In the afternoon, when the sun had just turned overhead, Zuo Shi arrived. As soon as Xu Zizhen opened the door, his eyes lit up. He saw Zuo Shi had changed into a pink palace maid's uniform, with a hairpin and two small flowers on his head.
Her beautiful oval face made Xu Zizhen's heart skip a beat when he opened the door.
But what happened next made him dumbfounded. The envoy Zuo brought two sets of clothing, everything from outerwear to underwear to boots and hats. They were eunuch uniforms with slanted fronts and crotch.
"Change on, I'll be waiting outside the door." After Zuo Shi said, he threw the clothes over, turned around and left gracefully.
Xu Zizhen was stunned for a while, but for the sake of the big plan, he had to grit his teeth and change it. It didn't take long for him to change it neatly. He looked at himself up and down, feeling unhappy no matter what he looked at.
Li Meng is better off. After all, he is young and can't tell much if he puts on the eunuch uniform. However, he has very fair skin and is handsome. When he puts it on, he really looks like a long-castrated eunuch.
The skin is tender, the flesh is tender, the eyebrows are clear, and even Li Meng praised him when he saw him: "Uncle, you are so handsome!"
Xu Zizhen knocked him angrily and came outside the door. A carriage had already parked there. Zuo Shi stood gracefully beside the carriage. The wind blew her hair slightly, her grace and grace were as beautiful as in a painting.
People, but Xu Zizhen was so angry that he didn't have the time to admire the beauty, so he just ignored her and got into the car.
But I heard Zuo Shi say leisurely outside the car: "You really look like a eunuch, so I can rest assured." Xu Zizhen almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
Sirius didn't come with him this time. Although Zuo Shi was also in the car, Xu Zizhen didn't want to pay attention to her at all. The three of them walked all the way in this dull atmosphere. After an unknown period of time, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Someone outside shouted something in Xixia language.
The Zuo envoy lifted up the curtain, peeked out half of his face, and handed over a wooden sign. Outside the car was a line of Imperial Guards in full armor. The leading general took the sign and looked at it again and again, and finally nodded and waved to let them go.
Xu Zizhen took advantage of the moment when the car curtain was raised to look outside the car. He saw that he was surrounded by towering roofs, red bricks and green roofs with cornices and beast ridges. He was actually at the palace. From the angle inside the car, he could see nothing but a vast sky.
The afternoon sun shines lazily on the roof of the majestic palace, reflecting a dazzling golden light and creating an extremely solemn atmosphere.
At this moment, Xu Zizhen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated inexplicably. The palace is a palace after all. Even without these forbidden troops, the majesty of the royal family cannot be questioned and makes people's hearts tremble. The carriage continued to rumble forward, but Xu Zizhen unconsciously held his breath and concentrated.
He didn't even dare to take a breath.
After a long time, the carriage finally stopped. Zuo Shi pointed to the curtain. Xu Zizhen understood what she meant, so he had no choice but to get up and get off. Li Meng and Li Meng held up the curtain with their hands and waited for her to get off. Zuo Shi
Then Pingting came down and glanced at Xu Zizhen intentionally or unintentionally.
Not far away, an old eunuch walked out of the moon cave door quickly and said with a smile from a distance: "Oh, Sister Shang, you are here. Our family's neck is growing long from the sight of you."
The Zuo envoy suddenly seemed to be a new person. He smiled sweetly and came forward to greet me with a blessing: "Eunuch Li, Yun Lan is late, please forgive me!"
Eunuch Li helped her up with a smile: "Look, you are polite again, aren't you?" As he spoke, he looked behind her, and when he saw Li Meng, he just returned the favor. When his eyes fell on Xu Zizhen, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sister Shang, is this the man you lent to our family? He has such a handsome appearance!"
Xu Zizhen felt goosebumps all over his body. The old eunuch looked at him like a wolf that had been hungry for more than ten days when he saw a little sheep, which made him feel like he wanted to turn around and run away.
Ambassador Zuo smiled and nodded: "Exactly, Eunuch Li, why don't you take a test first?"
Eunuch Li laughed loudly, his voice was like an old rooster with its neck pinched, it was extremely sharp and unpleasant: "Why do our families need to take exams for the people brought by Sister Shang? Don't worry, our family will finish it in one day."
I'll give it back to you, sister."
Xu Zizhen is cold again, after a whole day? What the hell does this mean?
Zuo Shi didn't say anything more, and after being polite to Eunuch Li, he walked back to Xu Zizhen and said in a low voice: "You two have a mission tomorrow. You two should wait here for now. Someone will naturally take care of how you behave."
Xu Zizhen felt a chill in his heart. What this meant was that he had to stay in the eunuch's den for one night. Thinking of the old eunuch's eyes just now, he couldn't help but tremble all over, but he was helpless for this so-called task.
He could only grit his teeth and forcefully smile, "Yes!"
After Zuo Shi left, Xu Zizhen looked at the back of the carriage and was about to cry. Before he could think more, the old eunuch Li Eunuch greeted him: "Little brother, what are your names?"
Xu Zizhen turned around, cheered up and said with a smile: "Back to father-in-law, the younger one's name is Xu Zizhen, and this is Li Meng."
Eunuch Li suddenly grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "Then our family will leave your little one alone."
