Chapter 63: I Have Mercy on Me (Part II)
Yuan Bao Ju's body trembled suddenly, obviously startled, and then slowly turned around. Seeing that it was Zhao Gui, he was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, "Is there something wrong with the general?" ”
Zhao Gui's mind turned quickly, he was calm, and he said in a matter-of-fact manner, "There is indeed something to ask Daxingtai to decide......"
"The general doesn't have to say anything." Yuan Bao Ju interrupted him and said calmly, "I'm just an idle prince of the clan, and I have no real experience. This appointment in Guanzhong is just the order of the Lord to sit in charge, and he does not know many things in Guanzhong. If the general has something to do, he still needs to ask the hussar general, and he doesn't have to come and ask me, so as not to mislead the country. After saying that, he pointed to several large and small bluestones beside him that were chatting about the tables and chairs, and motioned for Zhao Gui to sit down and speak.
Zhao Gui did not insist on persuasion, and only sat down according to orders. Yuan Baoju smiled and asked, "I have no one in Guanzhong, only the eldest princess is a cousin." It's just that I don't know when the princess will bring the eldest princess to Chang'an? ”
Seeing that the ingots torch changed the topic, Zhao Gui no longer mentioned what happened just now. quickly replied, "The eldest princess is pregnant, so it is naturally inconvenient to live outside for a long time." The captain of the horse has already ordered someone to pick it up, and it will be ...... counted" Zhao Gui thought about it and said with confidence, "It will only be in Chang'an in the next two days." ”
Yuan Bao Ju smiled, "That's very good. The Lord is worried about my sister and orders me to say hello, and it seems that we will see each other soon. ”
Zhao Gui also nodded and smiled.
Spring has been in Luoyang for a long time. Especially in these days, the weather is warm every day, the spring shirt is getting thinner, the peach, apricot, and pear blossoms are snow-white and pink, and the heaviness of winter in Luoyang City has been completely thrown off.
Since Gao Cheng went to Chang'an, the prime minister's mansion has become more and more calm. Naturally, the relatives don't care much about the things that are far away. Not to mention the Great Prime Minister's Mansion, even above the court, the entire capital, and even the Great Wei seem to have begun to gradually forget the death of the once unreachable Guanzhong Daxing Taihe Bayue.
Naturally, a city and a place cannot be in the hands of one person for a long time, even the real ruler of Dawei is also a feng shui turn, and he cannot always be in one person.
The real master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the return of the Prime Minister Gao Huan made the mansion not panic because of the departure of the young master. The court in Luoyang has also returned to the past, completely returning to the time when the prime minister was in power. What is particularly different is that the prime minister is in charge, and the young emperor regards him as highly respected, and is no longer as willful and rebellious as before.
Today's weather was exceptionally good, and the cold, damp, and mildew of the winter had been completely wiped out by the blazing sun. Concubine Shi, Princess Feng Yi, Yuan Zhonghua's maid Ah Jiao opened the courtyard door, and the claustrophobic small courtyard came alive the moment it was connected to the outside world.
Ah Jiao turned around, and Princess Feng Yi Yuan Zhonghua was standing at the door, followed by two or three maids. Ah Jiao looked Yuan Zhonghua up and down a few times, helped her straighten out her slightly messy skirt, and then asked, "Your Highness, will you go?" As he spoke, he looked at Yuan Zhonghua's expression.
"Okay." Yuan Zhonghua's words were soft but he didn't say much, so he walked outside the courtyard. Although he lives in simplicity every day, it is not something to omit to his in-laws, this is Yuan Zhonghua's etiquette. Because of this, she is very liked by the prime minister and Concubine Lou.
As soon as he left the courtyard, he saw a maid hurrying over. The maid called from afar, "Your Highness......"
Princess Feng Yi knew that she was the one who Dacheng got along with, so she stopped and asked Ah Jiao, "Is there something wrong with the adult?" ”
Ah Jiao also stopped, "The prime minister has been busy with government affairs these days...... Before she finished speaking, the maid had arrived in front of her.
