Chapter 597: Who is the one who stopped the driver

Since returning from the Northern Expedition in September last year, Zhu Di has never been to the court, and almost all state affairs are decided by the prince of the East Palace. In addition to Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong and other cabinet ministers, except for Lu Zhen and Zhao Xian and other six Shangshu, he rarely met with foreign ministers, and when he was energetic, he would even rather go to Xiyuan to ride a horse and hunt than pay attention to those cumbersome state affairs. And when he saw those exquisite pavilions and pavilions, wonderful birds and beasts, he would always think of the scenery outside the fortress with the sky high and the earth wide, and the impulse to go to the battlefield again became more and more serious.

"Your Majesty, tomorrow is the Birthday Festival, and the concubines haven't seen such a lively scene."

Although the palace concubine who combed her hair behind her back was a Korean beauty that he was still very lucky to have until last night, when he heard this, he was suddenly furious. He is still a young and powerful emperor, and he is still the son of heaven with the spirit of Ryoma, and he doesn't need someone to remind him of his old age all the time! When he opened his eyes suddenly, he saw the woman with black sideburns reflected in the bronze mirror, and when he saw himself with two gray temples in front of the woman, he suddenly grabbed something and smashed it at the mirror.

Bang –

This abrupt move frightened everyone in the room, and suddenly, there were a few people on the ground, and even Concubine Han Li, who was combing her hair, knelt down tremblingly. Zhu Dihuodi, who was furious, stood up, swept the bronze mirror to the ground, and then walked out of the house angrily. This day was indeed the day before the Wanshou Festival, and Zhu Zhanji invited him to go to the school to review the avant-garde of the government army, so at this time, Liu Yongcheng and Hai Shou, the eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuch, had been waiting outside, but now they were all dressed as clay carvings and wood sculptures.

"It's getting late, it's time to go!"

Zhang Qian, who happened to enter the house, couldn't help but be startled when he saw that the emperor was about to set off without even wearing a hat. It's just that he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb like Liu Yongcheng Haishou, so he walked forward quickly, and first diverted the topic and said some external preparations. Seeing that Zhu Di's face had improved, he smiled and said: "Today, His Royal Highness the Emperor asked the emperor to teach the avant-garde of the Grand Parade Army in the West Garden, which has never happened before. His Royal Highness was personally trained by the emperor, and he must also be a general on the school field. After the emperor went to the north last year, the soldiers had never seen the imperial appearance, and today they are wearing regular clothes or armor? ”

Moved by Zhang Qian's words, Zhu Di forgot about the scene inside, and only thought that he had to be energetic today no matter what, and he couldn't let his grandson compare with him, so he only groaned for a moment and ordered to wear armor. Zhu Di went into battle in his early years, and he went on three personal expeditions before and after, and the imperial horse supervisor had already collected more than a dozen sets of armor, from leather armor to iron armor. However, when the emperor was old, no one dared to come with the heavy fine iron armor, so Liu Yongcheng took the leather armor that had been prepared long ago from Haishou and presented it. Zhang Qian personally combed Zhu Di's hair, and waited for him to put on leather armor and leather boots, and then two palace maids came up to help Zhu Di go out.

The three big eunuchs who followed behind were deliberately half a step slower. Zhang Qian had just taken the risk to relieve the siege, so he didn't bother to care about the things inside, so he nodded directly at Liu Yongcheng Haishou: "I'll follow the emperor, and the things in it are whatever you do." ”

As soon as he left, Liu Yongcheng couldn't help glaring at the inner room angrily, and muttered contemptuously: "In the end, it is a Fanbang woman, she doesn't understand the proportions, and she annoys the emperor!" Hae-shou, that's the person you brought back from North Korea, you go in and see the movement. Don't delay too long, I'll be with you today! ”

Haishou has always obeyed Liu Yongcheng's orders, although he was reluctant at this time, he only nodded. When all the people in this room followed the emperor, he lifted the curtain and entered the room, and saw that the people in the room were still maintaining the appearance of kneeling, so he kicked the two of them up one by one, and after scolding him angrily, he stepped forward to help Concubine Guo Li.

"I said Niangniang, it's not the first time you've served the emperor, so you don't know how to be careful! Not to mention that the people who came from North Korea with you are the women selected by thousands of people in this country, are there still a minority? If you anger the emperor badly, not only will you fall out of favor, but I am afraid you will also implicate your family thousands of miles away! Okay, okay, the emperor is gone, and he hasn't sent you down, so hurry back to the palace, if the emperor comes back; If I have another command, I will have someone tell you! ”

Even coaxed and scared Concubine Guo Lifei away, Hai Shou had to interrogate those eunuchs a few words, and when he learned that Concubine Guo Li only said three words about Wanshou Festival and attracted such a nameless fire, he suddenly had some palpitations.

Anyone can see that this emperor is old, but no one dares to show half of it, just like he was ordered to go to North Korea to ask for a virgin, and every time he was carefully selected, it was because the domestic selection was easy to provoke the court officials to admonish. It's good now, the emperor has to be supported by the palace maid when he goes to the school at this time, and in the eyes of outsiders, he must feel that the emperor is obsessed with women. Could it be that there are fewer opportunities to be heroic on the battlefield, so they want to be heroic on women? This is not at all like the old days!

