Whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, the life of a widow without a husband is the saddest. Even though Empress Dowager Zhang is the queen mother, there is no serious mother-in-law at the top to coerce her from time to time, but there is a filial son at the bottom to take care of her, but she still feels that the days pass very slowly. What's even more unbearable is that Zhu Houzhao, the emperor's son, has a wandering mind, and she can't figure it out at all. Therefore, the last time she finally plucked out a little bit of news from Xu Xun's mouth, on this day she finally couldn't help it, and without revealing any news in advance, she took a luan car from Renshou Palace and went straight out of Xihua Gate to Xiyuan.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang already felt that her whereabouts were kept secret enough, how could she have expected that Rong Shangyi, who was the most trusted person around her, had already become Zhu Houzhao's secret agent, and those eunuchs along the way were not decorations, so she had just passed the factory when she saw a group of people hurrying up to meet her. At first, she thought that the people around Zhu Houzhao had received the letter, but she recognized the person in front of her in a moment, and this surprise was not trivial.

"Queen Mother's ......"

"On such a hot day in June, you actually walked barehead under the sun, without even opening the umbrella cover, and only brought such a few people, what if the heat is over?" Empress Dowager Zhang didn't wait for Zhu Houzhao to say the last half of the words and reprimanded her head with a face, seeing that her son didn't think so, she was suddenly angry and anxious, and when she was about to put on a straight face, she thought of something in her heart, and her eyes were red for a while, "Your father is young, just a little bit of inattention, so he left us two behind, if you have any mistakes, what should I do?" ”

Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang raised the topic to such a height, and shed tears again, Zhu Houzhao panicked. Fortunately, at this time, Xu Xun next to him came up and whispered a few words, and he immediately came to his senses and softened his tone: "The queen mother forgives her sins, and the son will change it in the future, and he will never dare again!" You also said that the sun is poisonous, why did you run over like this yourself? Not to mention that there is no news from the top and bottom of the West Garden, the soldiers can't dodge, how good is it if you yourself get hot, Erchen is also sad......"

Xu Xun said that let him care about the Empress Dowager Zhang, and coaxed Zhu Houzhao with all his might, since his head turned a corner, it was not easy to say a few sweet words, so he coaxed the Empress Dowager Zhang to burst into tears and laugh. He put his hand behind his back and gave Xu Xun a thumbs up, and then asked more and more flatteringly: "The queen mother came to Xiyuan to visit the lake and the lotus flowers over there in the Wulong Pavilion are blooming well, why don't you take the minister there to have a good time, or let's go rowing on the Taiye Pond?" It's just that the weather is very ...... on the lake."

Although Empress Dowager Zhang is in a better mood, think about the purpose of her coming here today, where did she fool Zhu Houzhao so easily, and immediately said with a straight face: "Don't try to fool me with this set, you always play Tai Chi like this when you go to Renshou Palace on weekdays, and I will spare you when you come back, if you don't give me an explanation today, I will go to the Fengxian Palace to cry for the first emperor!" ”

Zhu Houzhao is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is afraid that Empress Dowager Zhang will take out the late Emperor Hongzhi. He hurriedly grabbed the hand of the Empress Dowager Zhang flatteringly, and said pitifully: "Don't be the queen mother, the sons have offended the old ladies in the court, if you go to the Fengxian Palace to cry for your father, they will not drown the sons and daughters...... Ah, you see that there are already so many people around, let's go to the Five Dragons Pavilion to talk, Erchen must know everything! ”

said that she was going to Fengxian Hall to cry for the first emperor, but the Empress Dowager Zhang was just talking, and when she saw that some eunuchs were kneeling beside the road not far away, she was a little open-minded, so she dismissed her plan to question here, nodded lightly, and beckoned Zhu Houzhao to ride with her. However, this Luan driver had just set off again, and she suddenly thought of something, and with a sweep of the crowd, she found Xu Xun who was tiptoeing with a few people, and immediately snorted. …,

"Xu Xun, if you come back to me, you are indispensable for the emperor's affairs! and Liu Jin's others, all of them called me! ”

Empress Dowager Zhang ordered that whether it was Xu Xun, who finally had some power now, Liu Jin, who gradually began to show his true colors, or the Eight Tigers who were gradually trembling, they all gathered in the Five Dragons Pavilion after a while. However, in the face of Empress Dowager Zhang's annoyed gaze, everyone watched and did not dare to say a word.

