Coming to the leopard room, Zhang Yong took Jiang Xia directly to Zhu Houzhao's imperial study after the ceremony.

I saw Zhu Houzhao in the imperial study.

Jiang Xia saluted him very respectfully and said: "Weichen Jiangxia knocks on the emperor, may my emperor live long live long live."

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair behind the bookcase, put down the fold in his hand, and glanced at Jiang Xia who was kneeling on the ground with complicated eyes.

If it was in the past, Jiang Xia would definitely run to the dragon chair and squeeze him away as soon as he entered the imperial study, and then flip through the folds on the bookcase at will, while talking to him about what Jingshi had to eat or have fun recently.

Now seeing Jiang Xia so respectful, Zhu Houzhao felt a faint pain in his heart, then took a slight breath, and said in a calm tone: "Calm down." ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor. Jiang Xia stood up, his head lowered slightly, and his eyes looked at the ground.

This is the formal courtier etiquette, because as a courtier, looking directly at Long Yan is actually a big taboo.

Zhu Hou glanced at Zhang Yong and waved his hand to signal Zhang Yong to go out first.

Zhang Yong was still surprised, how could Jiang Xia be so respectful when he saw the emperor in the past? But Zhang Yong didn't think about it so much, bowed out, and closed the door of the imperial study casually.

There are only two people left in the imperial study now, Jiang Xia and Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and walked out from behind the bookcase. He put his hands behind his back and said, "When I was in Tatar, there were originally many Tatar soldiers who were searching everywhere for me and Jiang Bin's whereabouts, but suddenly those Tatar soldiers disappeared, making it easy for De Zhen and Jiang Bin to return to Daming with the army, this is your credit." ”

"Yes. Jiang Xia didn't hide it, and said: "Weichen kidnapped the six princesses of Tatar, so he attracted the forces of the four princes of Tatar to transfer to the north to relieve the pressure on the emperor's retreat to the south." ”

Zhu Houzhao looked back at Jiang Xia, and tears suddenly flashed in his eyes. He said, "I knew that you wouldn't leave me alone in the end." ”

Zhu Houzhao took out Jiang Xia's golden orchid post from his arms and handed it to Jiang Xia, saying, "Forgive me, I apologize." ”

Jiang Xia looked at the Jin Lan post handed over by Zhu Houzhao, and it was fake to say that he was not touched at all in his heart.

However, Jiang Xia didn't reach out to pick it up in the end, but looked up at Zhu Houzhao and said, "I'll ask you three questions." If you can answer me truthfully in these three questions, then I will take back this Jinlan post. ”

Zhu Hou glanced at Jiang Xia, nodded and said, "Okay, you say." ”

"First of all, after you came to the south, you immediately attacked Jin Gui and Cao Yuan, in addition to wanting to use them to establish authority, do you also want to weaken my power in the court?"

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and nodded after being silent for a long time.

"That's right. I do mean to weaken you. ”

"You may not know it yourself, but in fact, as your influence in the court grows, there are more and more ministers in the court who want to befriend you. Maybe you don't want to form a faction, but you don't understand that if you become a leader, they will force you to do it if you want to be the leader of that force.

Even your opponents will force you to do it. The reason why I used Jin Gui and Cao Yuan to warn those ministers who want to take refuge in you is actually to protect you. I don't want the day when I will order my heirs to inherit the throne with peace of mind, so I will temporarily order your henchmen to be killed. ”

Jiang Xia was also silent for a long time after hearing this.

I have to say that this explanation made by Zhu Houzhao sounds ridiculous, weakening you is to protect you?

But in fact, Jiang Xia had to admit that what Zhu Houzhao said also had his truth. If it is true that Jiangxia has become a faction of its own in the court, then this faction must be very unstoppable.

When Zhu Houzhao was still there, Jiang Xia was loyal to him, so naturally this faction would become a sharp weapon in Zhu Houzhao's hands.

But what if Zhu Houzhao died?

At that time, even if Jiang Xia was very loyal to the new emperor, it was difficult to guarantee that the people below him would not have other ideas. At that time, imitating Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe and adding it, Jiang Xia will have to rebel if he doesn't do it.

Jiang Xia nodded, although he was very uncomfortable with Zhu Houzhao's unjustly killing Jin Gui for no reason, but he endured it and said, "Okay, even if you make sense in this matter." Then let me ask you again, did you leave Jingshi and go to Xuanfu, in addition to looking for an opportunity to fight with the Tatars, did you also want to deliberately leave me in Jingshi to fight Liu Jin?"

