In the big mansion where Hu Zhuge is the road, it is already brightly lit at this time. In the flower hall in the backyard, a table of authentic Beijing cuisine has reached the time for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves.

Although the Queen Mother invited Zhuge Weidao into the palace, she couldn't delay him for dinner!

I'm hungry and I don't have the strength to enter the palace, right?

Looking at the table with the remaining half of the Beijing cuisine, Zhuge Weidao can be regarded as an eye-opener - there are old Beijing salted duck, old Beijing water basin mutton, old Beijing Buddha jumping over the wall, old Beijing yellow eel jelly pot, and of course, Zhuge Weidao's favorite, and the old Beijing meat sandwich bun that I often ate when I was in college! Oh, by the way, and the most authentic old Beijing daughter red and yellow wine...... Of course, Zhuge Weidao did not just eat and drink with his head covered, but while eating and drinking, he wanted to get something from the mouth of Zheng Guoxian, a "good brother".

"Kamiyama, I heard that the Grand Duchess Natalie was detained in Yingtai by the Queen Mother? I don't know where she offended the Queen Mother? Zhuge asked about Natalie's situation. Now that he's taken the position of military advisor, he's not interested in long-term empty promises like worship, and all he really wants is Natalie.

Zheng Guoxian frowned slightly: "Oh, she didn't offend the Queen Mother, it's just that her body is dirty, and the Queen Mother wants to find out the culprit and punish him severely!" ”

"Severe punishment?" Zhuge Weidao picked up a piece of meat bun, didn't bite it immediately, and frowned, "But if the female archduke refuses to tell who that person is, what if she is good?" ”

Zheng Guoxian looked at Zhuge Weidao and said with a smile: "Brother Daozi, the Queen Mother knows about your relationship with Natalie...... It's very good, I want you to persuade her to confess the man who has been abandoned from the beginning. So she can go back to the Rakshasa Kingdom! ”

"Well said, well said...... But Archduchess Natalie is the sister-in-law of the Tsar of the Rakshasa Kingdom after all! ”

"Then it depends on what you do, Brother Daozi?"

Zhuge Weidao already understood at this time that the queen mother was going to use Natalie to pinch herself.

"But I'm not afraid," Zhuge thought to himself, "I definitely don't know about the fact that I got the position of military advisor, Empress Dowager Zheng...... The value of a Zhuge without a military position is not high, and their asking price should not be too high, and I may be able to fool them in turn. It seems that Zhuge has been doing the old fox's Tao for a long time! ”

Thinking of this, he pretended to hide his anxiety and shifted his attention to the golden crispy roasted pork in his hand, which was sandwiched with fat and thin, juicy and salty meat. I took a big bite, then chewed a few times, swallowed slowly, and finally showed a satisfied expression.

Now that I'm finally full, I can go to see the Queen Mother!

At this time, Yu De, the housekeeper of Zhuge Weidao, already knew that he was going to enter the palace to see the queen mother, so he ran over and said to him with a smile: "Dong Weng, the flying fish suit, the embroidered spring knife and the waist card for entering the palace have been prepared for you." Do you want to let Ah Li wait for you to change your clothes? ”

Zhuge was taken aback for Dao: "I still have a flying fish suit?" And the embroidered spring knife and the waist card for entering the palace? ”

Yu De smiled: "Of course, when you went back to Beijing for vacation in the past, you often wore flying fish clothes and brought embroidered spring knives into the palace to protect the Queen Mother." ”

Zhuge said for the Dao heart: "It seems that I really have a good relationship with that Empress Dowager Zheng...... But this relationship should still be quite pure, right? Everyone is a like-minded brother and sister, and they have come together for a common ideal. ”

After comforting himself in his heart, Zhuge Weidao said to Zheng Guoxian: "Shenshan, I'll come when I go, wait for me to change my clothes, let's go into the palace together." ”

"Okay, okay." Zheng Guoxian said "good", but he was not in a bad mood at all, because he felt that he had figured out the hole card of Zhuge Weidao - this little fox of the Zhuge family really lost his memory and became a stupid fox with a stupid head and a stupid brain. It seems that there is no chance to become a military advisor in this life, and it seems that his sister's plan is about to fail...... This is really not as good as heaven!

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Zhuge Weidao lives in the Goulan Hutong is actually a good location, very close to the palace, out of the house, along the alley for a while, on the new road to the north, to Xi'anmen Street and then to the west, walk a few steps to Xi'an Gate. Enter the Xi'an Gate, that is the West Garden of the Imperial Palace.

Although the Ming Dynasty had a population of only 360 million (those with nationality), less than a fraction of the population of 1.4 billion in later generations, and the population of Beijing was only 2 or 3 million, the prosperity of Beijing's inner city was no less than that of the second ring road in later generations. On the streets of Goolan Hutong, in addition to Zhuge Weidao's house, there are also many theaters and restaurants. There are also many telephone poles on both sides of the street, and street lamps are installed, and they are brightly lit at night. Many opera gardens have also installed a circle of light bulbs around the signboards, and the lights are flickering, which is very popular at first glance.

