"Eunuch Gu? Gu Dayong?" Hearing the servant's report, Li Dongyang stood up in surprise, and then looked at Wang Lun who was also shocked, with deep doubts in their eyes. The Eight Tigers

Among them, Liu Jin has the most power.

Zhang Yongze controls the imperial army, but Gu Dayong is the person who has always taken care of Emperor Zhengde's daily life. He is usually the most trusted by His Majesty the Emperor. Now this person actually came to see Wang Lun in person. This matter can be seen clearly.

Something strange.

"Li Gong, why do you think Gu Dayong came to see me?" Wang Lun couldn't help but ask. Although he had not been in the court in the past few years, he also knew Gu Dayong's power among the Eight Tigers.

I saw Li Dongyang pondering for a moment and said: "I can't guess this, but I think it may be related to Zhou Zhong, and Gu Dayong's coming this time is most likely under His Majesty's instructions. Let's go see him now."

You’ll know it as soon as you see him!”

Wang Lun nodded when he heard this, and immediately went to the front hall with Li Dongyang. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw a middle-aged eunuch who was sitting there drinking tea and immediately stood up with a slightly chubby face.

With a bright smile on his face, he first saluted Li Dongyang, and then greeted Wang Lun very enthusiastically: "This must be Wang Da, the Sa family is very polite!"

Seeing Gu Dayong taking the initiative to salute him and calling himself "my lord", Wang Lun was once again stunned. However, he quickly reacted and returned the salute: "Eunuch Gu, you are so polite. Wang has been dismissed from office long ago.

He was even imprisoned for crimes before, so he really doesn’t deserve the title of ‘sir’!”

As soon as Wang Lun finished speaking, Gu Dayong suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Master Wang is wrong. There are actually two things that come to the Sa family this time. The first thing is that His Majesty discovered that Master Wang has a noble character. It has been decided.

Let Sir Wang be used again. Now the Ministry of Civil Affairs has begun preparations, and I believe that Sir Wang will be able to resume his duties soon."

When he said this, Gu Dayong paused, glanced at the shocked expressions of Wang Lun and Li Dongyang, and then smiled: "The second thing is actually more important, that is, His Majesty wants to see Mr. Wang.

Therefore, I specially ordered my servant to come and invite you into the palace. Do you think you have some free time now? How about we enter the palace together now?"

Hearing Gu Dayong calmly tell these two things, not only Wang Lun was inexplicably shocked, but even Li Dongyang was also confused. As a cabinet bachelor, almost nothing inside and outside the court can be hidden.

He, but now he didn't receive any news about Wang Lun in advance. Could it be another whim of His Majesty?

But then Li Dongyang thought that Wang Lun was not only freed from prison, but also a blessing in disguise, and he was restored to his original position. If all this is really because of Zhou Zhong, it also shows that Zhou Zhong's love in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor

The importance is more important than I thought before. It seems that I need to pay more attention to Zhou Zhong.

Although Wang Lun was shocked, he had been an official for many years after all, so he quickly came to his senses. He saluted Gu Dayong and said, "Thank you for your long wait, my father-in-law. Wang will follow your father-in-law into the palace now!"

"Okay, Mr. Wang is indeed a cheerful person!" For some unknown reason, Gu Dayong seemed to have been trying to maintain a good relationship with Wang Lun, and even had a hint of flattery. Then he turned around and faced Li Dongyang again.

He said, "Mr. Li, His Majesty is still waiting in the palace, so Mr. Wang and I will not disturb you. We will come back to Gong Li's residence when we have time in the future!"

Gu Dayong stood up and was about to leave, but Li Dongyang still asked with some worry: "Eunuch Gu, I have known Ru Yan for many years. I wonder why your Majesty asked Ru Yan to enter the palace this time?"

Seeing that Li Dongyang wanted to inquire about his story, Gu Dayong smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Li. Your Majesty will only see good things and not bad things when meeting Mr. Wang this time."

After saying this, Gu Dayong formally stood up to say goodbye. Wang Lun followed him into the palace, and Li Dongyang personally sent them to the gate. However, just after Wang Lun got on the carriage, he suddenly saw Gu Dayong stop.

He made a move, turned his head and cupped his hands to Li Dongyang and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I will ask you to take more care of this slave in the future!"

After Gu Dayong finished speaking, he turned around and got on the carriage. Li Dongyang didn't quite understand Gu Dayong's last words at first, but when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly understood the profound meaning of Gu Dayong's words.

This made him surprised and happy all at once, and his eyes looking at Gu Dayong also had a different meaning.

After Gu Dayong and Wang Lun's carriage left Li Dongyang's house, they quickly arrived at the west side of the imperial city. On the way, Wang Lun was also informed that His Majesty the Emperor would receive him in the Leopard Room, which made Wang Lun a little depressed.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor did not return to the Forbidden City when he received me, but still stayed in the infamous Leopard Room.

The Leopard Room is located on the southwest side of Taiye Pond in the Xiyuan of the Imperial City. This was originally a place to raise leopards, but later Zhu Houzhao noticed that the scenery here was good, and it was more to his liking than the lifeless Forbidden City, so he built a lot of construction here.

