Zhu Houzhao arrived outside the outskirts of the capital, and at this time Xiao Tiaozi had already arrived in front of the welcome team.

The person responsible for receiving Xiao Guozi was Gao Feng. Gao Feng and the Zhang brothers came to the side of the road. Before he could stand still, Xiao Guozi turned over and dismounted and hurriedly called:

"Eunuch Gao, Your Majesty said that the welcome was withdrawn first, leaving only the eunuchs and palace maids who served... Oh, by the way, are the Luancheng who returned to the capital ready? Because the road is not good, Your Majesty is now using two carriages pulled by horses, which is very unruly!"

When talking, Xiao Tiaozi didn't even notice the Zhang brothers who looked arrogant with their heads raised, which made Zhang Yanling feel a little uncomfortable.

Gao Feng quickly replied: "The imperial carriage is ready. From now on, we can go back to the capital to the official road where eight horses can drive side by side. The horse is a thirty-six Dayuan foal with six rows in front and back. The carriage adopts a spring shock absorption system from the south, so it is extremely comfortable to sit on... Did Your Majesty go back to the palace directly?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Go back to the leopard room."

Gao Feng's face turned bad. His main task was to bring Zhu Houzhao back to the palace safe. If he could not complete the task, he would not be able to work with Empress Dowager Zhang.

At this time, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui came over. Yang Tinghe asked curiously: "Duke the father-in-law, can your Majesty explain how the welcoming official will send him?"

Xiao Guozi felt a little embarrassed when he met so many big people in front of him, but he was used to the big scenes and sighed: "My lords, your Majesty just ordered the ceremonial guard to be removed and not to affect the normal life of the people around him. As for the Your Majesty next to him, your Majesty's lord will come soon after. In fact, you can go back to the capital first..."

Zhang Yanling asked with a dark face: "I'll come out to welcome you, but I haven't even seen His Majesty, so I'll let us go back. Is there any secret that is unspeakable?"

When Zhang Heling heard this, he immediately glared at his younger brother and blamed Zhang Yanling for talking nonsense, but Zhang Yanling didn't care. According to his ideas, no matter how strong the people in front of him had, they would shine shoes on him. He was the uncle of the country, and he was not afraid of heaven or earth, but also a little eunuch?

Xiao Tiaozi said bitterly: "My lords, don't make things difficult for the little ones. The little one just brought His Majesty's imperial order to come and will go back and report his life soon. My lords, let me leave it here to you, let's do everything!"

After saying that, Xiao Guozi hurriedly said goodbye and left. He knew that he could not deal with so many big shots, so he might as well find an excuse to escape.

Xiao Tiaozi left here, and the remaining few officials in the court did not know what to do.

Gao Feng said: "My grandpas, marquis, sir, you see, Your Majesty has issued the imperial order. Should we leave or stay?"

Zhang Yanling said angrily: "Of course, you're leaving. Your Majesty has issued an imperial edict. Should we resist the imperial edict? Grand Secretary Yang, what do you think?"

Although Yang Tinghe's status is not the most noble among the few people, Yang Tinghe is the special envoy sent by Empress Dowager Zhang to welcome the throne, just like an imperial envoy and has a unique status.

"If you want to go back, I will not stop you, but I will stay and wait for Your Majesty to arrive." Yang Tinghe clearly stated his attitude.

Yang Tinghe chose to stay, but Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui didn't want to leave either. Zhang Heling was beaten back by the imperial edict and was angry at Empress Dowager Zhang, and he didn't want to leave again. Only Zhang Yanling, who was frozen in the cold wind, was eager to return to the luxury house in the capital to warm up.

Gao Feng said, "Then let's wait for Your Majesty here... We are ordered to come out to welcome the Lun. If we give up halfway, it will be difficult to hand in the service after we go back... The person who comes will withdraw the ceremonial guards that we welcome, and then send His Majesty's car to the front and let His Majesty transfer."

Originally, Gao Feng did not dare to violate Zhu Houzhao's imperial order, but now that Yang Tinghe came out as a shield, he had nothing to worry about, and the group began to get busy again.

This time, because Zhu Houzhao and his party were about to arrive, there was no need to find a place to rest. Just follow Zhu Houzhao's instructions to complete the final preparations.

"I really don't know what our emperor's nephew thinks!" At the end, Zhang Yanling muttered in a low voice, which attracted Yang Tinghe and others to look at each other.

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With the flags waving, Zhu Houzhao sat in the carriage, guards nearby and Jinyiwei in the distance, surrounded by thousands of officers and soldiers, heading towards the capital in a mighty manner.

Although the car was a little bumpy, Zhu Houzhao's mood suddenly became relaxed. Perhaps he thought that he would return to the capital soon and could be free and happy without having to rush outside. Zhu Houzhao almost felt like he was a different life.

"What is the purpose of my imperial commander personally? If I had known it, I would have asked Mr. Shen to go alone, wouldn't it be solved? If I went there, I would have caused so much trouble for Mr. Shen."

Zhu Houzhao was somewhat self-aware, knowing that he had caused a lot of trouble when he went to the northwest, and almost killed Shen Xi. Especially this time, he suffered enough trouble, which made him have a clearer understanding of himself and lost interest in going out of the capital or doing other things in a short period of time.

