Chapter 111: There are many taboos in the palace
The Xingqing Mansion of the Western Xia Kingdom is very lively on this day, the emperor travels back to the city, the Xingqing Mansion is outside the gate of the palace from the inner city gate, and the soldiers stand on both sides of the place where the imperial guard of honor passes.
Behind the soldiers were the people kneeling to greet the holy car. Hundreds of officials outside the imperial city lined up to greet each other, and the inner courtyard of the imperial city was lined up with ministers and harem concubines. All the places where the emperor passed through were loess mat roads, clean water splashed streets, and the drums and music were noisy where the honor guard passed.
The people who have good deeds secretly take a look at the face of the holy dragon, and after the guard of honor passes, the officers and soldiers withdraw, and the people turn their heads to each other: "Who is behind this emperor?" ”
Some said: "Isn't that old general General Manba?" ”
"Yes, yes, we all know this general, who is the young man who walked behind the emperor with the general?"
Some said: "That doesn't seem to be an official, how can it look familiar?" ”
Three or five people gathered together to talk to each other, and one of them was a young man in his twenties, frowning and saying, "Why do I think this person is very similar to the person who taught the spicy boy that day?" ”
Another pouted and said: "You think about it well, if it's that son, I don't think your shopkeeper needs to be afraid of the spicy boy, why do you still go out of the store." ”
The young man made a "shhhh He is not short of these money, he handed over this shop to our brother, and he will listen to our eldest brother in the future. ”
As they spoke, they walked towards their respective shops, and the older one said, "Little Wu, I heard that your shopkeeper wants to go with that prince, is it true?" ”
The one who was called Xiao Wu shook his head: "I don't know, but if you can take us away, we are willing to follow the shopkeeper." ”
The guy at the grocery store next to him patted him: "You think it's beautiful, I heard that there are many young and beautiful women in the Central Plains." I still want to go. ”
Xiao Wu smiled: "Our Han women are beautiful. ”
The grocery store guy is from Fan, and he smiled: "But it's all like the Liang family, don't you dare to ask for it." A few people understood and laughed and dispersed.
Xiao Wu returned to the blacksmith shop, and saw that He Xingyuanhe's shopkeeper had almost put things in order, so he came up and said with a hippie smile: "Master, our caster is still young, and you also need someone to take care of it, or you can talk to that prince again and bring me." ”
Xiao Wu is the youngest among the shopkeepers of He, and the shopkeeper He patted him on the head: "Go hard, don't say that Wang Gongzi will let you go, your cousin didn't say to help you find an errand in the guards, you won't go." ”
Xiao Wu smiled innocently: "I won't go to be a errand for my subordinates, if you take me, I will resign from my cousin tomorrow." ”
He Xingyuan didn't pay attention to him, if Wang Bei was willing, He Xingyuan was really willing to take Xiao Wu, although it was not too difficult to distinguish stones, but among these apprentices, Xiao Wu learned well, not only that, but also ingenious in creating things.
"By the way, Master, I saw Wang Gongzi just now." Xiao Wu thought about it, and told him what he had just seen on the street. He Xingyuan snorted, but didn't reply, Xiao Wu said it was boring, and he ran to the side to think about his thoughts, wondering how he could grind the master to take him with him.
Li Liangzuo finally returned to the palace, Liang Luoyao led the harem concubines to pick up outside the main hall, and the ministers helped Li Liangzuo to get down from the dragon and phoenix. Li Liangzuo and Liang Luoyao walked into the main hall together, followed by hundreds of civil and military officials, among these people, there were people who had met and known each other next to the king, but this was obviously not the time to say hello.
The drums stopped, and Li Liangzuo and Liang Luoyao sat on the throne dragon bed in the main hall, accepting the hundred officials to receive the wind and bow down. Liang Luoyao looked up, kneeling down on the top of the main hall, and at the back of all the officials, a young man bowed his hand and bowed without kneeling.
She tugged on the sleeve of Li Liangzuo's robe, and Li Liangzuo also saw it, not only did he see it, but he also smiled at the man. Now Liang Luoyao was even more curious, Li Liangzuo patted her hands, and waited until the hundred officials knelt down and saluted, and stood in two shifts like the officials of the Song Kingdom, Li Liangzuo said: "I returned to the court today, and I was very pleased to see that the court was safe, and the hundred officials performed their duties." ”
He was not very old, but he had a decent appearance, and then he ordered the king to come near, and the king to come forward to meet the present and the future. Li Liangzuo introduced to everyone: "This envoy of the king's side is the trade envoy of the Song State, and now I want to express the sincerity of the trade to the Song State, but I don't know if everyone can disagree. ”
It was not a day or two before Wang came to Xia Guo, and he gave a speech at the academy and some officials that Wang met under Li Xili's arrangement. Of course, these people were in favor of opening up trade with the Song State, and the first to speak were the deputy envoys of the Qunmu Division: Wu Hao and Xu Min, the salt and iron envoy. The two of them are running around for the horse market and the salt market. When Li Liangzuo was not in Xingqing Mansion, he also reported the folds, which were all approved by Empress Liang, so naturally they were in favor of trade.
At the same time, most Han officials also agreed, like the official affairs of Kaifeng Mansion: Xue Yuanli; Zhang Jiang, the deputy envoy of the Third Division. Even if there are those who oppose it, seeing that the majority of people are in favor, and it is the emperor's order, and the only official in the court who can sit above the court, the privy envoy is all brushing his beard with his own curls, squinting and nodding, who can object?
