Chapter 451: Mother and son, standing in the team

Whether it is a high-ranking official or an ordinary citizen, the widow who has no husband is the most sad. Even though Empress Dowager Zhang is the queen mother-in-law, she is always in control and has a son who is a relative, but still feels that he is living a very slow day. What can't help but besides Zhu Houzhao, the emperor's son, is erratic and she can't figure it out at all. Therefore, the last time she finally found a little news from Xu Xun's mouth, and she finally couldn't help it. She didn't reveal any rumors in advance, so she sat down on the imperial carriage and went straight out of Xihuamen and went to Xiyuan from Renshou Palace.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang felt that her whereabouts were kept confidential enough, how could she expect that the most trusted Rong Shangyi around her had long become Zhu Houzhao's spy. In addition, the eunuchs along the way were not decorations, so she had just passed the Sili Supervision and Supervision Factory and saw a group of people rushing towards her. At first, she thought that it was Zhu Houzhao's people who received the letter, but in a moment she recognized the person in front of her, and her surprise was extraordinary.

"Mother..."

"In such a hot day in June, you were walking under the sun with your head bare head, not even the umbrella cover, and you only brought so many people. What if it gets over the heat?" Before Empress Dowager Zhang could say half of the words in front of him, she scolded her head and said, seeing that her son disagreed, she was angry and anxious. When she was about to be stern, she thought of something in her mind, and her eyes turned red for a moment, "Your father is young and doesn't pay any attention at all, so she left us mother and mother. What if you make any mistakes, what should I do?"

Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang raised the topic to such a high level, shed tears again, Zhu Houzhao was panicked. Fortunately, at this moment, Xu Xun next to him came up and said a few words. He immediately woke up and sighed softly: "My mother, I will forgive you for your sins. I will change my son in the future, and I will never dare to dodge you again! You also said that the sun was poisonous, why did you run over here in person? Not to mention that there is no news from Xiyuan, the soldiers can't dodge you. What if you get hot, what's the good thing? My son will be sad..."

Xu Xun said that he was concerned about Empress Dowager Zhang was trying hard to coax him. Since Zhu Houzhao's head turned around and said a few sweet words was not easy, she immediately made Empress Dowager Zhang burst into tears and smiled. He put his hand behind him and gave Xu Xun a thumbs up. Then he asked more and more flatteringly: "My mother is coming to Xiyuan to visit the lake. The lotus flowers bloom well in Wulong Pavilion. Why don't you take you there to have a good time, or should we go to Taiye Pool to row a boat? It's the weather is very sunny on the lake..."

Although Empress Dowager Zhang was in a better mood, she thought about the purpose of finding her here today. She was so easy to fool Zhu Houzhao. She immediately said with a stern face: "Don't fool me with this set. You always practice Tai Chi like this when you go to Renshou Palace. I will spare you when you go back. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will go to Fengxian Palace to cry to the late emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao was not afraid of the earth, but was afraid that Empress Dowager Zhang would take out the late Emperor Hongzhi. He quickly grabbed Empress Dowager Zhang's hand in a pleasing manner and said pitifully: "My mother, don't, my son-in-law, I offended the elders in the court. If you go to Fengxian Hall to cry for your father, your memorials will not drown your son-in-law... Ah, you see that there are already so many people around you. Let's go to Wulong Pavilion to talk, and my son-in-law will definitely know everything!"

She said she was going to Fengxian Palace to cry for the late emperor, but Empress Dowager Zhang was just talking. Seeing that some eunuchs were kneeling beside the road, but they were a little open. She gave up her plan to question here, nodded slightly, and called Zhu Houzhao to go up to the imperial carriage to ride with her. However, as soon as the imperial carriage was about to start again, she suddenly thought of something. After glanced in the crowd, she found Xu Xun who was tiptoing with a few people, and shouted immediately.

"Xu Xun, come back to me, you are indispensable to the emperor's affairs! And Liu Jin and others, call me all!"

Empress Dowager Zhang gave an order, whether it was Xu Xun, who had finally become a powerful minister, or Liu Jin, who was gradually showing his true nature as a power eunuch, or the Eight Tigers who were gradually shaking, they all gathered in the Five Dragon Pavilion in a short while. However, facing Empress Dowager Zhang's scrutiny gaze with anger, everyone looked at their noses and their hearts and didn't dare to say anything.

