At the entrance of Daming Palace, Princess Xiangcheng waited anxiously, hurriedly and slowly, and finally arrived to intercept Xiao Rui before Xiao Rui entered the palace. The old man suddenly summoned Xiao Rui, no one knew why, and Feng Deyi had just died, so there was a high probability that something bad would happen.
Princess Xiangcheng was uneasy. She rarely saw her grandfather. She had been afraid since she was a child, but today she no longer cared about being afraid.
"Brother Rui, why didn't you visit me when you entered the palace?" Seeing the chamberlain Lao Wang walking over with Xiao Rui, Xiangcheng took the initiative to greet him and spoke.
Lao Wang frowned and said: "I have met Princess Xiangcheng. The Supreme Emperor summoned Xiao Yushi, and Lao Nu was about to take her to meet her."
"Ah? Grandpa wants to see him? Great, I happen to be going to visit grandpa, let's go together." Princess Xiangcheng couldn't help but pull Xiao Rui up and go inside first.
Lao Wang, the chamberlain, took a look and didn't understand why. His Majesty must have taken action. So I didn’t say any more, and just told you to go report it yourself.
Xiao Rui has been in a state of confusion, the Supreme Emperor? Which great emperor? Didn't the emperor secretly summon me?
"Brother Rui, why did you enter the palace so rashly?" Xiangcheng walked slowly and asked in a low voice.
"I don't know. I thought His Majesty was looking for me, so I followed the old chamberlain. Who knew I fell into a trap? Sister Xiangcheng, why are you here?"
Rolling his eyes at the dull fiancé, Xiangcheng said angrily: "Isn't it because of you? My father and mother heard that Grandpa Huang wanted to see you. They were afraid that something would happen to you, so they asked me to come over and accompany you. You are the same, after all. Grandpa Huang’s grandson-in-law, come with me, I think he won’t make things too difficult for you.”
Having said this, Xiangcheng was inevitably a little shy, his pretty face turned red, and he glanced at Xiao Rui. Unexpectedly, this guy was not on the right track, so he said without realizing it: "Hey, Your Majesty, I didn't provoke him and didn't mess with him. Why does he want to embarrass me?"
"You... are so stupid. You are trying to punish Feng Deyi, an old minister whom the Emperor re-employed. I heard that Pei Ji went to the Emperor to file a lawsuit against you today."
Xiao Rui:? ? ? It is true that when a person is sitting at home, the pot comes from heaven. By killing the Deyi people, I am doing something good for the country, okay? It's not a personal grudge.
"His old man is a big shot who has been an emperor. I eliminate harm for the people and I am public-spirited. Isn't that right?"
"Anyway, you are right to be careful. Stop talking when the time comes and I will help you. Although Grandpa Huang is strict, he still treats me well." When Xiangcheng said this, he felt guilty.
Xiao Rui smiled, "Hey, what are you afraid of? I just want to chat with the old man."
Little did they know that all their conversations along the way were sent to Li Yuan in the Daming Palace.
"Grandpa Huang, Xiangcheng and brother Rui are here to visit you!" As soon as she entered the door, Princess Xiangcheng ran towards old Li Yuan like a baby swallow in the forest like a baby.
Old Li Yuan shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand to point at Xiangcheng's forehead, and scolded with a smile: "You girl, I just want to see if this kid is worthy of being my grandson-in-law, so you're here to protect him? Is it your father?" That’s your idea, right?”
Xiangcheng shook Old Li Yuan's arm and said coquettishly: "Oh, Xiangcheng really misses Grandpa Huang. Brother Rui, hurry up, this is my Grandpa Huang, hurry up and kowtow to Grandpa Huang."
ah? oh oh……
Xiao Rui lifted up his robe and prepared to prostrate himself, "Xiao Rui has seen the emperor..."
"Wait!"
"What's wrong, Grandpa Huang? Brother Rui, we have already made an engagement. He..." Xiangcheng panicked.
"Girl, please stand aside."
Seeing the serious look in Old Li Yuan's eyes, Xiangcheng did not dare to disobey, so he had to stand aside worriedly.
Xiao Rui raised his head and glanced up, then stood up and bowed: "Xiao Rui, Yushitai, pay homage to the Supreme Emperor."
Um? Brother Rui, you... Xiangcheng is panicking. Your courtesy is the courtesy of a courtier. I asked you to call me Grandpa Huang with me. This has established a relationship, and he will naturally not embarrass you. how dare you? just in case……
Old Li Yuan was also stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, this guy is so arrogant and courageous.
boom!
Patting the desk in front of him, Old Li Yuan said coldly: "Bold Xiao Rui, you are a small sixth-grade censor, but you dare to avenge your private life and persecute Prime Minister Feng De to the death of the Yi family. Do you know your guilt?"
Xiao Rui shook his head, "I don't know! Feng Deyi formed a party for personal gain, and used his position as prime minister to make money. His son Feng Yandao acted as a helper, oppressed the people, forced good girls into prostitution, and harmed countless people. His crimes are too numerous to describe, and the people have suffered from the father and son of the Feng family for a long time. Xiao Rui has been serving the people for a long time. He eliminates harm and eliminates evil for the country. He is public-minded and never avenges private revenge."
"What a eloquent piece of sophistry, come on, get it for me!"
"Grandpa Huang, calm down. Brother Rui is an official for the first time and he is not sensible. For the sake of your granddaughter, please spare him once!" Xiangcheng fell to his knees and begged.
Xiao Rui was not afraid, and stepped forward to pull up Xiangcheng who was crying, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. You said Xiao Rui is guilty. Xiao Rui just pleads guilty and will surrender to the Ministry of Punishment later. This matter has nothing to do with Xiangcheng, so why not do it first?" Let her go to rest?"
Old Li Yuan saw an unruly look in Xiao Rui's eyes, full of confidence. There is no trace of humility or reverence, which is something I have never seen before. I have never seen anyone in this world who does not respect the imperial power. At this moment, Old Li Yuan became more and more interested.
He waved his hand and summoned Lao Wang, "Go, take Xiangcheng to the side hall to rest, and serve him carefully."
After waving away the others, only old Li Yuan and Xiao Rui were left. The old man walked down the steps, looked at it for a moment, nodded and said: "Xiao Shiwen gave birth to a good son, but you are too courageous. Xiangcheng is here to save you out of kindness. , but you want to push her away? Tell me, I want to see what you want to talk to a useless old man like me."
Um... After saying this, Xiao Rui immediately understood that what he said outside before was known to others. There were spies everywhere in the Daming Palace.
After sorting out his thoughts, Xiao Rui said calmly: "Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is in dire straits and is suffering from internal and external troubles. Not long ago, Luo Yi's rebellion was captured, and only Shuofang's Liang Shidu was left in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, foreign troubles It’s nothing to worry about. On the contrary, internal worries are serious. The old ministers left behind by the Supreme Emperor are unwilling to hand over their power, and His Majesty’s new nobles want to rise to power. The dispute between the old and the new is intensifying.”
"Hmph! How dare you talk about Chao Gang in front of me? Criticize the emperor?" Li Yuan feigned anger.
Xiao Rui took Old Li Yuan's arm, curved his mouth slightly, and lowered his voice and said: "Feng Deyi is just the beginning, and then there will be Pei Ji, Fu Yi, Wang Si... one after another, these people will eventually either Submit, or be destroyed, and the only ones left behind are our own people."
"Are you looking for death, just because you are a little kid?" Old Li Yuan said bitterly.
From Old Li Yuan's eyes and tone, Xiao Rui felt boundless hatred.
