Volume 1: The First Signs Chapter 29, Looking at Each Other in Front of the Council and the Palace
Outside the Yong'anli mansion, quietly, the pick-up and drop-off team from the palace.
Qu Zhiyun looked at the people outside, looking nervous.
"Your Majesty, is this going to take you to the court?"
As he spoke, he looked at the inner room still eating gruel, full of Lu Zhaoyi who didn't care.
Looking at the history books and the Manchu Dynasty, who can still have such treatment? Up and down, you have to be picked up by the Son of Heaven, so you have to be a talker? Isn't it being made fun of by people all over the capital and even the world?
There was no way she could have agreed.
"Seven ladies, seven ladies." The chamberlain shouted outside.
"Zhiyun!" Lu Zhaoyi's expression was indifferent, and he glanced at her coldly, "You go out and tell them to shut up!" ”
"I don't dare, you go by yourself!" Qu Zhiyun chuckled, and found that her face was wrong, so she immediately turned her head and left.
Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi raised his eyebrows and sneered: "This Xia Pei is so breathless." With that, she slammed the shortbread in her hand on the table.
"If you want to blame, blame yourself?" Qu Zhiyun suddenly popped up from the door and grimaced at her, "It's not the peach blossom you brought yourself." ”
Another piece of shortbread came out of her hand and went straight to her front door, and she nimbly dodged it.
Seeing the person slipping away, Lu Zhaoyi stroked his forehead, seemed to be a little tired, and said lightly, "It's really a headache." ”
With that, she put down the dishes and chopsticks, and walked down the mansion with Ying Lingyingxue, meeting the armor soldiers and inner servants outside.
She looked stunned, "Go back!" Tell Your Majesty that the minister can't afford such a heavenly grace. The minister himself will go! ”
As soon as the words fell, a trace of embarrassment appeared on the waiter's face, "Seventh lady, Your Majesty asked the slave maid to pick you up, and the slave maid did not dare to disobey, which, this makes the slave and maid very embarrassed!" The seventh lady should be considerate of the slave. ”
Lu Zhaoyi didn't embarrass them, they just obeyed orders, what's wrong?
In the end, she didn't go with them, instead, she walked to her carriage alone, took the shadow guard, and headed towards the palace.
The chamberlain glanced at it helplessly, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to follow behind the carriage that Lu Zhaoyi was riding.
The scene was so sensational, which inevitably made passers-by look sideways, which was also what she didn't want to see.
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The Imperial Palace, the Hall of the Visible Sun.
Lu Zhaoyi walked slowly, and the attendant behind her still followed, sending her into the hall.
Seeing that the courtiers were staring at her, she ignored them and stepped forward to salute Xia Pei.
"Minister, the chariot is engaged in Zhonglang Lu Qi Niang, meet Your Majesty."
Everyone looked at her today's outfit, the upper body was a moon-white gauze inner gauze dress, a thin smoky purple gauze coat, and a goose yellow waist-length skirt.
The black hair is hairpinned with white jade beads, the earrings are bright and shining, the smile is outstanding, the elegant dress and her appearance are naturally set off, and the beauty is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.
On the throne, Xia Pei stared at her for a long time before retracting his gaze, and when he saw the expressions of the ministers below, he immediately couldn't sit still and slammed the lacquer hard.
When the ministers heard this, they lowered their heads in fright on the spot.
"Today, the military and political leaders in front of the palace are meeting, on such a serious occasion, you are dressed so brightly, do you want to rebel?" Xia Pei gritted his teeth in anger and glared at the people below.
Lu Zhaoyi snorted coldly, and scolded him thousands of times in his heart.
"May I ask Your Majesty, is what the minister is wearing today?"
blurted out these words, which made Xia Pei speechless.
In this dress, she did not lose her dignity, but was more decent, and it was also the most in line with the posture of a scholar woman.
Xia Pei coughed lightly a few times to relieve the embarrassment, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, so he turned his head and became angry at the waiter, "I'll go to Da Honglu another day and make a few court clothes for Lu Niangzi, do you hear?" ”
The ministers in the hall were slightly stunned, Da Hongqing Qi Ran was obviously in the palace, what kind of anger did he and the inner servants have?
This position of Hongluqing belongs to Qi Ran, an old fox, since Xia Pei didn't order him, he simply didn't hear it, and he would not back down half a point from such a precedent as a woman's court uniform.
After this incident, Xia Pei straightened his face again, and his expression returned to seriousness.
"According to the Hebei Military Report, the remnants of the Zhou clan that are active in Qinghe and Xindu counties are all trapped in a corner of Wuyi, and I feel that they will be annihilated in one fell swoop in a few days."
