Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 120 Lost in the Palace
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation,

As soon as Emperor Wu finished his cold words, the temperature in the hall seemed to drop a bit. In the eyes of the emperor, the life and death of those refugees was really not important, and it was a huge hidden danger. He said it was a chance for the refugees to survive.

But starting from the capital in such cold weather, even if you go north by the canal to Sanyang County, if you don't have a good rest, you will kill too many people on the way to the outside of the pass.

Zhang Jinyu thought that this is also a bright mirror in his heart, so he can only go back and send a message, so that Pingyao City will be more prepared, and one can be saved, and then continue to compliment with a smile,
"My emperor is wise, those refugees must be grateful, the emperor's actions are of great merit, and the minister is also taking the honor of the emperor."

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong was also very relieved when he heard this. The flattery was good. He smiled and picked up a piece of writing written by himself on the desk, stood up and walked over.
"Luo Yunhou made a great contribution this time, and I don't have anything to give you. This letter expresses my heart, and I will give it to Aiqing."

After finishing speaking, he handed over the rice paper. Zhang Jinyu bowed and took it with both hands. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at it and saw the four big characters of "Loyalty, Bravery and Peerless" written on the top-quality rice paper. .

This is the emperor's reward for himself, [-] war horses are exchanged for a picture, and future development space, hey, this business is done,
"I thank Emperor Wu."

Zhang Jinyu thanked him again, and Emperor Wu turned around and went back to sit down. He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. Now it's time to serve the tea to the guests, so fast.

"Well, I won't keep you. The people you brought can find a place outside the city to camp alone. As for you, you can live anywhere you want, and you can just vent your anger on those Jia's people. The emperor likes it." Lively, every Chinese New Year I have to meet with Xungui, and the new year is approaching, so don't make extra troubles."

Wu Huang Zhou Shihong's inaudible point made Zhang Jinyu think too much, this Jia family is really so powerful, a few servants can alarm the emperor, no, what the emperor means is the emperor, so the revenge should be considered in the long run up.

"The minister complies with the order, Your Majesty will rest earlier, and the minister will leave."

Emperor Wu nodded, Zhang Jinyu bowed back and turned around to leave. There was no speech in the study for a long time. Dai Quan knew what the emperor was thinking. It's too dazzling.

Zhou Shihong was there, then flipped through a few urgent memorials, which were nothing more than trivial matters such as floods and disasters and local soldiers and bandits fighting, and threw the memorials aside when he was upset.

"Dai Quan, what do you think about Luo Yunhou?"

Dai Quan naturally knew what the Holy Majesty was asking, and thought it over before responding;
"Returning to Your Majesty, Luo Yunhou Shicai's performance was unexpected. He thought he would put forward some necessary conditions, but he was still a little innocent. It can be regarded as repaying his kindness, especially those war horses are so willing. If If the frontier soldiers know about it, there will inevitably be some disturbances."

When it comes to the frontier army, Emperor Wu has a thorn in his heart, and there is only one person he can't get around, the Supreme Emperor Zhou Shengzhuo.

"This is a deal between me and Luo Yunhou. Others don't need to intervene. Those who want to find trouble will follow."

"Your Majesty, how dare they trouble you. I think Luo Yunhou is going to be in trouble. Don't talk about anything else. If you know that the fifty thousand horses were given to you by him, you will be mad."

"Hmph, isn't the matter of Nancheng Douxi not over yet?"

"Uh, Your Majesty is holy."

"Dai Quan, just remember, after Luo Yunhou officially moved to the Hou's mansion, the imperial decree will be issued, and Luo Yunhou's mother, Wang Shi, will be granted the title of first-rank wife. She is allowed to enter the palace to meet the queen without notice."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Also, pass on the meal now. I'm in a good mood today. Let's drink some sake from outside the pass. I won't read these trash memorials."

"It's Your Majesty, the servant will arrange it now."

Dai Quan was very happy to see that Emperor Wu was in a good mood, especially when the emperor ordered sake. You must know that the emperor usually does not drink alcohol, but the emperor has solved a major matter on his mind.

Just when Dai Quan went to the imperial dining room to arrange for the imperial chef to add some dishes today.

The Supreme Emperor Zhou Shengzhuo of Changle Palace also received the news that Luo Yunhou Zhang Jinyu had come to Da Nei. The Supreme Emperor directly asked Xia Shouzhong to kidnap Zhang Jinyu who had not yet left the palace and bring him to Changle Palace.

Xia Shouzhong took the order to go, and brought a large number of servants along the way out of the palace to surround him. He was afraid that Lord Hou would go too fast, so he arranged for his confidant servants to wait directly at the gate of the palace.

Xia Shouzhong thought that the perfect arrangement he had made would surely rob Luo Yunhou, but unexpectedly, Luo Yunhou lost his way.

Zhang Jinyu walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation by herself, but she didn't pay attention to where she came from, and walked forward for a while, then froze in place.

Seeing that the surrounding scenery is similar, I still don't understand that I am lost, and I am still the kind of person who does not admit that I am lost.

