The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the morning of the next day, the whole city was heavily guarded, and at noon, the martial law was lifted, presumably Li Yuanhao's car had already left the city.

But Su Jin didn't dare to be sloppy, and ordered all his subordinates to stay in the house and not go out. Yeli Duanyun also arranged for people to spy around the street to inquire for news secretly.

Normally speaking, the secret meeting tonight should not be at the Prince's Mansion, not only because the Prince's Mansion is near the palace and is in a heavily guarded area, but also because the current situation in Xixia is so delicate, the Prince's Mansion must be a secret agent in the deep whirlpool Not only Yuan Hao must have eyeliner in it, but Wuzang Yepang and Wuzang Heiyun will try their best to plant eyeliner in the prince's mansion for the sake of the new prince, hoping to catch the prince. to attack its inaccuracies.

But even so, Su Jin still did not reject Ye Lidulan's proposal to have a secret meeting in the Prince's Mansion. Ye Lidulan has been in a place of intrigue in the palace for a long time, and he will not fail to understand the situation in the Prince's Mansion. It is natural for her to do so. consideration.

In fact, Su Jin can also guess the general reason for it. Prince Ningling's every move is under the watchful eyes of everyone. Yes, as soon as Li Yuanhao left, the Crown Prince left the Prince's Mansion. Obviously, it would attract the great attention of many secret agents. If so, he would be targeted. As long as the Crown Prince stays in the Prince's Mansion as usual, the secret agents will not be called With sensitive nerves, even if a visitor comes, it is extremely normal.What's more, the people who came to visit were members of the aunt's cousin Ye Li's family, who were originally close relatives of the aunt's cousin, so it was not surprising to visit the prince in the capital, and it was even more unsurprising that Queen Ye Lidulan came to visit her son. [

Xia people are used to receiving guests at dinner parties. In the evening of that day, Yeli Duanyun pretended to be a newcomer to the capital to meet the crown prince's cousin and gave gifts to reminisce about the old days.

The Prince's Mansion was originally supposed to be in the palace, but Li Yuanhao ordered someone to build a new Prince's Mansion outside the southeast of the palace, and let the prince move out to live in it. In this way, only Li Yuanhao was the real man in the palace. For what purpose? When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Ye Li Duanyun handed over a name card, asking the gatekeeper to go in and report. The gatekeeper was familiar with Ye Li Duanyun, so he politely asked Ye Li Duanyun and his party to wait , then went in to report.

After a while, the doorman came out and said that the crown prince was waiting in the flower hall and asked Miss Biao to come in to meet him. Ye Li Duanyun praised the doorman and ordered Su Jin and others who were dressed like servants: "Bring the gift in."

Without further ado, Su Jin, Wang Chao and the others raised their arms and moved a big box and followed Yeli Duanyun and walked in. After passing the outer house and the mansion, there was a screen wall, and behind the screen wall was the entrance of the second entrance. The flower hall was in the middle of the second entrance, and just as they walked around the screen wall, they heard a deep voice behind them: "Stop, who are you?"

Everyone stopped and looked around, only to see a middle-aged fat man with a swollen belly standing behind him, his expression was stern, and he was decently dressed, not like a servant.

The doorman who led the way quickly went up to bow and said: "Guan Li, the cousin of the Yeli Tribe came from the grassland and wanted to see His Royal Highness. The villain has already reported to His Royal Highness just now, and His Royal Highness led the villain to take them there..."

"Why didn't you report it to me first?" Manager Li scolded with displeasure.

"How dare the little one not report to Manager Li first, and just now to find you, the little dog said that you are always going to the toilet, how dare the villain disturb you, so you are always respectful, so..."

"Okay, okay." Li Guanshi waved his sleeves impatiently: "You go, I will take them to see His Highness."

The doorman quickly agreed, and left in a hurry. Li Guanshi turned his head and cupped his hands at Ye Li Duanyun, saying: "It turns out that it is Miss Biao, who has been admired for a long time. I am Li Chengxiang. I have just entered the Prince's Mansion as a steward. I am afraid that Miss Biao has never seen me." .”

Ye Li Duanyun said lightly: "How long do you want my servants to stand carrying the boxes? Hurry up and lead the way."

Li Chengxiang saw that Ye Li Duanyun was not pretending, he didn't pay attention to him at all, and he didn't even return the salute, a trace of sullen "color" appeared on his face, he suppressed his anger, squeezed out a smile and said: " Miss Biao, please."

Ye Li Duanyun stepped into the second entrance, Su Jin and the others stepped up to follow, but they heard Guanshi Li say: "Hold on, Miss Biao can enter, and you servants are not allowed to enter the second entrance."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "I bring a gift to His Highness the Crown Prince, and you also stop it?"

Li Guanshi smiled and said: "Of course I don't stop it, but within the second entrance is a restricted area, Miss Biao still thinks this is the mansion of ordinary people? This is the Prince's Mansion, His Highness the Prince is the future emperor, how can you let the servants come in and out casually?" If the things are left here, someone will come and move them away, these brothers, let’s rest in the outer house first.”

