Chapter 334 The Gardener(1/2)
Speaking of such a thing, Leng Yi was not easy to respond, so he could only nod his head frequently.
Zhao Guangyi said: "Okay, you go back. I want to summon the people from the Privy Council to discuss military and national affairs."
"Yes!" Leng Yi thought for a while and said, "Weichen has another thing, I want to give a small suggestion to the official family. I don't know if it is feasible."
"After saying that."
"According to the construction plan, construction will start tomorrow. Weicians want to ask the officials to hold a groundbreaking ceremony, so that the imperial guards will know that the officials' imperially appointed project will not dare to slack off."
"Okay! You can arrange it. I will dig the first hoe at that time! Please come as much as possible."
"Queen Huarui will definitely participate."
After leaving the palace, Leng Yi returned to Leng Mansion.
The concierge reported that an old eunuch named Meng Hua said that there was something wrong with Leng Yi. Leng Yi couldn't help but feel moved. Isn't Meng Hua the old gardener of Mrs. Huarui?
Leng Yi hurried to the flower hall and saw a middle-aged gardener, who was about the same height, fat and thin as himself, sitting properly and drinking tea. Hearing footsteps, he quickly looked up and heard the servant at the door whisper loudly: "Master Leng is here!"
Then he saw Leng Yi coming in wearing an official robe, quickly got up, lifted up, and half-kneeled, "Slave Meng Hua, come to see Master Leng!"
Leng Yi nodded slightly: "Get up!"
Meng Hua hurriedly stood up, lowered his head and stood: "Empress Huarui sent a slave to find Master Leng, saying that he would let the slave obey Master Leng's arrangements."
"Well, follow me."
"yes!"
Leng Yi ordered two ordinary sedan chairs to prepare. He and Meng Hua changed into casual clothes, took one, and quietly left the yard from the back door. He walked several streets in the opposite direction to Xinghuang Restaurant, and got a sedan chair at the entrance of an alley. He asked the sedan chair to go back. Then he took Meng Hua through the alley and confirmed that no one was following behind, and then waved to a taxi carriage, and the two got on the carriage.
On the way, Leng Yi suddenly said that he had a stomachache and asked the coachman to stop and go to the cottage himself.
When he returned to the carriage, Meng Hua was already asleep while lying in the carriage.
Leng Yi smiled proudly, but it turned out that he had an excuse for a stomachache. Before getting off the car, he secretly opened the Mixiang. This Mixiang was obtained from the old thief when he captured the old thief in Bazhou. It came in handy today.
He first opened the curtain of the car to let the fragrance fade away. Then he took the carriage to the Xinghuang Restaurant.
The guy at the door had already known him. He hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him: "Master Hei, you are here."
"Well, help me carry my friend upstairs and he fell asleep."
"Yes!" The guy carried Meng Hua upstairs, Leng Yi looked around and looked at the person who was not eye-catching, and then he followed him upstairs. He arrived at the most intimate private room, and the guy put Meng Hua on the floor.
Leng Yi said: "Go and invite you Mr. Bai!"
When Leng Yi discussed with Mrs. Huarui, she had already notified Bai Hong in advance and told her not to leave the capital in the near future and to find her if she had something to do. So Bai Hong was waiting in the restaurant.
Bai Hong soon came to the private room. She looked at Meng Hua, who was wearing casual clothes lying on the ground, and smiled and said, "What's the matter with me?"
"Help me make a mask of him, be quick, and it's best to get it today."
"If you have ready-made molds, it's convenient to make them, and they'll be ready in at most two hours. Are you waiting?"
"No, I'll go back first. Please send someone to deliver it after you're done, okay?"
"sure."
"Thank you then!"
"Are you polite to me?" Bai Hong's beautiful eyes flashed with a bright look, which made Leng Yi's heart jump suddenly, and he said embarrassedly: "Just say it casually."
Bai Hong smiled with satisfaction, turned around and went out, quickly brought the toolbox, took Meng Hua's face mold, and then said, "Okay, you can take him away. I'll send someone to deliver it in two hours."
