Chapter 36: A Good Show in the Court (I)
In the blink of an eye, it was the first seven days of Yuwen Xian, the first night, the palace sent an envoy to pass down the emperor's dictation, ordering all the princes and officials above the fourth grade in Beijing to gather in Lumen on time on the fifth watch of the next day, to participate in the grand funeral ceremony held by the imperial court for Yuwen Xian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
For Yang Guang, this means that on the seventh day of the crossing, he finally had the opportunity to meet his father in this life, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui.
Yang Lihua, as Yuwenyan's mother-in-law, was naturally invited. However, she politely refused to participate in Yuwenxian's funeral on the grounds that her body occasionally felt cold, which made Yang Guang even more convinced that Yang Lihua must have gotten from Yuwenxian's biological mother Zhu Manyue that the real murderer who instigated the murder of Yuwenxian was her father Yang Jian, and refused to enter the palace to participate in the funeral to express her resentment and dissatisfaction.
Yang Guang also felt that it was a little funny for Yang Jian to hold a funeral for a former emperor who died in his hands, but when he thought that this would be the first time he had entered the palace to meet the emperor and meet with the civil and military ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty, his little heart still couldn't help but beat.
Before dawn that day, Yang Guang got up early, washed and dressed, and quietly called Xian Yuluo, who was on night duty in the verandah outside the hall, and went straight to the door of the mansion.
The two of them stepped out of the gate of the Jin Palace, but they saw Li Yuan, who was dressed in court clothes, standing outside the gate of the mansion with a smile and a groan.
"Lord, today at the emperor's behest of the emperor, I will also enter the palace to participate in the funeral of Duke Jieguo, so let Zhang Xutuo stay in the palace on an errand, and I will accompany the prince into the palace."
Yang Guang had no choice but to turn over and ride on the back of a donkey with the support of Xian Yuluo, walk side by side with Li Yuan, and walk in the direction of Lumen.
"Cousin, do you think this prince of Jie Guo was entangled by a demon and took his life?" Yang Guang asked Li Yuan as he walked with bad intentions.
"I heard that on the day of the death of Niangniang in Jieguo, Master Huizhen has been ordered to lead a group of disciples to enter the Hongsheng Palace to catch demons. Li Yuan didn't squint, and his answer was watertight.
"Seven days ago, the uninvited guest that Xian Yuluo found in the mansion, according to my cousin's opinion, could it be that he also turned into a human form and sneaked into my mansion to do misdeeds? If that's the case, I'll also invite Master Huizhen to come to the mansion for a few days to do the Dharma and suppress the demonic spirit. Yang Guang tested Li Yuan's reaction with words.
"Ah Zong," Li Yuan changed his mouth to Yang Guang's nickname, "Cousin, as the Empress of the Great Tianyuan of the Northern Dynasty and the Empress Dowager of the Jing Dynasty, she moved into your mansion to live, and some thieves followed, which was originally expected by the emperor and Niangniang." Master Huizhen is good at catching demons, but he doesn't necessarily catch thieves, don't you say? ”
Listening to the meaning of Li Yuan's words, it was clear that Yang Lihua lived in his mansion for a day, and he and a hundred Qianniuwei would never evacuate. Yang Guang's face suddenly became ugly, and he no longer had the heart to talk to Li Yuan, so he just smashed the big green donkey and walked towards the open door without a loud sound.
From a distance, Yang Guang saw that there were twenty or thirty people gathered in front of the open door, and one of the shortest seemed to be his fifth brother, Yang Liang, the king of Han, so he left Li Yuan and ran straight to Yang Liang.
"Fifth brother, I didn't expect you to get up so early at a young age, I was still thinking, there would be no one in front of the door at this time, I didn't expect you to rush in front of me." Because he had been ordered by Yang Liang to protect Liang Mo to relieve the siege, Yang Guang had a good impression of this young brother, turned over and got off the donkey, and greeted him affectionately.
"Second brother, come and see your uncle." Yang Liang pointed to a tall forbidden army general standing next to the open door with his hand, and reminded Yang Guangdao, "Uncle has worked the hardest in the past two days, and he has hardly closed his eyes since last night. ”
Yang Guang peeked at it, but saw that this person had a face like pale gold, phoenix eyes and a lion's mouth, dressed in soft armor, wearing a handsome gold helmet on his head, standing there upright, like a King Kong guarding the door.
Since Yang Liang called this person his uncle, looking at his appearance and dress, he is not only a relative of the emperor, but also a general of the forbidden army. Yang Guang thought to himself, walked a few steps, hugged his fists and bowed and said, "Yang Guang has seen my uncle." ”
At this time, Li Yuan also arrived, turned over and dismounted, ran in front of the man, and saluted with his fists: "Subordinate Li Yuan see General Dou." ”
Zuo Gongbo and Right Wuhou General Dou Rongding raised his hand at Li Yuan, said hello to him, turned his head and said to Yang Guang: "Ah Zong, why don't you come to my house these days, your aunt was still talking about you yesterday." ”
Yang Guang glared at Li Yuan, almost blurted out, and by the way, he sued him in front of his boss: "My cousin sent someone to treat me like a prisoner, where do I have time to visit my aunt and uncle." But he opened his mouth, but he still couldn't help but say nothing, and only asked Dou Rongding: "Auntie hasn't seen me for many days, but are you okay?" I will definitely go to the house to visit my aunt and uncle another day. ”
Dou Rongding patted Yang Guang's little head melon, and said considerately: "Come on, just have your words." Your house is not very peaceful, and it is good to walk around less often. Shude is only afraid that he will be idle these days, right? As he spoke, he glanced at Li Yuan with a smile.
There were more and more emperor's relatives and civil and military courtiers gathered in front of the open door, Dou Rongding saw Yang Jun, the king of Qin, and Yang Xiu, the king of Yue, coming together, so he beckoned, signaled the two of them to come to him, and asked them with a straight face: "How did I hear that you two brothers joined forces to bully Ah Zong, even if he is a year or two older than you, he can't stand up to one enemy and two enemies." Are you just joking, or are you serious? ”
Yang Jun and Yang Xiu seemed to be very jealous of this uncle, and when they heard him ask about the fight with Yang Guang in Taixue a few days ago, they glanced at each other, and replied boldly: "We are having fun, besides, the second brother is guarded by a thousand cows, how can we bully him, if we are not bullied by him, it will be good." ”
Dou Rongding raised his fist, lightly slammed Yang Xiu's chest, and said with a smile: "You kid, if you are willing to use some skills to practice martial arts every day and give away this body fat, I look at Ah Zong's small body, it is really not necessarily your opponent." ”
Yang Xiu saw that Dou Rongding was joking with him, and his courage also grew, and he muttered: "I am willing to work hard, uncle, you will not send such a master to teach me." As he spoke, he pointed at Liang Mo behind Yang Liang.
Dou Rongding said a joke, and immediately realized that it was not appropriate to joke with several princes in front of everyone on this occasion today, so he deliberately covered up his throat, looked up at the sky, and said to Yang Guang and a few others: "The hour is coming, please go back to your respective shifts and line up, and wait for Your Majesty to summon you to enter the palace." ”