Chapter 19: Out of the Palace at Night
The next day, the bronze bell of the little bell tower rang three times.
This is the time of man.
Every time the bell rings, the concubines' dwellings are honestly turned off and locked, and the palace and the concubines fall asleep until the first rays of the sun shine the next morning.
"Ah Ruan, hurry up and keep up."
Ye Hao used the makeup technique she invented when she was playing with her brothers in the Taoist temple in the past, and she and Ah Ruan simply changed their faces.
Dressed in men's clothes and standing in the dim light, he is really no different from two young men.
The two of them dug a hole next to the small kitchen to avoid the guards who were keeping vigil at Chaohua Palace.
After tiptoeing a mile away, you don't have to be careful.
"Niangniang, if we go out like this, won't we really be discovered?"
Ah Ruan trembled and trembled.
She has always been very disciplined, and she doesn't like to do this kind of thing that challenges her limits, and her heart can't stand it.
"No,"
Ye Hao said, and said: "Even if it is discovered, what can I do, the emperor 'loves' me so much, can he still punish me?" β
After she finished saying this, a rather proud light flashed in her eyes, as if she was still a little eager for Xie Yuchen to find out that she had sneaked out of the palace.
Think about it too.
Ah Ruan nodded and obediently followed behind Ye Hao.
The two of them came to the palace gate unimpeded.
It's too late here, even if you're dressed up, you can't leave the palace easily.
The eunuch guarding the door asked, "Who is it, and what are you doing when you leave the palace?" β
"Two, two fathers-in-law, we are on an errand in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor said that he wants to eat Dongshi...... Beef sesame baked cakes, send the two of us to buy a few back. β
Ah Ruan said as he did according to the words that Ye Hao handed to him before.
Then he raised the arrow that had been stolen and said, "This is a token, please take a look!" β
The token is naturally not fake, and these two little eunuchs don't seem to have any faces.
The eunuch guarding the door only muttered: "Hasn't the emperor returned to the palace yet......"
It turns out that the emperor also has a time when he doesn't return home at night and enjoys playing outside.
Ye Hao thought about it, but her face still didn't change, and her heart didn't beat: "The emperor has already returned to the palace, I think the two of them took a nap, I didn't see it." β
The most taboo thing about vigil is napping.
They were able to neglect their duties until the emperor came back, and they didn't know it!
The eunuch guarding the door glared at Ye Hao, and then immediately cheered up and stood up straight.
"Go, go, go, hurry up, don't starve the emperor!"
As a result, Ye Hao and Ah Ruan left the palace smoothly.
"Ah, the air outside the walls of this palace smells more pleasant than inside the palace!"
It's a pity that it's late, otherwise she would have to go to her mother's house to see her mother and brother. I don't know how the Northwest Army's food and grass are being raised, and when is my father going to leave?
In previous years, when he was about to go to battle, Ye Pingzhang lived near the martial arts training ground with the soldiers of the army, and did not go home to live.
is such a loyal and patriotic veteran general, but Emperor Xie Yuchen's straw bag didn't know who he had listened to, and he wanted to put him and the entire Ye family to death......
Faint, faint, mediocre!
Ye Hao thought, pulled Ah Ruan and walked to the most lively West Market.
"The East Market is all selling food, and the West Market has tricks and acrobatic performances, as well as noodle kneaders."
"Niangniang, how many times have you sneaked out when you were cultivating in the Taoist Temple before......" Ah Ruan listened and couldn't help but say.
saw Ye Hao's expression stiffened, and she didn't answer her question, but said: "Shh, when you're out of the house, you can't call me Niangniang, just call me young master!" β
"Oh, got it."
ββWhen he was cultivating in the Taoist Temple, Ye Hao would basically follow a few playful juniors and disciples here on the evening of the thirteenth of every month.
But she won't admit that this is sneaking, and she doesn't even need to wear makeup, how can it be called sneaking?
At the same time, the East City Jingran Tea House.
This teahouse is the best teahouse in the entire capital, with a total of three floors. There are only four private rooms on the third floor, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, all of which are decorated with light and elegant decorations.
At this time, in the "bamboo" private room, Xie Yuchen was sipping fragrant tea, raising his eyes to look at the moon that was about to fill the sky.
I have to say that when I look at the moon outside the palace, it seems to be rounder than inside the palace.
Away from the court disputes, away from Ye Hao's devilish woman, Xie Yuchen only felt relaxed.
"Brother Huang, you may be able to think about it from a different angle,"
The person who spoke looked like Xie Yuchen, he was his half-mother, but his mother died early, and his younger brother Ding'an, who was raised under the knees of the empress dowager since childhood.
"If the Ye family is really loyal to the country, and starting the war is really for the peace of the people, aren't you wrong to blame them?"
saw Xie Yuchen shake his head and said, "How come?" It was Taifu who told me personally that Ye Pingzhang had leaked his mouth after being drunk, in fact, there was no need for the Northwest Army to go out again and again, and there was no need to make such a big move in the war over there. β
There is also Zhao Wenzheng, who has also witnessed the short knife used by Ye Jingyuan that seems to be engraved with the words of the empire.
Taifu and Taifu's son are his most trusted loyal ministers. It's his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
How could they lie to him?
It must be the Ye family who really harbors evil intentions.
Perhaps the Northwest Army lied about the war situation again and again, but in fact instead of fighting, it gave all the grain, grass and military salaries raised by its own treasury to the enemy country.
β¦β¦ By the way, discuss how to raise an army to rebel.
It's chilling to think about.
But I saw King Ding'an's slender five fingers on his lips and rubbed them for a moment.
After a moment, he muttered, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." The younger brother felt that it was inappropriate for the imperial brother to start targeting the Ye family because of what the father and son of the Zhao family said. β
"You don't know anything about the court, of course you don't understand this."
King Ding'an is the most honest prince of the dynasty, although his skills are good, he does not have the intention of being an official and involved in politics.
It is precisely because of this that Xie Yuchen gets along with him the most.
"Ye Hao's woman is arrogant, Ye Jingyuan is also very perverse, and Ye Pingzhang even dares to let me and other civil and military officials not come down from the court."
"Can such a group of people grow up in the family of loyal ministers?"
King Ding'an still felt that Ye Pingzhang had troops in his hands and was deeply loved by all the generals. If he wants to rebel, it is actually very easy.
Why did they have to wait until the imperial brother summoned Ye Hao into the palace and had a restrain before they could do anything?
Besides, Ye Hao was pampered at home, and no one was reluctant to let her enter the palace.
As a result, it is not the emperor's brother's holy decree to go down, and no one dares to resist and disobey the decree?
Thinking in his heart, Xie Yinglie, the king of Ding'an, still shook his head, and didn't plan to say more to this imperial brother who didn't bump into the south and didn't look back.
"In short, the imperial brother must listen to the opinions of many parties, and cannot blindly believe it...... The Zhao family. β
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Speaking of this, Xie Yuchen was a little impatient.
ββI obviously came out to find King Ding'an to drink tea and relax, why did I talk about these things again in the end?
He said: "You go to the Qiong Berry Winery in the West Market to make me a pot of good Yaoshan rain dew, I want to drink to relieve my boredom!" β