In Luoyang Palace, there is a remote and inconspicuous house, which is the resting place for the palace ladies.
The palace maid Qixiu has always been indecisive. After thinking about it for most of the day, he thought of running away.
At this moment, she was in her house, hurriedly packing up and saluting. She had already accomplished what she promised Aunt Mo. She only hoped that she could fulfill her promise and stop embarrassing her mother and younger brother in the suburbs of Luoyang. .
She decided that she would flee far away with her mother and little brother on the pretext of leaving the palace to visit relatives tonight, and would never come to Luoyang City again in her life.
In fact, Qixiu herself likes His Highness Yin very much. His Highness Yin is plump and very cute. He is only more than a year old and has already learned to walk. He is so smart and looks like her. My little brother...
It's a pity that as soon as I started, I was threatened by Granny Mo.
"Where is the palace maid Qi Xiu!" Before Qi Xiu could leave the room, two soldiers rushed to Luoyang at night, and the soldiers of the imperial army burst in with a murderous look on their faces.
Qi Xiu was startled, and it took her a while to react. She collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face, and she couldn't stop sobbing.
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After learning the news, Queen Mao was filled with grief. A few days later, the Queen's chariot also followed the soldiers who came to arrest Qixiu, all the way to Xuchang Palace. In the oppressive and gloomy main hall of Xuchang Palace, the miserable-looking Emperor Cao Rui and the tired-looking Queen Mao were sitting in front of the case.
Qixiu, who was escorted here, had already turned pale with fear. She just knelt down at the foot of the steps and forgot to salute.
"Qixiu, I want to ask you how His Highness Yin fell into the water. Please tell me the truth."
Queen Mao always felt that Qixiu was kind-hearted, so she arranged for her to take care of Cao Yin, but she didn't expect that something like this would happen.
"Reporting to Your Majesty and the Queen, this is all the negligence of this servant and has nothing to do with anyone else..." Qixiu understood at this moment that if she recruited Aunt Mo, her mother and little brother would definitely die, so she had made up her mind. One person takes the blame to protect his family.
"Qixiu, I know that you are a good boy. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. Your Majesty and I will definitely make the decision for you..."
"enough!"
Before Queen Mao could finish speaking, the angry Cao Rui had already had veins popping up on his forehead. He was so angry that he immediately forgot about questioning the mastermind. He roared hysterically:
"The queen wants to make decisions for this evil slave, who is willing to make decisions for my Yin'er! Since she has confessed her guilt, there is no need to waste any more words! Come, take the evil slave Qixiu and all the slaves in Yin'er's palace , hang them together to comfort my Yin'er's spirit in heaven!"
"Your Majesty..." Empress Mao was a little confused. In her eyes, her husband Cao Rui, although he became more arbitrary and cold after becoming emperor, he had always made clear decisions about right and wrong for many years. How could he become so cruel and domineering now? More than a dozen people Servant, if you kill as many as you want, that will cost you more than a dozen lives.
"Stop talking!" Cao Rui said coldly: "I know that Yin'er is not the queen's biological son, so the queen never really likes him, but I didn't expect that you actually want to protect these evil slaves. You are so disturbing to me. disappointed!"
After hearing this, Queen Mao suddenly realized that the emperor was suspecting that she had murdered the prince. She felt aggrieved and wanted to explain to the emperor, but Cao Rui didn't care at all, turned around and left decisively. .
Queen Mao looked at her husband's indifferent back and burst into tears.
Cao Rui walked out of the palace hall quickly and came to the tower. He looked at the palace attic in the distance. In a daze, he remembered the scene of him holding his beloved son and looking at the moon in Luoyang Palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival. For a moment, I just felt that things were different and people were different, and I was so sad that I fell down on the railing and started to cry.
Who is it? Is it Queen Mother Guo? Isn't it enough that Queen Guo killed her own mother? Does she also want to kill her own children?
Or is it the queen who killed Yin'er? But the queen has always been well-educated and gentle, so how could she really commit such a murderous act?
"who is it!"
Cao Rui, who was extremely sad, was shouting helplessly at this moment. The sad echo floated leisurely inside and outside the cold palace, but it could not revive his dead son.
"Your Majesty, Yin'er... is no longer here. Please forgive me and accept the change..." Mrs. Guo couldn't help but feel sad when she saw Cao Rui leaning on the railing and crying. Although the child was not her own child, she and Queen Mao Everyone knows that His Majesty's children are prone to die in infancy in recent years, so they have always cared for the child, but they didn't expect...
"Madam... please step back..." Cao Rui was still sad and did not turn around. He cried and said: "I, I want to be alone..."
"Yes... Your Majesty, I hope you will express your condolences and take care of the dragon's body..." Mrs. Guo glanced at Cao Rui worriedly, bowed and saluted, and said, "I leave you..."
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The heartbroken emperor had ignored government affairs for two months.
Fortunately, nothing major happened in the past two months, but Gao Tanglong, who had watched the emperor grow up and taught the emperor carefully, was still worried.
In the blink of an eye, it's early autumn, July is in full swing, and the weather is getting cooler.
Perhaps it was the cooler weather that made the sad and irritable emperor feel a little better. Today, Cao Rui finally decided to summon the ministers at the Xuchang Palace to handle recent government affairs.
