A delicate-looking, rosy-cheeked little eunuch hurried in carrying a robe that was a little too long.
"Xiao Chunzi, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
The second prince Li Zhao, who was lying on the bench with his eyes half-closed, was letting two beautiful palace maids help him knead his legs.
The little eunuch knelt down and bowed before saying:
"Your Highness, something big happened last night."
"Big thing? What big thing?" Li Zhao yawned sleepily.
"Last night Duke Dingyuan entered the imperial city, rushed into the Ministry of Personnel and killed Yan Kai, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."
"What!"
The second prince Li Zhao's eyes, which were half-closed, suddenly opened.
He suddenly sat up and kicked all the maids around him aside:
"What are you talking about? Duke Dingyuan killed the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel? Did he do it himself? Or did he do it in front of everyone in the Ministry of Personnel?"
"How can it be false? It spread throughout the entire imperial city last night!"
Xiaochunzi said a little aggrievedly:
"Originally, I wanted to tell His Highness the first thing yesterday, but you were not here..."
Li Zhao's expression changed slightly. Last night he secretly left the palace and played with several young men all night long, and he just came back this morning.
But I didn't expect to hear such breaking news as soon as I came back.
"Dong Dingyuan hasn't entered the imperial city for several years, right?"
Li Zhao casually waved away the two maids and said seriously.
"Yes." Xiao Chunzi thought for a while and said:
"The last time I saw him in the palace was four or five years ago.
Since he moved to the inner city, he basically no longer comes to the imperial city unless personally summoned by the emperor."
"Then tell me, why did he come suddenly this time? And he did it so hard." Li Zhao frowned and shook his head:
"That second-grade Yan Kai is obviously not qualified."
"Your Highness is wise."
Xiaochunzi immediately praised him and then said:
"You are right. Duke Dingyuan came to the imperial city last night. In addition to killing Yankai, he also went to see the prince."
Li Zhao was confused and said:
"What is he doing there? Is it my brother standing behind Yan Kai?"
"This slave doesn't know." Xiaochunzi shook his head, covered his mouth and snickered:
"However, I heard that the prince and the tutor were given a good lesson.
Not only that, but he also paid a considerable amount of medical expenses to Mr. Ding Yuan."
"He was seriously injured and he still has to pay for medical expenses?"
Li Zhao's eyes widened for a moment, and then he sighed:
"After all, he is a first-class public servant. The name Dingyuan is not something he can just seal."
"There's more." Xiao Chunzi smiled and said with some gloating:
"I heard that Lu Qiguang paid two sums of money, one to Duke Yuan and the other to the military department."
"Oh?" Li Zhao was even more surprised:
"Why is there anything related to the military department here?"
"This matter begins with the death of King Qiyang."
Xiaochunzi didn't sleep all night last night either.
He inquired about the news all night and finally figured out the whole story.
Not long after, after his detailed explanation, Li Zhao also understood.
It turns out that everything Dingyuan Gong did was because of a man named Sun Yu.
"Wait a minute, you just said that Sun Yu lives in Dingyuan Duke's mansion now?"
"Yes, Butler Zhou personally picked him up from the staff yesterday. The two of them were intercepted and killed on the way."
Xiaochunzi said rather strangely:
"But in the end, the entire assassin army was wiped out. I heard that a master of the Sky Breaking Realm died among them."
“Interesting, interesting!”
Li Zhao suddenly touched his hands and laughed.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Xiao Chunzi was a little confused.
"Haha, Duke Dingyuan actually went to such an extent for a boy who just came to Beijing. Do you know what this means?"
Xiaochunzi shook his head honestly:
"I don't know."
"The Feather Black Guards are such a hot commodity." Li Zhao threw up his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, looking out of the hall and sighed:
"In the imperial court, I don't know how many people are eyeing the position of the Black Guard President, including me and my brother who is the prince."
"But, isn't this Black Guard President the Duke Dingyuan?"
Xiaochunzi looked puzzled. He had lived in the palace for a long time and was very clear about everyone's official positions.
"You are right." Li Zhao nodded and said:
"Dingyuan Gong single-handedly founded the Lingyu Black Guard decades ago. From that day on, he has been the president, but..."
He changed the subject and said:
"In recent years, Duke Dingyuan has been gradually delegating power and has very little control over the affairs of the Black Guards.
Rumor has it that he has already decided to retire and is looking for a suitable successor in various places."
"Your Highness means..."
Xiaochunzi said with some uncertainty:
"Then Sun Yu is the person selected by Duke Dingyuan to take over the Lingyu Black Guard? He is also the next Black Guard President?"
"That's right! Otherwise, there is no need for him to do this!"
Li Zhao said with an expected smile:
"Enter the imperial city to kill Yan Kai, and even force the crown prince and master to bow his head.