Yeli Duanyun stared and said: "Will members of my Yeli family still be unfavorable to the crown prince? What a joke."

Li Guanshi laughed and said: "This is the rule of the Prince's Mansion, why should Miss Biao be annoyed by this matter?"

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Here are all things that the prince's cousin asked me to get him for him. There are porcelains, inkstones, pens and inks, fragrant cakes, plain paper, etc. from the south. Naturally, I want to hand them over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. In your hand, why do you want to stop it? What if someone else takes the box and breaks it? Look at these servants, they have been holding their things away from the car, and they dare not put them down or fall over because they are afraid of being smashed. If something is broken, will you pay for it or should I pay for it?”

Li Guanshi said sternly: "Miss Biao, please take care, outsiders are really not allowed to enter the second entrance, I will order people to carry things carefully, if it is damaged, I will pay for it and the border will be closed every step of the way."

Su Jin suddenly said: "You pay? Can you afford it? You didn't even buy these things when I gave you the money. It wasn't a private businessman from my Yeli tribe who risked his life to smuggle them here at the risk of being beheaded by the Song people. Where are we going? Miss, let’s go back home, when His Royal Highness asks about it in the future, you will say that you were blocked by one of his servants.”

Ye Li Duanyun nodded and said: "Ada, you are right, we rushed to deliver things, but we were interrogated for a long time by a slave. I, Daxia, have been weird recently. Dog slaves have such courage. Isn’t a steward a slave? I see myself as someone else, bah.”

Ye Li Duanyun turned around and left. Su Jin and the others spat on the ground several times and walked out carrying the box. Li Guanshi's face was green and red. Seeing that the situation was not good, he hurried forward and said, "Miss Biao If you are angry, I will lead the way personally, let's go to see His Royal Highness; hey, it's not that I don't understand the rules, I'm also thinking about the safety of the Prince's Mansion."

Ye Li Duanyun scolded: "Do you have dog eyes? I am His Royal Highness's aunt, how can I harm him? You bastard just loves to show off. Today I will teach you to be a good boy. Look at who, believe it or not, I will go to the palace tomorrow to meet my empress aunt, as long as you tell her about this, you will have nothing to eat."

Li Guanshi rolled his eyes, cursing in his heart, with an undiminished smile on his face, saying yes again and again, leading everyone into the second entrance, and went straight to the flower hall.

The prince Ningling, who was about twenty people, had a burly appearance and looked very much like Li Yuanhao. At this moment, he was sitting at the table in the flower hall, lost in thought, when a call from outside the flower hall: "Brother Prince" brought him back to reality from his inexplicable emotions. , with a sincere smile on his face, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Cousin is here! Why did you wait so long?" Brother Ning Ling stretched out his hand to hold Ye Li Duanyun's arm and walked in. Ye Li Duanyun struggled slightly to free his arm, and at the same time glanced at Su Jin with a red face.

Su Jin looked calm, holding the big box like a servant, keeping his eyes straight, as if he hadn't seen it.

"It's not your dog slave who is in charge. I brought gifts, but he refused to let my entourage in. I'm so angry."

Brother Li Ningling didn't care about the situation where he was thrown away, and smiled and said: "If the servant doesn't come in, he won't come in. Why are you angry about this? You really have a childish temper."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "The stewards in the prince's cousin's house are so tyrannical, it seems that we will not be able to come to the door in the future, lest we be humiliated by the slaves."

Brother Li Ningling's face was very unnatural, and he wanted to say something, but he finally let out a sigh to accompany him with a smile: "Cousin, don't be angry, I will apologize to you here, come here, come and take a seat quickly; I stay in the prince's mansion every day, I was suffocated to death, and I hoped that someone would come to see me, but there have been fewer and fewer people coming recently."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "You are the prince, and there are still few people who fawn on you? Don't you have a lot of people?"

Brother Ning Ling sighed and said: "Don't mention it, you won't understand if you tell me, sit down and drink tea, and tell me about the scenery and interesting things on the grassland, I haven't been out for a long time."

Yeli Duanyun nodded and said: "Okay, but my five guys are also tired, can I let them sit down and drink tea?"

Brother Ning Ling frowned and said, "I'll order someone to take them to drink tea and receive their reward."

Yeli Duanyun laughed and said, "They didn't come to drink tea to receive the reward."

Brother Ning Ling was taken aback and said, "Why are you acting weird?"

Ye Li Duanyun looked around and saw the shadows of servants and maids walking back and forth in the front and back of the hall, so he said softly: "Cousin Prince, can we talk in a cleaner place?"

Brother Li Ningling didn't know why, but seeing Ye Li Duanyun's solemn words, he nodded and said: "Go to the study, it's clean there."

Yeli Duanyun nodded slightly, and said loudly: "You guys, move the box into the study, I want my cousin to see the present."

The five people answered vaguely, carried the box on their shoulders, and followed the two of them out of the flower hall to the study room they entered behind. [

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