Douluo blood duke

Chapter 73 Entering the Palace
"Uncle Zhu, why don't you say anything when you come here, so I can pick you up at the door."

Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.

In the living room, Zhu Ming was sipping tea when a childish voice with a little excitement came from outside. He put down his teacup and looked out, only to see Zhang Heng walking in while buttoning the unfastened button around his neck.

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Ming's heart skipped a beat, then he got up and said with a smile, "I also made a sudden idea. Zhu Yun came back in the morning. I heard that you have passed the examination, so I came to see if you came back."

"Ah, that's it."

Zhang Heng blinked, and hurriedly called Zhu Ming to sit down, but Zhu Ming stopped him.

"Don't sit still. Your Majesty told me yesterday that when I see you this time, I will take you directly into the palace. Don't make Your Majesty wait too long. Let's go quickly."

Zhu Ming pulled up Zhang Heng's arm, making a gesture to go out, but Zhang Heng pulled him back.

"Wait, Uncle Zhu, you're in such a hurry, wait a minute, I'm leaving after I have a few words with Sister Mia."

Hearing this, Zhu Ming stopped, let go of his arm, glanced at the anxious Mia behind Zhang Heng, nodded and said, "Well, that's good, I'll wait for you outside the door, you have to hurry up. "

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhu, I'll just say a few words and I'll be out in a while."

"Row."

After nodding again, Zhu Ming turned and left the living room.

After watching his back disappear at the end of the corner, Zhang Heng turned his head and said to Mia: "Sister Mia, let me go alone today, you just stay at home."

"But, master."

"Don't worry, Sister Mia, the palace is not a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, um... well, it may be a tiger's den, but Uncle Dai won't really eat me, so don't worry."

Zhang Heng patted the back of Mia's hand and comforted Mia softly, telling her not to worry too much, then turned and left, and ran out the door.

Going out, getting in the car, the carriage with a large red gauze red letter and black bottom plate hanging on the side quickly galloped up, pulling the two of them towards Baihu Street in the distance.

Royal Palace.

Zhang Heng had been here a few times, and he and Zhu Ming got out of the carriage outside the main gate, and entered inside after being inspected by the guards.

Passing through the tall red tiles and yellow walls, they entered the periphery of the palace.

The palace is divided into inside and outside, and the outer periphery is some magnificent palaces with carved beams and painted buildings. They are neatly arranged, guards are patrolling everywhere, and there is an extraordinary aura everywhere. And this is the decision-making center of the entire Star Luo Empire. People in official uniforms came and went, conveying orders from the emperor to various places.

And their destination is not here.

After bypassing the largest and most magnificent palace where the emperor went to the early court, there was another door in front of them, but the guards at the door were not the guards in black armor, but eunuchs in purple gowns with fair faces .

Seeing the two people approaching, an eunuch in purple shirt was about to step forward, but was held back by a hand behind him.

Before he could turn around, the owner of that hand came to the front, looking at the red robe, the purple shirted eunuch hurriedly lowered his head and returned to his original position, while the red robed eunuch came facing the two of them.

"Oh, Mr. Zhu, I have waited for you. This is Mr. Zhang Heng."

"Old slave Liu has given advice to the young master."

Zhang Heng looked at the red-robed eunuch. He has been here several times, and someone told him what the different clothes of the eunuchs represent before. He has not studied it carefully, but he also knows that the red-robed eunuchs are usually chief executives and the like. , Without thinking too much, he nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and take us to see His Majesty."

"Okay. Let's go here then."

Liu Yi bent over and faced the door with his hands outstretched. He waited for Zhu and Zhang to come to the front before he hurriedly followed him. He lowered his head and smiled while speaking half a step behind Zhu Ming.

Zhang Heng listened for a while, what was it, His Majesty was waiting for you there, how long did he wait, he lost interest, and started to look at the environment around the palace in a blink of an eye.

This inner circle is the place where the emperor and his concubines live. Unlike the outer circle, there are several halls that can’t be seen when you look up. There are flowers and plants everywhere. Along the wall, a big tree with luxuriant branches is planted every few steps. The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, colorful , the more you go inside, the colors in your eyes are ever-changing, and almost no one has the same scenery, which makes people feel refreshed.

Under the leadership of Liu Yi, the three of them did not go to those palaces that were a bit low compared to the surrounding halls, but came to a garden, passed through thousands of flowers, and Zhang Heng saw it from a long distance away. I saw a figure with a bloated figure, dressed in black and white, with a leaping white tiger pattern embroidered on the back.

"Your Majesty, people are coming."

Seeing that figure, Liu Yi quickly walked past Zhang Heng and the others, came to the steps of the small pavilion where the figure was, knelt down and kowtowed and said.

Dai Jue turned around when Zhang Heng and the two stepped forward.

Zhang Heng looked at the middle-aged man with an old complexion, narrow eyes, wide body and fat body. Zhang Heng didn't feel anything when he saw him for the first time, but after setting his eyes on him for a while, He just felt that what was standing in front of him was not a person, but a fierce tiger that could show its fangs and pounce on him at any time.

"His Majesty."

Standing beside him, Zhu Ming bowed his head and bowed his hands slightly. His voice brought Zhang Heng back to his senses, and he hurriedly followed Zhu Ming and bowed his head to salute.

"His Majesty."

