When the emperor goes on a tour, there are many and complicated things to prepare. .

Fortunately, the place where I went on this tour was not far from the capital, and I just went to Shijiatai. Even if the Luan and Fengjia were not walking fast, it would not take three days to go back and forth.

On the day of Emperor Xiaozong's burial, a simple ceremony was held. Zhu Houzhao would rest outside for two days, set off to return to Beijing on the morning of the third day, and return to the palace before dark.

The person in charge of this matter was Xie Qian, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and the eunuch who presided over the funeral was Liu Jin, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, did not obtain the power to accompany him and stayed in the palace to deal with government affairs. To put it bluntly, it was to review the memorials and maintain the normal operation of the court.

If a major event occurs in the court in three days, Zhu Houzhao will report the matter to Zhu Houzhao.

During this tour, Zhu Houzhao asked for everything to be simple, only Zhang Yuan and Dai Yi were there with dozens of eunuchs, but Liu Jin had made arrangements in advance to ensure that the emperor could fully enjoy the joy of going out during the three days, traveling around during the day and enjoying at night.

On June 25, Zhu Houzhao boarded the imperial carriage shortly after dawn, and Zhang Yuan accompanied him to the side.

Zhang Yuan didn't have much preparation to follow the emperor on a tour this time. Although he wanted to recognize his godson outside the palace, no one has defected to him until now, and he is in a state of no helper.

The Luan Carriage was very slow. After leaving Deshengmen, he walked for a day and finally arrived at Shijiatai at sunset. However, the Luan Carriage did not rush to enter the construction site of Tailing Mausoleum, but temporarily stayed next to the village three miles away. At this time, Li Xing, Li and others had come to pay their respects and presented the construction of Tailing Mausoleum to Zhu Houzhao in detail.

Zhu Houzhao made his first tour in the name of the emperor, and he was full of pomp and met Li Xing and Li in his own tent.

After the two of them bowed to the account, Zhu Houzhao's focus was different. He paid more attention to Li Xing, because he regarded Li Xing as a confidant who could compete with Liu Jin and was very satisfied with his knowledge and tact.

As the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, Li reported the specific situation of the mausoleum, but did not mention the incident of water coming out of the Jinjing, and Zhu Houzhao had no intention of asking.

Zhu Houzhao was not concerned about the construction of the imperial tomb. At this time, he was more concerned about any entertainment activities at night because he had not seen Liu Jin for a day. I don’t know how Liu Jin arranged it. As for whether Li Xing had prepared a liven up program for him.

"...Your Majesty, the construction of Tailing Mausoleum still lacks 100,000 cubic meters of earth and materials, and requires 6 million yuan for mid-term repairs. In the later period, a large amount of manpower is needed to maintain it, but the Ministry of Revenue has not allocated subsequent money and grain so far..."

Li was mainly responsible for the specific project. He was going to explain in detail to Zhu Houzhao, thinking that this matter was more important, but Zhu Houzhao didn't want to continue listening and said:

"Okay, okay, what do you need to tell the Ministry of Revenue, will this be useful to tell me? Can I change it for you? Eunuch Li, this time your construction of the imperial tomb is postponed, I am not very satisfied with this, and no further problems are allowed in subsequent construction!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Li Xing and Li responded at the same time, and both of them were a little scared. They knew very well how big the water was when the Jinjing was leaking. Fortunately, the spring was blocked in time, and they were baked and dried with firewood in time, so that the disaster did not occur.

After the incident, the surrounding area of ​​the imperial tomb was strengthened. No matter who was the one, they were not allowed to enter the construction site of the imperial tomb. Anyone who broke into the trespassing was punished to prevent any further information from leaking and being known to the court to have an impact on the construction of the imperial tomb.

With a little scare, Zhu Houzhao lost the following text. The completion of the imperial tomb has no effect on him one day or another. He just used the matter to hit the officials. After saying that, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to ask about having fun in the evening and waved his hand: "Mr. Li, you have nothing to do now. You should leave. Eunuch Li stay. I have something to ask you!"

Li respectfully gave up, but he looked at Li Xing with some concern and thought to himself: "Eunuch Li, as the inner court supervisor sent by His Majesty, will not rely on me for everything, right? I advocated the truth about the incident of Jinjing coming out of water before. It was the Lord and Eunuch Li who advocated to suppress the matter, which had little to do with me. But... if they had to put the matter on me, how should I deal with it?"

Although Li had excellent work skills, he had little experience in dealing with the emperor and did not know how to deal with the things in front of him, and was very worried. But in fact, he was overly worried because Zhu Houzhao left Li Xing behind, and the matter he asked had nothing to do with him.

