Qin Zhao followed Ma Shiying and left Ma's mansion and walked towards the imperial city in the middle of Nanjing.

When he arrived at the imperial city, Qin Zhao once again refreshed his judgment on Ma Shiying's power. Basically, the "Han General" guarding the gate and the eunuchs saw that Ma Shiying had entered the palace, and they all bowed to this side with vain. Which one was blocking it? Ma Shiying walked all the way to the palace city, and a small eunuch at the door ran to the Ganqing Palace to report the news. Another eunuch guarding Chengtianmen followed Ma Shiying and laughed and chatted with him.

"The Master of the Pavilion just came to the palace again, but is there something important?"

"I'll offer a brave general to the emperor!"

"Present a brave general?"

"Someone single-handedly killed sixty robbers with gunpowder. What is this not brave general?"

The eunuch laughed and bowed and said, "That must be a brave general!"

"Now, facing the thief and offering the thief, there is another general to fight in the court!"

Ma Shiying laughed and didn't say much.

He took Qin Zhao past Chengtian Gate, passed through Duanmen, Meridian Gate, Fengtian Gate, and passed through two majestic halls from the path to the right of Fengtian Hall and Jinshen Hall.

Qin Zhao felt a little nervous when he saw the size of the two main halls. Although Qin Zhao later visited the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Forbidden City was already a museum at that time, which had visual impact but not psychologically. At this time, the magnificent main hall in Nanjing was the office of the emperor. This psychological pressure made people laugh, which made Qin Zhao subconsciously fear the imperial power.

There were three steps and one person on the way, five steps and one post. The front hall was full of "Han Generals" standing guard. After passing the Jinshen Hall, the back hall was filled with eunuchs standing in the key points of the palace wall, and strictly prevented idle people.

As soon as Ma Shiying entered, it seemed that all the Han generals and eunuchs knew him, and all the people were pleased and saluted to Ma Shiying.

After passing through the Ganqing Gate, the two entered the Ganqing Palace where the emperor worked.

Ma Shiying took Qin Zhao to wait in front of the palace gate, and the old eunuch went in to report. After a while, the old eunuch walked out happily and said, "The emperor is reading the memorial, let's go in."

Ma Shiying looked at Qin Zhao who had no official robe and said, "You have to put your clothes on!"

Qin Zhao quickly pulled the corner of his clothes and stretched out the clothes smoothly.

Ma Shiying smiled and nodded, and took Qin Zhao into the hall.

In the Ganqing Palace, the palace was set up in a wonderful way, and the bronze incense burned in the intoxicating southern spices, and the faint fragrance floated.

A middle-aged man in his thirties sat on the throne directly above the palace, tilting his body, reading the memorial leisurely. The man was wearing a round dragon-plate collar and narrow-sleeved robe, a golden black gauze on his head, a national face, a long beard, and a pair of eyes a little lazy and tired. It was Zhu Yousong, the Emperor Hongguang of the dynasty.

Ma Shiying pulled the corner of Qin Zhao's clothes, walked to the hall and crawled on the ground, singing loudly: "My Messenger Ma Shiying bowed to the Holy Emperor!"

Qin Zhao didn't know whether he should speak, so he followed Ma Shiying up and knelt down behind Ma Shiying.

Zhu Yousong looked at Ma Shiying lazily and said, "Get up."

Ma Shiying stood up with Qin Zhao.

"What are the old masters coming to do in the Qing Palace?"

Ma Shiying stepped forward and said, "I came to my family today with a guest from Guangzhou, named Qin, and it turned out to be a brave general from Xiangshan County. This son, alone, killed 60 robbers with gunpowder on Caiyun Peak in Xiangshan County, and saved a village of villagers. Such a brave general is really rare. Therefore, I brought him to meet the Holy Emperor and asked the emperor for a reward to show the court's achievements in boosting and strengthening."

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he seemed to feel very bored and yawned.

