◎ On June 25, the [-]th year of Hongxi, Emperor Hongxi died of illness in the palace, and the whole world wept bitterly. ◎

In the early morning of the next day, there was a violent knock on the door in Liushang courtyard.

At that time, Su Yunxiu, Shen Quyi and Xiao Yunmo were having breakfast in the side hall.

Su Yunxiu's sharp eyes saw a round pink figure running towards them from afar.

"Run slowly, why are you here so early today, have you eaten yet?" Su Yunxiu asked in surprise as he ran towards the painting sweating profusely.

Shen Quyi at the side heard her panting, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and poured her a cup of tea.

Entering the painting, she picked up the teacup first, "Gudu", "Gudu" and drank it in a big gulp. After her breath recovered, she hurriedly said: "You two young masters, it's not good, something serious happened in the palace!"

"Huh? What's the matter? Could it be that the old emperor is going to be successful?" Su Yunxiu said nonchalantly while drinking porridge with a jade spoon.

It was only a spoonful of porridge that I had just entered, and I heard Ruhua continue to say: "It's not just that one who is about to die, Concubine Xiao Gui died last night, the national teacher Wuwei was arrested, and Xiao Xiangguo went to prison... ..”

"Cough, cough, cough..." Su Yunxiu was choked by this series of explosive news and coughed.

Shen Quyi handed him a cup of tea, patted him on the back and asked, "Then how is the situation in the palace now?"

"His Royal Highness entered the palace to serve the sick, and all the officials were waiting outside the main hall before dawn." Ruhua wiped the sweat from his face with a handkerchief, "The one who woke up in the morning and listened to the trial of Xiao Xiangguo overnight More than a dozen crimes, three imperial decrees were issued in a row, and then passed out again."

Qi Yunmo at the side felt the urgency of the situation, he jumped off the small bench, he didn't care about eating the steamed stuffed bun, grabbed the master's sleeve and shook it: "Uncle Wu, then my father must have entered the palace, right?"

Su Yunxiu stopped coughing after drinking tea, and said: "Yes, Yunmo, you go back to the mansion with the servant first, and then enter the palace with the princess to serve the sick."

After watching the apprentice being taken down for a long distance, he and his junior got up, turned their heads to face the painting and said, "Let's all go back to Zhanchen Hall and wait. You can tell me in detail on the way, what happened last night?"

But on the way, Su and Chen saw that Ruhua was really hard work. They had big steps, and she couldn't keep up while walking, so she had to jog and talk at the same time.

No, the three of them passed the outer wall of the small courtyard and turned, and they were almost out of breath when entering the painting...

Together, the two of them supported her arm on the left and the right, performed lightness kung fu, and jumped up and down the wall.

When it was time for a cup of tea, it was outside the door of the study room in Zhanchen Palace where business was usually discussed.

Ruhua never thought that one day she would be able to be "light as a swallow" for a while. When her feet were flying into the air, she didn't panic at all, until she landed, she still closed her eyes and enjoyed the fun of teleportation!

"It's still beautiful, sister, come in quickly." Su Yunxiu slapped her on the forehead in a funny way, and took the lead to push the door and enter the room with his junior brother.

Ruhua opened his eyes to regain his senses, followed with a smile.

Time turned back to the moment when Concubine Xiao Gui was punished in Xuji Hall, Emperor Hongxi came out of Feiluan Hall angrily, feeling that there was a real commotion all morning, his legs could not help but come to Mingluan Hall to hide.

Concubine Ming was having her lunch, when she heard the news, she hurried out to pick her up.

Qi Yongheng looked up at this face that resembled his wife, his restless mood suddenly calmed down, and then the pain of bereavement surged up, he called out with red eyes: "My concubine!"

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Concubine Ming anxiously stepped forward to hold his trembling hand, and helped Emperor Hongxi to sit with the palace servants.

The emperor fell on her lap like a child, talking hoarsely about what happened.

Concubine Ming frowned, and patted his back to comfort him like coaxing a child.

When the emperor's mood eased, she winked at Gong'e, who was serving at the side, and told him to bring some hot food.

