Chapter 008 - Provocation
(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) In Yin'an Hall, Wu Zhi met Tao'er. Strangely, Tao'er only had a blessing when she saw Wu Zhi and did not kneel down. After the ceremony, she even looked at Wu Zhi with a sneer on her face.
Wu Zhi leaned against the wide seat, looked at Tao'er without asking questions, just waiting for Tao'er to explain his purpose.
"The prince is indeed very patient! Tao'er admires..." Tao'er waited for a while, but did not wait for Wu Zhi to get angry or ask. She could only smile with a self-deprecating smile, and the first silent battle was defeated.
Wu Zhi still didn't say anything and looked at Tao'er thoughtfully.
Tao'er was a little uneasy when he saw him, and her confidence gradually disappeared when she came. However, she remembered the amazing secret she had discovered, and her confidence immediately burst out and sneered: "Does the prince know what I want to come?"
Wu Zhi smiled, "I didn't know it at first, but now I may have guessed it."
Tao'er nodded with satisfaction: "The prince is indeed a smart person, and that Tao'er no longer turns around!" As he said that, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, took a few steps, and placed it on Wu Zhi's desk. "As long as the prince agrees to Tao'er's writing, Tao'er will be sure to keep the secret as the prince!"
Wu Zhi didn't look at the paper and said funny: "Do you know you're in danger now?"
Tao'er snorted coldly: "I have been in the palace since I was a child, what have I experienced? Tao'er is like a hundred times more dangerous situation. If the prince wants to kill me to silence me, just do it. However, if Tao'er cannot return to the palace today, the good things that the prince will do tomorrow will definitely spread throughout the Forbidden Palace!"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "You must have some great friend to help you keep letters or something? If you don't see you turn around, she will open the letters? Or may you even have any problems in the future? I will be doomed?"
Tao'er's face changed slightly, "No, Prince, think about it carefully, which is more important, the prince's reputation or the valueless life of his servant?"
Wu Zhi nodded, picked up the paper handed over by Tao'er and looked at it a few times, and smiled and said, "I'm begging me not to go to the palace alone to see the Queen Mother?"
Tao'er nodded and said, "I am doing this for the prince and even more for the queen mother!"
Wu Zhi nodded and said, "Your conditions are not harsh!"
Tao'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is also because I dared to see the prince!"
Wu Zhi said "happy": "Actually, I never thought of going to the palace to see the queen mother again..."
Tao'er naturally knew what he meant by saying "Going to the palace to meet the empress dowager". Her face relaxed and she suddenly knelt down. She kowtowed three times to Wu Zhi: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, on behalf of Tao'er!"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "I don't need to thank you anymore, but I also have a quirk, which is the most unbearable threat!"
Tao'er's face changed and she looked up at Wu Zhi.
Wu Zhi smiled: "I heard that you did some amazing things for the Queen Mother, and you are also the closest person to the Queen Mother. Today I see me, and I love the Lord. So it is really difficult to kill you or not..."
Listening to Wu Zhi talking about his life and death lightly, Taoer's heart trembled and plucked up the courage to shout: "It doesn't matter if the prince kills me! My life is not worth it, but the prince is not afraid of smearing you?"
Wu Zhi shook his head. "Since you dare to come to see me alone, it can be seen how much the Queen Mother's reputation is in your heart, but I don't believe that you will ruin her reputation!"
Tao'er snorted coldly, "The prince doesn't know anything. If the empress dowager said that she naturally favored me, but these days, the empress dowager will no longer care about me... she will no longer call me at night..." When she said this, she suddenly stopped, her face turned red, and she said loudly: "So the prince thought that my servant would sacrifice his life for nothing because of the empress dowager, but it was a big mistake!"
Wu Zhi then realized that the empress dowager didn't know what awkward thing these days, and she stopped calling Tao'er to bed at night. Tao'er thought it was because of her own reasons, and she was so jealous that she was sincere to the empress dowager, and she thought she would continue to interact with the empress dowager. She could not keep the fire from being covered. After a long time, rumors would naturally come out, and the empress dowager would inevitably suffer from reputation. The two of them fought each other, which made Tao'er willing to take a big risk and threaten him. It is said that women's jealousy is the most terrible. It seems that Tao'er's jealousy and love are intertwined, so wouldn't it be so stupid that she thought she was extremely stupid?