"The emperor is about to get married." After using this sentence as the opening remark, Empress Dowager Zhang slammed the exquisite Chenghua kiln blue and white porcelain cup on the stone table next to it, not caring whether it was broken by a little bit. She just stared at the crowd, including Zhu Houzhao and said angrily, "But the emperor today will push tomorrow, tomorrow will push the day after tomorrow, and has not yet chosen anyone! I don't bother to pay attention to what you are doing with the emperor, but if you don't have an explanation today, no matter whether it is the count or the eunuch of the Sili Prison, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, they will all go to Liaodong to release horses!"

As soon as these words were said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand and knelt down, let alone others. Liu Jin glanced at Xu Xun who was kneeling side by side with him, and felt so angry that he felt so angry. Although he arranged the person to Renshou Palace and then placed it in Taisu Palace was his own hands, in the final analysis, it was all a good thing Xu Xun took Zhu Houzhao to do, so why did he have to take the blame now!

When Zhu Houzhao saw that the eight eunuchs were all arrogant and did not dare to say a word, she glanced at Xu Xun with her eyes. Seeing that he raised his eyes and blinked at him, he made up his mind and raised his head and said, "My mother, they don't dare to say this even if they know this. Let me tell you the truth... I am interested!"

Although Xu Xun once said this in front of Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Dowager Zhang almost believed it, but at this time she really said it from her son, while she felt relieved, she felt a little nervous. She reached out and helped her to the side, but it was empty. Then she remembered that this was in Wulong Pavilion, not in Renshou Palace, and there was no armrests on the chair. Fortunately, Rong Shangyi next to her quickly held her hands. After taking a deep breath, she asked sternly: "You didn't want someone to give you before, but now she is secretly polite! Who is it?"

"This..." Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment, and said, "Is it good for me to report this to my mother alone?"

Empress Dowager Zhang kept the others just to put pressure on her son. She was so indifferent that she nodded and signaled everyone to retreat. When Rong Shangyi and several palace maids were beside her, she looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Can you say it now?"

There was no cover outside the Five Dragon Pavilion. After standing under the sun for a while, Liu Jin couldn't bear it. After all, he was over fifty years old, and Xu Xun, who was young and strong and often worked with the soldiers in the schoolyard, raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat, and complained to Zhang Yong half-truely: "The Empress Dowager asked the Emperor, but brought all of us like this. This was really a disaster. God blessed the Emperor not to say the wrong words to make the Empress Dowager angry, and then took us together with him to tie us up."

On a hot day, everyone wanted to put a few more ice basins in the house, not to mention that when the Eight Tigers are now rising, the most proud person is now being left in the sun, so he naturally becomes weak. At this moment, Qiu Ju said weakly: "Who said no... I said Pingbei Bo, if you have such a thing next time, I'll help you to keep everyone angry."

"I want to vent my breath, but the Queen Mother has brought me with me. How can I send a message to everyone?" Xu Xun looked at the supreme mother and son in the pavilion. Seeing that the two were talking harmoniously, he didn't immediately twist. He felt a little relaxed, and his eyes turned and said to everyone, "Besides, how important is the emperor's wedding? Not to mention that he will be the lord of the harem in the future, he will be the lord of the harem. If he has no connection with us or even dislike us, our lives will be sad. If the emperor can fulfill his wishes, he will not have to worry about a fire in the backyard in the future, wouldn't it be worry-free?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Dayong nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes..."

"What's right? You have forgotten about Concubine Wan in the past? Even if the empress dowager refuses to agree, the emperor is spoiled and the empress will not do anything in the future! On the contrary, the emperor and the empress dowager have a quarrel today, and we all have to lose it!" Speaking of this, Ma Yongcheng looked at Xu Xun with a slutty smile and said, "We don't have much benefit but we are all slutty. Why bother?"

"Eunuch Ma said this, may he forget that Wang Zhi was in charge of the West Factory's Lijian?"

