That letter of invitation is not a letter of invitation at all.

It was a reminder.

Emperor Longqing still remembered that he was still very angry, his eyes moved to the conspicuous plea letter next to him with cold and disgust, and suddenly reached out to grab it and threw it into the furnace next to him.

Then he stared at it with cold eyes until it was burned to ashes, leaving no trace behind.

Then he called out to Grandpa An to come in.

Father-in-law An felt that he was at risk of losing his head recently.

The Son of Heaven, who has been serving for decades, is becoming more and more cloudy and uncertain, just like the face of a child in June.

When the Son of Heaven was still a vassal king, he began to serve the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven used to be a gentle-tempered man, respectful to his superiors and tolerant to his subordinates, and very popular with him.

But since he became emperor, everything has changed.

The Son of Heaven was suspicious at first, and finally even the Ming family was suspicious, and just relying on a whistleblower letter, he really sent the Qin to escort the Ming family to the capital for trial, causing all the people of the Ming family to die halfway.

Then his suspicion became more and more aggravated, and he took the eldest prince and Empress Ming with him...... Even with the eldest prince, one by one, all of them did not end well, and even the Feng family after it fell.

Not to mention Cao An, Cao Wen, and them.

When the Son of Heaven used them, he did treat them as his henchmen, and he also favored them, and even gave them the privilege of not having to bow down to the ground to worship the King of Qin, but what about the time when the Son of Heaven disliked them?

They didn't even leave a whole corpse, and the three tribes were wiped out.

There is also the king of Chu......

Gonggong An survived little by little, and finally became the person who accompanied Emperor Longqing the longest and the person he trusted the most.

He used to be very confident in his position in Emperor Longqing's heart----- for so many years, only he never said sorry to Emperor Longqing from beginning to end, he was cautious in his words and deeds, and he did it by himself.

But even so, he obviously felt that the Son of Heaven's suspicion had become much heavier recently, and even with him serving beside him, he had to be extremely careful.

Emperor Longqing's cough interrupted his distraction, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked softly, "Is the Holy Lord going to Lanyue Palace tonight?" ”

= Recently, Emperor Longqing has been very cold to the other queen, and it has not been a long time, either in Concubine De's Lanyue Palace, or to Concubine Lin Shu, or in his own Taiji Hall to accompany the four princes.

Empress Fang even used Princess Yonghe, but unfortunately it couldn't make Emperor Longqing change his mind.

Father-in-law An also received things from the queen's palace, ranging from nail clippers made of pure gold, to red sandalwood carvings, and a complete set of rosewood furniture, all of which were in that gift list.

But he didn't dare to take it.

I didn't dare to mention her as Queen Fang wished, and help her say good things.

He was already keenly aware of Emperor Longqing's anxiety and anger recently.

Emperor Longqing shook his head and asked him to summon the cabinet ministers to the imperial study to discuss matters.

Father-in-law An hurriedly went to the cabinet and invited Xia Song and them.

When Xia Song and the others entered the door, Emperor Longqing was looking at something, and when he heard the sound of long live, he raised his head, raised his eyebrows and asked them to come, and asked them with a pleasant face: "How are the war horses in the north now?" ”

The Tatars in the north have always been eyeing each other, Emperor Longqing transferred Lian Bo to the border to raise horses, this errand is not easy to do, but it has to be done well, now it has been more than a year, a few days ago just came to the chapter.

Xia Song replied: "Our own war horses are never strong enough, and there is a gap between them and the Tatar horses. After Lianbo went, he thought of getting some horse breeds from the Tatars, and after improvement, the incidence of these horses was much less than before, and the survival rate was extremely high, and now there have been remarkable results. ”

Emperor Longqing's face looked much better, and he even smiled: "Heavy reward!" ”

Xia Song nodded yes, and Emperor Longqing asked again: "What about Fujian's weapons?" How's the forging? Liu Biping said that Lai Wenqiang, the general soldier of Dayu, has studied a set of tactics to deal with the Japanese invaders, which requires the cooperation of weapons, and the drawings have been given to the Ministry of War. ”

Xia Song didn't speak, and Qian Shiyun took over: "Rest assured, the saint is almost ready, the weapon has been built according to the drawings, and it is still in the experimental stage." After someone from Fujian has seen it, it can be built in batches and shipped to Fujian. ”

Emperor Longqing's expression became more and more relaxed, nodded to express satisfaction, and then asked, "How is the matter of King Jin?" ”

The Jinyi guards who went to pursue the King of Jin before were all wiped out, and the prefect of Dengzhou chased after receiving the news overnight, but unfortunately the King of Jin escaped.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Longqing was furious, and he had already ordered the cabinet to issue a document to let the local government strictly investigate and arrest the king of Jin.

It's been so long since he gave the Cabinet an order, and it seems to him that no matter what, there should be a result.

These people, who are old fritters, have always pursued the principle of leaving a line for doing things and seeing each other well in the future, and they are always unwilling to kill them all. What's more, there may be someone among them who has been bribed by King Jin with a lot of money, otherwise how could King Jin know the news and run away one step in advance?

Xia Song should personally reply to this matter, Xia Song paused, and then told Emperor Longqing: "Strict orders have been given to various places, and Jinyiwei is also investigating, I believe there will be news in the near future." ”

"It was better to do so." Emperor Longqing smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes at all: "Otherwise, I will really be afraid----- King Jin is under my nose, conniving at his son's murder, and then going up to provoke....... If this can make him run away, then I really have to wonder whether this court is my court or the court of King Jin. ”

There is an allusion to what he said, and everyone was startled, looked at each other and hurriedly shook their heads and shouted long live, and they were all busy saying that they didn't dare.

Even Xia Song was a little moved, shook his head and said: "The minister is panicked, the saint is too worried, the court is naturally the court of the saint, of course we are all your courtiers." ”

Emperor Longqing smiled slightly, noncommittal, only left Xia Song to dine with him, dismissed the rest, and then said: "Sir, do you know what is written in the letter of invitation from the King of Jin to me?" ”

Xia Song was given a seat, and he owed a little bit of a chair, so he touched his beard and shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Emperor Longqing glanced at him, and then slowly restrained the smile on his face: "It's a text for me, and he is in the fold; I have counted the sins I have committed since I ascended the throne, ranging from saying that my throne was not properly obtained, to the number of meritorious ministers who have been killed by me...... All in all, I don't have the right to sit in this position. ”

Xia Song's complexion gradually changed.

These words were not something he should have heard, but now Emperor Longqing told him.