After a moment of silence, he asked embarrassedly: "Qin Zhao! What reward do you want?"

Qin Zhao bowed and replied, "Return to the Holy Emperor, I want to be an official of a thousand households."

Zhu Yousong frowned and looked at Ma Shiying.

"Ma Shiying, will it be better to kill sixty robbers?"

Ma Shiying said respectfully: "Returning to the emperor, killing sixty robbers and clearing the roads of one village and one yard. This is a great achievement in the local area. It can be entrusted with hundreds of households or thousands of households."

"I think it's rare for this son to be uncommon, and I'm sorry to be rewarded."

When Zhu Yousong heard the four words "non-one" and "non-party", his eyes lit up.

Zhu Yousong was the Emperor of Fu ascended the throne and became the Emperor of Hongguang. The Emperor of Fu was deeply loved by the Emperor during the Wanli Dynasty and wanted to be named the crown prince, but he was stopped by the Qingliu lineage of the masses of the party. The Emperor of Fu had since become enemies with the party members.

But when Zhu Yousong became Emperor Hongguang, he found that there were all party members in Nanjing, except Ma Shiying, and there was no other alternative. Zhu Yousong had already made up his mind. When the situation settled slightly, he mobilized the forces of the four towns in Jiangbei to eliminate the Donglin Party members.

Now when he heard Ma Shiying say that Qin Zhao is not a member of the crowd, he immediately appreciates it a little more.

Zhu Yousong nodded and said, "Then I will give you a thousand households. Ma Shiying, see where there is a suitable thousand households and issue an order to seal this Qin Zhao."

Ma Shiying said happily: "I will accept the order!"

Qin Zhao glared at his eyes and fell into great joy.

The emperor's words are as good as the enemy. The emperor said he wanted to enthrone his own thousand households, so the thousand households would not be able to escape.

I have to become an official in a legitimate manner.

Zhu Yousong looked at the memorials stacked like mountains on the table again.

He yawned again and said embarrassedly: "I am tired, go back to Kunning Palace to rest for a while. Ma Shiying, do you have anything to do?"

"I'm fine!"

"That's it."

Zhu Yousong stood up and stretched. Then, accompanied by several eunuchs, he slowly walked off the throne, walked out from the back door of the Ganqing Palace, and walked towards Kunning Palace.

Ma Shiying bowed and respectfully sent Zhu Yousong out of the hall.

When Zhu Yousong walked away, Ma Shiyingcai stood up straight and said to Qin Zhao with a smile: "Little husband! You have obtained your thousand families!"

Qin Zhao bowed and said, "It depends on the master of the Pavilion! In the future, if the master of the Pavilion is sent, Qin Zhao will only follow the horse's leader!"

Ma Shiying was even happier when she heard this and laughed.

Qin Zhao asked again: "The Holy Emperor seems to be a little displeased?"

Ma Shiying looked around and whispered: "There is no good person in the Pear Garden, and the Holy Emperor has not been happy these few days."

Qin Zhao was stunned when he heard Ma Shiying's words.

The so-called Liyuan is an opera singer. Emperor Hongguang likes to watch operas, which is not news in Nanjing. But Qin Zhao really didn't expect that the dignified emperor would be depressed for several days because of his poor singing skills.

Qin Zhao suspected that this was Ma Shiying's excuse, and the emperor had other reasons unhappy.

However, the old eunuch next to him came up and asked, "Gei Master, what happened to Ruan Dacheng as he said before? "

Ma Shiying suddenly became embarrassed and said, "A drama is not so easy to write. Ruan Dacheng has been thinking about it at home for several days and has just started writing!"

The eunuch took a breath and said, "There is no new show, and the actors in Liyuan are not very effective. The emperor may have to be depressed for a long time."

Ma Shiying clapped her hands and said, "How can I do anything?"

The old eunuch said: "The one who did not get the best of the previous selection of a girl was not happy. The emperor's unhappiness was not the same day or two."

Qin Zhao stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two, and was dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!