Everything he did was not only establishing his authority, but also paving the way for Sun Yu.
Remind those thoughtful guys in the court that this Sun Yu is the successor personally chosen by his Duke Dingyuan. If anyone dares not to touch him, haha..."
Li Zhao did not continue, but Xiao Chunzi already understood the meaning.
He lowered his head and thought to himself:
"It seems that if you meet that little brother Sun in the future, you should be more polite."
"Oh, in this case, you go to Duke Dingyuan's house and invite Sun Yu to come to the palace to get together."
Li Zhao gave an order, but suddenly frowned, then shook his head and said with a smile:
"No, let's go to Tianle Pavilion in the imperial city. It's lively there and there are beauties in the company. He should like it."
"yes!"
Xiaochunzi bowed and left.
Inner city.
Dingyuan Gongfu.
"Okay, okay, don't worry." Lao Zhou said with a helpless smile:
"I'll go to the military headquarters later to urge them. I think your batch of Five Elements Stones will arrive in the afternoon."
"That's good!"
Sun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
He talked hard and finally convinced Lao Zhou to help.
Although Duke Dingyuan takes action, the prince and tutor will not cause trouble for him for the time being.
But this level still needs to be improved as soon as possible.
Especially now that Sun Yu is only one step away from the celestial realm.
When he thought about yesterday's vision of two days in the same sky, his heart became a little hot.
"I don't know what my celestial phenomena will be..."
He just took the time to chat with Lao Zhou and learned that everyone's celestial phenomena are different.
Most of them have some connection with the true meaning.
However, Sun Yu knew that the true meaning of his simulation was somewhat special...
"These Five Elements Stones won't be enough, right?"
He had spent a lot of simulations in order to simulate the true meaning. This time in the celestial realm...
Sun Yu suddenly felt that the 2,700 Five Elements Stones were no longer so fragrant.
Just when he was thinking about whether to raise the price temporarily, Lao Zhou suddenly said:
"By the way, please don't go out and wander around randomly these days."
Sun Yu was stunned for a moment and asked hurriedly:
"Why? Doesn't it mean that Lu Qiguang has no time to take care of me?"
"Haha, it's not him." Lao Zhou laughed and said:
"There may be an imperial edict coming in the next few days."
"Imperial decree?"
Sun Yu's eyes widened.
"Yes." Lao Zhou nodded and smiled:
"Dong Yuan said that you brought in reinforcements this time to hold off the Jin people and stabilize the situation, so that Qizhou did not fall into the hands of the opponent.
This is a great achievement, not only will you receive meritorious service, but you will also be promoted to an official position!"
"really!"
Sun Yu's heart, which had just fallen silent due to insufficient simulations, became active again.
"You kid... how can this be false!" Lao Zhou scolded with a smile, and reminded him again:
"However, you have to be more careful when the time comes. The person coming is probably the Grand Duke Wei Xuan of the court. This person is not simple."
"I understand." Sun Yu nodded, keeping this in mind.
However, it was not entirely his fault that Qizhou was able to find reinforcements and stabilize the situation this time.
Sun Yu asked again:
"By the way, where are the people who came to Jingzhou with me?"
"Well, they..."
Lao Zhou hesitated for a moment.
Sun Yu's heart froze and he had a bad premonition.
As expected, the next moment Lao Zhou sighed, shook his head and said:
"The only ones left are you and the two people who were protected by the military. The rest were secretly killed by Yan Kai, and he even forcibly installed someone who took the initiative to plead guilty."
"But don't worry, the military will handle all the remaining matters."
Sun Yu nodded with a heavy expression.
Although Yan Kai is dead, this account cannot be ignored.
Those black guards of Jiao Sha can be considered his comrades after all, and they must not die in such an unknown manner.
"Lu Qiguang, just wait."
Sun Yu murmured in his heart, bid farewell to Lao Zhou and returned to the room.
Just when he was planning to practice while waiting for the imperial edict to arrive, his servant knocked on his door.
"Master Sun, there is Eunuch Chun looking for you in the living room."
"Eunuch Chun?"
Sun Yu raised his eyebrows. He remembered that the person Lao Zhou said would come to deliver the imperial edict was named Wei?
How did you become Eunuch Chun? Let’s take a look.
"Take me there."
Not long after, Sun Yu, led by the servant, saw a handsome young father-in-law in the living room.
"Master Sun, you are indeed extraordinary. As soon as you meet him, you make people feel happy."
Although Xiaochunzi's voice was high-pitched, it had a waxy quality to it.
She looks very much like an eight or nine-year-old girl.
Sun Yu looked at the other party and asked:
"Eunuch Chun?"
