The mysterious woman with the surname Nangong could only comment that she was "not inferior to Chen Yu". After all, the third person in Yanzhi's evaluation was the former princess of West Chu, the current Empress of West Chu, Jiang Ni!
Chen Yu remained silent.
Even the old man, who was no longer attracted to beauty, could not help but be moved by her beauty no matter how many times he saw her. It was no wonder that even Mr. Yuan praised her back then, "A calamity in troubled times, an empress in prosperous times."
Wu Laifu suddenly kicked him in the back, and once again, he fell flat on his face with dirt all over.
A woman stood beside Wu Laifu. She did not approach the courtyard door and looked at the crippled old man who did not cross the threshold. She said coldly, "The Jiujiu Embassy has no bones for you to pick on!"
The crippled old man who was called a dog was expressionless. He gently flicked his finger and Wu Laifu's head swayed backward as if it was hit hard. He fell to the ground and could not get up.
Then the old man said softly, "Shopkeeper Hong, it was the Empress' intention to ask you to leave the Jiujiu Embassy this time."
The Lady Boss did not speak.
Chen Yu lowered her eyes.
The crippled old man waited quietly for her to continue.
The Lady Boss finally spoke, her tone full of sarcasm, "What, do you want me to stop you at the palace gate? Or just wait outside the main hall? If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?! Are you finally afraid now? "
The old man's eyelids trembled. He said, "The Empress' order is … for Shopkeeper Hong to go to the Imperial Astronomer."
After saying this, the old man, who never hesitated whether he was talking or killing, emphasized the last three words for the first time. "Imperial Astronomer!"
The Lady Boss, who had been calm, suddenly became furious. "Scram!"
She pointed at the crippled old man and said angrily, "Yao! Go back to the palace and tell that shameless woman! My relationship with Zhao Zhi isn't that good! "
The old man seemed to have expected the woman's attitude. He continued with a straight face, "The Empress asked me to pass two words to Shopkeeper Hong. One is that if Shopkeeper Hong is willing to go to the Imperial Astronomer, then Chen Yu will not be the Princess Consort of the Liao Palace."
The woman was so angry that she laughed. "Zhao Zhi, Zhao Zhi, the entire Liyang knows that you favor Zhao Zhuan, far more than Zhao Wu! Not only did you force the eldest son to give the throne to his brother, but now you're even forsaken the pitiful compensation that the eldest son should have received! "
Chen Yu turned a deaf ear as if she was an outsider.
Beiliang his Royal Highness, Emperor Zhao Dun, Zhao Dun, the First Zhao Wu, and Zhao Zhuan, the Fourth Prince.
Back then, as one of the ten great clans of the Spring and Autumn Period, they wanted her to enter the capital and become the Imperial Noble Consort first before fighting for the position of Empress.
Huang of the Emperor, the Jiu to the Jianghu, to the Jianghu Jiu.
Later, Mr. Yuan, who spoke vaguely, asked her to get close to the Fourth Prince, who had not yet married Yan Dongwu.
Empress., Emempress Empress's, Liao, Prince, Zhao Zhao, she, she, she, to, the Liao, Liao, Prince of the Liao Emperor of the Emperor Emperor.
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Her grandfather, who was once famous for his strength of character in the Central Plains, only told her before his death that she was needed for the revival of the family.
Her master, whose identity was hidden and whom she respected, only smiled and said that there was a book that should be written like this.
Benxi, who had a half-inch tongue, only dipped his finger in wine and wrote six words on the table in front of her: You're the Empress, and I'll live an ignoble life.
In the end, she was summoned to the palace. Looking at the woman from afar, she only saw the woman nod and let her out of the palace.
She didn't resist even once.
Chen Yu never yearned for the Jianghu because she knew that the men in the Jianghu seemed to be glorious, but in fact, they were all helpless.
She also never yearned for the Imperial Palace because she knew that the women there were all caged birds.
Chen Yu knew what she didn't want, but she never knew what she wanted.
Therefore, she let nature take its course time and time again. Chen Yu couldn't say that she was sad, nor did she have any self-pity. She was like duckweed drifting with the current.
When Chen Yu heard Auntie Hong, who taught her paper-cutting, tell the crippled old man to get lost again, Chen Yu didn't feel sad at all. Was it important whether she went to Liaodong or not and whether she became a princess?
The old man looked at the woman who had been a widow for many years. The old man wasn't angry. She was a legendary woman who could make the former emperor and Mister Yuan look at her differently. Even if she punched his head, the old man wouldn't care.
The old man said calmly, "Shopkeeper Hong, the Empress' second sentence is that Xie Guanying is already in the Imperial Astronomer, and Prince of Shu, Chen Zhibao, may also be there."
The woman instantly quieted down and her lips turned pale.
She closed her eyes in pain and murmured, "Zhao Zhi, you've always been like this. In the past, you could ignore everything for your man, but now for your son …"
The old man looked at the sky and reminded her, "If you don't go now, it'll be too late."
