female concubine

In September of the 11th year of Jianping, Bai Weiqi was still hung in the mansion of King Chu, and all the people in the mansion wore plain clothes.

"Have you found any news?"

"The subordinates sent people to search the entire northwest, but they still haven't found any trace."

Xiao Youqing collapsed on the couch in a daze, supported the table and said sadly: "No, Luo Chuan won't lie to me, and she won't lie to me either."

The man in short clothes knelt down on his knees, "The subordinate is incompetent, please forgive the master."

"Look again, even if you turn the whole Song Dynasty upside down, you still have to find him!"

"Yes."

After the man had left, the maid took the child inside, and the maid was blessed, and the child under her hand ran to the mother with small steps.

Xiao Youqing picked it up in a daze, looking at the child's innocent eyes and holding back tears.

The maid bowed her head and said, "Girl, waiter Qi Nei is asking to see you."

"Let him in."

Little Six walked in lightly, looked up at Xiao Youqing, and the maid backed out of the room with the child in her arms.

"The villain knows that the eldest lady is sad, but now half of the sky in the Chu Palace has collapsed, and the young prince is still young. You are the other half of the Chu Palace, so you can't fall down too." The little six walked closer and said in a low voice : "There is news over there, if the eldest lady is free, she can take the little prince into the palace to walk around more."

Xiao Youqing raised his head, then lowered his concentration to think for a while, raised his eyebrows and said: "Is this the retreat she thought of for me?"

"With the intelligence of a big lady, Alang knows it."

Xiao Youqing stared at Qi Liu, "How much hope do you have?"

The little six looked at each other and looked at the urgency in Wang Hao's eyes, and shook his head helplessly, "Ah Lang didn't say anything, he just asked the villain to convey to you, he is worried about you so he dare not die, please take care of him for him." Love yourself."

After listening to Qi Liu's words, Xiao Youqing stood up from his seat, walked out of the room and called, "Xichun."

"girl."

"Go to Jiangning and move a crabapple back, you know which one I want."

Xichun greeted him slightly, "Yes."

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The sun was shining brightly, Han Si hurriedly entered the room to change his robe after he came back from Da Nei.

"Ah Lang, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment is asking to see you."

Han Bang tied the lace on the right lapel of the scorpion, and picked out a light yarn round neck, "Please come to the middle hall to serve tea."

"Yes."

The hot tea was changed to herbal tea, and Han Si sat down for a while, and the clothes he just changed were soaked again. The attendant knew that the master was afraid of the heat, so he stood beside him with a fan to fan him, "It's been cold for a few days It's hot again today."

Han Bang looked at the yard and thought, "It's dry and sunny and easy to catch fire. You must remember to check and refill the water tanks in each corner of the yard every day."

"Yes."

"Where is the magistrate?"

"The lady is enjoying the shade in the courtyard."

"I brought back some ice from the government, you send it over."

"Yes."

After everyone had left, Liang Wenfu sat on the grand master's chair, bowed his head and smiled slightly, "Han Chengzhi really cares about his wife."

"Is Liang Shilang coming to the door today for something important?"

"I'm here, so I won't play tricks with Brother Jingming." Liang Wenfu turned cold for a moment, "The person who instigated the crown prince, is it Han Du's order to you?"

"I don't know what the servant is referring to? I don't think the servant thinks that the demotion is the idea of ​​the subordinate?" Han Bang laughed immediately: "Does the servant need to be instigated by the servant?"

"You..." Liang Wenfu's angry face darkened, "I'm not here today to make trouble with you."

Han Si stood up, "Han Jingming has never formed a party with others. He never did it before, he won't now, and he won't in the future. What does it matter to me if others lose? If I lose, I won't implicate others and come alone , go home alone."

Liang Wenfu also stood up, and stared at him for a long time, "Han Du promises to keep his sleeves clean, and since that's the case, Mr. Liang will not disturb you, so let's leave."

Han Si put his hands together and looked at Liang Wenfu's back, "Liang Shilang, I would like to advise you that father and son are always better than monarch and minister. Don't try to meddle in the emperor's housework. Now your only way out is to resign and go into seclusion."

Liang Wenfu stopped, looked at the dead wood in the courtyard, and said with a trembling smile: "Liang knows too much about the actions of the Eastern Palace. If he resigns from the office, will he still have a way out?"

