Chapter 23: The Anti-Thief Enters the Palace
"Good. I'll let people do it. By the way, according to our arrangement, Doane should have received the message. ”
"Hehe, since Cheng Yiqian can afford him, I will fulfill them."
Jiang Xunxue had already returned to the post house to rest under the "protection" of people from all walks of life at this time, and Jiang Linghe had just returned from the palace. In the past two days, the envoys of various countries have stepped up their itinerary and rushed to the imperial city as soon as possible. Although Qinglong Mountain is still neutral so far, who can guarantee that Jiang Linghe will not take out that thing and dedicate it to Emperor Wu of Jin, or that Jiang Linghe is still guarding that thing according to the agreement, but who can guarantee that others will not take the first step.
These few times he entered the palace, Jiang Linghe met some people under various names. There are some things that are inconvenient to say and do openly, let alone say and do them secretly, but fortunately, these old friends of his are not confused, and they can understand it at one point. As for others, he still wanted to meet Sima Guifei's son and observe his virtues. Since Jiang Wei has already made a plan, if these three princes are stubborn, he is not ready to intervene, if these three princes are of good character, then he will naturally remind Jiang Wei to be merciful. It's a pity that these three princes happened to be not in the palace for the past two days.
Speaking of the palace, these nobles who have sons, nephews and nephews are a little worried. Jiang Xunxue had fun by herself, and she didn't think about how the spies who were tossed and tricked by her would respond to things about her. These people have been tossed enough in the past two days, and they have long been dissatisfied with her, and when they returned, they added oil and vinegar to Jiang Xunxue and said that Jiang Xunxue was useless and caused trouble everywhere. Facing Jiang Xunxue's identity, everyone must want to win over as much as possible, and the best way to win over is to make her their own family, but according to the news reported by the spies, if such a person really enters his own door, it is estimated that he will jump around.
It seems that since Jiang Linghe and his party came to the imperial city, the mansions have not been calm, and the Du Mansion at this time is the same.
A sound came, and everyone who heard it trembled and was frightened, for fear that they would be dragged away to vent their anger. This morning, Du Anhou happened to get together with a few colleagues who were not very familiar with him, and only after hearing them mention that he knew that Emperor Wu of Jin had arranged a reception banquet, and just tomorrow, even the queen also sent flower appreciation posts to the ladies of each family. Looking at the slightly sympathetic and sarcastic eyes of his colleagues, Du Anhou lost face, angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak, and when he returned to the house, the first thing he did was to grab his beautiful concubine to vent, how could the little concubine stand it, crying to death, Du Anhou was even more annoyed this time, and when he arrived in the weapon room, he smashed it and smashed it, and beat several small guys present so that he couldn't move.
Duane let out a loud roar, and finally all his energy was exhausted, and he sat down on the ground in a decadent manner. After returning from the spring hunt, he found some strange traces near the mansion, and only after asking his wife did he know that after he left that day, a group of Praetorian Guards surrounded Du Mansion, saying that the emperor found out that there were thieves sneaking in, and Du Anhou was an important minister of the court, and it was natural to protect his family. Even Mrs. Du didn't believe in such a strange reason, let alone Du An, who witnessed everything, but no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only endure it, whoever let the rebel be the people of his Du family, everyone would suspect whether he was involved. The emperor only sent troops to surround the mansion to prevent him from making a change, instead of taking people down directly, which was already a relatively light treatment. Everything in Du Mansion is not easy to come by, if the emperor is not happy, his life will be in vain. I didn't feel it when I was in the scenery before, but now this feeling of being trampled on the soles of my feet makes Duane more and more breathless. Because of jealousy and resentment, after the news of Du Xiao's death came in the palace, he did not ask to see him, and let his cousin's body be trampled on.
After venting, Du Anhou gradually came to his senses, originally he thought that Emperor Jin Wu was just snubbing him for a while as a warning, but looking at the current situation, Emperor Jin Wu was going to use him to make an example, and he had no intention of reactivating him. Suddenly, he remembered the words of the prince's guest that night. Originally, it was imperative to choose a prince to follow, but he never thought of choosing a camp so early, but now he has no choice.
The day had passed, and by the time Duane came out with tired footsteps, it was already the next morning. On this day, there is no early dynasty, but due to the reception banquet and the flower viewing banquet, the palace is more lively than usual. It's not time yet, but no one will waste such a great opportunity to make connections. After entering the palace, the ministers were led to the Jiuqing Pavilion waiting for the early dynasty to chat with their colleagues, and there were those who competed and exchanged news; The ladies who entered the palace were led to the imperial garden to wait. In order to organize this flower-viewing banquet, the queen was busy early in the morning, and in order not to make everyone feel restrained, she did not show up.
In fact, there is another reason why the queen does not go to the imperial garden, that is, she really can't get out. When has she ever been so lively in the Chaofeng Hall as it is now, as long as the concubines of some grades have all asked An Hou to stay today, it is called to enhance the relationship between sisters, not to be able to wait here to see how Jiang Xunxue is.
"This Jiang Xunxue is also very big, and our group of people just sit and wait for her." It was Sima Guiji, the mother of the third prince, who spoke, and looked at the fairy jade bones in the past, looking like she didn't eat the fireworks of the world, and she was usually gentle and generous to people, and she never cared about anything, so she couldn't help but speak today.
"You're not the only one waiting here, and you're going to stir things up. Anyway, haven't you always been indisputable with the world, what's wrong with you today, where did this Jiang Xunxue offend you? Hou Guifei choked disdainfully.
"You!" Sima Guiji didn't want to pay attention to Hou Guifei, got up and said that she was in Kwai Shui and asked to go back to the palace to rest, the queen happened to be tired of waiting, and she didn't want to see anyone arguing below, so she agreed.
Everyone present felt that Sima Guiji was a little abnormal, but they couldn't say why.
Strange, she seems to be deliberately avoiding Jiang Xunxue, why? Hou Guifei looked at Sima Guiji's back and secretly speculated, but couldn't think of a reason.
In order to be able to get a glimpse of the true face of today's protagonist, these concubines all came to Chaofeng Hall early to sit down and wait, but Jiang Xunxue came too late, and everyone's patience was about to be worn out. But when they heard that even Jiang Linghe had not arrived for a long time, they could only endure it. Finally, someone from the palace came to report that Jiang Xunxue had entered the palace.
The queen adjusted her sitting posture and watched Jiang Xunxue enter the palace gate. To everyone's surprise, the person in front of him was far from the description of the spies. I saw Jiang Xunxue coming with a smile, not at all like the rumored grinning look; Dressed in a light lotus pink floor-length skirt, with low eyebrows and no arrogant and spicy appearance.