Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 28 Relief
Jia Rui handed in an errand at the Jinyiwei yamen, and then left Jinyiwei with Long Jinwei and went back to the palace.

They first came to Long Jinwei's yamen, and after asking Long Jinwei to sign in, they dispersed, but he himself did not dare to leave, and wanted to enter the palace to answer the Supreme Emperor.

The Dragon Head Palace of the Supreme Emperor is on the left side of the Qianqing Palace, the emperor's bedroom.

Therefore, if Jia Rui wants to go to the Dragon Head Palace, he must first pass through the emperor's bedroom.

Normally, when Jia Rui passed by here, nothing happened and no one made trouble.

But this time it was different, he had just walked around a red wall, when suddenly he felt his eyes go dark, and then it seemed like he couldn't beat anything.

If ordinary people faced this kind of attack, they would stop cooking immediately.

But now Jia Rui still had some skills to stay close to him, so facing the sudden attack, Jia Rui stood still and took a step back.

At this step, the black shadow on the opposite side was empty.

Only then did Jia Rui have the time to watch carefully.

It turned out that there was already a group of people waiting for him here.

There is a golden chair in the middle, and the person sitting on it is none other than the current emperor.

There were many guards and eunuchs standing beside the emperor.

And the person who beat him just now was a guard holding a thick black stick in his hand.

If he was hit on the head with this stick, Jia Rui's head would be opened immediately, and it would be unclear whether he could survive.

When Jia Rui saw this scene, he was immediately annoyed, but he calmed down quickly. No matter what he said, the other party was the emperor, even if he had some kung fu, he was outnumbered, so he couldn't stand up.

Therefore, Jia Rui's gloomy eyes softened, and he quickly knelt down on the spot and kowtowed to the emperor who was sitting there.

"Jia Rui, Commander Chenlong Jinwei, has seen my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The emperor did not speak, but a eunuch standing next to him did.

"Where did you come from, monkey boy? Do you know the rules so well? How many heads do you have when you bumped into the majesty's luanjia?"

This was obviously excused by the stick that hit Jia Rui just now.

If Jia Rui was killed, that would be fine, after all, he was just a minister under the Supreme Emperor's command, even if he was killed, the Supreme Emperor would not be able to completely turn against the Emperor.

But if he was not killed, he had to find a way to cover up what happened just now.

Jia Rui naturally knew what the other party meant, so he could only kneel there and kowtow repeatedly.

"I don't know that the emperor's dragon is driving here. If there is a collision, I ask the emperor to look at the emperor's face and forgive me this time."

"Hehe, in which temple are you a great bodhisattva? You are not mean-spirited. For the sake of the Supreme Emperor? Who does the Supreme Emperor know about you?"

After saying this, the eunuch directly ordered the guards standing beside him.

"Take this traitor who rushed into Luanjia, and hand it over to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment for questioning."

As soon as the guards standing nearby heard the order, they did not dare to neglect, and immediately gathered three or four people to kidnap Jia Rui.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from a distance.

"Stop, the Emperor has a will."

When Jia Rui heard the voice, he immediately felt amnesty. It turned out that it was not someone else, but Dai Quan.

The guards who were going to tie Jia Rui also heard Dai Quan's voice, they looked at each other with hesitation on their faces.

After all, although the emperor was powerful, the real power was the Supreme Emperor, and Dai Quan was the most favored eunuch under the Supreme Emperor.

To put it bluntly, now Dai Quan's words are more authoritative than the emperor's.

When the emperor saw the guards under him, he stopped his movements because of Dai Quan's words, and his face was a little ugly.

But he didn't say anything, just sat there waiting for Dai Quan.

Dai Quan trotted to the emperor's place, and first took a look at Jia Rui who was kneeling in the distance.

Then with a smile all over his face, he came to the emperor, knelt down and saluted the emperor.

Only now did the emperor speak for the first time.

"Is the Supreme Emperor in good health?"

"Your Majesty misses you, the Supreme Emperor is in good health."

The emperor nodded, then looked at Dai Quan and said, "You just said that the Supreme Emperor has a will? What is it?"

After hearing this, Dai Quan stood up, and then said seriously: "The Supreme Emperor's oral order."

After hearing this, the emperor finally stood up slowly from the chair, and then bowed slightly.

"The Supreme Emperor has a decree to pass Jia Rui on for an audience."

Jia Rui, who was kneeling in the distance, was also clever, and he immediately continued, "Minister Jia Rui, thank you for accepting the order."

After saying that, he quickly stood up and trotted straight to the Dragon Head Palace.

When the emperor stood there and saw Jia Rui leaving, he ignored him, he was so angry, this Jia Rui only had the Supreme Emperor in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to him as the emperor at all.

Let you be arrogant for a while, and see how I deal with you later.

Dai Quan, who was standing aside, smiled slightly and bowed slightly to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor is still waiting for the slave to reply, so the slave will leave first."

After saying this, Dai Quan turned and left.

And at this time, the eunuch who had been standing beside the emperor dared to step forward and whisper in the emperor's ear.

"Long live Lord, just let him go like this?"

"Then what do you think we should do? Do you want me to make the Supreme Emperor unhappy?"

When the eunuch heard the emperor's unkind tone, he immediately shut up and slapped himself several times in succession.

"It's all the slave's fault, it's all the slave's fault. Long live the Lord, I don't dare to be angry. I'm so angry that my dragon body is broken. How can I do that?"

After hearing his words, the emperor was finally relieved.

"Don't make the Supreme Emperor angry again recently, let the people under your command restrain themselves a bit, in case something happens, I won't be able to protect you."

Then he let out a long sigh. This morning, he and the Supreme Emperor had a dispute over their official position as Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor.

The Supreme Emperor thought that Lin Ruhai, the censor of Yanyan, was seriously ill and could not be a director, so he wanted to change him.

However, the emperor pointed out that before Lin Ruhai died, he was looking for a sum of money for him, so he didn't back down half a step.

In the end, although the Supreme Emperor compromised, after returning, he took the emperor's confidant Liu Chengen to the imperial prison.

Originally, the emperor wanted to give Jia Rui a slap in the face for handling this matter. If he could kill him, it would be a relief.

But he didn't expect that the Supreme Emperor would value Jia Rui so much and personally send Dai Quan to rescue him.

The emperor let out a long breath.

Not to mention that the emperor was sulking here, but also that Dai Quan and Jia Rui came to the Dragon Head Palace in a hurry.

Outside the side hall of Dragon Head Palace, Dai Quan asked Jia Rui to wait outside, and he went in to answer the Supreme Emperor.

After a while, word came out from inside, asking Jia Rui to have an audience.

With the will, Jia Rui dared to enter the side hall cautiously under the leadership of the eunuch.

After entering, he saw the Supreme Emperor sitting on the kang, with his eyes closed and relaxing.

As for his backer, Jia Rui didn't dare to disturb him in any way, and stood there obediently, waiting for the Supreme Emperor to question him.

After about a stick of incense, the Supreme Emperor finally opened his eyes and saw Jia Rui standing there cautiously, with a smile on his face.

"How is it? Are you scared this time?"

Jia Rui touched the cold sweat on his face before answering cautiously.

"The minister is indeed a little scared."

The Supreme Emperor smiled lightly, "You still lack experience, don't even think about it, with me here, who would dare to do anything to you?"

The Supreme Emperor had a smile on his face when he spoke, but Dai Quan, who was standing aside, found that the Supreme Emperor's eyes were full of gloom.

As the chief eunuch who had followed the Supreme Emperor for many years, he knew the Emperor's temperament very well. When he saw the Supreme Emperor like this, he knew that someone would be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)