Chapter 37: The First Entry into the Palace

As he spoke, tears filled his eyes. Seeing this, Wang Yuanheng hurriedly took the handkerchief and tea handed over by Princess Lu Guo and handed it to the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager took it and wiped her tears, and after taking a sip of tea, she asked about Wang Yuanheng's experience over the years.

Wang Yuanheng didn't dare to hide it a little, and hurriedly told the Empress Dowager about his childhood life in Wangjiazhuang and how he later met his master to break through the rivers and lakes.

After listening, the Empress Dowager and Princess Lu were already in tears. Princess Lu Guo choked up and said, "Child, I didn't expect that an accident back then would cause you to suffer so much.

''So, no matter what, you have to stay with your grandmother in this palace for a while,' the Empress Dowager continued.

Although Wang Yuanheng faintly felt that he seemed to have something to do, he really couldn't bear to touch the hearts of the two relatives, so he hurriedly knelt down and said to the tunnel, "It's all up to the elders, the kid dares to disobey!"

After the two hurriedly helped Wang Yuanheng to sit down, Princess Lu Guo said coldly, "When will this matter be reported to the emperor?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and when the time is ripe, I will inform the emperor!"

Then the princess of Lu said no more. After another moment, the Empress Dowager urged Princess Lu to leave the palace and go home quickly.

After the princess of Lu Guo left, Wang Yuanheng was led by the empress dowager to the front hall to sit. After drinking the fragrant tea, Wang Yuanheng asked, "Grandmother, my grandson has something unclear, and I would like to ask your old man to solve my doubts."

The Empress Dowager smiled and bowed her head, and she was at home, so she didn't need to be restrained. Wang Yuanheng looked around and asked, 'I have heard people say that Taizu lived a simple life and avoided luxury, but why is this place so extravagant?'

The Empress Dowager smiled, "This place was not built for me, but built by Taizu for his mother Empress Dowager Du and your grandmother Empress Xiaohuihe;

Wang Yuanheng suddenly realized that this Tianyi Palace was built by Taizu for his mother. Filial piety is there, and it is understandable to be extravagant.

At the same time, I admire Taizu's feelings for his family and country. After a long time, the Empress Dowager told Wang Yuanheng again: 'During this time you are in the palace, you can temporarily go to live in the side hall in the back garden; where is the bedroom of your own grandmother, Empress He, and the place where you were born, it is better to live there!"

Wang Yuanheng said, "My grandson once heard my aunt say that the grace of nurturing is greater than the grace of childbirth, and my father was raised by you, and you are your grandson's own grandmother!"

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed and couldn't stop smiling. When she was young, the Empress Dowager summoned the palace maid who had previously led Wang Yuanheng into the palace and said to Wang Yuanheng, "This woman's name is Tao'er, and she is the most astute of all the palace people, and she has been serving me for more than ten years.

Wang Yuanheng looked at this palace maid again, her teeth were as white as shellfish, her apricot eyes were pretty, and her eyebrows were really smart.

I really like it in my heart. Before she could speak, Tao'er had already walked in front of her and bowed, "Your Highness, but there is something, just tell the slave and maid to be" Wang Yuanheng quickly helped her up, and said with a sneer, "It's just that there is Sister Lao."

After all the arrangements were stopped, Wang Yuanheng was led by Tao'er to live in the matching hall. Early the next morning, Tao'er brought clean water for Wang Yuanheng to wash, and then brought food for Wang Yuanheng to enjoy.

Immediately afterwards, she took another set of clothes for Wang Yuanheng to change into, and taught Wang Yuanheng how to tie the ribbon, how to turn the neckline around his neck, etc...... After a while, Wang Yuanheng was a little annoyed, but when he heard Tao'er say that this was all a courtesy in the palace, he could only secretly hold back his temperament and let her fiddle with it.

After everything was cleaned up, Wang Yuanheng picked up the old clothes he had just changed into and handed them to Tao'er.

"What is the use of this shabby thing, Your Highness?" "Tao'er wondered, "Although it is an old clothes, it is better to wash it clean."

Wang Yuanheng didn't think about it and replied casually. Tao'er didn't dare to disobey, took the old clothes, and bowed her head and retreated.

Before leaving, Tao'er told Wang Yuanheng that he was not allowed to walk around in the palace, otherwise he would be taken by the patrol and forbidden army to punish him, which was the rule set by Taizong back then.

So, Wang Yuanheng honestly stayed in the house in a daze, very bored, so he went to the garden outside, it was really not good, and then studied the two "Rites" and "University" with him to pass the time.

It's been like this for a few days in a row, washing in the morning, changing clothes, eating, peach chattering about the palace etiquette, and then being alone in a daze...... Within a few days, Wang Yuanheng was tired of this kind of brocade clothes and jade food life with clothes to reach out and eat to open his mouth, and felt that it was not as happy as in the days when 'Huazi helped Caizhou divide the rudder'.

But when he thought of the kind and elderly Empress Dowager, he forced himself to endure it again. And the most unbearable thing for him is that he takes a regular bath once every few days: each time, several young palace maids water and wipe his naked self, and then carefully change him into new clothes.

Every time he bathed and changed clothes, Wang Yuanheng felt ashamed and anxious, and he always dealt with things hastily. Finally, after taking a bath, Wang Yuanheng pushed away the new clothes handed by the palace maid, put on his old clothes again, and said, "Don't come to me again in the future, just wait for the empress dowager carefully!"

Tao'er was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness is angry, am I waiting for something wrong?" Wang Yuanheng is still angry, "I have hands and feet, everything is fine, no one needs to wait!"

Looking at the few palace maids kneeling on the ground who were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, Wang Yuanheng felt both angry and funny, and felt a little pitiful, so he comforted them a few words and let them leave.

That night, Wang Yuanheng couldn't sleep for a long time, and he began to miss the life of the unsettled and wanton rivers and lakes in the past.

A thought came to mind: I had never been to the palace before, but there must be many strange and interesting places here, but now when I arrived at the palace, I couldn't go out in such a boring place every day;

With all his thoughts in mind, he got up and got out of bed and walked out of the temple. After coming out, he first jumped on the roof and looked around, and found that not far from the Tianyi Palace, there was a magnificent palace.

I saw that there were many guards in front of the palace here, and they were heavily guarded, but the courtyard seemed to be empty and unguarded.

Wang Yuanheng was quite surprised, and expected that this must be an interesting place. Then he cast the method of getting up and quietly fell into the palace courtyard.

Who knows, after landing on the ground, I found that this is actually a piece of farmland! The corn trees in the field are tall and straight, and the sticks are full of ears, which I think is the result of careful care by someone on weekdays.

But how could there be farmland in this imperial city? Wang Yuanheng was quite puzzled.