Chapter 154 Your Majesty
Although I have arrived outside the Yingtai Tower, at this time, I am considering whether to go in, or whether to go in directly. After all, there is an emperor inside, although I am afraid it is not as good as a civilian.
Mu Mu walked to me and said softly to me: "Do you need a notification?"
I thought about it carefully. Although we were here to rescue him at this time, we had no face and different identities. In addition, I was just an alien at this moment. Will I be bombarded with me after I entered rashly? Besides, the situation outside is already like this, and even more so, I feel a little disappointed to think about it.
However, standing outside the door is useless! I focused my eyes on Qin Shou, the imperial minister. He was looking at the lotus flowers in the distance at this time, and did not notice that I was looking at him. But the people under his command hurriedly reminded him, and he hurriedly came forward and said, "What are your instructions?"
"You go in and notify the emperor! Just say that Li Hongzhang has sent someone!" I said.
"Li Hongzhang?" He murmured to himself, but quickly said to his guard: "Go quickly, just say that Li Hongzhang sent someone to see the emperor."
Originally, I planned to let him go in and "reunite" with his former master, but this guy is smart enough to hand over this matter to the people under his command. Seeing this, I didn't say anything. After all, I'm about to see the emperor, so there should be no accidents at this time.
During the waiting period, I asked Qin Shou, "Since the emperor's return, who is responsible for the emperor's diet and daily life?"
"It's the guards stationed here!" Qin Shou replied.
"There are guards living here?" I pointed to the dirty environment around me and said, "Then these people's desire to survive is also strong!"
"Of course not. They lived on the surrounding ships, just because Princess Ortelas sent someone to tell us that you were coming today, so they asked them to withdraw in advance!" Qin Shou replied.
"So that's it!" I said, "Where are they now? I have something to ask them."
"It may take some time for them to come. Let's ask them after seeing the emperor!" Qin Shou said.
Qin Shou's words obviously aroused my suspicion, but I was about to refute Qin Shou's words, and the guards who entered the pavilion came out and said to us: "The emperor said he already knew it, but he told me that he was going to take a nap now and didn't have time to see anyone!"
"What does this mean?" I was thinking to myself: "Is he so angry that I came to save him, but he let me leave it aside. He really treated me as Liu Bei and wanted me to visit the cottage three times! I also wanted to set a fire to see if you can't come out!"
But I can't do this, and Qin Shou has something to hide from me!
"Then wait! Anyway, we have time!" I said.
"This is disrespectful to the guests!" Qin Shou seemed a little panicked at this time and said to his men: "You, go in and tell the emperor again!"
"No need!" I said at this moment, "Since the emperor wants me to wait, then wait! Just so happen, during this period, you will send someone to call me the people who usually guard the emperor here!"
"This! That's not good!" Qin Shou began to sweat on his head. He kept wiping and said to me: "Those people are probably already taking a nap at this time!"
"Take a nap? Learn from the emperor?" I said sarcastically: "I can wait for the emperor to take a nap, but do they want me to wait too?"
After I said this, Qin Shou naturally had nothing to say, so he had to send someone to call those people.
After a while, the few people came, came to me, and saluted. It seemed that they were soldiers of the empire.
"Are you responsible for the emperor's daily life?" I asked.
"Yes! Yes!" said one of them with a relatively burly appearance.
"Who played that chess game?" I asked.
"It was the emperor who played with us. Sometimes the emperor was bored, so he asked us to play chess with him!" said the man.
"It seems that you are still having a leisurely day!" I asked.
"Not either! Sir! There is still a lot of work every day!" he said.
"What job? So busy?" I asked.
"It's the grass around you, and the silt in the surrounding lakes!" he said.
"What's going on with the surrounding environment?" I pointed to the dilapidated environment around me and questioned him.
"We don't have enough manpower! Moreover, we have been cleaning up the mud around us these days and have no time to go..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted roughly by Qin Shou.
"He said it's right! It's been a long time since the silt has been cleaned up here. It's only been a few days since they have spent a lot of energy and time to clear the place. As for the land, there's not enough time..."
"Yes! We are usually busy, so..." the man said.
It can be seen that these guys are in a relationship with Qin Shou, so I asked, "Master Qin is not responsible for this place, why do you know so clearly about the matter here!"
My words made Qin Shou silent, and the guards helped Qin Shou to help him, saying, "Mr. Qin usually pays special attention to our brothers and tells us to work hard and not to slack off, but there is not enough manpower. You know, it is in an extraordinary period now! Therefore, we have to be responsible for the work here!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Qin is really a good official! On weekdays, we must not only shoulder economic recovery work, but also care about ordinary soldiers. We really serve the country and the people! However, don't let the country and the people exist only in form. The weeds here may grow higher than someone's grave grass if they grow!"
After hearing this, Qin Shou naturally apologized and kept saying that his mistake was wrong. I looked at Mu Mu proudly, and Mu Mu was covering her mouth and laughing. As for me, I was also smiling there. However, what we didn't notice was that the emperor was quietly looking at me in the window on the second floor.
"Come in! You two!" The emperor's voice came from the second floor. I looked up and saw a haggard figure there, with his hair scattered, as if he hadn't been cleaned for many days, and his clothes were also messy.
After saying that, the emperor walked back to the room, and we were at the bottom of the building, Mu Mu said to me: "Let's go, go in!"
I greeted Qin Shou and asked him to stay here and wait for us to come out. Without waiting for his agreement, I walked in and left him alone to look at our backs.
When I opened the door, the creaking sound made people feel uncomfortable. The tables on the first floor were enshrined with tablets of the late emperor and incense burners full of ashes. The plates on the table were already empty and there were no clues left. The portraits of several emperors on the walls were still so majestic, although they had not been wiped for a long time. Especially the portraits of Emperor Taizu Wu were vivid.
I was fascinated by staring at the painting, and I didn't notice that the emperor had already walked to us at this time.
"I also like that painting very much! Because you know, in that era, a more chaotic era than today, it was him who built a stable world step by step, and today was the one who suddenly appeared in my ears.
I hurriedly turned around and saw the emperor. At this time, he was wearing light blue clothes and his hair was roughly combed. It was not as messy as before, but it was wet. It seemed that he should have taken a shower before!
"Your Majesty the Emperor!" I pulled Mu Mu and bowed to the emperor, showing my respect. The emperor personally helped us up and said to us: "You two dare to be alone, Jing Yuan is very grateful!"
After saying that, he knelt down and bowed to us.
We were frightened and hurriedly helped the emperor up and said to him: "Your Majesty, it was Lord Li Hongzhang and Lord Li who asked us to come! Lord Li regretted that he could not dissuade His Majesty at the beginning. He told us to rescue His Majesty back!"
"I know, I was really too excited at the beginning and didn't listen to good people's words, so that in today's disaster, the two of you dared to go deep into the tiger's den, and they were actually loyal ministers of the empire. Moreover, in Argentina the day before yesterday, it was the two who promoted the union between the undersea people and us, and they were actually the saviors of all mankind!" said the emperor.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!