"I dare to ask, what's the matter if your Majesty summoned him late at night?"

Xiao Ruxun made it clear directly.

"Oh? General Xiao has guessed it?" The old eunuch with a pale face and no beard was naturally Zhang Cheng. He received the emperor's secret order and asked to bring Xiao Ruxun to him.

Before the formal reward ceremony, the emperor wanted to see if this person is worthy of the big task, whether he had the courage to compete with civil officials. As for whether he was loyal, Zhu Yijun did not care much. He knew very well that a person's loyalty would change with time, but from loyalty to rebellion was a gap, and those who could not cross it could not cross it no matter what.

"You can mobilize the Jinyiwei and send eunuchs, who else can besides the Emperor?" Xiao Ruxun smiled indifferently, and then asked: "How can you get your Majesty personally receive him? Before coming, the Majesty heard that His Majesty didn't even want to see him. How can I, a little general, be an exception?"

Zhang Cheng just smiled and said, "The little general may not play a big role. As long as you encounter the right time, General Xiao, Your Majesty heard that you offered your advice to overturn the giant city with gunpowder and quell the rebellion in one fell swoop, so you want to see you."

Xiao Ruxun immediately understood.

"I'm sorry to lead the way."

Xiao Ruxun spoke very politely.

Eunuchs are not exactly as cunning as people's traditional impressions, especially the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. They are just slaves of the emperor and chess pieces that the emperor can play with civil servants. However, their actions are often stirred up by civil servants, and a pot of dirty water is poured onto the emperor, making the emperor the biggest loser.

At least at this moment, Xiao Ruxun had no disgust towards the eunuchs.

Those literati were not much better than eunuchs, and they had no less money to make. They were like crows in the world, so no one could say anything about each other. They had to pour dirty water on a group of people, and they could only make another group look particularly shameless.

Zhang Cheng took Xiao Ruxun to a carriage, then stopped and walked around, and finally stopped. When he finally stopped, Xiao Ruxun got out of the car and saw a rockery and pool, and knew that it should be an inner palace. How to get in and what path to take was not something he could know. Xiao Ruxun definitely thought it was ignorant.

The palace was quiet at night, with not many lights, and there were no even seeing the soldiers patrolling. Zhang Cheng and two Jinyiwei quickly took Xiao Ruxun to the door of a palace, and then passed it through. Then the eunuch opened a gap in the palace gate and called Xiao Ruxun into it. The whole process was as cautious as a spy joint. Thinking of Emperor Wanli for the twenty-eight years, Xiao Ruxun felt that this was quite ridiculous.

As summer comes, Beijing is a bit stuffy and there is not much cool breeze at night, but the palace is surprisingly cool. Xiao Ruxun looked carefully and saw that the two rows of eight large cauldrons were filled with crystal clear ice cubes, and the air conditioning was rippling. No wonder the palace was so cool, it was not as cool as an air-conditioned room.

Directly opposite Xiao Ruxun was a table paved with bright yellow brocade, and there was a seat. He didn't see the emperor. It was obviously the emperor's throne. There was a layer of pearl curtains on the right. Xiao Ruxun didn't dare to look at him, but just stood down.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Ruxun brings it."

Zhang Cheng's voice came.

"Well, let him come."

A calm and yet calm male voice came, and the pearl curtain on the right was lifted up. Zhang Cheng called out to Xiao Ruxun: "General Xiao, Your Majesty summoned him."

"I obey the order."

Coming from Ningxia, Ye Mengxiong told Xiao Ruxun some etiquette and key points about how to meet the emperor, so Xiao Ruxun is not unfamiliar with it.

He slowly walked over the bead curtain with his head down and stepped on a layer of soft pads. It was quite comfortable, and the cool air here was more comfortable than the cool air outside.

Standing still, Xiao Ruxun knelt down and saluted: "I am the general of Ningxia, Xiao Ruxun, paying homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

"Well, let's just sit down, Zhang Cheng, please sit down."

Emperor Wanli's voice sounded. Since he said that, Xiao Ruxun could look up at the emperor. After saying "I thank Your Majesty for the grace", Xiao Ruxun stood up and saw the emperor who had not summoned ministers for several years and had the ministers look down. Zhang Cheng brought a chair behind him, and Xiao Ruxun relaxed and sat down.

Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun was wearing a black dragon-patterned brocade robe in front of Xiao Ruxun, holding a book in his hand, with a national face, not only with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, but also quite handsome and attractive, with black hair and shiny oily, showing the emperor's abundant vitality. The royal family searched for the genes that continued by the beauty were still reliable, and had long been transformed from Zhu Yuanzhang's big cake face with a grinning mouth to a regular national face.

It's a little bit exciting. After all, it's really a strange thing to travel back to ancient times to see a living emperor. However, Xiao Ruxun, who is already familiar with the life of the Ming Dynasty, is more uneasy and worried at this moment. After all, there is a living emperor in front of him. Although he doesn't decide life and death in one sentence, it's not too far away. Although he speculated that the emperor might have summoned him for the sake of Japan, he couldn't guarantee anything else.

Zhu Yijun didn't think too much. At first glance, he saw Xiao Ruxun's upright appearance and humble manners, and suddenly felt a good impression. Therefore, the advantages of good-looking people over ugly people are really much greater. If you don't say anything, you will naturally feel good.

"No wonder, not bad, it's rare to have a good fortune. No wonder Yang Zhao didn't choose a scholar, but he could choose you as his son-in-law, and he had a very accurate vision."

Zhu Yijun put down the book in his hand and evaluated Xiao Ruxun's appearance as if he was accustomed to family.

Xiao Ruxun immediately replied: "Your Majesty praises me, I am extremely honored. I will not hide it from you. I am more satisfied with my appearance than with my ability."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Zhang Cheng has also seen the world, but he never thought that Xiao Ruxun actually said in front of the emperor that he admitted that he was handsome. Can't he hear that the emperor was polite? He just admitted that he admitted it like this? But... this is not a big deal. At best, it is just a narcissistic Xu Gong, who is harmless. By the way, no one in the court has a good appearance? Everyone is still a little confident in their appearance.

"Hahaha, I have seen many people. I have said that I have a good appearance in front of me. Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun, what others say is to praise you. Don't you feel that it is a lack of elegance when you say it yourself?"

Zhu Yijun rarely has some thoughts about telling jokes.

"Your Majesty dare not agree with what you say. A person's appearance is given by his parents. Parents can say that his children are not good-looking and think that they are humble. However, children who are children insist that they are not good-looking in front of outsiders, isn't they disrespectful to their parents? Only those who say such words think they are lacking in elegance."

Xiao Ruxun used his ability to speak. Sure enough, Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and bent his lips and laughed again. He secretly remembered this in his heart. He never mentioned it before when dealing with those civil officials. Now if someone says in front of him that he has a bad appearance and pretends to behave, he must bury him to death and give him a harsh anger!

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