"Your Majesty, Master Teng is back." Jiang Bin rode his horse and followed the carriage. When he saw Xiao Wuzi coming over, he hurriedly said to the car window.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she lifted the curtain and looked forward, and saw Xiao Tiaozi riding a horse. She was stunned for a moment, and waited for Xiao Tiaozi to approach before she asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Tiaozi turned over and dismounted, but the carriage did not wait for him and continued to move forward. He hurriedly chased the carriage and trotted all the way, saying, "Your Majesty, I have already told those who are welcome to the carriage, but when the servants came back, they just retreated the ceremonial guard and did not leave, saying that they were going to wait to see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "What I said is getting worse and worse, right? I will not change the carriage and go directly to the capital. I will go back to the leopard room to rest."

Originally, Zhu Houzhao planned to replace the simple carriage he was riding twenty miles outside the city and ride on the imperial carriage with thirty-two imperial horses, but thought that this might delay even more. It would be better to be as fast as the light carriage. At this time, he was thinking about returning home and did not want to delay for a moment. Of course, it was related to the fact that the person who was welcomed was ignorant.

Jiang Bin said on the side: "Your Majesty, the team is very close to the people we welcome. You can see people less than a mile."

"Don't stop, I don't plan to meet those people. I'll leave it to you to deal with their errands!" After saying that, Zhu Houzhao put down the curtain of the car directly. Xiao Tiaozi and Jiang Bin could feel the emperor's anger at this time.

Jiang Bin glanced at Xiao Tiaozi. He had no experience in dealing with senior officials in the court and wanted to get some inspiration from Xiao Tiaozi.

But at this time, Xiao Guozi stopped chasing the carriage and stopped, waiting for someone to lead him to come, and then rode his horse again to negotiate with Yang Tinghe and others.

"It's really troublesome."

As he galloped back and forth, Xiao Twist felt that the inner side of his thigh was almost worn out, and he complained in grievance, "What did Your Majesty give? Those adults didn't listen to it, and they insisted on our family to go back and forth... Now, it's completely angered Your Majesty, and he didn't even change the car that maintained the royal decent car. What should we do next?"

Xiao Guozi was waiting for the guard who helped him lead his horse to come over. At this time, Zhang Yong rode over from the rear and asked respectfully after dismounting:

"Don't you have any important matters to do if you want to do it for us?"

“No need.”

Although Xiao Taozi reached a cooperation agreement with Zhang Yong, he never trusted Zhang Yong so much, and he didn't feel that he could have others do it if he accepted the errands entrusted by the emperor.

The guard who sent the horse came over and handed the reins to Xiao Tiaozi. Xiao Tiaozi took them and was about to turn over the horse, but suddenly remembered something, looked around and asked, "Where is Lord Shen?"

Zhang Yong replied: "Mr. Shen's car is still behind, but what does Your Majesty want to tell Master Shen? Just leave it to our family to inform you."

"No oral order."

Xiao Zhuozi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty asked our family to negotiate with Lord Yang and others who are welcoming. Now the people in front are almost meeting them. If you don't leave, you won't be able to get back to the capital if you have something to do!"

After saying that, Xiao Guozi climbed up the horse with the help of the guards, and hurriedly drove away.

Zhang Yong looked at Xiao Tuozi's back and shook his head and sighed: "It's worthy of being the celebrity in front of His Majesty. Daddy Tuo is so busy!"

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Yang Tinghe and others had already seen the imperial carriage, who were huddled in front of him and thought they could meet the saint, but at this time they saw Xiao Tingzi riding a horse and coming first.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Xiao Twist yelled from a distance.

Although the court officials are usually quite respectful to Xiaotiao, no one takes Xiaotiao seriously at this time, especially Yang Tinghe and Zhang Yanling. They both think that Xiaotiao is transparent at all.

Even if Xiao Tiaozi shouted loudly, the two of them were not moved. When Xiao Tiaozi approached and jumped off the horse's back, Zhu Houzhao's carriage had already reached the front, and there was no intention of slowing down or even stopping. He actually walked along the official road.

"Mr. Yang, Your Majesty has an order. The emperor will not stop and will not transfer. You all retreat to avoid being injured by the car driver." Xiao Tiaozi greeted.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Xiao Tiaozi and moved away quickly, as if he hadn't heard Xiao Tiaozi's words at all.

At this time, Yang Tinghe thought very clearly that he had to meet the saint no matter what, so he could not listen to Xiao Tiaozi. However, Xiao Tiaozi came to pass the imperial edict on behalf of the emperor. If he violated it, he would rather pretend not to hear it. Even if he was pursued later, he could say that he was very arrogant at that time and didn't understand what Xiao Tiaozi said at all.

Gao Feng instantly understood the strategy Yang Tinghe adopted, blocked Xiao Tiaozi directly, and called out: "Brother-in-law, please rest for a while. Has Your Majesty already been here? I'll wait here for a long time, just to watch Your Majesty leave, why should you avoid it from afar?"

