Yucuo of the Red Chamber

After the excitement was over, Jia She and Jia Zhen came forward to play, weeping and weeping, trying to clarify everything they knew.Shui Rong also helped to add an explanation, so that it was coherent and clear.Others who hadn't been to Yangde Palace listened to it for the first time and sighed deeply.Only Prince Yizhong and Prince Zhongshun waited for this opportunity, thinking about it.

The Great Emperor listened patiently, his face turned white and red, and when Shui Rong finished speaking, he said angrily: "A bunch of trash, idiots! I only brought Concubine Jia out this time, and I have the emperor with me, so it's not easy to serve Guards, what did Taichang Temple say? Where is Zhan Shifu? How could this happen? What about the others? Are they all dead? Can the fire burn for a whole night..." Thinking of his beloved concubine and unborn son , the great emperor staggered, coughed, and hurriedly walked into the hall.

An eunuch at the back hastily responded: "Back to the emperor, this matter was not under the control of Zhan Shifu, but later came back, but the empress said that she was pregnant, and everything needed special care, and she let Fengzao Palace Xia take care of it." Taichang Temple didn’t know about it either. Going to check now, in addition to 35 people who have neglected their duties and are to be held accountable, another eight people committed suicide and apologized, and the rest were buried in the sea of ​​flames, and their bones are hard to distinguish.” Whether they fled or burned to death , and no one is clear, or people who should not be clear are not clear.

"Where's Eunuch Xia?" The emperor wanted to accuse him of crimes, full of hostility.

"Going back to the emperor, Eunuch Xia is gone too. According to the maids, Eunuch Xia has been serving by the side of the empress, logically, he should also be in the scene of fire." The eunuch hurriedly replied, although it was nothing to do with him, he was trembling with fright .

"It's gone?!" The Great Emperor snorted, "One or two people is enough, so many people were burned, and none of them woke up and screamed. Could it be that everyone is dead, waiting to be burned to death? You also They are all dead, and the night watchman didn't find them, and you couldn't hear them?"

"Back to the emperor," Taichang Temple Qing hurriedly knelt down and replied, "the imperial doctor said that the empress has been suffering from headaches, so she took a lot of calming medicine; Busy day, everyone is tired, and I don’t know when I sleep at night. Last night...the wind was heavy and the snow was heavy, I probably heard it, and I went to rescue and was trapped inside...the night watchman...the Yangde Palace wall was not damaged, The Yangde Palace was arranged by Eunuch Xia, and none of the ministers knew about it...the minister deserves death for his crimes, and please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Damn it, everyone! It's an unforgivable crime!" The Great Emperor threw the tea that the eunuch had just brought to the ground and said angrily.

Seeing the situation, Prince Yizhong quickly came out and replied: "I report to the emperor, I deserve to die, I hope I will be foolish and loyal. It is very clear what I have said about this matter. It is really not their fault. When I think about it carefully, it is the empress's behavior that is a bit weird. ..." The presumptuousness was so great that Prince Yizhong didn't have the nerve to say it out, and after thinking about it, he changed his sentence, "This place is like a palace, stationed outside, but so careless, only considering slaves, but ignoring royal rituals, and disregarding the safety of the emperor's heirs , I have lost my virtue, and I ask the emperor to learn from it, so that innocent people will not be punished."

This Prince Yizhong is the eldest grandson of the old Prince Yizhong Qiansui. After the father and son committed suicide in Prince Yizhong's bad deeds, the whole family was demoted.Later, the great emperor ruled the country with benevolence and filial piety, thinking of his close relatives, he was extra merciful, restored his grandson's title, and worshiped him with blood in the ancestral temple, but restricted his actions, and asked for everything in preparation.Prince Yizhong originally had an old relationship with the Jia family, but later turned against each other for some reason. At this time, he saw that the concubine Yuan had passed away, and the situation was over;

Prince Zhongshun was not to be outdone, someone started out with his heart in his arms, and seeing that the emperor was still hesitating, he hurriedly echoed, "Report to the emperor, this minister deserves to die, I hope to put loyalty first. I think what Prince Yizhong said is true. And now The dead are already dead, so why bother to implicate the innocent? Moreover, according to my humble opinion, the Yangde Palace is immoral, so it is probably God’s will. Now that it is ashes, it is better to keep everything simple, so as to prevent those who come.” Jia’s family thought more than once. Breaking ground on his head is already the case today, so naturally he can't let go of the opportunity.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen were still in grief, Shui Rong was single and weak, and some son-in-laws and horses were family friends, but seeing that the momentum was not right, they shrank their heads back and waited for the situation to be clearer.After all, the arms can't twist the thighs, and the two most powerful and favored princes can't seem to stand out. They may not be able to fight if they want to fight, so it's better to wait and see what happens.In this way, those who had been dissatisfied and had feuds in the past, added fuel and vinegar, and after a while, the emperor had no choice but to compromise.

It's impossible to collect them. I don't know which concubine Jia is, so I can't just take them all in. The emperor was annoyed that she would be a burden to the emperor, so he ordered: funeral, but not collection, let alone stop the coffin.However, after returning to the city, she took her old clothes and chose an auspicious day to bury her, it was for the clothes tomb.The matter has come to this point, Prince Yizhong and others have insisted on the two crimes of implicating the prince and damaging the royal majesty. They don't even have to observe filial piety, and they can't enter the imperial mausoleum.However, he chose a place to be buried in Shanglinyuan.

