Chapter Twenty-Four: The Princess Is Missing
The Baifu Hall is located in the west of the Taiqian Palace.
The emperor often met with ministers here, and it was also an important side hall in the imperial palace.
The first time Tang Yun saw the empress was in this Hundred Blessing Palace. When he came, there were no eunuchs or guards nearby, but Tang Yun was still keenly aware that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in the dark.
Tang Yun wanted to knock on the door, but felt that something was wrong. He hesitated for a moment, then stood in front of the door and shouted, "Minister Tang Yun, please see Your Majesty." ”
After waiting for a long time, I heard a cold voice from the palace: "Come in!" ”
Tang Yun pushed open the door, and the empress behind the door lay lazily on the dragon chair. The dragon chair is the size of a soft collapse, and the Empress will rest here when she feels tired.
The Empress was not wearing a dragon robe, just a simple white shirt, and her long hair hung down on the ground like a waterfall.
Tang Yun caught a glimpse of whiteness, so he quickly looked elsewhere, lowered his head and said no more.
"Tang Yun."
"The minister is here."
"Raise your head."
Tang Yun was shocked, he didn't know what the empress was going to do, but he still raised his head and stared at the empress.
The empress saw Tang Yunjiong's bright eyes, and for some reason, she suddenly felt a little familiar.
Tang Yun's body was covered with a white cloth, and he was obviously injured, but he still stood straight and solemn, standing like a straight javelin, standing still.
At this moment, Tang Yun's figure seemed to disappear, and a man in a red dragon robe appeared in front of him. The man was his age, and it was in this palace that he first saw him.
At that time, the empress was still a little palace maid who had just entered the palace, and as soon as she entered the door, she happened to bump into Emperor Yang who was about to go out.
Emperor Yang had experienced an assassination at that time, and he was seriously injured, but he still kept smiling. At that time, a little palace maid bumped into the emperor, which was a big crime in the palace, but Emperor Yang did not get angry, but expressed great interest in this palace maid.
The empress felt a little in a trance, and she suddenly remembered the feeling of being held in Tang Yun's arms when she fell from a high place.
It was a mountain of reliability that had haunted the Empress's heart for the past few days. The empress naturally knew that Tang Yun had no home at all, and he usually lived in the yamen, so she allowed him to recuperate in the palace.
The Empress's expression changed slightly, and she suddenly felt her cheeks become a little hot. Because of the dim light, Tang Yun didn't see clearly.
The empress sighed slowly: "The events of the past few days are enough to worry me. I didn't expect that the courtier I had always trusted betrayed me, and it was you who saved me. ”
"Tell me, what reward do you want?" The Empress said bluntly.
Tang Yun had expected it a long time ago, and as for the rhetoric, he had already prepared it.
At that moment, Tang Yun said respectfully: "The minister put His Majesty in danger, it is the minister's dereliction of duty, please punish Your Majesty!" ”
With a burst of silence.
The empress sneered: "I'm annoyed by this rhetoric. You are a young man, just say what you want, if I can't tell what is merit and what is wrong, then I will be the master of the people. ”
Tang Yun hesitated a little, and finally had to say, "The minister hasn't thought about it yet." ”
The empress shook her head helplessly, and sighed: "Forget it, you go to rest first in the past few days, and the matter of the Demon Hunting Division, with Du Cheng and Jing Liang to help you, you don't have to worry about it." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long."
When Tang Yun was about to leave, the empress suddenly stopped him and asked, "Tang Yun, from your point of view, is it really that difficult for a woman to be the emperor?" ”
The Empress just asked casually, and she actually knew the answer. But she didn't expect that Tang Yun would turn his head solemnly.
Tang Yun said: "Lai Jie is just a special case, his wife and children were killed by the Northern Wilderness, so he holds a grudge and always wants the Great Zhou and the Northern Wilderness to continue to fight." I hope Your Majesty won't take what he said to heart, it is just a rhetoric made by Lai Jie for his own behavior. ”
Tang Yun paused and said, "In Chen's opinion, it doesn't matter to a person whether he is a man or a woman. Your Majesty can make this peaceful life for all people in the world to live, it is the Ming Jun, and it is the emperor of the people. Those people go away with their noise, the history books will prove everything. ”
Of course, Tang Yun would not despise the emperor just because she was a woman, in later generations, the presidents of many countries were women, who would dare to despise her?
The empress was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Tang Yun to answer her like this.
"That's what you really think?"
Tang Yun nodded solemnly.
The empress smiled dumbly, and she waved her hand: "Forget it, my heart has been messed up these days, and I will ask you these things." You go and take good care of your body, and when you are healed, I will reuse you. ”
Tang Yun thanked him and left the Hundred Blessing Palace.
I thought it was a punishment, but this is the result.
If he was replaced by another minister who handled things tactfully, he might be able to leave a good impression on the emperor after this meeting. The credit of a rescue is enough to make the future career smooth.
Perhaps, he is an outlier among the time-travelers.
He is not good at communicating with the people of this world, he even rejects this world faintly, he is afraid of being assimilated by this world, and in the end, he forgets his original self.
He lives in his own circle and strives to survive.
Out of the Baifu Palace, a group of eunuchs passed by, Tang Yun glanced around, and saw that he didn't see Xiao Qianqin, thinking that it was because of the busy government affairs.
Although the empress did not say it explicitly, Tang Yun was not suitable to stay in the palace anymore. Although he is still very weak, he can walk, so he can stay in the yamen and recuperate.
Tang Yun moved his body, and a group of palace maids passed by him.
"Have you heard, what happened in the palace recently......"
"Dare to talk more, the manager taught so many people a lesson last time, do you want to be punished too?"
"No, it's my sister from a fellow countryman. She was waiting by the side of Princess Jinyang. But who knows, this princess has disappeared somehow, and they have been interrogated several times in the past few days. ”
"The princess is gone, will Your Majesty be in a hurry?"
"Shhh......h
Tang Yun's eyes widened, he directly pulled the palace maid in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about, what happened to Princess Jinyang?" ”
The palace maid trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave maid doesn't know, she heard about it." ”
"Say!"
"I heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess...... He was kidnapped, and now people all over the city are looking for him, but they haven't found it. ”
Tang Yun's heart sank, he supported his body and returned to the Yamen of the Demon Hunting Division.
As soon as Jing Liang saw Tang Yun coming, he was shocked and said, "My lord, shouldn't you be cultivating in the Tai Hospital, why did you come to the yamen?" ”
"Jing Liang!" Tang Yun said coldly, "After I fell into a coma, what happened, you quickly tell me!" ”