"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you!"

Thinking that the prince would definitely protect Lu Qi when he came, Mrs. Li wanted to open his mouth to stop him, but he didn't expect Emperor Hongzhi to be faster than him, so he immediately ordered the eunuch to let him in.

"Zhao'er is here? Call him in! ”

Before the singing fell, Zhu Houzhao had already entered the hall.

"Father!"

Seeing his son coming in in a hurry, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "What's the matter?" Running sweaty, aren't you listening to the scriptures? ”

"The Taifu is gone, and there is no one in the scripture hall to preside, what else do you want to talk about?" Zhu Houzhao wiped his head, ignored Li Dongyang's darkened face next to him, climbed the steps by himself, and came to Emperor Hongzhi's side:

"Lu Yun's point is just a trivial matter, and delaying the lecture is a big thing, right? Taifu is like this, is there a little bit of a big loss? ”

Li Dongyang stepped forward: "Weichen doesn't dare!" It's just that I am afraid that Lu Yun will be pampered and arrogant, and he will be tired of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Among the scholars who made the background wall, some people originally came with the idea of showing their faces, and when they saw Zhu Houzhao helping to exonerate, they were even more convinced that Lu Qi was a minister.

A new recruit came out of the ranks:

"Wechen seconded! Lu Yun doesn't talk about the teachings of saints on weekdays, but only uses some strange tricks to coax the prince, and he does everything he can to be a subordinate official of the East Palace! ”

"Huh?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face sank: "Who are you?" ”

What does this mean? Lu Qi is a minister, Zhu Houzhao, who is close to Yu Yuanxian, and Emperor Hongzhi himself, who appointed Lu Qi to serve the prince, aren't they proper faint monarchs and fathers?

Can that be admitted?

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is the new science and technology scholar boy Mo!" The emperor actually asked his name, is this about to soar? Tong Zimo puffed up his chest happily and replied loudly.

Li Dongyang glanced at Tong Zimo with hatred, he really grew a head in vain!

"The minister thinks that it is too early to say that Lu Shishu is virtuous or virtuous. It's just that he is late today, and he asked His Majesty to make a holy judgment. Li Dongyang had no choice but to retreat.

"It's good that Lu Yun came late, but there was a reason for it, so I sent someone to his house and brought back a witness. It turned out that his wife suddenly fell seriously ill last night, and Lu Yun sought medical treatment overnight and has not returned.

Taifu once taught me that 'compassion is the end of benevolence', and that the Lord should be unbearable to the people, not lose benevolence, and the country will be governed.

But now when Lu Yun's family is in trouble, Taifu doesn't care about it at all, which makes me believe in the teachings of the sages in Mencius when I read Mencius again in the future? ”

's resounding words made Emperor Hongzhi's eyes light up, and sure enough, Lu Shiyu taught well, and Zhu Houzhao was not so eloquent before.

But the more people on the field listened, the more wrong it became.

Tong Zimo saw that the prince was still "obsessed" and wanted to exonerate the ministers, how could he let it go? Immediately ignoring the obstruction of the fellow scholars behind him, he took a big step forward and said loudly:

"The pro-virtuous ministers are far from villains, and this ancestor is so prosperous; The pro-villain is far from the virtuous minister, and since then the Han has fallen into decline.

Mrs. Li's move is nothing more than hoping that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be less in the company of villains, and that His Royal Highness will think twice! ”

Zhu Houzhao was completely enraged, and chanted about the teacher's table, you also want to be a father? was about to scold him.

Suddenly, a hand was put on his shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw Emperor Hongzhi shaking his head lightly at him.

"Ahem." Emperor Hongzhi cleared his throat: "Okay! The two sides are right, and I already know it. Lu Yun sought medical treatment for his wife, and his feelings were pitiful, and I will forgive his sins this time......"

"Your Majesty!" Mrs. Li gave up.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned his anger into joy: "Thank you, father!" ”

"Hey, don't thank you in a hurry." Emperor Hongzhi stiffened his face: "When his wife is saved, he will order him to come to see me." What to do with it in the future, I will have to meet him before I decide! Alright, let's all go back! ”

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi had already made a decision, Li Taifu and the others could only retire.

When everyone was gone, Emperor Hongzhi grabbed Zhu Houzhao: "Zhao'er, come, let's talk for a while." ”

……

By noon, Chen Yin'er's condition had stabilized, and Lu Qi thanked Dr. Cui and drove home together.

As soon as I got out of the car, I saw that the door of my yard was wide open, and there were five or six horses bolted to the door, as well as a carriage.

