196 inside and outside the palace
As the car slowly stopped in front of the Dingguo Mansion, the middle door of the Dingguo Mansion was wide open, and all the family servants knelt outside the gate and waited, not even daring to raise their heads, Yun Niang and Du Ningning were nameless and partless, and they could only mix with a group of servants, but their clothes were incompatible with everyone.
Fang Ling, as the only temporary hostess in the house, painted her eyebrows and eyes, and was generous, as soon as the car stopped, she knelt down and bowed, "The concubine welcomes the concubine Niangniang, the mother is a thousand years old and a thousand years old."
Wang Lanping also jumped off at this time and knelt with Fang Ling, and the eunuch Liu Bao hurriedly stepped forward to make a move, waiting for the concubine to get down.
Everyone bowed their heads and obeyed their eyes, and no one dared to look at them squarely, but the scene froze for a while, and the audience was silent.
Jin Guifei's graceful and luxurious figure was covered behind the hazy gauze, the breeze came slowly, and a corner was lifted from time to time, revealing her uneasy heart, she didn't move, everything was a sudden attack, how did she come to his mansion, such a big honor guard of honor for the concubine went out of the palace, in addition to sacrificing the ancestral tombs of heaven and earth, how could he take the courtier's house lightly, what kind of heart did he have, could it be that Du Ningning He did not hesitate to betray my concubine's face?
"Welcome to the noble concubine, the mother is a thousand years old," Wang Lan hurriedly opened his mouth and urged.
It's all here, and there is no way to turn back, and it's not easy to refute his face in public.
The slender hand stretched out from behind the yarn, like jade and snow, on Liu Bao's arm, a delicate face like a flower immediately poked out, this face seemed to have no traces of time, still as a girl, clean and dignified, without showing a trace of expression.
Stepping on the red carpet on the entrance steps, Jin Guifei said softly, "It's just a casual walk, you don't have to be so gifted, let's be flat."
"Chitose Xie Niangniang"
Fang Ling took the first step to get up, helped Wang Lanping, and then lowered his head and retreated to the side, she has only read about the dignity of royal women in books, today is really an eye-opener, the woman of the Prime Minister's Mansion is already the phoenix among the people, but I can't imagine that being a woman can still be on this, calling slaves and drinking maids, thousands of empty alleys bow and worship, the people see the people are afraid, the officials kneel when they see the officials, and even the prime minister has to fold his three-foot waist.
Jin Guifei stopped in front of the gate, the vermilion lacquer gate, the high cornices, and the courtyard wall were carved with all kinds of birds and beasts, a good mansion.
Her gaze slowly moved in the crowd, and after a while, she fell on Du Ningning, and said secretly in her heart: Du Ningning, you are really a blessed woman, for you, he has opened up the palace.
Jin Guifei stepped on the steps, looked at everything, and turned back and said, "Prime Minister Wang, you call this 'Humble House'?" "Although this place and the palace can not be compared, but it is also a little weather, look at the people in this mansion, all of them are full of energy, looking at it makes people feel comfortable, unlike in the palace, everywhere is lifeless, who called her from afar and trembled.
Wang Lanping stepped forward and said, "Although the minister has a hundred mansions, it is only three feet wide in one night, and the rice at home is thousand, and there are only three meals a day.
Where does Jin Guifei believe his words, if she can be so high, she will not have the heart to covet the emperor's throne, "It is rare that Prime Minister Wang can have such a heart of contentment and happiness, and those who are officials should be like this, they are not greedy for money and do not admire vanity, they are the duty of officials, and they are really models for hundreds of officials."
Even Wang Lanping was embarrassed to hear this, and it was acceptable to praise a few words casually, but it was not good to praise to death, but this was some scene words, and they were said to the people around them.
Wang Lanping arched his hand and said, "Niangniang is too famous, please"
Jin Guifei owed the cuffs and walked up the stairs, "Well, it's okay, the palace is also a little tired, borrowing the prime minister's mansion to beg for saliva to eat."
"please"
Entering the courtyard door, the fragrance is pleasant immediately, the colorful flowers compete with each other, as if the flowers also know that there are distinguished guests arriving today, extraordinarily fragrant, so that the people in the courtyard are like being in the ocean of flowers, the flowers are intoxicated, and the flowers are also delicate.
The women of the Dingguo Mansion are also pretty, Jin Guifei looked at it while walking, stretched out her hand from time to time to caress the tender flowers, looked at the women who followed behind, and said, "Prime Minister Wang, you are so blessed, look at these ladies in your house, all of them are flowers and moons."
Wang Lanping stepped forward and said, "The minister comes from the cloth clothes, often has the heart of the old, most of the ministers in the house are the minister's old departments and old friends, and they come from afar, and they really don't hide it from the mother, among these women, only Fang Ling is the second wife of the minister."