She slowly opened her eyes and asked, "Is the carriage ready?"
The old man nodded.
The woman walked to the door. When she passed by Chen Yu, she suddenly held her hand and said softly, "Go with Auntie Hong. If we die there, it'll be good. "
Chen Yu thought about it and smiled.
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The Imperial Astronomer wasn't famous in the marketplace, but it was one of the most important places in Liyang's capital. Many officials of the three provinces and six ministries never had the chance to set foot there. Therefore, whether or not an official could borrow a book or two from the Imperial Astronomer's library became a benchmark to measure the status of an official in the capital.
Before Lu Baijie resigned as the Minister of War, the last thing he did was secretly transfer eight hundred elite soldiers from the inner city imperial army to guard the Imperial Astronomer.
And just two days ago, the Imperial Astronomer, which was already heavily guarded, had secretly increased the number of elite soldiers by another six hundred or so.
There were two generals who wore armor instead of the robes of military officials. One was close to sixty years old and the other was in the prime of his life. Both of them stood at the entrance of the Imperial Astronomer with their hands on their swords, acting as two 'door gods'.
The two men, who were one generation apart, looked very similar, like a pair of father and son.
The old general was Li Shouguo, the Shooting Commandant stationed in the northern part of the capital. During the Spring and Autumn War, his military achievements were mediocre, and he was only a deputy commandant. Therefore, five years ago, Li Shouguo was promoted step by step to the position of Shooting Commandant, one of the four major commandants in the capital. He was only a joke in the capital's officialdom and the capital's military, and was rudely given the nickname "Commandant of Peace". This meant that if Li Shouguo was in a time of chaos, with his mediocre ability, he would not even be able to become a commandant, let alone the most powerful commandant in Liyang. These years, he had relied on his skill of flattery to become an official. He did not know how to fight, but he knew how to be an official. Especially when he was lucky enough to climb up the branch of Ma Lulang, the General of the Expedition to the North.
However, with Li Shouguo's eldest son, Li Chang 'an, who stood out in the Jingji army last year, this kind of talk gradually dissipated. Li Chang' an was only thirty years old. After the current Emperor ascended the throne, he was quickly promoted to be a core general among the permanent military generals in Liyang. He was an extremely sturdy fourth rank general. His significance was equivalent to that of a civil official taking on the position of governor in a place outside of the Six Ministries. If he didn't make a big mistake in his position, he would definitely be waiting for a promotion. Speaking of which, it was strange. Although Li Chang 'an, who had never been to the Liao border and had no military achievements, was not considered unknown before this, compared to the younger Yin Changgeng and Han Xingyan, he was clearly not good enough. However, this person became one of the first generals promoted by the Emperor, making the officials in the capital feel like they were looking at flowers in a fog. Good things came in pairs. Li Chang 'an's younger brother, Li Changliang, only followed Wang Yuanran and a few other hedonistic sons to Beiliang's Youzhou for sightseeing. After returning to the capital, he quickly received a transfer order from the Ministry of War and became a captain of the Liaodong Duoyan Elite Cavalry.
The three of them, one was Captain Shooang, one was a core general, and one was Captain Duoyan. This made the Li family, whose ancestral graves were emitting smoke, suddenly have a saying in the court, "Little Gu family."
Although the father and son worked together to guard the gate of the Imperial Astronomer, Li Shouguo and Li Chang 'an never looked sideways.
Compared to Li Chang 'an's calmness, while Li Shouguo's face was calm, his heart was beating like a drum. Not long ago, the eldest son, Li Chang 'an, suddenly received an imperial edict to enter the Palace to meet the Emperor. He was quickly transferred out of the inner city and led 800 imperial guards to guard the Imperial Astronomer between the Royal City and the Palace. He himself also quickly entered the capital from the northern part of the capital. The transfer order to enter the capital did not come from the Ministry of War document. It came from the Li family's benefactor, General of the North, Hufu! General Ma Lulang was an old man nearing 80 years old and had been bedridden for many years. In the Liyang army, in terms of seniority, only Zhao Cheng, Yang Shenxing, and Yan Zhenchun could compare. In addition, Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun had both been demoted and killed. Even though Ma Lulang had not participated in ceremonies and court meetings for nearly a decade, the previous Emperor and the current Emperor had never lacked in rewards for the Ma family. Everyone knew that as long as Ma Lulang did not die, even if he was only hanging on by half a breath, as long as the old man did not completely die, then the Ma family, whose location was even better than the Duke of Yan's manor of the Marquis of Huaiyang, would still be the Ma family that coughed a few times in the capital and caused a huge commotion in the court.
Li Shouguo originally could not figure out why the Imperial Astronomer, which had nothing to do with officialdom, needed to muster such a large force. Six hundred imperial guardsmen plus his own eight hundred elite soldiers in the northern Jingji army, a total of 1,400 people. Who were they guarding against? Who was worthy of such a grand treatment?
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