"Taoer, maybe you think you are smart and clever and don't take the world's attention, but in my opinion, you are just a fool..." Wu Zhi shook his head and sighed.
Tao'er looked at Wu Zhi in surprise.
"Oh... it's really a headache. Did you say you came here just to make me trouble or not to kill you?" Wu Zhi shook his head helplessly, as if he was very dissatisfied with Tao'er coming to die.
"Prince...you...you are not afraid..." Tao'er stammered.
"I'm afraid of you?" Wu Zhi put out a classic saying, "If you have close friends in the Forbidden Palace and can entrust your life, then I'm really afraid of you. Unfortunately, you won't have them, and you can't have them. Let's take a step back, even if you have such friends, can you feel at ease to entrust the secrets of the world to her? If you do so recklessly, then I should have killed you, don't you? Even if it's a whole city of storms, it's better to have a death without a certificate than to leave a fly that likes to buzz around you!"
Tao'er's face was pale and could not speak. At this point, she realized that she was not as smart as she thought. The noble king was different from the leisurely prince who always smiled and laughed. After he said this, his actions today seemed to be really coming to die.
Ruo Tao'er is an ordinary person, and Wu Zhi didn't say anything else, but Tao'er is the most beloved person around Concubine Wang. If she cut her herself, it would be unbeautiful. Thinking about it, Tao'er also loves Concubine Wang's heart to protect the master. It would be inappropriate to cut it with one knife, but it would never be possible to let her go back like this. How to deal with her is really troublesome to Wu Zhi.
"Forget it, forget it, lock it up first, wait until I think about it." Wu Zhi glanced at Tao'er for a few times, "Do you know what to do?"
Tao'er had already woken up from the shock just now and nodded immediately: "I will never scream or speak."
Wu Zhi nodded, and a trace of murderous intent rose in his heart. She immediately asked for the situation in front of her for such a short time, and knew how to survive. This woman was really not simple.
"Report to the prince! Gao Qiu asked for a meeting!" A guard outside Yin'an Hall reported loudly.
Wu Zhi looked at Tao'er a few times and said, "You have escaped the disaster, and I will talk about it in a few days." He called his personal guard and ordered Tao'er to be locked in the west courtyard, and no one should approach him."
Wu Zhi's personal guards were all selected from the King of Jiangnan to be strong and powerful. In his eyes, there was only the noble king. Even if the noble king said he was rebelling, these people would keep up without frowning. Over the years, they have also helped Wu Zhi do some illegal activities. It is a piece of cake for imprisoning the palace maids in the palace. Tao'er did not cry or make a fuss. After obediently following the guards, Wu Zhi went out to greet Gao Qiu.
Gao Qiu had nothing serious, but he was so trapped. Wu Zhi sat with him until dinner and kept him for drinking. Gao Qiu smiled and said goodbye, saying that he dare not hinder the banquet of the royal family.
A few days later, a rumor gradually emerged in the Tokyo officialdom that the noble king and the queen mother had a quarrel over the Northern Expedition. Now it has been so unacceptable that the spreader is full of rumors. How many days have you not summoned the queen mother for many days? That's true. Before the court discussed the Northern Expedition, the queen mother must have summoned Wu Zhi to the palace to discuss matters after three or two days. However, after the court discussed, it has been nearly a month since Wu Zhi has never entered the Forbidden Palace again. I heard that the young emperor had sneaked into the noble palace to meet the emperor's uncle.
News of Wu Zhi and the Empress Dowager's fall in love spread wildly. Some people in Tokyo were happy and some were worried. Xu Jiang came to the door several times, and his words imply that Wu Zhi should ease his relationship with the Empress Dowager, but Wu Zhi was absent-minded and seemed to be unable to hear the meaning of Xu Jiang's words at all. Xu Jiang had no choice but to leave.
