Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu was annoyed and funny when he heard it, and he was really convinced by Huang Dong in his heart.

This guy is really wretched and ambitious.However, this person is scheming and has super mobility.In a sense, he can be regarded as a talent, no wonder he caught Taikang's eyes.

Talent and morality are not directly equated. It is really hard to say anything about Taikang employing people.

The carriage traveled quickly and soon arrived at the imperial city.

Huang Dong was not qualified to enter the palace, so he stopped at the gate of the city.

Seeing Su Mu coming, there was already a person who looked like a court lady waiting there, seeing Su Mu coming, hurriedly greeted him: "It's my lord, follow me quickly."

Then he looked back at a sedan chair behind him, and made a gesture of invitation.

Four eunuchs stood behind the sedan chair.

It is a special honor for ministers to be able to ride horses and sedan chairs in the Forbidden City.There are too many people in the imperial city, even healthy ordinary people have to walk for half a day.

Generally speaking, in order to sympathize with the old and sick veterans, the emperor would specially give them sedan chairs and horses when they received them, so as to avoid the pain of walking.This kind of minister should at least have a certain age, and his grade should be at least above the second rank.

But Su Mu is only in his twenties now, it is the time when the dragon and the tiger are fierce, and he is just a seventh-rank Hanlin editor.If you are in normal times, you are not qualified to sit in a sedan chair at all.If this matter got out, the civil and military officials of Manchu Dynasty would be stunned.

It's a pity that Su Mu didn't feel that he had anything to be proud of when he was sitting on the sedan chair, instead he felt trembling in his heart.

The reason why the Empress Dowager gave the sedan chair was probably because she didn't want others to see her face and leaked the news.

"It seems that today's test is not easy!" Su Mu sat in the dark, rubbing his nose with a wry smile.

Feeling uneasy, I don't know how long I walked, the sedan chair stopped, and the palace lady whispered outside the sedan chair: "Sir, it's the end of the road, please come in."

"Okay." After getting off the sedan chair, Su Mu saw that there was an ordinary abode in front of him, and it seemed very quiet.Looking back, the maid and the four eunuchs who carried the sedan chair had quietly retreated at some point.

Things must be faced, Su Mu took a deep breath of cold air, and strode towards the room.

Entering the house, he also closed the door casually.

It was very quiet inside, and there was no one else waiting, only a screen separated it.

Through the thin veil of the screen, one can vaguely see a slim figure behind, needless to ask, it is naturally the Empress Dowager Merciful.

"Here we come." Empress Dowager Zhang's slightly majestic voice came.

"My lord, Su Mu kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Merciful."

Just about to salute, Empress Dowager Zhang's voice came again: "Excuse me, let's stand up and talk! The Ai family has not asked about political affairs for a long time, and this time they summoned foreign ministers, which was originally wrong. The Ai family just asked a few words. You don't need so many etiquettes when you go back."

"Yes."

Empress Dowager Zhang paused, and said slowly: "Su Mu, Aijia, let me ask you about you. When you left the capital, did you consult the emperor's medical records?"

With a thud in Su Mu's heart, the sweat from his vest sneaked out, thinking to himself: Sure enough, it seems that I guessed right before.Presumably Taikang had already told Queen Mother Zhang about this, and I was reported here as soon as I returned to the capital.

However, this is a bit strange.

When Taikang found out that something was wrong, he ran over anxiously to ask questions.For this reason, he even had a complete falling out with me.If I didn't get an answer from me, Etaikang's character and methods will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.However, it has been two years since the incident, has there not been a result?

Well, it should be like this.

It's not that hard to deal with today.

Su Mu simply began to pretend to be confused: "Queen Mother, I don't understand."

Empress Dowager Zhang: "As a courtier, as your Majesty's East Palace, Su Mu, your loyalty to Long Live, Aijia naturally knows. Your Majesty's dragon body is related to the country of our Ming Dynasty, and it is related to billions of people. You don't have to worry about it, just answer the truth."

Su Mu: "Two years ago... I don't have a good memory, I can't remember clearly, I don't seem to have read any medical records. I'm just an editor of the Imperial Academy, not a medical officer. What do you do with medical records?"

Hearing that Su Mu was pretending to be stupid, the queen mother's tone became anxious: "Su Mu, do you have a bad memory in the Grand Champion Guild? Not to mention you, even if you are just looking for a scholar, it is a basic skill to have a good memory. Back then you When he left the capital to go to Shanxi to inspect education and government affairs, Taikang personally came to ask about this matter, have you forgotten it too?"

Su Mu still shook his head: "When the queen mother said this, I really remembered it. However, I really forgot what I said when His Highness Taikang came to send me off. I just remember that His Highness seemed very Looking angry, I only care about fear."

"Scared, haha, Su Mu, you still know how to be afraid!" The queen mother laughed angrily, "Stop pretending you don't know anything in front of Aijia, just know that you are afraid. Since you have a bad memory, Aijia I will give you another quarter of an hour to think about it carefully. After thinking about it, you can talk back, if you can’t figure it out, hehe!”

Empress Dowager Zhang sneered again, and her laughter was full of murderous intent: "Don't think that the Ai family has never killed anyone. Back then, because of Taikang's incident, the Ai family killed several slaves in one go. , don't test Aijia's patience."

Hearing these murderous words, Su Mu felt chills in his heart, but he also knew that something bad happened today, and he might encounter big trouble.

However, if the matter of the emperor's body is revealed, in order to cover up this secret, maybe he really can't get out.

Where is the imperial palace, it is the most dangerous place in the world.Especially when it comes to issues related to the emperor's heir and lineage, when the time comes, Mrs. Zhang will kill people and silence her, and you can only blame your poor life.

No, not only can't tell the truth today, but also can't show weakness.

Thinking of this, Su Mu gritted his teeth, and said seriously: "Yes, the Empress Dowager wants to kill a few slaves who don't know the rules, and it's hard for others to say anything. The palace has its own rules in the palace. It's a pity that the minister is a foreign minister. The editor of the academy, if he was killed in the palace by the empress dowager for no reason, how would the people of the world be convinced."

"Besides, it's already night now, and the Queen Mother announces that foreign ministers have entered the palace. If it spreads, it will also damage the reputation of the Queen Mother." The more Su Mu said, the calmer he became, "If the Queen Mother has no other orders, the minister will leave."

This is already a very serious accusation, no matter how you say it, Su Mu is also a vigorous man.Although Empress Dowager Zhang has a noble status, she is only in her thirties.

Lonely men and widows, meeting late at night in the palace, if it falls into the eyes of others, no matter how you look at it, there will be a hint of ambiguity.

With that said, he turned around and walked slowly outside the house.

"You, you are so bold, stop!" Su Mu's words were like a threat, and Empress Dowager Zhang finally broke out.

"Boom!" With a sound, the screen fell down.