Forbidden City, South Study.

"Mr. Wang, what time is it?" Emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was reading the cantata, suddenly put down the cantata in his hand and looked up and asked.

"Master, it's not time."

"Unconsciously, I've been watching the excerpts for an hour?" Zhu Qizhen stood up and rubbed his temples.

"Master, do you want to rest for a while, drink some tea, and eat something?" Wang Zhen walked over and carefully helped Zhu Qizhen down.

"Hmm."

"Change the tea!"

A little eunuch had already stepped forward quickly, took the tea cup on the imperial case, went down quickly, and then replaced the new tea.

"Mr. Wang, do you know what day it is?"

"The old slave really didn't think about it!" Wang Zhen frowned slightly, pretending that I didn't know.

"Mr. forgot, today is the sixth day of the third month, Meng Aiqing's happy day!" Zhu Qizhen smiled, really thinking that Wang Zhen didn't remember.

"Alas, master, look at my memory, how can the old slave forget such a big thing, the day before yesterday it was said that this Lord Meng got married, and the old slave also had to send a heart." Wang Zhendao.

"Oh, what are you going to give, sir?"

"Master, what gift can the old slave give, it's nothing more than some wealth or something." Wang Zhen smiled, he didn't plan to give a gift at all, he just said it to coax the emperor.

"Oh, what kind of gift should I give when I get married, Mr. tell me?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"That's a lot, the common people generally send quilts, silk cloths or something, as well as wine, cattle and sheep......"

"The things given by the people are too common, if I give a gift, what should I give?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"The master wants to give a gift?" Wang Zhen was stunned.

"Sir. What kind of memory do you have, just now you said that today is Meng Yan and Meng Aiqing's happy day, why don't I want to express it? Zhu Qizhen said.

"What does the master mean, you want to reward Lord Meng?"

"Well, that's what I mean?"

"No, it can't be done!" Wang Zhen hurriedly stopped.

"Why can't you do it?"

"Master. Think about it, what is your identity, and what is the identity of Master Meng? Today, Lord Meng is married, you have rewarded it, and if Lord Liu is also married tomorrow, will you reward it? Wang Zhen said, "Besides, Lord Meng's marriage was personally given by you, and you are the matchmaker for the two of them." According to the folk saying, Master Meng will give you back the thank you! ”

"Sir, you mean, Meng Aiqing also gave me a gift?" Zhu Qizhen pointed to himself and asked.

"That's right, Lord Meng should thank your master and give you a gift!" Wang Zhen nodded.

"This is interesting, you say, will this Meng Aiqing give me a gift?" Zhu Qizhen said with a smile.

"This old slave doesn't know, this courtier should be sacrificed. But this old slave has never heard of it. ”

"That means I can't get the gift?"

"Not really. Master, you give a verbal message, hint at him, and let him understand that this ceremony is coming? ”

"It's not going to work, it's going to be a system. It's time for me to ask my courtiers for gifts, and if it gets out, do I still want this face? Zhu Qizhen hurriedly shook his hand, what kind of bad idea is this?

"Master, beyond that. The old slave really couldn't think of any other way. ”

"Forget it, I have discussed with the queen, and we will go to Meng Aiqing's mansion tonight." Zhu Qizhen said.

"The master wants to go out of the palace in micro-service?"

"What, what does the gentleman have to build?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"Master, you are in danger of the world, you can't go out lightly, the saint cloud, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, your exit, the danger will increase greatly, who will guarantee your safety at that time?" Wang Zhen hurriedly advised.

"It's not that I didn't leave the palace without micro-clothes, how could I be so alarmist as Mr. said?" Zhu Qizhen said.

"Recently, there have been a lot of juniors in the capital, and Lord Meng has arrested a lot of people who oppose the government not long ago, so it's not safe outside." Wang Zhendao.

"Could it be that only by staying in this Forbidden City can I guarantee my safety?" Zhu Qizhen was very displeased.

"Yes, master!"

"Sir, what if I have to leave this palace?" Zhu Qizhen said.

"The old slave will kneel and die here!" Wang Zhen knelt down and said.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Wang, am I still your master, am I still the emperor of this empire?" Zhu Qi was furious, and the young man's heart was angry.

"Of course, the master is the master, and the master is also the emperor!"

"That ordinary people want to go out from the door of their homes to see, go shopping, frolic and play, whatever they want, I am the master of this country, but I can't step out of the red wall half a step, why is this, I claim to be the Son of Heaven, I should be the most powerful person in the world, but I can't even step out of my own door, is this still the Son of Heaven?"

"The master is the master of the people of the world, and he should think about the people of the world!" Wang Zhendao.

"I don't believe it, the brocade guards and the forbidden army can't even protect my safety, so even if I hide in this deep palace all day, can I be safe forever?"

"The master is angry, if you want to go out for a walk, you can issue an order to let the Han generals go out of the palace, whether it's an outing, or a mountaineering, it's absolutely impossible to leave the palace in this micro-service." Wang Zhen persuaded him.

Anyway, you can't let the emperor give Meng Yan a long face, if the emperor suddenly arrives at the wedding banquet, then what's the matter?

"No, I promised the queen, take her out of the palace tonight, Mr. Wang, you can arrange this!" Zhu Qizhen ordered, "This is my holy decree, if you don't want to resist the decree, hurry up and give it to me!" ”

"Master, aren't you embarrassed by the old slave?" Wang Zhen said with a bitter face.