It took several years to build a complex of buildings, which not only contains Zhu

Houzhao's residence also has many places to visit, such as Buddhist temples, schools, imperial markets, etc., and there are even many beauties collected from all over the country. From the perspective of future generations, the entire Leopard Room is simply an adult level

It's a big amusement park, no wonder Zhu Houzhao stays there every day and doesn't come out.

Gu Dayong led Wang Lun to a large hall in the Leopard Room. When they came in, they happened to see the young and heroic Zhu Houzhao leaning on the dragon chair, with two beautiful women next to him.

He feeds fruit.

Wang Lun took a sneak peek when he came in and found that Zhu Houzhao was taller and more mature than he had been a few years ago. In addition, he heard some speculations about His Majesty the Emperor from Li Dongyang, which made him feel comforted. At least this person was

The fun-loving Emperor has not completely forgotten the affairs of the court.

However, when Wang Lun glanced at the two women beside Zhu Houzhao, he couldn't help but frown, because these two women were not young girls, but beautiful young women in their twenties and thirties. This reminded Wang Lun of

I heard some rumors about the Leopard Room before.

It is said that the Emperor in front of him does not like young girls, but prefers married young women. Therefore, there are some young women gathered in the Leopard Room to serve His Majesty the Emperor. Judging from the age of the two women in front of him, they should be satisfied.

This woman was collected by His Majesty for his special hobby.

"The common people bow to your majesty!" Although Wang Lun was thinking about something, he did not forget the etiquette at all. After entering the palace, he immediately knelt down and saluted. Although Gu Dayong said before that he was about to be used again, but in the official document

Before the distribution, he was still a commoner.

"Hahaha~, Wang Lun, you don't have to be polite. This is not the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and I don't like others kneeling here and there. Dayong, go and bring Wang Aiqing a chair!" Zhu Houzhao saw Wang Lun coming in,

He immediately waved away the two beautiful women around him, then sat up straight and smiled.

Although Zhu Houzhao's attitude was very cordial, Wang Lun still smiled bitterly in his heart. As an emperor, he should have the majesty of an emperor, but the emperor in front of him now did not look like an emperor at all in his words and deeds. It really made the king

Lun doesn't know what to say, no

But now he is still a commoner and has no qualifications to admonish His Majesty the Emperor for his words and deeds, so he can only keep it in mind silently, and it will not be too late to give advice when he resumes his position as Imperial Censor in the future. What he has to consider now is

How should we deal with the Emperor in front of us?

Gu Dayong quickly moved a chair. Wang Lun thanked him and sat down. At this time, Zhu Houzhao said: "Wang Lun, due to the negligence of the palace this time, you were arrested in the capital. You must have suffered during this period."

It’s a lot of grievances, but don’t worry, I’ve already dealt with those people in the palace, and I will definitely give you justice!”

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Wang Lun immediately stood up with some fear and said: "Your Majesty has so many things to do all day long, yet he still bothers with the affairs of the common people. This really makes the common people burst into tears!"

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wang Aiqing, you were also a veteran in the court before. Now you have been wronged and naturally you have to make up for it. In addition, it is the time for the court to employ people, so I have decided to use you again. In the past two days, you have

Get ready, your appointment will be announced soon!"

Now that he personally heard that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to use him, Wang Lun immediately knelt down to thank him. However, Zhu Houzhao seemed to really dislike others kneeling to him, so he loudly asked Wang Lun to stand up. After he sat down again, Zhu Houzhao

Finally, I started talking to Wang Lun about the serious business of calling him here today.

"Wang Qing, I heard that you have a son-in-law named Zhou Chong, who is the one who wrote Journey to the West?" Zhu Houzhao showed a rare serious expression at this time, and his tone was also very solemn.

"Your Majesty, the Cao Min's daughter is indeed engaged to Zhou Zhong. They were supposed to get married last year. However, because Zhou Zhong's father Zhou Hai died unexpectedly last year, he had to observe mourning for three years. Therefore, he and his daughter are not yet married.

It's not possible to talk about it yet.

The son-in-law of the grassroots!" Wang Lun answered honestly, and at the same time he was also wondering in his heart. If it was really His Majesty the Emperor who was behind Zhou Zhong, he should know Zhou Chong's situation very well, how could he still do it?

Ask yourself about Zhou Zhong?

Wang Lun, who lowered his head to answer, did not notice that when he mentioned the name Zhou Hai, a flash of anger suddenly flashed across Zhu Houzhao's face. And when he heard that Zhou had to keep filial piety for Zhou Hai and was still unmarried, he suddenly became angry.

Long An, who was in front of him, roared: "Damn it, the Taizu of this dynasty has decreed that a man should be married at sixteen and a woman at fourteen. Zhou Zhong is already over sixteen, how can he still not get married?"

Regarding Zhu Houzhao's sudden anger, Wang Lun was startled at first, but when he heard the messy words Zhu Houzhao said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly again. At that time, Taizu did stipulate the age of marriage for men and women, but Taizu also stipulated that corrupt people

Peeling the skin off the grass, but now

All civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were greedy. After all, so many years have passed, and some of the laws of the year have long lost their effect. In addition, Zhou Zhong was observing filial piety for his father, so even the Taizu would not be punished for it. (Unfinished)
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