Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

At noon the next day, the army set off and returned to the capital.

The situation was critical when they came, and it took them more than ten days to march in a hurry, so there is no rush to turn back now, the army returned to Beijing at a normal speed, and did not arrive in Beijing until the end of October.

The news of Yin Chengzhang's death has been sent back to the palace first.

After the army arrived at Wangjing City, Yin Chengyu asked Ying Hongxue and He Shan to station in the Beijing camp outside the city along with the soldiers of the Four Guards Battalion.

Emperor Longfeng had returned to Wangjing from Nanjing at the end of September, and Concubine Wen Gui and others naturally came back together.

Now that Yin Chengzhang is dead, although he is reaping the consequences, Concubine Wen Gui will not let it go.At this time, He Shan and Ying Hongxue should not be too present.

Yin Chengyu, Xue Shu, and An Yuanhou sent Yin Chengzhang's coffin back to the palace.

The funeral palace for the dead is located on the north side of Yanwang Palace, and all the funeral objects have been prepared.

After receiving the news, Emperor Longfeng and Concubine Wen rushed to the funeral palace.Emperor Longfeng looked a little haggard, but Concubine Wen Gui was actually much older.Her normally well-maintained face had no makeup applied, her whole body was plain, and the corners of her eyes and brows were soaked in wind and frost.

When the news of Yin Chengzhang's death came back to Beijing, she refused to believe it at first in grief, and asked Emperor Longfeng to send someone to Qingzhou Mansion to confirm the news. After finally waiting for the people who verified the news to rush back, after confirming the news of Yin Chengzhang's death, she then Unable to deceive myself and others, I wash my face with tears every day.

After looking forward to it for nearly a month, I finally looked forward to the return of Yin Chengzhang's coffin to Beijing.

Before the coffin stopped, she threw herself on the coffin and wept bitterly.

Although Emperor Longfeng had always used his second son to compete with the crown prince, he had always doted on Concubine Wen Gui, and naturally indulged and devoted a lot of love to Yin Chengzhang's son.Seeing that Concubine Wen Gui was hoarse and almost fainted from crying, the corners of her eyes were faintly red, and she said to the guards: "Open the coffin, and the concubine and I will take another look at Zhang'er."

The inner and outer coffins have not yet been crucified, and the soldiers opened the lid of the coffin according to their words.

In order to prevent the corpse from decomposing, Yin Chengzhang's body was kept in the ice cellar for half a month.Later in October, the weather became cold, but it didn't rot during the journey.But he encountered a landslide during his lifetime, even if his remains were made up on purpose, it would not look good after all.

Emperor Longfeng only glanced at it, then looked away.

Concubine Wen Gui cried bitterly at the side of the coffin. Seeing her crying became hoarse, Emperor Longfeng stepped forward, took her by the shoulders and took her away, signaling the others to close the lid of the coffin.He said to the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were waiting at the side: "Prepare well for the funeral of the second prince, and follow the prince's rules for the funeral ceremony."

Yin Chengzhang is only seventeen years old, has not yet married, and has not had time to be crowned king.

Concubine Wen Gui heard this, grabbed his sleeve and hissed, "Your Majesty, you can't just bury Zhang'er like this. The culprit who killed Zhang'er has not yet been executed, so how can my son rest in peace?!"

Emperor Longfeng frowned, but seeing her heartbroken and soft-hearted, he coaxed: "Those who fail to protect Zhang'er, will you deal with them? If you don't feel relieved, let them die for Zhang'er." gone."

"How can only those people be enough?" Concubine Wen Gui wiped her tears, her red and swollen eyes slowly swept across Marquis An Yuan and Yin Chengyu, and asked bitterly: "I heard that the Yidu earthquake is happening this time, and the prince is also in danger. How come the crown prince was rescued, but my Zhang'er was ignored?!"

"I also heard that the person was fine when he was found, but why did he die after he was rescued? Maybe someone deliberately murdered the prince!" She begged with tears, "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly and make decisions for our mother and son!"

