[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

Just as the emperor was sulking and the innocent and injured Bi Yun was re-bandaging and applying medicine, the "reinforcements" Bi Yun sent Bi Dayong to invite also arrived one after another.

Li Lian grew up playing in the palace for half of his life, and the one who had the most friendship with him and the first to form an ally with him was naturally the eunuch who was the head of the twelve eunuchs of the inner court.

Nineteen years have passed, and some of the majestic chiefs of the twelve inner court eunuchs are still in power, fighting at the forefront, and some have retreated to the second line, enjoying the blessings under the filial piety of a group of godsons.

"Confused! Since the emperor has made it clear that no one will be seen today, standing outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation is no different from intimidating the emperor? Hurry up and leave!" the chief eunuch Ma Fuguo said in a deep voice.

On the way here, Bi Dayong had already told them the matter.

When someone sings "Black Face", someone will sing "Red Face".

"Young master! As the saying goes: it is good to be at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out for half a day. No matter how good it is outside, it is not as good as at home. Why do you have to leave Beijing!" Many people in Beijing have never left the capital for half a step in their entire lives.

The eunuch Zhang Min, the former head of the Duzhi prison, also nodded in agreement, and said with a timid voice: "Feng Jing is right! The world is dangerous, people's hearts are unpredictable, and there are many bad people outside. In any case, it is not as safe as the capital. !” Although his ancestry is from the south of the Yangtze River, he was trafficked into Beijing since he was a child, and has been living in the palace ever since. He has never even stepped outside the palace. He regards the world outside the palace as a scourge, let alone the capital out of place.

The outer court was controlled by the emperor, and not many people knew about Li Lian's resignation to go on a trip, but in the inner court, various gossip had already reached their ears.

"Little son, why do you have to be angry with the emperor! I understand your feelings, but that is the emperor! You have to leave some room and give the emperor some face. Listen to my advice, take a step back, and the sea and the sky will be brighter." Huang Jindao, the eunuch who saw things most clearly.

"No matter what, it's not a solution to stand here all the time. Why don't you go to our place first and have a long-term plan!" The old good man, the former head of the department and the eunuch Liu He, said like muddy, wanting to take Li Lian away first.

"This is a good idea. One person counts the disadvantages, and the two count the strengths. What's more, there are more than a dozen of us here, and we can always come up with a way to get the best of both worlds!" The eunuch Zheng Huai'en, the leader of the Shangshan Supervisor, nodded in agreement.

The eunuch Xia Ji, the former head of the internal officials, the eunuch Tong Guan, the head of the Yinshou prison, and the eunuch An Li, the head of the Jingong prison, directly hugged Li Lian and were about to go out.

"Father-in-law! I've made up my mind, please go back!" Li Lian bowed to Huang Jin and the others.

Just as Bi Yun expected, Huang Jin and other eunuchs were all old people who took care of Li Lian growing up together, and Li Lian had always treated them with respect in the past.Li Lian refused to listen to Bi Yun's speech alone, but Li Lian couldn't help but ignore the speech of a large group of people, so he had to think carefully.

And Li Lian did consider it, but it was not his consideration. What Li Lian considered was not leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but how to get Huang Jin and others to leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation voluntarily.

No matter how Huang Jin and others sang bad faces, red faces, and said thousands of good things, even if they even used coercion and temptation, Li Lian only had one word - not to leave.

After talking for a long time, Li Lian couldn't be swayed by wasting a lot of words, Huang Jin and others couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Under such circumstances, Bi Dayong, who was assigned by them to go to Ningshou Palace to seek out his ancestor Dai Quan, trot back with a strange expression, and sent a word for Dai Quan—Let him go.

Everyone is also an old man in the palace, so naturally everyone was thoughtful when they heard what the old ancestor said.

Now that the ancestors have said so, no matter what Huang Jin and the others are thinking in their hearts, they can only leave with both worry and relief.Of course, they still sent cronies to closely monitor the development of the situation in private.

And with their departure, Li Lian's ears were finally able to calm down. He didn't need to endure the sound of hundreds of birds screaming in his ears. He could be a quiet and beautiful man, waiting for the evil... the emperor. "Lucky".

This time, it's time to wait until the lights come on.

