The eunuch didn't understand why the emperor would suddenly mention Concubine Lu. You must know that the emperor never wanted to see Concubine Lu and her son. For so many years, ever since the decree was issued to ensure that the use of Concubine Lu and her son would not diminish, they have never asked about it again.
Why did you suddenly think of them today?
The eunuch bowed and racked his brains to recall. He was the emperor's mouthpiece. Since even the emperor didn't care about Concubine Lu and her son, of course he wouldn't pay attention to them on weekdays.
Now that he was suddenly asked about it by the emperor, he realized that he might not have heard anything about Concubine Lu and her son for a long time. The last time I heard anything about them was at the end of last year.
There was no other way, so the eunuch had to carefully look at the emperor's attitude and saw that the emperor did not look angry.
I was slightly certain in my heart, and based on what I heard at the end of last year, I simply explained to the emperor: "In response to the emperor, I haven't heard anything about Mrs. Lu's side, so I should be living very peacefully as before."
Zhu Yunye glanced sideways at the eunuch.
The eunuch seemed to see that the emperor was smiling but not smiling from this look. He was horrified and quickly said, "I will go check it out now."
Facing the smooth gold bricks on the ground, beads of sweat began to appear on the eunuch's forehead. He couldn't help feeling regretful. Why didn't he pay more attention to Mrs. Lu on weekdays?
If I had asked more questions on weekdays, I wouldn't be so embarrassed in front of the emperor today.
"No."
The three faint words made the eunuch feel like he was hearing the sounds of nature.
Zhu Yunye stood up directly and said, "I'll go and see for myself."
The eunuch who was not yet overjoyed suddenly had a strange feeling when he heard this. The emperor actually wanted to visit Concubine Lu? Did he hear it correctly?
Then he saw the emperor's eyes looking at him again, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "Yes, your Majesty, I will go and prepare now."
The palace where Lu's mother and son lived was behind the West Sixth Palace, close to the West Seventh Palace, and almost next to the palace wall. It was the most remote place in the entire Forbidden City.
At the same time, it is the closest to the palace guards, so no movement can escape the eyes of the guards.
Normally, even the palace maids and eunuchs are not willing to come here, because it is easy to be misunderstood by the guards and cause trouble. It is a colder place than the cold palace.
This place is naturally the farthest place from the Qianqing Palace in the entire Forbidden City.
Zhu Yunye sat on the Yuhu, thinking deeply all the way. Suddenly he felt that the Yuhu had stopped, and he frowned and asked displeasedly: "Why did you stop?"
The eunuch quickly leaned against the imperial banquet, stretched his neck, and said, "Go back to the emperor, you have already arrived."
"We're here now?" Zhu Yunye was surprised for a while. He knew how far this distance was, but he felt that he had already arrived not long after he got on the Yushu?
Zhu Yunye stood up with full of doubts, opened the curtain and walked outside Yuzhu and glanced around at the mottled corners of the wall.
"Sure enough, we've arrived."
Seeing the hand that the eunuch stretched out in time, Zhu Yunye took it casually, and was carefully supported by the eunuch and walked down the road.
When I came to the outside of the palace gate, I took a look at the door, which had cracked and warped paint and had not been repainted with new paint. There was a thick layer of dust on the copper nails and rings, and it had obviously not been opened for a long time.
When the eunuch saw such a door, he quickly covered it with his sleeves and robes in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, be careful, this place is very filthy, don't get contaminated by dust."
Zhu Yunye glanced at the eunuch and showed no intention of moving back.
The eunuch could not force the emperor, so he had to scold the eunuch who was about to open the door: "Be careful, let the dust fall on the emperor, we want your heads."
After hearing this, the two teams of eunuchs carefully pushed the door open, and not much dust fell down.
"Greetings to your Majesty, long live my emperor..."
As the door opened, I saw a large number of people kneeling behind the door.
Ms. Lu, dressed in a rich costume, led Zhu Yunwen and the palace maids and eunuchs to crawl on the ground, and the voices of the mountains shouting "Long live the mountains" kept coming.
Continuously.
No matter which palace the emperor wants to visit, eunuchs will inform him in advance so that he can be prepared to welcome him.
When Mrs. Lu heard that the emperor would be coming, she felt happy, thinking that her method of asking Han Jingyun to bring a message worked.
But when she knelt on the ground for a long time without hearing the emperor's "flat body" words, and couldn't help but raise her head and see Zhu Yunye's face full of coldness, she subconsciously shuddered and felt cold all over her body.
Zhu Yunye looked away from Mrs. Lu and looked at Zhu Yunwen, who was still kneeling on the ground with his head down. Although I haven't seen Zhu Yunwen's face yet, judging from his body shape, he has gained a lot of weight over the years.
After swinging his sleeves and robe, Zhu Yunye walked towards the palace.
When passing by Lu and others, he said indifferently: "Get back on your feet."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor..."
After the ceremony was completed, without waiting for the instructions of Lu's mother and son, all the maids and eunuchs dispersed to do whatever they were supposed to do. They would not think that with the emperor's arrival, the Lu family and their son would be able to turn over and they could follow their rapid rise.
Who in the palace doesn't know about the embarrassment of Zhu Yunwen's identity? These palace maids and eunuchs are not fools, so they would not have such thoughts.
On the contrary, they even hoped that the emperor would come to punish Lu's mother and son. In this case, the palace maids and eunuchs can be relieved.
Inside the room, Zhu Yunye sat quietly at the top of the room, with the eunuch and eunuch in charge of rituals guarding him.
Mother Lu and her son stood in front of him, looking awkward and uneasy.
Zhu Yunye's eyes fell on Zhu Yunwen, and he realized that Zhu Yunwen had indeed gained a lot of weight. The face that used to look handsome is now as fat as a big disc and full of greasiness.
Moreover, Zhu Yunwen's eyes were dull from beginning to end, and there was a glimmer of light hanging from the corner of his mouth from time to time. With his round face, he looked like a fool.
Zhu Yunye didn't talk nonsense to them and asked directly: "I heard from my mother that you want to become a vassal state?"
"Ah? I...I..." Zhu Yunwen looked very surprised and at a loss. He didn't know how to answer at all, and quickly looked at his mother and concubine for help.
Lu quickly stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty misunderstood, it was not Yunwen who asked for it, but I went to ask for it from the Queen Mother."
Of course Zhu Yunye knew that it was Lu who asked for the queen mother. He just wanted to ask Zhu Yunwen personally whether the vassalage was his own idea. But he didn't expect that Mrs. Lu could not wait to jump out and want to pick Zhu Yunwen out. This made Zhu Yunye more and more suspicious of whose idea it was to "take the vassal".
Want to take the responsibility on yourself and take out Zhu Yunwen? Did you pick it clean?
Zhu Yunye glanced at Mrs. Lu and kept his thoughts in mind without exposing her.
