Daming prepares the emperor

The lanterns were hung high, and the servants of Li's mansion were sticking to the cicadas with long bamboo poles.

While they were busy, their voices were kept as low as possible, and they communicated with sign language, for fear of disturbing Li Shanchang in the room.

Now that he is an extremely human minister with great power, the servants of Li's mansion, even those who wash the bucket, have risen in status outside with the master, and when they go out, they are unconsciously arrogant and sought after by others, but because Mrs. Li The strict control over them was still very disciplined when they were in the mansion, and no one wanted to lose their fat job and be kicked out.

"Ma'am." Li Shanchang called out.

Mrs. Chen put down the wine and a few small stir-fried vegetables, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

"This is for you, don't let anyone find out." Li Shanchang clasped his hands, handed something over, and motioned for Mrs. Chen to pick it up.

"What's mysterious and mysterious, they're all grown-ups, and they're all playing with young lads."

He had given a lot of presents in such a pretentious way before, Chen thought it would be the same this time, so he held out his hand half shyly and half pleasantly.

"This is..." Chen frowned and looked at the small paper bag in his hand.

"This is something my husband managed to find without telling the emperor and them." Li Shanchang said, "It dissolves when it comes into contact with water, and it will be aroused when it encounters a special fragrance. Ma'am, from now on, you can put it in the cup for me every day." Serve a small spoonful, make tea and bring it here."

He took out another palm-sized cloth bag: "The petals inside, please make a pouch for me and put it away."

"Master." As expected of following him for many years, Mrs. Chen didn't panic at all when she suddenly heard such a big event, she put away the tenderness in her heart, immediately put two things into her sleeves and put them away, and said calmly, "Who is trying to harm you?"

"No one wants to harm me." Li Shanchang said, "Everyone wants to harm me."

"Is it Liu Ji?"

Chen remembered the late night many years ago, when Li Shanchang said that the person he feared the most was Liu Bowen.

"It's not him, it's..." Li Shanchang paused, "It's something you can't touch and can't see, madam, do you understand the principle of the cycle of cause and effect?"

Chen thought for a moment: "It's about Huaixi and Zhedong, and about the emperor."

Although she didn't come close to Li Shanchang's lament that "it's not easy to be an official", she still pointed to the core of the problem and pointed out Li Shanchang's biggest trouble at the moment.

Li Shanchang didn't ask for her full understanding, but said: "Yang Xian will set off to Panyu to investigate Zhu Liangzu in a few days. According to the information I got, when he comes back, the emperor will promote him to the Ministry of Education."

"The emperor did this to suppress you and the nobles of Huaixi." The Chen family didn't know what happened in Panyu, but only knew that Zhu Liangzu was the Marquis of Yongjia who was rewarded for his military achievements.

"Not only the emperor, but also East Zhejiang, and the people of Huaixi themselves. The combination of big and small things is the truth that prosperity must decline." Li Shan said long, "Once the matter of Zhu Liangzu happens, there will be a huge wave of chaos." It's not a small wind or a small wave, this wave will rise to the sky, some people will rise, some people will drown and sink to the bottom, not today, but tomorrow."

"Then what is the principle of karma?" Chen sat down beside Li Shanchang, held his hand, and looked up at her husband's slightly haggard and tired face worriedly.

Li Shanchang stroked Chen's long hair without jewels: "Madam, let me tell you about Zhu Liangzu."

With the light flickering, Li Shanchang explained the matter slowly and clearly, even Yang Gaomeng's matter was not overlooked.

"Where did this dead eunuch come from? He dared to sow discord. It's a terrible death." Chen Shi said, "He clearly wanted to muddy the water, standing on the bank and watching the boat capsize."

Suddenly, Mrs. Chen was startled, and blurted out: "My lord, this Yang Gaomeng can't be the Emperor's man!"

Li Shanchang said: "At first I was skeptical, but I think there is still Lu Jin'ai in Panyu. When this person appears, he almost disrupts the plans of all parties. If you are willing to use Daotong as bait, you will not touch him."

"Since the emperor doesn't know, then he is from eastern Zhejiang."

Li Shanchang nodded slowly.

"Since he's from East Zhejiang, why are you still helping him? Master, you should have pushed him away in the Sixth Section Corridor."

"This is the cycle of cause and effect." Li Shanchang said, "I am the only civil servant who conferred the title of Duke. Like Liu Ji and Wang Guangyang, I was only granted the title of uncle. Backed by the influence of Huaixi, the prime minister I am, It's a crooked butt from the beginning. No matter what is in the head, how can a person sit upright if the butt is crooked?"

"I can only follow Zhedong's wishes." He leaned back on the back of the chair and sighed deeply, "The Holy Majesty should have reacted by now, and took the initiative to hand over a handle, which may be very important to Huaixi now. It’s a good thing, I hope the Holy Majesty will remember the old love and not kill them all, at least leave a way for my Li family to go up and down.”

Chen subconsciously touched the two small bags in her sleeve, her eyes were red: "Master, is this poison?"

"That's not the case." Li Shanchang said with a smile, "It will only make people suddenly get seriously ill. Liu Ji's body will disappear due to the abolition of his cultivation base, so we have to make some preparations."

Chen Shi leaned on his chest and wept softly.

Li Shanchang hugged her: "I am not a good person. If I die well, I will live up to my name. In this big world, I only believe in you, madam. The future generations, relatives, friends and neighbors, don't take my kindness as natural. It is only when you regard me as a symbol that the medicine is held by you can I feel relieved."

