Chapter 30: Entering the Palace
The house has been quite unquiet in the past few days, and the only emotion that makes Duan Chong feel is that the officials in Nanjing City are really ...... Too much. And in the past few days, there have naturally been countless visitors to Duan Chong's Mansion every day. There are ministers who admire Duan Chong's demeanor, there are also teachers in Taixue who come to the name of Duan Chongdong's disciples, and some powerful ministers in the palace are not used to Duan Chong's behavior, and they are called visits, which are really education and intimidation. However, no matter what, Duan Zhong is famous in the city of Nanjing.
And Duan Chong's beating of the prime minister's son has become an after-dinner conversation for the people in the capital. And after adding oil and vinegar to the good deeds, our little prince Duan Zhong turned into a beautiful prince with justice and beauty, and the prime minister's eldest son became a heinous and evil devil in Nanjing, and staged a good drama of heroes fighting demons. And the children of Nanjing also chanted ballads about this incident.
The prime minister was already blowing his beard angrily and glaring at him, and in the past two days, the doctor has seen more, and Zhu Zhengming's eldest son has not recovered from his injury, so he can only lie on the bed every day and draw circles and curse Duan Zhong. But what can be done? Seeing that this story has made the city stormy, it is almost known to the world. And stories can often be transformed into countless versions once they are spoken. Therefore, the palace had no choice but to issue a ban: the people of the capital were not allowed to discuss this matter in vain. However, this practice of three hundred taels of silver here has further boosted the interest of the people, and it is not a secret in the palace, even if you talk about it, what are you afraid of?
It's just that I pity our prime minister, who worked so hard to run to the imperial study to face this paper ban that the saint begged for. And His Majesty Emperor Liang Wendi, naturally, just sold a face to the Prime Minister and put down a dead letter, after all, after the story of beating people was told to His Majesty by the eunuchs in the palace, and then after Xiao Beiping's oil and vinegar, His Majesty's impression of the eldest son of the Prime Minister's family was not very good. Instead, he became interested in Duan Chong.
And our protagonist Duan Chong's little prince spent three days in the house. Except for some extremely noble officials, the rest are all sick, which is enough to put on a posture.
And today is the day of the pilgrimage, so naturally I can't afford it.
The sky was still gray, and some light was shining. Getting up so early in the morning, Duan Chong, who is used to sleeping lazy, is naturally not used to it. However, the people in the palace had already arrived early, and the leader this time was also a eunuch leader in the palace, who specially helped Xiao Beiping pass a message to Duan Chong: "Several ladies in the palace are very fond of the perfume sent by Duan Chong, and I hope to bring some more into the palace." And this eunuch also came and brought some jade pendants, gold and silver utensils rewarded by the palace lady, and exchanged them for thousands of taels of silver, which is really a profitable deal.
All this is naturally expected by Duan Zhong. So I specially prepared a few more bottles to enter the palace today.
Su Er rearranged Duan's clothes, and then she carefully put on the court clothes sent out by the palace for Duan Chong, put on a hat, and then retired satisfied. Duan Zhong took advantage of the morning light, stepped into the carriage, and galloped towards the palace. I didn't forget to say two sentences in my heart: "Damn, which bastard invented this system in the early dynasty." Under-......"
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Nanjing's imperial palace is backed by the Purple Mountain, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and excellent feng shui. Unlike the imperial city in Duan Chong's impression, the imperial palace in Nanjing is not as magnificent and magnificent as imagined, but shows some small and exquisite. It is completely different from the Forbidden City that Duan Zhong visited when he visited Beijing in his previous life, although the palace walls are still very high, but they do not look very terrifying. Presumably it is also due to the customs of Jiangnan.
Duan Chong's carriage ran for a long time, and finally stopped, and the old eunuch opened the curtain and said, "Your Royal Highness, no carriages are allowed to go in this palace, everything has to rely on two legs." Please also ask His Royal Highness to get out of the carriage and enter the palace with the old slave. ”
Duan nodded and jumped out of the carriage. In front of you is the gate of the palace, which is magnificent and majestic. The old eunuch in the lead asked the guards to check the waist card, and then led Duan Zhong into the palace gate. The palace is not large, but it is extremely well designed. After walking forward for a while, I saw that there was already a crowd of people in front of me.
In front of it was the noon gate, and on the small square next to it stood nearly a hundred ministers in court clothes. This is the place where the ministers of the Southern Liang Emperor waited before he went to court.
It is not easy to be an emperor, and it is even more difficult to be an emperor's minister, especially if you are an official in Kyoto. The time when the emperor went to court was at the end of the day, and the time of Duan Chong's previous life was from five to seven o'clock in the morning, so these ministers naturally had to wait outside the palace early, and they had to get up at two or three o'clock. Fortunately, this Nanliang line is a three-day system, if it is a day, this day is really difficult.
Duan Zhong followed the old eunuch to many places in the crowd, and then heard the old eunuch say: "Your Highness, the old slave will send you here." You will wait here first, and then go in with the ministers when the next court is in court. ”
Duan Zhong smiled and bowed: "You go!" The old eunuch turned and walked away.
