Two suspicious people came to the gate of Yao's house. Yao Shu shouted and startled everyone in the Yao family who had not yet returned to their own courtyards. People turned around to see that the two people were still covering their lower faces with their sleeves, leaving only their eyes exposed. After hearing Yao Shu's question, one of them said, "Keep your voice down, we are here to find Yao Xian, Yao Shu, shut up! Where are you?" The man stomped his feet while speaking, looking very angry.
Yao Shu was also angry, "Who are you? It's fine if you call me by my name, but you actually dare to call my grandfather by his name! You two don't look like good people, so if you don't leave, don't blame me for reporting to the police!"
The man was so angry that his eyes widened. He looked inside the mansion gate and soon found Yao Xian. He immediately shouted, "Yao Xian, get this unlucky grandson of yours out of here! And invite me in!"
"Shut up!" Yao Shu was also angry and wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Yao Xian. After whispering a few words in his ear, Yao Shu's face turned pale instantly. Looking at the two people outside, he immediately understood what was going on. He was stunned on the spot, and after he reacted, he wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but Yao Jingjun, who reacted before him, quickly pulled him back and said to Yao Xian: "Father, please receive them. I will take them back to the courtyard." After that, he led the Yao family and others into the inner courtyard in a hurry. From a distance, Yao Xin, the sixth son of the Yao family, could be heard mumbling, "Who is this person? So mysterious."
After everyone entered the inner courtyard, Yao Xian waved to the two people outside helplessly and said, "Come in." After the two entered the palace, the gatekeeper immediately closed the door. Yao Xian rolled his eyes at them and asked, "Why are you coming to my place instead of staying in the palace?"
The people who came were none other than Emperor Tianwu and Zhang Yuan, who were bored in the palace. Xuan Tianming's army had set out, and the moment Tianwu got the news, he felt that he was really alone in the huge capital. Except for the little eunuch Zhang Yuan, there was no one to talk to. Of course, the person he most wanted to be with was Yun Pianpian, but that was the one who was least likely to accompany him. She was very comfortable playing with cats and tigers in Yuehan Palace, so she didn't care whether the old man was living a miserable life.
Emperor Tianwu had no choice, and because of Feng Yuheng's matter, Yao Xian would not go to the palace. He was really upset, so he simply took the little eunuch out of the palace with him, and sneaked to Yao's house, just to drink a few cups with Yao Xian. Of course, it was said that the two of them secretly left the palace, but there were countless secret guards following and protecting them in the dark, so their safety could be guaranteed.
Yao Xian knew Tianwu too well, so there was no need for Tianwu to explain the reason himself. He could figure out the old emperor's thoughts with just his toes. He just didn't understand: "People say that being an emperor is very busy, so busy that you don't know what to do. Why do you live like a child? You leave the palace when you are told to, and drink when you are told to drink?"
Tianwu and Zhang Yuan didn't dare to roll down their sleeves until they entered the yard, then they let out a long sigh. Tianwu didn't hesitate to pull Yao Xian's arm and led him into the yard. "There's no need to deal with so many things. I'm already this old, I should have my own things to do. Don't be like those old stubborn people in the court. As soon as you see me, you talk about the affairs of the court. I feel annoyed when I hear them. I came to you today to drink and play chess, don't talk about anything else."
Yao Xian had no choice but to lead him to the other end of the courtyard where he lived. As they walked, he said, "The wine here is not as good as Ah Heng's, nor as good as the one in the palace. Just don't ask for too much."
"It's okay, it's okay as long as it's wine." Tianwu was not very picky about this. Sometimes he drank just to get drunk, and it had nothing to do with whether the wine tasted good or not. "There's no one else in the world who can drink with me except you. I just want to drink some wine and chat. I don't care whether the wine is good or bad."
All right! Yao Xian was also a little emotional after he said that. Finding someone to drink and chat is such a common thing, but for an emperor, it has become a luxury. He even has to sneak out like a thief and find his house. It's a pity to think about it. Forget it, he still took out the bottles of good wine that Ah Heng left for him!
Yao Xian was moved with sympathy. Emperor Tianwu had good wine, and the cook in Yao's house prepared a table of food to go with it. The two drank and talked happily. Zhang Yuan was no longer so serious about Tianwu's drinking. He would accompany the old emperor to do whatever he wanted, because Xuan Tianming had told him before he left that he didn't need to restrict Tianwu too much. He could let him do whatever he wanted and eat whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't go too far and hurt his body. After all, at this age, if he was too restrictive about everything, it would easily cause problems.
Fortunately, Tianwu only came to see Yao Xian. The Yao family was the one Xuan Tianming pointed out that he didn't need to be on guard and could be absolutely trusted, so he was less worried. There were secret guards following him. At worst, he could just carry him back if he got drunk. It was better than watching the old emperor sighing in the direction of Yuehan Palace every day in Zhaohe Hall. Sometimes he thought that Tianwu would die young if he missed Yun Fei like this, but how could he, a eunuch, understand the love affairs between men and women? A servant's job was to accompany his master, and it was his duty to accompany his master well.
