Chapter Ninety-Six: Entering the Palace
Zhenyu got the news, and when he entered the palace the day after tomorrow, he sent Lao Hao to tell the two of them the time and some precautions, and even carefully prepared two sets of palace clothes for the two.
On the day of entering the palace, there seemed to be a lot of people in the Imperial Capital Inn, and the whole hall was in a hurry, and people who couldn't see each other in the past were also standing together at the moment, looking at the huge team in front of them with curiosity, of course, everyone's goal was to see the beauty of this exotic princess.
Naturally, Zhenyu will not disappoint the crowd of spectators. I saw that she was led by a group of palace maids from the end of the cloister. The face with makeup is radiant, a pair of phoenix eyes reflect dazzling brilliance, and a white palace dress with a red background is wrapped around the red waist, revealing a slender waist. The long hair is coiled on the top of the head, fixed with a golden hairpin inlaid with colorful phoenixes, which looks graceful and luxurious and very tasteful. Her footsteps drove the red skirt, as if a red cloud was floating over, instantly catching the attention of the audience.
And the two girls standing behind her, one on the left and one on the right, are also first-class beauties. The two wore the same aqua blue palace clothes, one was cold and the other was playful.
Zhenyu politely thanked the prince who came to welcome them into the palace, and everyone got into the car and set off for the palace.
Nian Nian and Zhu Mei, as personal maids, followed Zhenyu into the same carriage. I saw that the interior of the carriage was very spacious, not only a soft couch, but also a small table, a tea set on the table, a chessboard under the table, and a book on the table. The car is full of bright soft tents, and the soft tents are embroidered with gold threads with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, which is really the most luxurious carriage that Nian Nian and Zhu Mei have ever sat in.
Nian Nian smacked his lips, and sighed in his heart, the carriage they changed along the way represented the steady rise of their identity!
After the two pillars of incense, the carriage stopped for a while, and Lao Hao rode over, stood outside and whispered to the inside: "Princess, you have arrived in the imperial city, the old slave can only wait for you here, if there is an accident, you just need to send someone to inform the old slave." β
When I heard it every year, I stretched out my little hand and lifted the curtain to look at it. I saw the towering and sturdy walls of the imperial city, on which soldiers in strong armor could be faintly seen.
Zhu Mei hurriedly took her hand, lowered the curtain, and glared at her: "Didn't I tell you, the palace is no better than other places, you have to be extra careful when you speak and act, don't be too troublesome, you will be involved in this way." Although Zhu Mei reacted in time, he was still seen by the soldiers guarding the city, and he lost his mind at the moment, which made Lao Hao, who was talking to him, embarrassed.
Nian Nian hurriedly stuck out his tongue, his big black eyes blinked cutely, and Zhu Mei could only sigh helplessly.
The carriage continued to drive towards the city, and after another stick of incense, a voice outside the carriage sounded softly: "Princess, please get off the carriage and follow me to the outside of the main hall to wait for me to meet the emperor." β
Nian Nian, the two of them supported Zhenyu, followed by a group of palace people. Zhenyu's face was covered with a layer of crimson light veil, just to hide the curiosity on her face.
The main hall of the palace is majestic and unusual. On the square pavilion, the flying dragon spits out the orb, and the dragon's whiskers fly. In front of the hall is a huge jade carving, wide and magnificent.
Zhenyu suddenly stepped forward as he walked, stuffed a jade plaque in his hand into the hand of his father-in-law who led the way in front, and said with a smile:
"My father-in-law has worked hard, I wonder if my father-in-law knows what the emperor means by summoning me here today?"
The father-in-law touched the jade card, smiled, and said to Zhenyu: "The princess doesn't have to worry too much, although the envoys of Baimo Country have not yet arrived, and the princess should not have been summoned in such a hurry, but the princess was frightened a few days ago, and my emperor just wanted to do his best to appease him." After summoning you in the main hall, the queen will also invite you to the palace banquet in the evening. The father-in-law swept around and lowered his voice: "The servant heard that the emperor intends to keep you in the palace for a few days until the entourage arrives." β
Zhen Yu was stunned for a moment, asked something else, and then thanked the father-in-law, and returned to chat with Nian Nian in a low voice.
Nian Nian hurriedly stepped forward, "Zhenyu, that father-in-law is so good, I'll tell you everything." Nian Nian's ear power is far beyond ordinary people, even if the two of them are talking in a low voice in the distance, she can hear it.
Zhenyu smiled: "How can there be any good people, they just accept my benefits and do things for me." As he spoke, he pulled out another jade plaque from his waist.
Nian Nian glanced at Zhenyu with admiration. "According to that father-in-law, we will all live in the palace during this time?"
