After listening to Lu Zhan's words, Emperor Zhengxuan raised the corners of his lips slightly. He half-closed his eyes and looked at Lu Zhan with a half-smile but said, "A-Zhan, you came to the palace today to play chess with me, right?"
Lu Zhan chuckled, as if Emperor Zhengxuan had seen through it. He said to Emperor Zhengxuan, half jokingly and half jokingly, "Grandpa, I don't want to let you know in advance. Don't be lazy today.
Hurry up and review all the memorials on the imperial record, so that you can prepare for tomorrow's memorial!"
"What a nonsense! No matter how old or young you are, your mother won't teach you anything good!" Emperor Zhengxuan glared at Lu Zhan as if he was displeased.
"I was taught by my grandfather, so I won't bother my mother!" Lu Zhan looked at Emperor Zhengxuan happily and said.
Emperor Zhengxuan rolled his eyes at him angrily and said, "I didn't teach you to be so shameless and shameless!"
Lu Zhan curled his lips and smiled. He took Emperor Zhengxuan's words calmly and said, "That may be because your grandson is extremely talented and can learn by himself without any instruction!"
Emperor Zhengxuan had always been very fond of this grandson who had been very smart since he was a child. He was admitted to the Xie Yuan School at the age of sixteen, and was admitted directly to the first class after taking the exam at the age of seventeen.
Emperor Zhengxuan loved him more than his direct grandchildren. Therefore, there were some things that no one else could say, but when they came out of Lu Zhan's mouth, Emperor Zhengxuan never felt dissatisfied. Even, Lu Zhan said in front of him
He has always been more comfortable than others, and Emperor Zhengxuan always had the airs of an emperor in front of others. He was very happy to have such an elder who could let him shed his status as an emperor and try out the image of an ordinary person who is loving to his younger generation.
Therefore, when Lu Zhan said this, he glared at him pretending to be angry and said, "Look at you, your shameless kung fu can be called a genius!"
Lu Zhan laughed again. He took over Emperor Zhengxuan's words and said loudly, "If I don't have a thicker skin, my grandfather's treasures in your private treasury will be nowhere to be found, right?" After that, Lu Zhan moved the black stone in Lu Zhan's hand to the chessboard.
He pressed hard, then raised his head and said loudly to Emperor Zhengxuan, "Grandpa, you lose!"
Emperor Zhengxuan glanced at the chessboard, then at Lu Zhan, who had a smile on his face as if he was succeeding. Finally, he reached out and threw the chess pieces back under the chessboard. He glared at Lu Zhan hard, and then spat out angrily.
A few words said, "You little naughty boy!"
"Grandpa, then this chess piece..."
"I only said that if you have the ability, come and get it. I didn't say that if you win the chess piece, I will give it to you!" Emperor Zhengxuan said with a smile, his eyes narrowed.
Lu Zhan was startled for a moment, then he frowned and said, "Grandpa, you are the emperor, and you cannot go back on your words!"
"The emperor cannot regret it, but am I not your grandfather?" Emperor Zhengxuan continued to smile with his eyes narrowed.
Lu Zhan picked up a piece of chess and kept rubbing it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. Then, he smiled and approached Emperor Zhengxuan and said, "Grandpa, how about we make another bet?"
"You still want to bet?" Emperor Zhengxuan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Yes! It's just that this time, grandpa, you can't default on your debt again!" Lu Zhan looked at Emperor Zhengxuan seriously and said.
It was rare to see Lu Zhan so serious. Emperor Zhengxuan couldn't help stroking his slightly gray beard and laughed. He said, "Okay! Then tell me, what do you want to bet on this time?"
Lu Zhan also imitated Emperor Xuan and raised his eyebrows. He said, "Grandpa, let's bet on whether Ying Tianfu Yin can enter Deputy Commander Yang's house today? How about that?"
