Summary of the previous chapter: Wei Jinzhong led his people to Ciqing Palace to seek "revenge" from Ma Xiaoquan, but unexpectedly he was subdued by Ma Xiaoquan...
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao, who had gone out for a walk, came back accompanied by several guards in uniform. Seeing Wei Jinzhong's embarrassed look, Zhu Youxiao ordered someone to pull him up from the ground.
"Eh? Isn't this Wei Jinzhong?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
Wei Jinzhong was so frightened that he knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao and kowtowed, not daring to say a word.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and shouted: "Why don't you get out of here?"
Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment and asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, why are Wei Jinzhong here?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this old guy came here to harass you on the orders of Li Xuanshi, but I scolded you back."
"Oh?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the eunuchs lying on the ground not far away, "What's going on with those people?"
Ma Xiaoquan had an innocent look on his face, waved his hand and said, "I don't know either, this is what they do when I come here."
Zhu Youxiao didn't know martial arts, so he couldn't see any clues. However, Lin Feng, who was beside Zhu Youxiao, saw Ma Xiaoquan's braided sleeves and felt suspicious in his heart.
However... Lin Feng did not expose Ma Xiaoquan on the spot. After Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace to rest, Lin Feng called Ma Xiaoquan out alone.
"Brother Lin, look for me..." Before Ma Xiaoquan could finish his words, Lin Feng's strong wind fist had already hit him.
Ma Xiaoquan was startled and subconsciously jumped back several steps.
As the saying goes, a discerning eye knows the way to the door. With Ma Xiaoquan jumping a few steps, Lin Feng was immediately convinced.
"Xiao Ma, do you know martial arts?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and hummed softly.
"Then why are you hiding it?" Lin Feng stared at Ma Xiaoquan with some vigilance.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Brother Lin doesn't know something. My grandfather secretly taught me martial arts before he was alive, just to let me serve the country. However, what I learned was only some shameful martial arts, so..."
"Did you learn assassination?" Lin Feng asked again.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It's not just these, there are others."
"That's great." Lin Feng patted his thigh and stepped forward to hug Ma Xiaoquan, "We, the Jinyi Guards, have always lacked someone like you, Xiao Ma. That's great..."
"Huh?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Lin Feng in surprise. Brother Lin, is it too easy to trust people?
"Brother Lin, I..."
"Xiao Ma, you don't have to say anything." Lin Feng waved his hand, "Your grandfather is my father's martial arts master. Your grandfather is a man that our Lin family can trust!"
"Ah? Oh" Ma Xiaoquan patted his head, and then he realized why Lin Feng believed him so quickly. After a long time of trouble, Mr. Ma was still the master of Brother Lin's father.
"It's a pity, it's a pity, Mr. Ma left too early. Otherwise, I would have been like my father and went to learn Kung Fu from him."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Brother Lin, actually my grandfather didn't teach me much..."
"Xiao Ma, don't be humble. I saw all of Wei Jinzhong's men just now. I dare say that your martial arts skills are almost as good as those of our president."
How could Ma Xiaoquan dare to admit: "Brother Lin, you praise me too much, how can I compare with the president?"
"Eh? Xiaoma, being too humble would be dishonest. Okay, Brother Lin will hide this for you, but I have to say hello to the president. Leave this matter to me. I'll report it to the president another day.
Recommend it to you boy"
Ma Xiaoquan was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Brother Lin."
"Eh? Wherever it goes, we are all royal guards and we should take care of each other. Let's go back."
"Hey, okay"
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On the third day of September, Zhu Youxiao went to Qianqing Palace to meet Li Xuanshi.
Ma Xiaoquan originally wanted to persuade Zhu Youxiao, but the boy really couldn't help him and was timid, so Ma Xiaoquan simply stopped talking. Of course, in order to ensure the safety of the emperor, Ma Xiaoquan acted as a "Jin Yiwei personal guard" Accompanied him together.
After Li Xuanshi saw Zhu Youxiao, he didn't dare to make things difficult. Yesterday, Wei Jinzhong sneaked back to Qianqing Palace alone. Li Xuanshi felt something was wrong, and later questioned him. Wei Jinzhong said that Ma Xiaoquan, who was next to Zhu Youxiao, was a top martial arts master.
Although Li Xuanshi was aggressive, she still believed Wei Jinzhong's words.
After bidding farewell to Li Xuanshi, Zhu Youxiao sent the coffin of his father Zhu Changluo to Renzhi Palace. After the salute, he was just about to leave when he was called back to Qianqing Palace by Li Xuanshi.
This time, Li Xuanshi's attitude towards Zhu Youxiao was better than before. On top of being polite, he also shed tears of bitterness.
Zhu Youxiao hadn't read many books to begin with, and Ma Xiaoquan didn't follow him when he entered the house. For a moment, Zhu Youxiao ran out of ideas.
Children are children after all. When Li Xuanshi cried so much, Zhu Youxiao softened his attitude towards Li Xuanshi a lot.
After leaving the Qianqing Palace, all the ministers quickly gathered around, demanding that Zhu Youxiao ascend the throne as soon as possible, and then sent Li Xuanshi out of the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youxiao looked around for a long time, but didn't see Ma Xiaoquan, so he had to make up his mind and said: "Let's wait and discuss this matter later."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao said these words, the officials were unwilling to do so. After some objections, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to change his mind and decided to promulgate his father's imperial edict at the Meridian Gate tomorrow.
But... my father's last edict happened to be nowhere to be found at this time.
If the edict is lost, it means that there will be nothing when the edict is announced tomorrow. If this woman with ulterior motives, Li Xuanshi, knows about it, then it will probably be a big problem.
In fact... Zhu Changluo's edict was stolen by someone sent by Li Xuanshi. As for how it was stolen and where is the edict now? Li Xuanshi didn't care, and there was no need to care.
Although Li Xuanshi knew that Zhu Youxiao would eventually become the emperor, once the imperial edict was lost, her move out of the Qianqing Palace would be far away, giving her enough time to plan how to become the empress dowager.
...
The ministers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and Zhu Youxiao was also infected by the ministers' anxiety.
"Ma Xiaoquan, please help me think of a solution..." Zhu Youxiao pulled Ma Xiaoquan and said.
Ma Xiaoquan was also in trouble. There had never been such a drama in history. How could the edict be lost if it was in good condition? Besides, didn’t Fang Congzhe and other cabinet ministers have copies of the edict?
Turning to look at Fang Congzhe and others, Ma Xiaoquan found that they were also at a loss. It seemed that Fang Congzhe and other cabinet ministers did not have a copy of the posthumous edict.