Changle Palace is also in the south of the city. Su Ren sat in the car and was surrounded by more than a dozen public servants who had changed into civilian clothes. The carriage was ordinary, with no emblem or flag, just like an ordinary horse-drawn carriage. There was a commotion outside the car, it should have been on a certain street, Su Ren wanted to go out to take a look, but after looking for a long time, he didn't find the loophole in the car curtain.

Ji Di sat opposite Su Ren, his right hand on the hilt of the sword: "This is Xixin Street, not very far from your Dongxin Street, turn a corner in front, to the north is to enter the palace, to the east is Dongxin Street." ”

"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "I haven't even seen the scenery of Chang'an when I came to Chang'an, if I am killed this time, I really can't come here." ”

Ji Di smiled slightly: "This is also true, anyone who angers the Empress Dowager will not end well." ”

Su Ren nodded: "There is a saying that a companion is like a companion tiger, this is true at all, there is no good person in the royal family, they are all tigers who eat people and don't spit out bones, I wonder if Jing Zhaoyin feels this way?" When we met in Chengdu a few months ago, you were still a confidant, but I didn't expect that in just three months, it was already Jing Zhaoyin, and Mr. was promoted so quickly! ”

"By the way, Jing Zhaoyin went to Chengdu to take away my teacher Wen Dang in person three months ago, as far as I know, my teacher's crime is different from Mr. Dong's, and it is not a case at all, can Jing Zhaoyin tell the truth, what is the reason why my teacher was arrested?"

Ji Di looked at Su Ren and rolled his eyelids: "Dong Zhongshu instigated His Majesty to respect Confucianism and abolish the ancestral law, the Empress Dowager personally ordered this group of Confucian students to be arrested, and because Dong Zhongshu was a great Confucian and did not directly participate in it, so he was only locked up in the Tingwei Office, and now it has been more than three months, but he has not suffered any crimes, unlike Zhao Juan and Wang Zang, I am afraid that he has died several times, and there is still a chance to save Dong Zhongshu." ”

"I'm asking about my teacher, Wen Dang, Wen Taishou?"

Ji Di smiled: "I'm just acting on orders, and I'm not a court lieutenant, naturally I don't know about the affairs of the Wen Party, the will of the court is very clear, the Wen Party has no way to govern the county, and a border county almost let him bury all the county soldiers, just this one is enough to dismiss the official and go to prison!" ”

Su Ren stared at Ji Di for a long time: "Even you don't dare to tell the truth, it seems that this matter is very serious." ”

Ji Di ignored Su Ren anymore, and the carriage walked east along Xixin Street, and after walking for a while, it turned north, and in front of it was the gate of Changle Palace. Suddenly, more than a dozen masked men rushed out of the nearby alley, and the carriage came to a sudden stop, and the horses neighing. The duke guarding the carriage immediately drew his weapon.

"Who is so bold to commit murder in the imperial city in broad daylight?"

The man in black ignored it and rushed up, with skillful movements and tacit cooperation. A dozen dukes were half brought down in an instant. A guy hurriedly grabbed a gong to warn. Before he could knock it, he was knocked unconscious by someone with a stick on his head. Ji Di and Su Ren heard the movement outside in the car, and they both wanted to come out, but they were stuck at the car door in a hurry.

The streets were already in chaos, and seeing that the public could not parry, they hid beside the carriage and struggled to support themselves. More than a dozen southern troops outside the gate of Changle Palace rushed over, and the black-clothed men immediately divided a few people to block, and the rest attacked vigorously. With a sword cut down, Su Ren hurriedly retracted his head, the blade flashed in front of him, and a wisp of green silk slowly floated down.

"Jing Zhaoyin, this is Chang'an under your rule?"

Ji darkened his face and shouted loudly, hoping that someone nearby would help. The southern army guarding the Changle Palace reacted quickly, and more and more people rushed over. The man in black once had the upper hand, but he was slowly suppressed. Seeing that things were not going well, with a whistle, the man in black grabbed his injured companion and went into the alley on the other side.

Several holes in the carriage that were pierced by the sword were clearly visible, Su Ren's hair bun was already messy, and the clothes he changed when he came were also broken a few big holes, he looked down at his embarrassed appearance, and muttered: "How can you see the Queen Mother?" It's too rude to rot like this! ”

Ji Di looked at Su Ren, frowned, and let the bearded man ask what to do outside the car. The soldiers of the southern army had already chased down, and Jing Zhaoyin's dukes began to clean up. Of the twelve men who came, eight were wounded and three were dead, but only the bearded man of the leader was unharmed. With the retreat of those black-clothed people, the neighborhoods near Changle Palace were in chaos.

The dukes and soldiers who came from all over the world made it impossible to get through here. Ji Di jumped out of the carriage and said to the bearded man: "Send Mr. Su back, I want to enter the palace!" Be careful on the road, the origin of those people in black is unknown, don't have an accident! ”

"Whoa!" The bearded man agreed, and threw the wounded brother and the dead man into Su Ren's carriage in one go, so that the others escorted the carriage back to Jing Zhaoyin.

Zhuang Qingzhai was standing in front of Jing Zhaoyin's mansion, and as soon as Su Ren's carriage stopped, Zhuang Qingzhai said to Su Ren with a smile: "Mr. Su is frightened!" ”

Su Ren saw the smile on Zhuang Qingzhai's face and said, "The words are good, but the expression makes me feel that you are asking me, why are you not dead yet?" ”

"Hahaha......" Zhuang Qingzhai laughed: "The Empress Dowager Yizhi!" ”

The public hurriedly knelt on the ground, and Su Ren had to kneel as a last resort. Zhuang Qingzhai became solemn for a moment, put his hands on his chest, and stood on the steps: "The Empress Dowager decrees, Xuansu Ren enters the palace with Zhuang Qingzhai from Qinghua Gate!" ”

After everyone finished giving the salute, Zhuang Qingzhai helped Su Ren up: "Mr. Su, please?" ”

Another carriage was ready, and there were more than thirty soldiers wearing armor, holding long lances, and carrying bows and arrows on their backs, guarding both sides of the carriage. The carriage is also very high-end, and the magnificence can be described as rare in the world. Su Ren looked at Zhuang Qingzhai and then at the luxury carriage.

