Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 478 Meet the Emperor
The next day, it seemed that he wanted to deliberately air Zhu Jian and others, so the Bodu king did not come that day, only a strange Oala nobleman came to the envoy's tent with a group of soldiers.

This person looks to be in his 30s, looks strong and powerful, and introduces himself as the captain of Yexian's personal guard.

"His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is fifteen miles away, and the Grand Master ordered me to lead you to meet him."

The captain of the personal guard, who claimed to be named Brege, looked very indifferent, with a businesslike attitude.

But Zhu Jian and others didn't care. Wearing formal court clothes, Zhu Jian arched his hands and said.

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I am not ready yet."

Brege frowned, passed Zhu Jian, and saw behind him Li Shi and Luo Qi were directing people to pack up the carts and horses, and kept loading things on the carts. Judging from this posture, it seemed as if they were going to empty the mission.

Lifting his chin forward, Brege asked, "What are those?"

Zhu Jian turned sideways indiscriminately, blocking his sight, and said with a smile.

"To Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager, remembering that the Empress Dowager lives in a bitterly cold place in the north, I have prepared some silk, japonica rice, fish, plums, shochu, imperial utensils, winter clothes and other things, and ordered us to present them to the Emperor."

"There are a lot of things, so I need to trouble you to wait for a while."

While talking, Zhu Jian seemed to be worried about Brege looking around, so he stretched out his hand and invited him into the tent to rest for a while.

Brege hesitated for a moment, then nodded and entered the tent.

After sitting down on the laid carpet, the entourage of the mission stepped forward, each poured a bowl of milk tea, and served them in front of them.

Brege picked it up and took a sip, but couldn't help frowning.

The tea is actually cold!

He raised his head and looked around, the brazier in the tent was also off, and the various decorations were similar to the Mongolian tents he had seen before, but there was always something wrong.

Just as he was about to ask a few questions, someone came in from outside and said, "My lord, everything is ready."

So Brege had no choice but to swallow the words.

Following Zhu Jian out of the tent, he saw that several carriages were neatly packed, and there were hundreds of people accompanying the team.

Brege's doubts were even worse, but he didn't want to ask too many questions. Seeing that he was ready, he led his people and set off to the residence of the Supreme Emperor.

Since returning to Wala, a special place has been set aside for the Supreme Emperor to live in, and heavy guards have been placed there.

That place was about fifteen miles away from Yexian's military tent.

Because they brought several carriages, the team didn't move fast, and it took about half an hour to arrive.

It can be seen that Yexian is good to the Supreme Emperor, this tent is very big, almost comparable to Yexian's own military tent.

But in the eyes of Zhu Jian and others, it is still quite crude.

After all, in the eyes of the Han people, this kind of tents on the grasslands are nothing more than wrapping curtains and drapes, sleeping on the ground, even the residences of ordinary people are not as good, so how can we talk about the palace?

Around the tent, there are guards at every five steps and sentries at every ten steps. It seems that the guards are very strict.

Outside the tent, Ha Ming and his two entourages were already looking forward to see through.

There were hundreds of steps away from the tent, so Zhu Jian and the others insisted on getting off their horses and arrived on foot.

When he came to the tent, Yuan Bin stepped forward and introduced to Ha Ming.

"Mr. Ha Tong, this is the official envoy of the mission, Mr. Zhu Jian, the censor of the right capital, the official of the Honglu Temple, Mr. Li Shi, the deputy envoy of the mission, and Mr. Luo Qi, the young minister of Dali Temple, come to greet the Supreme Emperor .”

Ha Ming nodded, and said: "My lords have worked hard all the way, the Supreme Emperor has been waiting in the tent for a long time, and I have told my lords that if you come, you can have an audience with me. I will go in and give a briefing. Please wait a moment."

So, Ha Ming turned around and went into the tent, and after a while, turned back out again, leading Zhu Jian and others into the tent.

The tent is very simple, at least in the eyes of Zhu Jian and others.

A low bed with thick blankets on it, no ornate decoration, just a bookshelf and a few volumes for decoration.

There are blankets on the ground, a brazier burning next to it, a table in the middle, and a low pier behind it.

The Supreme Emperor was wearing a slightly shabby orange-red narrow-sleeved off-the-shoulder dragon-pattern robe, sitting on the pier.

Behind the table stood four plainly dressed women, ranging in age from their teens to their twenties, two of whom were Han and two Mongolians.

These were also sent to serve the Supreme Emperor first, and the two Han women were also plundered from the border, and because of their pretty faces, they were sent here to serve.

After a rough look, Zhu Jian found that the Supreme Emperor was very different from the high-spiritedness he saw when he gave his majesty's speech two years ago.

When he came last time, he was not allowed to meet the Supreme Emperor, Yuan Bin passed on the message, so in fact, this was the first time he saw the Supreme Emperor after the Civil Engineering Change.

Compared with the impression, the current Supreme Emperor has lost a lot of weight. He is only in his twenties, but his temples are already a little grayer.

Fortunately, he was still in good spirits, and seeing Zhu Jian and the others earn their money, a smile could not help but appear on his face.

"Censor Zhu Jian, the censor, Li Shi, Minister of Rites, and Luo Qi, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor, long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty."

After entering the tent, the expressions of the three people were quite excited, they paid respects, knelt down and kowtowed, repeating this over and over again.

Obviously, seeing them, Zhu Qizhen was not at peace.

In Wala for a year, he was able to meet very few Ming people, and even fewer people he knew well.

A few months ago, accompanied by King Bodu and Yexian, I met Xu Bin and others once, but they didn't say a word.

This time, when I heard that the imperial court had sent another mission here, and also promised to let them come to the court, I was naturally upset.

A blushing flushed on his face involuntarily, Zhu Qi said calmly.

"Okay, okay, Zhu Qing has worked hard all the way, let's get up and talk."

So, Zhu Jian and the others got up respectfully, and stood aside. Immediately, Zhu Jian waved his hand, signaling to the attendants who came over to bring in a few boxes, and said.

"To the Supreme Emperor, these are the padded clothes, hats, shoes and boots brought by the Holy Mother and Empress Duanjing's orders. They were all sewn by Empress Duanjing herself. Please look at them."

At that moment, Ha Ming and the maids opened the box, took out the robes inside, and sent them to the Supreme Emperor's case.

Zhu Qizhen reached out and touched the soft robe, looked at the dragon pattern embroidered on it, his eyes were slightly red, and whispered: "Queen..."

This piece of cotton clothing has fine stitching, soft and docile.

Looking at these, Zhu Qizhen seemed to see the shadow of a beautiful figure sewing clothes and hats stitch by stitch in the deep palace.

Resisting not to cry, Zhu Qizhen took the robe with his own hands, carefully folded it, put it beside him, and asked.

"The queen mother is still in good health, the queen... how is it?"

This sentence seems to contain thousands of emotions, and there is a deep sense of guilt in the midst of the pause.

However, this question made Zhu Jian and others a little embarrassed.

Looking at the appearance of the Supreme Emperor, Zhu Jian hesitated for a while, but in the end, he still said.

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, the Holy Mother is all well, Queen Duanjing...the phoenix body is slightly ill, and the imperial physician is already treating it, so please don't worry the Supreme Emperor."

(End of this chapter)