The head of the household department and the head of the Ministry of Industry entered the palace at this time to ask for a meeting, and there must be something important.

Xue Pingping arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, step back for the time being." The emperor nodded.

Xue Pingping walked to the door and bumped into the two Shangshu, the two of them looked solemn and anxious, with panic and panic in their eyes under their tightly knit brows.

Xue Pingping arched his hand and passed by them.

Walking outside the hall, I saw General Wang standing under the corridor, like a door god, tall and mighty, with a straight figure, frowning and thinking about something. Two columns of guards stood neatly in front of the hall.

Xue Pingping walked over and arched his hand: "General! ”

General Wang put on a smiling face and said: "It seems that you have served well, the emperor usually does not like people to approach, but he has left you in the palace for a long time, boy, the future is limitless!" ”

"This is thanks to the promotion of the general, and the little one is remembered." Xue Pingping's face was full of gratitude. Then he asked: "I wonder what will happen to the two adults of the household department and the Ministry of Industry when they see the emperor so late?" ”

"Something happened in the South." General Wang sighed, "The emperor has a headache again." ”

"What's the matter?"

Before General Wang could answer, Gonggong Liu came out and summoned General Wang into the hall.

General Wang entered the hall, and Gonggong Liu stood in front of Xue Pingping, and asked with a smile on his face: "Lord Xue, do you want to go to the side hall to have a cup of tea?" ”

The people around the emperor are all human spirits, although as eunuchs, they do the work of serving people, but they are brighter than anyone else, Xue Pingping saw the emperor for the first time, and he was valued by the emperor, and even the master Huang Gonggong was respectful to Xue Pingping, of course he had to stutter.

Xue Pingping was a little surprised when he heard Gonggong Liu call him "adult", he had no official position and no fame, but he was just a small sergeant, but Gonggong Liu was so flattering and flattering, but he knew that he was too good to get carried away, and replied politely: "Thank you father-in-law for your kindness, don't dare to bother you, I'll just wait here." ”

Seeing that he refused, Gonggong Liu didn't say much, so let him wait with him, he was already on duty here, responsible for guarding the door and waiting for orders.

The Praetorian Guards solemnly guarded the emperor's safety, and there were also a number of Praetorian Guards who took turns to inspect, and some of those who had seen Xue Pingping in the morning nodded to him from afar.

Seeing that Father-in-law Liu lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head and stopped talking, Xue Pingping started chatting: "Father-in-law is on an errand by the emperor's side, which is really amazing, and I hope that my father-in-law will mention more in the future." ”

"Lord Xue said with a smile, you can get the emperor's permission to wait closely, and I can't say that I want you to take care of the servants more in the future."

"I don't have much talent and virtue in the next place, and I have a chance to serve the emperor, and I am fortunate to have three lives. But in my heart I was afraid of making a mistake. ”

"Lord Xue doesn't have to worry too much, the emperor is merciful, as long as he makes the emperor comfortable and makes a small mistake occasionally, the emperor will not blame."

"What's wrong with that?"

Gonggong Liu's eyes looked around, and then he beckoned to him, Xue Pingping listened to him, and heard Gonggong Liu say in a low but powerful voice: "Betrayal, rebellion, forming a party for personal gain, and coveting a high position, that is the big mistake of the Nine Clans." ”

Imperial power, the truth of the prosperity of the obedient and the death of the rebellious, Xue Pingping has long known. But hearing such a mysterious and serious voice of Gonggong Liu, he was still a little timid.

I don't know what happened in the imperial study, but I heard the emperor roar angrily: "If this matter is not handled well, I will cut off your heads, get out!" ”

I saw that the door of the temple opened, and Sun Siyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Zhao Chang'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, crawled out in embarrassment, one with a pale face, cold sweat on his forehead, and the other with a dark face and trembling.

"Two adults walk slowly." Gonggong Liu politely sent a few steps, and there was no meaning of a joke on his face.

