It was the morning after Li Xiuyuan's deployment in the capital.
While he was attending to official duties in the yamen, he suddenly received a notification from the yamen servant, saying that an envoy from the imperial palace had made a sudden visit.
"Envoy to the imperial court?"
Li Xiuyuan raised his head in surprise when he heard the news.
Fortunately, the imperial court actually issued an order to him.
As his thoughts changed rapidly, the envoy who announced the decree had already walked in. Li Xiuyuan frowned and immediately greeted him out together with other civil servants and clerks in the yamen.
The envoy who announced the decree said with a selfless look: "I order Li Xiuyuan, the governor of Yangzhou, to come to the palace immediately to see the emperor. There must be no mistakes."
"Your Majesty, Li Xiuyuan has received the edict." Li Xiuyuan received the imperial edict and was about to ask the emissary why he entered the palace, but the emissary immediately urged him.
"Master Li, please."
Li Xiuyuan said: "There are some matters that need to be dealt with in the Yamen, please give me half an hour to prepare."
The envoy said: "The summons is an urgent matter. Mr. Li should follow me to the palace to resume his duties first. It will not be too late to put aside the matters in the yamen for the time being and wait until he comes back to deal with it."
"Then let me change my clothes." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Master Li, please hurry up," the envoy said.
"Your Majesty, wait a moment." Li Xiuyuan turned around and left with the imperial edict. He came to the government office and called Qiurong.
"Rong'er, bring me the court clothes. I want to go to the imperial city."
"Yes, husband." Qiurong heard the voice and hurriedly walked out of the house. She bowed and turned back to get his court clothes.
"I have no chance to summon Mr. Li to the palace. I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Maybe I should use my illness to avoid it. After all, the palace is full of dangers now, which is very detrimental to you, Mr. Li." I don't know when, Hu Lanyu came from something.
The place came out.
Li Xiuyuan said: "If you don't go, you will be resisting the order. This will give the enemy a handle and is not a good thing. What happened to the second brother's inspection of Cihang Hall yesterday?"
"It's very strange." Hu Lanyu said.
"How weird?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Hu Lanyu said: "The Buddha's light is shining everywhere, and the sound of Sanskrit is lingering. It looks like a holy land of Buddhism. Ghosts and gods cannot enter, and evil spirits can be warded off. The 18-foot-long golden body of Tathagata is even more majestic and dignified, inviolable. The golden body of the national master has been completed. If
If we accumulate the power of incense and thought for all peoples, false Buddhas can also become true.
Buddha, the happiness of practicing Tao may be better than that of the gods in heaven."
"I don't dare to go too deep, but I have a feeling that if you are discovered, you will definitely be killed, and the Thousand Years of Taoism is no match for it."
"Really? That really made this national master a hero. It's a pity that it was discovered a little too late, otherwise he should have been destroyed before his golden body was completed." Li Xiuyuan said.
"So Mr. Li, you can't go to the imperial city, especially if you go alone." Hu Lanyu said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "What is supposed to come will eventually come. Resistance and disrespect is also a serious crime. You can't be afraid of the palace just because of inexplicable speculations."
Hu Lanyu said: "That requires some preparation. For example, bringing the third sister with you, she can be of some help."
"No need. You can't cast spells in the palace. The third sister is in greater danger. I can go alone." Li Xiuyuan said, "The imperial master is not yet fully in control of the palace, so don't worry too much."
"It's better than you risking your life by yourself. Third sister, why don't you come out of the house and accompany Mr. Li to the capital?" Hu Lanyu shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiuyuan's bedroom door opened with a creak.
A voluptuous and charming woman in a red dress leaned against the door and smiled sweetly: "Second brother knows what my little sister is thinking, so I'll thank you first."
"Third sister, why did you come out of my house?" Li Xiuyuan asked with a dark face.
"The slave family slept on the rafters yesterday. Don't you know, Master?" Third Sister Hu said coquettishly: "Don't worry, the slave family didn't see anything about the affection between you and Sister Qiurong yesterday."
"" Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.
This is the so-called day defense and night defense. It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves.
"Husband, the court clothes have been brought." At this time, Qiurong also walked out of the room on the side. When she saw Third Sister Hu, her eyes widened and she looked very surprised.
