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A few days later, the four of Fengniang were escorted to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.The decree officer went to the palace to report the truth to the emperor Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou did not convict him, but ordered Feng Niang and the four to stay in the post house in the capital first, and then went to the palace to face the saint the next day.

After the decree came down, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief but also felt nervous.He breathed a sigh of relief because the emperor was indeed magnanimous and did not convict him immediately, but he was nervous because he didn't know how to deal with it.

"Brother Gao, what should we do when we enter the palace to face the saint tomorrow?" Feng Niang asked with a sad face.

"Rough people like us don't know what to say when we see the emperor tomorrow, so we are really worried!" Xiao Zhai scratched his head anxiously.

"Yeah, what should we do tomorrow?" Jin Hua also asked.

The three of them looked at Gao Shiqian together, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment: "What... What should we do? We have to adapt to the situation in the hall tomorrow. I can't think of any specific countermeasures now."

"The biggest official we have met in the village is Baozheng. We don't know how to speak and salute when we see the emperor..." Xiao Zhai said anxiously, "Why don't you teach us Brother Gao? "

"That's good, so I don't rush around tomorrow. If I lose my manners in front of the hall and make Long Yan unhappy, I will suffer." Gao Shiqian said, and taught them some simple prostration etiquette.Feng Niang and Xiao Zhai studied it carefully, and then looked at Gao Shiqian in a daze, feeling uneasy about the upcoming unknown.

Gao Shiqian said: "When you meet the emperor tomorrow, after you salute, you must remember to confess your guilt first."

"Plead guilty?" Feng Niang panicked, "Once you plead guilty, don't you just wait for the emperor to punish you?"

"No, even if you don't admit it, the crime you committed will not be mitigated. Instead, you will confess your guilt as soon as you come up, so that you can ease the anger in the emperor's heart and win more opportunities for yourself."

"I understand," Feng Niang nodded, "After pleading guilty, what should I say?"

"Afterwards, you must not say too much, unless the emperor or officials around him ask you something, and you answer carefully. Remember, you can make mistakes as much as you say, you just need to listen to what the emperor says, and then adapt to the situation. In addition, if you don't want to enter Regarding palace matters, you must pay attention when reporting back, stand firm and humble, and use your sincerity to express to the emperor that you have made a marriage contract with Xiao Zhai. Your power is powerful, understand?"

"Okay, I see..." Feng Niang nodded ignorantly, she was still full of uneasiness about what she would face tomorrow, but she knew what she was going to stick to, and she would never change it.

In the early morning of the second day, a decree came from the palace, Zhao Gou ordered Fengniang to enter the palace to face the king alone, and the rest did not have to follow, but were still waiting in the posthouse.Xiao Zhai begged the messenger to allow him to accompany Feng Niang, but was flatly rejected.Gao Shiqian gave Fengniang a few more instructions, and then watched her go with the messenger.

"Tell me, what will happen when she goes?" Jin Hua asked worriedly, looking at Feng Niang's back.

"It's hard to say, based on what I know about her, I'm afraid it's more ominous than good."

"Yeah, she and Xiao Zhai have such a good relationship, how could she agree to be a concubine? If she agreed, why would she make such a fuss today? It's just that I'm afraid that if the emperor gets angry, he will order them to be executed..."

"It's hard to say, it depends on Feng Niang's wisdom and blessings, let's wait and see calmly."

"May God bless you."

The three waited in the post house for half a day, and finally someone came from the palace and told them an amazing news: Feng Niang was left in the palace by the emperor's edict, and the three of them were allowed to enter the palace immediately to see Feng Niang.

"What?!" Xiao Zhai couldn't believe it when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Why did the Holy Majesty keep her in the palace? Did he want to force her to marry? Could it be that Feng Niang, she agreed to be the empress?!"

The official who came from the palace gave him a sharp look with triangular eyes, and said, "Bold, are you allowed to inquire about this matter? If you are told to enter the palace, follow me into the palace immediately. This is not in your village." Here, here is the capital, at the foot of the emperor, a moment late, according to the decree of rebellion!" After speaking, he turned around, waved his big hand, and ordered the soldiers behind him to lead Xiao Zhai and the three of them out of the post house, and walked to the palace. .

"What's going on, could it be that Feng Niang couldn't withstand the pressure and agreed to the marriage?" Jin Hua whispered to Gao Shiqian on the way to the palace.

"It doesn't look like it," Gao Shiqian said. "If the marriage is agreed, the messenger just now should have said it directly, or called Fengniang a 'beauty', but he just said vaguely that Fengniang was left behind. In the palace, let us enter the palace to meet her, I'm afraid the matter is not that simple, there must be something else going on."

"That's good. Although I don't want to see Fengniang and Xiao Zhai's lives in danger, I was still shocked when I heard the news that Fengniang stayed in the palace just now. I was afraid that she would change my original intention because of the power of the emperor. .”

"In any case, you'll know as soon as you go."

As they spoke, they had already entered the palace, turned around, and came to a quiet side hall.After the messenger went in to report, not long after, palace people came out, leading them to a palace garden in the side hall, and said to them: "Feng Niang is inside, you can go in."

Before the palace man finished speaking, Xiao Zhai rushed in, shouting as he walked, "Fengniang, where are you!" Gao Shiqian and Jinhua followed and entered the palace together.

This is a remote courtyard, the layout of the palace garden is very elegant and simple, there are only one or two palace people in it, the courtyard is deserted and deserted.

Jinhua is also a person who has entered the palace many times. Seeing such a palace, he quietly said to Gao Shiqian: "It seems that she should not have agreed to be a queen, otherwise the emperor would not have arranged for her such a Small and out of the way place to live.”

"Go in and have a look." Gao Shiqian and Jinhua walked inside while talking.

Turning from the main hall to the palace behind, I saw the door of the palace was wide open.There were no palace attendants by the side, and the light in the room was not good, only an oil lamp on the table showed a glimmer of light.

Jin Hua looked at Feng Niang who was sitting on the couch, who was looking sideways at them.I saw her with her head down, holding something in her hand, and fiddled with it intently.Xiao Zhai stood beside him, talking emotionally.And Feng Niang didn't raise her head, just doing the work in hand.

"Fengniang, we are here." Jinhua stepped forward and called her, "How is the matter? Did the emperor agree with your matter?"

Feng Niang shook her head, but did not answer.

"Then what did he leave you in this palace for? It wouldn't be..." Jinhua looked at the extremely deserted courtyard again, and couldn't help but feel tighter, thinking that Feng Niang might have offended Zhao Gou and was forced Into the cold palace...