"Your Highness, the prime minister entered the palace early in the morning, and His Highness doesn't have to go to salute." After speaking, he resigned, "If the princess has no other instructions, the slave and maid will retire." ”
Yuan Zhonghua didn't speak, and Ah Jiao saw that she didn't command, so she whispered to the maid, "Sister, go first." ”
"Let's go, go to Grandma's." Yuan Zhonghua said a word and walked towards Concubine Lou's residence.
Concubine Lou's place and Yuan Zhonghua's residence are not far away, and you can reach it diagonally through the back garden. This section of the road is Yuan Zhonghua's favorite walk. Because there are often no people in the garden at this time, and especially at this time of year, the garden is prosperous, with birds singing and insects singing, which is very quiet and interesting.
Walk through the garden to the door of Concubine Lou. Before Ah Jiao called the door, suddenly the courtyard door opened by itself, and it was the second son, Gao Yang, who came out of it. In fact, Ah Jiao always felt that she was very afraid of this second son. I don't know why, the prince has a big temper, and the second son never loses his temper easily, but she is not afraid that the son is afraid of the second son.
Gao Yang looks completely different from Gao Cheng, he can't be called a little beautiful, and his appearance is not outstanding at all, and he is extremely inconspicuous. With a gloomy personality and a silent personality, no one knows what is going on in his heart. When he saw Yuan Zhonghua standing outside the door, he was obviously surprised, as if he couldn't hide his unexpected joy, and immediately stepped out of the door to salute.
"Your Highness is also here to see your mother?" Gao Yang's complexion was dark, and his eyes were originally shining, but they were not so obvious.
Ah Jiao and other maidservants also gave gifts to the second son.
"Oh, it turns out that the second son is also here." Yuan Zhonghua said lightly.
Gao Yang's smile was a little stiff, and he was stunned for a moment, "The eldest brother is not in the mansion, if my sister-in-law has anything, just tell me." He was very sincere. It seems that in order to confess that he is an adult who has grown up and has this ability, he suddenly fished out the hem of his shirt, picked up a jade pendant that was oily and gloomy, handed it over and said with a smile, "Yesterday, when I entered the palace to meet Her Royal Highness the Queen, the Queen pulled me and talked to me for a long time, and I specially rewarded this." ”
This is indeed something worth showing off for Gao Yang. He has been his brother Gao Cheng's follower since he was a child, Gao Cheng is talented and beautiful, and he has always been a collection of thousands of favors. Gao Yang has never been conspicuous, not to mention that he is still young.
Although they were born to the same mother, Gao Changjun and Gao Cheng were all over the country, while the twins Gao Yang and Gao Yuanjun were passers-by. Gao Changjun has always been close to his younger brother Gao Cheng, whether before entering the palace or after presiding over the harem of the Great Wei, and rarely takes care of Gao Yang, the younger brother. Now it is really rare to pull Gao Yang to talk for a long time.
Yuan Zhonghua didn't take the jade pendant, but only glanced at it, it was a Fuhu Arhat green jade jade pendant. But she also felt Gao Yang's sincerity. It's just that he didn't pretend to be pretentious, only smiled slightly, and said lightly, "The second son has a heart." ”
Gao Yang put down the jade pendant in a daze, and said with some sadness, "Your Highness has a big heart, and you don't look down on my slave." Then he turned and left.
Ah Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
Somehow, Yuan Zhonghua was so excited by these words that he felt a pain in his heart, and remembered what happened before Gao Yang went to Jinyang, so he blurted out, "Second brother......"
Gao Yang immediately stopped and turned around when he heard this call, turned around and smiled, "Sister-in-law doesn't have to take it to heart. ”
Yuan Zhonghua also smiled and nodded.
Concubine Lou may not know what happened at her door, most of her thoughts are on her son Gao Cheng and her husband Gao Huan.
In fact, after careful calculation, the time when the prime minister Gao Huan left the house was still in the early hours of the morning.