"Your Majesty, your dragon body is very important, and I will accompany you to eat some food first." Concubine Ming said softly, "Afterwards, we will hand-copied the scriptures of rebirth for the little prince, and send them to Xuji Hall at night, where they will be enshrined with blessing lamps. Get up, the relationship between father and son with you is not in vain."

"Well, just do as you say, Concubine Ai." Emperor Hongxi nodded in satisfaction.

The two of them finished their meal until Xu Shi finally worked together to copy a scripture.

Afterwards, the attendants held the lanterns, followed by a group of inner guards, and the emperor and concubine embarked on the road to the Xuji Hall together.

At this time, in the confessional room of the side hall of Xuji Hall, Concubine Xiao Gui was bored and leaned on the futon on the ground, staring at a candle on the incense table in a daze.

Suddenly, she felt a hand slowly caressing upwards along her slender legs.

When it reached the waist, she grabbed it and brushed it away, turned around and said to the people: "You are so courageous, Your Majesty punished me to think about my mistakes here, you still dare to come?"

The person who came was dressed as a Taoist priest, with an ordinary Chinese character face, and a deliberately long beard. At first glance, it looked like that, but the lust in his eyes at this moment made people do evil.

He was Taoist Master Wuwei who was recommended by Xiao Xiangguo more than ten years ago. Later, he was in charge of the emperor's cultivation affairs, and he was regarded as the national teacher.

"I sent someone to inquire. The old emperor stayed in the Mingluan Hall all afternoon, and he reckoned that he would roll around on the bed a few times."

Taoist Priest Wuwei said, flung the Taoist robe on his body, and rushed towards Concubine Xiao Gui, and said impatiently, "Mei'er, let's come too, a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold. Besides, how long have we not seen each other?" It’s over, baby, I’m going to miss my brother!”

Concubine Xiao Gui gently rolled to the side, letting him go in vain, and let out a cold "hum" in her heart.

This person is not a true leader at all, and I don't know where his father found him. He has nothing else, but poisoning and lust are first-rate.

More than ten years ago, the two kinds of poison given to the second prince were traded with him, but he didn't expect that he didn't succeed in the end, and it was worthless for this sex embryo.

Thinking of this, Concubine Xiao raised one of her beautiful legs against the fake Taoist's chest, winkingly said: "If you want, you can. You can also see that the current situation of this palace is not as good as before. The old emperor's life can no longer be Stay, do you know what to do next?"

"I know, I know. I will increase the dose in the pill tomorrow, so that the old emperor can write down the imperial edict to pass on to the sixth prince when he is unconscious." The Taoist took off her shoes and socks, held her fair and delicate ankle and touched her hand Fumbling upwards, he said seductively, "When the old emperor dies, we can be happy wherever we want."

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and the door of the side hall was kicked open.

Concubine Xiao Gui turned her head in shock, and saw Emperor Hongxi and Concubine Ming walking in with a group of people.

Her face turned pale at first, and then she quickly calmed down. With a turn of her eyes, she forcefully pushed away the paralyzed coward, wrapped her half-open clothes tightly, and threw herself in front of the emperor crying, hugging his leg and saying: " Your Majesty, you are finally here, and my concubine was almost humiliated by this false Taoist."

She took chances, thinking that the emperor might not have heard what she said just now.

But in fact, from what she said that she was not as good as before, the latter words were heard clearly.

Emperor Hongxi took Concubine Ming to offer blessing lamps and scriptures to the little emperor in the main hall. Before leaving, he passed by the confession room in the side hall. Never thought of crashing into this "good show"!

Emperor Hongxi kicked her away angrily, scolding: "Bitch!"

Scanning Concubine Xiao Gui, who was lying on the ground and coughing, he was still not relieved.

He took a few steps forward and tore off a piece of white gauze that was floating in the hall, twisted his hands into a rope, went around behind Xiao Qianmei, quickly wrapped her neck, and said tightly, "What a Xiao family! You go first, in a few days Your family will be reunited someday."

Concubine Xiao's eyes widened, her survival instinct made her stretch out her hands to scratch the white rope around her neck, and her carefully manicured nails painted with bright red Kodan struggled to split open.

It's a pity that it didn't help, and the sound of the neck bone breaking was clearly audible afterwards.

Only then did Emperor Hongxi shake off the white gauze in his hand, and he straightened up unsteadily.

