After announcing the decree, Eunuch Gao left without stopping. Lin Xi was a little stunned when he first heard the decree. He was summoned by the prince as soon as he entered the palace, and now he was summoned by the emperor after only one night. I really don’t know whether this is a good or a bad thing?

After Eunuch Gao left, Lin Xi did not set off immediately, but instead looked at Liang Yuzhou. At this time, Liang Yuzhou also looked at Lin Xi with great meaning, but there was no envy or jealousy in his eyes.

"Brother Liang, what do you want to teach me?" Lin Xi asked with a smile.

"Haha, Brother Lin is now in a strong sense of holy family, so there is no need to worry too much. But you must know that being with the king is like being with a tiger. Although you and I are not the same faction, the servants have always been the same as each other, because you and I know that I will not be limited to the servants in this life. There are no friends in the court, and there are no eternal enemies. As long as we have the same interests, we will stand on the same line!"

Liang Yuzhou said straightforwardly without any concealment. The emperor had already given an order to Xuan Linxi, and they didn't have much time to talk in detail. At this time, Liang Yuzhou's words were just an attitude.

"Lin understands what Brother Liang means. Then I'll go first!" Lin Xi nodded slightly and headed out of the house.

"Brother Lin, let me say another sentence. Shizhong Lin may not be able to return in the afternoon. At that time, Shizhong Chen should have taken over. Brother Lin only knows that what he said just now was what I mean, and what Shizhong Chen meant." Liang Yuzhou quickly added that the Chen Shizhong he mentioned was another Chen Bangting among the three Shizhongs.

"Yeah!" Lin Xi just said no, and hurried towards the "Xuanwu Gate".

Outside Xuanwu Gate, Lin Xi took out his official seal and directly stated that he was attending the meeting under the order. Immediately, a young eunuch led him to the inner courtyard of the deep palace.

After passing Xuanwu Gate, the scenery of the entire palace changed again. The outer court was grand and solemn, while the inner palace was more like a home courtyard, with pavilions, towers, water pavilions and jacarandas everywhere. It was exquisite and elegant everywhere!

Outside the Donghunting Pavilion, the little eunuch said respectfully to the room: "I will report to Your Majesty, and the young master Lin, the servant of the young mansion, was ordered to wait for the emperor."

"Let him come in" Shang Emperor's voice came from the house. At this time, Shang Emperor's voice was a little smaller than that of the 'Hanyuan Palace', but it was still majestic.

The little eunuch winked at Lin Xi and signaled Lin Xi to enter. Lin Xi also nodded slightly to the little eunuch, and then walked into the house by himself. As soon as he entered the house, he smelled a scent of ink in the house. This ink fragrance was indeed somewhat similar to the ink smell automatically generated by the "Zhutian Ink". But there were some slight differences. I guess this was the rumored "Jiuxuan Sanji Ink" used by the Emperor Shang.

"My Young Master Lin Xi, I am the servant of the young mansion, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Lin Xi walked into the house, and the Emperor Shang was sitting upright before the imperial case, as if he was reviewing the memorial. Lin Xi approached the imperial case, bowed respectfully one meter away, but did not kneel down. This is also a relatively enlightened point in the Shang Dynasty. Anyone with an official lord, as long as it is not a major occasion, must bow and bow when he sees the emperor until he no longer has to kneel down.

"Oh, Lin Aiqing is here. Do you know what I'm asking you to come?" Shang Huang said while writing. From Lin Xi entering the house, he didn't look at Lin Xi at all.

"Your Majesty has given me instructions, no one dares not to obey!" Lin Xi looked down at his toes and replied respectfully.

"Have you met the prince and the fourth prince last night?" The Shang Emperor did not comment on Lin Xi's answer, but asked suddenly. Although he had already guessed that the prince's night banquet was known, Lin Xi did not expect that the Shang Emperor would ask him like this!

"Yes" Lin Xi knew very well that too much words would lead to mistakes, so he simply answered a word and stopped talking more.

"What do you think of them?" Shang Huang still turned the brush in his hand and asked at the imperial case.

But this time Lin Xi did not answer immediately. The question of Shang Emperor was indeed difficult for him to answer. Although this seemed simple, Lin Xi said it to evaluate the prince and the prince. Once he said something, he would argue about the crimes of the prince and the prince in the current dynasty!

"I don't dare!" Lin Xi did not make any comments, nor did he say why he dared not. He just gave out three simple words.

"Don't dare? A person of the eighth-level martial arts dares to attack a powerful person in the Yuanshen realm. What else can you dare to do if you are such a person?"

As soon as Emperor Shang said this, Lin Xi suddenly felt a chill in his vest, as if the sweat stains had wet his inner clothes. At this moment, he knelt down quickly, and then the words Liang Yuzhou said before leaving, "Accompanying the king is like a tiger."

"I was young and frivolous at that time, and that was an ignorant act." Lin Xi said hurriedly.

"Hahahaha, what a young and frivolous act, what an ignorant act. The Grand Tutor praised you very much. I think it was not an ignorant act, right?" Shang Emperor suddenly laughed, and seemed to have some meaning in his words.

Lin Xi knelt on the ground, feeling pressure that he had never felt before. The Shang Emperor seemed to have insight into everything while talking and laughing, and even Lin Xi began to suspect that the Shang Emperor had already known his purpose.

Just as Lin Xi was constantly thinking about countermeasures, the voice of Emperor Shang sounded again: "Shizhong Lin, please come up quickly, I and the Grand Tutor are looking forward to you very much."

Lin Xi finally let out a long sigh, said "Thank you, Your Majesty", and stood up.

