Chapter 56: A Chance Encounter in the Palace
The weather in early spring was still very cold, Gao Huan walked out of the Zhengde Hall in cotton clothes, and he was still thinking about the few yin and yang strange words that the emperor said just now: "I have issued an edict ordering the princes of the world to lead troops into Beijing, defend Kyoto, and help the King of Qi to exterminate the Erzhu clan." What does he mean by that? Gather together all the princes of the world...... Could it be that Gao Huan remembered the famous Nobunaga siege network between Oda Nobunaga in Japan's Warring States Period and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, a fifteenth general.
How could such a thought come to mind, and what is the connection between these two things? Gao Huan was puzzled.
Gao Huan passed by a deserted palace when he suddenly heard someone laughing and talking inside, it seemed to be a group of women. Gao Huan was very curious, and asked Gao Zhongming beside him, "What kind of place is this?" How can anyone still live in such a desolate place? ”
"Back to the king, this is the Hanzhang Palace, which is a special place in the palace for the concubines of the previous dynasty to live, and the so-called cold palace is also." Gao Zhongming replied truthfully.
Gao Huan was very curious about how there was still someone in this cold palace who could live so happily, so he walked to the gate of the main hall, and when a little eunuch who was dozing off saw Gao Huan, he was so frightened that he hurriedly got up from the chair and knelt at Gao Hua's feet, trembling, unable to speak.
Gao Huan ignored him and pushed the door directly. I saw that the hall was very simple, and the furnishings were very simple, but they were arranged in an orderly manner, and the finishing was very neat, and at a glance I knew that the people who lived here were more particular people.
Sitting on the couch facing each other are two stunning women of about twenty-five or sixteen years old who are playing a kind of chess throwing, which is a kind of drinking toy, and the losing family will be punished for drinking. On the side, a beautiful girl with a graceful figure was clapping and celebrating. When the three beauties saw Gao Huan walk in, they all looked at him.
Gao Huan's kid is indeed quite handsome, the three beauties are staring at him intently, he is a little embarrassed and coughs dryly: "I don't know how many ladies are here, I want to forgive my sins." "Anyway, I deliberately made a gesture for the three beauties.
I saw the pretty lady in the green shirt get up and ask aggressively: "Who are you, how dare you trespass in the palace?" Any idea what this place is? ”
The woman in the red shirt hurriedly dissuaded: "Sister, you too, this noble man must have gone the wrong way in a panic and entered the wrong door, how fierce are you like a village woman, what if you scare this handsome little nobleman?" ”
The purple-shirted woman hurriedly echoed: "That's it, that's it, we haven't seen a man here for a year and a half, so don't let a distinguished guest come today, don't be scared away by you." He sneered.
The woman in the green shirt immediately beat the woman in the purple shirt, and scolded with a smile in her mouth: "Look at the two of you who are handsome today, your thoughts are rippling, and you have already brought the usual dignified Shuya to the clouds!" ”
Gao Huan listened to them very interestingly, turned to Gao Zhongming and asked him to stay outside the hall. Then he said to the three beauties: "Three ladies, you are polite in Xiahe Liuhun." To be honest, Gao Huan still likes to soak with beautiful women in his heart, although he is now noble, but because of Er Zhu Caihuang's face, he has never dared to steal outside. Men are always very worried about the red apricots that come out of the wall, and it is normal for people to be human.
The red-shirted beauty stepped forward and took Gao Huan's hand and smiled: "Yo, it's still quite polite, come here, come to my sister." After that, he pulled him to the couch, in fact, Gao Huan was older than the three of them, but his face was whiter, and his handsome face with no beard looked like he was only about twenty years old.
The purple-shirted girl also stepped forward and took Gao Huan's other hand, and the two of them dragged Gao Huan to the couch and sat down as if they were going to hold Gao Huan for fear that he would run away. The green-shirted beauty had already stood up, and said, "You two jokes are getting bigger and bigger, if it is known that the three of us have left men in the palace, I am afraid that we will sink to the bottom of the river in the pig cage." ”
The woman in the red shirt suddenly let go of Gao Huan's hand and said very angrily: "Even if that's the case, what's the matter, I've had enough of such a life that is better than death." When the green-shirted beauty heard this, her face also had a sad look. Suddenly no one spoke.
