Chapter 55 The Imperial Palace

  On the carriage, both windows on either side were completely sealed off, and it was impossible to see outside. Those two people also sat in front of the carriage, while inside the carriage there were only Guo Jia and Ming Er, not giving Guo Jia any opportunity to talk, obviously they too knew that speaking too much would lead to slips of the tongue.

  And even Ming Er, a little maid, had to insist on bringing it up, being careful and cautious in her work, not giving Guo Jia any opportunity to pass on the message.

  "Master." Ming Er tightly and fearfully pulled on Guo Jia's hand.

  Kuo Chia smiled wryly and said:

  "I now wish that this was Chen Qun's intention to take me somewhere and beat me up, but unfortunately, he doesn't have the ability to do such a thing."

  "Could it be that case from that day?" Ming'er asked in a low voice.

  Indeed, since that group of people can easily rescue someone from a prison cell, they must also have the ability to do such things.

  However, Guo Jia was unable to make any judgment on this. Having the ability is one thing, but what about the motive? If he really wanted to take revenge on him, did he need to go through so much trouble to bring people away?

  It's likely that someone wants to see Guo Jia! At least, it seems like he doesn't have any valuable assets that would make him a target for kidnapping and ransom right now?!

  "It depends on whether this horse carriage can leave the city or not." Guo Jia said, but unfortunately, he couldn't open the window to take a look at the outside situation. Guo Jia didn't have that kind of "distinguishing direction by sound" ability yet. So now he could only "listen to heaven's will".

  Later, it can be judged from the noise outside that the carriage is slowly passing through the bustling streets. However, Guo Jia did not intend to make any moves to call for help, he thought he had no mortal enemies, and now others should just want to see him, they wouldn't kill him, but if he really made a fuss, it would only bring life danger.

  In this way, the carriage gradually drove out of the bustling city and the surroundings gradually returned to calmness. Then after an unknown period of time, the carriage finally came to a stop.

  "Halt!"

  A sound came from outside.

  Guo Jia and Ming Er exchanged a glance in the carriage.

  Is this an investigation?! Which means they really are going out of town?!

  Kuo Chia-cheng wondered if the gatekeeper soldiers would come in to take a look, and if they did, what he should say. As a result, the carriage quickly restarted and was released without being checked at all?!

  Are the guarding soldiers also their people? No, it won't be that way. If so, they wouldn't have shouted "Halt" at first. So there's only one possibility: they have a strong backstage and don't need any inspection at all! Just show them a token and the soldier will let you through without hesitation.

  Guo Jia hadn't had time to digest this information when he was shocked by another fact.

  Because they should have left the city, but they didn't leave the city?!

  It may sound a bit roundabout, but that's the fact! The carriage didn't turn around, but it continued to move smoothly without any bumps. It was clear that this was not some wilderness outside the city. Even on official roads outside, it wouldn't be so flat and even!

  Where are they now?

  A gate that wasn't for leaving the city, but still had guards?

  Where will it eventually arrive at? Could it be...

  The environment here is even quieter than before, and after turning east and west for an unknown amount of time, the horse carriage finally came to a complete stop.

  The two men sitting in front of the carriage pulled open the curtain and directly ordered Guo Jia:

  "Get off the bus."

  Then he gestured to Ming Er beside him.

  "She's staying here."

  "You won't do anything to her, will you?" Guo Jia asked.

  "As long as she listens well and stays quietly here, that's all." The man replied simply.

  Guo Jia patted Ming Er's small hand which was tightly grasping his own.

  "Don't worry, I'll be right back."

  "Uh-huh." Tomorrow will slowly let go of her hand, to be honest, facing this unknown situation, it's absolutely impossible for her not to worry. But she also knew that this was not the time for her to throw a tantrum.

  Kuo Chia got down from the carriage, and the curtain behind him closed again. Seeing the situation in front of him, Kuo Chia's heart skipped a beat. Although he had already anticipated it to some extent beforehand, when he actually faced this reality, Kuo Chia was still extremely incredulous.

  In Luoyang City, after passing through a gate guarded by soldiers, but it's not the exit, what could it be? The entrance?

  That's right! Into the city within the city!

  In Kyoto Luoyang, what can be called a city within a city? Only one - the Imperial Palace!

  Although Guo Jia had never been to the imperial palace, and this was not the Forbidden City of later ages, Guo Jia knew exactly where he was, and the eunuch in front of him had already made everything clear.

  "Please follow me." A small eunuch walked up and said to Guo Jia, it was already time for someone else to lead the way.

  "Oh." Guo Jia responded simply, his expression dazed, and even as he walked, his whole person seemed somewhat ethereal.

  Is he going to be summoned by the emperor?

  Could it be that Guo Jia still has some hidden identity that even he himself doesn't know? For example, having a nickname like "Imperial Uncle" or something?

  This is of course a joking remark, but being summoned so secretly made Guo Jia immediately think of Liu Xuan's situation. Could it be that this young emperor also has great ambitions and wants to take back power from the eunuchs and imperial relatives? Is he going to play out a similar drama like Xiao Kangxi?

  Although Guo Jia himself did not think that he had any place to be appreciated by the emperor, but now the fact is in front of him, and it can't afford to let him question it.

  "What should I call you, little official?" Guo Jia asked proactively, thinking that he might be able to extract some information from him in advance.

  "Just call me Little Stool." Probably because of his young age, the eunuch's voice was not as sharp and piercing as Guo Jia had imagined.

  "That little stool, I don't know if you're clear, Your Majesty suddenly summoned me this time, what's the matter?" Guo Jia asked directly.

  "Your Majesty? Oh no, you must be mistaken. This time it's not His Majesty who wants to see you, but rather Grand Secretary Zhang who has business with you." The eunuch replied.

  As soon as he heard this, Guo Jia's face turned pale and his legs softened, almost turning around to run.

  Damn it! For the first time coming to the imperial palace, he was obviously too excited! Guo Jia forgot that in the imperial palace, not only did the emperor live there, but also eunuchs! Perhaps in other eras, eunuchs might not have had such great abilities, but at this time, summoning someone into the palace was a breeze. On the contrary, Emperor Liu Bian found it more difficult to secretly summon someone.

  And what about Zhang Rang, the leader of the Ten Eunuchs? The Emperor even called him "Ah Fa" (a term used to address one's father) and said "Zhang is my father, Zhao is my mother".

  According to this statement, Emperor Liu Bian of today would probably have to be called "grandfather"!

  He couldn't help but wonder what these things were, Guo Jia's mind was racing as Zhang Yan called him over, what did he want to do? No matter how you looked at it, he had nothing to do with Zhang Yan!

  For a moment, Guo Jia's forehead couldn't help but sweat, he was very clear that these ten attendants were lawless people, and if they weren't careful, they might really be taken out and beheaded.