Chapter 54: Entering the Palace and Facing the Saint
The eighth day of the sixth month of the twelfth year of Jianwu was a good day, and in the afternoon of that day, a small yellow door came to Fang Mansion with a holy edict and ordered Fang Zheng to enter the forbidden palace to face the saint.
As soon as he heard that Fang Zheng was going to enter the palace to see the emperor, the Fang Mansion was suddenly busy, the Fang family has so many generations of family heads, either farming or business, how have they ever seen the legendary Long Yan? Now that the young master is soaring, it will be as easy to see the emperor in the future as it is to go to the teahouse to listen to the book, and the Fang family will no longer be an inferior businessman in the future. Therefore, the subordinates were beaming with joy on their faces, and they were busy setting up cars, feeding horses, and changing court clothes for Young Master Fang.
Mrs. Fang was very dissatisfied with this messy scene, so she took out the momentum of being in charge, and commanded the on-site command of the preparatory working group for entering the palace, "Xiao Wu, go to the West Courtyard to summon the nursing home, and tell them to wait outside the gate, Fugui, go to the car, choose the newly made two-horse carriage, the young master has a knighthood, and the young master will have to use the double carriage to travel in the future, Lan'er, ask the maid to bring water to wash the young master's face, Xiaolu, change the court clothes for the young master......"
Fang Zheng had a bitter face, and let a group of people do something to him, "Mother, this ...... It doesn't have to be so grand, right? Isn't it just to see the emperor......"
Master Fang's face changed beside him, and he scolded: "Shut up!" Don't you know that woe comes from the mouth? There are officials and lords, why don't you talk for a long time? To put it lightly, do you know how many emperors can be seen in the entire Hua Dynasty? I've never seen someone as brainless as you! You have to be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, you know? Otherwise, it will give you yourself, and it will also cause trouble for our family, do you understand? β
After being reprimanded by Master Fang, Fang Zheng wilted and closed his mouth helplessly. Xiao Lu pursed her lips and chuckled lightly, she quickly changed Fang Zheng's court clothes with her hands and feet, Xiao Lu's father was a military general in the imperial court, so he was no stranger to wearing court clothes, and he quickly changed them.
Looking at himself in the mirror, with a thief head and a thief brain, and a strange description, Fang Zheng felt very dissatisfied. How to say it, the court clothes fit well, but the person wearing the court clothes is not good, no matter how you look at it, it feels like a monkey wearing clothes and singing a big show, and the appearance is extremely funny.
Alas, I'm really not fit to be an official. Fang Zheng looked at the mirror and sighed.
"Look, the young master is majestic in court clothes, full of official authority, worthy of Wenqu Xingjun descending to earth, and the young master may be in the future in the future." The subordinates were like a tide of sycophants, and the depressed mood of Young Master Fang was slightly relieved. - Let's just assume that what they say is true, I'm handsome now, I'm handsome now...... Fang Zheng got into the carriage in self-hypnosis.
The carriage is very spacious, this carriage was personally supervised by Mrs. Fang, with Fang Zheng's earl title, qualified to ride two horses, so the carriage is made of exquisite materials, the material is of the highest quality, and the horses that pull the carriage are all good horses bought from Dawan.
Uncle Fang traveled, the scene was luxurious, the nurses hugged each other, the little five faces were full of color and held their heads high, and the nurses were dressed in uniform samurai costumes, majestic. A group of people swaggered through the city in the capital, attracting the attention of passers-by.
"The pomp is too big, this is very contrary to the young master's usual low-key style of life, this is not good, it is seriously detached from the masses." Fang Zheng shook his head secretly, lifted the curtain and called Xiao Wu: "Tell the nurses, don't come out with so many people in the future, the young master doesn't like it." β
Xiao Wu wondered, "Why doesn't the young master like it?" The young master has become an official, so it should be so. β
Fang Zheng said angrily: "Shut up! Are you a young master or am I a young master? Do whatever I say, so much nonsense! Look at those nurses who gave them to the nurses, a person who looks like a dog, and is proud, and the big girls and little daughters-in-law on the street look at them with all their might, young master, I am such a handsome beautiful man, they don't see it! You go tell them to keep a low profile in the future! β
Xiao Wu suddenly realized, it turned out that the young master was afraid that the nurses had stolen his limelight.
The carriage stopped in front of the Xi'an Gate of the Forbidden Palace, and then went inside, it was the scope of the Forbidden Palace.
Fang Zheng got out of the carriage and ordered Xiao Wu and the guards to wait in place, he straightened his court clothes, straightened his official hat, and walked to the palace gate with his head held high.
Hand over the waist card, after the sergeant carefully inspected it, the side door of Xi'an Gate opened, and Fang Zheng Shi Shiran walked in.
