In the early morning of August 15, the rising morning glow reflected on the huge and majestic palace complex in the capital. From the outside, the glittering glazed tiles, as well as those carved beams and paintings framed with gold leaf, cast a layer of gold luster on the entire imperial city, and it is no wonder that those Westerners think that the imperial city of Chen Guo is made of pure gold.

At this time, Qian Jin was walking under the palace wall with Gonggong Su, followed by more than 20 small yellow doors carrying wooden boxes.

Looking at those wooden boxes, Qian Jin was so distressed that his teeth were sore. Although the blended wine in it was only worth more than 20 taels, the blue and white porcelain wine bottles cost more than 200 taels.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the palace has summoned the Son of Heaven to speak, and the Hanlin Academy has compiled money to enter the palace to see him. The will was only sent to the courtyard last night, and at the same time, two sets of green robe official uniforms embroidered with purple mandarin ducks were also delivered.

The courtyard was busy all night before preparing what was needed to enter the palace. On the third watch, Wen and Bao'er's mother and daughter were busy for another half an hour before they helped Qian Jin get dressed neatly.

It was surprisingly quiet along the way. Qian Jin yawned, but he didn't control it and made a sound. There were a few little yellow men muttering in the back, but they were frightened by the sharp look of Father-in-law Su who turned around and quickly shut up.

Qian Jin smiled in his heart, and said in his heart that the two hundred taels of silver he gave to Father-in-law Su last night were really not in vain.

The group walked so quietly, Qian Jin couldn't remember how many doorways he had passed through and how many corners he had turned. The weather in August was a little hot, and in the green robe and official uniform, fine beads of sweat were already appearing on his forehead.

The destination of this trip is Renshou Palace, that is, the palace where Emperor Renwu's biological mother, Empress Dowager Zheng, is located.

Listening to the meaning of Father-in-law Su, the Queen Mother summoned mainly to see how virtuous she was, after all, this Son of Heaven said that he should always accompany the Son of Heaven. If you let people with bad virtue serve the emperor, shouldn't you miss the old saying "those who are close to ink are black"?

After passing through a very deep doorway, you will find an open area, surrounded by a number of large and small palaces, rockeries, and gardens. Looking at those architectural styles, the atmosphere of life is very strong, and it must have entered the area of the inner court.

Qian Jin's heart grunted for no reason. The emperor of Chen State is about to meet, and the Empress Dowager Zheng, who has been assisting the government, he will be as nervous as the hundreds of millions of people in Chen State.

The arrangement of fate is sometimes unpredictable. He traveled to the state of Chen as a modern person, believing in 'learning from things and creating all people', while the state of Chen pursued 'the whole world is not the king's land', and all of this has only one purpose, that is, to serve the imperial power.

If he is given enough strength, he doesn't mind making all this a mess and reshaping a new Chen country. However, because of the relationship between his grandfather and uncle, he was closely integrated with the imperial power, first went out of Juyong Pass with the emperor, and then was named the champion, and he will always accompany the Son of Heaven in the future.

Father-in-law Su looked back and saw that Qian Jinzi had slowed down, so he coughed lightly to remind. Qian Jin hurriedly got rid of these fatal thoughts and quickly followed. Not far in front is the Imperial Study, which is where the emperor usually reads books and reviews the chapters.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Duke Su asked Qian Jin to wait at the door, and he went in first to report to His Majesty.

Qian Jin was a little bored, so he looked at the two guards in full uniform at the door, and found that one of them looked a little familiar.

While thinking about it, the guard said: "The Qian servant said that this official is Jin Wuwei's five-grade guard Jin Duo with a sword, and he must not salute at any time on duty. With that, he took another half step forward and whispered, "Please enjoy your face when you are free, and several of our brothers want to borrow your sword to have a look." ”

Qian Jin finally remembered that this Jin Duo was one of the few people who sneaked out of Juyong Pass with Emperor Renwu that night, and he had fought with him and cut off his sword. Now that everyone has been in the same hall as officials, they will have to meet often in the future, and he will not be able to wipe the face of this Jin Duo, so he arched his hand and smiled: "It's easy to say...... Say. ”

At this time, Father-in-law Su waved at the door. Qian Jin then straightened his official uniform, put on a solemn expression, and entered the hall along the white marble steps in front of the hall.

In the imperial study, a young man was standing with one hand at the moment, and the other hand was holding a big wolf pen and writing hard. This person was the 14th emperor of the Chen State, Zao Wou-ki.

Next to him, Cai Gongcheng waited carefully, and when the emperor finished writing one, he took it away and spread it on another table to dry, and then spread a new one.

Qian Jin bowed and stood at the door without making a sound, and he took advantage of this moment to take a closer look at the emperor.

The emperor looked relatively thin, half a head shorter than Qian Jin, with fair skin and a relatively delicate face.

Just when Qian Jin wondered why the emperor looked malnourished, Emperor Renwu raised his head and smiled: "Qian Aiqing is here?" ”

Qian Jin then bowed down.

