"Where is Hu Gaoban from?" Zhao Yurui said with a smile.

"King Huiyi, the younger one is Jiankang Mansion on Jiangnan East Road."

"Are there any relatives at home?"

"King Hui Yi, there is a younger sister and mother at home."

"Live in Jiankang?"

"I have moved to Lin'an now."

"Hu Gaoban also has to take care of his family. It's not easy."

Hu Song's face showed a strange color, but he stopped talking.

"What's wrong with Hu Gaoban?" Zhao Yurui keenly caught the change in Hu Song's expression. He was not afraid that something would happen to Hu Song and others, but that they didn't want to talk to him.

Hu Song had an embarrassed expression on his face. He looked around cautiously, then picked up the mahjong in his arms and said, "Isn't King Yi built this Grand Canal Lottery Room?"

"Yes, it is this king."

"King Yi is really powerful. I heard that billiards and mahjong are now popular in Lin'an." Hu Song stopped talking after he finished speaking, with a look of longing on his face.

Ah, Zhao Yurui almost wanted to slap his head. He only wanted to win over the Imperial City Division and the Forbidden Army. He didn't expect that there were eunuchs. Eunuchs also like to play.

So he said calmly: "I have assembled a billiard table in Xuande Hall."

"Yes." A strange look appeared on Hu Song's face: "Many colleagues in the palace like to play, but that place is occupied by Zhang Hua and the others."

Now Zhao Yurui was more sure and immediately asked: "Is Yao Douzhi interested in this?"

Hu Song hurriedly said: "You know, I seem to like mahjong more."

"Go to Café de Coral later and find Yan Miaorong or Chu Chu. I will tell them."

"Thank you so much, King Yi, thank you so much, King Yi." Hu Song was overjoyed.

The two of them didn’t say anything specific, but everyone seemed to understand.

After a while, Zhao and Rui arrived outside the Chui Gong Hall. They saw Zhang Hua standing at the door from a distance and confirmed that the emperor was there, so he hurried over.

There were two other eunuchs standing next to Zhang Hua. The three of them were whispering to each other when they suddenly saw Zhao Yurui walking in front of them. Their eyes lit up, and a hint of displeasure flashed through them.

King Yi has been very popular recently, and even Queen Yang is full of praise for him. As someone who supports the prince Zhao Hong, Zhang Hua is naturally unhappy with Zhao Yurui.

"Prince Zhao Hong is also here." At this time, Hu Song whispered to Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui suddenly realized that the other two eunuchs who were with Zhang Hua should be Zhao Hong's people.

When he reached the entrance of the palace, Zhang Hua took a few steps forward, saluted him, and said that His Majesty was summoning the prince and wanted him to wait.

In fact, it was Zhao Hong who came to see the emperor. He said that the emperor had summoned him, but that meant something different.

Of course Zhao Yurui didn't care, and didn't hear it, so he said, I will wait outside for a while.

The other two eunuchs opposite are not very old, they are seventeen or eighteen years old, and they are also sizing him up now.

Zhao Yurui suddenly came to his senses. These two people didn't say hello to him?

Zhao Hong's people didn't say hello to him? This proves that Zhao Hong was in the house and obviously expressed his dissatisfaction with him?

He remained calm and walked back and forth at the entrance of the palace.

Zhang Hua and the others stood there waiting, while Zhao Yurui was the only one walking around at the door.

It was so disrespectful that Zhang Hua and the other three looked at each other and secretly despised Zhao Yurui.

Hu Song, who was a junior official, was standing not far away, not daring to breathe, waiting for Zhao Yurui.

There was some silence outside the door, and after a while, Zhao Yurui could faintly hear the voices inside. Ning Zong might be taking Zhao Hong's exam, and he seemed to have heard what Zhao Hong was saying.

Zhao Yurui had been waiting for about a quarter of an hour when footsteps came from inside.

Zhao Hong soon appeared in front of Zhao Yurui. When he saw Zhao Yurui, his expression condensed, and then a look of disgust appeared on his face.

His emotional intelligence is so low that he won't even hide his preferences.

"Meet the emperor brother." Zhao Yurui hurriedly stepped forward.

"Yeah." Zhao Hong snorted coldly, looking around Zhao Yurui, and then saw the mahjong held in Hu Song's hand. His expression became even more ugly. He thought that Zhao Yurui and Shi Miyuan were similar, both despicable.

A villain will only do what others want and use some tricks to please the officials, the queen and others.

"Would King Yi come to the palace to offer you a rare gift?" Zhao Hong sneered. Last time he called Yu Rui, but this time he called him King Yi.

"They are all worthless gadgets." Zhao Yurui smiled and said respectfully.

"Now I understand what King Yi said that day." Zhao Hong said suddenly.

".." Zhao Yurui is inexplicably strange.

"King Yi is also a person who likes money, so he thinks that corrupt officials are also good people." Zhao Hong made it clear that Zhao Yurui, Shi Miyuan and those corrupt officials are all the same.

