Chapter 198: First Entering the Palace
These strange rumors did not bother Ye Xingyuan much. In fact, although he knew that after receiving the gift of the eunuch Bingbi, there must be rumors in the market, but he was facing the critical moment of the saint's entry into auspiciousness, and he had no intention of distracting.
In the past few days, even Tang Shiyan has stayed in the post house honestly, not caring about the fireworks in the north that he has been thinking about.
The face saint can be said to be a great honor for a scholar like them, especially for an old fritter like Tang Shiyan who thinks that lifting people is the limit of his super-level performance and can never pass the Jinshi exam, he naturally cherishes this kind of opportunity. Fortunately, in the past two days, Huang Qigongzi did not come to Tang Shiyan, which saved him a difficult choice.
On the night of November 27, Ye Xingyuan only took a nap for a while, and was urged to get up by Tang Shiyan at three o'clock. Ye Xingyuan, Tang Shiyan and Zhu Ning'er, who entered the palace by special order, went out early, escorted the stone statue of the unicorn crow god, followed the guidance of the eunuchs in the palace, and walked all the way to the palace.
The air in Jingzhao Mansion in the early morning was dry and cold, and the sky was still dark, without the slightest twilight, only the crow on the top of the stone statue in the carriage still occasionally flashed red, representing auspiciousness and divine power.
Several little eunuchs also saw this so-called crow god auspicious for the first time, and they were quite in awe. Their eunuchs are physically disabled, and it is difficult to see the heavenly opportunity, except for a few people who can use the mandate of heaven to practice supernatural powers, most of them also follow the path of worshipping the yin god by small officials.
Worship these righteous gods even more, and dare not slack off in the slightest, the little eunuchs have already prepared incense and candles, and they will worship them before leaving, and even their attitude towards Ye Xingyuan and others is much better.
Originally, this kind of person who entered the palace for the first time would be knocked out of a bamboo bar. But firstly, the little eunuchs were well-informed and knew that even the prince of Wang Ren gave gifts to this Ye Gongzi, and secondly, because of the location of this crow god, they did not dare to blaspheme. Therefore, although Ye Xingyuan had prepared red envelopes a long time ago, the little eunuchs still insisted on not accepting it.
At the end of the day, Ye Xingyuan and his party had already arrived in front of the palace gate and waited. At this time, there was no preferential treatment, Ye Xingyuan could only stand in the open air and wait for the dawn to open. The wind was cold. Although he was dressed thickly, his hands and feet were still frozen and he hated that he had come too early.
However, most of the face saints are like this, even if Ye Xingyuan has the heart to sleep for an extra hour before getting up, the people in the palace will never allow him to be so lazy. Thinking about the civil and military officials waiting for the early dynasty outside the noon gate not far away, Ye Xingyuan's mentality was also balanced.
Nowadays, Emperor Longping is sluggish, and it is often only three or five days before he arrives. But the emperor did not come forward, but the rules of the early dynasty were not abolished, and there were cabinet scholars acting as presiding, so the hard work of being an official this morning was inevitable.
Although the official is a Beijing official, he is noble. But I still have to suffer from getting up early. Magistrates are much freer, but their horizons are limited, and it is more difficult for them to get involved in state affairs. Ye Xingyuan thought that if he would be a scholar in the future, he would feel hard in advance in the following decades of his career in the sea.
If you have a choice, you will really be a rich man in the countryside, live freely with a house and a field, and usually be bored and flirt with a fat girl, and life will be comfortable. But Ye Xing came from afar. It seems that he inadvertently carried the mandate of heaven, and now that the prosperous world is full of dangers, there is really no way to live a small life with peace of mind, so he can only move forward.
Ye Xingyuan yawned. Reluctantly shaking his spirits, he turned his head and asked Tang Shiyan, who was shivering from the cold, but forced himself to straighten his body, "We can enter the palace at the right time." After entering, you should be able to wait indoors, right? If the northwest wind blows for two hours, Brother Tang, you are afraid that you will not be able to bear it. ”
Tang Shiyan remembered the rules of the palace best, and he nodded and said, "As soon as you enter the palace gate." We waited in the side hall, and when the time came, remember to give more red envelopes, and the little eunuchs burned more charcoal. ”
Thinking of wanting to see the emperor, Tang Shiyan was also hot in his chest, but unfortunately the cold wind of this winter was really fierce, extinguishing the heat in his heart, and his teeth chattered at this time, all he thought about was a wall of shelter from the wind and a pot of red charcoal.
That's not bad, Ye Xingyuan is relieved. He raised his head and looked at the hazy outline of the palace in the faint light. Raise your eyes and look at it, only to see the towering eaves and the phoenix pavilion dragon tower, but you can only see one corner of it.
The forbidden palace is important, the terrain is already high, and the surrounding hillside high-rise buildings are all bulldozed, so that people can not easily see the whole picture. But from this corner alone, compared to the Imperial Palace of Xuanyuan World and the Forbidden City, there are still many differences.
First of all, there is a huge gap in the construction technology and level, although it is also dominated by civil structures. But because of the existence of supernatural powers, the palace of the Xuanyuan world is even taller and more majestic, and there are several high-rise buildings within the palace walls, which are eight or nine floors and tens of meters high.
This kind of large-scale multi-storey palace is quite a few in the imperial palace, and it is said that the Daming Palace, where the emperor lives every day, is located in the center of the imperial city, and it is the tallest building, but it is not visible outside the palace wall.