Concubine Ming hurriedly stepped forward to support him, gently rubbing his chest to calm his breath.

Daoist Wuwei on the side had been frightened for a long time, and heard the corpse hit the ground with a "bang".

He suddenly came back to his senses, kowtowed and confessed to the old man himself, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The grassroots' real name is Wang Chunyang, and he stayed in the Changle Gate when he was young. Later, the sect was destroyed. He grew up as a vagabond and knew some poisonous tricks. I bumped into it and brought it back to the mansion. Your Majesty, you know what happened next, your Majesty has learned from you, the grass people are forced by the Xiao family's father and daughter to do these things!"

Qi Yongheng was so angry that he was dizzy when he recalled that he had been toyed and applauded by his favorite courtiers for so many years, and he even treated this idiot as a respected Taoist elder.

He forced himself to order and said: "Come here, first put this monster into the prison; then quickly send the Imperial Forest Army to surround Xiao Xiangguo's mansion, and not a single fly will be let go. Put the old man Xiao into the prison overnight The three divisions will conduct a joint trial, and I want to hear how many good things they have done in the Xiao Mansion without telling me all these years!"

After speaking, he fainted amid the exclamation of everyone.

The emperor was furious, and the officials were very efficient. They tried Xiao Xiangguo's ten crimes in one night, each of which was shocking and too numerous to record. The only thing to do was to wait for the emperor to wake up and build the coffin for conviction.

Inside the emperor's dormitory, the medicinal fragrance was strong, and the imperial physicians gathered around for consultation and whispered discussions.

Concubine Ming has been guarding the bed, she knows that whether Qi Yongheng can wake up in time at this moment is the key to whether the overall situation can be judged or not.

Looking at this sallow and thin face, it is already the light of exhausted oil lamps, let's ignore the dead horse and treat it like a living horse doctor.

Taking advantage of the people around her not paying attention, she poured three of the pills she had brought from Concubine Ji into it in the gesture of feeding water.

I don't know if the pills played a role, but the emperor really woke up faintly when the morning came.After hearing the results of the joint trial of the three divisions, he issued the last three orders in his life.

The first imperial decree: Xiao Xiangguo's Xiao family committed rebellion, murdered the royal family, and punished the nine clans; together with the demon king Chunyang, at noon today, they will be executed immediately!

The second imperial decree: The second prince, Qi Jingluo, is benevolent and respectful, possesses both ability and political integrity.

The third imperial decree: The sixth prince, Qi Jingpo, thought of his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, reduced his status as a prince, and made him the king of the county. After receiving the decree, he immediately left for the feudal land of Jeju. Without an edict, he will not be allowed to return to Beijing in this lifetime!

"The old emperor really has a deep affection for Qi Jingpo." Su Yunxiu said lazily after listening to the changing sky from night to morning.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions, so Shen Quyi intentionally pushed aside into the painting, and asked gently: "Into the painting, I came here in a hurry just now, and I didn't even eat two bites of breakfast, can you find something to eat?"

"Okay, two young masters, please wait a moment." Waiting for Ruhua to turn around and go out.

He turned his head and hesitated, "Brother Xiu, do you... want to see him for the last time?"

Seeing that he spoke carefully and carefully, it was interesting, Su Yunxiu reached out to touch his soft earlobe, and said in a low voice: "Worry about me?"

Who would have thought that the younger brother didn't dodge this time, instead he turned his face and rubbed his palm, and asked, "Otherwise?"

The corners of Su Yunxiu's mouth curled up, and he cupped his cool cheeks with both hands and leaned closer, facing his forehead, and said: "I just said casually just now, he has long since lost my son in his heart, so I don't want to catch up with him." Just join in the fun."

The voice fell, and suddenly, it seemed to hear a bell.

The two parted and wanted to distinguish carefully, when Ruhua entered the door carrying a food box, he said in a daze, "It's the death knell in the palace, and His Majesty has passed away."

The three of them were silent for a moment, and after returning to the painting, they arranged the food in the food box.Then I was busy again, and immediately all the halls had to prepare for the national funeral.

"Although I knew it would be sooner or later, I didn't expect it to come so soon..." Su Yunxiu said and leaned her head on the shoulder of the younger brother.

