Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 599 Yizhi will offer incense tomorrow
"Back to the master, I have always believed that the prince is still alive and well. I think the eldest princess also knows the key. With solid evidence, I am so anxious to let you go to offer incense. It seems that the eldest princess has an idea. "

As soon as the words fell,
In Cining Palace,

The inner hall was eerily quiet. Empress Dowager Lu opened her eyes, her aura getting heavier and heavier. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that the girl was a little anxious. There were more flaws in her movements, and only she could see it.

The most important thing now is to determine whether Xiao'er is still alive or whether someone is starting an army and causing rebellion in the name of Xiao'er. This is the most important thing. Other things are really insignificant in my heart.

"Since she wants to see me so much, then meet me. Now immediately send someone to announce the decree to the Queen. The sky fire will warn you. Tomorrow morning, let the ladies of the third rank or above in the city prepare to meet at the North City Gate and go to Jing'an Temple to pray for blessings and protect your health. My country is safe."

"Yes, master."

Eunuch Zhou took the order and retreated. Only the old lady who had been waiting beside him spoke out in the dark place of the room.

"Master, we don't have much strength left at our disposal. Do we want to waste the remaining guards now?"

"Well, use it. As long as that girl Xiangxue has the letter, we will send people over to check the contact. If it is true, my son is still alive, and the country of Dawu belongs to him. Whoever robbed it will pay it back. If I go back, I can see Yongxiao again with my old bones, and I will be able to rest in peace in this life.”

Queen Mother Lu's eyes were dim, with tears welling up in her eyes, and more of a feeling of guilt. Only the old mama lowered her head and said nothing, and suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed;

This time, if it is true or not, I will let that girl come back. Furthermore, Marquis Luo Yun may not know that he is my grandson-in-law. In this way, some things will not be difficult to handle, depending on the person who feels guilty. I disagree. "

Kunning Palace,
The emperor and empress, who had long lost their appetite, withdrew their dinner, then sat there drinking hot tea and calming down.

"Back to Your Majesty, I just sent it, it's a bit urgent,"

"Master, this old servant thinks that if things cannot be done, it would be better for the Crown Prince to hide himself. After all, it is easy to live a life with one life. If he is discovered, His Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, and even the princes all have different intentions. Then the Crown Prince There must be danger. At that time, the prince was weak and had no way out. "

That girl also suffered a lot for him. Before her husband came to the court to get married, she died because of her filial piety. The Marquis of Jingnan led his army to cut off the rear and died tragically at the gate of Dongcheng. She was left a widow and was even driven out of the capital. , regardless of whether it was true or false at the time,

"She, let her go. She will never leave any descendants in her life. Bai has been fighting with the Ai family all his life, but he is just another person's clothes. He is also a pitiful person. Wang Shuirong of Beijing is very ambitious, but unfortunately he does not have the courage. Although he has talent, he has no descendants. There is no place to stand, and the Zhen family will be in danger if it hangs on him."

With a cry, the old nanny knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. She didn't know who she was wronged for. Tears welled up, as if the Queen Mother had cried out all the sorrow she had suffered over the years. Those who heard it were sad and those who heard it shed tears. The Queen Mother His face was the same, with tears in his eyes, but he seemed to be smiling. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said;

After the conversation, Queen Mother Lu seemed to have exhausted all her strength. She got up and walked to the bed. She lay down on the bed with the old mama taking care of her.

Queen Lu had no choice but to take it, spread it out, and glanced at it briefly. She actually wanted to go to Jing'an Temple to offer incense tomorrow, so urgently.
"Your Majesty, what the Queen Mother wants is to have the concubines of the third rank and above in the capital go to Jing'an Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings tomorrow. The time is a little tight, and I really can't guess what it means. It's just one day earlier and one day later. "

Dai Quan quickly replied, walked over, took the Yizhi from the little eunuch's hand, and handed it to the Queen.

