After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 911 Personal Experience
Everything is naturally fine at home.

Haitang asked someone to send hot meals over, and then turned around to tell her brother about what had happened at home recently, even not forgetting that her grandfather and second uncle had taken turns to go home for leave.

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but complain: "Grandpa and Second Uncle have both returned, why did your day off come so late, brother? You have been in the Imperial Guard since the first day of the national mourning, and now it is the eighteenth day!"

Hai Jiao smiled and said, "I can't help it. Who told me that I was so important? The higher-ups know that I'm loyal and reliable, so they specially arranged for me to stay on guard until now. If the new emperor hadn't seen me by chance and remembered that I hadn't rested yet, and specially granted me a day off, I'm afraid I would have to be on duty until the national mourning was over before I could go home!"

This is of course an exaggeration, but Haijiao is now in a more relaxed mood and speaks more casually in front of his younger sister.

He glanced around the room, somewhat puzzled: "Grandpa is still on duty at the Ministry of Revenue, so it's fine if he's not at home, but why can't I see grandma?"

Haitang took the lunch box from Mama Li outside the door, took it to the kang, opened it, took out a bowl of hot noodle soup, and put it in front of her brother: "The kitchen just sent some vegetarian noodles. The soup base is made with carrots, mushrooms, fungus, and a little corn. The taste is different from the mushroom soup we used to drink at home. Brother, try it and see if you like it?" After that, she answered her brother's question, "Grandma took Aunt Cui to see my cousin. The weather has turned cold recently, and my cousin seems to be having a hard time adapting. She got sick just after Sister Baozhu recovered. Although she has seen a doctor, Grandma is still a little worried, so she brought some medicinal herbs to see her."

Haijiao suddenly realized, bent down to smell the soup noodles, took a sip of the soup, thought it was quite light and delicious, and said with a smile: "This soup is not bad, I didn't expect corn can be used to make soup. When there is a national mourning, no meat can be eaten, even cow's and sheep's milk and eggs have become taboos, but our family has developed a lot of new vegetarian recipes."

Haitang smiled. Corn can not only be used to make vegetarian soup, but also meat and bone soup is also delicious. She will continue to develop new dishes in the future. It seems that she will no longer be bound by the eating habits of the northwest when she arrives in Beijing. Some southern dishes can also be served on the table.

Seeing her brother eating heartily, Haitang left the house first and told someone to light up the kang in the east wing. Later, Mama Li brought some freshly prepared snacks and placed them in front of Haijiao.

Haijiao winked at his sister. Haitang understood and said to Mama Li, "First light up the kang in my brother's room, boil a big pot of water on the stove, and prepare the bath beans, towels and clean clothes for my brother to take a bath when he returns home."

Mother Li left after receiving the order. Haitang closed the door and sat down on the kang. "Okay, I've told you before, no one should get close to me. Now, while grandma is still here, brother, tell me what happened in the palace these days. I heard there was unrest in the palace, and the Imperial Guards lost 30% to 40% of their middle-level officers. Is that true? People outside say it's Prince Ji and his son who are causing trouble, but why do I feel like the Sun family is also involved?"

Hai Jiao drank all the soup base of the vegetarian noodles in one breath, took a long breath, and sneered: "Of course their family is not unrelated! How could Prince Ji bribe so many imperial guards without being noticed? This is naturally the credit of the Sun family! It's just that Prince Ji rushed to the front and acted as a pioneer, dragging Prince Ji and his son into it. Seeing that his adopted son was able to take down Tu Rong, Prince Ji thought he could succeed, so he jumped out and manipulated the Queen Mother to confront the cabinet.