Gao Huan looked confused and didn't know how to break the deadlock. So he stood up and saluted the three beauties: "I don't know who the three ladies are, why do they live in the depths of this palace?" ”
The green-shirted beauty said, "I am the Empress Erzhu,. Pointing to the woman in purple, he said, "She is Concubine Feng." He pointed to the woman in red and said, "She is Concubine Li." Then he sighed and said, "We are all the concubines of Emperor Xiaozhuang." ”
Gao Huan was surprised: "You have all lived here for three years? "Because it has been three years since Emperor Xiaozhuang was killed.
"Who says it's not, it's good that this is the palace after all, but in the years of war, no one cares about us here, and no one cares about life or death. Fortunately, last autumn, Gao Huan, the assassin of Wuzhou, entered Beijing to fight Erzhu Dulu, and we were able to come back to live, otherwise our three sisters really don't know where to go. Duanfei Li said with a resentful face.
In ancient times, no matter which emperor was on the throne, he wantonly expanded the harem, and a large number of innocent girls were sent to the palace to spend their good years indiscriminately, but they never even saw the emperor's face. If they were unfortunate enough to be selected by the emperor in the war years, most of them were ousted from power and thrown into the cold palace before they even sat in a secure position, and their fate was miserable, and they even had to be martyred for the emperor.
No wonder Gao Huan thought to herself how this green-shirted beauty looked more and more like Er Zhu Caihuang, it turned out that she was Er Zhu Ying'e.
Gao Huan saw that the three sisters were silent, and for a while, a manly spirit surged in his chest, and he said protectively: "The three ladies don't have to be worried, I will let the emperor let you out of the palace." ”
Concubine Jing Feng said with a disbelieving expression: "Who are you, the emperor can listen to you?" The other two beauties also looked up at Gao Huan a little unbelieving.
Gao Huan Zhengse said: "I am the Gao Huan in your mouth who defeated Erzhu Dulu and rebuilt the imperial capital Kuangfu Sheji. He was happy with the adjectives he used to express his power.
The three ladies were dumbfounded, today is really good luck, the sky descended to the nobles in front of their eyes, Er Zhu Ying'e still asked a little unconvinced: "You are Gao Huan?" Why doesn't it sound like what they say at all? ”
Gao Huan asked curiously, "Who are they?" And how do they describe me? ”
The youngest, Feng, hurriedly said: "They say that Gao Huan is nine feet long, with a full beard and a dark body, and when he stretches out his hand, he knocks down a horse and blows away a sheep in a hurry. Stomping your feet will shake the earthquake. ”
Gao Huan listened to her description and was amused to laugh, it turned out that he was so domineering in folklore! I thought that I was so frightened that I almost peed my pants at the beginning. If the three of them knew that they were embarrassed at the beginning, how big would this psychological shadow be.
Feng Shi thought that he had said something wrong that made Gao Huan laugh, and blushed and whispered: "People also listen to the palace maids who gossip......
"Haha that's a good point, do you think I'm nine feet? Haha is also full of beards...... "Gao Huan likes Feng's cute movements very much.
"I said a long time ago that the words of those palace maids and eunuchs are the most untrustworthy, you see this joke is funny." The older Li complained about the cute Feng Niang, and threw a wink at Gao Huan, who was very upset at the time.
"I'm going to find someone to issue an official document and ask the Internal Affairs Office to let the three of you out of the palace, but it's just ......" Gao Huan stopped talking.
