Chapter 369: Accidental Collision
Compared with the small setbacks at the beginning, when Li Rong took or said that he accompanied Zhu Houzhao and Xu Xun to visit four or five palaces that housed the women selected this time, Lin Lin always saw more than 100 palace maids who were selected, but found that Zhu Houzhao's interest was getting lower and lower, and in the end, he was simply not interested, Rao is a person who was nearly eighty years old, and he had seen all the winds and waves, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
You must know that he was able to get the palm seal of the celebrant this time, all because he used the things after the election to impress Zhu Houzhao to remember the old feelings, but those feelings can't be maintained for a long time, if this time the matter is smashed, relying on the route of those women who have become mothers to blow the pillow wind in the future will not succeed, how can he sit in a stable position?
Therefore, when he came out of a narrow small courtyard, he didn't care about revealing Zhu Houzhao's identity, and turned sideways and asked in a cautious whisper: "Your Majesty, the next place is Qiaoyun Pavilion, there are thirty-two people in it, all of them are light and good at dancing, and the most rare thing is that there is a pair of cousins who are twenty-eight years old but have seventy or eighty percent similar appearances......
"I want to watch the dance, won't I go to the Teaching Division!"
Zhu Houzhao finally got impatient, and burst out angrily with this sentence, leaving the others and walking straight away. At this time, Xu Xun saw Li Rong stunned there, and he only had time to speak: "Gonggong Li might as well stay here for a while, I'll catch up and persuade you!" ”
Although Li Rong was not worried about the two people in front of him at all, and he didn't believe that Xu Xun would be kind enough to persuade the emperor to change his mind, Zhu Houzhao's attitude had already made it clear that he was annoyed, and he was depressed, but he didn't dare to catch up like this, so he could only secretly calculate where he miscalculated today. can think about it, he still can't figure it out at all after taking Zhu Houzhao for several years.
Among these women just now, there are all kinds of styles and manners, and there are always everything, which he has spent countless efforts to screen out, and it is expected that the little emperor will not say that he will choose one, even if he chooses ten, it is more than enough, how can Zhu Houzhao not like any of them?
Li Rong couldn't figure it out, but Xu Xun, who was chasing Zhu Houzhao, had already vaguely understood. Although Li Rong, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and seal, is not the emperor, but in the eyes of these unpredictable women, he is tantamount to a big man who controls his fate, so everyone is trying their best to show their most beautiful side, and at the same time show the deepest deference, which is no different from the beautiful palace maids that Zhu Hou is used to seeing in Chengqian Palace-the only difference is that these women dare not rashly convey their eyebrows and eyes at the moment.
Therefore, it was easy to catch up with Zhu Houzhao, so he pulled people in a low voice and said: "Don't worry about the emperor, it's easy to come and take a look, let's get rid of Gonggong Li and them, and walk around, just say that we are lost little eunuchs, or begging for saliva to drink, in short, no matter what the excuse, just find a courtyard and crash into it." They don't know who we are, so it's not so boring. ”
Zhu Houzhao was annoyed that he came this time and returned disappointed, but as soon as he heard Xu Xun's words, he suddenly stopped, and then looked at Xu Xun motionless for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Good idea, really good idea, it seems right to pull you out today!" That's right, following Li Rong, all of them have wooden faces or smiling faces, and they are annoyed to death, so let's crash into them one by one and see. Come on, let's go, I just watched one of the ten stops! ”
finally moved the little emperor again, Xu Xun was determined, and immediately followed quickly. However, this method sounds good, but in two or three courtyards in a row, they all bumped into the eunuch in charge, and as soon as the word lost came out, he was immediately reprimanded by someone with a head and a face, if he hadn't taken advantage of Zhu Houzhao's madness to pull people down, maybe something would have happened. Just when he gradually retreated in his heart, and secretly said that it was really unfavorable to travel, Zhu Houzhao had already angrily rushed into a somewhat remote courtyard in front of him.
"Someone doesn't!"
Because of the successive eating and chopping, Zhu Houzhao's shouting naturally brought out a bit of anger and ruin. As soon as the words fell, someone from the east wing opened the curtain and came out. The girl was twenty-eight years old, combed a snail bun, wore a green yellow cardigan, a blue threaded skirt, and only a pair of jade stoppers on the earlobes on the whole body, at first glance it looked simple and unpretentious, but if you look closely, the eyes are gentle and charming, and there is a half-familiar style. After walking quickly, she asked, "May I ask ...... little father-in-law is here?"
Seeing that it was finally not those hateful-looking stewards and eunuchs, Zhu Houzhao's face softened slightly, and Xu Xun took the opportunity to rush ahead and said: "It's a hot day, we were ordered to find a father-in-law here, but unfortunately we got lost and wanted to beg for saliva to drink......
Before he finished speaking, the person who originally opened the curtain at the door of the main room and the west wing to watch the movement immediately retracted his hand, and he could faintly hear the complaint inside: "I thought it was the old ancestor of the celebrant or a noble person from somewhere who sent someone, it turned out to be an unqualified boy, so noisy that I didn't sleep well this afternoon!" ”
"What are you dreaming of, who doesn't know that the courtyards in front of Qiongfang Courtyard are the people who can be seen in the eyes of the old ancestor of the celebrant supervisor, what kind of brand name are we, and if we are assigned to such a remote place, what noble people will come?"
"Sleep and sleep, really, this hot afternoon must not stop, what the hell to get lost......"