Third Sister Fox chuckled and said, "Don't be afraid, sister Qiurong, I am the fox girl beside your husband. I came yesterday, but I just didn't show up."
After saying that, he looked at the silver lock hanging around Qiurong's neck and knew that this woman had also entered the Li family's door.
"Ignore her and change my clothes for me." Li Xiuyuan walked back into the house and said.
Soon, he changed his clothes and went out. After leaving the Yamen, he got on his horse and followed the envoy into the imperial city to resume his duties.
But on top of the horse, a red fox ran from nowhere and stood on the horse's head, squinting its bright eyes and looking at Li Xiuyuan who was riding through the city.
"Why, are you angry with the slave family? In the worst case, the slave family will stop peeking at you from now on. Don't be angry." Third Sister Hu said in a low voice. When she saw Li Xiuyuan's frown, she expressed a tone of begging to admit her mistake.
"Now I am still in the mood to be angry with Third Sister? The golden body of the Imperial Master has been cast, the Wutong Sect has also begun to unite, and most of the civil and military officials above the imperial court are under the control of the Imperial Master.
, the world is about to change, and now you have nothing to do to summon me into the palace, obviously you are thinking of a way
Deal with me." Li Xiuyuan said.
"You know I've even put on armor under my court uniform, I've tied the Tai'a sword around my waist, and I've even prepared the dragon colt in the Ghost King's bag. At this moment, I'm thinking about whether to resist or not.
Go to the palace."
"If it's so dangerous, then don't go. Let's go back to Yangzhou. I heard from my little sister that your father built you a mansion in Guobei County. There are three archways and two gardens. I was so shameless that day.
My little sister has asked for a room, and the slave family will live there from now on. You are not allowed to evict the slave family.
Let's go."
Third Sister Hu said.
"How can we be safe if we don't go? Abandoning an official position and running away, disobeying an imperial decree, is not a small crime. Perhaps doing so will make the enemy happy, and it is too early to return to his hometown for retirement. The house will be
Let it be empty for now." Li Xiuyuan said.
Hearing this, Third Sister Hu said again: "The slave family doesn't know that there are so many twists and turns, but the slave family will accompany you wherever you go."
"Thank you, Third Sister." Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment and then said.
"Giggle."
Third Sister Hu smiled and suddenly ran down from the horse's head. She immediately got into Li Xiuyuan's sleeves and quickly hid herself. She knew that this enemy was not really angry with her.
Now you can rest assured.
The palace has arrived at this moment.
"Um?"
Li Xiuyuan's expression changed, as if he noticed something, and he casually grabbed a corner of the imperial city.
"Wow."
There was a sound of water breaking, and a centipede as thick as an arm flew up from the moat. Before it hit the ground, he opened his mouth and spit out, refined his energy into a sword, and a white light flashed past, instantly cutting the centipede into two sections.
, nailed to the foot of the imperial city.
"If you want to deal with me, let the Imperial Master personally take action. You little centipedes have spent hundreds of years just to die." Li Xiuyuan said slowly with a golden light in his eyes.
"Good kill." A fox head poked out from his sleeves and he said happily.
"Master Li, what did you say just now?" the envoy in front turned around and asked.
Li Xiuyuan pushed her head back: "It's nothing, just a casual sigh."
"Please Sir Li, please dismount and follow me into the palace," the envoy said again.
Li Xiuyuan nodded.
Under the guidance of the envoy, he did not go to the Zichen Hall where officials were received, nor to the Wende Hall where the emperor usually handled government affairs. Instead, he walked towards the harem.
Moreover, the journey was smooth, with no Forbidden Army patrols or guards.
"Your Majesty, the harem is the place to go further. Officials probably won't receive ministers in the harem," Li Xiuyuan said.
"I am also acting according to the order. Please be patient, Mr. Li," the envoy said.
Li Xiuyuan frowned but didn't say anything.
The envoy took him to a garden outside the palace in the harem, and then said goodbye and left.
Li Xiuyuan was about to ask when a woman's voice in the garden rang out: "Master Li has misunderstood. In fact, it was not the officials who summoned Master Li today, but I called Master Li into the palace."
A dignified and beautiful woman in palace clothes came with a smile on her face, followed by several palace maids and eunuchs.