"The people's fat and the people's ointment. Zhu Ning'er also looked at these ancient and gorgeous buildings, and was amazed, but only had a four-word evaluation.
Her voice was very soft, as thin as a gnat, and she could get into Ye Xingyuan's ears, making Ye Xingyuan only smile bitterly. This young lady is not dead, but fortunately, because she has a big plan, she knows how to measure, and these words will only be heard by herself.
However, to a certain extent, Zhu Ning'er's words cannot be said to be unreasonable. After staying in the Xuanyuan world for a long time, Ye Xingyuan felt more and more that although the "supernatural power" brought great benefits, it was not as beneficial to the people as the technology of the other world, but more concentrated power, wealth and resources.
In terms of architecture, in the world of science and technology, every city is full of high-rise buildings, and most people enjoy convenience. But in this supernatural world, the only one who can have such a magical and magnificent high-rise building is the royal family.
Magical powers are rare and cannot be taken lightly, and only a few high-ranking officials such as the Ministry of Industry and Construction Department can obtain this kind of high-level construction supernatural powers, and they have worked hard to build this majestic palace, where can they have time to build for the people's livelihood?
The saint intercepts the heavenly machine, carries the mandate of heaven, and bestows the reader with magical powers. The emperor divided the supernatural powers into categories, set up official positions, and granted different supernatural powers according to the size of the official ranks, which of course stabilized the rule and made the country more stable, but from a certain point of view, it also solidified the class more seriously.
If the court was unreasonable, the people could not bear it, and they could have risen up, but because of the existence of the Mandate of Heaven, this condition was suppressed to the most extreme state.
Those who are in the bureau may not be able to know the chronic diseases of the system passed on by the saints. But Ye Xingyuan came from outside the sky, and he had insights that were thousands of years ahead, and although his magical powers were different, his reason was the same.
The more he stood on the high place, the more he felt that the foundation under his feet was unstable, as if he was standing on the blazing magma, although he was wrapped in a thick crust, as long as a tiny crack appeared in the Heavenly Mandate Heavenly Divine Power System created by this saint, the world could be turned upside down.
"Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. But no matter whether the Mandate of Heaven changes or not, it is never the upper class that suffers, but the lower class people. Ye Xingyuan sighed lightly, and was shocked to realize that he had begun to be compassionate again, and hurriedly looked at his nose and nose to get rid of this emotion.
Only this headless sentence made Zhu Ning'er excited, she looked at Ye Xingyuan's back with reverence, the more she thought about these eight words, the more she felt that it was wonderful, and from then on, she could see Ye Xingyuan's mind and profound realm, and she was even more devoted to him.
"The time has come, Ye Xingyuan, a person from Guiyang County, Dinghu Province, Tang Shiyan from Hanjiang Prefecture, and Zhu Ning'er, a daughter from Yuanzhong County, Jingchu Province, are ready to enter the meeting. While the three of them were chatting, the sky turned white, and the sound of opening the door sounded, and the eunuchs shouted in sharp voices, pushed the cart, and led the three of them into the strict palace gate, all the way through, and turned to a side hall to rest.
The little eunuch at the head said politely: "Ye Gongzi, this is not far from the Deer Garden, you can see the scenery of the Deer Garden upstairs, and you can rest here for a while." Long live Lord will be here at the same time, and he will summon you and wait when the time comes, so there is no need to worry. ”
Ye Xingyuan smiled: "Then thank my father-in-law for bothering." ”
This side hall is very warm, although there is no one on weekdays, and the charcoal is burned enough. Tang Shiyan's fear of cold can be solved, but Zhu Ning'er is only afraid that she will muttered "people's fat and people's ointment" again.
Ye Xingyuan took the red envelope from his sleeve and stuffed it into the eunuchs, but the eunuchs still refused to accept it, Ye Xingyuan said again: "Just let us invite a few fathers-in-law to drink, if you don't accept it, I'm afraid that my friends will be uneasy." ”
If the eunuch doesn't want money, is he still a eunuch? Tang Shiyan was the first to think nonsense. Ye Xingyuan said this, and those few people reluctantly accepted it, and one of them smiled bitterly: "What is the politeness of Childe and our subordinates? We dare to accept other people's money, where do we dare to ask for Childe's money?"
The chief eunuch hurriedly stopped him, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense, so as not to disturb the rest of the son, the son is kind to reward, you still dare to pick and choose?"
He turned his head and said with a smile: "This person is new here, he doesn't know etiquette, don't be surprised." Then we thanked Gongzi for the reward, and retreated first, if there was any need, just ask. ”
The eunuchs respectfully withdrew from the door, and Zhu Ning'er said suspiciously: "Why do you think these people seem to be particularly afraid of you?" Or are the eunuchs usually like this, and the traitors sung in the drama are all lies?"
Ye Xingyuan himself was also a little confused, shook his head and said: "They are eunuchs in the palace, the Son of Heaven is close to each other, although they have not achieved enough things but they have more than enough failures, can they be afraid of me as an unknown person?
The eunuchs just now all claimed to be subordinates, yes, they were indeed subordinates, but they were royal subordinates, subordinates of the Son of Heaven, why should they be so humble in front of him?
But said that after the group of eunuchs exited the door, the leader kicked and talked nonsense, "You want to die, don't burden everyone, Ye Gongzi's identity can also be said nonsense?
Wei Weinuo, who was kicked, was also so frightened that his soul was not possessed, he peeked in the crack of the door, and saw that Ye Xingyuan and the others were doing as usual, so he trembled and let go of half of his heart. (To be continued......)