Bi Yun is getting old, his energy is low, and today's mood is overjoyed, he is very sad, and the wound on his head is bleeding a lot, so he has already retired to recuperate, and his adopted son Bi Daxia will temporarily replace him work.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, it's time to rest." Bi Daxia said respectfully.

The emperor had to get up at Maoshi ([-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] a.m.), so he had to go to bed early every day at about five o'clock ([-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m.), otherwise he would not have the energy to deal with state affairs the next day.

"How many notes are there?" The emperor continued to write without raising his head.

"There are still 28 books. The Supervisor of Ceremonies has already approved it as red. There is nothing particularly important." Bi Daxia said cleverly.

"En." The emperor closed the memorial, put down the pen in his hand, rubbed his temples wearily, and asked endlessly, "Is he still there?"

Bi Daxia naturally knew who the emperor was referring to, and covered his mouth and teased, "Champion Marquis has been standing outside the hall, not moving at all. The servant has gone out several times, but he hasn't moved a single step, just like a stone." of!"

"Shut up." The emperor said in displeasure, "Impressive court ministers, top-rank Tiance generals, and champion marquises, you can make fun of them at will!"

Bi Daxia's complexion changed, and he quickly knelt down to plead guilty, "Damn the slave! The slave just wants to make the emperor happy, and didn't mean to make fun of the champion!"

The emperor took a sip of tea, and said: "Later, I will go to your godfather to receive punishment." He can be regarded as leaving some dignity for Bi Daxia, otherwise, with Bi Daxia's current status as the successor of the eunuch who is the leader of the Hall of Mental Cultivation However, if he is directly punished with a stick or handed over to the Department of Punishment for punishment, even if he is not seriously injured, he will lose a lot of face.

"Slave, thank the emperor for his grace!"

The emperor asked casually, "Has he eaten all day?"

Li Lian entered the palace at a quarter past hour ([-]:[-] in the morning), stayed in Ningshou Palace for an hour, and waited outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation for a quarter of noon ([-]:[-] in the morning). At about five o'clock in the evening (eight fifteen in the evening), I waited for more than four hours.

Bi Daxia knelt on the ground, hesitated for a moment before replying: "Return to the emperor, the champion marquis stood outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation for most of the day today...not a drop of water entered."

"What?" The emperor didn't expect this answer, and looked at him in disbelief: "Bastard! Are you just watching him starve under the sun like this?" He thought that the servants in the palace would always serve him. Some cakes and tea for Li Lian.

Bi Daxia said calmly: "Back to the emperor, the slave is the emperor's slave, not the champion's slave. The slave only knows to care about the emperor's body, but does not know to worry about the champion's food."

He straightened up, and said with a loyal face: "Besides, the emperor has made it clear that he will not see the champion, but the champion insists on standing outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Isn't this just relying on his great contributions to the community to threaten the father!? If this story gets out, others will not know the emperor's painstaking efforts, but will only say that the emperor treats the heroes harshly. How will the officials and the people of the world treat the emperor? The slave is stupid and doesn't know how to let the champion leave. The way is so that the champion Hou can retreat in the face of difficulties." Anyone who saw it would raise their thumbs and praise him for being a loyal slave.

However, the emperor did not accept his kindness.

"Presumptuous!!" A teacup was thrown on the head.

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, Bi Daxia turned pale with fright.

One must know that the emperor has a kind disposition, treats his servant generously, even if he eats sand, he can't bear to blame the imperial dining room, so he ordered the accompanying palace servants to hide it, this is the first time he saw the emperor lose his temper.

"Damn the servant!" Under such circumstances, even if Bi Daxia didn't know where he made a mistake, he had no choice but to follow his godfather's practice and kowtow to admit his mistake, hoping that the emperor would appease his anger.

After a while, "Da Xia, you are very smart and capable, and you have already learned nine things about your godfather." The emperor said slowly.

Hearing the approval from the top of his head, Bi Daxia had no time to breathe a sigh of relief when he was frightened by the next sentence and went limp.

"It's just that you haven't learned the most important thing about your godfather—how to restrain your ambition."

As a qualified, even excellent king, the emperor's attainments in the subject of human heart are definitely not low, and he knows Bi Daxia's thoughts clearly.

