Chapter Seventy-One: Is There Any Other Choice Than This Path?
The token in the hand of the lord of Zhaohua County, although it is said to be the preciousness of the imperial gift, but there is a heavier sentence in the holy decree, seeing this token is like seeing the emperor! There are not many tokens that can represent the emperor today.
Wei Zhaohua took out the token from his sleeve, looked at it seriously, and put it in the palm of his hand, as if something was burning, and the hot Wei Zhaohua's palm was a little hot.
Before he had gone far from entering the palace gate, Wei Zhaohua insisted on getting off the carriage. She is really a little uncomfortable with this kind of treatment.
The two of them walked along the path of the palace, Anyang was the first time to enter the palace, and they were full of curiosity about everywhere, looking left and right, they couldn't help but feel that everywhere was very novel.
"County Lord! Princess! You see! What kind of flower is this? Why is it so good-looking? An Yang pointed to a big red flower on the roadside path and said.
"That's a beautiful peony from the foreign domain, this kind of flower can't be seen in ordinary places!" A voice sounded, and Wei Zhaohua and An Yang looked behind them at the same time.
A woman wearing a palace dress saluted Wei Zhaohua in a formal manner.
"The slave maid is the palace maid of Fengyi Palace, and she is waiting for the lord of Zhaohua here on the order of the queen. The queen admires the intelligence of the county lord of Zhaohua very much, and wants to ask for advice in person, I wonder if the county lord of Zhaohua can appreciate his face? ”
"I didn't expect the queen mother to be so obsessed with Zhaohua that she would send someone to wait here. But Zhaohua really has something important to do today, and he really doesn't have time to go. When Zhaohua has nothing to do, he will naturally visit in person! ”
After speaking, Wei Zhaohua was about to pull Anyang away, but unexpectedly, the palace maid suddenly blocked in front of Wei Zhaohua, "The queen has been waiting for a long time, so naturally it is not bad for this time." The county lord went to the Taiji Hall to thank him, and the slave was naturally willing to wait for the county lord to finish. ”
Wei Zhaohua looked at the palace maid as if I would wait for you to go if you didn't go, and he couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous in his heart. After being grounded, how did the queen and the four princes become so reckless? If you wait like this, will there be results?
"Then there will be labor," Wei Zhaohua did not refuse on his face, hearing Wei Zhaohua's words, the palace maid looked at Wei Zhaohua in some surprise, Wei Zhaohua took out the token from his sleeve, "Borrowed!" ”
The palace maid saw the token and suddenly knelt on the ground, and hurriedly made room for Wei Zhaohua and An Yang.
Wei Zhaohua put away the token and walked in front with Anyang swaggeringly. It took a long time for the palace maid to get up from the ground, and hurriedly ran up to follow Wei Zhaohua's footsteps, but this time she deliberately left some distance.
When he walked to the Taiji Palace, Wei Zhaohua was just about to let the eunuch in to report, when he saw Cheng An coming out of it.
"Yo Yo Yo! The emperor is looking forward to it, and the county lord of Zhaohua is here! I thought the weather was gloomy, and the county lord would come back another day! Cheng An's face was full of smiles, and he couldn't hide his smile when he saw Wei Zhaohua.
Wei Zhaohua also smiled, "The emperor's grace is mighty, Zhaohua naturally won't easily break the rules!" ”
As he spoke, he walked inside. Cheng An walked a little slower and walked behind Wei Zhaohua. The moment he turned his head, he frowned when he noticed the palace maid who was following Wei Zhaohua not far away.
"This is the Tai Chi Palace, don't let people in easily!" Cheng An whispered softly to the guards at the entrance of the hall in a somewhat unkind tone.
When the guards at the gate of the main hall heard Cheng An's flowers and saw the palace maid, they naturally understood Cheng An's meaning, and they wanted to go up and blast the palace maid away.
"Zhaohua asks the emperor for peace, and the emperor is blessed with peace." Wei Zhaohua knelt on the ground and made a standard salute to the emperor.
"The emperor's grace is vast, the emperor is benevolent, and he has a lot of favor for Zhaohua, and Zhaohua is specially grateful. In the future, he will not disappoint the emperor. ”
The emperor on the dragon chair put down the fold in his hand, "Flatten!" In today's weather, I thought you wouldn't come! ”
Wei Zhaohua didn't get up from the ground, "It's naturally an honor for a courtier to be favored by the emperor, how dare you be pampered and arrogant?" But there is a sentence, the courtiers don't know whether to say it or not? ”
The emperor came down from the dragon chair, perhaps because he was uncomfortable, Wei Zhaohua seemed to see that the emperor almost fell, but was held by Cheng An. Shaking his head, the emperor was walking down step by step, Wei Zhaohua laughed self-deprecatingly, he must have seen it wrong. Although the emperor's body is not good, he will not become like this.
