"Grandpa Gu? Gu Dayong? Hearing the report of his subordinates, Li Dongyang also stood up in surprise, and then glanced at Wang Lun, who was also shocked, with deep doubts in his eyes. Among the Eight Tigers, Liu Jin is the most powerful, and Zhang Yong is in control of the forbidden army of the palace, but Gu Dayong is the person who has always taken care of Emperor Zhengde's daily life, and is usually the most trusted by His Majesty the Emperor.

"Gong Li, why do you think Gu Dayong came to see me?" Wang Lun couldn't help but speak, although he had not been in the court in the past few years, he also knew the power of the Eight Tigers.

I saw Li Dongyang ponder for a moment and said: "I can't guess this, but I think it's probably related to Zhou Chong, and Gu Dayong came this time, and it is very likely that he was instructed by His Majesty, let's go and see him now!" ”

Wang Lun also nodded when he heard this, and immediately came to the front hall with Li Dongyang, but as soon as he entered the hall, he saw a middle-aged eunuch sitting there drinking tea in the hall and immediately stood up, with a bright smile on his slightly chubby face, first gave a salute to Li Dongyang, and then greeted Wang Lun very enthusiastically and said: "Presumably this is Wang Da, the Sprinkler family is so polite!" ”

Seeing Gu Dayong take the initiative to salute himself, and also called himself "adult", this made Wang Lun stunned again, but he quickly reacted, and immediately saluted: "Father-in-law Gu is polite, Wang has already been dismissed, and he was imprisoned for crime before, so he really doesn't deserve the title of 'adult'!" ”

As soon as Wang Lun's words fell, he saw Gu Dayong suddenly laugh loudly: "Lord Wang is wrong, there are actually two things when the Sprinkle family comes this time. The first thing was that His Majesty discovered that Lord Wang had a noble character. It has been decided to use Lord Wang again. Now that the ministry has begun to prepare, I believe that the king will be able to reinstate the official in the near future. ”

When he said this, Gu Dayong paused, glanced at Wang Lun and Li Dongyang's shocked expressions, and then said with a smile: "This second thing, in fact, is more important, that is, His Majesty wants to see Lord Wang, so he specially ordered the slave maid to come and invite you into the palace, you see that you can have time now." How about we enter the palace together now? ”

Hearing Gu Dayong unhurriedly tell these two things, not only Wang Lun was shocked and inexplicable, but even Li Dongyang was also puzzled, as a cabinet scholar, there was almost nothing to hide from him inside and outside the court, but now he didn't receive a little news about Wang Lun in advance, could it be that it was a whim under His Majesty?

However, then Li Dongyang thought that Wang Lun was not only exonerated from prison now, but also reinstated as an official because of a blessing in disguise. If all this is really because of Zhou Chong's relationship, then it means that Zhou Chong's importance in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor is more important than he thought before. It seems that I need to pay more attention to Zhou Zhong.

Although Wang Lun was shocked in his heart, after all, he was an official for many years, so he quickly sobered up, and immediately saluted Gu Dayong and said: "There is a long wait for the father-in-law, and Wang will enter the palace with the father-in-law!" ”

"Okay, Lord Wang is really a cheerful person!" I don't know what the purpose of Lu Dao is, Gu Dayong seems to have always wanted to take care of Wang Lun, and even has some stammering meanings, and then I saw him turn around and say to Li Dongyang, "Gong Li, Your Majesty is still waiting in the palace, so I won't bother with Lord Wang, and I will come to Gong Li's mansion to disturb me when I have time in the future!" ”

Gu Dayong stood up and was about to leave, but Li Dongyang still inquired a little uneasily: "Father-in-law Gu, I have been friends with Ru Yan for many years, I don't know why Your Majesty let Ru Yan enter the palace this time?" ”

Seeing that Li Dongyang wanted to inquire about his tone, Gu Dayong replied with a smile: "Gong Li doesn't have to worry, Your Majesty only sees Lord Wang this time, there are only good things and no bad things." ”

After saying this, Gu Dayong officially got up to say goodbye, Wang Lun also followed into the palace, and Li Dongyang personally sent them outside the gate, but after Wang Lun got into the carriage, he suddenly saw Gu Dayong stop moving, turned his head and smiled at Li Dongyang: "Gong Li, I will ask you to take care of the slaves and maids in the future!" ”

After Gu Dayong finished speaking, he turned around and got into the carriage, Li Dongyang didn't quite understand Gu Dayong's last sentence at first, but when he thought about it in his heart, he suddenly understood the deep meaning of Gu Dayong's words, which made him surprised and happy all of a sudden, and there was a different kind of deep meaning in his eyes when he looked at Gu Dayong.

After Gu Dayong and Wang Lun's carriage left Li Dongyang's mansion, they soon arrived at the west side of the imperial city, and on the way Wang Lun was also told that His Majesty the Emperor would receive him in the leopard room, which made Wang Lun a little depressed, but he didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would not return to the Forbidden City when he met him, but still stayed in the notorious leopard room.