"master……"

After five or six days of continuous wind, it seemed that it would rain again, but at dawn, the sky became clear again, the dark clouds cleared, the sun suppressed everything, and under the scorching sun, the fog disappeared without a trace. Lu Jinai was there It's time to enter the city.

He wore a bamboo hat and straw sandals as usual, except that the sackcloth he changed in Panyu was changed to commoner clothes again, nothing changed.

Yang Xian's servant waited at the city gate early in the morning, holding portraits for comparison, and finally blocked Lu Jinai at the door of an inn, bent down and said: "You are Mr. Lu, my master is Mr. Yang Xianyang, we I was ordered to pick you up for tea."

Lu Jin'ai didn't have much money, so he chose the cheapest inn, and the people who came and went were ordinary people. Seeing the servants of such a rich family bow their heads to Lu Jin'ai, they still said something about the adults, They avoided everything, not daring to look this way.

"Who is Master Yang, Lu has never heard of it." Lu Jin'ai said calmly, "His Royal Highness asked me to come to Yingtian, and I will enter the palace after packing up. Why do you want to see your Master Yang?"

"Oh, Mr. Lu, our master can still harm you. Our master is a matter of Donggong Zhan." The man said, "It's exactly what the prince ordered. You always go back to Panyu to investigate cases, and you are with our master. The decree has already been made."

"I want to see His Royal Highness the Prince."

The servant was in a hurry: "I didn't say that I wouldn't let you see. The gate of the palace is not open yet. You are always in Yingtian and you don't have a mansion. Go to our master's place to eat and drink first. We will get to know each other in advance, and we will work together later."

"Don't bother you." Lu Jin'ai knew that this inn could no longer be lived by herself, so she turned around and left, "Go back and tell Mr. Zhan Shi, I will meet him when we should meet, and there is no rush, and you will also Don't follow me any more."

The man was dumbfounded, froze on the spot, wanted to follow, but also felt that Lu Jin'ai was really not easy to mess with, not to mention his smelly and hard personality, he had His Highness the Crown Prince on the left and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the right. Frightened, he hesitated for a while, then walked away in despair, and returned to the mansion to report the news.

"Master, then Lu Jin'ai refused to come, saying that he wanted to enter the palace to meet the crown prince, and used this bullshit to prevaricate the younger one, and even said that he didn't know you. We really need to meet when the time comes."

Yang Xian's complexion was very bad after hearing the reply, but he had no other choice. He took a few deep breaths to suppress his anger, and waited for Lu Jin'ai to meet the prince before coming to him.

After such an experience, Yang Xian, who is full of ambition and smooth sailing recently, seems to have been hit hard on the head by an invisible stick. The pride in his heart has dropped a little, and he has become more sober. He feels that the road between himself and Zhedong still needs Go slowly.

If he loses his cautious attitude and courteous performance, his end will be the same as that idiot in Panyu.

It was such a small setback that Yang Xian, who was rejected by Lu Jinai, re-realized the horror of imperial power and his own insignificance.

The world is impermanent, and everyone's thoughts determine everyone's fate. It is a change that no one can predict.

"Your Highness." Lu Jinai knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Why did you go to Panyu all of a sudden?" Zhu Biao had just finished class from the lecture hall of Song Lian and other great Confucianists, with a few volumes of books under his arm. When he saw Lu Jinai, he first questioned him.

"I heard that the county magistrate of Panyu is a good official, and I want to learn some experience from him."

"I clearly arranged for you to work in the town demon division." Zhu Biao said.

"His Royal Highness did not say that I am not allowed to go to other places."

Lu Jinai stuck her head to the ground meticulously, but the words that came out of her mouth were not pleasant at all.

Although he didn't know Bantou Zhou and the servant, Zhu Biao suddenly felt the same feeling as them, but he had no choice but to pamper the minister he had chosen. Then again, if he was a submissive minister, he would only flatter him. If you flatter, you won't be liked by Zhu Biao.

"Tell me about Daotong."

Zhu Biao put down the book and said to Wei Zhongde outside the hall, "Serve tea."

After looking at Lu Jin'ai, Zhu Biao added: "If you give Mr. Lu another plate to eat, he will be hungry and thin."

Wei Zhongde took the order to go. After recovering from his illness, he seemed to be more respectful and careful than before.

Lu Jinai said: "His Royal Highness should have found the memorandum of the minister and Daotong. The content on it is what the minister wants to say. What else is there? When the minister left Panyu, the Marquis of Yongjia mistakenly thought that the new decree was not blocked. So they sent troops to break into the prison and rescue the relatives of the Luo family."

Zhu Biao suspected that he had heard it wrong, and frowned, "He broke into the prison by force and saved the prisoner?"

"Exactly, when I left, Wang Gonggong went to see Yongjiahou with Daozhi County with your will."

"...Forget it." Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, "He must die this time. After you and Yang Xian come back from Panyu, don't go anywhere. You should be a censor in Yingtian. Recently, the officialdom is not peaceful. , don't cause trouble."

"The minister leads the order."

Watching Lu Jinai leave, Zhu Biao stared at the stacks of memorials sent by Zhu Yuanzhang on the table.

Except for Zhu Biao and Ma Xiuying, no one knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would go to Bianliang to inspect in person in a few days, first to determine the location of the future relocation of the Forbidden City, and second to command the army to attack Dadu.

The two parties in eastern Zhejiang and Huaixi will definitely take action when they see that Zhu Yuanzhang is gone.

At that time, all ghosts and monsters will jump out.

Jump in front of Zhu Biao, who is in charge of supervising the country.