Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

By the time the emperor hurried over when he heard the news that "the little wife persuaded the eldest wife to make himself faint", the person lying on the bed had already turned into holding a piano.Shulan was sitting on the side, she was still weak, but she had regained her energy, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, another baby is coming! It has been three months."

Ruicheng was happy, "This child is blessed, the Queen's illness will be healed soon."

"However, the imperial doctor said that the fetal appearance is not good, and she has been tired for a month, so she has to take good care of her in the future." Shulan added, "She passed out just now, and the imperial doctor said that she was tired. I will wait for her to wake up Send it back to Qixiang Palace."

Ruicheng nodded uncontrollably, and said, "I'm busy with government affairs, so I'm going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation first."

When Ruicheng left, Shulan pulled Chong, saw that the pinch marks on his wrist were about to fade away, leaving only a faint red circle, and had a vague guess in her heart, but now she couldn't hear her son asking any questions.So Shulan called Huiyan over, pointed at Chong's wrist and said, "I've only been lying down for a few days, is that how you look at Chong?"

Huiyan got up to rejoice because of the empress, and was immediately doused with cold water. She hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the people in this temple are all trained by your empress, how can you do such a thing to the master!"

"Okay, just ask you a few words, I know what's going on." Huiyan pulled the clothes on her body, and said: "I've been lying here for a long time, just drink some porridge at night, put more sugar, sweet Sweet ones are better."

The foundation of holding the piano is good, but he woke up after being dizzy for half an hour. He was a little surprised when he heard that he had a child again. At first, he thought it was a backache from the carriage, but it turned out to be the child's protest.Seeing that Shulan was already sitting at the table and slowly drinking the porridge, she said, "Why are you getting up? I'm still pointing out that I can give birth to a daughter. Your Majesty will propose to me."

Shulan glared at her, "I'm weak now, I can't argue with you, we'll talk about it when I get better."

Baoqin put on his clothes and got out of bed, sat down at the table, and said: "The imperial doctor said that Chong's ears can be cured, you have to pay close attention to him while he is young and has strong resilience."

Four and five of the five northern schools were covered with smoke and had to be repaired for a period of time, so the Chong Hao dignifiedly moved back to Qixiang Palace, and the head of the house was deaf, and moved back to the Kunning Palace. The emperor took pity on it. The two of them, mother and son, didn't say a word.

It's just that Chongying and Chongxiu, who lived in the second and third residences, moved back two days after His Majesty returned to the palace.

If Concubine Chang and Concubine Liu are cruel, it is not impossible to pretend that they don’t know anything and keep their son here, but Concubine Liu’s palace is full, and Chongying has no place to live, and the emperor did not come back two days ago Fortunately, once the emperor came back, Concubine Liu would have the opportunity to attend the bed, and it would be inconvenient to keep his son in the palace. You must know that Concubine Liu occupied the back hall of Changchun Palace, but there were only five rooms.There is room in Qixiang Palace. There are only two people in Baoqin Palace, and they both live in the side hall in the backyard. The five rooms in the main hall of the backyard are empty. Baoqin occupies the entire front yard, except for the main hall. There are also two supporting halls, but Chongying was brought up with the qin in the first place, so she finally left the qin, and now she is sent back for nothing, Liu Bin is not reconciled.

As for Concubine Chang, she didn't have the courage.

Earlier, when I arranged the Baoqin in front of the queen, I thought it would be able to separate the two people, but in the end the queen became seriously ill.She was terrified, afraid that the queen would confess her in front of the emperor. After waiting for a few days, nothing happened about this matter. Who knew that Baoqin was pregnant again, what a bad time!So in this situation, Concubine Chang didn't dare to make any mistakes, and obediently sent her son back to the North Fifth Institute.

After holding the piano for two days, I felt much better and my waist didn't hurt anymore, so I came out to do business again.

