Guo Jingshu couldn't wait, and said: "You pack your luggage, go back at night and take a slow look, now follow me to Xingqing Palace!" ”

Guo Hong was helpless, there was a ten-year-old boy next to him who was chattering, and he couldn't concentrate on studying at all, so he put the box into the package.

As for Li Jingchao, he has been unconscious after taking medicine, and now he is placed in this famous haunted house in Yeting Palace, and ordinary people will not come close to check at all, Guo Jingshu promised to come over once a day.

Guo Hong first returned to the Guizhen Courtyard to store it, and then asked Liu Jieyu for leave.

Li Wei also wanted to follow, but Guo Jingshu instructed him not to bring anyone else, so Guo Hong said politely: "Jieyu, this time I am seeing an elder, I'm afraid it is inconvenient to take the second prince with me." ”

Liu Jieyu also said to Li Xiao: "Xiao'er, Your Majesty doesn't want you to run around, after all, the person behind the poisoner has not been found, and I am afraid it will be dangerous to go out." ”

Li Xiao was unhappy, but he didn't dwell on it anymore.

Guo Hong breathed a sigh of relief and followed Guo Jing's statement.

To go to Xingqing Palace, you don't need to enter the outer city, you only need to go east into Daming Palace, and then follow the city to arrive.

Both of them are children, of course they can't go by themselves, this time it was Guo Yanqing who personally led the way.

Xingqing Palace, also known as Nannei, was originally the old residence of Li Longji when he was a prince, and was located at the entrance of Chunming Gate in the outer city of Chang'an.

After succeeding to the throne, Tang Xuanzong ordered the construction of the city wall, built the palace, and governed here for a long time.

Chang'an from the Daming Palace along the northeast and east city walls, in the interior built another city wall, between the two city walls there is a special passage of the city.

Through Jiacheng, the emperor could go to Xingqing Palace and Qujiang Furong Garden in the southeast of Chang'an, without having to pass through the outer city of Chang'an.

The princes and grandchildren of the Sixteen Princes' Mansion can also enter the palace through this royal road between the city.

There are three city gates in the east of Chang'an, the middle one is the Chunming Gate, and the Yanxing Gate in the south is the city gate next to the Qinglong Temple.

Guo Yanqing took them around Jiacheng to the vicinity of Chunming Gate, and entered Xingqing Palace from Chuyang Gate, which was connected to Jiacheng in the east.

Chuyang Gate is in the southeast corner of Xingqing Palace, and it is open on the inner city wall of Jiacheng (the east of Xingqing Palace and Jiacheng share a section of city wall), so that people from the palace will not be seen by the citizens outside.

"Nannei since Xuanzong is the place where the emperor, the queen mother, and the concubine of the past dynasties are old, and the audience is from the Jinming Gate in the west, and our own people can also enter from other doors, and the inspection is not very strict, and the apse of Daming Palace is not so easy to enter."

Guo Yanqing said as he walked in front, and when he entered the Chuyang Gate, his eyes suddenly lit up.

There's a big lake ahead!

They walked north along the edge of the lake, where the willows and grass were green, and the water of the pond rippled in the wind.

At this time, it is late spring and early summer, the scorching sun is in the sky, it is very hot, and the cicadas on the trees are singing endlessly.

"That's the Changqing Palace, and the big lake in the north is the Dragon Pond, where the Queen Mother and the concubines often play. …… Further north is the Agarwood Pavilion, where Yang Guifei often waited for the Ming Emperor to go to court. ”

When they came to the lake, Guo Yanqing pointed to the tall buildings in the distance to the west and said:

"That's the diligent government building, and the north side can see half a corner of the calyx Xianghui building."

The two towers are within the western palace wall and meet at right angles.

After Guo Hong entered the palace, he heard that the Empress Dowager Guo suddenly wanted to jump off the building and commit suicide after boarding the diligent government affairs building.

