Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 196
Great Martial Calendar,
55, September 12,
early morning,

Da Nei, Qianqing Palace, above the square in front of the palace.

The Beijing officials who were preparing to go to court early arrived one after another, and they all gathered there to discuss last night's events in a low voice, especially the fire that was burning, which was not extinguished until early in the morning, and the fire burned for a whole night.

But Zhang Jinyu and the three of them still haven't woken up until Yang Hanyu went to the attic and knocked on the door.

Zhang Jinyu looked at the sky and suddenly remembered that today is the Great Court Meeting.

Quickly lifted the quilt and got up, didn't want to reveal the white and tender skin, quickly covered it up, saw that the second daughter was exhausted, didn't call her two, and shouted at the door;
"Hanyu, come in and help me change the court clothes."

Yang Hanyu walked in with a pouted mouth, looking at the second daughter from time to time, Zhang Jinyu didn't talk nonsense, and began to change clothes while trembling.

Yang Hanyu picked up the military uniform on the screen and walked over to put it on for herself. Zhang Jinyu also sighed when she saw so many parts, everything is good, but dressing and armor is simply not made by humans, it is so laborious.

It was not easy to put on the military uniform, so he picked up a light armor and put it on again, Yang Hanyu asked while pulling the belt behind him;

"Why is your lord wearing armor this morning?"

Zhang Jinyu was also a little anxious, and replied;

"I'm not Wu Xun, why don't I go to the civil servants if I don't wear armor, tighten up, yes, that's it, okay."

The two of them started sweating when they put on clothes, and after finally getting dressed, Zhang Jinyu rushed out to wash his face with cold water and relieved himself from the sleepiness.

Facing Yang behind him, he said;

"You sleep more, I won't eat, it's too late."

Mrs. Yang had no choice but to give an order;
"Sir, slow down."

Zhang Jinyu waved his hand, put on his helmet, and walked out of the mansion. Duan Hong and the others in front of the door were ready to go. Zhang Jinyu jumped on the horse with a brisk stride, and shouted;
"Go, drive!"

"Yes, Lord Hou, drive."

Zhang Jinyu galloped all the way with his personal guards, and soon arrived in the palace.

Seeing the familiar palace gate, she was also relieved, but there were not many people coming in and out at the gate, and the other officials must have arrived long ago. Zhang Jinyu reined in the horse, threw the rein back, jumped off the horse and went into the palace run.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the imperial guards checked the identity of the waist badge before letting them go. Seeing that there was still a long way to go, Zhang Jinyu straightened her hat and ran all the way.

The figure of Fei Chi was staged in the palace, such a rare scene also attracted the attention of the imperial guards and eunuchs and maids.

And Emperor Wu got up early, put on the dragon robe under Dai Quan's service, and asked;
"Is everyone here?"

"It's almost time to go back to Your Majesty. The courtiers went back to Beijing to prepare last night, so it won't be too late."

Dai Quan waited on him carefully and replied in a low voice.

"Well, let's go up to court."

Emperor Wu nodded, and deliberately took a sword and hung it on his waist, and walked out like a dragon and a tiger.

"Let's drive, Qianqing Palace."

Following the sound of Dai Quan's voice, the sedan chair headed for Qianqing Palace.

In front of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, many civil servants gathered together and looked at Wu Xun with some contempt, while Wu Xun gathered together and looked at the civil servants with cynicism, two groups of people with clear distinctions.

Qin Ye is actually an old man of the imperial court. He deliberately got up early and came here to wait. Although no one spoke, his eyes looked back anxiously, obviously looking for someone.

When Jia Zheng saw that Qin Ye was absent-minded, he asked;
"Hey, Lord Qin, who are you waiting for?"

When Qin Ye was asked suddenly, he didn't react for a moment, turned his head and looked at Jia Zheng, who was his boss and a member of the Ministry of Industry, he clasped his hands and saluted, and replied;
"It turned out to be Mr. Jia. I have nothing to do with my subordinates. I was just waiting for Luo Yunhou. I don't know what happened to such a big incident last night."

Jia Zheng naturally knew that he was talking about the fire last night, but it was really scary, and it burned all night.

"That's true. Don't worry, Mr. Qin, the fire burned violently last night, but the building is empty and no one is on it."

"That's good."

and behind,
Beijing County King Shui Rong and Dongping County King also walked over unhurriedly, standing in front of Wu Xun, and all the nobles around them bowed their hands to pay respects.

The civil servants were also a little surprised, why did these two come here, Shen Zhongxin narrowed his eyes.

He whispered to the old man and asked;
"Teacher, it's rare for the second king to come here."

Gu Yichen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stroked his beard and glanced at Xungui, and he was also a little thoughtful, so he replied;

"I can't help it anymore, I can't come out to look for food, many people have heard what happened last night."

Shen Zhongxin naturally knew what happened in the brothel last night, so the second king thought about it, and secretly thought wishful thinking.

"Teacher, then we must suppress it, otherwise"

Gu Shangshu pressed his hand,
"Be careful, the few of us know this matter well, and we will definitely not sit idly by."

Shen Zhongxin stopped talking, and naturally knew the meaning of the teacher's words.

And Emperor Wu also came to Qianqing Palace, took Dai Quan and other chief eunuchs, and took the lead to enter the main hall. After sitting down, he saw the confinement gate and said to Dai Quan;
"Okay,"

Dai Quan understood, walked to the center of the hall and shouted loudly;
"Go up!"

