Chapter 0055 Urgent Summoning
Guangming Hall was the imperial study of Dugu Qian, the emperor of the Dayue Dynasty.
The Hall of Light looks plain, neither grand nor majestic, and is not conspicuous .
In fact, it is the result of the wisdom of countless skilled craftsmen.
The caisson of Guangming Hall is inlaid with nine luminous pearls, which magnify the light of the pearls dozens of times, making the hall as bright as day at night.
Inside the Hall of Light, it is difficult to tell the difference between day and darkness.
Dozens of Forbidden Palace guards surrounded the palace tightly, with three layers inside and three layers outside, making it really difficult for even a flying insect to get in .
The floor of the hall is paved with golden bricks, and a dragon table stands in the center.
Three meters north of the dragon table, there stands a huge screen, two meters high and ten meters long, with a picture of mountains, rivers and the country painted on it, and each person's name is written on the picture.
The burly Dugu Qian was reviewing memorials behind the dragon desk, and a thin old eunuch was standing beside the desk.
The old eunuch had an ordinary appearance, thin lips, a sparse goatee, and sharp, intimidating eyes.
Dugu Qian, as the emperor of Dayue Dynasty, was in his prime at the age of sixty.
He had a handsome face and heroic looks, and a cold light flashed when his eyes opened and closed, showing his profound martial arts skills.
As the emperor of the Dayue Dynasty, Dugu Qian is also a master at the Grandmaster level, and he can hear the sound of a fly falling within ten feet.
He suddenly looked up: "Lu Zhang, go and bring Ming'er in."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Lu Zhang bowed and agreed.
He flicked his whisk and stepped out of the hall, striding quickly without touching the ground, and arrived at the Gate of Light two hundred meters away.
In front of the Guangming Gate, Dugu Shuming was blocked by the Forbidden Palace guards and could not enter. Her face was as gloomy as water, making the guards around her dare not breathe.
But even though Dugu Shuming was so imposing that the air seemed to freeze, they still didn't dare to let her in without permission.
Lu Zhang stepped out of the Gate of Light, wearing a scarlet robe, and swung a silver-threaded jade-handled whisk. He forced a smile on his stern face: "Your Highness, His Majesty invites you."
Dugu Shuming clasped his fists and said calmly, "Thank you, Eunuch Lu."
"It is the duty of an old minister." Lu Zhang bowed and asked.
Dugu Shuming walked gracefully like flowing clouds and running water, and soon arrived outside the Guangming Palace and lifted the curtain to go in.
Dugu Qian happened to look up and met Dugu Shuming's cold gaze.
Dugu Qian smiled and waved: "Ming'er, it's rare for you to come to see me. You are such a rare guest."
Dugu Shuming came to the dragon case and said coldly, "Father is very busy with all kinds of affairs. I, as a daughter, dare not disturb him without permission."
"You don't come here for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Mom's illness is getting worse."
"Alas..." Dugu Qian stood up, walked to the dragon table with his hands behind his back and paced: "She suffered, what a pity..."
He shook his head: "The Lord of Qingwei Mountain and the Lord of Daxue Mountain have both come to see us and said that they can do nothing about it. This is fate!... Ming'er, you should be more open-minded and stop being so miserable and blaming the heavens and the earth all day long."
"They are deliberately shirking responsibility!" Dugu Shuming said coldly.
"Even if I knew, what can I do to them?" Dugu Qian shook his head: "I can't force them to stay in the palace to heal your mother's injuries, right?"
"The price is just not enough." Dugu Shuming said calmly.
Dugu Qian's face darkened and he frowned, "Are you blaming me?"
"Father, I have a candidate who may be able to save mother."
"who?"
"Li Chengkong, the eunuch who grows vegetables in Xiaoling Mausoleum, has mastered the Taisu Imperial Star Technique of the Taisu Palace, which can suppress the Red Sun True Fire."
"Li Chengkong, the eunuch who grows vegetables in Xiaoling Mausoleum..." Dugu Qian frowned and pondered, as if he had heard of this name before.
Then he remembered and frowned, "You want him to come to the palace to heal your mother's injuries?"
"Yes." Dugu Shuming nodded: "Father, you should know him, right?"
Qin Tiannan must have reported Li Chengkong.
The Patrol Guards have the power to hear directly from the Emperor. Once Qin Tiannan writes a secret memorial to the Emperor, the memorial can bypass the Cabinet and the Ministry of Justice and go directly to the Emperor's desk.
"Yes." Dugu Qian nodded: "It is said that his talent is hard to find in the world and rare in ancient and modern times. When did Qin Tiannan become so boastful and claim to be the best!"
"Father, can you transfer him over?" Dugu Shuming asked.