After all, the great emperor is not too good, this matter has to wait until he goes back to ask the Supreme Emperor, the officials have nothing to say, and Prince Yizhong is inconvenient to say more.Poor Yuanchun, after fighting for a lifetime, in the end, there was no bones left, and he couldn't even keep his name.If the heroic soul is not far away, how should I feel?Or how should Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen, who are still weeping over this matter, feel?Nobody cares.

The Great Emperor originally went out happily, came back happily, and suddenly got such bad news, barely listened to it, ordered to clean up and bury it, Yangde Palace was abandoned from then on, and also ordered to return to Beijing tomorrow, and then he will go to the palace to rest.

In the dormitory, looking at the Buddha, the great emperor stared angrily, and said a little funny: "Ai Qing is not responsible for this matter, is it?"

The Buddha shook his head and smiled and said: "The great emperor has won the award, how can I have the ability to cover the sky? If so, I would not come here. It is my secret decree, give it to me first. In addition, I will talk about it when I think about it." .”

"Debts!" ​​The great emperor glanced at the Buddha angrily, and quickly drafted an order for him.Seeing Buddha go out happily, I have mixed feelings in my heart, but at least one big thing is over, let's take a break first.

The great emperor went to rest in grief, but Jia She and Jia Zhen couldn't rest. After thinking about it, they always felt that something was wrong, but they had titles and couldn't come back to tell them in person, so they sent them back to the mansion to pass on the message.Before leaving, he explained in every possible way, to be more steady, don't scare the old lady, and told the old lady to find a way to remedy it quickly, otherwise Jia's family will lose face and something will go wrong.

Laisheng received Jia Zhen's instructions, and he understood the reasons behind it, so he hurried back to Beijing and went straight to Rongguo Mansion on Ningrong Street.There was a lot of urgency along the way, and I didn't know whose children I stepped on, or who kicked over my car. As the saying goes, "Rush to reincarnation" probably looks like this, and some people say to rush to death, which is similar.In short, he was focused on his own affairs, lest he be delayed, there was only one road in front of him, and he should go, and nothing else mattered.

This is also a common thing.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned the corner, he bumped into Jia Mu's sedan chair, knocked Jia Mu to the ground, and was hit on the head by the disintegrated sedan chair.Lai Sheng was dizzy in a hurry, didn't look at who it was, and scolded himself: "Don't you know how to give way to things that don't have long eyes? You have delayed the business of the master, and you have good fruit to eat." Get off the horse, so as not to waste time, after all, once the matter of Concubine Yuan is finalized, it will be difficult to change it.

The people in the underground were shocked, and when they came back to their senses, they were in a mess again. Yuanyang Huber waited for the car to stop, and there was a commotion in front of it. When they opened the curtain, they saw Jia Mu's sedan chair fell on the ground, and it was broken. When he came down in a daze, he hurried forward without caring about being on the street or avoiding etiquette.When I opened the car curtain and looked, I was stunned.

Yuanyang hurried forward to help Jiamu, and asked scoldingly, "What's going on?"

"Just now someone turned around on horseback in a hurry and bumped into the old lady's sedan chair." A bearer hurriedly responded.

"Which bastard, can you be so bold? What are you still waiting for? Why don't you help the old lady up and send her back to the mansion? Find the imperial doctor quickly, and you... also tell the government quickly, and get someone quickly, even the old lady If you dare to bump into someone, you must tell the government to deal with it strictly." Yuanyang was calm and calm when things happened, while seeing that Jiamu was still alive, but there was a little bruise on her head, and she probably fainted from fright, so she hurried assigned.

"Girl, there's no need to report to the government. The man just now seems to be the uncle from the East Mansion. Seeing how he is in a hurry, don't worry about it. Let's send the old lady back, and we will ask later. Got it. The imperial physician has to go back and ask Second Lord Lian or someone to invite him, I'm afraid we won't be able to invite him." A more mature bearer hurriedly replied.

"Where is Uncle Lin? You just said that you will be delayed for a while, why haven't you come yet? Let someone tell him along the same route, and let him go and invite the imperial physician to come quickly. To be promoted? Didn't Uncle Suizhen go to Shanglin Garden? What are you going to do when you come back in such a hurry?" Yuanyang asked doubtfully as she watched the porters tidy up.Is there something wrong with Shanglin Garden?Or is Uncle Zhen playing tricks again?But now she came back to her senses, thinking that it was all the masters' business, she just wanted to serve Jia Mu, so she refused to talk anymore.

Amber had already wiped Jiamu's head with a veil, but luckily the blood was not much, and she yelled a few times, but Jiamu hadn't woken up yet.Although he was worried in his heart, but the old man was getting old and was frightened by such a fierce shock, and it was possible to be overly frightened, so he had better send him back to the mansion for discussion first.Furthermore, he was hit by Lai Sheng, such a scandal, it is inconvenient to publicize it on the street.The sedan chair bearers didn't dare to neglect, but luckily the sedan chair wasn't too damaged, so they tidied it up a bit, and helped Jia Mu in as before, then hurriedly carried it and turned back.