Ming Palace Chronicle - Homecoming
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, this month, Zhu Houyu began to secretly begin to actively win over the officials who had just been promoted in the DPRK, Ning Ke knew that he was in a difficult situation now, Zhang Zhang, who was promoted not long ago, was demoted to Jinling because of the dispute over etiquette, and now there are almost no people around Zhu Houxi who can speak, probably because of the last incident, Zhu Houyu almost never said anything to her, and now everything is held in her heart, which makes Ning Ke very helpless, after all, she still cares about him very much.
On this day, the palace was extremely lively and busy, Ning Ke knew that this was because today was the day when the show girls entered the palace, standing on the bell and drum tower of the Shenwu Gate, Ning Ke looked at the show girls who entered the Shenwu Gate one after another, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the war between women in the harem was about to start for Zhu Houxi, the emperor.
"Why don't you go to the Emperor's side? He should need you very much now. Zhang Yanran, who was standing beside her, suddenly spoke.
Ning Ke smiled slightly and said, "No, he won't need me now." β
Hearing this, Zhang Yanran glanced at Ning Ke and said, "I can see that he cares about you very much." β
"So what? He is destined to have three palaces and six courtyards, and I don't want to be a woman in his harem. Ning Ke said indifferently, suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Yanran, smiled slightly, and said, "I envy you very much, Ming Xiaozong is a good man." β
Zhang Yanran smiled when she heard this, and said: "Zhu Houxi and Youzhu are actually the same, but the way of expressing love is different, as a bystander, I can see that the reason why he has to choose a concubine is because he must now get the help of these Xiu Girl families in order to consolidate his position in the court, which is also his helplessness!"
So what? Although I have him in my heart, I don't love him, Ning Ke dreams back to Fuxi's figure every midnight, repeating the same dream, making Ning Ke's thoughts about Fuxi deeper and deeper.
"Okay, I should also go, the show girls have already entered, and I will also go to Chuxiu Palace to see the new beauties by the way!" Zhang Yanran said with interest, and then said to Ning Ke: "Won't you go with me to have a look?"
Ning Ke smiled and said, "I'm going to stay a little longer, you can go." β
Zhang Yanran shrugged her shoulders when she heard this, and then turned around and left.
After Zhang Yanran left, Ning Ke also planned to go back, walking aimlessly on the road, team after team of guards were patrolling back and forth, at this time, Ning Ke saw two girls in front of her, one was wearing the clothes of a show girl, and the other looked like her maid, the two of them were walking around, looking like they were lost.
"You're the show girl who entered the palace this year, right?" Ning Ke walked up to them and said to the girl in the show girl's clothes.
When the two girls heard this, they turned to look at Ning Ke behind them, and the maid hurriedly said, "Yes...... Yes, my young lady came late just now, I don't know how to go, none of those guards and palace eunuchs who came and went paid attention to us, this girl, do you know?"
Ning Ke pulled the corners of her mouth when she heard this, she knew the rules of the palace, generally palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to chat casually, and they were also near this Shenwu Gate, and they would be scolded by the rod if they were caught. Ning Ke glanced at the show girl, she looked very beautiful, but looking at her somewhat cowering and restrained appearance, she seemed to be quite timid.
So Ning Ke said, "Come with me, I'm just going to go over too." β
The two girls were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly thanked them, and followed behind Ning Ke.
"This girl, are you also a show girl who came to participate in the draft?" As she walked on the road, the maid suddenly asked curiously.
Ning Ke smiled, shook his head and said, "I'm not, I'm just a palace maid." β
The maid shook her head when she heard this, and said, "Palace maids, I don't think you're like you, just now those palace maids ignored us one by one, and you were dressed differently from them." β
Ning Ke smiled and said, "I'm just a little higher than the average palace maid." β
The three of them chatted while walking, Ning Ke also knew the name of the show girl, called Chen Zhixia, who was the daughter of the governor and Chen Wanyan, and it didn't take long for Ning Ke to take them to Chuxiu Palace, a group of show girls were standing in the courtyard with their heads bowed, and a female official in front of them who looked almost thirty years old was telling them about the rules of the palace, and as she was talking, she suddenly saw Ning Ke standing not far away, and hurriedly came over and bowed and said: "Wei Fang, the female official in charge of Chuxiu Palace, has seen the female official of the chief. β
Ning Ke nodded when he heard this, glanced around, and said, "Where is the Queen Mother?"