"The emperor is about to get married." After using such a sentence as the opening remark, Empress Dowager Zhang slammed the delicate blue and white porcelain bowl of the Chenghua kiln on the stone table next to her, not caring at all whether it broke a star and a half, but glared at the crowd, including Zhu Houzhao, and said angrily, "But the emperor pushes tomorrow today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and he hasn't selected anyone until now!" I don't bother to pay attention to what you are doing with the emperor on weekdays, but if you don't have an explanation today, whether it is an earl, or a celebrant eunuch, a horse eunuch, and a eunuch, all of them will be given to me to Liaodong to release the horses! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand and knelt down, let alone others. And Liu Jin glanced at Xu Xun, who was kneeling side by side with him, and his heart was itching with hatred.

Although he arranged the person to Renshou Palace, and then placed it in Taisu Palace, he also handled it, but in the final analysis, it was all a good thing that Xu Xun did with Zhu Houzhao, why does he have to carry a black pot now!

Zhu Houzhao saw that the eight eunuchs were all angry and didn't dare to say a word, so he took his eyes to squint at Xu Xun, and when he raised his eyes and winked at himself, he raised his head and said: "Queen Mother, they don't dare to say anything about this even if they know about it, so I'll tell you the truth・・・・・・ Erchen is interested in someone!" ”

Although Xu Xun once swore in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the Empress Dowager Zhang almost believed it, but at this time, it really came out of her son's mouth, and she was relieved at the same time, but she was a little nervous. She put her hand to the side but fell into the air, and then remembered that this was in the Wulong Pavilion and not in Renshou Palace, and the chair had no armrests, but fortunately, Rong Shangyi next to her quickly helped her. After taking a deep breath, she asked sharply: "You used to give you people but you didn't want them, but now you are sneaking in!" Who exactly? ”

"This ......" Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Is it good for the son to play alone with the queen mother?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang kept the others, just to put pressure on her son, and there was no reason to follow it at this time, so she nodded and signaled everyone to retreat. When Rong Shangyi and a few palace maids beside her also retreated out of the pavilion and retreated far away, she looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Can you talk now?" ”

There was no shelter outside the Five Dragons Pavilion, and after standing under the sun for a while, Liu Jin was a little overwhelmed. After all, he is already fifty years away, and he is not as young and strong as Xu Xun, who often works hard with the soldiers on the school field, while raising his sleeves to wipe his sweat, he complained to Zhang Yong half-truthfully: "The queen mother asked the emperor, but she brought a bunch of us with her, this is really a disaster." God bless the emperor, don't say the wrong thing, make the queen mother angry, and bring us with you to tie up. ”

On a hot day, everyone is eager to put a few more ice basins in the house, not to mention that the people in the Eight Tigers are now the most proud, and they are being left to bask in the sun at this time, and naturally they will wilt after a while. At this moment, Qiu Ju said weakly: "Who said it wasn't... I said Pingbeibo, next time there is such a thing, please trouble your old man to ventilate everyone." ”

"I also want to ventilate, but the Queen Mother even piggybacks on me, where do I still have the ability to give you a letter?" Xu Xun glanced at the pair of supreme mother and son in the pavilion and saw that the two of them spoke quite harmoniously, and finally did not immediately make a mistake, his heart was slightly relieved, and he said to everyone with a roll of his eyes, "Besides, the emperor's wedding is such an important thing, not to mention that if the queen is canonized in the future, then he will be the master of the harem, if he has no relationship with us people at all and even can't get used to us, our life will be sad." And if the emperor can get his way, he won't have to worry about the backyard fire in the future, wouldn't it be worry-free? ”…,

As soon as his words fell, Gu Dayong immediately nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes・・・・・・"

"Yes, what is right, you have forgotten about Concubine Wan in the past? It's just that the queen mother doesn't agree, the emperor is favored, and the concubine is registered, and the queen mother can't do anything in the future! On the contrary, the emperor and the queen mother fell out after talking about it today, and we all have to end up! "Speaking of this, Ma Yongcheng looked at Xu Xun with a smile and said, 'We didn't have much benefit but caused a commotion, so what's the trouble?'

"Father-in-law Ma said this, could it be that he forgot why Wang Zhi was in charge of the West Factory and the celebrant back then?"

