After returning to the Zhongyin Hall from Guanjin Pavilion, it has been more than an hour later. At this time, in the main hall, Feng Qing and Cao Guiren were instructing the palace people to make the final confirmation of the things that Tuoba Shen was going to take away and put them in boxes. Most of them are small objects, just a little cluttered.

Feng Qingzheng was commanding Ah Lijian when he saw Tuoba Shen and the three of them walking in. walked over and asked with a chuckle: "Erlang is back, and he is still in a hurry to pack up and send it to the end door, and I don't know if Erlang still needs to add some things." Look at it again, if there is anything missing, Grandma and your Aunt Cao will prepare it for you. ”

Tuoba Shen stepped forward and saluted Feng Qing and Cao Guiren and said, "Aunt Duolao cares, everything you want to carry has been prepared." ”

"Zhaoyi, don't worry." Cao Guiren stepped forward and took Tuoba Shen's hand and said, "Erlang hasn't had breakfast yet, let's look at it after dinner, there will be no delay left and right." ”

Feng Qing secretly said that he was busy and confused, and forgot about Tuoba Shen's visit to Guanjin Pavilion early in the morning, and turned around and ordered: "Ah Li, go and get the porridge made by the nobles." ”

Feng Qing and Cao Guiren brought Tuoba Shen to the table and sat down, and after Ah Li took the porridge that was still boiling hot, Feng Qing personally scooped it into the jade bowl with a wooden spoon and said, "This meat porridge is made by your Aunt Cao herself, it is no worse than the kitchen of the Taiguan Bureau, you can taste it carefully." Mother is clumsy, and she can only help clean the chestnut rice on the side, which is not as clever as your Aunt Cao. ”

Cao Guiren handed the small spoon to Tuoba Shen, and said embarrassedly: "The concubine is just a daily pastime, and she is not in charge of the inner palace more than Zhaoyi." These porridge soups are also easy to learn, and Zhaoyi has never tasted them, so I feel good. ”

Tuoba Shen smelled the fragrant porridge, took the spoon handed over by Cao Guiren, and took a small bite under the gaze of Feng Qing and Cao Guiren, it tasted very good, but he couldn't hide the slight shame in Tuoba Shen's heart, and felt that his face was a little hot.

Although he wanted to finish eating quickly, but because of etiquette, he could only swallow slowly, and after eating the porridge, Tuoba Shen was about to get up and say goodbye, when he saw Feng Qing say to Ah Li: "Go and get the purple brocade box I put on the makeup table." As he spoke, he took out a square towel from a wooden basin with hot water on one side, and after removing the water, he wiped some traces of porridge for Tuoba Shen.

After a while, Tuoba Shen saw Ah Li take a small brocade box, which was only two inches wide and six inches long, inlaid with jade agate, and a phoenix carved from each of the four corners of the front. Feng Qing took the brocade box and said: "When my aunt entered the palace in the past, the queen mother's aunt gave three golden jade steps, one for the eldest sister and one for the second sister, only this one is still there, and it has not been used for so many years. Feng Qing pushed the brocade box in front of Tuoba Shen and said, "Erlang has traveled far away this time and has not been in Beijing for several months. Before leaving, I didn't go to Zheng's house to complain, and if I saw Ying Niang'er later, I could shake this step with Ying Niang'er. ”

Tuoba Shen didn't say anything "too precious to want", those words were too out-of-the-box, but picked up the brocade box and said: "It's still Auntie's thoughtfulness, and I haven't given Mrs. Zheng anything so far." Auntie's step is to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. ”

Feng Qing saw that Tuoba Shen did not postpone it, and said the words "borrow flowers to offer Buddha", and looked at Cao Guiren and chuckled.

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After talking to Feng Qing and the others in the main hall, Tuoba Shen returned to bed. Just when he talked about sending Bu Shao to Zheng Niangzi, he remembered that he had promised to transfer the Taoist scriptures to Cui Yin, and a few days ago he was going to take advantage of the opportunity summoned by the emperor to submit it, but then there was a matter of asking for orders to go to the Southern Dynasty, and he forgot about the Taoist scriptures for a while, and only remembered it after returning to the Zhongyin Palace.

