Rise From the Humble

Xiyuan is shrouded in clouds and white cranes are flying.

Meng Chong took several young eunuchs from Beizhen Fusi Prison back to Xiyuan to resume their lives, as if they had come from hell to fairyland.

"Eunuch Meng is back, and the Holy One is not in the palace. At this moment, the Holy One is inspecting the Imperial Garden with General Longhu. Eunuch Meng can go to the Imperial Garden to see the Holy One." Eunuch Sizhi at the entrance of the palace said to Meng Chong.

"Thank you, Eunuch Zhang, for reminding me. Eunuch Zhang has time to go and sit in my restaurant." Meng Chong said with a smile and cupped his hands.

"Then it's agreed. The Za family has already been greedy." Eunuch Si Zhi said with a smile.

"Our Shangshan Superintendent doesn't have much else to do. He only has enough food. That's it. The Miscellaneous family is waiting for Eunuch Zhang." Meng Chong replied with a smile, not forgetting his official duties while keeping in touch with each other. After saying this, he said goodbye to Eunuch Sizhi, "The Za family has to return to the Holy Spirit, so I won't say much more."

"Eunuch Meng, go slowly." Eunuch Sizhi held his hand.

Meng Chong turned around and trotted all the way to the Royal Garden with the young eunuchs. When they arrived at the entrance of the Royal Garden, the eunuch on duty announced the news inside. In about a few minutes, a young eunuch conveyed Emperor Jiajing's oral instructions, ordering Meng Chong to go inside and resume his life.

The Imperial Garden of Xiyuan is much larger than the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City. The mountains are stacked stones, and the caves are caves. There are palaces in the garden, nine curved ponds, and all kinds of rare flowers and plants are blooming. , like a fairyland on earth.

Meng Chong followed the young eunuch and walked along the winding path for several minutes before approaching the place where Emperor Jiajing was enjoying his sights.

"Great goodness, my General Dragon and Tiger are worthy of being a general. Taking the enemy's head among the thousands of troops is like picking out a treasure from a bag."

Before he reached Emperor Jiajing, the sound of Emperor Jiajing clapping his hands and applauding had already reached Meng Chong's ears. Meng Chong lowered his head, bent over and walked forward in small steps, not daring to look directly at Emperor Jiajing's face, but lowering his head was enough for him to see Emperor Jiajing. In his sight, Emperor Jiajing squatted in the grass regardless of the emperor's majesty, clapped his hands and applauded. Right in front of Emperor Jiajing, a fat tabby cat with a tiger head and a tiger head took out a ball of wool from the flowers.

Um.

Obviously, this fat cat with a tiger head and a tiger brain is the Dragon and Tiger General mentioned by Emperor Jiajing, and taking the enemy's head among the thousands of troops means that this fat cat took out a torn ball of yarn from the flowers.

The fat tabby cat is born with yellow and black fur. Its two round cat eyes are full of aura and have a majestic power. They look like a little tiger in the sun.

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's cheers, the fat tabby cat proudly threw the yarn ball high, then pounced on it and grabbed it.

"The dragon soars and the tiger leaps, the tiger and the tiger are powerful. My General Dragon and Tiger is truly a powerful general." Emperor Jiajing applauded again.

After being praised again, the fat tabby cat proudly walked towards Emperor Jiajing with a ball of wool in his mouth, walking as if he didn't recognize his relatives.

Emperor Jiajing stretched out his hands to pick up the fat tabby cat, sat down on the grass, put the fat cat on his lap, reached out and gently stroked the fat tabby cat's head, not only that, but also gently used his hands to He tickled the fat cat under his chin, and began to stroke it with skillful and enjoyable movements. The tabby fat cat stretched its chin in response to Emperor Jiajing's hand, purring with a look of enjoyment on his face.

Hearing the purring of the fat tabby cat, Emperor Jiajing smiled as happily as a child weighing more than 100 pounds.

At this moment, Emperor Jiajing didn't look like an emperor at all. He was no different from a cat slave returning home from get off work.

Meng Chong lowered his head and saw this scene with no surprise in his eyes. He was obviously used to this.

