The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 504 Take refuge

Now the palace has turned into a sea of ​​white, all the red is covered by white cloth, all the maids and eunuchs are wearing filial piety clothes, and the Qianqing Palace has been dressed up as a white palace.

At this time, the emperor was kneeling next to the body of the Supreme Emperor, guarding the spirit of the Supreme Emperor as a filial son.

And the empress dowager next to her has already cried and passed out several times. She now sees that her last backer has fallen, and she has not left any protection for herself. He knows the enmity between her and the emperor in his heart. What a good end.

And next to the emperor, there are two beauties, one is the emperor's original wife, the current empress, and the other is the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun.

These two people had no relationship with the Supreme Emperor, but in order to show their filial piety, they tried their best to squeeze out tears and howl there.

And the emperor was expressionless, kneeling there with a dazed expression, not knowing whether he was lamenting the death of the Supreme Emperor, or thinking that he would become a puppet from now on and feel sad after living this life.

At this moment, Xia Shouzhong came in from outside the palace and quietly came to the emperor, "Long Live Lord, Jia Ke has arrived at the gate of the palace, and asked the emperor whether he is allowed to come in to pay tribute to the emperor."

As soon as the emperor heard this, a cold light appeared in his eyes. All of his things were caused by Jia Ke. Now the emperor wanted to eat Jia Ke, but when he thought of the soldiers outside the palace gate, he immediately lost his temper.

The emperor took a deep breath, and then said: "Since the Duke of Yan has come back, and he and the emperor are inseparable, please invite him in quickly. And this time, the Duke of Yan must have rushed back, Go and meet him for me."

Xia Shouzhong got the emperor's letter and quietly withdrew from the main hall of Qianqing Palace.Then he took a few young eunuchs and walked quickly to the palace gate.

Jia Ke waited at the gate of the palace for not long before seeing the palace gate wide open and Xia Shouzhong walked out from inside.

The moment Xia Shouzhong opened the palace gate, he saw Jia Ke riding a tall horse waiting at the palace gate.

Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to be negligent, he quickly walked up to Jia Ke, knelt down on one knee and saluted him: "Slave Xia Shouzhong, salute to Duke Yan."

Jia Ke sat on the horse and did not get off, but nodded and said, "Where is the Supreme Emperor stopping now?"

Xia Shouzhong knelt there and said sincerely and fearfully: "If you go back to Lord Yan, according to the previous rules, the Supreme Emperor is in the Qianqing Palace."

"Then you lead the way, and I will see off the Supreme Emperor for the last journey."

After Xia Shouzhong listened, he got up and led the way.However, Jia Ke did not dismount, and Liu Yu, the captain of the personal army, led the horse and followed closely behind Xia Shouzhong.And the thousands of soldiers and horses behind Jia Ke did not stop advancing, but entered the palace with Jia Ke.

Xia Shouzhong looked at Jia Ke like this, although he felt a little dissatisfied, but when he saw the thousands of people behind Jia Ke, he immediately shut his mouth.Silently leading the way for Jia Ke in front.

Just like this, Jia Ke rode a horse and led thousands of people straight into the palace to the square in front of Qianqing Palace.

At this time, people were coming and going in the square, and when they suddenly saw so many troops coming in, they were all frightened and panicked, and hid aside in a panic.

And Jia Ke's army began to form a team on the square of Qianqing Palace. After finishing, the deputy general who led the team came to Jia Ke and knelt down on the ground.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the entire army has been reorganized, please Commander-in-Chief to give you an order."

After Jia Ke finished listening, she said, "Order to seal off the Qianqing Palace and search inside and outside the Qianqing Palace. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

After listening to Jia Ke's order, the deputy general immediately led his people there, and after a while he surrounded the Qianqing Palace tightly, and then he led his people into the Qianqing Palace, and began to search around, fearing that there might be someone among them. What an ambush.

The reason why Jia Ke did this was because he was startled by the emperor, because he was afraid that you would arrange an ambush in the Qianqing Palace, and in the end, he would do it for himself in front of the emperor's spirit. That's why he was so cautious.

Not long after, the deputy general came out from Qianqing Palace.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the generals inside and outside the Qianqing Palace have already checked, and there is no ambush."

Only then did Jia Ke turn over and dismount. As soon as Jia Ke got off the horse, he saw a person running towards him with small steps. The soldiers beside Jia Ke immediately pulled out their knives and stopped the person.

Jia Ke took a closer look, and it turned out that the eunuch Dai Quan, a close confidant of the Supreme Emperor, came.

It was Jia Ke who waved to the soldiers around him, and brought Dai Quan to his side.

As soon as Dai Quan came to Jia Ke's side, he immediately knelt down on the ground, "Your slave, Dai Quan, kowtowed to Duke Yan."

Jia Ke looked at the eunuch in front of her and smiled slightly. The person she had to look up to a few years ago was now kneeling at her feet.

"Eunuch Dai don't need to be more polite."

