Chapter 382: In the Qianqing Palace
Zhang Fan walked up the steps of the Qianqing Palace, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace, there were naturally eunuchs waiting here to guide Zhang Fan, but because he was to meet the emperor, although he had been summoned by Longqing, Zhang Fan could not go to meet Longqing immediately after he arrived, so naturally he still had to go to the eunuch to report it, and then with Longqing's permission, Zhang Fan could enter.
For a short period of time, Zhang Fan stood in the hall of the Qianqing Palace, looking at this palace he had never been to quite curiously, but gradually, the curious look in Zhang Fan's eyes gradually turned into a surprised look.
The layout here is simple and generous, and it is really a majestic imperial atmosphere that can make people feel, but what surprised Zhang Fan was not the palace itself, or the layout here, but what surprised him was that the decoration here, or rather, the meticulousness of the decorations here, really shocked him.
The name of Longqing's merry son of heaven is not a wasted name, as early as when he was the king of Yu, whether it was because of the heavy pressure on him by Emperor Jiajing at that time, or personal preferences or something like that, in short, Longqing at that time was already the name of the merry man in Beijing, and the name of "Merry Prince" can be regarded as a good spread, but when he ascended the throne and became the emperor, the name of this merry man did not disappear, but the two words of the prince were replaced by the Son of Heaven.
This can't help but make Zhang Fan feel a little strange, if you want to say that this is the emperor, which one is not the seventy-two concubines of the three palaces and six courts, singing every night, but why are there only a few people, like Longqing, who have won the name of such a "merry man", this question, Zhang Fan has never understood before, and wants to ask others, but this kind of question cannot be asked clearly.
But today, when Zhang Fan stepped into the Qianqing Palace for the first time, he finally figured it out, before, he would have such a nickname for Longqing, although he had no way to inquire, but he also guessed, plus at the beginning of last year, when Longqing sent him to Mobei, he asked him to bring back so many cistanches, Zhang Fan naturally understood what Longqing was going to do, Longqing is not a young man after all, plus when he was a prince, he lingered all day long, and he had already hollowed out his body. Now that he is the emperor, he is facing more temptations than before, but he is powerless, in order to be able to serve these harem women, of course, there is Longqing's own **, **This kind of thing has naturally become Longqing's choice.
**This kind of thing, taken occasionally, may still be fine, but according to Longqing's habits, I am afraid that it must not be used every day, and, just as at the beginning of this year, he asked Zhang Fan to go to Mobei to find Cistanche, which is rare in the Central Plains, it can be seen that Longqing has eaten the ** in the palace, and he has already developed resistance, and he needs a new ** to re-stimulate his **.
Moreover, the scene Zhang Fan saw in the Qianqing Palace is even more staggering, here, all the teacups, teapots and other porcelain are painted with the spring palace pattern of male and female love, Zhang Fan looks at it, and his heart is also a little clear, no wonder many ministers in the court have said in private that Longqing has been a little extravagant on weekdays, and the feelings are because of such a reason.
In fact, speaking of which, Longqing is really not extravagant in life, and even in this Qianqing Palace, all the porcelain tea cups are painted with the Spring Palace, and it is estimated that it will not cost much silver, but there is one point, although Zhang Fan does not have much preference for this kind of thing, but he is not uninformed, and in this Qianqing Palace, all these patterns that can make people think about it are undoubtedly not exquisite pictures, and the characters can be regarded as lifelike in terms of action and expression, so you don't have to think about it. Zhang Fan understands that the porcelain painters invited to paint these pictures of the Spring Palace must be expensive, no wonder over the years, there have been no huge changes in the palace, and Longqing has never built any huge palaces or the like, but the silver in his inner treasury is spent so quickly, and it was originally used for these things.
Zhang Fan was already very surprised at this time, these obscene things were placed here, in the emperor's bedroom, but the majestic imperial power was mixed with these unsightly things, this was indeed an extremely abnormal landscape, but these were just superficial things, and there would be something that surprised Zhang Fan later.
It didn't take long for the eunuch who had just gone to Longqing to report back, and told Zhang Fan Longqing to let him go to the couch to meet him, and he was killed, Zhang Fan went with the eunuch, and after reporting in front of the door, Zhang Fan entered Longqing's bedroom, and saw that there was not only Longqing inside, but also Queen Chen and Li Guifei, both of whom had a worried look on their faces, and when they came to the dragon bed, they knelt down to say hello, and after getting Longqing's words of "getting up", Zhang Fan stood up.
