Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 24 The first errand.

Just when Wu Rou was thinking about how to find some clever questions to get closer to King Jin and make him let down his guard.She ushered in her first serious errand after entering the palace.

Xu Chongrong handed a chapter book into her hand and said:

"Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial concubine will invite the wives in Beijing to come to the palace to appreciate the chrysanthemums. This is a request. You can do it as you wish."

Wu Rou quickly and respectfully took the chapter book and opened it. She said that she wanted to invite all the powerful mistresses of Chang'an, but the size of the banquet should be limited to 20 people.

And the time is only one morning, from morning to noon for two hours, and meals and drinks are also provided.

Wu Rou was stunned for a moment, raised her eyes and asked:
"Your Majesty, I have invited all the powerful mistresses of Chang'an, but the banquet size is only twenty people? It is impossible to have a flowing banquet at this time. Is this possible?"

Xu Chongrong glanced at her and asked:

"Do you still remember the list of married women that I asked you to memorize?"

Wu Rou's pupils swayed, and she quickly lowered her head and replied:
"I still remember some."

Xu Chongrong nodded, praised her and said:
"I just admire your down-to-earth attitude and never talk big words. To be honest, you just need to know what you are familiar with, there is no need to memorize it. I just thought you were a little displeased at the time and I was deliberately trying to embarrass you."

Wu Rou smiled at Xu Chongrong and said in her heart that His Highness King Jin had already told me.

Xu Hui looked at her with indifferent eyes while holding the tea bowl. Seeing that she seemed to have understood it for a long time, but didn't care at all, she felt more favorable towards her and said:
"Then let me give you a few reminders. If you have memorized the roster, you will naturally know the origins of those people. The connections between families are intricate. Even those who have no family connections, there are people who are friends with each other.

Moreover, their fathers or brothers, husbands or sons have all followed His Majesty for many years and are married to each other...

In short, you try to select 20 people from these relationships who have a wide range of interpersonal relationships and have the right to speak.If you invite them, it means you have invited everyone in Chang'an. "

Wu Rou looked into Xu Hui's eyes, her pupils swaying slightly, swallowed nervously, and asked after a while:
"Then...can you please ask the imperial concubine to draw up a list? There are so many distinguished people in Chang'an City. If I miss someone, wouldn't I offend someone? Do you really want me to choose?"

Xu Chongrong raised his chin proudly and said reproachfully:

"If you don't choose, why should the imperial concubine bother you? Then what's the use of you?"

Wu Rou lowered her head obediently and responded: "Yes."

Xu Chongrong saw that she was extremely nervous, so he said:

"You draw up the list first, I will check it for you, and then give it to the imperial concubine to make a decision. If it doesn't work once, just do it twice. In short, it will be the imperial concubine who offends others, and I can't blame you."

When Wu Rou heard this, she said "Huh?" in her heart, thinking so.

The important thing is not the list, but that there must be no mistakes when the banquet is held. If there is a mistake, it will be her problem as the person responsible for coordinating it.

Based on the regulations she had memorized before and the messy rules, Wu Rou checked the almanac in her mind to choose a date, then issued an edict, selected the venue for the banquet, and which door to enter through...

The more I think about it, the more my head feels heavy. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I am afraid there are not many days to choose from, and time is very tight.

This was her first time on an errand, what if she failed?
So she held the chapter book in her hand and asked carefully:
"Empress, will the other four talented people come with me?"

Xu Hui put down the tea bowl and said coldly:

"It's been such a long time, have you met the other four?"

Wu Rou thought for a while and said:

"...I have been studying endorsements as arranged by the empress, and I don't have time to visit. On the way to Hongwen Hall, I met Wang Cairen, but no one else has seen him."

"Well, the other four, two of them are beauties donated by the Persian State. They don't understand the language and are just vase decorations. Naturally, they can't help you. Your Majesty canonizes them as talented people, just as a favor to the Persian State.

The other two, one is Wang Cairen and the other is Yang Cairen.If you can convince them to help you, go and find them. "

Upon hearing this, Wu Rou tilted her head in confusion, raised her eyes and asked:
"Can't your Majesty order them to help me?"

You're not deliberately trying to embarrass me again, are you?

Xu Hui sneered, looked at Wu Rou with a cold and indifferent expression, and said:
"I didn't mean to embarrass you. You just became a talented person and I have been teaching you for so long. Naturally, I have to test whether you can stand it.

I have said before that your Majesty will let you live in my palace, so he naturally has high hopes for you. It is just a flower-viewing banquet for twenty people. Do you need to show up? "

Wu Rou felt like she was about to have a heart attack. She obviously didn't have such an obvious expression. How did Xu Hui guess what she was thinking every time?

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Rou'er will definitely live up to Your Majesty and Your Majesty's expectations and host the banquet well." Wu Rou quickly bowed her head to show her loyalty.

