Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

It has been four days since Concubine Zhao disappeared inexplicably from the Forbidden Palace, and the harem was almost turned upside down. The emperor ordered his personal servants to lead his people to search carefully in Jinghua Palace and its surroundings. clues.

The theory of ghosts and gods became very popular at that time, and it was passed on word of mouth by villains and foolish women in the palace.

The emperor was furious about this matter when he was in court, and he dismissed the memorial on the spot, denouncing it as absurd nonsense, and issued a strict order, whoever attributed Zhao Rang's disappearance to the fallacy of ghosts and gods, and spread things out of nothing, will be severely punished .

However, although Li Lang was able to suppress his subjects with imperial power and punishment, there was one person he could not do anything about.

The Empress Dowager Shi, the birth mother of the emperor, believed in the Buddha for many years, and the strange powers and chaos had been deeply rooted in her heart. She was not very in favor of adding a noble man in the harem to disturb the yin and yang, which would not be of much benefit to the emperor's heirs. give up.

It's nothing to worry about, it's just that there are turmoil on the flat ground, and the concubine was not long before this weird incident broke out. After hearing the news, the queen mother simply lived in the small room next to the Buddhist hall set up in Tai'an Palace for a long time, eating fast and chanting scriptures, in order to God bless.

And the queen was also deeply involved because of this incident. When the queen mother saw that the queen had disheveled hair and rushed to Tai'an Palace to cry like a prisoner who was tortured in Ye court, she no longer wanted to hear about the world, so she had to intervene.

How could the emperor condemn a queen who has meritorious dragon veins because of a man who cannot be inherited?

Under the strong dissuasion of the empress dowager, who even denounced Li Lang for being unfilial and threatened him with honor and disgrace, the emperor reluctantly took back his order.

After the abolition, it was put on hold for the time being, and the golden seal was kept, but the emperor who was responsible for injuring the dragon's body was not relentless, and would expel Empress Xie from the Dikun Palace no matter what.

The Empress Dowager had no choice but to turn to Empress Xie to be patient for a while. The Empress lost her last support in the palace, so she had to lead the maids in disgrace and move to the nearby Chonghua Palace.The prince did not move with his mother, but moved to Tai'an Palace to stay with his grandmother.

This incident naturally caused an uproar. If Xie Lian was in the court, there would be no one who would fight against the injustice. The queen and the emperor who were in charge of the harem were not only husband and wife, but also the cornerstone of the country's peace and prosperity. The queen was punished so severely and was kicked out of the palace. Speaking of the Eastern Chu after crossing the river, it is unheard of in the entire dynasty.

But on the one hand, Xie Lian still excused his illness and left the court, and his situation was not as good as before; on the other hand, General Xie, who had not returned to his post so far, went to court every day without integrity, but even he never stood up for Empress Xie, and the temptation to others was just Shaking his head, he replied with one sentence: "The empress has no parents or siblings, and the Xie family are all foreign ministers."

The reasoning behind this statement is correct. Once you enter the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea, and there are only monarchs and ministers without parents. However, the Xie family is not an ordinary family that can do nothing. Xie Kun’s words clearly show that he is standing by the sidelines of the plight of the sisters and taking the wise way to protect themselves.

The ministers were even more silent about what happened to Empress Xie.

Li Lang is also in a bad mood these days, and with the heavy state affairs, he can't wait to lead the guards to search the Jinghua Palace and pretend to be someone else, always worrying about whether there is something wrong.

However, apart from serious matters and little leisure time, Wei Yixiao also strongly resisted the emperor's thoughts. The leader of the forbidden army said: "Zhao Rang's whereabouts are unknown, and even the way of disappearance has not been found. The Jinghua palace guards are not allowed to hide." Your Majesty must not be involved in any danger of murderous intentions. Besides, regardless of whether Zhao Rang is a friend or an enemy, your Majesty has already ignited the flames of war, so don't you want to add fuel to the fire before you see the opportunity?"

The emperor knew that Wei Yixiao was still afraid of the Xie family's desperate move, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it.Turning the harem upside down in person with the dignity of an emperor, Li Lang really can't do such a thing that loses face and flaunts his weaknesses.

He didn't dare to show his face, and he couldn't announce to the world with great fanfare, and checked Zhao Rang, but he really burned all his internal organs: there were cronies inside, imperial officials outside, and temples in the Jianghu. After many inquiries, there was still no news at all. .

