Five days later, His Majesty's dragon boat sailed into Xuanzhou City.

Governor Li took all the officials of the government to Yanbo Wharf to pick up the driver.

In the past, only the officials who came to Beijing could make them wait, but now it is His Majesty who has come in person, and the officials including Mei Xiaoren are waiting at the dock, which can be described as walking on thin ice.

The sky is clear, dozens of big ships line up down the river, the golden boat in the middle is His Majesty's dragon boat, three layers high, there is a gold-topped dragon pavilion in the bow, solemn and solemn.

When the dragon boat docked, the ministers knelt down, and thousands of Xuanzhou soldiers also knelt down, shouting long live the emperor again and again, and the sound was like thunder.

This was the first time Mei Xiaoren had seen such a grand scene, even if he knew that it was hot, His Majesty would not get off the boat, and they had to kneel here.

After the dragon boat docked, it was not until a long time later that a eunuch got off the boat and shouted: "Your Majesty has a will, be even." ”

Mei Xiaoren stood up with everyone. This is the longest time she has knelt in 19 years of life, and her knees are sore but she doesn't dare to beat them, because Lao Li is standing at the head of the row, and she is standing behind Lao Li, which is particularly eye-catching.

The eunuch said to Li Zhifu again: "Li Zhifu, Your Majesty is tired all the way and is resting, but Your Majesty is grateful that it is not easy to welcome you, and tomorrow night you will have a big banquet on the boat, and invite the officials above the seventh grade in Xuanzhou Mansion to board the dragon boat to go to the banquet." ”

Governor Li hurriedly knelt down to receive the order: "Weichen Xie Your Majesty Longen." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at the river and knew which ship belonged to the prime minister with just one glance.

Prime Minister, that is a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person, his boat is second only to the dragon boat, but it is only second to that it is not painted gold.

Mei Xiaoren was watching the boat, and the people on the boat were also watching her, and she was standing behind the prefect, so that people could see it at a glance.

Chu Yu stood in front of the hatch, looking at the dock, and someone next to him asked him: "You said that you came to Xuanzhou early on, what did you do?"

Chu Yu shook his head.

"I didn't do anything" Wei Shuying asked again, "But I heard that Brother Mei has made a great contribution to suppressing bandits, didn't you take a hand?"

Chu Yu still shook his head.

"I didn't do this, I didn't do that, then what did you do when you came to Xuanzhou" Wei Shuying suddenly remembered an incident, pointed at him and said with a smile, "Find your confidante"

Only then did Chu Yu turn around and glance at Wei Shuying, "I don't mean that I didn't do anything, but that it's about you."

Wei Shuying's smile froze, and then he didn't care about him, followed him into the cabin, and said, "Just after you left, King Yu came back, he left Beijing without permission, His Majesty will definitely train him, if he tosses around for this, he can poke a hole in the dragon boat." He sighed again, "Fortunately, you turned back halfway, and he was able to divide it peacefully, and he didn't contradict Your Majesty, it seems that he hates you, but he is also afraid of you." ”

Chu Yu replied lightly: "He is not afraid of me, but afraid that I will kill Zhou Xun." ”

On the shore, when the eunuch who delivered the decree returned to the ship, everyone left in an orderly manner.

"Mei Tongju, long time no see, are I still able to do those errands?"

A cold sentence came from her side. Mei Xiaoren turned his eyes and saw Gao Jingshu's smile on the corner of his lips.

Gao Jingshu was only suspended for investigation, not dismissed, he is still the same person of Xuanzhou Mansion, and he is also among the drivers today, and he is standing next to her.

There were a lot of people, Gao Jingshu didn't say a word to her, and now that the crowd had dispersed and the surroundings had become noisy, he said hello to her.

Mei Xiaoren smiled politely and said, "With the concern of Lord Lao Tongzhi, everything is fine." ”

Gao Jingshu was with her

Left, and said as he walked: "I heard that Xiao Lin was temporarily sentenced to exile by Lord Futai, and he committed a felony, is this kind of punishment too light?"