Xu Zizhen felt a cold and slippery feeling on the back of his hand, and felt unspeakable nausea. He quickly bowed deeply, escaped from the clutches of the old eunuch, and said with a forced smile: "Please take care of me, father-in-law!" As soon as he finished speaking, he straightened up and
He reached out and stuffed a piece of silver into Eunuch Li's hand.
Eunuch Li was stunned for a moment, then he smiled so much that his eyes narrowed: "This kid is sensible, not bad."
Xu Zizhen approached him and asked in a low voice: "Eunuch Li, I was just called over by Sister Shang... and I don't know anything yet. Can you tell me in advance what will happen tomorrow?"
Eunuch Li glanced at him and said curiously: "It's been a long time and you still don't know? Sister Shang told our family that she would lend us two caring people to help us feel at ease." He looked around and lowered his voice.
He said in a loud voice, "Tomorrow is the day when my emperor announces the canonization of the princess to the world. Our family has made special arrangements. You two will serve the princess in Deqing Palace."
"Princess?" Xu Zizhen was stunned. The Emperor of Xixia was not young, right? Why is there a newly adult princess who wants to be canonized?
Eunuch Li said angrily: "Why don't you know anything? Forget it, tomorrow you just have to take care of your life and serve the princess. You don't have to worry about anything else. Do you understand?"
Seeing that the old eunuch was a little impatient, Xu Zizhen didn't dare to ask any more questions at the moment, so he had no choice but to retreat and follow the old eunuch into the moon cave door.
Inside the door is a spacious garden, which is full of exotic flowers and plants, with fragrant fragrance. Several cranes are strolling in the garden, just like a fairyland scene. The three of them walked along the path in the garden for a long time, and Xu Zizhen suddenly
When I looked up, I saw a row of towering palaces not far away, with three big characters written on the main entrance - Deqing Palace.
Xu Zizhen was dumbfounded and said: "This...is this where the princess lives?"
Eunuch Li looked at him strangely: "Isn't Yongcheng Palace also like this?"
Xu Zizhen immediately noticed his gaffe and quickly laughed and said: "I just think that the Deqing Palace looks much bigger than the Yongcheng Palace. Maybe I didn't sleep well last night and my eyes were dazzled, hehe, my eyes were dazzled..."
Fortunately, Eunuch Li didn't go into details further and took them to a side hall, which was a eunuch's residence. He arranged for Xu Zizhen and Li Meng to live there and then turned around and left without saying much.
It was still early, but Xu Zizhen knew that he was already deep in the palace of Xixia. Even if he was daring, he would not dare to run wild here, so he calmed down and rested early with Li Meng.
Early the next morning before dawn, a young eunuch came and woke the two of them up. After they finished washing, they were taken directly to a small building behind the garden yesterday. Eunuch Li was already waiting there with sleepy eyes and a yawn.
There, when he saw Xu Zizhen arriving, he secretly waved and called him in.
There was no one around, so Eunuch Li ordered in a low voice: "You two don't have to go anywhere today. Just wait here. When the princess arrives, you two will obey Her Royal Highness's instructions and are not allowed to wander around. Today is a
On the big day, our family gives you this good job just because you like it, so don’t let our family lose face, do you understand?"
Xu Zizhen nodded repeatedly and said with a flattering smile: "Thank you, father-in-law, I understand!"
Eunuch Li walked away in a hurry. He didn't go far when he heard him yelling at other eunuchs outside. Xu Zizhen looked around and whispered to Li Meng: "Let's act according to the situation later. It seems that Sanjuetang is going to be here today."
It’s a big deal, we don’t want to get involved in it, otherwise we’ll suffer a big loss if we lose it ourselves.”
Li Meng nodded and said in a low voice: "Uncle, there are people everywhere here. Let's stop talking in case someone hears us."
Xu Zizhen thought so. God knows if there might be some imperial guards hiding in the inner courtyard of the palace. Since he was pretending to be a eunuch, he had no choice. He took a whisk and dusted here and there, pretending to be diligent.
appearance.
After more than an hour passed in such a dull manner, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the distance. Xu Zizhen perked up and whispered: "Here we come, get ready!"
Li Meng said without hesitation: "Uncle, what is our mission? We don't know yet."
Xu Zizhen was stunned: "Yes, what the hell..."
Before he could finish speaking, a sharp cry came from outside the door: "The princess has arrived!"
Xu Zizhen hurriedly lowered his head and stood by the door, clutching the Tang Dao tightly in his right hand. Although he didn't know what today's mission was, his intuition told him that it must be related to the princess who was about to enter the door.
Two eunuchs opened the door from the outside, and a procession of ceremonials slowly came in. First there were two red umbrellas with soft tops, followed by two rows of palace maids. When everyone in the front row was neatly lined up outside the door, a pavilion curled up.
The figure walked over slowly.
Xu Zizhen didn't dare to look up. He only saw the figure in the corner of his eye. She looked graceful and graceful. His heart suddenly moved. This figure looked so familiar!
The figure slowly stepped into the building and said calmly: "You guys wait outside the door while I take a rest first."
"yes!"
When Xu Zizhen heard this voice, he was suddenly shocked. He couldn't help but look up slightly. When he saw the face of the person clearly, he was shocked and stunned: She...she is a princess?