Chapter 145: The Panther House Summons (Part 2)
Wang Lun had no idea why His Majesty the Emperor was so angry when he heard that Zhou Chong was not married. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, walked back and forth a few times, suddenly stopped and pointed at Wang Lun and said: "Wang Lun,
If I ask Zhou Zhong to marry your daughter immediately, what do you think?"
Feeling the repressed anger in Zhu Houzhao's words, Wang Lun finally felt the power of the emperor from Zhu Houzhao for the first time. This made him sweat for a while, but in the end he answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, ordinary people have nothing to do with little girls.
I have always been very satisfied with my marriage to Zhou Zhong, and naturally I hope they will get married as soon as possible, but Zhou Zhong’s father Zhou Hai..."
"Don't mention that Zhou Hai to me!" Before Wang Lun could finish his words, he was sharply interrupted by Zhu Houzhao above. This made Wang Lun startled again. He stood up and lowered his head without daring to speak any more.
I saw Zhu Houzhao walking back and forth several times angrily, with a ferocious look on his face, as if he wanted to kill someone with a knife. Fortunately, Gu Da ran forward at a trot, and then whispered a few words in Zhu Houzhao's ear, this
Only then did the great emperor slowly calm down, and finally sat on the dragon throne and took a few long breaths, and then he seemed to have suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Wang Lun, as long as you agree, as for Zhou Chongwei...for Zhou Hai's filial piety, I will issue an imperial decree for him to get married according to the decree. In addition, don't forget to urge your daughter more.
Let her and Zhou Zhong have children as soon as possible, and then I will..."
"Cough~cough~" Before Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Gu Dayong next to him suddenly coughed, and while coughing, he winked at Zhu Houzhao. This made Zhu Houzhao wake up immediately. He quickly changed his words: "Well, you remember a lot anyway.
Just urge Zhou Zhong and your daughter to have children as soon as possible, preferably more!"
Regarding Zhu Houzhao's inexplicable request, Wang Lun was a little bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, would only grant Zhou Zhong a marriage, but how could he urge Zhou Zhong to have a child as soon as possible? However, Wang Lun also knew that what was happening in front of him was
The great emperor of tomorrow
He was an unreliable person. The other party's thoughts were not understandable to ordinary people, so he did not argue about it. However, he still believed that this was just a whim of His Majesty the Emperor, and he would definitely not take it to heart in the future. Therefore,
Didn't care either.
But what Wang Lun didn't expect was that Zhu Houzhao actually asked Gu Dayong to prepare pen and ink, and then personally wrote an imperial edict granting marriage, and then said to Wang Lun: "Wang Lun, in a few days, the official document will be
When the meeting comes down, you will be reinstated. The first task I give you now is to go back with this imperial edict to declare it, and at the same time urge Zhou Chong to get married and have children!"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao really issued such a ridiculous imperial edict, and also asked himself, the father-in-law, to declare the edict in person, he once again experienced the feeling of dumbfounding. However, as a minister, he naturally cannot disobey orders, not to mention this matter.
It was not a major court matter that would endanger the country, and he had no reason to refuse.
Next, Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Lun some questions, mainly about Zhou Chong. Wang Lun also answered them one by one, but at the same time, he also became more suspicious of Li Dongyang's previous guess. If the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is really His Majesty the Emperor,
If so, then he should treat Zhou Zhong
The situation is very familiar, but now His Majesty has been asking me about Zhou Zhong's situation. This obviously shows that His Majesty does not understand Zhou Zhong's situation, and may not even know the situation of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. In this case, it is even less likely that he is behind the scenes.
The man who supports the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Houzhao and Wang Lun kept talking about the darkness in the Leopard Room, and even asked him to have dinner with them, which made Wang Lun even more frightened. It was not until the night light was first turned on that Wang Lun was sent back by Gu Dayong in person.
Li Dongyang's house, and when he told Li Dongyang that His Majesty the Emperor asked him about Zhou Chong, it also made the so-called scheming cabinet scholar feel puzzled, because this had overturned all his previous guesses about Zhou Chong.
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Although not many people knew about Wang Lun's release from prison, they could not hide it from Liu Jin anyway. After all, as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, all the imperial edicts passed through his hands. The imperial edict that released Wang Lun, although
It was an order directly issued by Emperor Zhengde, but in the end he still had to agree. In addition, Liu Jin now had all the power in the government, but all the power in his hands came from Zhu Houzhao, so Liu Jin did not dare to disobey Zhu Houzhao's order in the slightest.
Liu Jin was also puzzled as to why Emperor Zhengde suddenly released Wang Lun. Although Wang Lun had been the deputy censor of the capital before, it was not a very important position. Given his influence on Zhu Houzhao
He knew Wang Lun well, and it was impossible for the other party to remember Wang Lun, let alone personally issue an order to exonerate Wang Lun, but this incident happened. This is really abnormal.
