In early July, Zhu Gaoxu's huge team arrived in Fengyang, Zhongdu. Everyone will stay in the city for two nights. After Zhu Gaoxu leads civil and military officials to the imperial tomb tomorrow, the brigade will set off to continue to travel north.

There is an imperial city in the city because Fengyang is the hometown of the Zhu family and the place where the ancestral tomb is located. However, there is basically no emperor here to live, so Zhu Gaoxu came to worship his ancestors, and of course he lived in his own imperial city.

The imperial city in Zhongdu is well built, and its size may not be as large as that of the imperial city in the capital, but the palace buildings are all available, and the city tower with glazed tiles and double eaves are available, including three main halls. After Zhu Gaoxu took a car into the imperial city, he felt that it was neat and luxurious, and it should have taken a lot of manpower and material resources to be built.

However, Zhu Gaoxu soon discovered that the atmosphere here is completely different from that of the Imperial City of the Capital. The most important thing is not the awareness of the architecture, but the lack of popularity.

"Long live, long live..." There were voices outside the carriage. Zhu Gaoxu picked up the curtain and looked at the crowd kneeling beside the brick road. Most of them were old people, including gray-haired eunuchs, and some concubines and palace maids who turned into old women.

After all the people living here came to welcome the palace, the palaces in front became even more deserted, and there was almost no one to see.

The sun was shining brightly and the palace was layered, but Zhu Gaoxu had a strange and faint coolness inexplicably. He felt that this place seemed like an elegant and cold ghost town. It reminded him of the hollow small towns in the past. No matter how well the Zhongdu Imperial City was built, no one would be in vain.

The itinerary is to worship the imperial tomb tomorrow and set out early the morning after tomorrow. This arrangement is exactly what Zhu Gaoxu wants. As soon as he entered the imperial city, he felt that this place was boring and there was really nothing to stay.

The emperor's ceremonial guard continued northward. Zhu Gaoxu took a carriage all day and waited for the palace where he was staying for a while...

At this time, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Cao Fu, who was accompanying him, had already arrived inside. They were accompanied by people, and they had to deploy guard posts and prepare things for the daily life and food of the emperor and concubines.

Every time Zhu Gaoxu went on a trip, almost all the eunuchs he was close to him were Cao Fu. The emperor might not have thought about it much, but Cao Fu knew in his heart that the emperor must be very satisfied with his work.

Cao Fu first sent someone to carefully check the meat, vegetables, melons and fruits sent in. When the emperor and concubines were having dinner, he had to arrange for someone to try it out, and the manager was very meticulous and caring.

After he personally arranged the manpower, he took two little eunuchs around and patrolled. After walking twice, he suddenly heard someone in front of him seemingly talking. Cao Fu walked over and saw a woman wavering to him and called out: "Eunuch Cao."

Cao Fu approached the woman, and the Jinyiwei Captain standing there clasped his fists and said, "Eunuch Cao knows this person?"

The woman stopped by the Jinyiwei was wearing a Han skirt, but Cao Fu quickly remembered that the woman was Chen Xianzhen from Annan. Cao Fu said, "I know you, don't worry about it for now, let's talk to her."

The Jinyiwei School Captain clasped his fists and replied, then ignored Chen Xianzhen.

Cao Fu greeted, "Does Fairy Chen live here?"

Chen Xian really frowned slightly: "Where else can I go?"

Cao Fu looked around and pointed to an empty house in front of him and said, "Let's sit and talk for a while." There are many empty houses around here, and there are not many people in the entire Zhongdu Imperial City.

When the two walked into the door together, Chen Xianzhen said, "Eunuch Cao gave me to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Now I plan to lock me in this cage and live a lonely life?"

When Cao Fu heard this, his face changed and said, "Our family is kind, I wanted you to enjoy wealth. You are so good, but you have ulterior motives and almost have impoverished a lot of people."

He said it was a few years ago. The thing was probably that Chen Xianzhen was sent to the capital from the Annan Governor's Office; but because Ruan Jingyi was framed by Chen Xianzhen, he was so angry that he was embarrassed. Ruan Jingyi told Chen Xianzhen about Annan's rebellion against Shou Li Li and others, saying that they had had contacts.

Therefore, Chen Xianzhen was suspected of approaching the emperor and wanted to make a mistake. Because the matter was implicated by Zhang Fu (Chen Xianzhen by Zhang Fuxian), the emperor did not investigate in depth and was not even determined to commit crimes. He directly asked someone to send Chen Xianzhen to Fengyang.

Chen Xianzhen shook her head and said, "I will be locked up here for the rest of my life. If Eunuch Cao really feels that it is all my own fault, how can I still talk to me today?"

Cao Fu was actually asked, and was stunned and couldn't speak. He had to shake his head and said, "You woman are full of lies. If you really had ulterior motives back then, wouldn't you take it upon yourself?"

He thought that Chen Xianzhen wanted to defend the incident again, but Chen Xianzhen's answer surprised him: "Eunuch Cao has seen several women who do not lie?"

Cao Fu glanced at her and said, "The Emperor is the sage king of the Ming Dynasty, and the hearts of hundreds of millions of people in the world are tied to. Regardless of whether there is any evidence or not, as long as it is a little unfavorable to the Emperor, you cannot get close to the Emperor."

