Chapter 215: To Each His Heart
Since yesterday, palace maids and eunuchs have begun to move in and out of the uninhabited deep palace. On this big winter day, people are too lazy to move, how have they ever seen that scene? Looking at the place where I went, it was not the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace, not the Chaoxiang Palace, nor the Yiju Pavilion, but the place called the "Cold Palace."
To get to the cold palace, it is the fastest to walk through the Imperial Garden. And the Imperial Garden is next to the Chaoxiang Palace.
The master of Chaoxiang Palace, Niangniang, has been in a bad mood recently, and the slave does not dare to disturb half a minute, so she tries to avoid the main hall as much as possible, in order not to disturb the Niangniang in the house. Looking at Du Youlan again, her aura is much better than a few days ago, but her clothes and jewelry are much more graceful and luxurious than before, and the color of her clothes is mainly rose-red, which is only a little different from red.
I got up early and went to Yongshou Palace to ask Ann to come back. When passing through the imperial garden, he saw the eunuchs and palace maids coming and going, and he couldn't understand where they were going, so he casually asked Zijuan beside him: Zijuan, where are they going?
Zijuan looked at the palace maids and eunuchs, and replied: Niangniang, they went to the "cold palace".
Du Youlan asked: What are you doing in the cold palace? Who ordered it?
Zijuan replied: The day before yesterday, I heard that the emperor and Lu Niangniang of Yiju Pavilion went to sit in a forest near the cold palace.
Du Youlan said: The emperor just went to the forest, not somewhere else?
Zijuan said: I heard from the little eunuch who went with me that the emperor only went to the forest and did not go anywhere else.
After listening to the words, Du Youlan looked at the palace people who were in a hurry again, and then took another step back and returned to Chaoxiang Palace.
When she heard that those people were going to the cold palace, Du Youlan thought of the queen who was beaten into the cold palace, Ren Qingqing. Fortunately, the emperor didn't think about going to Lengyou Palace for half a step, but just went to a forest to sit down, followed by Lu Yun, who had slept a few days ago.
After returning to Chaoxiang Palace, Du Youlan instructed Zijuan to ask what those palace people were doing in the Cold Palace. After a while, Zijuan came back and said: Niangniang, I asked a palace maid, saying that the chief manager asked them to clean the road from the imperial garden to the cold palace, and the forest in the distance, because the emperor and Lu Niangniang like it, and will go often in the future, so it is necessary to prepare some commonly used things earlier, and even the vicinity should be carefully cleaned, and some rockery bonsai will be selected to be placed in the past.
Du Youlan said: I see, such a big battle, the labor and mobilization of the people, it turned out to be for the one in Yiju Pavilion. I heard that her father returned from a victory, and in the court, one person was above ten thousand people, and the words he said were all right, and the emperor also valued them a lot. - It seems that my father's life is not easy either. Zijuan, go get a pen and paper, because I miss my father, this palace wants to write a letter back to the family.
Zijuan replied: Yes, the slave will go and get it.
After the letter was written, he handed it to Zijuan and said, "Go and come back quickly."
Zijuan took it and saluted: The slave understands.
The letter was given to one of the guards guarding the eastern palace gate, and he secretly delivered it.
Since he came back from the trip to the forest, Lu Yun has been looking forward to going again next time. As for what Sanren said at that time, she also remembered it in her heart, thinking that the forest was near the cold palace, she remembered Qingqing who was beaten into the cold palace, so she thought about going again as soon as possible no matter what.
Lu Yun told Caiyun what he thought, and Caiyun did not object. But he said that the road from the Imperial Garden to the Cold Palace was being repaired, and he would go when everything was ready, Lu Yun agreed.
After the unitary, the outside of the Qianqing Palace gradually darkened, and only the hanging lights above the head around the hall were lit up with red light. Yu Xuan was still in the imperial study, and after Sanren served another cup of tea, he sent him out, together with the little eunuch who was waiting in the house. Sanren exited the imperial study, closed the door, and let the two little eunuchs guard it, and went to the side to find a place to wait. After the imperial study, the Qianqing Palace was surrounded by guards, and the palace gate was guarded, so there was no need to worry about the emperor's safety.
At the end of the day, a black shadow broke into the Qianqing Palace, arrived at the imperial study, and jumped in through the window on one side, with light and skillful movements, without alarming others.
At this moment, suddenly heard Yuxuan said: Are you here?
I saw the man coming slowly by the window. The palace guards they wore in the past were replaced by black, presumably for convenience. When he got closer, under the candlelight, his face could be clearly distinguished, and it was actually the guard of the cold palace.
He walked over to the table. At this time, Yu Xuan had already put down the book and looked at him. Seeing this, the guards immediately knelt on the ground and saluted, saying: Bow to the emperor.
Yu Xuan said: How is the queen mother doing lately?
The guard got up and replied, "Niangniang, everything is fine."
Yuxuan Dao: Is there something special going on?
The guard replied: No.
Yu Xuan calmed down. I couldn't help but ask again: Has Duanwang been there recently?
The guard immediately replied, "No."
Yu Xuan said: That's fine. In the future, remember that anything that happens in the Cold Shadow Palace must be reported.
The guard saluted: Yes, I understand.
Yu Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back."
I saw the guard leaning back slowly, walking a few steps before turning around and jumping out of the window.
Outside the palace, Du Mansion.
Prime Minister Du received Du Youlan's handwritten letter at night, and after reading it, he immediately wrote a reply letter for someone to bring back. The letter does not make it clear, but there is room for words. As Du Youlan said in his letter, the current situation is very unfavorable, the situation in the court is out of balance, and his status as a prime minister is not as good as before.
A mansion not far from the palace gate is brightly lit. Naruri was talking to someone in a house.
Chengli stood in front of the man and said, "You did as you said."
The man sat on the Taishi's chair, his right hand resting on the armrest, and his hand clenched into a fist on the side of his face. After listening to Nariri's words, he said: That's fine. Is Ren Qingqing obedient?
Cheng Li Dao: She's fine.
The man smiled slightly and said, "That's fine." If she does anything bad, I won't allow it.
Chengli was silent, still standing in place and motionless.
Then the man said, "Go back tonight." Wait for my words.
After listening to the words, Chengli turned around and left. The man suddenly said: By the way, have you run out of medicine?
Naruri stopped, not turning. Said: No. And a few more.
The man: Then take it next time you come over, remember to say it.
Naruto nodded.
Although Cheng Li has never learned advanced martial arts, he is fortunate to have good skills, and he is very suitable for learning martial arts. I saw that Chengli easily avoided the guards who were patrolling the night, and returned to Lengyou Palace from outside the palace gate.