In two days it will be the Double Ninth Festival, and the palace ladies were supposed to be let out.Before Baoqin left, she handed over part of the list to Shulan, but since the harem caught fire, Shulan didn't have time to take care of it.

Baoqin looked at the list in his hand, thinking that he could only wait for next year's Dragon Boat Festival, and half a year has passed since the delay, it's hard for these court ladies, or should they give out more red envelopes this year?Or wait until next year's birthday, and release a batch in the name of praying?

Just thinking about it, suddenly the maid came to report that Aunt Cao from the Compassionate Ning Palace had come.

Aunt Cao belonged to the Empress Dowager earlier, and after the Empress Dowager left, she stayed in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, taking care of the maids in the entire residence of the Empress Dowager.When she saw Baoqin, she first kowtowed and said with a smile: "Congratulations, empress, if the queen mother is still here, I will be so happy that I will be laughing from ear to ear."

"Please get up, aunt." Baoqin said: "This birth is dangerous, it is the blessing of the Empress Dowager that makes me and the child healthy and healthy."

After saying a few gossips, Aunt Cao pulled out a piece of paper from her cuff and said, "Madam, the lady sweeping the floor in Shoukang Palace, Chu Xia, said that she wanted to leave the palace. Seeing that Double Ninth Festival is coming, I don't know if I can catch up with it." Once."

Aunt Cao brought something similar to a resume with Chu Xia's handprint on it, and there was a sentence on it that she voluntarily left the palace.

The one who was disfigured by the prince throwing a cup in the palace of the former empress earlier, but although it was a long time ago, Baoqin also remembered that Chu Xia begged her to say that she didn't want to leave the palace, and wanted to stay in the palace as a maid for the rest of her life. He also begged Baoqin to find her a clean place where no one was around, and it didn't matter what she did.

Holding the piano and looking at it for a long time, she said: "Although it is said to be sweeping the floor, this is also a person from the Empress Dowager's palace. I will see you when I leave the palace." She put the paper with her fingerprints on the table and said: "An Jie I will go there with Aunt Cao, bring someone to kowtow to me, and I will reward her with something, which can be regarded as a blessing for the child in my belly."

Aunt Cao smiled and left.

When An Jie brought her, it was normal at first.

But when Chu Xia saw that Rong Xi was the only one left among the maids in the palace, she suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty! Concubine Liu sent someone to set the fire!"

Baoqin's eyelids twitched, Rong Xi hurried to the door and guarded, Baoqin asked: "How do you know? Your Majesty has ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, and the eunuch of the Xuanqiong Palace also admitted that he was ineffective in guarding the board. Beat it, and a little eunuch was kicked out of the palace because of it!"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Liu has been coming to the Great Buddha Hall for two or three years. At first, she left after burning incense, but later she got online with a nun in the Great Buddha Hall. I see that they are old acquaintances. This Mostly it's just my guess. I just heard Concubine Liu mention Xuanqiong Palace when I was sweeping the floor, and I couldn't stop mentioning it. The lady thought, although the place of Xuanqiong Palace is used for sacrifices, Concubine Liu has never mentioned it in her life. Will go, she said for no reason what it does, or tell the mother in the Great Buddha Hall."

Baoqin just felt that her brain was not enough, Chu Xia was justified in her doubts, but why did Pin Liu do it?And how can this fire be put from the Great Buddha Hall to the Xuanqiong Hall?

Baoqin cleared his throat, "I know. It may be too late to release people in Chongyang this year, and I guess it will be next year. Don't worry, go back and work hard. I will definitely not treat you badly."

Chu Xia kowtowed again, and went out with the red envelope given by Baoqin.

If it was true what Chu Xia said, and it was Liu Concubine who did it, then she was obviously looking for the nanny, so why was it that the eunuch was the one who was punished in the end?Moreover, if Concubine Liu could do this kind of thing quietly, then she would have to be avoided in the investigation.