When the Wei master heard this, he said respectfully: "Back to the female official, the Queen Mother came over and left, just left." β
Ning Ke was a little speechless, this Zhang Yanran was really hot for three minutes, and then let Chen Zhixia, who was in a daze behind him, out and said to Wei Zhangshi: "This is the show girl who just came, because she came late and accidentally got lost, and she happened to be bumped into by me, so I brought it, you can help her arrange it." β
Hearing this, Wei Zhangshi hurriedly responded, and then Ning Ke glanced at those show girls, some of them were secretly looking at her and immediately lowered their heads when they saw this, Ning Ke didn't care, and turned to leave.
After Ning Ke left, several of the more daring show girls were quite curious and said, "Wei is in charge, who is that woman?"
Hearing this, Wei Zhangshi turned around and glared at them, and said coldly: "Don't ask more questions that shouldn't be asked in the future, Lady Liu can be said to be the most trusted person in the emperor today, in the future, which of you who is not long-sighted accidentally bumps into her, even if you sit on the position of the queen concubine, no one can save you!"
Those show girls were shocked when they heard this, although they were very curious why the emperor cared so much about such a female official, but when they heard what Wei Zhangshi said, they didn't dare to ask anything, and they secretly wrote down Ning Ke in their hearts.
That Chen Zhixia and her maid were also very shocked, they didn't expect the woman who brought them over to be so big, and at this time, Na Wei Zhangshi glanced at the two of them and said: "Chen Xiunu, you are late, I will teach you the rules of the palace later, I will let someone take you to see your room first." As he spoke, Wei Zhangshi turned his head and called, "Yun'er, take Chen Xiunu down to arrange a room for her." β
As soon as the words fell, the palace maid named Yun'er led Chen Zhixia and her maid down.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, this day was the day when the emperor chose a concubine, Ning Ke waited for Zhu Houyu to change clothes and wash in the morning, and the two did not communicate throughout the whole process, until Zhu Houyu was about to get off, Zhu Houyu suddenly said: "No matter what, as long as you are by my side in the future, I will never allow anyone to hurt you." β
Ning Ke was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled faintly, this is very good, at least she doesn't have to be embarrassed anymore, and when she helps him get through the current difficulties, she can go to complete her task.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked out of the dormitory side by side.
After the selection of concubines, Zhu Houxi seemed to have already thought about who to choose, unexpectedly, Chen Zhixia was actually elected as the queen, Ning Ke couldn't help but tremble when he saw Chen Zhixia being selected, as if he was enduring something, which made Ning Ke feel very strange, in case Zhu Houxi had any accidents, Ning Ke still secretly told Zhu Houyi what she observed, so that Zhu Houxi paid attention, Zhu Houyi nodded when he heard this, but because of this incident, Ning Ke didn't know that he had ruined a woman's happiness until later.
Not long after that, Zhu Houxi officially married Chen Zhixia as the queen, but secretly sent someone to investigate her past, and secretly visited for more than a month, only to learn that she had a childhood sweetheart before entering the palace, and she happened to be the martial champion of this year's imperial examination, but because of family interests, she was forced to enter the palace to be a show girl, and her loved ones were forced to separate.
Ning Ke didn't know how Zhu Houyu dealt with this matter later, but she always had a bad premonition, in the next few years, Zhu Houxi's position gradually stabilized, and he also re-promoted Zhang Xuan Guicao and others, and after Zhang Xuan Guixu and other degraded officials returned to Beijing, Zhu Houxi secretly summoned them. Therefore, the saint's popularity is based on etiquette, so he determines relatives, decides suspicions, does not have similarities and differences, and knows right and wrong" has won the approval of everyone.
After the opponents were imprisoned and demoted by Zhu Houyu for various reasons, Zhu Houyu held more and more real power in the court, Yang Tinghe was forced to resign and return to his hometown, this five-year dispute over the Great Rites finally came to an end, among them, Zhang Yanran also secretly helped a lot, in her words, she didn't want to stay in the palace at all, and she still missed her parents very much, and she didn't know how her parents were doing now. However, knowing that Ning Ke couldn't worry about Zhu Houxi's affairs, he secretly helped, and after this matter was over, Zhang Yanran came to Ning Ke again.