Now the military generals group is powerful, and the civil official group is fighting on its own, faintly inferior to the generals.For the sake of balance, the emperor would never mind launching "eunuchs" to clamp down on generals and fight against generals.And what Bi Daxia coveted was precisely the position of leader of this "eunuch party".

Seeing that his godfather Bi Yun suffered in front of the emperor because of his friendship with Li Lian, and Li Lian obviously disobeyed the emperor's wishes, Bi Daxia immediately restrained the servants of the Hall of Yangxin and did not allow them to send food or tea , An umbrella to Li Lian, and let Li Lian starve in the sun.

He did this to please the emperor by stepping on Li Lian. He was not afraid of offending Li Lian, because no matter how great Li Lian's contribution, no matter how high his official position, no matter how prestigious his prestige, he would not be able to directly affect his servant in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Moreover, as long as the emperor is happy and satisfied, no matter how dissatisfied his godfather is, he can't do anything to him.

Most of the capable and powerful servants in the palace are like Bi Yun, either they are old with Li Lian, or they admire and fear Li Lian, the champion, so they inevitably have scruples in their actions.If the emperor wants to choose the leader of the "eunuch party", then Bi Daxia, who is loyal at this time and only knows that the emperor does not know the champion, can naturally stand out!

Bi Daxia knew clearly that the honor and disgrace of the servants all depended on the emperor, as long as the emperor was satisfied, it would not be difficult for one person to be above ten thousand.

A few years ago, he had seen with his own eyes the majesty of Feng Zizhi, the eunuch in charge of ceremonies and the owner of the East Factory, but with just one word, he relegated the new censor who satirized him to the barren land of Danzhou to eat the soil. It's the new censor's teacher, the second-rank official minister, who can't stop him, because he has great power and prestige.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

It can't be blamed that he ignored the meager friendship with Li Lian in the past.

Bi Daxia's wishful thinking was well done, but he missed one point, which is also quite important...

Self-proclaimed Mingjun, and wants to compare Qin Huang and Han Wu, will the eternally famous emperor reuse the black spot of "eunuchs", the most hated group of literati and historians?

It's not easy to mention Silijian and Dongchang, which were left to him by his father and grandfather, and they are ancestral family laws, which cannot be abolished casually, and they are very easy to use (this is the point).But unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never openly launch eunuchs to fight against the courtiers, so as not to tarnish his good reputation.

Therefore, Bi Daxia's calculation is doomed to fail.

"I remember that Yinshoujian still lacks a letter, so you can take up the post tomorrow! Tong Guan and your godfather are good friends, and you will never be treated badly." Even if you don't care about Bi Daxia's ambition, but dare to say it in front of him Li Lian's bad words, intended to benefit from it, the emperor can't tolerate him.

After Kang Hetai's incident, the emperor held a dissatisfied attitude and 12 vigilance against anyone who dared to provoke the relationship between him and Li Lian.

"...Slave, thank the emperor for his grace." Bi Daxia kowtowed with bitterness.

The Yinshoujian is in charge of the ancient and modern Tongji library, as well as iron coupons, edicts, stickers, printed letters, books, surveys, Fuyan, Xinfu, etc. Although it is not a place of real power, it is also a confidential place.

From a small servant to a supervisor of Yinshou, anyone can see that he has made a profit.Of course, the premise is that regardless of his status as the servant of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, or even the successor of the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.This is simply a sky, a place.

"Go and invite the champion marquis to enter the palace. Also, hurry up and order the imperial dining room to prepare some food to cool off the heat and nourish the stomach." The emperor did not forget that Li Lian had been hungry for a long time standing under the sun.

"Slave obeys." In just a few breaths, Bi Daxia had collected his emotions, and exited the main hall with a respectful face, as if he was not the one who was demoted from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor cares about old love the most. Although he is demoted from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, his godfather is beside the emperor to speak well of him. As long as he makes achievements in Yinshoujian, he is not afraid that the emperor will not remember him.The most important thing now is to do a good job, try to leave a good impression in front of the emperor before leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and find a way to please the godfather, otherwise the godfather will not be furious when he finds out the news Don't recognize him as a godson.You must know that he is not the only godson next to his godfather!But you must not let your godfather separate from you!

Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but sighed slightly imperceptibly.

Those who should be ambitious have no ambitions; they should not have ambitions, but they have ambitions.

As soon as Bi Daxia came out of the main hall, he ordered the fast-paced servants to rush to the imperial dining room, and ordered the maid to bring the fresh cakes that were always in the hall into the main hall, so that Li Lian could pad his stomach first.

After waiting for a long time, Li Lian finally waited for someone to pay attention to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's invitation." Bi Daxia said with a smile. In fact, he didn't have any malice towards Li Lian. He treated Li Lian coldly for his own selfishness. He clearly knew that he was demoted from the Hall of Mental Cultivation by the Emperor. It has nothing to do with Li Lian at all, but Li Lian has become the innocent fish in the pond.

Not knowing that the person in front of him is the culprit who caused him to "suffer" for a long time, Li Lian nodded slightly, moved his body that hadn't moved for a long time, and followed Bi Daxia into the palace.

"I pay homage to the emperor."

Before Li Lian could perform the full salute, the emperor said, "Excuse me, but grant me a seat."

The emperor took the lead in scolding and said: "The slave is ignorant, why are you ignorant? They didn't know that they were going to report you to me, how could you not know that they should go into the palace to report!? You are so stupid outside the palace After waiting for a long time, what if I expose my great general as good or bad!?"

"Back to the emperor, it is the ministers who don't want them to report. The emperor is diligent and caring for the people, correcting the memorials day and night, and the ministers have nothing important to report to the emperor, so how can we ask them to report on their behalf!" It seems that the emperor really doesn't know of.

After a short reply, Li Lian planned to get straight to the point, "My Majesty, actually I have something to do today..."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor stopped him, "Jing Ya, let's eat some pastries first! I have ordered the imperial dining room to make some food, and it will be delivered soon!"

Although Li Lian's stomach growled when he saw the plate of delicate cakes in front of him, his mind was not on eating right now.

For his goal today, he resolutely abandoned the pastry, turned to the emperor and said seriously: "Return to the emperor, I am not hungry. The four memorials from the minister half a month ago..."

"Are you still saying you're not hungry? I already know!" The emperor interrupted him again.

He said in a deep and deep voice: "You silly boy stood outside the hall for a long time without a drop of water! The servants don't know how to bring you food, don't you know how to ask them for it? Even if you don't ask them for it, You should also go to the Ningshou Palace to have a meal with the Supreme Emperor. At my age, if I don’t eat a meal, I’m still very hungry. You are in your prime, and if you don’t eat a meal, I’m afraid you’ll be hungry. The Tao is nothing more than eating regularly, using more fruits and vegetables, and exercising your hands and feet in your free time. You are my servant, you must take good care of yourself, I still have many things to entrust to you."

After a pause, the emperor joked, "If you are starved to death, even if the emperor doesn't blame me, your family will probably blame me too!"

"Your Majesty, Yannian is the most sensible person, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to spend much time with him these years..." Li Lian said preoccupied.

"Don't just think about praising your family's prolongation of life, eat two pieces of pastries to pad your stomach first! Don't really starve your body, food to relieve the heat and nourish your stomach will be delivered soon." The emperor expressed his disapproval. Do you want to listen to bastard chanting scriptures?

The emperor said so much, how could Li Lian continue to refuse, so he had to pinch a piece of hibiscus mille-feuille cake and put it in his mouth, and hastily crushed it and swallowed it.

When he was about to say something more, the emperor urged: "Eat more." His face was full of relief, as if he saw his child who was on a hunger strike and was finally willing to eat.

Unable to do so, Li Lian had no choice but to reluctantly (satisfy) eat another piece of purple rice cake and a piece of bergamot.

"Don't just eat cakes, drink some tea too! This tea is Xinyang Maojian sent by Henan Province. It has the effects of quenching thirst, clearing the heart and improving eyesight, refreshing the mind, and eliminating greasy food."

The rhythm of the whole conversation fell completely into the hands of the emperor.

So, after eating three pieces of cakes, Li Lian drank two more cups of Xinyang Maojian, which is said to be the best, and went around the Hall of Mental Cultivation twice (digestion), and then had dinner (supper) ) arrived, and had dinner with the emperor.