Seeing the eunuch in the chamber walking over with a bright yellow Yizhi, he gave Dai Quan a puzzled look.
"It's so late, how can I still have Yizhi?"

Emperor Wu had long been depressed. It was a happy night, but now he was troubled by everything. He turned around and saw that it was indeed written in the imperial edict that tomorrow would be at Jing'an Temple in Beishan.

"Yes, Master, what about Concubine Zhen in the harem? It's been so long. She seems to have changed into a different person in the harem. Even the Jia family and the Zhen family haven't taken too much care of her. I wonder what she has been thinking about these years. Something."

"Look at you, an old guy, you're still crying. It's obviously a happy event, why are you crying?

"master,"

Empress Dowager Lu looked stunned for a moment, and what she said was reasonable, but now that Xiaoer dares to reveal his whereabouts, it means that he has made up his mind.
"The Ai family remembers that you hugged Yongxiao when he was a child. He was so close to you at that time. How could you not know his temperament? Now that he has decided something, he will not give up. Since he can't stop it, why not push it aside? He succeeds and fulfills his long-cherished wish. If it doesn’t work, the worst thing we can do is go together and save the world’s successors from worry, don’t you think?”

"Yes, master."

Empress Dowager Lu thought about it and could only do this. It was really impossible to let the princes enter the capital. In this way, the energy of the court and the emperor would be dispersed. Many things could be done. It all depends on whether he is the real prince or not. The filial son who thinks about it day and night.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace has conveyed the decree overnight."

Suddenly, Zhou Shihong thought of his sister, the eldest princess Zhou Xiangxue, who was still living in seclusion. He had almost forgotten her for so many years, as well as Jingnan Hou Su Yuankui. He was suddenly shocked. Could the civil unrest in Jingnan be possible? There is a connection,
"Dai Quan, are there any battle reports from Jingnan in the past few days? Where is Gu Ping now?"

"You should also go to bed early, we will see tomorrow."

"Back to Your Majesty, the Imperial City Department has not received the report of the battle in the south of Beijing. Calculating the time, General Gu should have arrived at Lin Yue Mansion long ago. As for what happened, the old slave did not receive any news, but Mr. Yu, the chief envoy to the south of the capital The letter said that everything in the county is business as usual,"

Dai Quan's mind was racing. He had been tied up by many things in the capital these days, and things in the south had become lax. He didn't check in every day, and had no news at all. He didn't know what those thousands of households were doing for food.
"Hmph, he said everything is business as usual, but I feel a little worried in my heart. You have to keep an eye on this matter. If you have any news, you will report it. According to the Queen Mother's decree, I will send people from the palace to all the governments tonight to spread the word. Convey the Queen Mother’s message.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your order."

Dai Quan took the Queen Mother's Yizhi and held it in his arms, and then waved, Xiao Yunzi immediately ran over, put the Yizhi away, and arranged for the eunuch in charge to prepare for leaving the palace.

Seeing that the fire burning in the ancient trees outside the palace was much smaller, he took Queen Jiang's hand and entered the Long Nei Room.
"Yu Qing, I'm tired. Let's rest."

Empress Jiang turned to look at Emperor Wu in astonishment, her eyes seemed to be filled with fire, her face turned red, and she held back her embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, this concubine is careless. Chunhe, arrange the bed and prepare to sleep in it."

"Yes, ma'am."

Beijing,

Luoyunhou Mansion.

After finishing her meal, Zhang Jinyu burped and ate half of the food on the table. Then she was kicked out by Mrs. Wang and led a few people out of Dongyun Tower.
It was supposed to be rain and dew evenly, as if several people had discussed it, but they all left separately. Zhang Jinyu was dumbfounded in front of the building. When he saw everyone leaving, he wanted to chase after him, but thinking that he was tired these days, he still couldn't. I really wanted to take a good rest, so I couldn't help but apply oil on my soles, and went directly back to my west wing room in Dongyuan. I took off my boots without washing, then lay on the bed, covered myself with a quilt and breathed a sigh of relief.

