340, external transfer
340, external transfer
"Sir, someone is coming from the palace."
"What's coming?"
"A little eunuch."
"He must have been sent by the Emperor to check on the situation."
There was a commotion at home last night, so Lu Mingfei was in no mood to report to the Hanlin Academy this morning and stayed at home.
I didn't expect that the emperor would send someone to check on the situation so early. I don't know if it was because he cared about him, or to show his appreciation for him, or both.
"Please ask him to come in." Since the person has come, Lu Mingfei naturally cannot refuse to see him.
"Sir, are you going to sit here? Or go back to the room and lie down on the bed?" Guard Ma felt that it would be more suitable for their master to pretend to be a civil official at this time.
Lu Mingfei immediately understood what his guard meant. "I didn't expect you to be so cunning."
"Hehe, that's because of your good teaching, sir." Guard Ma said modestly.
Seeing that their master had stood up, he helped them to lie down on the bed in the inner room.
So when the young eunuch from the palace came in, he saw their young Lord Lu lying on the hospital bed, looking very weak. When he saw him come in, he struggled to get up from the bed.
The young eunuch hurriedly said, "Master Lu, you don't have to get up. Just lie down."
"Come, bring a stool for the young eunuch." Lu Mingfei looked so "weak" that he couldn't even get out of bed.
It just so happened that he didn't sleep well last night, so he didn't look very well today, and he was pretending quite well.
Let the young eunuch really mistakenly believe that something was wrong with his body.
"No need, no need. I'll just stand here." The young eunuch didn't expect to receive such treatment when he came to Lord Lu's house. He was flattered for a moment.
At this time, Guard Ma had already brought the stool and placed it next to the young eunuch.
The young eunuch didn't dare to sit down, so he stood aside and said, "I am here on your Majesty's orders to see if Lord Lu is doing well."
"Thank your Majesty for your concern on my behalf. I am fine." Lu Mingfei finally understood that the emperor sent someone to visit him purely out of concern for him and to express his respect for a minister.
I wonder how Prime Minister Wan would feel when he knew that his grandson cared so much about him, an outsider, and didn't send anyone to care for his grandfather.
From the emperor's perspective, he would have thought that it was he, the minister, who suffered the loss last night.
"Okay, I will definitely convey your words to His Majesty. Lord Lu, you please have a good rest at home. I will go back to the palace to report." Originally, their Majesty said to let Lord Lu go to the palace, but when the young eunuch saw the appearance of their Lord Lu, he didn't seem like he could get up and go to the palace to meet the emperor, so he didn't mention the rest of the words.
Lu Mingfei coughed softly and glanced at the guard standing beside him. "Send the young eunuch out."
"yes."
Guard Ma responded and made a gesture of invitation to the eunuch.
The young eunuch bowed and left.
Guard Ma escorted the young eunuch out, and when he returned he brought back a piece of news for their lord, "Caifeng has returned to Nanfeng Pavilion."
Lu Mingfei thought about it and suddenly understood, "I'm afraid the entire Nanfeng Pavilion is full of the deposed emperor's people."
"Now that he's gone back, there's no need to worry about him."
Guard Ma nodded.
Seeing their adult about to get up from the bed, he subconsciously reached out to help him.
However, Lu Mingfei took one look at the hand that was stretched out to him and slapped it away. "You really think I'm sick, your master?"
Guard Ma withdrew his hand with an awkward smile, "Are you hungry, sir? I'll have food brought over right away."
"Okay." Lu Mingfei stood up, straightened his clothes, took the coat handed to him by the guard, put it on, and walked out.
At this time, Caifeng had returned to Nanfeng Pavilion and was kneeling in front of their master.
The deposed emperor sat in his seat, drinking tea slowly, without looking at the person kneeling in front of him.
After a long while, he said calmly, "Go and receive your punishment."
"Thank you, master." Caifeng stood up and walked out silently.
***
For the next three days, Lu Mingfei rested at home.
The emperor sent a royal physician to examine him, and also asked the chief eunuch to personally deliver a lot of ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and other supplements to help him build up his body.
After resting at home for three days, Lu Mingfei knew that he could not lie down like this any longer, so he took the token that the emperor had asked the eunuch chief to send to him two days ago and went into the palace to express his gratitude.
The first thing the emperor asked when he saw him was, "Are you feeling better?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine now." Lu Mingfei didn't know what the imperial physician said when he came back to the palace after examining him that day.
However, if he pretended to be sick too much, it would seem a bit fake, so he just stopped pretending at this moment.
The emperor was relieved when he saw that Lu Mingfei looked fine. He ordered the eunuch standing beside him, "Move a chair over."
"Here." The chief eunuch waved his hand and called two young eunuchs to bring a chair over.
After the chair was brought over, the emperor asked Lu Mingfei to sit down and talk, and waved to the eunuch beside him.
The chief eunuch understood what was going on and led the eunuchs and palace maids serving in the room out.