This building is also famous for Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred" in the world: "From now on, the king will not be an early dynasty": this is the place where Tang Xuanzong daily early dynasty.

They approached the Agarwood Pavilion and saw a few palace people sitting idle in it from a distance, Guo Hong looked at it and was suddenly stunned.

Guo Yanqing hurriedly pulled him when he saw it, and said, "Don't stand still, it's too conspicuous!" ”

He also saw those palace people, so he stepped forward to greet him: "It turned out to be Song Shanggong and Mama Chen, the old slave is polite." ”

The leader is a female official, thirty years old, with a delicate appearance, which is the Song Shang Palace that I saw last time in the Yeting Palace.

The woman next to her was about forty years old, and her clothes were obviously much simpler, and that was Mama Chen.

Both had maids beside them.

Song Shanggong on the opposite side had already opened his mouth to respond.

"It's Guo Gongyu, I don't know why I'm here today?" She shook her fan lightly and asked with a smile, naturally calling Guo Yanqing's official position: Gong Yan Bureau Order.

"Tongguang Hall wants to change the chamberlain, I'll bring a respectful note to show Concubine Wang Shu." Guo Yanqing hurriedly replied.

Song Shanggong and Mama Chen's eyes were focused on Guo Jingshu.

Song Yiwen came here today, in fact, to follow Chao Meiren.

Chao Meiren is four products, and at this time she took the princess to be a guest in the Tongqian Palace of Princess Wang Shu.

Mama Chen happened to be here with Concubine Wang Shu, and Song Yiwen and Mama Chen were old friends, so they came out together and went to the Agarwood Pavilion to sit for a while to say goodbye.

Guo Hong and Guo Jingshu saluted together: "I have seen two nobles. ”

Mama Chen shook her head and smiled: "Where does the old body deserve the title of nobleman, the two of you torture me." ”

Song Yiwen nodded slightly, and his attention was on Guo Jingshu.

"Guo Gongyu still stays here for a while, and it is better to wait for the nobles to leave and then go to Tongqian Palace." She said unhurriedly.

"Thank you Song Shanggong for reminding me, I will take them around the neighborhood and familiarize myself with the situation in the palace."

Guo Yanqing took Guo Jingshu and Guo Hong to say goodbye and left, and they went around the lake to the north.

There is an east-west inner palace wall on the north side of here, and you can see the five city gates, and they are now between the easternmost Yuhua Gate and the Dragon Pond.

"Let's rest here first, and then go to see Concubine Shu when Song Shanggong and the others are gone."

Guo Hong and Guo Jingshu nodded in response, and Guo Yanqing found a shade to sit down, here are all weeping willows, wild ducks and swans swim in the pool, rising and falling, the scenery is picturesque.

Guo Yanqing sat on a big stone on the shore, looked at the swimming fish in the pond and said: "Wang Shufei is in an embarrassing situation now, because the current saint is the uncle of the first emperor, so he does not want to respect him as a concubine, but it is not appropriate to hang the rank of the concubine, after all, the saint also canonizes his own concubine, so after the empress dowager is killed, several nobles in the palace often come to persuade and want the concubine to become a saint, so that it is the best of both worlds." ”

At this time, a group of people poured out of the Yuhua Gate.

Guo Yanqing saw it and said, "Come with me." ”

The two boys were dragged away by him, and when they looked back, they saw that the group of people was led by a seven or eight-year-old girl.

"That's Your Majesty's second princess, Princess Guangde." Guo Yanqing said as he walked.

The three of them hid in the woods.

Guo Hong saw the group of people get on a pleasure boat and row towards the center of Longchi, and the girl's laughter kept coming.

Here to the north is facing the Yuhua Gate, enter the Yuhua Gate and then go inside is the famous Palace of Eternal Life, September 9th Eternal Life Palace, when no one whispers in the middle of the night!

Although the sleeping palace of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty is called the Palace of Eternal Life, this is the one of the Tang Ming Emperor.

