The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 658

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The next day.

Knowing that Jiao Shun was going to give lectures in the palace again, the empress purposely hid at the Empress Dowager Niu in the Palace of Compassionate Ning early in the morning, intending to stay out of sight and out of mind.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted about the trivial matters in the womb for a while. Seeing the tired look on the queen's face, the Queen Mother Niu couldn't help but said with concern: "Why do I see you listless? Could it be that you are tired from taking care of the emperor recently? Why don't you rest for a few days and wait for the rest of the day?" It’s not too late to go to the Qing Palace when you have enough energy——If there is any gossip during this period, I will make the decision for you!”

The empress showed embarrassment when she heard the words, and hurriedly explained: "The empress mother misunderstood, I was just a little mentally ill because I committed a crime yesterday for no reason."

She made a mistake yesterday, but it was by no means inexplicable.

Hearing that Jiao Shun was going to give a lecture today, he felt irritable and depressed unconsciously, tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep, and finally had to use the two memorials to fold a plain spoon, and then fell asleep exhausted.

To be honest, if it wasn't for Emperor Longyuan's repeated proofs, saying that such an exaggerated thing was never seen in the cleaning room, she might not be so obsessed with it...

"That's what happened."

Princess Nan'an stared her beautiful eyes in wonder, and said strangely: "Didn't the whole court praise it unanimously, saying that this thing is of great benefit to the court? Why would someone want to tear it down?"

Talking about the topic just now, Concubine Nan'an glanced at her daughter, and suddenly asked: "I heard that a clairvoyant has been installed in this palace recently, so that people can hear people talking from a long distance, I don't know why real?"

I won't repeat the same polite words, but said that when a group of people arrived in the upper study room, they saw Emperor Longyuan lying on the soft bed carried by him, and was examining his son's homework.

The little guy is obviously more interested in these than any Confucian classics. Not to mention the answers are fluent, but the insights are far beyond the average six or seven-year-old child.

The queen hurriedly stood up to greet her.

No matter how it sounds, it sounds like something strange and chaotic.

Besides, his murderous appearance cannot be covered by Taoist robes. If he really wears Taoist robes, he will look more like a cultivator of the evil sect.

He got up excitedly and said, "How did you do it? Teach me, teach me!"

Princess Nan'an was on good terms with Shi Xiangyun and others, so she often heard them praise Jiao Shun. Although it was the first time she got a few cases, she didn't judge people by their appearance. In other words, encourage him to go over and check first.

The Queen Mother smiled again, but said nothing more.

The queen mother couldn't help shaking her head when she heard the words: "The emperor doesn't know how to cherish his body too much!"

"This……"

Prince Yao was impatient for a long time ago, but he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of his father. He was trying his best to suppress his lively and curious nature, when he was suddenly grabbed by Princess Nan'an, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, let's go first step!"

The empress dowager and the empress became anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked the eunuch who stayed behind where the emperor is now.

Halfway through the talk, seeing the little princess blinking her big watery eyes and looking eager to try, she couldn't help but laughed dumbly and said: "Let's go, let's wait and see when we come back."

As soon as the empress dowager said this, Concubine Nan'an wanted to back down, but the empress dowager stood up after she finished speaking, and stretched out her hand to the little princess: "You young people are just greedy for something new, let's go, I will take you there to have a look."

Jiao Shun still stood there, only nodded from a distance and said: "I have seen the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager—I am unable to salute for the time being, but I still hope that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are Haihan."

Others didn't think much of it, but the queen couldn't help but feel like a deer when she saw it, and subconsciously scolded: "The queen mother is here, how dare you be rude?!"

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is true that those officials are afraid that someone will falsely pass on the imperial decree, and that it is true that they are worried that the emperor will use this to bypass the central civil servants. explain.

The princess rushed forward to support the Queen Mother Niu, the two aunts and nephews took the lead, and naturally the Princess Nan'an and the queen could only follow closely.

The emperor was also very surprised, but he obviously didn't believe what kind of magic it was, and immediately ordered: "Go and try, see if there is anything down there?"

