latelenovela Chapter 116: Entering the Palace and Being Harassed
Chapter 116: Entering the Palace and Being Harassed
The day after Lu Yu arrived was the welcoming banquet for Hua Danyang and Wuwang. Although the relationship between the Emperor and the Duke's Mansion had reached a freezing point, they still had to put on a show.
In order to show people that he still valued Lu Jingmo very much, the emperor specially sent a eunuch to inform him.
The welcoming banquet starts in the afternoon, but everyone usually arrives at 9 o'clock.
Before the welcoming banquet began, the prince and the concubines received the ladies, officials and young masters who came to the banquet.
Lu Yu and Zhang Feng arrived at 3:00 p.m., making them the latest to arrive.
Because Lu Yu practiced martial arts, he always wore shorts, and originally wanted to wear shorts when entering the palace.
But Zhang Feng stopped her and wanted to dress her up properly.
But Lu Yu felt uncomfortable looking at the dangling pearl hairpin, so she ended up bunting half of her hair on top of her head.
She inserted a jade hairpin to secure her hair, and wore the same teardrop earrings on her earlobes.
She was wearing a light blue corseted long skirt and blue embroidered shoes with pearls.
This outfit was extremely simple, and Zhang Feng's attempts to persuade her were fruitless.
As soon as she entered the palace, Lu Yu's eyes narrowed. Even if she didn't understand the mysterious concept of destiny, she knew that her luck was over just by looking at the palace.
The city walls guarding the capital were so dilapidated, but the buildings in the imperial palace were obviously well maintained, with not a single part broken.
An emperor who does not pay attention to protecting the city walls of the entire capital, but only seeks enjoyment, is a tyrant.
Besides, with so many officials in the court, was there no one to advise them? Or was it useless even if they did?
After walking for about half an hour and still not reaching the destination, Lu Yu became angry because she saw that her aunt's back was soaked with sweat.
"Hey, the palace doesn't look poor, how come there's not even a sedan chair?"
Lu Yu grabbed the young eunuch who was leading the way.
The young eunuch rolled his eyes, looked arrogant, and said with a disdainful tone:
"Those in our palace who can ride in sedan chairs are all ladies with imperial decrees, and they must be of the second rank or above."
He looked at Lu Yu provocatively, "Excuse me, young lady, what rank are you?"
Lu Yu narrowed his eyes and was about to punch him in the head when he was stopped by his aunt.
Zhang Feng pulled Lu Yu behind him and looked directly at the young eunuch, "Since you know that those above the second rank of the imperial edict can ride in a sedan chair, why can't I have one?"
The young eunuch looked at Zhang Feng unscrupulously, and finally slapped his forehead, "Oh, I didn't recognize you as the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion."
He bowed and smiled apologetically, but the smile looked fake no matter how you looked at it.
"I am sorry for my poor eyesight. Please forgive me, Madam." He looked at the road they were going to take and said, "We are almost there. The sedan chair we arranged now won't take us very far. Madam, please take a look..."
"Look at your mother's balls!" Lu Yu could no longer suppress his temper and kicked the young eunuch.
Then he stepped forward again, grabbed him by the collar and threw him out, hitting the wall heavily and falling down.
The first kick hit the young eunuch directly in the heart. He was knocked down and smashed against the wall without uttering a single scream.
Lu Yu walked over and took a look. Oh no, he was kicked to death. She became more and more satisfied with her own strength.
Zhang Feng glanced at the young eunuch and couldn't help but smile and shake his head, without any fear or nervousness.
Because her father-in-law had told her before he left that Lu Yu could do whatever she wanted and he would be responsible for anything that happened, so she shouldn't control Lu Yu too much.
However, the maids following Zhang Feng and Lu Yu were quite frightened.
It didn't matter that there was no guide. Zhang Feng had been to the palace often before and she was familiar with the way. It was just that she didn't know where the palace banquet would be held this time.
This place is a bit desolate. It's a long corridor. I can't ask anyone even if I want to. I can only keep walking forward and ask when I meet someone.
Lu Yu followed Zhang Feng with anger. The little eunuch must have received instructions from someone, otherwise he would never dare to treat his aunt like this.
"Aunt, who is in charge in the harem?"
Zhang Feng slowed down his pace, looked back at her and said, "It's Concubine Chen."
"What about the Queen?"
Zhang Feng resumed his walking speed and said as he walked, "Empress Zheng was poisoned many years ago. Although the poison was cured, her body was completely broken. Now she is relying on medicine to survive."
Zhang Feng paused, covered her lips with her hand and whispered, "There is one medicine among them that Master Zheng paid a large sum of money to my father to buy."
Lu Yu understood instantly. His grandfather once said that the Zheng family were not good people, but this time it helped him again.
Probably because of the saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Concubine Chen is Zhang Yingying, and the male protagonist Hua Shanyang is her son.
The book says that she is the emperor's only love. According to some information she knows herself, this statement is true.
However, Zhang Yingying did not have that much love for the emperor.
It started from when she instigated the emperor to appoint Wuwang as the imperial teacher and persuaded him to build a thirty-three-story tower.
Everything this woman did was to cooperate with the evil monk Wuwang.
Lu Yu thought, could it be that the person this woman really loves is the old guy Wuwang?
Humph, that little eunuch dared to embarrass them like this, it must have been her instruction.
Although there was no evidence, Lu Yu was certain that it was her.
Walking out of the long corridor, Zhang Feng's maid came forward and asked, "Sister, where is the banquet?"
The palace maid was very polite and bowed to Zhang Feng and Lu Yu. "The palace banquet has not started yet. The lords and ladies who are entering the palace will be entertained by the princes and the imperial concubines in Qionghai Palace and Zhaohua Palace respectively."
Zhang Feng nodded. She knew these two places. Qionghai Palace was an empty palace. The reason why it was empty was not because it was a bad palace.
But it was too good, and it would be unfair to give it to any prince.
At this moment, Zhang Feng didn't know that the Qionghai Palace had already had an owner two days ago.
As for Zhaohua Palace, that is where Concubine Chen lives. The luxury inside is so luxurious that even Lu Yu would be amazed when he sees it.
After knowing the place, Zhang Feng took Lu Yu directly to Zhaohua Palace.
It was indeed just as the young eunuch said, and they arrived at Zhaohua Palace in no time.
I could hear the compliments coming from inside even from outside.
Judging from the distance of the sound, these ladies being entertained were probably in the yard.
When the gatekeeper of Zhaohua Palace saw Zhang Feng and Lu Yu, he was surprised and looked behind them.
It is obvious that this gatekeeper knows Zhang Feng, but it is unknown whether he knows Lu Yu.
However, his action of looking back made Lu Yu even more certain that it was Concubine Chen who ordered people to make things difficult for them.
"What are you looking at? Why don't you lead us in?" Lu Yu scolded coldly.
The eunuch was startled and looked at Lu Yu, thinking to himself, this must be General Lu’s youngest daughter Lu Yu. She is just as unruly as the legend says.
I thought so in my heart but didn't dare to show it. I was much smarter than the one who led the way just now.
"Please wait for a moment, Madam and Miss. I will go in and report."
Before Lu Yu could react, Zhang Feng's face changed. For receptions like this before a palace banquet, people usually went in directly.
Because this is a resting point before the palace banquet begins.
As long as someone comes, they will be taken in directly. Why is there any need to inform?
Judging from the situation, after the eunuch reported it, Concubine Chen would not call them in immediately, as this would be humiliating to them.