Chapter Ninety-Six: The Emperor [Three Watches]
Gao Ming turned around and left: "Don't go! Sad! I treat you so sincerely as a senior sister, you think about pit me every day! You also pit such a handsome junior brother, won't your conscience hurt!"
Bai Zhi caught up and grabbed him: "Little junior brother......"
Bai Zhi seemed to want to say something, but she couldn't stop giggling, bending over with laughter, and couldn't speak.
Gao Mingwu struggled to himself: "Don't call me junior brother, there is no senior sister like you." β
Bai Zhi held on to it, laughed for a while, and then said, "Little junior brother, you are so cute!"
Gao Ming said angrily: "This shows the viciousness of your heart even more, you are also pitted with such a lovely junior brother!"
Bai Zhi "giggled" and laughed non-stop, laughing breathlessly, and finally said: "Fool, I'll tease you!"
Gao Ming: "...... Really, you didn't lie to me, don't try to fool me, let me get beaten!"
Bai Zhi laughed again, laughing so hard that she couldn't breathe. Why are you so naΓ―ve? No, this looks so stupid!
After a long time, Bai Zhi finally reined in, covered her stomach and said, "Our palace has privileges, and you can not go to court." We're here to report on the matter this time. β
Gao Ming was skeptical: "Really?"
Bai Zhi said: "Have you ever seen my father go to court?"
Gao Ming thought for a while and said, "I didn't get up so early......
Bai Zhi pulled him away: "Oh, go, go, fool!"
The two walked into the imperial city. Although the sky is still dark, there are street lights every few steps along the way, which can be regarded as brightly lit.
A eunuch was waiting here early in the morning, and when he saw Bai Zhi from afar, he ran up in small steps to meet him, and said, "The slave has seen the county lord." The emperor is in the Zhonghe Palace, and the special order servants are waiting for the county lord here. β
Bai Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "Father-in-law An, how have you been doing lately?"
"Oh, the county lord still remembers the slave, the slave is honored, the slave is honored! β
This father-in-law An had received Bai Zhi before and had a relationship. He never thought that Bai Zhi would still remember him, and he was really scared, surprised and delighted at the moment.
Bai Zhi said with a smile: "Then there is Father-in-law Lao An leading the way in front." β
Father-in-law Na An hung his head and bowed his waist and said in fear: "Don't dare, don't dare, the county lord just call the slave Xiao Anzi." Lord of the county, please. β
Xiao Anzi led Bai Zhi and Gao Ming all the way forward.
The three of them walked along the avenue, turned a few corners, crossed the flowing water arch bridge, walked for a long time, and the sky was bright white, but they still hadn't arrived.
Gao Ming asked, "It's so far, why don't you take a carriage over?"
Gao Ming saw that the road was very wide, and it was more than enough for two carriages to run side by side.
The little Anzi listened to it in front of him and replied respectfully: "This lord, there are clear regulations in the etiquette system, for the sake of the courtiers' respect for our emperor, the carriage is not allowed to enter, and the adults can only walk to the court. In addition, the wagons of the adults are very large and inconvenient to manage. β
Gao Ming said: "However, your lords are already busy dealing with state affairs, so isn't it a heavier burden?"
Xiao Anzi said with a smile: "That's no way." His Majesty was already very considerate of his courtiers, and there was not even a light on the road before, and the adults were all in a hurry in the dark. His Majesty personally ordered the street lamps along the way, but just like that, the palace was extra cautious, for fear of catching fire if he didn't pay attention to it. β
As he spoke, when he reached a corner, Xiao Anzi turned around and said respectfully: "Don't be anxious, sir, there is the Zhonghe Hall in front." β
After speaking, he led the two of them straight away.
When he arrived at the door, Xiao Anzi bowed and said, "Two adults, go straight in, the emperor must be reading the blessing version inside, waiting for the adults." β
Bai Zhi stretched out her hand, some broken silver in her hand, and said, "Come, Xiao Anzi." β
That Xiao Anzi hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Don't dare, how dare the slave ask for the county lord's silver?"
Bai Zhi said: "It's okay, reward you, take it to buy candy and eat it." β
Xiao Anzi was a little confused: "Sugar, sugar man?"
But he quickly reacted: "Lord County said with a smile, how can you buy sugar people in this palace." β
Bai Zhi saw that he didn't dare to take it, so she withdrew her hand and said, "Okay." Then next time Miss Ben enters the palace again, I'll bring you some candy people to taste. β
Xiao Anzi clasped his head on the ground and thanked him: "Oh, thank you for the love of the county lord, you really killed the minions." Thank you, Lord Commander. β
Bai Zhi waved her hand and said, "Hurry up." We'll go in first. β
So, Gao Ming followed Bai Zhi into the Zhonghe Palace. That little Anzi was free to salute outside the palace gate, which was even more respectful.
