Chapter 23: The Little Cabbage on the Roadside
"Stop! What did the girl do, why did she trespass on the palace gate! β
It is a privilege to have a good appearance, and if you want to break into the palace gate so much, you will have already been put on the neck with a steel knife, but such a charming girl, those palace gate guards are also much more polite, so they just stretched out their hands to stop it.
Xia Yingying hurriedly said: "It's not me coming, it's you...... Oh no! It was our emperor who summoned me! β
"Huh?" Several palace gate guards looked at Xia Yingying with some suspicion, their eyes a little abrupt and ambiguous.
Xia Yingying paused and said, "You want to be crooked!" This girl entered the palace to visit my mother, and she was sick! β
In fact, a few guards didn't think about it at all, but Xia Yingying was too concerned about her mother's condition and hadn't woken up yet.
"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here...... ...... here with me" Xu Boyi waved the emperor's edict and ran over panting: "Don't do it, don't do it, this girl was indeed summoned by the emperor." β
At noon, the ministers outside the gate pricked up their ears, and Li Boxian, who wanted to stop the frightened horse, had his eyes shining, and rushed over with excitement: "How can the impeachment of the princess have a good effect of impeaching the emperor!" It's developed, it's developed......"
Seeing this scene, Xu Boyi really had no other way, so he had to repeat the lie he used to deceive Xia Yingying, and said loudly to all the civil and military personnel: "This girl's mother is a fellow villager of Concubine Chen, and she stayed in Concubine Chen's palace last night, and she suddenly fell seriously ill and was unconscious. The emperor was worried that something would go wrong, so he ordered our family to bring the girl over, and if something happened, it would be more convenient to have a relative around to take care of it. β
Li Yushi was disappointed when he heard it, this kind of inside information is obviously not as valuable as lace news, but ......, is this true? Li Yushi maintained professional vigilance, staring closely at Xia Yingying's reaction.
Xia Yingying said: "Yes! Oh, this is the emperor's edict. Let me in! β
Day and night are different, with the emperor's edict, it is easy to enter the palace, but ...... If you want to enter the inner palace, you must not only register, but also search your body. There were no female guards in front of the noon gate, so Xu Boyi entered the ear room, hurriedly made a record, and then came out and stood under the doorway, stretching his neck, like a saltwater duck hanging on the board. Waiting for the inner palace to send someone.
It didn't feel good to be surrounded by so many civil and military officials, Xu Boyi stood with his back to the gate, still feeling that many people were pointing at him, and the sweaty ......, he was very thirsty, very thirsty, and a little dehydrated.
Finally, the palace guards notified the palace guards, the palace guards notified the eunuchs of the inner court, and the eunuchs of the inner court notified the female officials of the court. The court lady sent an old lady trembling and trembling to the noon gate, and called Yingying into the hut to check it.
When Yingying came out with a sigh of relief, a round of red sun erupted, and hundreds of officials went to court.
The bells rang in unison. Hundreds of officials wear crowns in court clothes and arrange them in the court. The sequence of civil officials, military attachΓ©s, meritorious heroes, and relatives has one more sequence today: Xu Boyi took Xia Yingying and slipped away like a yellow croaker. Follow the group inside.
On the Jinshui Bridge, Liu Ziqin, the superintendent of the Imperial History who was on duty today and was in charge of inspecting the demeanor of the hundred officials, was holding a book and taking shorthand: "Shen Nan, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, pick your nostrils!" There is a loss of wind and morals! Huang Yanfei, director of the Examination Department of the Ministry of War, spat out a mouthful of phlegm! There is a loss of wind and morals! The Ministry of Rites ....... Hey? β
Liu Yushi looked at Xu Boyi and Xia Yingying, a little stunned: "Who are these two?" β
Li Boxian Li Yushi looked at him with a stunned look, and when he walked to his side, he explained casually, Liu Yushi suddenly realized, thought about it, and faithfully wrote it down in the book: "Xia Yingying, the toast girl of Red Maple Lake, is in a hurry!" There is a loss of wind and morals! β
The third lady walked by Xia Yingying's side and said with a smile: "Little sister, my sister is going to the court to see the emperor, where do you live, my sister is very bored in Beijing, and I will go back to play with you." β
Liu Yushi also wrote down: "Mongolian Kedun Zhongjin Hatun talks with others at will, which is out of manners!" β
Yingying has a hearty temperament, so she is very fond of this Mongolian big sister, she replied with a smile, and urged Xu Boyi to take her into the inner palace quickly.
Xu Boyi was paid attention to by so many officials, and he had long felt that Rumang was on his back, and he was naturally anxious in his heart, so he didn't care about many rules, and led Yingying around the Taihe Hall and walked directly to the back.
Hundreds of officials stood in front of the Taihe Palace, waiting for the court to see the driver, Xia Yingying followed Xu Boyi through the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and before he arrived at the Baohe Palace, he saw the front team of honor guards, the flag fluttering, and the Huangluo umbrella cover in the middle came.
Xu Boyi secretly screamed bitterly when he saw it: "The emperor has already gone to court!" β
The two Han generals in front of them played the whip several zhang long, and Xu Boyi hurriedly signaled Yingying to step aside. Emperor Wanli sat on the imperial chariot, with an elongated face, and was full of chagrin, when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman standing on the side of the road, and Dingqing saw that it was Xia Yingying.