Xu Xun was afraid of Ma Yongcheng, who ranked low in the eight tigers, and said this slowly. When he saw Ma Yongzheng was speechless, he said with a smile, "In short, when did I, Xu Xun, harm you? Let's do this, if everyone passes safely this time, that's fine; if not, how can I introduce you to a profitable business to apologize?"

The Zhongguan loves money, and there is almost no one in the palace to avoid the common people. Therefore, as soon as this was said, even if Liu Jin thought about fanning the flames, he would immediately shut up. Gao Feng, the oldest qualified, had to joke that Xu Xun was the God of Wealth. Zhang Yong immediately smiled and said, "I said Brother Xu, this is what you said by yourself, and you will say one word..."

"It's hard to chase after all!"

As soon as these four words popped out from Xu Xun's mouth, he noticed that Empress Dowager Zhang in the Wulong Pavilion stood up and coughed gently. Everyone was alert, and for a moment, they stood neatly, not as they had been wilted by the sun before. Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhu Houzhao came out of the Wulong Pavilion one by one. When passing by everyone, Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes stayed on Xu Xun's face for a long time, and then swept across everyone one by one.

"The emperor's wedding is about to come. You all have responsibilities, so it's not convenient to leave it behind... In this way, you will follow me back to Renshou Palace these days. You are old and experienced. You have experienced a lot of these things, and you just pick up the vacancy for me!"

Everyone was not surprised that Empress Dowager Zhang chose Gao Feng, and they agreed immediately, and Gao Feng left with Empress Dowager Zhang and his party. After Zhu Houzhao gave the ceremony, he stretched out his neck to see the Empress Dowager away. He immediately let out a long sigh. Seeing that everyone was staring at him, he immediately smiled and said, "My mother said that she had to think about this matter carefully, and it would be a good idea to make an appointment!"

"Congratulations to the Emperor, congratulations to the Emperor!"

Liu Jin was ahead with a shout, and everyone was surrounded by Zhu Houzhao for a long time to congratulate and congratulate. Of course, Xu Xun would not compete with them in such a sequence. After everyone had finished congratulating, he said with a smile: "As such a great joy, we are hung outside for the sun for so long, should the emperor reward everyone so that everyone can enjoy the joy and kindness?"

As soon as he said this, Liu Jin and others remembered the previous act of Xu Xun's promise to introduce money. Now that he has passed the test safely, this article is obviously going to be a waste of time. However, since Xu Xun took the initiative to ask Zhu Houzhao for reward, the pain today is not in vain. Everyone looked at the little emperor with a keen eye. In these eager eyes, Zhu Houzhao glared at Xu Xun angrily, and then waved his hand generously: "Okay, I will follow it! In this way, I will not treat you badly, each satisfy your request... Don't be greedy and swallow the elephant, otherwise I will not recognize it!"

It doesn't matter if the emperor rewarded Liu Jin and others. After all, no matter how generous Zhu Houzhao was, he could not reward them with 100,000 yuan in silver, which was just something that could not be sold. However, one request was different. At this moment, even Ma Yongcheng, who was very resentful at first, was overjoyed and thanked him, and even looked at Xu Xun with different eyes.

This kid is really accurate in his opinion. The little emperor is in a good mood and even promises will be made!

When others were happy, Xu Xun felt a little worried. He didn't care about giving Bahu a little more sweetness, hoping to maintain that relationship for the time being, but Zhu Houzhao's rewards were different. But he said it himself, and he could only smile like others. Until Zhu Houzhao finally said that he was greedy and swallowed the elephant, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank God, the little emperor finally got a little bit conscientious!

Everyone had just taken office, and now the sun was too hot to compensate, so they naturally sued and returned to their yamen. Liu Jin wanted to stay for a while, but the documents from Silijian were piled up, and Li Rong and others gave up their picks. He had not recruited enough people under his command, so he had to take back together. Before leaving, he still did not forget to find an excuse to pull Xu Xun aside and said a few words.

"Brother Xu, while the emperor is happy, your title should be moved. With the contribution you have returned to Beijing this time, you will at least get a hereditary count, right? Hey, if it were not for the elder Lingzun or the count, you would be more than enough to be a marquis. Besides, you and Shen Ying were in charge of the elite troops of the left and right official halls. He was older than you. If your title was equal to him, how could you command him, the old one?"

"Thank you, Lao Liu, for your reminder. I'll take a look at the opportunity."