Baoqin thought about it, and early the next morning, he chose several aunts and eunuchs who were in charge of the unoccupied palaces for questioning, and there was Zhou Gonggong from Jingyang Palace among them.

Eunuch Zhou is almost fifty this year, he is ten years older than Concubine Liu, and entered the palace earlier, if there is any secret in it, he must know a thing or two.

"The nanny of the Great Buddha Hall and the eunuch of the Xuanqiong Palace..." Eunuch Zhou thought for a long time, and asked a little uncertainly, "The nanny's surname is Qi?"

Baoqin's eyes lit up, and he nodded hurriedly, sure enough there was something wrong.

"In the early years, I heard that there was a court lady surnamed Qi who was eating with an eunuch. I heard it a few times, but later one was in charge of the Great Buddha Hall, and the other went to the Xuanqiong Palace. Both are places for Bodhisattvas. This relationship It's broken."

Baoqin sent Eunuch Zhou away, and judging from the list of court ladies brought up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs over the years, it is true that Concubine Liu and the nanny surnamed Qi came in one year, and it is not impossible to say that they are old.

No one knew about her relationship with Chu Xia and Eunuch Zhou.

Baoqin thought and thought, and felt that it's better not to tell Shulan that it's not too late to wait until the matter is almost done, and Shulan has such a straight temper, don't whip Liu Concubine.

Although she herself really wanted to smoke Concubine Liu.

But why?Could it be because the emperor succeeded her son, and she began to take revenge on the society?So target all the princes indiscriminately?

No, she lived in four residences named Chong, the one closest to the burning Xuanqiong Palace.

The heart of holding the piano was raised and lowered. If this matter is not resolved, she will not be able to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. She still has one in her stomach.

Not two days later, Baoqin sorted out the entire list of court ladies, and went to the emperor with the list he had sorted out.

"Your Majesty." Before he could hug the piano and salute, Ruicheng hurriedly asked Xiao Hongzi to help him up.Baoqin smiled, she specially relaxed her waist before coming, and it seems that the effect is really good.

The palace lady brought the chair over again, sat down with her arms around her waist, and then she started talking about the business, "Your Majesty, I didn't let the palace lady go out this Chongyang Festival. People's good things will be delayed. The eldest prince is like this now, why don't we release a batch a year ago, firstly to pray for the eldest prince, and secondly..." Baoqin lowered his head and rubbed his stomach shyly, " Let this in my stomach be full, maybe I can give birth to a princess."

There are indeed so many bad things this year. Ruicheng has just dismissed Mr. Gao and grounded Concubine Gao. Now Jiangnan is in chaos. He also recruited Xiaobao into the palace and asked him to recommend two local reliable points officials or something.

Now hearing Baoqin's words to pray for blessings, Ruicheng remembered that Chong's ears were bad, so he didn't even speak much, so he couldn't help but nodded and said: "This is very good, you can figure it out."

Baoqin handed the booklet in his hand to Xiao Hongzi, and said: "This is to add some people to the original Double Ninth Festival list, some are older, and some are planning to leave the palace next year, the maids of Yangxin Palace and Qianqing Palace A total of three…”

Hearing Baoqin finished the matter clearly, Ruicheng also roughly scanned the list, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. The people who were released were not the ones he was used to, and there were not many capable maids in front of the concubines. Immediately stamped the big seal, said: "I will ask Qin Tianjian to have an auspicious day later, and you let these people prepare first."

This time it was a big deal, Baoqin compared the resumes of the maids with the list of the minor elections, and released all the maids who served in the same palace as Liu Concubine for three years before and after.Fortunately, Concubine Liu is almost forty now, and there are really not many people in the palace who can stay at this age, and most of the maids who entered the palace with her in the first period were the concubines of the late emperor, and now there are no concubines of the late emperor. There are only a few left, and they are all younger than Pin Liu.