Zhang Jinyu took a closer look at the surroundings, and found that the courtyard walls were almost exactly the same, and the palaces were all of the same size, which was troublesome.

Zhang Jinyu even grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, felt it on the wall to leave a mark, and then started to circle around again. Fortunately, he didn't return to the original place this time, but he arrived at a strange palace again, which was a bit troublesome. , the key point is that I didn't meet any court ladies or eunuchs, let alone the imperial army.

Zhang Jinyu was short of breath, grandma's, so she had to repeat the previous operation, grabbed a handful of soil and marked it on the wall, and was about to start another trip to the palace.

And there is an attic in the harem of the imperial palace, named Dengxianlou, which was the place where the former emperors made alchemy. Now it has been changed to Juxian Pavilion, which is used as a place for leisure gatherings of the harem concubines and empress dowagers.

Standing on the high loft, you can have a panoramic view of the entire capital, even the moonlight reflected by Anhu Lake in the south of the city.

Today is the day when Empress Dowager Lu Fengyue and Empress Jiang Yuqing summon all the concubines in the harem to drink tea and chat in Juxianlou.

The concubines in the harem drink tea and snacks together in twos and threes, and talk about interesting things in the palace. The empress and empress dowager are also sitting there chatting, sharing some trivial matters, and more about the emperor, caring about the emperor's body and other things. issue of offspring.

After all, it has been a few years since he succeeded to the throne, and nothing has come out in the past few years, only the three princes who were born in the palace before, and the empress dowager often reminded him, but all kinds of methods were used, but there was still no movement.

Zhou Guiren, who was playing in the attic and looked down excitedly, suddenly saw a person not far away who had been circling the palace over there. Silly laughed involuntarily.

Concubine Wu Gui and the others gathered together to look down when they heard the laughter, and they all laughed when they saw Zhang Jinyu doing futile work there.
"It's a bit silly. Touch the wall with dirt. What if you come back and see dirt but haven't gone out yet?"

"That's right, look at how stupid he is."

"Look, it's back again."

The movement here had already spread to the queen and the empress dowager, and the empress dowager asked;

"What happened over there?"

Concubine Wu Guifei and the others immediately quieted down when they heard the question from the Empress Dowager, walked over here and bowed and said,
"Going back to the queen mother, we saw a little general in armor in the palace below who seemed to have lost his way in the attic. He went around the palace group several times. I felt that he was so stupid, and even touched the wall with soil as a mark .”

"Oh, there is such a thing, these eunuchs are really serious, and they don't show the way to others."

The empress dowager always disliked eunuchs, especially those irresponsible eunuchs, who thought they were the culprits of the cholera court, but the empress comforted them.

"Mother, don't be angry, maybe you forgot, this little general should have never been to the palace, otherwise he wouldn't get lost, so Chunhe, you bring someone, um, bring that little general, I will see who it is , really interesting."

"Yes, empress, um, is it not appropriate for empress to bring a man here?"

Chunhe reminded me there, the empress dowager didn't care, she didn't see anyone, so she said directly,

"It's okay, just say that Ai's family called him, not the queen, I understand."

"Yes, Empress Dowager, servants are going now."

Chunhe, the female steward of Kunning Palace, took the female officials down Juxian Tower and walked towards the palace group in the front yard.

But Zhang Jinyu was exhausted after going around for a few laps. This armor is not light. Also, why are there so many palaces and not many people? Isn't it a waste?

Zhang Jinyu just found a pavilion in a strange palace courtyard, and sat in it to rest. It would be even better if he had a pot of tea, not if he was thirsty.

I thought it would be impossible, so I yelled that the assassin is coming, I am sure someone will come, but it would be embarrassing enough if it got out.

When he was thinking about what to do, Chunhe led many female officials and maids, and searched next to the palace, while the empress dowager and queen led many concubines to wait and see at the height of Juxian Building.

It's also because the deep palace is lonely and boring, and when something happens, gossip and rumors can spread throughout the harem.

Now that this incident happened, everyone watched it with great interest. If the empress dowager and empress hadn't been here again, Yingying Yanyan would have burst into laughter.

Chunhe went to the palace where the little general had seen before but couldn't find it, so he knew he was going around again, so he ordered the other court ladies to look for it in another courtyard, and stayed there to wait.

Zhang Jinyu didn't know that someone was looking for him, so he could only rest for a while, preparing to try it out, and said in his heart that this was the last time, otherwise he would have to use a unique move.

Then I went back to the previous courtyard and prepared to walk again. As soon as I entered a courtyard, I saw a classical beauty with a few court ladies looking around in the courtyard. Zhang Jinyu was spotted as soon as she entered, and the two looked at each other. Zhang Jinyu said in her heart, it's broken, she must have come to the harem, which concubine is this woman.

Zhang Jinyu quickly looked around, seeing no one around, turned around and ran away without any hesitation, leaving behind a whole bunch of enlightened female officials and court ladies.

(End of this chapter)