In the early morning, inside the Kunning Gate, a moist mist shrouded in the palace, wrapped between the palaces. The sun has not yet come out, the light is a little hazy, and the Kunning Palace at this time is not so bright, it seems quiet and mysterious.

The celebrant and eunuch Wang Gui had just come over, and he saw some palace people sweeping the brick floor in the square, and a group of palace maids walking unhurriedly on the porch. Whenever the palace maids came to a lampstand, they opened the lid of the lampstand and lifted out the unburned lanterns inside.

In the morning, there were a lot of people here, all doing their own things; Probably because people do these things so often that people seem very natural. Wang Gui suddenly remembered for a moment that the morning in the ordinary people's homes and the scene of the people cleaning up the courtyard after getting up seemed to be somewhat similar to the situation in front of them, at least the expressions on people's faces were a little similar.

The whole palace was serving the emperor, but maybe the palace people felt that they were just doing their own thing?

At this moment, Cao Fu also came. Cao Fu walked quickly to Wang Gui, bent down and said, "Godfather, morning." ”

Wang Gui first nodded indifferently in response, then suddenly patted his head, and said with a sigh: "There is one more thing in our family, I almost forgot." If you stay here, you won't have to find someone to tell you something for a while, but you can't find it. ”

Cao Fu said: "My son is waiting here, godfather can rest assured." ”

Wang Gui made a sound, turned around and walked outside the Kunning Gate. He wanted to go to the ceremonial eunuch's yamen in the imperial city, but he could only go out of the palace through the Xihua Gate first, because there was no door directly out of the palace on the side of the harem.

Go out through the Xihua Gate, and then Wang Gui will go west to the north gate in the middle road, so that he can get to the office of the eunuchs of the inner palace.

Sure enough, Meng Ji, who led the position of the master of ceremonies and the young eunuch, was already in the yamen. As soon as Wang Gui entered the lobby, Meng Ji and other eunuchs came up to greet him attentively. Meng Ji instructed: "Go and make morning tea for the prince." ”

"Don't toss, each of you does your own thing." Wang Gui said, "Gonggong Meng come with me." ”

Meng Ji agreed.

The two of them walked through the hall and found a room to enter. Wang Gui sat down on the chair and beckoned, "Find a place to sit, and our family will give you an errand." ”

"Yes." Meng Ji bowed again.

Wang Gui continued: "The emperor and the ladies are going to the old mansion to enjoy the peonies. The emperor hasn't been to that place for a long time, so you will go over and pick up today, what are you going to do, and see what is missing.

And the people inside also asked again. Now the front yard is where the people who guard the north office of the imperial department are there, and many of these people are the old department of the emperor, you can find a few stewards to ask about the situation. In the back garden, we didn't care much about it before, so you should also go and take inventory and prepare things safely. ”

It's all a simple matter, Meng Ji showed a relaxed expression, and said, "Let's go later." ”

Seeing this, Wang Gui said in a deep voice: "As long as it is a matter in the palace, you can't be sloppy." There was an accident before, when Mrs. Guo went out of the palace to enjoy the flowers, she was besieged by bees and got rid of the child after falling into the water. Later, our family heard that Mrs. Guo's clothes were touched and smeared with honey, and she couldn't be negligent. ”

Meng Ji's expression froze, and he hurriedly said, "Our family must ask carefully." ”

Wang Gui nodded, and then said in a sudden tone: "By the way, there is another one." When the ladies are all together, the emperor doesn't have many words. Thinking about the ladies talking, the emperor doesn't seem to have much to say

Target. You prepare some things to relieve boredom in the back garden, chess, books, or a palace maid who can play and sing. ”

Meng Ji was stunned for a moment before he hugged his fists and said, "Our family understands." ”

After Wang Gui finished speaking, he stood up, and Meng Ji hurriedly sent him out.

…… Meng Ji was originally a eunuch promoted during the reign of Emperor Taizong, but when he arrived in the Hongxi Dynasty, he was often excluded from the palace because he was suspected of being a party of Zheng He. Because of this, when he arrived in the Wude Dynasty, he returned to the celebrant again. But even so, there is still a difference between him and those eunuchs from the Han Palace.

Since the prince said things so cautiously, why did he have to let Meng Ji take care of it? Meng Ji then thought about it, whether it was the soldiers guarding the Northern Department of the Imperial Division, or the slaves and maids who stayed behind to take care of the mansion, there were probably many people who were familiar with the princes and princesses. As soon as the prince asked, he knew what the situation was, so why should Meng Ji worry?

However, Meng Ji still did the errand of the prince's bus generation in a proper manner, and asked the people in the old mansion.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Meng Ji came to the back garden and met the Zhenla woman Issuva.

When they met, Issuva folded her hands and saluted, and said in Chinese: "Gonggong Meng, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

When Meng Ji heard this, she immediately felt that her Chinese had improved a lot. Last year, she could only say words like "fortunate meeting", but now she can say something more complete.

I saw that Isuva's slightly curly hair was coiled, she was wearing a golden crown on her head, and she was wearing a cardigan on her body, and she was still not dressed like a real woman. The four seasons are hot in Zhenla country, and there are fewer clothes on her body, which is not enough in the Ming Dynasty, so she wears a robe outside, and her chest is very tight and the robe is not suitable, but the cut is appropriate elsewhere.