With the familiar body temperature approaching, Shen Quyi raised his hand to caress Brother Xiu's back, comforting him silently.

Su Yunxiu was a little sad, but not the old emperor's death, but his mother and concubine.

Although the source of the mother's irritation is not clear yet, the people who pushed her fate to the end were a brother who used her and a husband who was betrayed.

After today, all the dust returns to the dust, presumably the mother and concubine can feel a little comfort under the nine springs...

In the palace bedroom, there are concubines and grandchildren of the harem who are weeping.

On June 25, the [-]th year of Hongxi, Emperor Hongxi died of illness in the palace, and the whole world wept bitterly.

A country cannot be without a king for a day. According to the late emperor's will, the second prince Qi Jingluo ascended the throne smoothly and changed the country's name to Yanqing.

After the new emperor came to the throne, he cleared the law, broke the rumors, ordered the prohibition of killing sharks, and publicized that there is no way to live forever;

Emphasize farming and mulberry, despise corvee tax, restore farming season, so that the world can recuperate;

Conduct imperial examinations, select talents, accept advice with an open mind, appoint people on their merits, and clean up corruption and party-pulling in the court.

For the creation of Yan Qing's prosperous age, unique conditions have been laid, of course, these are all things that will not be mentioned for the time being.

Let's talk about Su and Chen who were waiting inside the house, until it was time to light the lamps, the sound of respectful worship finally came from outside.

The door of the room was pushed open, and Qi Jingluo entered the room surrounded by everyone. He was dressed in a yellow robe and crowned with a crown. His appearance and demeanor could be called the chosen one.

Su Yunxiu was sitting at the table dozing off with her chin resting on her chin, but she turned her head when she heard the movement.

He was stunned for a moment, but it was his younger brother who nudged him with his elbow, then came back to his senses and bowed together: "Cao Min sees the emperor."

With a wave of Qi Jingluo's hand, the entourage retreated in an orderly manner and closed the door. He stepped forward to help the two younger brothers one by one, and said with a fierce face: "When there are no outsiders behind, you should still call me Emperor Brother and Big Brother, don't be unfamiliar."

"Brother Huang should also be careful not to say anything about me." Su Yunxiu looked up and saw Brother Huang's eyes were slightly red and his expression was tired, knowing that he was very tired after the day, so he joked.

Shen Quyi smiled and poured a cup of tea to Qi Jingluo, "Here, brother."

"It's better if the meaning is good, you just know how to make jokes." Qi Jingluo took the teacup and drank it in one gulp, the nerves that had been tense for a day can be regarded as relaxed.

After that, he rubbed his forehead and sighed: "I didn't expect this day to come so soon, I... I'm not ready yet."

"Brother, you are too tired today, go to bed early. If there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow. Brother Xiu and I are both here." Shen Quyi suggested.

"Yeah, that's right." Su Yunxiu nodded in agreement, "We came here early in the morning because we were worried that something might happen in the palace, but fortunately everything has settled down. If there is something to do later, we will be here on call."

Qi Jingluo got up as he said, and before leaving, he grabbed his younger brother's hand, patted the back of his hand and said, "You said it, you mean what you say."

Su Yunxiu nodded again, thinking: This time the emperor's brother successfully ascended the throne, in fact, he really didn't make much effort, all relying on the concubine Ming's output and the opponent's initiative to kill him.

At present, Brother Huang's foundation is unstable, so he naturally wants to stay and help...Why is Brother Huang so cautious?

When he found out that he had been tricked into boarding a thief boat, and he bought one and got one free to ride with his junior, he just beat his chest and stamped his feet, but it was too late to regret it!

The author says:

After the new emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Ji, no, the Empress Dowager, secretly summoned Concubine Ming and asked her what her future plans were.If you want to live again, you can help her hide her name.

Concubine Ming, no, she took off her palace attire of pearls and hairpins, no powder and daisies, just plain clothes, An Mo'er, whose black hair was tied up at the end with a ribbon of one color, clasped her hands together and said reverently: The revenge of my parents has been avenged, and my wish has been fulfilled. From now on, I will be a vegetarian and I only wish to be with the ancient Buddha with the blue lantern all the time.

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