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Dai Quan dared to get up, and then carefully stood beside Jia Ke and said, "My lord, the Xiande concubine is in Qianqing Palace, and she is guarding the spirit of the Supreme Emperor beside the emperor and empress."

When Jia Ke heard this, she was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that although Concubine Xiande is a noble concubine, but she is one level worse than the empress, how could she stand beside the emperor and guard the spirit of the Supreme Emperor together with the empress.

Dai Quan saw Jia Ke's doubts, and said cautiously: "Before the death of the Supreme Emperor, he made a decree to let the emperor abolish the current empress and make the Empress Xiande the empress. The emperor has already agreed, but the Supreme Emperor passed away too suddenly. Haven't had time to make an order yet."

Jia Ke immediately understood what the Supreme Emperor meant, that he wanted to tie himself down with Jia Yuanchun.If so, he may have miscalculated.

However, Jia Ke felt that before he proclaimed himself emperor, he should temporarily put away his thoughts.

Jia Ke was looking at Dai Quan who kept flattering her beside her. This was to find a home for herself after the death of the Supreme Emperor.I don't need a eunuch yet, even if I do, I won't want someone like Dai Quan, but seeing that I still need some manpower in the palace, I can arrange him next to Jia Yuanchun. Jia Yuanchun will not be in any danger, and it is also very good for Jia Yuanchun.

After thinking about this, Jia Ke asked Dai Quan, "The Supreme Emperor has passed away, where will you work in the future?"

After listening to Jia Ke's question, Dai Quan's face was full of sadness. He was not mourning the death of the Supreme Emperor, but mourning his own future destination.

"If you go back to your father-in-law, I'm afraid that the servants will either go to the mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor to guard the mausoleum, or go to Yanfu Temple (after the eunuchs get old, because there is no one to support them, they usually become monks in Yanfu Temple) to support them." Dai Quan said here He also felt bleak about the rest of his life.

Jia Ke smiled and said, "We haven't reached this point yet, after all we have met each other once. If you don't dislike it, you can become the manager of the Xiande Concubine in the future."

As soon as Dai Quan heard Jia Ke's words, he immediately burst into a smile. The virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun will be crowned as a queen after the funeral of the Supreme Emperor. In addition, there is Jia Ke, a powerful official outside, and the only emperor in the palace is Jia Yuanchun. up.If he can become the chief steward beside her, the eunuch's status in the palace will not drop much.

So Dai Quan quickly knelt down again and kowtowed to Jia Ke non-stop, "Thank you, my servant, I will serve my master with all my heart in the future, and I will never let my grandfather worry about justice."

Jia Ke nodded, and then said: "In that case, come with me to kowtow to the Supreme Emperor."

However, when Jia Ke thought about it, it would not be so easy for the emperor to abolish the queen. After all, the relationship for many years, and the emperor is not a heartless person. In the end, the matter of making Jia Yuanchun the queen may be nothing, but Jia Yuanchun is in The power in the palace will be strengthened.

As soon as Jia Ke finished talking about Dai Quan, he came over to support Jia Ke's arm like a dog, as if he was so weak and needed someone to help him, followed Jia Ke cautiously, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

"Keep an eye on things in the palace. I think our emperor is also stubborn. I don't think it's that easy for our virtuous concubine to become a queen."

Although Jia Ke didn't say anything, it was already a very obvious hint.

Dai Quan is such a clever person. After hearing Jia Ke's words, he already understood Jia Ke's meaning. Besides, if the emperor didn't have Xia Zhi behind him, then let Dai Quan help the emperor deal with the empress. , so that the virtuous concubine of their family can take the lead.

After thinking about it, Dai Quan hurriedly said flatteringly: "I see from my servant's point of view, the empress's health is not good, and she might go away someday. Our virtuous concubine has great fortune, and I think it won't be long before she becomes the empress." .”

After listening to Dai Quan's words, Jia Ke smiled slightly and didn't say anything else, everything was kept silent.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong, who had been waiting at the gate of Qianqing Palace for a long time, couldn't help curling his lips when he saw Dai Quan enter with Jia Ke's arm.I thought in my heart that this Dai Quan would really look for opportunities. As soon as the Supreme Emperor was gone, he found another family.At the same time, I became more vigilant in my heart, this Dai Quan is really not so easy to deal with, it seems that I will have to fight with him in the future palace.

When Jia Ke came to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, thousands of people had already surrounded the Qianqing Palace, and dozens of soldiers followed Jia Ke into the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Jia Ke entered the main hall and saw that the Zi Palace of the Supreme Emperor had been placed.But it's still empty.

Jia Ke didn't understand these rules, so she glanced at Dai Quan next to her, asking what's going on?

Dai Quan hurriedly explained to Jia Ke: "My lord, according to the rules, the Supreme Emperor will take a bath and change clothes on the third day, put on his shroud and enter Zi Palace."

Jia Ke nodded and said, "Then where is the Supreme Emperor parked now?"