Gonggong Huang followed out and ordered another little eunuch to pass Xiao Chengxiang into the palace, and the little eunuch took the order and rushed away. Gonggong Huang turned to Xue Pingping and said, "My lord, go in with me." ”

Xue Pingping didn't want to go in, the emperor was furious just now, in case the remaining anger did not subside......

But if he can't refuse, he can't refuse, that's the emperor, can he disobey?

Xue Pingping followed behind Huang Gonggong and cautiously walked into the imperial study, praying in his heart that the emperor would never be angry with a little person like him.

"Your Majesty, your dragon body is important, the matter is already like this, you can only try your best to remedy it." General Wang comforted the emperor.

The blue veins on the emperor's forehead loomed, and he felt dizzy, he took a deep breath and tried his best to calm his anger. Gonggong Huang was already standing behind the emperor, quietly beckoning to Xue Pingping and letting him pass.

Xue Pingping moved over tremblingly and asked softly, "Your Majesty, will I help you relax comfortably?" ”

"Hmm." The emperor agreed, Huang Gonggong took a step back, and Xue Pingping stood behind the emperor and began to massage.

"Wang Aiqing, you say, how to deal with this matter?" The emperor asked General Wang.

"The flood in the south caused huge losses, and the people were indignant, and the ministers thought that they should strengthen vigilance to prevent riots." As a military general, the first thing he thought of was riots.

"That's just one of them." The emperor asked Huang Gonggong again, "Has it been inherited?" Why hasn't it come yet! ”

"I've already sent someone to pass it on, and I'm already on my way to come. You drink ginseng tea to dissipate your gas. Huang Gonggong handed the teacup to the emperor.

"I remember that Huainan guarded Zhao Changshun, who was strongly recommended by Prime Minister Cheng at the beginning, I don't know what he did, whether Prime Minister Cheng knew it." General Wang said.

"When he comes, I'll ask him properly!" The emperor seemed to be angry again.

On weekdays, no one dares to say the right and wrong of Cheng Xiang, Cheng Xiang and General Wang Da are one article and one martial artist in the court, and they should support each other, but Cheng Xiang always looks high, no one in his eyes, the emperor reuses him, the officials scold him, he always doesn't look at General Wang in his eyes, but General Wang also looks at him unpleasantly, this time there is a chance to step on him, how can General Wang let go?

After drinking the tea, the emperor finally saw Xiao Chengxiang enter the palace in a panic, and respectfully bent down and bowed his hand to greet the emperor. On weekdays, the emperor would ask people to show him a seat, but today the emperor didn't even call him flat, looking at him coldly with a pair of eyes, and Xiao Chengxiang only played a drum in his heart.

"Xiao Aiqing, Huainan, do you know?" The emperor's cold voice sounded.

Huainan? He remembered that Sun Shangshu of the household department went to him after going down to the court today, saying that the disaster in Huainan was serious, and asked him to write to the emperor for disaster relief, and when he heard the disaster relief, he had a headache, which was nothing more than asking the court to withdraw money, but he had already pulled it out several times, and the emperor was not happy last time, he didn't want to touch his head again, so he asked Sun Siyi to tell the emperor by himself, and hurriedly sent Sun Shangshu, and he went to accompany Xinna's concubine.

Just now, he was in full swing with his concubine, and he was summoned to the palace. Xiao Chengxiang couldn't help sweating on his head, did there be something else in Huainan?

He replied worriedly: "Minister, I don't know, please make it clear to the emperor." ”

"At the beginning, you recommended Zhao Changshun to Huainan to serve as the Taishou, do you know what he did?" The emperor asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that Huainan has been raining continuously and flooding, but this is a natural disaster and it is inevitable." Cheng Xiang argued.

"Whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, you can see for yourself!" After the emperor finished speaking coldly, Gonggong Huang sent the folds handed over by the two Shangshu just now to Prime Minister Cheng.