After doing this, I finally feel good.But as soon as the release list came out, Baoqin felt that Liu Bin's eyes were wrong. Although it had some psychological effects, Baoqin still approached Shulan and told the truth.

"I'll just say..." Shulan acted like she was going crazy, she took off the whip from the wall and was about to go to Concubine Liu's Palace.

"Your Majesty!" Baoqin pulled him back, and blocked the door with his stomach outstretched, "Your Majesty has closed the case, saying that the eunuch was careless!"

"It's not your son who is emotionally hurt!" Shulan said angrily, "If I don't make her popular, she won't know how to write in blood!"

"There are so many ways to torment her, why are you hurting both sides like this!" Baoqin grabbed the whip, slung it in his hand several times, and said: "We can take our time, and if she gets rid of her minions, she can only wait and see." In the palace!"

Shulan didn't listen, "If you're with me, don't stop me!"

"I have a solution!" Baoqin blocked the door tightly, "You have to endure it for two days, and if you can't do it, you can beat her!"

Shulan was a little skeptical, "What can you do!"

"Didn't Hui Ting tell you when she entered the palace last time? Her mother-in-law looks exactly like Yunrong Yunrong next to the queen mother. We scared her. My mother has never been in the palace. Anyone who has seen her is Hui Ting alone." After saying this sentence, seeing Shulan's mood eased, she hugged Qin and said: "Concubine Liu is illiterate, even if you make her popular, she still doesn't know what to write in blood."

Not two days later, Baoqin invited Mrs. Zhao into the palace on the grounds that she missed her family.Naturally the emperor would not object, especially Shulan, and it was cold, and no one dared to say anything when Hefei's mother came in in a sedan chair wearing a cloak.Thanks to Baoqin's painstaking efforts over the years, plus she still has one in her stomach, no one would dare.

What's more, who are you going to sue?Now there are only two people in the palace who can hold the piano, one is the queen and the other is the emperor.

Queen?Hehe, going to complain in front of her is just asking for it.

emperor?Still hehe, he was still looking forward to Baoqin giving him the eldest daughter of the emperor.

And how to sue?It is said that it is against the rules for Hefei's mother to enter the palace in a sedan chair. You must know that besides the daughter Baoqin, her mother also has two sons who can't live up to expectations.Concubine Chang watched Zhao's sedan chair pass by her palace gate, her teeth were about to gnaw.

That afternoon, Baoqin took Mrs. Zhao to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, saying that she was burning incense sticks for the Empress Dowager.The Great Buddha Hall is full of curtains, and the light is dark, so it is very easy to hide someone.

Concubine Liu would go to the Great Buddha Hall to burn incense every day, rain or shine, and received a lot of rewards from the emperor, and this day was no exception.

Concubine Liu knelt on the ground and lit incense, and said, "You all go out, I'll be alone." She held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, and when she was counting the Buddha's name, she came in holding the qin.

Concubine Liu looked up at her, and said: "My concubine and concubine, the concubine is currently paying respects to the Buddha, so I can't salute."

Baoqin nodded, and got on the soft cushion where Zhu Xiangzhi was kneeling beside her.

Not long after, Concubine Liu realized that there seemed to be someone in front of her. She opened her eyes and saw, Sister Yunrong!Standing in the distance blankly!

Concubine Liu was so startled that she almost fell off the mat, "Mommy! Mommy!"

Baoqin hurriedly stood up, took her hand and said, "What's the matter? Is Concubine Liu in a coma?"

Concubine Liu pointed at Mrs. Zhao and said, "Didn't you see it? Sister Yunrong!"

Baoqin shook his head, very worried, "Concubine Liu must go back to rest, the weather is cold..."

"You have harmed the queen mother's grandson!" Zhao said quietly.

Concubine Liu yelled and escaped from the Great Buddha Hall.That night, she had a nightmare. The empress dowager was accompanied by Sister Yunrong, and there was blood all over the floor. Concubine Liu woke up suddenly.

