Chapter 35: The Gate of the Ivy Palace
At noon, the scorching Yang Zhengguang was baking every grass and tree, and on the main road leading to the palace, the captains of the Imperial Forbidden Army who were patrolling were roasted with red faces, and the stone pillars with dragons and phoenixes carved on both sides of the passage were also hot.
On the scorching bluestone road, two men and a woman are walking towards the Ivy Spring Palace.
This chamberlain was called Gao Jian, who served as a deacon in the palace and was in charge of the king's daily life.
Yu Mei hid under the oil-paper umbrella that Chen Yu held out for her, still hot and unbearable, looking around with two eyes and a horse, and vaguely learned from the eunuch's mouth that although the palace was large, it did not walk around at will, and could be arrested by the imperial forbidden army at any time.
Chen Yu seemed to have discovered her thoughts, so he asked the eunuch how far he was before he arrived at the ground.
Takakan didn't hurry and didn't look back, just looking at the road under his feet, and replied while speaking.
Don't worry, the time to speak is here.
Looking forward along the three gray strands in front of you, you can see a retro gate in front of the Ivy Palace, the gate is slightly higher than the flat ground, and the walls are dark red and the eaves are covered with glazed yellow tiles.
Chen Yu held an oil-paper umbrella in his hand and comforted Yu Mei in his mouth.
Did you hear it, and followed the tall man for a while before he arrived.
When she heard Chen Yu say this, the stone in her heart rolled to the ground, she originally thought that the road ahead was long, but she didn't expect it to arrive.
Yu Mei then took a few steps, turned her head to look at his face and said to him,
I don't like to walk like this, I can't walk on my feet after walking for so long, I don't want to walk, I want to take a car.
At this time, Gao Jian stretched out his hand and pointed to the group of tall palaces in front of him and told Yu Mei that this is the place.
After a pause, Gao Jian continued, "This is where the king and queen live, and the king is also a place to deal with the affairs of the court, and you can go to the Huiren Hall to face the saint in a while, and let your lady stay in the side hall to rest for a while."
Yu Mei is not reluctant,
I'm not his wife, you're mistaken.
Chen Yu didn't care about Yu Mei's words, and only cared about talking to Gao Jian.
Then just listen to what your father-in-law says, and just obey your orders.
Gao Jian stared at the road under his feet with two eyes, guided Chen Yu and Yu Mei, and walked onto the leftmost side of the gray strand.
Walking through the gray strand road is more than 100 gray steps inclined upward, and on the side of the steps are two slopes, and the Luan frame of the king and queen is from this slope straight up to the palace gate.
Along the steps is a dark red platform more than four meters wide, on which more than a dozen red columns are erected, and under the pillars are more than a dozen imperial forbidden military captains.
Each of them wore a black Praetorian uniform, a black cast-iron helmet, and a saber hanging from their waists.
The pollen field had already stood majestically at the gate of the palace, happily greeting Gao Jian.
Deacon Gao, you're back so soon!
Gao Jian didn't say much, walked quickly on the steps to the pollen field, and replied with a smile.
Or is General Hua coming back quickly, where can our family compare to the generals' BMW horses, has Lord Xu ever come back? Gao Jian asked Xu Shu again.
Pollen Tian ignored Chen Yu and Yu Mei who stepped on the steps, stared at Eunuch Gao with two eyes, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and then said to him tepidly,
Lord Xu is now inside, Deacon Gao, please ask first.
Gao Jian asked Pollen Tian again, Lu Shu, the rebel thief of Changning Gate, is he being sent to Tiger Roaring Prison or is he going to correct the Fa on the spot?
Lord Xu has already consulted the king, and the traitor has been personally escorted by Zhang Yuxian to the Tiger Howling Prison in the south of the city.
Gao Jian hesitated for a moment and said, our family is just concerned about the traitor, General Hua doesn't need to be suspicious, our family will take Chen Yu and the others in to resume their lives.
Pollen Tian calmly told Gao Jian that if outsiders from the palace want to walk through here, they must be inspected before they can enter the palace.
After a pause, he continued to say to Chen Yu and the others, "The rules of the palace must not be missing, and those who enter this place must follow the steps I said before they can enter the palace."
Gao Jianchong Chen Yu added, listen to General Hua's orders.
Only then did Yu Mei discover that General Hua that Eunuch Gao was talking about turned out to be one of the generals outside the Changning Gate.
Pollen Tian looked at Chen Yu and the two of them, moistened his hoarse throat and slowly began to chatter.
All iron parts, all potions, all kinds of hairpins, long and short keys, soft and hard brushes, thick and thin hemp ropes, packed powder, scattered herbs, large and small hard objects, strange crisps, etc., were all left, otherwise they would have been captured on the spot according to the law.
The two imperial forbidden military captains walked down the steps one after another, came to Chen Yu and the two and shouted, the two of them are all handed over, and we will return them when they come out.
The two of them took off all the things they shouldn't have on their bodies and handed them over one by one, and kept them by the captain of the forbidden army.