In early July, Zhu Gaoxu's huge team arrived in Fengyang, Zhongdu.Everyone will stay in the city for two nights. After Zhu Gaoxu leads civil and military officials to the imperial tomb tomorrow, the brigade will set off to continue to travel north.
There is an imperial city in the city because Fengyang is the hometown of the Zhu family and the place where the ancestral tomb is located.However, there was basically no emperor here to live. Zhu Gaoxu came to worship his ancestors, and of course he lived in his own imperial city.
The imperial city in Zhongdu is well built, and its wood, jade and materials and scale may not be comparable to that of the imperial city in the capital, but the palace buildings are all available, including glazed tiles and double-eaved towers and three halls.
After Zhu Gaoxu took a car into the imperial city, he felt that it was neat and luxurious, and it should have taken a lot of manpower and material resources during construction.
But Zhu Gaoxu soon realized that the atmosphere here was completely different from that of the imperial city of the capital.The most important thing is not the awareness of architecture, but the lack of popularity.
Long live, long live... Voices came from outside the carriage.
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the curtain and looked at the crowd kneeling beside the brick road.
Most of them are old people, including grey eunuchs, and some are concubines and palace maids who have become old women.
After all the people living here came to welcome the palace, the palaces in front became even more deserted, and there was almost no one to see.
The sun shines brightly and the palaces are layered, but Zhu Gaoxu has an inexplicable sense of a strange and faint coolness, and he only feels like an elegant and cold ghost town.
It reminded him of the hollowed-out small towns in the past.
No matter how well the Zhongdu Imperial City is built, no one will be in vain.
The itinerary is to worship the imperial tomb tomorrow and set off early the morning after tomorrow. This arrangement is exactly what Zhu Gaoxu wants. As soon as he entered the imperial city, he felt that this place was boring and there was nothing to stay.
The emperor's ceremonial guard continued to walk north. Zhu Gaoxu took a carriage all day and waited for the palace where he was staying for a while...
At this time, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Cao Fu, who was accompanying him, had already arrived inside. They were carrying people to deploy guard posts and prepare things for the daily life and food of the emperor and concubines.
Every time Zhu Gaoxu went on a trip, almost all the eunuchs he was close to him, including Cao Fu.The emperor may not have thought much, but Cao Fu knew in his heart that the emperor must be very satisfied with his work.
Cao Fu first sent someone to carefully check the meat, vegetables, melons and fruits sent in.When the emperor and concubines were having dinner, he had to arrange for someone to try it out, and he was very meticulous in charge of the matter.
After he personally arranged the manpower, he took two little eunuchs to patrol around.
After walking twice, I suddenly heard someone in front of me seem to be talking.
Cao Fu walked over in the voice and saw a woman wavering to him and called: Eunuch Cao.
Cao Fu approached the woman, and the Jinyiwei Captain standing there clasped his fists and said: Eunuch Cao knows this person?
The woman who was stopped by the Jinyiwei was wearing a Han robe skirt, but Cao Fu quickly remembered that this woman was Chen Xianzhen, a native of Annan.
Cao Fu said: I know you, don’t worry about it for now, let’s talk to her.
The Jinyiwei School Captain clasped his fists and replied, then ignored Chen Xianzhen.
Cao Fu greeted: Does Fairy Chen live here?
Chen Xian really frowned slightly: Where else can I go?
Cao Fu looked around and pointed to an empty house in front of him and said: Let's sit and talk for a while.There are many empty houses around here, and there are not many people in the entire Zhongdu Imperial City.
The two walked into the door together, and Chen Xianzhen said: Eunuch Cao gave me to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Are you planning to lock me in this cage and live a lonely life?
When Cao Fu heard this, his face changed and said: Our kind heart was, I wanted you to enjoy wealth.You are fine, with ulterior motives and almost implicated a lot of people.
He said it was a few years ago.
The matter was probably that Chen Xianzhen was sent to the capital from the Annan Governor's Office; but because Ruan Jingyi was framed by Chen Xianzhen and was angry, Ruan Jingyi explained to Chen Xianzhen and Annan's rebellion against Shou Li Li and others, saying that they had had contacts.
Therefore, Chen Xianzhen was suspected of approaching the emperor and wanted to make ill plans.
