In the southern suburbs, a gorgeous carriage was driving slowly.
In the carriage were the Emperor and Concubine Hua, who had changed into regular clothes.
The old couple sat looking at each other, and the Supreme Emperor looked out the window at the night, filled with emotion.
"I have not left the palace for half a year."
Concubine Hua, who was wearing a gauze skirt and a veil, said angrily: "If you want to leave the palace, you can leave at will. Just by saying this, it's like You'er is putting you under house arrest."
"Nonsense, that bastard wants me to play around all day long."
Concubine Hua reminded: "Remember to call yourself master, don't let your identity be discovered and cause trouble for Youer."
"It's just you and me in this carriage, who can listen?"
After closing the curtains of the carriage, the tall Emperor felt a little aggrieved. He couldn't sit up straight and had to bend over.
"It's strange. A few days ago, You'er asked me what the auction house meant. He said he wanted to leave the palace today to see the excitement. I don't know why. Today I asked Sun Ping to look for him, but he couldn't tell me."
"It must be a state matter. You'er has always been prudent. He doesn't want to leave the palace when he reviews memorials and handles government affairs."
"Indeed." The Supreme Emperor rubbed his brows: "I heard from Sun Ping that it seemed that due to family matters, when he went to Jingyi Hall, You'er was summoning Nangong Xi, Wei Changfeng, and Zhai Xiu. Sun Ping listened vaguely. What aristocratic family and school thing."
Concubine Hua handed the Emperor a piece of pastry and said with a smile: "You have already abdicated, so don't worry about it. Just let Youer do it."
"good."
The Supreme Emperor sat next to Concubine Hua with his butt sticking out. He smiled and took out a tube of skin care lotion from his sleeve: "My dear concubine, I think your neck is a little dry. Why don't I..."
Concubine Hua gave the emperor a hard squeeze on his thigh and gave the old pervert a blank look, just as the carriage stopped.
Sun Ping's voice came from outside: "Master, Second Madam, we have arrived in the southern suburbs."
The Supreme Emperor put away the bamboo tube, bent down and walked out.
The old couple came out of the palace without any guards, just a eunuch Sun Ping who dressed as a butler and also served as a coachman.
The Supreme Emperor got off the carriage first and was helped down by Concubine Hua. The two of them turned around and looked at each other with suspicion on their faces.
According to what Chu Qing said before, this place should be very lively, with courtiers and merchants coming.
But looking around, there is a large shed, which is empty. It is filled with tables, chairs and benches. There is also a high platform set up in the innermost part. There are also people, but they are all ordinary people in short clothes, carrying heavy clothes one by one. The wooden box was carried in.
Two people walked quickly from a distance, it was Chang Xian and Nangong Ping.
Changxian's face was full of surprise: "Grandpa Huang, you are here."
When Nangong Ping saw that no one was looking around, he knelt down and said, "Student Nangong Ping, I have met the Supreme Emperor and Concubine Hua."
The Supreme Emperor touched Changxian's head lovingly, and then looked at Nangong Ping: "Nangong... Nangong Xi, who are you?"
"It's uncle."
"It turns out that she is the queen of a famous family." The Supreme Emperor smiled slightly: "No need to be polite, just stay calm."
After Nangong Ping stood up, the Supreme Emperor took Chang Xian's hand: "Let's go, take me to have a look."
Or it could be that they were related by another generation. Even if there was an accident in the palace, the Supreme Emperor just gave Chang Xian a hard whip.
Although Chang Lao'er didn't get out of bed for more than half a month, after being beaten once, the Supreme Emperor still doted on Chang Lao'er.
Originally, the emperor wanted to beat him up, and he was still carrying a stick. At that time, it seemed that he was thinking of deleting his account and practicing again, but in the end the emperor dissuaded him.
The old man was very open-minded. He was born in the royal palace and grew up in the army. Now he has become the son and grandson of a dragon. It is human nature to have bad thoughts. Throughout the Chang Dynasty, the princes fought for the supreme dragon throne. Which one? It wasn't that Chang Xian had gone out of his way to punish his brothers to death, Chang Xian just made a mistake that all princes should make.
However, the Supreme Emperor and Changxian reached an "agreement". Next time, they will be thrown to the border and will wait for ten years before they can go to the fiefdom.
The old man's thinking was quite advanced. Many parents in later generations were like this and couldn't control them anymore. When they thought about it, they thought, just pull them down and join the army as soldiers.
The four of them walked to the greenhouse, and Concubine Hua suddenly said: "I heard from Sun Ping that Chu Qing's fiefdom is a banker's house, and it is full of refugees?"
Nangong Ping responded: "That's what I said to you."
"This child is kind-hearted. He placed the refugees in his fiefdom." Concubine Hua looked at Changxian and asked, "Xian'er, why are there so many people here, but we came early?"
Changxian laughed dryly: "Master Chu changed the time temporarily, there is still one hour left."
Chang Lao Er knew the inside story and knew that Chu Qing was going to use strong methods to kidnap all the merchants, but he did not dare to say this in advance for fear that the Emperor would not be happy.
When the Supreme Emperor saw that there was nothing to visit in the greenhouse, he became interested and said, "Let's go, take me to Chu Qing's village."
In this way, the four people walked towards Zhuangzi in the southern suburbs not far away.
The Supreme Emperor was quite funny, as if he understood the sentiments of the people. After entering Zhuangzi, he put his hands behind his back and smiled. He showed great interest in the unique dormitory building and asked about the construction time and so on.
The Emperor was very satisfied: "It uses less materials and costs less. If this house is built at the border, the soldiers can sleep peacefully."
Because of these words, Nangong Ping, who was following behind, took a deep look at the Supreme Emperor.
Although he was not an official, his uncle was Nangong Xi after all, so Nangong Ping knew that the Supreme Emperor's abdication was not due to his health failure, but for many other reasons.
For such an emperor who was not greedy for the throne, Nangong Ping admired him from the bottom of his heart. Because of these words, he finally understood why the emperor abdicated.
As his uncle Nangong Xi said, the Supreme Emperor is an unparalleled general. Such a general can open up new territories, but he may not be able to govern the world. He abdicated the throne and passed the throne to Huang Laosi, which was a blessing to the world and a blessing to the people.
After wandering around for a while, I ate a big pot of rice and a meal of braised pork with the refugees. The Emperor was so happy that he couldn't even see his teeth.
The Supreme Emperor was tired of eating all the delicacies in the palace. He and a group of old men ate around a big iron pot, blowing nonsense from all over the world, which actually made the Supreme Emperor feel good.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the four of them also walked back.
When I saw the greenhouse, military horses galloped over.
The Supreme Emperor took a closer look, with confusion on his face.
They were all riding two horses. The knight controlling the horse was Tan Ma from the Thousand Cavalry Camp. The people sitting behind them were all disheveled or bruised and bruised businessmen from the capital.
The Supreme Emperor pointed at the trembling merchants and asked, "What's going on?"
Changxian looked slightly embarrassed: "Merchant, the merchant kidnapped by Master Chu."
"Abducted?" Concubine Hua looked shocked: "How could Chu Qing be so reckless, and why did he kidnap them?"
"Cheating them out of their money."
"How can this Chu Qing be so stupid?" The Supreme Emperor scolded with an angry look: "Since you dare to kidnap them, why bother to do this? Just think of an excuse to raid their mansion in the capital. , it’s really unnecessary.”
Nangong Ping on the side was stunned.
He finally understood why the Supreme Emperor admired Chu Qing so much. Emotions were shared by everyone.