Zhao Yurui sighed: "Yurui only has fifty guan per month, which is really not enough for the palace's expenses."

"If you don't have enough money, you can make money. If you don't have money, you can be greedy, right?" Zhao Hong said loudly.

".." Zhao Yurui was stunned.

Looking at Zhao Yurui's blank expression, Zhao Hong might have felt that he had overreacted. He quickly looked back at the sagging arch hall and flicked his sleeves fiercely: "You can take care of yourself."

Turn around and stride away.

Zhang Hua hurriedly ran into the palace, while Zhao Yurui was waiting outside. He looked at Zhao Hong's back and thought, Zhao Hong should be considered a good person, but good people in this era of the Southern Song Dynasty usually end up miserable. Alas.

.

Zhang Hua quickly ran out again, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty summons King Yi."

Zhao Yurui hurried to the palace.

It’s almost the same as before, Emperor Song Ningzong and Murong Yan are both in the palace.

Ning Zong didn't know whether he was reading a memorial or a book, while Murong Yan stood quietly behind him.

He didn't come specifically to meet Song Ningzong today, so he went straight to the point. He first met with his uncle as before, and then said that he was entering the palace to give mahjong to Mrs. Zhong and other ladies.

Song Ningzong burst out laughing after hearing this: "Yurui, you just came now. Mrs. Zhong and the others have been quarreling with me for many days."

It turns out that Zhao Yurui only sent the emperor and the queen as gifts last time, and Queen Yang took the people to play first, but mahjong requires four people. Originally, Queen Yang should call Cao Meiren, Yan Meiren, and Mrs. Zhong together.

There were only four concubines in the harem, but Empress Yang was only called Concubine Zhang, Pan Cairen, and Cao Meiren.

The first two were Song Guangzong's concubines. They were just fine in the cold palace, but now they suddenly became interesting.

Not only was Mrs. Zhong not called, she didn’t even play, and she was so angry that she was half dead.

But the emperor had a mahjong set, so of course she asked for it, but four people were needed. She called Yan Meiren and wanted to call Cao Meiren, but there were still three people.

Cao Meiren didn't want to offend Empress Yang, but she didn't dare to refuse Mrs. Zhong. She was in a dilemma, and she even went to the emperor for this matter.

In the end, Emperor Ningzong acted as the peacemaker and asked Cao Meiren to accompany Mrs. Zhong, so there were three people on both sides.

There is no peace in the harem, and the main culprit is Zhao Yurui's mahjong, but Song Ningzong is not angry, but very happy.

In the past, the concubines wanted to pester him at night and want him to favor him. But now, with mahjong, none of the concubines wanted him to go there. Ning Zong liked peace and quiet in his later years. This time, he really got what he wanted.

There are some useless candles in the palace.

I used to think it was bad for Zhao Yurui to indulge in magic skills and silver skills, but now I suddenly feel great.

"Just in time for Rui to arrive, Cao Meiren and Yan Meiren are also clamoring for mahjong."

"Yu Rui will send it over right now." Zhao Yu Rui said with a smile: "I hope the ladies don't blame Yu Rui. After all, it takes time to make this mahjong. Yu Rui must first make arrangements for the emperor's uncle and the queen's aunt.

Up."

"Yu Rui is very good. All the aunts love you very much and won't be willing to scold you." Song Ningzong said with a face filled with relief.

He is a person who values ​​family ties, and his words are very obvious at this time.

Murong Ying behind her had a look of surprise on her face and looked deeply at Zhao Yurui again.

Zhao Yurui was full of shortcomings in his eyes. He was fond of fun, sex, and money. He didn't know etiquette and didn't like reading. He was far from the prince Zhao Hong. But for some reason, the emperor liked him very much.

When the prince Zhao Hong was here just now, the emperor's conversations with him were very formulaic, as if they were a strict father and his son, and neither party showed any emotion.

Zhao Yurui didn't stay in Chui Gong Hall for long. They chatted with Ning Zong for a while, and Ning Zong would often laugh.

Because Zhao Yurui always used some strange words, such as "arrangement" just now, it took him a long time to understand what it meant.

After talking for a while, Zhao Yurui originally planned to leave, but Song Ningzong suddenly said: "Yurui started business so quickly, it seems that he is really short of money."

".." Zhao Yurui thought to himself, Uncle Emperor, do you want to reward me?

"Let's do this. It would be nice if my uncle gave you a military governor." Song Ningzong said with a smile.

Hiss, Murong Ying's face changed drastically, she couldn't believe it.

Damn, Zhao and Rui's expressions also changed drastically, they were surprised, happy and scared.

It's true that Jiedushi is a false position, but the pay is good. For example, Zhao Hong joined the Ningwu Army as Jiedushi, with a monthly salary of 400 strings, as well as cloth, silk, silk, salt, firewood, etc.

Compared with King Yi's fifty guans per month, Jiedushi was really fragrant.
To be continued...