Because the matter was implicated by Zhang Fu (Chen Xianzhen by Zhang Fuxian), the emperor did not investigate in depth, and he was not even sure of his crime, so he directly asked someone to send Chen Xianzhen to Fengyang.
Chen Xianzhen shook her head and said: I will be imprisoned here for the rest of my life. If Eunuch Cao really felt that it was all my own fault, how could he still be willing to talk to me today?
Cao Fu was actually stopped and stood there in a daze and couldn't speak.He had no choice but to shake his head and said: You woman, you are full of lies.If you really had ulterior motives back then, wouldn’t you take it upon yourself?
He thought that Chen Xianzhen wanted to defend the incident again, but Chen Xianzhen's answer surprised him: Have you ever seen several women who don't lie?
Cao Fu glanced at her and said: The Emperor is the sage king of the Ming Dynasty, and the hearts of billions of people in the world are tied to.Regardless of whether there is any evidence or not, as long as it is a little unfavorable to the emperor, you cannot get close to the emperor.
Yeah?Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu and said, "Do you have no selfishness?"When Empress Dowager Chen provoked the disagreement and made me offend Eunuch Cao, but did Eunuch Cao say bad things about me?
Cao Fu immediately clasped his fists and said: I am loyal to the emperor, so how can I have any selfishness?
The two of them were not talking very happily, but Chen Xianzhen suddenly stopped arguing with Cao Fu. He took a breath and sighed: I no longer hate the emperor. Li Li, Ruan Jian and others are all dead. What else can I do as a woman?
Cao Fu ignored her and showed weakness, and still said with a fierce expression: You have trouble in your heart. If it weren’t for the kindness of the emperor, such a person would have been executed by Ling Chi and killed the nine clans!You are ungrateful and dare to resent the emperor?
Chen Xianzhen was still not angry and sighed again: This place is really like a grave, it's simply crazy. I don't know how many years have passed.
Cao Fu scolded him a few times, and found it boring, so he said: Since the emperor will not kill you.If you ask our family, we can help you think of a solution and let you return to Annan Country, we will be considered a two-day clearance.
Return to Annan Country?Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu with a strange look.
Cao Fu was also confused: You are not used to living in Fengyang?
Chen Xianzhen frowned and said: Empress Dowager Chen hates me so much. She is now in charge of the power of Annan Kingdom.My house was also copied by her. How can I survive when I go back?
Cao Fu recalled for a while and said: Your family was not copied by Queen Mother Chen, but a local tycoon in Annan. Seeing that your family was in a desperate situation, they took advantage of the situation to make a fortune.Empress Dowager Chen wrote a letter to talk about this matter. Can she still dare to deceive the emperor?
well. Chen Xianzhen sat on a stool, lowering her head with a dejected look on her face, as if she was thinking about something.
Seeing this, Cao Fu said a good thing: Zhongdu Imperial City is raised by the royal family, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. It is better than those who are hungry.
Seeing that Chen Xianzhen was still sitting there in depression, he said again, "We have something else to do in our family, so I'll say goodbye."Since you don’t want to return to your country, just stay alive and don’t get close to this place, guarded by the Jinyiwei.
Cao Fu walked to the door and suddenly heard Chen Xianzhen's voice asking: I offended Eunuch Cao, don't you hold a grudge?
Cao Fu turned his head to look at her, feeling that the woman was also miserable, and said, "Although our family is a eunuch, we are not as stingy as a woman."Why bother with you?
After saying that, he walked out and thought to himself: There is no difference between Zhongdu Imperial City and the Cold Palace. Once people are sent here, they will spend their entire lives here.
Except for a very small number of people who have big figures in the capital, such as Ma Enhui.
Therefore, grudges and grudges are no longer important for those who live here.
Let’s talk about the thing they mentioned just now, after a few years, it’s just a trivial matter.
The main reason is that Chen Xianzhen was disobedient. At that time, Chen Xianzhen and Empress Dowager Annan had a dirty relationship. Cao Fu knew that the emperor valued Empress Dowager Chen, so he favored the Empress Dowager, so he had a quarrel with Chen Xianzhen once, and the quarrel was very irritating.
So after Cao Fu left, he soon forgot about Chen Xian’s real thing.
After the You hour, the emperor, the imperial concubine, the virtuous concubine and others had dinner in the palace, and Cao Fu devoted himself to this matter.