Zhu Houzhao was so angry by this nonsense that if he hadn't been pulled by Xu Xun, he would have been furious almost immediately. The older girl looked back at the room, and then walked quickly outside to take a look, and saw that there was no one else except Xu Xun who was following Zhu Houzhao, so she hurriedly beckoned the two to follow under the shade of the tree, and walked quickly to the house to bring two cups of tea.
"The two little fathers-in-law, they are also hot and temperamental, so they complained. Father-in-law Chen, who is in charge here, has the strictest rules, he has just been out for a while, you drink water and leave quickly, otherwise you will bump into him and there will be no good fruit to eat. ”
"What no good fruit to eat......" I didn't bump into anything good all the way just now, and when I heard these words, Zhu Houzhao finally turned a little pale, took the tea and drank two sips, his brows immediately locked tightly, "What kind of tea is this!" ”
"What tea? Of course, it's an aged tea that I don't know when it was produced! As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words fell, the curtain in the east wing room was raised high again, but this time it was a tall woman with a full face who came out, "I know that we don't have money to give people some money, we don't have the right to let people take care of it, the food is either cold or rancid, and the tea leaves don't know if it's the tea residue left over from the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, so I almost didn't send the moldy and smelly things, if you want to add anything, you have to take the money out to fill it, if you are not satisfied, you go to ask the Chen father-in-law!" ”
Seeing that the tall woman had finished speaking in one breath, she dropped the curtain and went back to the house, and the older lady who came out with the tea at the beginning sighed. At this time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sink his face, and said angrily: "This selection, I heard that the money and grain allocated by the palace are very generous, how can you use this kind of tea residue and what kind of cold and rancid meals...... They are not afraid that there will be a concubine among you, and they will settle accounts with them when the time comes! ”
The old girl put Xu Xun's empty teacup back into the tea tray in her hand, and when she saw that Xu Xun didn't make a sound, she sighed in a low voice: "Little father-in-law, don't say this." If you want to produce a concubine, it has to be how much virtue the ancestors have accumulated. She also said casually for a while, don't take it to heart. ”
She said this, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. After all, that one was the ancestor of the family who had a third-grade official. But the scholarly family, if there is not a Jinshi in two generations, it will be defeated. What's more, after entering the palace, the king of Hades is better than a little ghost, looking at these two little fire people who are young and reckless, they want to spread the rumors, but even if they are lucky, Gonggong Chen may not necessarily step down. But when the time comes, if someone is still standing, it will not be easy to move a palace maid?
"Tell me about it?" Xu Xun raised his eyebrows, and then said with a smile, "After all, the wall has ears, and people are unpredictable?" ”
The old girl was stunned for a moment, but did not answer Xu Xun's words, but said with a straight face: "Don't talk about these gossips, let's go quickly!" Two days ago, there was also a person about the same age as you in the courtyard next door who broke in by mistake, but Chen Gonggong was angry, and he was pulled out to be forty boards, and now people don't know whether they are dead or alive. ”
Xu Xun knew that the ungraded little firefighters in this palace were like consumables, and life and death were a matter of the great eunuch's words, so this reminder was sincere, so he couldn't help laughing: "Thank you for the kindness of the girl, let's go." ”
"What's the hurry!" It was difficult for Zhu Houzhao to meet someone who was willing to talk to him, and seeing that this old girl was not like the palace maids he had seen, who always wanted to scratch her head and make a gesture, but dared to pick up the shelf and reprimand her, he couldn't help but be interested, and grabbed Xu Xun to prevent him from moving, and then asked with a smile, "The girl reminded me very much, I don't know who the girl's surname is, and where is she from?" ”
The older girl unexpectedly ran into such a bold little fireman, and when she heard that someone in front of her was beaten, she couldn't help but linger, and she couldn't help but say angrily for a while: "People are little ghosts, what are you asking these for!" If you don't leave, you're really going to be hit by the board! ”
Where does Zhu Houzhao eat this set, he hooked his finger at the old girl when he looked around, and said mysteriously: "What kind of board, I tell you honestly, I am a celebrity in front of Gonggong Li, who dares to offend me?" After speaking, he glanced at Xu Xun again, and slammed his elbow into him, "Xiao Xu, did you say?" ”
Xu Xun didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to pull out Li Rong's banner in a blink of an eye, and he was angry and funny for a while, so the surname Suo also nodded and said: "Yes, yes, Xiao Zhu, you are a celebrity in front of Gonggong Li, and you can walk sideways in this palace." ”
As soon as the words fell, the old girl burst out laughing, and the smile was as gorgeous as a flower, but then she immediately said with a straight face: "You two don't expect to fool people by pulling up the tiger skin to make a big banner!" There were only a few people around Li Gonggong when he was fair, and there were many people in and out, who didn't recognize him? ”
"It's really unlucky, it's rare for Father-in-law Li to come over, our family deliberately rushed to the front, but I stood under the sun for two quarters of an hour, and I didn't even see a side!"
The old girl made a gesture of rushing people with her empty hands, but before she could drive Zhu Houzhao to move a step, a sharp and thin voice came from outside, and she immediately snorted. Before she could find a place for Zhu Houzhao and Xu Xun to hide, a tall and thin middle-aged eunuch entered the courtyard. As soon as he saw an idler in the yard, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and then sneered: "Okay, a few days ago, a person with no eyes fell, but today two people who don't remember their surnames bumped in!" ”
(To be continued)