Li Shi looked at Gao Huan with silky eyes and said, "If the Supreme still has any requirements, just put it forward, our three sisters will do our best." She thought that Gao Huan wanted to be nice to her when she saw her beauty, so she deliberately said such things. Er Zhu Ying'e on the side heard that Li had been seducing her brother-in-law openly and secretly, but Gao Huan still looked very useful. At that time, he was also a little angry and said: "If you have something to say, you can let it go, and if you have a fart, it doesn't look like a man." ”
Gao Huan was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: Why did I offend this sister-in-law? How do you talk with a gun and a stick, so rushed? Then he replied: "My wife is the queen's own sister, and it is natural for her to go back to the house with me, but where should the two ladies go after they leave the palace?" If it's a long way home, I'm afraid of something bad on the way. ”
When Li heard this, he said to Feng Niang with a smile on his face: "You look at the Supreme is hurting, and you are afraid that it will be inconvenient for us to go home, you are really thoughtful." Seeing that Feng Niang seemed to have something on her mind, she was stunned and ignored her, turned to Gao Huan and said very flatteringly: "My family moved to Jiangnan as early as the year I entered the palace, and now I am afraid that I am homeless." After that, he gave Gao Huan a flying eye and said: "I hope that the Supreme Poor Slave family will take in the slave family." ”
Feng Niang also entered the palace very early, and it was impossible to know whether the family members outside the palace were alive, so there was no place to go.
The women in the palace do everything to compete for the emperor's pitiful love, and flattery is like a plaything, I won't repeat these here, everyone has watched the TV series of Gong Dou. The women in this cold palace are even more pathetic than those women who compete for favor, because they are not even playthings, and they don't even want to compete for favor, it is precisely because of this that the Li family originally had no hope for the rest of her life, but today she came to Gao Huan such a God-given opportunity, so she was very excited, and tried her best to let Gao Huan take her away.
Er Zhu Ying'e looked at Li with disdain, thinking that usually she looks dignified and awe-inspiring, but today she sees this Gao Huan but is like someone else's pet to please in every way, she will never be able to do such a thing, although she also wants to leave this place like a prison, but she will never let go of her body to flatter and grovel to Gao Huan.
Er Zhu Ying'e said expressionlessly: "I am the concubine of the first emperor, I should have gone to the funeral when the first emperor died, how can I still hope to go out of the palace and return home now that I am still alive in the world?" Take her with you. After speaking, don't turn your body and secretly feel sad.
Nineteen-year-old Feng Niang looked at Er Zhu Ying'e with a blank face and asked, "Why doesn't my sister leave here with us?" What's so good here, no one cares about our existence here, and no one cares about our life or death, sister, why do you stay here and suffer alone? After that, Feng Niang's eyes turned red, and she was about to cry.
Even Li didn't understand Er Zhu Ying'e's thoughts, and said, "Is my sister angry with anyone?" Usually we don't even dare to think about things, but today it was unexpectedly realized, this is my sister in front of the Bodhisattva every day chanting sutras and praying for good fortune, why today you refuse the Buddha's gift? ”
Gao Huan's machismo at this time was once again revealed, and he stepped forward and said to Er Zhu Ying'e: "Since you and I are relatives and I met you today, how can you let you suffer here alone?" I don't know how to complain about me when I go back, no matter what today, I want to take the three ladies out of the palace, if there is really nowhere to go, you can go to my Beppu to live first. Gao Huan now lacks houses and tickets, I remember that in my previous life, I was worried about the house before I graduated, but now he can fully understand the thoughts of those real estate predators: this house is also a heart disease.
It was already late at night when Gao Huan took the three of them out of the Internal Affairs Office, and although the palace gate had long been closed, Gao Huan's unusual identity made the generals guarding the door only obedient to orders.
Gao Huan took Erzhu Ying'e back to his home, and asked Gao Yue to escort Li and Feng Niang to his Beppu for a temporary stay.
Although Er Zhu Caihuang had already been informed that his sister Ying'e was coming to the house, he couldn't wait left and right. Anxiously fidgeting in the room, looking left and right, asked Qiu Niang to go to the door again and again to inquire, why the official hasn't come back yet.