No matter how powerful Zhao Rang is, Jinling is not a place where he can overthrow clouds and rain as a tyrant who ruled in partial security. If he does not show up for a long time, he must be controlled by others and cannot be self-disciplined. If he falls into the hands of his enemies, it will be unimaginable.

It's just that Li Lang even baited Xie Kun by agreeing to Ziyu's marriage. Xie Kun still didn't know about it after spying on him. Maybe it was not the Xie family's doing, but who could it be?

For several days, every night, Li Lang tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, often after he lay on his pillow, he would suffer for half an hour before getting up again to read the memorial, sometimes he would be so absorbed that when the rooster crowed, he would close his eyes for a nap and call people After serving and washing, he went to court after eating.

Only by being obsessed with state affairs and public affairs can he relieve his anxiety.

However, Zhao Rang's disappearance, as well as the manuscript of the object and the poems he wrote before disappearing, made another event that Li Lang painstakingly arranged unexpectedly smooth.

This was the "important matter" he had mentioned to Zhao Rang that night when the two expressed their feelings for each other.The hesitation and suspicion will indeed melt away by then. Li Lang knows Zhao Rangzhi's virtue well, so why not use it?

The Xie family has been in business for many years, and its power is pervasive, and it cannot be underestimated. Even if the generals of the Jinling garrison seem to have no rebellious intentions, there is no guarantee that there will be no one who fishes in troubled waters, and Li Lang dare not trust him. Before he raised troops to force the palace, Li Xian must have never imagined The third prince will act recklessly, chasing his father and killing his brother.

When he left the city to receive the surrender, he had planned with Yan Wei, Cao Lin and others to secretly transfer the soldiers of South Vietnam and East Chu to Jinling in case of emergency.Then there were changes in Nanyue, the Taifu died, and the old man lost his horse. It was a godsend opportunity. The Nanyue troops entered Jinling in the way that the Eastern Chu Military Department was ordered to escort the coffin.

Afterwards, the thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers left in the open, but in fact they stayed in Jubao Mountain outside the southern city of Jinling, training soldiers in a private house built by a giant merchant.

However, this time when he went north, Qi Zhenxu had to guard Nanyue County and was unable to come in person. Instead, he was only led by the deputy general.Li Lang was somewhat worried that the South Vietnamese infantry would live in the frontier for a long time without the king's order, but when he thought of asking Zhao Rang to lead his old subordinates, there would be troubles!But thanks to Zhao Rang's handwriting, on the night Li Lang received the letter, Wei Yixiao and several other people followed him, wounded and wearing stars and wearing moons, and rushed to Jubaoshan, handed Zhao Rang's manuscript to the deputy general, and briefly explained about Zhao Rang's disappearance. Between the lines, it was all blamed on the Xie family.

The lieutenant was not very good at writing and ink, but after hearing "to live like this, to die like this", he felt great grief and pain, and the emperor lost his temper very much. The emperor didn't think he was disobedient, but comforted him with words, and explained that it was not because Zhao Rang had made up his mind to die or knew that he would die 's masterpiece.

When Li Lang left Jubao Mountain, all the South Vietnamese soldiers were already sharpening their swords, wishing they could rush into the city immediately and kill Xie Lian.

Li Lang felt something in his heart, and was moved by the loyalty of Zhao Rang's generals. When he got to the palace gate, he reined in his horse and whispered to Wei Yixiao: "If Zhao Rang dies, I don't need the people from Nanyue to do anything."

Wei Yixiao's voice was as soft as a flying mosquito: "Why bother, Your Majesty?"

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter." Li Lang replied lightly.

But he never imagined that the mysteriously missing Zhao Rang would appear in the harem inexplicably, and the same thing happened suddenly, strangely and sensationally.

It was not until noon that day, and the early court had retreated. Li Lang discussed and reconciled the half-year household tax allocation with the officials of the household department headed by the minister of household at Yuntai, west of the Jianji hall. The military expenditure in the past two years was very huge. It has been returned, and it is reasonable to fill the national treasury slightly. However, although it is in the pocket, it still swallows money and food because of the war.

