Chapter 1858 Stop and fight 16
But then I thought about it, this is good, at least Black Tiger Village has been cleared, and there is no need to worry about the army coming to encircle and suppress them in the future.
Think about it again, Marquis Zhongyong has brought Black Tiger Village under his command. In the future, if Black Tiger Village is robbed, some officials will definitely report it to the emperor. For the sake of these tax coins, the emperor naturally turned a blind eye or closed one eye. At most, he asked people to investigate. After repeated investigations, they would definitely not be able to find out the reason.
However, the reputation of Marquis Zhongyong is at a loss. This is called the emperor taking the advantage and taking the blame.
However, Marquis Zhongyong has long been in the cold. Such a powerful Marquis Wu has always been feared by the royal family. It is a good thing to make a small stain.
I can’t help but sigh, politics is so complicated.
However, Marquis Zhongyong was a little too enthusiastic about the marriage between his son and his master. Even if it was to get a connection with Black Tiger Village, and even if Black Tiger Village was a life-saving grace for the prince, he still agreed too readily.
When she came back to her senses, she had been in a daze in front of the carved window for a while. The decorations in the room had been placed under the arrangement and command of Taohong and Liulu, and the maidservant woman twisted the rag and began to wipe and clean.
Stand up: "Peach is red and willow is green, where is my riding crop, let's go out for a walk."
Taohong was asking someone to hang the bed curtain when she heard this and came over quickly: "Madam, it's better not to go out. Someone from the palace will be sent to call you at any time."
"Lady" doesn't sound very good to her ears: "I won't go out if I don't go out. You should call me the leader of the village in the house."
"It's the village leader!" Taohong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she didn't go out, she could call him anything. As long as I can stop her, I will kill her ancestors.
Sure enough, not long after, someone from the palace came to announce it. After Zhongyonghou put the tax coins into the treasury, he went to the palace to report on his duties.
Seeing that the empty treasury suddenly had so much money, the Ministry of Revenue was happy, and so was His Majesty. Marquis Zhongyong mentioned the matter of Mu Hanqing's marriage. His Majesty ordered people to call Zhao Fuling, the leader of Black Tiger Village. The news reached the court the next day and spread quickly. As an emperor, he knew how to deal with it. . If you don't take the initiative, you may become passive.
You can bring one person with you when you enter the palace. The military advisor has already arranged it. The person who will accompany you into the palace is not Tao Hong, but Aunt Jiang who teaches you the rules.
Sitting in the carriage, Aunt Jiang comforted her and said, "Don't worry, madam. This is just a meeting, not in the court. Just kowtow as taught before, and just answer whatever the official says."
But Xining felt that she was not nervous, but Aunt Jiang's hand on her leg kept rubbing it.
The costumes of this dynasty were no longer rich and cumbersome than those of the previous dynasty, and were moving towards freshness and simplicity. Even the empresses in the palace, except for court attire, were dressed more simply than in many dynasties. There is no need to talk about officials and emperors. It is probably only the emperors of this dynasty who wear court uniforms without any patterns even when they go to court. Apart from that, the only ones who were still wearing animal skins at that time were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the primitive tribal leaders.
Look at Aunt Jiang, she is already over fifty, but she looks only in her early forties. Her clothes are simple, but the colors are well matched, and she looks clean and comfortable. He behaves gracefully and does not look like he comes from a small family.
Xining asked tentatively: "Aunt Jiang, have you ever entered the palace before?"
Aunt Jiang smiled: "How can I have such a blessing? I used to be the maid of the principal wife in an official's house, and I just learned the rules of the palace from the lady."
Looking at Aunt Jiang's hands that were almost twisted together, Xining said calmly: "That's right." She leaned down and closed her eyes to rest.
Since Aunt Jiang doesn't want to say anything, she won't ask anymore and let her focus more on other things. After entering the palace, things will happen from time to time.
Enter through the side door, get off at the second door, and follow the father-in-law who came to meet him.
Along the way, I met one or two palace people from time to time, all walking with their heads slightly lowered and taking small steps. When they were about to meet, they stopped, knelt down and bowed slightly to them, and then continued walking forward. Every move has been trained. Xining turned his head and looked at Aunt Jiang, who was walking slightly behind him. Judging from her walking posture, she looked similar to those of the palace people. This has been formed over a long period of time. It is impossible for a young lady to develop such a deep-rooted habit by following an official.
Black Tiger Village is really unpredictable, there are many things that the body owner does not know.
When they arrived at the side hall, an eunuch in his forties came out with a smile on his plump, snow-white face. His shrewd and sharp eyes quickly looked at him: "Is this the leader of the Black Tiger Village, Zhao Zhai?"
Aunt Jiang immediately stepped forward and quickly stuffed a purse into her purse. She was so fast that she could even catch up with a juggler, which was staggering.
The big eunuch quickly put it away, hid it in his sleeve, pinched it with his fingers, and weighed it. The contents inside were not big, but heavy. Judging from the general outline and the solidity of the hand, it should be a small gold ingot.
Aunt Jiang bowed slightly and saluted: "My wife is young and not sensible. If there is anything I did wrong, please give me some advice."
Although the eunuch remained calm, the smile on his face became sincere: "Easy to say, old slave knows. The officials are waiting, follow the old slave in."
Aunt Jiang did not dare to say any more words of encouragement. Sometimes she would become more and more nervous as she spoke. She watched Zhao Fuling follow the eunuch into the palace.
Inside, Marquis Zhongyong in court clothes was sitting on a chair, while the emperor in white court clothes was sitting behind a simple agarwood desk.
In this dynasty, in addition to discussing matters in private in the court, ministers would have chairs to sit on. Before this dynasty, there were only seats and no popular chairs.
The great eunuch saluted the emperor: "Official family, brought by Zhao Fuling from Black Tiger Village."
Then he turned around and signaled: "Ms. Zhao, please salute when you see an official." Her tone was gentle and meant to remind her.
Xining then followed the rules of the dynasty and raised a salute: "Zhao Fuling, daughter of the people, pays homage to His Majesty." He knelt down and saluted, then kowtowed unhurriedly, kowtowed again, kowtowed again, kowtowed again, and knelt there after three kowtows. Wait.
When I first met him, I bowed three times and bowed. He behaved calmly and showed everyone's demeanor. Emperor Dechang became fond of him: "No need to be polite, just get up."
Zhao Fuling was wearing the clothes of a rich lady, with Ge-colored underwear and a green embroidered trousers, and a jade ring around her waist.
Looking at his face again, Emperor Dechang was stunned. His features and eyes looked very much like the same person...
Marquis Zhongyong was very happy. It seemed that during this period, Black Tiger Village sent many people to teach him. You must know that most people, even the newly ranked top three, will make mistakes when they meet the saint for the first time. Stuttering, trembling with fear, and acting ugly.
I'm waiting for His Majesty to give instructions or ask questions, but after waiting for a long time, why is there no sound at all?
Marquis Zhongyong looked over and found that Emperor Dechang was staring blankly at Zhao Fuling, actually losing his mind.
"Ahem~" Marquis Zhongyong deliberately coughed twice, but Emperor Dechang was still like this, so he turned his eyes to the eunuch next to him.
The chief eunuch did not expect this to happen. While he was surprised, he roughly understood what was going on. So he quickly shouted: "Tea!"
(End of chapter)