The small yellow gate then opened the gate of Qianqing Palace, and eunuchs continued to shout outside the gate;

"Go to court."

After the courtiers on the square outside the main hall heard the court, they were divided into civil and military sides according to their grades, and began to enter the main hall neatly from the steps made of white marble.

The officials in charge of ministries below the fifth rank stood in the corridor outside the hall to welcome the holy voice.

After all the officials entered the hall,

Dai Quan returned to stand on the left side of the emperor and shouted;
"Meet Your Majesty."

All the Beijing officials knelt down and shouted;
"I will pay my respects to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

My emperor glanced at the courtiers and nodded in satisfaction.

"All the gentlemen are flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

And in the palace, Zhang Jinyu also ran all the way to Qianqing Palace, sweating all over her head, looking at the palace that was still a long way away, cursing in her heart, my sky is so far away, why are you doing such a big job, no wonder Those courtiers got up so early, it was strenuous enough to walk this long distance.

Looking at the tallest hall not far ahead, he gritted his teeth and continued to run over. If he had known earlier, he would not wear armor. Now it is equivalent to running with a heavy load, and he is too tired.

And Qin Ye, who was outside the hall, was also a little anxious, and he went up to the court, Jin Yu, boy, hey.

Just thinking about seeing a handsome figure running towards this side quickly, he knew it was Luo Yunhou by looking at his figure, looking at the surrounding officials and eunuchs, as well as the imperial guards on duty, they all turned their eyes to that figure, Everyone is wondering who this is.

Zhang Jinyu ran to the bottom of the main hall of Qianqing Palace and stopped to catch her breath. When she saw that the two sides of the upper hall were full of Beijing officials, she knew it was too late.

At this moment, Zhang Jinyu was a little dumbfounded, whether he came in late or not, and he was fined for being late in Dawu.

Looking at the strange eyes of the people around her, Zhang Jinyu was also a little uncomfortable, so she bravely walked up the steps and came not far outside the hall.

At this time, the eunuch on duty at the palace gate came over and asked;
"Dare to ask who is coming?"

Zhang Jinyu took out the waist card and handed it over, saying;
"Excuse me, father-in-law,"

The eunuch took it over to check and found out that the person who came was Luo Yunhou, and returned it with both hands.
"So it's Luo Yunhou, Lord Hou, wait a moment."

Zhang Jinyu also took the waist card, and was about to ask what to do, but who knew that the eunuch on duty went directly to the door of the main hall and shouted;

"Qizou Your Majesty, Luo Yunhou asks to see you."

The entire hall that shouted directly fell silent for a moment, and Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong also raised his head to look at Wu Xun and asked;
"Well, Marquis Luo Yun is not in the hall?"

Dai Quan also took a quick glance to make sure he wasn't there before replying;

"Return to Your Majesty, Luo Yunhou is indeed not here."

"Oh, it's really interesting, I didn't expect him to be the last one, Xuan."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan took a few steps forward and shouted towards the door;

"Xuanluo Yunhou enters the palace."

The guard outside the door heard it shouted again;
"Xuanluo Yunhou enters the palace."

Under the guidance of the eunuch at the door, Zhang Jinyu walked in with his head held high. He walked in a hurry. He didn't see that the threshold of the main hall was so high.

Everyone around smiled faintly, and then immediately became serious.

Zhang Jinyu lifted his hat, still feeling a little nervous, why is the threshold so high.

When Zhang Jinyu came to the center of the hall and saw the emperor, he knelt down without saying a word,
"Chen Zhang Jinyu pays homage to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, my minister is late."

Martial Emperor Zhou Shihong did not get up from Zhang Jinyu, but asked;

"I know it's too late, I know what day it is, and I haven't made preparations early, what's the delay? Tell me and the courtiers to hear."

Hearing the emperor's culture, Zhang Jinyu quickly thought about the countermeasures in his heart. Anyway, it can't be said that he is tired of holding his concubine.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I was frightened last night and fell asleep very late, so I got up late and came late."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding courtiers all looked over.

Emperor Wu didn't expect Luo Yunhou to answer like this, so he continued to ask;

"Then tell me why you were so frightened that a Marquis of Dawu was so frightened that he couldn't sleep. Get up."

Zhang Jinyu immediately thanked her;
"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron."

When he stood up, he said;
"Your Majesty, last night, I happily went to attend the winter meeting in the Spring Tower."

"Luo Yunhou, don't bring too much words when you talk about things."

As he was speaking, Zhang Jinyu was interrupted by a young civil servant on the right.

Zhang Jinyu was also taken aback, and looked at the civil servants on the right who were so blind, seeing that the official uniforms turned out to be of the third rank, she didn't reply angrily;
"Dare to ask who is so rude?"

"Luo Yunhou, don't go online, Xiao Zi'en, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Luo Yunhou knows that the reply from the court should be short and clear."

Xiao Zien also did not back down, this scene caught the eyes of people on both sides of civil and military.

Zhang Jinyu knew that the civil servants were looking for trouble, and it seemed that the emperor didn't stop him, obviously wanting to watch.

"Oh, it turned out to be the case. Then Benhou wanted to ask Xiao what, Er En."

"Hmph, Zien, Xiao Zien."

"Yes, it's almost the same. Zi and son don't mean the same thing."

After Zhang Jinyu finished speaking, Wu Xun couldn't hold back a "puchi" and laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)