I am right!You killed my two children, I was right!

Not two days later, there were rumors in the palace, saying that when Concubine Liu was burning incense in the Great Buddha Hall, she was frightened out by Sister Yunrong, and she was so frightened that she had nightmares every night, and the sick one couldn't get out of bed.There are a lot of things to think about here, what did Sister Yunrong come to scare her for no reason, or did she do something to apologize to the Empress Dowager?

Although Concubine Liu suspected that it was Baoqin's hands and feet, she only knew that it was Baoqin's mother, Mrs. Zhao, who entered the palace that day, and nothing else.

That person is exactly the same as Sister Yunrong, and Sister Yunrong is already completely dead, leaving only a pair of bones, how can she be resurrected!Concubine Liu trembled, broke out in a cold sweat, and said, "Bring me another bowl of hot tea."

Seeing that Concubine Liu was so frightened that she couldn't get out of bed, she even asked for leave, but Shulan was still not reconciled.However, under the daily acupuncture and moxibustion of the imperial physician, Chong has made some progress. It is said that there are occasional buzzing in her ears, and it is the end of the new year, so Shulan can only put this matter aside for the time being.

It's been five months since Baoqin's belly, and she can't handle too many palace affairs, and the matter is all back on her head.

After taking care of Concubine Liu that day, seeing her frightened like a ghost, Baoqin knew that the fire probably had something to do with her, so he met Chu Xia while he was offering incense to the Queen Mother, and said: "Your kindness I put it in my heart, if you want to leave or stay, I will ask you again. If you stay in the palace, you can be an aunt in charge in the future, and you can be a nun even when you are older; if you leave the palace, you have to wait until next year's Dragon Boat Festival, I'll find you a vacancy, either the female supervisor or the priest's workshop, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will give it some face."

Chu Xia kowtowed, touched the scar on his head, and said, "Thank you, Madam, I don't have anyone in my family. I just thought of a plan to see Madam. If... it's better to stay in the palace. I scanned The land that has been around for almost ten years will only be swept away."

Baoqin sighed, and said: "What's wrong with sweeping the floor. If that's the case, you should go to Shangshe Bureau to be an aunt."

Chu Xia kowtowed again and left with the broom.

There was a fire in the palace, Concubine Gao was grounded, Concubine Liu was too sick to get out of bed, Cao Guiren Guang and the Ninth Prince who was born in March of the tenth year had never had a good cough, this year can be described as gloomy.

At the last banquet in the Fifteenth Palace of the first lunar month, after drinking for three rounds and eating half of the dishes, Ruicheng felt dizzy, so he said to Shulan beside him: "I'm going back first, watch carefully, it's cold , don't get it too late."

Shulan nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is the tenth year in the palace."

Ruicheng said to Baoqin again: "You should go to bed early too, the child is six months old, don't be tired." After saying this, Ruicheng ignored Yingying Yanyan's expectant eyes, and turned his head with Xiao Hongzi and left.

However, after walking two steps, Zhongyong came in with a memorial in his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, the urgent report just submitted by the cabinet said that it was the secret security of spies in the south of the Yangtze River. sign!"

"What!" Ruicheng exclaimed, only felt a splitting headache, and fell unconscious after shaking twice.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Call the doctor!"

For a while, the hall was in chaos.

By the time the emperor was carried back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, all the concubines were sent back to the palace, and the imperial physician came, half an hour had passed.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Ruicheng was lying on the bed, Shulan was sitting by the bed, and Baoqin was leaning on the chair.Five imperial physicians knelt on the ground, one by one stepped forward to feel the pulse, but everyone was in a cold sweat after stepping back from the dragon bed.

Baoqin didn't feel well, and Shulan didn't go anywhere easily.

Every imperial doctor came up to check the pulse with breath-holding, but after three or five breaths, when they came out of the diagnosis, they trembled. Shulan was the closest, so why couldn't she see it.

