Princess [rebirth]

Zhuo Jingfan sat beside Dou Chun, and said lightly: "She has brought on her own fate today. From the moment she decided to climb onto your dragon bed, it can be seen that she is big-hearted. She didn't choose to collude with Mu Xuan, and you can't keep her safe forever."

Dou Chun raised his eyes to look at Zhuo Jingfan, and said in a low voice: "I also know, but I really thought about it. If she can be content, I don't mind raising Concubine Xian's child under her name. In the future, she will Can rely on..."

"People's hearts are always insufficient, no matter what you do, she will not be satisfied." Zhuo Jingfan said flatly, Xu Meiren's end was doomed early in the morning, Zhuo Jingfan never thought that Xu Meiren could Come out with another ending, because her temperament determines everything, otherwise she would not have given up her status as a female official and insisted on becoming the concubine of a saint.

After Xu Meiren was dealt with, news came from outside the palace one after another. The Left and Right Habayashi Army, the Left and Right Longwu Army, and the Left and Right Shence Army divided into several groups, and went to clear several important strongholds of Mu Xuan in Kyoto. The stronghold is a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing where the second child of the Fu family lives.

When the Longwu army came to this other courtyard, the remnants of the previous dynasty hidden in the other courtyard were caught off guard, and before they had time to retreat, they were all caught by the Longwu army.Because they have been hiding here for many years and have not shown their feet, they are a little relaxed. They did not expect to be caught by the holy guards in the early morning of the first day of the new year. They were waiting for Mu The good news of the successful assassination came from Xuan, but what was waiting was a murderous imperial imperial army.

Mu Xuan's group hid in every corner of the capital, and because of Liang Zhongxuan's confession, the imperial army captured all the rebels scattered in the capital without any effort.The news of the imperial army's search and arrest in the capital naturally spread to the mansions of Princess Pingyang and Huyang. The party, but Hu Dalang's movements were a step slower. When he searched in the direction given by Dou Qi, the stronghold had already been taken away by the imperial army.

Hu Dalang returned in vain, and hurried to report to Dou Qi at the Princess's mansion. Dou Qi's face was very ugly when she heard about it, and Hu Dalang stood aside and thought about it.Originally Princess Pingyang spoke so nicely, she drew a lot of big cakes for the Hu family, coaxing him and Aye into a daze, which made them secretly side with Princess Pingyang, but now they are watching the situation There has been a change, the sage is eliminating the rebels, and every time they catch one, it can be seen that the whereabouts of the rebels have been exposed, which means that the plan of the rebels has failed.

The boat of Princess Pingyang is about to sink, and the Hu family can’t follow suit, Hu Dalang thought in his heart, why don’t he hurry into the palace later, and shake Princess Pingyang out, so that the Hu family will also be regarded as an immediate successor. If the meritorious service is done, it should be able to offset the merits and demerits, and offset the previous crime of hiding the Hu family's knowledge of the traitor and not reporting it.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this way was feasible, and he could also push Erlang out, clean up the Hu family, and push all the rebellion to Princess Pingyang and Erlang. After all, Erlang is the eldest princess. Coupled with the fact that the Eldest Princess hit the Hu family earlier, it can be seen as evidence that the Eldest Princess and the Hu family have fallen out.Since they fell out, it is impossible for the Hu family to participate in the conspiracy. As long as one Erlang is sacrificed, the entire Hu family can be saved, and Aye would agree to it.

Dou Qi still doesn't know that Hu Dalang has already made up his mind to push her out to take the blame. Now she is worried that Mu Xuan will be too late, so she doesn't have the energy to care what Hu Dalang is planning.The servants she sent out to inquire just now have returned, but they all brought back bad news. The few strongholds she knew were taken away by the imperial army, and even the points she didn't know were dug out by the imperial army. Dou Qi gritted her teeth He thought to himself, there must be a traitor, otherwise how would Dou Chun know their arrangement.