Fang Ling saw that the prime minister introduced her, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow, and said very measuredly, "The concubine asks Niang Niang'an"
Jin Guifei had heard of her from Du Ningning's mouth, and she had always been curious about what kind of woman could take the lead, from the beginning to the present, Fang Ling did have something outstanding, at least she would not lose her identity to the prime minister on the scene, and then look at Du Ningning, but she has always been less reserved and calm.
"Get up, Prime Minister Wang Cheng is a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, you have to serve well" Jin Guifei didn't know why, she seemed to have a heartfelt resistance to Fang Ling, a woman she had never met, and she was not polite at all.
Fang Ling was uneasy in her heart, and bowed again, "The concubine respects her mother's life."
entered the hall and served fragrant tea, only Jin Guifei sat in front of the hall in the entire hall, Wang Lanping led Fang Ling to accompany him, Yun Niang and Du Ningning could only stand outside the hall all the time.
Jin Guifei instructed Liu Bao, the eunuch behind her, "Liu Bao, go and call them in" and then turned her head and asked Wang Lanping, "Prime Minister, these two people are dressed differently from others, could it be that they are the other two of the three Jiao in the rumored Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”
Wang Lanping bowed his head and said, "Niangniang has won the prize, Yun Niang, Du Ningning, come, give Niangniang a gift for Chitose"
One is a rude and willful merchant, and the other is a small family from a poor family, and she doesn't know much about etiquette, so she slowly moved forward and said in a different voice.
"Mother is well"
"Hello Mother"
Jin Guifei didn't know much about Yun Niang, this was mainly because Du Ningning almost mentioned it casually that day, so she didn't pay attention to her, but said to Du Ningning, "People say it's not that the family doesn't get together, Miss Du, meet again"
Wang Lanping always thought that the two of them really had a holiday, so he immediately arched his hand and said, "Niangniang, Ning Ning didn't know the severity of the previous time, offended Niangniang's appearance, and the minister felt ashamed after hearing it, and today Niangniang came to ...... in person."
Before Wang Lanping could finish speaking, Jin Guifei raised her hand and interrupted him, "This palace is not so grudgeful, Miss Du, are you happy to see this palace?" ”
In fact, she and Du Ningning are already private acquaintances, and the two have already had a secret, but Du Ningning is honest, and she didn't see that this was a play planned by Jin Guifei at all, when the two met unexpectedly in the palace, Du Ningning was straightforward and wanted to find someone to talk to.
As a result, it was rumored that on the same day, Du Ningning broke into the palace to forbid humiliation and the imperial concubine, and the whole city knew about it in a blink of an eye.
In order not to expand the situation, he could only ask the concubine Niangniang to lie down in the palace to show the world, this matter is a nonsense, how did he know that there is another situation here.
Du Ningning looked frightened, looked at Jin Guifei for a while, and looked at Wang Lanping for a while, her face was full of remorse, she knew that Brother Lanping would not do this to her like this, if the matter was revealed, she would really be embarrassed, but fortunately, Niangniang did not demolish her on the spot.
Du Ningning lowered her body, "I, I'm afraid" She was really telling the truth, but what she was afraid of was not Jin Guifei, but Wang Lanping.
"Afraid? Don't be afraid, this palace doesn't blame you, this matter will stop, this palace and you are not acquainted, you can enter the palace at any time in the future, the palace is lonely, the palace wants to talk to you more, can you come to accompany the palace? ”
Du Ningning looked dazed and muttered, "This may not work, I, I'm leaving"
Wang Lanping hurriedly said, "Let's go?" Are you leaving? Where to? ”
Du Ning Nunu mouthed, "I've been away from home for half a year, I want to go home to see my father"
This is really beyond Wang Lanping's expectations, Huaining Du's family has long been left with only a pile of scorched earth, relatives and friends are scattered, even her father is desperate to Nanjing, what are you going to do, of course, it is inconvenient for him to say this at this meeting.
Wang Lanping said, "This matter will be discussed later, you can go down first."
When Concubine Jin saw everyone retreating, she also stood up immediately, coming to the Dingguo Mansion was just a formality, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so she immediately said, "Prime Minister Wang, it's not too early, the palace has rested enough, Liu Bao, set up Zhan Shifu"
Liu Bao immediately went out to prepare, Wang Lanping also stood in front of the hall, and arched his hand, "The minister is rude, the hospitality is not good, the mother is invited"
At this time, Jin Guifei moved the lotus step lightly, and when she passed by Wang Lanping's side, she suddenly changed her dignified face and said softly, "Wang Lanping, I know, today you let the palace out of the limelight, thank you for everything you have done for me, I am not a greedy woman, I am self-aware, after seeing the emperor, from now on I will not be out of the palace, and, the emperor is not in good health, please allow me to serve, after all, I have been a husband and wife with him for more than ten years."
