Fast Time Travel: Cannon Fodder's Road to Godhood

It was on the way to Dali Temple that I met Tao Hongyi. After he reminded me, I remembered that I was going to court.

After Su Ning became Minister of Dali Temple, he was busy investigating the case and was not in the capital. He really didn't pay attention to the early court of officials for a while.

When entering the court, all the officials would start to play if they had something to do, and listen to it if they had nothing to do.

It mainly talked about the relationship between Beijiang and Dajin, and finalized the marriage between Han Zichen and the princess of Beijiang.

Before going down to court, the emperor called Suning to stop and asked him to follow him to the imperial study to study the law on the scroll from yesterday, and then hand it over to the imperial scholar of the Imperial College for sorting out.

The two of them had just arrived at the Imperial Study Room when someone stopped them outside the door.

The little eunuch lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here to invite you."

Su Xie didn't show a good face: "I have state affairs to deal with, if the queen mother is not feeling well, she can find the imperial doctor herself."

The little eunuch seemed to be promising: "The empress dowager said that the emperor must be invited over."

Su Xie looked at the little eunuch sternly, "Heh, you are quite courageous. Listen to what the queen mother says, but what I say is just falling on your ears!"

The little eunuch panicked and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Wu appeared with Wu Qianyi and said, "Emperor, what are you doing angry with a eunuch? Since you don't come to Ai's palace, Ai's is here. Don't hinder you."

She got the news of the emperor's downfall in Shouning Palace, and she knew that she couldn't invite anyone for the time being, so she could only come here by herself and ask about the maid last night.

The Empress Dowager Wu went to Qianyuan Palace early this morning to stop people, but Sun Zhong, who was blind, only said that the emperor was going to court early, and didn't mention a word about the maid.

Su Xie: "Now that the Empress Dowager is in good health, I won't send you any more."

Empress Dowager Wu raised her brows upside down, dissatisfied: "Why, the emperor wanted to drive me away just after Ai's family arrived?"

Su Xie remained expressionless, and calmly replied: "I just have to deal with what the Queen Mother said."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Wu noticed the man in official uniform next to the emperor.

"Who are you? The Chaozhongai family hasn't seen you yet?" Empress Dowager Wu asked, pointing at Suning.

Su Ning bowed his hands and said: "My minister is Lin Ning, the minister of Dali Temple who just took office."

Empress Dowager Wu nodded, not caring about Lin Ning, and turned to the emperor and said: "Since the emperor has government affairs to deal with, of course the Ai family will not bother you. It's just that the emperor still needs to clarify this matter with the Ai family last night. Regarding the royal bloodline, you must not be sloppy."

"That court lady, I have given her to death, so don't bother the Queen Mother."

"Death?!" The Empress Dowager Wu rarely ignored her gestures, with a look of surprise on her face.

Su Xie looked at Wu Qianyi with an unhappy expression, causing Wu Qianyi to shrink back and hide.

Because of this, Su Xie looked away and said: "It's natural to bump into the holy driver. I hope the Queen Mother will not worry about it in the future. I don't care about what happened yesterday for the Queen Mother's sake. If there is another time, I will be blamed." I don't care about affection. As for the Empress Dowager who wants to choose a concubine for me, I think Yijia Shuhua is pretty good."

Empress Dowager Wu exclaimed again: "What?! You want Yi Shuhua to enter the palace?!"

Wu Qianyi also panicked at the side, the tears fell as soon as she said it.

"Hasn't the queen mother been bothering me about the affairs of the harem? Last time during the Qingming Festival, I think this woman behaves well, which is not bad. As for the title, the queen mother can measure it herself."

Su Xie waved her sleeves, opened the door and entered the imperial study.

Suning followed and saluted the Queen Mother before entering.

"Auntie, what should I do? What is Qianyi going to do? The emperor is going to let Yijiashuhua enter the palace."

Wu Qianyi turned around in a panic, but was stopped by Empress Dowager Wu, and scolded: "It's not that you are useless, but someone enters the palace, it's better than this harem is empty. Now you go home obediently and wait for the Ai family!"

"Aunt~"

Empress Dowager Wu ignored Wu Qianyi's plea, and said to the little eunuch behind her, "You send Qianyi out of the palace."

In this imperial study room, he could clearly hear every move outside.

After Empress Dowager Wu left angrily, Su Ning said with a smile: "The emperor let the newcomer enter the palace, and the empress dowager may still want to interfere."

"Don't worry about her, Yi Shuhua belongs to me, and I control the life and death of the Yi family, she will not turn against her."

Su Xie let Yi Shuhua enter the palace, but also used her as a shield, and both sides took what they needed.Then he said: "I asked you to come today because it is about the child case. If you want to investigate, naturally you can't use your real identity, so I asked the dark guard to make a few false identities."

Having said that, he took out some road guides and visas from the small cabinet under the table. "This is a caravan from Jinzhou in the south. All the money is taken from the token of the Huitong Bank that Shaoqing gave you. Even if someone checks, they will not find any loopholes."

"Weichen understands." Su Ning took Lu Yin.

"Be careful in everything. I will assign some of the hidden guards to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Su Ning smiled, his eyes sparkling.

