At the same time, in the courtyard north of the capital, Zhen Qin got into the sedan with the help of a girl after dressing up.
After waiting for several minutes, his unreliable elder brother arrived belatedly, yawning and looking like he hadn't woken up.
It has been two days since they arrived in the capital and they have been waiting to be summoned. Only yesterday afternoon, news came from the palace asking them to enter the palace at noon today.
Although it is noon, in order not to be late, it is natural to start early. For example, it is an hour early now.
"Brother, you should hurry up!" Zhen Qin in the sedan said anxiously.
"Second sister, it takes at most half an hour to get to the imperial city from here, why are you in such a hurry!" Zhen Qi looked tired.
After traveling for more than a month, she never relaxed. After arriving in the capital, Zhen Qi could be said to be singing every night.
There is no curfew in Beijing, so the nightlife is still very rich. Zhen Qi didn't come back until midnight last night.
Zhen Qin said dissatisfiedly: "Let's go quickly... don't keep my aunt waiting!"
After leading the team to set off, Zhen Qi came to the side of the sedan and reminded in a low voice: "Second sister, you need to temper your personality. The palace is not our residence!"
"The princess is so noble, please don't offend her!"
"I know, I know!"
Having said that, Zhen Qin had other ideas.
It was true that she came here to choose an attendant, but what she wanted was to be the sister-in-law of the princess, so being a little angry with her sister-in-law was nothing to her.
Zhen Qin and his party left the house and headed straight towards the palace.
The journey was smooth. Although there were people on the street, there were not many people. Most of them were servants coming and going from various mansions.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."
The shouting and cursing from behind immediately caused a loud and angry sound, and then the sound of rapid horse hooves came.
"Are they frightened?" Zhen Qi looked back.
The accompanying servant replied: "Master, it doesn't look like it!"
It was indeed not the horses that were frightened, but the team behind them was actively slowing down as they approached the Zhen family.
"We are the Japanese envoys, please get out of the way..."
The street is about two feet wide. It is not enough for two teams to run parallel to each other, and it is even more difficult to overtake.
"What about the Japanese envoy? This road is not ours, first come, first served, don't understand?" Zhen Qi cursed angrily.
Previously, Jinling encountered Japanese rebellion, and he and Zhen Qin almost lost their lives, so they naturally had a bad attitude towards the Japanese.
"idiot……"
In the carriage, Okamoto Hideyuan was so angry that he blurted out curses.
Because of Okamoto Masahide's incident, the Ming Dynasty sent officials to Japan and severely scolded the emperor.
This caused the relationship between the emperor and the shogunate to become tense, and the feudal lords everywhere also became restless, forcing the general Hidetoshi Okamoto to send his own brother to come to the Ming Dynasty on the pretext of the Holy Birthday Festival to confess his sins.
It had been five days since they arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and they only received news from the Ministry of Rites yesterday that the emperor would summon them at a quarter past noon today.
Perhaps because of offending the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites did not arrange accommodation for this Japanese group, so Okamoto Hideyoshi and his party lived far away.
Although they got up early, they took many wrong paths because they were unfamiliar with the place and were discriminated against.
Now that he finally entered the inner city, he had another dispute with the Zhen family.
"These Mingren are so uneducated!"
Okamoto Hideyuan was furious, and the anger he had been holding back surged out, and he immediately yelled: "Takamiya-kun, don't worry about them, just rush over!"
"Sir, this is in the Ming Dynasty. Is this so..."
"You despise our country so much, why do you care about those people? Rush over!" Hideyoshi Okamoto said with a dark face.
In Hidetoshi Okamoto's view, as long as he doesn't offend the Ming Dynasty royal family, it's okay to make a few mistakes to get rid of the anger.
"Rush over!"
Okamoto Hideyoshi's entourage were all well-selected from the army. In addition, there were more people than the Zhen family's servants, so it was easy to drive the Zhen family to the roadside.
Zhen Qin, who was sitting in the carriage, was really angry to death. She didn't expect that she could be bullied in the capital.
At this moment, Zhen Qi could only take her domestic slaves to protect the carriage Zhen Qin was riding in, preventing her from being hit by the Japanese barbarians.
After the Japanese left, Zhen Qi came to the carriage and asked in a low voice: "Sister, are you okay?"
Zhen Qin was extremely aggrieved at this moment and replied with a cry: "This matter... I want to tell my aunt and let her punish these barbarians!"
"That's right, that's right!" Zhen Qi was also extremely angry.
After restoring their formation, everyone in the Zhen family hurried forward again, but they did not encounter any more problems.
Let's talk about Okamoto Hideyoshi and his party, after the friction with the Zhen family, they quickly arrived at Yongding Tianjie.
The road becomes wider when you get here. The sky street is about forty to fifty meters wide, so you don't have to worry about traffic jams.
Opening the curtain and looking at the palace wall standing in front of him, Okamoto Hideyuan looked reverie.
Compared to the spacious and neat city of Daimyo, the narrow and messy Kyoto is almost like the countryside, which really makes Okamoto Hideyoshi not proud.
The further inside, passing through tall city walls, and gradually approaching the core of power in the Eastern world, the greater the impact Okamoto Hideyuan received.
He is like this, and the envoys from various places who have come to Beijing recently also have the same psychological experience.
There is no majesty without magnificence. After more than 300 years of construction, Luoyang, the sacred capital, is definitely the most magnificent city in the world.
It is not unusual for people from a small place like Okamoto Hideyoshi to be shocked.
Finally, Okamoto Hideyuan arrived outside the Daming Gate. Further inside was the Imperial City area, and no one could enter on foot unless authorized.
After checking the documents and permission, Okamoto Hideyoshi took only four subordinate officials with him. Under the gaze of the Imperial Guards soldiers, he walked into the palace gate with a low eyebrow.
"The weather in China is really majestic and majestic. It cannot be compared with our country!"
"Without this kind of weather, how could all the allies and subordinate countries be convinced..."
Hearing the discussion of the accompanying officials, Okamoto Hideyoshi couldn't help but said: "Everyone, although the Ming Dynasty is good, it is not our country!"
"Don't forget our mission here!"
After a few people shut up, they followed Hideyoshi Okamoto and slowly rushed towards the direction of the Ministry of Rites. Officials from the Ministry of Rites would take them into the palace.
When they went to the Ministry of Rites to negotiate, the Zhen family also arrived outside the imperial city, and eunuchs had already come to greet them in advance.
"This is the emperor's handwriting. These are all juniors of the concubine. Can they pass it?"
The military attache on duty at the city gate was just a general flag officer, which made him very difficult.
"Father-in-law, please wait a moment. I'm going to ask Master Baihu for instructions!"
Obviously, the Emperor's handwriting doesn't work that way.
This general banner found Baihu, but Baihu did not dare to make the decision casually, so he went to Qianhu with the handwriting.
She thought she could enter the palace, but Zhen Qin was blocked here again, which made her feel uncomfortable again.
Of course, she didn't dare to act recklessly in the important place of the palace, and she could only hold back her resentment.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Qianhu, who was responsible for guarding the Daming Gate, rushed over and personally questioned everyone in the Zhen family before giving the order to let them go.
Of course, not everyone who is allowed to enter is only the two brothers and sisters of the Zhen family.
(End of chapter)