Emperor Zhengxuan's slightly cloudy eyes sunk slightly, but there was still a faint smile on the corners of his lips. He looked at Lu Zhan with half-closed eyes. After a while, his deep voice sounded.
, he said, "Okay."
After receiving Emperor Zhengxuan's response, Lu Zhan's lips immediately curved into a smile, and he said, "Then I bet Li Fuyin can't enter Deputy Commander Yang's door!"
"Oh? Are you so sure?" Emperor Zhengxuan narrowed his eyes, still with a slight smile on his face.
Lu Zhan's lips curved and he responded matter-of-factly, "No, I still know something about Deputy Commander Yang!"
Emperor Zhengxuan pursed his lips, but suddenly glanced at Eunuch Liu beside him from the corner of his eye.
Eunuch Liu agreed, he bowed to Emperor Zhengxuan, and then quietly withdrew.
"Okay, it's getting late, you should go back first!" Emperor Zhengxuan half-closed his eyes and said to Lu Zhan with a faint smile.
When Lu Zhan heard this, he stood up. He raised his hand and bowed to Emperor Zhengxuan, and then said, "Grandpa, the grandson has resigned."
"Be careful on the way back." Emperor Zhengxuan warned him gently like an ordinary elder.
Lu Zhan smiled and said, "Yes, my grandson has remembered your words." After that, he saluted Emperor Zhengxuan again, but before leaving, he still reluctantly glanced at the table on the table.
White jade chess piece.
As soon as Lu Zhan left, Eunuch Liu bowed and walked in.
Behind him was Wang Tao, commander of the Jin Yiwei.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty." As soon as Wang Tao came in, he immediately saluted Emperor Zhengxuan.
Emperor Zhengxuan sneered and said, "I heard that something happened in Yingtian Mansion today?"
Wang Tao was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately realized what Emperor Zhengxuan was saying. He clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, yesterday the people from the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities rescued two maids from the house in Wheat Straw Lane. Those two maids
The person who abused them was identified as the son of the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards. Currently, Li Fuyin is interrogating the case."
"Oh? That's all? How did I hear that Li Fuyin took the officials to the Yang Mansion to search?" Emperor Zhengxuan said again with his eyes narrowed.
Wang Tao's eyes moved slightly, and then he bowed his head and replied respectfully, "A maid said that the Young Master of the Yang family kidnapped other women from good families, tortured them to death, and then threw their bodies into the Yang Mansion.
In the dry well in the back garden, I think Li Fuyin wanted to go to Yang Mansion to check this matter."
Jin Yiwei is Emperor Zhengxuan's spy. This matter is related to Yang Hefeng, and it only broke out today. Ordinarily, it shouldn't have spread to His Majesty so quickly. Could it be...
A slender and tall figure suddenly appeared in Wang Tao's mind.
It seems that Lu Zhan said something to Emperor Zhengxuan, but I don’t know whether his words were beneficial to Yang Hefeng or...
"Really? Then look at it, is what the maid said true or false?" Emperor Zhengxuan looked at Wang Tao with squinting eyes.
Seeing Emperor Zhengxuan's unfathomable expression, Wang Tao didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Yang Hefeng was promoted by Wang Tao. Emperor Zhengxuan asked, did he want to protect him, or...
"What? Isn't it easy to answer my question?" Seeing Wang Tao's serious expression, Emperor Zhengxuan raised his lips and asked him again with his eyes closed.
"I don't dare. It's just that I can't say for sure about this matter. However, Your Majesty only needs to wait patiently for a while. I believe that Li Fuyin will get results soon." Wang Tao answered carefully.
"Really? Then I will wait a little longer." Emperor Zhengxuan curled his lips and smiled, and then, without waiting for Wang Tao to reply, he waved him away.
After Wang Tao left, Emperor Zhengxuan slowly moved his eyes to the chess game that Lu Zhan had just played.
