Chapter 133: The Forbidden Palace, Why Not Take a Walk
The next day, the Great Dynasty.
After all the courtiers had finished paying their respects, Liu Duan first asked the ministers if they had anything to do. Seeing that no one was starting to play, he suddenly turned to Xiao Yuanche and asked, "Xiao Aiqing, what did you recommend to the ministers?"
The person who makes hotpot mutton, if I remember correctly, is his name Su Ling?"
Xiao Yuanche was secretly thinking about it, but he nodded calmly and said, "Yes, this person's name is Su Ling."
Liu Duan nodded meaningfully and turned back to signal Qi Shizhai.
Qi Shizhai hurriedly held a tray with a piece of paper on it and walked up to Xiao Yuanche with a smile on his face.
Xiao Yuanche didn't understand what he meant and looked at Liu Duan suspiciously.
Liu Duan's expression was calm and he smiled lightly and said: "My dear, don't think too much. This is a good poem that I heard recently. I liked it very much, so I copied it for you to read."
Xiao Yuanche's pupils narrowed slightly and he took the paper and unfolded it.
When I saw the title at first glance, it was Su Ling's song "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night".
Thoughts were surging in my heart, and I thought to myself, what kind of medicine is the emperor selling in the gourd?
Liu Duan then said nonchalantly: "This poem is called / Spring River Flower Night Moon, and I heard it was written by a talented man named Su Ling, but I don't know if the Su Ling who wrote the poem and the Su Ling who cooked the food are the same."
Where is the individual?”
Xiao Yuanche then nodded and said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the poem written by Su Ling. On that day, the minister Sishu held a banquet and everyone composed poems. Su Ling composed this poem, which was praised by everyone of Wang Zhongsu and Wang Zhongsu.
Rated as the leader."
Liu Duan nodded, and said with a look of admiration in his eyes: "Wang's poem, which everyone approved of, is really wonderful. The more I read it, the happier I feel. This Su Ling is really talented and talented!
"
As he spoke, Emperor Liu Duan of the Jin Dynasty said with some hope in his eyes: "I am very interested in literature, especially poetry. Now that there is such a rising star in the literary world of Jin Dynasty, I just don't have the opportunity to meet him and discuss it.
, I feel really regretful in my heart, so sorry!" As he said this, he looked at Xiao Yuanche with deep meaning.
Only then did Xiao Yuanche understand, thinking to himself that Boning's report last night was indeed true.
He then looked calm and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? The Holy Sage will summon him to the palace to meet him and ask him to write a few poems for the Holy Sage!"
Liu Duan seemed to think for a while and then said: "If Su Ling is summoned to talk about the beauty of writing poems and essays, it would be an elegant thing. Maybe Su Ling will produce another excellent work...
"
He looked stunned again, and said in an imperial manner: "But... I am the emperor, and Su Ling is just a merchant and a commoner, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate, right?"
As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Yuanche with a smile.
Xiao Yuanche secretly sneered in his heart, but his expression remained calm and said: "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Although this Su Ling is a merchant, he helped a lot in the Dong Si case. Now he is also Xi Cao of Chen Sikong's house.
Consider yourself an official."
He paused and then said: "Therefore, if the Holy One wants to summon him, it will not only be the glory of Su Ling, but also the supreme glory of the ministers."
When Kong Hechen and other Qingliu heard that Su Ling actually helped Xiao Yuanche in the Dong Si case, their eyes were filled with anger. They thought they had classified Su Ling as an accomplice.
Xiao Yuanche was secretly proud of himself.
You, Su Ling, have taken this responsibility firmly. I don’t think anyone can use you except me, Xiao Yuanche.
When Liu Duan heard this, he looked even more complicated and remained silent for a long time.
It wasn't until Qi Shizhai pretended to cough to remind him that he came to his senses and said hesitantly: "Then...then I..."
Xiao Yuanche, however, agreed wholeheartedly, bowed and said: "The Holy One has an edict. It has been reported to Cao Su Ling from the west of Sikong Prefecture. I should go there in person to read the edict."
