Chapter 597: The Way of the People
Mu Tianda muttered to himself, looked around for a while, and then walked towards the tall ginkgo.
In the shade of a tree, nature is much cooler than in direct sunlight. The tall ginkgo trees form a group of ginkgo trees on the side of the rockery, and in front of them is a stream that is not wide. Mu Tianda stood under the ginkgo tree, looking at the stream close at hand, bursts of coolness drifted with the wind, and suddenly felt that the heat and heat of his body had disappeared a lot.
Right here, at the other end of the garden, separated by a tall rockery, several young girls in palace clothes were silently scattering with each other. Look at the way they are looking for a place to hide, probably playing hide and seek in this rather shady garden.
Although not all of them are richly dressed, their noble bearing seems to be innate. Even if you meet for the first time, you can guess that their identity is not simple.
What's more, this is still in the imperial garden of the palace.
Because this group of girls is on the other side behind the rockery, and their movements are very light. Therefore, Mu Tianda, who was standing under the ginkgo tree at the other end of the rockery, did not notice their movements on the other side, except for staring at the water surface impatiently in his heart.
Except for one of the girls, the rest of them quickly took up a vantage point and hid themselves.
Only one who was slightly less dressed was excluded because he was running a little slower. looked around, but found that he had no place to hide.
But at this time, the girl who was in charge of finding people out had already walked towards them while shouting.
"Hiding all right? Then I'm looking for it. ”
The girl in a light apricot dress stared at the rockery, bit her lip, and walked around with her skirt.
According to her prediction, she went around to the other side and then hid in the belly of the rockery.
But when she ran, she had to worry about the sound of her footsteps, and she had to worry about the hem of her skirt, and she had to worry about the girl who was a hunter. With a few uses, he couldn't help but turn back frequently while lifting the hem of his skirt.
She quickly bypassed the rockery, but no one knew what was going on, and when she looked back frequently, she accidentally bumped into Mu Tianda, who was standing under the ginkgo with her back to the rockery to hide from the sun.
After a muffled "bang", Mu Tianda was caught off guard and fell into the stream by her reckless behavior.
Moreover, this fall is still face down, with his back to her.
With a "plop", Mu Tianda fell into a stream about waist-deep, but before he could react, the plainly dressed girl seemed to be unable to catch up, and actually followed him and fell into the stream.
Although Mu Tianda didn't know who hit him, the faint aroma of fat powder that rushed into his nose at the moment of being hit made him almost immediately vigilant in his heart.
When the girl then fell down, he almost didn't even think about it, and just let his forehead hit the stone in the water, and before he closed his eyes, he heard a series of exclamations not far away.
"Ah, Princess Yihe fell into the water......
There is not much worry in this voice, but it sounds more like making a fuss and deliberately shouting to attract more audiences.
Gloat!
This was the last thought that flashed through Mu Tianda's mind before he fainted, but because of this thought, he forcibly moved his body before losing consciousness.
Alarmed by that shout, Princess Yihe, who accidentally bumped into someone and fell into the water with her own misfortune, panicked and fluttered in the water for a while, but she didn't climb ashore in a hurry.
"Come on, come on, come on......." Another shout of a raised voice was particularly loud, and the maidens, who had been hiding in the garden, heard this successive cries, and they could no longer care about having fun, and one by one they all showed up and ran to the side of the ginkgo tree.
In addition to those girls who were alarmed, there were also palace people who heard the sound.
After a while, several people were standing beside the stream.
Someone commanded the palace people who rushed to the palace to rescue the people after hearing the news, and some people couldn't help but cover their mouths on the shore and laugh at Princess Yihe, who couldn't get up for a long time like a chicken in the water, "Ahaha......, it's just laughing to death, the water is not deep enough for the shoulder, and it is useless to ask others to go down to save it." ”
Someone unexpectedly saw Mu Tianda, who had already fainted in the water, and became flustered again, "Ah, come on, come on, come on, there's a man down there." ”
For a while, this corner of the imperial garden can really be described by the word chaos.
Finally, the palace people rescued Princess Yihe and Mu Tianda. He also surrounded Princess Yihe to the nearby side hall to change clothes, and sent someone to ask for a royal doctor. Because Mu Tianda was still wearing court clothes at the moment, the other princesses saw that he was unconscious, and in addition to asking the imperial doctor to come over, they also hurriedly sent someone to send news to the queen of Fengqi Palace.
As for why he didn't send the news to Emperor Chu in the front hall?
Although they are princesses, under normal circumstances, they can't pass the queen and pass any news directly to Emperor Chu. Second, Mu Tianda, a third-grade master, suddenly appeared in the imperial garden, and fell into the water at the same time as a princess, which is not a glorious deed.