Zhu Hou looked at Jiang Xia, there was no doubt that this question was very acute.

This time he was silent for longer than the previous question, and finally he nodded.

"That's right. I do have that in mind. ”

"You and Liu Jin are my right-hand men, and Liu Jin has grown up to now, and some of the things he has done have crossed my bottom line. So I have to weaken him.

And your royal dragon scout is spreading too fast, so fast that I didn't expect it at all. It has only been established for a short time, and the royal dragon detective has already had a lot of talented people, if he really does something with all his might.

I believe that you have let me see the results of the rebellion in Henan. That's why I also want to weaken the power of the royal dragon scouts.

You know, whether you have overpowered Liu Jin too much, or Liu Jin has overpowered you too much. I'm going to be hard at all of it. ”

Jiang Xia nodded again, but his fists clenched slightly.

He tried his best to deal with Wan Huang for him in Jingshi, worried that he would have an accident in Henan and be in danger in Xuanfu. As a result, what people thought was that they couldn't let their power expand too quickly, so they deliberately gave their opponents a chance, let themselves fight with their opponents, and then he took advantage of the fisherman alone.

Jiang Xia took a deep breath, he could endure this matter.

At this moment, he looked directly into Zhu Houzhao's eyes and asked word by word: "In Tatar, I was surrounded by a Tatar army, but you and Jiang Bin retreated with a large army, ready to watch us die." You sue me, did you give the order to retreat?"

Zhu Houzhao's face also changed greatly after listening to Jiang Xia's last question, he looked at Jiang Xia, his brows wrinkled subconsciously, and asked, "Why do you think like this, didn't you always think that it was Jiang Bin's order?"

Jiang Xia shook his head and said, "Wrong. From the beginning I guessed that it was you who gave the order. ”

"Although Jiang Bin wants to kill me very much, he wants me to die very much. But he doesn't have the courage to blatantly frame me in front of you, so the only person who gave the order to retreat could be you.

I used my hand on Jiang Bin at that time, and I wanted to kill him. Actually, I just want to test you. Because if it was really your order, you would definitely do your best to protect Jiang Bin.

If it weren't for your order, if you read a little bit of brotherhood between us, you would have allowed me to kill Jiang Bin. ”

"That's why you put down the Jin Lan Tie, the Leopard Room Token and the Royal Dragon Scout Token at that time?" Zhu Houzhao said.

Jiang Xia nodded, looking at Zhu Houzhao with burning eyes, obviously waiting for him to give an answer.

Zhu Houzhao was silent again.

And this time there was more silence than the last two combined.

In the end, Zhu Houzhao said: "This time you have made a meritorious contribution to the rescue of the driver in Xuanfu, and you have risked your life to attract Tatar troops to help me retreat, and then make great contributions." I have decided to make you the Marquis of the Dragon Protector, and build a marquis mansion for you in the palace, and put the palace guards in your hands, what do you think?"

"Dragon Protector?" Jiang Xia smiled coldly and said, "What about the Imperial Dragon Detective, what are you going to do?"

"The royal dragon detective will be handed over to Zhang Yong to take care of it temporarily. ”

"What about the Imperial Entertainment Division?"

"The Imperial Entertainment Division will be handed over to Liang Wenhan, you and he are good friends, I believe that you won't mind if he is in charge of the Imperial Entertainment Division, right?"

"Yes. I wouldn't mind. Jiang Xia chuckled and nodded.

"A good dragon guard, a good palace to build a marquis' mansion, and a good one to be in charge of the palace guards. It may sound like a beautiful place, but in reality it is equivalent to putting me under house arrest.

And thank you to the emperor for thinking about me, because Zhang Yong and I have a good personal relationship, so I won't be too uncomfortable for him to take over the royal dragon detective. Liang Wenhan is my good brother, and I don't have any opinion when he is in charge of the Imperial Entertainment Division.

But Zhu Houzhao, I want to ask you. What did I do wrong with you, and how many times have I saved you, how many times have I helped you, and why have you done this to me?"

Jiang Xia said that in the end, he was almost already roaring.

Zhu Houzhao also seemed to be enraged, and said loudly: "Yes, that's right. At that time in Tatar, I gave the order to everyone to retreat, because I received news that Huang Feiyue, the Jinyi guard, had taken refuge in you, and that you had accepted his refuge.