"I pay my respects to the Holy One, long live my emperor. I pay my respects to General Dragon and Tiger. General Dragon and Tiger are mighty."

Meng Chong walked to a place more than two meters in front of Emperor Jiajing with his waist and head lowered. He stopped, knelt down and put his head on the ground to pay homage to Emperor Jiajing. At the same time, he also paid homage to the fat tabby cat on Emperor Jiajing's lap and paid homage to the emperor. Fat Cat says hello.

That's right, Meng Chong paid a special visit to this fat tabby cat. This fat tabby cat was the new favorite of Emperor Jiajing. It was favored more than any other cat in the past. Emperor Jiajing took out time from his busy schedule of government affairs, alchemy, and immortality cultivation to play with it almost every day, and took it to visit the Imperial Garden. He ate and lived with him in the harem and Taiye Pond, and his level of pampering was even greater than that of Shangmei, the most pampered person in the harem. Every time Shangmei was allowed to sleep with him, he would half act coquettishly and half complain in front of Emperor Jiajing. , said that she had a dream and wanted to become a cat.

Oh, by the way, some time ago, when Emperor Jiajing and this fat cat were patrolling the Imperial Garden, they encountered a small snake. It jumped out of the flowers without any warning. It was as fast as if it was equipped with a jumping knife. Coming towards Emperor Jiajing's feet, Emperor Jiajing and the eunuchs and maids accompanying him had no time to react, and panic suddenly appeared. At this critical moment, a yellow shadow flashed past, and the fat cat snarled and jumped one after another. Go up and gank the little snake.

The escort was successful.

It did it when no one had time to react.

This made Emperor Jiajing, who already doted on it, dote on it even more.

For this reason, Emperor Jiajing specially held a title ceremony for it in the name of the emperor, and named it "General Dragon and Tiger".

Well, General Longhu’s first banquet was cooked by Meng Chong himself. It was made from a selection of 18 kinds of precious fish including Yellow River carp, Songjiang perch, Xingkai Lake bream, and Songhua River mandarin fish. feast.

"What's wrong with Mr. Zhu?" Upon hearing Meng Chong's greeting, Emperor Jiajing turned his head and asked softly.

"Return to the Holy Spirit, Lord Xiao Zhu." Meng Chong knelt on the ground and replied with his head lowered.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing unconsciously stopped stroking the cat because he was listening to Meng Chong's return.

"Meow~meow~"

When Emperor Jiajing stopped, the fat tabby cat on his lap, which was stretching its neck with a look of enjoyment, stopped. It suddenly became unhappy and glanced at Emperor Jiajing, staring at Emperor Jiajing with a pair of dissatisfied round eyes. He seemed to be asking: This general is enjoying himself. Why did you stop, Your Majesty? Continue quickly.

"Haha, okay, okay, I won't stop, I won't stop, I'm in a hurry for General Longhu to scratch me." Emperor Jiajing smiled immediately when he saw the fat tabby cat looking like this, and continued the movements of his hands. stand up.

"Long story short."

Emperor Jiajing said something to Meng Chong while tickling the fat tabby cat.

"I obey the order. For the first question, Mr. Xiao Zhu nodded sincerely. For the second question, Mr. Xiao Zhu answered "or ask the two kings" wrong, so I suggested to delete it. He also said that there is no investigation and he has no right to speak. He became an official in Prince Yu's palace, understood the affairs of Prince Yu, and knew that Prince Yu would abide by the ancestral system, not interfere in government affairs, and not contact foreign ministers, so it was wrong to say 'maybe ask the two kings', and I suggested that Yang Jisheng delete this statement."

Meng Chong lowered his head and replied.

After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing said nothing and showed no emotion on his face.

"This is "Quiet Night Thoughts" revised by Mr. Xiao Zhu." Meng Chong then took out "Quiet Night Thoughts" written by Zhu Ping'an and held it in both hands and raised it to his head.

A young eunuch was ready to come and get it.

"Read and listen to me." Emperor Jiajing said calmly.

"According to the order." Meng Chong responded.