Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 789 Concubine Xiao Shu Knows About Wu Meiniang
Entering Chang'an City, this time the Queen no longer covered up, and drove into the palace through the Xuanwu Gate. Wang Ping'an went all the way to the gate and watched the Queen enter.

Wang Pingan waited at Xuanwu Gate for a while, and Xue Rengui, the general of Beiya, ran out. After Queen Wang's phoenix drove in, Xue Rengui pulled Wang Pingan past him and entered the guardhouse.

Wang Pingan knew in his heart that Xue Rengui was thanking himself for nominating him.He helped Xue Rengui up with a smile, and said: "General Xue is being polite, why bother, we people, why are you being so polite, I feel embarrassed!"

Xue Rengui said gratefully: "Master Wang, the young general has been watching the gate in this Xuanwu Gate for many years. This is naturally the reason why the late emperor trusted the young general. If Long En is like this, the young general dares to guard it with all his heart. What a shame. Again, the new dynasty has a new atmosphere, the young general always thinks that he can also go out to lead the army and do more for the country. Last time, because of the expedition, he specially asked the elder grandson."

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "This time, your wish has been fulfilled. With the help of the eldest grandson, you will be able to lead the army to go out. Moreover, this time against the king of rebellion, there will be no defeat. When the imperial edict is issued, General Xue may be able to guard the Mu side, which will be a hundred times more glorious than guarding the Xuanwu Gate now!"

Now is the early Tang Dynasty, not the middle and late Tang Dynasty. The generals guarding the four directions are not very powerful. It is impossible to say that they are more beautiful than those guarding the Xuanwu Gate.However, the generals guarding the Quartet have a great degree of freedom. As long as they are on their own one-acre three-point land, they can do whatever they want. ?

Xue Rengui said with a smile on his face: "That's right. Like in Chang'an City, princes and ministers are all over the street. The young general has to kowtow to everyone when he sees him. If he leaves Chang'an, someone else will salute the young general!"

Wang Pingan laughed twice, and said: "If you say that there are many princes and nobles in Chang'an City, there are really countless. If you are walking on the street, suddenly a tile falls from the world, and the street Accidentally hit ten people, nine of them are princes, and the remaining one is a nobleman, so there are too many people. The tiles are also embarrassing, and no one will feel embarrassed if they don’t hit them!"

Xue Rengui was taken aback, but didn't understand right away, how could one tile hit ten people?After thinking about it for a while, I realized that Wang Ping'an was joking.He hurriedly said: "Who says it's not? If you just salute the princes and nobles, that's all. Sometimes you meet eunuchs who are of higher rank than the young general, and the young general has to salute him. That would be aggrieved!"

Wang Ping'an thought: "There are not many eunuchs who are higher in rank than you. Could it be that Shi Zhongchen came, and you dare not salute him? Do you dare to complain in front of him and see if he beats you? Well, Shi Zhongchen came. A loyal minister won't whip you, he doesn't need to do it himself, he will let you whip yourself!"

Xue Rengui whispered: "President Wang, the young general wants to visit the mansion tonight. I wonder if you are free?" It was quite obvious that he wanted to give Wang Pingan a gift.

Wang Pingan waved his hand and said, "Our own brothers, don't worry if you don't want to visit or not. You are going to go on an expedition, and the expenses will be high. At least you have to prepare armor for your cronies. If you expect Weifu to call you , then you won’t get any good equipment. You save all the money for your subordinates to buy equipment!”

Xue Rengui said embarrassingly: "How can it be done? The young general feels very sorry..."

Wang Pingan patted him on the shoulder, with an expression on his face that I was a benefactor, and said: "The truth is that I trust you very much. After you arrive at the front line, General Xue, you must fight the enemy bravely and make contributions to the country and the emperor. It’s also good for the court to ask for credit for you. When talking about you to others, the truth also has face. After all, are you recommended by the truth?

When Xue Rengui heard it, he was amazed in his heart. No wonder Wang Pingan became the prime minister at such a young age. No one else can say it, only our Wang Xiangye can say it!
Xue Rengui expressed his admiration, and even claimed that he was willing to follow behind Wang Xiangye and work hard.But he was still a little embarrassed, no matter what, he had received such a great benefit from others, so he had to repay it. This is the basic principle of being a human being, and he opened his mouth to talk about the visit again.

Wang Pingan thought for a while, and said: "Forget it before going out, don't go to Zhenxiang's place. Well, if you really have the intention, I can't refuse it. Why don't you go to my place after you come back triumphantly? Let me cleanse you up and celebrate your achievements, what do you think?"