He didn't go into the dining room, but just guarded himself in the compartment, watching a row of old eunuchs and palace maids try it out, and checking whether they had swallowed it.
After a while, it was fine, Cao Fu waved his sleeves and asked the palace maids to deliver the dishes.
The conditions here are still not as good as those in the capital palace. I didn’t find anyone who can play the piano to make fun of it for a while, and the chef who cooks is also very ordinary.
After all the dishes were served, Cao Fu left the palace and went to the corridor next to him to have his own meal.
After nightfall, the surrounding lampstands were lit one after another.However, Cao Fu guessed that he probably wouldn't light so many lamps.He walked to the palace gate and asked a palace maid: Is the emperor sleeping?
The palace maid held a basin and hurriedly said: Eunuch Cao, the emperor is still writing.
Cao Fu nodded and said: Let's go.
At this moment, a string sound came from somewhere in the west. The sound is a bit far apart, but it is very quiet here after night, so the string sound is clearly heard.
Cao Fu was just about to find someone to ask, who is so bold, and he is still playing music here to disturb the emperor's carriage when it gets dark.Unexpectedly, the emperor came out and asked this first, who was playing the pipa?
The servant went immediately and pulled the man out.Cao Fu bent down and said.
At this time, the person playing the pipa actually started singing, seeing off guests at the head of Xunyang River at night, and maple leaves and reeds are shining in autumn.The owner dismounted the horse and was on the boat, holding wine and drinking without orchestra.When you are drunk, you will be sad and farewell, and when you are far away, the vast river is soaking in the moon.Suddenly, I heard the sound of the pipa on the water, and the host forgot to return home and refused to send it.Xunsheng asked who the player secretly?The sound of the pipa stops and the words are slow...
Cao Fu's face turned quite ugly when he heard the voice.
Because he could hear the sound, it was Chen Xianzhen who was singing.
He should have known for a long time that Chen Xianzhen never listened to him before, liked to make decisions and was very brave.
During the day, Cao Fu said that as long as someone who is a little unfavorable to the emperor can't get close to the emperor. When Chen Xianzhen asked, right?
Cao Fu felt a little strange at that time, but he didn't care.
It was not until now that Cao Fu suddenly realized that Chen Xianzhen had already thought of a solution.
There is an imperial city in the city because Fengyang is the hometown of the Zhu family and the place where the ancestral tomb is located.However, there was basically no emperor here to live. Zhu Gaoxu came to worship his ancestors, and of course he lived in his own imperial city.
The imperial city in Zhongdu is well built, and its wood, jade and materials and scale may not be comparable to that of the imperial city in the capital, but the palace buildings are all available, including glazed tiles and double-eaved towers and three halls.
After Zhu Gaoxu took a car into the imperial city, he felt that it was neat and luxurious, and it should have taken a lot of manpower and material resources during construction.
But Zhu Gaoxu soon realized that the atmosphere here was completely different from that of the imperial city of the capital.The most important thing is not the awareness of architecture, but the lack of popularity.
Long live, long live... Voices came from outside the carriage.
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the curtain and looked at the crowd kneeling beside the brick road.
Most of them are old people, including grey eunuchs, and some are concubines and palace maids who have become old women.
After all the people living here came to welcome the palace, the palaces in front became even more deserted, and there was almost no one to see.
The sun shines brightly and the palaces are layered, but Zhu Gaoxu has an inexplicable sense of a strange and faint coolness, and he only feels like an elegant and cold ghost town.
It reminded him of the hollowed-out small towns in the past.
No matter how well the Zhongdu Imperial City is built, no one will be in vain.
The itinerary is to worship the imperial tomb tomorrow and set off early the morning after tomorrow. This arrangement is exactly what Zhu Gaoxu wants. As soon as he entered the imperial city, he felt that this place was boring and there was nothing to stay.
The emperor's ceremonial guard continued to walk north. Zhu Gaoxu took a carriage all day and waited for the palace where he was staying for a while...
At this time, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Cao Fu, who was accompanying him, had already arrived inside. They were carrying people to deploy guard posts and prepare things for the daily life and food of the emperor and concubines.
Every time Zhu Gaoxu went on a trip, almost all the eunuchs he was close to him, including Cao Fu.The emperor may not have thought much, but Cao Fu knew in his heart that the emperor must be very satisfied with his work.
