After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 18 Secret Letter
After coming here, Jiang Shishi stayed in the palace all day and hadn't gone out to play yet.

Now that he has the opportunity to play outside the palace, he can't help being overjoyed.

The point is that the prince will be in trouble this time, and she follows the prince out of the palace, which is also convenient for him to spoil the prince.

"It's really a beautiful thing to be able to swim in the lake and taste delicious fish." A satisfied smile appeared on Jiang Shishi's face, "The concubine is here to thank Your Highness in advance."

The matter was settled like this, the prince finished his cup of tea and left with his servants.

That night, the news that the crown prince was going to take Jiang Meiren out of the palace spread all over the East Palace.

In the backyard of the Eastern Palace, someone was tossing and turning with jealousy.

Tang side concubine is such a person who stays up most of the night, ordering the maids and eunuchs to clean the bedroom and wipe the decorations in the house.

Still grumbling about her hunger, she asked the maid to go to the imperial dining room to get her something to eat.

If the servants were a little careless, she would scold them bloody, and even punish them severely.

The servants who were so frightened that they knelt on the ground in the inner room were all trembling.

One of the maids tentatively asked: "My lord, why don't we give her some flair before His Highness takes Jiang Mei out of the palace?"

Concubine Tang: "His Royal Highness is going to take her out of the palace tomorrow. We are only doing it now. There is too little time. It is inevitable that we will be in a hurry, and it may arouse His Highness's disgust."

With a sneer, she said rather jealously: "Just wait. I'll show her some color when Miss Jiang returns to the palace!"

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The next morning, Pei Xuanling got up before dawn.

After washing up, I didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so I went directly to the etiquette department to arrange the guest ceremony and reception of foreign guests.

After making arrangements, Pei Xuanling rode to the Palace of Preserving Harmony in a chariot.

As soon as he got on the chariot, Huang Dechang secretly handed the prince a note and whispered: "Your Highness, our people have found the inn where the assassins stayed in the capital, and found a secret letter from their guest room."

Pei Xuanling took the secret letter and read it. It detailed how to plot to assassinate him in the imperial mausoleum.

There is also a seal in the lower right corner of the secret letter, although it looks blurry, it can be recognized as the seal of the Ministry of Rites.

After reading the letter, Pei Xuanling's eyes turned slightly.

Although this official seal is collected in the Minister of Rites, the seal key is worn by the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

In addition, Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang, the Fourth Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also have the right to use it, as long as they use it and return it to the Minister of Rites.

This is a bit difficult
Moreover, the Southern Xinjiang envoy just arrived today, and the other party asked them to find out such news, which made him have to think about it.

Pei Xuanling's tone was calm and deep, "Don't say anything, just keep checking."

Now, he and the Ministry of Etiquette are working together to arrange the guest ceremony and reception of foreign guests. If there is internal strife at this time, Nan Jiang will not have to laugh at it.

Huang Dechang: "Yes, the servant knows."

Hey, I don't know if the Ministry of Rites is dissatisfied with His Highness the Crown Prince and deliberately messed up.

The emperor is also true, knowing that the Minister of Rites does not like His Royal Highness, he still wants to hand over the Ministry of Rites to His Highness as a reward.

It stands to reason that His Highness won the battle last time, and the award is also for the Ministry of War. What kind of award is it for the Ministry of Rites?
Such behavior is really incomprehensible.

When the crown prince arrived at the Palace of Preserving Harmony, the envoys from southern Xinjiang and some princes and ministers had already arrived.

After a while, when everyone had arrived, the eunuch's singing and reporting came from outside.

"The Emperor is here!"

Upon hearing this voice, everyone in the hall stood up one after another and bowed deeply.

"Emperor, long live, long live, long live"

Emperor Jianyuan wore a bright yellow dragon robe, strode up to the top, and then sat down on the dragon chair.

Looking down at the lower part of the hall with experienced eyes, the voice was thick and majestic, "You don't need to be too polite, just get up!"

After everyone got up, they sat down again.

A Southern Xinjiang envoy with a full beard came to the middle, put his right hand on his left chest, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have come all the way from Southern Xinjiang and presented some special products in Southern Xinjiang. Please accept it. "

While he was speaking, a group of southern border envoys came in carrying hundreds of suitcases of large and small pear officials, and lined up neatly.

A minister of the Ministry of Rites read aloud according to the gift list: "In March of the 28th year of Jianyuan, two hundred stones each of raisins, jujubes, wolfberries, and walnuts were offered in southern Xinjiang, eight hundred square inches of carpets in southern Xinjiang, and one thousand strong cattle , 30 pieces of jade carvings, [-] yuan for Hetian beautiful jade.”

Except that the cattle were kept in the royal farm, all the other tributes were on site.

"The lord of your country has a heart." After the Minister of Rites finished reading the gift list, Emperor Jianyuan smiled slightly.

"The envoys have been exhausted all the way. I will arrange a banquet in a while. After the banquet is over, the crown prince will take you on a cruise on the West Lake. It's a rare trip for you. You must spend a few more days in central Beijing. Dongliang is also good. Do your best to the Lord."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." The leading envoy from Southern Xinjiang said in crappy Central Plains words: "It's just that we have spent several months on the road from Southern Xinjiang to the capital. Now that the tribute has been delivered, we have to return to Southern Xinjiang as soon as possible. I won’t stay in your country any longer.”

Hearing this, the Ministry of Rites and the prince showed regretful expressions.

In the past few days, they have all discussed and led the Southern Xinjiang envoys to enjoy the scenery of Dongliang on a cruise ship.

Now that everything is well prepared, but the envoys from Southern Border came to say that they would not swim in the lake, so wouldn't they have wasted their minds in vain?

In addition to thinking of this level, the prince also thought of Jiang Meiren in the East Palace.

He has already made an appointment with her, and today he will take her out of the palace for fun.

If the envoys from Southern Border were in a hurry to go back, this matter would have to be done.

The envoys said so, and Emperor Jianyuan didn't force him to stay, he just nodded to express his understanding.

Pei Xuanling pondered for a moment, and thought of a compromise.

"Everyone is eager to return to the country, and I can understand. However, the cruise ship will not delay much time, and you can also take the water by the way, so that the Ministry of Rites will send you out of the capital. This can be regarded as sightseeing and travel. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)