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In the next few days, Wu Rou almost forgot to eat and sleep, running around all day, checking the date, address, chrysanthemum viewing route, and banquet tableware over and over again. She even sent someone from Qin Tianjian I made several trips to confirm the weather for those days.

Finally, she showed the written charter to Xu Hui. Xu Hui nodded and approved it, and then handed it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then asked the palace maids and eunuchs to follow the procedures.

But the list of the banquet was the only one that could not be passed no matter what.

I was asked to change it every time, but I was not satisfied every time.

Xu Chongrong was arrogant, and when he was dissatisfied, he was very cold-blooded and simply threw two words to Wu Rou:
"Re-draft."

Wu Rou looked at Xu Hui's face that was becoming colder and colder every time, and her heart became more and more uncertain.Then, she thought of King Jin.

Even if King Jin couldn't do anything to help her, she still wanted to complain to him, just to find a topic to get closer.

I'm annoying him so much, there's no guarantee that he won't chat with him, Aye, our Emperor.

Maybe the emperor thought of her and asked her to sleep with him, right?

Don't give up any possibility.Wu Rou said to herself.

Prince Jin would still read a book at noon when everyone was taking a lunch break, but the day he came was just a matter of luck.

Wu Rou took the thick list of married women and went to Hongwen Hall every day, pulling her hair to draw up the list while waiting for him.

Finally, after three days of guarding, King Jin came.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wu Rou, standing at the door and looking at her with a vigilant look.

From the looks of it, although he promised her that she could ask him any questions in the future, he was actually not very willing in his heart.

Wu Rou hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and said anxiously without any lies:

"His Royal Highness King Jin, I really have something urgent to ask you."

She directly told her about her errand, and King Jin Li Shan stood at the door to listen. After listening, King Jin's expression softened, and he seemed relieved before walking inside.

The Hongwen Hall is modeled after the Hongwen Hall in front of it. It has two floors, with more than 20 volumes of books hidden in it.

When people walk in, it's like falling into a sea of ​​books.

Wu Rou kept a distance of five steps from King Jin and followed him up to the second floor step by step, stopping and walking between the bookshelf compartments.

Wu Rou couldn't help but think to herself that it was quite a fate to meet him reading for the first time across the bookshelf.

"Your Highness, don't you know that too? That's right. Your Highness, Prince Jin, is a prince. Naturally, he doesn't understand the harem's banquets. I just don't understand why you have to invite everyone and limit it to twenty people... I feel... Deliberately making things difficult for others.

Tai Chi Palace is so big, but it’s not like there’s no room. If you really want to invite everyone, what will happen if there are more people? "

Prince Jin did not look at her and then spoke:
“A banquet in the harem, especially a banquet for inviting ladies into the palace, will not be a simple matter of eating, drinking and having fun, there must be something to say.

To be precise, it was to convey my father's will, but it was not convenient to write it down.

It is limited to twenty people and must be invited to everyone. Naturally, this is because the purpose is obscure, but it needs to be spread widely through their mouths. "

Wu Rou was stunned, because this was really beyond her expectation. She rolled her eyes, digested this novel point of view, and then asked:

"Your Highness, do you know what this will is?"

Prince Jin took out a thick classic from the bookshelf and held it in his arms, looking at her lightly with the tail of his eyes.

It was clear that he knew it.

Wu Rou was ecstatic.

Yes, he was with His Majesty, and the father and son must have chatted often, so he must have known.

I was just about to ask what it was so that she could prescribe the right medicine.

Just listen to King Jin say:

"I don't know...it's just a guess. You can make a list based on this idea."

The corners of Wu Rou's flamboyant lips lowered again, she lowered her head in disappointment and said "oh".

Seeing her like this, King Jin felt a little soft-hearted, so he hesitated and added:
"You can try to plan it in the direction of marriage. In each family, there are always a few people who like to arrange marriages for others, and there are also people who are highly respected and can take charge of the marriages of younger generations. These can be included."

When Wu Rou heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

This was a direction she had never tried before. Maybe she could get through it if she gave it a try?

She smiled happily, bowed solemnly to Prince Jin, turned around and ran downstairs.She went to hold her destiny book and concentrated on drawing up the list.

Then, one of them was reading upstairs and the other was busy downstairs, never disturbing each other again.

When King Jin went downstairs, he saw Wu Rou still flipping through the book attentively, writing something down on the paper while flipping through it.

He took a few glances from a distance, as if he was sorting out the matchmakers for the married women.

The important event of marriage and the identity of the matchmaker also represent the honor and interpersonal relationships of the two couples to a certain extent, so it is marked in the book.

This is indeed a smart method. The person who can act as a matchmaker for these people must not be an ordinary person.

King Jin looked at Wu Rou's busy back and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He thought to himself, I'm afraid this is really a practical person, unlike those ugly people who are greedy for power and favor.

(End of this chapter)