Cao Fu first sent someone to carefully check the meat, vegetables, melons and fruits sent in.When the emperor and concubines were having dinner, he had to arrange for someone to try it out, and he was very meticulous in charge of the matter.
After he personally arranged the manpower, he took two little eunuchs to patrol around.
After walking twice, I suddenly heard someone in front of me seem to be talking.
Cao Fu walked over in the voice and saw a woman wavering to him and called: Eunuch Cao.
Cao Fu approached the woman, and the Jinyiwei Captain standing there clasped his fists and said: Eunuch Cao knows this person?
The woman who was stopped by the Jinyiwei was wearing a Han robe skirt, but Cao Fu quickly remembered that this woman was Chen Xianzhen, a native of Annan.
Cao Fu said: I know you, don’t worry about it for now, let’s talk to her.
The Jinyiwei School Captain clasped his fists and replied, then ignored Chen Xianzhen.
Cao Fu greeted: Does Fairy Chen live here?
Chen Xian really frowned slightly: Where else can I go?
Cao Fu looked around and pointed to an empty house in front of him and said: Let's sit and talk for a while.There are many empty houses around here, and there are not many people in the entire Zhongdu Imperial City.
The two walked into the door together, and Chen Xianzhen said: Eunuch Cao gave me to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Are you planning to lock me in this cage and live a lonely life?
When Cao Fu heard this, his face changed and said: Our kind heart was, I wanted you to enjoy wealth.You are fine, with ulterior motives and almost implicated a lot of people.
He said it was a few years ago.
The matter was probably that Chen Xianzhen was sent to the capital from the Annan Governor's Office; but because Ruan Jingyi was framed by Chen Xianzhen and was angry, Ruan Jingyi explained to Chen Xianzhen and Annan's rebellion against Shou Li Li and others, saying that they had had contacts.
Therefore, Chen Xianzhen was suspected of approaching the emperor and wanted to make ill plans.
Because the matter was implicated by Zhang Fu (Chen Xianzhen by Zhang Fuxian), the emperor did not investigate in depth, and he was not even sure of his crime, so he directly asked someone to send Chen Xianzhen to Fengyang.
Chen Xianzhen shook her head and said: I will be imprisoned here for the rest of my life. If Eunuch Cao really felt that it was all my own fault, how could he still be willing to talk to me today?
Cao Fu was actually stopped and stood there in a daze and couldn't speak.He had no choice but to shake his head and said: You woman, you are full of lies.If you really had ulterior motives back then, wouldn’t you take it upon yourself?
He thought that Chen Xianzhen wanted to defend the incident again, but Chen Xianzhen's answer surprised him: Have you ever seen several women who don't lie?
Cao Fu glanced at her and said: The Emperor is the sage king of the Ming Dynasty, and the hearts of billions of people in the world are tied to.Regardless of whether there is any evidence or not, as long as it is a little unfavorable to the emperor, you cannot get close to the emperor.
Yeah?Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu and said, "Do you have no selfishness?"When Empress Dowager Chen provoked the disagreement and made me offend Eunuch Cao, but did Eunuch Cao say bad things about me?
Cao Fu immediately clasped his fists and said: I am loyal to the emperor, so how can I have any selfishness?
The two of them were not talking very happily, but Chen Xianzhen suddenly stopped arguing with Cao Fu. He took a breath and sighed: I no longer hate the emperor. Li Li, Ruan Jian and others are all dead. What else can I do as a woman?
Cao Fu ignored her and showed weakness, and still said with a fierce expression: You have trouble in your heart. If it weren’t for the kindness of the emperor, such a person would have been executed by Ling Chi and killed the nine clans!You are ungrateful and dare to resent the emperor?
Chen Xianzhen was still not angry and sighed again: This place is really like a grave, it's simply crazy. I don't know how many years have passed.
Cao Fu scolded him a few times, and found it boring, so he said: Since the emperor will not kill you.If you ask our family, we can help you think of a solution and let you return to Annan Country, we will be considered a two-day clearance.
Return to Annan Country?Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu with a strange look.
Cao Fu was also confused: You are not used to living in Fengyang?
Chen Xianzhen frowned and said: Empress Dowager Chen hates me so much. She is now in charge of the power of Annan Kingdom.My house was also copied by her. How can I survive when I go back?
