Chapter 166: Meeting the Empress
Captain Ye entered the gate, saw that Yang Ze was still there, and said loudly: "It's okay, Lord Yang, you are still there, so I don't have to go to your house to find you again." Her Royal Highness the eldest princess wants to see you, you can go to the princess's mansion with me! ”
I'm going to see me again so soon, and it seems that the eldest princess is quite interested in this case. However, the official position of the general who will be the supervisor is so important, it doesn't seem to be an important position!
Yang Ze followed Captain Ye and went to the princess's mansion for the second time, but this time there was no detour, he got on the horse and trotted, and it didn't take much effort to arrive.
When I entered the princess's mansion, I saw that the eldest princess was dressed in court clothes, and it seemed that she was going out. The eldest princess still looked like she was kind and kind-eyed, and it could be seen that after Yang Ze, the words she said were not kind at all.
The eldest princess said: "How are things going, Yuwen Wuluo is going to leave!" She used an affirmative tone, not a questioning tone, which was obviously quite confident in Yuwen Wuluo's dismissal, or she already knew that Li Zhenglong was going to find Yang Ze, since Li Zhenglong came forward, it means that Yuwen Wuluo knew the strictness of the matter, and naturally he was about to regress.
For things that can't be covered up, of course Yang Ze won't try to cover them up, and there's no need for this. He said: "Back to His Royal Highness, just now the King of Linzi went to find the lower officials, and he went with Yuwen Wuluo, and they expressed their willingness to give up the position of the general as the general of the prison, but I hope that this matter can end here." ”
The eldest princess sneered and said, "It's good to be interested." So, how did you scare them? ”
Yang Ze didn't think about it, and said: "The lower official didn't scare them, they arrived first, and Captain Ye arrived later, when the lower official and Captain Ye were talking, they hid in the side hall, and they all heard how the lower official promised Captain Ye, and understood that the lower official was on His Highness's side, so they retreated!" ”
The eldest princess looked at Yang Ze. nodded and said, "Li Zhenglong went to find you, and Gu already knows." Even if you are wise, don't be clever, and be loyal to Lonely, it's okay to do this thing, and the process is Lonely, as long as this result is done. ”
Yang Ze thought to himself: "Sure enough, paper can't hold the fire, and fortunately, you only need the result, otherwise you let me make up a process." It's quite a brainstorm! ”
The eldest princess patted Yang Ze on the shoulder and said: "Your official uniform, Lone asked someone to rush out overnight, but you don't have to wait for the Ministry to do it for you, then Yuwen Wuluo can't be busy with his own affairs, and he is expected to do it for you, then you have to wait, the official uniform is here, you can change it." Enter the palace with Lone, meet the emperor, and tell the emperor what happened! ”
Yang Ze was stunned, he was going to see Empress Dugu. I'm not ready yet! He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the story of this case, let the subordinate say it again, lest the subordinate say the wrong thing when he arrives." ”
The eldest princess snorted. said: "If you still say the wrong thing about such a simple thing, then you ...... Lone believes that you know what to say. What shouldn't be said. ”
This sounds similar to what I scaring Wang Jiuxue! Yang Ze had no choice but to say: "Yes, the lower official understands, the lower official will go to change the official uniform!" ”
A little eunuch brought an official uniform, and Yang Ze changed into a five-grade official uniform, which fit very well, just like a tailor specially made for him.
The eldest princess took Yang Ze out of the door, Yang Ze couldn't help it, and asked: "Your Highness, is it very important to be a prisoner, according to the lower officials, isn't it just to make official uniforms, make official seals or something, at most it is to make some utensils used in the palace, although the official name of the general is good, but he is also a craftsman head, right?" ”
The eldest princess turned her head suddenly, looked at Yang Ze in surprise, and said in surprise: "You don't know what the prison is for?" Do you really think that the general will be just a craftsman? ”
Yang Ze was a little embarrassed, pretending to be very modest and studious, and said: "Xiaguan has just come to the capital, and he doesn't know much about the responsibilities of various yamen, please teach me Your Highness!" ”
The eldest princess was still very surprised, she looked at Yang Ze and said, "Even if you just came to the capital, you can't know what you are going to do as a prisoner!" However, she still told Yang Ze what he was doing as a supervisor, and the general was not the head of the craftsman.
It turns out that the prison is a very important department, at least in the era of the Dafang Empire, it is a very important department, in charge of the construction of all public facilities in the empire, and is also in charge of the palace buildings, the embroidery of the production of gold and jade beads and rhino elephant treasure vessels, as well as the official office made of various strange instruments, and even in charge of the development of new weapons, such as improving bows and arrows and other weapons, how can sharper knives and guns be forged, from this point of view, the will be a prison is somewhat similar to a modern technology research institute, Of course, this is only the most rudimentary prototype.
Of course, the eldest princess would not explain in such detail, she just told Yang Ze that it was very important to be the supervisor of this department, because she was in charge of the manufacture of buildings and luxury goods, so she would always get a large amount of appropriations, and she said that it was enough, and she didn't tell Yang Ze more deeply.
But as soon as Yang Ze heard it, he understood that the department of the superintendent could almost be said to be very rich, whoever mastered this department, of course, had more funds on hand, and could also raise funds through guò suppliers, such as rebates or something, of course, it was not called a rebate in these years, it could only be regarded as a benefit fee, or a birthday gift or something, in short, it was easy to make money in this department.