However, after Zhang Fan stood up, he was shocked again, only to see that Long Qing was lying on the dragon bed at the moment, his face was weak and pale, and the words he said just now also made people hear that he was very weak, but these are not the point, the point is that on the dragon bed of this Long Qing Ye, on the back of the brocade quilt, and even on the screen behind the bed, there is actually a picture of the Spring Palace, which does make Zhang Fan a little speechless.
After coming back to his senses, Zhang Fan was expected to look at Longqing's face carefully, just glanced at it by the way, Zhang Fan already knew that Longqing had really overdone it this time, and now he looked carefully, it was even more amazing, Longqing's face was pale, no, it should be described as pale, there was no interesting blood on his face, and even Zhang Fan, who had never studied medicine or divination, could also see that Longqing's face was faintly dark, in short, although Zhang Fan still didn't know what the situation was, but Long Qing's appearance really startled him.
"Zhang Aiqing, I am sick today, I am very happy to be able to come," Long Qing had a smile on his face, but then it turned unhappy, and said, "It's not like other people, I don't even know that I came to visit me,"
Zhang Fan heard these words, and felt a little helpless in his heart, isn't it because the eunuch passed on the order that he didn't see any minister, thinking of this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but glance at the faces of Queen Chen and Li Guifei who were standing aside, only to see that the always weak Queen Chen had a trace of embarrassment on her face, and the expression on the face of Li Guifei, who was standing on the other side, was unchanged, Zhang Fan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he understood very well, according to the character of these two people, that order must have been passed down by Li Guifei.
Zhang Fan didn't want to say anything about it, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen ......" Who knew that he had just said a few words, and then stopped.
Long Qing saw Zhang Fan speak, but he raised his arm, waved it very weakly, stopped Zhang Fan's words, looked at Empress Chen and Concubine Li Guifei who were standing in front of the window and said, "Queen and Concubine Ai, I have something to say to Zhang Aiqing alone,"
Listening to Long Qing's words, Empress Chen wanted to speak, but she still didn't say anything, but Li Guifei opened her mouth and said: "But Your Majesty ......" was interrupted by Long Qing again.
"I don't have the strength to say so much now," Long Qing said without another command.
Hearing Longqing's words, Concubine Li Guifei no longer insisted, and bowed to Longqing with Empress Chen and said, "The concubine retires," and walked out.
When the eunuch outside the door closed the door, Zhang Fan came to the dragon bed, looked at Long Qing and said, "I don't know what Your Majesty commands,"
"How's the morning today?" asked Longqing.
Zhang Fan was a little hesitant in the face of this question, but after thinking about it, he still said word for word what happened in the palace.
After listening to Zhang Fan's words, Long Qing didn't need to investigate at all, and he could understand that this must be Li Guifei's idea, but Long Qing didn't show any anger about it, but just sighed helplessly.
Longqing still knows his concubine very well, Li Guifei is a good woman, and she is also a loving mother, and she loves her children very much, but at the same time, she is also a strict mother, and she will not condone at all, so that Longqing can show a conniving attitude towards Li Guifei's participation in politics, and it is also because of Li Guifei's own reasons, Longqing understands that although her concubine is a woman's family, and her background is ordinary, her father is just an ordinary mason. But Li Guifei has a lot of ideas about governing the country in her heart, and the most important point is that Li Guifei is a person who participates in politics but does not mess with politics, never gives orders indiscriminately, or makes any outrageous moves behind Longqing's back, everything is done in front of Longqing, which is the reason why Longqing will never say anything about her.
"Your Majesty......" Seeing that Longqing had not spoken for a long time, Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask, "I don't know how Your Majesty feels now, but your body is better,"
For Zhang Fan's words, Long Qing couldn't say anything, he could only smile bitterly, how his body is, Long Qing himself is the clearest, to be honest, now, Long Qing is also a little regretful, but in the past few decades, the thing of getting close to women has still changed from a hobby to a hobby, and then from a hobby to a habit, although Long Qing knows his current situation, he must not continue, but what kind of thoughts he has in his heart, to be honest, he himself is not clear.
"I don't have anything to do, just a little cultivation," Long Qing said to Zhang Fan, saying something he didn't quite believe in himself.
"So very good," Zhang Fan said, "Weichen still hopes that His Majesty can recover as soon as possible, and when he comes to the court, the hundred officials in the court are also looking forward to it," I can't see whether Longqing's words are true or false, Zhang Fan has to say so.
Facing Zhang Fan's blessing, Long Qing didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded.
This also made Zhang Fan feel a lot more at ease,