Jiao Shun's movements paused, and he quickly explained: "I'm wearing a coat underneath, but the mystery is actually in this coat. If I don't take it off, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain."

The queen mother gave her a sideways look: "Don't talk nonsense."

"Hehe~"

At this point, it is basically a picture of poverty.

"The minister leads the decree~"

After speaking, he asked the eunuch again: "What is the meaning of this hanging technique?"

But because it was made in a hurry, the quality was obviously not good enough, the two iron bars were already crooked just now, and even the seat and Jiao Shun on the seat were thrown back.

Only then did Prince Yao realize that he was not actually performing any tricks, but that Master Jiao was giving a special lecture. Father, I am afraid that I will be blamed.

"It's in the emperor's bedroom."

The Empress Dowager Niu immediately smiled, and said repeatedly: "Quick, quickly invite the two of them in!"

"This, what's the point?"

As he spoke, he looked back at the queen: "Sure enough, he still can't live without you."

The Queen Mother Niu and the others all smiled, only the Queen smiled, secretly feeling a little uncomfortable - she originally wanted to avoid Jiao Shun, but she couldn't avoid it after all.

When she was about to reach the door, Concubine Nan'an's laughter had already reached her ears, and she rushed inside a few steps and said: "Sister, today I can - eh, the empress is here too?"

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager."

"It is said to float out of thin air and sit cross-legged in mid-air."

"Your Highness, please take a look."

Prince Yao shook his head again and again.

But this floats out of thin air and sits cross-legged...

Empress Dowager Niu nodded slightly, and was about to say something more, when she suddenly heard a report from the female officer, saying that Concubine Nan'an and the Princess came to greet her.

As he spoke, he turned his eyes to Princess Nan'an who was following behind to salute: "Sister Miaozhen, I haven't seen you for a while. I heard that your literary talent and knowledge have improved recently?"

Saying that, he smiled at Prince Yao and said, "If your Highness doesn't believe it, you might as well go and look up the descriptions of the Ming emperors in the past dynasties in the book. I'm afraid there are seven or eight out of ten that say 'open up the way of speaking'."

Unexpectedly, after entering the door, they found that the emperor was not in the palace.

Concubine Nan'an laughed and said, "If she can work hard on female celebrities, then she will be really thankful!"

"Call the telegraph."

While talking, the emperor also arrived, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with Jiao Shun, he waved his hand directly on the bed and said: "It's getting late, Ai Qing, let's start."

After listening to this trivial explanation, Concubine Nan'an became confused, and her curiosity about this thing also dropped again and again.

"This……"

Saying that, he gave a slight salute to Emperor Longyuan, and pulled Prince Yao out of the upper study.

The queen also consciously lost her composure, and hurriedly hid beside the queen mother.

When the two arrived in the courtyard next door, Jiao Shun, who was standing alone in the middle with a cane, changed his previous official attire, wrapped in a toga with long sleeves, like a Taoist, but there was no Taoist on it. symbol.

As soon as he finished speaking, his son was the first to rush over. First, he stretched out his hand cautiously to grope under Jiao Shun's body, and then he simply crossed his arms to sweep it. As a result, everyone saw his arm repeatedly sweeping back and forth under the hem of the robe, but nothing happened. Never hit anything.

Jiao Shun smiled slightly, and just as he was about to reveal the answer, his body suddenly jumped back. Although he didn't fall down, his whole body tilted in mid-air, hanging in mid-air like that.

As he said, he bowed his hands again: "And this is exactly the original intention of my minister's painstaking research on the telegraph - now, this telegraph can be placed in the prefectures and counties, and then it can be placed in the countryside. In the end, if the common people have Grievances can also go directly to the center! Only in this way can we truly speak out!"

The eunuch knelt on the ground tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty felt that the dragon's body was gradually recovering, and it happened that Mr. Jiao was going to demonstrate the suspension technique for His Royal Highness, so he insisted on going to find out. Concubine Rong and Mr. Dai really couldn't stop it. Then..."