Leng Yi wanted to say thank you again, but he finally stopped talking and said, "Okay!"
Bai Hong looked at him happily and told her to come in, carry Meng Hua downstairs, and find another carriage.
After the guy went out with Meng Hua on his back, Bai Hong whispered: "I heard that the officials are going to fight the Northern Expedition?"
"Yes, your news is quite effective."
"Are you going with me?"
"No, I have no power to tie a chicken and don't understand military affairs, what are I going to do!"
"You have no power to tie a chicken?" Bai Hong smiled and whispered: "If that were the case, I guess there would be no one in the entire Song Dynasty who could catch the chicken."
"Aren't you there?"
"I? I can't compare to you." Bai Hong said, "The official army is in charge of the army, and the various factions in the court will definitely take the opportunity to fight for power and profit. If you are in it, be careful at all times."
"Okay. I have no dispute with the world, just be the Xiaoyao Sect."
“A lot of things you can’t hide from just by wanting to.”
"That's right, but don't I still have you?" Leng Yi's words had a slight teasing smell.
Two red clouds appeared on Baihong's white and delicate face, as white as white as white and delicate. She glanced at him with a slightly shy look and nodded slightly: "Just remember. Go quickly!"
Leng Yi was really reluctant to leave, but she still had a lot of things to do, so she whispered: "Then I'll leave."
"Um."
Leng Yi left the elegant room and walked to the end of the corridor. When he was about to go downstairs, he felt a soft gaze staring at him behind him. Looking back, he saw Bai Hong's floating white shirt fluttering and flashing into the innermost elegant room.
Leng Yi took Meng Hua to the largest flower market in the capital by carriage.
When he went downstairs, he asked his friend for a pot of cold water. At this moment, he was in the carriage and slowly poured it on Meng Hua's face. Meng Hua gradually woke up. He opened his eyes blankly and found himself lying on the carriage, shaking forward, and seeing Leng Yi with his head tilted, leaning against the tent, taking a nap. He quickly sat up and muttered, "Why am I... asleep..."
The carriage swayed, and Leng Yi seemed to be awakened. He opened his eyes, stretched his waist long, and yawned a big yawn, saying, "It's really a spring sleep that doesn't seem to be dawn."
Meng Hua hurriedly smiled and said, "That's it. It's the easiest thing to get sleepy in spring. Hehe."
Leng Yi poked his head out and looked at it, saying, "Let's arrive soon."
"Where are we going? Master."
"Flower Market!" Leng Yi said, "You Huarui Empress has been promoted to Queen. She has moved to Funing Palace. Queen Huarui's favorite is peony and red gardenia. Let's go to the flower market to see if there is any good one. If you buy it, you will plant it."
"Oh, the red gardenia is only available in our Shu area, and I have never seen it in Bianliang City."
"The official family of Red Gardenia has issued an order for Chengdu Prefect to send it urgently. It will pay tribute on time every year. It is estimated that it will be coming soon. Today we go to the flower market and just look at the peonies."
"When it comes to peonies, Luoyang peonies are the most famous. But our Bianliang is also good, and there are many precious varieties."
"You have followed the Empress for a long time and understand her thoughts the most, so you find you and choose the best one to go back. Do you understand?"
"The old slave understands. The eldest master came to choose flowers for Empress Huarui. The empress must be very happy."
"This is also our loyalty to the ministers." Leng Yi smiled and said, "In addition, the government also wants to plant some flowers. You can help the staff. Of course, they are mainly peonies, and they will also plant gardenias in the future. Learn from the Queen and try to have some joy. If there is no gardener in the government, you can help. How about it?"
"It is naturally a great honor for the old slave to plant flowers for the master."
"Okay, that's it."
While talking, the carriage arrived at the flower market.
Meng Hua really understands flowers, especially peonies, and comments one by one, making a lot of sense.