"Haha, Mr. Sun, you're too polite. I can't call you father-in-law yet. Just call me Xiao Chunzi."
Sun Yu smiled, but ignored it. He finally figured out that this person was not here to deliver an imperial edict.
"I wonder what Eunuch Chun wants from me?"
"It's like this. His Highness would like to invite Mr. Sun to a gathering."
Xiaochunzi went straight to the topic.
"Invite me?" Sun Yu was stunned:
"Have I ever met the second prince?"
He didn't remember any interaction with this second prince.
Xiao Chunzi covered her mouth and said with a smile:
"I just haven't seen him before, so I want to meet him and get to know him."
We just had a conflict with the prince, and now the second prince comes to visit?
It doesn’t matter, I don’t know whether the other party is a friend or an enemy, let’s take a look first and then talk about it.
Sun Yu came back to his senses and said with a smile:
"In that case, I'll take a trip. When is it?"
"Tonight, Tianle Pavilion."
"Tianle Pavilion?"
Sun Yu had just arrived in Jingzhou and was not familiar with some of the place names here.
Xiao Chunzi seemed to have expected this, and smiled again:
"Master Sun, don't worry, someone will come to pick you up in the evening."
"That's good."
Xiaochunzi bowed and left.
Sun Yu was about to go back to his room, but as soon as he walked out of the living room, he found another young eunuch walking towards him under the leadership of his servants.
"This is……"
"Master Sun, this virtuous father-in-law is also here to see you."
…
Sun Yu was a little speechless, he was a father-in-law again?
Fine.
After saying hello, he took the other party back to the living room.
This man's tone of voice was similar to that of Xiao Chunzi, but his appearance was a bit older.
This man did not dare to call himself father-in-law, but asked Sun Yu to call him Xiao Dezi.
As for the purpose of his coming here, like Xiao Chunzi, he also came to invite Sun Yu to a banquet.
The host of the banquet is the seventh prince.
The second prince had gone there, and there was no shortage of the seventh prince. Sun Yu also agreed to the other party, and the time was three days later.
After sending Xiao Dezi away, Sun Yu was also a little confused, why did these two princes suddenly focus on him?
Shaking his head, Sun Yu, who was confused, stopped thinking about it. He was about to go back to his room, but he didn't expect that this incident had just begun.
The third little eunuch is here again...
In one morning, Sun Yu received six invitations.
Five of them are princes, and one is actually a princess!
Anyway, one of them agreed, and both of them agreed, so Sun Yu simply accepted them all and filled up his schedule.
At noon, he finally found some free time and was planning to practice some practice.
At this time, someone was looking for him again, but this time, it was a happy event.
The 2,700 Five Elements Stones purchased by the military for the Moonlight Ruler were delivered!
Three large boxes were carried directly into Sun Yu's room.
He took 300 pills from them, took a full tenth of the commission, and had someone send them to Lao Zhou.
The remaining Five Elements Stones were all recharged by Sun Yu and turned into more than 340 simulation opportunities.
After instructing his servants not to see the guests for the time being, he locked himself in the room and began simulated training, preparing to break through to the celestial realm...
At the same time, an old eunuch wearing a luxurious purple robe walked into Duke Dingyuan's mansion as if there was no one else around.
None of the servants in the mansion seemed to have seen him, and were just minding their own business.
"Hehe, Sun Yu is quite polite."
Not far away, Lao Zhou was walking with the Five Elements Stone in his hand and laughing.
Suddenly, a purple shadow appeared in his eyes.
In an instant, Lao Zhou's smile suddenly froze on his face.
The old eunuch seemed to have felt something. While tilting his head slightly, Mr. Zhou lowered his head for a moment and did not dare to look directly at him.
The old eunuch calmly withdrew his gaze and disappeared in a flash.
…
"Old Wei, can you stop being so elusive all the time? I'm old and I can't stand being scared."
Dingyuan Gongfu, on the top floor of Tianzhong Building.
He Kaishan complained to the old eunuch Wei Xuan who just appeared here wearing a purple robe.
"Are you old? Then who was the one who rushed into the Imperial City's official department and killed people last night?"
Wei Xuan had a faint smile on his rosy face.
"Love so and so."
He Kaishan blew his beard and glared, looking at the other party angrily:
"Have you brought the imperial decree? If you don't hurry up and get down to business, why are you here with me?"
"Not urgent."
Wei Xuan sat down on his own and said:
"I came here to ask you, is the candidate to lead the Black Guard President really decided? Is it that Sun Yu?"
He Kaishan fiddled with an orchid beside him and smiled:
"Oh, if you ask, I don't have to answer."
"I'm not interested in knowing."
Wei Xuan shook his head slightly and put his hand into his arms.
"despair"
A soft sound.
He gently placed the rolled-up imperial edict on the table...