Volume 4 The Envoy Chapter 26 The Snake Temptation Scheme
Outside the window, it became more and more silent. A bend of moon buds hanging in the sky also gradually fell from the sky, and the long night slipped away unconsciously, and the magnificent Daming Palace ushered in another morning.
The next day, Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Cheng to go to the Huitong Pavilion and take Meng Qing, who had been taking care of the Northern Stunning in the Nanmian Palace, into the palace to serve her master.
Meng Qing entered the palace in a very high-profile manner, and when she entered the palace, she also brought more than a dozen large wooden boxes into the palace together. As she walked, she shouted loudly from time to time that the person carrying the box should be careful, saying that the box was full of her family's Prince Nanzhao's usual items and a change of clothes, all of which were treasures that could not be dropped or touched. Meng Qing's momentum of finger-pointing and the formation of the team carrying the wooden box, when people who didn't know saw it, they thought that some great big man had entered the palace, and who would have thought that a prince from a small country could have such pomp?
Because of Meng Qing's high-profile performance, coupled with the fact that the errand people in the Qianqing Palace intentionally or unintentionally "accidentally" revealed some rumors, soon, almost the entire palace knew that Prince Nanzhao from Nanmian was summoned by the emperor to the palace to live temporarily; Then, after a while, everyone knew that the prince of Nanzhao turned out to be the prince of Bei, the eunuch who was popular and favored by the emperor before, and there was also the son of the lord of Yuehua who died tragically in the robbery that year, counting the generations, he was still the nephew of the emperor!
From a close eunuch to a prince, this is really a legendary topic that people talk about. However, the idle palace people in the palace are not particularly concerned about the legendary topic of eunuchs becoming princes, what they care about is whether there is ambiguity between the emperor and the prince. When the prince was still a close eunuch, there was a lot of unclear lace gossip about him and the emperor.
Now that the prince has just sent an envoy to Daming on behalf of Nanmian, the emperor can't wait to take him to the palace; Also, a small palace person who is just serving the prince must be personally taken into the palace by the emperor's right-hand man Zhang Gonggong, and look at the swaggering appearance of the palace people when they enter the palace, if there is no emperor supporting his waist in secret, would a small palace person dare to be so high-profile? It seems that there is ambiguity in this display!
As a result, the question of what secrets there is between the emperor and the prince soon became the most popular after-dinner discussion in the palace.
In an inconspicuous corner, two people stood side by side. Listening to the other palace people talk about the emperor and the prince, the more excited he became, the young man wearing a kitchen handyman costume said: "The surname is Song, I have to admire your ability, master." If you don't have to be an errand in the palace, you can enter the palace if you want to. ”
The young man in the imperial kitchen uniform said, "Brother-in-law, this is your brother-in-law's ability. However, you're also very good, it doesn't take half a day to get the rumors all over the house. Then again, what's the use of us doing these little things in secret? ”
The handyman boy spread his hands and said, "Who knows." This was Uncle Dong's idea. He had always been as cunning as a thousand-year-old fox, and his mouth was still very tight, and it was harder to get some news out of his mouth than to ascend to the sky. It depends on what he asks for and how we cooperate with the action, anyway, there will always be a time when the mystery will be revealed. ”
The young man in the imperial kitchen suit pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "If it weren't for Xiao Beibei and his wife, Lao Tzu would really not want to take care of that black pot face and go this messy water." ”
The young man patted him on the shoulder and said with some contempt: "The surname is Song, you yourself want to see the excitement and automatically hook it, who is to blame?" ”
The young man snorted coldly, looked up at the sky, and pretended not to hear the young man's words.
Intentionally or unintentionally, an undercurrent was set off in the palace, and after the undercurrent, what kind of truth would be rolled out of the water?
On the afternoon of the day Meng Qing entered the palace, Bei Juese, who had already obtained special permission to move freely in the palace, took advantage of Zhu Yijun's absence, and after explaining to the eunuchs guarding the door in the Qianqing Palace, he only took Meng Qing to visit Concubine Yun.
With his memory, he asked a few palace people for directions on the way, and after more than half an hour, he finally arrived at the Xiangyun Palace where Concubine Yun lived.
Xiangyun Palace is still as elegant and quiet as I remember. There were no human voices around, only the "rustling" sound of dense bamboo leaves could be heard from time to time.
Standing in front of the gate of Xiangyun Palace, Meng Qing asked with some excitement: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Concubine Yun is where she lives?" ”
The Traceless Prince is an eternal legend of the Nanmian Kingdom, and Concubine Yun is the woman that the legend fell in love with back then. What kind of beautiful woman will be a woman who can make a traceless son tempted? As long as she thought that she was about to see Concubine Yun's true face, Meng Qing couldn't be excited.
Looking at Meng Qing's excited appearance, Bei Jue, who guessed her thoughts, couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't worry, you will be able to meet Concubine Yun soon." ”
After speaking, he strode in, and walked through the outer courtyard until he walked to the inner courtyard, and he couldn't see half a figure. He climbed the stone steps and stood in front of the door, tapped the door panel a few times, and asked inside, "Is Concubine Yun here?" ”
A somewhat hoarse voice came from the house: "Who's outside the door?" ”
Bei Juese said respectfully: "Prince Nanzhao of Nanmian Kingdom specially came to visit Concubine Yun, hoping that Concubine Yun can meet with him next." ”
The closed wooden door soon opened.
The Su Palace people behind the door opened the door and saw the northern stunning color, their eyes widened and they were stunned in place and did not react.
After a while, another beautiful female voice in the room sounded softly: "Su Yun, why don't you invite guests in?" ”
Hearing that voice, Su Gongren let out an "oh" as if he had just woken up from a dream. She came back to her senses, hurriedly bowed, and then said embarrassedly: "The slave is rude, please forgive the prince." Let the prince come in with his slave and maidservant. ”
The furnishings and layout of the house are the same as the last time I saw them, there is no change, it is still hanging with layers of white veil, and there are no superfluous decorations.
The people of Su Gong picked up the light veil and walked to the innermost point with Bei Juese and Meng Qing.
Standing behind the last layer of light veil, Concubine Yun, who was dressed in plain clothes, saw Bei Juese walk in, and her face also showed an expression of disbelief. After looking Bei Juese up and down a few times, she asked uncertainly: "You are the Prince of Nanzhao of Nanmian Country?" ”
Bei Juese stepped forward to salute her, and said with a smile: "Concubine Huiyun, it is the Prince of Nanzhao of the Nanmian Country below." ”
Meng Qing also took a step forward from behind Bei Juese, saluted Concubine Yun, and said in Nanmian language: "The little girl has seen Concubine Yun. ”
Concubine Yun glanced at Meng Qing and asked, "Who is this?" ”
Bei Juese introduced: "She is Meng Qing, the grandson of the Minister of Culture Ruan Jinglun and the daughter of the martial general Meng Tianming. ”
Concubine Yun let out an "oh", glanced at Meng Qing a few times, and said, "It turned out to be the child of the Ruan family's sister Meng Xiaodi, no wonder her eyebrows and eyes look so much like the Ruan family's sister, and her demeanor is so like Meng Xiaodi." ”
Meng Qing looked at Concubine Yun and said excitedly: "Concubine Yun, the little girl's father and mother often mention you. ”
Concubine Yun chuckled lightly and said, "Really? Don't just stand still, sit down and talk about it slowly. Su Yun, serve tea to the distinguished guests. ”