Shang Jing smiled and stretched out one hand to help him, and asked, "You came to Yaohua Palace on an errand so soon?" Niangniang is still satisfied with you? ”

The middle-aged eunuch quickly grabbed one of Shang Jing's arms, and while helping him to walk towards the palace gate, he replied with a smile: "My son Meng Godfather personally recommended it to the concubine Niangniang, how dare you be negligent and slack?" I saw Niangniang early yesterday morning, and it seems that Niangniang still has an eye on her son. ”

"That's good." Shang Jing nodded with satisfaction, and said in a somewhat instructive tone, "You are the first righteous son accepted by our family." Over the years, I have been doing errands in Huainan, Zhejiang and Fujian, although they are all working for the current emperor, but after all, they are too far apart, and it is rare to return to Beijing to see the master for a year and a half. You have also seen that Wang Bao'er is far inferior to you in terms of age and ranking, and now he is two levels worse than you in terms of rank, but he is the first eunuch to be used in front of the emperor and his son. Look at you again, you have passed the year of establishment, and you are still fooling around like a lonely ghost thousands of miles away from Chang'an, when will you be able to mix up as a human being. Our family specially transferred you back this time and arranged to be an errand by Concubine Li's side, you won't complain that our family has cut off your financial route, right? ”

When the middle-aged eunuch heard Shang Jing's last sentence, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sly sneer, he hurriedly helped Shang Jing tightly, and said with trepidation: "Godfather's earnest teachings, I regret that there is not a word in the dynasty that I will not take to heart. This time, I was fortunate to go to my mother's side on an errand, and I regretted that the dynasty would only obey the godfather's order, and I would never disappoint the godfather. Regret the dynasty in the foreign office for many years, and Chang'an audio barrier, these two years godfather has been wronged and suffered, although the dynasty sent people from time to time, but begged the godfather to suffer less grievances, but after all, did not kiss the knee to do filial piety, for this reason, the dynasty can be described as unpleasant to eat, sleep restlessly, consciously filial piety is a loss, shameless to receive the godfather's favor. This time in Huainan received the edict to be transferred to the palace, unfortunately the court left in a hurry, and did not have time to prepare filial piety things, a few days later, two boats will sail to the Jinming Gate outside the dock, the boat is full of rare things that the son is filial to his godfather, and then the godfather can order someone to go to the port to move it."

He chattered endlessly, Shang Jing was already impatient to hear it, and deliberately flicked heavily, interrupted his words, and reprimanded in an aggravated tone: "Gu Xichao, I haven't seen you for two years, you kid has a lot of skills." Wang Bao'er has been away from Concubine Li's side for many days, the position of the eunuch in charge of Yaohua Palace, I don't know how many people in the palace are staring at it, our family has recommended you to return to Beijing to take on this position, is it what rare things you want to do with your two boats? Remember, doing your best to do every errand that Concubine Li has given you is the most important thing for you now. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that he had come to the door of Yaohua Palace, Shang Jing deliberately paused, lowered his voice and added: "Most of your two ships of goods can be used to honor Concubine Li's mother's family, and our family heard that her family almost ran out of cooking a while ago." As for the rest of them, Lu Changzhi is there, by the way, and Wu Changshi, you also need to take care of them, and the rest is up to you. Godfather just wants you to be able to run from time to time, serve a good mother, and not fall behind in the future, and it is not in vain for us to be a father and son, have you written it down? ”

Gu Xichao is a person who has been out for many years, and with a roll of his eyes, he has fully understood the deep meaning contained in Shang Jing's words, and only replied "yes" in a regular manner, then took two steps, rushed to lead the way for Shang Jing, and the two of them followed into Yaohua Palace.

Wang Bao'er, who was standing under the verandah of the main hall of Yaohua Palace, saw that his godfather had arrived, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Shang Jing, and whispered to Shang Jing: "Last night was Ying'er's bedtime, and the emperor just got up at this time." I've heard that General Wu Bi and Lord Wei Chang will also be coming later."

Shang Jing was stunned when he heard this, and blurted out, "Isn't today the day to hold a small pilgrimage meeting?" Wu and Wei are not waiting in Yanying, what are they doing when they go to the harem? Isn't Jing Gong coming? ”

Wang Bao'er glanced at Gu Xichao who followed Shang Jing, Gu Xichao was very eye-catching, and without waiting for Shang Jing to speak, he took the initiative to retreat outside the palace gate.

Seeing Gu Xichao leave, Wang Bao'er said to Shang Jing: "As far as my son knows, after the emperor learned the news of Puzhou's victory last night, Long Yan Dayue, in this palace, drank and talked with Concubine Li, as well as Ying'er, until nearly three watches, before going to bed, he specially called his son to the bed, and instructed his son to pass the edict to Wu and Wei overnight, asking them to come here to see the car before today's hour. At that time, the son was worried that the edict to the minister at night would lead to unwarranted speculation, so he dared to ask more, 'I wonder if the emperor can make it clear what the edict is sent to the two of you?' When the younger one meets the two adults and is asked by them, it is easy to explain, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. 'The emperor's mood last night, the little one has never seen such a good time, after listening to the little question, he didn't mind, and even blamed himself, saying what 'You reminded me that I was not thoughtful, and I never thought that it was late at night.' In this way, when you see your uncle and Wei Chang, you will say that I plan to open Enke to take scholars, and I intend to order the two of them to preside over the two subjects of literature and martial arts respectively, and Ming'er will ask them to come early in the morning to discuss them in private. Listen, how happy the emperor should be when he learns the news of the victory in Puzhou. ”

Shang Jing listened to Wang Bao'er's vivid description, not only did not feel a trace of joy, but his heart was raised.

Coming out of the Treasure Elephant Palace, he was satisfied with the expectation that things would go as smoothly as he had carefully planned. Who knew that as soon as he stepped into the Yaohua Palace and approached the emperor, especially after hearing Wang Bao'er say that the emperor cared so much about the news of the victory in Puzhou, that he was thinking about convening a meeting of ministers overnight to discuss the matter of opening a branch and taking scholars, Shang Jing was a little hesitant in his heart.

After all, there is a difference between deliberately concealing the situation at the front of a foreign invasion and negligently delaying reporting. Putting aside this layer of importance and stakes for the time being, just talking about the personal feelings between the emperor and his respect, it seems that he should not deliberately hide the bad news about the city of Tubo Lianke, in case this matter is leaked out in the future, and the emperor learns about it, won't the trust of the emperor that he has worked so hard to earn will be in vain and will never come back?

"Godfather, also, there is one more thing, my son doesn't know if I should tell you in advance" Wang Bao'er suddenly became stammered and said in a slurred voice. (To be continued.) )