After another two days, the news reached Shangjing and was handed to Prime Minister Luan, who only felt like five thunderbolts when he heard the news, and immediately entered the palace in a rage to meet the queen and the emperor.

As soon as the youngest daughter died, Luan Xiang was extremely sad and angry, and broke into the palace gate untidy, all the way to the emperor's bedroom.

Knowing that the emperor was resting, no matter how the chamberlain Jiang Sheng persuaded him, he still shouted and broke in, and the chief manager Jiang Sheng desperately dragged him, knowing that he was going to rely on his daughter's death to persecute the emperor, Jiang Sheng was also loyal, called the guards and eunuchs to block the door, and asked Prime Minister Luan to tidy up his clothes before he could go in to meet the saint. Prime Minister Luan Cheng cried: "My youngest daughter died, how can I still be in the mood to sort it out, there are many other reasons for this, involving the safety of the Great Mu Dynasty, you eunuch, what do you know, get out of the way quickly, delay the big thing, do you take responsibility!" ”

Jiang Sheng was insulted by him in public, trembling with anger, pointing at Prime Minister Xiao and scolding sharply: "Prime Minister Luan, the miscellaneous family respects you as the prime minister and treats each other politely, otherwise if you are not summoned like the prime minister, you will break into the palace privately, and you should have been cut down by the guards on the spot at the palace gate!" The miscellaneous family is not on the stage, but he is also loyal to the emperor, even if the prime minister is a big thing, he shouldn't just break in and collide with His Majesty, can the prime minister afford it? ”

Prime Minister Luan shouted in a deep voice: "Then if I have to go in, how will you stay?" ”

Jiang Shenggan glared, he had no right to order the guards, and he didn't dare to do anything to Prime Minister Luan, some of them couldn't get off the stage, and they held back for a long time before saying: "The prime minister wants to meet the saint in person, please tidy up your clothes and say goodbye, otherwise...... Otherwise, the miscellaneous family will not move here, and what can the prime minister do to me? ”

Prime Minister Luan "snorted", without saying a word, a slap was slapped, Jiang Sheng was pampered in the palace, where could he resist the slap of Prime Minister Luan, a perennial martial arts practitioner, was immediately knocked out of two teeth, and he kicked him to the ground, unable to get up for a long time, the little eunuch next to him, the guards guarding the door did not dare to stop him when he saw this, Prime Minister Luan raised his leg and stepped over Jiang Sheng's body and entered the palace.

The emperor had already heard the noise outside for a long time, and the crown prince Mu Changhan was waiting inside, and when he heard the movement, the emperor asked the prince to help him up. Prime Minister Luan Cheng originally crossed his eyebrows and walked over angrily, but when he saw the emperor coming out, he immediately changed his expression, staggered over, fell down the steps of the main hall and cried, shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, please be the master of the old minister!" The youngest daughter of the old minister died in Anning County, Chao'an City, according to the news, there was a pair of great thieves in Chao'an City, killed the little girl, made a big fuss in the county government, and the officers and soldiers were killed and injured under his hands, the minister suspected that he was deliberately provoking the emperor, this thief was not removed, the minister was uneasy, the minister implored to send 5,000 troops from Kyoto to Anning County, to assist the local officials to check the surroundings of Anning County, in order to return justice to the minister, to thoroughly investigate the beginning and end of the case, and also to return Damu a peace. ”

As soon as he came up, he piled up these news in front of the emperor, so that the emperor could not ask him about the invasion of the palace. The emperor is actually much younger than Prime Minister Luan, but the gray hair on his head is not less than him, his reign is not a peaceful time, internal and external troubles, excessive work and worry in the early years, leaving the root of the disease, and more and more these years of age is more and more disease-ridden, all day long, the medicine is continuous, so that the shape of the bone search, the eyes are blank, it looks much older than Prime Minister Luan.

