The next day, Lin Shangli, dressed in smart clothes, was practicing his self-created fitness exercises in the courtyard of Dongchang.
"Mr. Factory Master, you are still as diligent as you were in the palace." Wang Xiaosi walked into the courtyard with small steps and a smile.
Seeing Wang Xiaosi, Lin Shangli frowned and stopped the starting pose he had just set up.
"The emperor sent me to the palace?"
Last night, Lin Shangli didn't sleep well all night. He was always thinking about what happened during the day. Seeing Wang Xiaosi this early in the morning, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart.
"Well, the emperor told me last night that I would come to escort you into the palace this morning." Wang Xiaosi said with a smile.
"Enter the palace immediately?"
"The emperor didn't say anything, he just asked me to pass it on to you. If you're not busy, you might as well go now." Wang Xiaosi said.
"Okay, let me go in and change clothes." After saying that, Lin Shangli turned around and entered the house.
"Oh, I almost forgot after sleeping all night. The emperor asked you to take Xiao Chen with you." Wang Xiaosi slapped his forehead.
"Take Xiao Chen with you?" Lin Shangli suddenly turned around and looked at Wang Xiaosi, "Take him with you?"
"Yes. Take him with you." Wang Xiaosi nodded, looked at Lin Shangli's confused eyes, and said, "Mr. Factory Master, don't worry. It should be a good thing?"
"A good thing?" Lin Shangli was even more confused.
"That's it..." Wang Xiaosi told Lin Shangli exactly what he heard in the imperial study yesterday.
"So that's what it is. Chen E, this old guy, even cheated on me, and I didn't scold him to death when I saw him." Lin Shangli cursed, and then shouted into the room: "Little Lizi, go tell Xiao Chen
Come here and enter the palace with me."
Suddenly thinking of Xiao Chen's unkempt appearance yesterday, he raised his head and said to Wang Xiaosi: "Xiao Chen is a first-line captain. He is going to meet the emperor, so he has to freshen up. You go back first, and I will enter the palace by myself later.
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"Okay, then I'll take my leave first." Wang Xiaosi turned around and walked out slowly.
When Xiao Chen arrived at Dongchang, Lin Shangli had already prepared a brand new captain's uniform and fast boots for him. He asked him to take a quick shower, and the two of them rushed towards the palace.
"Mr. Factory Master, tell me why the emperor sent me to the palace?" Xiao Chen looked nervous.
I am just an ordinary school captain. Although I have investigated many high officials in the imperial court, it would be a lie to say that I am not nervous at all when facing the emperor.
"You'll know when you get there." Lin Shangli didn't answer him.
The emperor was able to arrange for Chen E to observe Xiao Chen from the side because the talent shown in this case was recognized by the emperor. And when Wang Xiaosi was asked to come to the palace, he must have known what Wang Xiaosi would say to him.
Come out with the truth.
But now, the test is whether he can figure out the emperor's thoughts.
Entering the palace today, to put it bluntly, the emperor wanted to test Xiao Chen in person to see if he was worthy of being reused. If he had told Xiao Chen the truth about what happened yesterday, the emperor's test would be meaningless.
"Alas." Lin Shangli couldn't help but sigh.
Entering the palace today, on the surface, it seems that the emperor wants to test Xiao Chen. If he thinks about it carefully, he is testing himself.
I am so loyal, when will I gain the emperor's true trust?
"Mr. Factory Master, you are such a good person, why did you suddenly sigh?" Xiao Chen asked.
"It's okay. I used to be as agile as you when I was on the road. Now, I haven't walked very far and I'm already out of breath. This man has become older without noticing." Lin Shangli smiled bitterly.
I don't know if he is smiling bitterly at his lying, or if he is really smiling bitterly at his careless aging.
"This person, everyone will get old one day, so why should the factory owner be sentimental about it? Besides, you are only in your forties, what does old age have to do with it?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"No more, no more, the emperor is still waiting." Lin Shangli quickened his pace.
Throughout the palace, Lin Shangli's face was an omnipotent pass.
Without much effort, the two of them arrived in front of the imperial study room.
The two young eunuchs on duty at the door saw their top leader and hurriedly bowed and greeted: "Good morning, Eunuch Lin."
"Is the emperor still in the morning?" Lin Shangli asked after taking a look at the imperial study room with the door wide open.
"Yes, your Majesty's morning court is not over yet." The young eunuch replied respectfully.
"Okay, then we will wait here for the emperor."
Xiao Chen was full of curiosity about everything in the palace.
"Hey, is that a red plum? It's blooming so early." Xiao Chen asked excitedly, pointing to the red flower blooming by Ling Feng next to him.
"Well, this is the red plum. The reason why it is planted here is because the emperor likes the proud and uplifting style of red plum." Lin Shangli said with a smile.
"Really? Then this plum blossom must be the handiwork of the factory owner." Xiao Chen stepped forward and looked at the purple-red petals up close.
"Hey, why is there a gap here? There should be a red plum tree, right?" Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Lin Shangli behind him.
Looking at where Xiao Chen was pointing, Lin Shangli glared at him: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask."
"There used to be a wintersweet planted in that place. I didn't like it, so Xiao Linzi removed it." A loud voice came from afar.
A tall, burly old man, wearing a black mink cloak and a huge mink hat, walked slowly over with his hands behind his back.
"I see you, Your Majesty." Lin Shangli hurriedly knelt on the ground.
In front of the imperial study room, he saw an old man without official uniform. How could Xiao Chen not guess who this person was.
The moment Lin Shangli knelt down, he also knelt down: "Xiao Chen, the commander of the 13th Army of Dongchang, here to see the Emperor."
"Okay, everyone, get up." Ming Chengzu stopped in front of the two of them and waved his hand gently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two stood up.
Pointing to the gap just now, Ming Chengzu looked at Xiao Chen with a smile on his face: "Tell me, if this place is replanted, what would be more suitable to plant there."
Lin Shangli on the side felt a thump in his heart.
After decades of pondering the emperor's thoughts, I dared to plant a plum blossom here. But now, Xiao Chen was asked to tell him what to plant. This question was not an ordinary one.
After looking up and observing his surroundings, Xiao Chen folded his hands and replied, "My subordinates think that there is either no need to plant anything here, or they can be planted casually."
"Oh, what can I say?" Ming Chengzu had a hint of curiosity on his face.
"This is outside the imperial study room. When the emperor is tired from reviewing memorials, he can relax at the window. As for the flowers and plants, it doesn't matter. The blooming of a hundred flowers is just like the three religions and nine streams in the world. You cannot deny its truth just because of personal preferences.
exist."
Ming Chengzu frowned: "What about the second kind?"
