Standing at the door of the room, Li Rusong laughed dryly: "Hehe... you are quite clever."
Shen Lie ignored it.
He pushed Li Rusong away fiercely, then raised his chin high, pointed his nostrils at him, and then started mumbling.
"I don't know what I mean!"
Ripe will be ripe.
You can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense.
I don't understand carbon monoxide poisoning at all. There is no modern chemistry in this era, and no one understands it...
Seeing that Shen Lie was a little annoyed.
Li Rusong quickly apologized and stopped pestering him. Instead, he shouted toward the new house: "Brothers and sisters...I'm taking your master away!"
In new house.
Zhang Jingxiu walked out Yingying, wearing a new bright red dress, with a beautiful smile on her bright and pretty face, and a myriad of manners.
"Master Li, please excuse me."
Then she watched her husband and Young Master Li from Liaodong walk away in unison.
Seeing the two people's backs disappear, Zhang Jingxiu lowered his snow-white neck, pursed his lips and snickered: "What a couple... they are like bad friends."
She wasn't worried yet.
He chased him out again and shouted: "Master... come back early... stop drinking!"
Shen Lie responded hurriedly, and was grabbed by Li Rusong's arm, dragged all the way to the door of the mansion, and went straight to Zuixianju, the most upscale residence in the inner city.
now.
The inner city streets are already full of people.
After just walking a few steps, the two of them met a group of well-dressed noble gentlemen. They watched as the noble gentlemen clasped their fists in salute and greeted each other...
Shen Lie quickly followed Li Rusong and returned the gift.
"Happy New Year."
"congratulations."
After some pleasantries.
Shen Lie touched his head. He still didn't know the background of these noble gentlemen. Just when he was confused, he was dragged into the British Duke's Mansion by Li Rusong.
But the two of them arrived too late.
The British Duke Zhang Xun was not at home, and Shen Lie was not sure what to do, but he saw Li Rusong step forward quickly, pick up the brush in the hall, and write his name on the gold-sprinkled paper.
Then he waved to Shen Lie.
"oh."
Understood.
Shen Lie hurriedly stepped forward and wrote his name. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty still had this rule. If the master is not at home, writing his name would be considered a New Year greeting.
There is no need to greet or send you off, which saves a lot of red tape.
Shen Lie thinks this rule is quite good.
After leaving the British government residence, the two of them walked around the home of Elder Wu Xun in the inner city. It was already noon when they came out again.
"Let's go, let's go."
Shen Lie was originally going to go home for dinner, but was led by Li Rusong to Zuixianju, the most upscale and expensive restaurant in the inner city.
The private room has been booked long ago.
Entered the private room.
The door closes.
In the private room, several beautiful girls held the pipa and the guqin Yingying stood up. Yingying called her son with a slight smile, and then began to play and sing.
Steaming meals and fine wines were served.
Shen Lie curled his lips and muttered: "Isn't this sick?"
I own a restaurant, so I just want to go out to eat out.
Li Rusong ignored him.
After the girls finished singing, Yingying bowed down and walked out of the private room with various musical instruments, she came over and whispered softly.
"You're done!"
Shen Lie said angrily: "What happened again?"
Li Rusong laughed dryly: "You don't know... is there a court meeting this morning?"
Shen Lie said blankly: "Ah?"
Is there such a thing?
After hearing what Li Rusong said, Shen Lie knew the rules of the Ming Dynasty.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, officials of the seventh rank or above in Beijing, as well as envoys from vassal states such as Korea and Ryukyu, would dress in court attire and line up to enter the Forbidden City to congratulate the emperor on the New Year and kneel down.
The ceremony was quite solemn.
Seeing Shen Lie's confused face, Li Rusong laughed loudly: "You are really good, Mr. Shen, how dare you be absent from the national ceremony?"
Shen Lieren became numb and shouted with a bitter look on his face: "No one told me either!"
How did I know this happened?
Li Rusong gloated: "Just wait to be punished... If you miss the national ceremony, you will inevitably be fined for half a year."
Shen Lie also accepted his fate.
let it be.
Immediately afterwards.
But Li Rusong suppressed his smile again, leaned over and whispered softly: "Have you heard... Last night, New Year's Eve, something big happened in the palace."
Shen Lie said calmly: "What's the big deal?"
The acting skills he had honed after being single for twenty years exploded again. Shen Lie's hand holding the wine glass was as steady as a rock, without shaking at all.
That clear and innocent look, the calm demeanor...
Li Rusong's suspicion disappeared and he said vividly: "I heard that Zheng Shuyi's biological father died suddenly from tobacco poisoning. He had been cold for half a night when he was found."
Shen Lie frowned and said softly: "Poisonous smoke, what poisonous smoke? Is it possible that someone dares to murder the emperor's relatives? Don't talk nonsense. You saw it with your own eyes?"
Li Rusong said with a smile: "I have never seen it, but... Zheng Shuyi was slapped by the Queen Mother because of her lack of etiquette and misbehavior in front of the emperor."
Shen Lie asked curiously: "Is there such a thing?"
Li Rusong said firmly: "It's absolutely true!"
Looking at his expression of joy, he seemed to be imagining the undercurrent that was about to erupt in the palace after Zheng Shuyi fell out of favor.
So Shen Lie rolled his eyes and said softly: "How did you, Mr. Li, know about what happened in the palace last night?"
The implication.
You are so well-informed. Could it be that you have an informant in the palace?
Shen Lie suddenly realized and shouted softly: "You Li Rusong, how dare you place someone in the palace..."
The words are not finished yet.
Li Rusong's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly reached out his hand to cover Shen Lie's mouth, and glared fiercely.
Shen Lie rolled his eyes.
Don't let it go.
After a while.
Li Rusong finally let go of his hand and said vaguely: "Drink, drink."
Shen Lie rolled his eyes again and picked up the wine glass.
same time.
Taishi Mansion.
In the past, there was a constant flow of people to the Taishi Mansion. On the first day of the 10th year of Wanli, the door was still closed. Zhang Juzheng closed the door to thank guests on the grounds that he was seriously ill in bed.
In the inner house.
Zhang Jianxiu stood aside with his hands down, watching Zhang Juzheng take a bowl of decoction and then lie down on the bed. He stretched out his hand and let Ma Jintang, a famous doctor in Dingzhou, take the pulse of the bowl.
In silence.
Ma Jintang let go of his hand and said softly: "Let me make some additions and subtractions at my discretion. In this way... the master's pain can be relieved a little."
Zhang Juzheng nodded and said softly: "Go down."
The maid took Ma Jintang down.
The door is closed.
Zhang Jianxiu couldn't wait to step forward, in front of his father's bed, and whispered the major events that happened in the palace yesterday.
The father of Zheng Shuyi, who succeeded the commander of the Jinyi Guards, died suddenly.
Zhang Juzheng raised his eyebrows and responded: "Oh... is this happening?"
The father and son looked at each other and knew it was interesting and said nothing more.
After a while.
Zhang Juzheng said softly: "Have you delivered your father's letter to Mr. Zhang Ge?"
Zhang Jianxiu said hurriedly: "Yes."
Frowning.
Zhang Juzheng asked again: "Where is the letter to Mr. Shen Ge?"
Zhang Jianxiu lowered his head and said nothing.
Obviously.
These two pavilion elders, who were also my father's former colleagues, were already eager to cut off their relationship with the Zhang family.
In silence.
Zhang Juzheng sneered a few times, but his bright eyes were a little dim. He never expected that the Zhang family would be in the most critical moment.
The person who can hold up this building that is about to collapse is actually him, the cheap son-in-law whom he has always looked down upon.