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Forbidden Palace of Funing

"Officials." Zhao Ci stepped into the hall.

The emperor was writing something in front of the desk, put down the pen to put down the last point and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Ci bowed his waist and saw a few poems written in lines on the yellowed rice paper. Ten years of life and death were boundless, without thinking about it, and never forgetting, "Did the officials remember the past again?"

The emperor turned around and put the old man's hand on the chair, rubbed it lightly and said, "It's really cool."

Zhao Ci frowned, "Princess Chu sent someone to present a crabapple, saying that it was transported from Jiangning and planted by Mrs. Junguo when she was young, and it blooms very well every spring."

After hearing this, the emperor turned around in great reaction, walked out of Funing Hall without thinking, and the jade chariot carried him out of the vertical arched door. As soon as he got off the chariot and looked up, he saw the crabapple tree being looked after by several servants.

A few servants carefully trimmed the branches, "I heard that this kind of crabapple is the most expensive, a small one can cost ten gold, and this crabapple with such a big appearance is also very good, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of gold."

"Is the one sent by Princess Chu bad? I heard that the princess and her biological mother love begonias very much. There is a garden in the palace full of begonias." The servant held the golden scissors and suddenly saw an old scar on the trunk. "Hey, there is a cut here, not too shallow. Judging from the marks, it should be no less than 20 years."

"Hush, the official is here."

Several servants stopped and stepped back and knelt down.

[The prince who was defeated in Jinyang Dragon City returned to the court, and was reprimanded by the emperor for a while. At the same time, the prince who practiced benevolent government gradually gained the support of his courtiers. Compared with the Jiang family in Yushitai, he needed Cui from Zhengshitang more. After the edict came down, the third son of the emperor, King Qi, married Cui Shi, the daughter of the political affairs officer.

On the day when the edict was issued, the mansion newspaper published by the Dujin Zouyuan spread throughout Tokyo, and the woman went back to her ancestral home in Jiangning angrily.

King Qi jumped off his imperial horse in military uniform, but was stopped by the servants of the Jiang family, "I know she's inside, let me go in and say a few words to her, and then leave."

King Qi walked into the courtyard of Jiang's house with his saber in his hand. It was the height of spring, and the begonias stood tall against the wind.

Listening to the awkward address, King Qi rubbed his sword hilt and frowned, "I know you don't want to see me."

"The newlyweds are very happy, the three kings should spend more time with the princess."

"I..." King Qi let go of his hand and walked towards him.

The woman pulled out the sword from his waist in disgust, causing him to take a step back in fright, "If I don't come here, don't hurt yourself because of me."

The woman wrinkled her slender eyebrows and immediately slashed at Haitang. The sharp iron sword cut into the tree trunk an inch deep. "I cut off my favorite thing. From now on, I will have nothing to do with the three kings."

King Qi stretched out his hand and lowered it immediately, "As long as you don't hurt yourself, you can do whatever you want. The small country in the east has a heart of disobedience. Your Majesty ordered me to be the marshal of the soldiers and horses to take the blame for Jinyang's mistakes." King Qi held the sword Retrieving it, glanced at the wound on the trunk, the overflowing fluid seemed to be crying, and sighed: "You take care of yourself."]

The emperor's eyes were wet and red, and he raised his hand to caress the scar on the trunk. Now this crabapple tree is as high as the eaves, and even the original scar has reached the position where he needs to raise his hand, "Plant it in front of Funing Hall, People take care of them."

"Yes."

"It is said that the Ministry of Officials will be appointed as the Secretary, and that Jiang Shi, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, will be given as Mrs. Anguo, and another person will be sent to the Chu Palace to spread the word. After a few days, I will let the Chu Princess bring Dalang into the palace."

"Yes."

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In mid-September of the 11th year of Jianping, a fire suddenly broke out in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, which burned several prisoners and jailers.

Liang Wenfu walked in front of the Chui Gong Hall and suddenly heard the laughter of children inside, "Zhao Du knows, this hall?"

"Princess Chu and Prince Shouchun are inside."

Liang Wenfu was shocked, "The Chuigong Palace is an inner dynasty, this..."