Lu Qi's heart sank: Sure enough, someone came to him, but I don't know if it was sent by the prince or the emperor.

Chen Yin'er looked out worriedly, Lu Qi just patted her hand comfortingly, and then straightened up her clothes and got out of the car.

Hearing the sound of the horses, a few brocade guards came out of the courtyard, led by the one who stopped Lu Qi's carriage at the door when he first entered Beijing.

He bowed his hand to Lu Qi and smiled humbly: "Cen Qun, a hundred households of the lowly Jinyi guard, has seen Lu Qi's affairs. ”

"Cen Baihu." Lu Qi saluted: "But the palace summoned me?" ”

Cen Qun nodded: "Exactly." I heard that Mrs. Zun was in poor health, and His Majesty specially instructed that after Lu Yan had settled down, he would enter the palace with his humble position. ”

Carrying Chen Yin'er into the house, Lu Qi unexpectedly found that Wei Cheng was missing.

"Are you looking for that child? In the morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to bring him into the palace, and now he should be in the East Palace. Cen Qun explained behind him.

Presumably Zhu Houzhao would not embarrass Wei Cheng, and after settling Chen Yin'er, Lu Qi followed Jinyiwei into the palace.

……

After talking to his son heartily, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the back of him leaving, and the smile on his face gradually turned into regret.

When the emperor was there, Wan Guifei controlled the harem, and the palace maids and eunuchs were afraid that the young Emperor Hongzhi would be discovered, so they hid him in Anle Hall, ate a hundred family meals and grew up, and did not see his father for the first time until he was six years old.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi loved his son very much, and perhaps it could be regarded as a kind of compensation for his inability to enjoy the parent-child relationship back then.

However, in the past six months, Emperor Hongzhi's illness has come and gone, and he has been dismissed many times due to illness.

Maybe it's coming?

Emperor Hongzhi had no resistance to death, even if it was Emperor Qin and Han Wu? If they can really live for a thousand years, will there be a Ming Dynasty?

It can be seen that the Son of Heaven will also die, and his father was like that back then, and so was he.

The only thing that reassures him is his baby photos.

Zhu Houzhao is still too young and has a shallow foundation. The three princes and six secretaries in the court seem to be loyal and reliable, but who knows if it is the next Li Guang? He must leave his son with a force to balance the internal and external forces.

Now it seems that Lu Yun may be a usable talent, but Emperor Hongzhi has no time to test him slowly.

Suddenly, the roll call of the eunuch sounded outside the hall, interrupting Emperor Hongzhi's thoughts.

It turned out that Lu Qi had arrived.

"Let him in." Emperor Hongzhi coughed lightly twice.

Lu Qi walked in and saluted: "Weichen Lu Yun, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi gave a gift and asked Miao Kui to move an embroidered stool to give a seat, which made Lu Qi a little flattered for a while, and he couldn't understand what the emperor wanted to do.

Didn't she go to order it? How does this seem to be a great achievement?

Emperor Hongzhi waved away the eunuchs who were waiting in the house, closed the door of the palace, and then spoke:

"Lu Qing, I want to ask you some questions, if you can't answer them, or if the answers are not satisfactory to me, I will take off your black gauze hat."

"The minister must know everything."

Emperor Hongzhi took a sip of tea to moisten his throat: "If one day, you find that the officials in the court are corrupt, what will you do?" ”

"The ministers will expose them and correct the law!" Lu Qi replied without hesitation.

"What would you do if you found that the court was a traitor, and the civil and military officials were corrupt and there was no way to expose them?"

Lu Qi thought for a while: "The ministers will protect themselves, and at the same time protect Qingliu as much as possible, unite forces to eradicate evil, and uphold the dynasty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "If you can only protect yourself, but you can't return to the sky, what will you do?" ”

Lu Qi was stunned.

"Will you leave Beijing and go back to Yu County to farm?"

Historically, such a time is coming soon, after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Liu Jin controlled the government and made the entire court into a miasma.

Lu Qi thought about it, if that day came as usual, would she return to the countryside like Tang Bohu, between old age and death?

No!

Lu Qi resolutely raised his head: "If the officialdom is a little rotten, how many people will suffer?" The more windy and rainy it is, the more you have to use an umbrella, and you must not give up your power to a traitor!

One more good official in the officialdom can make more people be treated well, so the minister will not be a minister! ”

Needles could be heard in the main hall, and Emperor Hongzhi gently put down the teacup and nodded secretly in his heart.