[Red Mansion] Married by decree

A few days later, the fat official came to Anshun Palace again.When he came, there were servants waiting for him inside the door, and seeing him coming in, he hurriedly led him to the front hall.

Different from the last time, this time it was not the man himself who came to visit, but Yun Ze sent someone to invite him over, and something urgent happened, Yun Ze suddenly sent someone to his mansion, telling him to come immediately Anshun Wangfu came.He was afraid of something important, so he didn't dare to delay, so he had someone prepare a sedan chair and rush over.

The servant who led the way took the official outside the courtyard and left, and the servant at the door led him in, and stopped when he reached the entrance of the hall.

When the man arrived outside the hall, he saw twice as many guards as usual.Not only outside the door, but also surrounded by people.Seeing this posture, the official knew that it must be a matter of great importance for Yunze to call him over this time.

"My lord, Mr. Zhou is here." Quan De, who was guarding the door, announced in a loud voice.

Then, Yun Ze's voice came from inside, majestic and cold: "Let him in."

Quande is a slave, but Mr. Zhou is a high-ranking official.Even so, Lord Zhou also thanked Quan De in a friendly manner before pushing open the door and walking in.

Sure enough, as Mr. Zhou thought, Yunze was not the only one in the hall, Yunze's confidantes were all there.In the middle part on the right, there is an empty space there, which should be reserved for myself.

"The servant has seen the prince." After Master Zhou came in, he saluted Yun Ze first.He called himself a slave, not an official.This title was naturally addressed to Yunze, implying Yunze's own submission all the time.

"Master Zhou, sit down." Yun Ze looked at Master Zhou and said, and after he sat down, Yunze looked around at the crowd, and then continued: "Since Master Zhou is here, let's talk about business."

"Let the lord and all the adults wait for Zhou, Zhou is ashamed." Hearing Yunze's words, Master Zhou hurriedly cupped his hands and said.Although he rushed over after Yunze sent someone to notify him, he was the last one to arrive, so he still wanted to express his apology.

Hearing Master Zhou say this, an adult next to him said: "Master Zhou, don't worry about it, I just arrived not long ago."

After the man finished speaking, other officials also spoke in agreement.All he said were words of understanding, not a single word of blame.

"My lords must be curious, what is this king asking you all to come here so eagerly?" Yun Ze said after a few people had finished exchanging greetings, and with one sentence, he pointed out the doubts in the hearts of all the adults present.

Although Mr. Zhou was eager to know, he didn't speak. At this time, someone would always ask.Sure enough, the lord on his right said, "Please tell me clearly, my lord."

Yunze didn't directly say what it was, but asked another question. He looked at the people in the hall with sharp eyes, and said in a serious tone, "Can I trust you, my lords?"

When Yunze asked, Lord Zhou responded first, showing his loyalty, this kind of thing must not be left behind.He stood up from his seat, then bowed down to Yunze, respectfully and obediently: "This slave swears to die to serve the prince."

After saying this, Mr. Zhou's back was wet.Yunze's eyes seemed to see through him. At that time, he really felt that Yunze had already known the truth, that he was not loyal to him.Fortunately, Yunze didn't say or do anything, but shifted his gaze to other people, which made Master Zhou heave a sigh of relief.

Master Zhou took the lead, and the other adults also reacted, and quickly expressed their attitude.Their expressions are sincere and their attitudes are sincere, making it impossible to doubt their words.

"My lords, please stand up." Yun Ze sat on the chair and raised his hands forward: "It's not that I don't believe my lords, it's just that this matter is of great importance, and I need to be cautious."

"This servant has the guts to ask the lord, what happened?" Master Zhou asked after sitting down, and the timing of the question was extremely appropriate.

This time Yunze didn't hesitate any longer, he said directly: "To tell you the truth, my lord and brother have found out that someone is going to force the palace to rebel."

"My lord has verified this matter?" The person who asked this question was Mr. Zhang, who was the oldest and most cautious among these officials.He didn't doubt Yunze's words when he asked this question, it was because the matter was so important and it shocked people.

Before Yun Ze could open his mouth, Master Zhou suddenly said: "Master Zhang, is he doubting the prince?"

"I don't dare to be an official." Master Zhang said quickly, but he was speaking to Yunze, not Master Zhou who suddenly made an attack. After saying this sentence, he said to Master Zhou: "It's just that this matter is of great importance. For the sake of prudence, the old man only asked more questions. How did the old man suspect the prince when it came to Mr. Zhang's mouth. The old man cannot afford such a serious crime."

Among the people in Yunze, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhang are the most difficult to deal with, and they often quarrel during weekdays.Now discussing such an important matter, the two did not forget to argue with each other.

Mr. Zhang opened his mouth to excuse himself, but was interrupted by Mr. Zhou, who didn't give him a chance to speak at all: "It's Mr. Zhou, who has such a great official authority, to let the prince and all the lords wait here alone for you."

"Master Zhang, please don't spitting blood, the officials hurried over upon receiving the notice." Naturally, such a crime cannot be substantiated, Master Zhou said quickly.

This time Master Zhang didn't interrupt him, but asked him to finish his sentence before speaking: "Master Zhou is blaming the prince for being late?"

"My lord is holy, my servant has no such intentions, everything is Master Zhang..." Master Zhou hated in his heart, but he ignored Master Zhang and quickly bowed to Yunze and said, at this time, the most important thing is to be with Yun Ze explained clearly.