In the palace, the casual knights Gao Tanglong, Cao Zhao, and Bian Lan, Zhongshu Supervisor Liu Fang, Zhongshu Ling Sun Zi, and Wuwei General Cao Shuang were saluting the emperor who had just entered the palace.
Since the death of Situ Wanglang, the position of Situ has been vacant. In this dynasty, the post of Situ was an extremely noble position, but it did not hold much real power. It was generally held by veterans who had outstanding achievements but had declined in mental and physical strength, so that they could spend their remaining years in supreme grace.
Gao Tanglong knew that Wei Wei Dong Zhao had made outstanding contributions to the late emperor and his majesty for many years, but he had gradually aged in recent years, so he was the best candidate to serve as Situ.
Although Cao Rui today is reluctantly willing to discuss politics, it is not because he has figured out everything. He agreed to Gao Tanglong's proposal without even thinking about it.
After handling a few chores, Cao Rui's face was still as withered as wood, and he said in a hoarse voice:
"I dreamed of Shu'er and Yin'er again last night."
When the ministers heard this, they felt a little sad in their hearts. Cao Rui continued:
"I dreamed that Shu'er and Yin'er told me that they no longer wanted to stay in Luoyang and wanted to live in a big house in Xuchang. I decided to build two palaces for Shu'er and Yin'er near the Xuchang Palace. One is called Jingfu Hall, and the other is called Chengguang Hall."
The ministers understood that it was not easy for His Majesty to go to court to discuss political affairs. Moreover, the Emperor's heart was still hurt. No matter how much people and money were wasted by building a palace, they could not criticize His Majesty's rebellion at this time. So everyone unanimously agreed with the emperor's decision.
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Ren Chengguo.
Xia Houxuan and Li Huigu, who had been waiting in the palace of King Cao Kai of Rencheng for several months, finally waited for the day when the concubine Wang gave birth. Since the matter was extremely confidential, Cao Ju did not dare to ask the midwife from his residence to deliver the baby. Huigu volunteered and decided to deliver the baby herself.
At the same time, Cao Kai's princess was also more than nine months pregnant. Coincidentally, Princess Rencheng was also going to give birth today. This made Cao Kai, who was already worried about Wang Concubine, even more nervous. But in this way, it would be easier for Cao Kai to hide the whereabouts of the princess. To the outside world, Cao Kai would only say that the princess gave birth today in order to hide the secret.
He also discussed with Xia Houxuan that as soon as Wang Concubine gave birth to a child, he announced to the outside world that Princess Rencheng had given birth to twins, and on the pretext that one of the sons was being recuperated and cured, he secretly sent Wang Guifei and the prince to Cao Kai outside Rencheng County. The Villa.
Xia Houxuan and King Cao Kai of Rencheng were extremely nervous at the moment and were waiting outside the room where the concubine was giving birth. Huigu delivered the babies to the concubine Wang and Princess Rencheng at the same time in the room.
The Wang Concubine and Princess Rencheng in the room made painful sounds from time to time, which made Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai very worried. At this moment, they just clenched their fists tightly and were relatively speechless.
After a while, Huigu pushed open the carved wooden door and wiped the sweat from her forehead. At the same time, a loud cry came from the house.
Hui Gu's face was slightly pale. She wiped her sweat and said to Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai:
"Wang Guifei and Princess Rencheng have given birth to two young gentlemen!"
"Very good!"
When Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai heard this, a big stone suddenly fell to the ground. Seeing that Huigu was a little tired, Xia Houxuan quickly took off his cloak and put it on Huigu's shoulders.
Cao Kai was even more delighted when he heard that his princess had successfully given birth to a son for him. He waved his hands excitedly, smiled and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, held Xia Houxuan's hand, and said happily and sincerely:
"Taichu, don't worry. From now on, Fang'er will be Gu's biological son. Your Majesty, Gu will definitely raise Fang'er well!"
Xia Houxuan nodded, and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and asked Huigu softly:
"What happened to the concubine and Princess Rencheng?"
Hui Gu frowned slightly and closed her eyes. She held back her sadness and then answered Xia Houxuan:
"The concubine Wang had a miscarriage. After giving birth to Fang'er, she said a few words and then died. Before she died, she confessed that we must take good care of Fang'er..."
When Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai heard this, their hearts sank. Xia Houxuan
Cao Kai was nervous. He expected that Li Huigu had already taken care of the delivery room. He rushed into the room to take care of the princess without caring about the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers. After seeing that the princess was fine, Cao Kai was really relieved. He sat down gently on the princess By the bedside, he held the princess's hand, looked at his child, and murmured:
"Let's call our child Xun'er..."
The princess smiled and nodded, and she fell asleep quickly due to extreme fatigue. Cao Kai became nervous again and hurriedly asked Huigu. After learning that his wife was just asleep, he was relieved again. He hugged his child and said with a smile:
"Xun'er, Xun'er, Fang'er will be your brother from now on..."
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Two months later, in late autumn and September, the emperor's car arrived at Mobei in the southern suburbs of Xuchang, and construction of the Jingfu and Chengguang Halls also began.
At the same time, Tian Yu, who was temporarily in charge of the military commander in Qingzhou, sent an urgent military report over the East China Sea to Xuchang.