After the five imperial physicians had all taken their pulses, they discussed in private and chose the closest imperial physician from Kunning Palace to answer Shulan.

"Your Majesty is the prime minister of stroke." Imperial Physician Hou said this hesitantly.

Shulan stood up abruptly, then fell backwards. "How could it be? Go decoct the medicine!"

The imperial doctor kowtowed again, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, make a plan as soon as possible. This news will not be kept secret for long. His Majesty, he... can't hold on for long. Whether he can wake up or not is another matter."

Shulan took a long breath and said: "I understand, the five of you will stay in the class room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight, and I will let you out tomorrow morning."

Imperial Physician Hou nodded and said, "The first three days are the most dangerous, as it should be."

Shulan went out with Doctor Hou in person, and explained the decision just now. When she came back, Baoqin was already standing beside Ruicheng's bed.

Shulan looked at the motionless emperor on the bed, and said, "You come out with me, let's go to Kunning Palace to discuss."

But Baoqin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty can't do without people, I want to live in Dongnuange."

Shulan went up to grab her hand, pulled her away from the dragon bed and said, "Didn't you understand just now?"

Baoqin shook her head, "I understand that foreign enemies have invaded, and His Majesty is seriously ill. The sky will change tomorrow morning." She looked at the chiming clock in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said, "It's two quarters of the unitary hour, and there is still one more time to leave the palace door locked." Half an hour."

Almost half of the people in Kunning Palace and Qixiang Palace were sent out. In addition, the gates of the Twelve Palaces in the inner court were locked before the hour.

Half an hour later, the first batch of people who got the news sat in the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Shulan's father and elder brother, Liang Dafu and Liang Shubao.

"The most important thing is the throne." It was Shulan's father, Mr. Zhao, who spoke the first sentence. He is a first-rank general in the imperial court.Originally, I wanted to talk about the invasion of foreign enemies, but when I thought about it, I was sitting on my own people, and the time was limited, so I hit the bullseye when I came up.

"Although Your Majesty has eight sons," Shulan said with a sad expression, "but there are only three who have the chance, Chong Ying, Chong Xi and Chong Hao."

Everyone looked at Baoqin in unison. She could sit here, and the queen's choice was self-evident.

"Princes below the Chong number are too young to even recognize their own names, so they don't think about it." Shulan said: "Chongying is from Concubine Liu, Chongxiu is from Concubine Chang, from Concubine Liu's natal family No one is in an important position, and the most threatening one is Concubine Chang's son."

After a moment of silence, Liang Shubao said: "Master Chang's father is a peacemaker, and three of the six lords in the cabinet are advocates of war. I must be able to persuade him. My father-in-law, Prince Zhongshun, is at best neutral, and he will not be sent by Lord Chang." win over."

"That's right." Mr. Zhao continued: "Prince Zhongzheng is also a main fighter. When the booklet came up, I heard him say he was going to fight."

"However..." Mr. Zhao said again: "At least half of the people in the court are the emperor, and there are some spineless scumbags. These people are not easy to deal with."

"The emperor's people can't move for the time being." Baoqin said: "To contact them so early will be inferior. As for those fools, why don't you tell them that Chonghao is only six years old this year, and there are still 12 years before he takes over the government himself. .”

Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up, this is indeed an idea, but there are many princes who are younger than Chong, but after another thought, if a little emperor who can't even walk is really established, then the intention is too obvious Well, how do you stop everyone talking about it.

In this discussion, most of the internal personnel communicated with each other, knowing that each other is on the same front. Although there is a pre-emptive strike, there is also a strategy to stop it quietly. How to do it will depend on tomorrow morning.

Before the palace door was locked, Shulan and Baoqin looked at each other and said, "Take a good rest, you will be busy tomorrow."

In the early morning of the next day, news spread that the emperor had suffered a stroke and was unconscious, and only then did the real battle begin.

