In the early morning, the morning sun is rising.

Qi Shan and his entourage continued to hurry, heading towards Beijing.

Gurdu and Zhilan both found that He Ming was missing, but they didn't ask, and continued to hurry silently. Due to last night's dispute, Li Zhen and Zhilan never spoke again.

It took more than half a month for the group to arrive in Beijing.

Entering the capital, Zhilan said goodbye to Qi Shan, and then left with reluctance.

Qi Shan took Li Zhen to live in the post house, and Huang Shihai took leave from Li Zhen to visit his brothers in Beijing. After Qi Shan lived in the post house, he handed over the fold and waited for Emperor Xianfeng to summon him. At noon, when Li Zhen and Qi Shan were just about to eat, Xianfeng's message came, asking the two to enter the palace to meet them.

Li Zhen didn't eat a mouthful of food, he was hungry, and he secretly scolded Xianfeng in his heart, but he could only lead the guards to the Forbidden City. After entering the Forbidden City, the guards no longer led the way, but a fair-skinned eunuch in his early thirties led the way.

The eunuch shook off the dust with a serious expression, and led the two into the imperial city.

Neither side spoke, and the atmosphere seemed tense.

Li Zhen saw that Qi Shan was just following Han Laiyu, but he didn't speak, he didn't stuff money, and secretly said that Qi Shan was an old fox. Li Zhen reluctantly took out six silver tickets of one thousand taels from his arms, stuffed them into Han Laiyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, this is a gift from my family to my father-in-law, please accept it." ”

"Well said, well said!"

The middle-aged eunuch's tense face showed a smile, his eyes narrowed, and he nodded with satisfaction. After a pause, the eunuch said softly: "Our family's name is Han Laiyu, and he is a servant of the emperor's side, and he is the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace. ”

Li Zhen was shocked, but he didn't expect that the eunuch in front of him was actually a person with a background.

Li Zhen had a smile on his face, and said flatteringly: "Gonggong Han runs errands for the emperor in the Qianqing Palace every day, and he has to see the face of heaven every day, so that I can wait for good people to envy." ”

When Han Laiyu heard this, a happy smile also appeared on his face.

There are thousands of clothes in this world, but only sycophants don't wear them.

Although Han Laiyu's body is broken, he can see the emperor every day. Although the generals and ministers of the court are powerful, they also have to be good at him. Han Laiyu's heart was happy, his mouth began to loosen, and he said, "The emperor summoned you, and the people in the imperial dining room are preparing lunch. The emperor is happy today, I'm afraid he wants to let you eat in the palace, it's really lucky! ”

Li Zhen immediately said: "If it weren't for my father-in-law's guidance, my family would still be confused, and I rely on my father-in-law to help me." ”

Han Laiyu saw that Li Zhen could speak, and asked with a smile: "You are Li Zhen, right?" ”

Li Zhen paused, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked incredulously, "Could it be that my father-in-law also knows the name of the last general?" There was joy and surprise in his tone.

Such a tone and expression made Han Laiyu very satisfied, and his heart was very happy.

Han Laiyu chuckled and said, "Our family also heard the emperor read it, and I only knew it." ”

Li Zhen said again: "To be able to get the emperor to mention the name of the last general, it is really an ancestor who has accumulated virtue." "The so-called talking about people when you see people, talking about ghosts when you see ghosts, Li Zhen talks without leaking, and talks and laughs with Han Laiyu. Bypassing the palaces, the three of them came to the outside of the main hall where Xianfeng was eating. Han Laiyu walked in, leaving Qi Shan and Li Zhen standing outside.

Qi Shan said in a low voice: "Li Zhen, thanks to you today. Having said that, Qi Shan was leisurely and complacent, and he didn't take Han Laiyu in his eyes at all.

Li Zhen said in a low voice: "The adults have benefited, can there be no last general?" ”

Qi Shan smiled and nodded, no longer speaking.

Regarding Li Zhen's righteous and squandering of wealth, Qi Shan is very happy to see it. He didn't accept the six thousand taels of silver handed over by Li Zhen at the beginning, but now it has changed hands to Han Laiyu, which shows Li Zhen's loyalty.

After a while, Han Laiyu walked out and let the two in.

After Qi Shan entered, he immediately bowed to Xianfeng.