At this moment, the court clothes worn re-wear are the clothes worn when the foreign people are in court, so they are very different from the many ministers present, although the sky is not completely bright at the moment, but it is also very conspicuous in the crowd.
However, Duan Chong didn't feel any unnatural at all, but walked in the crowd to greet the ministers. Regardless of whether he knew or not, he said hello to all of them, but it left a good impression on many old ministers. Of course, many of these courtiers have seen Duan Chong, because there are too many people who have come to Duan Chong's mansion to visit these days. And the most familiar one is naturally the Prime Minister Zhu Zhenyang, who is standing at the front with his hands behind his back.
Duan Zhong saluted the hundred officials in turn, and finally arrived in front of the prime minister. Duan Chong's face bent down calmly, and he said extremely respectfully: "Hello Prime Minister!" ”
Our Lord Zhu Zhenyang snorted coldly, but he didn't answer, but his eyes looked away. At this moment, the crowd that was originally full of voices suddenly quieted down, because everyone was looking at the two people, the old and the young. After all, the deeds of Duan Zhong and the eldest son of Zhu Zhenyang's family are already known all over the city, and three days ago, His Majesty the Emperor personally reprimanded Lord Zhu Zhenyang's godson.
So everyone is waiting to see a good show, watching how our prince of Dali and the prime minister of Nanliang will stage a play of meeting enemies in front of hundreds of officials.
Duan Zhong naturally knew the mentality of the hundred officials at the moment, but the person who was deflated now was not himself, but the prime minister of Nanliang. So Duan Zhong is happy to cooperate with such a play. Seeing that the Prime Minister didn't answer, Duan Zhong asked very uninterestingly; "I don't know how your son's body is now. A few days ago, Duan Heavy Shot was a little unclear, and I ask the Prime Minister for forgiveness. ”
Provocation! This is a naked provocation! Even if you have good patience, you can't stand it, not to mention that our prime minister's temper is not very good. However, our Prime Minister only sneered lightly twice: "Thanks to His Highness's blessings, I still have a breath of relief." If His Highness can go to the house another day to drink two glasses of water and wine, he can call out the dog to show His Highness how his injuries are. ”
Duan Zhong shrugged his shoulders: "I will visit you another day." ”
The Prime Minister crossed his eyes again: "Today is the first time Your Highness has gone to the Pilgrimage to face the Saint, while there is still a moment left, let's think about what to say when we meet the Saint." Don't lose face in Dali. After saying that, he crossed his head, and the back of his head was weighed.
Duan said solemnly: "What the prime minister said is true." In my heart, I sighed that this Lord Zhu Zhenyang was really shrewd, and he refused to play tricks with himself, which couldn't help but be a little boring. At this time, an official came over, arched his hand to Duan Chong, and said, "Your Highness has come out of Nanliang, and you have already become the hottest person in Nanjing City. It's just that this beating and murder is against the law, and His Majesty sees that His Royal Highness is the first offense, and the other party has done it first, so he will not be investigated. However, Your Highness should not be too public, after all, this is Nanliang, not Dali! ”
Duan Zhong frowned, he only heard such a harsh lesson this time. But he didn't sell himself face at all. And the official man in his thirties in front of him, Duan Chong, knows that Ye Chaojie is the imperial historian of the dynasty, the chief official of the imperial history of the dynasty, and the chief official of the imperial history platform, who is responsible for supervising the affairs of hundreds of officials, so the tone of his speech is particularly choking.
Moreover, this Imperial Doctor has always been good friends with Prime Minister, so when he saw Fang Cai Duan's aggressive scene, he really couldn't stand it, so he reprimanded him.
Although the hundred officials did not see the prime minister and the prince of Dali stage a farce, but the imperial historian came in with a stick, and immediately aroused the interest of the hundred officials, so they gave up the talk and gathered around, wanting to see how our Royal Highness the prince of Dali would deal with it.
However, our little prince Duan Zhong is not unfamiliar with the turtle prince on the market, and he can always grasp a little bit of proportion between advancing and retreating, but he just showed a kind smile slightly: "Lord Yushi reprimanded." As an important minister of the supervision of hundreds of officials, Duan Chong is naturally deeply honored to criticize my evil deeds. Presumably, the adults have already reprimanded the villain who molested women on the street. The adults don't care about offending the power, this kind of pride and courage, Duan Zhong admires it incomparably. Therefore, Duan Zhong felt that the adult's reprimand for me was extremely reasonable! Thank you for your education. ”
This undoubtedly gave Lord Ye Chaojie a big mouth. Originally, as Ye Chaojie's Imperial Doctor, speaking to Duan Zhong in such a tone was enough to cure a crime of dishonorability, but Duan Chong accepted it humbly, and also mentioned the uprightness of our Imperial Doctor by the way, implying that Lord Yushi had already reprimanded the eldest son of the Prime Minister's family, but the relationship between Lord Yushi and the Prime Minister was very good...... Isn't this a big mouth?
Mishi snorted and walked to the side with his sleeves flicked up.
And Duan Zhong laughed dryly twice, and arched his hand to the onlookers around him, meaning: After the play is over, you adults can disperse!