Emperor Renwu walked to the middle of the imperial study, raised his right hand, and motioned for Qian to enter the body.

After Qian Jin stood up, he approached again and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile after a while: "Qian Aiqing is really heroic, and she deserves to be the champion I hand-picked." After that, he turned his head to look at Grandpa Cai again, as if he wanted to hear Grandpa Cai's evaluation. The latter nodded repeatedly.

Qian Jin bowed down and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your love, it's just that how can Weichen He De be worthy of this champion, and besides, Juyongguan also collided with the Holy Driver ...... that night."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Renwu raised his hand and made a "shhhh Did you know? ”

Qian Import agreed, but muttered in his heart. Even Princess Anqing knew about this, and she really didn't know what to hide. After thinking about it, he was about to go to see the Queen Mother, and it was possible that everyone in the world knew about the emperor's sneaking out of the palace, but only the Queen Mother didn't know.

At this time, the emperor's eyebrows fluttered and said: "That day, Xiaoru came to me to complain, and he cried a handful of snot and tears, I gave him this face, and let Qian Aiqing play for three more months." It's not easy to think about you scholars, if I win the champion, play him for a year first. ”

"Uh...... Your Majesty, if you also go to the top exam, how can you make the students of the world embarrassed? Qian Jin replied awkwardly.

"What Qian Aiqing said is that I am rich in the sea, so I will not compete with the students for this champion. Is this called ...... Grab a job? ”

“……”

"By the way, Qian Aiqing, can you tell me how you swept away the Japanese in Zhenjiang Mansion? And where did your sword come from? I heard that you also opened a sake brewery? I also tailor ......"

Just when Qian Jin didn't know where to start, Gonggong Cai next to him whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to the court early." ”

Emperor Renwu listened to this, turned around and glanced at Gonggong Cai with a displeased face, and said coldly: "Change clothes, go to the court." At that moment, a few little yellow doors entered the study to wait.

Seeing this, Qian Jin got up and said goodbye, saying that the Queen Mother still had a summons.

Emperor Renwu beckoned Qian Jin to approach, and whispered a few more words. Qian Jin hurriedly thanked him.

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Outside the gate of Renshou Palace, Qian Jin stood with his head down.

It has been two quarters of an hour since Father-in-law Su went in to pass the message, but the Queen Mother has never been seen to deliver the message. At this time, the sun was very poisonous, and a layer of fine sweat had already appeared on Qian Jin's forehead, and from time to time beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down and dripped on the bluestone slab at the door. Qian Jin simply settled down and relaxed his whole body, so he was not tired when he stood up.

At this moment, the door creaked open, and out of it came an old eunuch with white hair. I saw him shake the dust in his hand, and said: "Qian Shi said, the Queen Mother announced that you are here, please come with me." ”

Qian Jin bowed and thanked him, and hurriedly followed behind the old eunuch.

After entering the door, Qian Jin pounced and knelt down and kowtowed twice to the gorgeous figure sitting behind the bead curtain, and shouted: "Meet the Queen Mother." The moment he bent down, he quickly glanced around with the corner of his eye. There were only four or five maids in the house, and Father-in-law Su was also there.

After a few breaths, a lazy but comfortable voice sounded in the bead curtain: "Flatten...... Lookouts. ”

Qian Jin thanked him, and sat on the bamboo bench brought by a maid with a grin.

Before the stool was hot, the person in the bead curtain asked sharply: "I heard that when you first arrived in the capital, you traveled to Juyong Pass with my son?" ”

Qian Jin was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart that this queen mother is really not easy to match, she had let herself bask in the sun outside the door for two quarters of an hour, and now she gave herself a head start. If he answers no, he will be suspected of deceiving the Queen Mother; If he answered yes, he offended the emperor again.

Fortunately, when he left the imperial study, the emperor had already secretly instructed the opportunity, so he replied with a dead expression: "Queen Mother, there is no such thing. When I first came to Beijing, I was busy preparing for the exam, and I didn't have the leisure to go out of Beijing to play. ”

Empress Dowager Zheng was noncommittal when she heard this. Qian Jin only felt that the eyes in the bead curtain were looking at him, as if he wanted to see through his internal organs. After a long time, Empress Dowager Zheng said leisurely: "Old Man Wen is in good health?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, my grandfather's body is quite tough, but it is a little inconvenient to walk."

"I have time to pass a message to Mr. Wen for the mourning family, and say that he has remembered all the hardships he has suffered."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Now the emperor is not in shape, remember to advise him more in the future."

"Yes."

"Well, the mourning family is also lacking. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and there's nothing to reward you, I heard that you still have two children at home, so bring some osmanthus cakes in the palace back. With that, Empress Dowager Zheng waved her hand and signaled that Qian Jin could retreat.

A palace maid handed over the red lacquer food box that had been prepared to Qian Jin. Immediately afterwards, the old eunuch raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation. Goodbye to money.

This is the end of this palace.