"Tan Qianhu! What happened in the palace? Why hasn't our husband come back..."
Bian Xianglan and other women walked out of the main room of the inner house one after another, and it was almost evening at this time, only to see Tan Qingning running in wearing the official uniform of white guards, panting and anxious.
"A major event has happened! All nine gates are under martial law, only entering and not exiting..."
Tan Qingning held Bian Xianglan's hand, and said solemnly: "The crown prince and Prince Duan were brought back to the palace by the forbidden army, and the generals who had ties to them were also deprived of military power. You must tell me something!"
"Oh, we don't know..."
Bian Xianglan said anxiously: "My lord was called to go to court early in the morning, and people kept running to inquire after him, saying that the lord was locked up shortly after he entered the palace. Even the crown prince and Prince Duan came here, and there were rumors that the lord assassinated the emperor. No nonsense!"
"Hey hey hey! The imperial decree has arrived, get ready to receive it..."
Song Chizhu suddenly rushed in, making the group of women stunned, but Song Chizhu waved again and said, "Get ready for the incense burner, all the eunuchs and maids are here, and there is a carriage behind them. It's time to dispatch the guards!"
"Oh my god! That's great, but I'm worried to death..."
Bian Xianglan almost burst into tears of joy, and hurriedly asked her sisters to enter the house to get money and incense burners, but the people who were not ready to pass the decree arrived, and they actually brought a lot of boxes, and all the people from the Epidemic Diseases Department gathered and surrounded the inner courtyard. It's leaking.
"May I ask who is Princess Bian of the county..."
A chief eunuch came in obsequiously, Bian Xianglan froze for a moment, then hurriedly waved her hands and said, "I am the Bian family, but I am no longer the princess of the county, I am already married, and my husband is to promote Zhao Yunxuan for epidemic prevention You are mistaken!"
"That's right! Your Majesty, you are the princess of the county, please kneel down to accept the order..."
The chief eunuch unfolded the imperial decree with a smile, puffed up his chest, and read aloud: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, pardon me! Promote my adopted son Zhao Yunxuan as the king of Yongshi County, and confer the titles of his concubine Bian and Xie as fourth-rank noble ladies. Two sets of red brocade auspicious lion court clothes, one thousand taels of gold, ten boxes of pearls, one hundred pieces of brocade... "
"..."
Everyone in the Zhao family was stunned, not only Bian Xianglan opened her mouth so hard that she could swallow a fist, but Tan Qingning also had a look of disbelief, the black crowd outside the courtyard almost went to heaven, and they gasped in unison.
"Oh My God!"
Song Chizhu turned his head in disbelief, and stammered in a low voice: "Ben, I heard you right, why did Mr. Zhao go to the palace for a long time, and suddenly became a prince? I, I have never heard of this It's a rule, can someone with a foreign surname still be a prince?"
"This!"
The chief eunuch put away the imperial decree with a smile, helped up the stunned Bian Xianglan with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty! Mr. Zhao is already the godson of the emperor, so you are naturally the princess of the county. Of course! The official title can only be called your second son." Ma'am, but in private, you are the princess!"
"Godson? The emperor has become our master's godfather..."
Bian Xianglan was stupefied and shocked, but the eunuch actually handed over a large stack of banknotes, and said with a smile: "This is a wish from our supervisor of ceremonies, the empress must accept it, please inform the prince of the county, We are the eunuchs of the Chief of Ceremonies, the Chief of Ceremonies!"
"This is the happy money collected by our Shang Baojian, Shang Baojian..."
"We are from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, everyone is out..."
"Jingujian, we are Jingujian..."
The eunuchs and maids of honor came up to give gifts in turn, and Song ate pigs
Squatting on the ground with his mouth wide open, like a big toad about to suffocate, it's been a long time since he saw him today. Not only did he see the prince with a different surname, he even saw the eunuchs and maids queuing up to give money.
"Your Majesty! We belong to the Clan Mansion, and this is the gold medal for exempting you two..."
An eunuch obsequiously handed over two gold medals, with a thick stack of silver bills underneath, and said with a smile: "From now on, you two will be relatives of the emperor, and when you two enter the palace, follow us to register It's over, our clan mansion is far away from the harem, so it's innocent!"
"Are we going to the palace too?"
Bian Xianglan and Xie Yingying were all frightened, and the chief eunuch nodded and said: "That's right! Please change into the court clothes, and bring the two concubines to accompany you into the palace. Just wear the gorgeous clothes at the bottom of the box. Eating hot pot in the palace, waiting for the two empresses!"
"Eat hot pot in the palace? Ordinary duck..."
Song Chizhu felt that he was about to die, and what he heard was all hallucinations, but Tan Qingning hurriedly asked: "Father-in-law, I am Tan Qingning from Baiyiwei, and I have worked with Mr. Zhao in Lantai, can you tell me what happened? What's the matter?"
"Oh, you are Mr. Tan, I happen to have your warrant..."
The chief eunuch took out a document and handed it to her, and whispered: "Please immediately select twenty reliable and loyal female court guards with no bad deeds, either in black or white, there are people waiting inside the Wuyang Gate, remember! Don't mention this to anyone, go!"
"Female field guard? This is after investigation..."
Tan Qingning realized something, but the other party hurriedly said: "Shh, you are a white guard, you know how to keep it secret, don't ask too much outside, and our family doesn't dare to talk too much, anyway, our supervisor is innocent, Master Wanwang is fair Do it!"