Zhang Yanran decided to let Ning Ke accompany her to the imperial tomb to get the sword in the last few days, after all, she couldn't bring the sword out when she entered the imperial tomb alone, and it was impossible to let others help push the sarcophagus lid open to get the sword, that would definitely be a big taboo, and Zhang Yanran didn't have much strength, Ning Ke, a person who practiced martial arts, should not be a problem to push open the sarcophagus lid.
A few days later, Zhang Yanran told Zhu Houyu that she was going to the imperial mausoleum tomorrow to see Emperor Xiaozong, Zhu Houyu didn't care, since the dispute over the Great Rites Discussion, Zhang Yanran's status has not been as good as before, Zhu Houyu didn't respect this elder much, Zhang Yanran asked Zhu Houyu to let Ning Ke accompany her, which made Zhu Houyu wary, but it was not easy to directly refute Zhang Yanran's request, so he had to ask Ning Ke's opinion, Ning Ke naturally agreed, Zhu Houyu finally had to agree to let Ning Ke go with Zhang Yanran, but he sent a group of brocade guards to accompany him to protect, which made Zhang Yanran cry and laugh a little, making him seem to hurt Ning Keγ
Ning Ke knew that she was going to say goodbye, it was estimated that she would never come back, that dinner, Ning Ke made a table of dishes, and the whole hall was Ning Ke and Zhu Houxi, Ning Ke sat down to eat with him as before, and kept putting vegetables in his bowl, which made Zhu Houxi feel a little weird, but he couldn't say it, and soon, Zhu Houxi was immersed in this happy atmosphere and enjoyed the time with Ning Ke.
The next day, Zhang Yanran was about to set off, before leaving, Ning Ke waited for Zhu Houxi to change clothes and wash for the last time, and saw him go to court, at this time, Zhang Yanran also came to urge her to leave, so Ning Ke followed Zhang Yanran out of the palace.
It didn't take long for Zhang Yanran and Ning Ke to come to Tailing, where Emperor Xiaozong was buried, Zhang Yanran asked everyone to stay outside, and then entered the imperial tomb with Ning Ke.
The air inside was very thin, and the surroundings were also very dry, probably because it was closed all year round, so that the corpses could be better stored, and the two walked all the way, and it didn't take long to come to the marble coffin of Emperor Xiaozong.
Ning Ke tried the weight of the sarcophagus, then asked Zhang Yanran to step aside, took a deep breath, and began to push the lid, and pushed it for a long time before pushing open a gap the size of an arm, Ning Ke looked inside, and couldn't see anything in the black paint, so he leaned against the wall a little out of breath, Zhang Yanran hurriedly stepped forward to wipe her sweat, Ning Ke rested for a while and immediately stepped forward to continue to push the coffin lid, exhausted his strength to feed, and this time the light could finally be seen inside.
Ning Ke and Zhang Yanran hurriedly went up to look inside, the two of them saw Zhu Youzhang's body at a glance, the embalming work was done quite well, Ning Ke could still vaguely see Zhu Youzhang's face, looking quite good, Zhang Yanran saw Zhu Youzhang's eyes showing a reluctant look, Ning Ke was a little speechless, but now is not the time to appreciate the dead body, Ning Ke looked next to Zhu Youzhang's body, and saw a sword, Ning Ke's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly reached out to take the sword, and held it, it was really heavy, it took a lot of effort to take out the sword, Ning Ke pulled out the sword, it was a cold air, Ning Ke touched the sword surface, and felt a cold and piercing boneAt this time, I only heard Xiao Liuzi's voice sound: "Congratulations to the host for completing the task, rewarding 4,000,000 points and advanced calligraphy skills, the host's mana and space have been unsealed, may I ask if the host will leave here immediately?"
As soon as Xiao Liuzi finished speaking, the sword in Ning Ke's hand disappeared immediately, and then he felt that all the true qi and internal force in his body had returned, Ning Ke hurriedly said to Zhang Yanran: "I have recovered my strength now, we can leave." β
Zhang Yanran raised her head when she heard this, Ning Ke saw that her eyes were red, she must have just cried, but Zhang Yanran sniffed and said, "Let's cover this sarcophagus first, I don't want Youjiao's body to get cold again......"