Leng Yi listened carefully, remembered it in his heart, and observed Meng Hua's walking and speaking posture, observed his tone and tone, and secretly imitated it in his heart.
The two spent about an hour, ordered a lot of flowers, and sent them to the gate of the palace to wait for some to collect and pay. The flowers Leng Yi asked for were delivered directly to Leng Mansion.
Seeing that the day was almost over, Leng Yi took Meng Hua and returned to Leng Mansion by carriage, and still entered through the back door.
When they arrived at the inner house, Leng Yi asked him to wait in a wing room. After a while, Meng Hua fell asleep on the chair again. Naturally, the incense that Leng Yi opened in the house played a role.
Leng Yi took the waist sign from him, took it to the door and locked it. He waited in the study room. After a while, the front door door came to report that an old friend of the master gave him something to the master. Leng Yi knew that it was sent by Bai Hong. He hurriedly ordered him to accept it and deliver it immediately. He was waiting in the study room.
When the things were delivered, it was Meng Hua's mask. Leng Yi wore it, glued it with glue, and looked at it in the mirror. It was exactly the same as Meng Hua. Even his hair was planted one by one, lifelike. Because Bai Hong had taken Leng Yi's face mold before, it was customized according to Leng Yi's face shape. After wearing it, it was very appropriate. If you don't get close, you will look carefully and you will not see any flaws at all.
Leng Yi put on the mask, put on the eunuch uniforms prepared in advance, put on silver, climbed up the wall, and after passing several alleys, he confirmed that there was no follow-up, he waved to a carriage and arrived at the gate of the palace.
The carriage for delivering flowers in the flower market has arrived. When I was waiting there, I saw Leng Yi wearing a mask and thought it was Meng Hua, the eunuch who ordered flowers, so I quickly laughed and greeted him: "Father-in-law, you are here!"
Leng Yi nodded as Meng Hua did and said nothing. He wanted to speak as little as possible. Meng Hua didn't say much, just in this way he could hide the possible loopholes. He tilted his head and signaled them to follow him.
He brought the carriage to the entrance of the palace. Leng Yi took out a Meng Hua's waist sign and showed it swagger. After the guards checked it, he laughed and gave it a discount, saying, "Did you buy flowers for the empress? But, according to the rules, we have to check the float. Do you think it's okay?"
They all knew that Meng Hua was the gardener appointed by the new queen Hua Rui. She was considered Hua Rui's confidant, so she dared not offend her. Naturally, she nodded and laughed and was kind-hearted.
Leng Yi nodded and said vaguely: "Hurry up, the empress is waiting!"
“Yes!”
The guards still checked the float very seriously. After all, if the assassin took the opportunity to enter the palace, they would lose their heads and dare not slacken at all. After the inspection, they smiled and said that they could go in.
Leng Yi took them straight to Funing Palace, which is Mrs. Huarui's new residence. After instructing the transfer of the flowers to the yard, he paid the money and asked the attendants to take the flowers out of the palace. Leng Yi looked at Huarui and blinked.
Huarui immediately understood and said, "Meng Hua, come in with me and tell me how these flowers."
"Yes!" Leng Yi lowered his head and followed Hua Rui into the bedroom. Hua Rui waved his hand and asked the maid to retreat. The eunuchs were left. Only Leng Yi was left in the room. Close the door. Leng Yi took off the mask on his face and showed his true face. Hua Rui happily took out Meng Chang's mask and Leng Yi put it on.
Huarui stared at him for a long time, then called "Menglang!" and threw herself into his arms.
The two of them were so warm that they made the flower stamens panting, their pink faces were covered with pink and peach blush, and their cloudy hair was crooked and their spring shirts were messy. Then they stopped.
Leng Yi said: "The official family has not yet gone to war, so I can't stay for too long. There are some things you have to do."
"Well, Menglang, you said." Hua Rui said indifferently, snuggling in his arms and acting coquettishly.
Leng Yi hugged her slender waist and whispered: "Can you imitate the handwriting of the late emperor?"
To be continued...