The emperor trembled and walked down the steps, walked to Prime Minister Luan, stretched out his hand to pick him up and said, "It turned out that Xiang'er had an accident, hey!" It's hard for you to be so old, in the end, the white-haired people send the black-haired people, and Xiang'er didn't leave a son and a half daughter for you, and the Luan family just left, it's a pity. This thief is truly hateful. That's it, you are my most important courtier, I won't blame you for this incident, but Aiqing should also take it as a warning. Xiang'er's death is irreparable, and Qing, as the prime minister, really shouldn't be so ridiculous, but let others see jokes. ”

The emperor spoke with no expression on his face, and his voice was not very high, but every word was cut on Prime Minister Luan's heart like a knife, and the words of the Luan family were like sprinkling salt on his wounds, just a few words, Prime Minister Luan immediately couldn't lift his arrogance, his heart was disheartened, and his face finally showed a depressed look.

The prince comforted: "The prime minister mourns, mother's side, I will settle down, if necessary, although the prime minister is yin, this matter is not trivial, I am willing to help and share the worries of my father." ”

The emperor sneered: "If you want to go, go now, why wait for the prime minister to say yin, there is one more person and one more helper, with your identity, it will be more fair to act, lest everyone say that Prime Minister Luan is fake public and private." ”

"This ...... Erchen has just returned from Anning County......"

"It's been a few days since you came back, haven't you rested yet? You are the crown prince, and now it is an eventful time, if you can find a way to catch that traitor, even if you have made a great achievement, no one will dare to talk about it in the court in the future. If you want to stop other people's mouths, you should show some real skills yourself, and you don't have to nag me every day by greeting me! ”

Prime Minister Luan looked at the father and son with a peek, and saw that the emperor still looked like he was ignoring the prince, and the prince was also full of shame, thinking that it was because of Zhaohua's incident a few days ago, the emperor scolded him fiercely, and when he saw that the emperor and the prince did not agree, he also felt that he was angry, and secretly thought: "I didn't kiss my son, and your son didn't treat you well!" ”

"Yes, Father." The crown prince respectfully agreed.

The emperor gave Prime Minister Luan a handwritten statement and allowed him to lead his troops to Anning County to thoroughly investigate the traitors.

Outside, Jiang Sheng didn't come in from outside the palace gate until Prime Minister Luan left, kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the old slave deserves death!" The emperor raised his forehead and said: "That's it, I read that you are also loyal, and I have also learned a lesson, I will spare you, and you must not collide with Prime Minister Luan again in the future." ”

Jiang Sheng knelt on the ground and said: "Yes, yes, the old slave is guilty, and he will definitely go to the prime minister to make amends another day." The emperor nodded and said, "You want to remember this time!" Jiang Sheng said: "The old slave remembers." The emperor said: "Get up, go to the Tai Hospital to find a doctor to take a look at you, hurry up and heal the injury, I can't do without you here." ”

"Yes, yes!" Jiang Sheng hurriedly got up and retired to the Tai Hospital.

The emperor stood alone on the steps and was stunned for a long time, a gust of autumn wind blew, blowing up some messy white hair on his head and floating in front of him, he twisted a lock of his hand, looked at it and smiled bitterly: "Old, old!" The little eunuch next to him felt desolate when he saw it, and felt that the person in front of him at this moment was an ordinary old man, a person who couldn't even take care of himself.

Another gust of autumn wind blew, blowing up thin layers of dust and fallen leaves on the ground, at that moment, the emperor felt that the deep palace in front of him had become blurry and unreal, and all the prosperity and solemnity seemed to be blown away, so he couldn't help but panic, and stretched out his hand to help the pillar next to him.

The pillar was solid and firm, and he felt a little more steady.

Thinking of spending most of his life in this deep palace, he felt quite bored, thinking back to the past, there was not a single person who made him really happy, including everyone around him, even his concubines and children. There is no sincerity, no warmth, he is not worthy of saying that he likes it, nor is he worthy of saying freedom, he has reached this age, and the world should be cloudy, but when he looks back on his life, he often feels doubtful.

