After chatting and discussing with Shen Xiping for a long time, someone came to the palace.

Narcissus drove to come in person, and Wang Xiaolai didn't dare to delay, so he gave two orders and followed.

After arriving at the palace, he went straight to the imperial study, fell to the ground, Wang Xiaolai stepped in, and saw that in addition to the empress, there were four or five people sitting sparsely.

The leader is Liu Maolin, so naturally there is no need to say much, Lu Yiping and Fan Lin sit on both sides.

At the end of the line, kneeling sat in the wind and clouds.

In addition, an old man sat down on the left hand side of the empress.

The old man was sitting there with a dragon-headed cane in his hand, wearing a plain white python robe, with a large eyebrow and beard, and was closing his eyes to recuperate.

Seeing Wang Xiao coming to her, the empress beckoned and smiled: "Little Laizi, come here." ”

Wang Xiaolai shouted to see His Majesty and walked forward.

was also in front of outsiders, and the empress didn't show too closeness, so she let Wang Xiaolai sit opposite the old man, just at the bottom right.

As soon as Wang Xiaolai sat down, he felt two cold rays coming, and his heart was cold, and he hurriedly raised his head to look, but he only saw the kind face of the old man.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaolai couldn't help but be stunned, touched his head and muttered, "Could it be my delusion?" ”

The empress smiled, picked up four or five pieces of rice paper from the dragon book case, handed them to Wang Xiaolai and said: "Xiao Laizi, come, take a look, this is the list of rewards drawn up by the old Xiangguo last night, as well as the compensation for the soldiers, you can see how it is." ”

Wang Xiaolai took it in his hand and looked at it, looked at it and nodded: "Yes, I don't have any opinions." ”

Originally, it was just an ordinary sentence, Feng Qingyun listened to all kinds of embarrassment, what do you mean that you don't have any opinions, Your Majesty has to get your consent, right?

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable Feng Qingyun's expression became.

It was also him who kept his head down, and no one could see his face.

The empress listened to Wang Xiaolai's words and smiled: "It's good to have no opinion, you are the great hero of this pacification of Zhao Sui's rebellion, if you have no opinion, then I can rest assured, old Xiangguo." ”

Liu Maolin clenched his fists and arched his hands: "The old minister is here." ”

"You and Lu Shangshu will prepare according to this list."

"Yes."

Wang Xiao looked at the empress and said, "Your Majesty, did you call me here because of this?" ”

The empress snorted: "What? Isn't it okay? ”

Originally, the empress still had the second half of the sentence, but because of the presence of the old man, she was embarrassed to say it.

"You are idle at home, what is wrong with coming to the palace to talk to me, or is it that you kid is not happy?"

The empress glared.

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "How can you, Your Majesty, I..."

Halfway through his words, Wang Xiaolai felt two cold rays looking at him, he raised his head suddenly, and now he saw clearly, it was the old man peeking.

"What's wrong with you?" When the empress saw that Wang Xiaolai stopped talking, she asked.

Wang Xiaolai retracted his gaze at the old man: "No, it's okay." ”

As he spoke, he asked the empress casually: "Your Majesty, who is this old gentleman?" ”

The empress sighed and looked at the old man.

The old man didn't wait for the empress to introduce, and said to himself: "Old man Zhao Lei." ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded, and then his eyes widened: "Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao Lei!" ”

The empress was unhappy: "Little Laizi, how can you call the emperor's uncle by his name and not apologize." ”

Wang Xiaolai reacted at this time, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Sorry." ”

Zhao Lei was stunned: "What, what Rui?" ”

The empress smiled: "Uncle Huang, don't worry about him, this kid always has some strange words popping out of his mouth." ”

As the empress spoke, she looked up at Liu Maolin and said, "If all Aiqing is fine, kneel down." ”

Liu Maolin and the others got up with their fists clenched when they heard this, said goodbye, and went out.

The four of them walked out of the imperial study, and Feng Qingyun walked forward angrily, which was very different from his previous behavior of always leaving behind Liu Maolin and others, and at the same time, it also made Fan Lin wonder and asked Liu Maolin: "Old Xiangguo, what's wrong with Feng Shilang?" ”

Liu Maolin looked at Feng Qingyun's back and smiled: "Don't care about him, but I'm just a little unhappy in my heart." ”

Fan Lin snorted.

