my wife is mulan

Zhao Junsheng was sitting by the window on the second floor of a restaurant on the edge of the outer city wall, drinking and eating while observing the traffic on the street below.

When the meal was almost finished, Zhao Junsheng saw a person below walking towards the gate of the outer city wall, and immediately dropped a handful of copper coins and ran downstairs to catch up.

"My father-in-law, wait a moment!" Zhao Junsheng called to stop a young eunuch walking in front.

The young lady stopped listening to the voice and turned around to look at Zhao Junsheng, frowning and asked: "What's the matter with you calling our house? If there is nothing to do, leave quickly, don't delay our family returning to the palace to deliver rouge and powder to your mother!" "

Zhao Junsheng looked at the little eunuch, and saw that he was holding a bottle of high-quality rouge powder in his hand. Looking at the bottle, he knew that it was not an ordinary thing, and it should be worth a lot of money. This little eunuch should be someone close to a certain nobleman in the palace. .

He cupped his hands and said: "Eunuch, Zhao Junsheng is polite! In the palace, there is a fellow villager named Zong Ai, who works by His Majesty's side. I would like to ask my father-in-law to do me a favor and send a message to Zong Ai. It's just a little care, please help me with this no matter what!" After speaking, he handed over a gold cake.

The little eunuch was a little surprised, he didn't take the gold cake, "Are you a fellow villager of your father-in-law?"

"Exactly, we are both fellow countrymen and classmates!"

Looking at the reaction of the little eunuch, Zhao Junsheng felt that he should know Zong Ai.Those who work by the emperor's side, not to mention the eunuchs and maids in the palace, which ministers are not flattering?How could he not even know them?

The little eunuch smiled and said, "So that's it. Your name is Zhao Junsheng, right? You don't need to pass a word. What do you want to say to him?"

"Please tell him, father-in-law, just say that Zhao Junsheng came to Pingcheng and lives in the Xinglong Inn on Dongerfang Street. I want to meet him. I have been at the Xinglong Inn for the past two days. If he is free, he will come!"

"Okay, our family must bring the word to you! Our family name is Jia Zhou, and we work beside Mrs. Helian. If Mr. Zhao sees the father-in-law, please ask him to say something nice for our family in front of the father-in-law!"

It seems that this love should go well in the palace, Zhao Junsheng muttered in his heart, and he immediately agreed: "Definitely, definitely, please accept this little thing, Eunuch Jia. If you don't accept it, I won't accept it." Don't worry!"

Jia Zhou was taken aback, then smiled immediately, picked up the gold cake and put it in his sleeve, cupped his hands, turned and left.

Zhao Junsheng watched Jia Zhou pass through the outer city gate quickly, and he muttered, "Jia Zhou? How is this name familiar?"

Turning around and walking for a while, Zhao Junsheng stopped suddenly. He suddenly remembered who Jia Zhou was, "I said, it seems that Zong An killed Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, his third son Tuoba Han, and the fourth emperor Tuoba Yu in the history books. At that time, there was a confidant eunuch named Jia Zhou by his side. Could it be this little eunuch? The baker, from what Jia Zhou said just now, he should not have become Zong Ai’s confidant. Could it be that I brought the two of them together? of?"

"It's really a crime!" Zhao Junsheng was really speechless, and he met a random person on the street.

An eunuch can meet Jia Zhou, what else can he say?

But he said that Jia Zhou passed the outer city gate and returned to the palace after going through the palace gate inspection.

The Pingcheng Imperial Palace is in an inverted "convex" shape, and the raised area is the Huangcheng District, where the imperial court Shang Province, Menxia Province, Secretary Province, and Zhucao Yamen are all located here.

After passing through the imperial city, Jia Zhou entered the real palace city, which is divided into the front palace and the rear palace.The front palace is the place where the emperor handled important military and political affairs, received foreign envoys, and offered sacrifices. It is divided into the East Palace, the Middle Palace, and the West Palace.

The emperor usually handles important military and political affairs in the East Hall on the southeast side of the Taiji Hall in the Central Palace, and sometimes goes to the opposite West Hall to rest. He usually stays in the Taiji Hall during formal court meetings.

It was just when he arrived at Sishi, Jia Zhou thought that the emperor should be reviewing memorials in the east hall now, so Zong An, who was the emperor's close attendant, should also serve the emperor by his side, so he went directly to find an old eunuch outside the gate of the east hall Ask: "Is the father-in-law here?"

The old eunuch was very vigilant, "Who are you, and which palace are you on duty?"

"Back to Eunuch, the younger one is Jia Zhou who is next to Mrs. Helian, and I have something important to report to Eunuch Zong!"

Seeing that Jia Zhou didn't seem to be lying, the old eunuch ordered: "You wait here, don't wander around!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The old eunuch turned around and went to the gate of the East Hall to look inside, and saw Zong An holding a fly whisk beside the emperor's case, so he winked at Zong An quietly.

