Chapter 169 Go to see the king
Queen Dugu said: "The child Zhenglong still needs training. You, the aunt, also need to have snacks, and teach him more."
The eldest princess said, "Mother, it's not that my daughter doesn't teach him, but that Zhenglong is too proud and can't listen to the advice. I, an aunt, dare not care about him, so as not to speak irresponsible behind his back."
Hearing, the Queen Dugu looked at Yang Ze and said, "Yang Aiqing, you and Zhenglong are quite friendly, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to plead with you. Do you think he is proud, but someone who doesn't listen to advice?"
Yang Ze hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, as the emperor's grandson, it is normal for King Linzi to have pride. If the family members of the Heavenly Family are gone, wouldn't they be like ordinary people?"
His answer was quite sloppy. He did not say that Li Zhenglong was proud, but said that he was proud. This was neither a rebuttal to the princess's words, nor was he afraid of being rumored to offend Li Zhenglong, nor would anyone offend anyone.
Queen Dugu laughed and said, "You are really good at speaking. If you are older, then you will be considered a traitor to describe you as a traitor."
"I have no intention of being cheating on me, I just say whatever I think. I hope Your Majesty will not misunderstand me." Yang Ze quickly defended himself.
"It's nothing. Just keep your own life safe. No one can say you are wrong." Queen Dugu waved her hand. She didn't care whether her ministers were slippery or not. She had seen her even the slippery or not. On the contrary, she had never seen many ministers who were not slippery, and she didn't like those ministers who were serious and had two or three-faced behind their backs. Such ministers were really dangerous.
Mingzhebao didn't have a sarcastic scent in this era, but many people think it's right. Queen Dugu also thinks it's the same. She hates troublesome ministers. On the contrary, the less ministers do, the more she likes it. She likes ministers like Yang Ze who do not offend anyone and hides from troubles. She likes the most. Older people don't like troublesome ones the least.
Seeing that there was nothing else, Yang Ze wanted to take his leave, but Empress Dugu said, "Yang Aiqing, go to Zhenglong's house and talk to him more, so that he can learn what it means to protect himself. Don't always think about finding trouble when you have nothing to do. Don't take matters into yourself!"
Queen Dugu was extremely disgusted with the struggle for power between children and grandchildren, but there was no good idea. She should decide who to be the heir, rather than the children and grandchildren. This annoyed her.
Yang Ze thought to himself: "How dare I teach the King of Linzi how to be a human being? Do I have that ability?" He had no choice but to say: "I don't dare to teach the King of Linzi, so I can only persuade him with kind words!" After that, he left the hall.
Seeing Yang Ze leave, the eldest princess said, "Mother, you can see that Zhenglong has not stopped recently? His child is different from the third brother. He is not as calm as the third brother..." The third brother she mentioned was Li Zhenglong's father, Prince Xiang.
Queen Dugu glared at her and said, "Can you calm down? You should learn to be virtuous and protect yourself!" Her eldest daughter looks kind, but in fact she is not kind at all. Others don't know, how can she, a mother, not know? If you want to say that she is so happy, this eldest daughter is so happy.
"Mother, you wronged the child..." The eldest princess immediately accused her of injustice. She held Queen Dugu's sleeves. Although she was old, she still acted like a little girl next to her mother.
Queen Dugu just took her set and said, "Okay, okay. Let's have a meal with me!"
Yang Ze waited outside the hall for a while, and saw that the eldest princess had not come out, and saw a little eunuch carrying a food box into the hall. After asking, he found out that the Queen Dugu wanted to keep the eldest princess for meals. Before he could wait, he found a little eunuch to lead the way and leave the palace.
But after leaving the palace, Yang Ze was worried. Empress Dugu asked him to see Li Zhenglong, the King of Linzi, whether he would go or not. If he went, he would have to teach Li Zhenglong what it means to protect himself. Isn’t this a scam? But if he didn’t go, if Empress Dugu saw him again two days later and asked him if he had ever met Li Zhenglong, how should he answer? He said that he didn’t go, wouldn’t it be a resolute disobedience?
After hesitating for a long time, I would rather go and take this opportunity to meet Li Zhenglong. He would have a condom relationship and accompaniment. The Queen Dugu is so old and might die one day. It is not certain who will be the emperor. Li Zhenglong seems to be very competitive. Let's go and have a look and talk to him about the Yuwen family.
Yang Ze got on the horse, asked the guards at the palace gate where the Linzi Palace was located, and then took the horse away.
The Linzi Palace was not close to the palace, and it was circling around the world. He walked for a long time before he found the main place, but he saw that the Linzi Palace was not very luxurious, and it was much worse than the eldest princess's mansion. Even the Yuwen and Wuliu Palace were better than this royal palace.
Yang Ze looked at the plaque at the gate and thought to himself: "The court has regulations. What kind of specifications should be there for the royal palace? It should not be so small. Could it be that Li Zhenglong, like Hou Zizhen, is a 'inside show' person, pretending to be poor? He is a prince, and even if he wants to pretend to be poor, no one believes it!"
