After Chen Hongyu reported, he didn't get a response for a long time, but he knew that the emperor must have heard it clearly, so he didn't dare to make a noise and retreated cautiously.

Seeing Chen Hong come out, the Yan family and his son, who were already waiting outside the main hall, asked, "Shall we go in now?" ”

Chen Hong glanced at them, lowered his head and sighed softly, "Let's wait a little longer." ”

When Yan's father and son heard this, they were like being struck by lightning...... Whether it was the fraud case in the field or the corruption case of Yan Maoqing, it didn't scare the two of them; However, Chen Hong's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, making the two of them tremble from the bottom of their hearts - this is obviously the emperor's refusal to summon him!

"Father-in-law Chen, what's the matter with the emperor?" Yan Song tightly grabbed Chen Hong's arm and said, "I want to listen to the truth!" ”

"It's nothing...... Chen Hong said softly.

"Then, is it because the dragon body is not safe?" Yan Song still didn't give up.

"No," Chen Hong withdrew his hand and said with a dry smile: "The emperor's dragon horse spirit is healthy," he said, arching his hand and said: "Elder Ge, you better go back first, when Your Majesty wants to see you, he will naturally summon you...... The slave and maid still have something to do, so they will be out of company first. After saying that, he ran away.

Looking at his back as he left in a hurry, Yan Ge's tall body shook, if it weren't for Yan Shifan's quick eyes and quick hands, he quickly held on, and almost fell to the ground.

The father and son looked at the majestic palace from afar, and suddenly felt like a river in the next day. Just a day ago, their father and son entered Yuxi Palace whenever they wanted, and they could see the emperor whenever they wanted. The so-called 'hand over the sign to see' is just a formality...... It was the first time that he was rejected by the emperor.

Alas, the power of heaven is unpredictable! Now, if the emperor says a word, if he can't see it, he will disappear...... The desolation of the boss welled up in Yan Ge's chest, and his wrinkled old face twitched, and he hissed: "Let go of my ......" This was said to Yan Shifan, but Yan Song didn't even look at him.

Yan Shifan said in his heart: 'You have eaten the closed door soup, what are you angry with me? Then he let go of his hand angrily.

The next moment, Yan Song moved his legs with difficulty, walked into the rain curtain, and then lifted the corners of his robe, first bent his right leg, then bent his left leg, and slowly but firmly, knelt on the square in front of Yuxi Palace.

Yan Shifan was extremely surprised, and said, "Dad, what are you doing here?" He reached out to help Yan Song up.

"Don't move me!" Yan Song roared and said, "You also kneel!" ”

"Why?" Yan Shifan felt that he was simply confused, and said in a low voice: "You kneel here, you are not guilty but also guilty, get up quickly, don't let Xu Jie's jokes begin?" ”

"When is it? Still thinking about that face? Yan Song suddenly raised his head, his beard and eyebrows were all covered with rain, but a pair of old eyes radiated angry light, and he looked at his son coldly and said, "If you want the Yan family to be broken in your hands, then you can stand!" Before the words fell, the sky was as bright as day, and a muffled thunder exploded in Yan Shifan's ears, startling him to tremble.

Yan Shifan shrank his neck, held back his words, and obediently knelt beside Yan Song for a while, and after a while, he felt soaked and very uncomfortable, and said angrily in his heart: "What is this for?" Why do you want me to kneel in the rain? He has been pampered for half his life, but he has never suffered such a sin!

Chen Hong couldn't stand it anymore at the entrance of the hall, so he asked the two little eunuchs to go over with huge oil umbrellas and put them on Yan Song and Yan Shifan.

The wind continued to blow, the sky was getting darker, the rain was getting heavier, and occasionally lightning was streaking across the sky.

Jiajing has been carrying his hands in a circle in the house, when he walked to the door, he glanced at the rain curtain outside the door, and faintly saw two figures kneeling in the courtyard, and there were people holding umbrellas for them behind, thinking for a moment, or asked in a deep voice: "Who is there?" ”

"Master, Elder Yan Ge took Yan Butang and knelt outside." Chen Hong, who was waiting outside the door, replied when he heard this.