The Empress Dowager lived there back then, and Guo Hong often followed his father Guo Zhongwenyi

came to visit.

The boat on the dragon pond is also very familiar, the one he used to take in the past.

Guo Hong looked at the cruise ship on the pond in a daze.

Guo Yanqing said on the side: "This Princess Wande was born to Chao Meiren. ”

……

In the Deqian Palace, Concubine Wang Shufei was playing chess with the visiting Chao Meiren.

Concubine Wang Shu is only thirty-five years old, in her prime, Chao Meiren was his maid, the two are extremely close, and even the chess skills are taught by her.

Chao Meiren picked up a grain of white, stroked Yun Sideburns with the other hand, and her posture was enchanting: "Thirteen Lang asked the concubine to ask Concubine Shu, how did you think about entering the palace?" ”

Emperor Dazhong was ranked thirteenth and was called Thirteen Lang by his own concubines.

Concubine Wang Shu sat up straight and said, "He killed my own sister, and he still thinks about such a good thing, I just want to live here and make him uncomfortable!" ”

She now occupies the title of concubine, but she refuses to become the concubine of Emperor Dazhong, and the emperor refuses to make his nephew's concubine the imperial concubine.

In this way, the two sides were deadlocked for three years.

Other people dared to act against the emperor, and they would have been given death a long time ago, but the emperor couldn't do this to Wang Shufei.

Wang Shufei's sister Wang Cairen once poisoned Wuzong, and she made great contributions.

The emperor did have true feelings for these sisters, and for this reason, he also deliberately wrote a legend by himself, Zhang Guan Li Dai, and fabricated that Wang Cairen was martyred for Wuzong, and was posthumously named a virtuous concubine.

The emperor wanted to let Concubine Wang Shu enter the harem, which also meant compensation.

Therefore, Concubine Wang Shu refused many times on the grounds of her sister, and the emperor did not think it was resentful.

The Chao clan has already persuaded many times, and now it is also a routine, and it is transmitted back to the emperor's ears through the mouth of the palace people next to him.

On the one hand, she hopes that Concubine Wang Shu will enter the Daming Palace, and Concubine Shu's ranking will be before Concubine De, so that the harem will change hands! It's better than being overwhelmed by Concubine Zhao Defei now.

But on the other hand, she was a little afraid of Concubine Wang Shu, after all, the two were once master and servant, and if Concubine Wang Shufei was in power, she would never have a chance.

How many people in the world can be masters and willing to be slaves and maids?

Although Concubine Zhao Defei is nominally a concubine, she is not a queen, and she can't do anything to Chao Meiren on the surface.

At this time, people from the palace outside came to report: "Princess Wanshou and the concubine Zheng Hao are here." ”

Two men came in and bowed.

Wang Shufei said: "Flat." ”

She turned her head to Chao Meiren and said, "My sister is still so polite. ”

Chao Meidao: "This is what they should do. ”

Princess Wanshou and the concubine Zheng Hao got up and sat on the stool next to Chao Meiren.

Concubine Wang Shu had heard that the emperor was angry with Princess Wanshou, so she asked, "I heard that your father was angry a few days ago, what happened to you?" ”

Princess Wanshou glanced at the colt beside her, got up and said, "I was not beaten that day, this matter is indeed a slave, my father has already reprimanded him, and he dare not commit it again." ”

Zheng Hao also said: "After the princess returned home, she went to visit my house and personally served the decoction to her brother. and filial piety and respect for the elders, now the Zheng family is called a virtuous woman. ”

Concubine Wang Shu lives in Xingqing Palace, and the news is not smooth. Zheng Hao's official position was already very high, and he was able to get in touch with the major affairs of the court, so he spoke out to make a conversation.

They chatted for a while, and Chao's eldest daughter-in-law, Guo Shi, also came, she was eight months pregnant, and she was Guo Zhongwen's third daughter, and now she is Guo Yanqing's adopted daughter under a pseudonym.