Gu Chao was so angry that he couldn't speak.

He is a member of the Gu family of Jingyang Academy, he grew up under the aura of Jingyang Academy since he was a child, and he has never been insulted like this, he was so angry that he trembled for a while, and he didn't make a sound for a long time. The waiter still squinted at him, looking like he couldn't take out the silver, and he looked poor.

Gu Chao's appearance here represents the small court in Jinling, these chamberlains are eunuchs, he is an upright scholar, even if he is angry, he can't bite him again, right?

His face turned purple, and he took out another seal with a gloomy face, and this time he didn't stuff it secretly, but gave it directly to the waiter, and said coldly: "Please also ask the little father-in-law to help him." ”

The chamberlain took the seal and sneered, "You wait!" and said in a weird manner, "Your Excellency doesn't have to be angry, in fact, the people in the south are too stingy, the Empress Dowager and her old man are funeral, and the emperor only paid three thousand taels for the funeral, but the Zongren Mansion couldn't stand it, so he managed to make up another two thousand taels and made up five thousand taels." But with all this silver, it's not enough to even buy a coffin of Nansi, how can you handle the funeral of the Empress Dowager? If you want me to say, don't blame our family for being shallow-eyed, or blame you for not being easy to deal with from the south!"

Gu Chao listened, his face began to turn white, and he suddenly realized.

It is no wonder that the officials who followed the emperor to the south all said that they were not sick and were unwilling to mourn the empress dowager on behalf of the imperial court! He said that when those businessmen in the south talked about the north, they always said in unison that the security in the north was good, the taxes were small, and the government was clear, so how did he get here, under the nose of the king of Lintong, a small chamberlain dared to extort money from him! Presumably, this was allowed by the king of Lintong, so the little chamberlain was not afraid of him to complain, right?

The county lord of Jianan is a master who dares to kill the prince on the Jinluan Palace, and the Lintong royal family is a bandit from Zhao'an, they won't kill the envoys, right?

Thinking of this, Gu Chao felt a chill on his neck.

Knowing this, he didn't take the initiative to ask for help, thinking that he would take the opportunity to come over to pay homage to the Empress Dowager to see the situation in the north.

Gu Chao regretted it, and saw the little chamberlain walk in with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and said lukewarmly: "I'm afraid I have to ask the adults to wait a little longer." At this time, King Jian is crying in front of the Empress Dowager and complaining that the emperor is not, you are going at this time, the prince is afraid that you will be angry with the Empress Dowager and King Jane. ”

He had long lost the vigor he had just now, lowered his head and said, "Then I'll wait here for a while, there is a little father-in-law." As he spoke, he stuffed another red seal for the waiter.

The chamberlain took the money and left.

Gu Chao had a kind of panic and uneasiness as soon as he entered the palace, which was as deep as the sea.

He couldn't help but go to the window lattice, wanting to see who was coming in and out of the mourning hall, it was better than sitting in the tea room like this.

Who knew that when he got closer, he heard a low laugh.

Someone said: "You are obedient! The Empress Dowager lives in Shoukang Palace, and you are the only one, and you only need a stick of incense to go and come." If there is anything going on in Shoukang Palace in the future, we will ask you to run errands. ”

Gu Chao heard the little chamberlain who had blackmailed him just now snorted disdainfully, and said, "What do those barbarians from the south know? Where does the Empress Dowager live? How long did it take to pass through the past? If you cheat once, you will be deceived, what can he do to me in this palace? Besides, the county lord said before that after sending the Empress Dowager up the mountain, she will never interact with the people from the south again. Maybe I'll see this person again in my life. I'm still afraid that he will come to me to settle accounts? Even if he comes to settle accounts with me, I will cry to the county lord—how can the county lord hold his temper for the past two days? Maybe blood will be splashed in a fit of rage! I will definitely be reprimanded by the county lord's staff, but it will always be better than the squire of the Ministry of Rites. The county lord scolded me with a cane, and I will be angry with the Empress Dowager and her old man, and repay her old man for his kindness to us in the past few years!"

The little chamberlains listened and giggled again.

Gu Chao was so angry that his hands and feet trembled, and he really realized what it means to be a little ghost.

In a hurry, these people didn't tell Li Qian the news that they wanted to see the King of Lintong at all!

But he can only be angry - this is not Jinling, and he has no acquaintances in the palace, so he can only endure this dumb loss, and slowly figure it out.

Finally waited until the end of the day, the officials who came to worship the Empress Dowager entered the Shouhuang Palace one after another, Gu Chao was already cold and hungry, and those attendants did not provide anything except hot tea, and he did not dare to drink more, for fear that he would go to the official room and be teased by these attendants.

He simply walked out of the teahouse, ran towards a man wearing the official uniform of the first-class prince of the dynasty, and arched his hands from a distance and said: "Gu Chao, who is serving in the lower rite department, may I ask what is the name of this lord? I want to meet the king of Lintong, please make it convenient?"

The man was slightly blessed, with fair skin and two mustaches, and was stunned when he heard this, and said, "I am the Marquis of Beiding." Why are you here?"

Gu Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

Beidinghou Mansion is the maiden home of Qinghui Xiangjun, and Beidinghou Mansion is also regarded as a century-old noble family in Beijing, and it has its own charter and bearing.

It's just that where is he embarrassed to say that he was teased by the little chamberlains in the palace? This is not just a matter of losing face, since he came to worship the Empress Dowager on behalf of the imperial court, he may have to deal with these little chamberlains in the next few days, if they deliberately make stumbling blocks, he can't prevent it, and he can't complain to others every time, right?

"Or because everyone is too busy, the people from the Ministry of Rites here have placed the lower officials in the tea room. He made a long story short, and said, "I haven't cared about it all the time, who knew that it would be time in the blink of an eye, but I didn't see the king of Lintong come to sacrifice." I just want to ask the Hou Ye, King Lintong, can you come over later?"

Beidinghou thought that he was probably teased, Zhao Xi only allocated three thousand taels of silver for the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and the southern court was overstretched, which is understandable, but Zhao Xi actually did not use his own inner treasury to subsidize it, which made many people dissatisfied. Who knows who made the move? Beiding Hou only didn't know, and said with a smile: "The prince is definitely coming over, and the worship will only start when the worship is time, I'm afraid Lord Gu will have to wait a little longer." ”

Finally got accurate news!

Gu Chao sighed secretly and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay." I'll wait for the prince here!"

Bei Dinghou nodded lightly, raised his feet and went to the main hall set up as a mourning hall.

Gu Chao hurriedly followed.

Many officials have already come, and everyone did not enter the mourning hall, but whispered outside the mourning hall in twos and threes, if they didn't listen with their ears pricked up, they wouldn't have heard the sound of talking at all.

Gu Chao was taken aback.

Only with respect from the heart can such a situation occur when no one is watching.

He couldn't help but look towards the Marquis of Beiding.

Seeing that Bei Dinghou was also under the eaves, he stopped, and arched his hand towards a person wearing Bai Ze Buzi, both of whom were full of solemnity and did not speak.

Of course, no one paid attention to Gu Chao.

Gu Chao was thoughtful.

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