Chapter 410 Strange Imperial Decree
The Bazhou Prefectural Office was the governor of Bazhou more than half a month later.
Yang Qiuchi was in the back garden of the inner yamen, lying half-lying on the Taishi Chair with his son in his arms basking in the sun. The winter sun in Bazhou is so rare, it shining on people warmly. Liu Ruobing sat quietly beside him, making a cotton robe for Yang Qiuchi. From time to time, he looked up at Yang Qiuchi and his son, and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The New Year is about to be celebrated in half a month, and the city of Bazhou is full of lights and decorative colors, and the joy is coming. Liu Ruobing is making New Year's clothes for Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi said he would buy it on the street, but Liu Ruobing would not do it, so he would sew it with his own hands to make warm brands. Yang Qiuchi had no choice but to let her go.
After Liu Ruobing gave birth to a son, he agreed not to take his son away from Yang Qiuchi for the time being, so that the father and son would reunite for more days. As for when they would leave in the future, both of them avoided talking. Yang Qiuchi hoped that the warmth of the family would allow Liu Ruobing to stay in the end.
Liu Ruobing lived in the inner yamen of Yang Qiuchi, and he took his son and Song Yuner in the back garden. The people in the yamen and relatives and friends in Bazhou City all thought that this was the child of Senior Liu Ruobingliu, the master of Song Yuner, so no one was going on.
While the three of them were enjoying the warmth of the sun and the warmth of their family, Song Yuner hurried into the back garden and shouted from a distance: "Brother~!Brother~!"
Yang Qiuchi was stunned. Looking at Song Yuner's anxious look, was something wrong?
Song Yuner ran to the front: "Brother! The imperial edict has arrived. The father-in-law who announced the edict is waiting for you in the flower room in the front hall, so that you can go and receive the edict quickly."
Yang Qiuchi was surprised and happy and asked, "Is that Eunuch Li?"
"Yes!" Song Yuner said.
Haha, the Jianwen case and the Ship Gang case were solved, and Yang Yingneng was arrested. The commander Li Zhiye and others were in charge. I don’t know what rewards would be given this time.
Yang Qiuchi hurriedly handed his son to Liu Ruobing, hurriedly put on his official robe, left the inner yard and came to the flower room.
Eunuch Li was drinking tea on the chair of the Grand Master in the flower room, and two little eunuchs stood behind him. When he saw Yang Qiuchi coming in, he laughed: "Mr. Yang, we're meeting again."
Yang Qiuchi bowed and said, "Don't you be fine, father-in-law? Tsk tsk, I haven't seen you for several months, but my father-in-law has become more and more immortal."
"Hahaha." Eunuch Li laughed to the sky, "Mr. Yang has made great achievements many times, and he has really failed the cultivation of the emperor and the commander."
"Where are," Yang Qiuchi bowed and said modestly, "This is all the emperor's clear view of Wanli, and the commander and commander are well-organized, and the humble position is just a errand."
"Hehe, I haven't seen each other for many days. Lord Yang already knows the way of being an official." Eunuch Li nodded in praise, "Mr. Yang, please kneel down and accept the order."
Yang Qiuchi hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down on both knees.
Eunuch Li took out a golden scroll from his arms, slowly unfolded it, and said loudly: "For the heavens, the emperor said: Come to Zhenyuan Bo, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei and Yang Qiuchi, the governor of Bazhou, Sichuan Province, and bring the grandmother of the Grandma on the Lantern Festival. His wife came to the capital to meet me. I admire this."
This imperial edict was very simple, but Yang Qiuchi understood it and was slightly stunned. Why didn’t he reward me for anything? I asked me to go to the capital to meet the emperor on the Lantern Festival? I kowtowed three times and shouted long live three times. After taking the imperial edict with both hands and stood up.
Eunuch Li looked at Yang Qiuchi mysteriously: "Mr. Yang, I must not know what the emperor summoned you, right?"
"Yes. The lower official is about to ask for advice from my father-in-law."
"This time, the major case of Jianwen, Ship Gang, Yu Xuan, Shen Shisheng and other meritorious ministers were all rewarded. The emperor did not reward Lord Yang, but asked you to take the Grandma and the Lady to Beijing, and he fought against the Lantern Festival alone. Doesn't Lord Yang understand the mystery?"
Yang Qiuchi's heart moved: "The emperor wants to reward me personally?"
"Hehe, not only that. I also want to invite your whole family to enjoy the Lantern Festival with the emperor."
Oh? Haha, haha, Yang Qiuchi was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. It must be because of the great contribution this time that the emperor felt that it was not so grand enough to issue a direct order to reward him. Besides, he worked hard for him for so long. This official also became the Earl and the Special Envoy of the Jinyiwei, and he had not even met the emperor and even the commander Ji Gang. Isn't that too unfair?
Yang Qiuchi was excited and thanked Eunuch Li a small box full of pearls, agate, gold, silver and jewelry. Of course, Eunuch Li accepted it with a smile.
After seeing off Eunuch Li away, Yang Qiuchi hurried back to the inner yamen with the imperial edict. In the living room of the inner yamen, Liu Ruobing held his son and Song Yuner, Hong Ling waited for Yang Qiuchi to come back excitedly and nervously.