"It's possible, I guess the emperor knew that King An had also come to the official office that day, and he was worried that something would happen to me while staying in the Imperial Capital Inn. But it's even more uncomfortable to live in this palace, anyway, let's be careful, the old emperor will definitely find some fault for us. Zhenyu rolled her eyes.
As a few people were talking, a eunuch in front of them said in a loud voice: "The princess of Xuanbai Moguo is here." β
Zhenyu cleared her throat, and Nian Nian and Zhumei helped her tidy up the sleeves and skirts, and Zhenyu stepped into the hall with dignified steps.
The main hall is supported by eight thick pillars, the light is slightly dim, Nian Nian lowered his head, raised his eyelids slightly, found that there were many people standing on both sides of the hall, and then wanted to look up, he found that there were high steps at the end of the hall, on a wide golden seat on the steps, a person was sitting upright in a cascading robe, and wanted to look up at the person's face again, but Zhu Mei coughed lightly, and fell on her ears like thunder, so she hurriedly dispelled this thought.
Zhenyu stopped, Yingying bowed, and Nian Nian and Zhu Mei and the palace people behind him did the same.
"Baimo Guoyu, meet the Emperor of the Night, may you be healthy and live forever!"
"Hehe, hurry up. The princess came from afar, all the way hard," a slightly old voice came from above, "The princess looks like a celestial person, and she knows the courtesy, this time she deigned to marry into our country, it is really a great blessing in the night, and now the government and the opposition are talking about this important event, haha!"
Zhen Yu bent his knees slightly, "The emperor praised him like this, Zhen Yu is really ashamed." When Zhenyu left Baimo, his father once instructed Zhenyu that the land of Cangye Country is open, the national strength is strong, and there is a Ming monarch and sage, so let Zhenyu must know how to be polite, don't mess up under your wise scrutiny and make people laugh. β
When the emperor heard this, he was really happy. Zhenyu immediately asked his subordinates to present the gifts he had prepared before, which made the old emperor laugh.
And the reward of the jade is naturally a lot, the emperor rewarded twenty-four night pearls, a hundred animal skins, and two large boxes of gold, if it were not for the wrong occasion at this moment, he would be happy to jump up every year.
Zhen Yu looked at the officials in the main hall with a pair of phoenix eyes, and suddenly noticed a cold gaze in the crowd. She squinted her eyes slightly, and the corners of her mouth suddenly set up an inexplicable smile, only to see her eyebrows suddenly twisted, and her voice was full of grievance and cowardice:
"Your Majesty, Zhenyu is guilty and can't afford the emperor's praise. β
The emperor was stunned for a moment and asked, "Good and decent, what's the matter?"
Zhenyu didn't look up, half-bent his legs, "Zhenyu because of curiosity, he came to the night before the envoy of Heqin, and in the imperial capital in the past few days, he accidentally met the housekeeper of the Qihou Mansion and the Zhou family's pharmacy Doctor Zhou, who knew that the two of them saw the intention of getting rich, and wanted to plot against Zhenyu, Zhenyu in order to protect himself, so he let his subordinates do it with him, and taught them a lesson, who expected that he and the two disappeared later. After this incident, Lord Wu of the official office said that he came to investigate Zhenyu on the order of Marquis Qi, and Zhenyu was afraid for a while and followed Lord Wu to the yamen," Zhenyu said this pause, and looked at Marquis Qi, who had a black face, "Later, thanks to Prime Minister Zhang Cheng, otherwise Zhenyu would really have a hard time arguing about this matter." β
The emperor coughed embarrassedly and comforted: "Zhenyu, I also heard about this, I really wronged you, such a bold minion, it is not a pity to die, the princess is already very merciful." β
Zhen Yu thanked the emperor and looked at Marquis Qi with a provocative expression, in this case, everyone knew that the emperor could only appease this noble princess, even if what she said was not true. But this is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Qi Hou Ye, after all, he is the housekeeper of Qi Hou Mansion, and this anger, Qi Hou Ye can only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. It's a pity that Marquis Qi doesn't plan to do this today.
He said coldly: "Why does the princess have to turn right and wrong so upside down, there is no one else on the side of the events of the day, no matter what you say, no one argues, why do you have to be so coy!"
Zhenyu suddenly raised her face, as if she was too excited and trembled, she gritted her teeth with difficulty and said: "This must be the Marquis of Qi, Zhenyu knows that your housekeeper has lost your face by doing such a shameless thing, but you can't say that Zhenyu fabricated the facts because of this, Zhenyu is a person who wants to marry the second prince of Cangye, and he knows in his heart that he shoulders the heavy responsibility of friendship between the two countries, so how dare he casually slander an irrelevant person with his own innocence." β
Nian Nian looked at Zhenyu who was "heartbroken" at this time with a surprised face, and sighed in his heart, the acting was really good!
