Chapter 1217: Contrast between Reality and Nightmare

The next day, early in the morning, before Zhou Shuren had had breakfast, the eunuch came to Zhou's house and invited Zhou Shuren into the palace.

Zhu Lan frowned, "Why would they suddenly let you enter the palace?"

Moreover, it was early in the morning and there was no morning court before the high tide meeting, so Zhulan had to think more.

Zhou Shuren was also surprised. Normally, the emperor and the prince should not meet anyone before the grand meeting, but now they wanted to meet him and didn't even give him time to eat breakfast.

Zhou Shuren put on his official uniform and said, "Don't worry."

Zhulan was not worried, but just couldn't understand. "Although there is no danger, you still have to be more careful."

"good."

Zhulan handed the purse decorated with heart to Zhou Shuren, "It will fill your belly."

"Um."

The carriage was moving very fast, and it was obvious that Zhou Shuren was in a hurry to enter the palace. After entering the palace, it went straight to the Zheng Palace.

Zhou Shuren tidied up his official uniform before entering the study. The emperor was the only one in the study. It was quiet in the study. The emperor was still immersed in his own thoughts, but the air pressure around him was very low.

Zhou Shuren's heart was raised, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

The emperor came back to his senses, and it seemed like it took him a long time to find his voice again, "Ah, Shu Ren is here."

Zhou Shuren was even more confused and still didn't understand what was wrong with the emperor.

The emperor rubbed his forehead and said, "Shu Ren, sit down."

Zhou Shuren stood up and sat on the chair that had been prepared long ago, and said carefully: "Your Majesty looks a little unwell, but did you not get enough rest?"

The emperor's face sank again, and he said in a nasal voice, "Well, I really didn't get enough rest."

Zhou Shuren, "......."

Today's emperor is very open-minded!

The emperor's eyes fell on Zhou Shuren, looking at him without blinking, which made Zhou Shuren very nervous. How could he not be nervous? The emperor did not hide the scrutiny in his eyes at all.

Zhou Shuren tried his best to keep himself calm and asked doubtfully, "Is your official uniform not properly put on?"

The emperor withdrew his gaze, shook his head and said, "I just had a nightmare."

It was more than just a nightmare. The dream was filled with blood. He could hear his own roar. The whole hall was filled with blood. Then, he watched like a bystander. He saw familiar faces one by one, but Zhou Shuren was not there. Yes, Zhou Shuren was not there.

He searched carefully in his dream and found that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was not Zhou Shuren, but Lord Zhong.

This nightmare felt too real to him. His son was poisoned and fell to the ground. The people in the hall were bloodthirsty. He recognized every face. The prince won, but he also paid a price.

The emperor closed his eyes to calm his emotions, wishing to kill the Zhang family into pieces. He opened his eyes and said, "I had a dream last night, and Shuren was not in my dream."

Zhou Shuren's heart was pounding, and he was so scared, "Oh my God, are you teasing him like this? And you're giving the emperor a hint like this, "Why did the emperor dream about me?"

I admire my quick reaction.

Your Majesty, "I dreamed of a court without Shu Ren. It was a nightmare to me."

Zhou Shuren took a deep breath in his heart, this sentence contained a lot of information, then he thought again, it was true, without him in the court, no one would come up with a good idea to collect silver to fill the national treasury, without his conspiracy to defeat the Zhang clan and pick up silver for nothing, without him returning to the Rong clan by accident, the Rong clan's treasury would not have been discovered.

Zhou Shuren looked at the emperor. The most important thing was that without his intentional guidance from time to time, the emperor and the prince would not have such closed-minded thinking.

Zhou Shuren, "The Emperor's dreams are always the opposite."

What can he say? He can say that your dream is right, and he is the biggest surprise.

The emperor thought so too, because Shuren really existed, and he had discovered the conspiracy of the Yao and Zhang families early on. He was prepared, and he controlled this game. The emperor smiled, "I am afraid sometimes too."

He was really scared. The dream was too real. Thinking of the empress, the emperor pursed his lips.

Zhou Shuren's heart was pounding with fear. The emperor was in a bad mood again. He finally understood why he was in such a hurry to find him in the palace. The emperor was looking for a sense of reality in him. It was obvious that the emperor's dream was really terrible.

Zhou Shuren recalled carefully, the memory was a bit distant. At that time, his wife said that Rong Enqing, the original Shi Qing, died after failing to seize the throne. He stroked his beard and thought that if he had not interfered, it seemed to be true. Originally, the Shi family had business dealings with the Zhang family, and even if he did not return, he would still be a merchant. However, the more they interacted, the more inseparable they became. He was probably used as cannon fodder.

Zhou Shuren didn't dare to peek at the emperor. The emperor was too sensitive. He was afraid that he couldn't hide his thoughts from the emperor. "Your Majesty, dreams are just dreams."

The emperor smiled and said, "Shu Ren is right, dreams are just dreams."

Now the queen is alive and well, and the sons are all fine. He is fully prepared, but he still remembers some details in the dream. He would rather believe it than not, and he still has to be on guard.

Finally, the emperor became more and more satisfied with Zhou Shuren. Thinking of the master's words, Zhou Shuren was indeed a lucky general. The sharp contrast between reality and dreams made the emperor more and more convinced that Zhou Shuren was a person who could stabilize the country.

The emperor thought of this and said, "In the future, I will have to rely more on Shuren to advise the prince."

Zhou Shuren, "The Crown Prince was personally taught by the Emperor. I am ashamed of his excellence."

Bah, it's good to give advice, but the emperor will just pass the buck. The prince will be the emperor in the future. Honest advice may be unpleasant to the ears but is beneficial to action, provided that one can listen to it. Even if the prince can listen to it at first, after a long time, after being an emperor for a long time, he may not be willing to listen more.

If something goes wrong and there are too many problems, the Zhou family will be finished.

The emperor was satisfied with the prince he had taught, especially when the prince was in control of government affairs and no longer needed his guidance. "Shu Ren is the pillar of the country. I have confidence in you."

Zhou Shuren, "......"

He had no confidence in himself, not because he was afraid, but because he saw it too clearly. Think about the prince's temperament, he was an ambitious expander, and when he had achieved great success, he really didn't want to listen to words that would wake him up.

Zhou Shuren stayed in the palace for the whole morning. After having lunch, he left the palace and returned to the Ministry of Revenue.

The fact that the prince summoned Zhou Shuren alone and entered the palace early in the morning made people think too much. Yes, the emperor was still unconscious and could die at any time, so everyone thought that the prince met Zhou Shuren.

Because of the dragon robe, everyone thought that he had said something to Zhou Shuren, which was also an indirect confirmation that the prince would succeed to the throne.

Faced with Qiu Yan who wanted to speak but hesitated several times, Zhou Shuren simply ignored him, and his silence was more powerful than words.

In the afternoon, Lord Ning, Ning Xu, entered the palace. As if to verify his conjecture, people who entered the palace in the following two days were all descendants of the crown prince.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the grand court meeting. Zhou Shuren woke up at dawn, and Zhulan helped him put on his clothes without saying a word. They both had a premonition that blood would be shed today, as the day for the grand court meeting would not be chosen randomly by the prince.

Zhulan stared at the soft armor, "Is the soft armor useful?"