Passing through the inner palace treasury and the eunuchs, and coming to the inner imperial city, at the gate of the inner city, there was already a small yellow gate with the emperor's command, standing outside the city gate and waiting for Fang Zheng.
Fang Zheng didn't dare to look much all the way, followed the little yellow door and turned left and right, and came to the imperial study.
The little yellow door that led the way motioned for Fang Zheng to stand outside the door and wait, and then he brushed the dust, knelt down outside the door and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Fang Zheng Fang is here." β
There was a faint "um" in the study, Xiao Huangmen stood up, flashed to the side, and said loudly to Fang Zheng: "The emperor Xuan Fang Zheng Fang Lord is hereββ"
Fang Zheng hurriedly lowered his head and crossed the threshold of the imperial study, without raising his head, he knelt on the scarlet carpet, and said loudly: "Weichen Fang Zheng knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor......"
"Okay, kowtow didn't kowtow in the right direction, see it clearly and then kowtow." There was a faint laughing voice in my ears.
"Huh?" Fang Zheng subconsciously raised his head and saw a big desk in front of him, but there was no one behind the desk, and the voice just now came from Fang Zheng's left.
Fang Zheng turned his head and found that next to the bookshelf on the left, an old man in bright yellow clothes was holding a book in one hand and looking at him with a smile.
It's really embarrassing, the first time I entered the palace, I made a fool of myself, which made the fat man know that he didn't laugh to death?
Fang Zheng didn't get up, moved his knees and turned in a different direction, and knocked his head down again, "Weichen Fang Zheng knocked on the emperor, my emperor ......"
"Calm down, don't say useless words, who in the world can really live long?" Although the emperor's tone was flat, it carried an irresistible majesty.
Why doesn't the emperor let me finish my words? Fang Zheng got up depressedly.
"Fang Aiqing, raise your head and let me take a look at you."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng slowly raised his head and looked directly at the emperor as calmly as possible.
The emperor looked at Fang Zheng carefully, the young man in front of him, said that he was handsome, he could barely say it, but he always had a taste of thieves and thieves, although his eyes seemed to have aura, he lacked some stability, and the whole person was slick and slippery.
Fang Zheng was also looking at the emperor in front of him, only to see that the old man's face was calm, with a pair of eagle eyes that were sharp and sharp, as if he could penetrate everyone's heart, his edge was restrained and not revealed, with a lofty momentum, and ...... And why does it look so familiar?
"Yo, it turned out to be you, old man," Fang Zheng blurted out without thinking, recognizing it, wasn't he the one he met at the door of the fat man's house last time? I didn't expect him to be the emperor, no wonder he once said that he was the elder of the fat man.
"Old man?" The emperor said with a strange face, and then he smiled heartily, "The old man is the old man, haha, am I not the old man......"
Fang Zheng was shocked to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly knelt on the ground with a plop, and said, "Minister...... Terrified! Ah, wrong, minister, guilty! β
"Haha, let's be flat, you're a young man, it's funny." The emperor seemed to be in a good mood and didn't bother with him about the title.
"Tell me, how did you come up with the idea of retreating from the Turks? Your understanding of the Turkic Khan's Gu Lulu and his brother Mo Si is very close. Step by step is actually in your calculations, tell me, how did you calculate so accurately? β
This emperor doesn't think I'm a fortune teller, right? Is that calculated?
"Back to the emperor, Weichen was actually inspired by what happened when he was a child. Wechen was naughty when he was a child, and often took advantage of his parents to work...... Well, after going out, I slipped out to play with the neighbor's boy, but the neighbor's boy had a bad character, and we started a fight while playing, and the kid was very strong, and I couldn't beat him, and I couldn't bear it, so I slipped to his house and spread rumors with the kid's brother, saying that his brother was going around talking bad about him outside. His brother's temper is not very good, and when he heard me say this, he immediately brought the kid back and beat him severely, and I, hehe, was awarded a piece of candy by his brother......"
"What? Your strategy of retreat...... Is it because of this? The emperor was stunned.
Fang Zheng scratched his head embarrassedly, "It's not exactly, I was too naughty when I was a child, and I can always think of ways to get it back when I am bullied, uh, these methods are not above board, but they have achieved their goals." β
"You are really ......" The emperor couldn't cry or laugh, and muttered for a long time, as if he wanted to find some words to praise Fang Zheng, but he couldn't find it, and hesitated.
Maybe I have too many advantages, and the emperor can't boast about them for a while, Fang Zheng thought proudly.
"Your method is above board, but it is extremely useful. "The Art of War" has a cloud: all those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Seeing that you have never read the book of war, but you are also crooked, I can only say that you are lucky to let you be fooled. Hehe. The emperor smiled.
The emperor's words made Fang Zheng quite dissatisfied, is this luck? This is wisdom! In the entire Hua Dynasty, except for me, who can have such a high level of wisdom?
But he is the emperor, he can say whatever he wants, what do I dare to do with him?
