His clenched hands gradually loosened, and Zhong Mingzheng looked at the crowd of people kneeling on the ground with sneer and resentment. He suddenly snorted coldly and turned to enter the Qianqing Palace.
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The capital.
Fu's house.
Fu Jiayou knelt in the rain for more than an hour. When he finally left the palace and returned home, he was already a little shaky. It was not because he was weak, but because the rain was too heavy today. Being soaked in the rain for a long time, no matter how strong a person is, he would not be able to bear it.
"Cough cough!" Fu Jiayou coughed all the way as he entered the gate, and found that the two Jinyiwei who escorted him back also followed him in. These two Jinyiwei were assigned by Ling Shian a few days ago. He said that there was unrest in the capital, so they were specially sent to protect Fu Jiayou's family. But Fu Jiayou knew very well that this was done intentionally by Zhong Mingzheng. Ever since he asked for leave from his superiors, saying that he wanted to go back to Zhili to worship his ancestors, after a month's leave, these two Jinyiwei began to follow him closely, and it was obvious that they wanted to keep a close eye on him.
It's no wonder that Zhong Mingzheng is suspicious. Fu Jiayou is the son of Fu Zhongtian, who is the governor of Zhili. Zhili is a vital place, the gateway to the capital. So Zhong Mingzheng had to be cautious in dealing with Fu Jiayou. He only sent two Jinyiwei, which was very restrained. What's more, he approved Fu Jiayou's leave, which clearly showed that he wanted to win over Fu Zhongtian.
However, these two Jinyiwei who usually only guarded the door actually followed Fu Jiayou into the house today. Fu Jiayou couldn't help but frowned, turned around, and looked at the two Jinyiwei impatiently: "What? Are you planning to follow me into the inner house?"
"We dare not!" The two Jinyiwei bowed and looked behind Fu Jiayou. Seeing Fu Jiayou's wife Tong standing timidly under the corridor with an umbrella in her hand, they continued to talk to Fu Jiayou, "It's just that there have been many changes in the capital in recent days. The commander is also worried about the safety of Mr. Fu's family, so he ordered us to stay in Fu's house. But please rest assured, Mr. Fu, we will only guard the front yard and dare not rashly enter the backyard."
"Hmph! The commander is a caring person," Fu Jiayou said with an extremely ugly expression. He ignored the two guards and turned to leave. However, he stopped after taking two steps. He turned his head and looked at the two guards, saying coldly, "My family of three will leave for Zhili in the afternoon. Do you two still have to follow me and go back to Zhili to worship our ancestors?"
"The commander has ordered that from the capital to Zhili, and then from Zhili to the capital, I must protect Master Fu well. I must protect Master Fu every step of the way," the Jinyiwei continued expressionlessly, "So, after Master Fu and his wife have packed their luggage, I will personally escort you out of the capital."
"You!" Fu Jiayou was so angry that he was shaking all over. He looked at the bearded Jinyiwei and his tall and strong body like a calf. He didn't say the rest of the words. He just glared at the two Jinyiwei fiercely, then turned and walked towards the backyard. Tong Shi hurried over and held an umbrella for Fu Jiayou.
The two guards looked at the young couple holding an umbrella and entering the backyard, smiled sneerfully at each other, then pulled up a stool and sat in the main hall, chatting one to the other.
"Hey! What do you think happened at the coronation ceremony today? What sign is it?" The guard with a whisker on his face said to another guard while cracking melon seeds on the table, "It suddenly started thundering and raining out of nowhere. I was so scared that I was shaking all over."
"Who isn't? I was also scared to death! I've never heard of such a thing happening at a coronation ceremony! Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's weird!" Another guard also said in amazement, looking around, and then approached the bearded guard and whispered, "Did you hear what Eunuch Xi shouted before he died?"
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