Zong Ai saw a figure swaying outside the door, looked up and saw that it was his eunuch, so he turned around and bowed to Tuoba Tao: "Your Majesty, I asked them to bring some refreshments!" After speaking, he retreated out of the east hall.

When he came outside the door, Zong An asked the old eunuch, "What's the matter?"

The old eunuch pointed to Jia Zhou who was not far away: "That brat is called Jia Zhou, who is serving Mrs. Helian. He said he has something important to see you!"

Jia Zhou walked up to Jia Zhou with a straight face, holding his whisk in his arm: "Your name is Jia Zhou? Do you want to see our family?"

"Jia Zhou pays his respects to Zongzhong Cao, the villain does have something important to report to Zhongcao, but..."

Zhongcao is an inner court institution serving the emperor's diet and daily life. It is served by eunuchs, and the chief official is called Zhongcao Supervisor.

Seeing his expression, Zong Ai knew that this matter must be made known to others, so she dismissed the old eunuch.

Only then did Jia Zhou speak: "Just now, the villain went outside the palace to buy rouge powder for Mrs. Helian. On the way back, he met a man. The Xinglong Inn on Dongerfang Street, if you have time, you can go and get together!"

Zong Ai was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words, "What? Brother Zhao came to Pingcheng?"

Chapter 226 The Eunuch's Wife

There are many crises in the palace. The concubines are fighting each other to win favor in front of the emperor, while the eunuchs and maids are scrambling to hug each other and frame each other. If they want to get to the top, they have to step on other people's bones to climb up.

Although Zong Ai has only been here for more than half a year, he has a deep understanding. He was very pleasantly surprised that Zhao Jun was born in Pingcheng, but he did not lose his vigilance, and asked Jia Zhou: "What does the man you see look like? how?"

Jia Zhou described Zhao Junsheng's image in detail, Zong Ai believed that it was Zhao Junsheng, and said to Jia Zhou: "Okay, don't mention this to others, only you and I know about it!"

"Even if Zhongcao doesn't say it, the little one won't say it. Just don't worry Zhongcao!" After finishing speaking, Jia Zhou took out the gold cake Zhao Junsheng gave him from his sleeve, "This is what the young master Zhao gave to the villain." !"

Zong Ai smiled and waved his hand: "Since Brother Zhao gave it to you, you can accept it!"

"Yes, thank you Zhongcao, if there is nothing else, the villain will leave first!"

When it was nightfall, after the check-in, Zong Ai took the badge for entering and exiting the palace, took two confidant eunuchs with him, left the palace through the side door in a carriage, and arrived at the Xinglong Inn half an hour later.

Zhao Junsheng was washing his feet in the guest room when he heard the waiter knock on the door and came in and said, "Guest officer, a few people came in the lobby downstairs, the first one said his surname is Chang, what is his name, he wants to find you, guest officer!"

Zhao Junsheng was shocked: "Surname is Chang? Is it called Chang Wei?"

"That's right, that's Chang Wei!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately wiped his feet with a towel, put on cloth shoes, changed into a clean suit, walked out of the room and went downstairs.

A young man was sitting at a table in the lobby of the inn, and the other two stood behind him. Zhao Junsheng recognized Chang Wei at a glance. This guy's image was a little different from before, his beard had all fallen out, The upper lip and chin are bare, the complexion of the face is fairer, it seems to have been powdered, and a layer of light rouge seems to be applied on the lips.

Zong Ai also saw Zhao Junsheng at this time, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately stood up with a happy face.

Zhao Junsheng stepped forward quickly and laughed and cupped his hands: "Hahaha, Brother Chang, I finally see you!"

Zong Ai cupped his hands: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, brother Zhao seems to be getting stronger and stronger, look at your energy, you have a military atmosphere!"

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "Hey, it's too much to say! Come on, let's sit down and order some small dishes and drinks, and talk while eating!"

Zhao Junsheng was about to ask the waiter to serve food, but was stopped by Zong Ai: "Brother Zhao, don't worry, since you have come to Pingcheng, you are a guest. When you arrive in Pingcheng, it means you have arrived at my brother's territory. Let's go, go to my house , I have ordered people to prepare a banquet!"

"Ah, this is the first time to visit, it's not good to choose it at night time? How about waiting for me to visit the house tomorrow morning?"

Zong Ai pulled Zhao Junsheng's arm: "Brother Zhao, brother, I'm not that particular about it, so I can leave as soon as I say, and I don't need to choose a date or an hour!"

Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to wink at Lu Xuanbo who was going downstairs, and Lu Xuanbo nodded calmly.

Sitting in Zong Ai's carriage, he got out of the car when he got to the land and took a look. Zong Ai's house was a decent house, not too big, but it contained everything.

"Husband is back?" A woman in her 20s came out of the room. She had a very beautiful appearance, a good figure, and was very well-dressed. In Zhao Junsheng's opinion, she should have read some books. .