Li Hong circled around Lian Tie with a half-smiling look, making Lian Tie feel uncomfortable and embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
"Why did you remember to come to Chongwen Hall to study? I remember that Yang Wu invited you, didn't you refuse?" Li Hong said lightly.
Lian Tie Pu Tong knelt on the ground and apologized to Li Hong: "I deserve to die. I was deceived by lard and failed to live up to His Highness's intention..."
"Okay, don't make up for it. I know it's not your fault. As my mother's personal attendant, you naturally put my mother first. It's understandable." Li Hong looked at Lian Tie who was kneeling on the ground. Lian Tie has aged a lot in the past few years, and his temples have become a little gray.
"Then you... agreed?" Lian Tie knelt on the ground and looked up at Li Hong and asked.
"I agreed. But I can warn you one thing. There is no distinction between superior and inferior in my Chongwen Hall. In the Internal Supervisory School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can't show off your eunuch's record. If you let me know , it’s not just as simple as kicking you out of Chongwen Hall, it’s easy to hit you with a hundred blows, even if your mother comes to argue with me, you understand?” Li Hong gave Lian Tie the anti-epidemic shot first.
These internal prisons in the Interior Ministry are like the epitome of the power struggle in the palace, which has always focused on promoting military force and connecting iron.
The two of them enjoy high prestige in the Interior Ministry. If they don't get vaccinated in advance and confront Yang Wu, it will not only affect the reputation of Chongwen Hall, but also cause the censor to impeach him for his lack of education. Square handle.
"Yes, I will remember His Highness's teachings. I will study hard and will never embarrass You." Lian Tie was overjoyed, kneeling on the ground and looking at Li Hong's delighted promise.
"Okay, get up and go back and tell your mother that I will accompany them tomorrow." Li Hong smiled as he watched Lian Tie get up and give him the disciple's salute.
Looking at Lian Tie's back, Li Hong shook his head helplessly. His mother probably agreed to Lian Tie's education.
In addition, Lian Tie is now old, and the eunuchs in the palace have obviously endangered his position as the queen's attendant. Or is Lian Tie already thinking of retiring
Xia Zhi walked gently to Li Hong. After Li Hong turned around, he said softly: "Your Highness, Taifu Xu wants to see you."
"Why is he here so late?" Li Hong asked with a frown.
"I don't know, slave, but it seems like there is something urgent." Xia Zhi said.
"Please come in, Master." Li Hong stepped into the study and said to Xia Zhi.
Not long after, hurried footsteps sounded outside. Listening to the somewhat chaotic footsteps, Li Hong became even more curious: What could happen to someone who has been in the court for many years and has always been known for his calmness and authority? Xu Jingzong, who is almost sixty-five years old, is so anxious.
While thinking, Xu Jingzong's voice sounded at the door: "I, Xu Jingzong, would like to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
"There is no need to be polite, Tai Tu. Please come in quickly." Li Hong stood up from his chair and hurried to the door to greet him.
Sixty-five-year-old Xu Jingzong's beard has turned gray and his eyes have become a little cloudy. He is breathing heavily at the moment, and a thin layer of sweat breaks out on his forehead.
"Xia Zhi, watch the tea." Li Hong waved to Xu Jingzong to sit down, and then said to Xia Zhi.
"Your Highness, I have something to ask of you, and please do agree to it." Xu Jingzong said impatiently as soon as his butt touched the chair.
"Why are you so anxious, Master? Please tell me in detail."
Seeing Xu Jingzong's anxious expression, Li Hong also frowned. It was the first time in so many years that he saw Xu Jingzong so anxious since Xu Jingzong was forcibly drawn to Chongwen Hall by him.
Xu Jingzong took a look at the tea that Xia Zhi had just placed in his hand and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude." After saying that, he picked up the tea cup and took a big sip. It seemed that he didn't feel the heat on his mouth at all.
"Your Highness, something happened to my grandson. I will tell you that I have been away from the court these years and cannot help my grandson, so I ask your highness to save my grandson." After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, , looked at Li Hong anxiously.
"Xu Yanbo? What's wrong with him? He's just a teenager now. What could make you so anxious?" Li Hong asked in surprise.
No wonder Xu Jingzong lost his composure, it turned out to be for his own grandson. It's no wonder, people say that the relationship between generations is closer than the relationship between father and son. Looking at Xu Jingzong's expression now, it really is true.
From Xu Jingzong's words, Li Hong also heard that Xu Jingzong was really anxious this time, otherwise he wouldn't have said that he had been away from the court for many years, his influence in the officialdom had disappeared, and no one would give him Xu Jingzong lost face.
"Your Highness..." Xu Jingzong stood up from his chair, his wrinkled face full of anxiety. He thought for a moment and said: "Your Highness, I dare to ask you to leave the palace now. I'm afraid it will be too late if it is later. "
Li Hong looked at Xu Jingzong's anxious expression and frowned: He actually let himself leave the palace? What happened to make him so anxious? Or is this someone setting up a trap for himself
Li Hong thought quickly in his mind. Although Xu Jingzong had been in his Chongwen Hall for six or seven years, he did not dare to underestimate this person. Who knows if he is partnering with someone who is famous in history. The layout is just waiting for you to dive in!