There are a lot of pedestrians shopping, mostly men and women, in pairs...... And Zhuge Weidao and Zheng Guoxian, two handsome guys wearing brocade clothes and flying fish suits, walked side by side on the street, which was also quite eye-catching.

Zheng Guoxian can walk around the imperial city with his eyes closed, so he just wants to bury his head and hurry and take this stupid Zhuge to his sister as soon as possible. But Zhuge is the way, but it is "Brother Zhuge enters the city", the first time! A modern Beijing city in 1826 is so new to him, a visitor from the 21st century, that it is new everywhere.

So he walked around in front of his house, looking around, as if he was a rural Jinyiwei who came to work in Beijing the day before.

Zheng Guoxian saw that he had never seen the world, and he was also quite helpless - it was obviously an old Beijing, and it was like entering the city for the first time, and there was no one left.

When the two of them "strolled" out of Goolan Hutong together, the street instantly opened up, and it was divided into sidewalks and roadways. However, the roadway was full of four-wheeled carriages with oil lamps lit. At the three-way intersection between Goolan Hutong and Xinkaidao, a traffic police booth was also erected, on which stood a saber policeman in a blue uniform, blowing a whistle and waving a flag, directing traffic there.

The newly opened street is very open, and the roadway is pitch black with asphalt on the surface, and there are many thick lines painted white and yellow...... It seems that today's Daming still has strict traffic laws. It's a pity that Zhuge Weidao can't remember any of these things, and he doesn't even know if he has a carriage driver's license?

Zhuge Weidao, who was trying to find in his mind a memory that had something to do with this old Beijing in 1826, had unknowingly been led into the West Garden of the Imperial Palace by Zheng Guoxian through an inconspicuous small door next to the Xi'an Gate.

After entering the Xi'an Gate, it is a wide and straight road, on both sides are continuous palaces and pavilions, both sides of the road are also pulled wires, installed street lamps, Zhuge Weidao and Zheng Guoxian are in this dim light, walking quickly. The surroundings were quiet, and there were no eunuchs and palace people coming and going.

Zhuge Weidao is quite familiar with this street in Xi'an Gate, I have been here many times in the past when I was studying in Beijing, at that time this street was called Wenjin Street, and the end is Beihai, there is a very large hospital in the north of Wenjin Street, and the ancient books of the National Library, and the south is Zhonghai and the South China Sea, which together are ...... Anyway, Zhuge Weidao really wanted to go in and have a look in his previous life, but he never had the opportunity, and he didn't know if he could go there to see it now that he had the sign of the imperial guard?

In addition, Guan Natalie's Yingtai Island is in the South China Sea, and I don't know how she lives there?

Just as he was thinking about going to Yingtai Island in the South China Sea to see Natalie, Zheng Guoxian, who was walking in front, had already stopped in front of a building. Zhuge almost couldn't stand on his feet, so he crashed into Zheng Guoxian.

When he looked up, he found himself in a large courtyard and standing outside a brightly lit hall.

Over here...... It should be the location of the National Library's Ancient Books Section, right? Zhuge thought about it for the Dao, and asked in a low voice: "Divine Mountain, is this the Yuxi Palace?" ”

Yuxi Palace is a palace in the West Garden of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Palace, and the Ancient Books Hall of the National Library is built on the site of Yuxi Palace. Now that the Ming Dynasty is still there, most of the Yuxi Palace is still there.

Zheng Guoxian glanced back at him, "Do you remember?" ”

"Ah, I think of some ......"

At this moment, a black eunuch ran out of the main hall of Yuxi Palace with a whisk of dust, and when he saw Zhuge Weidao, he showed a surprised expression, and opened his mouth in authentic Chinese: "Daozi, you are here, the Queen Mother has been waiting in the hall for a while." ”

Zheng Guoxian smiled and said to the black eunuch: "Black whirlwind, lead the way." ”

"Yes."

The eunuch was actually called "Black Whirlwind", I saw that he answered immediately, then turned around, and went to the main hall of Yuxi Palace like a gust of wind. Zhuge Weidao had no choice but to follow with the robe of the flying fish suit, and also walked into the main hall. There was an electric lamp in the hall, and the light was very bright, and Zhuge Weidao saw a person sitting faintly behind a hanging bead curtain in the hall at a glance.

Needless to say, this must be the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhuge Weidao hurriedly bowed down and bowed, and said loudly: "Major Zhuge of the Chen Navy respectfully invites the Queen Mother Sheng'an for Dao. ”

As soon as his words fell, there were a few sweet and greasy chuckles from behind the curtain, and then there was a female voice that made people listen to the bones that were about to fall off: "Xiao Daozi, why are you so serious?" It's not called Sister Yuhuan of the mourning family. ”