Chapter forty-eight
The eunuch Cao Tai waited in the Xihuamen and arrived at Wang Pu, went up to greet him, said a few nonsense, and gently reminded him: "When it comes to the Western Expedition, why don't Prime Minister Wang stand up and recommend someone?" Wang Pu also asked in an inadvertent tone: "Who are you recommending?"
Cao Tai threw the whisk to his arms, freed up his hand and said, "You are the prime minister, of course you recommend whoever you want."
The two of them bid farewell after a moment. From a distance, it was like two acquaintances met by chance in the imperial city and had just greeted and socialized a few words.
Wang Pu was confused for a moment. At first, he thought that the eunuch Cao Tai was asking for personal favors for the queen or a nobleman, and he was thinking that it would be difficult to deal with it if he was to go to the back door for a mediocre talent. The Western Expedition to Shu Army was a big deal. How could he use military and national affairs as a joke for favors? Besides, even if he wanted to play as a joke, Wang Pu had the final say, even if everyone in the Privy Council said it was OK, such a major event must not be passed by the government?
But the eunuch said that you would recommend whoever you want. Wang Pu was confused all of a sudden.
Since it is according to my opinion, why are the eunuchs saying this without any trouble?
However, Wang Pu was only in his thirties and was not slow to figure out. He quickly understood the key point of the eunuch's words: their meaning is not to recommend whom, but who will recommend... Only by looking at this way can the eunuchs say the two sentences just now.
Wang Pu thought to himself: I'll recommend someone. According to my opinion, Xiang Xun is good and he should pay attention to the overall situation.
Thinking of this, Wang Pu suddenly realized that the mystery was here!
Among the military generals, Xiang Xun and Wang Pu were the closest to him, and he was also most praised; if Wang Pu came to recommend someone, he would almost certainly recommend Xiang Xun... And Xiang Xun might ask for someone from the Privy Council and ask Guo Shao, the chief guard of the inner palace!
Others don’t know that because Wang Pu had some contact with the queen, he happened to pay attention to some of the queen’s small actions outside the palace, such as rewarding the Fu family in a villa in Tokyo to a general: Guo Shao, the man in the inner palace. This general happened to be recommended by Wang Pu in front of the official family, and he has an impression.
The two sides gathered together to think about it, and it turns out that the eunuch Cao Tai was here to go to the back door today! The person he wanted to help the most was Guo Shao.
But this favor was really cleverly arranged. No one said who it was, but everything was arranged... It was definitely the queen's intention. Wang Pu didn't think that the eunuch Cao Tai had this idea.
A smile appeared on Wang Pu's face, feeling that it was a favor that went with the flow and there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
...Then Cao Tai returned to the palace and slipped into the queen's palace. He was exactly the same as usual, without any unusual places, because he had always been walking in front of the queen. Everyone in the palace knew that this old eunuch had long since defected to the queen, which was really normal.
The queen met concubines, female officials, and eunuchs in a main hall, and listened to reports on all matters in the harem. The queen looked absent-minded, but everyone dared not be absent-minded and they were all serious.
Cao Tai didn't care what those people were saying at all, and walked up the steps if no one was around. He leaned down in front of the couch and whispered in Fu's ear: "I have already met Prime Minister Wang. I met the eunuch Wang Jinzhong at Xihuamen again. Wang Jinzhong said there was a Taoist temple next to Daxiangguo Temple. The Taoist temple owner Jingniang and Guo Shao had close contact, and it seemed that they would get married. Jingniang was suspected to be the sister of Zhao Kuangyin, the capital in front of the palace, but I felt that maybe not, even Zhao Kuangyin would not recognize her anymore, otherwise how could he fall into this place."
He made it clear in a few words, and said it all the important things, and usually added some of his own opinions to relieve the queen of worry. The eunuch spoke clearly and was not long-winded, and he was very quick to do things, and he was very informed when making suggestions. No wonder he was deeply trusted by Fu.
When Fu heard this, she stood up with her sleeves and said, "Everyone has dispersed, everyone will do their own responsibilities."
"Give me a greeting to the queen." Some of the people in front of the front, some bowed their knees and bowed, and bowed one after another.
Cao Tai followed the queen cleverly and entered a side hall behind her. Then the queen held everyone back.
She glanced at Cao Tai and said, "You are too eye-catching, so I'd better ask Wang Jinzhong to go and see Brother Shao."
"Here." Cao Tai said hurriedly, "Wang Jinzhong saw Guo Shao, what should he say? Please give me instructions."
So Fu asked Cao Tai to come over and said a few words softly.
The old eunuch took the order and left. While sending someone to call the eunuch Wang Jinzhong, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter with a lacquer seal. When Wang Jinzhong came over, Cao Tai ordered him to deliver the letter himself.
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The meaning of the letter is very simple and domineering, and there is no room for bargaining. Guo Shao is not allowed to marry Jing Niang as his wife, and he is not allowed to marry him in the past one or two years, until the queen felt the time was right, and she would make arrangements.
There is no seal, and I don’t know whose handwriting is. Anyway, after careful reading, it doesn’t look like it was written by a woman. It shouldn’t be a letter written by Queen Fu.
Fortunately, Guo Shao had a good memory. Last time the queen gave a house, he sent a eunuch to identify the place. The eunuch had a fat and round face. This time he was the one who sent the letter. It was him who sent the letter. It was confirmed that the letter was sent by the people around the queen... and it seemed that the eunuchs did not dare, and there was no need to forge such things to fool an imperial guard general.
Guo Shao looked at the tone above and said that it was completely the order of his superiors or elders. The elders felt more because they even took care of his family's marriage. He felt a little resistant at first, but after thinking about it, he accepted it.
I have no foundation in these Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, no backing, and even my parents and relatives. I was confused and I was attracted by the queen of the talisman. This is also a coincidence. The opportunity planted by the "young man" in the past with his life. If there were no such mysterious opportunity, it is hard to say what it would look like now.
Most likely, he will be promoted to a top-notch general and school student Dangdang due to his merits. Then he will slowly gain military merit qualifications, and then he will experience countless battles in ten years. It depends on his luck and opportunities. If he can't die every time, then he will have a certain opportunity to be a middle- and senior general... If he continues like this, he will still dare to think about what kind of ambitions are unwilling to be with Zhao Kuangyi and others in the future? It would be fine if he can't die.
Because at that time, even if he shot Zhang Yuanhui with one arrow and made some contributions, he would not be famous or even promising without Zhang Yongde in front of the official family. He could not even be sure that he was the general of the Northern Han Dynasty whom he shot to death. At that time, the infantry camp of Xiaodi Army where he was located was completely collapsed. The commander of the upper peak was dead, and no one asked for me for me.
Why Zhang Yongde specifically spoke for himself is obviously because of the queen's face. The queen was respected by the generals... and Xiang Xun's appreciation of Guo Shao may have other reasons: Guo Shao is the most senior general of the Imperial Army and the son-in-law Zhang Yongde knew.
Guo Shao has figured it out: one person can make a name for himself, that is Queen Fu.
Isn’t it a good thing for the Queen to take care of herself now?
But he was puzzled, no matter what, he was in charge of his marriage... Could it be that the queen wanted to find someone for herself? If this is the case, it would be fine. Just ask the candidates she found should not be too ugly. Anyway, it was a marriage, and Guo Shao did not intend to pick and choose.
Chapter completed!