The development of things did not surprise Xu Jie, and sure enough, when it was close to dark, there was a knock on the door from outside.

Seeing this, Xu Jie put down the book in his hand, nodded, and said in a deep voice.

"Come in!"

The words fell, only to hear a 'squeak', the door of the room where Xu Jie was was pushed open, and the housekeeper walked in with silent steps, and said in a low voice.

"Master, someone from the palace is here, and he is currently waiting in the hall!"

Xu Jie seemed to have expected this, and because of this, after listening to the butler's report, there was no surprise on his face, and he turned to speak.

"Well, I see, you go down and get busy first!"

After the housekeeper left, Xu Jie's face was full of excitement, and he clenched his fists and sighed.

"Whew~ It seems that it is all worth it!"

After that, I saw Xu Jie's eager steps towards the hall where the guests were treated.

When Xu Jie came to the hall, he saw an old eunuch with gray hair, who was sipping the tea in front of him, and seeing Xu Jie's arrival, the old eunuch got up from the seat unhurriedly and nodded to him.

Seeing this, Xu Jie's face was full of respect, and after arching his hand to him, he spoke.

"I've seen my father-in-law!"

After that, I saw Xu Jie's words change sharply, and asked: "Dare to ask my father-in-law why he came here?" ”

When the old eunuch heard this, he bowed his head slightly to Xu Jie, and immediately spoke.

"Elder Xu Ge, our family is here to invite you to the palace at the behest of His Majesty this time!"

When Xu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately turned his gaze to the old eunuch and responded.

"There is Father-in-law Lao!"

When the old eunuch heard this, a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he immediately spoke.

"Where is it, our family is just passing the word for Your Majesty, Elder Xu Ge, without further ado, let's go?"

"Hmm."

At this moment, the housekeeper appeared not far from the two, Xu Jie saw this, and hurriedly gave the housekeeper a look, and the latter quickly reacted, and immediately stepped forward and quietly stuffed a thick stack of silver tickets into the hands of the old eunuch.

After slightly perceiving the thickness of the stack of silver tickets, the old eunuch immediately smiled and bent his eyebrows, turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and said continuously.

"Old Xu Ge is polite!"

Xu Jie also smiled in return, and said kindly: "Where is it, I still bother my father-in-law to run this trip!" ”

At this point, the atmosphere between the two sides became extremely harmonious, and after the two walked out of the hall, they saw a look of hesitation on Xu Jie's face, and immediately asked the old eunuch.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, why did His Majesty summon me this time?"

The old eunuch seemed to have guessed what Xu Jie was thinking, and saw a smile on his face, and said comfortingly.

"Boss Xu Ge, you can relax, Your Majesty has summoned you this time, it's not a big deal!"

After the old eunuch's words, Xu Jie put his mind at ease, arched his hand to the old eunuch quite solemnly, and said in a deep voice.

"There is Father-in-law Lao!"

"Where, without further ado, let's set off now, so as not to make His Majesty wait in a hurry!"

After that, Xu Jie got on a sedan chair and marched in the direction of the Forbidden City with the old eunuch.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xu Jie also deliberately opened the sedan curtain to check the surrounding situation, and saw that after all the brocade guards who were originally monitoring him disappeared, Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said secretly.

"Looks like the bet was right this time!"

……

Xu Jie looked at the Qianqing Palace close at hand in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.

Although he had already inquired with the old eunuch about this information before this, when he really came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace to wait for Jiajing to summon him, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

After all, he had just walked in front of life and death, and Xu Jie was very sure that if he didn't stand up in this matter, what was waiting for him would be an extremely tragic end!

"It seems that all of us are under His Majesty's control!"

Xu Jie withdrew his gaze from the Qianqing Palace and said with emotion.

At this moment, only a shrill voice sounded, interrupting Xu Jie's thoughts: "Xuan, Xu Jie's visit!" ”

When Xu Jie heard this, he hurriedly suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, looked solemn, and stepped on the stairs of the Qianqing Palace step by step.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After Xu Jie entered the Qianqing Palace, he looked at the majestic figure sitting on the dragon chair and said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Jiajing looked Xu Jie up and down before he spoke.

