Prior to this, Wang Xian had only seen Zhu Di from a distance during the military parade, but the emperor at that time was covered in golden armor, like a yellow chrysanthemum blooming on a high platform, and he couldn't see the true face at all.

So this time the face saint was the first meeting between him and the Ming Supreme, Wang Xian was a little excited, and he lost sleep that night.

When he got up the next morning, he washed and dressed with the help of Shuai Hui and Erhei, and then sat there and waited for Zhu Zhanji to take him into the palace to see him.

"My lord, don't be nervous when you see the emperor." Shuai Hui said with a smile: "I heard that the emperor has the spirit of an emperor, and his gestures are shocking." ”

"You've watched too much drama?" Erhei glanced at him and said: "The emperor is also a human being, and he will fart only if he eats too many radish." Adults have seen a lot of knowledge when they go south and north, where will they be nervous. ”

"Actually, I was a little nervous." Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "This is an extraordinary time, I can't say a wrong word." ”

The two of them were silent, and asked him to calm down and prepare, and Wang Xian imagined what he would do when he saw the emperor later, how to say it, and what questions the emperor would ask, and made a plan one by one.

When Wang Xian had scrutinized all the questions, he looked up and saw that he had already reached the third pole. Erhei and Shuai Hui stared at each other with big eyes, and Shuai Hui asked, "My lord, isn't the emperor sleeping lazy?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Wang Xian also felt a little strange, and said quietly: "The emperor is very tired at night, how can he have the opportunity to sleep lazy." Just wait. ”

As a few people were talking, they heard footsteps outside, and when they saw that it was Zhu Zhanji coming, and then looked at his constipated expression, they knew that things had changed.

"What's wrong?" Wang Xian stood up to greet him.

"Alas......" His Royal Highness sighed before speaking, Chen Wu hurriedly poured him a cup of tea, Zhu Zhanji took it and was about to bring it to his mouth, when his face suddenly changed, he slammed the tea bowl on the ground, and scolded: "My two uncles are too deceitful."

"Originally, I was supposed to come to pick you up into the palace this morning, but when I was called to the palace by the eunuch before I went out, my imperial grandfather asked me if you had pretended to be a mission, whether you had pretended to be me to marry a Mongolian princess." He was so angry that his lips trembled, and he told Wang Xian about what happened today: "We have discussed, these things can't be slowed down by the emperor, otherwise it will be a big trouble if the stuffing is revealed in the future, so I admit it." ”

Wang Xian nodded, and listened to the grandson continue: "After hearing this, the imperial grandfather said that you are too bold and reckless, and you don't care about the national body at all, although you are loyal and commendable, you have to grind and use it again."

"Uh......" Wang Xian couldn't help but gasp, in the officialdom, "grinding xìngzi, which means that you will be allowed to wear small shoes and sit on a cold bench, and the period is indefinite, it may be a year and a half, it may be ten years or eight years, and it is very likely that even grinding and grinding the emperor and forgetting this person...... After all, there are too many talents in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention anything else, next year's imperial examination, and hundreds of young talents are presented in front of the emperor, and they can't take advantage of the hot iron, and soon the daylilies will be cold, which is really sad

Seeing that Wang Xian was silent, Zhu Zhanji said apologetically: "I will fight for you, but my imperial grandfather's sacred heart has been decided, no matter how you say it, I will only give you a fictitious position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and let you go back and study hard for two years......"

"Poof......" Wang Xian almost sprayed Zhu Zhanji's face with a sip of tea, "Your Highness, how many products are there in Jinyi Wei Qianhu."

"Positive five products." Zhu Zhanji said: "What's wrong? ”

"You count, from the non-mainstream product to the positive five products, how many levels are there?" Wang Xian stretched out two slaps and said, "A whole ten levels, even ten levels in a row, this kind of thing, can it be regarded as a smooth progress?" ”

"What ...... this" Zhu Zhanji smiled bitterly: "First, you have a low starting point, and you are only the fifth grade when you are promoted to the tenth level." Second, you can't be an official in Jinyiwei, so you just get a salary, what's there to be happy about. Said with a sigh and said: "Although you can't mention the stubble you saved me, but just say that you brought back the Borzigit tribe to defect to the Ming Dynasty, and the golden seal of the Mongolian Great Khan, it is not an exaggeration to reward you with an earl, and now I only give you a thousand households, do you say that you are wronged or promoted?" ”

"Lift." Wang Xian said with a grin.

"I know that you said this to make me ......feel at ease" Zhu Zhanji said weakly: "In fact, the official position is still secondary, the key is that the emperor didn't see you, and the loss to you is too great" In the imperial society, the holy family is the biggest advantage, and Jane's courtiers in the emperor's heart, even if they are just entering the official career, will be looked down upon by the ministers of the ministry and compete to get married. On the contrary, if there is no holy family, even the second-grade Shangshu is no one else.

Originally, Wang Xian fled back from Mobei, but in the eyes of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, he should become a celebrity in front of the emperor, and a star of hope is rising. But now that Zhu Di is not seeing Wang Xian, his value has plummeted all of a sudden, which is also where Zhu Zhanji feels the most guilty.

