Xuande Hall, court meeting.

Since just now, Zhu Yunxuan has been listening to Liang Zhen and the first assistant Zeng Huai arguing endlessly for the candidate of the new commander of the pass. Liang Zhen's face was light and calm, and he replied only after the other party said three sentences, but his words were bitter, and he did not save face for the new minister. Yan Shixue followed behind Zeng Huai to help, and the two cabinet ministers together couldn't beat the sharp-toothed and cheeky Liang Zhen, and they all fell to their knees in anger.

The people next to him all stood by with their hands on the sidelines, and no one was willing to make a sound. Zhu Yunxuan's brows became tighter and tighter, his eyes slowly swept across the crowd, and fell on Liang Zhen, paused, and interrupted the endless disputes in the hall: "Since If there is no conclusion, let the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel recommend candidates together, and after the agreement is reached, the list will be reported to me for a decision.”

The Minister of War and the Minister of Personnel hurriedly came out and took orders respectfully.

Liang Zhen raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yunxuan, raised his lips slightly, Zhu Yunxuan turned his eyes away and stopped looking at him.

Two days later, the two collegial recommendation lists were presented to the imperial front. There were three people in total, all of whom were generals of the two Beijing camps.

The Minister of War lowered his head and said with sincerity and fear: "The former Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ding was stubborn and acted too aggressively, so it was not appropriate to be promoted to commander-in-chief, and the other Deputy Commander Jiang was not senior enough. In the past, these three are veterans with stable personalities and many years of experience in leading troops, and they will definitely be able to take on this important task, so please let Your Majesty decide."

Zhu Yunxuan looked coldly at the officials in front of him who came to report the matter, all of them lowered their heads, with a cautious and respectful attitude, but how many of them really turned to him as the emperor, and was afraid that they were the only ones. the clearest.

"These people, are you all drafted by yourself?"

The Minister of War replied: "It was decided after the ministers and others discussed it."

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yunxuan endured his anger and said, "If you allow me to think about it again, you should all step back first."

After the people left, Zhu Yunxuan raised his hand and swept away the pen holder, inkstone, and paperweight on the table in front of him. The palace servants in the hall immediately knelt down, and Gao An persuaded with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, calm down..."

"Quiet your anger?" Zhu Yunxuan laughed in anger, "Does anyone care if I am angry or not? They all take me seriously, do they still remember that I am the emperor?!"

As soon as the words fell, Liang Zhen had already walked into the door. Seeing this scene, he raised his eyebrows: "Which short-sighted person annoyed Your Majesty and made His Majesty so angry?"

Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes and looked at Liang Zhen's eyes full of coldness and sternness, gnashing his teeth and couldn't bite his bones: "King Zhao is really good at it, officials of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people have not been wooed by you?"

Liang Zhen chuckled: "Why can't the minister understand what Your Majesty is saying?"

"Don't pretend to be with me! I asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to recommend candidates for the new commander-in-chief in Qiaoguan, why would they be like you, and they are all your cronies in the two capital camps?!"

Liang Zhen shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, the minister has said that in this matter, the minister is absolutely unselfish, Ding Yang is not suitable, it is not suitable for Ding Yang, not only his own character can not take the responsibility of the commander of the pass, and... "

"And what?!"

"Does Your Majesty insist that the ministers explain everything clearly?" Liang Zhen looked directly at Zhu Yunxuan and said in a deep voice, "Moreover, he and Jiang Yan, the other deputy commander-in-chief of Qiguan, are all under the henchmen of Hou Dingyuan, and they followed Dingyuan. Marquis Yuan was born and swears allegiance to the death. You transferred Marquis Dingyuan to the south, but the northwest gate is still left to his confidant. He is so heavily armed, and there is a former prince who has come back from the dead beside him. Your Majesty, take it seriously. Aren't you worried?"

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, his face became more and more ugly, and his dark eyes were completely soaked with anger: "King Zhao doesn't need to stir up differences here, I can't believe others but absolutely believe in Duke Dingyuan, there is no need for you to treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

Liang Zhen laughed: "Marquis Dingyuan is a gentleman, so what is that subject? Does Your Majesty know there is a saying that people's hearts change easily? Back then, when the abolished prince was wrongly convicted to death, and then he fled with fake death, did he really feel uneasy at all? This position under you should have belonged to him, but now he has the help of Dingyuan Hou, if you really think about it, what will you do?"

Zhu Yunxuan snarled: "Shut up! I know best what kind of person my brother is, how can I allow you to speculate and slander arbitrarily here!"

Instead of shutting up, Liang Zhen took a step forward, and his words became bolder and more aggressive: "I know that Your Majesty and the abolished prince are deeply fraternal, but how much can this fraternal relationship be worth before the power of the emperor? If it is today Sitting on this throne is the abolished prince. Your Majesty, you can still be a wise king to assist the emperor, and he will certainly treat you with mercy, but now it is you who is the emperor, and he is the crown prince under one person. When he sees a desperado who has no choice but to change his name and surname to survive, will he really be able to let it go without any grudges? If you trust him and Dingyuan Hou so unreservedly, if he is looking for an opportunity , can you be sure that he will not take the opportunity to bite back and give birth to the heart of disobedience?"

