Chapter 399: A Covenant of One Dollar in the Water Pavilion

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Inside and outside the imperial city, there are two worlds.

With the Daqi Gate as the dividing line, outside the door is the thousand-step corridor where the major yamen are located. On the central axis of the door is the Chengtian Gate, the Chengtian Gate is the Weiyang Gate, and then the Weiyang Gate is the Weiyang Palace, the Weiyang Palace is followed by the Ganquan Gate, the Ganquan Gate is the Ganquan Palace, and then after the Ganquan Palace, it is the Flying Frost Palace.

Now Xiao Zhinan lives in the Flying Frost Palace.

However, Xu Beiyou has only been to this place a few times, and the owner at that time was still Queen Xu. When Xu Beiyou left the imperial capital, Xiao Zhinan was still living in her own princess's mansion or his emperor's son-in-law's mansion, and moving into the Flying Frost Hall was already after Xu Beiyou went to Jiangdu.

The reason why Xiao Zhinan wants to move into the Flying Frost Hall is not because of her whim, but because the country cannot be left without an owner for a day, even if it is just a monarch on the surface, so the ministers of all dynasties have to support the puppet master, and it is the same reason that Fu Zhongtian supported Xiao Lin, the king of Yan, after taking power. Now that Xiao Li has been deposed, and Daqi no longer has the actual lord of a country, Xiao Zhinan moved into the forbidden palace at this time, in the final analysis, to show his attitude to the ministers and appease people's hearts.

Now the whole dynasty has acquiesced, and when the court calms down the world, it will be the time for Her Royal Highness the princess to ascend to the throne.

This time Xu Beiyou returned to Beijing, did not alarm anyone, so when he appeared outside the Great Qi Gate, no one recognized him, although Xu Beiyou is very famous, what is one of the three saints of the Heavenly Machine List, what is the sect master of the Sword Sect, or Xiaoge Lao and Xu Gongzi, but the real person who can see his true face is still a very small number of people after all, among these very few people, there are people such as the archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Palace, etc., who died directly under Xu Beiyou's sword, so Xu Beiyou is no different from Qiuye and Wanyan Beiyue and others for ordinary people in the world, and the real Buddha is not known in front of himใ€‚

On the contrary, Xiao Yuanying is very famous in the imperial capital, and no one knows her, not only because she is the favorite sister of Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent today, or the youngest fairy material, but her little girl's appearance, only this family, just like the emperor in a dragon robe, if you want to not recognize it.

Many of the guards in front of the Great Qi Gate knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Lord Qingluan." โ€

The little girl is a little bit ignorant.

Those who wear official uniforms and armor are the most lacking in the imperial capital, who is willing to take care of them?

Just when a group of armor soldiers looked at each other, and even some didn't know what to do, there happened to be a big eunuch in the palace out of the palace, and the eunuchs in the palace couldn't enter and exit from the big Qi gate, even Xiao Yuanying and Xu Beiyou couldn't, but the side door was not far from here, and it was inevitable that they would pass by in front of the big Qi gate, and they just happened to bump into this scene.

Coincidentally, except for the monk in white monk's robe, he didn't know the rest.

That little girl is Her Royal Highness the princess's favorite Qingluan county lord.

The snow-white cat is the civet cat that Her Royal Highness the princess has taken with her since she was a child, and she is a well-known colorful adult among the officials.

As for the white-haired man, isn't this Xiao Ge Lao.

But isn't Xiao Ge Lao far away in Jiangnan?

Anyway, this eunuch, who is used to looking at people's eyes, hurriedly got out of the sedan chair, came to the three of them, and bowed to the ground, "The slave maid sees the elder of the small pavilion and the county lord of Qingluan. โ€

Xu Beiyou glanced at the eunuch in a light black bullfighting suit, he really couldn't be regarded as a small person, although he was not as good as Zhang Baisui, Zhang Bao, and Chen Zhijin, who were the chief eunuchs of ceremonial eunuchs, but he was also one of the twenty-four eunuchs in the twenty-four yamen.

Xu Beiyou smiled and said, "Please get up, what about the princess?"

The eunuch, who was also a well-known figure in the palace, was full of flattery, and said in a sharp voice: "Returning to the little pavilion elder, His Royal Highness should be in the Flying Frost Hall now, but do you want the slave to lead the way?"

Xu Beiyou shook his head, "No need, you go and ask Xie Ge Elder to go to the Flying Frost Palace, just say it's what I mean." โ€

If it is replaced by someone else's arrogant command, even if this palm print eunuch is silent on his face, he will secretly have a little contempt, and he will not dare to really invite Xie Ge Lao, after all, this is a big taboo, Xie Ge Lao will not be happy on his side, and Her Royal Highness the princess will be even more so, but since Xiao Ge Lao said so, the eunuch is really not afraid of anything.

Daqi inherited the eunuch system of Dazheng in the previous dynasty, so the eunuch is also a person of half officialdom, and he also pays attention to a public practice, and pays more attention to the rules of officialdom.

It's so simple that everyone understands it. It's just that Xu Beiyou has another identity, that is, the son-in-law of the emperor of the dynasty, the husband of Her Royal Highness the princess, if she regards Her Royal Highness the princess as the emperor, isn't the emperor's son-in-law the queen, or the emperor's son-in-law simply ascends the throne by himself, no matter what, it is reasonable to have the distinction between monarchs and ministers.

The eunuch lowered his eyebrows and said, "No." โ€

When he looked up again, Xu Beiyou and his party had disappeared.

The Imperial City Great Array did not react to this, and when Xu Beiyou appeared again, he was already outside the Flying Frost Palace.

The next moment, a woman dressed in black appeared in Xu Beiyou and knelt on one knee.

It was the shadow who was born in Tiance Mansion, and now he is Xiao Zhinan's personal guard.

Xu Beiyou asked, "Is the princess here?"

The shadow replied respectfully: "Returning to the emperor's son-in-law, His Highness is in the water pavilion in the apse at this time. โ€

Xu Beiyou snorted, "Wait here, I'll go see her." โ€

The shadow stepped back.

The Flying Frost Hall is surrounded by water, and there is a water pavilion that extends to the lake at the back of the hall, and there is no one around on weekdays, and it is silent.

Just as Xu Beiyou finally got out of the frequent wars, the young woman in plain palace clothes finally stole half a day of leisure today, came to this water pavilion alone, took off her shoes and socks, and stood barefoot in the water pavilion, with the sandalwood floor that had just been washed with clean water and not dried under her feet, and a quiet lake scene in front of her.

The woman was stunned and wandered thousands of miles.

Although the body is idle, the heart is not idle.

She remembered a lot of people and things, such as her parents and brothers who are no longer in the world, such as her aunt Xiao Yuyi, who is getting seriously ill, such as her father-in-law Han Xuan, who is getting older, and her sister Xiao Yuanying who sneaked out of the imperial capital, and her husband who went to Jiangnan, Xu Nangui.

As for the things above the temple, although it was much more deserted than before, when she stood in front of that chair every day, she could clearly feel that the eyes of the officials looking at her no longer had the previous disdain for women, but a little more awe when they looked at their father and brother.

She was not overjoyed by this, but somewhat understood why her father and brother made such a choice, even if they were killed in the end.

She also somewhat understood why her husband rushed to Jiangdu alone back then.

She spread out her palm, and there was a yellow dragon copper coin in her palm, and frowned.

You told me in Jiangnan that you would come to the imperial capital to find me.

Then you came, and you didn't miss your appointment.

When you left the imperial capital, you told me that you would definitely come back.

You can't miss an appointment, right?