Although Concubine Wen Gui didn't name her name, there were only a few people present, so it was self-evident who she was suspicious of.

The officials present shrank their shoulders and bowed their heads, wishing that they did not exist.

"The imperial concubine is mourning the loss of her son, and I can only understand it. But some things can be said, and some things cannot be said." Yin Chengyu met the gaze of the noble concubine Wen with a calm expression, his posture was not as gentle and forbearing as before, and his eyes were slightly stern. "August In the first ten days, the second brother failed to quell the chaos and fell off the cliff and disappeared. During this period, Marquis Anyuan sent people to search for the whereabouts of the second brother. After Gu arrived in Yidu, he sent more people to expand the search area and almost turned Fuhuling over. , but the whereabouts of the second brother have never been found. It was not until the fourth day after the earthquake that Marquis Anyuan found the second brother crushed under the rubble in the Xiaopan Mountain area of ​​Fuhuling."

"Although I don't know why the second brother hid in Fuhuling and did not show up, the earthquake is beyond human control. The death of the second brother is indeed an accident. Marquis Anyuan, who is searching for the whereabouts of the second brother, is a loyal person. If the imperial concubine makes wild guesses because of sadness, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of loyal ministers and good generals."

He sighed faintly, as if he hadn't realized at all that the person who murdered the prince that Concubine Wen Gui said was himself.

Even though Marquis Anyuan knew that he was deliberately blocking himself from the knife, he couldn't help feeling a little grateful at this moment.He did not do enough to protect the second prince, if Concubine Wen Gui wanted to deal with him, it would be fine, she only hoped that the rest of the Xu family would not be implicated.

Concubine Wen Gui naturally noticed the change in the expressions of everyone present, and she also knew the plan of Yin Chengzhang and An Yuanhou.It's just that the crown prince is not counted now, and her own son took his life instead, so how can she not hate it?

She stared at Yin Chengyu bitterly, her long and sharp nails stuck into her palms, and she was about to bleed, just now she suppressed the anger and unwillingness in her heart, lowered her eyes and said apologetically: "What His Royal Highness said is that I lost my temper. "

Emperor Longfeng, who had been silent all this time, came out to smooth things over at this time: "Since this matter has been explained clearly, there is no need to mention it in the future. The Ministry of Rites will take care of the funeral of the second prince, and all the necessary items will be used." After speaking, he looked at Yin Chengyu : "The Shandong rebellion has been quelled this time, and the prince has worked hard, so let's take a good rest for a few days."

As for the reward for calming the chaos, there was no mention of it, and it was lightly mentioned.

Yin Chengyu was not surprised, he saluted and then withdrew.

Xue Shu did not leave with him, but followed behind Emperor Longfeng.

After accompanying Concubine Wen Gui for a while, Emperor Longfeng returned to Qianqing Palace.

Xue Shu also accompanied him.

After returning to Qianqing Palace, Emperor Longfeng sat down on the Arhat bed in the middle, waved away the serving servants, and narrowed his eyes to look at the young man standing in front of him.

After going out for a while and coming back, Xue Shu's aura was stronger than before, not losing to the eunuchs such as Gao Xian who had been immersed in the palace for many years.If Emperor Longfeng hadn't single-handedly promoted him, he wouldn't believe that he had actually entered the palace for less than a year.

It's a useful knife, but it's a pity that this knife can't tell its master.

Emperor Longfeng took a sip of hot tea, and his attitude towards him was not as close as before, and his tone was neither salty nor weak: "Tell me about your trip to Shandong." He emphasized emphatically: "There are no details."

Xue Shu stood there upright, as if he didn't notice the difference in how the emperor treated him.

Emperor Longfeng said that there were no major or minor details, so he told him the story of Shandong's pacification of chaos in detail, and only skipped the part with Yin Chengyu and Ying Hongxue.

"... That's all." Xue Shu lowered his eyes, but his attitude was the same as before.

Respectful, but not flattering like others.

