About an hour later, Mei Xiaoren left the table and went to the place agreed on the note, just under the third boat behind the dragon boat.

Before she could get closer, she saw a man standing there, and when she got closer, she could see more clearly, it was a man dressed in a python robe and wearing a golden crown on his head.

Mei Xiaoren stepped forward, saluted him respectfully, and shouted, "His Royal Highness King Yu." ”

Jiang Rong was very excited when he saw her this time, and he held her shoulders and said with a smile: "Villain, we haven't seen each other for a few days, do you know how much I miss you"

Mei Xiaoren looked Jiang Ei up and down, and sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses to support saddles, and Jiang Ei looks like a prince in the clothes of this prince.

"What are you looking for me?" she asked.

Jiang Rong didn't answer, grabbed her wrist and was about to pull her away, "The banquet is about to disperse, come with me to meet someone." ”

Mei Xiaoren was inexplicable, "who to see"

"You'll know when you go."

Then she was dragged onto a big ship by Jiang Rong, and they passed all the way unimpeded, and the maids and guards on the ship all bowed and saluted when they saw them.

The dress of these maids was different from the dress of the palace maids she had seen before, and it was clear that the owner of this ship should not be a royal person, and the ship was smaller than the previous ones, but it was still magnificent.

Jiang Rong took Mei Xiaoren into the cabin and waited.

Mei Xiaoren looked around, the cabin was very spacious, the seats were made of fine sandalwood, non-royal relatives and nobles must not have such specifications, and the antique porcelain and other furnishings were elegant and valuable.

"Villain, don't worry, what I promised you will definitely be done."

Mei Xiaoren was still in a fog, and when he heard him say this, he didn't know what he wanted.

"His Highness has stepped back so early"

Hearing a voice from behind, Mei Xiaoren looked back, and immediately turned around and saluted the comer, his body pressed extremely low.

Although she didn't know who it was, she was wearing a brown court robe, which was not a symbol of rank, but that he had a knighthood, which was more noble than the status of a high-ranking official.

Jiang Rong stepped forward and said, "Uncle, this is the Xuanzhou General Sentence Mei Xiaoren that I mentioned to you before. ”

As soon as Jiang Rong called him like this, Mei Xiaoren knew who the person who came, it was the famous Wei Duke Ji Heng, the sibling brother of the Queen Mother, and the father of her senior sister Ji Nanrou.

Knowing his identity, Mei Xiaoren still maintained a saluting posture and added: "Humble to meet Lord Guogong." ”

"Excuse me."

"Lord Xie Guogong."

Mei Xiaoren raised his head and saw Wei Guogong walking to the front of the hall with a smile on his face and sitting down, he looked at her and said, "In the past few days, I have often heard His Highness mention you, saying that you are a rare talent. ”

"It's His Highness's praise."

Jiang Rong hurriedly said: "I'm not blowing it indiscriminately, uncle, you should know that there was no casualty in the flood in Takixian County, and you should also know about the Xuanzhou Mansion's extermination of the evil tiger mountain bandits before, both of which are her own credit." ”

Wei Guogong turned to look at Mei Xiaoren after listening to Jiang Ei, and smiled undiminishedly: "Is it?"

"This is all due to the guidance of the prefect, and he does not dare to take credit for his humble duties." Mei Xiaoren arched his hand.

Jiang Rong stood beside Wei Guogong and deliberately frowned, "Uncle, I brought you all the people, then I beg you for something."

"Your Highness, I rely on you for whatever you want on weekdays, but this recommendation of a magistrate to go to Beijing is not trivial." Wei Guogong suddenly became embarrassed and sighed, "No Your Highness."

It's as simple as you think. ”

Mei Xiaoren only understood at this time that what Jiang Rong said he promised her was to take her to Beijing, so he said a lot of good things about her to Wei Guogong, and now he took advantage of His Majesty's banquet to bring her to meet Wei Guogong.

Jiang Rong was displeased, "I don't believe you can't even do this little thing, the officials are still in your hands, is it so difficult to promote a capable official?"

"Your Highness, it is not difficult to promote officials, but the difficult thing is to draw up an order, and this kind of thing has to be seen by Wenhua Hall first." Wei Guogong's expression was a little helpless again, and he shook his head, "You said that the things that the ministers have handed over to the Wenhua Hall over the years, have they been rejected less?"

"Are you worried that the prime minister will not allow it" Jiang Rong's brows furrowed more and more, "Haven't Wenhuadian seen the documents reported by Xuanzhou, I don't know that Mei Xiaoren is a person who can take on great responsibilities?"

"This has nothing to do with whether Mei Tong can take on a big responsibility, they are just ministers." Wei Guogong sat on the couch, his face was already full of sadness, and he said in a low voice, "It's not that the ministers don't help Your Highness with this, but although the ministers are in the hands of the ministers, which ministers have been promoted and which ministers have been demoted over the years, they can cover the sky with one hand, and they can't help the ministers at all." ”

Mei Xiaoren stood here, looking at Wei Guogong's helpless appearance, and his heart was already touched.

She could see that Wei Guogong did not have power, but that he was also excluded by others, so the power in his hands was useless.

Wei Guogong's appearance was like a courtier who was worried about the country and the people, and his hands and feet were gagged.

Jiang Rong persuaded him bitterly: "How do you know if you don't try, besides, if you only promote an official, they will be guilty of fighting against you in this trivial matter."

"Today, the minister proposed to His Majesty that the officials from the seventh rank also go to the dragon boat to the banquet, this is a trivial matter, but what about the result" Wei Guogong rubbed his forehead and sighed, "As a result, Gu Xiang cut off the rank from the fourth grade with a word, so that in the end, only the prefect of Xuanzhou came up." ”

"You really can't help it" Jiang Rong was at a loss.

Mei Xiaoren immediately said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, don't embarrass Lord Guogong, I don't expect to go to Beijing now." ”

"But"

"Your Highness, no." Mei Xiaoren waved his hand at Wei Guogong again, "His Royal Highness's proposal, Lord Guogong doesn't need to take it to heart, the lowly will be the general judge of Xuanzhou, and I don't dare to hope that there will be a shortcut." ”

Wei Guogong sighed: "It seems that Your Highness is right, you are really a manufacturable material, but it's a pity that I can't help myself and can't help you." ”

"I understand that there are many disturbances tonight, and I hope that Lord Guogong will forgive me." Mei Xiaoren gave up his hand again, "If there is nothing else, I will retire from my humble position." ”

Wei Guogong nodded, "Go ahead." ”

Mei Xiaoren turned and left.

"Villain" Jiang Rong just shouted at her and didn't chase her.

He thought that for Mei Xiaoren to go to Beijing, he only needed a word from Wei Guogong, who knew that this would be the case. It's a shame that he swore like that in front of the villain at the beginning, and now he has the face to chase.

Mei Xiaoren got off the ship of the Wei State Mansion, the banquet had long since dispersed, she left the dock alone and returned to the house in a sedan chair.

She didn't look forward to relying on Jiang Rong to go to Beijing, so she didn't feel sad about what happened to Fang Cai, and she didn't have any sense of gain or loss in her heart.

She was not at ease in her heart because she had witnessed the helplessness of a virtuous minister.

The night was quiet, the sedan chair stopped outside the mansion, Mei Xiaoren got off the sedan chair, and was about to go back to the house to rest, when she suddenly saw a fast horse galloping and stopped next to her sedan chair.

The official dismounted and ran to her kneel in front of her to report: "Your Excellency, the dragon boat has been stolen, and the prefect will immediately return to the palace to discuss matters." ”