When the people who came to visit said goodbye and left, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly felt dizzy, at this time he was physically and mentally exhausted, and was about to get up and go back to the room to rest; suddenly Li Qi, a family member who had been with him for two years, walked quickly towards him, he stood respectfully in front of Lu Xiangsheng, and said with a smile on his lips: "Master, you go to see the emperor tomorrow, and I will leave tonight." ”

Lu Xiangsheng was very inexplicable, although he had the intention of letting Li Qi go home to visit his parents, but at this time he had not yet spoken, so he asked suspiciously: "Are you leaving? You mean to go home to see your parents? Why don't you wait for dawn?"

"No, sir!" Li Qi's expression was more respectful, and he said: "The villain's parents died early, and there is an elder brother who lives in his hometown of Hejian Mansion, and only the little woman lives in the capital. The villain is here to say goodbye, and he will no longer wait for the lord in the future, and now he is asking the lord for a long vacation. ”

"Why do you want to take leave? Afraid of war?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes erupted with fire, he has always looked down on those soft bones in the court, although he is an important backbone of the Donglin Party, but Lu Xiangsheng has never treated people with personal grievances, he forced to look at this coward who escaped from the battle, and the annoyance in his heart jumped up.

"No, it's not!" Li Qi knew that this lord who had always been jealous and hateful was black and white, and if he didn't make it clear, he estimated that he would become Lu Xiangsheng's enemy, so he hurriedly laughed and unconsciously took half a step back.

"The villain has been serving by the master's side for two years, and seeing that the eldest master is not at fault, the villain does not need to stay with the lord anymore. Li Qi's voice was so low that only Lu Xiangsheng and himself could barely hear it.

"What the hell is going on? Are you crazy? What are you talking nonsense?" Lu Xiangsheng continued to ask, his eyes widening in fright.

"The villain is not a joke...... I don't hide it from the adults, the small one is the ...... sent by the East Factory."

Lu Xiangsheng was taken aback when he heard this, his face changed color, and he was stunned for a long time before he asked again: "You were not recommended by Master Hubu Wang? How could it be sent by Dongchang?"

"It was Dongchang Cao Ye who asked Master Wang to recommend the villain to the master's house, for fear that the lord would be suspicious, if it weren't for the fact that the lord treated me well, I wouldn't have identified myself to the lord before leaving...... However, please rest assured, I will never say a bad word about my lord. ”

Long after Li Qi left, Lu Xiangsheng still stood in place like a wood carving clay sculpture, thinking about Chongzhen, thinking of Cao Huachun, a close eunuch who was in charge of the East Factory next to the emperor, and sighed weakly in his heart.

He Lu Jiutai never dreamed that he was a scholar, in order to repay the emperor's kindness, he was born into a bloody battle for many years, and he did his best for the Ming court with all his heart and soul...... And Dongchang actually sent Fanzi to follow his side and report his words and deeds to the current emperor at any time!

Just when he was infinitely emotional, the family who went to report to Shoufu Yang Sichang had returned. At the same time, Yang Mansion also sent someone to follow, informing Lu Xiangsheng that Yang Ge Lao would come to see him in person during the fifth watch and accompany him into the palace to face the saint.

Looking at the sky outside, it has been more than four days now, and the rooster has already begun to crow, and the sky is already white. Knowing that he couldn't sleep tonight, Lu Xiangsheng simply walked to the patio, and what Li Qi said just now caused unhappiness in his heart, and at this time it had been diluted by the major event that his majesty was about to see.

The old servant Gu Xian followed behind him, repeatedly persuading his master to lie on the bed for a moment. Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and instructed his family to immediately bring him face wash, and the servants were busy combing his hair and changing his clothes, preparing to enter the palace to see His Majesty.

When Gu Xian combed his hair, the faithful old servant looked at the left and right and saw that there was no one else, and couldn't help muttering: "Master, I didn't expect Li Qi to be so good in front of the master, but he turned out to be the detective of Dongchang!"

"Well, there's so much more to the world than we can think of. Lu Xiangsheng's heart had already been opened, and he didn't want to talk to his servant about it.

"I'm worried about the master", Gu Xian said again, "The master said a lot of words about the main battle tonight, will he tell Dongchang and report to the palace?"

"I'm afraid that Dongchang won't have time to report inside", Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile, "It would be nice if I could report inside, sooner or later these words of mine will have to be said in front of the emperor, wouldn't it be better to let the emperor know my ideas earlier?" Lu Xiangsheng did not hide anything about his main battle.

"But Yang Ge Lao and Gao Eunuch ...... them"

"They?" Lu Xiangsheng snorted contemptuously, "There are only two of them who advocate the formation of an alliance under the city, at most only those few people, but there are millions of people in the capital who oppose the peace, and what I want to say is exactly what everyone wants to say! Besides, the emperor is a wise lord, and I believe that Your Majesty will not agree to sign an alliance under the city that is insulting to the national body!"

Gu Xian saw the excited expression of the master, and didn't dare to say more, the master and servant in the room were thinking about their own thoughts.

After eating breakfast and resting for a while, Lu Xiangsheng began to dress himself in the servants' service. When the old servant Gu Xian took out the second-grade civil official court clothes and waited for him to change the civilian clothes he was wearing, he saw that the master refused to take off the sackcloth he was wearing, so he dared to ask in a low voice: "Master, when I went to see the emperor today, are you still wearing this filial piety clothes inside?"

"Wear!" Lu Xiangsheng's tone was unquestionable

"Don't change the white linen towel?" Gu Xian asked again

The net towel used to tie the hair during the ancient mourning period is black wire mesh on weekdays, and the white linen net towel is used during filial piety.

"No, don't change!" Lu Xiangsheng said heavily

"The net scarf will be exposed on the outside of the gauze hat, if His Majesty sees it, will it be a little ...... if he is seen by the emperor?" Gu Xian didn't want his master to suffer because of this, so he stubbornly asked.

"The country rules the world with filial piety, how can there be a reason for a father not to wear filial piety when he dies?" Lu Xiangsheng no longer had the patience to explain, he said resolutely.

The servants waited for Lu Xiangsheng to dress neatly, and the sky was bright. Yang Sichang had already arrived, and the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Yang Sichang said some words of comfort to Lu Xiangsheng, and then accompanied him to ride in the direction of the Forbidden City.

On the way to the Imperial City, they saw groups of refugees from time to time, and they slept in the open air under the eaves on both sides of the street, and some people in the crowd kept moaning and crying.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't bear to listen to it or see it, he just did it as a fan who covered his ears and stole the bell, his heart hurt like pins and needles from time to time, and he rode on the horse and thought angrily: "Look! What has become of the country, there are still people who want to compromise the Tartars, but they have never thought about the suffering of the people, and how can the Dongyu let you stay in peace for a while!"