"You want to ask about tokens?" Although the old emperor said a question, he was obviously affirming, "It's just an ordinary token, because of my words, it has rights." I'm not going to give you anything for no reason, I think you deserve it. ”
"The courtiers just want a life-saving thing, and they don't want anything special! This token is extremely precious, and the courtiers are really unblessed. Wei Zhaohua doesn't think that anything precious is a good thing. Too much limelight will only make the world jealous.
The old emperor looked at Wei Zhaohua and raised the token above his head, and smiled softly, "What?" Are you scared? Afraid that this will bring you something unfortunate? You are wrong, bad things don't leave because you hold back, too many things to be afraid of, you can't do anything. ”
Wei Zhaohua's hand was a little sore, listening to the old emperor's meaning, he should not want to take back this token. Wei Zhaohua put his hand down, "Then if it is a road of no return, destined to be dark and gloomy, why do you have to go?" ”
"What else do you do but this road? Is there any other option? The old emperor smiled and asked, "When you are in the limelight, others may remember you for a while." In this way, it is better to go off the rails with the sword, and try what is more of the limelight? ”
Wei Zhaohua raised his head and looked at the old emperor's smiling eyes, and the old emperor smiled, "You are still young, and you still have a great future." If you are a man, I will make you the king of a different surname! That's it, so be it! If you don't want to be harassed, you can follow me around, and I can show you what's in this palace! ”
After a long time, Wei Zhaohua spoke, and she seemed to understand a little bit of what the emperor meant. The queen will not let herself go easily, and if she does not follow the emperor, there is no reason to refuse. "Then there is Emperor Lao."
The old emperor took the lead in walking outside, Anyang helped Wei Zhaohua up, Wei Zhaohua looked at the token in his hand, thought about it, and withdrew it in his sleeve. If there is really no way to change some things, it is better to bear it calmly.
Following the steps of the old emperor, he walked forward step by step. Wei Zhaohua looked at the slightly rickety back of the old emperor in front of him, and suddenly understood the burden on this emperor.
"Zhaohua! That's a good name! Heaven and earth are clear, scorching their splendour. The old emperor whispered, and Wei Zhaohua behind him only heard his name called, but he didn't hear the words clearly. But he was too embarrassed to ask again, so he could only take a few more steps forward, and the distance from the old emperor was a little closer.
The old emperor stretched out his right hand, Wei Zhaohua carefully supported the old emperor's wrist, the old emperor didn't know if he was testing Wei Zhaohua, or what he wanted, Wei Zhaohua only felt that the weight on his hand was very heavy, but in the face of the old emperor, she could only secretly endure and didn't dare to say anything.
"What is the county lord so nervous about, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is supporting the emperor, he has always talked and laughed with the emperor." Cheng An said with a smile on the other side of the old emperor.
When Wei Zhaohua heard Shen Cuobai, he was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but be a little funny when he imagined Shen Cuobai supporting the old emperor in his mind. "How can I compare with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the emperor's own son, although I also have a heart for the emperor, but after all, I can't compare to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
"Don't listen to Cheng An's nonsense, the prince is so indifferent, even if he is facing me, he looks like he owes him." The old emperor laughed, as if he had thought of something happy, "Zhaohua, if you knew the crown prince when you were young, then I would definitely make you my goddaughter!" ”
When Wei Zhaohua heard the old emperor's words, he also smiled, "What does the emperor mean by this?" Isn't it that I know the prince now, can I still be the crown princess? ”
When the old emperor heard this, he stopped in place, looked at Wei Zhaohua with a smile, and patted Wei Zhaohua's hand. "If you want to, you can."
After speaking, he walked towards the front, not giving Wei Zhaohua any chance to think. Wei Zhaohua looked at the appearance of the old emperor, and couldn't help but smile and followed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the dragon among people, in fact, I can match it, so naturally I won't be delusional." ”
The old emperor narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his face was even worse, "Everyone in the world says that the emperor is the true son of the dragon, but how can there be such a thing, it's just bragging." Do you know what the dragon among men you said was like when you were a child? ”
When Wei Zhaohua heard the old emperor say such words, he couldn't help but sigh at the old emperor's mind. If others hear that they are the dragon among men, they will inevitably smile. But the old emperor can see through it, and in the face of compliments, it is still not his heart, so much so that many people in high positions can't do it.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and martial, naturally it will not be ordinary."
The old emperor laughed as if he had heard some joke, and he couldn't stop laughing in place. Even Cheng An next to him was laughing with the emperor. An Yang looked at the conversation of several people, and was a little confused, but seeing the laughter of the old emperor and Cheng An always made people want to laugh along.
It was a long time before the old emperor came out of his laughter. "At that time! Tsobai was my first child, and when I first saw him, I was still blaming Ziyu for how she could give birth to such an ugly monster, wrinkled, and not cute at all. ”
The old emperor seemed to have fallen into deep thoughts, looking at the pavilion not far away, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.