It was still a bit chilly late at night in early summer.
Especially for an elderly person like Meng Xiang, it is very hard to stand on the porch and wait in the night dew.
He was not the kind of courtier who had no temper, so he grabbed Li Shiliang angrily: "When will your Majesty see me? I have something urgent and important!"
Li Shiliang said with a sad face: "Your Majesty went to bed very late last night while grading the memorial... Don't be anxious, we will go over to do it again."
Meng Xiang said with a cold face: "Thank you, father-in-law, it's a big mistake that I missed something important!"
About half an hour passed before there was any movement inside.
The young eunuch brought Mr. Meng in and reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty is very tired."
The emperor, with his outer robe loosely draped, was leaning on the couch, yawning profusely and looking worried: "My dear, why did you break into the palace overnight?"
Meng Xiang saw his lazy look and thought of the rumors in the palace that he often stayed up all night to have fun with the two beauties Su and Zhen. He felt a little unhappy and deliberately told the story from the beginning.
As expected, when Meng was assassinated in prison, the emperor was already very impatient: "Who instigated you and Gu Fenglin like this, and what is the purpose?"
Meng Xiang said: "Now that we have clues, we need your Majesty's order to send the Royal Forest Army to seal off the entire city and search for criminals..."
But the emperor sneered again: "Did you really tell me the truth? Aren't you and Gu Fenglin very bad? How come they are getting better again?"
Meng Xiang fell silent.
Even though he discounted the life experiences of brother and sister Mu An and Mu Ying, he did not tell the emperor everything.
But he said everything that needed to be said and could be said.
When the emperor behaves like this, his focus is obviously not on "someone is sowing discord between the Prime Minister's Palace and the Palace of Priests", but on "why he got close to Gu Fenglin and what he wants to do."
At the same time, the emperor was losing his temper and venting his anger, and he could see it.
The emperor lost his temper and finally became less angry.
Meng Xiang seized the opportunity and explained: "I and Gu Fenglin are not on good terms. They had a big quarrel yesterday. It's just because they are loyal to His Majesty and they don't want the villain to take advantage of the loophole..."
The emperor chuckled and seemed to have listened.
Just at this moment, there was a crisp sound in the inner room, like some porcelain falling to the ground.
The emperor suddenly became restless and glanced inside.
Meng Xiang felt a fire rising in his heart, and he unknowingly emphasized his tone and said loudly: "...For the sake of the safety of Zhao State, your Majesty, please dispatch the Royal Forest Army..."
There was another sound in the room.
The emperor couldn't sit still anymore and stood up suddenly: "What kind of imperial guardsmen are mobilized in the middle of the night? The biggest chaos is the fluctuation of people's hearts! It's just a few thieves, let the patrol department follow you and search them."
As he said that, he hurriedly walked in as if he was afraid of being caught by Meng Xiang: "I'm very tired. I want to rest. I'll tell the meeting if I have anything to do!"
"Your Majesty..." Meng Xiang saw him and walked into the inner room without looking back, and his hot heart instantly cooled down.
Li Shiliang quietly appeared and winked at him: "Master, please go back. It's so late at night. You are an old man. You will have a good life!"
Meng Xiang was dragged out by Li Shiliang. He looked back at the house and faintly heard the sound of men and women laughing inside, and his face darkened.
Without asking any more questions, he strode away. When he was about to leave the palace, the young eunuch who saw him off said in a low voice: "Tonight, I will be sleeping with two beauties."