Dai Jue's eyes first noticed Liu Yi who was kneeling under the steps, who was closest to him, and he said casually, "Get up."

Then he raised his head to look at Zhu Ming who was speaking, and nodded slightly as a response.

In the end, he focused his eyes on the last voice, standing beside Zhu Ming, looking a little inconspicuous and thin. When his narrow eyes opened, the light flickered.

He walked down the steps of the small pavilion, and after a few orders to Liu Yi who stood up, Liu Yi accepted the order and said yes, turned around and left.

And he came to Zhang Heng, laughed and said: "Xiao Heng, you are back, haha, what is your name, Your Majesty, you used to be called Fatty Dai."

Zhang Heng blushed, and hurriedly said: "I was young and ignorant before, I"

"Okay, okay, you little brat, don't call him Your Majesty, it sounds unfamiliar, call him Uncle Dai."

"Uh, hello, Uncle Dai."

"Well, that's right. Come on, sit down and let uncle take a good look. I haven't seen you for three years. I didn't expect you to be so big."

Under Dai Jue's greeting, the three of them returned to the pavilion and sat down around a round stone table.

Dai Jue took Zhang Heng's hand and asked when he would come back, where he lived, and who was with him, asking all four aspects of basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation, just like an ordinary elder, and Zhang Heng also Relaxed, he knew everything about his questions, and soon, the gazebo was surrounded by the laughter of the two.

"Your Majesty, this is a new cake from the kitchen."

After a while, Liu Yi returned to the gazebo, followed by two little maids carrying plates.

"Well, put it there."

Dai Jue, whose face was full of red light, replied softly.

After the maid put down the plate and left, Dai Jue picked up a piece of pastry and handed it to Zhang Heng, saying, "Little ghost, try it quickly. These servants usually know that I like sweets, and I make pastries with different patterns. You can buy it outside."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Dai."

Zhang Heng took the pastry politely and took a small bite.

"It's so good, do you like it?"

Dai Jue asked with a smile.

Zhang Heng didn't speak, but gave a big thumbs up.

"Just as long as you like it, take some back when you can leave, and when you want to eat, come to the palace again, as much as you want."

After Zhang Heng swallowed what was in his mouth, he nodded and said, "Okay."

After speaking, he stuffed the rest of his hand into his mouth.

And Dai Jue watched him chewing, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"By the way, little devil, I heard that you have completed the third round of assessment of the genius training program yesterday. How are your results?"

"coming."

Zhang Heng's heart froze, he quickly took the tea, took a sip, and after swallowing it, he didn't answer immediately, but asked in surprise, "Uncle Dai, you are also concerned about that assessment."

"Haha, that's a very important plan, how could I not pay attention to it?"

"Oh, my grades are very good, but I don't know how good they are. Anyway, I just passed."

"It's passed, it's good to pass, haha."

"Hey, back then, your father, your uncle Zhu, and I spent a lot of time designing this assessment, especially your father. You may not know that he is the designer of your third round of assessment."

"Ah, is it?"

Zhang Heng looked at Dai Jue with a shocked expression, and blinked.

"Yeah, and I also heard that your father left something for you in the third round of assessment, but I heard last night that the assessment ended early because something happened to the controller of the assessment level. It caused you not to complete all the tests, and you don’t know if it has affected the things your father left you.”

"Xiaoheng, tell Uncle Dai seriously, have you got that thing yet?"

Seeing Dai Jue approaching suddenly, with a very serious face, Zhang Heng subconsciously backed away. After stabilizing his body, his eyes moved back and forth on the faces of Zhu Ming and Dai Jue, who were also looking at him, and finally slightly under their gaze. nodded.

"got it?"

"Ah."

Zhang Heng responded timidly.

Dai Jue sat up straight silently, and Zhu Ming also looked away, and the pavilion fell into silence.

"Haha, it's good to have it. Come on, little devil, this is delicious. I like to eat this better. Try it quickly."

"Ah, okay, I'll wear Uncle myself."

"Okay, do it yourself."

At night, at the gate of the fourth mansion in Zhumeng Lane.

Zhang Heng jumped off the carriage, turned around and said to the carriage, "Uncle Zhu, it's still early, why don't you go into the mansion for tea?"

"No, I still have things to go back to deal with. Xiaoheng, if you encounter any trouble, remember to go to Zhu's mansion or ask someone to come to Zhu's mansion to find me. If there is no trouble, you can come to Zhu's mansion more often. Your godmother misses you very much." of."

"Oh, yes, I will. Say hello to Godmother for me."

"Ah."

Zhang Heng took a few steps back and watched the carriage leave.

"Master."

When the carriage disappeared around the corner, Mia's anxious voice came from behind Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng turned around, and Mia squatted down in front of him, hugged his shoulders, looked up and down for a while, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister Mia, what are you doing?"

"Young Master, are you... Your Majesty okay?"

Mia looked at him hesitantly, and asked with worry in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Uncle Dai is not a monster, he won't eat me, he said, let's see when I will inherit the Duke's throne, tell him, he will hold a succession ceremony for me that will cause a sensation all over the continent .”

"Ah, that's it."

"Well, let's go, let's go in."

"Ok."

The two walked towards the door holding hands.

"Master, have you finished your meal?"

"Eat in the palace, though."

"Sister Mia, I think."

(End of this chapter)