Fang Zheng said sullenly, "This is all thanks to the emperor's fortune and discernment, my Hua Dynasty has just turned the corner, long live my emperor......."
"Hehe, okay, don't be a sycophant." The emperor smiled very happily, and he could see that he had a good impression of Fang Zheng.
"I summoned you to the palace today, not for anything else, I just want to see you, hehe, you are the only son of the Fang family in the capital?"
"Back to the emperor, yes."
"I heard that you are eighteen years old and have not yet married a wife? It's rare to have a wife at the age of eighteen, so why don't you marry? β
This old man is a gossip.
"Back to the emperor, the Turks have not been destroyed, why should the family be the ......" Fang Zheng wanted to show his selfless side in front of the emperor.
"Your family's property is very large, hehe, even I, the emperor in the deep palace, have heard of your Fang family's name."
Fang Zheng heard this, what did the emperor mean by this? Could it be that he wants to hit our family's property, how can this old man be more shameless than me?
"Your Majesty, my family's property is not big, it's really not big. There is only a slight surplus every year, and the little silver earned has to pay taxes to the imperial court, and it has to feed thousands of shopkeepers, account rooms, and men in various shops, and there are few children left, even when my family eats, only during the New Year's holidays, can I eat a meal of meat, really. Fang Zheng cried with a sad face.
The emperor is so shrewd, he saw through Fang Zheng's tricks at a glance, he saw Fang Zheng pretending to have a bitter face, his eyes were still dripping and rolling, and he couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, I didn't have the idea of hitting your family property, you are the hero of my Hua Dynasty, and since ancient times, there has been no reason for the emperor to seek to seize the property of his courtiers, it is a matter of faint monarchy." β
Fang Zheng was relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The emperor misunderstood, although the minister's family has no money, but the minister is a loyal minister, as long as the court needs it, our family will not say a word, and give as much as you want." β
When the emperor heard this, he seemed interested: "Oh? Are you sure? β
Fang Zheng couldn't wait to slap himself hard at this time, his mouth was cheap! Why do you want to do this? Doesn't this make trouble for yourself? In case the emperor really asks him for silver, will he give it or not? - I don't know if one hundred taels is enough?
Seeing that Fang Zheng blushed, and Ai Ai was speechless, the emperor laughed, he didn't know what the ability of this courtier was, but he could make himself happy, Long Yan Dayue, it seemed that the decision to mention him to his side was right.
After a while, the emperor laughed enough, and then said: "Fang Aiqing, I have decided that you will be allowed to go to the court every day to participate in political affairs in the future." Originally, officials below the fourth rank were not qualified to go to court, and you were just a free rider of the fifth rank, and the rank had not yet arrived. But there are exceptions to everything, I will allow you to go to the court, Fang Aiqing, you have to behave well for me. β
Really let that Feng Qiudao say it, isn't Young Master Fang now entering the court and ranking in the minister's class? However, if you want Fang Zheng to wrestle with those traitors in the court, Feng Qiudao made a mistake, hum, young master, if I don't harm people, I can be regarded as contributing to society, fighting with traitors? Don't even think about it! Maybe young master, I will be a traitor myself in the future.
Fang Zheng hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: "Weichen is terrified...... Yes! Wrong! We're thanking the lord Longen, long live my emperor......"
The emperor interrupted him unceremoniously again: "Okay, there's nothing else to do, you step down, don't keep shouting long live in the future, I don't like to hear it." β
Well, this old man is not old and confused, and the words "long live" can't fool him. Since ancient times, how many emperors who have made alchemy for immortal medicine have been harmed by the word "long live", and the ministers have read a lot, so he thinks that he can really live long, with such a stupid emperor, can the people live a good life?
"Wechen retired." Fang Zheng faced the emperor, bent over, and stepped back step by step.
When he was about to walk out of the gate of the imperial study, the emperor suddenly stopped him and said coldly: "Fang Aiqing, I heard that you have a close relationship with my Princess Changping?" β
"Huh?" How did he know? Fang Zheng was shocked, and a cold sweat broke out in an instant, what did the emperor mean by asking?
"Back to the emperor, Weichen and His Royal Highness King Fu, Princess Changping all know each other, and they are indeed more familiar."
"Well, I know, you can step down." The emperor's voice was calm and unwavering, and he couldn't hear joy or anger.
When he went out, Fang Zheng was still sweating, and he said that a companion is like a tiger, which makes too much sense. As an emperor, he is talking and laughing with you at this time, but you don't know if he will turn his face immediately in the next moment. Then order someone to shoot you against the wall,ββ with a bow and arrow.
However, what did the emperor mean when he asked him about Princess Changping? Is it a casual question, or an implicit warning, to stay away from his daughter in the future?
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Happy weekend, poor buddy stayed at home all day, coding words all day, tired and his hands twitched......