Li Zhen stood in place, stunned and looked at Xianfeng.

At this time, Xianfeng has only been on the throne for three years, but his health is very poor, his face is pale and weak, his eyes are bloodshot, and even his face is a little swollen, giving people a feeling of being sick. Li Zhen even secretly wondered in his heart whether Xianfeng had lingered in the harem too much, resulting in kidney deficiency.

Suddenly, Li Zhen felt the clothes on his waist being pulled, but it was Qi Shan who signaled Li Zhen to salute. Li Zhen secretly said that Lao Tzu knelt on the dead, and then knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed: "Slave Li Zhen, I have seen the emperor." ”

Qi Shan sighed in his heart that Li Zhen's situation had also been encountered before.

The first time I met the emperor, I was a little nervous.

It's just that Qi Shan didn't know that Li Zhen was not afraid, but deliberate. Because Xianfeng had an impression of Li Zhen, and now that he saw that Li Zhen was distracted, he must also be interested, so Li Zhen deliberately slowed down by half a beat.

Xianfeng's gaze fell on Li Zhen, and there was no anger on his face, but he asked with a smile: "You are Li Zhen, Qi Shan's fold said that you had accurate marksmanship and shot Yang Zhengqing and Li Yongbao." When I saw me today, why was I suddenly stunned, could it be that I looked ugly? The unbearable scares you. ”

Li Zhen knocked his head to the ground and explained: "Back to the emperor, the slave followed the adult back to Beijing, thinking about meeting the emperor, and his heart was extremely excited. When I saw the face of the sky today, I was very excited, so I behaved rudely. The slave deserves death, please ask the emperor to punish the crime. Li Zhen knelt on the ground, a minion by a mouthful, but he thought in his heart that he would change such a title sooner or later.

Calling himself a slave is really doing his own thing.

Xianfeng listened to Li Zhen's words, and immediately asked again: "You want to see me every day, but now you suddenly see me, and it doesn't match what you have in your mind, are you a little disappointed?" ”

Han Laiyu frowned, and immediately became nervous.

If this sentence is answered incorrectly, it is really offensive.

Qi Shan also became nervous, worried about Li Zhen.

Li Zhen replied loudly: "When the slave saw the emperor, his heart was still very excited, and he felt his blood boiling. After leaving the palace and returning to the camp in Jiangbei, you must tell the soldiers under your command about seeing the emperor and make them envious. Then find a scholar to write down the things and let the children and grandchildren remember them. ”

"Hahaha......"

Xianfeng laughed loudly, with a hearty smile on his face.

Li Zhen's words made Xianfeng's vanity swell up incomparably, and it was very useful. Han Laiyu nodded secretly, and secretly said that Li Zhen was sleek and changeable, and he could make friends. Han Laiyu, as the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, although his official position is not big, he has been following Xianfeng all the year round, and he is used to seeing large and small scenes.

Xianfeng looked at Qi Shan again and praised: "Qi Shan, you know people with your eyes, and I am very relieved." ”

Qi Shan's heart was agitated, and he hurriedly said: "This is all the emperor's sage, if the emperor hadn't let the minions take charge of the Jiangbei camp, the minions wouldn't have been able to find Li Zhen." ”

"Well, get up!"

Qi Shan kowtowed again to thank him before standing up.

Li Zhen knelt on the side, still not standing up. It's not that he doesn't want to get up, it's just that Xianfeng didn't call him. In this court, Li Zhen didn't dare to be too casual. At this time, Li Zhen was always thinking about getting rid of this thing, and he must change it.

Xianfeng saw Li Zhen kneeling and asked, "Li Zhen, why haven't you gotten up yet?" ”

Li Zhen replied: "The emperor didn't let the minions get up, so the minions didn't dare to get up." ”

"Get up!" Xianfeng said with a smile.

"Emperor Xie!"

Li Zhen also kowtowed to thank him, and then stood up and stood next to Qi Shan in a proper manner.

Xianfeng waved his hand and said, "Give me a seat, and dine with me." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Qi Shan and Li Zhen hurriedly saluted, and then sat down respectfully, and at the same time, they were sitting on the stool with half their buttocks, eating in a proper manner, and they didn't dare to exceed their every move.

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