Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 163 Punishment Kneeling in Hanyuan Hall

Returning to the Qin Mansion, he changed out of his black robe and clothes, it was past four o'clock.

Fang Yiai sat cross-legged on the couch, holding the "Hunyuan Heart Sutra" in her hand, looking up at the Lingzhu grass on the book table from time to time, studying the joints of making the "Lingzhu grass rhizome medicinal wine".

"Soak the main stem of the Lingzhu grass in spirits and take it out after three days..."

After figuring out what was important, Fang Yiai closed the Hunyuan Heart Sutra, turned around and lay down on the couch, her thoughts quickly flying.

Just when he was falling asleep, a series of rapid knocks on the door knocker suddenly came from his ears.

"Clang clang clang!"

Hearing the sound of knocking on the door, Fang Yiai's sleepiness disappeared, and she frowned and said, "It's only four o'clock now, who dares to knock the door of the Duke's Mansion in the middle of the night?"

After pondering for a moment, Fang Yiai turned over and sat up. Just as he was about to put on his boots and go out to check, a burst of "high octave" shouts suddenly came into the room through the doors and windows.

"Where is He Zudao? He Zudao kneels to listen to the reading! He Zudao? He Zudao!"

The old eunuch is the head of the palace, Taizong Li Shimin was a popular eunuch before him, and now he has an imperial decree, so he naturally dared to make loud noises in the Qin residence without fear.

Hearing that there was an imperial decree in the palace, Fang Yiai was so frightened that she was out of her wits, thinking to herself, "I just came out of the princess mansion, how could there be an imperial decree to announce it? Could it be that Xiao Rui's dog never fell asleep?"

Just as doubts arose, they were dispelled by Fang Yiai in a blink of an eye.

"Thinking about it, even if Xiao Rui has eight legs, he wouldn't be able to go back and forth to Daming Palace so quickly, would he?"

After thinking to no avail, Fang Yiai put on her clothes, went out anxiously, and went to kneel in front of the main hall to receive the imperial edict.

While Fang Yiai was getting dressed and going out, Qin Qiong, Qin Jingniang, and Xie Zhongju were all woken up by the noise of the old eunuch possessed by "Donald Duck".

Qin Qiong heard that there was an imperial decree coming, and hurriedly dressed to meet him.But Qin Jingniang had no choice but to look timidly by the window, and did not use it to face the unknown imperial decree.

Xie Zhongju stood in front of the window, peeking at the old eunuch who came to pass the decree, and murmured: "Bai Jian? Why did Director Bai come to proclaim the decree? Could it be that the Holy Majesty wants to make an announcement?"

After seeing the old eunuch's face clearly, Xie Zhongju's black eyebrows were clustered, and anxiety was ready to come out between the brows.

Going to the front of the main hall, looking at the old eunuch Bai Jian, Fang Yi thumped in his heart, thinking, "Why is it not Wang Youdao? Could it be that the eldest grandson empress announces me now? That's right! If the eldest grandson empress announces me, Xie Zhongju is secretly ordered to do it." That's good, I think this person should be the Holy Majesty's confidant!"

Bai Jian stood in front of the hall, looked sideways at Fang Yiai carefully, and asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

"It's the students."

After gaining the experience of receiving orders two times before, Fang Yiai knelt down on the steps without waiting for the old eunuch to reprimand her.

"Under the imperial edict, why don't you kneel and listen..." Bai Jian unfolded the imperial edict, and was about to continue speaking according to the procedure, when she saw Fang Yi's kneeling on the ground, she laughed and cursed, "Monkey son, you are quite clever! "

"The emperor's edict said: Xuanhe Zudao entered the palace to treat the eldest grandson Dan, and the imperial decree came down immediately!"

After learning the content of the imperial decree, Fang Yiai's hanging heart finally fell.

At the same time, Qin Qiong, who had already left the house, slowly walked out of the corridor. Just now, he wanted to move forward, but bumped into Bai Jian to read out the imperial decree. He was afraid of bumping into the king's will, so he stopped slightly.

Because Li Shimin wanted to meet Fang Yiai by name, although Bai Jian was slack in words, she dared not really offend this famous "Number One" in Chang'an.

After reaching out to help him up, Bai Jian handed the imperial decree to Fang Yiai, and said with a smile: "He is the first in the list, accept the decree?"

After receiving the imperial decree from Bai Jian, Fang Yiai saw Qin Qiong coming, and couldn't help but think of Xie Zhongju who was closely monitoring her, so she made an excuse and said, "Master, the students will come as soon as they return to their room and put down the imperial decree. Please wait a moment, eunuch."

The old eunuch Bai Jian was delighted by Fang Yiai's call of "manager", she smiled motherly, held out the orchid and pointed: "No hurry, no rush, it's only the fourth watch at the moment. It will be done when I return to the palace in time for dawn."

After finishing speaking, Bai Jian ignored Fang Yiai's fate, and instead asked Qin Qiong how she was.

Back in the guest room, Fang Yiai put the imperial decree on the desk, quickly went out and walked into Xie Zhongju's room.

Knowing that Bai Jian delivered the decree, Xie Zhongju had already washed and dressed, but he was not surprised to see Fang Yiai arrive at this moment.

"Guicha, Shengshang Xuan's students went to the palace to treat the eldest grandson Tan, and now they have to go alone."

This time, Fang Yiai came here to report Xie Zhongju's whereabouts, and secondly, he was preparing to get some words out of his mouth. After all, this is the first time he has met Li Shimin. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles!