When Dou Qi was in a hurry, Hu Dalang had already found an excuse to leave the princess mansion. He was the only one who left the princess mansion. Before he could go back to Hu's house to discuss with Hu Shilang, he was caught by Fu Jue who was waiting outside the door.

"Fu Jue! What do you mean?!" Hu Dalang glared at Fu Jue with a cold face, Fu Jue smiled slightly, and said lightly: "I just obeyed the order of the saint, and I just want to invite Hu Dalang to come for a while." Hu Dalang's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, he calmed down and said, "Since a sage wants to see me, I'll go with you."

Fu Jue looked at Hu Dalang who was pretending to be calm, laughed in his heart, then waved his hand, and his subordinates took Hu Dalang away.After Hu Dalang was taken away, a carriage parked at the corner of the street slowly approached. Fu Jue stood outside the carriage. The young woman in the heavy cloak got out of the car.

"Be careful." Fu Jue helped the lady get out of the carriage, and said in a gentle voice. The lady was wearing a cloak hat, and her whole face was hidden in the brim of the hat. After she stood firmly with Fu Jue's help, she went He said to the maid who jumped off the carriage behind him, "Go and knock on the door."

The servant girl responded respectfully, and immediately led a group of servants to call the door. After a while, the gatehouse of Pingyang Grand Duke's Mansion opened. Before she had time to ask who was coming, the maid who called the door led the servants to knock in the door. The door was opened. After that, Fu Jue helped the lady into the palace of Princess Pingyang.

Not long after, Dou Qi got the news and led a group of women to the front yard angrily. Seeing her servants being beaten to the ground, she was so angry that her eyes were red. Fu Jue, then asked sharply: "Fu Jue! Who gave you the guts?! How dare you forcefully barge into this princess's mansion, do you still have the law of the king?!"

"Dou Qi, you don't need to shout like this. Since we dare to come today, we are obeying the order of the saint." Before Fu Jue could speak, the lady beside him had already spoken. The lady in the cloak was full of resentment in her voice, "Dou Wan! What do you mean by that!?"

"Dou Qi, as the eldest princess of Pingyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, you have been entangled with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and even intended to rebel. Now that the evidence of your crime is convincing, the sage gave you a whole corpse, and you didn't kneel down to thank you." Dou Wan took off her hat, took out the imperial decree from her sleeve, and waved it in front of Dou Qi.

"This is slander! Dou Wan! If you want to get rid of me, just say, why put such a big hat on me?!" Dou Qi was startled suddenly, but she refused to admit defeat, and screamed at Dou Wan road.

At this time, the gate of Princess Pingyang’s mansion had already been closed, and Dou Qi’s servants were subdued. Dou Wan stood where she was, looking at Dou Qi who looked a little crazy, and said calmly, “Why bother? I have decreed that you have to drink this glass of poisonous wine." After speaking, a maid behind her stepped forward, holding a silver plate in her hand, and a wine cup was placed on the plate.

Dou Qi's pupils shrank suddenly, and she lost her voice and said, "The sage didn't even want to listen to my argument, so he just rewarded him with poisoned wine?"

"It is a fact that you colluded with the rebellious party. A sage has a lot of things to do every day, so how can he have time to listen to your nonsense?" Dou Wan sneered, staring at Dou Qi, "Dou Qi, we sisters, today I came here specially I will send you a ride, and you will have a good pregnancy in your next life, and don't get involved in these dirty things again."

Dou Qi's heart trembled again when she heard that, she saw the maid getting closer and closer holding the silver plate, her heart was beating non-stop, she didn't want to die!She is clearly of the orthodox blood of the Great Wu Dynasty. If her Aye ascends to the throne, she will be the most honorable princess. She does not care about the eldest princess Dou Chunfeng. Without the grace of a saint, the eldest princess is just a good-looking It's nothing more than your name, who will take you seriously when you leave the palace?

So she turned around and wanted to run away, but Dou Wan's men had been guarding her for a long time, a few thick women rushed up, and immediately put Dou Qi in place, Dou Qi was caught by both arms, and she broke free no matter what No, she roared angrily, "Let go of me! You lowly maidservants, I am the eldest princess of Pingyang proclaimed by the saint! How dare you touch me?!"