"Shut up for me! Shut up!" Zhu Yunxuan was extremely angry, bent down and put his hands on the case, supporting his crumbling body, staring at Liang Zhen with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said every word , "You have heard it clearly, this throne is only for the sake of the elder brother, and if the elder brother wants to take it back, I will give it to him, and I will not tolerate you!"

The last word fell, Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes and fell down softly, Liang Zhen's pupils shrank fiercely, his body rushed up one step faster than his brain, and he caught him with both hands.

Gao An panicked for a moment, and in a hurry, he ordered someone to pass the imperial doctor, and looked at Zhu Yunxuan, who was held by Liang Zhen in his arms, and told Liang Zhen sobbing: "Your Majesty has not slept for two hours a day since he ascended the throne. I worked hard for state affairs, and I suffered from the cold two days ago, and I didn’t let the imperial doctor pass, saying that it was not a big deal, so as not to disturb people and make a fuss, the slaves really couldn’t persuade…”

Liang Zhen's expression turned cold, he picked up the person horizontally, and went into the bedroom at the back.

The imperial doctor came in a hurry, checked the pulse and said that he had caught a cold, and he could be cured by taking two medicines. Leaning on the couch, Liang Zhen frowned and asked, "Why is Your Majesty still awake?"

The imperial physician lowered his head, not daring to take a breath, and answered him cautiously: "Your Majesty is the one who is in a hurry, and he will faint without taking a breath. Should be able to wake up."

"Really okay?"

"Your Majesty is young and can endure it, but it can't be like this forever. The dragon's body is important, and you still have to take care of your body. The lower official will prescribe another prescription. As long as His Majesty takes more rest and cooperates with the prescription, it will be able to maintain for a period of time. No worries."

Liang Zhen nodded: "Go down and make a prescription."

Zhu Yunxuan huddled in the bed with his eyes closed, as if he could not rest in peace even after falling asleep. Liang Zhen helped him tuck the quilt, and just stood aside and looked at him with good eyes.

Gao An was still choking in a low voice, and Liang Zhen was impatient to hear it, and scolded him in a low voice: "If you cry again, get out of the way. Look at how you look like a chief eunuch? That's how you serve Your Majesty?"

He suddenly felt a little regretful. He knew that it would be better to keep the old guy Feng Sheng, and at least he could help himself stare at Zhu Yunxuan.

Gao An wiped away the tears on his face indiscriminately, and was about to retreat, but Liang Zhen stopped him again: "This king asks you, does Your Majesty really have a headache for this candidate for the commander of the Guanguan?"

"Yes, it is……"

"What did the old Zeng Ge tell him?"

Gao An hesitated to say anything, Liang Zhen squinted his eyes and said, "Why, can't you say it?"

"...The slave does not dare to talk about these things rashly, and I ask the prince to forgive me." After daring to reply, Gao An refused to say any more, and bowed and retreated.

Liang Zhen sneered lightly, not to mention that he could guess, the old guy must have repeatedly reminded Zhu Yunxuan that he had ulterior motives and wanted to control the military power of Qiguan, so he insisted on dispatching people from Beijing, and Zhu Yunxuan had been guarding him. Now that the pedantic old man is assisting him, I am afraid that he will be rejected thousands of miles away.

After a long time, he lowered his head, put a kiss on Zhu Yunxuan's lips, and sighed softly, that's all, he won't go against you this time.

When Zhu Yunxuan woke up, it was almost dusk, and when he saw Liang Zhen sitting on the edge of the couch, the expression on his face immediately turned cold again.

Gao An helped him sit up, handed him the medicine he had just boiled, Zhu Yunxuan took it, and he drank all of it without blinking his eyes. Liang Zhen stared at his movements, and when he had finished drinking the medicine, he curled his lips lightly: "How long has it been since your majesty ascended the throne, you are so weak that you don't need to do anything, how long can you sit on this throne? ?"

Zhu Yunxuan looked at him with a sullen face: "Have you said enough?"

Liang Zhen shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't want to offend you, so why do you do this?"

Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes tiredly: "Then you should step back."

"In the future, you must rest before the hour, and the minister will read your daily notes every day."

"you!"

"The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty should not be angry, and I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body."

"Then don't be mad at me!"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes turned red, looking at his flooded eyes, Liang Zhen wanted to laugh again, he had heard the old man in the palace talk before, saying that the fifth highness was lively, saucy, but the most squeamish, and now he does it. When he became the emperor, he always held majesty, but his personality did not change in his bones.

Holding back a smile, he said: "Your Majesty's appearance was seen by foreign ministers, and all the imperial prestige was gone."

Zhu Yunxuan said coldly, "Does King Zhao think he is not a foreign minister?"

Liang Zhen smiled and said no more.