You have a royal dragon scout on your left, and there are many capable people. On the right there is a brocade guard. I'm facing you, how can I feel at ease, how can I feel at ease, how can I feel at ease!" Zhu Houzhao also roared.

"Smack!"

Jiang Xia did not hesitate to slap Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao was slapped to the ground by him. Jiang Xia rode on him, and before Zhu Houzhao, who had been instigated, came back to his senses, Jiang Xia scolded loudly: "An, your mother is B." Lao Tzu originally just wanted to spend money with a group of beauties in the Jiaofang Division, your treasury is empty, Lao Tzu is alone and risked to get you silver, you say you want to feel at ease?"

Saying that, Jiang Xia slapped Zhu Houzhao again and scolded: "Lao Tzu originally just wanted to be a rich man who didn't care about anything, you fucking insisted on asking Lao Tzu to form some royal dragon detective, and even the shit-like name of the royal dragon detective was still taken by you, and you are not at ease because of this now?"

"Smack!" was another slap in the face.

"Lao Tzu helped you block knives, arrows, and poison needles, Lord Yama has been there to report several times, and your wife said that you are not at ease with me?"

"Smack!" the slap grew louder and louder.

"Your mother was poisoned by the Queen Mother since she was a child, so she couldn't give birth to a son, Lao Tzu was almost killed by the killers sent out by the Queen Mother several times in order to detoxify you, and you still want to feel at ease?

Lao Tzu didn't unite Huang Feiyue at that time, did you let Lao Tzu die? You bastard, you have to rest assured. Come on, kill Lao Tzu and you will be at ease. ”

"Papapa" Jiang Xia became more and more excited the more he spoke, and he instigated Zhu Houzhao to slap him in a row.

After the fight, Jiang Xia flipped off Zhu Houzhao's body and lay on the ground, gasping for breath. He looked lonely, and said in a gloomy tone: "Let my four ladies go, they are innocent." You just want peace of mind, call the leopard guard in, I will not resist. ”

Both cheeks were already swollen and high, and Zhu Houzhao, who was beaten like a pig's head, rubbed his cheeks and said vaguely: "What can I do? I am the emperor." I have to think about 10,000 times more things than you do, and if you were to sit in my place, you would definitely be the same as me.

If I really want you to die, you will already be dead in Tatar. Will you ever get a chance to slap me in the face here?

Fuck your grandma, this is the first time I've been slapped in the face, it really fucking hurts. ”

Jiang Xia glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and his face similar to the pig's head made him laugh. He couldn't help but laugh for a moment, then restrained his smile and said, "Let my lady go, don't threaten me with my woman." ”

"I threaten you with a fart, I brought them to the leopard room to protect them? Your relationship with Liu Jin is so sharp, you took all the masters away, what if Liu Jin is not good for them?

I'm trying to set you up, but it's also for your own good. You have spread your degree too fast, and you have offended too many people in the court and blocked too many people's financial routes. If you go on like this, you will be furious, and even if I want to, I will not be able to protect you. ”

Jiang Xia glanced at Zhu Houzhao deeply, and he suddenly felt that Zhu Houzhao had always been very difficult. He has to always find a balance between the emperor and his brother, but how can the two be so easy to balance.

Jiang Xia stretched out his hand and patted Zhu Houzhao's shoulder and said, "Forget it, let me go." I will leave Jingshi, go incognito, and never return to Jingshi again. That way, you can always have peace of mind. ”

Zhu Hou looked at Jiang Xia, and his eyes were also gloomy. With tears in his eyes, he said, "I'm sorry, I know that I have failed our brotherhood. But I"

"Say no more, I don't blame you. Jiang Xia said, he said again: "Let me go, okay?"

Zhu Hou looked at Jiang Xia, was silent for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "It's okay to let you go, but you have to promise me." First, after leaving Jingshi, don't meddle in the affairs of the court. ”

"Yes. ”

"Second, if I need to summon you back, you must come back immediately. ”

"I" Jiang Xia looked at Zhu Houzhao and was silent for a moment.

He was tired of the disturbances and deceit in the court, and he really didn't want to get involved anymore.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Zhu Yujiang was born, you still have to be his emperor." He lacks a person to assist him in ascending the throne, and that person can only be you. ”

"Zhu Yujiang?" Jiang Xia understood that this was Zhu Houzhao's name for his son, and he was stunned and said, "Shouldn't your son be the 'carry' generation?"

"Ahem, Yu Jiang is a nickname, if you have another one, it will be called Yu Xia"

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