While the young eunuch was thinking, Emperor Tianwu and Yao Xian were already drunk, but fortunately they were not seriously drunk and could still talk. Yao Xian was arguing with Emperor Tianwu: "How amazing! You even drove my granddaughter out of the capital. Your eighth son is really capable."
Tianwu waved his hand: "It's good to go out for some exercise. The fiefdom is more comfortable than Kyoto. It will be good for her if it is built there. After all, it is her own territory. Old Yao, let me tell you." He was too drunk to care about "I" or "I", and directly called "I". He told Yao Xian: "In the whole Dashun, the first fiefdom given out was Ji'an County. Do you know what a fiefdom means? It means that it is an independent world. There is no need to pay taxes to Dashun, no tribute, and you can raise private soldiers. As long as she wants, she can set up a small court there and no one will care. When Ah Heng goes there, she will be a local emperor. In the world of Ji'an County, she is the biggest and no one can control her. The reason why Dashun did not give out any fiefdom in the past, even to the kings of different surnames, was because they were afraid that once the fiefdom was built, they would have their own political power and private soldiers, which would pose a threat to Dashun."
Yao Xian certainly understood this truth. Ever since he knew that Feng Yuheng had a fief, he had looked up a lot of information about this and knew how great a reward a fief was. He asked Tianwu, "If it's so important, why give it to Ah Heng?"
"Because I think she's worth it!" Tianwu patted his chest, "Ah Heng is such a good kid! He's good at literature and can defeat the left prime minister Feng Jinyuan, he's good at martial arts and can conquer a Thousand Zhou Kingdom, he's got superb medical skills and can even make steel for Dashun, there's no other kid like him in the world, how can I not love and protect him?"
"Tsk!" Yao Xian rolled his eyes at him, "Don't act like you're so great. Don't I know you? The reason you're willing to give the fiefdom is because she's already betrothed to your most beloved ninth son! No matter how many good things you give, they will belong to your Xuan family in the future. Otherwise, would you be willing to give them up? Are you so bold as to risk a county fiefdom?"
Tianwu chuckled after hearing this. Yao Xian had seen through his petty thoughts. He did not hide it and admitted it generously. However, he still recognized Feng Yuheng's achievements.
Yao Xian sighed, took another sip of wine, and asked a question that he had been thinking about for a while: "Old Xuan! You said you let them go, one went to the fiefdom, and the other went to the southern border. Aren't you afraid of changes in the capital? Although I don't attend court, I can hear some things about the court. The current situation is not very stable. Your eighth son controls the imperial guards. You have to be on guard. If there is a change in the palace, even if your ninth son has hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be too late to fight back."
Tianwu waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "If something changes, it will change. Who made me give birth to so many prodigal sons? There must be one who wants to harm me. If it's not the Eighth, there will be someone else. This is something that every generation of monarchs must go through, and I don't expect to be able to avoid it. On the contrary, I want to see how cruel the Eighth can be. Old Yao! The weight of this country is very heavy. I don't want Ming'er to always carry the burden of relying on his mother's favor to ascend to the throne. I will try my best to make his succession legitimate. By the way, there is something you don't know yet, right?" Tianwu looked at Yao Xian mysteriously, "Your granddaughter, Ah Heng, she is the Phoenix Star that the Imperial Astronomical Observatory predicted. She came all the way from the mountains in the northwest to the capital. Although she encountered difficulties and disasters at every step, the Phoenix Star pattern has never changed, and it has also brought one surprise after another to my Dashun. The Phoenix Star is coming, and the Dragon Throne must be Ming'er!"
Tianwu was very confident about this, but Yao Xian did not show the surprise he expected. He did not know whether he was a phoenix or not. He only knew that he and his granddaughter had traveled through time and space to this dynasty, and they were destined to be different. Isn't it a surprise? Using so many advanced technologies from later generations to revitalize Dashun and benefit the people, if Dashun had such a queen in the future, it would be arranged by destiny.
Xuan Tianming led his troops southward, and Feng Yuheng also entered Yuzhou on the sixth day of the second lunar month. Because she was delayed for a few days in Shuzhou ahead, and then delayed for two more days because of a group of people from Qingshan Village, she arrived in Yuzhou much later. During these two days of traveling overnight, people were very tired. In the carriage, Xiangrong was leaning on Shancha and taking a light nap, and even Huangquan Wangchuan was resting his eyes. But she couldn't sleep, and was reading a book with great interest.
That book was exactly the one that the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng had given her when she left Beijing. It was written by Xuan Tianfeng himself and could be considered a travelogue. However, it only recorded things in Yuntian Prefecture, and it described Yuzhou and Ji'an Prefecture in great detail. The ink was very fresh and did not look like it was written too long ago. Feng Yuheng estimated that it was written in the first month of the year. It was probably written specifically for her by the Sixth Prince after he learned that she was going to her fiefdom.
The words reflect the person. As soon as Feng Yuheng saw the words above, she could immediately think of the gentle and scholarly prince. It is said that the nine sons of the dragon are different. Feng Yuheng's understanding of this saying was only a concept before, but when she came to this era and saw the nine sons of Emperor Tianwu, she finally understood the true meaning of this sentence.
Indeed, they are different. The book she was flipping through stopped at page 13. Under Xuan Tianfeng's pen, a story about Ji'an County also started from here.
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