Chapter 046: Mixed Feelings
Today is February 15, it is the day of the great pilgrimage, and yesterday someone suddenly came to the palace to let Zhao Yu participate in the court meeting. This made him both excited and a little apprehensive, excited that he could participate in the court meeting just to listen to it and understand the current situation in detail, worried that the expected things might happen, otherwise he would not let him, the only prince in the court, go to the palace to discuss the matter, but it also shows that it is the critical moment to decide where he goes.
Before dawn in the morning, Zhao Yu was invited by Wang De to get up, and after washing up and having some breakfast, he began to change his clothes. This is the first time he wore court clothes after coming to the Great Song Dynasty, wearing a virtuous crown on his head, wearing a red coat on his upper body, a red dress on his lower body, lined with white flowers and a single shirt, wearing white silk socks and black leather shoes. The waist is tied with a jade belt, and then the knees are covered with a leather belt. There is also a pendant on the neck, called the 'square heart curved collar', and a bunch of bits and pieces are hung on the belt.
Such cumbersome clothes and ornaments are extremely difficult for Zhao Yu to deal with, and he can only let a few palace maids fiddle with them. Finally got dressed and went out, a magnificent eight-person sedan chair carrying a big red sedan chair stopped there, it seemed to exude the fragrance of wood, which was the craftsman who learned that His Royal Highness was going to go to the court to make it overnight for him to travel, although it was made in a hurry, but there should be a lot of things, and it was extremely exquisite, much stronger than the sedan chair he took when he fled for his life.
Looking at the military uniforms of the team of guards next to the sedan chair, Zhao Hao couldn't help frowning, they were all dressed in light-colored cloth clothes, with bast shoes on their feet, waist knives, quivers, bows on their backs, and leather hats on their heads. At first glance, it is okay, and it is also majestic and majestic, but if you look closely, you will find that their clothes do not fit, and the colors are also different, they must be borrowed from each other, and what is even more sad is that they do not have a piece of armor on their bodies.
"Your Highness, the new military uniforms have not been issued yet, so we have to wear the old ones, but they have just been washed, and we have borrowed some weapons from the guards, and they look much neater." Ni Liang didn't see His Highness's thoughts, and said as if offering a treasure.
"Well, yes, you're very attentive." Zhao Yu nodded and said with a smile.
"Your Highness, I originally wanted to borrow some armor from the forbidden army guarding the door, but they refused to live or die, and they could only give up, otherwise they would never lose to the warriors in front of the palace." Ni Liang listened to His Royal Highness's praise, looked at the forbidden army at the gate and said unconvinced.
"It doesn't matter, we'll all have these things, and they're better than theirs." Zhao Yu listened to it and felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, his own guards had to borrow weapons and armor to go out to meet people, and those guards must be even worse, he replied to Ni Liang like this, but it was more like saying it to himself.
Zhao Yu got on the sedan chair with Wang De's support, and got up the sedan chair on the road under Wang De's command. He lifted a corner of the sedan curtain and looked out, although there was no gong in the play to open the way, avoiding the travel scene of the card held high, but the two tall lanterns in front of the sedan also showed their identity, plus the guards who hugged each other were also a little imposing, and he also knew that he had officially stepped into the court hall and stirred into this changing world......
The palace was about five or six miles away, not far, but it was a quarter of an hour away. Zhao Yu got off the sedan chair and felt a gust of morning breeze blowing on his face, it was early spring at the moment, and there was no bone-chilling cold in the wind, but he still felt that it was difficult to hide the gloom, and he couldn't help but shiver. I couldn't help but sigh, this line in front of me is obviously the house of a local rich family, and it is magnificent, but it is difficult to hide the cheesiness of the local tyrants in the countryside, but now it has become a shelter for the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and I can't help but feel sad.
Zhao Yu looked around, they came earlier, the 'palace gate' had not yet opened, the surroundings were quiet, only a few groups of people who also came early were waiting, and he saw that the lanterns he was carrying were some people he didn't know, or even unheard of, so he lost interest and sat back in the sedan chair, but he didn't order anyone to drop the sedan curtain.
"Hmph, Liu Yan actually took refuge in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion." Just when Zhao Yu was bored, Ni Liang, who was standing by the car door, suddenly said hatefully.
"Liu?" Zhao Yu looked over, only to see a team of people walking in front of his sedan chair, from the lantern he was carrying, it was Chen Yizhong, and the person who was guarding in front of the sedan chair was the person who had been selected into his own personal guard.
"Your Royal Highness, it is this guy, he suddenly said a few days ago that the old lady in the family was sick and wanted to go home to serve, I saw that he was crying pitifully, and gave him two pieces of money, but I didn't expect it to betray our palace, climb the high branches, and wait for me to teach him a lesson." Ni Liang is an honest man, sincere, and has a good temper, he never bullies people because he is a celebrity around the prince, but he hates others to lie to him the most, and he wants to step forward when he says it.
"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, and it's useless to force him to stay, let him go!" Zhao Yu raised his hand to stop Ni Liang and said.
"Your Highness......" Ni Liang was obviously a little unwilling, but he didn't dare to disobey the order, and his face couldn't help but be ugly.
"Ni Liang, don't forget the rules in the house, I wish to leave without staying, don't be troublesome." Of course, Zhao Yu knew his thoughts, and he was afraid that he would ruin things under his impulse, so he said in a deep voice. Seeing this, Ni Liang could only stare at Liu Yan, who pretended not to know, and walked past him, and the horn sounded with his fist. But his face was still the same, and he nodded and said hello to Chen Yizhong, who passed by in front of his sedan chair.
