Through the two-inch gap in the door, Zhao Defang stuck her face in and saw that there was no one in the room. It was empty. Only then did he understand why no one in the room answered when he knocked on the door and shouted. There was no one in the room. Unless they saw a ghost, they would not answer.
From this point of view, Zhao Defang's thoughts and speculations just now were somewhat measuring a gentleman's stomach with a villain's heart. It wasn't that Zuo Shaoqing of the Chamberlain of Dependencies had deliberately turned a deaf ear to him and was trying to intimidate him, but that he wasn't even in the office. In that case, there was naturally no need to talk about this unwarranted "show of strength".
It had only been a short while since the morning. Logically speaking, as the chief official of the Yamen of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, Li Guanyu should be in his office dealing with official business. This puzzled Zhao Defang. Since there was no one in the room, it seemed that Zhao Defang could only stand in front of the room door and use a very stupid method-wait for the rabbit.
Coincidentally, just as Zhao Defang was standing in front of Li Guanyu's office door at a loss, a few petty officials came out of nowhere. Before they even got close, when they saw Zhao Defang wearing a third-grade official's red robe, they were all secretly certain that this young and vigorous, handsome young man was most likely the Fourth Prince, the Emperor Qin, who was the most favored by the current official, to report to the Honglu Temple.
Thus, the seven or eight petty officials who had rushed over from all directions quickened their pace and walked in front of Zhao Defang. They cupped their hands and bowed. In front of these petty officials, they were mostly low-ranking officials and not officials. According to Zhao Defang's previous life's social official system, they were at most officials of the ancient foreign education department of Honglu Temple. Their identities were all clerks. Most of them could not even be called section-level officials. They were not much different from grassroots civil servants.
If there was a difference, they were at most low-level civil servants in the central department. With such a low rank, they naturally did not even have the chance to see the emperor and the princes. Today, for the first time, they saw the most beloved fourth prince of the emperor, who had been promoted to the king of Qin a few days ago.
Today, he had come to Honglu Temple to take up the post of Right Shaoqing. It could be said that other than Li Guanyu, who held the position of Zuo Shaoqing, Zhao Defang held the highest position in the Honglu Temple. Naturally, the petty officials who had rushed over after hearing the news were extremely excited and prostrated themselves in worship.
Zhao Defang, who was standing in front of Li Guanyu's office door, saw seven or eight petty officials coming out of nowhere. When they approached him, they bowed to him without any explanation. They lowered their heads and refused to get up. This made Zhao Defang, who had never had such an experience, feel confused. She didn't know what these petty officials were sitting at.
Later, after Zhao Defang's inquiry, she found out. Just now, he knocked on the door and shouted. Although the noise was not very loud, it lasted for nearly a moment. Naturally, the petty officials in the office nearby heard the commotion and came over to investigate.
When they arrived, they found that the person standing in front of Li Guanyu's office was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old wearing a third-grade official robe. Last night, they had been informed that the King of Qin would take up the post of Minister of Right at the Honglu Temple from tomorrow onwards. He would assist Minister of Left Li Guanyu in handling the diplomatic affairs with the Khitan envoy. This made them guess that the young man standing in front of Li Guanyu's office was undoubtedly His Highness the King of Qin himself.
After answering his doubts, Zhao Defang did not have time to explain. Instead, she asked the officials where Li Guanyu was. The petty officials did not dare to be negligent when they heard the King of Qin's question. They immediately replied that Li Shaoqing had rushed to the posthouse outside the Imperial City early in the morning to accompany the Liao Kingdom's diplomatic delegation. Based on their estimations, it should have been more than an hour since then.
After hearing this, Zhao Defang did not waste any more words. She cupped her hands and bid farewell to the petty officials surrounding her before hurrying to the side courtyard of the Honglu Temple's Yamen. She called for the coachman who had just stopped the carriage for an hour and drove him without stopping in the direction of the posthouse outside the Imperial City that was specially used to receive foreign envoys.
After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Defang finally arrived at the posthouse outside the Imperial City. Now that Zhao Defang, the King of Qin, had been appointed by his father, Zhao Guanjia, as the Right Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple's yamen, he was naturally given an imperial medal that allowed him to freely enter and exit the Imperial Palace.
Not only that, because the Zhao family felt that his fourth son was talented and intelligent, if he encountered trouble in handling the court affairs, in order to make it convenient for Zhao Defang to be at his beck and call, he simply gave him an imperial gold medal that not only allowed him to freely enter and exit the palace gate, but also freely enter and exit the palace. There were only two people who had such a gold medal before. One of them was the current Empress Wang, and the other was Prince Jin, Zhao Guangyi, who was " second only to one person and above all ". And now, there was a third owner, and that was the current Prince of Qin, Zhao Defang. Other than that, the other ministers and concubines in the harem did not have such good fortune.
