Seeing Lin Yunyan looking like she wanted to listen carefully, Xu Jian was speechless.
He only had a serious confrontation with Li Jun once.
At that time, I had received the holy order to go to Yongji Palace to inquire about an old matter in the palace.
Li Jun could not be said to be uncooperative, but he also asked questions and answered questions from time to time. After that incident, Xu Jian's views on this person were the same as those of his father-in-law.
Very conceited.
His words did not conceal his hostility and contempt for the Holy One.
On the other hand, when he mentioned the late emperor, he would show some respect. Of course, only Li Jun himself knew whether this respect was true or false.
As for the other times, they were all Xu Jian's bets.
When he reached a deadlock and could not find a breakthrough, he simply went to Yongji Palace.
If it collapses, it collapses. Anyway, there is no need to worry about yesterday and tomorrow. After all, who knows where and when he will be when he opens his eyes tomorrow. It's not a big deal to start over from the beginning, no matter how great it is. He has no next chance, so he might as well get it over with.
It's a pity that Xu Jian had a risk-taking attitude at the time, but Li Jun obviously didn't.
When Xu Jian and Lin Yunyan talked about the Eight Classics, the rest was simply skipped. To be honest, there wasn't much "detailed" information to talk about.
Lin Yunyan was keen and knew Xu Jian very well, and she could tell the difference between his thick and thin.
Standing up, Lin Yunyan walked to Xu Jian, held his hand, and looked up at him.
Being able to make Xu Jian choose to go all out and gamble is enough to guess what kind of dead end it was at that time. At the same time, she also understood better what Xu Jian had mentioned to her before, "because you are here."
It is precisely because Lin Yunyan is reborn in this life and every day in this life is so stable that Xu Jian becomes more cautious.
He didn't want to mess it up.
Even if there were times when he wanted to take a gamble, he would not rush to Yongji Palace like he did when he was alone, and compete with Li Jun without any chips in his hand. He only thought that this time's gamble would provide him with one more choice in the future.
Assure.
Why wouldn't such a bet make people feel distressed?
Lin Yunyan raised her hand and gently stroked Xu Jian's cheek: "Since the one from Yongji Palace has such a temper, it's not easy to deal with him, right?"
Xu Jian lowered his eyes, looked at Lin Yunyan's bright eyes, and saw his own figure in them.
The deep and deep look in Zhanzhan's eyes was full of concern, making it easier for him to say all the words he originally didn't want to say.
"That's not true," Xu Jian thought about his words, "It's not easy to deal with him seriously.
From time to time, he talks about him without thinking. It's not that he can't answer the questions and avoids the important ones, but that he likes to control the rhythm and situation.
He likes the feeling of strategizing. Even if he talks on an equal footing, he still feels superior in his heart.
It’s not aimed at me, I estimate that apart from being in front of the late emperor, he probably has the same attitude towards other people.”
After hearing this, Lin Yunyan commented: "You are really conceited."
"I haven't suffered any losses in Yongji Palace," Xu Jian said, comforting Lin Yunyan, "I seriously went to handle the matters assigned by the Holy Father. I didn't have enough clues and had to be cautious. Naturally, he had the upper hand.
But other times, as long as I'm crazier than him, he can't figure out what I'm thinking.
Although he didn't get much of a bargain, he still figured out his style.
Today is different from the past, there are more clues. We don't just ask him blindly, we also provide him with some old news, starting with the events in Baoping Town to stimulate him. If he wants to control the situation, he will not be so
easy."
Xu Jian's voice was calm and unhurried, which made Lin Yunyan feel relieved.
She thought, this is Xu Jian's strength.
You don’t need to shout loudly, every word is still heavy, which can inspire and calm people’s hearts.
Rubbing her fingertips on Xu Jian's chin twice, Lin Yunyan stopped her hand and muttered: "It's a bit prickly."
The topic changed so quickly that Xu Jian was stunned for a moment. After realizing it, he rubbed it with his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't clean it up carefully this morning."
The side hall of Cining Palace is the "territory" of the little princess.
She has lived in the house since she was a child and has always been a daughter.
It was rare for Xu Jian to stay for one night, but the place nearby was quite convenient, except for the razor.
He wouldn't let his father-in-law ask someone to borrow something for such a small thing. He just took a pair of scissors and scratched with the single blade. It was better than not picking it up, but it was certainly not as good as having a regular knife.
Xu Jian turned around and went to the clean room.
It didn't matter to him, but the little princess had very delicate skin and tender flesh, and she would scream in pain and itchiness if she was pricked.
Lin Yunyan sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xu Jian's back with a smile. When she disappeared behind the curtain, the smile on her face became lighter.
You have to be patient...
She said to herself.
You can't just go to Yongji Palace, you have to seize the right and just right time.