"Tell me, why did A-Zhan come here to tell me this? Just because of this white jade chess piece?" Emperor Zhengxuan picked up a chess piece. He looked at the bright white chess piece in his hand and suddenly curled his lips.
Eunuch Liu glanced at Emperor Zhengxuan, and when he was thinking about how to answer Emperor Zhengxuan's question, Emperor Zhengxuan's voice rang out again.
"That's all, let's see what Yingtian Mansion can find out first!" Emperor Zhengxuan threw the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, then brushed his hands and stood up.
No matter why A Zhan came here, the only thing that can be certain is that Yang Hefeng or Yang Xiao must have offended him!
His grandson has never been an angry person!
He holds a grudge very hard!
As for the rest...
He believed that Wang Tao would give him an answer.
At this moment, Wang Tao was rushing out of the palace with an anxious look on his face. As soon as he turned around, he met Lu Zhan, who was leisurely strolling along the palace road.
"Master Wang." Seeing him come out, Lu Zhan smiled and clasped his hands to him.
"Second Young Master Lu." Wang Tao also greeted him with a smile.
In fact, if we really talk about it, Lu Zhan is still Wang Tao's subordinate. Although he has even set foot in Jinyiwei, after all, he still has the title of a member of Jinyiwei Qianhu!
But having said that, Wang Tao really couldn't treat this grandson who was much loved by Emperor Zhengxuan and the second son of Duke Dingguo as his subordinate.
"Master Wang, I heard that you are planning to marry Deputy Conductor Yang?" Lu Zhan looked at Wang Tao with a slight smile on his lips.
Wang Tao smiled softly and said with a smile, "The two ladies do have this intention, but it has not been put on the agenda yet... But why did the Second Young Master Lu suddenly mention this matter?"
"Isn't it just sudden? Who knew that something like this suddenly happened in the Yang family! I was really surprised when I heard it. I wonder, does Mr. Wang know the inside story?" Lu Zhan said with a smile.
Wang Tao raised the corners of his lips, looked at Lu Zhan with an indifferent expression and said, "I have disappointed Mr. Lu. I just heard about it."
Lu Zhan smiled lightly and said, "Master Wang, it's not me who is nosy. Your girl is born gentle and graceful. Are you willing to send such a good girl to the Yang Mansion?"
"Second Young Master Lu, the matter has not yet been decided!" Wang Tao said in a calm voice.
"Then do you think Li Fuyin is the kind of person who hits the stone hard even though he knows it is a stone?" Lu Zhan asked Wang Tao again with a smile.
Wang Tao raised his eyebrows, smiled coldly, and said, "Second Young Master Lu, what exactly do you want to say?"
"I just want to remind Mr. Wang that such a big thing has happened to the Yang family, but His Majesty knows nothing about it. What do you think he would think about you and Deputy Commander Yang?" Lu Zhan looked at Wang Tao meaningfully.
road.
Wang Tao narrowed his eyes and was not moved at all by Lu Zhan's words.
Lu Zhan curled his lips and smiled, and continued, "Master Wang, if Your Majesty knew that you secretly moved towards a certain prince together with Deputy Commander Yang, do you think His Majesty could still trust you as much as he does today?
"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Tao's eyes finally moved. He looked at Lu Zhan and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time!
There was only one thought in his mind, how could Lu Zhan know about such a secret thing!
Lu Zhan seemed not to notice the shock in Wang Tao's eyes. He continued with a smile, "I made a bet with His Majesty today. I said that if Li Fuyin cannot enter the gate of Deputy Commander Yang's house today, then His Majesty will
Did the white jade chess piece lose to me? Do you think, will His Majesty lose in this game? Or will I lose?"
Seeing Lu Zhanyan smiling, Wang Tao finally calmed down and said, "That depends on Mr. Lu, do you want to win? Or do you want to lose?"
Lu Zhan laughed and said loudly, "I see that the chess pieces are shiny and delicate, so naturally I'll win!"