Wu Zhi also vaguely heard this rumor, but he had no intention of paying attention. It would be better if Concubine Wang did not summon him, otherwise it would be embarrassing to meet him. It was a headache for Wu Zhi to worry about Tao'er's affairs. Tao'er had been locked in the mansion for seven or eight days. I heard that there was a lot of controversy in the forbidden palace. I originally thought about the meaning of Concubine Wang when I entered the palace to ask Concubine Wang, but I thought that Concubine Wang must have asked him to release him. The first time, Wu Zhi had something that could not be decided.
Well, in a few days, I couldn't think of any best in both worlds and cut her down. Wu Zhi made a decision before going to Xu General's residence to the banquet. Today is June 24th, which is the birthday of Erlang Shenwu Zhi, and it is also one of the festive days in Tokyo. Xu General held a banquet for Wu Zhi.
Not to mention Wu Zhi went to Xu Mansion to attend a banquet, I just said that outside the Shenbao Temple outside Wanqing Gate, several colorful sheds were set up early. Every year on the birthday of Erro of Guankou, the Ministry of Rites and the Taiguan Bureau would create plays outside the Shenbao Temple, such as ball sticks, slingshots, spear shots, saddles and bridles, leashes, cages, etc., which were all exquisite. They would also invite famous Tokyo artists to have fun, zaju dances, and were served by the Taiguan Bureau and enjoy them with the people.
This year is the first year of Xuanhe. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Ministry of Rites did not dare to be careless at all. The Minister of the Assistant Xu Yi rushed to take the mission, hoping to make the Erlang Zhenjun Temple Fair lively and show his face in front of the empress dowager.
These days, I was busy with work, and finally got things done, and the colored shed was set up. The play preparations were unique. The famous artists in Tokyo were also threatened and tempted by themselves, or asked softly, and most of them would be present. Looking at the bustling crowds before the rules, Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of his once dignified minister of the state, who fell to the point of speaking softly in front of the actors, Xu Yi couldn't help but shake his head, who was the new favorite of the prince or the important ministers who loved prostitutes? His little stern lord of the Ministry of Rites could not afford to offend him.
"Mr., it's been a long time since I saw you! I'll give it to you. It turns out that the temple fair is held by the Minister today. No wonder he is so neat!"
Xu Yi turned around and a playboy walked over to him, followed by a few gangsters, holding several evil heads in his hand, with sharp white teeth exposed, looking very fierce.
The playboy is in his twenties, with triangular eyes, a clear white face covered with bones, and not a few taels of flesh. At first glance, he is overly indulging in lust.
"Ah, Yanei, haha, why are you here?" Xu Yi was disgusted and could only go up and say hello. Now he is no longer as good as before, and he can only flatter the Gao Qiu family, a prodigal son.
Gao Yanei walked over and gently tilted the folding fan in his hand: "Aren't you here to watch the fun?"
Xu Yi thought to himself that it was the real thing to see the older girl and wife who came to see her. He smiled and said, "Yeah, after today, I want to watch the fun again, it's the Chinese Valentine's Day!"
Gao Yanei's eyes lit up and he let out a lewd smile. "Qianxi Festival? It's good for Qixi Festival! Better than today..."
Xu Yi scolded him in his heart and said something like a lust, but only laughed dryly on his face.
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and then an official hurried over, "Mr. Princess, has arrived!"
Xu Yi was stunned for a moment: "Which princess?"
"Your palace!" the official replied.
Xu Yi's face turned green, and the frightened in the noble palace was vividly visible. He looked up and looked around. There was a restaurant not far away. Xu Yi hurried to the restaurant. The little official who came to deliver the letter was stunned. Lord Xu was the most utilitarian. When he met Shangguan, he would always go up to greet him. Why did the powerful princess of the noble palace arrive? He hid? He was puzzled and could only shake his head and retreat. The princess was here for a tour, and it was not his turn to greet him.
Gao Yanei was stunned for a moment. Instead, he snorted coldly, and staggered into the restaurant, helping the idle to follow the evil dog. The restaurant clerk said, "Why did you bring the dog in?", and he was already slapped a few times. He was pushed aside and dared not speak anymore.