It's just that the wives who caught her were expressionless, and they were not moved by her words at all. Dou Qi saw that the maid had already walked in front of her holding the poisoned wine, her emotions almost collapsed, and she suddenly She screamed, and then burst into tears. The maid was taken aback by her sudden gaffe, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes, but then she held the wine cup, and with the help of the old woman, she poured the poisonous wine into it. Dou Qi's mouth.

Dou Wan stood not far away, watching Dou Qi drink the poisonous wine with cold eyes. After a while, Dou Qi died of poison, and the women who were supporting Dou Qi let go of their hands, allowing Dou Qi to slip and fall on the ground. land.Dou Wan took a few steps forward, threw the imperial decree on Dou Qi, and said in a low voice: "The sage is merciful, let you die as the eldest princess, you have polluted the blood of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you can still leave a whole corpse." It's rare, I hope you keep your eyes open after you arrive in the underworld, so that you won't be reincarnated in the wrong birth again in your next life."

"Niang Wan, it's cold outside, let's go inside." Fu Jue stepped forward to support Dou Wan's hand, and said in a gentle voice, Dou Wan nodded slightly, and walked into the main room accompanied by her consort.Dou Wan imprisoned all the servants and maids in Dou Qi's mansion. Several maids who served Dou Qi personally were given to death, and all the letters from Dou Qi's mansion had to be brought back to the palace. Following Dou Wan, she went directly to Dou Qi's study.

"Where's Dou Qi's son-in-law?" After Dou Wan entered the study, she remembered that she had never seen Dou Qi's son-in-law.

"Hu Erlang was at the servant's mansion last night, but he didn't come to the princess' mansion." Fu Jue said sarcastically, and Dou Wan understood after a little thought. I'm afraid Dou Qi had a quarrel with Hu Erlang again. Last night was New Year's Eve, It was supposed to be a big day for a family to reunite and watch the year, but Hu Erlang left Dou Qi behind and went back to the Minister's Mansion alone.

"What's the current situation in the Minister's Mansion?" Dou Wan asked again.

"It should have been surrounded by Shence Army." Fu Jue said while packing up the letters on Dou Qi's desk.

"Tell me, what are those people in the previous dynasty thinking? It has been so many years since the Great Wu Dynasty destroyed the country, but they still hold on to an impossible wish. Over the years, they don't know how many lives they lost. Is it really worth it?" Dou Wan sighed and asked with some doubts.

"Maybe some of them are really dedicated to the Great Wu Dynasty, but I think most of them are for selfish desire and greed." Fu Jue put down the letter in his hand and said lightly.

"Since ancient times, fame, fortune and power have harmed many people..." Dou Wan sighed again, then paused, and asked hesitantly, "What about you, Fu Jue? Can you be willing?"

"Why should I not be reconciled?" Fu Jue asked back with a smile. Dou Wan pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "If you weren't a son-in-law, you must have shined brightly in the court at this moment. Although the saint still uses you, but But you have become a bit shady, the importance of the saint cannot be put on the bright side, you will never get in touch with the cabinet in your life, are you willing?"

"Isn't it too late to ask these questions now?" Fu Jue chuckled, and Dou Wan's face changed slightly, and then Fu Jue continued to say: "If I would not be reconciled, I would not have accepted this door at the beginning. Marriage, and thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the king. The saint asked me to honor the princess. Or in private, is there a difference?"

Dou Wan opened a pair of bright eyes, looking at her son-in-law. She knew that her son-in-law had real talents, so deep down she always felt sorry for the son-in-law. After all, the status of "son-in-law" was doomed. Fu Jue wanted to stay away from the court, so she was afraid, afraid that one day in the future, Fu Jue would regret it, regretting that the princess would cut off her future.