"Well, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's answer, Xu Jiefang got up from the ground.

Although Xu Jie concealed it well, Jiajing still heard a little haste and uneasiness from his tone.

Not long after Xu Jie got up from the ground, Jiajing's ancient sound sounded in his ears.

"Xu Jie, I know all the things that happened today, do you have anything to say to me?"

When Xu Jie heard this, his pupils contracted suddenly, and the panic on his face flashed, and he immediately bowed to the ground and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty!"

Jiajing obviously didn't expect Xu Jie to speak like this, and after being surprised for a moment, he immediately withdrew his gaze and asked with interest.

"Oh, Elder Xu Ge, I haven't asked you yet, you took the initiative to find out to me that you are guilty, okay, I ask you, what are you guilty of?"

In the face of Jiajing's inquiry, Xu Jie's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and immediately, he saw his reaction, and instantly put on a distressed appearance and reported to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, if it weren't for Weichen's repeated coercion, I'm afraid things wouldn't have developed to this point!"

When Xu Jie said this, he choked up and continued to add.

"Your Majesty, you must know that the official who was unfortunately killed today has just stepped into his official career, and he should have a great future, but now he is ...... But ......"

Xu Jie choked up, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and couldn't say any more.

In the eyes of people who don't know the inside story, he Xu Jie is feeling sorry for the unfortunate death of the speech official, but in the eyes of Lu Fang on the side, this is Xu Jie's hinting to His Majesty: "Your Majesty, you see, Wei Chen has resisted the pressure of those speech officials!" ”

Jiajing saw at a glance what Xu Jie wanted to express, and immediately, a little regret appeared on Jiajing's face.

"Alas, Elder Xu Ge, in the final analysis, I can't completely blame you, it's all those officials who are too impatient!"

When Xu Jie heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes lit up, and he replied in a loud voice: "Yes, Your Majesty, things have developed to this point, which is something that no one wants to see!" ”

After a while, I saw Xu Jie's words change and continue to add.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the original intentions of those officials are good, they are all for the sake of my Ming Dynasty, but they were deceived by traitors and misunderstood what you meant, so they made such irrational behavior!"

"Therefore, Wechen implores Your Majesty to let Wechen go to investigate this matter thoroughly, and give justice to the innocent victims!"

Hearing Xu Jie's words, Lu Fang, who had been waiting by Jiajing's side from the beginning, was no longer able to complain.

I saw him lower his eyes, and said to himself silently: "Xu Jie, Xu Jie, your skin is really thick enough, not long ago, you used the title of rice worm to insult those officials, why did you shout for justice for the innocent victims in the blink of an eye?" ”

"I see, seeking justice is fake, and revenge for personal gain is real!"

Seeing that Jiajing hadn't responded for a long time, Xu Jie's whole person couldn't help but become apprehensive and said secretly.

"It's bad, could it be that His Majesty's side is planning to take action to protect these officials, right?"

Thinking of this, Xu Jie immediately wanted to say something to remedy: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, Wechen didn't mean that, Wechen just wanted to ......"

Who knew that Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie rather indifferently, and then turned to speak.

"Since Xu Ge has this heart, then I am ready, go and find out the people behind the instigator!"

After listening to Jiajing's instructions, Xu Jie couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, his face full of surprise.

Originally, Xu Jiedu was mentally prepared for the emperor to refuse him, but who knew that the emperor agreed to his request so easily.

Immediately, I saw Xu Jie come back to his senses, his face was full of excitement, and he knelt on the ground respectfully, and said in a deep voice.

"Obey, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Seeing that things had been almost ordered, I saw Jiajing wave his hand and give an order to evict the guests.

"Okay, it's not too early, you should go back and rest quickly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he got up from the ground, and after bowing to Jiajing, he walked outside the Qianqing Palace.

