Chapter Twenty-Eight: Entering the Palace
Zhao Qi sat in the carriage with a lot of emotion, from today on, he will say goodbye to his warm bed, and he will also say goodbye to the laziness that has been with him for many years.
The palace is much more magnificent than the buildings outside, the city walls are full of protective equipment, much more advanced than those in the outer city, the towering towers, there will be a crossbow machine every few battlements, the royal city guards all over the body stand straight next to the crossbow machine, and there are groups of five to ten sergeants patrolling the city wall.
The jack door was wide open, and all the officials and generals who came in and out were Daqin wearing court clothes.
The convoy stopped at the gate of the city, and the rest of the people in the palace were not allowed to gallop on horseback, except for the king of Qin, the queen, the urgent envoy and the people of the divine capital.
The guards who introduced him were already waiting at the door, and after Li Xin talked to him, he took Zhang Han into the palace, and Zhao Qi and the others handed them over to the guards.
The guard was a person who knew the rules very well, and after saluting Zhao Qi, he took him directly to the palace. Hong Sanbao naturally followed Zhao Qi every step of the way, he was always paying attention to the safety of the little young master, even with Zhao Qi's skills, if there was an attack that he couldn't dodge, he couldn't do anything, but he always felt that this way he had the pomp of the little young master, which family's son and young master were guarded by every guard?
Zhao Qi didn't have so many rules, holding the dog's tail grass that was pulled on the side of the road in his mouth, and strode behind the guards with his hands behind his back. Since the queen directly sent someone to pick them up, he didn't have to go to the King of Qin in Xianyang Palace to report, and directly followed the guards into the harem.
Ling'er timidly grabbed Zhao Qi's sleeve and followed Zhao up step by step, this is the first time she came to the palace, I have heard A-Niang say before, the palace is the most dangerous place in the world, you can't do anything wrong, as long as you do wrong, you will be killed, Ling'er is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of pain, how much it hurts to cut the big knife on the neck, Ling'er shuddered, grabbed Zhao Qi's hand tightly, the little master is so smart, he must be able to protect Ling'er.
When she saw Mrs. Huayang, she was leaning on the soft couch drinking tea, and Ying Zheng was obediently kneeling beside her and beating her legs, and when she saw Zhao Qi coming in, Ying Zheng immediately smiled, but she didn't dare to be presumptuous by Huayang's side, so she could only smirk at him.
Zhao Qi admired Mrs. Huayang's habit of drinking tea, which made him feel a trace of the breath of later generations, and the entire Daqin drank tea as a drink, presumably only Mrs. Huayang.
Mrs. Huayang's place is very luxurious, the bed frames are inlaid with gold and silver, the floor is paved with bluestone, which is much more upscale than Lu Buwei's house, and the bronze candlesticks are placed in all corners of the house, Zhao Qi can think about how bright this room is at night.
"Zhao Qi has seen the queen mother." Zhao Qi knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Ling'er also panicked and knelt on the ground like Zhao Qi, in front of him was the most powerful woman in Daqin, he could be perfunctory to officials, and he must pay a big salute to the king and queen of Qin, and the entire Daqin can let him do this great salute It is estimated that the two of them will be thanked, and the prince and the concubines of the king of Qin do not have this kind of treatment.
Mrs. Huayang got up and helped Ling'er up from the ground, and Ying Zheng stood aside with her hands crossed on her abdomen, looking like a good child. Zhao Qi didn't care, the dignified man knelt on the ground for a while and it didn't hurt, hooked Ling'er's chin and looked at it, turned his head to look at Zhao Qi and said, "Get up, Viscount Qin, what's the matter with a maid to serve all day?"
"Niangniang, this is the wrong boy, Ling'er is not a kid to carry, the kid can't wait to run around alone, and Ling'er has to take care of her, if it weren't for Mrs. Zhao, the kid wouldn't have taken her." Zhao Qi stood up, patted his ass and said.
Ling'er was a little ashamed when she said this, and showed a pitiful appearance, Huayang's heart softened, and a slap fell on Zhao Qi's head, and reprimanded him: "You have no conscience, Ling'er serves you all day long, you are so ignorant, from tomorrow you will learn etiquette from Zheng'er, lest you, a cub, go out and harm people."
I don't know what to say, so is it appropriate for me to take Ling'er or not? Thinking so in his heart, he said in a proper manner: "The kid understands." had already seen the smile of Ying's coup d'Γ©tat, and Zhao Qi knew that this so-called etiquette was not as simple as he imagined, but the queen said so, he couldn't hide if he wanted to, so he could only accept his fate.
Zhao Qi did not stay with the queen for a long time, and after chatting with her for a while, he said some of his introduction to politics, military affairs, and statecraft, and heard Huayang say that he was tired and needed to rest, and instructed Yingzheng to take him around the palace, and by the way to visit other elders.
