"Is this your excerpt?" Zhu Houxi held a letter and paced slowly beside the dragon chair. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Yes, these are the minister's heartfelt words." Xia Yan knelt underneath, and his tone of voice was much more humble.

"Do you know why I summoned you back?" Zhu Houxi stopped, pinched the piece in his hand, and looked at Xia Yan with a smile.

"Forgive the ministers for being stupid, and the ministers don't know." Of course, Xia Yan can't say that because his "apology letter" was written sincerely, Zhu Houxi's anger was gone, so Zhu Houxi sent someone to stop him from returning to his hometown.

"You don't know, then I'll tell you..."Zhu Houxi looked at Xia Yan and smiled, "Two days ago, when I sacrificed to the sky, I asked Zhongwen Zhenren to calculate a hexagram, and he said that it was not appropriate to let you go out of Beijing..."

"Huh? Yes... So that's the case..."Xia Yan hurriedly put away the surprised expression on his face and replaced it with a calm face, "So thank you Zhongwen Zhenren..."

"Thank him for what, this is not what he meant, this is the meaning of God, he just told him on his behalf." Zhu Houxi said with a smile.

"It's the minister's ignorance, and the minister should thank Your Majesty." Xia Yan's brain turned, and he suddenly realized the mistake in his words just now, and sure enough, when he encountered such an emergency, his head was always bad.

"Haha..."Zhu Houxi smiled, didn't speak, turned around and sat back on the dragon chair, "You can hurry up and write two more green words for me in the next two days." ”

"Huh? Oh... Yes, the minister wrote it down..."The speed of Xia Yan's brain obviously did not keep up with Zhu Houxi's jumping thinking.

"This letter of yours... I've seen it, and my words are very earnest, and I... I am very satisfied..."Zhu Houxi said calmly, "But in the middle of the recital, you begged me not to pursue those silver medals and handwritten edicts, but at the same time you handed over those handwritten edicts and silver medals to the Ministry of Rites, why is that?" ”

"The reason why the minister implored the emperor not to pursue those silver medals and handwritten edicts is to tell His Majesty that the minister has always loved them and regarded them as treasures, and the minister wants to keep them forever, so that the descendants will feel honored..." His Majesty's will must also be obeyed, so the minister can only be very reluctant to hand over those silver medals and handwritten edicts, and then play them to the emperor, begging not to pursue those silver medals and handwritten edicts..."

"Well, I know..."Listening to Xia Yan's words, although Zhu Houxi was forced to calm down on the surface, he was indeed a little moved in his heart, because Xia Yan's "sycophants" were indeed very much in Zhu Houxi's mind, "I have already seen those silver medals and handwritten edicts, and you have saved them... Very good indeed, those silver medals and handwritten edicts will be sent to your house in a few days..."

"Thank you for your grace..."Xia Yan said excitedly as he saluted.

"By the way, since I have summoned you back, you should return to the cabinet and join the cabinet..."Zhu Houxi pointed at Xia Yan below with his finger, "The title of young master will not be returned to you first, as a punishment for you, you will enter the cabinet as a young master, the crown prince and the prince." ”

"Your Majesty's kindness, the minister will repay the grass ..."Xia Yan was happy to say a few good words at this time, anyway, he was safe and sound, although he was deprived of the title of Taishi, but he compensated with the prince and the prince, it was not a loss, anyway, Xia Yan didn't care too much about these things, at least it could prove that the emperor's favor to him was still there.

"You don't have to say these bright words, the key is to do it yourself." Zhu Houxi flicked his sleeves, "Being late for court deliberations seems to be a trivial matter, maybe you still think I... It's a big fuss, but this actually reflects a big problem..."Zhu Houxi paused when he said this, "Your attitude is different from before, you have never had this kind of problem before, Xia Aiqing, you are more than before... Much more arrogant..."

Xia Yan didn't expect Zhu Houxi's attitude to change so quickly, and he showed his favor just now, but now his attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn, but he couldn't reason with Zhu Houxi, so he could only nod his head constantly. But if you think about it carefully, what Zhu Houxi said is actually quite reasonable. Indeed, as his power continues to rise, his attitude is indeed different from before, if in the previous days, it was a great luck to be able to be summoned by Zhu Houxi in private, how could he dare to be late? But who can avoid this kind of thing?