Zhu Di didn't care what others thought, panting and getting on horseback with the support of the two palace maids, he immediately found the feeling of galloping across the field, and the aging color between his eyebrows was swept away. Out of the Xihua Gate, go straight north along the north gate on the west, this is to the Qianming Gate on the edge of the Taiye Pool, bypass the Chengguang Hall on the side of the door, cross the Yuhe Bridge, Lingxing Gate, it is the land of the West Palace. This was the place where he used to live in Beijing, and now he saw the familiar palaces again, and he couldn't help but stop. It didn't matter if he stopped, the people before and after had to stop and wait.

Zhang Yue, who had already been ordered to wait on the edge of the ceremonial supervision factory, looked at the imperial driver and his party from a distance and stopped there, and immediately looked at the hour on the sundial next to him. He was also a person who often went in and out of the West Palace at the beginning, so he naturally knew that the emperor had a lot of feelings for this place. Counting the time, at this moment, Li Maofang, who got the news very early, should almost come out, right? Zhu Di has not stepped into the West Palace for a long time, such a great opportunity, and Princess Yongping's "reminder", how could Li Maofang miss it?

So, when he saw the red figure that suddenly rushed out, his hanging heart finally let go.

The West Palace is an important place in the palace, idlers are not allowed to break in, and Zhu Di has a royal horse guard before and after the army, so at first glance when he saw someone suddenly rushing into the royal car, immediately two personal soldiers stepped forward to block the car, and the rest of the people were also trained to fan the emperor firmly protected. Zhu Di, who was reminiscing about the past, was interrupted by this sudden move, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed. When the palace maid who was accompanying him whispered that someone had stopped him, his heart was even more angry.

"Who's stopping the driver?"

The soldiers in front asked the identity of the driver who stopped them, and they were embarrassed there, and when they heard the emperor's question, they immediately reported it layer by layer. Liu Yongcheng, who got the information, scolded the reckless guy half to death in his heart, and then his heart moved. You must know that it was either King Han or King Zhao who almost caused him to fall at the beginning, and this Princess Yongping is afraid that she will also have a share! Immediately, he rolled his eyes and stepped forward unhurriedly: "Back to the emperor, that's the Marquis of Fuyang...... No, it's Li Maofang. ”

"Li Maofang?"

Hearing this name, Zhu Di suddenly frowned, and his anger increased instead of decreasing. He has always been normal for his daughters, even if Princess Ancheng and Princess Xianning are from Queen Xu, he doesn't care much, however, Princess Yongping has repeatedly begged to be lenient, and the miscellaneous drama team is indeed interesting, so he plans to make an exception and let people go home and imprison them. However, at this time, when he saw Li Maofang, who was supposed to be in Wanchun Palace, appear here, he immediately noticed that he was tired.

This is still in the palace, and some people let people out without permission in order to tie the knot, what if it is somewhere else?

"Lead him up!"

After getting the news that the emperor was going to the Xiyuan teaching field today, Li Maofang took great pains to get through the joints, and only then did he appear here, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this voice. It's just that even if he is a straw bag, he knows that today's opportunity is rare, and he must not put on the arrogant appearance in front of people, and he needs to show the appearance of changing his past. Therefore, as soon as he was carried by two pro-soldiers to Zhu Di's horse, he immediately knelt down, and he didn't know how many kowtows for a while, and his forehead was bruised.

Zhu Di looked at Li Maofang coldly, and remembered the scene when King Yan's Mansion was choosing a son-in-law. Li Rang was the guest of honor of the Yan Wangfu personally selected, at that time he needed talents, needed the help of the military family, and other princes also borrowed their daughters to marry as arm help, he was naturally no exception. The Li family is rich, Li Shen is still serving in Nanjing, Li Rangjun also has some ability, plus after he succeeded to the throne, the county lord became a princess, and Li Shen died for him, so it was logical for him to make Li Rang a marquis. However, Li Rang actually has such a straw bale son!

"Xigong Chongdi, who let you run around?"

"The minister has thought about it in the West Palace, and he has not congratulated the Wanshou Festival for two consecutive years, and this year I heard that the hundred officials congratulated Fengtianmen, so I begged the guards, just to see the emperor and congratulate him on his longevity."

Li Maofang had expected that the emperor would hold on to this, and at this time, he was forced by that violent tone, and he didn't need to pretend to be trembling. Although he was the emperor's grandson, before he was taken hostage, all the things in his arms had already been searched, so at this moment he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and secretly glanced at the soldier next to him.

"The minister wore a sinful body, there were no congratulatory gifts in the first two years, and there was nothing else to present this time, only the wrist piercing bleeding copied a "Diamond Sutra" for the emperor, in order to congratulate the emperor on his longevity!"

Hearing the words bleeding from the wrist, Zhu Di immediately raised his eyebrows, and then ordered his soldiers to present the things found on Li Maofang's body. After taking the scripture, he flipped through it casually, and found that it was indeed the Diamond Sutra copied in bright red handwriting, and the pages were all neatly written in small letters, and the handwriting was vaguely familiar. Thinking that Princess Yongping begged in every possible way before, and that she only had such a son, and that she had ordered to seize the title and imprison her because she didn't want to pursue Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, and the Li family was quite meritorious at the beginning, he was a little moved in his heart.

Although it has been decided to release the person on Wanshou Day, Zhu Di is still unmoved at all with a straight face at this time: "Since you know the guilt, think about it, don't always have a fluke heart!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Yongcheng, and then ordered: "Liu Yongcheng, you escort him back!" ”