"What kind of loss do I have compared to my brothers who died?" Wang Xian smiled generously: "Your Highness doesn't have to feel that you owe me anything, it's all I should do, and I didn't think about anything." ”

The more generous he was, the more guilty Zhu Zhanji became, and his eyes were hot: "It's all my fault for burdening you, don't worry, sooner or later, I will have the final say, and I will definitely compensate you tenfold and hundredfold." ”

"The minister thanked His Highness first." Wang Xian smiled and said, "By the way, why is this related to the two princes?" ”

"Those two bastards" Zhu Zhanji gritted his teeth when he heard this: "Now I am strictly guarding against my imperial grandfather, they are worried that after you see the emperor, there will be variables, so they took a step forward in front of my imperial grandfather to slander, which made his old man temporarily change his mind."

"Why are they so jealous of me?" Wang Xian smiled bitterly.

"With your performance in Mobei, being able to play with Mahamu and his son is enough to ⊥ them jealous" Zhu Zhanji said in a deep voice: "But at the same time, it also shows that they are planning big things, and uncontrollable factors are not allowed." ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian sighed: "What can I do? ”

"You have done too much for me......" Zhu Zhanji had a lot of ideas, but Wang Xian couldn't see that everything was in vain for the emperor, so he smiled miserably and said: "Don't get involved in these things." Said with a smile: "By the way, my imperial grandfather is very happy that the Borzigit people have returned, and you have to treat them well, you just have to rest assured." After speaking, he sighed and said: "It's a pity that the brothers of the young army are also affected by me, not only do they have no share in the reward for meritorious deeds, but the matter of turning into a regular is also far away......."

It seems that today's blow to Zhu Zhanji is really too great, and he is a little incoherent.

Wang Xian served him another bowl of tea, and said softly: "Your Highness Shao'an is not impatient, we will definitely find a way." ”

"Hmm" Zhu Zhanji took the teacup and said with a sad face: "I'm in a mess now, and I can't think of any way." ”

"What do you think the emperor will do?" Wang Xian had to help him start from scratch.

"I don't know what to do." Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "My imperial grandfather has always done things without triggering, and if he does, he will be killed." ”

"Okay" Wang Xian thought for a moment and said: "Your Highness's fear now comes from the emperor's anger, and the emperor's anger comes from suspicion of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right?" ”

"That's right." Zhu Zhanji nodded.

"Then find a way to dispel the emperor's suspicions." Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "The emperor suspects that the prince has a second heart, and under the pretext that the White Lotus Sect has blocked the traffic and does not transport grain to the front line, he wants to starve him and the army to death outside, right?" ”

"How is this possible?" Zhu Zhanji said depressedly: "Is my father such a mad person? ”

"Of course we don't believe it, the key is that the emperor doesn't believe it either." Wang Xian said: "In this way, we have to take a two-pronged approach, first investigate what happened in Shanxi......

"It's too late, so the saint will go south and return to the capital." Zhu Zhanji said depressedly: "How can I have time to let people go to Shanxi to investigate." ”

"Then you have to get through this hurdle first, and then find out the truth and let the emperor clear his doubts." Wang Xiandao.

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "How can you hold it up?" ”

"I can only ask someone the emperor can trust for help." Wang Xian said: "Who can the emperor trust?" This is a familiar question. ”

"Yes, you asked me about Zhou Xin's case at that time." Zhu Zhanji said: "What I answer you is, a monk and a Taoist aunt. ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Last time, the old monk asked Daogu to come forward, and this time I can't let him go."

"Can you convince Master Yao?" Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, in fact, the reason why he was in a hurry for Wang Xian to come back was to count on him to persuade Yao Guangxiao. It's just that he is really embarrassed to give orders to Wang Xian now, so he can only let him speak by himself.

"I do my best." The corners of Wang Xian's mouth hung with a wry smile: "But His Highness can't pin all his hopes on him alone, and he has to work together to mobilize all the things that can help." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji nodded heavily, and the two discussed for a while, and he hurried to find reinforcements. Over there, Wang Xian also planned to go south the next day, and go to Jinling to ask Yao Guangxiao for help before the emperor returned to Beijing.

There was still half a day, he went around the barracks, greeted the soldiers, and after the battle of Mobei, his prestige in the young army was even higher than Zhu Zhanji. Whether it is an officer or a soldier, whether it is a noble military general or an officer from a military background, they all respect and obey him...... In particular, those brothers who returned from crossing the Great Gobi with him, played Mahamu in the Warat camp, and led Arutai by the nose on the grassland, and finally led the people to cross the glorious deeds of the Great Gobi at a very small cost, and came back to blow it up, which made his whole person even more legendary. This can be seen from the way the soldiers look at him......

But he could also see that there was something wrong with the mood of the soldiers, obviously the reward of the brother army had come down, but there was no young army, how could they afford to mention the god jīng?

Although he had just come back, everyone tacitly agreed not to block him, but since Wang Xian saw it, he couldn't pretend not to know what was going on. He was just about to chat with his brothers, but he saw Shuai Hui running over and said, "My lord, Master Jin is here."