Chapter 9: Humiliation of the Palace Gate
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After Qingming, the weather changed the next day, yesterday delayed a day's business, today is greedy for an early morning, everywhere shouting, one after another.
There are a lot of people around in front of Jufu Building, all discussing the notice of the new post: Mr. Shuangliang will suspend his performance today because he received a holy decree from the imperial court.
In fact, they all know Qiu Shuangliang's life experience, the second son of General Qiu Zhenxiong, but his performance on the stage in recent years has formed a new image for them.
Qiu Shuangliang's original identity was concealed, but it was never forgotten.
It's just that they don't know why General Aki Zhenxiong died in battle and his second son fell into despair to become a servant.
Although the imperial court gave him the identity of a "deserter", it was impossible for this identity to spread among the people.
One is that this incident was originally done by the royal family themselves, and although they were scheming, it did not mean that they would not be weak-minded; The second is that the influence of General Qiu Zhenxiong is indeed relatively large among the people.
General Qiu Zhenxiong has been killed in battle, and no matter how great the impact is, it can only add a nickname to him, and loyalty is all his life.
A team of men and horses dressed in official uniforms came to the outside of the Jufu Building.
At the head were three eunuchs, one dressed in purple and at the forefront, dragging the holy decree in his hand, followed by two slightly younger eunuchs dressed in green, followed by several soldiers with swords.
A group of people blasted away the people who were gathered in front of the Jufu Building to watch the excitement, and swaggered into the Jufu Building, no one told them which room Qiu Shuangliang lived in, but everyone walked in the direction of Qiu Shuangliang's room surprisingly consistently.
"The autumn frost is cold, so don't come out quickly to receive the order."
The purple-robed father-in-law who was the leader shouted, but there was no response in the room. The purple-robed father-in-law suppressed his voice and shouted louder.
"The autumn frost is cool, come out quickly to receive the order."
After shouting twice, Qiu Shuangliang's door slowly opened, Qiu Shuangliang rubbed his eyes, yawned, looked at the people outside the door, and suddenly relieved himself.
"The grass people don't know the father-in-law's decree, and they slack off their father-in-law, and they hope that their father-in-law will forgive their sins."
"Hmph." The purple-robed father-in-law didn't look over, "The miscellaneous family still has this measure, since you have come out, quickly kneel down and accept the order." ”
"Yes, yes."
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"The autumn frost is cool and listens to the order. The grace of heaven is vast, and the emperor has a will. With the arrival of the envoy from the north, in order to show the wind of our great power, we have specially prepared a grand banquet for it, and hereby summon capable people from all walks of life in the country, all those who listen to the announcement, to leave on the same day, and there must be no mistake. The autumn frost is cool, let's take the order. ”
"The grass people answered. Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”
Qiu Shuangliang stood up and asked his father-in-law, "My lord, the grass people have already received the holy decree of the summoning yesterday, why did they send their father-in-law to come today?" ”
"The emperor's thoughts, how can we speculate, we just have to do our own thing. Now that the decree has been delivered, I hope that Mr. will not miss the time, and leave first if there is something to do. ”
The purple-robed father-in-law swept away the dust and turned to leave.
"Congratulations to my father-in-law."
After the group of people left Jufu Building, Qiu Shuangliang turned around and went back to his room, locked the door, and threw the holy decree on the table.
Sitting on the stool, he brought a cup of tea to drink, the tea was very simple, it was prepared for him by the guys in Jufulou, this tea is in line with his current identity.
At lunch, Qiu Shuangliang told Mao Buwei about his plan to leave for the palace.
Of course, he would not tell Mao Buwei about receiving the two holy decrees, this matter was already strange, and the old general Mao had already overworked for his affairs, and if he told him, it would have added to his worries.
"Old man, Shuang Liang will enter the palace with the order today, although the realm of Shuang Liang is in crisis, but please don't hang up, Shuang Liang used to be a staff officer in the army, and he knows a little about the way to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."
Although General Mao has always called himself an uncle in front of Qiu Shuangliang, General Mao is indeed too old and Qiu Shuang Liang.
Generally speaking, calling the old man in this way is a title for his own parents, and the two don't say it, but General Mao has long regarded Qiu Shuangliang as his own son.
General Mao unconsciously put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, took a sip of the soup placed next to him, and sent the food in his mouth down, and the whole room fell into silence.
"Hey." Mao Buwei sighed.
"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, it's been five years, you're also with your uncle, you've been hiding for five years, what you have to face, you have to face it after all, war, it's a visible killing; The human heart is an invisible smoke of gunpowder. ”
The old general kept shaking his head.
"When you get to the palace, you can go to the Hanlin Academy, find a bachelor of Jia Shouyi, back then, the war in the north, my uncle was just a small soldier, when I met him, he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he was still holding a little girl who was still in swaddling clothes. I asked him why alone, that little girl, was his sister? ”
"He told me that he had picked it up in the woods and that his parents were dead. My uncle gave them his rations, and both of them survived. ”
"He owes his uncle's life-saving grace, General Qiu Zhenxiong is a hero, his uncle doesn't have the courage of him, he is dead, his uncle is still alive, but everyone remembers him, talented and virtuous people in the court recognize him, Shuang Liang is the son of Zhenxiong, these people will not be embarrassed with you."
"But the palace is chaotic, and the frost is cold, but remember to distinguish who is sincere and who is false. Although my uncle is still alive, no one remembers, otherwise, he would not dare to come to my Jufu Building to ask for someone. Hey......"
"Why does the old man need to be like this, those who remember the old man should remember, they are all like those loyal and righteous people who remember their father, why should the old man care about the importance of the villain, people should walk in the world, and the heavens and the earth know. Why do you need to be a villain, compromise in order to be perfect. ”
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Outside the palace gate, Qiu Shuangliang came in response to the order but was stopped by the guards.
"Who's coming? Quickly report the name, who is the position? Don't you know that the palace is heavy, and idle people are not allowed to enter. ”
The emperor lives in the palace, and it is understandable that this ordinary person does not know it, but who is he in the autumn frost?
The staff officer of the left army of the Weiyuan Army, the son of General Qiu Zhenxiong, was a common thing to enter the palace in the past, plus the relationship with the ninth princess Xu Junyue, who in the court did not know? Who doesn't know?
Look at the market in Kyoto, wait for the top of the Lingren, otherwise the emperor will not be recruited into the palace, who doesn't know his name of autumn frost?
What's more, the guards asked abnormally, if ordinary people approached, the guards should warn "Who is coming?" Trespassing on important places in the palace is not permitted. ”
How did he get here, and he had to ask who was the position? If he hadn't meant to humiliate him, how could he have been so embarrassed?
No wonder the purple-robed duke turned around and left in the morning after announcing the holy decree, it seems that he must have known about the humiliation of the palace, but he did not tell him.