Starting from whether Qianxiang Kingdom would send troops to attack and whether Chong's ear disease could be cured, all the court ministers argued from sunrise to sunset, but they didn't come to a unified conclusion.

No wonder, before getting enough temptation, no one dared to speak out first, even the families of the harem concubines who had already taken a natural stand, said to choose the prince born to my daughter as the emperor?His Majesty is not dead yet, so he can't be the first to say this from his own mouth anyway.

But after sunset, people from all sides were dispatched to inquire about each other's news and win over people's hearts.

Liang Shubao discussed with Shulan's elder brother in private, and sent a few people from the empress's natal family to the house of the diehard loyalist of His Majesty to test it out. He didn't say much else, only that the eldest prince is His Majesty's only son, and now he has ear problems. , I dare not do anything in the future to make him feel wronged.

The effect is not bad, at least the weight of the empress's vote in these people's hearts has increased.

In the morning court the next day, the emperor's second brother, Prince Zhongzheng, was the first to stand up. "Qianxiang Kingdom is here to commit an attack, Your Majesty is in a coma, why are you arguing and arguing here, the most urgent thing is to choose a person who is in charge first."

Master Chang's eyes lit up, and it started!

So Chong's ear disease was brought up again, and even the imperial physician from the imperial hospital testified at the court: first, whether His Majesty can wake up; second, whether the eldest prince's ear disease can be cured.

The imperial doctors also have their own factions, but what they say can be regarded as the basis of all results, so everyone is cautious, and even almost unified the caliber: the chance of your majesty waking up is not high, but even if he wakes up, he can hardly be a director. As for the Eldest Prince, his ears were burnt due to a fever, and it is basically impossible to recover.

After asking dozens of times over and over again, the only result the next day was to choose a successor.

As for holding the piano, she basically spent the whole day in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the small characters on the emperor's head were always there.People still have to be a little late, what if His Majesty wakes up?

The real highlight is when the third day begins.The first person to stand up this time was Concubine Yu. Don't forget, she also has a son who is in his prime.

However, this proposal was immediately rejected by the ministers. Since His Majesty has nine biological sons, even if the adoptive son of Prince Zhongying should be allowed to take the throne, there is absolutely no reason for him to take the throne. Besides, the son of Concubine Yu is ignorant and incompetent. Four words is a bit too much, but it is definitely not a knowledgeable person.

Ruicheng's remaining seven sons were all pulled out and said that it was enough.

First ruled out is Cao Guiren's Ninth Prince, who is not yet a year old and has no name.

The second one excluded was Gao Bin's sixth prince, because Gao Bin's father was dismissed, and Gao Bin himself was also grounded.The next ones who were ignored by everyone were the two princes who ranked seventh and eighth, and the reason was very legitimate. They had never even attended school, and their conduct was completely invisible.

In the evening, Baoqin and Shulan had dinner together in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, "Oh, there are still noises."

Baoqin hummed, "This is a method of elimination. The supporters of the six, seven, and eight princes who were eliminated today will switch to the remaining three princes tomorrow. When one is eliminated, the remaining people will return." You have to choose again."

"All in all, Concubine Chang can't take the position." Shulan said, "If it's the last time... I still can't see that she's hiding really deep enough."

"Chongying was basically brought up by me, and Liu Bin has no foundation." Baoqin said: "Chongying is not impossible."

"That's the last step." Shulan sighed, "You should also pay attention, your belly is so big."

Mr. Chang's fighting power is quite strong, and the people who support the two factions of Chonghao and Chongying are not in the same mind. Although there is a faint consensus to kill Chongxiu first, he can't help but want to kill the other two parties in his words, so Another two days of stalemate, still no progress.

In the end, several senior scholars in the cabinet discussed a solution, and asked the three princes to come to the court tomorrow morning for everyone to have a look.