How could Xu Xun be stunned by Ma Yongcheng, who was ranked lower after the Eight Tigers, and said this unhurriedly, seeing that Ma Yongcheng was speechless when he was established, he said with a smile, "All in all, when did I, Xu Xun, harm you?" Well, if everyone passes safely this time, that's it; If not, how about I introduce you to a money-making business? ”

Zhongguan loves money, and almost everything in the palace is vulgar, so as soon as these words came out, even if Liu Jin thought about fanning the flames like this, he immediately shut up, and Gao Feng, who was the oldest in qualifications, had to joke that Xu Xun was the God of Wealth. And Zhang Yong immediately said with a smile: "I said Brother Xu, this is what you said, and you can say it ...... every word."

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

As soon as these four words burst out of Xu Xun's mouth, he noticed that Empress Dowager Zhang in the Five Dragons Pavilion stood up and coughed lightly. Everyone was vigilant, silent for a while, standing neatly one by one, how could they look like they had been wilted by the sun before. And Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhu Houzhao walked out of the Five Dragons Pavilion one after another, and when they passed by everyone, Empress Dowager Zhang's gaze stayed on Xu Xun's face for a while, and then swept over everyone one by one.

"The emperor's wedding is imminent, you all have jobs, and it is inconvenient to leave ・・・・・・ like this, Gao Feng, you go back to Renshou Palace with me these days, you are old and senior, you have experienced a lot of these things, just pick up the gaps for me!"

Empress Dowager Zhang chose Gao Feng, everyone was not surprised, and immediately agreed, and Gao Feng left with Empress Dowager Zhang and her party. After Zhu Houzhao saluted, he stretched his neck to send off the Queen Mother Luan, he immediately let out a long breath, seeing that everyone was staring at his face, he immediately opened his eyebrows and smiled: "The queen mother said that she has to think about this matter, and the appointment is done!" ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

Liu Jin grabbed the front with a voice, and everyone gathered around Zhu Houzhao for a while to congratulate and congratulate, but of course Xu Xun would not go with them to grab such a succession, and when everyone was finished, he said with a smile: "Such a great happy event, but we people have been left out in the sun for so long, shouldn't the emperor reward everyone, so that everyone can be blessed with joy and kindness?" ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Jin and the others remembered that Xu Xun had promised to introduce money before, and they would pass the customs safely at this time, and this article was obviously going to be done. However, since Xu Xun took the initiative to ask Zhu Houzhao for reward, today's suffering was not in vain, and everyone looked at the little emperor for a while. In these eager eyes, Zhu Houzhao glared at Xu Xun angrily, and then waved his hand generously and said, "Okay, I'm right!" In this way, I will not treat you badly, but will fulfill one of your requests... ・・・Don't be greedy enough to swallow the elephant, or I won't recognize it! ”

The emperor's reward Liu Jin and the others didn't matter, after all, no matter how generous Zhu Houzhao was, he couldn't reward them with 180,000 silver, that is, some good things that couldn't be sold. However, one requirement is different. At this moment, even Ma Yongcheng, who was quite angry at first, was overjoyed and thanked him even for his gratitude, and even looked at Xu Xun with different eyes.

This kid really sees that the thief quasi-little emperor is in good spirits, and even this kind of promise will be made! …,

Others were happy, but Xu Xun sweated in his heart. He didn't care about giving the Eight Tigers a little more sweetness in order to maintain that layer of relationship for the time being, but Zhu Houzhao's reward was different. But the words were said by himself, and he could only laugh like everyone else, until Zhu Houzhao finally said that he was greedy and swallowed the elephant, and he was relieved.

Thankfully, the little emperor is finally a little measured!

Everyone has just taken office as a new official, and now that the sun is shining, the compensation has also been paid, and naturally they have returned to their yamen. Liu Jin wanted to stay a little longer, but the official documents of the celebrant were piled up, Li Rong and others picked one after another, and the people he recruited under him were not enough, so he had to retire with him. Just before leaving, he still didn't forget to find an excuse to pull Xu Xun aside and said a few words in a low voice.

"Brother Xu, while the emperor is happy, it's time for your title to move, with your contribution to returning to Beijing this time to turn the tide, at least get a hereditary earl, right? Hey, if it weren't for the fact that Lord Lingzun was still an earl, it would be more than enough for you to be a marquis. Besides, you and Shenying are in charge of the elite of the regimental battalion in the official hall, he is older than you, if your title is on the same level as him, how can you command him, an old man? ”

"Thank you Lao Liu for reminding me, I'll look at the opportunity when I look back."

