After the death of the first emperor in the eighteenth year of Chengde, the biggest eunuch of the Chengde Dynasty left the capital and quietly walked into the Zhaoling Mausoleum, and there was no sound in the capital.

In fact, with the situation at that time, and the edict left by the Emperor of Chengde that only Chen Ju and Zhang Qu knew, the grand duke could stay in the palace and continue to be in charge of the inner prison for at least five or six years.

This is the power that can be called the "inner minister", the authority that countless scholars dream of, and it is also the status that Xiao Zheng, the young eunuch of the inner guard, can't catch up with, but this old man, who has been with the son of Chengde for decades, resolutely left the capital, and for nearly three years, he never came back.

Li Shen was at the door of the Xiangdian at this time, and when he heard this, he glanced at Chen Ju, bent down and put the wine and offerings at his feet, sighed, and returned the salute to Chen Ju: "The Grand Duke is safe." ”

At this time, the eldest father-in-law, Chen Ju, faded from the red clothes that he used to wear in the palace, and did not wear the purple clothes that symbolized the inner eunuchs, but just wore ordinary coarse cloth clothes with a calm expression.

"The old slave is here, and he has been waiting for the first emperor for almost three years."

Li Shen was silent for a while, and then said, "What are the Grand Dukes waiting for me to do." ”

Chen Ju looked at Li Shen quietly and said, "The first emperor told the old slave before he died, saying that you owe him an explanation. ”

Li Shen froze in place and did not move for a long time.

He is not much different from Chengde Tianzi, the two of them have been playmates in the capital since childhood, and they were naughty and mischievous together when they were children, which can be said to be a serious child's hair, although when they grew up, the two of them were a little detached, and each other had their own bonds, but in all fairness, this saint may have suppressed the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but he did not hurt Li Shen.

Even, he didn't have the idea of hurting Li Shen.

When Li Xin first entered Beijing and wrote the somewhat rebellious "big-character poster", it was also Chengde Tianzi who saw Li Shen's face and chose to turn a blind eye.

And he, when he was only forty-five years old, died in the hands of the Pingnan Hou Mansion!

According to this calculation, the Pingnan Hou Mansion is sorry for the Son of Chengde anyway.

Li Shen bent down to pick up the jar of wine, as well as the paper money offerings, and walked into the hall with some difficulty.

"So, I'm here to see him coming."

Chen Ju nodded, turned around and walked out of the Xiangdian Palace, waved his hand, and signaled the nearby guards to stay away.

He even called Li Xin out of the Xiangdian.

Li Xin walked out very cooperatively, leaving Li Shen alone in the Xiangdian.

Chen Ju led Li Xin to an ordinary wooden house next to him, this once powerful duke, looked up at Li Xin, and said softly: "What kind of official position is Lord Xiao Li now?" ”

Li Xin held the junior salute and replied: "The military department is still in the book." ”

The gray-haired old man was stunned, and then nodded and said: "It can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business, and the Marquis of Pingnan used to be the secretary of the military department." ”

Li Xin frowned and didn't say anything more.

Chen Ju is no longer in the court, so there is no point in worrying about him.

"In the past two years, Dong Cheng often came to Zhaoling to visit me."

Chen Ju glanced at Li Xin and said slowly: "I asked him, and he said that Master Xiao Li taught him." ”

Li Xin said indifferently.

"Dong Cheng is your righteous son, and it is only natural for him to come to visit you."

The great eunuch smiled.

"I have more than a dozen righteous sons, and since I moved to Zhaoling, only one righteous son, Dong Cheng, has come."

The old eunuch said indifferently: "These people who lack seeds have no hearts. ”

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On the other side, in the hall of enjoyment, the door is closed.

In the huge hall of enjoyment, there is only one person left, on the incense case of the hall, the portrait of the son of heaven of Chengde is sitting quietly, looking ahead, his eyes seem to be bright.

Pingnan Hou Li Shen did not kneel on the ground, but sat in front of the incense case, filling the brazier with paper money one by one.

"It's that I can't stop you."

Li Shen slowly lowered his head and said, "You shouldn't have died, at least you shouldn't have died so early." ”

The health of the Son of Heaven in Chengde has always been good, although the profession of the emperor is generally not long-lived, but in the case of the Son of Heaven in Chengde, it is not a big problem to live for another ten years.

But because of Li Yan's assassination, this majestic and strategic Son of Heaven left with hatred.

He was haunted by this incident until he died, so he told Chen Ju that Li Shen owed him an explanation.

Pingnan Houye opened the jar of spirits he brought, first sprinkled some on the ground, and then raised his head and took a big sip of himself.

"I didn't want to hurt you."

Li Shen muttered to himself: "No matter when." ”

"When I was very young, the two of us were friends, at that time I was hostage in the capital, and no one dared to make friends with me, and only you, His Royal Highness the Prince, dared to come to me......"

The Son of Heaven in Chengde is the only son of Emperor Wu, so when he was the crown prince, he was a lone seedling in a thousand hectares, and he could be said to be unscrupulous in the capital.

Li Shen sat on the ground without any image, as if he was talking to himself.

"I consider you a friend, too."

"Even if you become the emperor later, I don't dare to treat you as a friend, but in my spare time, I still think, can I still be the little marquis in the Pingnan Marquis Mansion before, can you still be the crown prince."

"Li Yan did something wrong, I really want to kill him."

"If killing him will keep you alive, I will not hesitate to kill him......"

Li Shen sat on the ground alone, raised his head and took another sip of wine.

He stuffed a large handful of paper money into the brazier, and then looked up at the portrait of the Son of Heaven on the spiritual throne.

"You know, I can actually run."

"I have been in the southwest for more than ten years, even if I can't win, I won't lose, I can hide in the mountains, I can continue to live a free life."

"But I think the Pingnanhou Mansion is gone, and there will be no conflict between us, I don't have to guard the family business left by my father, I don't have to live for others with trepidation, I can do some of my own things."

"That's why I wanted to come and see you."

"Fang Cai Chen Ju said, before you die, I want me to give you an explanation."

The former general of the Zhu Kingdom stood up from the ground, and then he poured the remaining half of the jar of wine on the ground, and looked up at the portrait of the Son of Heaven in a daze.

He straightened his clothes, and finally bent deeply over the portrait with the courtesy of his peers.

"Ji Man, Li Shen can't stand you."

"In this life, you are two years older than me, and if there is a next life, you should be three years older than me."

"If there is a next life, I will kill you once."