The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Becomes a Disciple of Yue Buqun - Page 485
Chen Qingyuan started shouting before he even entered the room. He was startled when he saw Linghu Chong, but then he reacted and said quickly, "The Ministry of Revenue is really too busy."
Although Chen Qingyuan went to the palace, what he said was actually not wrong. The Ministry of Revenue was indeed very busy, and he was also the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although there was a Shangshu above him, the Shangshu of the six ministries normally did not take care of things, and it was the Vice Ministers under their respective positions who did the work.
"It's okay. I didn't have to wait long."
Jiang Ning stood up and said with a smile, "Minister Chen, I haven't seen you for a while. How are you doing?"
Chen Qingyuan said quickly: "Thanks to Mr. Jiang, everything is fine now."
Thanks to me?
Jiang Ning couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
He is a man of the world and has no one in the court. What blessing can he bring to Chen Qingyuan?
Chen Qingyuan also realized that what he said was wrong, and quickly corrected himself: "What Chen meant was that Mr. Jiang, thank you for your concern, Chen has always been fine."
Jiang Ning looked at him and said with a smile, "Minister Chen, I have a good friend in the capital named Zhu Shou. He sent someone to Huashan to invite me to the capital for a chat, but he didn't tell me where he lived. He asked me to find you when I arrived in the capital. You would know what to do."
Jiang Ning went straight to the point, but Chen Qingyuan became embarrassed.
"Mr. Jiang, last time you asked me if I knew Zhu Shou, I really didn't know who Zhu Shou was, but later I found out. Now I will take Mr. Jiang to meet him."
"Is this Zhu Shou so important? Do you want my junior brother to go meet him?"
Linghu Chong became unhappy when he heard this.
Chen Qingyuan looked at Jiang Ning with embarrassment.
Jiang Ning nodded, not wanting to embarrass Chen Qingyuan, and turned to Linghu Chong and said, "Big Brother, it's okay for Minister Chen and I to go there, you just wait for me here."
Linghu Chong curled his lips.
"Ok."
Chen Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly led the way.
As soon as I walked out of the gate, there was a sedan waiting for me.
"Mr. Jiang, please."
Jiang Ning didn't bother to talk to him, got into the sedan chair and walked for a distance in the bumpy ride.
"arrive."
Chen Qingyuan said.
Jiang Ning got out of the sedan chair and was slightly surprised to see the scene in front of him.
The imperial palace is right in front of us.
Now Chen Qingyuan brought him to the gate of the imperial palace.
At this time, there were soldiers guarding in front of the palace gate, and a man who looked like a eunuch was also standing there, as if waiting for something.
At this moment, the eunuch's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Qingyuan's sedan chair, and he hurried over. Especially when he saw Jiang Ning, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Chen Qingyuan.
"Minister Chen, is this Hero Jiang?"
Facing this eunuch, Chen Qingyuan showed no arrogance at all, and nodded and said, "Yes, it is Mr. Jiang."
After getting the confirmation, the eunuch smiled even more and said to Jiang Ning enthusiastically: "Mr. Jiang, we have been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me in."
Things had come to this point, and Jiang Ning had a rough guess about Zhu Shou's identity in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He was ready to go in with Chen Qingyuan, but Chen Qingyuan didn't move.
"Mr. Jiang, that person only asked me to bring you here, and this eunuch will make arrangements for the rest."
Chen Qingyuan looked apologetic.
Jiang Ning looked at him, then looked at the palace in front of him, and without saying anything, followed the eunuch into the palace.
"Hero Jiang, be careful, there are steps here."
The eunuch brought Jiang Ning all the way into the palace, and he kept showing his courtesy to Jiang Ning along the way, and it seemed like he was trying hard to please him.
Jiang Ning didn't say anything until he arrived at the Qianqing Palace.
The eunuch took him to a magnificent side hall.
"Please come in, Mr. Jiang. The person inside has been waiting for you for a long time."
The eunuch said respectfully.
"Please lead the way."
Jiang Ning thanked him and entered the side hall when the other party was horrified and kept saying he didn't dare.
Jiang Ning entered the hall and found a man in casual clothes sitting at the table reading a book.
The man who heard the noise looked up, his eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Ning, and he stood up.
"Brother Jiang, long time no see!"
The man was Zhu Shou.