Liu Duan was worried. He only knew that Su Ling had saved him in the case of Dong Si. He never expected that Su Ling would actually plan for Xiao Yuanche in this matter. Is Su Ling worth seeing?
But Xiao Yuanche's words confirmed the matter. Now he was rushing to put it on the shelf, and he couldn't help but disappear.
Liu Duan could only nod his head and said: "In that case, I'll take the trouble to go to Sikong..."
...
Xiao Yuanche walked out of the palace with Liu Duan's order, his face uncertain.
Huang Kuijia followed beside him, and when he saw Xiao Yuanche's expression turned ugly, he said: "My lord, why did you become unhappy after going to court? Did that boy Liu Duan have some crooked idea again? Why don't I break in now?"
, twist that kid’s head off.”
Xiao Yuanche laughed loudly, "Kui Jia, if the emperor really makes me unhappy, go and screw his head."
Huang Kuijia nodded, waved his fist and said, "I don't even have to work hard to twist his head."
Xiao Yuanche smiled and said: "Let him remember his head first this time, but it's not easy to take your halberds and follow me..."
Huang Kuijia was stunned and said: "Why go to the bad hall to find Su Ling?"
"Ask Lidya Su if he has done anything to make me unhappy recently..."
Monk Huang Kuijia was stunned on the spot.
............
Business was average today, and Su Ling finally had some free time. She was drinking tea in the bad hall when she heard a thunderous voice shouting from the door: "Boy Su, where have you been? Come out."
Su Ling felt funny in her heart, knowing that what was supposed to come came anyway.
Su Lingshi walked to the main hall, and Huang Kuijia had already strode in vigorously.
Su Ling laughed and said, "Brother Kuijia, what's going on so hotly?"
Just as Huang Kuijia was about to answer, Xiao Yuanche and Guo Baiyi had already walked in from behind. Behind them were two small yellow gates in the palace, each holding a whisk.
Su Ling's heart moved, and she went up to him and said, "Su Ling, I've seen Sikong, I've seen sacrificial wine..."
Guo Baiyi just nodded towards Su Ling, pursed his lips towards the two small yellow doors at the back, and signaled to Su Ling.
Su Ling blinked calmly.
Xiao Yuanche looked serious, took out the edict from the little eunuch's hand, and said loudly: "Su Ling takes the order."
Su Ling then cupped his hands and said, "Su Ling, the minister of the Western Cao Dynasty, accepts the order!"
One of the young eunuchs was Mao Leng's novice. Seeing that Su Ling had received the order, he was so careless that he did not even set the table, burn incense and wash his hands, and did not kneel down to receive it.
Rao is such a bastard that he jumped out, pointed at Su Ling, raised his eyebrows, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Damn Su Ling, why don't you kneel when you see the imperial edict? It's disrespectful. Do you know?"
crime?"
Su Ling didn't say anything, and actually wanted to laugh a little bit in her heart, secretly thinking that this was a shame...
Sure enough, Xiao Yuanche's face turned cold and he gestured towards Huang Kuijia.
Huang Kuijia carried the huge double iron halberd in one hand and walked up to the small yellow door in two steps. He looked at him with bull's eyes and bared his teeth.
Suddenly he stretched out his big hand and grabbed the neck of the little yellow door with a bang.
The little Huangmen was just about to shout when he felt suffocated and couldn't make any sound. He could only pull with his hands, kick his feet wildly, and roll his eyes.
Huang Kuijia sneered.
He grabbed the little eunuch by the neck like a chicken and lifted him out.
After a while, when Huang Kuijia came back, he was alone.
The little eunuch who "survived" had already turned pale with fear. His two buttocks were fighting, his crotch felt hot, and a fishy smell came out.
Xiao Yuanche frowned and nodded to Guo Baiyi.
Guo Baiyi understood it, showed a harmless smile, walked to the small yellow door, and patted him on the shoulder.