Tuoba Shen and Lu Guang took out the two volumes of the Taoist Sutra from the shelves full of books and placed them on the bookcase. Thinking that the time is not in a hurry now, there is no chance to transfer it. It can't be presented on the occasion of the emperor's practice.

Looking at the volume of "Lao Tzu's Western Ascension Sutra" in front of me, I felt even more headache. We're going to leave this afternoon, and now is really not the time to make a difference. That volume of "The Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Sutra" is good to say, this volume of "The Western Ascension Sutra" is really suspected of setting off a debate on Buddhism and Taoism.

After thinking about it for a while, Tuoba Shen decided to ask Feng Qingqing to transfer the "Yin Fu Sutra", as for the "Western Ascension Sutra", he would deduct it first. Anyway, no one dared to ask the emperor if he had obtained this Taoist scripture, even if the emperor knew about his detention of the Taoist scripture in the end, he was not afraid, and it would be good to explain it with "taking into account the overall situation" when the time came.

When Zheng Daozhao asked about this on the way, he said that he had already turned around. Anyway, it's really turned on, but it's not all.

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About three o'clock before noon, Tuoba Shen arrived in front of the end gate. The emperor said that he would practice it for him at noon, but he couldn't step on it.

In front of the end gate, Li Biao, Jiang Shaoyou, Zheng Daozhao and others have already arrived. Zheng Daozhao was later added to the order, which was not in line with the original purpose, so there was no him when he received the edict, and there were always those like him who were sent on an envoy, and some of them were privately asked by high-ranking officials and magnates to send their families to the Southern Dynasty to buy and sell goods. If you can go with the mission, you can use the official post station, and you can be safe. Like in ancient society, there were many thieves, and there were many people who occupied the mountains and robbed large households, and collected road money. Second, if you join an official mission, you can get tax exemption and preferential treatment when you pass through customs, which can save a lot of money and expenses. In addition, the imperial servant will also be ordered by the emperor to arrange a special person to accompany some useless things in the treasury to the Southern Dynasty to trade, and the round trip is very profitable.

Tuoba Shen looked left and right, and he didn't see Yu Zhong's figure, he was the person sent by the emperor to protect him, why didn't he see him on such an important occasion?

With these questions, Tuoba Shen stepped forward to salute Li Biao and others, and asked: "Why don't you see General Yu Zhong?" ”

Yu Shilang went to the Yulin military camp early in the morning to personally select the three hundred cavalry recruited from the south. It is also a blessing to His Royal Highness, and the lower officials have sent to the south many times, but it is only an official legend, and some accompanying caravans are less than 300 people, but this time they can be escorted by 300 sergeants, which can be said to be safe. ”

He also knew that the emperor ordered the requisition of 300 cavalry, in fact, the accompanying caravan itself would bring a lot of protective men, but for these people, the emperor could not rest assured, not only that there might be villains among them, but also because of the distrust of these amateurs, so he let Yu Zhongqin lead 300 elites to go with him.

Of course, 300 people are a drop in the bucket to go to the battlefield, and the role they play can only be said to be better than nothing, but under the premise of national stability and peace, 300 cavalry as a protective guard is enough.

"These 300 people are also a lot, how to prepare the required military resources and food?"

"Shangshu Province has sent a message to the counties along the way, and each county will prepare food for the mission, and send another 150 people to serve in their own counties and counties. Three hundred people is not much for a county, but it is only three or five days at most. For those who have served in the service, the provincial decree allows them to be exempted from conscription by virtue of other service. Speaking of which, this is a benefit to them. Your Highness, don't think too much. ”

This is also an additional levy! It's agricultural time! It seems that the emperor has issued an order that can be regarded as a nuisance to the people for the sake of his son, and it can really be said that he has done his best.