Chapter 881: Farce in front of Jingren Palace
Outside Jingren Palace.
Sun Shaozong folded his hands, hunched his body slightly, and huddled in the leeward side of the palace wall, as if he could not stand the coldness without sunlight.
But in fact, he just wanted to make himself less conspicuous so as not to be involved in the farce not far away.
"Let me go, don't stop me! I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor!"
The woman whose heart-wrenching screams were like those in a soap opera was none other than Concubine Rong, who had met Sun Shaozong once.
It is often said that a fallen phoenix is worse than a chicken, but judging from appearance alone, Rong Fei has not deteriorated significantly compared to before. In fact, because she dressed up deliberately before coming, she may have improved a little compared to when they first met by chance.
But her current treatment has plummeted.
Even Dai Quan had to be courteous to her in the past, but now he was stopped at the door by several eunuchs and could not move for a full quarter of an hour.
Moreover, after a long period of commotion, no eunuch in charge came over to talk to them , which showed that they were trying to avoid them as much as possible.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that Rong Fei’s fuss for so long had no effect at all - she finally rushed to the palace gate.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong stepped back again, glanced at Concubine Rong out of the corner of his eye, and then quickly lowered his head.
The woman was originally wearing thin clothes, and after playing "Eagle Catches Chicken" for a quarter of an hour, the swelling that was about to burst out was even more unbearable to look at.
It was difficult to suppress the rippling picture in his heart. In order to avoid losing his composure in front of the king later, Sun Shaozong felt it necessary to think about something serious to distract his restless attention.
For example, the emperor summoned me and then left me out. Why was that?
Was it because of the memorial on “Popularizing Law in the Countryside” or because of the secret meeting between the prince and the Taoist priest in Wangjiang Tower yesterday?
Uh~
I have thought about this for a long time, but I still can't figure it out. Before the emperor reveals the answer, I'd better think of something else.
For example, the story of Wang Zhen.
Before receiving the imperial edict, Sun Shaozong was meeting with Wang Zhen in the government office.
Contrary to what Zhao Nan and Hong Jiu thought, Wang Zhen did not show much joy about this extraordinary promotion. Instead, he was very nervous and hesitant.
This was because the Northern Pacification Inspection Office did not have a full-time captain at present, so Yang Licai, the trial captain, became Wang Zhen's direct and only superior.
Considering that Wang Zhen originally jumped ship from Yang Licai's team, and considering Yang Licai's performance in the past few days, it would be strange if Yang Licai didn't make things difficult for him when he returned to the Northern Pacification Office this time.
Even though Sun Shaozong still had some friendship with the current pacification envoy, Wang Zhen still felt that it was not safe enough.
After all, the current pacification envoy is a well-known "Taoist" middle-aged man - he has devoted almost all his energy to searching for extraordinary people and rare treasures for the emperor, and has let everything else go.
In this regard, Sun Shaozong could not come up with a reliable response plan for a while. After all, the status of the Northern Pacification Office was relatively independent and could not be interfered with by outsiders at will.
Even if Sun Shaozong still had some friendship with the Northern Pacification Office and even the current Pacification Commissioner , he could not withstand these repeated consumption.
What's more, it is only an inference at the moment and has not become an established fact.
perhaps……
It would be wiser to let Wang Zhen bide his time for a while, and wait until Yang Licai has gone too far before settling the matter once and for all.
However, given Yang Licai's cautious character and the fact that he had just lost his prestige, he might not dare to do anything out of line.
If he only made things difficult for Wang Zhen within the framework, it would be difficult for Sun Shaozong to intervene.
"ah!!!"
A high-pitched, sharp voice suddenly woke Sun Shaozong from his deep thoughts. He looked up subconsciously and saw Rong Fei slapping a young eunuch hard on the face, scolding him harshly, "You lowly thing! No matter how unpopular I am, you still think you can touch me?!"
The young eunuch was obviously stunned. He covered his face with his hands and stared in astonishment. He even forgot to defend himself.
When the eunuchs standing by saw this, they were all silent and did not dare to say a word in his defense.