With one shot, Xiao Huangmen's body went limp, like a ball of mud, and he was about to collapse to the ground.
Guo Baiyi, with quick eyes and quick hands, held the small yellow door, took out some money from his arms, held it in his hand a few times, then handed it to the small yellow door and said: "Don't be afraid, little father-in-law, Sikong valued just now.
The young father-in-law is very loyal and plans to let him work as an errand in Sikong Mansion. You will know what to say when you go back..."
The little Huangmen almost burst into tears. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "We understand... Our family knows..."
Guo Baiyi nodded with satisfaction, then handed the money in front of him and said: "Here, use these money to buy new pants to wear..."
How could the little Huangmen dare to accept it? He shook his head vigorously and said: "Our family will definitely repay the Lord well. This... our family dare not take it even to death..."
When Guo Baiyi heard this, he smiled lightly at first, looked at the small yellow door, and seemed to be saying to himself: "No...that's okay, Kui Jia, you can talk to this little father-in-law again."
Bar......"
The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, then he broke into a cold sweat, his face changed, his legs became weak again, he screamed, grabbed the money, and shouted tremblingly: "I want...I want it all...
..”
When Guo Baiyi saw him taking the money, he nodded calmly and said, "Why aren't you happy now that you've made money? My little father-in-law, you go to the wall to cool down first. Where's Sikong?
Let’s tell Su Ling, after all, Su Cao has returned to the palace, and the rules of the Emperor’s Forbidden Palace must not be broken, right..."
The little Huangmen nodded obediently, found an inconspicuous corner, and stuffed his left hand into his mouth without daring to make a sound.
Xiao Yuanche just ignored him and smiled at Su Ling: "I just announced the decree, so I'm a little more serious... Let's go in and talk."
Su Ling chuckled and said: "The tea has been brewed, now it's time for Sikong and you all!"
Xiao Yuanche pointed at Su Ling with his hand and said with a smile: "You brat, you actually knew we were coming!"
With that said, he walked in first.
Everyone sat down, and Su Ling poured tea for them personally.
After drinking for a few times, Xiao Yuanche looked at Su Ling with a smile and said, "You know what I'm here for this time, right?"
Su Ling was also smiling and said nonchalantly: "Of course I know, the puppet in the palace wants to see me."
Xiao Yuanche was amused by him and looked at Guo Baiyi, who also had a smile on his face.
Xiao Yuanche then pretended to be serious and said with a smile: "You are still talking nonsense like this. What a puppet is, it is a puppet and it is also the emperor..."
However, when Xiao Yuanche saw that Su Ling did not conceal his knowledge of the matter, he was extremely satisfied. He chuckled and said, "Wen Ruodang must be the one responsible for the book order. How do you know the imperial edict?"
Su Ling thought to himself, this Xiao Yuanche is indeed a suspicious person. I have already told the truth, but he still wants to test me.
I am really tired!
Su Ling didn't reveal anything, and waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "The boy is not on duty as a secretary, and he doesn't know how to calculate. It turns out that someone from the palace came last night."
Xiao Yuanche raised his eyebrows and pretended not to know: "Oh? Who is it?"
Pretend, keep pretending... Su Ling's head is full of black lines.
He didn't want to hide it at first. When he blew out the lamp last night, he knew that the matter could not be hidden. He immediately shook his sleeves and said with an aggrieved face: "Zhongchang Attendant Qi Shizhai, I didn't recruit them, and I don't know if he is old." I was confused, had a convulsion, and came here to see me... I'm still aggrieved, what does this guy want to do to me?"
"What did he say?" Guo Baiyi said with a smile on his face, secretly thinking that Su Ling had good intentions. The more frank he was, the less suspicious Sikong was.
My Lord Xiao is good at everything, but he is so suspicious in his bones...
Su Ling then said with some seriousness: "The old guy asked me to follow him into the palace to meet the emperor."
