"Who is it?"
As people get older, they feel less.
Although he took off his clothes and lay down early, the old man did not fall asleep at all.
I was always half asleep and half awake, taking a nap on the bed. My mind was groggy. Sometimes it was some secret things in my heart, and sometimes it was all old things that had passed.
After listening to Pu Bucheng's report, he spoke in a low voice.
"Who wants to see us in the middle of the night?"
Outside the curtains of the dragon bed, Pu Bucheng bowed slightly and whispered, "It's Duke Cao!"
He had seen many cases of people asking for permission to enter the palace in the middle of the night over the years. Although there was no such rule in previous dynasties, from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, such things have been commonplace.
In those days, there would often be sudden military and state affairs that needed to be discussed with the emperor in the middle of the night. Not only would the palace be opened, but pancakes and stewed meat would also be prepared for the emperor and the noble ministers to eat while discussing how to fight the war.
It has only subsided in the past few years, but Cao Guogong asked to see him. If something really happened, he would not only be delayed.
Moreover, having served the old man all his life, Pu Bucheng knew the old man's temperament very well. He may not see you, but if you don't say anything, you will be in trouble the next day.
"Him?" The bed moved inside the curtains, and the old man opened the curtains with a surprised look on his face, "What is that little brat doing here?" He said, slowly getting up.
The eunuch on the side quickly came over, knelt down and helped the old man put on his shoes.
"Let him in!" The old man whispered, "That little brat is the most obedient. Maybe something really happened this time!" After saying that, he paused and said, "Is the eldest grandson sleeping there?"
"Your Highness has just returned to the palace and is resting!" Pu Bucheng said in a low voice.
"Did you sleep alone, or did you go to someone else's room?" the old man asked.
Pu Bucheng lowered his eyebrows and said, "I went to Lezhizhai alone!"
"What the hell!" the old man cursed through gritted teeth, "So many wives go to Lao Shizi's official office to read the memorial without getting under the warm quilt. Can they give birth to a son?" Then he said angrily, "His father was like this back then, and he is still like this.
.Can’t you learn from us and not delay national and family affairs?”
Pu Bucheng lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
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"My lord, the Emperor is here with you!"
Li Jinglong knelt outside the old man's palace, and a young eunuch came out to deliver a message.
With just one sentence, Li Jinglong's heart, which was about to jump out of his throat, became calmer.
In the dark night, I didn't know what I took out of my sleeve and stuffed it directly into the little eunuch's hand.
"Father-in-law, take it and drink tea!"
"Slave, you don't dare!" The little eunuch felt that his hand was too hot and he didn't dare to take it.
But before he could refuse, Li Jinglong had already strode up the steps. The little eunuch was silently stuffed by Li Jinglong, which weighed about five taels. He looked around and stuffed it into his sleeves nervously.
"Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, long live my emperor!"
The old man was walking towards the front hall, and as soon as he stepped out with one foot, he was almost startled by Li Jinglong's shout.
"Why are you shouting for a ball!" the old man said angrily, "It's not a big court meeting, why are you shouting "Long Live" in the middle of the night?"
Cursing, the old man entered the front hall. As soon as he sat down on the throne, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"You raise your head?" the old man asked.
"I don't dare!" Li Jinglong kowtowed repeatedly.
"You are so stupid!" the old man scolded angrily.
Alas, Li Jinglong raised his head, revealing an unrecognizable face.
"Ah! How did this happen?" the old man asked in surprise, "Who did it?"
Li Jinglong lowered his head, "Yes, I did something wrong, which made His Royal Highness the Grand Sun furious and taught me a lesson!"
"Ha!" The old man laughed, "Our eldest grandson, with his good temper, attacked you and beat you like this. It's like the sun rises in the west!" As he said, his smile faded and he squinted his eyes, "Oh, you
You came to see us in the middle of the night just to show us how badly you were beaten, right?"
"I come to apologize!" Li Jinglong kowtowed heavily and said loudly.
"My heart is guilty and I cannot plead guilty in front of His Majesty. I will be burned inside and out. Life is worse than death!" Li Jinglong cried loudly.
The old man turned slightly sideways and looked at him in surprise.