Lu Yiping said: "By the way, Lao Xiangguo, why did Your Majesty leave Prince Anle and the marshal together?" ”

King Anle is Zhao Lei's title.

Liu Maolin glanced back at the imperial study while moving forward, and smiled: "Zhao Weng is gone, and the eighth prince is not here, since Your Majesty has chosen a son-in-law, of course you have to let the elders pass by." ”

Fan Lin and Lu Yiping smiled at each other when they heard this, indicating that they understood.

Lu Yiping said: "Speaking of which, I didn't visit the marshal class teacher yesterday, so it's better to ask the marshal to talk about it on this good day, which is also good." ”

Fan Lin laughed: "Since Brother Lu also has this meaning, then you might as well be the east, brother, how about you and the marshal come to my Fan Mansion?" ”

said, and looked up at Liu Maolin: "It's better to be together." ”

Liu Maolin waved his hand: "Forget it, the two adults are their own." ”

Seeing this, the two of them didn't force it, they had already made up their minds, and after they went back, they sent an invitation letter to Wang Xiaolai.

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In the imperial study, Wang Xiaolai opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Lei, this old man who looked eighty or ninety years old, no matter how he looked, he looked like an old man next door, how could he have such sharp eyes.

The empress looked at Wang Xiaolai curiously: "Little Laizi, do you know the emperor's uncle?" ”

Wang Xiaolai opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Zhao Lei interrupted the two of them: "This morning, the old minister just sent an invitation to Marshal Wang's mansion and invited him to the banquet tonight. ”

The empress was stunned: "Really?" ”

Wang Xiaolai had no good idea, so he could only nod: "There is this matter." ”

Originally, Wang Xiaolai didn't want to go, but as soon as Zhao Lei said this, Wang Xiaolai had no reason to refuse.

Zhao Lei said: "Marshal Wang, just remember, tonight, the marshal should not be delayed, otherwise, the wine and food can be hot again, if the heart is cold, it will not be warm." ”

Wang Xiaolai said in his heart when he heard this, did I have a grudge against you before, first looked at me with that terrifying gaze, and then choked me with words, what happened to me.

The empress also heard the flavor of the two of them's words, so she smiled and said: "Uncle Huang's personality has always been like this, Xiao Laizi, don't take it to heart." ”

When Zhao Lei heard this, he glanced up at the empress, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, the old minister will retire first." ”

With that, he withdrew.

After the others left, Wang Xiaolai snorted angrily and looked at the empress: "Your Majesty, did I do something sorry for the old prince before?" ”

The empress was stunned: "How do you know?" What's wrong with asking this? ”

Wang Xiaolai snorted: "It's not Your Majesty, you also saw it just now, isn't this old prince just aimed at me when he said that, why, can I still release his pigeon?" ”

The empress walked down with a smile, sat down next to Wang Xiaolai, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, dissipate your anger, no matter what you say, Uncle Huang is also my elder, when my father was alive, I have always respected Uncle Huang very much, and I also treat him as my own grandfather, he is a person, his mouth is poisonous, but his heart is good." ”

Wang Xiaolai just complained, and when the empress said this, Wang Xiaolai could only pretend to snort angrily.

The empress hugged Wang Xiaolai's head and kissed him on the forehead: "Xiao Laizi, don't be angry, except for the imperial uncle in the north, I don't have any trustworthy relatives in Daxing City, the emperor's uncle is dedicated to Sui Yang, he is a good person, what's wrong with me letting him come to check it, or is it that the person I fancy won't even endure this anger for me?" ”

As the saying goes, heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, although it is said that Wang Xiaolai is not a hero, but the empress is a real beauty.

When he said coaxing and coquettishness, Wang Xiaolai also softened, so he could only hum and said, "Your Majesty, you know, I'll just talk about it." ”

The empress smiled, hugged Wang Xiaolai's neck and said, "Then will you go to the banquet tonight?" ”

Wang Xiaolai thought for a while, then nodded and smiled: "Your Majesty, didn't you just say it, the old prince is here to check the pass, if I don't go, wouldn't I be busy in vain?" ”

The empress spat out: "You guy." ”

I stayed and talked to the empress in the imperial study, and almost in the evening, Wang Xiaolai offered to say goodbye.

The empress didn't do anything to keep it, but just said to Wang Xiaolai: "Go, tonight, don't lose my face." ”