Zhu Shou looked at Jiang Ning happily and said, "Last year when I sent people to Huashan, I was looking forward to Brother Jiang's return to the capital. Now Brother Jiang has finally come. Congratulations!"
Jiang Ning's expression did not change as he listened to the man's slightly happy tone.
He thought that the other party's status was very high, but he didn't expect that the other party's status was so high.
"Brother Zhu, long time no see."
Jiang Ning smiled slightly.
"How should I address you as?"
Zhu Shou said.
"Actually, my name is not Zhu Shou. Zhu Shou is just my pseudonym. I didn't tell you my real name when I met you last time, so please don't blame me, Brother Jiang."
"Please allow me to reintroduce you again."
At this time, Zhu Shou said with a serious expression: "My name is not Zhu Shou, my surname is Zhu, my name is Hou Zhao, and I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the common ruler of the world."
Chapter 546: Zhu Houzhao
Zhu Houzhao.
Jiang Ning was very surprised.
He was indeed surprised.
He didn't expect that the person he met casually during his trip to the capital would be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Brother Jiang arrived earlier than I expected."
Zhu Houzhao casually put down the book in his hand and smiled at Jiang Ning.
"I originally thought that a big shot like Brother Jiang would not remember a friend like me who he had only met a few times in Beijing. I didn't expect that Brother Jiang would really come all the way to Beijing again. It seems that in Brother Jiang's heart, I am indeed your friend."
Jiang Ning also laughed.
"I am just a man of the world, how can I be called a big shot? Compared to Brother Zhu's status, I am nothing. What surprised me was that a random person I met on the street turned out to be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that nine out of ten people photographed with a brick in the capital are princes and nobles. Now it seems that this saying is true."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.
Jiang Ning now knows his identity but still calls him Brother Zhu instead of the Emperor or His Majesty, which means that Jiang Ning does not care about his identity in his heart, or his identity means nothing to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning did not treat him with respect and flattery like others did. Although the emperor would not allow such behavior to challenge his authority, Zhu Houzhao was the happiest.
Because this meant that Jiang Ning did not care about his status as emperor and only treated him as a friend, which was very rare for Zhu Houzhao.
"In fact, Brother Jiang may not know that I intentionally approached you that day."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but look at him, and at the same time wondered why Zhu Houzhao said that.
Could it be that the court has already paid special attention to him?
While Jiang Ning was thinking, Zhu Houzhao continued: "Because I am very interested in you."
"Brother Jiang may think that I met Brother Jiang for the first time that morning, but in fact I had met Brother Jiang once the day before, so I was quite interested in Brother Jiang."
Jiang Ning's thoughts were shattered when Zhu Houzhao said this.
Zhu Houzhao had already met him the day before he showed up on his own initiative.
Jiang Ning thought about it for a moment and had the answer in his mind.
"Brother Zhu, did you see Lord Zhang riding a horse and committing murder in the street?"
Only two things happened to him after he arrived in Beijing the day before he met Zhu Shou. One was that he met a young girl who sold herself to bury her father, and the other was that he stopped a marquis of the current dynasty who was riding a horse and committing a crime in the street. Compared with the first thing, it was obviously the second thing that attracted Zhu Houzhao's attention.
Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile.
He is indeed a very smart person.
"good."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded.
"I was very curious about how Brother Jiang could be so skilled, so I wanted to get to know him. I never thought that we would get along very well after talking. Later, I even found out that Brother Jiang was actually the famous Ning Yanwang in the martial arts world. This was really surprising."
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Jiang Ning's expression straightened and he said, "Ning Yanwang was given to me by the evil way. Please call me Guanzhong hero."
Jiang Ning's title of Guanzhong Hero was certified by the imperial court. However, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, followed the other people in the martial arts world and called him Ning Yanwang instead of Guanzhong Hero, which made Jiang Ning feel helpless.
It seems that his image as King Ning has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Interesting, interesting."
Zhu Houzhao's laughter reached outside the side hall, causing the eunuchs outside to look at each other in bewilderment.
Zhu Houzhao had a gloomy face during this period of time, which made the eunuchs and palace maids who served him very cautious. They did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would be so happy when this man from the martial arts world came today, which surprised them.
This person must not be provoked.
Many eunuchs thought.
After laughing, Zhu Houzhao said to Jiang Ning: "Brother Jiang, are you interested in taking a look at this palace?"
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Of course."
"please."