The queen explained with a smile: "Actually, it's not as magical as it is said outside. It's just that two machines are connected with copper wires, and long or short sounds can be transmitted from each other. Arrange the order, translate the sound into a number, and then compare the number to find the corresponding text, and finally arrange it into a sentence that we can understand."

It was only then that the Queen Mother Niu remembered that there was a virtuous concubine, but thinking about her recent encounters, she realized that it was impossible for her to stop the emperor's actions, so she didn't mention this, but turned to look at her niece : "That thing is in the temple, you..."

At this moment, the Queen Mother and others have arrived one after another.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but be more surprised.

Dai Quan smiled all over his face after seeing the queen mother, concubine, and empress first, and then said to Princess Nan'an: "Originally, Mrs. Jiao is about to rehearse. I heard that some empresses—especially the little princess, you are coming. Order him to postpone it for the time being."

"Here, is there a seat in here?!"

A group of people wandered around and came to the Qianqing Palace. The Empress Dowager originally wanted to visit her son first, and then lead her niece to see the telegraph.

After hearing these words, Princess Nan'an couldn't help but nodded and said: "There is some truth to what you said."

Princess Nan'an couldn't help cheering after hearing this.

Everyone was still puzzled, and suddenly Prince Yao exclaimed: "There are two iron bars on this seat, connected to the inside of the sleeve—no, it is connected to this crutch!"

The princess and the queen quickly followed around, hearing her look like she had never seen the world, she couldn't help but said: "Mother just doesn't go out recently, even I have heard of it, and now this rickshaw is very popular outside, so just Even some low-quality officials like to use it when traveling."

"Okay, okay, are you knowledgeable?"

When the rickshaw started to run, she held on to the handrails on both sides tightly at first, for fear of being thrown off, but later she found that this thing was even more stable than a carriage and sedan chair, and she couldn't help but marvel at it.

When he saw 'Aunt Miaozhen' for the last time, Emperor Longyuan said to Queen Niu and Concubine Nan'an: "The empress and Concubine Nan'an came just in time, Jiao Aiqing has been waiting in the next courtyard for a long time, let's go and have a look Look, let's see what the principle of the hanging technique is."

At the beginning, Prince Yao was just forced to do so. As soon as he crossed the threshold, his two short legs flew upside down, dragging Princess Nan'an forward instead.

The Queen Mother Niu couldn't help frowning when she heard that, at least there was still a line connected to the telegraph that was transmitted thousands of miles away.

When he turned around and went out, he saw that there were two rickshaws parked in the yard, but they were specially dispatched by the queen because she was afraid that the queen mother would be tired.

Concubine Nan'an thought she was young and wanted to shirk, but the Empress Dowager Niu also greeted her, so she sat on one of the rickshaws for fun.

The queen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's complexion has indeed improved a lot recently, and he will go to the courtyard to bask in the sun every morning and evening—with the two younger sisters Concubine Xian De and Concubine Rong by his side, nothing will go wrong."

The emperor kept urging, and subconsciously glanced at the queen.

However, what he tested was not the Four Books and Five Classics, but some folk knowledge contained in the stage play directed by Jiao Shun.

It doesn't matter whether Prince Yao understands or not, the important thing is that Emperor Longyuan, as expected, knew what he heard, and instantly thought of those speech officials, and asked to dismantle the telegraph in the palace one after another.

"how come?"

"Master Jiao!"

But since Jiao Shun did it, there must be a reason behind it.

Jiao Shun laughed, and ruthlessly tore off half of the clothes, revealing the mechanism inside - this thing is a trick of the bad street in later generations, but it is used to cover up the big sleeves of the toga, sitting on the fixed object [Iron Column] 】On the seat.

At this time, Jiao Shun stood up again with one leg, and then began to undress without saying a word.

A few steps further in, I saw Concubine Xiande and Concubine Rong coming to welcome me.

"In short, this thing is very complicated, and there are only three specially trained eunuchs in the palace who can use this thing."