Seeing Xu Yi standing by the window and looking outside, Gao Yanei walked over and said, "I am also the one who is the most disgraceful person in the noble palace, it's really unlucky!"
Xu Yi didn't respond, he didn't dare to say bad things about the prince's mansion in public.
At this time, I saw dozens of ceremonial soldiers running over from the long street outside, each carrying sweeping tools, gold-plated silver-plated buckets, and sprinkling them. After the army, dozens of colorful flags and alums were raised, and golden armored warriors were raised.
There are also dozens of palace concubines, all of whom are really pearl hairpins. They are hung with exquisite collars, red silk, golden robe and robe, and horses with green silk covers to guide the way.
Finally, there is a red Luo, a golden palm fan, a carriage with gold and copper eaves, covered with brown and vermilion beams, and a row of gold and copper castings of phoenix flowers. It is about five feet high, and is about four feet wide. It can sit six people inside, four dimensions of embroidered forehead bead curtains, and white vines flowers. On the carriage, there are golden flowers on both walls, and carved wooden figures and immortals. There are twelve people who come out of the team, and there are green silk ribbons and goldfish hooks in front and back of the poles.
Behind the carriage, there were thirty-six cavalry and warriors holding gold, silver axes and spears, and they were lined up with ceremonial guards.
Xu Yi sighed and said, "Your palace is such a big formation." This is the prince, the princess is traveling in a normal place. If you talk about the princess, except for the noble palace that was given special orders, there is no other prince and princess who have this show.
Gao Yanei snorted coldly, without saying a word. A gang behind him sneered: "What kind of noble palace is not awesome for a few days!"
Another group of idle people also said: "That's right, I heard that the Empress Dowager was interested in removing the noble title, so it's all for this year!"
Xu Yizi also heard rumors of the disagreement between the Queen Mother and the Prince. I think these gangs also heard what Gao Yanei said, but if they say that they have removed the title, isn’t that nonsense? Even if the Queen Mother wants to do it, she can’t do it? Unless the Prince plots rebellion and is confirmed to be charged, otherwise it would be a fantasy to impress others’ title. Only these ignorant people in the market can think of it.
After looking at the two proud helpers, Xu Yi sneered in his heart. He pulled out a hair from the noble prince's mansion and could make your ancestors more than 18 generations to the descendants less than 18 generations. It's ridiculous that you two are brazen about here, thinking that Gao Yanei will support you? It's true that there must be a servant, all of them are ignorant rats.
Gao Yanei heard the two gangs discussing, but his face looked very good and smiled: "You can't say that, and you can't talk nonsense in this restaurant. Don't be heard."
The two gangs agreed with a smile, and another gang said, "Yane is the most popular now. The Empress Dowager knows the name of the yamen and is very favored by the yamen. He even wants to give the yamen a golden beast. If it weren't for the noble king who robbed him halfway, the empress dowager would be nothing but affectionate. How can the mighty general get the noble palace?"
Gao Yanei smiled and said, "This is also a tribute from the Empress Dowager."
As he was talking, he suddenly saw the noble princess' carriage stop slowly, and the golden carriage was raised up. A girl with picturesque eyebrows walked down. She couldn't be more gorgeous in serving, but she further highlighted the girl's beauty and lovelyness.
Gao Yanei saw the girl's eyes immediately became hot, but he heard the helper shouting, "Is that the golden beast?"
Only then did Gao Yanei see a golden little beast in the girl's arms, far away and not clearly visible.
"Oh, this should be the yameni thing!" Someone sighed.
Gao Yanei's face darkened, and he looked at the golden beast in the pretty girl's arms and said nothing.
The pretty girl seemed to be interested in something at the stall on the roadside, then stopped the carriage and walked over to take a closer look. Several guards followed her, scaring the vendor so much that she hid beside her.
A gangster laughed and said, "Is this the princess? I heard that the noble princesses are as beautiful as immortals, and it looks true!"
Another helper said, "Hmph, you may not be more beautiful than Yanei's wife!"
