Huazhou, the imperial city.

On this day in mid-May, when night quietly came, two teams of cavalry hurried to the gate of Huazhou in the pouring rain, and the whole team was covered with hats. The gates of Huazhou were wide open.

Clusters of water splashed on the small ditch on the road with horses' hooves, and the sound of "tapping" was staggered, echoing over the streets of Huazhou City. In the dark of night, the faces of the two leaders could not be seen very clearly under the straw hats that covered the rain, and only the part of the nose to the chin was faintly exposed. The long procession eventually entered the city. The gates were closed tightly behind them.

When the cavalry team reached the Huazhou Governor's capital, a middle-aged man with an extremely white face in the two leaders stretched out an arm to signal a stop, and the person next to him also stopped. The sound of horses' hooves disappeared in the silence of the night.

The door of Huazhou Mansion suddenly opened from the inside out, and a middle-aged man with a beard walked out of it, followed by a short middle-aged man and a strong man in armor. The middle-aged man took the umbrella in the hands of his subordinates, went down the stone steps by himself, walked to the cavalry team, and said, "Princess, General Feng, you two will rest here tonight, and enter the imperial city tomorrow, right?" ”

The prince's face remained unchanged, and he squinted his eyes and said: "Lord Hu, the Son of Heaven has a word, don't delay, the emperor is still waiting to summon General Feng, we can't rest." He spoke in a low voice, half mighty, half polite.

"Oh! Since this is the case, then Hu will not leave you, Wang Gonggong, General Feng, let's go! ”

"Then these people behind us will stay with you for the time being, and you also know that the emperor once ordered that no one should bring more than a hundred people into the imperial city without permission."

"Yes, yes, Hu understands that Hu must entertain General Feng's soldiers!"

"Then there's Lord Rahu."

"Farewell!" Feng Yu clenched his fists.

Immediately, Wang Gonggong, Feng Yu and Jin Nian rode their horses back into the dark night.

At about a moment, the three of them finally arrived at the imperial city.

The Imperial City is located in the heart of Huazhou City, and its gates are made of gold and jade, and they are so brilliant and resilient that no one has ever been able to break into them.

Entering the imperial city, the atmosphere changed abruptly, compared to the outside, it was quieter here, but this quietness was an oppressive quiet, which made people feel suffocated.

The rain has subsided slightly. The three of them dismounted and headed for the palace alone. The palace stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are countless palaces and palaces, palaces, courts, pavilions, palaces, etc., among which there are tens of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs, and there are thousands of palace concubines and concubines in addition.

This generation of emperors is named Huangfujian, who was made the crown prince at the age of fourteen, and changed the name to Yuanhe at the age of twenty, and has been reigning for 12 years.

The prince took the lead in walking to the palace gate, took out the token and showed it to the commander of the forbidden army who was guarding the palace gate, and the commander saw Feng Yu's eyes showing a gleam, and hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to the general!" He respectfully invited the prince into the palace gate.

When Feng Yu walked in front of him, he also returned the salute with a fist.

The three of them went to the palace along the long road behind the palace gate, then turned left, and it was a narrow and long road, and at the end, they saw a closed palace, a tree was planted in front of the door, bypassed the front of the palace garden, and then went inside, there was a small stone lion guarding every other distance along the way. Finally, we reached a garden and pond with a beautiful view, stepped on the cobblestone path, bypassed the garden, and further on, a huge palace appeared in front of me.

By this time, the rain had stopped.

The palace was closed. Further on, there is another palace, which is similar to the previous one, in which the lights are bright, the door of the palace is half-covered, silent, only a little eunuch sits under the porch with a lantern and snoozes.

The prince went up, took the lantern, and woke up the little eunuch. As soon as the little eunuch saw the prince, he shouted "godfather". The prince asked in a low voice, "Is the emperor inside?" ”

"Here, the emperor is still criticizing and folding at this time." The little eunuch was very thin and submissive.

"Guard, don't fall asleep."

The prince said hello to Feng Yu and Jin Nian, and he himself took the lead in entering the palace.

After entering the hall, he knelt in front of the table and said, "Your Majesty, the slave has brought General Feng back." ”

"Well, let him in."

This is the emperor's voice, rich and clear, and the momentum and majesty in his words are indescribable.

The prince got up, stood aside, and shouted loudly outside the hall: "The emperor has a decree, and the general of Xuanzhen Guoda Feng Yu enters the palace!" ”

The shrill voice spread outside, and Feng Yu looked at Jin Nian and said, "Xiao Nian, you are waiting for me outside, don't run around." ”

"Hey, you know, you know, I've suffocated me along the way, and I can't even speak." Jin Nian flattened his mouth, very aggrieved.

"If I haven't come out for half an hour, you can ask the prince to find a place for you to rest for the night, and I will definitely pick you up tomorrow and ...... with you."

"Senior brother, aren't you coming out tonight? What, what do you want to say to the emperor......"

"The emperor ordered me to attack the northern kingdom, there must be a lot of things to explain, I may ......"

As he was talking, the prince in the palace urged again.

"Just remember not to run around, huh?"

"Okay, go, go, go." Jin Nian responded casually and waved his hand.

Feng Yu recuperated his appearance and stepped into the hall.

"Weichen see the emperor!" As soon as Feng Yu entered, he lowered his eyes, and did not stop to pay tribute until he walked to the desk and faintly saw the emperor's hand holding a brush.

"Feng Aiqing is exempt."

Feng Yu raised his head slightly, facing the gaze of Emperor Fu Jian.

Huang Fujian was handsome and extraordinary, and his momentum was even more majestic, and almost no one dared to look at him with those eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, but Feng Yu was an exception, and he fixed his eyes on this extremely ambitious king.

After a long time, the monarchs and ministers each withdrew their peeping glances, and Huangfu smiled loudly: "Feng Aiqing, don't come unharmed." He put down the pen in his hand, leaned back slightly with his broad shoulders, separated his arms, and rested them on the table casually, squinting his eyes slightly, and said to the prince on the side: "Give me a seat." ”

......

Jin Nian and the little eunuch stared at each other for a long time, feeling bored. Suddenly, he heard a few "coo" calls, Jin Nian touched his stomach, turned his head to the little eunuch who was cowering and said, "Do you have anything to eat?" ”

The little eunuch shook his head.

Jin Nian looked at him again and said, "Really not?" ”

The little eunuch shook his head again.

"Then why aren't you hungry?"

The little eunuch shook his head and nodded again, "The servant has already had dinner." ”

"Dinner? What is it, can you eat it? ”

“......”

The little eunuch stared at him weakly, blinking, winking......

"The slave can tell you where the imperial dining room is, you go to my second uncle, my second uncle is the imperial chef."

Imperial Dining Room? Second uncle? Imperial Chef? It's like、It's like the imperial dining room is the kitchen, and the imperial kitchen is the cook? The second uncle of the little eunuch is a cook!

"Then tell me quickly."

So, the little eunuch whispered in Jinnian's ear.

"Oh~ I see!" Jin Nian was so excited that he immediately got up.