The palace is open to anyone? So Zhou Xiaocao was intercepted by the guards guarding the palace gate: "Stop! The palace is also able to break in? If you don't get out of the way, you won't be killed! ”

It's not that they scared Zhou Xiaocao, if they really broke into the palace regardless of a single qiē, they did have the right to kill people. If the palace can also be broken, then where is the majesty of the royal family and the imperial court?

Zhou Xiaocao knew that he couldn't break in, so he had to say: "I'm looking for the emperor to have something!" ”

The guard smiled, smiling brightly: "Yo! You have something to find the emperor, he also looks for the emperor if he has something, and the emperor still has to take care of your family's food, drink, and Lazar? Outrageous! If you really want to see the emperor, you must first go to the county official for the record, and go through the procedures one by one, so that you can reach the heavens. Even so, unless the Holy God specifically summons him, he is not allowed to enter the palace to face the Holy Saint. ”

So troublesome?

The county officials mentioned here are not county orders. The county magistrate is the parent official of a county, and the county magistrate refers specifically to Jing Zhaoyin, that is, the mayor of the capital. The place he manages is not big, but this place is special, so he has such a nickname.

Zhou Xiaocao will see that the emperor thinks too simply. Ordinary people, let alone seeing the emperor, even if the idea arises, there are very few, which shows how difficult it is to meet the emperor.

Zhou Xiaocao stepped forward and said, "I'm really in a hurry to find the emperor, can you be accommodating?" ”

As he spoke, he also took out the silver and made these guards of the Imperial City Division ridiculous.

Is there such a bribe to the palace guards? Even if they dare to accept it, they don't dare to put it in! What is this place? Palace! How can the most majestic and noble storage in the world be entered by spending a little money? You think it's a tourist attraction!

Two guards came over and pushed Zhou Xiaocao out: "What an unreasonable boy!" If we don't get out of the way, we're really getting started! ”

In the process of the three of them pushing and shoving, something fell from Zhou Xiaocao's arms and slipped to the ground with a "dangchang".

"What's that?"

Another guard who did not participate in the "peaceful dissuasion" of Zhou Xiaocao picked it up, took a closer look, and said with a change of color on his face: "Stop!" Stop it! He's got a special order! ”

The two guards still didn't let go of Zhou Xiaocao, but just turned their heads to look. One look at it, only to see a token glittering.

This token they recognize, which is a special token that allows free access to the palace, is given to those specialized personnel. These people, some of whom are the emperor's spies, and some of whom are relatives of the emperor, are all sloppy.

Only then did these two people quickly let go, and said with a smiling face: "Ouch, I'm sorry, it turns out that you have a token, please come in, please come in!" ”

Zhou Xiaocao was broken, this token was given to him by Bai Qingzhi that day, saying that it was a gift to the master. Haha, what a gift! It turns out that this Bai Qingzhi is a big official in the palace, could it be a big eunuch like Li Lianying? Well, looking at him like that, it must be so. If this Bai Qingzhi knew that his master thought of him like this, he would probably be so depressed that he would hit the wall.

Zhou Xiaocao stepped into the palace, and he still held his head high and walked demonstratively, as if he was showing off to the guards. Yan Qixia also followed, but was stopped: "This girl, the token can only restrict the holder from entering the palace, and other unrelated people are not allowed to enter!" ”

Yan Qixia was helpless, so she had to wait for Zhou Xiaocao to come out at the door with Ximen Blowing Snow. Zhou Xiaocao waved his hand back: "I'm going to see the emperor, you wait for my good news!" ”

Entering the palace, Zhou Xiaocao's head kept twisting left and right like a wave drum, and he couldn't get enough of it. Damn, this is much more magnificent than our family! As long as someone asks or intercepts, Zhou Xiaocao just takes out the token and shows off, and those people are all silent, which makes him so unhappy.

As he walked away, the vegetation here gradually increased, and the guards became scarce, and occasionally a few beautiful Xiaogong daughters walked by, curiously looking at Zhou Xiaocao left and right, Zhou Xiaocao found that he still had the potential to attract girls for the first time.