After saying this, without waiting for Xiao and Guo to ask each other, he said with disdain: "As for me, of course I won't go back..."
Xiao Yuanche glanced at him, feeling even more satisfied with Su Ling's disdain for Liu Duan.
But he said with a hint of teasing: "That's the emperor, he ordered you, and you are putting on airs... It seems that the official of Xicao is indeed a little small."
Su Ling snorted and said: "I don't have any friendship with Liu Duan, so I don't want to take risks there, so I asked the old guy to go back to his master to ask for his decree..."
Xiao Yuanche was very satisfied with Su Ling's attitude of not hiding anything. When he heard Su Ling call him the emperor, he felt in his heart that there was indeed no resentment between Su Ling after that incident.
Xiao Yuanche just snorted, pointed at him and scolded him with a smile: "You lazy guy, you have nothing to do. He preached to me in the early morning and made me have to run... "
Guo Baiyi glanced at Xiao Yuanche calmly, knowing that he could say such a thing, all the doubts in his heart were gone, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy for Su Ling.
Su Ling just smiled at Xiao Yuanche.
Xiao Yuanche thrust the imperial edict into Su Ling's hand and said, "Here, you can see for yourself."
But he saw that Su Ling didn't even look at it, rolled up the imperial edict, threw it aside and said: "What's the purpose of this thing? Isn't it just to declare an edict for me to enter the palace? I don't want to go. I didn't want to go." I asked the old eunuch to go back and ask for the edict, so that Sikong could refuse it for me in the court. Why did the edict still come, and it was Sikong who announced it in person..."
Xiao Yuanche was amused and pretended to be solemn and said: "You want me to refuse? He is the emperor, why should I refuse him? Do you want to vent your anger?"
Su Ling scratched his head angrily.
Xiao Yuanche looked like it had nothing to do with him, waved his hand and said, "He's not meeting me, so why should I say no for you?"
Then he seemed to have something in his words: "I have decreed in front of him that you must go to the palace. Not only that, but I have also made it clear to the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that you are the Western Cao of my house and that you contributed to the Dong Si case. I have told him this before, so this meritorious person should be summoned..."
Su Ling was speechless, with ten thousand grass/mud horses galloping past in her heart.
Xiao Yuanche, you used me as a gun and took the blame for you... You are really an expert...
Seeing that Su Ling didn't speak, Xiao Yuanche chuckled and said, "Why don't you want to?
Su Ling smiled lightly and said: "It's nothing, just go. I'll enter a palace soon. Can I die there?"
Xiao Yuanche then frowned and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? What about immortality? If Liu Duan dares to do anything to you, my subordinate Han Tianwei will dare to enter the forbidden palace again."
What he said didn't seem to be lying.
A warmth flashed in Su Ling's eyes. It seems that Xiao Yuanche still treats me sincerely. Last time, after all, it belonged to his Xiao family...
Forget it, let’s put aside what we said before, I, Su Ling, am not a stingy person.
Su Ling stood up hurriedly and said: "Su Ling is just a little Xicao. Sikong is not worthy of doing this to me."
Xiao Yuanche nodded with satisfaction again, and said openly: "You are the only Su Ling in the world. The emperor is gone, and there will be another one..."
Guo Baiyi looked calm and thought to himself, if Xu Wenruo was here, he might be worried again.
Xiao Yuanche added: "Xi Caoyu is a bit small, but he is the Caoyu of our Sikong Mansion. I will give you a promotion after a while..."
Su Ling didn't refuse this time. He knew that if he refused again, he would be suspicious of his master again...
Xiao Yuanche then leaned back on the chair and said: "This is your first time entering the palace. Let Bai Yi explain some rules and things to you. I'm tired of coming all the way. Why are you so stingy? Tea
Just give me a bite? Go and make me a big pot of your hair tip."
Su Ling asked Du Heng to make a pot of Maojian for Xiao Yuanche. Xiao Yuanche leaned on the chair and sipped the tea alone with his eyes narrowed.