Zhuang Qingzhai said: "This is the car of the chief princess of the pavilion, the eldest princess specially took it out in order to fulfill her filial piety, and came to pick you up as a miracle doctor!" ”

"Princess Guantao?" Su Ren asked rhetorically: "Is she so kind?" There can't be some conspiracy, right? I cut off one of her son's arms, and she actually repaid her grievances with virtue, do you believe Zhuang Yushi? ”

"Believe it or not, the Empress Dowager is still waiting! Hurry up and get in the car! Zhuang Qingzhai ignored Su Ren and went straight into the carriage.

Su Ren shook his head and had to follow into the carriage. From the outside, it is described as luxurious, but when you enter the inside, you can't explain these two words. Carved beams and paintings, jewels are not enough to meet the standard of the heart. It is said that the Liu family was originally clothed and ascended to the throne overnight. The Liu family, who have never enjoyed it much, is good to see everything, whether it is gold and silver jewelry or silk and satin.

Princess Liu of Guantao has inherited the characteristics of the Liu family very well. The inside of the carriage was a little dazzling, a fist-sized night pearl on the left, two precious stones on the right, a bronze mirror with a gold base on the opposite side, and a fat powder box made of fine wood at hand. The aroma inside the car is very strong, I don't know what spices are used, and it is a little pungent. Su Ren sneezed loudly.

Su Ren found a crystal clear multicolored stone in the carriage, pure and transparent. Looking at it from this side, Zhuang Qingzhai on the opposite side has strange facial features, which is particularly ridiculous. Su Ren said with a smile while playing: "Princess Guantao spent a lot of money on this thing back then, right?" ”

Zhuang Qingzhai ignored Su Ren, and the more Su Ren looked at the transparent multicolored stone, the more familiar he felt. Colorful stone is glass, and when the glass is fired, it will contain impurities to some extent, so it will be colorful. Only this transparent glass has few impurities and is transparent. Su Ren remembered that there were many multicolored stones sent from Wuyang at the beginning, but this kind of transparent would never exceed ten.

The carriage finally entered the palace, because it was the car of Princess Guantao's mansion, and he could move freely in the palace. It was only in front of the steps of the Changqiu Hall that he stopped. There are palace people who helped Zhuang Qingzhai down, and Su Ren followed. Style! Su Ren has also seen those antique buildings in the park in the later generations, and the cornices and walls are indeed very beautiful, but those are similar in shape, and the real Han Dynasty buildings can't do it at all.

Su Ren looked at it indiscriminately, and was slapped by Zhuang Qingzhai: "The palace is heavy, bow your head, don't look around!" ”

Su Ren had no choice but to look at his nose and nose, and followed Zhuang Qingzhai into the main hall. Here is a bit of a palace inner courtyard feeling, although rustic but not stingy, all the things are high-end. Everything is neatly arranged and properly categorized. There were many palace maids and palace people standing on both sides, all of them quietly without any sound.

Directly opposite the door is a pair of spiritual seats, and the fine sandalwood emits curling green smoke. The imperial palace of the Han Dynasty did not have so many rules, and the Taimiao to worship the ancestors did not appear. In addition to the ancestral tablets of the ancestors in the ancestral shrine of the Liu family, the spiritual seats of Liu Heng, Liu Qi and Liu Wu were placed in their own bedrooms by the Dou family. The old lady is old and reluctant to part with her husband and son.

Zhuang Qingzhai knelt down and saluted, and Su Ren followed. Behind a curtain, several women were talking. After the two of them finished their greetings, an old voice said, "Come in!" ”

Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly got up and turned into the wing room on the west side. After a while, someone from the palace came out to summon Su Ren and said that the Empress Dowager wanted to see him. The first time he met the royal people, it was still the famous Dou family, and Su Ren couldn't help but be a little nervous. After taking a few deep breaths, he followed the palace people into the wing. I didn't dare to look up, I only knew to kneel.

"Villain Su Ren, meet the Empress Dowager Taihuang, meet the Princess of the Pavilion Tao, and meet the Queen!" Zhuang Qingzhai came in just now, and when Su Ren heard what he said, he followed suit.

Or the old voice: "You are Su Ren?" I heard that the people of Shu County call you a miracle doctor, how many days have you figured out the condition of the mourning family? ”

"The Empress Dowager, the villain doesn't know how to heal, so he doesn't dare to call him a miracle doctor!"

"Bold Zhuang Qingzhai! Could it be that you want to bully the king? Su Ren was lying on the ground, and if he didn't get up, he couldn't get up. I only heard a woman interjecting, presumably it should be the princess Liu Yan, the chief of the pavilion.

Su Ren hurriedly said: "The eldest princess is angry, although the villain is not knowledgeable in medicine, he is already a little sure of the Empress Dowager's illness!" ”

"Good! Tell me about it! Dou said.

"Whoa!" Su Ren agreed: "Before the villain heals the Empress Dowager, he dared to ask the Empress Dowager to order all the children and grandchildren close to him to be found, but it may be useful, including Your Majesty!" ”

Zhuang Qingzhai had been standing aside, and immediately looked at him with a strange look after listening to Su Ren's words.