When Zhao Defang jumped off the carriage and walked to the front and back of the Courier Station's entrance, he was about to barge in when he was stopped by an Imperial Army guard guarding the entrance.
"Sir, this is a restricted area outside the Imperial City. Without the permission of the officials, no one is allowed to enter.”The Imperial Army guards standing at the side of the door saw a young man in a red robe charge in, ignoring the guards. Just as Zhao Defang was about to walk through the door of the posthouse, she was stopped by the Imperial Army guard. He cupped his fists and spoke politely.
After all, these Imperial Army guards had seen many officials of the Imperial Court, so they had some insight. Although the young man who was about to barge in was only fifteen or sixteen years old, the red robe he wore was indeed of the third grade. Amongst all the officials in the imperial court, those who could hold the rank of third rank could not be easily offended. Thus, the Imperial Army guard could only block the way and politely persuade him.
Zhao Defang, who had originally wanted to enter the posthouse directly, saw an Imperial Army guard standing in front of the forest suddenly blocking his way and persuading him. After stopping, he quickly took out the imperial medal from his pocket and placed it in front of the Imperial Army guard. He was already extremely anxious, so he naturally rolled his eyes at the Imperial Army guard and said arrogantly,"Look carefully. This is a gold medal bestowed by the government. Can I go in now?"
When the Imperial Army guard saw the young man walking towards him wearing a lower third rank official uniform, he didn't quite believe his eyes at first. After a short while, he saw the young official take out the golden medal bestowed by the emperor. His face immediately turned ashen and he broke out in cold sweat. He immediately lowered his head and cupped his hands. His lips trembled as he replied,"I, I have eyes but I don't recognize the Tai people. I, I hope you can calm down. M-Sir, please, please come in. I-If you're here to find someone, please inform me. I'll guide you and make it convenient for you.”
"Oh, this is a good relationship. You, you don't have to blame yourself. I know you're just doing official business. How can I blame you?”After Zhao Defang put away the gold medallion bestowed by the emperor, she heard that the Imperial Army guard who had blocked her way just now suddenly had a 180-degree change in attitude and took the initiative to lead the way for her. She immediately became quite happy and went straight to the point,"Truth be told, I'm here to find Li Shaoqing of the Chamberlain of Dependencies and the Liao envoy. Do you know where they are in this posthouse? If you know, quickly lead me to find them.”
"Milord, the Li Shaoqing of the Chamberlain of Dependencies and the Liao envoy you mentioned are indeed in this posthouse. This lowly one knows where they are. Then I'll have to trouble you to come with me. I'll bring you to find their whereabouts.”" Yes!" The Imperial Army guard immediately replied when he heard Zhao Defang's question.
Thus, under the guidance of the imperial guard, Zhao Defang came to a pavilion in the backyard of the posthouse. Li Guanyu was chatting and laughing with a few people from the Liao Kingdom under the pavilion. From time to time, he would burst into lively and cheerful laughter. Immediately, Zhao Defang, who had rushed over, felt extremely angry.
At this moment, Zhao Defang thought that Li Guanyu, as the Zuo Shaoqing of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, should be discussing state affairs with the members of the Liao Kingdom's diplomatic team in a serious manner. At this moment, in front of him, he actually heard him talking and laughing with a few members of the Liao Kingdom's diplomatic mission whose backs were facing him. He did not look like the head of the foreign education department at all. He looked like a spy who was ingratiating himself. Zhao Defang simply could not look straight at him.
After sending away the Imperial Army guard who had led the way, Zhao Defang paused for a moment, then somewhat exasperatedly dodged her foot. She then lifted her foot and took a few steps forward, striding in the direction of the pavilion. Every step she took made a "bang" sound of resentment.
"Cough cough, Li Shaoqing, you've made this king search so hard. Benwang rushed to the yamen of the Chamberlain of Dependencies early in the morning. He thought that you would be handling government affairs in the yamen, but when Benwang rushed over, you weren't there.
"When this prince rushed to the posthouse, I actually met Li Shaoqing here. You actually talked and laughed with the members of the Liao Kingdom's diplomatic mission. He really didn't expect that Li Shaoqing would be able to talk so well with the diplomatic mission of the Liao Kingdom as if they were old friends. Looks like this king really shouldn't have come to spoil your mood.”Zhao Defang walked over the steps to the pavilion and sneered at Li Guanyu, who was sitting on a white marble bench with a smile on his face.
Zhao Defang's words were filled with anger and unconcealed emotions. They poured out in a torrent, shocking everyone present.
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