She doesn't care about Li Chengkong's talent now, she only cares about whether he can suppress the Red Sun True Fire and save his mother.
"The Xiaoling Mausoleum is not allowed to be planted with vegetables." Dugu Qian shook his head and said, "This is the ancestral rule and cannot be violated."
"Even if it's to save mother, it's not possible?" Dugu Shuming stared at him.
Dugu Qian sighed, "Not to mention your mother, even if it's me, I can't violate the ancestral rules for this."
Even as an emperor, one cannot do whatever he wants. Rules must not be violated, otherwise it will shake people's hearts, damage his majesty, and destabilize the country.
Dugu Shuming stared at him coldly, feeling extremely chilled.
In my father's eyes, the country and the people are the most important. Everyone, no matter if they are concubines or princes, must stand aside in front of the country and the people.
"Father, I have an idea." Dugu Shuming said, "He can keep his position as the eunuch who grows vegetables in Xiaoling Mausoleum and be transferred here temporarily. When mother recovers from her illness, he can be sent back. This doesn't count as a transfer, right?"
"... Well, this is not against the ancestral rules." Dugu Qian nodded slowly and smiled: "Ming'er, you really have a good brain!"
Dugu Shuming smiled sweetly: "Your Majesty, thank you for the compliment. Please call him over."
He had Li Chengkong, who had swept the Dongyang Gate, punished by being sent to the Xiaoling Mausoleum with just one sentence. It was because at that time Li Chengkong had no rank or class, and was in the Bell and Drum Department, the lowest of the twenty-four yamen. But it is not possible now.
Without the emperor's order, no one can mobilize the personnel of the Shrine Palace.
Dugu Qian said in a deep voice: "Lu Zhang!"
Lu Zhang was like invisible before, but now he took a step forward, as if he was standing under the light from a dark corner.
"His Majesty."
"Issue an order to transfer Li Chengkong, the eunuch who grows vegetables in Xiaoling Mausoleum, to the palace temporarily!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Zhang sat down at the desk next to him, picked up his pen and started writing.
Dugu Qian said in a deep voice: "Someone come!"
A burly guard came in from outside the hall and bowed: "I am here!"
"Call Cheng Siqian!"
"yes!"
The burly guards left the hall.
After a while, a handsome young man strode into the hall and bowed with his fists clasped together: "Your Highness, I, Cheng Siqian, greet you!"
"Cheng Siqian, you will lead a team of Tianfeng Guards to pick up the people from the Xiaoling Mausoleum," Dugu Qian picked up a silver plate with cloud patterns carved on it from the dragon table and threw it to him, "Bring the people back before noon tomorrow!"
"Yes!" Cheng Siqian caught the silver medal with both hands.
He took the imperial edict handed over by Lu Zhang, walked out of the hall with the imperial edict and the silver medal in his hands, turned around and galloped away.
"Ming'er, are you satisfied this time?" Dugu Qian smiled.
Dugu Shuming pursed her red lips and bowed deeply.
"Okay, why bother meeting with father?" Dugu Qian said, "Father has always wanted your mother to get better soon!"
"Then Father, I will go to accompany Mother." Dugu Shuming said, "She should be awake by now."
"Go ahead." Dugu Qian said with a smile.
He was still satisfied with his daughter, although she had a bad temper, was too cold and hard to be gentle and charming, and lacked the tenderness of a girl, which made it difficult for people to pity her. However, her filial piety was rare.
He watched Dugu Shuming leave with his hands behind his back, shook his head and sighed, "Alas... No matter how bad Yu'er is, this girl is going crazy."
"The injuries of Concubine Yu are getting worse and worse, and her appearance is becoming more and more disfigured." Lu Zhang said with regret: "Your servants are incompetent and helpless!"
Dugu Qian shook his head: "After all, it's still Yu'er's bad luck."
He looked towards the direction of Mingyu Palace: "Ming'er is desperate now and is actually asking a vegetable grower from Xiaoling Mausoleum to heal her. Really..."
He looked disapproving.
But she knew that if she didn't agree, Dugu Shuming would cause trouble. Given her temper, she might even curse at her on the spot.
Lu Zhang said: "His Highness Qingming's filial piety will surely move the heavens, and Concubine Yu will definitely get better!"
"I hope so." Dugu Qian sat back at his dragon table and said casually, "I heard that Li Chengkong is close to Wang Ruoyu. Don't suppress him."
"Yes." Lu Zhang said hurriedly.
He was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
He was planning to deal with Li Chengkong, and also to remind the eunuchs in the palace who is in charge now.
But after the emperor said this, he must not cause trouble for Li Chengkong again, and he must also restrain his subordinates and not let them act recklessly, otherwise he would be held accountable.
I don't want to go to Xiaoling Mausoleum to retire like Wang Ruoyu.