He secretly thought, no wonder later generations of men and women sleep separately. Sometimes being alone in a room is the most comfortable way to relax. He has been busy these days. Although it is a bit chaotic, judging from His Majesty's every move, he should be beating nobles or civil servants. , As for the Supreme Emperor, there are too many hidden secrets. I am afraid that there are people from the Supreme Emperor around His Majesty. This is how the former Crown Prince was played to death.

Your Majesty has been forbearing until now just to guard against this move. Being an emperor is really tiring. With three sons, there is no telling who will become the heir apparent!
Many vassal kings have precedents, and they only have ghosts if they don't think about it. They need time to recuperate outside the customs. I don't know what happened to the Jurchens. More and more grains are traded. Wu Yayu sent a message saying that the Yuezhi in the north has conquered the east. Heading south to the eastern grassland, we were very close to the Jurchen headquarters. We had already fought several battles. The Jurchens had a great advantage, and the Yuezhi people had retreated.
But the time for the Jurchens to recover is far away. In this way, the Jurchens are very unlucky when they encounter him. Otherwise, according to past records, the Jurchens only need to capture Pingyang County and then hold the entire Guanwai area in their hands. Under the circumstances, the strength of the Jurchens directly doubled. After all, the Han people outside the Pass had experienced two dynasties, and there were also many Han people from within the Pass, and the cultivated land was vast. With these, the Jurchens seemed to have the ambition to establish a country, and now they are still in a corner. Speaking of which, where did the Yuezhi people come from?

Looking at the wood carvings on the bed, I felt a little dazed. I closed my eyes and tried to squint for a while, but I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning. Just as I was about to get up, I heard the door coming loose. I saw a figure pushing open the door and nimbly getting through it. He came in, closed the door, and quickly ran towards him. A fragrant breeze filled the air.
Yang Hanyu quickly walked to the window, took off his robe, got directly in, and said in a charming voice;
"Mr. Lang, I miss you."

Looking at the stunning woman with a shy look on her face, Zhang Jinyu could not hold back any longer and turned over directly to press on her. A noisy voice sounded,

But what Zhang Jinyu didn’t know was,

A corner outside the house,
Qin Keqing stood under the eaves with a lantern, watching all this, with an indescribable expression on his face. Baozhu couldn't bear it, and cursed in a low voice,

"Grandma, look at that foxy girl, who usually doesn't fight for anything, but she sneaked into a man's room in the middle of the night. She has no shame at all, huh."

The little girl also snorted. Only Qin Keqing looked unhappy. What does it mean to sneak into a man's room in the middle of the night? Then what he just did was not the same, "Go back."

Angrily, he turned around and returned to the main room. Baozhu saw that the young lady had left. A drop of rain hit his face, as if he suddenly sobered up. What he just said seemed to be wrong.

"Miss, miss, wait for me."

Quickly chased after him.

"Dong dong, dong dong,"

"Who is knocking on the door so late?"

The porter of the Hou Mansion,

Manager Wang had just fallen asleep when he heard someone knocking on the door. He put on his clothes impatiently, then opened the door and walked out of the house with an umbrella.
I opened the side door, and as soon as I opened it, I saw an eunuch standing outside the door. This is,
"Father, come in quickly, what do you want?"

"The Za family won't go in. You go and tell the Marquis that they will gather at the North City Gate tomorrow to escort the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and the noble ladies in the capital to Jing'an Temple to offer incense. According to the Queen Mother's decree, all ladies of the third rank or above in the capital will go with them. Remember it!”

"Yes, father-in-law, I remember it, little one."

Before Manager Wang could ask any more questions, the father-in-law in front of him got on the carriage with an umbrella and disappeared in the rain and fog.
at the same time,

The same scene was played out in the residences of nobles and important ministers in the capital. On a rainy night, the night carriages in the capital never stopped.