Ying Zheng is really like a different person now, he is well-behaved, the stinky problems that he used to learn in Zhao have been almost wiped out, and his behavior is full of aristocratic demeanor.
As soon as he went out, Zhao Qi pretended to be frightened and shook Yingzheng's shoulder and said, "Ah Zheng, how did you become like this?" Why are you now wearing the same mask of hypocrisy as the royal family you hate the most? Where has the real you gone? β
"Ah Qi, I'm so miserable." Ying Zheng couldn't hold it back, grabbed Zhao Qi's arm and began to complain, "This palace is not a place for people to stay, there are too many rules, you don't know how troublesome it is to learn that etiquette, standing in the courtyard is half a day, you must stand upright, and always maintain a gentle and elegant expression, the queen's grandmother said that this is the appearance of a royal family, I really don't want to stay any longer, Ah Qi, can you take me back this time?" β
Ying Zheng asked this question, obviously comforting himself, from the time he entered the door, Huayang asked him to learn etiquette as well, and he knew that Zhao Qi also came to suffer.
Zhao Qi sat on the steps dejectedly and said, "Don't think about it, this palace is your home, where do you want to go back?" Do I want to go back? I don't know what kind of sin I have created, and I will have to suffer with you in the future. β
"You have to think of a way, you are so smart, there must be a way, right?" Ying Zheng sat next to Zhao Qi and looked at him with hope, hoping that he could help him save this terrible hell.
Zhao Qi sighed, pulled him up from the ground, and said, "I can't do it for the time being, who dares to be opportunistic about what the queen mother ordered?" Isn't that self-inflicted? Don't care about these for now, go, take me to see A-Niang first, and then we'll see the etiquette later. β
"Okay." Although Ying Zheng is lost, he is also very helpless, if Zhao Qi can't think of a way to escape, then there is really no way, until now he still thinks that Zhao Qi is the smartest person in the world, at least he has seen no one smarter than him, those people in the palace will not do anything except make a fuss, not as much as Zhao Qi knows, and he can't even tell a story, or the fairy tale world in Zhao Qi's mouth is interesting.
Zhao Ji looked quite moist, and when Yingzheng took Zhao up, she was chatting with a luxurious woman next to the pool, the woman looked about the same age as Huayang, and Zhao Qi guessed that this should be one of King Xiaowen's concubines.
"Auntie, Grandma Xia." Ying Zheng saluted respectfully, and from his words, Zhao Qi immediately guessed the identity of the woman, this should be Mrs. Xia Jixia, the biological mother of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today.
Sure enough, Zhao Ji touched Yingzheng's head, and said to Zhao Qi: "This is Zheng'er's grandmother, you can follow him and call grandma."
"Zhao Qi has seen A-Niang and grandmother." This dare not be lazy, Zhao Qi is a person with eyes, although it was Huayang who directly led to Zichu becoming the prince, but after all, Xia Ji in front of him is his biological mother, although she does not need to kneel to her, but the etiquette that should be there for the elders is still indispensable.
Xia Ji showed a smile on her face, she had already heard of Zhao Qi's name, and she loved me very much when she saw me today, and the polite and handsome child was always loved, and stretched out her arm and said: "Oh, this is the beginning, it's really cute, this hasn't spoken much yet, so that the concubine has a good feeling, come over and let grandma take a good look at what kind of clever ghost he is."
Why does this sound awkward, it always feels like a curse?
I don't have anything to say to the woman, I fled with Yingzheng in a hurry after a few pleasantries, who said that the ancient parents were conservative? A conservative woman would ask a child under the age of ten if he has a sweetheart?
Following Yingzheng around the palace, the harem can be said to be a man's paradise, except that the eunuch is the palace maid and princess of Yingying Yanyan.
Of course, Zhao Qi is not a well-behaved child who is not welcomed, he is like a hooligan, and the younger palace maids avoid him when they see him, Zhao Qi can't help sighing, he was handsome in ancient times, he is not popular, how can he be an actor when he writes his own appearance in the future generations, right?
I don't know if he changed his physical characteristics when he crossed over, he is now more and more handsome, although he looks a little feminine, but it is also affected by his cynical expression, which begins to blame God, when later generations take a fancy to their appearance, they don't give themselves a good skin, and the Warring States people have taken a fancy to their strength, but they just give themselves a handsome face.
Now Xianyang knows that he is known for his intelligence, but no one has ever said that he is famous for his handsomeness, Zhao Qi is very puzzled, he also wants to rely on his appearance to eat, but his strength does not allow it!
Not far from Xianyang, on the edge of Changxing Town, Yiyi, a mansion covering a wide area is under construction, and the foundation has been built in just half a day, Bai Zhong successfully heard the name of the owner of the mansion from the guards, which little lord, and the result made him ecstatic, because this new nobleman in Changxing Town is Zhao Qi who is written on his father's bamboo board! Bai Zhong had already decided to go to Xianyang for more than a few days, and asked where Zhao Qi was now, if he could find him, it would be the best.