There was no guard guard at the door, so he didn't dare to knock on the door immediately. Although he knew that this was the Linzi Palace, he still pulled a pedestrian on the street and asked, "Brother, is this the Linzi Palace?"
The pedestrian said, "Yes, isn't it written on that door?" The man in official uniform doesn't look like an illiterate person, and he can't be an illiterate person even!
Yang Ze uttered and said, "Didn't the imperial court have regulations? The royal palace should have specifications. Why is the Linzi royal palace built so small? The houses of local rich people in our hometown are bigger than this royal palace!"
The pedestrian said with a sneer and said, "Officers from other places? No wonder! You only know that there are specifications for building a royal palace, but that specification means that the royal palace cannot be built more than how big it is, but it does not say that the royal palace can be built in small quantities. You said this is the reason?"
Yang Ze suddenly realized that he had thought it was a mistake. The specifications were limited to being too large, but he did not say that it could not be built too small. Besides, the royal palace was not built too small, but he felt that it was relatively small and not in line with the status of a prince. He had preconceived ideas.
The pedestrian looked at Yang Ze and said, "Are you here to give gifts? Ah, you are an official from another place. Do you want to come and get promoted? Or do you want to buy an official? Then you have found the wrong place. The King of Linzi never does this business. You should go to the princess and the prince consorts." He smiled and shook his head and walked away.
Yang Ze thought to himself: "It seems that Li Zhenglong does have lofty ideals. If he doesn't sell his official position, he has a good reputation among the people. If his reputation is good, those honest officials will support him. In this way, he will naturally have many supporters. Once there are more supporters, it will be much more convenient to do some things!"
He went to the gate of the palace, went up the steps and knocked on the door knocker, shouting: "Is there anyone? The King of Linzi can be in the palace, and the lower official Yang Ze asked for a meeting!"
The door of the mansion slowly opened, and a head was poked out from inside. It was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy servant. The boy servant said, "My prince is not at home. If you want to find him, you have to go to Lord Yuwen's mansion or Dali Temple."
Yang Ze smiled and said, "I am the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Your prince is not in Dali Temple. Why? Has the prince not come back yet?"
The boy servant shook his head and said, "Not yet!" He looked at Yang Ze a few times and saw that Yang Ze was wearing a fifth-rank official uniform, but he was very young, not much older than himself, and he was very polite in his words. The boy servant had a good impression of him, so he said, "Otherwise, you go to my old prince's mansion to see it, maybe my prince is there!"
Yang Ze said oh, "Where is your old prince's mansion?"
The boy servant showed him the way, and then said, "But my old prince doesn't like to meet foreign guests. The older the official, the less he sees!"
Yang Ze pointed to the official uniform on his body and said, "Is the fifth-rank official considered a big shot?"
The boy servant burst out laughing and said, "It's so big, so you can't see my old prince, but you won't see my old prince when you go, aren't you looking for my prince!"
Yang Ze smiled at him, thanked him, left Linzi Palace and went to find the Prime Minister's Mansion. Halfway through, he thought, "The Prime Minister is the third son of Queen Dugu, and he is so low-key. It seems that he is a person with no ambitions, far worse than his son."
The Prince's Mansion is not too far from the Prince's Mansion, and he arrived after two yards. This time, Yang Ze saw the Prince's Mansion and couldn't help but shout. The Prince's Mansion is really not small. From the appearance, it is comparable to the Princess's Mansion, and is much bigger than the Prince's Mansion.
Yang Ze got off the horse at the door of the palace and saw two rows of guards standing outside the door. He said, "Brothers of Guards, dare you ask if the King of Linzi is in the palace?"
The leading guard said politely: "I dare not take it. Don't call us brothers like this, lord. The King of Linzi is indeed in the mansion at this time. What do you mean by lord? What are you doing to find the King of Linzi?"
Yang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Zhenglong was in the mansion. He said, "I am Yang Ze, the young minister of Dali Temple, has been ordered by His Majesty to find the King of Linzi for some trouble, and I have trouble getting in and reporting."
After he finished speaking, several guards at the door trembled in one go. The leading guard said in a trembling voice: "Is it your Majesty who asked Lord Yang to come? Are you here to announce the order?"
The leading guards' face turned pale in an instant, and the other guards were the same. Judging from their appearance, they were frightened, as if a disaster was coming!
Yang Ze saw them and was amazed. He didn't need such a big reaction when he came to the palace by himself, right? But when he thought about it, he realized that although Empress Dugu was the mother of the King of Xiang and was a family, for imperial power, could a mother be the emperor and a father be the emperor? I believe that in order to prevent his sons from rebelling, Empress Dugu took back the throne, so he was quite strict with his sons. Maybe he had dealt with the brothers of the King of Xiang, and the first thing he did to deal with his sons was to send someone to promulgate the imperial edict, which made the guards in the King of Xiang's palace so scared.
Chapter completed!