Xu Xun nodded with a smile, and when he saw Liu Jin away, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in wonder. To say that Shenying didn't come to his house last night to be sneaky, this Liu Jin should know Shenying's attitude. That being the case, what else is he doing with such a stubble? It must be known that since Shenying is willing to vote on his side, most of them don't care whether the title of Xu Xun is higher than him or lower than himself.

"Brother Xu."

Xu Xun was pondering, and when he heard this, he hurriedly looked around, but found that Gu Dayong, who should have left, came out of nowhere. After stepping forward, Gu Dayong grinned and said, "When I saw Lao Liu talking to you, I avoided it for a while, so that he didn't think we were eavesdropping on you." Let me tell you, Rayson pretended to be the emperor before, and I covered it up for Lao Liu in front of him, otherwise everyone knows that the little guy has such a unique skill, and he will be in danger in the palace. In addition, you let Shenying keep a low profile, he went to you with such a big horn last night, and let Lao Liu know that it was a good jump! ”

Knowing that it was Gu Dayong who concealed the matter of Shenying's Dengxing Anbo Mansion, and covered it up for Ruisheng, in the face of such kindness, Xu Xun suddenly didn't know what to say. Although he said that he and Gu Dayong joined forces to develop the south of the city, earned a vote in the surrounding facilities such as the idle garden, and earned another vote through the acquisition and hoarding of land, but after all, it was an alliance based on interests, so it was impossible for him to force him to make a choice of either left or right step by step like he did with Shenying. Now Gu Dayong has been with Liu Jin for more than ten years, and he has worked hard for his sake, and it would be too unkind for him not to say anything.

"Lao Gu, thank you so much! It's not convenient to talk at this time, so I'll invite you to drink tonight! Go to Xianyuan, it's our territory, no one else! ”

"That's the dare, that's the case, let's meet in the idle garden tonight!"

Zhu Houzhao said that he moved the Empress Dowager Zhang, and he was in a very good mood for a while, and when Xu Xun came back, he pulled people on the gallop to ride and shoot in the race, and as a result, he defeated Xu Xun with the momentum that good things were about to happen. After this sweaty competition, he took the towel that Ruisheng handed over and wrung out of the well water and wiped his face vigorously, and after taking a comfortable breath of air, he looked at Xu Xun and said: "Everyone else I give a request, so I won't indulge you." I turned around and asked the officials to discuss your title first, after all, Liu Jian Xie Qian, those guys were originally pressing your credit, and a hereditary iron coupon was light and ingenious. As for the rest, you don't have a son, and when you have a son, I will personally name him, and Ming'er will recruit him as a colt! ”…,

Xu Xun was simply numb by Zhu Houzhao's whimsical thinking. Although his son has not yet been married, how can he know that there will be a princess, and he has not seen that the Empress Dowager Zhang has three children, but only one has been saved? It's just that he didn't dare to let this golden mouth become a reality, and immediately smiled: "If the dog is lucky enough to be given the emperor's name, the minister will naturally be no happier." It's just that this colt is not confident, and he can be worthy of the princess one day. The Emperor and ...... The talented woman must be the prince and princess of Jin Zhong Yuxiu, and the courtiers will definitely break their heads when the time comes. ”

Listening to Xu Xun's funny words, after Zhu Houzhao laughed, he didn't care about Xu Xun's tactful refusal. However, when he asked about Xu Xun and Wang Shouren's reply, he was a little annoyed when he learned that Wang Shouren still didn't say a word.

"I used to see him the most refreshing person, how can he drag the mud and water like this this time!"

It doesn't matter if you drag mud and water, or make a quick decision, since the words have been spoken, Xu Xun is too lazy to go to the door to persecute the unlucky Mr. Yangming, after all, he has forced away Wang Hua's two fellow villagers, Min and Xie Qian, and he is not interested in dealing with Father Wang again. This night, when he went out of the city to Xianyuan, as soon as he entered through the back door, he learned that Gu Dayong had come, so he happily walked inside. He followed the path to the bottom of the grape trellis, and when he saw Gu Dayong walking around with his hands behind his back with great interest, he immediately called out to Lao Gu.

"Ouch, you're finally back!" Gu Da raised his hand to say hello and sat down face-to-face with Xu Xun at both ends of the stone table, and when Ah Bao stepped forward to pour the wine, he was stunned when he picked it up, "This is...... Wine? ”

"It's brewed at home, just a fresh and refreshing taste, of course, if you like it, there are also burning knives, and there are also Huisha Moutai in Guizhou Gong."

