Let's talk about Jia Cong leaving Daiyu and riding a carriage all the way. At this moment, everything in the capital was dark. Occasionally, a few lanterns could be seen on the street, swaying alone in the night wind. The big light balls were worse than not.

It happens to be the darkest time before dawn. Where is there a person on the streets of Beijing?

The driver carried a small lantern, which could barely illuminate the distance of only a few feet in front of him. Fortunately, the street was empty at the moment and there was no one around. So he boldly urged the horse to move faster.

It was already effortless for a few horses to pull a light and luxurious carriage, but after being urged like this, they even raised their hooves with all their strength, roaring all the way, letting go of their temper and passing through the streets of the capital like the wind, almost not flying at all.

Jia Cong sat in the carriage and couldn't tell whether it was going faster or slower. There were two large braziers in the carriage, which made the carriage warm as spring. He was wrapped in a thick brocade quilt, and his feet were soft and fine.

He felt sleepy coming over him, and before he knew it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

This sleep was very sweet. When the coachman stopped the carriage and gently greeted him to get up, Jia Cong felt a little hysterical. For a moment, he didn't even know where he was.

He thought for a while before he remembered that he wanted to go into the palace to see Jia Yuanchun. Then he rubbed his eyes quickly and looked outside the car. He saw that the dark sky had turned into deep blue, and the stars and the moon were getting brighter.

It is getting more and more distant, and there is a faint white light in the sky in the extreme east, but it has not yet broken dawn.

Jia Cong felt relieved and looked around again, only to see the carriage parked at the base of the palace. The palace gate had not yet been opened, and there were a few carriages scattered outside the palace.

Jia Cong didn't bother to say hello to others. He immediately waved his hand and told the coachman: "Since the palace gate hasn't been opened yet, at least I'll take a nap for a while, and then call me when the palace gate opens."

After giving the order, he retracted back into the carriage and got into the quilt, wanting to close his eyes and rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to lie down, he heard someone outside the car laughing and asking, "Is Mr. Jia from the Jia Mansion here?"

The sharp voice seemed to be a little eunuch asking, so Jia Cong quickly asked: "It's me, I'm Jia Cong, who is looking for me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the little eunuch outside laugh and say: "It is really Mr. Jia. Your Majesty invites Mr. Jia into the palace. He only said that the weather may change today? Is it too cold? The emperor is worried that Mr. Jia is freezing.

, I specially asked my servant to come and take the young master in first..."

As soon as Jia Cong heard this, his heart moved, and he got out of the quilt in a hurry. He had to get off the car after putting on his boots. Unexpectedly, the little eunuch outside was busy and smiled again: "The emperor asked the servants to prepare a warm sedan? Master, this is

Please get on the sedan first."

The so-called warm sedan is not only surrounded by thick felt on the outside, so that the wind cannot blow in, but it is much more spacious than the summer sedan. There is a charcoal stove at the foot. The inside is lit with fine chrysanthemum charcoal, which is warm and comfortable.

It wouldn't be smoky. There was an incense burner on top, and I don't know what kind of incense it was. It was extremely peaceful. It smelled very good.

Jia Cong moved from the warm car to the sedan. He didn't even see a bit of cold wind. The sedan was lifted up by several old eunuchs and left. I heard several eunuchs shouting sharply: "Jia Cong

The young master is getting up from the sedan chair? Idle people are avoiding him!"

It's still early now? The officials who had rushed to attend the morning court came one after another. In front of the dim and bright imperial city, everyone heard the screams clearly, regardless of whether there was any obstruction in the way.

They all hurriedly told the driver to move the car quickly.

Suddenly, there were shouts outside the imperial city, and the neighing of horses was as clear as the roar of a dragon. The night was finally torn apart completely.

It was at this time that the rising sun finally pushed through the darkness of the sky, and streaks of golden light shot out in an instant, illuminating the front of the imperial city.

Jia Cong was sitting in the sedan, but he couldn't see the glory of the moment when the light penetrated the darkness. He was only drowsy by the warmth and sweet fragrance in the sedan, and he felt that he really shouldn't have worn that big fur coat in the morning.

The clothes were so hot that he was sweating all over...

He could only hear the side door of the palace creaking open a crack. When the sedan went in, the palace door creaked and was closed and locked again.

Jia Cong was also a regular guest who had been to the palace many times. Knowing that he was about to enter the palace at this moment and that he would have to go to Qinzheng Palace for a meal, he wrapped himself in a big sweater and fell into a deep dream again.

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Jia Cong didn't sleep well for several days. He either went to the palace to talk to the emperor or was preoccupied with other things. At this moment, he slept soundly.

It was a wonderful sleep until someone seemed to be laughing secretly in his ears, which woke him up.

When he opened his eyes, he saw in front of him a middle-aged man over fifty years old, with his hands behind his back, looking at him and smiling slightly.

I saw that the man's eyes were bloodshot, wrinkled, his hair was gray, and his face was tired.

Except for the current emperor, I'm afraid there are not many men who can take themselves to such a level.

When he saw the emperor standing in front of him, Jia Cong was immediately frightened and hurriedly stood up to kneel down.

It was just that he was so sleepy that he completely forgot where he was. As soon as he got up, he hit the top of the sedan chair hard, which made him cry out "Ouch" in pain and almost shed tears.

When the emperor saw his embarrassed look, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. This smile made the wrinkles on his face much less noticeable.

Jia Cong was confused here. He didn't know why he saw the emperor while sleeping, but this time he was woken up. He looked around hurriedly and saw that he was still in the sedan chair.

It turned out that the emperor loved Jia Cong very much. When he saw him sleeping soundly outside the gate of Qinzheng Palace, he also saw his childish white and tender child. He was even hit by the heat in the sedan, and his little face turned pink and white.

He was so fond of it that he did not allow anyone to disturb his sweet dream, and directly carried the sedan chair into the main hall.

At this moment, Jia Cong didn't know that he had slept in the hall for a long time before waking up.

At this time, the eunuchs who could serve the emperor in the Qinzheng Palace were naturally highly trusted by the emperor, and they were all famous people in front of the emperor, but they had never seen the emperor doting on anyone so much.

Everyone saw Jia Cong sleeping soundly in the sedan chair, but outside the sedan chair, the emperor liked him more and more, as if Jia Cong was some rare treasure. At that moment, everyone couldn't help but whisper, waking up the young master Jia.

Jia Cong woke up at this moment and finally saw the scene in front of him clearly. He also figured it out in his mind. He quickly stepped out of the sedan chair, smiled awkwardly, knelt down on the ground and shouted: "The common people deserve to die! The common people fell asleep all of a sudden."

I'm sorry, I kept the Emperor waiting for so long. I really deserve to die. Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

The emperor just smiled, helped Jia Cong up with his own hands, and said: "Young man is sleepy. There is nothing to blame for this. Get up quickly."

As he spoke, he turned back and ordered the eunuchs: "Master Jia has woken up. Why don't you hurry up and put the food on the table? What are you waiting for?"
Chapter completed!