The domestic guard is a little sweet

Chapter 96

Zhao Jin drove slowly on the streets of the capital in a carriage.

Empress Dowager Dong's funeral had just passed, and the inside and outside of the capital was filled with solemnity. Seeing the tall and majestic vermilion city wall from a distance, Zhao Jin frowned slightly.

This huge imperial palace, the pinnacle of power in the Great Qi Dynasty, was indeed the place he hated the most. No matter how much power an emperor in the world had, he would still be trapped in this palace for the rest of his life.

The carriage entered through the Kunnan Gate and was driving on the fairway. The palace ladies and eunuchs passing by all bowed their heads and saluted, not daring to look up at all.

Zhao Jin was taken to the Hall of Mental Cultivation by the eunuch, and he knelt down to salute in a respectful manner.

"See Your Majesty."

At this moment, the emperor was sitting behind the desk reviewing the memorial, and when he saw him coming, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Ninth brother, why do you need such a big gift? Liu Quan hastened to help Lord Rui up. You have been dodging in Donglin for the past few years, and your body looks much stronger than before. The queen mother learned about it in the spirit of the sky. It's also joyful."

With a smile on his face and eyes full of admiration, Zhao Jin looked at the emperor, listened carefully to his questions, answered a few words from time to time, but couldn't help sneering in his heart, saying that he didn't need to make a big salute, but waited for him to kneel down After clasping hands, he said some polite words.

"It's my brother who is not filial. I can't say no to serving my mother in front of my mother. The character of my brother, the emperor also knows that he hates those government affairs the most. It all depends on the care of the emperor, so that he can live in a corner in Donglin , have a leisurely day."

"Hahaha, Xiao Jiu, you are still the same." The emperor glanced at Zhao Jin with a half-smile.Before he walked in front of Zhao Jin, he suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Zhao Jin with burning eyes: "I heard that you have a group of firearms proficient troops under your command, and they made great contributions when the Northern Man attacked the border. My brother really surprised me."

Zhao Jin's heart felt more serious and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. He turned his sleeves slightly, his fists were on the ground in shock, and he said as he walked forward: "The biggest hero in fighting against the northern barbarian soldiers this time is undoubtedly Donglin's soldiers. The garrison envoys, and the more than 1000 elite you sent to protect your younger brothers, if you receive this credit for nothing, it would be really shameless."

Zhao Jin bowed and saluted, pretending to be embarrassed and ashamed of the leader, the emperor watched him for a long time, then laughed loudly to attract the eunuchs around him. "Liu Quan, go and order the imperial dining room to make some food and drink. I haven't seen my ninth brother for a long time, so we should have a drink together."

Zhao Jin's heart was up and down, but he didn't dare to refuse the emperor, so he could only bow down. It took only half a cup of tea, and the imperial dining room was ready to put the food on the table.

Zhao Jin ate this meal with fear, and drinking with the emperor cannot be postponed. Even if these nine kinds are highly poisonous, he must drink them with a smile. Human rights, Zhao Jin cried and drank with the emperor, feeling terrified in his heart.

Fortunately, after drinking for three rounds, although Zhao Jin's head was a little drunk, he didn't show any signs of discomfort, so his heart was finally relieved.

Just as he got up and wanted to say goodbye, the emperor looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and said softly: "Ninth brother, you and I, two brothers, I haven't seen my mother for a long time. , now that you are drunk, why don't you just rest in the palace for a night and go back in a few days. The room you lived in when you were a child has been kept in the Empress's Compassionate Palace, how about you go there to accompany the empress?"

Cold sweat broke out on Zhao Jin's back in an instant. He lowered his head and bowed and said in a calm voice: "Then I would like to thank Brother Huang for his kindness. I am dizzy from drinking at the moment. Please forgive me, Brother Huang. Let's go down now." Wash up."

The emperor nodded, looked at Zhao Jin with dark eyes, and waved to the eunuch beside him: "Come here, send Prince Rui to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to serve him well."

"Yes! My lord, please!"

Zhao Jin followed a gray-clothed eunuch to the Palace of Compassion. Empress Dowager Dong has always kept the room where the original owner lived in when he was a child. All of them could not fail to see Empress Dowager Dong's love for the original owner.

Now that he left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhao Jin felt that his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, and he felt uncomfortable after drinking a lot, so he called for a water bath.

Zhao Jin, the eunuch who came to wait on him, saw that they were all from the emperor's side, and each of these eunuchs had strong steps on their feet and a long breath, and they were all masters of the inner family. Zhao Jin couldn't help being surprised.

He didn't show much on his face, soaking comfortably in the wooden barrel. From the corner of his eye, he saw the hands and feet of the eunuchs, quickly took away all the clothes and accessories he brought into the palace, and replaced them with brand new clothes and accessories. Only the jade pendant given to him by Empress Dowager Dong was left, and it stayed after being inspected.

After taking all the people away, Zhao Jin stayed in the room alone, the comfortable and lazy smile on his face slowly receded, his face was cold, he frowned tightly, and tapped the tub with his slender index finger.

"I'm afraid that he, a good emperor brother, really wants to kill him."

Zhao Jin quickly picked up the jade pendant in his hand, tapped the jade bead on the top of the jade pendant twice, and the jade bead opened in response, and there was a red round pill inside the hollow.

Seeing the stretching of the pill in his eyes, Zhao Jin buckled the jade bead back again, everything returned to its original state, and put the jade pendant casually among his clothes.

Zhao Jin smiled casually, leaned his head on the huge wooden barrel, and stared at the beam in a daze.

"Eleven, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back, your master."