Queen's Road in the Red House

Compared to just now, the emperor was furious at this moment, and he was about to bring Concubine Ming, but the Supreme Emperor shouted: "Time has passed, and there is no evidence, how can convict Concubine Ming be based on the sinner's two words! What's more, even if he said It is the truth, Concubine Kang who was only a concubine back then may not be the truth!"

Xin Ying curled the corner of her mouth, but her smile seemed to be crying: "Yes, take a guess, am I deliberately talking nonsense about another outstanding prince of yours, or am I telling the truth?" I thought it was very funny, so I laughed out loud.

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand: "Gag your mouth and take it away."

The Queen Mother's eyes were still clear, she couldn't see any emotion, she just turned her face to the side: "This child is already crazy."

It rained cats and dogs all night.

The people in Wende Palace were silent, the crimes of the third prince had spread throughout the inner palace last night, everyone was shocked and terrified.

Now the third prince, Concubine Kang and his main concubine are all locked in the enclosure of Mingzheng Palace. Although his side concubine has not yet entered the palace, the daughter of the Kang family cannot escape.

Zhou Ling sat indoors, still ringing in her ears the bitter cry of Chang Yueniang when she was detained by the Punishment Department last night.

The eldest prince comforted: "You can't live by doing your own crimes, don't worry, I won't do such a rebellious and stupid thing to bring you and the concubine mother into trouble."

Zhou Ling smiled, and before he had time to speak, a small eunuch came running outside with joy on his face: "Your Highness, empress, empress empress has woken up."

The two hurriedly changed their clothes to pay their respects.

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Empress Yang didn't have the strength to meet people, so it was Lady Zou who came out to appease the concubines and princes and princesses of the sixth palace, and asked them to come back another day to pay their respects.

Concubine Ming and Xu Ying left together.

Seeing the back of the second prince leaving directly, Xu Ying felt sour.Before the eldest prince left just now, he gave Zhou Ling several instructions.

Concubine Ming frowned slightly and said: "What do you look like? You should be upright and prudent in the concubine's house, control the concubine's house, and not add trouble to your husband. It's just that you will only fight with Concubine Liu every day like a black-eyed chicken. People read Yuaner's jokes."

There were tears in Xu Ying's eyes: "Mother, I want to be virtuous, but the Second Highness needs to be willing to look at it. Now he often rests in the front study and refuses to look at me. It's useless for me to do anything."

Concubine Ming wanted to say more when she saw Qin Wu walking over.

Qin Wu was the eunuch next to Emperor Xuanhe, and all the concubines were very polite to him. Seeing Qin Wu greeting her, Ming Concubine also hurriedly called out: "Is the father-in-law going to visit the empress by order?"

Xindao: The queen escaped from death, but the emperor refused to come to see it in person, and only let Qin Wu come, it is really a lack of affection.

Qin Wu smiled and said, "The slave is ordering the concubine of the Ming Dynasty to go to the Mingzheng Palace."

Concubine Ming's heart suddenly jumped: Now that she has fallen out of favor and is rejected by the emperor, how could she suddenly want to see her?

--

Empress Yang leaned on the pillow, and stretched out her hand to stroke Xin Hongcheng's hair with difficulty: "I lost weight."

"The queen mother scared her son to death in the past five days."

The queen's eyes moved to Daiyu, with tenderness and love: "It's easy to raise after two years, and now you look like the first time I saw you. At that time, I thought, this little girl She was so beautiful, but a little weak."

Daiyu wanted to speak, but tears fell first.

Xin Hongcheng was running around outside these days, but she was the only one who stayed in front of Empress Yang's bed, watching the empress weaken a little bit, it was like nothing but a weapon.They went to sleep according to the shift, and Daiyu would sometimes wake up in a dream, and quickly got up to visit Empress Yang, and tested her pulse a thousand times a day.

Xin Hongcheng persuaded: "My mother just woke up, so I can talk as much as I want in the future, let's rest now."

Queen Yang's voice was a little hoarse, but she was in good spirits: "You go about your business and let Yu'er tell me everything about these days."

--

Concubine Ming walked into Mingzheng Palace.

Emperor Xuanhe sat in front of the portrait of Empress Xiaoyi Zhong, without looking back at her: "You are here, come here, and salute the former empress."