But after hearing what Fu Jue just said, Dou Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time thanked the saint for giving her such a good son-in-law. Fu Jue's character and talents are top choices , compared to Dou Qi's son-in-law, Hu Erlang, it is a thousand times better. ...

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In the spring of the 27th year of Wenwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Dou Chun changed Yuan Yongfan, which was the first year of Yongfan, and the world was amnesty in the same year.

In the first year of Yongfan, Princess Pingyang died suddenly in the princess's mansion, and the Hu family was involved in a conspiracy case, punishing the nine clans.The Queen's poisoning case at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve was proved to be the result of Hu Shilang's collusion with Mu Xuan, the commander of the Forbidden Army. Being involved, the people in Kyoto were panicked for a while, and the imperial army was arresting people everywhere in the city every day.

The case of Hu Shilang's conspiracy went on trial for several months. In June of the first year of Yongfan, the dust finally settled. From the end of the 26th year of Civil and Military Affairs to the middle of the first year of Yongfan, the rebels who were killed in the execution ground in just half a year There were as many as a thousand people, and the dead under the executioner's knife not only conspired to rebel against the party, but also were descendants of the clan who were demoted to common people.

In addition to the Hu family being punished by the nine clans, King Yan, King Fenyang, and King Weinan did not escape. Because of Liang Zhongxuan's confession, they could not be blamed even if they wanted to, and they were all regarded as remnants of the previous dynasty. It was cut.It's just that the external statement was a conspiracy, and Dou Chun didn't want to cause another disturbance, so he concealed the remnants of the previous dynasty. Mu Xuan and others were imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, and those who could contact them were Dou Chun's confidants.

After six months of torture, no matter how tough Mu Xuan and the others were, they were tortured to the brink of death. Some of the remnants of the former dynasty could not stand it for a long time, and they told some of the enemy's situation that Liang Zhongxuan didn't know. After more than a hundred days of torture day and night, even Mu Xuan couldn't stand it anymore, and in the end he finally dug out all the forces and connections of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Mu Xuan also explained the whereabouts of that private soldier.

After Dou Chun learned of the private soldier's whereabouts, he quickly sent Fu Jue to lead the imperial army, secretly left the capital, and went to kill the private soldier.That private soldier was hidden by Mu Xuan on Longteng Mountain, a hundred miles away from the capital. After Fu Jue got the order, he immediately packed up and set off, leading the forbidden army day and night to Longteng Mountain. ...

In the first spring of Yongfan's first year, besides the conspiracy case, the Qing River's water surge, which almost caused a catastrophe, was also an important event.

After the beginning of spring, due to the melting of snow in the mountains on the upper reaches of the Qing River, coupled with the continuous spring rains, the water in the Qing River surged. Fortunately, the sage sent many people to build dams in the middle and lower reaches of the Qing River as early as the previous year. Many ditches are used to divert the water of the Qing River.At first, people around Qinghe didn't take it seriously, thinking that the government made too much fuss. After all, they have lived by Qinghe for so long, and they think they know Qinghe's habits very well.

The Qing River also flooded in previous years, but it did not cause a major disaster. Therefore, the local government and the people thought that even if the Qing River's water would skyrocket, it would not be too serious.Unexpectedly, the sage would take this matter so seriously, and at the beginning of winter, he sent many people to the surrounding towns in the middle and lower reaches of the Qing River.

Among the officials sent to control the water at that time was Dou Heng, the eldest son of King Jin. Dou Heng got the secret order of the sage and led a group of officials who knew water conservancy to secretly set off for Jiangnan where Qinghe River is located.

But Dou Heng didn't know that the person who issued the secret order was not a saint, but Empress Zhuo Jingfan.

Zhuo Jingfan had been busy for several months because of the flood. While Dou Chun was busy dealing with Mu Xuan, he had already drawn up several water control plans, and sent Dou Heng to travel in the name of Dou Chun. When they found out, Dou Heng and the others had already arrived in Jiangnan.