"Hmph......" Jiajing flicked his sleeves and said: "There are still umbrellas when kneeling, and they are quite good at posing music." ”

Chen Hong whispered: "It was the slave maid who gave it to them, Yan Ge is old, and the slave and maid are afraid that he has three long and two short ......."

These words touched the soft flesh in Emperor Jiajing's heart, and his face softened, but looking at the fat man beside Yan Ge Lao, there was another burst of fire, and he said angrily: "What about Yan Shifan? Is he too old? ”

"Not high...... Chen Hong knew what the emperor meant, and hurriedly gave an order to the little eunuch beside him, and the eunuch rushed into the rain and asked people to remove the umbrella above Yan Shifan's head.

How could Yan Shifan have been subjected to such abuse in his life? The grievance and anger in his heart couldn't attack in the Yuxi Palace, so he could only clench his fists tightly and grit his teeth with a gurgling sound...... Yan Song's situation was actually not much better, the old man was already soaked, and his teeth were also rattling...... Of course, he was not angry, but he was shivering from the cold, but he kept gritting his teeth and holding on, shaking and not falling.

"Bitter meat plan" Jiajing looked at it for a while, and snorted coldly: "Close the door!" The two little eunuchs secretly used their strength to silently close the red sandalwood door of the Jingshe.

Although the door of the palace has been closed, Jiajing seems to still be able to see Yan Song kneeling in the rain, and he can't help but turn his head irritably, but his eyes fall on a pair of old hanging scrolls on the wall, on which is a long poem. has been hanging there for many years, and now that I read it, I have a different taste, and Jiajing unconsciously focused on looking:

"The palace clothes are new, and they are all over the neighbors. Embroidered tiger and leopard, gold color woven unicorn. The edict was sent to Longsha Yuan, and the Jade Majesty was awarded. Biden thanked him, and he was ashamed to follow the wall. The scholars are resigned, and the gentleman loves to smile. Etiquette looks at the super level, and the work is not effective. The Netherlands is big, and the treasury is poor. The first dynasty theme years, all the tributes are rare. The ermine ritual is indiscriminate, and the pelican beam is sarcastic. The gentry all use force, and they still stay on patrol. Secretly remembering the rule of the dress, and being ashamed of the benevolence. It is said that the Qinghai envoy is looking forward to the spring of Cuihua. I don't get tired of fighting, and I ...... privately."

This is more than 20 years ago, when Yan Song was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Jiajing Chongyang gave the ministers brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes, and when he expressed his gratitude as usual, he wrote this poem asking the emperor to be thrifty, prohibit extravagance, make great efforts, and reproduce the exhortation poem of the prosperous era of the ancestors.

Jiajing not only did not get angry, but also framed this poem and hung it on the wall as a warning...... Of course, because of his habit of being a dog and a cat for a while, he forgot about it later, but the poem still hung there quietly, except for a slight yellowing, everything was the same as it was twenty years ago.

Looking at the poem from the past, Jiajing was silent for a long time.

The rain kept falling, and the wind kept blowing, Jiajing was already in poor health, and let the wind and rain blow and cool like this, after the evil fire passed, he finally arrived for a while, so he had to return to the futon and sit down.

Li Fang saw that the emperor was uncomfortable, so he hurriedly brought a bowl of steaming lotus seed soup and served him to eat, Jiajing arrived and had some strength, wiped his mouth, and asked softly: "Still kneeling like that?" In fact, Dao Ancestor can prove that he really didn't want to ask, but the words sneaked out.

"Yes...... Li Fang whispered, "Where are you still kneeling?" ”

"How long?" Jiajing asked.

"How many hours has it been?" Li Fang said: "Master, you should still meet him, Yan Ge Lao is more than eighty people after all, just like Chen Hong said, if there are three long and two short, it will not end well." ”

Jiajing pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Since you say so, then let them in......"

"The emperor has a decree, Xuanyan Songyan Shifan will meet ......" The eunuch on duty at the door sang loudly.