Apparently, she had already seen that it was her niece who was really interested in the telegraph.

Just as Prince Yao shyly threw himself into the Empress Dowager's arms, he suddenly heard his father snort softly behind him, and hurriedly stood up to greet each other.

Jiao Shun didn't expect him to give an answer at first, and after waiting for a while, seeing that he was hesitant to speak, he said loudly: "Actually, in order to solve this problem, many dynasties and dynasties have thought of many ways, but there is only one that is most praised by scholars, and that is 'Speak out'!"

The Queen Mother Niu wanted to make a correction, but she forgot to address her when the words came to her lips, so she turned to look at the queen beside her.

Concubine Nan'an was also seeing her for the first time. Seeing that she was majestic and majestic, she looked like a warrior, she couldn't help but whispered to Queen Mother Niu: "How do you look at it, how does it look like my father-in-law?"

"Young lady, stop praising her."

The Empress Dowager patted the back of her hand with a smile, shook her head and said: "It's not that they are dissatisfied with the telegraph, but they don't want a telegraph in the palace. It is very inappropriate in the palace, fearing that someone will take advantage of this to falsely preach the imperial decree and secretly do something to disrupt the court."

Empress Dowager Niu said as she walked, "Speaking of which, recently, many people have signed up and wanted to dismantle the telegraph."

"What is Qianlier, what is it called, what is it called?"

Pointing to the mechanism, Jiao Shun said, "It is said that seeing is believing and hearing is false, but it is just a tattered robe that can conjure up a deception, which shows that what you see with your own eyes may not be true—and once you live in the temple, many things will happen." Even if it can only be settled on words, then how can I tell the truth from the false if I dare to ask His Highness?"

Jiao Shun complied, and immediately murmured something, first gently lifted the robe to expose two legs, then tentatively raised one leg, then the other leg, and finally simply sat cross-legged in the air amidst the noise.

As he spoke, he stepped forward to touch the crutch, and exclaimed again: "It's made of iron, and this one is also made of iron!"

She was about to say a few perfunctory words to change the topic, but seeing her daughter winking at the side, she could only helplessly say: "I don't know this, where is the chicken, can you open our mother and daughter's eyes too?"

While chatting and laughing, a group of people arrived near the upper study room. From a distance, they saw Dai Quan leading a few eunuchs to meet him. Have you finished rehearsing?"

"Then take it off quickly."

After a pause, he hastily added: "Concubine Rong has ordered someone to report to Chuxiu Palace."

Seeing that the queen was also in the hall, she hurriedly changed her face and bowed to greet each other.

The Queen Mother Niu listened to a few words at the door, and then entered the door with You Rongyan, hugged her grandson in her arms, and praised repeatedly.

The queen sideways avoided, and said with a smile: "Toffee, please come inside."

The three of them talked and laughed and walked into the palace, because the two women often went to the palace to pay respects to the Queen Mother, so they felt less restrained in front of the Queen Mother Niu.

Thinking of this, Queen Mother Niu said, "Let's go, let's go and see something rare."

Only then did Jiao Shun untie the gown, and then took it off with some difficulty. However, he got out of the clothes, but the clothes did not fall to the ground, but were spread in mid-air at an angle, and one sleeve was still draped over there. on crutches.

"No, no."

Although I had heard that Jiao Shun was going to perform the technique of hanging in the air, the queen mother, concubine and others were still shocked when they saw it with their own eyes.

"What Aiqing said is very true!"

At that moment, Emperor Longyuan yelled hello first, and then said indignantly: "I always felt that it was very inappropriate for those eloquent officials to say that they wanted to dismantle the telegraph in the palace, but I couldn't say what was wrong for a while. Now, after hearing Aiqing's words, I finally understood!"

"As a speaker, those people want to block the way of speech and deceive the audience. It is really unworthy and ridiculous!"

As he spoke, he raised his voice and ordered: "Come here, quickly copy down what Jiao Aiqing and I said just now verbatim, and then send it back together with the memorial - I want to see if they still have the face Keep making noises!"

(End of this chapter)