Several gangs shut up and said, thinking that they didn't shoot like this, just Gao Young Lady? It was just that the palace coach had a marriage to make a marriage. The young lady was just like a good person, and she was very jealous. Gao Yanei and his concubines were tortured to the extreme. Gao Yanei had no choice but to raise a few concubines outside and refused to take them back to the house.
Gao Yanei heard the wife talk about Gao Yan's face turned gloomy. He was about to speak, but suddenly saw a beautiful girl picking up a jade artifact from the stall to watch. He naturally let go of one hand holding the golden beast. The golden beast seemed to scream, and suddenly broke free from the beautiful girl's arms, jumped to the ground and ran towards the restaurant very quickly.
The pretty girl was caught off guard and exclaimed. The guards beside her were stunned for a moment and hurriedly chased the golden beast.
Gao Yanei laughed loudly when he saw it, and suddenly laughed and shouted: "Let the dog!" Several gang members were stunned for a moment. Xuan Ye, a clever gang member, understood, pointed to the running golden beast, and shouted: "Go!" He spread the reins with his hands.
The evil dog suddenly jumped out of the window and rushed towards the golden beast very quickly. The golden beast seemed to have no idea that the danger was coming, but ran to a carriage next to the restaurant. In the railings of the carriage, there were several pigs to be slaughtered that the restaurant had just bought.
Amid the guard's screams, the evil dog suddenly threw the golden beast to the ground, and then the golden beast's sharp screams rang out. Gao Yanei shouted softly: "Catch the dog!" Kang Xian whistled violently. The evil dog was very well-trained and left the golden beast to run towards the restaurant.
Gao Yanei strode out and shouted repeatedly: "Ah, what's this? I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Several guards had already rushed to the side of the golden beast. Some guards hurriedly picked it up and greeted the pretty girl who was jogging over. The other guards surrounded Gao Yanei and wanted to take someone.
The gangster who followed Gao Yanei hurriedly shouted: "Don't take the wrong person! This is the son of the commander of Gao Palace. It's impossible to use it!"
Several guards hesitated slightly, and someone ran to the beautiful girl to give her a reply, thinking that she was asking the princess to have an idea. The beautiful girl looked at the bloody golden beast on her legs, her eyes turned red, and she didn't care about anything else, so she reached out to pick it up. The guard holding the pig was startled, and her hands shook, and the golden beast "thumped" and fell to the ground, screaming louder. The beautiful girl looked at the guard with a angrily look, squatted down and picked up the golden pig. He heard the guard beside him that the owner of the dog was the son of Gaodian. The beautiful girl glanced at Gao Yanei, turned around and walked towards the carriage, wiped her tears and said, "Madam is afraid that she will be anxious, so she should go back home to treat the Golden Pig."
Several guards looked at Gao Yanei angrily and walked behind the beautiful girl. Since the princess didn't say anything, it was difficult for them to take anyone.
When Gao Yanei saw the tears in the eyes of the pretty girl, he suddenly felt a little guilty, but it was fleeting. He turned around proudly. Several gang members raised their thumbs up, such as "The Prince's Mansion is also afraid of the Prince's Mansion", such as "The Prince's Mansion is so smart that he easily defeated the Prince's Mansion" and so on.
Gao Yanei no longer paid attention to Xu Yi in the restaurant. Xu Yi was so scared that he shuddered from Gao Yanei's release of dogs. Gao Yanei scolded him in his heart and waved his hand, leading the gangs to stagger back to the house.
When he returned to the Palace Commander's Mansion, Gao Yanei's excitement could not be calmed down. So what about the Prince's Mansion? He was bullied by himself? Why can he withstand me? He stole my things? No matter who you are, he would give you a good look!
He felt cruel in his heart, and went into the backyard and asked the servants in the mansion about his father, but he went to the Taiwei Mansion. Today, General Xu held a banquet to entertain the ministers in the court. Gao Yanei heard that Gao Qiu was not at home, and he felt even more comfortable. He chatted every day when he met. He was so annoyed.
Chapter completed!