It's just that as soon as Xu Jie's steps out, Jiajing's voice that didn't contain any emotion sounded behind Xu Jie.

"I don't want to have a second time from the last time, understand?"

When Xu Jie heard this, the panic on his face flashed, and he immediately paused suddenly, turned around, and said respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Xu Jie left, Lu Fang, who had been waiting beside Jiajing, couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, turned his gaze to Jiajing, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't understand, why did you let Xu Jie check those officials, he would definitely take this opportunity to take revenge for personal gain, in case ...... then"

After listening to Lu Fang's doubts, Jiajing shook his head imperceptibly and spoke instead.

"It's okay, I just want Xu Jie to deal with those officials, the more ruthless the means, the better, anyway, it's not a day or two for those officials to go against me!"

"I just want to tell them through Xu Jie's hand that they all honestly shut up with me, I have the final say in this world!"

When Jiajing said this, he turned his gaze to Lu Fang and explained.

"Don't worry, Lu Fang, I know what you're worried about, don't forget, he Xu Jieke still has a handle in my hands, I can clean him up when I want!"

"And those officials are different, I don't have them in my hands, they are even more unlikely to be used by me, hypocrites and real villains, you say, who is better to use?"

After listening to Jiajing's explanation, Lu Fang also suddenly realized: "It turns out that Your Majesty wants to use Xu Jie's hand to suppress the Yanguan forces, and even if Xu Jie's anger is provoked, Your Majesty can use the previous handle to take Xu Jie!" ”

"At that time, not only will it be able to calm the anger of those people, but the extremely rich family property of the Xu family will also greatly fill the treasury!"

It can be said that His Majesty has calculated everything, and when His Majesty no longer needs Xu Jie, that is the death date of his Xu Jie!

Thinking of this, a shuddering expression suddenly appeared on Lu Fang's face, and he wondered if he would end up in this fate one day.

But soon, Lu Fang was relieved, because judging from the bits and pieces he had been with Jiajing for so many years, Jiajing was an extremely nostalgic person.

Otherwise, with the last time Chen Hong came to the Qianqing Palace to report the matter, he, Lu Fang, would have to go down from the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal.

After all, the evidence that Chen Hong submitted to Jiajing was true, but Jiajing turned a blind eye to it and forcibly protected himself.

Thinking so, Lu Fang glanced at Jiajing without a trace, and a look of self-blame suddenly appeared on his face.

"Lu Fang, Lu Fang, Your Majesty is so good to you, you are really not satisfied!"

……

At night, Yan's study.

The things that happened during the day were like movies, constantly replaying in Yan Song's mind.

Yan Song never thought clearly about what Xu Jie's motive was for doing this, because he provoked a powerful enemy for no reason, no matter how he looked at it, it was not something that he Xu Jie could do!

Without warning, such a conjecture suddenly appeared in Yan Song's mind.

"Unless, he Xu Jie, has a reason to have to do this?"

"If that's the case, everything will make sense, because of this reason, Xu Jie has to confront those officials!"

"And this reason may even be related to Xu Jie's net worth, but what is it?"

Just as Yan Song was thinking about it, he saw Yan Shifan hurriedly run into the study and report to Yan Song.

"Father, you asked the child to check, the child has found out!"

When Yan Song heard this, a look of eagerness suddenly appeared on his face, and he immediately got up from his seat and asked.

"Tell me, what have you found?"

After Yan Shifan took a breath, he reported to Yan Songyu unhurriedly: "Father, here's the thing, in the past few days, near Xu Jie's home, there have suddenly been many unknown people, and not long ago, those people evacuated as if they had received some order!" ”

After listening to Yan Shifan's report, Yan Song's face suddenly appeared with a look of surprise, and he said to himself.

"I see, hmph, I said that this Xu Jie's will be so positive, it turns out that His Majesty is also involved in this!"

Yan Shifan was confused by what Yan Song said, scratched his head, and immediately asked.

"Father, what are you talking about, why can't the child understand a word?" (End of chapter)