Before Liu Jin could understand the above matter, something happened that surprised him even more. His Majesty actually sent Gu Dayong to personally invite Wang Lun into the palace, and even talked with him in the Leopard Room for several hours.
In addition, people from the official department also reported to him, Your Majesty
He actually wanted to use Wang Lun again, and he made the decision directly without discussing it with him. This made Liu Jin suddenly have an unpleasant feeling, so he immediately sent someone to find his brother-in-law Sun.
Cong, prepare to let him analyze it for you.
In Liu Jin's study room, which was known as the Emperor's Palace, Sun Cong rushed over quickly, and then Liu Jin told what happened to Wang Lun today. As a result, Sun Cong was angry at first when he heard that Wang Lun was acquitted, but then
Hearing that Wang Lun was so valued by His Majesty, not only was he reinstated, but he was also summoned to the Leopard Room for a secret talk, this made him fall silent.
"Sun Cong, what do you mean by His Majesty? How could he suddenly think of Wang Lun and specifically issue an order to exonerate him? This is obviously completely different from His Majesty's past behavior!" Liu Jin waited for a long time.
At the meeting, Sun Cong didn't speak, so he couldn't help but ask.
After hearing Liu Jin's question, Sun Cong raised his head and looked at Liu Jin carefully, and then said: "Brother, I don't know why your Majesty showed such unusual enthusiasm for Wang Lun.
I can't understand it either. There must be a key reason that we don't know. But no matter what the reason is, we must not touch Wang Lun anymore. We even have to show a certain degree of friendliness to Wang Lun. At the same time, we will send people to investigate.
Let me ask you, what is the reason why His Majesty is so concerned about Wang Lun?"
Regarding Sun Cong's words, Liu Jin nodded in agreement. Although he was domineering, he knew who he could provoke and who he couldn't. For example, he would never provoke someone who was valued by His Majesty. But then
Liu Jin thought of something else, and frowned slightly at the moment and said: "Although His Majesty has left all the affairs in the court to me, he also has some of his own things in his hands."
People like Qian Ning and those royal guards have always been mysterious. Even I don’t know what they are doing. In addition, Gu Dayong is more trusted by His Majesty than me. This time, Wang Lun’s matter is too big for Gu Dayong.
Yong is also involved, and he should know some of the inside information, but it's a pity that this person has a very strict tone, so even I can't get any information from him!"
As soon as Liu Jin finished speaking, Sun Cong smiled and said: "Brother is right. Nothing in the court can be hidden from him. The only thing that can make your majesty suddenly care about Wang Lun, but it also makes your brother
The only ones who don't know the reason are Qian Ning and his people. Although we never know what Qian Ning and his people are doing, as long as we send more people to investigate, we can always find some clues."
Hearing Sun Cong's words, Liu Jin frowned even more, because he remembered that when he first became a palm eunuch, His Majesty the Emperor, who was only a teenager at the time, warned him that he must not investigate Qian Ning.
The whereabouts of those people, let alone preventing Qian Ning and others from doing their work. If I send someone to investigate Qian Ning and others now, will it make His Majesty unhappy?
However, the above worries only flashed through Liu Jin's mind. He quickly thought that he now held great power, and His Majesty the Emperor had to rely on him to handle government affairs. Even if he did something that made him unhappy, he would probably just reprimand him.
Just one meal and it won't be a big deal at all.
Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help but nodded and said: "It's okay, let Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai allocate some manpower from the Jinyi Guards in other places, and then let them pay more attention to the movements of Qian Ning and others."
Seeing that Liu Jin adopted his suggestion, Sun Cong was also very happy. Then he discussed some government affairs with Liu Jin. When he saw that it was getting late, he even had dinner with Liu Jin.
But just after dinner, Sun Cong suddenly thought of another thing and said immediately: "Brother, is there any latest news from Ningxia? Is Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong's counterinsurgency going well?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, news just came from Ningxia today. The anti-rebellion army has not yet arrived in Ningxia. Qiu Yue, Yang Yiqing's former subordinate, pretended to be in Anni.
Hua Wang surrendered and obtained
After trusting the other party, they cooperated with the garrison Baoxun outside the city and not only put down the rebellion, but also captured Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu alive. Once Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong's army arrived, they probably could only play a role in appeasing the people!
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Before Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong waited for Ningxia, the rebellion had been put down, and they were two unknown generals. In this way, the biggest credit did not fall on Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong, which made Liu Jin
Naturally, he was very happy. Unfortunately, because of Wang Lun's incident today, he almost forgot about this year's happy event.
Sun Cong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the rebellion in Ningxia had been put down, but he still advised Liu Jin: "Brother, since the rebellion has been put down, quickly recall the armies of Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong, and then disband the army.
Chapter completed!