Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 8
Xie Fanghua nodded, secretly thinking that marriage talks are far away for her, and she has no intention of marrying herself in this life.

When she came to Rongfu Hall, Zhongyonghou was already dressed and waiting for her.

Zhongyonghou is old, and he retired from the court three years ago. Although he no longer listens to the court, but Zhongyonghou's mansion is a hereditary marquis, and the old marquis still has the right to see the emperor at any time.

The lineage of the Xie family has been handed down to this day. Although the root system is not as large as that of the Taizu Gaozu, it has always had a thriving population.It's just that when I came to the line of the old Hou Ye, the situation in the court was turbulent and the border of the Northern Qi Dynasty was not peaceful.The old Hou Ye was in charge of the soldiers and horses, and he was in the army. The old lady left early and delayed the child's rest. Therefore, only one son and one daughter were left behind, and that one was the father of Xie Mohan and Xie Fanghua. Half a year later, both her parents died in an accident, leaving only a pair of children.And that daughter replaced the First Emperor's eldest princess and married far away to Northern Qi.Therefore, when the direct line came to Xie Mohan, it turned out to be a single line.

The rest of the offshoots of the Xie family are growing more and more heirs. Compared with them, the direct line seems to be alone.

The side branch has always wanted to grow stronger and exclude the direct lineage to seize the title, but Xie Mohan is not in good health and often falls ill.Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the old Hou Ye to support the huge Hou Mansion all these years.

Xie Fanghua looked at Zhongyonghou whose hair was mostly gray, and felt melancholy for a moment, then lowered his head and stood behind him respectfully.

Zhongyonghou didn't sleep well for most of the night yesterday. The more I thought about Xie Fanghua's courage, the more courageous she became. She destroyed the Wuming Mountain with her own hands, and that's all. It's because he is old, and when he stays with this granddaughter, he is not as calm and dignified as her.After tossing and turning and thinking over and over again, he still couldn't think of a good way, so he had to follow her into the palace.

After leaving the gate of Zhongyonghou's mansion, Zhongyonghou got into the sedan chair.

Xie Fanghua led the horse by the door, stepped on the pedals, tilted her leg slightly, and sat neatly on the horse.

Zhongyonghou glared at Xie Fanghua, "How do you ride a horse?"

Xie Fanghua said respectfully, "Master Hou, the young ones are military generals, there are no cowards in the barracks, so the young ones naturally cannot sit in sedan chairs."

Marquis Zhongyong saw that she looked decent, choked for a while, and dropped the sedan chair curtain.

The bearers carried Zhongyonghou to the front, and Xie Fanghua followed on horseback, heading towards the palace one after the other.

The Zhongyonghou Mansion is located on the outskirts of the imperial palace, not far from the imperial palace, and within a short time, they came to the gate of the palace.

Hou Zhongyong got off the sedan chair, and Xie Fanghua got off the horse.Marquis Zhongyong handed over the palace plaque, and a servant led the two of them to the south study.

Several officials were waiting at the door of the South Study.

Xie Fanghua looked at several people, but didn't recognize any of them.

In her previous life, although she was not raised in a deep boudoir, she only knew ladies and ladies in the circle of nobles in Beijing, and naturally she didn't know court officials. In this life, she left the capital at the age of seven, and now she just came back eight years later. It's normal not to know.

Seeing that Zhongyong Hou came to the South Study Room today, several people all showed surprise in unison, and they all came up to greet each other.

Needless to say, Zhongyonghou's status is of course a nobleman with hundreds of years of family background. When he was young, he guarded the border of Northern Qi.Therefore, the emperor loved him very much.Since he was not in good health three years ago, the emperor exempted him from court proceedings.In the past three years, although Zhongyonghou could see the emperor at any time, he never showed up once, but he showed up today, which shows that something big must happen.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone turned their gazes to the servant behind him, full of inquiry.

Zhongyonghou acted as if he didn't see the eyes of everyone, and dealt with them tactfully.

Since Xie Fanghua entered the palace, she kept her eyes on her nose, her nose on her heart, behaved well, and lowered her head in a respectful gesture.

Not long after, an old eunuch came out of the South Study Room and saw Zhongyonghou with a smile on his face, "Old Houye, I heard that you are here today, and the emperor ordered his servants to come out to welcome you. It's so cold, you should go in quickly!"

Zhongyonghou nodded and followed the old eunuch into the south study.

Hou Zhongyong went in, and an adult walked up to Xie Fanghua on his back, "Who are you? How do you look at the face? When did Zhongyonghou have a servant like you and bring him the South Study Room? Do you know that there is no Not everyone can come."

Xie Fanghua looked up, only to see that the person in front of him was in his 40s, with a round face, a little short and chubby, and his facial features were not outstanding, but he had a pair of sharp eyes. He heard his grandfather call him Zuoxiang just now, and he must have been angered by invitations to force the four to leave. Prince Qin Yu's left minister, Lu Yong.She lowered her head and said respectfully, "Young Wang Yin is from the Mobei Army Camp, not from the Zhongyonghou Mansion."

Lu Yong was taken aback, and squinted his eyes, "Are you from the Mobei military camp? Want to see the emperor? Is there a military situation in Mobei?"

Xie Fanghua looked at his toes and didn't answer his words.

Lu Yong stared at her sharply, and asked in a deep voice, "Why don't you answer?"

Xie Fanghua said in a low voice, "I haven't met the emperor yet, so I don't know how to answer your question."

Lu Yong froze, his sharp eyes shrank.Since he came from Mobei, he wanted to see the emperor, but the emperor hadn't seen him yet, so he couldn't openly press him, otherwise he would be spying on the military situation.He was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this young man was not timid and flustered in front of him, and had some concentration.He couldn't help but looked at her carefully again.

"Which one is Wang Yin? The emperor lets in!" The old eunuch came out again earlier, sweeping around the crowd.

Xie Fanghua stepped forward and saluted the old eunuch respectfully, "Back to Eunuch, it's me."

The old eunuch looked Xie Fanghua up and down, nodded, opened the curtain and went in, Xie Fanghua stepped up and followed.

The South Study Room is naturally as magnificent as the rumors, with a fragrance of calligraphy and ink.

There is a row of bookshelves in the middle, a bright yellow table, a man in his 40s wearing a bright yellow dragon robe is sitting in front of the table, a chair is set beside the table, Zhongyong Hou sits there.In this south study room, there are very few people who can be given a seat by the emperor.

Xie Fanghua knelt on the ground and kowtowed politely.

"Raise your head and let me have a look." The emperor looked at the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy below, and said majestically.

Xie Fanghua slowly raised her head.

The emperor looked at Xie Fanghua for a moment, and said to her, "I heard from Zhongyong Hou that you came from the military camp in Mobei, and you have a secret letter to deliver to me?"

"Yes!" Xie Fanghua lowered her head.

"The secret letter from the Ministry of War has always been sent to the post station, and it is urgent for eight hundred miles. Why did General Wuwei order you to come?" The emperor raised his eyebrows.

"Back to the emperor, the younger one doesn't know the reason. General Wuwei only ordered the younger one to bring a secret letter to Beijing to present to the emperor under the pretext of delivering New Year's goods to the Zhongyonghou's mansion, and he doesn't know the rest." Xie Fanghua shook his head.

(End of this chapter)