"The officials love the little prince, so they made a special case to allow their mother and son to enter the palace. Please wait a moment, Liang Shilang." Zhao Ci slightly cupped his hands towards him and turned to enter.

Liang Wen stretched his neck and saw the emperor in the palace sitting on the throne with the little prince in his arms, showing a kind smile on his face, this was the first time he had seen the emperor's smile like this since he was junior high school.

The one-year-old child yelled Weng Weng inarticulately, which made the old emperor happy, and the child tugged at the red tape in front of the emperor's abdomen.

Behind the red waist is a tight and neat jade belt, carved with exquisite figures, the emperor hugged the child to the side attendant, got up and took off the red waist, "Since you like Weng Weng so much, give him Here you go."

The jade belt on the emperor's waist is worth tens of thousands, but it has nothing to do with money. "Your Majesty, Zong Ren is just a county king. This jade belt is not in accordance with the etiquette."

The servant brought another gold belt to tie it on for the emperor. The emperor said indifferently: "Hey, the rules are dead, and only people are alive. If you stick to the rules all your life, don't you want to suffocate to death?"

Seeing Princess Chu's pale face, the emperor said again: "It's been so long since Liulang's incident, you should let go of your grief as soon as possible. After all, the child is still young and needs the care of his mother."

"Yes."

The jade belt untied from the emperor's waist was placed on a wooden brocade box covered with red cloth.

Zhao Ci walked inside and announced, "Officials, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment has arrived."

The emperor nodded, "You guys go back first today, and you will often come to the palace to walk around in the future."

"Yes."

Xiao Youqing walked out of the Chuigong Hall with the child in his arms, followed by a servant Huangmen, who was dragging a wooden plate with a jade belt in his hand.

Liang Wenfu bowed towards Xiao Youqing and the child, Xiao Youqing looked at him and only raised the corners of his mouth slightly and did not speak.

Liang Wenfu looked at the red belt on the wooden plate, and the back of the waist was clearly the square jade belt worn by the emperor.

"What is Liang Shilang looking at?" Zhao Ci stepped out and waved his hands in front of his eyes, "The official called you in."

Liang Wenfu recovered his senses and nodded lightly, "Okay, let me know."

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"Burn to death?" The emperor looked shocked.

"The sun has been shining for several days in a row, and the jailer brought a kindling of wax into the prison, which caused a fire." After conveying the matter, Liang Wenfu Jishou knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your misconduct." Then he raised his head and stared at the emperor.

【"Zhao Duzhi, what about the jade belt?"

"Oh, just now, the official's family hugged the Shouchun County King, and the County King grabbed the official's jade belt and refused to let go, so the official took off the jade belt and gave it to the County King."]

"Before your Majesty commits the crime, I have one more thing to do."

The emperor stood up from the throne, and put his clasped hands on his waist, "Say."

Liang Wenfu took out a piece of ring-shaped jade with a gap from his sleeve, "When Shen Yi'an was imprisoned, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave this to my minister."

"Jue has the intention of making a decision. I dared to guess that this was a sign from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. However, the criminal is the uncle of the country, and the minister dared not follow. His Highness is the prince and minister, so he dared not tell His Majesty."

"What you mean is that the arson was intentionally done by someone, the crown prince?"

When Liang Wenfu was in charge of political affairs, he and Tongping Zhangshi held the seal of one side of the Zhengshitang respectively. Judging from the imperial edict issued by the emperor, the king of the small county was more favored than the princes. Wan dare not think that the Ministry of Punishment has caught the jailer who caught fire, but as a minister, I dare not lie to the emperor again."

The emperor put his hands behind his back, "Get up, you can go to the official court to receive the punishment for the crime of dereliction of duty."

"Yes."

The emperor turned around and waved his hand, and Liang Wenfu got up and walked backwards out of the Chui Gong Hall.

A 30-something-year-old scarlet robe walked out of the Chui Gong Dian Duo Dian, "Your Majesty."

"I heard?"

Han Si bowed, "Go back to Your Majesty, I heard you."

"This is my son." The emperor turned and walked down from the hall, "It's really retribution."

