Chapter 159
Lu Heng said: "It doesn't matter, other people will also bring maids. I will bring a few less people. I will add you, and it's okay."
Lu Heng said firmly, Wang Yanqing had no doubts, and immediately calmed down. She didn't want to cause trouble to Lu Heng, and she never made a fuss from beginning to end, but when she heard that she could walk with her, her expression was obviously cheered up.
Ashamed to say, she has been awake for five months, but apart from Lu Heng, she has no one to talk to in Lu Mansion. Of course she would like to go out with Lu Heng.
Having said that, Wang Yanqing became nervous and asked, "What are you going to prepare for the Southern Tour? I haven't packed anything yet."
As she spoke, she wanted to go back to stock up, but Lu Heng stopped her and said, "No hurry. We are still ordering troops now, and we will have to prepare for at least two months before we set off."
In two months, Wang Yanqing calmed down and asked, "Is the empress in the palace going to travel too?"
"Yes." Lu Heng nodded, "This is the first time the emperor has returned to his hometown since he ascended the throne, and most likely it will be the last time. The emperor is going to go back to pay homage to Xianling, and he wants to take his concubine to show King Xingxian to comfort him. The king is the spirit of the sky. Queen Zhang has been confirmed to accompany her, and the remaining candidates have not yet been determined, but most of them are Fang Debi and Yan Libi."
Wang Yanqing nodded, she thought hard for a while, and finally put these names and faces in her mind. She had a relationship with these concubines last time when she visited the doctor. Fang Deconcubine held her face, her face was long and slightly square, she looked very rigid, and she had a stern personality. Yan Libi should be softer and more beautiful, with round cheeks and a petite figure, worthy of her title.
Thinking of this, Wang Yanqing suddenly realized that Yan Libi's performance on the day of her visit seemed not quite right. She always stood close to the corner, and frequently raised her hand, squeezed a handkerchief, and stroked her clothes, looking nervous. Seeing Wang Yanqing being thoughtful, Lu Heng asked, "What's wrong?"
Wang Yanqing frowned, and after a while he slowly shook his head: "It's nothing. I should have thought too much."
As a young, immature and helpless concubine, Yan Liconcubine was very nervous when she served the Empress Dowager Jiang. Probably Wang Yanqing thought too much.
The emperor is a very assertive person. After setting the plan for the southern tour, he immediately started to advance, and actively prepared in three ways. All the way, the imperial envoy took the imperial decree and built the resident palace along the southern tour with the local governor; all the way to Anlu to decorate the old residence of King Xing;
Everyone in the DPRK was busy with the Southern Tour. The Ministry of War arranged for the squires to pass the post. The Ministry of Household issued the money needed to buy food and grass, and the squires and horses. 200,000 taels of silver were transferred from Taicang in the warehouse. The Minister of Rites, Yan Wei, presented a detailed southern tour plan, including the date of departure from Beijing, ritual rituals, and inspection procedures, which day and place to go to, when to pick up the car, and how officials, elders and kings will meet along the way. All written carefully. The emperor was very satisfied with this plan, and specially praised Yan Wei in the morning.
The Southern Tour was a great place for civilian officials. They were busy fighting for power, but the atmosphere among the generals was completely opposite. The biggest problem of the emperor's southern tour is safety. For generals, this is a hot potato that cannot be thrown or received. It should be done well, but if there is the slightest mistake, then wait for the whole family to be exiled.
Jin Yiwei was originally the Secretary of Yiluan. He was in charge of the emperor's guards of honor and guards. He was the emperor's face, so their clothes were so fancy. Later, in order to control the heroes, Emperor Hongwu continued to delegate power to his own army. After that, he quickly dismissed the Yiluan Division and restructured the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei changed from the original honor guard to the current independent collection of intelligence, inspection and arrest, and direct driving of guards. military.
But Huxing honor guards are still their old business. This time the southern patrol has mobilized a total of 8,000 Jinyiwei guards, 6,000 to protect the emperor, and 2,000 to serve as the facade of the guard of honor. In the screening and deployment of Jinyiwei staff. In addition, there were 6,000 officers and troops of Hu Jia, who were dispatched by the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities and happened to be handled by Fu Tingzhou.
Probably, this is called not the enemy does not get together.
On July 16, the southern tour that had been prepared for three months finally began. The emperor led nearly 15,000 civil and military officials and guards to leave the Forbidden City, and went to Anlu. Even though the entourage was as high as 15,000, only the core and most important officials were fortunate enough to go out with the emperor. Tao Zhongwen, a Taoist priest.
Fu Tingzhou was among the founding fathers, and he was young and dazzling. Everyone didn't say it on the surface, but in private they were muttering, is Fu Tingzhou going to be reused by the emperor?
When the ministers speculated about the holy will, no one noticed that the candidates for the harem escort had become Queen Zhang, Debi Fang and Duan Cao, and Yan Libi was quietly replaced. At the same time, there was a carriage that silently mixed into the team.
Fu Tingzhou rode his horse to the right of the chariot, staring at a place quietly. He looked very intently, and those who approached couldn't help but glance in that direction, but apart from the rolling traffic, he didn't see anything else. The messenger was surprised and asked, "Marquis Zhenyuan, what are you looking at?"
Fu Tingzhou regained his senses and calmly retracted his eyes: "It's nothing. What's wrong?"
"Oh." The messenger controlled his horse with one hand and pointed forward, "Marquis Wuding is looking for you."