Although Mu Tianda was still in a coma in front of him, this could not erase his identity as a foreign minister.
Under all kinds of considerations, all the princesses unanimously agreed to report the matter to the queen first, so that the queen could make up her mind.
The queen has always been graceful and noble, and even her own biological children have never changed her cold nature.
With a cold face to everyone, he looks down on all living beings. After she knew about this, her face didn't change much. The palace maid who came to report the news only said lightly, "The palace knows, where is Princess Yihe now?" Take Hongu over and have a look. ”
The queen condescended to the princess, definitely not because she loved this princess, but because she considered that Princess Yihe's fall into the water involved foreign ministers, she, the lord of the harem, had to come forward to deal with this matter.
To deal with this matter, it is natural to see Mu Tianda.
A comatose and drenched minister, it is not good for her to go directly to the Imperial Garden to meet people.
"Yu Niangniang, Princess Yihe is in the north side of the Jinhua Palace."
The queen nodded, thought for a while, and then ordered, "Little Xuzi, you go to the front and report this matter to Your Majesty." ”
Of course, she sent someone to report it, not simply to tell Emperor Chu about it.
She walked unhurriedly to the north side hall of Jinhua Palace, thought for a while, and then asked, "Did you send someone to ask for an imperial doctor?" ”
"Niangniang, I've already sent someone to invite you."
The queen nodded with a little satisfaction, and then silently concentrated on going to the Jinhua Palace.
In the chaos in the palace, when it was time to report the news to the queen and ask for a royal doctor, Mu Tianda was accidentally knocked into the water and fell into a coma, and it was also quietly spread out of the palace as quickly as possible.
Of course, the news was sent to leave the palace.
It was about Mu Tianda, Zhang Hua didn't dare to delay even a step when he received the news, and he went directly to the study to see Chu Lige.
"Master, this is news that has just come out of the palace."
With that, he immediately handed over the note.
Chu Lige flew down quickly, and immediately said, "Prepare the horse." ”
Zhang Hua was slightly surprised, "The master plans to enter the palace in person?" ”
Although they don't know why Mu Tianda, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, suddenly appeared in the imperial garden, they still don't know for the time being, but when it comes to the female relatives in the palace, and she is an adult but unmarried princess in the palace, how does he think this matter is strange.
Chu Lige pursed his lips and glanced at him lightly, and he had already hurriedly got up and walked out of the study.
Even if the things in the palace are really traps, he has to go.
If he doesn't get in quickly, things will be really bad.
Zhang Hua was swept away by his calm but undiminished cold eyes, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Then he patted his head in annoyance and muttered in a low voice, "I'm really stupid to ask this." ”
Chu Lige rode a thousand-mile horse that was hard to find, and as for the restraint of not being allowed to ride on the street, for His Royal Highness the Liwang, a privileged nobleman, it was absolutely useless.
Of course, if it weren't for the urgency of the matter, he would not be so high-profile.
Riding a horse is naturally much faster than riding a carriage. Without hurting passers-by, he had already entered the palace in half the time he usually had.
However, when Chu Li Ge rode his horse wildly, the queen had already gone to Jinhua Palace. And because Emperor Chu had nothing urgent to deal with for a while, he thought that this matter involved Mu Tianda, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so he put aside the matter in his hand and went to Jinhua Palace.
When Emperor Chu went to Jinhua Palace, the queen was already sitting in the palace and asking Princess Yihe.
"Tell me about it in detail, what the hell is going on?" The queen sat on the main seat, her tone was cold, she was already cold and arrogant, but there was no anger on her face, and this momentum naturally revealed a majesty that people dare not underestimate.
"The queen mother, the sons don't know how this happened." Princess Yihe stood in the hall, bowing her head and answering carefully.
The queen glanced at her lightly, and said, "Then you can tell me what happened." ”
It was here that the voice of the eunuch came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty has arrived." ”
Everyone in the hall hurriedly saluted Emperor Chu, he walked up, and swept the princesses standing in the hall with cold eyes, and sat down next to the queen, before waving his hand and saying majestically, "Get up." ”
After all the princesses thanked him, he stopped the queen who wanted to tell him, and directly ordered, "Where did you ask just now?" Keep asking. ”
The queen replied lightly, "The concubine obeys the order." ”
After saying that, she turned her head to look at Princess Yihe with a worried face, "Yihe, I just explained the matter in detail in front of His Majesty." ”
Princess Yihe could only be blessed and replied respectfully, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”
Next, she told the story one by one.
The process was very simple, but the result was ......, Yihe secretly glanced at Emperor Chu's gloomy face, and his heart immediately jumped uncontrollably.