Chapter 831: East Palace
King De's team mainly traveled to Danyang County, west of the city, when he went out in the morning, because of King De's trouble, the time has been delayed, even if King De patrols the city only rough patrol, in the end can only be in the middle of the afternoon to finish the patrol of Danyang.
According to the arrangement, after the city patrol was completed, everyone went to the East Palace to pay homage to the prince, and Lan Qianzhen and the other armor people basked in the sun all morning, and by this time they had been roasted and exhausted, and they urgently needed to take off their armor and rest, so when the team came to the prince's place to stop, Lan Ziyi immediately asked someone to ask where to rest.
Fortunately, the prince had already prepared for everyone, as soon as Lan Ziyi spoke, a eunuch led his father and son to the gatehouse along with other armored soldiers, and the prince had set up this place specifically for the Lan family father and son, and even the clothes that everyone wanted to change had been prepared. Taking off his armor and drinking herbal tea, Lan Ziyi's body was steaming with a hot sweat, and the heat was also gone, and after wiping the sweat with the "hair" towel handed by the eunuch, Lan Ziyi immediately felt a lot more relaxed. Who wouldn't want to take the opportunity to rest after a tiring morning? Lan Ziyi, who was shirtless, sat on the chair and thought about how good it would be if he could take a nap at this time, but time waited for no one, and he saw that Lan Qianzhen, who Lan Ziyi was carrying, kicked Lan Ziyi's boots
"People are rude and don't know what to do, I want to see the prince, spirit!"
Lan Ziyi also knew that he couldn't rest, so he got up and put on new clothes, and the group came out of the gatehouse after changing their clothes, and the team brought by King De in front of the East Palace was already lined up, and King De and several other adults with heads and faces entered another gatehouse to change clothes, and after the Lan family father and son led the team into the ranks, King De and they also changed their clothes.
The East Palace is not far from Taicheng, here is also the same red wall and gold tile as Taicheng, Yulan lacquer building, in addition to covering an area smaller than Taicheng, here is a miniature version of Taicheng. Lan Ziyi looked up and saw the plaque at the entrance of the palace in front of him with the three big characters "Lide Gate" written on it, Lan Ziyi smiled
"Taicheng arch pole, living in Beichen and the stars are ranked, Donggong Lide, Mingxin 'sex' is a group of virtuous people, good intentions!"
Father-in-law Yu, who had already stood in front of Lan Ziyi, sneered when he heard this
"What can be done with good intentions? My Taisho prince has always changed like flowing water, and he didn't have the courage to recruit the Magi when he found him the heart to stop the Magi. ”
Lan Ziyi listened to Father-in-law's reprimand and nodded with a smile, he looked at King De who was standing at the front, and then said
"Didn't the prince say that he was going to take care of the prince's majesty today? Why do you look silent now? ”
Father-in-law Yu also glanced at King De, and then hummed
"I guess I was scared by this pomp."
Lan Ziyi smiled when he heard this, indeed, the pomp and circumstance of today's East Palace is indeed big enough. Lan Ziyi and they were still on the horse when the street outside the Lide Gate had been blocked by the sergeant of the captain of the city gate, and pedestrians were not allowed to pass, not only that, there were sergeants standing on the street every few steps, and all the sergeants along the street were all in fine armor, straddle waist knives, holding long poles in their hands, and flags were hung on the poles. And now standing outside the Lide Gate, Lan Ziyi looked inward and saw that all the city gates had been opened, and a red carpet was spread out from the main hall to the palace gate, and a eunuch was arranged on both sides of the red carpet every few steps.
When King De changed his clothes and entered the ranks, there were eunuchs who went inside to report, and now King De is standing, and the people who have been sent by the prince inside have come out to announce the order, and the one who came to announce the order is an old eunuch who is younger than Father-in-law Yu, wearing a six-grade official uniform, strode out of the Lide Gate, and preached loudly to everyone
"The crown prince respectfully asks the prince to respect!"
King De stood in front of people at this time, in front of him was the bottomless deep gate of the East Palace, and on his left and right were the little eunuchs and many guard soldiers who were waiting beside the prince, without the protection of the soldiers, without the flattery of Li Si, only when King De was alone, he completely lost the arrogance just now, in Lan Ziyi's opinion, it is difficult for King De to even stand firm now.
The old eunuch was full of strength when he pronounced his order, and when King De heard this, he bent over and nodded with his hands, and said in a faint voice from his throat
"Listen to the prince's orders."
Then the old eunuch made a gesture of invitation, and the king hurried in with broken steps, and it was supposed that the old eunuch should be in front to show the way to the king, but he kept standing in the same place, and when the young man came later, he made a gesture to the young man
"Long time no see, brother."
Yu Gonggong nodded
"It's okay, it's okay, you go ahead and lead the way, don't throw the prince down."
The old eunuch didn't understand what Father-in-law Yu meant by the last half of his sentence, so he looked up, and when he saw that he couldn't see the famous hall, he arched his hand and led the way. Entering the palace gate, walking on the red carpet, Lan Ziyi finally had the opportunity to carefully observe the palace, the floor tiles and red walls of the East Palace are no different from Taicheng, there is no need to bother, what attracted Lan Ziyi's attention was those eunuchs, the eunuchs standing on both sides of the road were all dressed in costumes today, they were holding the dust in their hands, or holding Ruyi, and some people were holding coral trees, and the things in the hands of the two adjacent people were not the same, the eunuchs bowed their heads, their expressions were solemn, they didn't move, they didn't even cough, and they took a closer look at the sweat hanging around their necks, It seems that they have been standing here for more than a moment.
Lan Ziyi was riding on a horse outside just now, thirsty and watery, and he felt tired here, and now these eunuchs are standing in the scorching sun with heavy objects in their hands and still motionless, Lan Ziyi only looked at them and felt that they were hard, originally he wanted to say a few words to Father-in-law Yu, and he couldn't bear to disturb him when he saw this.
The road in front of the palace is long, even if King De tends to walk for a long time, and when King De climbs the steps of the main hall, he is tired and out of breath, but fortunately there are other eunuchs guarding in front of the palace. Under the instructions of the old eunuch, the eunuchs came forward to serve with water and towels, and King De took the tea and drank a bowl, took the wet "hair" towel to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and then was led into the hall by the old eunuch. The other eunuchs still wanted to hold these and serve Grandpa Yu, but they were waved back by Grandpa Yu, and the rest of the team followed him to the palace.
In the main hall, the prince sat on the throne, and after the old eunuch entered the palace, he came to stand in front of the place and preached at the same time
"King De has arrived!"
The ministers standing on both sides of the seat shook their hands when they heard the words.
Although King De has been to court, when has he been surrounded by so many people? And the people surrounding him are not ordinary people, they are the top bureaucrats in Taisho, and the most important thing is that each of these bureaucrats is pleasing to the eyes of King De.
Being watched by two rows of people with vicious eyes, King De's weak legs were weak, and the nonsense he had claimed on the road before had long been left behind by King De, and it was good that he could still stand now. I saw King De trembling and arching his hands, and he didn't dare to raise his head to the prince
"The little brother has seen the prince's brother!"
King De's nondescript greeting directly amused all the adults present, and the laughter of the adults frightened King De into speaking. But the prince was kind, he didn't laugh, on the contrary, he saw the nervousness of King De, so he got up and walked down the seat to King De, he took King De's hand and said
"Brother Xian, the royal family is lonely and widowed, and there are only two brothers left, so why bother with it? Come, come, and sit with me. ”