all of a sudden, and Xu Xun was suddenly taken aback. Seeing Liu Jin lying on the ground, he trembled like chaff, and suddenly turned his face to look at him, the look was extremely complicated, and he suddenly realized that the fatal answers in the carriage before had all been listened to by the old lady, and it was impossible for him to stand by even if he wanted to. Between the lightning and flint, Xu Xun stepped forward and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, the prince chose those paintings, just to appreciate those painters, and there should be no hint of silver evil. It is necessary to know that the books in those bookstores are uneven, including the four books and scriptures, historical books and anthologies, and there are also those books that are not elegant, and even ...... There are also those spring palace paintings with good paintings. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't touch those things at all, but brought back a few pictures of beautiful women, which were probably just greedy for freshness for a while, and they were shelved after a few days. ”

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be a little moved, he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Such a trivial matter, if the emperor is fanfare, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is surnamed Chunxiao, naturally he will not fight with the emperor alone because of a few paintings, but in his heart, he will think about the good of paintings and people, and it will backfire when the time comes." It's like Weichen was ignorant when he was a child, the more he was forbidden to do something, the more he wanted to do it regardless of it, and as a result, he made a wrong step and made a wrong step. If it weren't for Weichen finally being able to rein in the precipice, I'm afraid he would be a fool for a lifetime. ”

This was said extremely explicitly, and Emperor Hongzhi's face was tense and very unhappy at first, but after all, Xiao Jing had put countless efforts in front of him before, and he knew more about Xu Xun, a young man, than those ordinary civil officials in the court. Therefore, after frowning and groaning for a while, his gaze swept over Liu Jin and fell on Xu Xun again, and his original intention of beating this kid through Liu Jin faded.

"You're bold enough to speak for an irrelevant outsider. Only Liu Jin has done something wrong, then he must not be punished, otherwise there are still rules and regulations in the palace......"

Liu Jin thought that he had escaped this pass, but he didn't want the emperor to still say this, and his face suddenly turned like earth. Although his position in the East Palace is low, he is very loved by Zhu Houzhao, and he doesn't know how many people he has offended. But Xu Xun has already said all the pleading words that can be said, and he can't blame others, besides, now that the most fatal stubble is poked out, everyone wants to live. So, he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, waiting for the word "court staff" that was about to spit out of the emperor's mouth.

However, before the Holy Judgment came out, there was a sudden commotion outside. The next moment, a eunuch's shout came from outside the door: "Long live Lord, it's not good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shouted and had a headache, and he actually fainted!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Hongzhi immediately lost the slightest mood to deal with Liu Jin, not only Huo Ran stood up, but also drank the eunuch who reported the matter to come in and speak. When the eunuch was about to kowtow after entering the house, he shouted angrily: "When is it, what are you kowtowing!" What about the imperial doctor, what about the few stewards and eunuchs of the Imperial Pharmacy, what do they say! ”

"Back to the emperor, something happened suddenly......"

Emperor Hongzhi finally couldn't listen anymore, turned his head from behind his desk and hurried out. When he arrived at the door, he suddenly remembered something, glanced back at Liu Jin, and ordered angrily: "Liu Jin, send your twenty boards for the time being!" Immediately rush back to see how the prince is, if there is really anything ......"

Liu Jin, who suddenly escaped death, was suddenly relieved, and without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking, he slammed his head on the ground, said a word of obedience with the most respectful expression, and then got up and rushed out, but he didn't care whether anyone would say that he was out of order. He knew very well that as the lifeblood of the emperor, except for Empress Zhang, nothing was more important to Emperor Hongzhi than the crown prince.

Liu Jin slipped away, Emperor Hongzhi then left, and Xu Xun stood in this suddenly empty room, not knowing what to do for a while. Regarding Zhu Houzhao's sudden illness, he had already guessed at first hearing that the little prince who was in a hurry was afraid that he would put his suggestions into action immediately, and he couldn't laugh or cry. But it was not the same thing to be left in the palace himself, so he thought about it and went to the door, and when he saw a little eunuch standing there, he stepped forward.

"Father-in-law, dare to ask me who I am now......"

"The emperor hasn't spoken yet, you wait, someone will naturally take you out when the time comes!"

Seeing that the little eunuch was extremely impatient, Xu Xun thought about it, and saw that there was no one else around, so he wanted to try to use money to open the way, but when he thought about it, he didn't understand what other people's surnames were, and finally said with a smile: "What my father-in-law said is that the emperor is only afraid that he may not want me to come for a while, can he bother to go to the master of ceremonies Sun Bin and grandson, and say that the emperor summoned Xu Xun in the Wuying Palace?" ”

"You actually know Grandpa Sun?" The little eunuch was not of high grade, and when he heard that Xu Xun actually reported Sun Bin's name, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and when he was explained that he had dealt with one or two times when he announced the decree, he thought about it, and finally decided to run an errand, and immediately nodded, "Okay, you continue to wait here, and I will go to the celebrant to give you a word." ”

"Yes, yes, thank you father-in-law, a little heart is not a respect......"

Seeing Xu Xun take out a small piece of silver from his belt and hand it over, the little eunuch hesitated for a moment, and finally grabbed it and stuffed it into his arms, and left in a hurry without looking at him. Not long after, another young eunuch came in to take over, and he took advantage of the situation to go back to the house, looked around and didn't dare to sit everywhere after all, so Suo sat cross-legged directly on the ground. Tossing back and forth in the morning and the encounter just now, he spent a lot of energy and energy, and he was unconsciously tired, but after a while, he dozed off little by little.

Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, hurriedly entered the Wuying Palace, turned a few doors and entered the room, and saw such a scene that made him angry and funny. He is the number one person among tens of thousands of eunuchs, and yesterday he said that the prince could not hide everything from his ears and eyes when he left the palace, and today the emperor summoned him to believe it. The reason why he didn't let people report to Xu Xun was because he was afraid that the traces would be taken advantage of. Therefore, after getting Xu Xun's message, he personally went to Chengqian Palace to visit, and after learning that the prince was fine, he asked for a decree and rushed here, but he didn't expect Xu Xun to fall asleep in such a place.

As soon as he pouted, a small eunuch with him stepped forward and pushed Xu Xun twice. Seeing that the person rubbed his eyes sleepily, it took a while to recognize him, and hurriedly got up to salute, he couldn't help but quip: "If you can fall asleep in this kind of place, maybe we have been the only one in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years!" Okay, the emperor said, you go back, wait for the will. ”

Xu Xun was already hungry at this time, and he was naturally relieved to hear this. However, before he followed Xiao Jing out of the Wuying Palace, he saw a eunuch running over, and before he could stop, he panted and said: "Old ancestor, old ancestor, the emperor has an order, let Xu Xun go to Chengqian Palace, the prince wants to see him!" ”

(To be continued)