"Madame, don't come all right?" Meng Ji also returned the salute.

Neither of them looks like a Han person, Meng Ji is a native of the West, but he speaks official language, and his clothes are completely the same as those of the Han people.

Issuva's deep eyes glanced at Meng Ji, and she hesitated a little before she said, "It's okay." ”

It seems that her Chinese language is not very good, and it is really far from Chen Xian, a native of Annam.

Her figure and appearance have not changed much, but she seems to be a little thinner than last year, and there is a gloomy color between her eyebrows. Meng Ji asked slowly, "Madame is here, are you still used to living here?" ”

Issuva said with some slurred words: "Everything is fine." ”

Meng Ji nodded, and said slowly: "The day after tomorrow, the emperor will come here to enjoy the flowers with the queen concubines." ”

Izuda said: "His Majesty the Emperor is coming?" ”

Meng Ji nodded yes and asked, "Are you going to enjoy the flowers?" ”

Isheva shook her head and said, "I enjoy the flowers every day. ”

Meng Ji frowned and said, "The important thing is that the emperor wants to enjoy the flowers, are you willing to meet the emperor here?" ”

Issova raised her hand and made a trivial gesture, first a little anxious, then a little depressed. She said with difficulty: "Concubines, here." ”

Meng Ji pondered for a while and said, "Madame, are you afraid of embarrassment in front of the concubines?" ”

Issuva nodded first, then shook her head lightly and sighed, obviously Meng Ji's understanding was not very accurate. Izova was the queen of the kingdom of Chenla, and when she heard that she also interfered in government affairs, she was obviously a very thoughtful woman, but her language was not very fluent, and even a slightly more complicated communication was difficult at this time.

Meng Ji thought for a while and said, "You can not see the concubine." He pointed his finger at himself and said, "Let's arrange it." ”

Ixova's attitude seemed unsure, she first tried to explain something, and then looked at Meng Ji and shook her head.

Meng Ji suddenly felt that maybe he should bring someone who understands Zhenla to translate today, so that he could be reasonable and persuade Issuva. He rubbed his hands and frowned for a while, and then said slowly: "The emperor is fortunate to be here, if you don't welcome it, it will be rude." ”

Issuva's gaze kept on Meng Ji. Her eyes are larger, and her big eyes tend to be less focused, but Issuva probably has deep eye sockets and looks very attentive. She was silent for a while, and finally looked at Meng Ji and sighed slightly, and compromised: "I only see Your Majesty." ”

Meng Ji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's very good. ”

With that, he stood up and took his leave with Ixuda. It was really difficult for the two to talk, and Meng Ji didn't want to say anything more after he made things clear. Then Meng Ji left the old mansion and went straight back to the palace, because there was still one day left tomorrow, so there was no need to be too anxious.

Meng Ji walked through the Xihua Gate into the palace. When passing by Wuyingmen, he happened to meet Qian Xun, the right envoy of the Imperial Sinan Department, and Meng Ji hurriedly stepped forward and took the lead in paying respects.

After a few words of greeting, Qian Xun opened his mouth and asked, "Gonggong Meng seems to have followed the fleet and gone down to the Western Ocean?" ”

Meng Ji said: "Our family followed Wang Gonggong and General Chen and went to Zhenla Country, what's the matter?" ”

Qian Xun said: "Two years ago, a copy of the "Translation Collection" appeared in the court, but because the imperial court banned private printing, it was only circulated among the courtiers. Recently, however, there has also been a school of thought in Shilin, called the 'School of Counterfeit Things', and some people are asking about the source of this book. It is said that Yao Fang, who leveled the Hou family, befriended foreign vassals and collected and reorganized, does Gonggong Meng know about these things? ”

Meng Ji thought for a while and said, "Yao Fang has never been to the West, he has been to Japan. We don't know what's going on in Japan. ”

Qian Xun said quietly: "What I mean, are there those foreign vassals in the fleet?" ”

Meng Ji shook his head and said, "Our family hasn't seen it." ”

Qian Xun hurriedly said: "Thank you, I'll just ask by the way." Some people think that Yao Fang is a man of God, the initiator of those learnings, but I know Yao Fang, and he can't have that kind of knowledge. ”

"Yao Gongzi really doesn't look like a person with too much knowledge." Meng Ji echoed, and asked casually, "What book is so godly?" ”

Qian Xun said: "It's hard to explain in a few words. There should be this book in the palace, and Gonggong Meng will find a copy and read it in person. ”

Meng Ji didn't pay much attention to it, and said in his heart, maybe Wang Gui and Cao Fu knew better. It's just a book, Meng Ji didn't ask much.

He was more concerned about what was in front of him. He glanced up at the sky, it was a sunny day again, but he couldn't see the clue for the next two days. According to officials in the Qin Heavenly Prison, it has been sunny these days, but it is not clear if there is anything wrong with it.

At this time, Qian Xun's voice said: "I'm going to guard the yamen of the Imperial Sinan Bureau, Gonggong Meng, and say goodbye." ”

Meng Ji retracted his looking gaze, hurriedly hugged the dust and said, "Qian You's envoy will go slowly, and there will be a period later." ”

As soon as Qian Xun left, Meng Ji immediately went to find Cao Fu. After seeing Ixuva today, Meng Ji thought it would be better to tell Cao Fu, after all, when Wang Gui explained today, he only hinted.

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