In the officialdom, there is no such thing as a free gift. If Wang Pingan insists on not letting Xue Rengui give him a gift, then things will definitely cause Xue Rengui to panic. Xue Rengui will think wildly. Why does Wang Pingan not want my gift? Why?Maybe it will cause suspicion and create estrangement.So, gifts are not something that you can accept if you don’t want to accept it. When the matter develops to a certain stage, you can’t accept it if you want to.

On the contrary, as soon as Wang Pingan said to let Xue Rengui win the victory, he would visit him again. This means that now I accept gifts from you, but you may not be able to give much. After all, you haven't made a fortune yet, so let's put aside the gift for now. When you come back from the expedition and make a fortune, you can give me gifts, so you can give me more, I am understanding you, this is called doing things first and then collecting money!
Only then did Xue Rengui feel relieved. He was not afraid that Wang Ping'an had a big appetite, but he was afraid that he would lose his appetite. Any general who went to war and returned to the court would have to make a fortune. No matter how big Wang Ping's appetite was, he could still feed him. Hey yourself, then there is an explanation here, and the explanation is not clear, but the most terrible thing!
Xue Rengui immediately said that as long as he can come back alive, the first thing he will do after returning to the court is to sit with Wang Ping'an and chat about family affairs.

After the two were polite, Wang Ping'an also entered the palace. He went directly to the Ganlu Hall to see Li Zhi, and wanted to tell Li Zhi about today's events.

He deliberately walked slowly, reckoning that Queen Wang should have finished speaking with Li Zhi, and left the Ganlu Palace, he asked to meet Li Zhi at about the same time.

As expected, Li Zhi was waiting for him. As soon as he heard Wang Ping'an's arrival, he immediately announced him into the palace.Li Zhi didn't wait for Wang Ping'an to salute, he jumped out from behind the Longshu case, waved his hands and said, "Everyone step down, everyone step down!"

The little eunuchs and maids serving in the palace hurried out, and no one dared to stay.These days, Shi Zhongchen has been in poor health and has not served in the hall, and Shi Aiguo and Mi Xiaomiao are not qualified to be on duty here for a long time, so there is a vacancy for the eunuchs in the Ganlu Hall, which is convenient for Li Zhi and Wang Pingan Discuss things.

Li Zhi ran up to Wang Ping'an and said, "I'm not sick. Just now the queen came and said she wanted to bring Meiniang into the palace. She is trying to figure out a way. It's not for anything else, just to make my life more enjoyable." .Is this true? What can the Queen do? The solution is all in your mind, why didn’t you tell me in advance? Tell me quickly now!”

Wang Pingan listened carefully to what Li Zhi said. In the first half of the sentence, he called himself Zhen, and in the second half, he called himself me. When he took it seriously, and asked himself what he could do in the second half of the sentence, he became anxious.This illustrates a problem, the status of the courtier himself in the emperor's heart is far higher than that of the empress, the married wife!
Wang Ping'an was very happy, he said: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, please sit down quickly, let's talk slowly if we have something to say."

Li Zhi said: "Can I not be in a hurry, I waited for the news so much that I didn't even eat." He held Wang Ping'an's hand and refused to let go, and pulled Wang Ping'an to Long Shu'an, and sat down together.

Wang Pingan said: "It's not that I didn't tell the emperor in advance, but that I came up with the method on the spur of the moment. After I arrived at Ganye Temple, I listened to the advice of the presiding nun, and then I thought of using Mei Niang as a substitute." .”

He told what happened in detail. Empress Wang had already told Li Zhi about the general story, especially about the double.

Li Zhi listened, thought for a while, and said: "Those former concubines didn't recognize Meiniang? This is really strange. It is impossible for Meiniang to know everyone when she was in the palace. She's coming? And that old concubine, why is she talking about the birthmark on her back, if Mei Niang really has a birthmark on her back, wouldn't it be a big deal!"

Wang Pingan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, how can there be no one who doesn't know Wu Meiniang? The key question is, what's the use of recognizing Wu Meiniang, and what benefits can it bring them? There are no benefits, but the disadvantages will come immediately. There is no benefit. Getting up early, there are no benefits but only disadvantages, who is stupid to do such a thing!"

After a pause, he continued: "As for the birthmark that the old concubine pointed out, there is no possibility that there will be a problem. First of all, there is no such big birthmark in a million, and Mei Niang may not have it. Even Mei Niang Even the only one out of the million can still use this birthmark as evidence to say that she is not a former martial artist!"

