"Father!"
"His Majesty!"
Not long after Lao Zhu walked out of Wuying Hall, he met Zhu Biao and Yang Xuan who came to see him.
"Father, I have something important to report," Zhu Biao said.
"What's the matter?" Lao Zhu asked.
"Hu Weiyong's son is dead!" Zhu Biao said.
"We already know this."
"What?" Zhu Biao was surprised. After he learned the news, he came over quickly.
"Hu Weiyong is inside now!" Lao Zhu indicated with his eyes.
Hearing this, Zhu Biao and Yang Xuan were stunned for a moment, then immediately came to their senses.
It turned out that Lao Zhu knew it from Hu Weiyong's mouth.
Yang Xuan lowered his head, frowning in thought.
The next moment, Yang Xuan suddenly raised his head.
"No, Your Highness, the groom is in danger."
Hu Weiyong is not broad-minded. Since he came to Lao Zhu, it means that he has finished the matter.
With that said, Yang Xuan didn't care to bow to Lao Zhu and leave, turned around and ran away.
"There's no need to go, he's already dead." Lao Zhu's voice came from behind.
Yang Xuan paused in his steps and looked back at Lao Zhu in disbelief.
"Hu Weiyong killed him." Lao Zhu said with a gloomy face.
Yang Xuan could feel Lao Zhu's murderous intention. Hu Weiyong's move was like throwing Lao Zhu's face to the ground and stepping on it.
"Alas!" Yang Xuan sighed. It seems that this person is destined to suffer such a disaster!
At the same time, he also felt the power of Hu Weiyong, who could target and kill people in such a short period of time.
It’s no wonder that Lao Zhu had such strong murderous intention towards Hu Weiyong.
"Judging from your reaction, you were the young man who left with the groom, right?" Lao Zhu looked at Yang Xuan and asked.
"Your Majesty, I am my minister." Yang Xuan replied.
"It's just a pity that we still couldn't save him."
"Since ancient times, killing must be punished with life." Lao Zhu said calmly.
Hearing this, Yang Xuan's heart trembled, and when he saw Lao Zhu's calm eyes, he felt a little scared for some reason!
"Okay, you two go back first!" Lao Zhu was in a bad mood now and waved his hand to send the two of them away.
"My son, please retire!"
"I resign!"
…
The next few days were very peaceful, and there was nothing going on in the court.
It's like nothing happened.
But everyone understands that this is just the calm before the storm.
Yang Xuan has been staying at the Duke of Wei's mansion these days, teasing his junior brothers and sisters without going out.
He had a hunch that Lao Zhu would soon take action against Hu Weiyong.
Taking advantage of this short period of tranquility, Yang Xuan planned to buy the gift that he didn't have time to buy for his junior sister last time, otherwise he would wait until Lao Zhu took action.
I'm afraid the whole capital will be in turmoil and everyone will be in danger.
He knew very well that Hu Weiyong's power network was so deep that he could pull out the radish and bring out the mud.
In the coming period, the sky above the entire capital city will be filled with blood.
When he came to Confucius Temple, Yang Xuan found a silversmith's shop.
In this era, most of the gifts prepared for babies are longevity locks.
Yang Xuan is going to customize a pure gold longevity lock for his junior sister.
"Boss, can you make a long-life lock here?"
Entering the shop, Yang Xuan looked around and asked.
"Yes, I wonder what kind of longevity lock this young master wants to create."
Then, Yang Xuan stated his request.
"Master, we can make it from pure gold, but the raw materials need to be prepared by you, master."
"no problem!"
Yang Xuan was already prepared for this.
"When will it be ready?" Yang Xuan asked again.
"Three days."
"No, two days at most."
"After it's done, send it to the Duke of Wei's mansion."
Yang Xuan is not afraid that they will trick him, but showing his background can save him a lot of trouble.
Sure enough, when he heard about Wei Guogong's residence, the boss's expression immediately changed.
He patted his chest and promised that it would be done within two days.
Then, Yang Xuan chose the style, handed the other party a piece of gold, and left the shop.
I was about to wander around casually and then return to the Duke of Wei's mansion.
However, when passing by the entrance of Confucius Temple, I found that there were many people surrounding it.
Out of curiosity, Yang Xuan walked up.
Ask around the people and the students from the Imperial College.
After asking about it, I found out that it turned out that three foreigners from Southeast Asia were clamoring to enter the Guangming Palace to pay homage to the Ming Emperor. This attracted the people to stop and watch.
Yang Xuan immediately realized that there was something hidden in this.
Regardless of what others were looking at, Yang Xuan squeezed forward and saw that the city guards had already surrounded the people.
Preparing to take someone.
"Wait a minute!" Yang Xuan said.
"Who is it?" Cheng Wei looked at Yang Xuan and frowned when he saw that he was dressed as a scholar.
Yang Xuan didn't waste any time and handed the other party the badge representing his identity.
This thing is equivalent to an ID card. It was called Tiger Talisman in the past, Fish Talisman in the Tang Dynasty, and Yapai in the Song Dynasty.
After checking the waist tag, Cheng Wei respectfully returned it to Yang Xuan.
"grown ups!"
Seeing this, the people around looked at Yang Xuan in surprise. They did not expect that this young man was already an official at such a young age.
"What are you doing?" Yang Xuan ignored the looks of the people around him and looked at the city guards and asked.
"Sir, these people are making a lot of noise here and are clamoring to pay homage to His Majesty."
"The impact is too bad. I'm going to take them back for interrogation." A city guard replied.
"Just here, find a quiet room and ask!" Yang Xuan said.
"Yes, sir."
Soon, the city guard asked clearly.
"Sir, these foreigners from Southeast Asia are envoys from the Kingdom of Champa."
"Assigned by the king of Champa to pay homage to our Majesty the Ming Emperor."
"Since there was no one to receive them, they took it upon themselves to pay homage to His Majesty."
"It's just that they regard the Guangming Palace as a royal palace."
Hearing this, Yang Xuan frowned.
"What's going on? Shouldn't it be the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites to receive foreign envoys?"
"In this way, you send people to the Huitong Hall first, and then wait there."
"I will go to meet His Highness the Crown Prince right away and report the situation."
"Remember, don't leave without permission. I'll ask you questions later." Yang Xuan thought for a while and ordered.
"Sir, what if we are not allowed to bring people in the hall?" Cheng Wei asked.
This is indeed a problem.
"Well... take this, I believe they won't dare to stop it." Yang Xuan searched for it on his body and took out a token given to him by Zhu Biao.
That was given by Zhu Biao to facilitate his entry and exit from the East Palace.
"yes."
The city guard also recognized that the token belonged to the East Palace, and also realized that the person standing behind this person was His Highness the Crown Prince.
That being the case, they just do as they are told.
Afterwards, Yang Xuan rushed to the East Palace.
Since the token had just been handed over to the city guards, Yang Xuan still needed to be notified before he could enter.
Fortunately, Yang Xuan was a frequent visitor here and many people knew him. Soon the eunuch next to Zhu Biao came out and took him in.
"What's going on? Where's the token I gave you?"
As soon as he saw Yang Xuan, Zhu Biao asked.
"Your Highness, everything happened for a reason!"
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