Chapter 3 Princess Changping
There are rules in the palace, even if it is not on duty, you can't wander around at will, for example, try not to get close to the area of the Forbidden City, that area is either some military ministers in the court, or the territory of the emperor, queen, concubine, prince and princess.
In addition to the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City, almost all the rest of the Imperial City is occupied by the twenty-four yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, these places are relatively casual, as long as you don't go to the inner houses of those yamen, you can wander around at will, and the masters in the palace will not be idle and have nothing to do here.
Chunxiang took Chang Yu around the imperial city, the weather was extremely cold, the two of them were still shaking tightly wrapped in cotton clothes, and occasionally met some people who were also eunuchs and palace maids in a hurry, after all, it was not worth staying in the room on such a cold day.
"Why don't you see guards patrolling?" Chang Yu asked with some confusion, he now wanted to meet those Ouchi masters and Jinyi Guards, and this curiosity had been there since the day he crossed.
"This is not the inner palace, it is daytime, there are few patrols, but it is not nothing, look at that" Chunxiang said and stretched out his hand to the sky.
Chang Yu looked over, but saw several figures standing on the Forbidden City Wall, and he couldn't see clearly in the sun: "Is that the Jinyi Guard?" ”
Chunxiang smiled, looked at Chang Yu and shook his head helplessly: "The emperor's army has a total of 26 guards, and the Jinyi Guard is only one of them, although they are all guards, but they perform their duties, such as the Jinyi Guard, the guard of honor, the arrest, and the prison." Flag-bearers, drums, guards. The avant-garde of the government army, the commander of the young soldiers (alternate). Jin Wu, the Imperial Forest and other nineteen guards, in charge of the guard patrol. Teng Xiang and other four guards, palm with the escort"
"Wow, you know so much" Chang Yu couldn't help but nod in praise.
Chunxiang smiled slightly: "So you can't see Jinyiwei here, they are not responsible for inspecting the imperial city" said and put away his smile, looked around and looked down and frowned: "Why do you always remember Jinyiwei, they are not good at stubble."
"Of course I know this" Chang Yu chuckled: "It's just curious, I think their clothes look good and they wear them coolly."
"Cool?" Chunxiang looked up at the sky and tightened his clothes: "This day is cool enough."
The two chatted softly as they walked along the palace wall towards the north, because in addition to Shang Shanjian, almost all of the twenty-four yamen of the Internal Affairs Office were over there, that is, the area north of the Xuanwu Gate of the Imperial Palace (later avoiding the Kangxi Emperor Xuanye's name changed to Shenwu Gate).
"Well, over there is the Seal Ribbon Supervisor, and over there is the middle study, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor...... Further north is the largest yamen supervisor of our Internal Affairs Office, let's not go over there, the master over there can't afford to offend, and if you look at it more, you may be beaten......"
Chunxiang was walking as a tour guide for Chang Yu, his mouth was broken, but Chang Yu's eyes were looking at the low mound in the west, he knew that this mound was dug up from the sea, and now it is called Long Live Mountain belongs to the imperial garden outside the palace, but he knows better that two months later, the last orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen hanged himself here, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.
He also knew that after the Tatars entered the customs, Shunzhi changed Wansui Mountain to Jingshan, which was Jingshan Park in later generations.
Chang Yu stopped here, staring at the top of the mountain and trying to find the crooked neck tree, and his heart suddenly waved: Can I stop all this, can I change all this.
But it's impossible now, because he's just a little eunuch! Don't say that he doesn't have a golden finger, even if Chongzhen doesn't believe it, there are countless examples of Daming being pitted by eunuchs for hundreds of years, and Chongzhen is also the one who hates eunuchs for being in politics, which is really ironic.
In a trance, Chang Yu continued to follow the guide of Chunxiang, and slowly found that the eunuchs and palace maids around him were all up, after all, this is the base camp of the Internal Affairs Bureau, the base of eunuchs and palace maids.
It's really a lot, Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh, I have read some information before that there are more than 10,000 eunuchs in the palace, and there are more than 8,000 palace maids, which is the largest group in the palace.
"Chunxiang, can we go to the Imperial Garden for a walk?" Chang Yu still thinks about this crooked neck tree, after all, he has never been there in the future.
