Chapter seven hundred and ninety fourth imperial edict arrives
In the early morning of Zhu Ping'an's third day of vacation, the bright red sun rose from the east, the fog was dispersed by the sunlight, and the dew reflected the rising sun on the green leaves, awakening the sleeping world.
Early in the morning, Hua'er and Qin'er, Baozi's little maids, went into the bathroom with red faces and lowered their heads, carrying two buckets of hot water, and then walked out with their faces even redder and lowered their heads.
"It's all your fault, Hua'er and the others must be secretly laughing because I got up late."
On the embroidered couch, Li Shu stretched out her white lotus root jade arms to support her body. Her pink and white jade fingers pulled the corner of the quilt to cover her body. From behind, she revealed a face as red as a peach, and a pair of eyes full of spring water, watery.
It can drown people. He pouted his rosy little mouth and complained to Zhu Ping'an who got out of bed.
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an got out of bed and his old face suddenly turned red. Yesterday, he said he should exercise moderation, but this morning he added another meal
This will not be the case next time.
"Ahem, I'm going to take a shower first." Zhu Pingan coughed and walked into the bathroom as if he was running away.
"Ah, Zhu Pingan, I want to wash first"
"Ahem, let's wash it together."
"Which liar wants to wash with you? You tricked me into washing with you last night. But you are a bad person who harbors evil intentions and took the opportunity to do bad things."
Shaoqing, there was a scream in the bedroom, and then it became quiet again, with only the faint sound of water coming.
At this time, the Marquis of Linhuai had already gone out to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to report on his duties.
However, before the Marquis of Linhuai rode on horseback to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to report on their duties, the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion ushered in a group of father-in-law who came to announce the decree.
The father-in-law who announced the edict was holding a black scroll and a three-color imperial edict, followed by four young eunuchs. One of the young eunuchs also held a scroll of imperial edict, and its bearing was also a black ox horn scroll. Behind the fifth-grade eunuchs were a group of guards,
With Minghuang's support, the arrival of the group of people caught the porter of the Linhuai Hou Mansion and the steward of the outer courtyard off guard. The steward greeted the people politely without having time to question them carefully, and hurriedly sent someone to report to the old lady who was in charge of the Hou Mansion.
There are two officials in the mansion, one is the Marquis of Linhuai who has just returned from Yingtian to report on his duties, and has just left the house; the other is Zhu Ping'an who is on vacation at home and does not know whether he has gone out or not.
But, who is this father-in-law from the palace coming to announce the decree to?!
The old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion asked the steward who came to report the matter to whom the father-in-law had come to announce the decree, but the steward didn't know anything about it.
The old lady asked her father-in-law again what color the imperial edict was holding in his hand. The concierge only relied on memory and replied that the father-in-law who proclaimed the edict was holding a three-color imperial edict with a black axis.
After hearing this, the old lady knew for sure that the black-shaft and three-color imperial edict was for officials of fifth rank and above.
In the past, when the Marquis of Linhuai was still there, he showed off to the old lady the imperial edict enshrined in the ancestral hall. He said that the imperial edict was a symbol of the emperor's power and an official's status. According to the different grades of officials, they were strictly distinguished and awarded to first-class officials.
The bearing of the imperial edict is a jade shaft, the one awarded to the second-rank official is a black rhinoceros horn shaft, the third-rank official is a gold-plated shaft, the fourth-rank and fifth-rank officials are a black ox-horn shaft; the fabric of the imperial edict is also very particular about grade, and the fifth-rank official is awarded
The colors of the following imperial edicts are all single white silk. Only the imperial edicts given to officials of fifth rank and above will have multiple colors, such as three colors, five colors, seven colors, etc. The more colors of the edict, the higher the level of the official who receives the edict.
Those above the fifth rank are of course given to the Marquis of Linhuai. Although Zhu Ping'an is young and promising, he is only a sixth rank.
Therefore, when the old lady heard that it was a black-shaft and three-color edict, she naturally thought that it was for the Marquis of Linhuai, so she hurriedly sent people to chase the Marquis of Linhuai.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Linhuai was fat and his horse ran slowly. When the servants of the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion caught up with the Marquis of Linhuai, the Marquis of Linhuai had just walked out of Gonghou Street. After hearing the decree from the palace, Linhuai Marquis
Huaihou hurriedly whipped his horse hard and drove back. After a short distance, the horse was so tired that it foamed at the mouth.
"Master Marquis, the nobles in the palace are here to announce the decree to the fifth uncle. The old lady is worried that you will miss the time to report on your duties, so I asked me to come and tell you quickly. The nobles in the palace have said that you don't need to go back."
However, before the Marquis of Linhuai could rush back to the Marquis' Mansion, the second wave of servants from the Marquis of Linhuai's Mansion came after him on horseback.
After hearing this news, the area of the Linhuai Marquis' psychological shadow could not be calculated for half a day.
In Linhuai Marquis' Mansion, when the old lady learned that the people in the palace were here to announce the decree to Zhu Pingan, she hurriedly sent Zijuan to Tingyuxuan to find Zhu Pingan and Li Shu.
Zijuan trotted all the way to Tingyuxuan, and then learned from Baozi's maid Hua'er that the two parties were still taking a bath in the bathroom.
Why take a shower so early in the morning?!
There is much talk about the licentiousness of officials, and Zicuckoo, who has been serving in the Marquis' Mansion for a long time, also knows some things about men and women.
Zijuan was startled at first, then lowered her head and spat, her little face flushed. She used to think that the fifth uncle was a cat that didn't eat fish, but she didn't expect that the fifth uncle was also a cat.
What could be greater than an imperial edict?! Zijuan urged Hua'er to go to the bathroom and tell the two parties involved that someone from the palace had announced the edict.
Soon, Ting Yuxuan was in a state of panic.
Of course, there was also a lot of excitement in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion. Although the old lady was disappointed that she was not here to announce the decree to her son, after all, Zhu Ping'an was also the uncle of the Hou Mansion, and he was half a member of the Hou Mansion. So, leaning on crutches, he beat
I gathered my energy and assigned the butler to arrange it quickly.
Setting the table, incense stand, burning incense
When Zhu Ping'an pulled Li Shu and the girl and the old lady, and hurried from Tingyuxuan to the front yard, their hair was still wet, and it looked like they had just come out of the bathroom and changed clothes in a hurry.
"Go to the front yard quickly, don't keep the nobles in the palace waiting."
The old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion was accustomed to tradition. When she saw the two men approaching with wet hair, the wrinkles on her face became a little deeper.
"Yeah." Zhu Ping'an coughed awkwardly and nodded in agreement.
The group of people went to the front yard together. In the front yard, the eunuch who had come to announce the edict was sitting in the main hall having tea. The leading father-in-law was not Feng Bao, who had come to announce the edict before. The other four young eunuchs were also unfamiliar.
But this is not surprising. There are seven or eight thousand eunuchs in the palace. It is normal for Zhu Ping'an not to recognize them.
"The lower official heard that my father-in-law came to announce the decree. To show his respect for the Holy Father, he took a shower and changed clothes to receive the decree. My father-in-law has been waiting for a long time."
Zhu Ping'an walked a few steps quickly, bowed his hands to the leading eunuch chief to express his apology, and said boldly.
When the old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion heard this, she shook the crutch in her hand.
When Zicuckoo and other informed girls heard this, their understanding of Zhu Ping'an reached a new level.
"No, no, Mr. Xiao Zhu is serious." The leading father-in-law smiled and stretched out his hand to help Zhu Ping'an stand up. His face was full of spring breeze, and he was full of kindness. He didn't mean to be unhappy at all because he had been waiting for a long time.