Xu Xun nodded with a smile. When he saw Liu Jin away, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in confusion. He said that Shen Ying came to his house last night because he didn't come secretly. Liu Jin should know that Shen Ying's attitude is. Since that's the case, why did he mention such a thing? It should be noted that since Shen Ying is willing to vote on his side, he probably won't care whether Xu Xun's title is higher than him or lower than him.

"Brother Xu."

Xu Xun was thinking while he heard this sound, but he found that Gu Dayong, who should have left, had emerged from somewhere. After stepping forward, Gu Dayong grinned and said, "I saw Lao Liu talking to you, so that he could avoid it for a while, so that he would not think we would eavesdrop on you. I told you that Ruisheng had pretended to be the emperor before, and I covered him up in front of Lao Liu, otherwise everyone would know that the little guy had such a skill and that he would be in danger in the palace. In addition, please keep a low profile at least. He went to you so hard last night, so that Lao Liu would know that he had another good jump!"

When he learned that it was Gu Dayong who concealed Shen Yingden's Xing'an Mansion, he also covered up for Ruisheng. Faced with such kindness, Xu Xun immediately didn't know what to say. Although he was working with Gu Dayong to develop the south of the city, he made a vote on surrounding facilities such as Xianyuan, and made another vote by purchasing and hoarding land, but after all, it was an alliance based on interests, so he could not force him to make a choice step by step or right as he did to Shen Ying. Now Gu Dayong has been in love with Liu Jin for more than ten years and has thought about him hard. It would be too unkind if he didn't make any statements.

"Lao Gu, thank you! It's inconvenient to speak now. So, I'll invite you to drink tonight! Go to Xianyuan, which is our territory, no one else!"

"That's good. Since that's the case, we meet in the garden tonight!"

Zhu Houzhao moved Empress Dowager Zhang and was in a very good mood. When Xu Xun came back, he forced himself to go to the Chidao competition to ride and shoot, but he defeated Xu Xun with the momentum of good things. After this sweaty competition, he took the towel handed over by Ruisheng and wiped his face hard. After feeling comfortable and generous, he looked at Xu Xun and said, "I have given a request from others, but I won't swear you. I will turn around and ask the Ministry of Personnel to discuss your title first. After all, Liu Jian and Xie Qian were already suppressing your contributions, and a hereditary iron voucher was light and clever. As for other things, you don't have a son. When you have a son, I will give him a name and call him as your son-in-law tomorrow!"

Xu Xun was numb by Zhu Houzhao's wild thinking. Although his son's horoscope has not yet been drawn, the little emperor has not yet married, so he knew that there would be a princess. He didn't see Empress Zhang having three children in succession, but he only saved one? However, he did not dare to let this golden word become a reality. He immediately smiled and said, "If the dog son is lucky enough to be given a name by the emperor, I will naturally be no longer happy. But this son-in-law, I am not confident that he can be worthy of the princess in the future. The emperor and... are handsome men and women. This must be the prince and princess of Kim Jong Yuxiu when they are born. At that time, the ministers will definitely steal the head."

After hearing Xu Xun's interesting words, Zhu Houzhao laughed, she didn't care about Xu Xun's tactful rejection. However, when he asked Xu Xun's reply, he learned that Wang Shouren still had no words, and he was immediately annoyed.

"I used to see him the most cheerful person, why did you drag it out like this time!"

Whether it was to drag the mud or make a decision, since he had already said it, Xu Xun was too lazy to come to force the unlucky Mr. Yangming. After all, he forced Wang Hua's two fellow villagers Min Gui and Xie Qian to leave, and was not interested in dealing with Wang's father again. That night he left the city and went to Xianyuan. As soon as he entered through the back door, he learned that Gu Dayong had arrived, so he happily walked in. He followed the path to the bottom of the grape trellis. Seeing Gu Dayong walking around with his hands behind his back, he immediately called Lao Gu.

"Oh, Xu Dabian, you are finally back!" Gu Da greeted him with his hand and sat down at both ends of the stone table face to face with Xu Xun. When Abao stepped forward to pour wine, he picked it up and was stunned, "Is this... wine?"