After hearing Fang Yiai's announcement, Xie Zhongju nodded and said: "Uncle Guo must be afraid of not being able to invite the first place, so he went to the palace to ask the emperor to see the first place to diagnose the eldest grandson Dan. I think Uncle Guo and the first place are quite contradictory. Shen, you must act cautiously this time, and don't let others seize the opportunity to make a big fuss over a molehill!"

Although Xie Zhongju's words were cryptic, Fang Yiai could hear what she meant, "Did Guichai tell me to be careful about my eldest grandson Wuji? Could it be that he will take the opportunity to pick on me?"

Concerned about the important points, Fang Yiai clapped his hands together and responded, "Yes, yes, so the students will go to the palace first."

After getting some advice from Xie Zhongju, Fang Yiai slowly exited the guest room, and after exchanging greetings with Qin Qiong and Bai Jian in the main hall, she followed Bai Jian to the Daming Palace to recover her order.

Along the way, Bai Jian remained silent, and the other two young eunuchs only hurriedly held the lamps to illuminate the road, how could they dare to speak half a word with Fang Yiai?

Walking to the Daming Palace, before arriving at the Zichen Hall, there were already candles lit in the hall, obviously Emperor Taizong had already woken up.

Bai Jian stood in front of the palace gate, looked at Fang Yiai, and thought to herself, "Yesterday, the Holy Majesty said that he ordered our family to take He Zudao to the imperial garden to wait. He also ordered me to fetch two imperial hospital gowns. I don't want to meet He Zudao too early, but at the moment, Changsun Dan has not been healed, so if we take him to the imperial garden right now, wouldn't it be a violation of the imperial decree?"

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Jian said to Fang Yiai: "The number one is waiting here, our family is going to restore the holy order."

After finishing speaking, Bai Jian bowed and walked into the Zichen Hall, leaving Fang Yiai standing alone in front of the Zichen Hall, restless and restless.

In the hall, Li Shimin was drinking tea to regain his senses. Hearing Bai Jian's reply, after thinking for a while, he thought to himself, "Why do you think this son has such a great reputation at the age of twenty? I think he must be arrogant and unruly in his heart? Let's use this to kill him Your vigor is also good!"

After making up his mind, Li Shimin said to Bai Jian: "Tell him to go to the Hanyuan Palace to kneel and wait facing the Longwei Road, and take him to the Imperial Garden to wait after the court is too early!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin thought of the conflict between He Zudao and Changsun Wuji, and Taizong, who was focused on weighing the power in the court, made a plan, beckoned to Bai Jian, pointed to the bright yellow cushion beside him, and said, "Give him something!"

Picking up the bright yellow cushion with both hands, Bai Jian walked out of the Zichen Hall in a daze, and brought Fang Yiai straight to the front of the Hanyuan Hall where the ministers were about to meet.

"He list number one, the Holy Majesty told you to kneel facing Dan Chi, why didn't you even give you a special cushion!"

Said, Bai Jian squatted down and put the bright yellow cushion on the ground, winked at Fang Yi'ai, then stood aside and fell silent.

Knowing Li Shimin's oral order, the second monk Fang Yi Ai Zhang couldn't figure it out, so he had to kneel in front of Longwei Dao Danchi, anxiously waiting for the order.

At four o'clock and five drums, the sky gradually became clearer.

A group of courtiers gathered under Danqi in the Hanyuan Hall, vaguely saw a person kneeling in front of the hall on the stage, and they couldn't help whispering to each other.

"Who is kneeling on the stage? Could it be that prince made a mistake?"

"It's not like that. Look at the clothes he's wearing... white. According to etiquette, a prince in the palace should wear an apricot-yellow python robe."

"This is strange. Since the Daming Palace was built, this is the first time in the world that someone has been punished to kneel in front of the Hanyuan Hall."

While the ministers were discussing a lot, with the sound of a bell, the ministers kept silent and stood apart from each other with solemn faces, making preparations for the subsequent court meeting.

After the "Jingyang Bell" rang three times, the civil and military officials divided their things and walked slowly along the Longwei Road to the steps in front of the Hanyuan Hall.

On the west side, a group of military officers headed by Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong, and Li Jing.

On the east side, because Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were sick at home, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, and Wei Zheng took the lead.

Seeing civil and military officials approaching one after another, Fang Yiai wanted to cover her face, but was afraid of missing the imperial decree, so she had no choice but to stare at the dragon and phoenix stone carvings on the altar, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Walking forward, everyone stood on the east and west sides of Hanyuan Hall one by one, waiting for Li Shimin's arrival.

Looking at Fang Yi'ai, Qin Qiong let out a light snort, "Why was Fang Jun punished to kneel in the Hanyuan Hall? Eh? Isn't the bright yellow cushion on his body the Holy Majesty's bright yellow cushion? Thinking about it, there is no danger!"

Seeing Fang Yiai kneeling in front of the hall, the corners of his eldest grandson Wuji's lips raised slightly, thinking to himself, "What's wrong with you, little boy! You also have today..."

Halfway through thinking about it, Changsun Wuji's face suddenly sank, the reason was because he saw the bright yellow cushion under Fang Yiai's body!
After discovering the bright yellow cushion, Changsun Wuji's thoughts quickly turned, and he broke out in a cold sweat, "I think this bright yellow cushion is a personal belonging of the Holy One, so how could it be bestowed on this brat? Could it be that the Holy One recruited him to be the son-in-law of the east bed?" Meaning?!"

(End of this chapter)