He has a lot, but he has also lost a lot, he is no different from ordinary people, he is just drifting with the tide in the big world where people are holding each other down, drifting wherever he goes.

The hero didn't know that all this was nothingness until the twilight, and it was really sad to think about the years that could not be turned back.

Maybe because he is the Son of Heaven, he has no relatives in the world, and he will always be alone.

The little eunuch saw that he did not move for a long time, and did not say anything to them, just stood like this, as if he was integrated with the palace in this palace, and it also became a wood carving, stone carving, clay sculpture and tile carving. Father-in-law Jiang was not there, and no one dared to speak next to him, so he was a little soft-hearted and couldn't look past it, so he boldly stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's cold, so let's get you a piece of clothing." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Go ahead." ”

The emperor put on a cloak and said: "You are Jiang Sheng's apprentice, right, he has been teaching you how to serve, I remember that your name is Zhu Laiquan?" The little eunuch bowed his head and said, "Yes, it is the name of the slave." The emperor said: "Let's talk to me!" Zhu Laiquan bowed his head and said: "The slave doesn't dare!" The slave has only been in the palace for a few years, and he has just been transferred to His Majesty's side, and Gonggong Jiang promoted the slave to allow the slave to follow him, and the slave was afraid that his words would be wrong and collide with His Majesty. ”

The emperor smiled bitterly: "I just want to find someone to chat with and relieve my boredom, even if you say, no matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence, and I will never implicate Jiang Sheng. ”

The emperor used to be very kind to the public eunuchs and palace maids, and Zhu Laiquan was relieved when he saw this, and bowed his head and said: "Yes, the slave obeys the order." ”

The emperor sat down on the railing and began to talk to him about homely things.

"How old are you this year?"

"Back to Your Majesty, fifteen years old."

"How many years have you been in the palace?"

"Three years."

"Oh, has Nian ever read and is illiterate? Who else in the family does not want to go home? ”

"There is only one uncle in the family, there is nothing to think about, I broke off contact after entering the palace, earlier when my father was there, I let me study in school for a few years, and then my father died, my mother also died of illness, and my uncle sold me into the palace in order to gamble with others."

"Then do you have resentment in your heart, but are you unwilling?"

Lai Quan bowed his head in a deep voice and said, "Yes." ”

The emperor smiled slightly, he was telling the truth. He comforted him and said: "You are still young, although some things are irretrievable, but some things can be better, you will study hard and study hard in the future, and there will always be a time when it will come in handy." Others make you resentful, you shouldn't keep this resentment in your stomach, it will only become rotten and stinky over time, making you worse and worse. You should burn them all, turn them into fire, turn them into power, so that you can save more for your life. You're still young, and you have time. ”

Laiquan knelt at the emperor's feet and kowtowed: "Slave, thank you for the emperor's guidance, it's just that the emperor, the slave feels that it is not too late for a person to want to redeem something, no matter when it starts, this is not because the slave is young to have time, but because the slave wants to redeem, so there is time." ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but relay his last sentence: "It's not because you are young that you have time, it's because you want to redeem it, so you have time?" ”

Lai Quan knelt on the ground and said: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, the slave Xie Emperor pointed out, it was the emperor who made the slave learn to forget what he lacks, because what has been missing is forever missing, only by grasping what he has, lest he lack more in the future." The slave feels that this sentence is very useful, even if the slave only has one day to live, after listening to His Majesty's words, he must be grateful. The slaves have benefited a lot, and in the future, the slaves must study hard, study hard, and serve the emperor when they are finished. ”

The emperor could hear that this little eunuch was using his words to persuade himself, and he was overjoyed, and smiled at the little eunuch: "You are a good boy, get up quickly!" The prince's personal attendant is old, and when the prince returns, you can go to his side and serve! He saw that this little eunuch was very urban, and he would become a great weapon in the future, and there was no hope for him to follow him, so it was better to show him a good way, which could be regarded as a reward for his advice.

Lai Quan kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I just stood up." ”