Concubine Ming followed her word and did it skillfully.

The emperor's eyes still fell on the portrait: "I remember that you were the most diligent and respectful in serving the concubine in Xunwang's mansion. In the following years, you often talked about her old affairs with me."

Concubine Ming was worried, so she could only bow her head in response.

The emperor stopped talking, as if she wasn't there, looked at the portrait for a while, and then went to the desk to approve the papers.

Concubine Ming didn't move, nor did she move.He was even more frightened from the bottom of his heart, not daring to grind ink for the emperor like before, so he could only stand where he was, his legs were numb.

This stop is half an hour.

Just when Concubine Ming couldn't bear it anymore, Qin Wu returned to Mingzheng Palace again, bent down and whispered a few words in Emperor Xuanhe's ear.

The ink pen in the emperor's hand paused, and he raised his head: "Concubine Kang of the Ming Dynasty murdered the queen, and deposed her as a commoner."

On a sunny day, a thunderbolt hit Concubine Ming's head. She was stunned for a moment, then immediately fell to her knees: "Your Majesty, this concubine has been wronged, and this concubine dares to swear to the heavens that what happened to the empress has nothing to do with this concubine!"

Emperor Xuanhe said coldly: "It's irrelevant this time? It was related in the past."

Concubine Ming's voice stopped abruptly.

Qin Wu leaned over and said, "Ms. Ming Concubine, just now your servants have been recruited in the Punishment Department. The one named Qianyun was very stubborn and almost killed herself by biting her tongue. But unfortunately, the rest of them were frightened by her mouth full of blood. All of them were recruited on the spot, and it didn't take half an hour."

After finishing speaking, he slapped himself on the mouth lightly: "The slave called you wrong, you are not your mother anymore." Then he asked his two apprentices to come in: "Take Mrs. Xu away."

--

When Empress Yang was able to sit up on her own, it was already three days later, and the turbulent waves outside gradually calmed down.

The emperor abolished two concubines with sons and concubines in succession, and the third prince gave out the imperial jade certificate and was imprisoned for life.

The eldest prince was crowned prince, and the second, fifth, and sixth princes were all crowned county kings, and the Ministry of Rites and Industry was specially ordered to prepare for the opening of the princes' mansions.

Among them, the five princes and the six princes are still young because they are less than fifteen, so they can temporarily stay in Wende Palace. The other two will move to the palace this year.

Three years since the emperor ascended the throne, countless people have dug deep into the emperor's mind from various details, and guessed the position of the prince, but they are not as straightforward as the emperor's imperial edicts.

Courtiers with discerning eyes like He Lang had already stayed up all night to write a letter requesting the emperor to appoint the fourth prince as the crown prince, and they were going to write the letter after the storm passed.

However, He Shangshu's copybook was not handed in, and another copybook caused an uproar in the court.

The two censors said that Empress Yang is now unable to take charge of the harem, so the emperor asked the emperor to establish a new empress.The quotations from the scriptures are plausible: the former empress Hu was ordered to resign because she was "childless and sick" and could neither continue to live for the royal family nor assist in the internal affairs. Her honorary title made her quit Fengyi Palace and go to Shangjing Palace to practice Taoism.

One of them, He Yushi, further said: Even if the old rules of the previous dynasty are not counted, the successors of the ancestors of this dynasty were also abolished due to madness, and the noble concubine held the phoenix seal and took charge of the affairs of the six palaces.

He Yushi's words are convincing: "This is the ancestor's precedent. The queen has no family and has a serious illness, so she should abdicate. The noble concubine has the emperor's eldest son and has been assisting the sixth palace. She is the best choice to take charge of Fengyin."

There was a lot of discussion in the court.

Some people say that Empress Yang was murdered by others, which is different from Empress Shizu who suddenly became insane, so it cannot be generalized.But more people agree with He Yushi. The first wife is supposed to manage the house affairs and raise the children. If she can't do it, she can divorce her.In particular, this "severe disease should not be co-existed" is exactly in the Seven Out Regulations.

The emperor directly threw the excerpt across the face: "The queen was killed by the medicine stone, and the imperial hospital said that it is enough to recuperate. Are you cursing the queen that she cannot recover?"

Yushi has always been a hard-headed creature.

