Eunuch Lu looked for an opportunity, stepped out quietly, and walked down the steps. The little eunuch sniffed his nose and came over to salute Eunuch Lu:
"Mr. Lu is in charge!"
Eunuch Lu asked with a stern face: "Don't you know that I am accompanying the emperor? Why do you have to call me out at this time?"
The little eunuch said: "Director Lu, there is a scholar outside the Meridian Gate, kneeling in the snow, and keeps saying that he wants to see the emperor. No matter how we send him away, he just won't leave. What do you think?"
Eunuch Lu thought it was something: "Isn't it just a scholar who wants to see the emperor? This kind of thing is still used to ask me? There are many people who want to see the emperor. Does the emperor have to see everyone? What if If he doesn't leave, you will send him away with a stick! If he doesn't leave, send him to Dali Temple!"
Eunuch Lu turned around to go back to Shang's study, but the eunuch remained motionless: "Boss Lu, I can't dismiss you!"
Eunuch Lu narrowed his eyes, and looked at the little eunuch strangely: "How can I not dismiss him?"
The little eunuch sniffed his nose: "That scholar said he was an old acquaintance of Rong Shu, and he just wanted to avenge Rong Rong!"
If it's about Rong Chang'an, things are more important.
The little eunuch said: "We also want to send him away with a whip, but we are afraid that the emperor will blame us, so we come here to ask for instructions."
Eunuch Lu thought about it: "Well, you go to appease the scholar first, and I will tell the emperor to see what his attitude is. If he doesn't want to see the scholar, you can put the scholar out."
Eunuch Lu stepped up the stone steps and returned to Shang's study.
Yan Li asked Rong Chang'an: "Concubine Xue Gui, if you have any problems, just tell them. If you don't have any, go down first! I'm a little tired and want to take a rest."
Rong Changan: "The concubine has nothing else to do. Once there is any progress, I will notify the emperor as soon as possible."
Yan Li: "Okay, I'm waiting for your good news!" Long Mu turned and looked sharply at Eunuch Lu, "You went out just now, what's the matter?"
Eunuch Lu thought that Yan Li was only concentrating on talking to Rong Changan, and didn't notice that he had left!
"A eunuch came to report that there was a scholar outside the Meridian Gate who wanted to avenge Queen Rong."
"Oh?" Yan Li looked at Rong Changan, then at Eunuch Lu, "What's his name? What's his relationship with Queen Rong?"
Eunuch Lu said: "I didn't even ask about that."
This is the first person who dares to avenge Rong Changan! If you don't have a certain amount of courage, the scholar will not dare to come. Even if there is nothing new to ask, Yan Li still wants to meet this courageous scholar.
"Concubine Xue, you are so lucky. Just now when I said that I would hand over the case of Empress Rong to you, there was a scholar who wanted to avenge her. Perhaps, I can hand this scholar over to you."
Rong Changan went through it in his mind, but he couldn't think of any scholar who dared to risk his head to complain for her.
"Your Majesty, why don't we go out and have a look together? Who is this scholar?"
Yan Li: "That's exactly what I mean."
So, a group of people left Shangshu's room and came to the tower of Meridian Gate. Downstairs, in the spacious square, a scholar in a white robe was kneeling motionless on the snow, holding something in both hands.
Yan Li pointed at him and asked Eunuch Lu: "Is he the one who wants to avenge the queen?"
Eunuch Lu asked the little eunuch again: "But him?"
Little eunuch: "Exactly!"
Yan Li: "Send him up!"
The little eunuch slipped away. Rong Changan called Eunuch Lu to his side: "Eunuch, please prepare to add another charcoal stove, a warm bag, and a cup of hot wine."
Eunuch Lu was puzzled and scratched his forehead: "The charcoal stove, hot tea, and warm bags have been prepared for the imperial concubine and the emperor in the city tower, why is the imperial concubine getting another set?"
Rong Chang'an: "I think the scholar must have been frozen after kneeling in the snow for so long. When he comes up after a while, he stutters poorly. How can the emperor ask him something?"
Eunuch Lu gave a thumbs up with a smile: "The noble concubine is really thoughtful, no wonder the emperor favors the noble concubine so much!"
Rong Changan said with a smile: "Stop saying such flattering words, hurry up!"
"Come on, you!"
Eunuch Lu also left the tower. After a while, the young eunuch brought the scholar to the palace with two guards. Rong Changan looked familiar with him, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
The scholar was also a little surprised to see Rong Changan, and was about to open his mouth to ask Rong Changan, when he suddenly shook his head, with sadness in his eyes.
In fact, Eunuch Lu was already in the hall, and shouted to the scholar: "Bold scholar, why don't you kneel down when you see the emperor!"
The scholar knelt down to Yan Li who was sitting at the east end, and said intermittently in a trembling voice: "The villain sees the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
Yan Li looked at the scholar kneeling in the hall. He was wearing a sheepskin jacket inside and a white straight jacket outside. The straight jacket was tattered and had a lot of oil stains on it.
His pair of slender women's hands were red from the cold, and his skinny face was white and blue, even though it was cold, it couldn't freeze a bit of blood. The facial bones are prominent, the brow bones are like a rhinoceros, and the eyes are piercing.
Yan Li asked the little eunuch: "Since when did he start kneeling?"
The little eunuch said: "The emperor's morning court has not yet ended, he knelt outside the Meridian Gate, no matter how much you bombard him, he won't leave."
Yan Li: "Scholar, you said you wanted to avenge Empress Rong. Why do you say she was wronged? What evidence do you have? If you can't tell, I will behead you."
The scholar's upper and lower teeth were chattering, and his whole body was also trembling.
Rong Changan couldn't bear seeing it, and said to Yan Li: "Your Majesty, why don't you warm him up first, and then ask him about things."
Yan Li was eager to know what kind of key evidence the scholar could provide, but he didn't notice that the scholar was already frozen badly, so he had a guilty look on his face.
"Come here, for the scholar..."
Rong Changan: "I've already prepared it for him!" Then he said to Eunuch Lu, "Eunuch, quickly prepare a velvet cushion for him, give him a case, and send him the things I asked you to prepare just now." .”
Eunuch Lu: "Yes!"
He waved the arm that was not holding the whisk, and two young eunuchs brought up the case and cushions for the scholar to sit on; they also brought up a charcoal stove and placed it next to the scholar. Then, there was hot wine and warm bags again. The scholar was really flattered to see it.
"The emperor bestowed so many things on the villain, the villain is really ashamed of it!"
Yan Li pointed to Rong Chang'an: "This was not arranged by me, it was arranged by Xuecai."
The scholar hurriedly knelt down to Rong Changan: "Thank you Xuecai for the reward!"
Rong Changan smiled softly: "It's a trivial matter, nothing to worry about!"
Eunuch Lu personally went over to warm the wine for the scholar, and the aroma of the wine overflowed, fascinating many people. After the scholar drank the hot wine and warmed up his body, the scholar's eyes became vivid.
Yan Li said: "Scholar, tell me about the question I asked you just now."