On March 18, the ninth year of the Xuanli reign, the sky was slightly bright and clouds and fog filled the city.
Fu Xiaoguan still got up early and started morning exercises in Jinghu Villa, where he spent 125,000 taels of silver a day.
Although he already had internal strength, he still did not give up running.
He didn't know whether it was because of his internal strength or because of the precious silver, but he felt that his running effect was better than before.
At this moment, he was running around Mirror Lake. He had just run half a circle when he saw Ning Siyan flying towards him from the fog over the lake.
He stood in front of Fu Xiaoguan and yawned, "A eunuch came to the palace and said he wanted to see you."
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned. He almost thought he was still in the Yu Dynasty.
"Why would this eunuch from the Wu Dynasty want to see me, an official from the Yu Dynasty?"
Ning Siyan took the wine gourd from his waist, took a sip, smacked his lips, and said, "What else can I do? Of course, Emperor Wen wants to see you." After saying this, he raised his eyes to look at Fu Xiaoguan and added, "I'm afraid Wu Ling'er has taken a fancy to you. Wu Ling'er is not bad. If you can marry her, it will be much more convenient in the Wu Dynasty. At least people like Gao Yanei won't dare to provoke you again. What are you disgusted with?"
"However...if you really marry Wu Ling'er, I advise you to return to Jinling as soon as possible. Even if you have so many experts around you, if the Right Prime Minister wants to attack you, they will find it difficult to protect you. By the way, let me tell you that although Zhuo Donglai is good-looking, he is very mean-spirited. I look down on him anyway, so be careful."
After saying that, Ning Siyan flew into the clouds again. Fu Xiaoguan thought for a moment, ran back to his room, took a bath, changed into his court robes as a Taizhong doctor, said something to Su Jue who had already gotten up, and walked towards the door.
The eunuch Lin Gonggong who delivered the imperial edict was getting a little impatient and a look of annoyance appeared on his face.
Last evening, the factory owner's beloved son lost to this young official Fu at Jinshui Tower. I heard that as many as three hundred embroidered clothes envoys were injured. The factory owner did not take any action after hearing the news, but his face was gloomy and a little scary at that time.
This young official Fu has only been in Guanyun City for one day, but he has already offended the factory owner. This ignorant young man is truly a scholar who has become stupid because of reading too much.
At the early morning meeting today, I don’t know why His Majesty summoned him, a foreign official, into the palace.
Fu Xiaoguan came out just when Eunuch Lin was very depressed. Seeing that Eunuch Lin looked unhappy, he didn't take it seriously and took out a silver note of one hundred taels from his sleeve pocket.
"I'm really sorry, I was hungover last night and haven't woken up yet today. I kept you waiting for so long. I hope you will accept this little token of my gratitude."
Eunuch Lin sneered, thinking that if he took the silver, the factory manager would probably chop off his hand!
"I have waited a little too long, but Master Fu is famous throughout the world and is a role model admired by students all over the country. I am just a small errand boy in front of the emperor. How dare I argue with Master Fu? How dare I take his money... Come with me, don't keep the emperor waiting too long."
These words came out of the young eunuch's mouth in a veiled tone. Fu Xiaoguan smiled slightly and put away the banknote. "Excuse me, young eunuch, what is your name?"
Eunuch Lin's face darkened and he was extremely unhappy. He hated being called "little eunuch"!
"My last name is not important. What is important is that Mr. Fu has come to the Juhua Palace of the Wu Dynasty. You need to understand some rules. I will now tell you about the rules of meeting the emperor in the Wu Dynasty."
Fu Xiaoguan frowned slightly and said, "This eunuch's yin and yang are out of balance. Let me adjust it for you."
"Little eunuch, you must be mistaken. I am an official of the Yu Dynasty and I will not bow to the emperor of the Wu Dynasty!"
Eunuch Lin was stunned. Even foreign officials had to bow when they met the emperor!
This rule comes from the sacred learning of the Yu Dynasty. Could it be that this young official Fu doesn't understand the sacred learning?
He was about to retort when Fu Xiaoguan spoke up again, "Also, you've probably forgotten that I, Fu Xiaoguan, am the most talented scholar in the world. It was your Emperor Wen who invited me. I came here for your Emperor Wen's sake! So if you say one more word, I'll get off the carriage. I really want to see who will suffer if I don't go to see Emperor Wen, me or you. Little eunuch, do you want to give it a try?"
Eunuch Lin was even more shocked this time. For the first time, he looked at Fu Xiaoguan very seriously and suddenly remembered the news he had heard - it seemed that Lord Guan, the Left Vice Minister of the Guanli Hall, had treated Fu Xiaoguan poorly in Fanning City, so he turned around and left, causing Lord Guan to get wet in the rain for the entire afternoon. If Princess Taiping had not gone there, I'm afraid this guy would have dared to return directly to the Yu Dynasty.
If I offend him at this time...
If he really got off the carriage...
Although I might bring honor to the factory owner, I would anger His Majesty, and naturally I would not end up well.
After some thought, he decided to swallow his pride and kept his mouth shut.
But Fu Xiaoguan smiled again, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Little Eunuch, what's your name?"
What the hell, no wonder my right eyelid twitched when I woke up in the morning, it turns out it was because of this guy!
"My family's surname is Lin."
"Eunuch Lin, I have a question for you. Tell me... in the court of your Wu Dynasty, who is more senior, Eunuch Gao or your Emperor Wen?"
Eunuch Lin was shocked. If these words were said by the people of Wu Dynasty and were known by the Embroidered Uniform Envoy, they would probably be arrested immediately!
His mind raced, thinking he had to be on guard against this guy setting a trap for him, so he replied, "Of course, Your Majesty is the greatest."
"Oh..." Fu Xiaoguan nodded meaningfully, and suddenly said, "Since Emperor Wen is the most powerful, why did Eunuch Gao invite Bei Wangchuan to come to my border town to assassinate me?"
Eunuch Lin was stunned. This was not something he could know, so he could not answer. Even if he knew, he could not answer.
So Fu Xiaoguan muttered to himself thoughtfully: "No wonder he sent someone to send Bei Wangchuan out of Guanyun City..." As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Xiaoguan suddenly leaned over and looked at Eunuch Lin with a smile, which made Eunuch Lin get goose bumps all over his body and had a bad premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, Fu Xiaoguan spoke again: "Eunuch Xiaolin, do you know the whereabouts of Beiwangchuan? There are only two of us, and we will pay you 10,000 taels of silver for this information!"
Eunuch Lin widened his eyes. A small eunuch like him was not qualified to know about the factory owner's affairs, but ten thousand taels of silver was really tempting.
In a flash, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
For example, could we ask Eunuch Li, a popular figure around the factory owner?
For example, if Fu Xiaoguan wants to know the whereabouts of Bei Wangchuan, does that mean he also wants revenge?
For example, Bei Wangchuan is the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Finally he made up his mind that he could get the money but not spend it!
So he was about to refuse, but he didn't expect Fu Xiaoguan to say another sentence: "One hundred thousand taels! This ten thousand is a deposit! In exchange for information about Bei Wangchuan's whereabouts!"
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