Not to kill the official Yushi is also an ancestral precept, not to mention that He Yushi really felt that what he said was right, he continued to sternly said: "Your Majesty, even the empress was weak before she was poisoned, and she has been assisted by the noble concubine for half a year. Six Palaces. Now it is even worse than before. In the previous dynasty, even if Empress Hu had the virtue of taking off her hairpin and promising the empress to submit to the case, she had no children and was sick and weak, so she had to retreat from the back seat."

It was rare for Emperor Xuanhe to be stunned by a series of old ancestral regulations, and he had nothing to say, and he swung his sleeves down with a gloomy face.

The news was sent back to the harem, and Xin Hongcheng, who was serving the decoction in Fengyi Palace, smashed the spoon angrily on the spot.He was afraid that Empress Yang would be upset when she heard this, so he said to Daiyu in private: "I shouldn't ask for leave today and not go to court. Such a person should be beaten up in court!"

Now he can understand the mood of the Taishang Huang when he was young and rolled up his sleeves to beat people.

"You stay with the queen mother, and I will deal with this matter."

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Concubine Zhou panicked and turned into a fried cat spinning around.

"Who wants to kill me!"

Xin Hongyu and Zhou Ling also rushed to Concubine Zhou immediately: "Mother Concubine, He Yushi was ordered by you?"

Concubine Zhou slapped the table: "Am I stupid to do such a stupid thing? The emperor is clearly going to make the fourth son the crown prince. Why am I going to tease him and the queen now!"

The eldest prince was also speechless: "I immediately sent someone to ask the eldest uncle, and they were also very surprised. They didn't even know who He Yushi was."

Concubine Kang of the Ming Dynasty has been deposed again and again, and the Zhou family is putting their tails between their tails!Now that the noble concubine is the only remaining high-ranking concubine with a son, it is too late for them to be careful, how could they poke the tiger with a grass stick at this time.

Concubine Zhou gritted her teeth: "Who is plotting against our mother and son! This is seeing that the second child has only won the throne of a county, just like the fifth and sixth children from a humble background, so he is useless. But you are not only the eldest son, but also the only prince .If this palace is in charge of Fengyin again, you can compete with the fourth child in terms of identity! This is pushing our mother and son into the pit of fire!"

If she really got the Phoenix Seal, even if she doesn't fight, and the eldest prince doesn't fight, will others believe it?Will the emperor believe it?

When you reach a certain position, whether you want to fight or not, it is not up to you.

Zhou Ling's face turned pale: "Mother and concubine, why don't I go talk to the fourth sibling. At least let the fourth highness know that we didn't do it."

Xin Hongcheng's demeanor of running around for Empress Yang these days is seen by those who live in Wende Palace. Now that Empress Yang has only been awake for three days, and someone is clamoring to abolish the Empress, if the blame is on them, But he offended Xin Hongcheng to death.

Concubine Zhou Gui didn't have much impression of Daiyu. After all, Daiyu entered Fengyi Palace on the third day of her wedding and never came out. At this moment, she thought about it: "Does she understand? Don't be self-defeating, it seems like we have a guilty conscience." .”

Zhou Ling nodded: "The fourth sibling is an exquisite person."

Concubine Zhou then instructed: "Then you should talk to her carefully, alas, what kind of shit is this!"

The eldest prince also nodded beside him: "Then I'll talk to my fourth brother."

Concubine Zhou Gui and Zhou Ling said in unison: "You don't have to."

Empress Yang nodded kindly when she saw Zhou Ling. She quite liked this lively and cheerful eldest concubine. Her crisp temperament was similar to that of Concubine Zhou, but she was not as flamboyant as Concubine Zhou.

"You sisters-in-law, go talk."

Seeing Daiyu and Zhou Ling leave, Empress Yang told Ms. Zou to sit down and asked, "What happened outside? Cheng'er left suddenly, and the eldest princess came and sat down again. She seemed to have something to say." - don't hide it from me."

Lady Zou lowered her head and tucked in the quilt for her: "Your Majesty, you just need to recover from your illness. Didn't the Emperor say that you should take good care of him and recover as soon as possible. In the future, His Highness the Fourth Highness canonize you as the crown prince, and you will have to accompany the Emperor to visit the ancestral temple and pay homage to your ancestors. "

Ms. Zou knows what's going on outside, and she hates the officials and censors for finding fault.