Although Ning Ke was a little speechless at her words, he still did so, and after removing the lid of the sarcophagus, Ning Ke said, "Now I'm going to ingest your soul." Zhang Yanran nodded when she heard this, closed her eyes, Ning Ke stretched out her hand and silently recited the spell, this is still the spell that Lu Ji taught her at the beginning, used to transfer souls, and was transformed by Ning Ke into a spell that can not only transfer souls but also deregister souls, and after a while, I saw a white mist coming out of Zhang Yanran's head, which gradually turned into a human form in the air, and Ning Ke also saw Zhang Yanran's original appearance, a girl with a very ordinary appearance and glasses.
Zhang Yanran's soul was now in a coma, and Ning Ke received her soul into the space, and said to Xiao Liuzi: "Take us away!"
As soon as the words fell, Ning Ke's eyes went dark and he fell unconscious.
When he woke up, Ning Ke saw that Zhang Yanran's soul was wandering in the space unconsciously, Ning Ke went out of the space, took a shower and changed his clothes, and went downstairs.
"Second aunt, you're also here!" Ning Ke went downstairs and saw Ruan Yufen who was sitting in the living room drinking tea with her mother, so she smiled and asked her mother, "Mom, how many days has this been?"
Feng Lingjing thought for a while and said, "It's been less than half a month, where have you been this time?" Feng Lingjing also knew a while ago that Ning Ke was on a mission in other worlds, and when she came out, she was curious.
"Ming Dynasty, I've been there for a few years!" Ning Ke walked over and said, "You don't know, I also met another traverser this time, but it's not the same as me, she crossed over in 2008, and has been in a vegetative state in the hospital for five years, I'm going to go to the city hospital now, I brought her soul back, now go to her house, put her soul into her body, what's the matter to talk about when I come back......!
Saying that, Ning Ke was about to leave, Ruan Yufen hurriedly grabbed her and smiled: "What's the hurry! I came to tell you a good news......!
Ning Ke was a little curious when he heard this, thinking that he was really not in a hurry anyway, so he listened to what was going on.
Ruan Yufen took out a check from her bag and handed it to Ning Ke, Ning Ke looked at the amount on it, it was actually 7 billion yuan, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Second aunt, are you going to rob the bank?" As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Yufen was hit on the head.
Ning Ke touched his head quite aggrievedly, Ruan Yufen glanced at Ning Ke and said, " Dead girl, can you think of something good, didn't you say that you gave the No. 1 Muscle Pill as a gift, I gave the No. 1 Muscle Pill as a gift to our company's original old customers, and the response among them was particularly enthusiastic, and then the No. 2 Muscle Pill was sold out as soon as it came out, just two days ago, we held a perfect auction, dedicated to the auction of the No. 3 No. 3 Muscle Dan, three were auctioned separately, the first one was auctioned for 500 million, the second was auctioned for 1.8 billion, and the third was auctioned for 3.7 billion, which were respectively Hong Kong wealthy businessmen, The Chinese of country M and the queen of country Y were taken away, and then, we launched the perfect mask you developed, 600 bottles of mask sales were sold out on the first day, our production workshop is busy, and now there are dozens of large shopping malls and cosmetics stores want our mask agent, and finally we decided that each agent is limited to 20 bottles of each mask per day, and I have no plans to expand the production workshop, after all, if the production is expanded, it will be difficult for other brands of skin care products to have a market, and then our company will definitely become the target of the public, and will definitely not avoid all kinds of troublesγ β
Ning Ke nodded when he heard this, but he was also shocked that his research results could make so much, but the seven billion ......
Ning Ke stuffed the check in his hand into Ruan Yufen's hand and said, "Second aunt, you don't need to give me all of them! These things can be sold, and the members of the company have also made a lot of efforts, so you can just use this money to give them more commissions, so that the people in the company will do their best for the company!"
Ruan Yufen couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Then you don't need so much! What's more, your second aunt is not without it here, I'll give them a mention of achievement at that time, Xiaoke, you can put it away!"
β...... Can...... However, I don't know where my dragon card is used to charge money......" Ning Ke couldn't help but say after holding back for a long time, "Okay, second aunt, you take the check back, use the money in it to add a commission to the employee first, and you transfer the rest to my dragon card account, that's it, I'll go first, bye-bye......" Ning Ke was afraid that Ruan Yufen would have to excuse himself after speaking, so he hurriedly ran away, and disappeared as soon as he slipped away.
"This girl ......," Ruan Yufen said a little speechless.