Hearing this, Yan Song only felt relieved in his heart, and the momentum disappeared, and he fell softly in the rain.

Seeing that his father had fallen, Yan Shifan wanted to go over to help, but who knew that after kneeling for a long time, he had no sensation in his lower body, and he fell there straight.

The eunuchs hurriedly helped Yan Ge's old father and son up, and when they touched Yan Song's hand, the eunuch said that it was going to be broken, and it was cold. didn't dare to slack off, so they carried Yan Ge Lao and helped Yan Shifan into the Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the wet Yan Song being placed on the carpet, and the eunuchs were pouring ginger soup and pinching people, the emperor's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and then looked at Yan Shifan, who was kneeling there and curled up, trembling constantly. He suddenly remembered Lan Daoxing's words, and for the first time carefully examined the appearance of a man.

Sure enough, I saw Yan Shifan's fat face, with a slightly upturned chin, which looked quite incongruous...... "If you lose a little weight, it will definitely be more obvious." Jiajing said secretly in his heart, he suddenly remembered another person with this kind of chin - His Majesty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, it is said that Taizu's chin can catch rainwater...... His old man's strange chin killed a dynasty, and now this Yan Shifan's chin is not comparable to Taizu, but it is no problem to kill an emperor, right? Thinking of this, a wave of disgust rose in Jiajing's heart, and he didn't want to look at him a second time.

Focusing on the top of the hall, Jiajing said in a deep voice: "Yan Shifan, looking at your father like this, what do you think in your heart?" ”

How did Yan Shifan know that the emperor actually linked his chin with Zhu Yuanzhang? The evil fire in his heart is running wild, and he has nowhere to vent it. Hearing Jiajing's question, he took a few deep breaths and said, "Weichen doesn't know why my father did this, so I don't know what to think!" ”

"Aren't you known as the smartest person in the world?" Jiajing said coldly: "There are still things you don't know. ”

"Weichen doesn't dare to ......" After a sentence of scratching, Yan Shifan suddenly remembered the identity of the other party, and quickly lowered his posture.

"Then I'll tell you!" Jiajing pointed at Yan Song and raised his voice: "He's all for you!" ”

Yan Shifan shrunk his neck, and listened to Emperor Jiajing's deep reprimand: "Your father is over eighty, he should have drunk tea and yo-yo birds, and he came to the palace to talk to me when he was idle, and he had some days to live." Saying that, he squinted at him and said, "Not for you who is not worrying, he will not even have an old face...... Oh no, don't you want your life? ”

Yan Shifan was scolded deeply, but shouted in his heart: 'What's the matter? What's wrong? Why did everyone come to me alone? Who the did I mess with?! ’

"Don't be unconvinced!" Jiajing said coldly: "Your father has been holding this country for decades, and he has not been in chaos to this point today, so you have only helped him for a few days?" It made the heavens angry and resentful, and the people were not able to make a living, how much trouble did they cause to me and your father? ”

Yan Shifan heard it, "Oh, this is to ask the teacher for sin!" Thinking of his father's performance and today's tragic circumstances, he finally understood that the emperor was very dissatisfied with himself. In disgusting words, that is, - holy, dependent, decayed!!

The Yan family has stood tall for decades, relying on the word 'holy family', so when Yan Song keenly felt that the holy family was rapidly weakening, the panic he showed was understandable.

But Yan Shifan is Yan Shifan after all, he finally suppressed the evil fire in his heart, no longer thought about his situation today, but answered Jiajing's question in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, when my father was in the time, the whole country was in good weather and there were few disasters, but you look at these years, natural disasters [***] have been overwhelming, southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest, and Central Plains, where is there no disaster and famine?" Wechen worked hard to maintain the situation so that the country would not be in chaos, and Weichen dared to say a big word, and if someone else did it, he could only do it worse, and he would not do better! ”

Jiajing snorted coldly and said, "Really? ”

Yan Shifan held his head high, still looking at the emperor fearlessly.