At this moment, Yunze had a serious face, his lips were tightly pursed, everyone could see that this was a sign of anger.Yun Ze interrupted Lord Zhou with anger in his tone: "Enough, I called you here today to discuss matters, not to watch you two quarrel. If the two adults don't want to stay here , this king will ask people to invite the two of you out."

"Your Majesty, forgive me, I know my mistake." Seeing that Yun Ze was really angry, Master Zhang stopped arguing with Master Zhou, bowed his body and apologized quickly, with a sincere attitude.

Almost at the same time, Master Zhou was also planning to kneel down to plead guilty, but seeing Master Zhang's posture, he changed his plan, also bowed down to plead guilty, and even changed his self-proclaimed lower official instead of the usual slave.

"The king and the emperor have discussed it, and decided to send someone out of the city with the emperor's warrant to dispatch troops. Which of you is willing to accept this task?"

Yunze and the emperor's plan was to invite the king into the urn, and one of the requirements of this plan was a strong army, so they planned to have people bring the emperor's warrant to secretly transfer the garrison outside the city into the city.

"My lord, I am willing to take on this important task." After Yunze finished speaking, the official sitting at the end on the left immediately stood up and said.

This matter is to be done secretly, but in fact everything has been arranged, and there is no danger or difficulty.Although there is no danger, the credit is great, which is why Yunze entrusted this matter to his own people.

One person expressed his opinion, and other people who wanted this task also hurriedly said, and when an adult finished speaking, Master Zhou also stood up.He cupped his hands in the direction of Yunze and said, "My lord, this servant asks for your order to complete this matter. Nucai's current position is an idle job, and no one will doubt me if I go out of the city to relax."

"My lord, the eldest son of the lower official is the deputy general of the battalion. The third son of the lower official has no official or job position. He often goes out of the city to play. It is more concealed and more convenient for the third son of the minister to go." Master Zhou just finished speaking. Master Zhang's voice sounded.

Yun Ze pondered for a while before speaking, but he didn't decide directly, but asked other people's opinions: "What do you think, my lords?"

"The lower officials feel that Master Zhang's words are reasonable, and Master Zhang's third son is indeed the most suitable candidate." Master Yang, who was seated first on the right, immediately agreed. He and Master Zhang are old friends.

After that person finished speaking, the others also responded: "The lower officials also think that Mr. Zhang's third son is the most suitable candidate."

Master Zhang and Master Yang are both people that Yunze relies heavily on. Although they have made great contributions this time, they can't afford to offend the two adults because of this errand.

Master Zhou originally wanted to fight for it, but seeing that most of the officials present supported what Master Zhang said, he also knew that this matter would definitely not fall on him, so he kept his mouth shut and did not say anything.

"Since all the adults agree that this matter is feasible, Master Zhang's third son will go." Seeing that no one objected, Yun Ze said, and then said loudly: "Come on."

Then the door was opened, and Quan De, who had been guarding the door, walked in.

"Send someone to find Mr. Zhang's third son, and do it in a more secretive manner, so that no one will find out." Yun Ze ordered.

After listening to Yun Ze's words, Quan De replied: "The servant knows."

"Don't let anyone know what this king said today, including your family members. If this matter is leaked, this king will not be able to protect you." Before the adults left, Yunze warned.

When he left, Master Zhou looked back at Yunze and Master Zhang in the hall, who were discussing things in a low voice.Today's matter is really not trivial, he must inform the master as soon as possible.What Mr. Zhou didn't know was that although Yunze didn't look at him, in fact he was always watching him from the corner of his eye, and his movements naturally didn't escape Yunze's eyes.

After Mr. Zhou left Anshun Palace, he sent the bearers back to the palace directly.When he got home, he specially changed his clothes and went out secretly through the back door.Along the way, he was cautious and even made a few extra bends to make sure that no one was following him, so he stopped at the back door of a palace.

Master Zhou knocked on the door, and after a while, someone opened the door and led Master Zhou in.

"The slave has met the master." Master Zhou hurriedly saluted the prince standing in the study.

That prince is older than the current emperor, his eyebrows are quite similar to Yunze, but the outline of his face is softer than Yunze's, he doesn't look too much like the emperor, on the contrary, he looks more like a young man in the cold palace A certain princess.It was Yunze's elder brother of the same father and mother, and the eldest son of the Supreme Emperor—Prince Zhongshun.

"It seems that there are people from the emperor and Laojiu beside me." Prince Zhongshun said after hearing Lord Zhou's words. He had planned for a long time to force the palace to rebel, and many people knew about it. For a while, he really didn't know who was the right one. their people.

"My lord, what should we do?" Lord Zhou asked, although he was a member of Yunze on the surface, it was hard to guarantee that after Prince Zhongshun's defeat, his identity would not be discovered, so he could only be on the same boat as Prince Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun thought for a while, he didn't know who the traitor was, and it was difficult to find out who was time-consuming and labor-intensive.The only plan for the present is to preemptively seize the throne before the army is transferred.The army on my side has been assembled properly, even if I know what I'm doing, the emperor can't stop it if he doesn't have any troops.

At that time, everything will be settled, even if the army comes, it will not help.As long as you insist that the regent is plotting rebellion, it is enough for people to falsely pass on the emperor's oral order.With his wife and children in hand, I believe he must know what to do.