Marquis Qi had a cold face, and if everyone could see the emperor's face at this moment, they would know that it could only be darker. Every word of Zhenyu is something in the words, either secretly scolding the Marquis of Qi, or ridiculing the emperor's power, allowing the Marquis of Qi to make waves, and even maliciously sabotage the friendship between the two countries.
Therefore, when Marquis Qi just wanted to refute out loud, the emperor said with a displeased face: "Marquis Qi, you step down, take care of your own minions in the future, and don't embarrass me in front of my distinguished guests." β
Qi Houye's body was shocked, and he immediately reacted, Zhen Yu deliberately provoked himself to reason with her, and then pretended to be wronged, which could only make him more despicable and make the emperor disgusted with him. He glared at Zhen Yu viciously, and as he crossed his gaze, he saw two graceful figures behind her.
Nian Nian looked at him with the same cold eyes as a poisonous snake, and couldn't help but quietly shrink his neck, and turned to look away, in a corner, she seemed to see a familiar figure, as if this person had seen it there, Nian Nian thought in his heart in doubt.
Could it be these two girls? Qi Houye smiled incomprehensibly. Seeing this, Zhenyu glanced at him with disgust, and never looked over there again.
After some talking, the emperor really invited Zhenyu and his party to stay in the palace for a while, and Zhenyu could only come down.
After the court, a palace maid immediately led everyone to a resting courtyard in the harem.
Zhu Mei dismissed everyone and closed the door in person, and at this time, Nian Nian couldn't wait to speak: "Zhenyu, why are you targeting Qi Hou Ye like that in the main hall today?"
"If someone respects me, I will pay him back. It was he Qi Hou Ye who came to provoke me first, so I can't complain that I didn't show mercy to him. A cold glint flashed in Zhenyu's eyes.
"Although the person who hurt us before was his butler, it doesn't mean that he is also that kind of person, but he does look weirdγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"Hmph, he's not a good guy at all, haven't you noticed it yet? He instructed his butler to murder you two with the old doctor that week!"
"What? how do you know?" asked Qi Qi as Nian Nian and Zhu Mei were a little surprised when they heard this.
Zhenyu rolled his eyes and patiently explained: "First, the king steward brought seven or eight people dressed as house slaves to follow you up the mountain, wanting to kill you. He is just a housekeeper, although he has some real power in the mansion, but he has no right to send so many people to help him with private affairs, this matter must have been agreed by the Marquis of Qi himself, then he must know the whole story of this matter, and he also acquiesced in the move of Steward Wang to prepare for money and kill. β
As soon as Zhenyu stopped, Nian Nian hurriedly poured her a cup of tea, urging her to hurry up.
"What's the hurry, secondly, why did Lord Wu come to the Imperial Capital Inn to arrest people so confidently? You forgot that he opened his mouth to identify the two of you as related to the murder, not because the evidence is conclusive, but because Marquis Qi put pressure on him to forcibly arrest the two of you no matter what, so he was so angry that day when I and the innkeeper stopped him three or four times. β
Nian Nian was stunned when he heard it, "Butγ»γ»γ»γ»γ» these are all your guesses." β
Zhen Yu smiled: "This is the case, there is no second explanation. If it weren't for the acquiescence of Marquis Qi, Steward Wang and Old Doctor Zhou would not have forced the two of you into a blind corner so smoothly, and do you think that if this matter had nothing to do with him, he would report to the government for the sake of a mere butler, and let Lord Wu personally come to the Imperial Capital Inn to arrest people? The officialdom and the people in the palace are very complicated, you must learn to think about the bad in everything, and don't hold too naΓ―ve ideas,"
She sighed suddenly, "I have lived in the palace for nearly twenty years, most people are laughing at you, and I can't wait to stab you behind my back, if I can't tell the difference between true and false, good and bad, I would have died more than a hundred times." Therefore, these days in the palace, it seems that there is no danger, but in fact there are many dangers, and you must be careful in doing things as my maid now. These masters in the palace are moody and difficult to serve, so they must not be taken lightly. β
Nian Nian saw what she said solemnly, and nodded solemnly, although she was naΓ―ve, she was not a person who didn't know how to measure. Zhenyu's analysis made her understand that some things can't just look at the surface, it seems that she not only needs to improve her strength as soon as possible, but also needs to have more eyes, otherwise she will be killed one day, and she doesn't know who to find for revenge.
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The ghost wishes everyone a Merry Christmas ha~.~