"I understand, I will issue a password..."
Tan Qingning nodded earnestly, winked at Bian Xianglan and left immediately, while the chief eunuch raised his voice deliberately and said: "Madam! Nothing happened in the palace, it's just some scumbags who don't want to open their eyes and eat nothing. The county prince is investigating. !"
"Thank you, father-in-law! Then let's go into the house and change clothes..."
Bian Xianglan couldn't tell me I believe you, so she walked into the house in a dizzy state. Several court ladies followed in with brocade boxes, and the eunuchs also moved the imperial gifts into the main room. He was still polite, and kept talking about how innocent he was.
"Aunt Luo! Liuliu! Change into your clothes and enter the palace with us..."
Bian Xianglan stood in the bedroom with her arms wide open, and the court lady kindly helped them change into court clothes, while Yuniang took the servants out to distribute candy and wedding money, and even sent someone to the Bian Xie family's shop in the capital to announce the good news. Let the whole Lantai County know that Zhao Guanren has become the prince.
"Master Song! Why are you still sitting on the ground..."
Yuniang looked at Song Chizhu wonderingly, only to see Song Chizhu sitting on the ground with a sad face, and said in a sad voice: "Yuniang! Do you think I am stunned? I actually heard that your master has become a prince." , slap me quickly, let me wake up!"
"Crack~"
Yu Niang gave him a slap without hesitation, and the smoked Song Chizhu screamed: "Ah! You really smoke, then tell me how your master did it, I'm going crazy!"
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"Wow~ The palace is so big, Aunt Luo! Have you ever been in the palace..."
The four daughters of the Zhao family walked nervously in the urn city. The eunuchs and maids walked with their heads down. There were red inner walls tens of meters high on both sides. People can't stop being in awe.
"Six six! Don't look around
, you have to follow the rules when you enter the palace..."
Luo Tan was as nervous as a little quail. It was also the first time for her to enter the deep palace, but after passing through two palace doors, Bian Yulei suddenly pointed to a door and shouted: "Look! This is our master." The word, Mr. Zhao came here for a visit!"
"What?"
Luo Tan and the other women's eyes popped out, and they saw Zhao Guanren's travel commemoration, but Bian Yulei asked happily again: "Sister palace lady! Can you leave words on the palace gate? The emperor won't scold you?"
"Your Majesty! Please don't call me sister, I am a slave..."
The maid turned her head in fear and said: "No one has ever carved words on the palace gate. Prince Yongshi is the first one, and I'm afraid he will be the last one. The courage of the prince of the county is not ordinary people!"
"That's right! He's my husband..."
Bian Yulei laughed arrogantly, and walked for a long time before arriving near the nave, just as Tan Qingning came in with twenty female guards, ten in white and ten in black, but the All weapons were seized.
"You can't speak loudly in front of you. If people hear you, you have to slap your mouth..."
After a court lady gave a reminder, the two groups quickly joined together, leaving only four people to continue leading the way, but Tan Qingning and the others were also very nervous, and no one knew what happened. But to beheaded.
"Harem?"
A female field guard let out a low cry, Tan Qingning kicked her hastily, only to see two groups of male and female guards guarding in front of the harem gate, and the female guards searched them one by one before letting them go. He didn't even dare to take a breath.
"Why is there no one there, it's so deserted..."
Second Miss Xie couldn't help but look around, the inner harem was originally a narrow road with high walls, no one could be seen and it was extremely quiet, both oppressive and eerie. Look left and right.
"Boom~"
Bian Yulei suddenly bumped into the back of a palace lady, who suddenly stopped and knelt down, and when they looked up, they found a beautiful woman in palace costume appeared at the gate of the other courtyard ahead, accompanied by a chief eunuch, she must be a high-ranking woman. level of concubines.
"Kneel down quickly! Concubine Wu Xian..."
The little maid reminded her in a low voice, and all the girls hurriedly knelt down. The rule in the harem is that you are not allowed to speak while saluting, but Concubine Wu Xian stepped forward and asked in surprise: "Eh? Why even the guards of the capital are here, you guys What kind of errand did you do?"
"Return to the words of the imperial concubine..."
Tan Qingning lay on the ground and said cautiously: "I don't know! I just entered the palace and haven't seen the Shangguan yet. The Holy Majesty only asked me to enter the palace and wait for orders!"
"Well! Then you must do your best and handle it impartially. Don't tolerate and cover up. Do you hear..."
Concubine Wu Xian came over full of aura, looked down at them dignifiedly, and then waved for people to come over for a reward. A group of women all knelt down to receive the gift in trepidation. Many of them didn't even see what she looked like. Very rude thing to do.
"Shocking thunder! This sky-reaching cultivation base is falling into the sky and the earth is falling into the purple gold hammer, Zidian! This mysterious flame nine-day hanging sword is shocking, use the nunchaku quickly, hehehe..."
suddenly!
A rough sound of shouting wheat suddenly sounded, as if a tattered bag suddenly broke into the college entrance examination room, the complexions of the female family members of the Zhao family changed suddenly, and the voice behind it was so familiar.
"Oops!"
Tan Qingning said with a face full of horror: "Why did he come here in the harem? He must be too courageous. Trespassing in the harem is a capital offense!"