Empress Yang took the medicine and drank it herself: "Yes, I need to get well soon, the emperor said that Cheng'er's canonization will wait for me."

Both the emperor and the queen are indispensable and important roles in the crown prince canonization ceremony.

That night, when Xin Hongcheng came to Fengyi Palace to pay his respects, Empress Yang said lovingly: "Cheng'er, in fact, it is enough for you to have the Empress Dowager present for your canonization ceremony. How about the branches and leaves?"

Xin Hongcheng did not reveal the slightest annoyance outside today, but just smiled and said: "What did the mother say? How could you not be there for the son's canonization ceremony--grandfather, grandmother, father and you are all four corners, if you are not here, how can you not be here?" Didn't you leave father alone?"

Empress Yang couldn't help laughing: "You child. Aren't I afraid of having long nights and dreams? What's more, the other princes have been crowned kings, and you are the only one who can't be ranked. People outside may think that the emperor is dissatisfied with you and refuse to deal with you immediately. Wouldn't it be a delay for you to be named the crown prince?"

Xin Hongcheng comforted: "My son has just entered the court, and he hasn't accomplished a single thing. I'm afraid it will not be convincing to appoint a crown prince now. Wait a year or two, and my son will do a few beautiful things. If the crown prince is established again, the queen mother will also recover, which is the best of both worlds."

Empress Yang changed the subject and praised Daiyu: "This child is careful and thoughtful in everything, and looks better than me when I first entered the palace." With a smile in her eyes: "When I first entered the palace, I was already I have been a princess for ten years, but suddenly I was exposed to these rules in the palace, and I still feel like a big headache. At that time, even your 15th birthday party went wrong, and the selected song and dance actors hit the playlist."

Xin Hongcheng said with a smile: "The wife chosen by the son himself, how can it be wrong."

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The next day, the emperor came to visit the queen as usual.

Empress Yang dismissed the palace people, and tentatively asked the emperor: "The courtiers and concubines know all about the outside affairs, which made it difficult for the emperor."

The emperor nodded: "It's okay, although there are old rules there, but the empress Shizu was so crazy that she was disrespectful to her superiors, so she was abolished, which is different from you. Those censors can't take care of their own affairs, but they still want to reach out Entering the palace. Hmph, they are just fame-seekers, and when they find out something, they invite them to be famous, and I wish that I would order him to be beaten, so that he can leave a good name in the annals of history for daring to offend Longyan."

Only then did Queen Yang realize that the people around her were hiding something from her.It turned out that someone in the court proposed the idea of ​​abolishing the empress.

The emperor thought that Empress Yang already knew about it, so he simply told her everything, and finally said: "Okay, don't think about it, it's better than anything else to take care of your body as soon as possible. They can hold on to it." It’s nothing more than the fact that you are seriously ill and cannot get up to worship your ancestors, and when you recover, they will stop.” Then he hummed: “I must find a chance to demote those thorns away.”

Empress Yang was stunned for a while, then suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, do you remember the name of your concubine?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course I remember, your character is De Yin, which means Ming De Wei Xin, Shen Zan Hui Yin. This is the character I gave you after you entered the palace."

Empress Yang shook her head: "No, it's the concubine's boudoir name, which the concubine told the emperor."

The emperor thought for a while, frowned and shook his head: "Queen, stop thinking about it."

Empress Yang suddenly showed a relieved expression: "Chaomu. The concubine's name is Yang Chaomu. If the two love each other for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening. The concubine's parents and husband are loving, so they named the concubine this daughter. "

Although the emperor didn't know why, he felt sorry for the queen's illness, so he followed her and said, "It's a good name."

Empress Yang looked at the emperor's face.Even if he is over forty years old, he still has a clear and handsome face.Standing together, the two never looked like a pair of married couples.She heard from the old man in the palace that when the Zhong family was still there, King Xun and Princess Xun entered the palace together to pay their respects. Anyone who saw them would feel that they were really a pair of jade.

He really didn't remember his name.

Queen Yang was not sad, but really relieved.She struggled to get up, and respectfully bowed down with the emperor's puzzled expression: "I invite you to retire to Shangjing Palace."

Emperor Xuanhe's hand that was supposed to support her stopped in the air.