It was almost dusk when we left the main hall. Eunuch Zhao personally accompanied Su Ziji out and respectfully asked him to stay for the time being while he brought back the emperor's new calligraphy and paintings.
This time, the emperor did not declare an edict, so Eunuch Zhao packed a hundred paintings and calligraphy in two large boxes and carried them out.
Eunuch Zhao had a better attitude towards Su Ziji. Today the Queen came over and persuaded the Emperor to change his mind with just one sentence, especially if it was related to Duke Dai. Even if it was just a small matter, it would make the people around the Emperor understand more clearly.
influence on the Queen.
Because the emperor couldn't leave him easily, he sent Su Ziji out of the palace gate and asked two young eunuchs to carry the box onto the oxcart. Eunuch Zhao smiled and handed over Su Ziji: "On behalf of the king, I am here to pay my respects.
I’ll take you back home.”
"My father-in-law, please stay." Su Ziji also smiled. When he got on the bullock cart, he turned his head and took a deep look at the palace gate.
Thinking of the way the Queen looked at him in the palace, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Lord?" After finishing their work, the wild Taoist who came to the palace gate to greet the lord returned moved his seat and let the lord sit down in the car. Hearing a sigh, he couldn't help but look at it: "Is there anything I want you to do?
What?"
Su Ziji sat firmly and said, "Mr. Lu, write down one thing for me. I'll be so busy that I forget. Remember to remind me."
"My lord, tell me." The wild Taoist said hurriedly.
"From now on, every month, remind me to visit the palace at least twice. On the fifteenth day of every month, remind me to prepare a gift for the Queen and deliver it on the fifteenth day."
One is outside the palace and the other is in the palace. It is difficult to see each other at ordinary times. The queen is alone, and her biological children and her family all died tragically. As a false grandson of the emperor, he has to bear the title of a woman who has lost too much.
Do something.
The wild Taoist was shocked: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already remembered it."
Seeing that the wild Taoist agreed, he fell silent. Su Ziji couldn't help but look at him one more time and asked, "Why don't you give me some advice?"
The wild Taoist couldn't help but laugh: "My lord is wise, there is nothing wrong with this matter, what can I say?"
"Although I only have the fifteenth day of the month to see the queen, there is nothing I can do about it. Even if the queen is the lord's grandmother, she is reasonable and reasonable, and she is summoned from time to time. There is nothing to criticize. Grandparents and grandchildren follow the rules.
There is no need to avoid it if you are from a noble family."
"But the royal family is different. We see it more often. I am afraid that the emperor will be suspicious of internal and external collusion. I go to the palace to pay homage to the emperor twice a month, and once to pay homage to the queen. This is just the right filial piety."
Su Ziji smiled, but also sighed in his heart, and said: "Family love in the Tian family is so difficult. It won't work if it's less, and it won't work if it's too much."
But if he is given another chance, he will definitely choose to take this path.
"By the way, I will go see Luo Pei later and send the oxcart to the prison. You go back and put the picture on the desk in my study, press it with a paperweight, send it to Princess Xinping's mansion, and hand it over to her personally." Su
Ziji said calmly, in the dream, Luo Pei was not dead, but was still released, but he seemed to have a relationship with the King of Shu.
This favor can be done.
Secondly, the emperor wanted to recruit a horse for Princess Xinping, but she refused and decided to become a monk. This caused a big disturbance and also affected himself. Why bother?
Moreover, it is said that she actually entered Taoism.
It might be better to resolve it in advance and form a good relationship.
Although he was curious about why his master asked him to send the picture to Princess Xinping, the wild Taoist simply responded: "Yes!"
Because we were chatting on the road and the journey was not far, the ox cart soon arrived at the gate of the prison. The ox cart stopped. Su Ziji got off the cart and asked the ox cart to go back.
Su Ziji entered at the gate of the prison. Since everything had been taken care of, a prison officer came out to greet Su Ziji. He stood up and said, "Please come in on behalf of the Duke. Let's light the fire. He will bring it up in a moment."