Outside the west wing of Dongyuan, Manager Wang held an umbrella and walked to the corridor outside the door. Most of his clothes were wet. He wanted to knock on the door, but the hand he just stretched out stopped, and happy sounds came and went in the room.

What can we do?

Being blown by the wind, Manager Wang couldn't help but shudder, gritted his teeth, walked to the window, and coughed deliberately.

Yang Hanyu in the room immediately covered his mouth and kept silent.

Zhang Jinyu reached out to touch the precious sword on the bedside and asked vigilantly;

"Who's there?"

"Master Marquis, I am the young one, the concierge king is in charge,"

Hearing that it was the concierge king who was in charge, Zhang Jinyu relaxed a little, knowing that no one would disturb her. She felt a little headache for a moment, wondering if someone else could come at the critical moment.

"Tell me what's going on!"

"Going back to the Marquis, a father-in-law from the palace just came to deliver a message, saying that early tomorrow morning, the Marquis would be required to form an army to escort the Queen Mother to Jing'an Temple to offer incense, and that the imperial edicts of the third rank and above in the capital would also go together. I didn't dare to hesitate, so I’m disturbing Mr. Hou.”

Manager Wang stayed with Be careful outside the window, motionless.

Zhang Jinyu couldn't believe that she was in such a hurry to offer incense. She was speechless. Really? But when she thought that Manager Wang was an old man in the family, she would not deceive herself. The Queen Mother went to offer incense one day in advance. It must be the eldest princess. Something went wrong.

"Okay, I know this. Go and inform Ningbian and let him make arrangements."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

As if he had received an amnesty, Manager Wang quickly went to General Ning's house.

In the west wing room, Yang Hanyu endured the hardship and asked breathlessly,

"Mr. Lang, why is it one day early? What should I do? I'm afraid I won't be able to get up."

The soft and boneless voice was very tempting. Without thinking, Zhang Jinyu leaned down again and continued the unfinished business.

The sounds come from far and near, like dubbing on a rainy night, intertwined.

Beijing,

The ferry north of Anshui,
"Quick, quick, set up the camp and make do with it tonight."

"What are you talking about? Go to the ferry and set up a tent against the wall."

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the sky, reflecting the tens of thousands of troops at the ferry, setting up tents under the simple city walls.

The soldiers and horses from Hedong and Hexi counties immediately accelerated their march after receiving the Emperor Wu's order, and hurriedly arrived at the meeting point at Anshui Ferry. Unexpectedly, they encountered heavy rain. Although they had set up tents as expected, they did not expect the rain. The force was so great that many of them were blown down by the wind and rain, so the generals rushed to make repairs.

"Report, General, the tents everywhere have been repaired. The brothers can only have a place to stay for the time being. As for the rest, we can only wait until the weather clears up."

"Report, General, we have requisitioned many houses, let's stay here for now."

A restaurant at the ferry had long been reserved by Peng Shiying and Dong Dawang, the commanders of the two counties' troops.

After hearing the reports from their respective subordinates, the two of them felt a little relieved. The deadline given by His Majesty was too tight. Fortunately, they arrived at the ferry and all the boats were ready. They just waited to cross the river tomorrow and go south to Anhu Camp to protect themselves from the rain. It rained too hard.

"I know, you guys should go down and have a good rest. There is also a requisitioned house for which you have to pay money. This is not our place."

"Yes, General,"

Seeing the captain leaving, Dong Dawang laughed, looked at Peng Shiying who looked cautious, and said with a smile,

"Brother Peng, please be careful. Everything is done flawlessly. He is worthy of being a close friend of Lord Zeng. I am very envious of you."

Peng Shiying picked up the wine cup and said,

"Brother Dong praised me, but you are more careful. You would rather set up your tent next to the city wall than enter the ferry. Brother, I can't compare. Come, drink this cup full of wine!"

"Okay, do it!"

(End of this chapter)