Cao Fu recalled for a while and said: Your family was not copied by Queen Mother Chen, but a local tycoon in Annan. Seeing that your family was in a desperate situation, they took advantage of the situation to make a fortune.Empress Dowager Chen wrote a letter to talk about this matter. Can she still dare to deceive the emperor?
well. Chen Xianzhen sat on a stool, lowering her head with a dejected look on her face, as if she was thinking about something.
Seeing this, Cao Fu said a good thing: Zhongdu Imperial City is raised by the royal family, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. It is better than those who are hungry.
Seeing that Chen Xianzhen was still sitting there in depression, he said again, "We have something else to do in our family, so I'll say goodbye."Since you don’t want to return to your country, just stay alive and don’t get close to this place, guarded by the Jinyiwei.
Cao Fu walked to the door and suddenly heard Chen Xianzhen's voice asking: I offended Eunuch Cao, don't you hold a grudge?
Cao Fu turned his head to look at her, feeling that the woman was also miserable, and said, "Although our family is a eunuch, we are not as stingy as a woman."Why bother with you?
After saying that, he walked out and thought to himself: There is no difference between Zhongdu Imperial City and the Cold Palace. Once people are sent here, they will spend their entire lives here.
Except for a very small number of people who have big figures in the capital, such as Ma Enhui.
Therefore, grudges and grudges are no longer important for those who live here.
Let’s talk about the thing they mentioned just now, after a few years, it’s just a trivial matter.
The main reason is that Chen Xianzhen was disobedient. At that time, Chen Xianzhen and Empress Dowager Annan had a dirty relationship. Cao Fu knew that the emperor valued Empress Dowager Chen, so he favored the Empress Dowager, so he had a quarrel with Chen Xianzhen once, and the quarrel was very irritating.
So after Cao Fu left, he soon forgot about Chen Xian’s real thing.
After the You hour, the emperor, the imperial concubine, the virtuous concubine and others had dinner in the palace, and Cao Fu devoted himself to this matter.
He didn't go into the dining room, but just guarded himself in the compartment, watching a row of old eunuchs and palace maids try it out, and checking whether they had swallowed it.
After a while, it was fine, Cao Fu waved his sleeves and asked the palace maids to deliver the dishes.
The conditions here are still not as good as those in the capital palace. I didn’t find anyone who can play the piano to make fun of it for a while, and the chef who cooks is also very ordinary.
After all the dishes were served, Cao Fu left the palace and went to the corridor next to him to have his own meal.
After nightfall, the surrounding lampstands were lit one after another.However, Cao Fu guessed that he probably wouldn't light so many lamps.He walked to the palace gate and asked a palace maid: Is the emperor sleeping?
The palace maid held a basin and hurriedly said: Eunuch Cao, the emperor is still writing.
Cao Fu nodded and said: Let's go.
At this moment, a string sound came from somewhere in the west. The sound is a bit far apart, but it is very quiet here after night, so the string sound is clearly heard.
Cao Fu was just about to find someone to ask, who is so bold, and he is still playing music here to disturb the emperor's carriage when it gets dark.Unexpectedly, the emperor came out and asked this first, who was playing the pipa?
The servant went immediately and pulled the man out.Cao Fu bent down and said.
At this time, the person playing the pipa actually started singing, seeing off guests at the head of Xunyang River at night, and maple leaves and reeds are shining in autumn.The owner dismounted the horse and was on the boat, holding wine and drinking without orchestra.When you are drunk, you will be sad and farewell, and when you are far away, the vast river is soaking in the moon.Suddenly, I heard the sound of the pipa on the water, and the host forgot to return home and refused to send it.Xunsheng asked who the player secretly?The sound of the pipa stops and the words are slow...
Cao Fu's face turned quite ugly when he heard the voice.
Because he could hear the sound, it was Chen Xianzhen who was singing.
He should have known for a long time that Chen Xianzhen never listened to him before, liked to make decisions and was very brave.
During the day, Cao Fu said that as long as someone who is a little unfavorable to the emperor can't get close to the emperor. When Chen Xianzhen asked, right?
Cao Fu felt a little strange at that time, but he didn't care.
It was not until now that Cao Fu suddenly realized that Chen Xianzhen had already thought of a solution.
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