Seeing Yang Qiuchi coming back, the three of them surrounded him. Liu Ruobing asked, "Qiuchi, what's going on? What's the imperial edict?"
Yang Qiuchi handed over the imperial edict. Liu Ruobing held his son and did not take it empty-handed. Song Yuner took it over. After unfolding it, she read it again, but she couldn't understand what it meant. Yang Qiuchi repeated the explanation of Eunuch Li, and the three of them understood. Song Yuner and Hong Ling were both happy for Yang Qiuchi, but Liu Ruobing held his son and looked sad.
Yang Qiuchi was shocked and immediately thought of the reason why Liu Ruobing was sad. He pulled Liu Ruobing back to the back garden and asked, "Bing'er, you and I will go back to Wuchang and enter the capital, okay?"
Liu Ruobing looked sad: "Qiuchi, I...I don't want to see your wives and concubines...really...I...I want to take my son away..."
Yang Qiuchi was anxious and grabbed Liu Ruobing's sleeve tightly: "No! Bing'er, we are together, how happy we are, can you bear to break up our family?"
Liu Ruobing hugged her son tightly, lowered her head and refused to speak.
From her expression, Yang Qiuchi knew that she had not convinced her. She was anxious and didn't know what to do.
It seems that it is not feasible to keep people with feelings, what should I do? Yang Qiuchi was holding the imperial edict in his hand and thought to himself, if Liu Ruobing took his son away, then even if he captured Emperor Jianwen, no matter how high the official position he was, what would it mean?
Capturing Emperor Jianwen? This thought flashed through my mind, and Yang Qiuchi remembered what Bai Sumei said in Wuchang - when he captured Emperor Jianwen, it was probably the time when he died of rabbits and dogs were cooked.
Yang Qiuchi slowly let go of Liu Ruobing's hand, walked to the stone stool on the side, and sighed: "Okay. Take your son away."
Liu Ruobing couldn't bear it, so she walked over with her son in her arms, sat down on the stone bench next to her, and said softly: "Qiuchi, don't do this. I will bring my son to see you from time to time in the future."
"Okay, but this time I'm afraid there will be many dangers. I don't know if you and your son can see me."
Liu Ruobing was shocked and asked, "What? How could it be? Didn't the emperor ask you to take your whole family to celebrate the Lantern Festival and give it a gift in person?"
Yang Qiuchi looked sad: "Bing'er, we are all too kind. There is a saying that "Bunny and dogs cook". Don't you know? After all the rabbits are caught, what do we hunting dogs do?"
"Catch it all? No, isn't Jianwen not caught yet?"
Yang Qiuchi remembered Zheng He's voyage to the West. There was a legend that in order to find Emperor Jianwen, he said nonsense: "I guess the emperor has learned through other channels that Jianwen is dead or fled overseas. The emperor believes that there is no threat to him. I have been arresting the remaining party of Jianwen before. This is a palace fight related to the power struggle between their uncle and nephew. Such a thing must not be known to others, so as not to lose the royal face. Unfortunately, I know too much. If I don't kill me, the emperor may not be able to sleep..."
From childhood to adulthood, Liu Ruobing followed his master to practice martial arts in the deep mountains and dense forests. He rarely interacted with others. And Yang Qiuchi's words were true and false, which was something he had always been worried about, but now he said it in advance. Besides, there are many such precedents in history. It is not groundless. When Liu Ruobing heard Yang Qiuchi's words make sense, he couldn't help but feel anxious: "Qiuchi, what should I do?"
Yang Qiuchi shook his head helplessly: "What else can I do? The king told the minister to die, but the minister had to die. So, after thinking about it, you should take our son away. When I was killed by the whole family, I would be considered as leaving for our Yang family, so that the incense would not be cut off."
Liu Ruobing was anxious: "No! I won't let you die! As long as I am here, they can't move a hair!" This sentence was so confident. But after saying that, Liu Ruobing felt something was wrong and she was going to take the child away. How could she say "as long as I am here"? She didn't know what to do for a moment.
Yang Qiuchi secretly glanced at her, saw that she was hesitating, and sighed again, taking retreat as an advance, and said, "Maybe, this is just me who judges a gentleman with the heart of a villain. The emperor may really just invite me to celebrate the Lantern Festival together and give me rewards in person. He is a wise and wise king, and he should not kill innocent people like those foolish kings."
Liu Ruobing said anxiously: "How can you bet on luck in such a thing? If he really wants to kill you, it would be too late! Otherwise, let's hide and hide in a place where he can't find it."
Yang Qiuchi smiled bitterly and said, "If the emperor wants to kill me, even if he hides at the end of the world, he will find us. Besides, I can't just resist the order and refuse to obey the order just because I guess the emperor might kill me, right?"
"This is reasonable," Liu Ruobing thought for a while, "I can't let you take the risk. I want to accompany you to the capital. Once the emperor really attacks you, I will rob you and run away."
Yang Qiuchi was secretly happy and said gratefully: "Bing'er, are you really willing to accompany me to Beijing?"
"Well, I can't let our son lose his father!"
"Hehe, thank you Bing'er!" Yang Qiuchi smiled. Now he can only take one step at a time and let Liu Ruobing stay first. Anyway, he can continue to move on with this move. Yang Qiuchi said, "Then when will we go?"
Chapter completed!