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After entering the prison, you can see that the surrounding walls are made of blue bricks. They are nine meters high and three feet thick. The sun cannot penetrate them. Therefore, it is dark and extremely cold in winter. When Su Ziji and the prison officer walked through the hall and corridor, they couldn't help but wonder.
Had a chill.
After walking a few steps, I saw the cell in the distance and heard the jingling of locks inside. It was a house made of bluestone. As soon as I got closer, I felt a smell. There was the strong smell of the toilet and the musty smell of the straw.
, the smell of rotten flesh.
Near the door, two prisoners could be seen lying motionless on the straw bed, unconscious, with blood sticking to their clothes. Su Ziji couldn't help but frown.
"Don't worry, Mr. Luo. Mr. Luo is an imperial prisoner and a third-rank official, so he will not be punished." The prison officer quickly smiled and said, "You are waiting in the small hall. He will be brought up soon."
Su Ziji sat and waited, someone else was serving tea, but he was used to drinking good tea and the coarse tea here was so Su Ziji took a sip and put it aside.
The snack fruits were also very ordinary, and they were also not touched.
Hearing the sound of chains dragging the floor from far away, Su Ziji looked up and saw a thin black figure, holding the shackles on his feet, walking towards him step by step.
Luo Pei, who was not fat in the first place, had both cheeks sunken in. Only his eyes still had some light, which became more and more conspicuous on his dark and thin face, making people feel frightened when he saw it.
"Let Mr. Luo go and be punished for the time being." Seeing Su Ziji's expression of being unable to bear it, the prison officer waved his hand and ordered, and someone opened the shackles.
Su Ziji said nothing, and gave up his hand to Luo Pei to take his seat.
There was relatively silence for a while, but at this moment, a jailer came in with a few restaurant waiters carrying food boxes.
These people were all waiters from a nearby restaurant. Su Ziji had ordered a table of food and drinks at the restaurant, and now they were ready and delivered.
In addition to setting the table in this small hall, the jailer was also invited to a table outside. When the food, wine and meat were all arranged, the prison officer and jailer left, leaving the small hall to Su Ziji and Luo Pei.
After a long silence, Su Ziji said: "Master Luo, you are not wronged here, are you?"
Luo Pei smiled, looking very calm, and said: "The Duke of Chengdai is concerned about me. Although the prison is not very good, it still has some benefits, and I am not tormented to death."
"That's good, that's good!" Su Ziji actually knew that not to mention the previous dynasty, there was also a minister in this dynasty who was imprisoned. As a result, his ribs were broken and he died wailing in the middle of the night.
Later, a minister who was released from prison kept silent and tortured the prison officials and jailers to death, killing two of them and driving one crazy. After that, the prison officials relatively restrained themselves.
Luo Pei looked at the table of food and wine in front of him and chuckled: "It's so rich, could this be my meal?"
Having said that, he naturally sat down at the table and started eating directly.
Su Ziji didn't say anything. After Luo Pei had eaten most of the food, he looked at him and said, "I went to your mansion a while ago and met with my wife. She said that everyone in the family is well, so don't worry about it."
After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms, put it on the table, and pushed it to Luo Pei.
"This is a letter I sent to your family." After saying that, Su Ziji stood up and walked outside. There was really no need to say anything else.
Luo Pei looked at the letter pushed across the table by Su Zi Ji. His expression on his always calm face changed. He picked up the letter with trembling hands. He recognized that the words on it were Daer's handwriting.
In fact, prisoners like him do not need to be interrogated, and there is nothing that needs to be questioned, but relatives and friends are not allowed to come in to visit, let alone communicate with the news.
Sending a letter like this is actually a great favor.
Just to tell him that his family is fine and that the emperor has not killed them all.
Seeing that Duke Dai had gone far away and was about to leave through the small hall door, Luo Pei finally said: "Thank you very much, Duke Dai."