Dou Chun was a little surprised at the moment, so he asked Zhuo Jingfan to ask, Zhuo Jingfan did not hide him, and expressed his worries and judgments. Of course, he could not say that this is a fact that will definitely happen. I just turned out the "Shui Jing of the Great Zhou Dynasty" and the annals of counties and counties around the Qinghe River, and explained them to Dou Chun one by one.

Although Dou Chun was somewhat skeptical after hearing this, if it was true what Fanfan said, there would be floods in the middle and lower reaches of the Qing River after the beginning of spring, causing huge losses and casualties, then it would be fine for them to plan ahead; Connecting ditches was also a business, so he didn't blame Zhuo Jingfan for taking his own ideas, and he still had Mu Xuan's affairs to worry about, so he handed over the construction of the embankment to Zhuo Jingfan.

It wasn't until he wiped out Mu Xuan's influence and killed all the officials involved in the conspiracy that he had time to intervene about the flooding of the Qing River.I don't think I don't know if I don't ask, but after the spring, the river fruit in Qinghe really increased. If Zhuo Jingfan hadn't sent people to the south of the Yangtze River in advance, there would have been reports of a disaster by now.

Dou Chun held Zhuo Jingfan's hand and said, "Fanfan, thank you so much, if not for your precautions, the people in Jiangnan will suffer this time." Zhuo Jingfan didn't dare to take credit for it, he just He took advantage of his rebirth and knew what would happen in the future in advance, and he was not the one who actually went to the south of the Yangtze River to control the floods. He handed the list to Dou Chun, and he will award the rewards when the officials come back.

Because of Zhuo Jingfan's advance precautions, the Qinghe flood did not cause such a catastrophe as in his previous life. The local government and people were also very grateful to the saint, thinking that it was the saint's foresight that saved everyone's life. You know, the roar of the river when it swelled really frightened the people who have lived on the banks of the Qing River for generations.

It is also because of this that Dou Chun's reputation among the people has risen rapidly. In the eyes of the common people, Dou Chun is a good emperor who thinks about the people, and he is also a wise emperor.

And the officials who followed Dou Heng to control the water were also convinced of the saint. When they accepted the transfer order, they were still a little disapproving. They felt that the saint was unnecessary. The Qing River has not been flooded for many years, so it is true. If there is flooding, it will not cause major disasters, so why waste manpower and material resources?

After the news of the Jiangnan incident spread back to Kyoto, the civil and military views of the Manchu Dynasty also changed their views on the saint. At the beginning of the year, the saint used thunderous means to deal with the palace servants who were suspected of poisoning the queen and the clan. To actually have the energy to send people to the south of the Yangtze River to control the floods, such courage and ability are unmatched by the previous emperors.

Some old ministers in the court originally looked at the young age of the saint, so they inevitably felt a little contemptuous, thinking that in the government, the saint needs to rely on them a lot, so they have a bit of the idea of ​​relying on the old to sell the old, and did not expect the saint to prove it with actions. He doesn't need others to tell him what to do. Although he is young, he has vicious vision and superb skills. He is very clear about who can use and who can't.

Since then, the voices of the imperial court have become more harmonious. In the past, there were always some old ministers who were secretly in love with Dou Chun. After the incident of flood control in the south of the Yangtze River and the beheading of more than a thousand people, those thorns disappeared. , the atmosphere is very different from the past, even the grand master who has gone through three dynasties has become humble and respectful in front of the saint.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Dou Chun looked at the courtiers below, full of ambitions in his heart, this is his dynasty, he has eliminated all cancers and threats, in the future he will be free to do a good job, Make a mark in the history books.He looked at the seat beside him, of course, one day, he would let Fanfan sit here with him.

He can achieve what he is today, thanks to Fanfan's contribution, others don't know, but for Fanfan's precautionary and decisive decision, the matter of the Keqing River flood would never have been resolved so easily.If a natural disaster with heavy casualties occurred when he first came to the throne, I am afraid that it will arouse discussions among interested people.

Fanfan not only saved the common people in Jiangnan, but also secured the throne for him. Dou Chun couldn't help thinking of a sentence he had read before: If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for.