The court of Great Wei gradually woke up from its dark slumber. Early risers can smell the smell of early morning. From the darkness to the early morning light, the huge shadows cast by the palace could be clearly seen, and the inner prison servants began to perform their duties in an orderly manner in the Wei Palace. The world of Great Wei has started a new day.
This day is destined to be an extraordinary day. Not only the people of the palace, some important people, some important things, have appeared since the early hours of this morning, and have already begun.
As soon as the prime minister Gao Huan entered the gate, he proudly walked through the pavilion and crossed the hall to find the emperor Yuan Xiu. When the people in the palace saw the prime minister, they were like the emperor in person, and no one was afraid of his majesty. But as soon as Gao Huan passed the Taiji Palace, he saw an elderly attendant coming out from behind the Taiji Palace, and hurried to the front to greet him.
Gao Huan stopped and raised his hand.
This inner prison is the person he arranged next to Emperor Yuan Xiu, and he knows how to measure it. At this time, there must be something important to come.
"Great Prime Minister," the inner eunuch got up and walked up two steps and whispered, "General Wei Yu Jin was summoned into the palace by Zuo Zhaoyi Yuan Mingyue as soon as he arrived in Luoyang. ”
This matter is very unusual, Gao Huan also blurted out unusually, "The old man has been in Jinyang for a long time, but he didn't know that there was another Empress Dowager Hu in the palace?" Gao Huan was very unhappy in his heart, his heavy hatred for Yuan Mingyue started from Gao Cheng, from Empress Gao Changjun, and from Emperor Yuan Xiu, which was cumulative and unchangeable. Even if she can act like Gao Huan, she can't help but hate at this time, "Is she going to openly interfere in government affairs?" I'm afraid I don't have this qualification yet. ”
The inner supervisor replied, "Zuo Zhaoyi said that he was not worried about his brother King Nanyang, and specially ordered Yu Jin to enter the palace to reply. ”
If you don't worry about your brother, if you want to ask about the news of Nanyang Wang Yuanbao Torch, you don't have to look for Yu Jin. General Wuwei Yuan Bi, Nanyang Wang's concubine Yi Fu, which one can't be asked. It would be far-fetched to say that you have to ask Yu Jin. This is obviously Emperor Yuan Xiu's eagerness to see Yu Jin. However, if Emperor Yuan Xiu wants to see Yu Jin, he can be completely open, and he doesn't have to meet in private. Yu Jin was transferred from Chang'an to the capital, naturally he wanted to meet the Son of Heaven, why was he impatient to summon him privately as soon as he arrived in Luoyang?
Gao Huan was already very skeptical about this matter in his heart, but he didn't say any more, only asked, "Does the queen know about this?" ”
The inner supervisor replied, "I haven't gone to report to the queen yet." He thought for a moment and said carefully, "The Empress may already know about this. He knew very well that the queen at this time was already in the Great Wei Inner Palace.
Gao Huan nodded and said, "Since Zuo Zhaoyi is not worried about King Nanyang, presumably the emperor is also very concerned about King Nanyang, and the old man is inconvenient to disturb at this time, so he will go back to the house, and he doesn't have to tell the lord that I have been here." With that, he glanced at the inner prisoner. There was no need to tell the rest, he naturally knew what to do.
"Send the prime minister." The inner supervisor saluted and looked at Gao Huan's back as he turned away.
Yu Jin is the first time to Luoyang, and it is the first time to enter the palace. What he didn't expect was that he was summoned into the palace as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, and he was called to the emperor's concubine Zuo Zhaoyi Yuan Mingyue. Although he had never seen this nobleman, he had already known it. Not to mention her relationship with Nanyang Wang Yuanbao Torch, just daring to confront the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Gao Huan, Queen Gao Changjun is enough to make people dare not despise it. The emperor did not hesitate to fall into the stigma of not cultivating for her, and at this time he openly interfered in government affairs, Yu Jin was also very curious about what kind of person this Zuo Zhaoyi was.