Emperor Wanli was overjoyed, and subconsciously wanted to jump off the imperial chariot and come forward to meet her. Can...... After all, the imperial education he received since he was a child has formed an instinctive constraint to stop his stupidity, and Emperor Wanli can only sit on the imperial chariot and watch the little cabbage with his eyes "passing by." β
When the emperor's honor guard passed, Xu Boyi picked up his sleeves and said to Xia Yingying weakly: "Girl, let's go!" β
This time Xu Boyi is not in a hurry, the emperor is in court, what else is he looking forward to? On the contrary, Xia Yingying was anxious and kept urging. Xu Boyi listlessly led Xia Yingying into the harem, and then Xia Yingying shook him off, took a pair of long legs, and walked up by herself.
She didn't come in from the noon gate before, so she was not familiar with the road ahead, but she had been to the inner court several times, and had accompanied her mother to Concubine Chen's bedroom many times, so she knew the road.
Xia Yingying hurried to Concubine Chen, but was blocked by the eunuchs in front of the palace, and there was no one in the palace to lead her, even if these eunuchs had seen her, they were not allowed to enter and leave at will, and only those in the palace were qualified to brush their faces and let them go.
Xia Yingying turned around and said hurriedly: "Father-in-law, you should hurry up!" β
Xu Boyi said lazily: "Our family has been running around all night, and we are really exhausted, so don't worry, girl." β
Xu Boyi said while secretly thinking: "How can it be good now?" β
At this point, it is impossible for him to resolve the matter satisfactorily. Previously, he could take advantage of Yingying and Mrs. Xia's ignorance, as long as the raw rice was cooked and cooked, even if the Xia family knew the truth, they had no choice, except to let Yingying enter the palace as the imperial concubine, there was no second way out.
But Xu Boyi never thought that there was a possibility of failure in such a stable matter, and now, he had to let Mrs. Xia cooperate with him to lie in order to hide this matter from Xia Yingying, but Mrs. Xia would cooperate with him to coax her own daughter?
Xu Boyi walked over and said to Xia Yingying: "Ah! Girl, please wait, I don't know what the situation is now, wait for our family to go in and have a look, and then invite the girl in. β
Xia Yingying was so annoyed in her heart, she didn't know how many times she had been to this concubine palace, how could she be so troublesome this time, and she didn't know how her mother's condition was, her old man has always been healthy, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?
Xia Yingying thought wildly, and said to Xu Boyi: "Father-in-law, please hurry up, people are in a hurry." β
Xu Boyi smiled bitterly, and after entering the concubine, he walked around the front palace a few times, but he still didn't think of a way. As for Concubine Chen, he didn't go at all, he knew that Concubine Chen was cooperative with the emperor, but in his capacity, he was not qualified to discuss anything with Concubine Chen, or ask Concubine Chen to cooperate with him.
Xu Boyi walked three laps of "Tai Chi" in the courtyard, looked up to the sky and sighed, and went out of the palace gate. Xia Yingying was standing there watching with her eyes open, and when she saw him come out, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked urgently, "Father-in-law, how is my mother?" β
Xu Boyi laughed dryly twice and said, "Congratulations to the girl, congratulations to the girl, Lingtang...... Healed! β
"Really? Didn't you say that a serious illness was cured so quickly? Xia Yingying was surprised and delighted.
Xu Boyi said dryly: "Yes! Or maybe it's the imperial doctor. β
Xia Yingying said happily: "Great, I'll go see my mother!" β
Xia Yingying broke into the palace as soon as she lifted her skirt, and the eunuch guarding the door now knew that she was from the imperial eunuch Xiao Bailing, so naturally she didn't stop her, but just asked a eunuch to guide her forward, although she had been here many times, but she couldn't walk around by herself.
Concubine Chen didn't need to go to court early, so naturally she wouldn't get up so early, and she was lying on the bed with Mrs. Xia chatting casually at this time. A palace lady came in and reported: "Concubine Niangniang, Miss Xia is here, looking for Mrs. Xia!" β
Mrs. Xia was surprised when she heard this: "So early, why is Yingying here, is there something urgent?" β
Concubine Chen smiled secretly in her heart, Miss Yingying should already be the emperor's person, presumably she ** to the emperor, and she didn't know what to do, so she came to ask her mother for advice, and I don't know if she is coquettish or ashamed, angry or sad now.
Anyway, the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, this princess can't run, and she has done it as a matchmaker, so she can't mix it up next. Concubine Chen said, "Yes, why did Yingying come early in the morning?" Hehe, I think, it's Yingying who has filial piety, don't worry about you, you go to see her, the palace hasn't been dressed up yet, and I'll see you in a while. β
Mrs. Xia agreed, hurriedly got up and dressed, and simply freshened up, anyway, when she saw her daughter, she didn't need to be too cautious, so she hurriedly greeted the front hall.
Xia Yingying was "walking in circles" in the front hall, and when she saw her mother coming out, she immediately greeted her, happily took her mother's hand, looked up and down, "wow" and cried with joy, hugged her tightly and said: "Mother, fortunately you are fine, fortunately you are fine, I am really scared of my daughter!" β
Mrs. Xia was stunned and said, "You stupid child, your mother is so decent, what can you do?" β
Xia Yingying said with tears in her eyes: "Mother, don't hide it from your daughter." My daughter already knew that you were seriously ill last night, but fortunately you were rescued by the imperial doctor, but your daughter died in a hurry. It's okay if you're okay, it's okay if you're okay! β
Mrs. Xia was even more stunned: "Suffering from a serious illness? I? Who do you listen to? β
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(To be continued......)