After all, Concubine Rong had already broken into the door just now, and they were afraid that she would sneak in through the window and disturb the emperor, so they were naturally less cautious in trying to stop her.
In this chaotic situation, who can tell whether the eunuch actually touched Rong Fei's chest?
Seeing that the eunuchs around her seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, Rong Fei gritted her teeth, suddenly knelt down on both knees, and sobbed towards Jingren Palace: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! If you really hate me, please give me three feet of white silk. I would rather die than be treated like this!"
The eunuch who 'caused the incident' finally came to his senses at this time. Seeing Rong Fei kneeling in front of him and crying, he hurriedly stepped back half a step and also knelt down in front of Rong Fei, banging his head on the ground and saying that he was innocent.
Sun Shaozong couldn't tell whether he was wronged or not, but the scene of Rong Fei holding her chest with one hand was really amazing. To quote the lines in the anti-Japanese dramas of later generations: She has a big !
"What are you arguing about? What are you arguing about?!"
When this farce was reaching its climax, there was finally a reaction in Jingren Palace.
Then the chief eunuch Qiu Shi'an came out and shouted in a hoarse voice, straightened his sleeves, and said to Sun Shaozong as if he didn't see Rong Fei, "Master Sun, you must be anxious, right? Several cabinet ministers are discussing military and national affairs with His Majesty inside, and I'm afraid it won't be your turn for a while - or..."
As he said that, he put his hand inside and said, "Why don't you come in and warm up first?"
"Thank you for your kindness, sir."
Sun Shaozong bowed and said, "I dare not break the rules. Besides, I am a military scholar. What does this little bit of coldness mean to me?"
At the same time, he felt relieved.
The fact that Qiu Shian took the initiative to show goodwill to me at this time proves that it is not a bad thing for the emperor to ask me to come today.
Qiu Shian nodded repeatedly after hearing his words, but turned around and frowned, scolding: "Look, look, the officials outside know not to break the rules, but you dogs and slaves, how come you can't remember the rules of the palace?!"
His words obviously included Rong Fei as well.
But Rong Fei, who had just been crying, was now dead. She just knelt there straight, wiping her tears.
As for the young eunuchs next to them, they immediately knelt in a circle again after hearing Qiu Shian's harsh scolding.
“Yo.”
At this time, Qiu Shian slapped himself lightly as if he had just seen Concubine Rong, and said exaggeratedly: "It turned out to be Concubine Rong in person. Forgive my poor eyesight and I didn't see you for a moment."
Then he scolded, "You ignorant thing, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and help the queen up!"
Several young eunuchs hurried forward to support her, but they did not dare to get too close to Concubine Rong. They just grabbed her wrist and lifted her up.
In this case, naturally she couldn't exert much strength, and Rong Fei fell down desperately, and the situation became stalemate for a while.
Then she cried out in a sad voice: "Please tell your majesty that I know I am guilty and please forgive me for our past friendship..."
"Your Majesty, this is really putting me in a difficult position."
Before she could finish, Qiu Shian shook his head again and again: "How dare we, as servants, interfere in the affairs of the royal family? If His Majesty changes his mind, I will be the first to go and take you to see him! But for now - you might as well go back and cultivate your character, so as to wait for His Majesty's grace."
As soon as these words were spoken, Rong Fei broke her nails on the ground, then raised her white neck, as if countless complaints were about to burst out.
However, she finally lowered her head slowly, allowing the young eunuchs to help her up and escort her away like prisoners.
Qiu Shian stood with his hands folded, watched Rong Fei go away, turned around and was about to go back to Jingren Palace, when he suddenly remembered something.
So he turned around and asked the young eunuch who had just climbed up from the ground with blood all over his head in a friendly manner: "Which hand touched you just now?"
The young eunuch shuddered all over, and knelt down again, saying in a trembling voice: "To reply to the old ancestor, I really didn't touch her just now. It was Concubine Rong..."
"Since you don't tell the truth, you can't blame me."
Before he could finish his words, Qiu Shian waved his hands impatiently and said, "Chop off both of your hands. Then send a message to Concubine Rong."
Having said that, he nodded slightly to Sun Shaozong, then turned around and went back into the palace gate.