"Stop! Don't trespass! ”

With a loud shout, the two guards stepped forward and blocked Zhou Xiaocao's progress.

Damn, it's two people who don't know each other! Zhou Xiaocao took out the token, shook it in front of the eyes of the two people, and then raised his legs to step over. Unbeknownst to them, the two people were not moved at all, and Zhou Xiaocao's move happened to hit the two of them.

Zhou Xiaocao was angry and scolded: "You are blind! Don't see the token in my hand? ”

One of the guards said, "If it weren't for the token in your hand, we would have been able to kill you on the spot if you trespassed on the forbidden land of the harem!" ”

What? Is this the harem? No wonder there are more and more girls, and the fragrance is getting stronger and stronger, so that's the case! It seems that it is impossible to enter here, Zhou Xiaocao regretfully stretched his neck and looked inside, hoping to see a few stunning concubines and the like. It's a pity that he can't see anything except a few palace maids who are sweeping the courtyard.

Zhou Xiaocao couldn't help but sigh, it's better to be the emperor! Jinwu Zangjiao, so many beautiful women, only serve him alone, only for his joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and change their feelings, give what they want, and even give their lives. What kind of people will be sent to guard such an important place? What if these guards steal from themselves? Yes, it must be castrated first, so you can rest assured!

Thinking like this, Zhou Xiaocao couldn't help but look at the guards' crotches, which made the two guards very embarrassed, and said, "What are you looking at?" Don't go away yet! ”

Zhou Xiaocao walked away stupidly, there was nothing to do, and there was nothing to do!

But the palace is so big, where is the emperor? Seeing that it is getting late, if you don't find the emperor, you can only come back tomorrow.

Zhou Xiaocao walked dejectedly, and suddenly saw a few people coming in front of him, the first one was a dry old man in his fifties, followed by a few people who nodded their heads. The man was dressed in black, with a wide robe and large sleeves, and looked like a large official.

Zhou Xiaocao stepped forward, first made a gesture, and said, "Bosses, please!" Excuse me, do any of you know where the emperor is? I have something to look for him. ”

The men looked at him stupidly, not moving, not speaking.

Zhou Xiaocao felt uncomfortable being looked at, so she had to scratch the place where the belt around her waist was wrapped. This place always feels itchy because of the belt that is often wrapped. While scratching the itch, he said: "Ahaha, if any of you sue me where the emperor is, I will give him silver, fifty taels!" No, no, one hundred taels! ”

In order to see the emperor, Zhou Xiaocao went out. He thought, just asking a place will cost me a hundred taels of silver, I'm afraid that there is only such a special place as the palace, and only such a special person as the emperor is worth my brother and me spending so much money, right?

However, those people still looked at him stupidly, motionless.

Zhou Xiaocao frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?" One hundred taels is not too little? Do you know what a hundred taels can do? One hundred taels of silver, you can buy a dozen good horses; One hundred taels of silver, which can feed a family of five for several years; One hundred taels of silver, you can visit the ordinary green building hundreds of times; One hundred taels of silver, don't look at me so adoringly, I'll be embarrassed. ”

The corners of one of the people's mouths twitched a few times, and he lowered his head and bent down to the person who was also a big official and said, "Your Majesty, this person"

It turns out that this is the emperor! I'm going to go, you're the emperor, why don't you wear golden clothes, aren't the emperors on TV all bright yellow?

Zhou Xiaocao didn't know that the kind of bright yellow clothes were generally not often worn, usually in the palace, as long as it was not to go to the court or meet officials, the emperor generally wore household clothes, and it didn't necessarily have to be golden yellow.

Zhou Xiaocao was so frightened that her head was in a cold sweat, this is the emperor, I finally met the living emperor! In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Grandpa Mao had nothing to do, so he asked Emperor Puyi of Xuantong to accompany the guests, and smiled: "Look, I found the emperor to drink tea and chat with you, you have a big face, right?" ”

Identity and status are the things that can best satisfy human vanity.

Zhou Xiaocao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Zhou Xiaocao has seen the emperor!" ”

Emperor Tianze said to Zhu Mao, a close eunuch beside him: "In a while, you take him to Wenyang Pavilion to see me!" ”