Li Zhi frowned, thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, he said: "The birthmark that the old concubine said is very important, it can directly prove that this is empty, not that it is not Mei Niang. But what if Mei Niang really has one, so what should I do?"

Of course he knew whether Wu Meiniang had a birthmark, but he didn't understand the birthmark that the old nun brought up. Why did he bring it up?

Wang Pingan cheered up and said: "Your Majesty, think about it. As long as you bring up the birthmark, Meiniang's family will not come out to refute anyway. Since her daughter is dead, how can they bring up sad things again, and I protect them tightly. They won't be questioned either. So it's best to use the birthmark as evidence. As for what if Mei Niang really has a birthmark, then it's not easy to do. Anyway, only those who have seen the birthmark The old nun is alone, as long as she says that the birthmark is different from the ones she's seen before, that's fine. On the contrary, it can lead to some comments, saying that Xiao Wu Meiniang is destined to be with the dead Wu Meiniang."

Li Zhi made a sound, suddenly realized, and said: "This is the same as what you said before, it's so embarrassing, it makes sense!"

Wang Pingan smiled and said, "Yes, to testify, isn't it just the upper lip touching the lower lip!"

"Then, in a few days, the queen will take Mei Niang into the palace and let her copy scriptures in the palace?" Li Zhi asked.When he thought of being able to meet Wu Meiniang in the palace, and it was a fair meeting, he became excited.

Wang Pingan said: "That's natural. It won't take long to do this, at most it will take a month. As long as Mei Niang's hair grows out and her bald head is no longer shining, then she can enter the palace, and the emperor You can also officially confer a title on her, such as Zhaoyi!"

Li Zhi felt itchy, he said: "One month is too long, I can't wait, how about tomorrow... Well, in a few days, let the queen call her into the palace!"

Wang Pingan nodded and smiled: "It depends on the emperor's mood, but it can't be too fast, otherwise there will be rumors and rumors, maybe someone will think of the emperor's visit to Ganye Temple, saying that you have already taken a fancy to Kong Little mistress, in the end the queen brought her into the palace, let's wait for things to cool down."

Li Zhi sat on the dragon couch and couldn't help twisting his body. He wanted to go to Ganye Temple again, and wanted to tell Wu Meiniang the good news himself.He asked: "How can I let things cool down? If I accept a nun as a concubine, this matter will not be cool. There must be people talking about it. I'm afraid that my uncle will intervene. He has always been disgusted with this kind of thing." , I'm afraid it will embarrass Mei Niang!"

Wang Pingan thought: "He would want to embarrass Wu Meiniang, but it's a pity that he is not capable enough."

Before Wang Ping'an could come up with an idea, this time Li Zhi actually came up with an idea himself, he said: "These days I will find more work for him. The matter of opening the city gate day and night is not big enough, why don't I ask him to act on behalf of the emperor?" Military parade, isn’t this going to be an expedition to Liaodong? The government soldiers are gathering, let uncle go to the military parade, preside over the expedition, and make sure he is too busy to care about my affairs.”

Wang Ping'an raised his thumb and said, "Gao, this plan is too high, the emperor is wise."

After the two discussed it, Wang Pingan resigned and left the palace.Before he left the palace, but not far from the Ganlu Hall, he saw a young eunuch coming in front of him.The little eunuch seemed to be waiting for Wang Ping'an, so he ran and bumped over, bent his waist, and said, "Master Wang, the little one is from the palace of Concubine Shu, and I want to ask you a few words according to her order." talk?"

Now that Wang Ping'an and Concubine Xiao Shu are already facing each other clearly, at this time, they can't both end and please both sides.He squinted his eyes and said: "Say something quickly, fart if you have something to say, I'm busy, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"

The little eunuch trembled, okay, he is not big and has a good temper, he said: "Master Wang, you just accompanied the empress out of the palace? But you are going to Ganye Temple?"

Wang Ping'an flicked his sleeves and said, "What did you say? The voice is too low to hear clearly." Pushing the little eunuch away, he said again: "I don't even bother to listen. Go back and tell your lady Xiao, pack up your luggage, and prepare to go. Move in the cold palace!"

The little eunuch was taken aback, and immediately froze.

Wang Ping'an strode away, feeling amused in his heart, let's make a scene, the more fun Xiao Fox makes, the faster Queen Wang moves, the closer the day when Wu Meiniang enters the palace.

(End of this chapter)