Chapter 220 Sending a Message to the Palace
"Greetings, my masters!"
In Ningguo Mansion, Keqing and Wang Xifeng came to Ningzheng Hall again early in the morning, and Daiyu and Baochai also came here early to wait for news.
Suddenly, Jia Zhong walked in quickly, "The master sent someone to tell him that the queen will go to Qingxu Temple outside the city to pray for blessings today. The master will lead the soldiers to protect her and will return home later in the evening."
"real?"
Several people stood up in surprise, and Qingwen and other maids were also very happy. This undoubtedly meant that Jia Cong was not a problem, otherwise how could he lead troops to protect the emperor?
"It was the palace steward Xia who personally sent someone to deliver the news!" Jia Zhong said respectfully. He knew that the women in front of him were all his mistresses...
"The master came to the palace to see His Majesty yesterday, but His Majesty was not angry and only gave a slight punishment! And the Empress helped to speak for him, so the master is fine. It was just because the Empress gave him a meal and talked for a while that he was delayed and could not return home. His Majesty directly let the master stay in the palace for one night."
"Look, what do you think of what I said?" Wang Xifeng said happily, "We are worried about that Bison at home, and he is enjoying a good life with the emperor. When he comes back, we will definitely punish him."
Keqing didn't say anything, but tears were streaming down her face. Her lover was finally safe and sound.
Baochai and Daiyu leaned on each other. Daiyu was also shedding tears of joy. Baochai also felt that she had no strength left in her body. She appeared to be the calmest, but she had been holding on. When she heard the news that Jia Cong was safe and sound, all the energy in her body instant.
"Jia Zhong, go and prepare some food quickly. I was so worried about him yesterday that I didn't eat a single bite the whole day!" Wang Xifeng said.
Jia Zhong quickly agreed and went to make arrangements.
"Feng girl, please send someone to send a letter to the West Mansion as soon as possible. The old lady must have been worried all night." Baochai said .
Wang Xifeng also came to her senses, "I'd better go myself. I have to go back soon anyway, so I won't eat here anymore. When our eldest marquis comes back, you must treat me to a good meal."
After saying this, he took Ping'er and Molan and happily headed towards the West Mansion.
The situation in the West Mansion was similar to that in the East Mansion. Although it was early in the morning, except for Jia Zheng who went to do his errands and tried to find out some information, everyone else had arrived at the old lady's room early.
When Wang Xifeng came back and told everyone the news, everyone was happy except Mrs. Wang and Baoyu.
"I told you that Third Brother would be fine, but you didn't believe me!" Xiangyun chattered.
"This monkey always makes me scared. When he comes back, you must beat him severely with a stick!" The old lady said in feigned anger. At this moment, she was finally relieved.
"Grandfather, I will order people to beat him severely then. If he gets hurt, please don't blame me!" Wang Xifeng said with a smile.
"You are a rogue, and you only know how to ask for favors from me!" Grandmother Jia tapped Wang Xifeng's forehead fiercely, "Hurry up and have someone prepare the food. After you finish eating, go back and have a good rest. You have been up all night, don't let it hurt your body."
Soon, all the food was served. Grandmother Jia invited everyone to eat together. While they were eating, they heard hurried footsteps outside. Not long after, Jia Zhong entered the hall led by Amber.
“Jia Zhong has met the old lady!”
When Grandmother Jia saw that it was Jia Zhong, she smiled and said, "Hurry up and get up. Why are you, the chief steward of the East Palace, coming to the West Palace? What's the matter?"
"Madam, the master has sent another message back, saying that when the queen returns from praying, she will stop by the mansion, and the master has asked all the girls in the mansion to wait in the East Mansion in advance."
After these words were spoken, the hall fell silent. After a while, the old lady exclaimed, "The Queen is coming?"
"Exactly!"
Grandmother Jia finally reacted, and she was horrified to think that her grandson was so favored by the emperor.
She wouldn't believe that the Queen was really passing by, and she asked all the girls to go to the East Palace and wait in advance, which was obviously because of Daiyu's matter.
With the Queen's endorsement, who would dare to say similar things about the girls from the Jia family in the future?
It is even possible that the prayer at Qingxu Temple was just a cover, and the real purpose was to help Daiyu! And being able to ask the Queen to do this, the importance of their grandson in the eyes of the Emperor and the Queen is self-evident.
"Okay, okay, this is a great joyous event for our whole family!"
"Jia Zhong, you know the palace rules best. Go back to the East Mansion to make arrangements immediately. Feng Er, you can also go and help. You can take whatever you need from our public treasury. If there is not enough, come back to me directly."
"Yuanyang, select some smart and capable maids and old women to accompany Feng'er. Although the East Palace has purchased a lot of servants, they are still not trained well and cannot be used."
Several people followed the order and left, and the breakfast naturally ended in a hurry.
The old lady was worried, so she personally took people to the East Palace to oversee the arrangements...
Then Jia Cong followed the phoenix sedan out of the palace and went out of Shenjing City. There was already a deputy general leading troops waiting outside the city gate. Jia Cong stepped forward to arrange the troops, and then continued to set out towards Qingxu Temple.
After walking for nearly two hours, we finally arrived at Qingxu Temple outside the city.
As soon as we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we heard the sound of bells ringing from the mountainside. A white-bearded judge holding a tablet, wearing Bagua fairy clothes, and accompanied by many Taoists came to greet us in front.
When the phoenix sedan stopped, the judge hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen!"
"No need to be polite, real person!"
This judge has deep roots in the Jia family. His original surname is Zhang, and he is Jia Daishan's substitute. He became a monk in place of Jia Daishan since he was a child. He is of the same generation as Jia's grandmother.
Moreover, he never married in his life and had always lived in a Taoist temple. Perhaps he was really spiritual. Even the emperor praised knowledge of Taoism and often invited him to the palace to lecture and discuss Taoism. He also had a great reputation among other princes and dukes. Whenever their families held any religious ceremonies, they would invite him with generous gifts.
When the retired emperor was in power, he conferred the title of "Dahuan Zhenren" on him. After Emperor Longxing ascended the throne, he personally conferred the title of "Zhongle Zhenren" on him and ordered him to be in charge of the Daolu Division.
The so-called true person is a person who has achieved enlightenment Taoism, and can even be called an immortal. All those who have been named true people throughout the ages are famous people.
Nowadays, even the head sect leader of Mount Longhu has to treat this old Taoist priest equally.
The queen got off the phoenix sedan chair, and then Chief Steward Zhou had someone bring a sedan chair. After the queen got on the sedan chair, the group continued to go up the mountain. Jia Cong and Shang Yan followed on the left and right of the sedan chair, and the old Taoist priest led the way in front.
