Wang Silang and Xia Daohua went out to receive the imperial edict, and Xia Jinhua followed eagerly. However, when she saw several people who came to deliver the edict, she became a little timid. She could not help but hide behind Wang Silang, almost several feet away, and hesitated to come over.
Although everyone in the Xia family also heard the news, they did not move forward - they all hid in the back, anxiously waiting for news from this side.
The imperial edict was very brief. Apart from a bunch of flowery tongue-twisting parallelism, the core meaning was just to let Wang Silang live in the capital with peace of mind, as the capital is very safe.
The imperial edict to support the king has been issued, and reinforcements are on the way from all over the country.
In addition, Wang Silang was also asked to represent the Wang family, be loyal to the country, actively respond to the call of the court, listen carefully to the orders of his superiors, and be ready to go to the city wall to kill the enemy at any time.
The imperial edict to Xia Daohua was even simpler: "Go to the palace to see the emperor immediately."
As Xia Daohua expected, the elderly eunuch who came to deliver the imperial edict was Old Wei who was supposed to have been killed.
But the young eunuch who came with him was a stranger.
Old Wei introduced Xia Daohua with a smile: "This is my new adopted grandson, nicknamed Xiaodouzi. He is filial and clever, eloquent, and hardworking. Recently, he has won the favor of the emperor... The emperor has been merciful and allowed me to leave the palace to retire. You little monkeys, you must get closer to him in the future."
Xia Daohua nodded and handed Xiao Douzi a purse that had been prepared long ago, which contained two large, round golden pearls.
Beads of this color are very rare at this time, whether they are resold or given as gifts, they are excellent. However, the purchase price in the space supermarket is quite affordable.
As soon as Xiaodouzi took a hand, a smile of surprise appeared on his face. He didn't even need to open it to see that such a large bead could be exchanged for a lot of silver even if it was pawned in a random pawnshop. What's more, this thing could be used as a gift!
Before the new emperor ascended the throne, Xiaodouzi had been doing the cleaning work in the Hundred Animal Garden. At most, he was a eunuch who did menial work, and everyone could boss him around.
Once, a thrush that the Ninth Princess loved was eaten by the snow-white Persian cat with mandarin duck eyes that the Concubine Shu kept. The eunuch who took care of the bird was the godson of the chief eunuch of the Hundred Birds Garden. He was very filial and respected, which pleased him very much. The chief eunuch pushed Xiao Douzi to take the blame. If it weren't for Old Wei who risked offending the chief eunuch and spoke a few fair words for him, Xiao Douzi would have disappeared from the world a long time ago.
Therefore, he has always been willing to acknowledge Lao Wei's favors.
In the future, when Old Wei gets old, he will be happy to take care of him and see him to the end of his life.
He never expected that the little girl that Lao Wei introduced to him turned out to be a generous and outspoken female god of wealth. She was so generous when they first met!
After exchanging a few polite words with the smiling Xiaodouzi, Xia Daohua gave each of the four accompanying guards a purse. The purse contained two small silver ingots and was not heavy. Its main feature was that it was specially made with auspicious patterns to bring good luck.
The four men were not familiar with Xia Daohua and declined the offer several times at first. It was not until Lao Wei spoke up that they felt comfortable accepting the offer.
Normally, people who received the imperial edict would go to the palace to express their gratitude, but expressing gratitude also depended on one's status and rank. Although Wang Silang was born in the Wang family, his status was not high enough, so he could only kowtow a few more times on the spot.
Xia Daohua told Jinhua to take good care of her family, and then she followed Lao Wei and his group in a carriage to the palace.
Xia Daohua and Lao Wei were reunited after a long separation. They talked all the way, with Lao Wei mainly talking and she listening.
Old Wei did not mention anything important, but only talked about how comfortable and comfortable his life was. Listening to Old Wei's chatter and looking at his complexion and physical condition, Xia Daohua felt more and more at ease.
In fact, the fact that Lao Wei is still alive is an obvious signal that Gu Mingzhen does not intend to kill him.
Of course, if he has other ideas, I don't have to be afraid of him.
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