Yang Ze thought to himself: "It seems that if you want to become the crown prince, you really need money, even the eldest princess has to make money, but if she does this, can the empress not know?" If the empress knew, her crown prince would be even less likely to get it. But on the other hand, if she doesn't have the money to do things, then the crown prince can't get it directly, and she doesn't have the money to win over the alliance, what else is there to mess with! ”
The eldest princess sat in Luan, Yang Ze looked at her back, and couldn't help sighing, she was so old, and she was still thinking about the next empress, and she was not too tired to panic.
Walking in the direction of the palace, this time the eldest princess did not detour, and soon arrived in front of the palace gate, the eldest princess got off the luan car and asked Yang Ze to wait at the door, she entered the palace alone to see the Dugu Empress.
The guards at the door saw that Yang Ze was coming again, but they changed the clothes of civil officials, they were still very enthusiastic, and invited Yang Ze to the guard room, and the guards who were not on duty rushed up and asked Yang Ze about the Yuwen family, there are no secrets in the capital, not to mention the major affairs of the Yuwen family, they all know about it, and they are very gossipy to know the specific situation.
Of course, Yang Ze will not say the real situation, he can only recount the evil of feudal arranged marriage, and express sympathy for the dead Yuwen Baoxuan, the guards have nothing to do with themselves, just listen to the excitement, sigh at Yuwen Baoxuan's "encounter", and add his own imagination, the things that happened in the new house at that time are all complete, all kinds of details, just like what they witnessed, and as more and more guards come to listen to the excitement, all kinds of plots are more magical, even the dialogue between Liu Ruyan and Yuwen Baoxuan at that time, They all added to it.
Just as he was talking about it, an attendant came inside and asked Yang Ze to enter the palace to meet Empress Dugu, Yang Ze immediately got up, tidied up his clothes, and followed the chamberlain into the palace.
Halfway through, Yang Ze took out a handful of golden melon seeds from his arms, stuffed them into the hands of the waiter, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask what your father-in-law is called?" ”
This chamberlain is just a small eunuch in the palace, although he is not the lowest level, but he is not a person, he suddenly saw Yang Ze gave him a handful of golden melon seeds, his hands trembled, and he almost dropped the golden melon seeds to the ground, he has never collected such a heavy road fee!
The waiter said: "Our family's surname is Guo, and we are on an errand in the Tinghanlu Palace." Lord Yang, you are so polite, I heard the people in the palace say, you are young and promising, and you are bold, when you see it today, it is really worthy of your reputation! ”
Yang Ze said with a smile: "My father-in-law praised it, how can the lower officials be so good." By the way, I don't know what happened when the emperor summoned the lower officials? ”
Guo Nei said: "It's nothing, it's just that the emperor heard about Lord Yuwen's family, so he wants to summon you in to ask, and you can answer truthfully when the time comes!" ”
He pinched the golden melon seeds, satisfied in his heart, and quickly put them into his arms, feeling so much gold, only one answer, it didn't seem to be enough, so he said again: "The emperor is not in a very good mood today, Lord Yang has to be careful." Well, also, I heard Mrs. Han say that you can heal, if the emperor asks, you can tell the truth, but don't brag, in case the emperor wants to test you, then you can show the bottom, the emperor doesn't like flamboyant people the most! ”
Yang Ze said: "Xiaguan never brags. Mrs. Han is the mother of General Han, the one who used to be a female official in the palace? He remembered that he had treated Mrs. Han, and Mrs. Han couldn't walk without holding anything in her hand at that time, and after being cured, she gave herself a jade gourd.
Guo Neishou nodded and said: "Exactly, Mrs. Han is in Beijing, and often enters the palace to talk to the emperor, she has mentioned Lord Yang, and praised you for your excellent medical skills!" ”
Yang Ze sighed, and suddenly said: "The emperor only announced the official entry after seeing the eldest princess, right?" So what did they just talk about? ”
His way of asking is a bit similar to the taste of listening to the secrets in the palace, this kind of thing Guo Neishou took the initiative to tell him that it didn't matter, but if he took the initiative to ask, it would not be in line with the unspoken rules of the palace.
Guo Nei hesitated slightly, and did not answer Yang Ze's words directly, Yang Ze immediately took out a handful of golden melon seeds from his arms, took Guo Nei's hand, and stuffed it in.
Guo Neishou swallowed his saliva, this money is full, anyway, it's not a secret, just say it, he said: "Just now the emperor and His Royal Highness the eldest princess said about the recurrence of the case, maybe you asked Lord Yang to go in, just ask this!" ”
This is very important information, Yang Ze immediately knew how to deal with the Dugu Empress when he met him, he no longer asked Guo Neishi, walked with his head down, organized his language in his heart, and thought about how to say that the case would repeat.
After walking for a while, he came to a palace, and Guo Nei said, "Lord Yang, please wait for a while, and our family will go in and give you a gift." So saying, he entered the palace.
Yang Ze stood outside the palace gate, while looking at the courtyard, while relaxing, although he has experienced a lot these days, but meeting the empress must be a big event, and it must be treated carefully, this is related to his future glory and wealth, whether to eat meat or drink porridge in the future, it all depends on what kind of first impression he can leave on Empress Dugu today.
After a short time, Guo Nei came out and said to Yang Ze: "Lord Yang, the emperor announced that you have entered the palace." (To be continued......)