Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 216 Gossip Emperor

This idle man's name is Liu Aming. He is a jack-of-all-trades and relies on one mouth to make his living.

When he saw that Li Xing and the others had mistaken him, he just made the mistake and had a drink. Moreover, these three people were very generous and ordered a table of good food and wine.

After drinking a meal, everyone's voices became louder and louder. Li Xing took the opportunity to ask him: "Brother Liu, what are you doing in front of this house? It's so lively."

Liu Aming looked around, then lowered his voice and told what happened in detail.

It turned out that Emperor Hongguang had no other abilities, and all his power was taken away by Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng. Finally, Shi Kefa, who was dedicated to serving the country, was squeezed out of the court by these two treacherous ministers and went to Yangzhou to supervise the division.

There was no one who opposed them in the court, and they were even more unscrupulous, openly selling their official positions and seizing titles, creating a chaotic atmosphere. There was a lot of noise in the court every day, and the emperor was not taken seriously.

The emperor was also spineless and allowed them to do whatever they wanted, while he himself hid in the palace and liked to watch plays and watch maidens. It was not enough for him to send eunuchs everywhere to draft women.

They also sent people to carry Nian Wang and Nv Ru from the city into the palace at night, and even killed several of them. When the young people in the city heard that he was so powerful, they all fled out of the city and no longer dared to do his business.

He also listened to the Taoist's nonsense and wanted to combine it with the spring medicine. The local officials responded to his wishes and sent people around to collect the toads. After drying them, they extracted the crisp inside and synthesized it into the spring medicine. You see, there is not a single toad left in this city or outside it. Some people have made a fortune by harvesting toads.

At this point, Liu Aming stretched out his head and whispered to Li Xing: "We all call him the Toad Emperor in the city."

Yang Shucheng felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. He didn't want to think that he would end up like this if he went through all the trouble to send Little Fortune King here.

When Liu Aming was drunk, he really told everything he knew. He kept talking about it, saying that the emperor was ignored by Ma Shiying and had no regard for government affairs. He did not go to court every day, but only had fun in the harem.

A few days ago, he summoned several officials from the Ministry of Etiquette and said that there were too few concubines in the palace and they wanted to draft girls. The minister said that there were no beautiful women around the capital like a comb passing by.

Seeing this opportunity, a minister named Yang Yongdong told the emperor that he had a daughter at home who was fifteen years old. She really had the appearance of a flower shy of the moon, and the appearance of a fish and a wild goose, and he was willing to dedicate it to the emperor.

When the emperor heard that she was a little beauty, she was so happy that she decided to send her to the palace tonight.

Yang Yongdong was filled with joy. After returning home, he made arrangements. He hung a lantern in front of the gate and pasted a red word "Happy" to present his daughter to the palace tonight.

Bai Yuyao said angrily: "There are such shameless people in the world!"

Liu Aming scoffed and said with a smile: "How shameless. As long as he contributes tonight, he will be promoted and rich tomorrow."

Bai Yuyao was so angry that she couldn't speak, and said, "Could it be that her daughter is willing!"

"It doesn't matter whether he wants it or not. His father has the final say. She can make the decision."

The four of them chatted and soon got drunk and had dinner. Li Xing said to Liu Aming: "I've finished drinking tonight. Where is your house? I'll visit you again in a few days when I'm free."

When Liu Aming heard that there was still wine to drink, he was quite honest and said: "What's the matter with my family? It's in Quliu Lane. If you ask about me, Liu Aming, no one will know who I am."

This Liu Aming burped from wine and staggered away.

After paying the bill and walking out, it was already getting dark.

Yang Shucheng asked: "General Li, what is your purpose of entertaining Liu Aming?"

Li Xing said to the two of them: "I'm just asking about what happened tonight. You think, this Yang Yongdong offering his daughter must have a lot of followers. Brother Yang, take advantage of the crowd and follow among the servants so that you can sneak into the palace." Go inside."

"That's a good idea."

After the three of them finished eating, they walked slowly towards Yang Yongdong's door without any rush.

Soon we arrived in front of the gate. Sure enough, the lanterns and torches in front of the gate shone like daylight, and the big red lanterns gave off a joyful light.

Many members of the Yang family were already standing in front of the door, and there were many people watching the excitement standing around, all talking quietly. After waiting for a short time, I saw a team coming from far away from the east. It turned out that it was a group of eunuchs carrying a sedan chair to pick them up in person.

Yang Yongdong's face was glowing red, and he was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. The emperor gave him too much face.

When he saw the welcoming team coming, he stretched his sleeves and went to greet them.

The leader of the eunuchs said in a high-pitched voice: "Girl, are you ready?"

Yang Yongdong bowed his waist and lowered his head, saying: "I have already dressed up, so my father-in-law is here."

The father-in-law said: "When the emperor heard that she was a beautiful woman, he became impatient. Please quickly invite the beautiful woman to come out."

"Yes."

Yang Yongdong deliberately bent over and led a group of eunuchs into the door.

After a while, the eunuchs came out carrying the sedan chair.

Walk along the long street towards the palace. Followed by a large group of people watching the fun, laughing and gesticulating, everyone was in high spirits, as if they themselves were going to be promoted and make a fortune.

Walking into an alley, Li Xing stepped forward and pulled the eunuch who was walking at the end. The eunuch was stunned, and Li Xing hurriedly took out a handful of jewelry from his sleeve.

The eunuch was about to scold him, but when he saw the jewels, his eyes shone with pearls, his mouth opened, and he forgot to scold him.

Li Xing pulled him and whispered: "Father-in-law, I want to ask you something. Please come here."

Li Xing pulled him towards the fork in the road. For the sake of the jewelry, the eunuch let him pull him and walked to a dark corner.

Li Xing and Bai Yuyao stepped forward and covered his mouth. Yang Shucheng stepped forward and took off his clothes and put them on himself one by one, just like a little eunuch.

Li Xing and the others controlled the unfortunate eunuch. Yang Shucheng walked out grandly, walked a few steps quickly, and caught up with the eunuchs in the front group.

The moonlight was not very bright, and the other eunuchs didn't notice anything strange behind them, so they kept walking forward.

Soon I arrived in front of the palace gate, which was of course heavily guarded. I saw the same group of eunuchs who had gone out to pick up the bride before, carrying a brand-new sedan chair, and put it into the palace gate without asking.

This group of eunuchs came into the palace and were very familiar with the road, so they kept walking inward.

This was originally the imperial palace in the early Ming Dynasty. Although Emperor Yongle later moved the capital to Beijing, the imperial palace here is still preserved.

Prince Xiaofu was made emperor by several warlords and lived in the original palace. After a little renovation and cleaning, it was still as magnificent and magnificent as ever.

There are many palaces inside, with criss-crossed roads and pavilions. These eunuchs are already familiar with them. This is the first time Yang Shucheng has come in, but he still can't help but look around, hoping to remember the way in and out.

Instead of taking the main hall road, we entered a narrow road to the west and walked about a mile away before arriving at a palace gate with a plaque that read "Hanlu Palace".

There were several eunuchs in front of the palace gate who came to greet her. The team of eunuchs handed over the sedan chair to them and they took it into Hanlu Palace.

The group of eunuchs completed their task and headed back. Yang Shucheng deliberately slowed down his pace. When the group of eunuchs left, Yang Shucheng returned.