Xiao Guozi wanted to rush to Yang Tinghe to explain the situation, but Gao Feng just stood in front and prevented him from getting close to Yang Tinghe.

Xiao Tiaozi said anxiously: "Your Majesty's imperial order, do you not want to abide by it, do you?"

Gao Feng replied with a smile: "Of course you have to listen to your Majesty's imperial order, but now we are just here to welcome you, and we must do something else... Please calm down first."

Zhang Yanling said in an unobstructed tone, "Don't waste your energy on your father-in-law. On one side is the imperial edict of Your Majesty, and on the other side is the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager. If you don't know the truth, others will know how to avoid it... Just think that nothing happened!"

At this time, Zhang Yanling relied on his identity as a royal relative and dared to speak sarcastic words. Others do things with their own goals, especially Gao Feng, who is the most sleek and worldly one. After all, Gao Feng is the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor. In this selection of hand-prints, he also wanted to go further, so he did this to add points to the court officials and Empress Dowager Zhang. As for what the emperor would do, it is hard to say.

First, it is Gao Feng’s most real idea to win all the support he can win.

"Your Majesty is here soon!"

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Xiao Taozi was so anxious that she was about to cry. But even so, Yang Tinghe and others refused to communicate with Xiao Taozi in a direct way, and would not obey orders to the distance. They were ready to come forward to stop the emperor's carriage when it came.

Just at this moment, the carriage that Emperor Zhengde was riding was less than a hundred steps away from where they were standing. Yang Tinghe had even stepped forward and prepared to walk to the middle of the road to stop.

But what everyone present did not expect was that more than a dozen cavalry suddenly rushed over from the imperial throne, as if they were going to fight to kill the enemy, and they had no intention of stopping when they got closer. In this way, Yang Tinghe and others had to take a few steps back to avoid it.

"The driver is killed!"

The general who led the horse was Jiang Bin. Jiang Bin pulled out his sword from his waist and looked at the ministers in front of him who were preparing to stop him. He had no fear at all, and his tone was so tough.

If it was just a small twist, Yang Tinghe and others had no need to worry, but those who were not afraid of reasoning were afraid of being arrogant or even desperate. Jiang Bin's performance made the big guys present obviously feel uncomfortable.

Jiang Bin is a strange face, only a few people like Gao Feng knew. Yang Tinghe only heard of this person, but in fact no one in the court cares about who Jiang Bin was. It is because the civil and military officials of the Zhengde Dynasty did not take the slander ministers around the king seriously. These people are not even eunuchs. Who can guarantee how long can the emperor's favor be maintained? Therefore, these people did not take Qian Ning and others seriously at all.

Yang Ting and Ben stood there motionless, but Jiang Bin obviously didn't say a few scary words, and rushed to Yang Tinghe with his sword. He had a very disagreement and directly rode his horse to knock Yang Tinghe away.

In the end, Yang Tinghe had to avoid it.

In this way, Jiang Bin led people to separate the powerful people in the court in front of him to prevent them from getting close to Zhu Houzhao's carriage.

"Bold, you actually dare to threaten the royal relatives and nobles! Who are you?"

Zhang Yanling had already started to shout. For him, he was the biggest except the emperor and the queen mother. Even if Jiang Bin was not targeting him alone, he could not bear the anger.

Jiang Bin did not answer, and he was not in charge of the Jinyiwei. These people were brought out by Jiang Bin from the Weizhouwei. He only followed his orders and was a typical unaware of fearlessness. They had no idea how powerful these people in front of them were. They only knew to obey orders and serve the emperor. Faced with the glory and wealth that were within their reach, none of them retreated.

"Don't hurt the harmony, this is Lord Yang of the cabinet."

When Xiao Guozi saw that the situation was wrong, he hurried over to persuade him. Even if he didn't want Yang Tinghe and others to disturb the sage, he wouldn't want any rift between the monarch and his ministers, and he wouldn't be willing to offend a cabinet minister like Yang Tinghe.

Jiang Bin was still riding on the horse and whispered loudly: "The offender died! Whoever believes that, just come up and try it!"

With such a fearless and unafraid man standing in front of blocking the road, no one dared to move forward. Even Zhang Yanling, who was shouting loudly just now, dared not approach him casually. Obviously, Zhang Yanling also knew the right way.

At this time, the emperor's carriage was approaching, and a large number of Jinyiwei and officers and soldiers had completely blocked the roadside. Yang Tinghe was very angry and was about to break up, but when he saw the curtains of the carriage carriage where the emperor was riding opened, Zhu Houzhao looked out and then shrank back. In this way, everyone knew that the emperor knew what Jiang Bin was doing and did not think it was offended at all.

Gao Feng and others were all old foxes. When they saw Jiang Bin rushing over, he was full of murderous aura. He naturally thought: "This guy has no foundation in the court, how could he have the courage to come and stop us from facing the saint? Unless his Majesty personally ordered... If he violated the saint's face and was really killed by this guy, it would be no different from seeking death!"

Thinking of this, no one dared to move forward again. Xiao Guozi was worried about an accident and rushed to the front to separate the Yingjia people and Jiang Bin and other guards.
To be continued...