"Yes, I just got drunk at Lao Liu's last night, and I'm more refreshed today." Gu Dayong shook his head into a rattle, raised his cup and took a sip, although he felt light, there was a kind of sweetness in the mouth, and he immediately smiled and nodded, "You will still live, but it's a pity that you are also busy, otherwise you will live in the idle garden for a while, this is the life of the immortals." ”

Laughing and talking a few words of gossip, Gu Da used this to get to the point: "Brother Xu, now it's easy to drive the eye-catching people out of Jingshi, I don't want you and Lao Liu to raise the bar upside down, you guys are too anxious." With such a big court, isn't it good for everyone to make a step and make their own fortunes? I have been friends with him for more than ten years, although I haven't had such a long relationship with you, but we are also an extraordinary relationship. If the emperor knew, it would be even worse. ”

"It's not that yet, Lao Gu, you're really worried too early."

Xu Xun snorted, and when he saw Gu Da looking at himself seriously with a big grin against his usual attitude, he smiled after a little hesitation: "If you want to say that the conflict between me and Lao Liu is not a big deal, it is mainly for those seats in the court." He has his people, I have my people, and this pair is inevitably a little ugly. I don't want to make a big deal out of it, but if you think about it, I didn't say anything when Jiao Fang entered the cabinet, I still have a grudge against this old guy, but the emperor just ordered the military department book, Lao Zhang muttered to me before that it was fortunately Yang Yiqing, and he couldn't say that he would be able to make a contribution in the future, and this Lao Liu suddenly made a move that caught me off guard. If I want to say that I have done you a lot of help this time, so many seats have been vacated, but he ......"

Seeing Gu Dayong shaking his head and sighing, Xu Xun raised his neck and drank the glass of wine, and then said lightly: "That's why I was so ruthless that I wanted to pull Lao Shenying over, this is all angry!" But now that you Lao Gu said this, I can also make it clear to you, this little fight is a small fight, after all, they are brothers, the fight at the head of the bed and the end of the bed are reconciled, and it will not be exposed in front of others to make people laugh at the fire in our backyard, it's a big deal I just put up with it! ”…,

"Well, I know I'm nosy, but if you think so, I'm relieved

Gu Da filled Xu Xun with a pot, and then said with a smile: "It's still the time to stabilize the foundation, and I am fighting in my own nest, and there is no reason for those civil officials to laugh at it, and it is not good to be taken advantage of."

This time you helped us a lot, Zhang Yong and I are very grateful to you, but there are inevitably people who don't know each other. It's like Ma Yongcheng, and Qiu Ju...... All in all, the appearance of your own family must be maintained well, and if you want to stand up, you have to be at the outsider! ”

Xu Xun knew that Gu Dayong came to him this time, and nine times out of ten it was due to that bit of righteousness, of course, he did not rule out the possibility of being entrusted by Liu Jin to come to explore the situation, however, the two things that Gu Dayong helped in the first place, and the current promise is a certainty. Therefore, after nodding with a smile and pulling someone to get half drunk, he let him stay in the leisure garden, and waited for Ah Bao to help Gu Dayong to rest, but he shook his head that was just a little drunk, and groaned thoughtfully.

Liwei・・・・・・ these guys want to Liwei, I'm afraid it's most likely to be Hangul who is the leader! Looking at Gu Da today's attitude, if he and Liu Jin really do it openly, even if he is as close to him as he is, it would be very good to remain neutral, not to mention the others in the Eight Tigers, Ma Yongcheng and Qiu Ju are not good attitudes today. Although he can often go in and out of the palace, he can't compare with these lieutenants who have been in love with Zhu Houzhao for a few years or more than ten years, and it is impossible to count on Ruisheng for everything, and the little guy is still tender.

Since he was both soft and hard, he let Shenying stand in line, and then he had to think of ways to let Gu Dayong, who was close to him among the Eight Tigers, really stand on his side, even if it was secretly! In this way, he can be invincible.

PS: Last month's final monthly pass broke 700, and the classified monthly pass award was successfully received, thank you! At the end of the month, I rushed to this son in one go, all with everyone's support, since this is the case, or that sentence, I won't be verbose at the beginning of the month, and at the end of the month, everyone will see my performance this month to give votes