Chapter 233: The Mission is coming
The content of the excerpt came to Gu Jinshu's mind, all of which was just waiting for Zhao Duqi's decision, it can be seen that this Guo Guochen is also a deep person in the city, otherwise if he takes the initiative to deal with this matter, if something goes wrong at that time, I am afraid that Guo Wangfu will also be in a catastrophe.
And Fang Cai's words were a subtle mention of Zhao Duqi, instead of guessing the other party's intentions now, it is better to put the opponent under his nose, so as to prevent it from happening.
It's just that one thing that makes Gu Jinshu curious is that Wu Jingqi has always been brutal, and for Qingqi's war, Wu Jingqi, as the commander-in-chief, is now the most prestigious main battle faction in the DPRK.
Why didn't Emperor Xiaozhen stop him from issuing a reconciliation? It's really unpredictable.
Zhao Yuhuai didn't answer Gu Jinshu's question, but just looked at Zhao Duqi and said calmly: "Everything is still waiting for my father's decision." ”
His meaning was very clear, if Zhao Duqi wanted to reconcile, he set out to mobilize the city defense army to ensure the safety of Kyoto in the near future. If Zhao Duqi was not in favor of reconciliation, then what Gu Jinshu said just now would be all empty words.
And Zhao Duqi's gaze couldn't help but swirl between Gu Jinshu and Zhao Yuhuai, and the fingers tapping on the table slowed down slightly.
After half a salary, he spoke: "In this case, you will go and prepare for it." The security of Kyoto Castle will be left to you. Recently, the affairs in the palace have been too cumbersome, and the queen has been taking care of the harem affairs for me, so I think you and your mother can handle this matter well."
These words are to use the queen to indirectly ask the eldest prince not to act rashly and collude with the party in this matter.
After speaking, Zhao Duqi gestured to the chief eunuch beside him, so he saw that the eunuch immediately glanced at the little eunuch outside the palace, and the little eunuch immediately ran outside the palace after receiving instructions......
Zhao Yuhuai couldn't help but tremble a little in his heart at this time, although he said that he was a descendant of the middle palace, he was never named the crown prince.
He has been cultivating his own power in private, and seeing that Zhao Duqi is now taking every precaution against himself, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
It's just that his face was as indifferent as ever, and then he said flatly, "Erchen obeys the order." ”
"Lord Chuanwu entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the others dispersed." Zhao Duqi saw that Zhao Yuhuai was now calm, so he waved his hand and signaled that all the officials had withdrawn.
Then let the eunuch pass the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lord Wu, into the Heart Cultivation Palace, which should be to discuss the prevention matters in the palace.
The next day, Zhao Duqi issued two holy decrees in succession.
One was to agree to reconcile with Nanyue, and let King Guo personally escort Nanyue's envoy group to Qingqi Kyoto, nominally to ensure its safety, but in fact to monitor.
The second is to require women from families with titles, and women from official families with third-grade officials and above, regardless of their concubines, can participate in the canonization ceremony of the concubine.
In this way, it shows the virtue of the Son of Heaven who is benevolent and loves the people, which is also the fulfillment of the long-cherished wish of rejoicing with the people of the world.
The two holy decrees were quickly sent out of the palace, which immediately caused Qing Qi to applaud up and down for a while.
After all, if the front is stretched too long, the burden of harsh taxes on the people will be heavier, and besides, the reason why the fourth prince was arrested was his own mistake, and if the emperor asked the people to pay for his decision, it would definitely cause public indignation among the masses.
Therefore, as long as the flames of war can be extinguished, it is the best for the people.
And the women of the official families were also very excited after learning the news, after all, such a grand ceremony, Zhao Duqi actually made it difficult for them to see a foreign man on weekdays, how could they not be happy to participate in such a grand ceremony.
For a time, Kyoto's famous jewelry stores, gold shops, clothing workshops, and rouge shops were overcrowded for a while.
All the shops also took this opportunity to make a lot of money, and everyone was happy.
On the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, Zhao Duqi arranged for Gu Hongxiao to pick up Guo Junwang and others, and saw that he was standing on top of the city tower.
After seeing Guo Guochen's men and horses coming, he immediately trotted down the city tower with the officials behind him, and they all rode on horseback and stood in front of the city gate to wait.
King Guo Jun, who quickly returned to Beijing, escorted Nanyue's envoy group, and after meeting with Gu Hongxiao, he slowly walked into the gate of the capital.
Long before this, Zhao Yuhuai had arranged the city defense work this time, so the people were relieved to boldly go to the street, and they all gathered on both sides of the long street, curiously waiting for the envoys of King Guo Junwang and Nanyue.