Wang Lanping was not surprised at all, "Niangniang's words are serious, I said that from today onwards, you are not subject to any constraints, and you are not too worried about the emperor's affairs, but if there is something, I can share my worries for Niangniang."
Jin Guifei looked at the door, and a bitter smile appeared on her face, "I don't have any sorrows, the only thing I want is to hope that the emperor is safe, okay, I'm leaving, I hope that the prime minister's wish will come true in the future."
A wish come true can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence to everything she will face in the future, in the process of changing the dynasty, what will happen to the palace concubines of the previous dynasty, may God have mercy.
Wang Lanping said, "Flowers float and water flow freely, a kind of lovesickness, two sorrows, there is no way to eliminate this feeling, only to put down my heart, but on the eyebrows, Niangniang, I know your heart, and relax and wait"
Jin Guifei's face was slightly red, she lowered her head and smiled shyly, and said softly, "I, my real name is Yujiao"
"Congratulations to the mother Chitose!"
In the mountain cry of everyone in the Dingguo Mansion, Feng Yuan slowly set off again, Jin Guifei sat on Feng Yuan and looked back at Wang Lanping kneeling behind her several times, her heart was very conflicted, she didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse when she met him, at the moment when the dynasty fell, would he really be his own umbrella? Is the emperor really entrusted to him, everything is unknown, the change of dynasty in history has been repeated repeatedly, I have never heard that the prince of the previous dynasty can transition safely, hey, let it be fate.
**
Out of Liren Street, Jin Guifei was still greeted by a crowd of surges, a rare moment, Jin Guifei wanted to let the car drive slower, slower, so that she could finally have a birthday that made her incomparably beautiful, and wait for this time next year she would turn it out and reminisce.
The car didn't stop again, she hadn't seen the emperor for more than half a year, she missed her son too much, especially at this moment of crisis in the court battle, the lives of the royal people have always been in the wind and rain, maybe this is the last time the mother and son will see each other.
The car drove all the way around from Chaotian Palace, and finally came to Dongcheng, which is the gathering place of the major yamen of the imperial court, and the officials on duty heard that the concubine was passing by, and they were busy waiting on the side of the road to greet them, and the officials were talking about it while waiting, saying that the palace had long been controlled by Prime Minister Wang, how could the concubine go out on patrol with such fanfare, was Prime Minister Wang Cheng losing power or was the monarch's family pro?
Anyway, this is good news, maybe tomorrow I will receive the emperor to summon the ministers to discuss politics.
After a long call, the chauffeur's car drove slowly in the pious welcome of the officials, and when she was about to arrive at the Zhan Mansion, Jin Guifei suddenly remembered that the Zhan Mansion was the exclusive match of the princes of the past dynasties, although his son was the only son of the emperor, but the emperor had not officially canonized him as the prince, but Prime Minister Wang put him in the Zhan Mansion, would there be another famous hall here?
At this moment, the eunuch Liu Bao sang, "Zhulin, Niangniang, Zhan Shifu has arrived"
"Ministers welcome the imperial concubine, the concubine Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
More than a dozen officials on duty in the Zhan Mansion had already knelt at the door to greet them.
Only then did Concubine Jin come back to her senses from the troubled thoughts, and soon, a long-lost but familiar voice came from the open door of Zhan Shifu.
"Imperial Mother, Imperial Mother" A child dressed in a prince's costume ran out of it quickly, wiping tears as he ran.
"Emperor!" Jin Guifei had mixed feelings, all the pain was gone at this moment, and she only had the mother-son relationship of reunion after a long absence.
The prince Zhu Ciqi threw himself into the arms of the golden concubine who had just gotten off, and his little back rose and fell violently, "The emperor, why did you come to the emperor for so long, the emperor misses you, and the emperor doesn't want to live here"
Jin Guifei's eyes fluttered, touching her son's head, she wanted to say a few words of comfort to her son, and even wanted to bring him into the palace and live by her side, but this was just to think about it, Prime Minister Wang Cheng's guard method stood at the door with a long knife at his waist.
"The emperor is good, and learn more from the gentlemen here, my mother will take you back in the future, go, take my mother in to see where you live"
**
Sent away the imperial concubine, Wang Lanping's heart was like putting down a big stone, and the rumors would soon disappear, look at what those princes and nobles still have to say, if it weren't for Lao Tzu who is busy fighting now, I wouldn't be in the mood to play this trick with you.
The house once again returned to calm, Wang Lanping remembered that Du Ningning said that he wanted to go back to Huaining, so he wanted to ask the reason, but he heard the housekeeper Zhou Hai report that Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, had come.
The two met in the study.
Zhang Mingzhen saw Wang Lanping and said, "Prime Minister Bing, the pseudo-obedient envoy broke up with those old masters in the Hanlin Academy, and they have returned from the north of the city."
Wang Lanping smiled, "Returning to the north? Which is so easy, when Nanjing is a place, can you come and go as you want? (To be continued.) )