"I remember that when Aiqing first joined the office, he served in the Pedestrian Division..."Zhu Houxi's face was calm, as if he was recounting the past again, "If I remember correctly, Aiqing was later promoted to the military department, and I can't even remember who there are in the court now, and I can't even remember how many people are in the Qing Dynasty..."

"Thanks to His Majesty's promotion, the ministers can... From a small official to this, His Majesty's kindness will never be forgotten. Xia Yan really didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhu Houxi's gourd, but he could only follow Zhu Houxi's meaning, and a fire rose inexplicably in his heart, he cared very much about the experience when others mentioned that he had just joined the office, because he was really just a humble little official at that time.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, it's all from the past..."Zhu Houxi waved his hand, but he looked relaxed, "The reason why I talk about these things is to tell Aiqing that we must be loyal to the beginning, act impartially, and be a righteous person, you must know that there are many people in the court who have a lot of whispers about Aiqing, and Aiqing can only eliminate everyone's grievances if she does her best..."

Hearing this, Xia Yan suddenly felt angry, because he knew that the so-called resentment of everyone in Zhu Houxi's mouth was just Guo Xun and others behind his back. And just now Zhu Houyu said that everyone had a lot of whispers about him, Xia Yan also thought of Guo Xun, because Peng Yue said to himself that he was in trouble this time because there was a villain slandering behind his back, and this villain, nine times out of ten, is Guo Xun, it seems that Zhu Houyu still has a grudge against himself in his heart, and Guo Xun's slander is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people! I must use this opportunity to fight back, otherwise I don't know when I will be "plotted" by him again!

"Your Majesty, what everyone says, the minister is really unpredictable, but the minister will never dare to be behind others, and he will definitely do his best in political affairs..."

"You don't need to expect this kind of thing, I just tell you, let you pay attention to your words and deeds, as long as you are cautious and humble enough, naturally no one will chew the root of your tongue behind!" At this time, Zhu Houxi's eyes looking at Xia Yan also had a hint of anger, he didn't expect Xia Yan to be so unenlightened, he wanted to take the opportunity to beat him, and he even had to make a rebuttal.

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean anything else, the minister just said that he was single-minded, but he was helpless and helpless, so he was resented by everyone..."

Sure enough, Zhu Houxi heard Xia Yan argue again, and his anger erupted irrepressibly again, "You don't mean anything else?" I see that there are many meanings in your words, who is single-minded, and who is isolated, do you want to say that there are people in this court who are half-hearted about me, and someone can cover the sky with one hand! ”

This time, Xia Yan learned wisely, and hurriedly knelt on the ground in fear to admit his mistake, and didn't dare to say anything more, "The minister knows his mistake, the minister's words just now were inappropriate, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

But Zhu Houxi's anger has been hooked, even if Xia Yan doesn't dare to explain more, it will be difficult for Zhu Houyu to calm down again. So the hall reverberated with Zhu Houxi's stern reprimand for a long time, and other than that, there was no sound.

Xia Yan knelt down, listening to Zhu Houxi's reprimand, but there was no trace of anger in his heart. Because he was really scared, he didn't know why Zhu Houyu had this attitude towards him now, he wouldn't have lost his temper with himself because of one or two sentences before, whether Zhu Houxi had changed, or he had changed, maybe both of them had changed.

Zhu Houxi's temper has become more unpredictable than before, yes, a person who likes to cultivate Taoism and metaphysics all day long, and is immersed in the emperor's anger, how can he not have a moody problem? And he has changed, not only his attitude, but his position in Zhu Houxi's heart has changed, and he is no longer so important, so Zhu Houxi's attitude towards himself has also changed, is he going to fall out of favor? Xia Yan couldn't help but be afraid for a while when he thought of this. Why is all this, his ability has not declined, could it be that the emperor has found a person who thinks he can replace him, this is really the most terrible thing, who will this person be? It must be Guo Xun, and the emperor must think that this villain can replace him, so he has this attitude towards himself.

After a while, with a "stand down", a somewhat depressed figure walked out of the main hall and let out a heavy sigh, and at the same time, an irrepressible resentment rose from his chest: Guo Xun villain, I must get rid of you!