Chapter 344 Xiaoduo Kaiyang Enters the Palace
The next morning, Mr. Wei, who had gone to court early in the morning, arrived outside the palace gate, greeted the servants waiting not far away, and asked if he had come yet?
The servant shook his head and said: "The young one has been waiting here. I will definitely see him when he comes."
What's going on? Although it will take an hour or so for the mission to arrive, as the translator, you have to arrive at the palace in advance to wait.
It’s always hard to squeeze in time. How can it be just right? What if something happens to delay your time on the way here?
This girl Xiaoduo is quite reliable when it comes to big things. She won't oversleep on such an important day, right?
"Let's go back to the house." Mr. Wei thought about it and felt that it would be safer to go back and bring the girl himself.
In the palace, there are many civil and military officials who go to court every day. Those who are close to each other come in sedans, and those who are far away are naturally horse-drawn carriages. However, so many sedan chairs and horse-drawn carriages must not be parked outside the palace gate. Instead, they all stopped not far away.
The servant trotted over to his carriage. He just called the coachman to drive the carriage over and stop it. Just as Mr. Wei was about to get on the carriage, the servant said with sharp eyes: "Sir, the young master's carriage is here. Do you want to ask? ?”
Gongzi refers to Wei Zizheng. He is an official of the seventh rank. He does not have to come to the morning court every day. He has to come on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
Watching his son's carriage getting closer and closer, after stopping, he saw Kaiyang from the window. Master Wei breathed a sigh of relief, here he comes!
The carriage stopped, and Wei Zizheng got out first. His face looked a little bad, not an angry one, but a worried one.
"Father." Wei Zizheng greeted his father.
"Can you please relax a little? Kaiyang himself is not nervous. What are you worried about? Are you afraid that Kaiyang will cause trouble and cause you to lose your official title? Or are you afraid that our family will be punished by the Nine Clan?" Mr. Wei looked at his son. His expression couldn't help but feel angry.
Wei Zizheng, who had been scolded twice early in the morning, felt very innocent. Kaiyang had not followed Xiaoduo for less than a year, but he had always been led as a beggar by that evil man.
He admitted that Xiaoduo taught his son well, but in terms of rules, it was lacking after all. It didn't matter in his own house. Coming to the palace was not a place where he could relax more by attending a palace banquet, but rather attending an external party. The State Mission is here to receive you!
It would be inappropriate to bring a seven-year-old child to such an important occasion!
Thinking of last night, when Xiaoduo told her father that she wanted to bring Kaiyang with her, she said she wanted to bring Kaiyang to see the world, and her father actually agreed!
At that time, Wei Zizheng didn't know whether his father was too indulging Xiaoduo or too indulging Kaiyang.
It is a good thing for children to see the world, but it also depends on the occasion, right?
On this occasion, officials below the seventh rank were not qualified to be present, yet she actually brought Kai Yang here!
"Father, son..."
"Get off." Mr. Wei interrupted his son with disgust and impatiently. When he saw the big and small people who had just got off the carriage, his face immediately changed. He smiled and said: "Relax, there is no need to be nervous."
Wei Zizheng glanced at the big one and the small one, and thought to himself, father, which of your eyes saw that these two were nervous?
Look at their eyes and expressions. Those who didn’t know it thought they were here for shopping!
Although it was Kaiyang Xiao's first time coming to the palace, because the person who brought him here was Hong Xiaoduo, he really didn't feel any nervousness or uneasiness at all.
No matter where he is, as long as she is around, he will feel at ease and no one can bully him. She will protect him.
Although his grandfather and father are both high-ranking officials, Kaiyang knows that when he is bullied or angry, his grandfather and father will protect him at all costs.
But Kaiyang would be worried about whether it would implicate them.
My grandfather is a second-rank official, and there are first-rank officials above him who can suppress him, and there is also the emperor above him. His grandfather and father protected him, but they also had various scruples and couldn't let go. But, mother is different. Mother is the most powerful. When something happens to her, she is very simple and direct, just do it.
Furthermore, from following her to now, there seems to be no problem that she can't solve.
Yesterday, his mother told him that bringing him here was not just to gain experience.
The most important thing is that he has learned foreign languages. This foreign mission is a rare opportunity to practice.
My mother said that she would let him participate in translation whenever there was a chance.
He also told him to let him participate in the translation and not to tell his family for the time being, saying that if they knew about it in advance, they might be worried all the time.
Kaiyang also paid attention to his grandfather and father. When they heard that she was going to bring him with her, they were really surprised, especially his father, who immediately frowned. Caught the fly.
On the way to the palace this morning, my father was in the carriage, worried about all kinds of warnings, hey!
Kaiyang can understand his father's concerns, but he cannot let his mother's good intentions go by saying he won't come just because he wants to be filial.
Listen to your mother and you won’t go wrong!
Hong Xiaoduo got off the carriage, greeted Mr. Wei, and then looked openly at the palace gate and the surrounding buildings.
At this time, after breakfast in the morning, more and more officials returned. Seeing a child and a handsome young man wearing an official robe, they were all curious.
Someone briefly greeted Mr. Wei and walked towards the palace gate.
"Come on, let's go in too. Although the delegation has not arrived yet, we are not standing and waiting. Let's go to the side hall and sit and wait." Master Wei said to Hong Xiaoduo.
"Okay, Mr. Wei, please invite me first." Hong Xiaoduo made a formal and respectful gesture.
Master Wei held back his laughter and motioned for Hong Xiaoduo to go with him.
"Sir Wei, I am an ordinary citizen with no official position. It's fine outside. Isn't it appropriate to walk side by side with a second-grade master here?" Hong Xiaoduo joked in a low voice.
"But you are the most critical and important person today. Even if you are walking in front of me, that is what you are doing." Mr. Wei knew that she was joking and responded with a deliberately straight face.
Kaiyang followed the two of them. Hearing this, he looked behind him and looked at his father, wondering whether it would be appropriate for him to walk behind his father.
“Look ahead and walk well.” Wei Zizheng whispered a reminder, and Kaiyang quickly gave up the plan.
As a group of four people, old and young, walked in, they were all surprised when they saw it. Why is Mr. Wei still bringing a child with him?
There is a palace banquet this afternoon, but it is for foreign envoys, and the guests are officials of third rank or above!
"Hey, the young man next to Master Wei is a woman, right?" Those with sharp eyes noticed it from a close distance and asked the person beside him in a low voice.
One by one, they passed quickly. Before they reached the side hall, most of the officials knew that Mr. Wei had brought a woman disguised as a man and a child.
“Isn’t this nonsense? No matter how much you pamper your grandson who is finally found, you shouldn’t bring him into the palace on this day!”
"No way, Mr. Wei is not that fool. Maybe it was approved by His Majesty."
"How is it possible? It's not a palace banquet." There was a lot of discussion all around...