"I am a relative of the emperor, and my father is your majesty. He is called uncle and nephew, but in fact he loves me the same as father and son. When my grandfather was alive, he often said that it was your majesty who gave the Li family the grace to rebuild. It was your majesty who made the Li family full of prosperity. It was your majesty who
Let the Li family's name go down in history..."
The old man was impatient, "Seriously!"
"Yes!" The old man choked back a lot of parallelism with just a few words. Li Jinglong continued to organize his words carefully, "I am a stupid person, but your Majesty and His Highness have not expected me to do it. I have cultivated him and entrusted him with important responsibilities."
"But I am so stupid that if I don't change my complacency, I will eventually let down the grace of God!"
The old man's eyes twitched, "If you don't tell the truth, I'll have someone kick you out!"
The methods used to deal with others will not work against the old man.
At that moment, Li Jinglong explained all the causes and consequences. There was no embarrassment, but he emphasized that the reason why he did this was because his father and the founding fathers had done the same thing back then.
Isn't it a trivial matter to find women in the military camp and to set up a stage?
I remember that in those days, a stage was set up directly in the military camp, and the commander was in charge of promoting Pai Gow!
A moment later, the old man's cheerful laughter and Li Jinglong's crying could be heard in the hall.
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The sky was getting brighter, and Zhu Yunxi got up to wash up.
While looking at the memorial in his hand, he asked the palace servants to put on his court boots.
It's still dark outside and seems to be cloudy.
Winter in the south is always like this, with more cloudy days and less sunny days.
At this time, Wang Sha came in quietly and whispered a few words in Zhu Yunxi's ear.
"What, he has learned how to complain to the old man?" Zhu Yunxi was immediately furious, "Where are the people!"
"Kneeling outside the emperor's palace!" Wang Shai whispered.
"What did the old man say?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"Eunuch Pu said that the emperor kept laughing after hearing this, nothing else!" Wang Sha said in a low voice.
"This is a killer!" Zhu Yunxi said through gritted teeth as the muscles on his face trembled.
At this moment, another palace official came in and reported, "Your Highness, the Emperor has sent a message to you!"
"I know!" Zhu Yunxi stood up and walked towards the old man's bedroom.
The sky was not only overcast, but also a little cold. A thin cold wind came in through the gaps in the clothes and traveled against the skin, seeming to penetrate into the body.
As soon as Zhu Yunxi crossed the moon gate of the old man's palace, he saw Li Jinglong kneeling straight on the ground, his eyebrows and hair covered with the frost from last night.
"The guilty minister, Li Jinglong, comes to see His Highness the Emperor's Grandson. His Highness is a thousand years old!"
There was a sudden banging sound, as if the stone slab was about to be broken.
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes at him and said nothing.
Next to him, he saw Pu Bucheng with a cold face, directing someone to carry a long cloth bag out.
"This again?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
"This servant didn't take care of the servants and took other people's things randomly!" Pu Bucheng whispered, "According to the rules, beat him to death and throw him out of the palace!" As he said this, he glanced at Li Jinglong who was kneeling.
The latter's body suddenly shivered again.
"You cause trouble wherever you go!" Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but cursed.
"The eldest grandson is here? Come in and have dinner with us!" the old man's voice came from the hall.
Zhu Yunxi straightened his clothes and stepped in.
The old man was holding a silver roll, which seemed not to his liking.
Seeing Zhu Yunxi come in, he smiled and said, "The steamed buns are not as good as the ones steamed by your wife!"
"Then grandson, let Ning'er do it for you later!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Sit down!" The old man shook his head slightly and put the paper aside, "What's going on with that bastard outside?"
"He..." Zhu Yunxi felt angry when he mentioned this, "A good army, let him lead a mess!
"We all know, it's just for fun!" The old man said with a smile, "Let me ask you, did he force those women to come?"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head.
"No money?"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head again.
"What's the point? Aren't soldiers just looking after two ends, the big head and the small head? You little bastard didn't do anything wrong. You're so angry!"
"Singing opera in the military camp is nothing!" the old man said again, "Look at how hard you beat him!"
"That's not what happened!" Zhu Yunxi said.
The old man waved his hand and said, "It's such a harmless thing!" He said with a smile.
This chapter has been completed!