Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 159

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Jun was called up early by Wang Huai'en.

"My lord, it's getting late, it's time to go to court!"

Zhao Jun heard Wang Huai'en's voice in a daze, although he didn't want to, he still resisted his sleepiness and got up.

There is no way, this is no longer Yunzhou County, and it is not me who is in charge here.

In Yunzhou County, as long as he didn't want to get up, the civil and military had to wait for him in the council hall, but now he was not so comfortable.

Fortunately, Wang Huai'en asked Wang Huai'en to wake him up in the morning before going to bed yesterday. Otherwise, how could he wake up when he was already used to the sun?
Today is my first court meeting after returning to Beijing. According to the rules, after reporting to the clan mansion, I have to report to the current emperor at the court meeting on the second day, telling him that I am back!
He was also telling the officials what he meant by the prince's return to the capital, which was called the return of the saint to the capital.

So even if Zhao Jun wanted to sleep again, Zhao Jun forcibly endured it, and it was still important to get down to business.

Under the yawning service of Wang Huai'en and Qing'er, who has long been familiar with his daily life and the same schedule as himself, Zhao Jun quickly put on his prince's crown suit, and the straw sandals on his feet were replaced with cloud patterns. The golden silk shoes, and then took his wat board and put it in his waist, let Wang Huai'en carry the lantern with the two characters of King Yun, and strode out of the mansion.

Instead of taking a carriage, he rode two horses with Wang Huai'en and headed for the outer city gate.

Speaking of this horse, Zhao Jun's snow-white Zhaoye Jade Lion, without a trace of variegation, was brought back by Feiyun Trading Company after going out to sea and traveling to the Western Regions behind the Da Yue Clan's power after spending a lot of money. Maxima.

It is estimated that there is only this horse in the whole Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is the best horse, and it is the same breed as the mount of Zhao Yun, the famous general in the Three Kingdoms in the previous life.

After Zhao Jun got it, he liked it very much, and often rode Liuyun out to hunt.

And Liuyun is the name of this Zhaoye jade lion.

drive!Drive!

Two war horses galloped along the street in the early morning, and there were few people on the street at this time, only the hawkers who got up in twos and threes to sell breakfast had opened, and the rest were only the exhausted benefactors who had just spent the night in the brothel. On the street, people walked weakly towards home.

Passing through this street, we came to Qinglong Street, which is the closest to the outer city gate.

Different from the previous streets, the sky is still gray at the beginning of Yinshi in the morning. Most of the two sides of Qinglong Street are ordinary people's houses, and most of them are still awake. This makes the street almost dark. one slice.

However, as soon as Yinshi arrived, Qinglong Street would be lit up with little sparks, and middle and low-level officials carrying lanterns lit up the entire Qinglong Street like two rows of street lights on Liangche Street.

In foggy weather, you can even see the dreamy lights and shadows in front of you from behind.

And in the middle of the road is the exclusive lane for senior officials by default. Horse-drawn carriages carry high-ranking and middle-ranking officials one after another. They catch up on the sound of the cars creaking all the way, and when they wake up, they have already arrived at the palace gate. outside.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to the previous rules.

There is a clear distinction between officials in vehicles and officials on foot, each walking on its own path.

suddenly!

tap!tap!tap!

A rush of horseshoes sounded from a distance, and it was getting closer. The officials walking on both sides of the road immediately turned their heads and looked around curiously.

Soon the owner of the sound of horseshoes appeared in front of everyone. The snow-white war horse galloped all the way, like a white horse galloping away from everyone, and everyone didn't even have time to see whether the person sitting on the horse was a man or a woman.

And after the white war horse, there was a black horse following closely behind, but this time everyone saw the knight's face clearly.

With a pale face and no beard, dressed in eunuch uniform, he chased after the white horse galloping away.

"My lord! Wait for your servant! The servant is about to catch up!"

The voice of the black knight in the distance reached everyone's ears.

Hearing this, the one riding the white horse in front turned out to be a prince!
The mid-level and low-level officials on both sides immediately started discussing, discussing which prince came to participate in the morning court?
They were discussing nothing here, and Zhao Jun, who was riding the flowing clouds in front of him, rushed to the outer city gate from the vicinity of the clan mansion in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this time, it was almost the fourth quarter of Yin time, and a bunch of officials had gathered outside the outer city gate, waiting for the gate to open.

Zhao Jun and Zhao Jun had just arrived when the city gate opened wide, so they went in without delay.

After entering the inner city, the two continued to gallop straight towards the Forbidden Palace, and the carriages followed closely behind them towards the gate of the Forbidden Palace.

The two rode their horses to less than a mile away from the Forbidden Palace, stopped their horses one after another, then got off their horses, and then led the horses to continue forward.

There is a rule in the inner city that no one is allowed to gallop on a horse within one mile of the Miyagi city, and the guards who violate the rule have the right to take it down on the spot.

Unless you have the emperor's amnesty gold medal and are allowed to ride a horse for a mile in Miyagi and even in the palace, you have to abide by this rule even if you are the prime minister.

Zhao Jun and the two of them naturally did not have the amnesty gold medal, so when they came to the one-mile restricted area, they both got off their horses and walked obediently. The two led the horse and carried the lantern and walked gradually towards the gate of the Forbidden Palace.

After the two of them moved forward for a period of time, the group of officials who followed them just now also arrived in front of the restricted area one after another. With the support of his wife, he carried the white lantern with his official position on it and walked towards the gate of the Forbidden Palace.

As for the carriage, the carriage was left in place, and the horse continued to move forward with the things.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, Zhao Jun's master and servant finally arrived in front of the Forbidden Palace. The time had not yet come, and the gate of the Forbidden Palace was still closed, so they could only wait outside.

Wang Huai'en took out two cakes from the bag hanging on the horse and handed them to Zhao Jun, at the same time he said, "My lord, we will have to wait until Mao Shi Zheng, why don't you hurry up and eat something to fill your belly?"

Zhao Jun was not pretentious either, when he took the pancakes and ate them, he got up a bit late, and came in a hurry before he had time to eat at the mansion.

He is already hungry now.

The first group of officials who were in the car while the two were having a feast finally arrived in front of the Forbidden Palace one after another.

Everyone hung a white lantern with their official position on their horses, and for a while, the front of the Forbidden Palace, which was still a little dark just now, was slightly bright, at least everyone could see each other's face clearly.

Time passed little by little, and the group of officials who were walking soon came to the Forbidden Palace one after another.

Hundreds of white lanterns gathered together, forming the most famous fire city phenomenon before the Forbidden Palace.

Everyone also started to look around for familiar officials and started chatting, waiting for the last moment of Maoshizheng to arrive.

Time passed, and suddenly two carriages drove up to the Forbidden Palace majestically, but the patrolling Forbidden Army turned a blind eye to them.

All the officials gathered in front of the Forbidden Palace were still discussing, but after the arrival of the two carriages, they all stopped talking, and for a moment they could hear needles drop quietly.

Zhao Jun took a look and saw that the two official positions of Prime Minister and Taiwei were written on the lanterns in front of the two carriages.

Now Zhao Jun finally understood why the other party was able to drive here. This is the only two people in the Song Dynasty who have amnesty gold medals!

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(End of this chapter)