Agent Abandoned Concubine: Tyrant, beg for favor

Chapter 291 Into the Tiger's Den
During the training of Li Ran, Su Ruoqi constantly strengthened the training intensity, and also increased the punishment measures, so that Li Ran could become stronger faster.

Li Ran didn't complain, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to persevere. He had infinite beliefs in his heart, and these beliefs were also the pillars for him to persist in Su Ruoqi's training.

Seeing Li Ran's hard work and strength, Su Ruoqi was very moved, so he taught and trained Li Ran more seriously and looked forward to him.

The conversation was divided into two parts. On the other side, Xu Zheng disguised himself as Xu Wei, and went to the palace with An Lan and the two to meet the Queen Mother.

The two entered the capital without any haste, but they arrived in the capital before the queen mother took measures.As soon as they entered Beijing, someone went to the palace to report to the Queen Mother.

Less than half a stick of incense had passed before Xu Zheng and An Lan entered Beijing, envoys from the palace came out to greet them. Although they were a little surprised, this was already expected.

After all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, someone from the Empress Dowager probably saw them when they passed the city gate just now, and they went to the palace to report.Perhaps, nothing in Beijing's every move can escape the eyes of the Queen Mother.

The envoy was a close confidant of the Empress Dowager, and he rode in a carriage followed by another.The envoy got off the carriage and saluted Xu Zheng who was Yi Rongcheng Xu Wei. After explaining his intention, he invited Xu Zheng and An Lan to get on the carriage and enter the palace together to meet the Queen Mother.

Xu Zheng also put on the air of an imperial court official. After greeting the envoy sent by the Queen Mother to welcome him, he and An Lan boarded another carriage together.

After getting on the carriage, the carriage rushed to the palace immediately, and the carriage did not stop when entering the palace, only the messenger raised the badge from the queen mother, and the guards let him go without saying a word.

After entering the palace and getting off the carriage, the envoy led Xu Zheng to meet the Queen Mother, while An Lan, as Xu Zheng's attendant, was placed outside the palace to wait.

As soon as Xu Zheng saw the queen mother, he saluted her according to the etiquette.In order to show that she appreciates the attitude of loyal ministers, the Queen Mother hastily let Xu Zheng die.

"Xu Qing's family, you are finally here. Xu Qing is indeed a loyal minister and general of my Great Xia. What I admire most in this palace is your knowledge of current affairs!" The queen mother was sitting on the main hall, her clothes were already wearing a five-clawed golden dragon pattern. .

When Xu Zheng looked up slightly, he could clearly sense the queen mother's ambition. At this moment, he was going to play his cousin Xu Wei, so he replied in a simple and decent way.

"The empress dowager praised it absurdly. It is the duty of a minister to be loyal to Daxia." Xu Zheng showed the temperament of a soldier guarding the border, and bowed slightly to the empress dowager very gracefully.

The queen mother understood what Xu Zheng meant, which meant that his allegiance was only to the Great Xia, and he didn't care that much about who would be the emperor.

"Hahaha, well said! You are worthy of being my great loyal minister of Daxia. This palace admires General Xu's loyalty and bearing very much. He is loyal and responsible to Daxia. He is a model of my Daxia's civil and military officials. I deserve to be rewarded." !"

The queen mother raised her hand, and the eunuch at the side immediately bowed forward, bowed her head and stood beside the queen mother.The Empress Dowager said again: "I draw up the decree of this palace, and reward General Xu Wei with 500 taels of gold in recognition of his loyalty to the country."

"Yes." After taking the order, the eunuch retreated slowly, and went to the back to draw up an order for the queen mother.Although Xu Zheng didn't like being so formal, he had to kowtow to thank him every now and then, but now he was pretending to be Xu Wei after all, and he had to try his best in many things.

After Xu Zheng thanked the Empress Dowager for her kindness, the Empress Dowager said: "Xu Aiqing traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, and the journey must have been exhausting. Let's go down and rest first."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your understanding, and I will leave." Xu Zheng bowed his body and exited the hall. After leaving the hall, he saw An Lan and the envoy sent by the queen mother waiting for him outside the hall.

Because there were so many eyes and ears in the palace, An Lan couldn't easily reveal her identity, so she tried to make herself much more reserved and indifferent.

Seeing Xu Zheng meeting the queen mother, she didn't go up to greet him happily, but just calmly bowed to Xu Zheng, Xu Zheng also nodded slightly and then walked towards the messenger.

The envoy went up to Jishou and said: "General Xu, the Queen Mother ordered the younger one to prepare a residence for you. Please go with me. Don't refuse."

"I never thought that the queen mother would be so considerate of the officials, and I would like to ask the envoy to go back and thank the queen mother for her kindness!" Xu Zheng also nodded in agreement. He knew that the queen mother had made such a thoughtful arrangement, so it is impossible to just simply understand him. Servant.

But since he has already entered the tiger's den, it is necessary to behave submissively, so as to gain the trust of the queen mother and avoid suspicion.

So the two of them followed the envoy to a separate courtyard, where the envoy placed them in the other courtyard, gave them thoughtful instructions on all aspects, and in the end, he also thoughtfully considered their safety issues. Guards were sent around the courtyard.

How meticulous is such a series of measures? It is clearly to prevent them from being monitored like some other!
This was probably the guards they set up to prevent Xu Zheng and the others from having the opportunity to secretly contact Su Ruoqi, and by the way, to monitor whether Xu Zheng and An Lan did anything against the Queen Mother.

Xu Zheng didn't like the feeling of being watched, not to mention An Lan, who was naturally free and easy. Unfortunately, they still endured all this in order to deceive others.

But although this can make the Queen Mother believe that they did not collude with Su Ruoqi to rebel, it is impossible to send the news that the two of them are safe and sound at this time to Su Ruoqi and Xu Wei, reminding them not to act rashly, so as not to cause trouble. Her Majesty's attention.

The two of them are really the target of public criticism here, as long as they make a move, they will definitely be exposed under the eyes of the Queen Mother.If you want to pass on the news without anyone noticing it, you have to think about it for a long time!

Xu Zheng and An Lan discussed what to do, how to send the news without anyone noticing?
The two observed quietly for several days, and finally found a way, which was to use the eunuch who delivered food at noon.

Of course, it was impossible for them to let the eunuch deliver the letter for them, but they could find a way to stun the eunuch, and then disguise himself as him and send the letter quickly.

The two decided to write and seal the letter to be sent to Su Ruoqi immediately, and then only waited for the next day to implement the plan.

Sure enough, the next day, as they expected, Xu Zheng and An Lan successfully knocked out the eunuch who came to deliver the food, and then disguised themselves as eunuchs and found a chance to deliver the letter.

(End of this chapter)