"Of course you can, now it's cold and the royal doesn't like to go out of the house, even if you want to breathe, you only want to walk around the imperial garden in the palace, let's go, let's go shopping" Chunxiang said and walked forward.
In the cold winter, the north wind is howling, and the so-called Imperial Garden has nothing to see, the trees are withered, the dead grass is patchy, and the snow is a little bit, even inferior to any small town park in the south in the future.
Chang Yu had no intention of looking at the scenery, and was bent on climbing high to find the crooked neck tree that pierced his heart.
Next to a few towering rocks, a thick crooked neck came into view, Chang Yu quickly stepped forward to touch the trunk, and the infinite emotion in his heart was difficult to express.
I didn't expect to really see you, Chang Yu thought silently in his heart, he knew that this tree was abandoned after the Tartar entered the palace, and the descendants secretly planted a tree in the same place in order to commemorate Emperor Ming, until the thirties planted a tree that is the one that the descendants see now, of course, there are all kinds of legends that are gods.
"Are you alright, touching a tree trunk?" Chunxiang didn't understand.
I touched the backbone of Daming, Chang Yu knew that Chunxiang didn't understand, and he didn't say anything anymore, and turned around to continue climbing.
"Quick, quick, back away, push away" At this moment, Chunxiang suddenly said in a low and hurried voice.
Chang Yu turned around and was about to inquire, but he saw a group of people coming up halfway up the mountain, including eunuchs and palace maids, and before he could see the situation, he was pulled to the side of the mountain road by Chunxiang.
"Bow your head" Chang Yugang wanted to watch, but was scolded by Chunxiang in a low voice and hurriedly bowed his head.
"What's going on?" Chang Yu asked in a low voice
"Don't talk, the princess is coming"
Princess, Chang Yu was stunned, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen had six daughters, but it is said that four died young, and only two remained, Changping and Zhaoping.
Zhaoping is only five or six years old now, and it is impossible to come out to have fun on this cold day, is it Princess Changping!
Chang Yu was suddenly excited, Changping was the poor princess who had her arm cut off, and every time he read that history, he was always extremely distressed, always fantasizing that if he could travel through the past, he would fight to save her!
Now that he's really crossed, can he save her? Chang Yu couldn't press the excitement in his heart, and couldn't help but look sideways secretly.
But I saw a little girl in a robe, with a thin figure and a pale face, surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs, walking slowly with a sad face.
Chang Yu, the beauty of later generations, has seen a lot, but Princess Changping's natural beauty and frowning expression are like a sharp blade that stabbed Chang Yu's heart: I want to save her out.
With just a quick glance, Chang Yu made up his mind, but Chang Ping didn't even look at him, leaving only a vague fragrance, after all, no princess would pay attention to a eunuch.
Why is she so depressed, this smart girl has a heart that worries about the country and the people, and is not sad because of the postponement of his marriage due to the war.
Yes, she was promised to be married to a little-known Zhou Shixian, but she had to be postponed because of the tight pressure of the thief army, of course, in the end, he still married Zhou Shixian under the assignment of the Tartar Emperor, and a year later he was depressed and died less than eighteen years old.
I don't want you to die! Chang Yu looked at the thin back and secretly made up his mind, no matter whether he fell in love at first sight or the kind of long-accumulated sympathy, she would protect this girl.
Chun Shen kept urging him to leave the Imperial Garden.
Chang Yu followed behind him thoughtfully with a heavy face.
He only knows a little about this history, if the memory is not wrong, Li Zicheng took Xi'an and went down to Yan'an, Hanzhong, Yulin Town, the Ming army was defeated, Zhang Xianzhong also pressed step by step in the south, won battles again and again, and more importantly, within a few days, the thieves would be called the emperor in Xi'an, and then waved the army north. The capital was broken, the Ming Emperor was destroyed, and China was destroyed.
A group of bandits and robbers are also worthy of the title of emperor? Chang Yu snorted coldly in his heart.
But these are the overall situation, and the time is too urgent, he knows that he has no power to return to the sky, at least for the time being, he can't change the trend of these overall situations, and the only thing now is to protect himself first.