But the words played in everyone's speech were almost almost heard by the king, and since he approached Li Liangzuo and saw the queen Liang Luoyao beside the emperor, the king was a little dazed. He tried to restrain his mind, and only then did he refocus his attention from his surprise on the statements of the Xia officials.
Liang Luoyao is about twenty years old, with a phoenix hairpin on her head and a wind bun showing her sideburns, lightly sweeping her eyebrows and eyes with spring, and her face looks like a peach blossom. Wearing a red narrow jacket and a red Confucian skirt embroidered with gold thread, she looks like a modern version of the bride instead of a queen, especially those bright eyes, which seem to have autumn waves. Sure enough, she is a stunning beauty, not inferior to the moon but more delicate than the moon.
Wang Fang's mind has been like a movie, there is a scene about his new marriage, the delicate bride wearing a red Chinese cheongsam at the banquet. The king was not talking about the wedding between the Song Dynasty and the moon, but the wedding before he had not crossed over in his previous life. These flashed in his mind, not because he was fascinated by Queen Liang Luoyao, but because Liang Luoyao looked like his wife in his previous life.
The woman who was going to be separated from him in the end, Wang Bi suddenly thought of Liang Luoyao's sophistication, and she was the same as that woman, and there were people outside her, not all excuses. The real reason that led to the breakup of the two was nothing more than that he couldn't give her the life she wanted.
Thinking of this, Wang Bei was a little blocked in his heart, and he had no intention of going to see Liang Luoyao again, and even felt a little disgusted with Liang Luoyao. But he didn't know that Liang Luoyao was also stunned at this time.
Li Xili is too literate, Li Liangzuo is too domineering. Manliness and demeanor are perfectly unified in the king's body, especially his proud demeanor, which does not face himself? Liang Luoyao was a little annoyed, what man in the world would not fall for himself? She can make the sea of vinegar, the son who didn't hide the slander, turn the waves, or make Li Xili lose his soul, and even let Li Liangzuo establish himself as the queen.
But next to the king in front of him, not only did he not come to Xia Guo to see him, but he was indifferent when he saw him. She thought about it for a while, and it was normal for the Song people to not lose their manners under the public.
Everyone was talking about it, Li Liangzuo was satisfied, Liang Luoyao said in a low voice: "The emperor is also tired today, it is better to rest first, and ask this envoy to talk in the palace tomorrow, how about it?" ”
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Liangzuo asked, "In that case, which minister is willing to send an envoy to the Song Kingdom for me to present a New Year's gift to show his sincerity in trade?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xili stood up and said, "I am willing to go." "The king was invited by him, and it is normal to have back and forth, and he is a prince and a Tibetan person, and he is proficient in Han culture, so he is the most suitable candidate. Li Liangzuo also thought that this candidate was a good candidate, so he sent a decree to him to prepare, and ordered to reward the king.
After arranging these, Li Liangzuo ordered the king to enter the palace the next day, and he wanted to practice it for the king in person. Wang Bei returned to Guan Yi to prepare, and asked Cai Jing to inform He Xingyuan.
Wang Bi is about to return to Bianjing, and He Xingyuan is about to set off. Xiao Wu also wanted to follow, he thought to himself that if the king didn't take him, he would follow him, anyway, after leaving Xingqing Mansion, they would be embarrassed to send him back, and after making up his mind, he went to find his cousin, the foreman who worked as a guard in Yiweisi, to resign.
The two brothers drank a little wine, the foreman was called away by the soldiers in the spicy house, Xiao Wu poured himself a drink, and after an hour, the foreman came back with a face that did not seem so smooth. Xiao Wu hurriedly asked what was the matter with being called away, and the foreman said hesitantly, I think you should not follow.
Seeing that his cousin's expression was wrong, Xiao Wu poured more wine, and the foreman told the truth. Tomorrow the king entered the palace, it was their class on duty, Ji Laqing and Liang Yibury discussed, let them guard at the "Guanghan Gate" and the north "Huaimen", and gave special orders that someone would break into the door there tomorrow, and they could cut it first and then play.
Xiao Wu's cousin thought of what Xiao Wu said, after the emperor practiced it for the king tomorrow, he would follow along. So he muttered in his heart, next to this king is a native of the Song Kingdom, probably that he doesn't know the taboo of this palace. I was also guessing blindly, so I told Xiao Wu everything.
Xiao Wuyi immediately put down the wine glass and went back to find He Xingyuan, He Xingyuan was also shocked when he heard it, and immediately took Xiao Wu to the pavilion where Wang was staying, and when he saw Wang next to him, he told him about it again.
Wang Bi frowned and pondered, if it was the idea of Ji Laqing and Liang Yi to bury, then this one who broke into the cold door must be himself. After thanking He Xingyuan, he asked, can the Imperial City Forbidden He Shopkeeper know.
He Xingyuan smiled, if he asked others, most of them might not know, and if he asked, he would ask the right person. He took out a picture he brought from his arms and said: "Prince Wang, when his biological father was alive, he secretly drew this picture, it seems that it is really fate, and he actually used it today." ”
The king took the picture and was overjoyed, not only did the picture have all the forbidden doors of the palace, but also the names of the entire palace buildings, including the palace Duanjing Hall where the prince was looking for the king.