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Chapter 232 Qingpingle? If it's not Qingping, there's no joy! (1)

Xihua Gate is not far from Funing Hall. You have to pass Youchengtian Gate, Jiying Gate, Huangyi Gate, and then Chuigong Gate to enter the inner palace. Then you can enter Funing Hall by bypassing Chuigong Hall.

For just this short stretch of road, three eunuchs were asked to lead the way.

When he arrived outside the Funing Palace, Lu Changqing was stopped outside the door.

"The emperor is having dinner, Miss Bai, please wait here for a while."

The person who came out to answer was a fair-looking eunuch in a round-necked, narrow-sleeved uniform, with his back straight. If the person leading Lu Changqing had not greeted him and called him "Zhang Goudang", one would not have been able to tell from his appearance that he was a eunuch.

After the "Zhang Goudang" left, Lu Changqing quietly asked the eunuch beside him: "Who was that person just now?"

The eunuch replied in a low voice, "He is Zhang Maonze from the Eastern Gate Division, a popular figure around the emperor."

Lu Changqing recalled in her mind. Oh no, she didn’t know much about the eunuchs of the Northern Song Dynasty. She only knew three of them.

One was Zhou Huaizheng, who was called "the brother of the Zhou family" and was actually killed; one was Liang Huaiji, who had an affair with the Princess of Yan State; and the other was Tong Guan, the only eunuch in the history of Hua State who was crowned king for his military merits.

As for this Zhang Maze, she had no impression of him.

If you have no impression of him/her, then he/she is not important.

After waiting for about two incense sticks of time, Zhang Maozhe came out again and told Lu Changqing to go in with him.

Funing Hall is a general term for a group of halls, not just one palace.

Walking around the rockery and through the corridor, Zhang Maze led Lu Changqing to the main hall.

When they reached the main hall entrance, Zhang Maoze stopped and said to Lu Changqing, "You wait here first. I will go and report to the emperor first."

Lu Changqing crossed his arms and saluted him, "Please trouble Zhang Goudang."

Zhang Maze nodded to Lu Changqing and turned to enter the main hall.

Soon, Zhang Maze came out again and summoned Lu Changqing into the hall.

Lu Changqing kept his head down, and when he entered the main hall, he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Keep your head up."

Zhao Zhen's voice came from above his head, and Lu Changqing raised his head as he was told.

Zhao Zhen looked Lu Changqing up and down, then suddenly smiled and said, "You are still a little girl. What's your name? How old are you this year?"

"I am Bai Fuying, thirteen years old this year."

Zhao Zhen raised his chin towards Lu Changqing, "Get up."

Then he waved his hand to call Zhang Maze and whispered something to him. The latter nodded and retreated.

Lu Changqing stood in the hall, not knowing what Zhao Zhen was up to.

There are not many emperors in the history of Hua Kingdom whose temple name is "Ren", and the one in front of him is the most famous one.

Regarding the emperor's virtues, he had a very good reputation. He was kind and benevolent by nature, generous and kind, and was deeply loved by the literati.

Nonsense, how can you not like him? Who among the ministers doesn’t like an emperor who has no ability, no skills, no temper, is weak and incompetent but has a clear mind and can listen to advice?

How satisfying it is to serve the emperor like a grandson and be his grandfather!

If you ask Lu Changqing whether he likes Song Renzong, of course he doesn't.

From the perspective of ordinary people (peasant class), she did not like any emperor in feudal society.

Because the emperor's class position is opposed to that of ordinary people. The emperor (power) represents the landlord class, which is an oppressive class that exploits the peasants and is always above the peasant class.

Lu Changqing could never bring himself into the identity of these nobles. As for why he had to help the landlord class every time he traveled to ancient times, it was because class revolution could not be achieved in the current environment.

We all know that productivity is the ultimate determining force of social development, but the upper limit of productivity under the small peasant economy is only so high. There is no other way. If you can't beat them, you can only join.

As for why we should support women to seize power, it is because this is something that Lu Changqing can do with hard work. Although after success, they still represent the landlord class, it at least makes the status of women in society higher, freer, and makes their lives better.

This is also a kind of social progress.

As for the production revolution, she could not do it alone. Besides, she could only stay in the small world for more than ten years at most, so Lu Changqing never thought about carrying out a class revolution.

Let's get back to Zhao Zhen. Besides his identity issue, there is another bigger reason why Lu Changqing dislikes Zhao Zhen. His "benevolence" is only directed towards the scholar-official class. As for the common people, haha, they are all ants and can be exploited.

Lu Changqing could not empathize with any emperor, some who jumped into the sea to die for their country, some who hanged themselves on Coal Hill. No matter how miserable they were, could they be more miserable than ordinary people?

Just when Lu Changqing was daydreaming, several eunuchs came in from outside the hall.

Some of them were carrying tables, and some were holding pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Seeing this, Lu Changqing stepped aside and watched them place the things in the hall.

Zhang Maozhe stood in front of the table, spread the paper flat, then pressed the paper with a paperweight, and then stood beside the table, picked up an ink stick and began to grind ink.

Zhao Zhen raised his hand towards Lu Changqing, "I heard that you have been with your biological mother since you were a child, and she taught you to read and write. I have seen your calligraphy, and it is indeed well written, with powerful strokes and neat and regular handwriting.

Now that you are going to be in the Shangshu for introspection, you will definitely need to assist in registering and handling documents in the future. Please copy a poem for me to see."

Lu Changqing understood that this was a suspicion that she had hired someone to write for her.

Lu Changqing picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, thought for a moment, and then started writing on the paper.

Zhang Maze stood on the table, looking at the words written by Lu Changqing, and nodded to Zhao Zhen.

After Lu Changqing finished writing, he put down his pen, picked up the paperweight, lifted the paper to dry, stood up and handed it to Zhang Maize with both hands.

Zhao Zhen took the paper and glanced at what Lu Changqing had written. He suddenly smiled and began to read the words on the paper with interest.

"A new song, a glass of wine, last year's weather, the same pavilion.

When will the setting sun return? The flowers fall helplessly, and the familiar swallows return.

I wander alone in the fragrant path of the small garden."

"Do you know who wrote this lyrics?"

Lu Changqing bowed and replied: "This poem was written by the current Minister Yan."

Zhao Zhen handed the paper to Zhang Maonze and asked Lu Changqing, "Why did you choose this one?"

"Just now when I passed by Chuigong Gate, I happened to see a withered chrysanthemum in the garden, so I immediately thought of this poem."

No, Yan Shu was Zhao Zhen's favorite at the moment. Lu Changqing mentioned Yan Shu only to deepen his impression in Zhao Zhen's mind.

I don't know what Zhao Zhen suddenly thought of, but he suddenly said, "It seems that the gardeners in the back garden are not careful enough in taking care of the flowers and plants. There are even withered flowers in the flowerbed of Chuigong Gate."

"You are wrong, the blooming and withering of flowers is the most common thing in the world. Besides, 'fallen petals are not heartless, they turn into spring mud to protect flowers'. Their withering this year only makes them bloom more vigorously next year."

Zhao Zhen murmured the words "Fallen petals are not heartless, they turn into spring mud to protect flowers" and asked, "Did you write those two lines of poetry?"

"No, I just happened to see it in a miscellaneous book."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "You are honest."

After saying this, he called out a female official wearing a futou and a round-necked blue shirt from behind the screen behind him and ordered, "Let Bai Fuying, the calligrapher, listen to the announcement. Li Qing, take her to see the palace commander."

Upon hearing this, Lu Changqing knelt down to express his gratitude, "I kowtow to Your Majesty for his grace!"