The leopard house is on the southwest side of the Taiye Pond in the West Garden of the Imperial City, which was originally a place to raise leopards, but later Zhu Hou took care of the good scenery here, which is more in line with his mind than the lifeless Forbidden City, so he built a large number of buildings here, which lasted several years to build a building complex, which not only has Zhu Houzhao's residence, but also has many places to play, such as Buddhist temples, school fields, imperial markets, etc., and even a lot of beauties collected from all over the country. From the perspective of later generations, the entire leopard room is simply an adult-level playground, and it is no wonder that Zhu Houzhao stays in it every day and does not come out.

Gu Dayong led Wang Lun to a large hall in the leopard room, and when they came in, they happened to see the young and heroic Zhu Houzhao leaning on the dragon chair, and two beautiful women next to him were feeding him fruit.

Wang Lun secretly glanced at it when he came in, and found that Zhu Houzhao was getting taller and more mature than he had been a few years ago, plus he had heard some speculations about His Majesty the Emperor from Li Dongyang, which made him feel comforted in his heart, at least His Majesty, the fun-loving Emperor, had not completely forgotten about the court.

However, when Wang Lun's eyes swept over the two women beside Zhu Houzhao, he couldn't help frowning, because these two women were not young girls, but beautiful young women in their twenties and thirties, which reminded Wang Lun of some rumors he had heard about the leopard room before.

It is said that His Majesty the Emperor in front of him does not like young girls, but likes young women who are married to women, so there are some young women in the leopard room who have been collected to serve His Majesty the Emperor.

"The grass people knock to see Your Majesty!" Although Wang Lun was thinking about his thoughts, he did not forget the etiquette at all, and after entering the hall, he immediately knelt down and saluted. Although Gu Dayong said that he was about to be used again, he was still a grass man before the documents of the Ministry of Officials were issued.

"Ha Lu haha~, Wang Lun, you don't have to be polite, this is not the Taihe Palace, I don't like others kneeling around, it's useful, you go and move a chair for Wang Aiqing!" When Zhu Houzhao saw Wang Lun coming in, he immediately waved away the two beautiful women beside him, then sat up straight and smiled.

Although Zhu Houzhao's attitude was very cordial, Wang Lun still smiled bitterly in his heart, as an emperor, he should have the majesty of an emperor, but now the emperor in front of him does not have the slightest appearance of an emperor in words and deeds, which really makes Wang Lun not know what to say, but now he is still a grass people, and he is not qualified to admonish the words and deeds of His Majesty the emperor, so he has to keep it in mind silently, and it is not too late to admonish him when he recovers his position as the imperial historian in the future. Now he had to think about how to deal with the emperor in front of him.

Gu Dayong quickly moved the chair, Wang Lun thanked him and sat down, and then Zhu Houzhao spoke: "Wang Lun, this time because of the negligence in the palace, you were arrested in the capital, and you must have suffered a lot of grievances during this time, but don't worry, I have already let those people in the palace deal with them, and I will definitely give you justice!" ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao say this, Wang Lun immediately stood up with some trepidation and said: "Your Majesty has every opportunity to take care of the affairs of the grass people, which really makes the grass people grateful!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wang Aiqing, you were also an old minister in the court before, and now you have to compensate for your grievances, and now it is the time to employ people in the court, so I have decided to use you again, you prepare for these two days, and your appointment will come down soon!" ”

Now that he heard that His Majesty the Emperor was going to activate himself, he asked Wang Lun to kneel down immediately to thank him, but Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to like others kneeling to him at every turn, so he loudly asked Wang Lun to stand up, and after he sat down again, Zhu Houzhao finally began to talk to Wang Lun about calling him here today.

"Wang Qing, I heard that you have a son-in-law named Zhou Chong, that is, Zhou Chong, who wrote Journey to the West?" Zhu Houzhao rarely showed a serious expression at this time, and his tone was also very dignified.

"Under His Majesty, the daughter of the grass people has indeed been engaged to Zhou Chong, and she was going to get married last year, but because Zhou Chong's father Zhou Hai died unexpectedly last year, he had to keep filial piety for three years, so now he and the little girl are not married, and they are not the son-in-law of the grass people for the time being!" Wang Lun replied honestly, and at the same time, he also wondered in his heart, if Zhou Chong's back was really the emperor's majesty in front of him, he should know Zhou Chong's situation very well, how could he ask himself about Zhou Chong's situation?

Wang Lun, who lowered his head and answered, didn't notice that when he mentioned the name Zhou Hai, a trace of anger suddenly flashed on Zhu Houzhao's face, and when he heard that Zhou Zhong was still unmarried for Zhou Hai's filial piety, he suddenly slapped the dragon case in front of him angrily, and roared: "Bastard, the ancestor of this dynasty has an order, men are sixteen, women are fourteen years old, Zhou Chong is over sixteen years old, how can he not get married?" ”

Wang Lun was startled at first for Zhu Houzhao's sudden anger, but when he heard the nonsense words Zhu Houzhao said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly again, Taizu did stipulate the age of marriage between men and women, but Taizu also stipulated that embezzlers peel off the skin and grass, but now the Manchu Dynasty is all greedy, after all, so many years have passed, some of the laws and regulations of that year have long lost their effect, plus Zhou Zhong is filial piety to his father, even Taizu will not suffer because of this. (To be continued......)