Tomorrow is the crucial battle. Liang Dafu went back and arranged all the guards in the palace as his own. Shulan's elder brother was also ready to go. In case something happened, even Prince Zhongzheng organized his own soldiers , he himself went into battle fully armed.

Concubine Liu led Chongying, Concubine Chang triumphantly led Chongxiu, Baoqin did not show up because she was pregnant, Shulan took Chonghao's hand, and entered the Qianqing Palace first.

Baoqin returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, wiped Ruicheng's face with a hot towel in his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, it's the seventh day, why are you still awake?"

"If you don't wake up, you have to drink bitter medicine soup." Baoqin wiped his face and then his hands, "I took a sip secretly, and it tasted terrible. How did you drink it, Your Majesty?"

Baoqin pulled Ruicheng's big hand out of the quilt and put it on his belly, his voice choked up: "Our daughter is seven months old, and she makes trouble in my belly every day." Hot tears fell drop by drop, on the back of Ruicheng's hand fainted.

How could the tears be hot? Baoqin twisted them with a hot handkerchief, twice a day, morning and evening, for seven days.

Baoqin rubbed his face against Ruicheng's hand again, his whole body stuck to Ruicheng's body, "Am I heavy, Your Majesty?"

"They all went to Qianqing Palace, and said that today they must discuss the heir to the throne. Chonghao was taken away by the empress, and I will stay here with you."

"If Chonghao becomes the emperor, I can stay in the palace with you."

"Concubine Chang gave me a look when she left, and said she wanted to make me look good. If Chongxiu becomes emperor, we don't know if our daughter can keep it."

Baoqin changed his posture, and said: "I remember the first time I saw Your Majesty was in the sacrificial hall of Kunning Palace. I was carrying yam and jujube paste cake, and your eyes lit up."

After saying this, Baoqin fell silent.It's much better to have Shulan with a Chong number than her to go up. Is there any result of their discussion now?

I don't know how long it took, but a slightly hoarse voice suddenly sounded next to Baoqin's ear: "The first time I saw you was in the imperial garden."

The emperor is awake!

The second sentence is not so pleasant, "I have been arguing in my ears for seven days, can I still sleep well?"

Baoqin smiled and wept, "Are you sleeping? I'm so worried!"

When Ruicheng woke up, everything would be easy. He immediately called the eunuch to change his clothes, regardless of Baoqin's claim that he would call the imperial physician to take a look first, he just said: "I'm going to see how they are arguing."

Wearing a yellow robe, Ruicheng stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, come with me."

When Baoqin followed Ruicheng out of Qianqing Palace, there was no sound, only Mr. Chang, who was carrying the throne on his back, talked eloquently, "Chongxiu is the prince most valued by His Majesty."

"Why didn't I know!" Although Ruicheng's voice was weak, the momentum was still there.

"Your Majesty!" Everyone knelt down.

The rest of the matter went extremely smoothly, Ruicheng sealed the title of Chong on the spot and became the prince, all the six cabinet scholars were named the prince and tutor, Baoqin also jumped up and became a noble concubine.

"When my daughter is born, I will make you an imperial concubine!" Ruicheng laughed.

It's just that stroke is not a curable disease after all, Ruicheng passed away completely after waking up for two days, after all, he didn't wait until his eldest daughter of the emperor was born.

On February 22, Ruicheng's coffin was sent to the ice palace after 27 days in the palace, waiting for the official burial.

Chong Hao, who was only seven years old in two months, officially became the emperor.

The first order of the new emperor was to go to war. Shulan's eldest brother Zhao Wuqiang became the general, Liang Dafu became the deputy general, and led 10 people to fight against Qianxiang Kingdom.

Holding the jade seal, Baoqin stamped the emperor's red stamp on the purpose of building a hunting ground, and said to Shulan who was sitting on the side: "Look, horseback riding and hunting will all be available next year."

The days when the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces listen to the government behind the curtain have officially begun~

The author has something to say: So it’s officially over~

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