Eunuch Cao also needs time to investigate the monkey-faced eunuch. If you are lucky, it will take three to five days, but if you are not lucky, it will take one or two months.
Before that, we still have to figure out how to "handle" Li Shao.
Xu Jian had gone through so many ups and downs, and finally achieved the stability and smoothness in this life. He didn't want to mess it up, and Lin Yunyan didn't want to mess it up.
The grandmother and the empress dowager are both in good health, her eldest sister is about to get married, and her "third brother-in-law" will arrive in Beijing soon.
Mrs. Xu got rid of Liu Jing, and after a few years she became close to A-Ping. With a peaceful life, Mrs. Xu would not go crazy.
More importantly, Li Shao has been deposed...
It would be a great pity if such a good situation was ruined.
In the middle of the night, the sky is filled with stars.
Cheng Xi was napping on the couch when he heard the sound of footsteps. He woke up from his sleep and rubbed his face vigorously.
I picked up the lantern and looked out to the corridor, and saw that the person was wearing a long cloak, and his long hair was simply tied up. The light from the lantern on the corridor was reflected, and half of his facial features were bright and half dark.
Cheng Xi hurriedly took a few steps forward: "Master."
Jin Guiren walked back into the house, took off his cloak and handed it to Cheng Xi, then went into the inner room and sat down at the table.
Cheng Xi hung up her cloak, lit the oil lamps in the corner of the inner room one by one, and gave Jin Guiren a bowl of tea.
The tea is a hangover cure and is still warm.
Jin Guiren took a sip, pressed his swollen temples, and said, "What's the latest news about Wang Gouzi?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "After returning to the palace last night, His Highness and the others entered the imperial study room. Wang Gouzi did not know what was specifically said in it," Cheng Xi said,
"I think it must be a matter of a lightning strike in Qianfu. The matter is big or small, so we discussed it behind closed doors."
Jin Guiren said: "According to this, His Highness's response to the court this morning was taught to him by His Majesty or Xu Jian?"
Cheng Xi said: "It should be."
After all, with His Highness’s temper, he would not be able to make up such a story. Who else could it be except for the guidance of the Holy Lord and Duke Fuguo?
This person didn't expect Wang Gouzi to take the blame at all. It wasn't that Wang Gouzi didn't want to take credit, but the eunuch who delivered the news didn't want to make Wang Gouzi look bad, so he passed by.
"Master," Cheng Xi asked, "how could it be such a coincidence that the thunder happened to fall on the Qian Mansion, or on the roof of the house where His Highness lived when he was a child?"
"Shuntian Mansion has checked, and it is indeed smoke caused by lightning strikes," Jin Guiren said, "If there is really something that caused lightning, huh, no matter who it is, I will praise him for his 'good skills'!"
The art of foreign art has been around since ancient times, but it has been heard more and seen less.
He didn't think anyone could really have such good means.
Moreover, the effect after using it was very average, and even asked His Highness to ask for a trick in the Jinluan Palace. Such effects really failed to live up to such an immortal magic.
"Let Wang Gouzi be smart and report the slightest disturbance." Jin Guiren explained.
Happy to be successful.
In the other room, Eunuch Cao was sitting on the Taishi chair, leaning against the back of the chair to relax.
Waiter Feng was locked in a corner, looking at the steamed bun elbows placed on the floor tiles, swallowing his saliva from time to time.
Before that, he had been hungry for less than half a month. His guards gave him a little water and food every day.
He thought it would be terrible to see Venus in front of him, but he didn't expect that in the middle of the night, the fragrance filled his nostrils, but he could only look at it, but he couldn't reach it.
I don't dare to go far enough.
Even though Eunuch Cao had his eyes closed, and the servants guarding him were silent, the servants Feng knew clearly, and everyone was staring at him.
After being so greedy for two quarters of an hour, Eunuch Feng opened his eyes and motioned to the waiter next to him to break off a steamed bun.
The waiter understood the idea, cut the steamed bun in two, then used chopsticks to tear off the elbow, put the meat with the skin in the middle of the steamed bun, dipped it in the sauce, and took a big bite.
"Smells!" he said.
Waiter Feng turned his head suddenly, but couldn't hold it back, his eyes drifted over and took a hard look.
In my mind, two villains were fighting fiercely. One said, "It's so cold!" and the other said, "It's been a long time since I've seen meat and you still dislike the cold?"
After the waiter finished the steamed buns, Eunuch Cao asked the waiter Feng: "How does it taste?"
Housekeeper Feng definitely doesn't know.
The waiter who had eaten the steamed buns dipped his chopsticks in some sauce, stuffed it into Waiter Feng's mouth, and dabbed it on his tongue.
Waiter Feng tasted it, and it was so fragrant that he wanted to pounce on the elbow.
"The Za family has finally figured it out," Eunuch Cao said slowly and leisurely, "You are just a lackey. No matter how much I ask you about top-level matters, you may not be able to explain it clearly.