"Come on, Shizhong Lin see how my painting is?" Suddenly, the Emperor Shang stopped the brush in his hand, stood up, and said to Lin Xi. At this moment, Lin Xi realized that the Emperor Shang was not reviewing the memorials just now, but painting.

Lin Xi walked towards the imperial court in a short stairs. Today was not a court meeting, so the Shang Emperor did not wear a crown with a "crown". Today he was just wearing a regular suit and just an ordinary jade crown on his head. At this moment, Lin Xi finally saw the face of Shang Emperor for the first time. This most powerful person in the world is actually the same as an ordinary person, with aged around fifty and a correct facial features. Except for the majesty and dignity that ordinary people do not possess, everything seems to be ordinary.

At this time, the Emperor Shang was like a well-educated man. He had just completed a painting and was looking at his work with satisfaction. Lin Xi, not far away in front of him, was like an invited friend, commenting on his paintings.

Lin Xi stood half a foot away from the imperial case, but as a minister, he could not walk behind the imperial case. When Lin Xi saw the paintings of Shanghuang, he was slightly surprised. It was because Lin Xi thought that the paintings of people like Shanghuang should have a great atmosphere, and the contents of the paintings were not mountains, rivers, and mountains, but the paintings were only painted with two old people. The brushwork was simple and the colors were monotonous. The oldness revealed a feeling of depression and heavyness!

"What do Lin Aiqing think?" Shang Huang's eyes never left the drawing paper. After a few breaths, he asked Lin Xi again.

Lin Xi saw an old man in the picture with a white-haired ancient costume pulling a gorgeously decorated cart with his body. This kind of cart was called a chariot in ancient times, and the chariot was indeed pulled by human power. However, there is another characteristic of the chariot, which is specifically referring to the frame of the emperor. On the chariot, there was indeed a young child sitting on the chariot. The child was wearing an imperial crown suit. Although there were only two in the painting, it was still possible to see that the whole painting showed the old man pulling the chariot and letting the young emperors in the chariot accept worship.

At this time, Lin Xi did not know the meaning of this painting. The content of this painting is a famous allusion in ancient times. It is said that when King Cheng ascended the throne in ancient times, he was fashionable and young. From the age of thirteen to twenty-two, he was always the prime minister of Zhou Gong's government. During this period, he solved internal troubles, conquered external troubles, and managed the country in an orderly manner. He was always loyal and finally returned to King Cheng successfully. Since then, the Zhou Gong has been called the only model of loyal ministers and capable ministers.

The Duke of Zhou carried the chariot, which was a portrayal of Zhou's life of carrying the country and assisting the young emperor. The imperial chariot emperors all represent the heavy weight of the country, which is why Lin Xi felt depressed and heavy in this painting!

"Your Majesty expresses the heavy weight of the country, and the breath is hidden in the painting. This is the best work!"

After thinking about it, Lin Xi did not make any comments on the painting skills of Shanghuang. He just said this and showed just the right momentum, and did not say anything like praise that never came before and after. He did not deliberately please Shanghuang, but it made people feel more pertinent.

"Okay. I did not read it wrongly. The Shang Emperor praised Lin Xi very much when he heard this. However, the next Shang Emperor's words were beyond Lin Xi's expectations, and even this sentence scared him very much!

"If I asked you to be my Zhou Gong of Shang, would you like?" Shang Emperor blurted out his words without warning, and Lin Xi immediately didn't know what to do.

This is like a big joke, but it is impossible for an emperor to make such a joke. Lin Xi could not guess at all what the Shang emperor was thinking? The only thing he knew was that the Zhou Gong of the Shang Dynasty refers to the Taifu!

At this moment, Lin Xi could only kneel down on the ground. He quickly said, "I am a little talented and knowledgeable, and have shallow experience. The current crown prince is a master of literature and martial arts in the future. I only want to do my best for the court and the people, and I have no other choice!"

As a minister, even when facing the emperor's jokes, he would not refuse or question the authenticity of the words of the emperor. Lin Xi could only express his meaning implicitly. Besides, you have no jokes, and Lin Xi even felt that the words of Emperor Shang just now were indeed from the heart!

"Do you know how old was my first Taifu of the Great Shang Dynasty when he assisted Taizu?" The Emperor of Shang stared at Lin Xi with his eyes and suddenly turned the topic to the first Taifu.

When Lin Xi heard this, he felt even more shocked. The first Taifu of the Great Shang Dynasty was a mystery in the whole world, and at this moment, the Emperor Shang asked this, as if he wanted to mention the matter about the first Taifu.

"I don't know!" Lin Xi replied honestly.

"When Taizu raised his army, it was exactly 31,000 yuan, and the first Taitu was ten years younger than Taizu. Calculate the age, the Taitu was not as old as you are now." The Shang Emperor also said with respect, and he was highly praised by the first Taitu, whether ordinary people or nobles, or even the emperor. At this moment, Lin Xi finally learned some information about the first Taitu, that is, when the first Taituo assisted the Shang Taizu, he was only twenty-one years old!

Now Lin Xi is twenty-two, and it is indeed bigger than the Taifu who just assisted Taizu.

"The first Taifu is so much younger than Taizu, and he has become Taizu's teacher. In fact, this is not only my meaning, but also the Taifu." Shang Huang continued, but this sentence fell into Lin Xi's ears and felt a little strange. The last sentence "It also means Taifu" made people feel that the Taifu in this sentence does not refer to the contemporary Taifu, but seems to refer to the first Taifu!

As soon as this idea came out, Lin Xi himself found it incredible! The Great Shang Dynasty has been established for more than 300 years. If the Taifu mentioned by the Emperor Shang refers to the first Taifu, that is to say, the first Taifu has lived for more than 300 years but has not died yet?

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Chapter completed!