"It was brewed by our own home, just for a fresh and refreshing taste. Of course, if you like it, you can also have a knife, and a tribute from Guizhou Gong Huisha Maotai."

"Okay, I just drank a drunken person last night, and it's a little refreshing today." Gu Dayong shook his head into a rattle, raised his cup and sipped it. Although he felt it was light, it had a unique sweetness in his mouth. He smiled and nodded, "You are still good at living, but it's a pity that you are busy, otherwise you would stay in the Yiyuan Garden for a while in three days. This is the life that the gods live."

After laughing and talking a few gossips, Gu Dayong then turned to the point: "Brother Xu, now you have finally driven the annoying person out of the capital. I don't want you to raise the quarrel with Lao Liu. You are too impatient. For such a big court, everyone will give in and make their own money? I have been in love with him for more than ten years. Although I have not had such a long time to date you, we have an extraordinary relationship. If you really make a fuss, how can I be caught in it? If the emperor knows, it will be even worse."

"It's not that much, Lao Gu, you're so worried too early."

Xu Xun beat up. Seeing Gu Dayong being careless and looking at him seriously, he pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "If you want to say that Lao Liu and I have no big conflict, it is mainly for the few seats in the court. He has his people, and I have mine. This couple is inevitably a little bit of a quarrel. I don't want things to get big, but think about it, I didn't say anything when Jiao Fang entered the pavilion. I still have a grudge against him. But the emperor just ordered the Minister of War. Lao Zhang had muttered to me before that it was Yang Yiqing, and he couldn't say that he could still make contributions in the future. Lao Liu suddenly used a trick that caught me off guard. If I say this time, I can be considered a big help to you, so many seats have been freed up, but he..."

Seeing Gu Dayong shook his head and sighed, Xu Xun raised his neck and drank the glass of wine, and then said lightly: "So, I was so cruel to pull Lao Shenying over. This is all anger! But today, Lao Gu has told you about this matter, I can also explain it to you. This little fight is a little fight, after all, it is a brother. The bedside fight and the end of the bed will not be exposed to others' eyes and people will make people laugh at our backyard. At worst, I can bear it!"

"Oh, I know I'm meddling in other people's business, but if you can think so, I'll be relieved!"

Gu Dayong filled Xu Xun with a pot, and then said with a smile: "It's still the time to stabilize the foundation. I'm fighting in my family, and it's not good to let those civil servants laugh at me for no reason, and it's not good to be taken advantage of by others. This time you helped us a lot. Zhang Yong and I are very grateful to you, but some people are unaware of each other. Just like Ma Yongcheng, and Qiu Ju... In short, the big picture on our family must be maintained well. To establish our authority, we have to target outsiders!"

Xu Xun knew that Gu Dayong came to find him this time, because of his loyalty, and of course he could not rule out the possibility of being entrusted by Liu Jin to find out the verbal storm. However, the two things that Gu Dayong helped, and the promises that were now made sure were for sure. So, after nodding with a smile and pulling someone to get drunk, he let him stay in the Xianyuan. When Abao helped Gu Dayong to rest, he shook his head, which was a little drunk, and began to ponder thoughtfully.

Establishing authority... If these guys want to establish authority, they are probably most likely to be aimed at the leader of the Korean language! Looking at Gu Dayong's attitude today, if he and Liu Jin really had a clear sword and a spear, even if he was as close as he did to him, it would be great to remain neutral, not to mention the others among the Eight Tigers. Today, Ma Yongcheng and Qiu Ju are not a good attitude. Although he can often go in and out of the palace, he can't compare with these middle-aged officials who have been in love with Zhu Houzhao for more than a decade, he is even more unlikely to count on Ruisheng in everything. The little guy is still young.

Since he used both soft and hard skills to let Shen Ying stand in the team, he had to think of ways to let Gu Dayong, who was close to him among the Eight Tigers, really stand on his side, even in secret! Only by grabbing both inside and outside can he be invincible.

ps: Last month, the monthly ticket exceeded 700, and the monthly ticket prize was successfully won. Thank you everyone! I rushed to this position in one go at the end of the month, all thanks to everyone. Since that's the case, I will not talk about it at the beginning of the month. At the end of the month, everyone will see my performance this month's ticket^_^

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Chapter completed!