"The case is almost over, don't worry."

"Wei Chen understands, it's almost over."

After the two finished speaking in code words, Suning went out of the palace to Dali Temple, where Han Zimo and Tao Hongyi were waiting early.

"Ning Ning, here." Seeing Suning, Han Zimo immediately ran forward, handed Suning a booklet and said, "Here is the check list compiled by brother Zixiu, please take a look."

Su Ning took the booklet and flipped through it.The brothels that have appeared in the past ten years can be said to be famous in the capital.

One is Chunyi Building, but since the case of Xiaoqian, many oirans in this building have been poached by another Zuiman Pavilion, and their reputation is not as good as before.

The second is the Zuiman Pavilion, which lives under the Chunyi Building, and the old bustards can't get used to each other, they just wait for the Chunyi Building to lose power, and then they will take over.

The third is the Huanong Hall. This hall is different from the above two. It can also be opened during the day, but during the day it is only for singing, chatting, and boredom. Most of the women are good at playing and singing, and many officials love to come here.

The fourth is Wanghu Tower, which is close to Yanxia Lake in the capital. It is very famous in summer, mainly because the lake is full of peach blossoms, which are bright pink and glowing.

The fifth is Qunfang Garden, which is relatively old. It has been established for the longest time, but the women in it can only be called average.

The sixth is Nanfengyuan, which is specially set up for men who like men. Although there are men in other Goulan, it is only a small restaurant for men.

After looking around, Suning finalized several places.Then he said: "It happens to be fine today, let's go to Hua Nong Pavilion to listen to music. But~"

Speaking of this, he looked Han Zimo and Tao Hongyi back and forth, touched his chin and said, "We can't just go there like this. The disappearance case is very involved, and the people behind the scenes know our identities."

Han Zimo turned around, "Then let's go in disguise?"

"Of course, the emperor has prepared fake identities for us. Afterwards, we are businessmen from Jinzhou in the south. We need to change our appearance now."

After all, he asked the two to wait at the Ruyi Inn.He went to the street to buy some tasteless rouge and gouache, and dressed up the three of them.

Han Zimo is cute and tender, just to create a bit of masculinity, darken the complexion on the face, and make the eyes smaller.

Tao Hongyi is elegant, he thickened his eyebrows, darkened his skin tone, and made it cold.

Su Ning is delicate, so he drew the corners of his eyes upwards to add flair, added some beards, and increased his age by a few years.

"Afterwards, we will use Lu Yinli's address. My name is Su Ning, the eldest son of the Su family caravan in Jinzhou."

Han Zimo said: "Then my name is Su Hao, a descendant of the Su family's offshoot."

Tao Hongyi said: "Su Jin is also a collateral descendant."

Having finalized their identities in this way, the three of them went to the Hua Nong Hall first.

In Lin Shaoqing's booklet, the Huanong Pavilion is located on Beishi Street in the capital, surrounded by high walls to cover the public.

The three were wearing plain clothes, and Han Zimo imitated Lin Shaoqing, holding an expensive sandalwood fan.

Han Zimo saw the elegant decoration on the outside, not the heavy gold and jade of Chunyi Building.He sighed and said: "It feels very different from Chunyi Building here."

"Indeed." Tao Hongyi agreed, the faint sound of playing and singing could be heard from the outside, rather than a lewd... evil sound.

Su Ning: "Go in and have a look."

Just when the three of them entered, there was already a famous woman in plain white clothes in the middle of the hall, kneeling on the ground, playing the piano.

The guests around the tables and chairs all listened to the music with a smile on their faces, without any irregular movements.

"Hello, gentlemen." A man who was serving tea and water beside Zhou stepped forward, saluted and said: "Young masters look very familiar, but this is the first time here. I am in charge here, Mr. Xin."

Su Ning is originally from Lujiang, and he said in a southerner way: "You have good eyes~ We are from Jinzhou. I heard that the Huanong restaurant in Beijing is open early. Can you pick a girl?"

The man smiled slightly and said: "During the day, this hotel is just a place to chat and listen to music. But if you want to listen to music in a private room, you can also."

Han Zimo interrupted impatiently: "Okay, don't talk nonsense. Who is the best singing girl here? Today we will hire her."

"Su Hao!" Suning yelled at the anxious Han Zimo, and said apologetically, "Although my cousin has been to the capital for a few times, he has never seen the world. It's really embarrassing."

Su Ning is like an old hand in this brothel, and he made friends with Mr. Xin as soon as he spoke.

Mr. Xin is also a person who has been hanging around for a long time. Of course, he saw that the clothes of the three of them were expensive, so he invited the three of them to the private room on the third floor to wait.

Su Ning sat down, held a wine glass, took a sip of wine, looked shrewdly at Mr. Xin who was standing at the door, and said, "Mr. Xin, I am not stingy with money. It's just that you don't rely on me to come from Jinzhou. You don't understand the affairs of the capital. Give me an interesting girl."

Mr. Xin laughed and said: "Of course, there are three young masters, so I will invite three girls to sing. If you are not satisfied and want to choose, let them come to me at any time."