The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 4 Entering the Palace
On the second day after returning to Beijing, Mu Xu got up early. Since he watched the beads in his mind rotate every night, even if he was tired during the day, as long as he watched it in his mind while sleeping, he would be full of energy. They have all developed the habit of watching the beads rotate instead of sleeping.

When I came to the yard, it took me an hour to finish the whole set of actions in the first picture, and I didn't care about the strange eyes of Mei Jian who was waiting next to me. Anyway, he was used to it, and he didn't bother to explain it to others. He was also fooled by learning health-preserving skills from an expert.

Then I practiced again, the sword technique I learned in the army before.Then he took the towel in Mei Jian's hand, wiped off his sweat, and told her,
"I am used to getting up early every day, and I don't need you to accompany me to serve me. I just need to prepare hot water for bathing in advance every day."

Mei Jian hurriedly replied, "Master, it's our duty to serve you as a girl. There is no reason why a girl is still sleeping late when the elder is up."

Seeing Mei Jian's nervous look, Mu Xu couldn't help but smiled, "You don't need to be nervous, I'm not trying to drive you away, after a long time, you will know, I don't have so many rules here, if someone asks , and said it was as I commanded.”

After thinking about it, he said, "And in the future, if you don't have my orders, you can perform your own duties, don't worry about me, I will tell you to do something, remember to explain to the servants in the yard."

Mei Jian hesitated for a moment, but finally did not dare to disobey his order, "Yes, my son."

He nodded in satisfaction, and then instructed Mei Jian, "I'm going to take a bath, I don't need you to wait on me, remember to prepare the court clothes, eat breakfast, and I will accompany my mother into the palace."

After taking a bath, let Mei Jian and Lan Jian tidy up their court clothes, and after breakfast served by Zhu Jian and Chrysanthemum Jian, Mu Xu first went to greet his grandmother, but he couldn't hold back his grandmother, so he had some breakfast with the old man, and then went Greetings from my mother.

Waiting for the mother to finish her breakfast, change into the princess court dress, and put on a lot of makeup.Mu Xu helped his mother into the carriage, took the yellow pussy horse brought by his servant, and escorted his mother towards the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he waited for the guards to check the waist badge, waited for his mother to change the palace sedan chair, handed over the horse to the family servant, and accompanied the palace sedan chair, under the guidance of the two young eunuchs in the palace, they walked towards Longshou Palace.

When they arrived at Longshou Palace, someone went to report it, and within a moment, a eunuch came out to announce their mother and son inside.Entering the Chuigong Hall of the Dragon Head Palace, Mu Xu took a peek at the Supreme Emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair, but he couldn't take a closer look, so he quickly knelt down to salute with his mother,

"My daughter has seen her father."

"Chen Muxu, I have met the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor has lived for thousands of years."

"Quickly flatten your body, Dai Quan, and give the princess and my grandson a seat."

Princess Changning and Mu Xu hurriedly thanked each other again. As soon as the mother and son were seated, the Supreme Emperor complained, "Shuang'er, I haven't seen you for a few years. Why are you and your father separated? It wasn't like this before."

Upon hearing what the father said, Princess Changning quickly defended, "What did the father say? The daughter just didn't see the father for a long time. Seeing the health of the father, the dragon is just a moment of excitement."

"That's pretty much the same. When you go back to Beijing this time, you can go to the palace to talk with me if you have time." The Supreme Emperor smiled when he heard what Princess Changning said, and asked Mu Xu again, "Xu Son, do you remember your grandfather?"

Mu Xu bowed his hands to the Supreme Emperor, "I naturally remember that when I was ten years old and returned to Beijing with my mother, my grandfather gave me a sword at that time. My grandson has been hanging in the study. Every time I see the sword, I think of my grandfather. I only hate myself. Thousands of miles away, I can only wish my grandfather the health of the dragon from afar. Moreover, when my grandson came to Beijing this time, he and his mother specially brought a piece of white tiger skin to my grandfather, as well as a millennium-old ginseng that my grandson bought from the Jurchen."

Hearing the thousand-year-old ginseng, the Supreme Emperor couldn't help being moved, and hurriedly told Dai Quan, "The white tiger skin is in my inner treasury. As for the ginseng, let Zhang Tianshi take a look and see if he can make some elixir."

"Old servant obeys the order." When Dai Quan stepped back, the Supreme Emperor stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You mother and son have a heart, and finally remember me, unlike those rebellious sons."

After hearing what he said, Princess Changning had no choice but to change the topic, "What did the father say? The daughter is thousands of miles away, and she always remembers the father. Let alone ginseng, as long as the father is in good health, the daughter will live less." What a few years."

The two are fathers, loving daughters, and a young eunuch came in to report, "My lord, the emperor is here."

The Supreme Emperor frowned, "Send him in."

A moment later, I saw a middle-aged man, wearing a dark red Taoist robe and a jade belt around his waist, striding forward.Apart from that, he didn't have any accessories on his body. If ordinary people saw him, they probably wouldn't think that this person is the current emperor.