"I didn't expect General Zhou Si to save Tu Rong. The two of them went into the palace together to save the Queen Mother and the cabinet members. I didn't expect that Marquis Yingchuan would get the news so quickly in the military camp outside the capital and lead his troops directly into the palace, catching him off guard. Marquis Yingchuan has led the imperial guards for many years and is very famous. As soon as he showed up, the imperial guards surrendered. Even if those rebels who were plotting evil were unwilling to give up, no one was willing to risk their lives to follow them in the rebellion, and in the end, everyone surrendered. Without soldiers, what can Prince Ji and his son do? ? The chaos in the palace naturally subsided. "Speaking of what happened at the beginning, Haijiao was still very angry: "We, the Jinyiwei, were ordered to guard Dong'an Gate. We thought it was just a normal job, but we didn't expect so many troubles to happen later! But our superiors issued a strict order and we couldn't move easily. I was trapped in Dong'an Gate and couldn't move. Those rebels were smart and didn't come to the East Palace, otherwise we could have moved out. Sometimes I really doubt that there is really no internal support from the Sun family in the Jinyiwei? ! "

Of course, this was just an angry remark. If there was a Sun family insider among the Jinyiwei, when Tao Ge Lao instructed them to investigate the Sun family's private soldiers and the evidence of the Sun faction's followers, the news would have leaked out long ago. How could they have acted smoothly? Now that the Jinyiwei had evidence in hand, they could take action against the Sun faction's followers at any time, and the other party might not know about it yet.

Hai Jiao said this because it was rumored that before the prince of Ji launched the rebellion, Tao Ge Lao had noticed something was wrong and advised the new king to retreat to the East Palace in advance. He also sent a group of imperial guards to guard the East Palace to prevent the rebels from breaking in and harming the new king. Although the rebels were smart and did not attack the East Palace, they detained Queen Mother Zhou, Imperial Concubine Xu, Tao Ge Lao and other cabinet ministers. If General Zhou had not brought Tu Rong and Yingchuan Marquis had not led troops into the palace to suppress the unrest, it would be unknown how this dilemma would be resolved. At that time, he was guarding the Dong'an Gate, so close to the East Palace, but he could not even get closer, and he could not help Tao Ge Lao. He felt really aggrieved and wanted to vent his anger.

But he also heard his superiors explain it afterwards. At that time, they were guarding the Dong'an Gate, on the periphery, pretending to know nothing, so as to deceive the rebels and prevent them from transferring them away in the name of the Queen Mother or the Cabinet and replacing them with the rebels in the Imperial Guards. In this way, if the East Palace is really in danger, they can rush to rescue at any time. General Zhou Si and Tu Rong entered the palace through the Dong'an Gate, and the position they guarded was still very important.

Hai Jiao only wanted to say: "When General Zhou and General Tu entered the palace, I knew nothing about it. I just said hello to Zhou Yijun and sent them in. I didn't think much about it at all. Later, I heard the news and found out that something big had happened in the palace. I was clearly involved in it, but I couldn't help at all. It was really aggrieved!"

What’s even more frustrating is that his good friend Zhou Yijun not only participated in it, but also made great contributions, far better than him, a fool who realized it too late!

Haitang could only smile and comfort him: "Brother, at least you experienced this big thing in person, while I could only listen to some gossip at home. Am I not more frustrated than you? Fortunately, everything has been successfully resolved without any danger. Brother, you are back home safely, and Grandpa and Second Uncle are both safe and sound. This is the best result."

Hai Jiao thought about it and couldn't help but laugh at himself. "How can I be considered a real person? I'm just a little Jinyiwei, and I've benefited a lot from others. Do I really think that when something big happens, they will definitely ask me to help? I thought I was a big shot after living a new life, but I really overestimated myself."

Haitang said seriously, "Brother, you shouldn't say that. Is it an honor to participate in such a big event? The Zhou family has been caught in the trap for a long time, so they naturally have to do their best, but our family is not at that point yet. From my selfish point of view, I hope that everyone in my family can be safe and sound, and not take risks just to compete for credit. If you get hurt, I don't know how worried your family will be!"

Haijiao sat up straight with embarrassment: "Little sister is right, brother is wrong, brother will never think like this again."

Haitang smiled again when she heard that and handed him a piece of dessert: "Brother, try this. It's made of sweet potatoes, soft, sticky, sweet and delicious."

Haijiao picked up the chopsticks and was about to taste it when he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, little sister, you will never guess what a big thing Xiaojin did this time!"