After everyone had left and only the emperor and his minister were left in the room, the emperor said to the minister sitting before him, "I have approved your transfer order."
"There's constant fighting in the north right now. Go to Pingzhou and serve as the county magistrate. And keep an eye on that side for me."
Lu Mingfei knew the emperor wanted him to go to Pingzhou to keep an eye on Prince Ding and the Zhenbei Army. It just so happened that he had no legitimate reason to go to Zhao Lang. If he went to Pingzhou to serve as the county magistrate, it would be much easier for him to see Zhao Lang in the future.
Moreover, if he went to Pingzhou to be the county magistrate, he would have the right identity and the right reasons to do many things he wanted to do openly.
"I obey your command." He stood up from the chair he was sitting on and bowed in response.
At this time, the emperor also stood up from the chair he was sitting on, walked out from behind the desk, reached out to hold up Lu Mingfei's hand, and said, "Lord Lu, I'm sorry for wronging you."
"When there's an opportunity in the future, I will definitely transfer you back to Kyoto."
"I am not wronged. It is my honor to be able to share your worries and solve your problems." Lu Mingfei knew in his heart that between him and Prime Minister Wan, the emperor still chose to sacrifice him as a minister.
Thinking differently, he could understand the emperor's current predicament. After all, the emperor's throne was obtained thanks to his grandfather, Prime Minister Wan. Most of the officials in the court now listened to Prime Minister Wan's words and were his lackeys.
Under such circumstances, if sacrificing one person can preserve his throne, he will do so.
However, with a weak monarch and powerful ministers, this situation of reversed status meant that if the monarch could not grasp real power and sit firmly on the throne, the throne would eventually have to be occupied by someone else. Now, Prime Minister Wan allowed his grandson to sit on the chair, but it was simply because he, as an outsider, did not dare to sit on it directly.
Prime Minister Wan was looking for a suitable opportunity. As long as there was a chance, he didn't believe that Prime Minister Wan would give up such a great temptation and sincerely help his grandson become emperor.
However, as a minister, especially an outsider, there were some things that Lu Mingfei was not comfortable saying, and could not say. He believed that the emperor himself was also aware of these things, but he was unable to change his current situation.
He didn't stay in the palace for long that day and left.
With the emperor's approval, his transfer order came down quickly.
After the transfer order came, he never returned to the Hanlin Academy. He didn't have many personal belongings there anyway, so there was nothing he needed to pack.
It’s just a pity that he only read half of a book and didn’t finish it.
He didn't know if he could find the same one in the future and finish reading the remaining half. Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful and reluctant to leave this place.
After all, he had come to this city with his parents when he was three years old and had lived here for more than ten years. He had finally passed the imperial examination and became an official, but now he was being forced to leave his hometown.
However, leaving this place might not be a bad thing for him.
He was leaving Beijing in a few days, and he didn't know when he would be back next time. So, while he was still here, Lu Mingfei went to visit some of his former teachers.
The first place he returned to was where he first studied, where his mentor, Mr.
The relationship between teacher and student has been very good over the years, and his teacher did not stop recognizing him as a student just because he lost power.
Lu Mingfei knew that his journey out of the capital would be difficult, so he didn't dare take his teacher and his wife with him. He simply left an address for his teacher and instructed him, "Teacher, if things don't go well in Kyoto, take your wife with you to the place I've given you. There, someone will arrange for you and your wife to leave the capital."
"Okay." Mr. Fu also knew the current situation. It might not be safe for them to stay in Kyoto Prefecture.
If it were really the case that even Kyoto Prefecture was no longer safe, he would have no choice but to find a way to escape from Kyoto Prefecture with his mother and her servants.
As for where his eldest son went and what he did after leaving Beijing, Mr. Fu had only a vague idea. But he also knew that there were some things he couldn't ask too clearly, so he didn't ask too much.
The student in front of him was the one he had watched grow up and the one he had personally taught. It was said that officialdom was difficult to navigate, but this student had only been in the officialdom for a few years when he was already in and out again.
Knowing that his student had offended the most powerful person in Kyoto Prefecture, Mr. Fu was also worried about the safety of his subsequent journey. "As for you, you must be careful on your way out of the capital."
"Students know this and will be careful."
"You and Master's wife, if you can arrange things here in advance, it would be better to go find Senior Brother earlier. It will be safer where Senior Brother is." Lu Mingfei was also worried that something unexpected might happen here after he left.
So thinking about this, he also hoped that his teacher and his family could leave here as soon as possible and go to Tong County.
"Okay, I'll discuss it with your master's wife later. If we have made up our minds, we'll go to the place you mentioned and ask them to help us arrange it." Mr. Fu agreed.
After that, the master and disciple chatted for a while, and then Lu Mingfei quietly left from the back door of the private school.
Later, he went back to the Imperial College to visit his former teacher. The master and disciple chatted for a while, and he also left through the side door of the Imperial College.
After that, he did not visit anyone. Instead, he arranged everything in Beijing and waited for the day to leave.
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