"You have to do it, you have to do it, you have to do it, and the Queen Mother is not allowed to know about this matter, if there is a little rumor, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings." Zhu Qizhen was also ruthless.

The dignified son of heaven, he can't go anywhere, he can't do it, this self-respecting emperor is too boring.

It's not to go out of the palace and take a look at the courtiers by the way, the story of the emperor's night visit to the courtiers has been circulated too much, and many of them have become good stories?

The emperor blocked all the roads, especially the queen mother, and it was the only place where the emperor could take back his fate. The emperor actually thought of it in advance, which made Wang Zhen a little helpless.

"Fan Zhongke, the general of the palace guard?"

"The last general!"

"You go and pick seven or eight good and clever ones, get ready, change into civilian clothes, and go out of the palace with the master later!"

"The last will obey. It's just that there are only a few of us to protect it, isn't it too little? Fan Zhong hesitated and asked.

"This matter is only known to a few of us, and the others don't know, and besides, we don't go out of the palace to go anywhere else, it's to drink the wedding wine of Lord Meng of the Thousand Households of the Jinyi Guard Inspector Division, you just need to protect the safety of this road, and wait until you get to the Meng Mansion. Do you still need to worry about the safety of your master? Wang Zhen shouted.

"Yes, let's pick someone!" Fan Zhong agreed and turned away.

"Master, what are we going to do?"

"What is the auspicious time for Meng Aiqing to visit the church and get married?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"This old slave doesn't know, why don't you find someone to ask?" Wang Zhen couldn't wait to leave the emperor's sight, so he could go down and arrange it.

"No need to work Mr. Huang!"

"The minion is here, you go and investigate. When will Meng Yan and Meng Aiqing visit the church today? Zhu Qizhen summoned Huang Jing and asked.

"Qi Yu Majesty, this auspicious slave knows!" Huang Jing replied respectfully.

"Oh. How do you know? ”

"A few days ago, the slave heard a lieutenant of Jinyiwei mention it, and he remembered that it was the first moment of the unitary time!" Huang Jingdao.

"That's the case, you go down, let's just wait, it's not good to go early." Zhu Qizhen smiled.

Huang Jing wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead. He almost said just now, he received an invitation from Meng Yan quietly sent him, and the invitation clearly marked the auspicious time.

If he were to say that, it would be the end of it.

It is a big taboo for a foreign minister to make friends with eunuchs. What's more, when he got close to Meng Yan, Wang Zhen had long regarded him as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh.

Fortunately, he was clever and used a hearing to resolve this crisis, otherwise it would be really troublesome, in the palace, Wang Zhen covered the sky with one hand, and even the eunuch Jin Ying and others who didn't need Wang Zhen's mess were also cautious, not daring to have any handle to be caught.

When you go back, you must burn that invitation, and it would be a curse to keep it.

Although Wang Zhen couldn't leave, with his power in the palace, it would be too easy to spread the news.

At this time, the only person who could stop the emperor was the queen mother of Cining Palace.

But what he never expected was that the person serving in front of Empress Dowager Sun today was her eldest nephew, Sun Lian and Sun Gonggong!

What is the friendship between this grandfather-in-law and Meng Yan, and for such a big event as Meng Yan's marriage, he also quietly received an invitation.

In the final analysis, Meng Yan is still his savior, and he is the nephew of the Queen Mother, so this news reported to him here, and he directly asked him to intercept it.

In this palace, although Wang Zhen is not his enemy, Jiang Xiong is, Jiang Xiong and Wang Zhen are very close.

Therefore, Sun Lian is not interested in Wang Zhen, and his special identity means that Wang Zhen also gives him three points.

Wang Zhen made a lot of calculations, even if he missed this point, as a result, he waited anxiously in the south study, but he didn't see the figure of the Empress Dowager Sun.

couldn't wait for the Queen Mother, but he waited for Sun Lian.

Sun Lian got the news and knew that Wang Zhen wanted to prevent the emperor's cousin from leaving the palace, but he still went to his benefactor to support him, how could he succeed in this matter, so he simply went directly to the Empress Dowager Sun and asked him to leave the palace and attend Meng Yan's wedding banquet!

Empress Dowager Sun is always unhappy in her heart, but there is no way, how can this Meng Yan say that he is also the life-saving benefactor of his eldest nephew, and the benefactor is married, he should go to congratulate him, otherwise, if this spreads, others will also say that her Sun family doesn't even have a grateful heart?

So, the Empress Dowager Sun also made a decree to ask the inner palace supervisor to prepare a generous gift and ask Sun Lian to bring it over.

Knowing that Empress Dowager Sun had prepared a congratulatory gift for Meng Yan, the emperor also thought that it was logical that he could not give a gift, so he asked people to prepare a generous gift in the name of the queen.

Wang Zhen scolded himself for being confused, why did he forget that there was such a person as Sun Lian, he must have stopped the person he sent over to deliver the message, and the Empress Dowager Sun was afraid that she didn't know it yet.

This is self-defeating!

There was no way, Wang Zhen could only work with Sun Lian, under the escort of the guard general Fan Zhong and other loyal and brave guards, to protect the emperor and Empress Qian, all dressed in civilian clothes from the palace from Xihuamen. (To be continued......)