He paused and raised his tone slightly, "This is also due to a Jianghu organization in Guangping County, which secretly provides information. ”
Quang Binh County? Lu Zhaoyi frowned.
A month ago, when she left Yedu, she asked Piaoxue Building to suspend all activities, and at the same time ordered Qu Fuzi of Julu County to take charge of all affairs in the building.
This time, she didn't know anything about Piaoxue Lou's actions, but it was also expected.
Piaoxuelou has always taken revenge on the bully, so he has never rebelled against Ji Qing and has never had any heart.
She was still thinking about it, and Xia Pei, who was on the throne, continued.
"Within the territory, the remnants of the Zhou clan are retreating; Overseas, the Juning coalition army was constrained by two generals, Zhao Lin and Zuo Si, and Zhu Qing thought that he could eradicate the roots of the Zhou family? ”
Lu Zhaoyi looked at Xia Pei with a pair of bright eyes, but at this moment, he felt that he was not so annoying.
But as he said, if he can really uproot this tumor, it would be better, but I am afraid that the Zhou family has other conspiracies.
The ministers present also had a lot of discussions.
In several discussions, among the ministers of the DPRK and China, the Guanzhong faction, the Hebei faction, and the Jingyue faction all expressed their own views.
Guanzhong faction: "We believe that we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely eradicate this scourge, and we must not allow it to linger." ”
Jingyue faction: "The minister is also in favor, and now that the Juning coalition forces are colluding with the Jiqing rebellion, it will no longer work." If we take advantage of the situation now, we will be victorious! ”
The two parties were full of righteous indignation, but Lu Chengye, who was hiding in the corner, was full of wrinkles.
Xia Pei observed him, so he asked softly, "Nanyang Hou, what are your opinions, say it and discuss it with Zhongqing?" ”
was suddenly called, Lu Chengye was stunned for a moment, and his eyes kept on his little sister, as if there was something unspeakable.
The surrounding ministers also found out that something was wrong with him.
Seeing this situation, Qi Ran stroked his long beard and tilted his mouth, "Nanyang Hou, who is in charge of your Lu family, I don't know?" What do you think your sister has done? ”
This remark is obviously suspected of insulting.
Even Xia Pei's face changed when he heard this, not to mention Lu Chengye, who was born as a military general and had some temper himself?
Just as he lowered his head and clenched his fists, a sharp sound came from the corner, attracting everyone's attention.
"What Da Hong Luqing means is that my Lu family has no man, right?"
Everyone looked at the source of the sound, but it was Lu Zhaoyi's voice.
She should have been a woman, and when the men of the family were questioned, she shouldn't have stood up, and now she came out, but it proved the incompetence of the men of the Lu family.
Qi Ran's face was ruddy and he smiled slightly, obviously his plan succeeded.
But Lu Zhaoyi didn't give him a chance, and stood in front of him, intending to compete against him.
"Go back and sit down!" Xia Pei spoke up in time, "When I am in the Xianyang Palace, it is a place in the market, do you want to fight with your tongues?" ”
The crowd was silent.
"The minister knows his mistake!" Lu Zhaoyi and Qi Ran bowed to Xia Pei Shi at the same time, and the two of them retreated respectfully to the side in two directions.
In this way, the ministers in the palace also breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Pei continued to look at Lu Chengye, "Nanyang Hou, say whatever you want, don't worry about anything else." I will not cure your sins. ”
"The minister is afraid, about this matter, the minister's sister-in-law should have more say in it." Lu Chengye's eyes narrowed slightly, and the next sentence was shocking.
"Your Majesty just said that the Jianghu organization in Guangping County originally belonged to my Lu family. After her sister ran away from marriage, some of the tribes followed her out to set up their own doors, but now they have long been out of the control of the Lu family. ”
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Xia Pei was surprised, he really didn't know about it.
"Lu Niangzi, what Nanyang Hou said, is it true?"
Lu Zhaoyi hung his head slightly, and his voice was firm, "Back to Your Majesty, what Shang Shuling said is true!" ”
This sentence surprised everyone present.
Unexpectedly, the Lu family's Qi Niang, who they have always looked down on, still has the Jianghu Organization in their hands, and they don't even know about such a thing.
Everyone was still in amazement, Xia Pei's eyes were rolling, and his thoughts were already drifting away.
"Qiu Qing!" When he came back to his senses, he immediately called a person, it was Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Qiu Quzi.
"I remember that five years ago, Doctor Yunhua was rescued by the Jianghu people in Yuzhou Prison, and what you suspected at that time was a Jianghu force in Hebei. Can it be related to Lu Niangzi's organization? ”
Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi was flustered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
This is Xia Pei, the first time he is closest to the truth, and it depends on how Qiu Quzi chooses.