However, Zhao Yu had no arrangements for Gao Lishi for the time being. He just asked him and another Xiaohuangmen to serve him, and planned to observe him for a while, and then give him positions and rewards after he officially ascended the throne.
There are rules in the palace. Rushing favors to the lower ones without asking for any reason will only have the opposite effect.
Zhao Yu is still very clear about this.
A night of silence.
On the second day, Zhao Yu left the Black Bird Pavilion and went to the imperial city to meet Empress Dowager Xuande. Before leaving, he took Gao Lishi out of the Black Bird Pavilion on the grounds that they were in line with his wishes.
Now that they have entered Shenjing City, Fan Zhen, who led the Black Wolf Guards, bid farewell to Zhao Yu and led his army to the camp to hand over orders.
Before setting off, Huang Jingming informed Fan Zhen that after the matter was settled, he would take the four hundred Black Wolf Guards back to the capital camp and wait for him to return to the capital.
When the new king takes the throne, he, the general who assists the country and the actual head of the officials, will naturally appear.
Outside the gate of the imperial city, Zhang Xiu and Wang Pu led the convoy to the residence that had been arranged in advance.
Although housing prices in Shenjing are expensive, the price of renting a house is still within the affordability range of most people.
Zhao Yu entered the imperial city under the leadership of a chamberlain and went to Cining Palace to pay a visit to Empress Dowager Xuande.
As a marquis who came to Beijing on the orders of the Queen Mother, he had to meet this middle-aged woman whom he hated so much that he gritted his teeth.
The meeting between the two did not create too many disturbances. Although Empress Dowager Xuande couldn't stand the boy in front of her, she was helpless.
She could indeed find any reason to let her men kill this kid, but doing so would mean that she and Old Man Huang were completely separated.
Even if his side is at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the old man, there are still some basic rules that both the emperor and the queen mother must abide by, otherwise, the Chu Kingdom will be in chaos.
As for Zhao Yu, he had nothing to say about Empress Dowager Xuande, the mastermind behind the murder of his parents, and his questions and answers seemed more like false stories.
The two talked for less than half a stick of incense, and the slightly bored Empress Dowager Xuande found a reason to end the unpleasant meeting.
Zhao Yu stood up to say goodbye to Empress Dowager Xuande, then led by a chamberlain out of Cining Palace and walked towards the imperial study.
As usual, he would stay in the imperial study room for the past few days to keep vigil for Emperor Daxing until the enthronement ceremony began.
"My dear, this Marquis An Guo is too rude."
Seeing Zhao Yu walking away, the eunuch Wang Lin said slightly angrily.
"This kid has old man Huang backing him up, so he naturally doesn't take the Ai family seriously. Huh, I'll have a good harvest from him in the future!"
Queen Mother Xuande raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly.
Just as Zhao Yu disliked Empress Dowager Xuande, Empress Dowager Xuande did not like Zhao Yu at all.
A branch of the clan dared to do this to her, the queen mother, and it was so outrageous!
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Time flies, and several days have passed, and there are only less than three days left before the auspicious day chosen by Qin Tianjian for his enthronement.
This morning.
After experiencing the storm last night, people ushered in a rare sunny day with clear skies and birds flying high.
At the fifth watch, a large number of people preparing to enter the city had gathered in front of the Zhuque Gate, the main gate of Shenjing.
They waited for the city guards to open the city gate so that they could enter the city to do business.
However, as the nearly three-foot-high city gate was pushed open with a harsh "creep" sound, people saw groups of city guards pouring out of the city and driving the people to the official road. Then, one by one, DPRK officials wearing official uniforms appeared in people's sight riding tall horses.
These high-ranking officials, who were rarely seen by ordinary people, dismounted outside the city gate one after another, and then stood in a row at the city gate according to their rank. Each of them looked serious, as if they were going to welcome a certain important person.
"Master Jun, these adults look like this, are they waiting for some big shot?"
Among the crowd, a vendor bravely asked the city guard beside him.
"You don't know?" The city guard tilted his head slightly and said in a low voice, "The General Zhenguo returned to Beijing today, so these adults came out early to wait. You common people can enter the city after the General enters the city. ”
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that the general of the auxiliary country was returning to Beijing. No wonder there was such a big battle, but...
How long will this take?
These ordinary people are not close to any generals. They only care that because of today's incident, they bought a few less goods and earned a few copper coins. When they return home at sunset, they will have to be complained by their own mothers-in-law. A few words.
The sun was rising gradually, and just as some people were waiting impatiently, excited shouts suddenly came from a distance:
"I'm coming!"
A group of common people stretched their heads and looked towards the end of the official road, and saw a group of more than a thousand people and horses surrounded by several vehicles, meandering towards Shenjing.
The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a group of warriors holding high the general's banner, followed by two tall knights on horseback holding two flags painted with green dragons and white tigers. This was a guard of honor given by the emperor himself. .
Behind the dragon and tiger flags are pairs of guards holding swords, shields, bows, arrows, spears and halberds.
Behind the guards, three groups of 600 knights escorted a chariot pulled by four horses and walked slowly towards the crowd.
The chariot is supported by a Jinhua soap-covered umbrella with claws and two feathers on it. The interior is decorated with ivory, which is extremely gorgeous.
This is the chariot of Huang Jingming, the great general of the auxiliary state.
Situ Zhang Kangnian, who was standing at the front of the hundred officials, opened his eyes, led the officials to greet him, and bowed to the chariot driver from a distance.
"We'll welcome the general back to the capital!"
Huang Jingming stood up from the car, cupped his hands towards the officials and said, "My colleagues welcomed me personally outside the city gate. I am very grateful."
After hearing this, all the officials spoke one after another:
"The general's words are serious. The general is the pillar of the country. He eliminates bandits and has done great service to the country. We will come here from now on."
"This is a matter within the lower official's duties, why do I need to say thank you?"
For a moment, the sound of flattery spread everywhere, and the people nearby frowned.
Is this the normally aloof official?
How come this behavior is no different from fawning over the three elders in the village?
Huang Jingming cupped his hands again and said:
"I would like to thank you all for being here. Now that the emperor is buried and the affairs of the court are busy, I would like to ask you to put state affairs first and leave as soon as possible, so as not to delay the livelihood of the people."
As he spoke, he turned his attention to Zhang Kangnian.
"Mr. Situ, why don't you and I ride in the same car and go to the palace to see the late emperor's remains?"
"The general has an order, why should I disobey it?"
Facing everyone's gaze, Zhang Kangnian smiled heartily and got into the car with the help of a warrior.
The convoy set off again, and the officials dispersed. The news of the general's return swept the entire Shenjing City like a storm.
