It turned out that Chang Bao had actually seen Lu Chen and the commander of the imperial guards in the distance. Even though Chang Bao was getting older, his skills were there. Even though he was about fifty years old, he was still deaf. Deaf and blind, when he saw Lu Chen coming, Chang Bao actually wanted to avoid him, but he never thought that Lu Chen also saw him and shouted directly at him.
When Lu Chen shouted this, Chang Bao, who originally wanted to pretend not to see it, had no choice but to walk over. Chang Bao was followed by several servants.
These were all servants of the harem, so they didn't know Lu Chen. When Lu Chen called out to Chang Bao so loudly, some of these young eunuchs suddenly became unhappy. Before Chang Bao could speak, he screamed at Lu Chen. Chen shouted: "Who are you? You broke into the palace gate without authorization, and even more so shouted at the Governor?"
The full name of this "governor" is "Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", and he is the top leader of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although he is in charge of the eunuchs and maids in the palace, he is also a fourth-rank official. There are four internal servants under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There are six regular internal servants, and the following five bureaus are in charge, namely, "Yeting Bureau", "Gongwei Bureau", "Xiguan Bureau", "Inner Servant Bureau" and "Inner Palace Bureau". It can be seen that in the palace, this " The power of "Governor" is so great that he can even decide the life and death of those eunuchs and maids with just one word, so how could this little eunuch not find an opportunity to curry favor with Chang Bao.
But just when the little eunuch finished shouting loudly, and even felt a little proud of his own initiative, he suddenly found that the whole scene was terrifyingly quiet. To exaggerate, it was even to the point where you could hear a needle drop. Even Chang Bao's face They were all as black as the bottom of a pot, looking at the little eunuch.
As for the commander of the imperial guards, he looked at the little eunuch with a surprised look on his face. His expression clearly said: "You are really brave! You don't even ask who this is, but you dare to yell and scold him? "
As for Lu Chen, he looked at Chang Bao with a confused look on his face, his expression clearly saying: "What does this mean? I just called you twice, what does this little eunuch mean when he pops out?"
"You will go to the Servant Bureau tomorrow to report, and receive twenty lashes before reporting!" Chang Bao said to the little eunuch with a gloomy face, then flicked his robe sleeves and walked quickly towards Lu Chen, who was so complacent just now that he thought The little eunuch who could win Chang Bao's favor by scolding Lu Chen was stunned on the spot.
"Mr. Lu County, I wonder why you came to the palace at this time?" Chang Bao asked Lu Chen with his hands raised. According to Lu Chen's current rank, unless summoned by the emperor, he is not qualified to directly apply to see Li Yuan. However, Lu Chen's status was very special. Chang Bao knew very well how much Li Yuan favored Lu Chen, so Chang Bao was very polite when he saw Lu Chen.
"Governor Chang, you're polite!" Lu Chen had just heard clearly what the young eunuch called Chang Bao, so Lu Chen thought about it, called Chang Bao tentatively, and at the same time returned the greeting to Chang Bao, "I am I didn’t come here this time, but to bring some green vegetables to His Majesty!" Lu Chen said and waved directly to Liu Jing.
In fact, when Chang Bao came over to greet Lu Chen just now, he saw the two baskets hanging on the horses beside Liu Jing. The fragrance of green vegetables was wafting in the wind, and Chang Bao naturally smelled it.
"Green vegetables?!" Although Chang Bao smelled the aroma of green vegetables, it was winter at this time. Chang Bao still didn't think that Lu Chen could produce such two large baskets of green vegetables. So when he heard Lu Chen say that the two When the big basket was full of green vegetables, my eyes widened in surprise. There were so many green vegetables that you couldn't buy even if you had money during this season.
"Could it be that Duke Lu came here to see His Majesty just to offer green vegetables to His Majesty?" Chang Bao looked at the two big baskets suspiciously, then looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"It's natural!" Lu Chen nodded, "If Governor Chang doesn't believe it, you can go and check it yourself!" Lu Chen pointed directly at the two large baskets, and there were two large baskets covered with oil paper on the left and right. When the basket enters the palace, it will definitely be inspected. It would be easier to let Chang Bao inspect it now.
"Then our family will be offended!" Chang Bao raised his hand to Lu Chen, and then waved to the commander of the guards. The commander of the guards and Chang Bao came to the two big baskets together.
The commander of the imperial guards drew out the sword from his waist and prepared to plunge it into the basket.
"Stop!" Lu Chen hurriedly shouted, "Good guy, if you let this guy stab him with a few knives, wouldn't all these green vegetables be broken?"
"With these few cuts, you will destroy all the green vegetables in the basket!" Lu Chen came to the two of them and lifted up a corner of the oil paper. Chang Bao and the guard commander were both shocked by the green color in their eyes. Lu Chen really brought two big baskets full of green vegetables.
Since they couldn't use a knife, but these were green vegetables, and the two of them couldn't reach out to touch them, they were a little confused for a while and looked at each other.