When Emperor Jiading came to the main hall, he first greeted the Supreme Emperor.Afterwards, Mu Xu's mother and son hurriedly greeted Emperor Jiading.

Emperor Jiading motioned the two of them to be excused, chatted with the Supreme Emperor, then turned to Princess Changning with a smile,
"The emperor's sister has been in Liaodong for a long time, and she is rarely seen. Now that she is back in Beijing, she has to come to the palace often if she has nothing to do, and spend more time with her father. Your sister-in-law also misses you very much."

Princess Changning replied with a smile, "This time I'm going back to Beijing, I'm going to bother the emperor, the emperor's sister-in-law, then you don't want to be annoyed by my sister."

Emperor Jiading was very happy when he heard the words, and asked about the recent situation of Mu Jing, the king of Dongping County, in Liaodong. Quite similar to when our brothers were young."

The Supreme Emperor carefully compared the looks of the emperor and Mu Xu, nodded in agreement and said, "This child is indeed somewhat similar to the emperor when he was young."

Mu Xu didn't dare to say that, but Emperor Jiading didn't care, and asked again, "Xu'er, what are your plans when you go back to Beijing this time? read."

Mu Xu glanced at Princess Changning, saw that she was just looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly put on a sad face, "Uncle, my nephew is really not good at studying, he can only read a few words, so I dare not go to the study. shame in front of my cousin and my husband."

Hearing him call himself Emperor's Uncle, Emperor Jiading showed a gentle look on his face, and smiled at the Supreme Emperor and Princess Changning, "This child is not very old, but he is modest."

Princess Changning shook her head, "Brother Huang, please stop praising him, lest his tail will go up to the sky. This kid has never liked to read, and he spends his days wielding swords and swords. When he was in Liaodong, he loved riding a horse and hunting." Think After thinking about it, he added,

"He hasn't been in Beijing for many years, how could his grandmother let him out of the house for a while, after a while, why don't the emperor reward him with an errand, so that he won't learn well in Beijing."

Emperor Jiading thought about it for a moment, "Alright, since my nephew likes to practice martial arts, he can work as an errand at the Dragon Guard in his free time."

Princess Changning and Mu Xu hurriedly thanked each other, even the Supreme Emperor felt it was appropriate.

After laughing and talking with the Supreme Emperor and Princess Changning, he also asked Mu Xu about interesting things in Liaodong. Emperor Jiading bid farewell to the Supreme Emperor, and when he left, he asked Princess Changning to visit the palace more often. Princess Changning agreed not to mention it.

At noon, the Supreme Emperor gave a special banquet to his daughter and grandson. Mu Xu's mother and son had lunch with the Supreme Emperor, and after the Supreme Emperor was served by Dai Quan to take a nap, the mother and son left the palace with a bunch of rewards.

Back at the palace, Mu Xu first sent his mother back to rest.He also ordered people to send the rewards from the palace to the yards of his mother and grandmother respectively, and then he returned to his own yard with some of the things he picked out for appreciation.

Let Mei Jian and Zhu Jian put away their things, change into their regular clothes under the service of Lan Jian and Ju Jian, wash up, tell them not to disturb themselves if there is nothing to do, and then go to the study.

Judging from the situation in the palace today, there is also an undercurrent between the Supreme Emperor and the present. Think about it, the emperor has always been arbitrary, but now that the two days are in the air, this makes the ministers below listen to whoever they want. Coupled with the fact that this dynasty governs the country with filial piety, what the current emperor must have done is not very satisfactory.

This can be seen from Emperor Jiading's attitude towards their mother and son today.You must know that before she ascended the throne, she and her mother were brothers and sisters, but according to her mother, when she was never married, she has been reticent now, and her relationship with her brothers and sisters is just average.

As a result, in the palace today, he is too warm to their mother and son, even to him, a nephew whom he has never seen before.In his opinion, besides acting as a friendly brother and sister to the Supreme Emperor, he may also have the idea of ​​using their mother and son to win over his father. After all, his family has been operating in Liaodong for a long time, and his father has [-] cavalry in his hands.

You must know that although the Supreme Emperor has abdicated, he still holds most of the military power in his hands, just like the Beijing camp that guards the capital of the God of Guards, most of them are in the hands of the founder of the country, and these people are all facing the Supreme Emperor.

This also explains why the Jia family and the Wang family ended up tragically in the original book.Because the current Jingying Jiedu envoy is Wang Ziteng, the uncle of Fenghuangdan Jia Baoyu.

Originally, according to seniority and family background, it was impossible for Wang Zi to take this position. When the Wang family founded the country, they only had a small county uncle.The Beijing camp has always been the private land of the nobles, but the first two generations of Jiedu envoys were Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua. It is conceivable that the Jia family has an intricate relationship in the Beijing camp.

Presumably after Jia Daishan passed away, Wang Ziteng was promoted by the Jia family.However, judging from the situation in the original book, Wang Ziteng is also a bridge-crossing river, or how to explain that Jia Zheng has been working as an official of the Ministry of Industry.

(End of this chapter)