"This is the disposal of Lord Futai, if Lord Gao has any doubts, you might as well ask Lord Futai."

"I won't ask about this matter, by the way, you hold on for a few more days, and in a few days, the Japanese official will come back to help you share the burden." Gao Jingshu smiled at her again, and then quickened his pace and left the dock.

Even though Mei Xiaoren still had a smile on her face, she was admittedly uncomfortable in her heart, because Gao Jingshu meant that he was about to be reinstated and return to the Futai Yamen.

This is also an inevitable thing, Xiao Lin's case was opened the day before yesterday, and Xiao Lin pleaded guilty according to the charges she wrote, and was sentenced to exile by Lao Li, after which Xiao Lin will be escorted to Beijing and reviewed by the Criminal Department.

The case has come to an end in Xuanzhou, and Gao Jingshu has already expelled Xiao Ru from his home and has nothing to do with the Xiao family, so he is naturally fine, and it is only a matter of time before he is reinstated.

Mei Xiaoren looked back at the big ship, Chu Yu didn't expose Gao Jingshu at the beginning, was he afraid of Gao Jingshu's backstage, or had other plans

Martial law had been imposed around Yanbo Wharf, and no idlers were allowed to approach, and on the evening of the second day, His Majesty not only held a banquet in the dragon boat, but also set up a lot of banquets on the wharf.

In the morning, the eunuch passed on the word that officials above the seventh rank entered the dragon boat to attend the banquet, but in the evening, the rules changed, and only officials above the fourth rank could enter the dragon boat.

So except for Lao Li, these officials in Xuanzhou had to eat on the dock.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help laughing, I really didn't know whether to be happy for Lao Li or worry about Lao Li.

Today, Your Majesty has a banquet, and the people sitting on the dragon boat must be all big people from the capital, at least Your Majesty must be there, the prime minister must also be there, and the officials who came to Beijing are all there, and Lao Li is the only one in the entire Xuanzhou

She can already imagine the scene of Lao Li entering, like a lamb getting into a wolf's den, and it is okay if his legs are not shaking.

On the wharf, the officials from the fifth grade to the last grade are all there, and there are hundreds of long cases neatly placed in front of them, and the eunuchs pass the word to open the banquet, and everyone kneels down before entering the table.

There was no one around Mei Xiaoren to talk to, just drank silently, and looked up at the night sky, the stars were all over the sky, just like that night.

After many days, Mei Xiaoren remembered what Chu Yu said that night, and he still couldn't help but smirk.

"Why is the judge so happy?"

The person sitting next to her was still Gao Jingshu, she smiled, and said, "Lord Tongzhi wants to come back to share errands for the lowly position, how can the lowly job not be happy." ”

Gao Jingshu is really happy. She heard this morning that Gao Jingshu had presented an ancient painting to His Majesty, hoping that the painting would please His Majesty, after all, His Majesty's praise of him was much stronger than Lao Li's praise of his hundred words.

While the officials were silently eating, a eunuch stepped out of the boat and walked towards them at the head of the line.

Everyone could see from the eunuch's clothes that this eunuch was not ordinary, and he must be someone from His Majesty's side, so they got up and waited for the eunuch to approach.

The eunuch walked straight to Gao Jingshu and said with a smile: "Your Majesty likes the painting presented by Lord Tongzhi very much, and I will give you a glass of wine, hoping that Lord Tongzhi will be diligent and diligent in the future and seek benefits for the people of Xuanzhou." ”

The palace maid behind the eunuch stepped forward with a wooden plate, and a glass of wine was placed in the middle of the wooden plate.

Gao Jingshu took the wine from the imperial gift, thanked him and drank it all.

After that, the officials around Gao Jingshu began to congratulate him. Gao Jingshu also responded with great pleasure.

Mei Xiaoren sat down without saying a word, holding a scroll of notes in her hand, which was secretly stuffed to her by the eunuch when Gao Jingshu was drinking.