After Li left, Zhu Houzhao drove away the eunuchs who were serving beside him, leaving only Zhang Yuan who usually went to and from the palace gate with him. Zhu Houzhao asked, "Eunuch Li, do you have any arrangements for me to come to Shijiatai this time?"

Although Li Xing knew how to do things, his mind was not at the moment. After all, he had not been in contact with Zhu Houzhao for a long time and did not know much about the emperor's personality. He immediately asked curiously: "Your Majesty, I don't know what arrangements you... need?"

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but squint his eyes. Even he understood something, but Li Xing was confused and suddenly felt a little contempt for Li Xing.

Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient: "What are the arrangements? You chose some beauties for me before. Speaking of which,... the appearance is quite ordinary. I originally thought you had some treasures here, so I planned to give them to me at the appropriate time so that I could have some fun... Don't say there isn't!"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's tone was almost threatening, and Li Xing then knew what was going on.

Li Xing was very embarrassed and thought to himself: "How could I expect His Majesty to come in person? When I came, I asked me for a beautiful woman as soon as I spoke. Where should I go to find a beautiful woman for His Majesty? But if I say no now, His Majesty will be furious. I must think of a way. Even if I go to steal and rob, I will send the beauty into His Majesty's tent!"

Thinking of this, Li Xing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the beauty has prepared for Your Majesty, but the person is not in the imperial tomb. You need to go to the nearby county town to take the person over!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "How long will it take for people to arrive?"

Li Xing swore: "Return to Your Majesty, two hours... no, you can send someone in one hour!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you can arrange it now, and I will have a meal later. If you can't find someone after the meal, don't blame me for punishing you!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Li Xing agreed and felt very embarrassed.

After leaving the emperor's tent, Li Xing murmured to himself: "It's strange. When our family first came out, His Majesty sent someone to urge him, but then there was no news. He didn't even care much about the beauty sent back by our family. He seemed to have lost interest. Why did you get here? His Majesty is anxious to ask for a beauty? Where can we go to get a beauty for His Majesty?"

At this moment, he saw a eunuch coming in a distance. The man was in a hurry, but he had a smile on his face, as if there was something happy and he was muttering something. Even if Li Xing couldn't hear it clearly, he could probably guess that this person was about to speak to the emperor.

Li Xing took the initiative to greet him and smiled and said hello: "Oh, isn't this Eunuch Liu? Oh, it seems that I haven't seen him for several years!"

Li Xing and Liu Jin were old acquaintances, but at that time Li Xing was depressed and unsuccessful. Liu Jin was the attendant of the Eastern Palace. There were few opportunities for the two to meet and had no direct interests.

But the situation is different now. They are all working in front of the emperor, and they compete with each other for favor. As soon as they meet, they start to compete with each other... Li Xing didn't intend to give Liu Jin any good looks. He knew that Liu Jin had just returned to Zhu Houzhao and wanted to suppress Liu Jin.

When Liu Jin saw Li Xing, he looked carefully and recognized who the person in front of him was. Liu Jin thought to himself: "It's not that enemies don't get together. I know that you are favored in front of His Majesty. I used to offer beautiful women to His Majesty and gain favor from His Majesty... Well, now my biggest competitor is you!"

Liu Jin smiled and said, "Eunuch Li? Why are you here to report to Your Majesty about the construction of the imperial tomb?"

Li Xing said: "Of course, Eunuch Liu is now promoted to the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Our family still has time to congratulate you... After that, we must gather together and drink and have fun. There are not many old people left in the palace..."

The eunuchs in the palace are updated very quickly, and if they are not careful, they may be replaced. After all, the palace is a very realistic place. Once they are not successful, they are easily neglected. Many old eunuchs can only leave the palace sadly and even die in the palace. Even Xiao Jing has become the most powerful eunuch in the palace in the past two or three years, and he used to live with his tail between his legs.

Liu Jin and Li Xing both spent a long time in the palace. They had studied in Neishutang together, and they were considered "old professionals". When they met, they could tell the past.

Liu Jin smiled and refused: "It's all right to reminisce about the past, but we have to wait until Eunuch Li, you will be in and return to the capital to build the imperial tomb. Now our family will go in and report to His Majesty, so I won't bother you anymore. See you later!"

After saying that, Liu Jin didn't give Li Xing any face and went straight to the imperial tent.

Li Xing looked at Liu Jin's back and felt very annoyed, but he didn't know how to deal with Liu Jin. After all, he was not by the new emperor now, which was equivalent to leaving the best opportunity for his competitors.
Chapter completed!