early morning.
Cheng Wanwan got up early and sat in the yard to write the charter.
Regarding the donation of books from Reading Pavilion, she had a little idea in mind. She needed to list the details and then implement them one by one.
Ninglan was grinding on the edge, amazed in her heart. When she first followed An Ren last year, An Ren's handwriting could only be average. Nowadays, his handwriting is getting more and more beautiful, fresh and elegant, flowing and flowing, and has become a bit like everyone's. .
While I was writing, there was a sudden knock on the courtyard door.
Cheng Jia put down the broom and walked over, opened the door, and was startled. He quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "I've met Eunuch Ming!"
"It's really hard to find the place where the Sui'an people live. I walked around a long way to find the entrance." Eunuch Ming walked in with a flick of the long Buddha and bowed his waist slightly, "We would like to pay our respects to the Sui'an people!"
Cheng Wanwan hurriedly put down his brush and stood up to greet him: "Mr. Ming, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why are you here? What's important?"
Mr. Zhang had given her a vaccination before, but he already had a guess in his mind.
"On the Wanshou Festival last year, our family still remembers the birthday gift given by Sui'an people. The emperor has always wanted to summon An people. Unfortunately, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, so it is inconvenient to summon him, so the matter has been shelved." Eunuch Ming said with a smile, "Yesterday at court, the Emperor heard from Mr. Zhang that people from Sui'an had come to Beijing, so he asked our family to invite people from Sui'an to the palace for a briefing. People from Sui'an should quickly prepare to accompany our family to see the emperor."
Cheng Wanwan showed a flattered expression at the right time, nodded and said: "Father-in-law, please wait a moment."
She went in to bathe and burn incense, put on a long brocade dress, and put on a set of red gold headdress, and then came out: "Father-in-law, let's go."
If she had known that she would meet the Holy Spirit in the capital, she should have brought her court clothes with her, but the one she wore now was not bad, and she should not lose the face of a sixth-grade Anren.
In the past two days, Mrs. Qi taught her some palace etiquette, such as how to salute when meeting a very high-ranking adult, how to salute when meeting the concubine and the queen, etc... Just in case, she took Mrs. Qi with her. royal palace.
The mothers-in-law given to her by the emperor were all slaves who had served in the palace for many years. They mainly served the beautiful ladies who had just entered the palace and the concubines of the late emperor who had not passed away. They had no specific masters and no family to worry about, so they were assigned Go to Dahe Village.
After being away for more than a year, Mrs. Qi was deeply moved when she returned to the palace.
These unmarried women would stay in the palace until they were sixty years old, and then leave the palace to take care of their old age. She thought that this would be the case for the rest of her life, but she did not expect that the queen would arrange for her to go to Dahe Village, a distant village. Here, she experienced a different life. Now that she is back, it is like a free bird returning to the cage again.
Eunuch Ming led the way, and the carriage entered the palace and stopped at the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
Mrs. Qi introduced in a low voice from the side: "This is the Gate of Supreme Harmony. You go through this gate to go to court in the morning and enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The big hall behind is the Hall of Zhonghe..."
Cheng Wanwan looked up and saw the huge white jade square, countless stone pillars of dragons, tigers and lions, and the splendid palace, shining in the sun, looking majestic and inviolable.
At this moment, she felt the imperial power.
This is completely different from the feeling of visiting the Forbidden City in my previous life.
"Sui'an people, please come this way."
Eunuch Ming made a gesture and led them through the long palace corridor. After walking for half an hour, they finally arrived at the imperial study.
Eunuch Ming stood at the door and said softly: "Your Majesty, the people from Sui'an have arrived."
A dignified and steady voice came from the room: "Come in."
Cheng Wanwan took a deep breath, stepped over the threshold, lowered her head and walked in. When a pair of yellow boots appeared in her field of vision, she knelt down directly.
Putting his hands on the ground, resting his forehead on the back of his hands, he said in a respectful voice: "My wife, Mrs. Zhao Cheng, bows to the emperor."
"Get up."
The emperor's voice sounded, Cheng Wanwan kowtowed and thanked him, and then he dared to stand up, but he did not dare to raise his head.
She was just a ghost who strayed into this era. She used to be able to talk about the emperors of various dynasties and comment on their merits and demerits. But now, she is among them and feels the intimidation of the imperial power so close. She dare not do it. No slightest hint of contempt.
"Sui'an native, the emperor summoned you because of Asab's matter."
Hearing this voice, Cheng Wanwan realized that Master Zhang was also there, and there was a third person in the imperial study room. She suddenly felt much more relaxed.
She lowered her head and said: "My wife is willing to contribute her modest efforts to the exchanges between Dayu Dynasty and Assab."
"The people of Sui'an really did not disappoint me!" The emperor laughed, "Mrs. Zhao Cheng, I am a little confused as to how you learned the Assab language. I heard from Zhang Aiqing that you had met the Assab people in other places, and We got along very well with that man, and now we have some understanding of the Assab language... But in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Daewoo Dynasty, Assab people have never been allowed to enter the country, how do you know the Assab people?"
Cheng Wanwan suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
She had just thought of a reason to excuse Mr. Zhang before, but she never expected that the Dayu Dynasty would have such a policy. Her lie was self-defeating.
She often walks by the river, and her shoes don't get wet. The first time she overturned and was exposed by the current emperor, she was convinced.
No wonder Master Zhang is only a third-grade person, but the emperor can be the emperor.
Master Zhang suddenly paused.
He had been thinking about the translation before and had not thought about it carefully. Now when he looked back and thought about it, he realized that Sui'an's words were full of loopholes.
The Dayu Dynasty had good relations with nearby small countries and allowed merchants from small countries to enter for business. However, countries such as Asabubani were very powerful and feared that these countries would arrange spies. Therefore, the Dayu Dynasty prohibited ordinary people and merchants from these countries from entering, otherwise Asabu Bu's envoys would not wait obediently outside the borders of Northern Xinjiang. In other words, the people of Sui'an had no chance to meet the people of Assab.
Master Zhang said: "What on earth is going on?"
Fortunately, Cheng Wanwan lowered her head and the expression on her face was not seen. She quickly calmed down and said, "When I went to Nanyang, I did meet a businessman who claimed to be from Assab. She was People on the border of northern Xinjiang moved their families because of occasional wars there, and started doing business everywhere. Her grandmother was an Assab woman, and her father was a farmer in northern Xinjiang, so everyone in their family spoke the Assab language. ...Although the Daewoo Dynasty banned Assab people from entering the country, the farmers who made a living on the border were too poor and miserable to get wives. Many local farmers would intermarry with Assab people because Assab did not ask for a bride price. The custom of bride price..."
Cheng Wanwan's words were half true and half false. She didn't know much about the customs in northern Xinjiang, but she knew that historically, all border villages and towns would intermarry with neighboring small countries. It has become a common rule among the people, and the local government generally also I don't care, there hasn't been any trouble for hundreds of years.
"Your Majesty, this custom does exist." Mr. Zhang said with a cupped hand, "But those Assab people will not leave the border easily. It is very strange for this family to move. The guilty minister will have people investigate the matter."
Cheng Wanwan lowered his head.
Check it, check it, you will never find it in your life, because she made up this family.