Xu Jingzong watched Li Hong staring at him, but his thoughts were obviously wandering. He couldn't help but let out a sad cry, and knelt down, shouting: "Your Highness..."
"No, Grand Tutor." Li Hong hurriedly walked forward and supported Xu Jingzong, who was about to kneel down.
Li Hong seemed to be suffering from persecution paranoia, or maybe it was because of the appearance of Lian Tie and Xu Jingzong today that he seemed to feel a dangerous atmosphere of conspiracy.
Even at this moment, Xu Jingzong pretended to kneel down, which did not completely dispel Li Hong's doubts, but now Xu Jingzong was obviously determined to win, and he vowed to never give up until he left the palace.
Xia Zhi stood aside and did not dare to speak. He knew the temper of his prince, and he could treat the eight of them very well, but if anyone dared to get involved in the affairs of the court, the prince would never touch them.
"Then please ask Taifu to lead the way. We'll tell you what's going on on the way." Li Hong's thoughts were spinning rapidly and he couldn't find a suitable excuse to refuse Xu Jingzong to go out with him at night.
"Thank you, Your Highness, please come quickly." After Xu Jingzong heard Li Hong's promise, his frown gradually relaxed, but there was still a trace of anxiety in his cloudy eyes.
Li Hong was about to follow Xu Jingzong out. Xia Zhi suddenly knelt down and said anxiously: "Your Highness, please wait a moment while I go find Hua Meng and the others to accompany you."
Xu Jingzong was stunned when he heard Xia Zhi's words. Then he looked at Xia Zhi kneeling there in silence, and immediately understood what was going on.
Xu Jingzong, who suddenly understood, couldn't help but patted his forehead, and said: "Oh, your highness, forgive me, I deserve to die, I am too anxious and rude. Xia Zhi, please go and invite..."
"No, Xia Zhi, just go with me." Li Hong suddenly changed from normal and said calmly.
"Your Highness..." Xia Zhi and Xu Jingzong looked at him in disbelief at the same time and exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on." After Li Hong finished speaking, he walked out first without waiting for Xu Jingzong's reaction.
Xu Jingzong's carriage was parked at the entrance of Jiafu Gate of the East Palace. There was no one else there except a carriage driver.
Xia Zhi followed Li Hong nervously, fearing that something unexpected would happen.
"Your Highness, please get in the carriage. The old minister and the coachman are sitting on the shaft of the carriage. I will tell you in detail." Xu Jingzong lifted the curtain on the carriage, his old face still full of anxiety.
Along the way, Xu Jingzong only focused on walking quickly. At such an old age, he really couldn't explain things clearly while rushing.
Li Hong nodded, and he and Xia Zhi stepped on the horse stools and got into the carriage. Xu Jingzong hurriedly sat down on the carriage shaft with the help of the coachman. The coachman went around to the other side, sat on the carriage shaft, and hurriedly drove the carriage to the direction. Go forward.
"Your Highness, I am begging you today. No matter what, you must help me today to get my grandson out. Otherwise, I am afraid that tomorrow, all I will get is a corpse." Xu Jingzong He turned his head and said to the curtain behind him amidst the bumps of the carriage.
"What happened? How can it make the always calm and steady Taifu so anxious?" Li Hong patted Xia Zhi's jade hand, who was still nervous, and motioned for her to calm down.
"Sigh... It's my fault that the old minister's grandson got into a quarrel with someone in the restaurant tonight over trivial matters, but I didn't expect that... he turned out to be your highness's cousin..."
"He Lan Minzhi?" Li Hong blurted out. He just met He Lan Minzhi in Qujiangchi today, so why did he hear his name again now.
"Yes, so I have to beg you. I hope you can intercede, and I also hope that he can look at your face and forget about spending today with Uncle Yan. After all, young people are full of blood. Because of some It's unwise to harbor hatred over trivial matters." Xu Jingzong said helplessly, his gray hair fluttering in the wind.
"Can He Lan Minzhi keep Xu Yanbo? Or is there government intervention?" Li Hong asked in the carriage, leaning on Xia Zhi's arms, smelling the fragrance of Xia Zhi's virginity, closing his eyes.
"Your Highness, you are right. Officials are indeed involved, and... alas... this old minister's grandson... I must teach him a lesson when I get back." Xu Jingzong sighed, finding it difficult to speak.
From Xu Jingzong's difficult-to-speak tone, Li Hong already knew why Xu Jingzong sighed and why he anxiously ran over to him for help.
But Li Hong didn't know why, but he always felt something was wrong. Facing Xu Jingzong, a famous Yin man in history, Li Hong seemed to be psychologically wary as if on a conditioned reflex.
(End of chapter)