With the passage of time, there are more and more officials waiting for the court in front of the palace, looking at the palanquin of the Weiwang Mansion, everyone is either silent, or surprised, some people come forward to say hello, some say hello, more people just walk around, anyway, no one shows affection to him. When the hour came, the palace gate opened, and everyone entered the palace one after another.
According to the rules, the entourage of officials is not allowed to enter the palace, Wang De can only send the prince to the palace gate, and he also instructed the familiar little yellow door to take care of it. Zhao Yu didn't care at this time, he was the only prince of the Great Song Dynasty, his status was above 10,000 people under one person, and he was a first-class member of the court, of course, he was still a child, even if he did something that would not behave in the rules, no one would say much. And the palace is his real home, and he doesn't have to be afraid of anyone in his own home.
"Your Royal Highness King Wei, please don't go any further." According to the experience of watching dramas in his previous life, the prince always had to stand in front, so Zhao Yu went straight forward, seeing that it was coming to an end, but he was suddenly stopped.
"Huh? This king ...... "Zhao Yu looked up and saw that his clothes were only a small sixth- or seventh-grade petty official, he knew that this was the Imperial History of the Patrol Palace who was in charge of scheduling, and frowned and asked. But he looked at the imperial history with a businesslike face, and looked at the silent people around him, but no one made a sound, this sudden change made Zhao Yu a little at a loss, and he couldn't help but be depressed just now, thinking that this court was originally the court of the Zhao family, and he couldn't help but feel sad about the attitude of the prince of the dynasty.
"Your Highness, come this way!"
"Oh, you're ......" Just as Zhao Hao was sighing to himself, someone suddenly came over and said. He looked at the people who came in their forties, tall and dressed in purple robes, with a delicate face but a solemn aura, but they didn't know anyone.
"Your Highness, this is Lord Lu, the privy envoy of the signatory." Without waiting for him to answer, someone next to him replied.
"Hmm." Zhao Hao looked at this familiar, it was the 'white-eyed wolf' Liu Huang who had not seen him for many days, and that was the 'spiritually impermanent' Lu Xiufu in his own life, but he hesitated and still put his hand in Lu Xiufu's hands, and under his guidance, he lined up to the hall, leaving the embarrassed Liu Huang couldn't help but smile bitterly......
Although the sparrows are small and have all the organs, although the ****** is in trouble, the shelf is still there, and there are many officials in the three provinces and six departments, and they are bustling to go to the palace step by step. It's just that the main hall of this house is not wider than the main hall in the palace, and the officials below the third rank have to wait outside the hall.
Zhao Yu followed the ministers to the side and saluted according to the gourd painting, in front of him was Chen Yizhong, the left minister, and behind him was the governor Liu Huang, and then raised his eyes to see that the emperor's brother was smiling at him, and his butt moved uneasily on the throne, obviously he was very excited, and it seemed that he was hesitating whether to hug him. Of course, Zhao Yu immediately responded with a bright smile and made a grimace. But just as the two brothers were about to make further affection, a light cough suddenly came from behind the curtain of the throne, and the little emperor immediately sat upright, looking ahead, but his serious appearance made people feel even more funny.
"King Wei is young, and he is not durable to stand, so he gives him a seat." There was another sound behind the curtain.
"Erchen sit down." Zhao Yu immediately went out to thank him when he heard this, and when he got up, he peeked but couldn't see the queen mother's joy and anger behind the curtain, and could only hear from his voice full of exhaustion and anxiety, which made Zhao Hao a little anxious, she is her biggest backer at present, don't do anything.
"Excuse me, listen to the government!" The voice behind the curtain was softer, and a small yellow door moved an embroidery pier to put down, but Zhao Yu still gave a salute before sitting down.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the minister has something important to say." Zhao Hao hadn't sat down yet, and someone on the other side couldn't wait to come out to play.
"Master Zhang, please speak!" As soon as Zhao Yu heard what the Queen Mother said, he knew that the person who played the music was Zhang Shijie, the commander of the Song Army, and his appearance was rough, burly, and his speech had a familiar northern accent, which was consistent with the history books that he was a northerner.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the minister received an urgent report yesterday that the rebel general Lu Shikui led 20,000 troops south to Guangzhou, and now the city is besieged. Zhang Shijie played.
"The minister also has something to play!" Lu Xiufu, who was beside Zhao Yu, also came out and said, "The right minister Chen Wenlong guarded Xinghua to block the enemy, and the generals Lin Hua and Chen Yuan, who were sent to Fuzhou to investigate the enemy's situation, colluded with the general Wang Shiqiang to lead the Yuan army to the city. Recently, on the way to the thief's nest, he died of hunger strike in the shrine of King Wumu in Lin'an, and asked His Majesty and the Queen Mother to give him a commendation to comfort the heroic soul! ”
After the two finished playing, there was an uproar in the court. Zhao Yu is okay, he already knows about the Yuan army's invasion of Guangzhou, and it is also recorded in Chen Wenlong's death book, as long as there is no accident, he should be like this, so he is very calm, and he is squeezing his eyebrows with the emperor, but in the eyes of others, it is a little strange, and people can't help but wonder if these two children who control the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty are really okay......