Under the expectation of everyone, Guo Guochen, who was dressed in silver-gray armor, rode a black war horse, and walked into people's sight with a solemn face, and behind him, there were more than 3,000 people walking freely, these people were the Nanyue envoy group.
A chariot wrapped in bright yellow satin slowly followed behind King Guo Jun, and everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by the dazzling color.
I saw that this car looks very grand and wide, with a square appearance, one foot in length and width.
The roof and body of the car are also made of bright yellow satin that only the royal family is qualified to use, and on the silk is lightly printed with the dragon soaring.
There is a light yellow dragon on each side of the body, which makes people secretly sigh at the royal style of Nanyue after seeing it.
On the four corners of the eaves under the roof, there are glazed palace lamps, and if you look closely, you will find that the glazed palace lamps are not red candles, but night pearls the size of an adult's fist.
If it is said that the car just now made everyone feel magnificent, then such a priceless night pearl was used as a lighting tool by the Nanyue royal family at this time, it can only be described as luxurious.
Suddenly, an exclamation overflowed quietly from the mouths of the people, all of them talking about how strong the financial resources of the Nanyue royal family were.
Even some people can't see the Night Pearl once in their lives, and it's just for this kind of use, it's just a tyrannical thing.
And the person sitting in this carriage is not someone else, it is Wu Jingqi, the prince of Nanyue, because the curtains on both sides of the carriage are tightly blocked, outsiders can't see his face at this time.
And immediately behind Wu Jingqi's carriage were several slightly smaller carriages, in terms of configuration, those carriages were naturally a grade lower than Wu Jingqi's vehicles.
The body is no longer wrapped in bright yellow satin, but a light yellow brocade, which naturally lacks lifelike dragons on the brocade, but is embellished with some auspicious clouds.
Although the palace lantern above the four corners is also a glazed palace lamp, it is no longer a fist-sized night pearl, but several night pearls of uniform size, although it is also rare, but it is far less valuable than Wu Jingqi's side.
Followed by more than thirty ordinary carriages, I think it should be for Nanyue's officials.
Finally, there are a group of accompanying palace maids and eunuch guards, there are more than 3,000 people, not to mention that these guards are all mighty and heroic, even those little eunuchs are also born with beautiful eyebrows, so that the onlookers are also a feast for their eyes.
It's just that it's still early, and the palace banquet to welcome the Nanyue envoy group was arranged in the evening, so Gu Hongxiao led Wu Jingqi and the others into the embassy first, and after settling them down and resting for a while, he nodded to Guo Guochen and signaled him to return to the palace with him immediately.
The number of Nanyue envoys was large, and although there were experienced palace maids and eunuchs sent by the palace to help, it was still a busy few hours before it was completely over.
Gu Hongxiao was carefully observing Guo Guochen's expression all the way, seeing that he was also deep and a little terrifying today, and found that he had not seen the figure of the fourth prince in the envoy group, so he pulled the reins to let the horse get closer to Guo Guochen, and asked in a low voice, "King Guo Jun, where are the four princes at the moment?" ”
Hearing Gu Hongxiao's question, Guo Guochen's eyes sank slightly, and then he pursed his lips and smiled coldly, and said: "Gu Hou wouldn't think that Wu Jingqi would be so relieved, and under the escort of the king of this county, he also took the four princes with him. ”
Hearing this, Gu Hongxiao's face sank, and he knew that the four princes did not return to Beijing with the large army this time, and he thought that he would be nervous again in front of Zhao Duqi in the future.
Because everyone is busy with the canonization ceremony of Concubine Huirong tomorrow, today's dinner is only for Prince Nanyue and several accompanying princes and ministers to participate, while Qingqi is only allowed to participate in the banquet for officials above the third rank or nobles with titles.
Although there is nothing to do with the daughters of various provinces, but when they think of being able to meet the Son of Heaven, the mood of all the young ladies is extremely surging.
Each of them holds new clothes and jewelry, and asks the mothers and elders of the family to help them choose, hoping to stand out from the crowd.
Jiang Yuanliu watched Chun Tao put the complete set of jewelry and clothes made of the most fashionable materials in Kyoto on the bed, and seriously matched her with tomorrow's outfit, and couldn't help but feel a headache.
"Alright, don't be busy yet. Tomorrow's protagonist is the eldest lady of the Sun family, if we dress too conspicuously, we may not offend the new concubine when we offend other young ladies. ”
Wen Chuyun's matter has now come to an end, Jiang Yuanliu has also let go of half of his heart, and now it is more important to find out the murderer of Qiu Hua, so as to find out the instigator behind the scenes, and now this is the way to do it once and for all.
As for the banquet that he would have the opportunity to attend at any time, Jiang Yuanliu really couldn't raise any interest.