"You said it was a natural disaster [***] that made Daming what it is today?" Jiajing looked at Yan Shifan expressionlessly.

"Yes." Yan Shifan nodded.

"Then your embezzlement of my silver is considered a natural disaster?" Jiajing glared at Yan Shifan, his eyes were full of anger and said, "Or [***]?" ”

"There is no corruption!" Yan Shifan said deadly: "The minister just acts according to the rules of officialdom, and the minister doesn't take any money that shouldn't be taken!" ”

"Dare to be hard-mouthed!" Jiajing slapped the table and said, "Then let's reconcile the accounts one by one today and see if you have taken it?!" ”

"Old Ge is awake......" A low shout on the side interrupted Jiajing's words, it was one of the eunuchs, after seeing Lao Yan Song wake up so quickly, he admired it to the extreme, and he couldn't help but let out. After saying that, he immediately realized that he had made a big mistake, and quickly knelt on the ground, bowing his head and waiting for punishment.

Jiajing didn't bother to pay attention to him, because Yan Ge Lao did something to challenge the limits of human beings at this time-this old gentleman who was over eighty years old and usually struggled to walk in the aisle, but knelt in the rain for an hour, actually jumped up after a short coma, slapped Yan Shifan with a big mouth, and said angrily: "Kill talents!" Dare to contradict the emperor! My Yan family is cut off from children and grandchildren, and I can't keep you! As he spoke, he stretched out his hands and pinched Yan Shifan's neck.

Yan Shifan didn't dare to move, so he could only let his father pinch him, and he didn't know where the old man was so strong, he actually pinched him and rolled his eyes, if it wasn't for the eunuchs to pull him quickly, I'm afraid he would really have to turn his back on him.

It took a lot of effort for the eunuchs to pull away the old pavilion elder who was clamoring to kill Yan Shifan. Yan Song knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, the son is not the fault of the godfather, Yan Song was born such a rebellious son, and dared to contradict His Majesty, it is really a great crime, please Your Majesty to surrender ......"

Seeing that the old man was crying and shouting, Jiajing sighed and said, "That's it, but in the middle, he didn't contradict me, you listened to it." ”

Yan Song couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard the emperor call his cousin, knowing that things had not yet reached the point of no return.

In the main hall, the father and son knelt in front of the emperor, Jiajing closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Yan Shifan, if I ask you, you must answer truthfully, otherwise the sky will not allow you!" ”

Yan Shifan had been completely lost his temper by his father, and replied with his head down: "The emperor is the sky, and the ministers dare not tell lies." ”

"Did you do the fraud case of the Shuntian Township Trial?" Jiajing asked word by word.

"Yan Shifan. Reply, did you do it? Seeing that his son was silent for a long time, Yan Song urged in a deep voice.

Under the double pressure of the emperor and his father, Yan Shifan almost collapsed, and at this time, a muffled thunder exploded in his ears, and the electric light reflected his face pale, and he trembled his lips and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it was not the minister's doing." After repeated considerations, he still decided not to admit his guilt - confessed leniently, sat in prison, resisted strictly, and went home for the New Year.

"Nonsense!" Yan Song said angrily: "Didn't you admit it that day, and gave the exam questions to four people?" ”

"What's going on?" Seeing that his father and son had infighting, Jiajing was not in a hurry to attack.

Yan Shifan glared at his father fiercely, and said to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, those exam questions can be bought on the market, and Weichen also got them from the house slaves, so he didn't take it seriously. It happened that someone came to ask for the exam question, so he gave it to those people to prevaricate, but he didn't expect it to be crooked. After a pause, he gritted his teeth and said: "This is obviously a problem with the Ministry of Rites, please investigate the officials of the Ministry of Rites and see where the exam questions were leaked." ”

"So, you're okay with it." Jiajing said coldly: "How can I remember that Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is your fellow countryman?" ”

"No matter where he is, he is His Majesty's man." Yan Shifan said: "And although Wu Shan is the same township as us, he has never interacted with each other, so it doesn't matter at all!" ”

(To be continued)