"Bai Zhi sees the emperor!"
The emperor was reading the document fold, heard the voice, turned his head, and saw Bai Zhi leading Gao Ming to stand below.
The emperor put down his hand in Chinese, stood up, hugged his fist and saluted: "My aunt is here, there is labor and labor." Speak quickly. β
Gao Ming was behind Bai Zhi, and he also shouted: "See the emperor!"
The emperor looked surprised and said, "Yo, little brother, don't come unharmed?"
Gao Ming said with a smile: "Thank you brother Tai for your concern, everything is fine with my little brother." β
At this moment, there were several ministers in the hall who had been summoned to discuss the matter, and they were standing respectfully to the side at this moment. Take a closer look, there is a person Gao Ming who still knows, it is Wang Hanlin. However, Gao Ming recognized Wang Hanlin, but Wang Hanlin didn't recognize him.
There was also a man kneeling below, as if waiting for the emperor's fate. The hall was quiet, like a thin layer of ice in the first cold.
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, it was like a small pebble falling on the surface of the lake. Although the stones were small, they smashed the thin ice on the surface of the lake and cracked, and the ripples kept turning.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, your eyes are like radio waves and you communicate back and forth several times in an instant, but you are all dazed and confused.
Bai Zhi They know that the emperor often respectfully calls "aunt and aunt", and they have long been used to it.
But, when did the emperor have another brother?
Don't look at this emperor, he doesn't practice martial arts, he doesn't cultivate true qi, but compared to the Shenwu Emperor who killed in the previous army, his power is not weak at all.
The emperor was usually considerate and approachable to his courtiers, but the more amiable a person like the emperor was, the more terrifying he was when he was really angry.
Although it is always said that the previous emperor was unparalleled, when it comes to foreign conquest and expansion of territory, it is actually this emperor who has achieved the greatest results.
The previous emperor drove the expedition at every turn, and his reputation was out, but the actual effect was not good. Fighting back and forth is frequent, but there are still so many old opponents.
What about this emperor? Quietly, the surrounding countries let him fight all over the place. It is bounded by the East China Sea in the east and the South China Sea in the south. The southwest hit the Wanli Chongshan of the Wu Clan, and the northern border pushed to the border of the Demon Clan. The Xijin Kingdom in the west is now also letting their crown prince enter Beijing with a letter of surrender as a hostage.
And this emperor is extremely low-key, or some deliberately prefers not to be in the limelight, and has a very poor reputation among the people, second only to Bai Sheng, the prince of Xin.
Such a hidden emperor, even if he is tepid above the palace, and the courtiers below have a little brain, who dares to offend Long Wei?
As for those who have no brains, I'm sorry, those who dare to stand on the hall without brains will die a long time ago.
And such a real dragon hiding in a cave is called such a young hairy boy brother?
And what's even more palpitating is that this young man even agreed to come down!
The ministers glanced at Gao Ming deeply, and quickly withdrew their gaze. No one stared at Gao Ming directly, but everyone remembered the appearance of this "emperor's brother" in their hearts.
I saw the emperor greet warmly: "Auntie, little brother, please come and talk to the two of you." β
Then, he pointed to the kneeling man below and said coldly: "You get up first, your business, I'll settle accounts with you later!"
The man wiped his sweat from his head, got up with his hands on the ground, and walked towards the side of the main hall. Looking at his posture, there was a little vagueness in his steps, and a little trembling in his legs.
Bai Zhi led Gao Ming forward.
The emperor smiled and said, "Auntie, I heard a report from the palace people early this morning, saying that my aunt is coming to the court today, which makes me happy for a while." Auntie, is the student's trip over? Are the students okay? Have they all come back safely?"
The kind smile appeared on the face of an emperor in his forties and nearly fifty, and there was also a bit of the kindness of the father of all peoples. And this seat is also very cordial.
Bai Zhi pursed her lips imperceptibly, and said with a smile: "Emperor Qiqi, the students must still be on the way, and they should return to Beijing soon." β
The emperor asked, "Oh, so my aunt went back to Beijing by herself, so there must be something important, right?"
Bai Zhi replied, "Yes." During this trip, my school and his party made a major discovery, which was related to the Xijin Kingdom, and we did not dare to slack off, so I was sent to rush back first to report to the emperor. β