Regardless of past life or present life, he has a good grasp of Emperor Longfeng's temperament.Emperor Longfeng was very suspicious, in fact he didn't like to flatter people who flattered him, such people would make him feel like he was plotting something.He also likes to seize power, and what he hates the most are courtiers fighting for power, even if he still needs to use these courtiers to suppress the prince.

His respectful but not flattering attitude of a pure minister is what reassures Emperor Longfeng the most.

In his previous life, he relied on Emperor Longfeng's trust to defeat Gao Xian and Gong Hongfei step by step, held Dongchang and Jinyiwei in his hands, and strengthened Xichang.

However, Emperor Longfeng's attitude towards him at the moment is obviously due to hearing something, and he has become suspicious again.

He was thinking about it, when Emperor Longfeng asked casually: "I heard that the prince is in danger this time, and you risked your life to save him?"

"Yes." Xue Shu's expression remained unchanged, neither denying nor defending himself.

"You are close to the prince." Emperor Longfeng sighed in an unclear tone.

Xue Shu looked calm and said: "His Royal Highness is the king, if the king is in trouble, I should save myself with my own body."

"I can't see that you are so loyal to the prince." Emperor Longfeng's expression darkened, and he was already angry: "In that case, you don't have to take care of the affairs of Xichang and Yumajian, go to Ciqing Let the palace take care of the prince's daily life!"

He looked at Xue Shu coldly, determined to teach him a lesson.Or let him know clearly who is the king he should be loyal to!

However, Xue Shu didn't beg for mercy or show any signs of panic, he just bowed and saluted: "I will obey His Majesty's will."

Emperor Longfeng smashed the teacup in his hand on him and said angrily, "Get lost!"

Xue Shu withdrew without hesitation.

Emperor Longfeng didn't hold back his hand, the teacup was smashed on him, the hot tea wet his clothes and flowed all the way along the hem of his clothes.

Xue Shu looked at the clothes that had been dyed dark, frowned slightly, and was about to change into clean clothes when he was stopped by the smiling Gao Xian.

Gao Xian had long disliked him, but he had no choice but to be favored by Emperor Longfeng and could not move easily.Now that I got the news, knowing that he offended Emperor Longfeng, I came to see his jokes: "What did Supervisor Xue do to make Longyan furious. I want our family to help you speak well in front of His Majesty." ?”

Xue Shu hurriedly changed his clothes and went to Ciqing Palace, impatiently wasting time with him, he only asked lightly: "Why don't you see Gao Duzhu?" After speaking, he seemed to just remember and said: "I forgot , Lord Gao has been sent down by His Majesty."

His tone was concerned, but his expression was sarcasm: "Nowadays, there is no one in charge of Dongchang, and Gao Zhangyin is alone looking after Sili Supervisor and Dongchang, how can he be so free?"

Gao Yuan previously took advantage of his power to arrest several scholars and torture them on charges.In the end, I didn't want to kick the iron board, forcing the Sun family to sue, which aroused the anger of countless literati.

This case was personally supervised by Yin Chengyu, and it was finalized before leaving Beijing for Shandong.

It's just that the Shandong rebellion suddenly broke out at that time, and Gao Yuan was the emperor's man. They went to Shandong without waiting for the result of Emperor Longfeng's disposal.

He didn't know until he came back that Emperor Longfeng was furious when he heard about it, and in order to appease the anger of the literati, he directly beheaded Gao Yuan for public display.

Gao Xian still has a few capable godsons under his command, but he doesn't really feel sorry for this brother of the same clan.But I heard that he later recommended his godson to take Gao Yuan's position, but not only was he not allowed, but he was also reprimanded by Emperor Longfeng.

Now the position of the governor of the East Factory is so vacant.

Gao Xian came to see Xue Shu's jokes, but Xue Shu stepped on his painful feet twice.

He looked at Xue Shu gloomyly: "You are very good, I only hope that the prince can use you, otherwise if it falls into our hands in the future..." You have good fruit to eat.

Xue Shu raised his eyes and glanced at him, passed him by, with a contemptuous expression: "Then don't worry about Gao Gao's palm prints."

The corners of his mouth hooked indiscernibly, His Highness could use him a lot.

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