Guo Baiyi then said to Su Ling sternly: "Brother Su, this is your first time entering the palace, don't be like this, kneeling down no matter what when you see the emperor, and don't look directly at the emperor, it is the emperor who has given you
Sit down, if he wants to ask you anything, you still need to stand up and answer."
Su Ling said impatiently: "I know what a big trouble this is..."
Guo Baiyi nodded, and suddenly said with deep meaning: "As for what he asked, I don't know, but you have to understand what you said."
Su Ling smiled and said: "You don't need to teach me this. If he wants to trick me, I'm afraid he will be disappointed..."
Xiao Yuanche, who was squinting at the side, smiled and snorted, said nothing, and continued to sip tea with squinted eyes.
Guo Baiyi nodded and said, "Sikong and I are naturally at ease with whatever you say. Even if you say something wrong, Sikong will take care of you."
He paused, looked at Su Ling with a good look, and said as if explaining and reminding: "But you have to remember, what the emperor said, you have to see Sikong as soon as possible when you come out, do you understand?"
Su Ling nodded and said: "This is natural. If you don't tell Sikong, who else will you tell... Is there anything else?"
Xiao Yuanche next to him snorted again.
Guo Baiyi thought for a while and then said: "I expect that the emperor will definitely get close to you and try to win you over by showing favors. He may even grant you an official position."
When Su Ling heard this, he said helplessly: "No, he is the emperor after all. He wants to grant me an official position. Should I agree or not?"
Xiao Yuanche snorted again and said jokingly: "I haven't gone yet, but I'm already thinking about getting promoted? Agree, why don't you agree? It saves me a lot of trouble, doesn't it...
"
Guo Baiyi swallowed hard and then said: "If it is an insignificant official position, just agree to it. If it is an important position, just think about it and discuss it with Sikong when you return."
He added: "The emperor's tactics against Liu Xuanhan may be used against you today."
Su Ling laughed loudly, pointed at his nose and said: "Use me? My surname is not Liu, how can he be related to me? It's better not to bother! Why should I be given a bad official position? I don't even care.
Even if the city gate is so big that there are three males and three females, I won’t do it.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanche turned over and sat up, laughing and scolding: "What are the three males and three females? I am still Sikong, one of the three males. You kid..."
Su Ling then waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, there are only males, not females..."
At this time, Huang Kuijia laughed, scratched the head of the black bull and said, "My master also asked me to study more. I feel that Mr. Su's knowledge is similar to mine..."
Everyone laughed.
Only then did Guo Baiyi cast a questioning look at Xiao Yuanche.
Xiao Yuanche nodded to him without any hesitation.
Guo Baiyi then took out a token from his sleeve, handed it to Su Ling and said, "Take this."
Su Ling looked at it and saw that it was another wooden token. He felt funny in his heart. He came to this world for a while and he had already taken two tokens.
Su Ling took it and put it in his arms.
Guo Baiyi then said: "You have to keep this token carefully. This is the order of Sikong Mansion. It is the only certificate for entering and exiting Sikong Mansion without being summoned by Sikong. In addition, it is also a talisman in case of emergency. Currently, Sikong only has
I gave it to five people, and you are the sixth."
Su Ling asked: "I am the sixth one? Then I am quite honored...Who else has this?"
Guo Baiyi thought for a while and then said: "I don't think there will be anything unexpected when you go to the palace this time, but just in case, if the emperor wants to embarrass you, just pretend to reveal this token casually, and the emperor will not be embarrassed."
your."
Su Ling nodded, put away the token, cupped his hand at Xiao Yuanche and said, "Then thank you Sikong."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and stood up, asking Huang Kuijia to call the little Huangmen over, and said: "I just announced the decree, and I won't go with you. Let this little father-in-law take you there."
The little Huangmen learned his lesson this time, and politely said, "Su Caopu, please come with us."
Su Ling nodded, turned around and said to Du Heng in the inner room: "Look after our family, I'm going to the palace for a day trip..."