"What are you two doing there staring at each other? Can I still assassinate His Majesty?" Lu Chen looked at the appearance of these two people and felt funny in his heart. He, Lu Chen, wanted to kill someone in this era. Do you need to get close? Then how did Liu Heitai die?
"County Lord, be careful what you say! Be careful what you say!" As soon as he heard Lu Chen say this casually, the commander of the imperial guard quickly stopped Lu Chen from continuing. As for Chang Bao, he looked at this helplessly. He is a county official who speaks openly.
"Okay! Mr. Lu, you can go in with me! But this horse will definitely not be allowed in!" Chang Bao pointed to the two large baskets on the horse's back and said.
"You can't let me move these green vegetables in, can you?" Lu Chen looked at Chang Bao and asked with a strange look on his face.
"How is that possible!" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Chang Bao laughed. At this time, Chang Bao felt that the county official was sometimes slippery than a loach. He might trick you at some point, and sometimes he would Seems a little silly.
"There are so many people here! How could you let the county man carry such a heavy thing! That would be an insult to the man's status!"
"You two move one!" Chang Bao directly ordered the four little eunuchs. The four little eunuchs came over, each carrying a basket, carrying these green vegetables. Lu Chen said goodbye to the commander of the guards and walked in side by side with Chang Bao. After entering the palace, Liu Jing and Feng Huai naturally stayed outside, guarding the horses.
"Governor Chang, I have something that I don't know about, and I don't know whether I should ask it or not?" Lu Chen, who was walking side by side with Chang Bao, was able to take a good look at the palace this time. Every time he came here, he was in a hurry and went straight to Tai Chi. This time, I was much more leisurely, so I talked to Chang Bao while looking around.
"I wonder if Mr. Lu has anything to ask? If you can tell us, we will tell you the truth. If you can't, we will ask Mr. Lu!" Chang Bao turned to look at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"Actually, it's not a big problem. I just want to ask you what the official position of the governor is?" Lu Chen smiled sheepishly. According to Lu Chen's understanding, aren't all the eunuchs who follow the emperor called "Governor"? "General Manager" or something like that? Chang Bao was actually called "Governor", so Lu Chen was still very curious about this title.
"So that's what happened!" Chang Bao laughed when he heard Lu Chen's question. As he walked, he explained to Lu Chen the whole process of being a "governor" and the scope of his jurisdiction.
"I see! Then in this palace, isn't Governor Chang the leader of one person?" Lu Chen looked at Chang Bao and said with a smile.
"Ouch! My Lord Lu! Please spare me! Be careful what you say! Be careful what you say!" Chang Bao was directly shocked by Lu Chen's words. Good guy Lu Chen said "Below one person" "It scared Chang Bao into a cold sweat. If this spread, it would be fine. Chang Bao even looked around.
"Just talking! Why should Governor Chang be so nervous!" Lu Chen said nonchalantly.
"You don't care, but I do!" Seeing Lu Chen's unconcerned expression, he secretly complained in his heart. Once he entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea. This Duke Lu really thought that everything could be done in this palace. Are you intimidated by the emperor? That was actually a superficial phenomenon. The intrigues in the harem were extremely terrifying. Chang Bao had seen this kind of thing a lot in recent years, and there were also many people who wanted to take his place.
Why do those aristocratic families also send some disciples from their branches to the palace? If there is nothing fishy among them, then they are just bullshit.
"Your Majesty is currently reviewing memorials in the Nuan Pavilion. Mr. Lu is waiting here. Let's go and report to Mr. Lu!" Chang Bao didn't want to stay with Lu Chen for a moment. Who knew that this Lu County What else could Gong say next? Chang Bao raised his hand to Lu Chen and hurriedly entered the Nuan Pavilion.
"Your Majesty!" Chang Bao saluted Li Yuan directly after entering the Nuan Pavilion.
"Huh?" Li Yuan, who was reading the memorial, raised his head and glanced at Chang Bao, "Chang Bao, aren't you going to the Inner Government Bureau? Why did you come back so soon?" Li Yuan was a little surprised that Chang Bao came back so quickly. And his expression is a little weird.
"Your Majesty, I was originally going to the Inner Palace Bureau. On the way, I met Lu Chen, the Duke of Chang'an County, asking for an audience outside the palace!" Chang Bao reported the incident to Li Yuan.
"Oh?" Li Yuan put down the brush in his hand and looked at Chang Bao, "Did Duke Lu really send me two baskets of green vegetables?" Li Yuan asked in surprise.
"My slave has checked it, and it is indeed two large baskets of green vegetables!" Chang Bao nodded in response.
"Then what are you waiting for! Call Lu Chen in quickly!" Li Yuan said excitedly to Chang Bao.
"Yes!" Chang Bao took the order and turned around to look for Lu Chen outside the Nuan Pavilion. When he came out, he saw Lu Chen looking around there with his hands folded!
"Mr. Lu, Your Majesty is letting you in!" Seeing Lu Chen's expression as if he was having fun, Chang Bao felt helpless to complain and could only say helplessly.