The public opinion tends to exempt his land and people from the corvee tax in the first two years. Here again, Li Lang secretly fell in love with Zhao Rang's foresight. That man was indeed as he said, never had any dissatisfaction with Dongchu. However, Nanyue did not mint coins after the founding of the country, and the circulation was always with Eastern Chu coins. Waiting for Nanyue to submit, saving Jinling a lot of trouble.

State affairs were being discussed to an important point, and the monarch and ministers were concentrating on it. Suddenly, the emperor's personal servant came in without warning, and whispered softly into Li Lang's ear: "My lord, Zhao Guifei is now in Tai'an Palace, and the old lady is furious."

No matter how calm Li Lang was, he couldn't help but change his face and frown when he heard the news. He glanced at the ministers and waved his hand: "I will drive to Tai'an Palace after I finish my business here."

He also whispered to the servant inside: "No matter what I tell the queen mother, the filial piety of a master is very different from that of a husband. I am not only the king of the country, but also the head of the family. Please think about it."

The waiter understood and had to leave.

Li Lang's expression returned to normal, and he waited until the important event was over, and after noon, he dismissed the officials in the name of having a meal, before he changed into his formal attire, he headed for Tai'an Palace like lightning, and listened to the servant straight to the point telling the story all the way. It's wind, and I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will be pious and hurt Zhao Rang.

The Empress Dowager was still not in the main hall, but in the largest side hall near the Buddhist hall to the east, when Li Lang arrived, what he could see already made him furious.

Zhao Rang, who had been missing for several days, was lying on the ground in plain clothes. He didn't know whether he was unconscious or awake. A trace of luck, at this moment, tears flowed from her eyes, and she prostrated herself at Li Lang's feet.

Li Lang pulled Changle up with one hand, strode to Zhao Rang, and pulled him up, seeing Zhao Rang's eyes slightly opened, his withered lips fluttering, as if he was still conscious, and seeing his brown complexion, his heart was already full In pain, without a word, untie the rope on his body, hug him in his arms, silently check Zhao Rang's pulse, knowing that there is no danger of his life, let's put his mind at ease for the time being.

Only then did Li Lang have time to look around. His biological mother, the Empress Dowager, was sitting high in the center, and beside her stood a hideous nun with a birthmark on her face. He was extremely calm, even the corners of his lips raised slightly.

Li Lang knew that the nun must be Hui Hai, whom he had never seen before, so he looked at her as if he was hiding his color, and his face darkened immediately: "The culprit who deceives the people with gossip, come, take this nun down and beat her to death! "

Hui Hai's face turned ashen in an instant, the Empress Dowager was startled from anger, and suddenly got up from her seat, protected Hui Hai with one hand, tremblingly said: "Who dares to mess around! Emperor, do you know what this Zhao Rang has done?! He actually hides in the back pavilion of the Buddhist hall, acting recklessly and messing up the palace curtains! If it weren't for the blessing of the Buddha, even Hui Hai, a Buddhist disciple, would be ruined by this monster to destroy his innocence and practice!"

Li Lang sneered again and again, and the queen mother said again: "You have been obsessed with ghosts recently. This Zhao Rang must be a monster who rescued his life and destroyed the country. The emperor should stop being obsessed with obsession! Take a bath and fast, worship the Buddha, and wash away your sins..."

Before she finished speaking, Li Lang stopped shouting: "Take down that nun!"

The servants did not dare to be negligent, the maids gathered together and forcibly helped the empress dowager out of the palace, and the strong servant immediately locked Hui Hai, but Hui Hai did not struggle, raised his eyes and smiled at the emperor and said: "Why is your majesty venting your anger on the emperor?" Poor nun? The general’s masculine body cannot be filled with yin, and the blending of yin and yang is natural. The poor nun is only lucky to be sympathized by the general..."

"Shut up." Li Lang knew that the nun intended to provoke him, but he still felt it was extremely harsh, his anger sank in his dantian, and he was about to speak.

At this time, Zhao Rang, who was hugging him tightly in his arms, seemed to be more awake, moved slightly, and said to Li Lang with an air, "Don't... believe, don't kill..."

Li Lang only felt that Zhao Rang's body heat was unusual, and he didn't dare to delay any longer. He hurriedly ordered Hui Hai to be imprisoned first, so he simply picked up Zhao Rang and ordered the imperial doctor Chengxian Palace to wait. Then, he also said to her: "You also come with me."