Qi Shan and his party continued on their way to Beijing.
Gurdu and Zhilan both noticed that He Ming was missing, but did not ask further questions and continued on their way silently. Due to the dispute last night, Li Zhen and Zhilan never spoke again.
It took the group more than half a month to arrive in Beijing.
After entering the capital, Zhilan said goodbye to Qishan and left with reluctance.
Qi Shan took Li Zhen to stay in the post house. Huang Shihai asked Li Zhen for leave to visit his brothers in Beijing. After Qi Shan stayed in the post house, he handed over the book and waited for Emperor Xianfeng to summon him. At noon, Li Zhen
Just as He Qishan was preparing to eat, Xianfeng's oral instructions came, asking them to enter the palace to have an audience.
Li Zhen had not eaten a mouthful of food and was hungry. He cursed Xianfeng in his heart, but he could only lead the way to the Forbidden City. After entering the Forbidden City, the guard no longer led the way, but a fair-skinned man in his early thirties.
The eunuch guided the two of them.
The eunuch flicked the fly whisk with a serious look on his face and led the two of them into the imperial city.
Neither party spoke, and the atmosphere seemed tense.
Li Zhen saw that Qishan was just following Han Laiyu without saying anything or stuffing money, so he secretly called Qishan an old fox. Li Zhen helplessly took out six one-thousand-tael silver notes from his arms, stuffed them into Han Laiyu's hands, and smiled.
He said: "Father-in-law, this is a gift from my family to my father-in-law. Please accept it."
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
The middle-aged eunuch's tense face showed a smile, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he nodded with satisfaction. After a pause, the eunuch said softly: "Our name is Han Laiyu, and he is a servant of the emperor.
Job."
Li Zhen was shocked. He didn't expect that the eunuch in front of him was someone with a good background.
Li Zhen put a smile on his face and said flatteringly: "Eunuch Han is doing errands for the emperor in Qianqing Palace every day. He sees the beauty of the sky every day, which makes me envious."
Hearing this, Han Laiyu also showed a happy smile on his face.
There are thousands of things to wear in this world, but flattery cannot be worn.
Although Han Laiyu's body was broken, he could see the emperor every day. Although the generals and ministers in the court were powerful, they had to fawn over him. Han Laiyu's heart felt happy, and his mouth began to loosen up, and he said: "The emperor has summoned you, from the imperial kitchen.
We are preparing lunch. Your Majesty is very happy today, I am afraid he will let you have dinner in the palace. You are really lucky!"
Li Zhen immediately said: "If it weren't for my father-in-law's guidance, my family would still be at a loss. I rely on my father-in-law to help me a lot."
Seeing that Li Zhenpo was good at talking, Han Laiyu asked with a smile: "Are you Li Zhenpo?"
Li Zhen paused for a moment, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked incredulously: "Does the father-in-law also know the name of the last general?" There was joy and surprise in his tone.
Such tone and expression made Han Laiyu extremely satisfied and felt very happy.
Han Laiyu chuckled and said, "Our family only found out about it when the emperor mentioned it."
Li Zhen said again: "It's a great virtue from our ancestors to have the emperor mention the name of our last general." As the saying goes, talk to others when you see them, but talk about ghosts when you see ghosts. Li Zhen spoke impeccably, chatting and laughing with Han Laiyu happily, and walked around the palaces one after another.
, the three of them came outside the main hall where Xianfeng was dining. Han Laiyu walked in, leaving Qishan and Li Zhen standing outside.
Qi Shan whispered: "Li Zhen, thanks to you today." Even so, Qi Shan was leisurely and contented, with a calm demeanor, and did not pay attention to Han Laiyu at all.
Li Zhen said in a low voice: "My lord has benefited, how can I lose the general?"
Qishan smiled and nodded and stopped talking.
Qi Shan was very happy to see the results of Li Zhen's righteous behavior. He did not accept the six thousand taels of silver handed over by Li Zhen, but now it has passed into the hands of Han Laiyu, which shows Li Zhen's loyalty.
After a while, Han Laiyu came out and let the two of them in.