You are not six years younger than the king. He left the palace, but you came in from outside the palace.
A foreigner is not as well-informed as Wang Liuliu.
But if you say you don't know anything, the Zajia family won't believe it.
The Zajia family is here tonight because it is easy to communicate with each other. If you allow the Zajia family to communicate with each other, the Zajia family will give you a hard time."
Waiter Feng Nei stared at his elbow, not sure whether he heard it or not.
"Besides Wang Liu6, which other eunuchs have you dealt with?" Eunuch Cao asked, "Don't talk nonsense with the Za family. You know who the Za family wants to ask."
Waiter Feng's breath tightened.
He wasn't too afraid of death, but Eunuch Cao wouldn't let him die.
Having tasted the feeling of not being able to die, he was really scared.
We can't talk about the master's affairs, so if we talk about something insignificant, we should be able to exchange a few elbows, right?
"Little, little..." Feng Neishi licked his lips, "I don't know the prince very well. I met him two or three times when I was a child.
The younger one was sold by his family and lived in a house with other people, learning some rules.
The prince came over, said a few words to the person in charge and left.
Later, the little one was sent to the palace for purification, and you all know what happened after that."
"Who is in charge?" Eunuch Cao asked, "Where have the others gone?"
"They call him Guanshi Bao. He must be my father-in-law. I don't know where the others have gone. I haven't seen them since I came to Beijing."
Eunuch Cao asked again: "Which city and street is the house you live in?"
Empress Feng shook his head.
Eunuch Cao was amused: "What? You want to exchange elbows for just this little thing? Do you follow elementary school rules so naively?"
Seeing that Feng's wife was speechless, Eunuch Cao asked again: "Who else have you met besides Wang Liu in the sixth year?"
"There were three or four people," Chamberlain Feng recalled, "two of them must have been eunuchs, and I can't remember the others. Maybe they were eunuchs."
"What are the names of those two eunuchs?" Eunuch Cao asked again, "What do they look like?"
Feng Neishi said with a sad face: "It happened so many years ago, I really can't remember it..."
Eunuch Cao sneered and told people: "You can divide the rest of the steamed buns and elbows. This Feng Chang is dishonest, so don't pay attention to him."
After that, he stood up to leave.
Feng's wife talked a lot, and when she heard that the food was going to be gone, she became anxious: "Tong, Eunuch Tong! There is a eunuch named Tong!"
Eunuch Cao glanced at him lightly: "Age, appearance, accent, body shape."
"You can't tell your age, maybe thirty, maybe less than that. He speaks with a capital accent and looks nothing special," Feng's wife became more and more anxious as he spoke, "Eunuch Cao, this is all I really remember!"
Eunuch Cao chuckled: "Feed him a few bites later."
When Feng's servant heard this, he was anxious and greedy: "How many bites can I only eat?"
"How long has it been since you've been exposed to the smell of oil? I'll give you all-you-can-eat. Can you eat it?" Cao Gonggong said, "I want you to have a taste, turn your head around, explain everything that comes to mind, and exchange for some food.
Don’t expect to make it up randomly and get away with it, so that the Zajia will find it. Eat a few bites, and the Zajia will cut off your meat. You can weigh it yourself!"
Waiter Feng couldn't help but shrink his neck, and then stretched it out.
He took a bite of the steamed bun dipped in sauce that was handed to him. As he chewed it, he slurred: "Meat! I want to eat meat!"
In this room, Feng's wife spoke a little, but in the other room, Eunuch Cao's investigation of the monkey-faced eunuch was not going well.
Referring to the list copied to him by Xu Jian, he carefully investigated the lives of those eunuchs.
When Eunuch Cai was killed, the eunuchs who followed the saint up and down the mountain could also take the number. The remaining eunuchs were either guarding the lantern in the treasure hall, or resting in a wing near the treasure hall, waiting to be replaced.
Those living eunuchs who are still in the capital are the easiest to deal with. You can tell at a glance whether they have a monkey face.
Those who have left Beijing, or those who have died of illness or old age in the past few years, can also ask people who know them, but since it is difficult to alert others, they must be cautious when making inquiries.
In the imperial study room, Eunuch Cao respectfully reported: "I've checked right now, but there is no eunuch with a monkey face."
It was in the afternoon that the Holy Master summoned Li Shao and Xu Jian to the imperial study room to finalize the matter of changing to the Ministry of Punishment to observe politics in five days.
In the opinion of the civil and military officials, His Highness has spent quite a lot of time observing politics in the Ministry of Rites.
Although there were delays and delays due to illness and grounding in the middle, it still lasted more than a year, so it was normal to change places.
Therefore, this summons from the Holy Spirit did not cause anyone to speculate.
In fact, behind closed doors, the main thing discussed before the emperor was the matter of Dingguo Temple.