"Is that true?" Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu and said, "You don't have any selfishness? When Empress Dowager Chen made a fuss, I offended Eunuch Cao. Eunuch Cao didn't say bad things about me?"

Cao Fu immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am loyal to the emperor, so how can I have any selfishness?"

The two were not talking very happily, but Chen Xianzhen suddenly stopped arguing with Cao Fu. She breathed a sigh and said, "I no longer hate the emperor now. Li Li, Ruan Jian and others are all dead. What else can I do, a woman?"

Cao Fu ignored her and showed weakness, and still said with a fierce expression: "You have trouble in your heart. If the emperor had not been kind, such a person would have been executed by Ling Chi and killed nine clans! You are still ungrateful, dare you resent the emperor?"

Chen Xianzhen was still not angry and sighed again: "This place is really like a grave, it's simply crazy. I don't know how many years have passed."

Cao Fu scolded a few words, but also felt boring, and said, "Since the emperor doesn't kill you, if you ask our family, we can help you think of a way to let you go back to Annan Kingdom, we will be considered a two-day sanction."

"Return to Annan Kingdom?" Chen Xianzhen looked at Cao Fu with a strange look.

Cao Fu was also confused: "Don't you be unacceptable to living in Fengyang?"

Chen Xianzhen frowned and said, "Empress Chen hates me so much. She now takes over the power of Annan Kingdom. My family has also been raided by her. How can I survive when I go back?"

Cao Fu recalled for a while and said, "Your family was not copied by Queen Mother Chen, but a local tycoon in Annan. When they saw that your family was in a desperate situation, they took advantage of the situation to make a fortune. Queen Mother Chen wrote a letter to talk about this matter, but would she dare to deceive the emperor?"

"Oh." Chen Xianzhen sat on a stool, lowering her head with a dejected look on her face, as if she was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Cao Fu said a good thing: "Zhongdu Imperial City is raised by the royal family, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. It is better than those who are hungry."

Seeing that Chen Xianzhen was still sitting there in depression, he said again, "We have something else to do, so let's go. Since you don't want to return to the country, just stay alive. Don't get close to this place, you have the Jinyiwei guard."

Cao Fu walked to the door and suddenly heard Chen Xianzhen's voice asking: "I offended Eunuch Cao, don't you hold a grudge?"

Cao Fu turned his head to look at her, and felt that the woman was also very miserable, and said, "Although our family is a eunuch, we are not as stingy as a woman. Why bother with you?"

After saying that, he walked out and thought to himself: The Zhongdu Imperial City is no different from the Cold Palace. Once people are sent here, they will spend their entire lives here. Except for a very small number of people who have great people in the capital, such as Ma Enhui. Therefore, the grudges and grudges are no longer important for those who live here.

Let’s talk about the thing they mentioned just now. After a few years, it was just a trivial matter. It was mainly because Chen Xianzhen was disobedient. At that time, Chen Xianzhen and Empress Dowager Annan had a dirty relationship. Cao Fu knew that the emperor valued Empress Dowager Chen, so he favored the Empress Dowager, so he had a quarrel with Chen Xianzhen once, and the quarrel was very irritating.

So after Cao Fu left, he soon forgot about Chen Xian’s real thing.

After the You hour, the emperor, the imperial concubine, the virtuous concubine and others were having dinner in the palace, and Cao Fu was devoted to this matter. He did not go into the dining room, but only guarded himself in the compartment, watching a row of old eunuchs and palace maids tasted and checked whether they had swallowed it. After a while, it was fine, Cao Fu waved his sleeves and asked the palace maids to deliver the dishes.

The conditions here are still not as good as those in the imperial palace. I didn’t find a chef who could play the piano to make fun of it for a while, and the cooking cook was also very ordinary. After all the dishes were served, Cao Fu left the palace and went to the corridor next to him to have a meal.

After nightfall, the surrounding lampstands were lit one after another. However, Cao Fu guessed that he probably wouldn't light so many lamps. He walked to the palace gate and asked a palace maid: "Has the emperor been sleeping?"

The palace maid held a basin and hurriedly said, "Eunuch Cao, the emperor is still writing."

Cao Fu nodded and said, "Go."

At this moment, a string sound came from somewhere in the west. The sound was a little far apart, but it was very quiet after night, so the string sound was clearly heard.

Cao Fu was about to find someone to ask who was so bold that he was still playing music here to disturb the sage. Unexpectedly, the emperor walked out and asked this sentence first, "Who is playing the pipa?"

"I will go immediately and pull the man out." Cao Fu bent down and said.

At this time, the person who played the pipa actually started singing, "Sending guests at the beginning of the Xunyang River at night, maple leaves and reeds are shining in autumn. The host dismounted the horse and was on the boat, holding wine and drinking without orchestra. He was about to part with a miserable joy. When he was drunk, he was about to part with miserable departing. Suddenly, the river was soaking in the moon. Suddenly, the owner forgot to return to the guest. He asked the person who played the pipa after searching for the sound of the pipa. The sound of the pipa stopped and wanted to speak slowly..."

When Cao Fu heard the voice, his face became quite ugly. Because he heard the sound, it was Chen Xianzhen singing. He should have known it for a long time. Chen Xianzhen had never listened to him before, liked to make decisions and was very brave.
Chapter completed!