After Qi Shan entered, he immediately knelt down and worshiped Xianfeng.
Li Zhen stood there and looked at Xianfeng blankly.
At this time, Xianfeng had only been on the throne for three years, but his health was very poor, his face looked pale and weak, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was even a little swollen, giving people the feeling of a sick man. Li Zhen even secretly thought about it in his heart
, did Xianfeng linger in the harem too much, leading to kidney deficiency?
Suddenly, Li Zhen felt the clothes around his waist being pulled, but it was Qishan who signaled Li Zhen to salute. Li Zhen secretly said that I was kneeling on a dead person, then he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Slave Li Zhen, I have seen you before.
emperor."
Qi Shan sighed in his heart that he had also encountered Li Zhen's situation before.
The first time I met the emperor, I was a little nervous.
However, Qi Shan didn't know that Li Zhen was not afraid, but did so on purpose. Because Xianfeng had an impression of Li Zhen, and seeing that Li Zhen was absent-minded, he must have been interested, so Li Zhen deliberately slowed down for a moment.
Xianfeng's eyes fell on Li Zhen. There was no anger on his face. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Are you Li Zhen? Qishan's book said that you were accurate in shooting and killed Yang Zhengqing and Li Yongbao. You met me today,
Why was I suddenly stunned? Is it because I am ugly? I am so ugly that I scared you."
Li Zhen kowtowed to the ground and explained: "Replying to the emperor, I followed you back to the capital. I was very excited thinking about meeting the emperor. Today I saw the beauty of the sky and I was so excited that I behaved rudely. I deserve a lot of punishment."
Die, please punish me." Li Zhen knelt on the ground and spoke like a slave, but he thought in his heart that he would change this title sooner or later.
Calling yourself a slave is actually doing your own thing.
After hearing what Li Zhen said, Xianfeng immediately asked: "You have been thinking about seeing me every day, and now you suddenly see me. It doesn't match what you had in mind. Are you a little disappointed?"
Han Laiyu frowned and immediately became nervous.
If you answer this sentence incorrectly, you will really offend Tianyan.
Qishan also became nervous and worried about Li Zhen.
Li Zhen replied loudly: "When I saw the emperor, my heart was still very excited and my blood was boiling. After leaving the palace and returning to the Jiangbei camp, I must tell the soldiers under my command about meeting the emperor and make them envious. Then find
A scholar writes down things so that his descendants can remember them."
"Hahaha……"
Xianfeng laughed loudly, with a hearty smile on his face.
Li Zhen's words inflated Xianfeng's vanity and were very useful. Han Laiyu secretly nodded and said that Li Zhen was smooth and changeable, and he could make friends with him. As the eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace, Han Laiyu, although his official position was not high, he followed him all year round.
Xianfeng, who was around Xianfeng, was used to seeing big and small scenes. Seeing that Li Zhen was smooth and well-spoken, he had an idea in his heart.
Xianfeng looked at Qishan again and praised: "Qishan, I am very pleased that you know people with your sharp eyes."
Qi Shan's heart was agitated and he hurriedly said: "These are all the emperor's saints. If the emperor hadn't let the servant take charge of the Jiangbei camp, the servant would not have discovered Li Zhen."
"Well, get up!"
Qi Shan kowtowed again and then stood up.
Li Zhen knelt aside but still didn't stand up. It wasn't that he didn't want to get up, but Xianfeng didn't call him. In this palace, Li Zhen didn't dare to be too casual. At this time, Li Zhen was always thinking about changing this thing.
Son, it must be changed.
Xianfeng saw Li Zhen kneeling and asked, "Li Zhen, why don't you get up?"
Li Zhen returned and said: "The emperor did not ask the servant to get up, so the servant did not dare to get up."
"Get up!" Xianfeng said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Zhen also kowtowed and thanked him, then stood up and stood beside Qi Shan in an orderly manner.
Xianfeng waved his hand and said, "Give me a seat and have a meal with me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Qi Shan and Li Zhen hurriedly saluted, and then took their seats respectfully. At the same time, they both sat half-assed on the stools, eating in a disciplined manner, not daring to go overboard in any move.
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