Han Si turned around and glanced at the palace gate, "It's unknown whether Liang Shilang's words are true or not, but what is certain is that he has a heart of self-preservation in it, and he can only find another way if he fails to find a way, and His Majesty twice There is a seal of the executive minister on the seal of Shouchun County King."

"Officials!" Zhao Cimai stepped inside and forwarded the words of the servant Huangmen, "I don't know which palace official leaked the news, saying that the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was set on fire and the country was burned to death... Oh, if you don't repeat the crime of Shen Yi'an, the saint will be in Kunning The palace is clamoring to see His Majesty."

The emperor closed his eyes and sighed: "Since she doesn't want to stay in the Kunning Hall so much, then I will grant her a favor and call the staff from the Ministry of Officials and Zongzheng Temple to wait in the Hall of Wende."

"Yes."

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In the winter of the 11th year of Jianping, the emperor expelled Shen's family from Dongzhen Palace for Taoism after he abolished it because of his shallow virtue.

"Girl, the news came from the ban, not only the court papers in the Zouyuan, but also the tabloid newspapers in the private sector, saying that the government's insistence on abolishing the empress regardless of the crown prince is... wanting to abolish the reserve."

"Even if there is a crown prince, the Shen family has already destroyed Empress Shen, and the palace in the middle is like a cold palace. There is only one edict short of the abolished empress, but..." Xiao Youqing hugged the child, and gently touched his chubby face, "In the end, The survival of us adults depends on you who don't understand anything."

On the day after the order was abolished, the crown prince was also confined to the East Palace to reflect on his past. A group of main roads and Kun Dao entered the gate of the palace. Not long after the abolition, he was sent out of the palace by a small carriage. The Royal Palace watched the Dongzhen Palace, and at the same time, a group of servants went to the East Palace.

"Your Highness, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs knows that he is here, and His Majesty has ordered you to come."

With the anger of the master, the gun shot out a bean-sized golden ball, which was about to break a dried pot. The pot broke into several pieces and scattered on the top of the servant's hat. He heard the emperor's order to the prince to release the gun. Putting it down, the servant holding the pot was relieved.

The crown prince hurriedly withdrew from the courtyard, changed into a wide-sleeved plain clothes, and walked into the main hall of the East Palace.

The vice-president knew that the Crown Prince cupped his hands, "I have seen His Highness, Your Highness." Immediately, he straightened up and said, "Bong, Your Majesty's words."

The crown prince stepped forward to check the head, "The crown prince, Wei Kai, asks the saint to be safe."

"I'm safe." The servant delivered an edict in the emperor's tone, "Taizong's order, the duty of the princes of this dynasty is only to see the food and say hello, stop serving court invitations, and I will respect him, so the crown prince Wei Kai will not have to look around again in the future, I hope you will learn Do it earnestly, and don’t let me down.”

Wei Kai raised his head from the oral order conveyed by the servant, "What do you mean, Your Majesty..." Wei Kai took a deep breath and then bowed down, "Your Majesty, obey the order."

After the servant left, Wei Kai smashed a vase in the main hall, and Zhi Tonglang waited carefully by his side, for fear that the crown prince would hit his hand, and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Highness is the one who hurt me." Invite the palace staff to sweep away the broken porcelain pieces, "There are many people in the East Palace, Your Highness should be cautious in words and deeds..."

"You don't need to remind Ben Gong, he has raised Ben Gong for 25 years, so he doesn't know what kind of person Ben Gong is?" Wei Kai put his hands on his waist, and immediately touched the jade belt on the red waist behind his waist, and then Angrily, he untied Hong?, "He abolished my mother and sent her out of the palace, grounded me and refused to allow me to participate in politics. Is the next step going to abolish the prince?" Wei Kai wanted to throw Hong? , "If he wants to take back what I have earned through hard work, he can take it back..."

Wei Kai handed the red to Zhi Tonglang to tie it back around his waist, squinted his eyes and said: "The winter solstice has not yet arrived, and it is still during the lecture period of the sutras. Go help me and invite sir to come over."

Zhi Tonglang tied the crown prince's jade belt and took a step back, "His Royal Highness, today is the double-day Jingyan lecture, and it takes a single day."

Wei Kai turned his head, "If you tell you to go, just go, by the way, tell Xiang Lu by the way, if he has time, I will wait for school in the East Palace anytime."

"Yes."