Chapter 40: The slave kills his master
In order to survive, Ma Yufeng's parents personally cut off his male genitals. From that moment on, he became an incomplete person and also lost another important indicator of being a human being - kindness.
I don't know since when, Ma Yufeng likes to see other people's frightened look, especially those with noble birth and high status. Seeing the pitiful and eager to live look in their eyes, he becomes more excited, more satisfied, and more satisfied. enjoy.
Following the life of Empress Dowager Renyi, among the people who Ma Yufeng drank the "Longevity Soup" with his own hands were eunuchs, maids, concubines, and many little princesses and princes who were too late to come to the world.
What Ma Yufeng didn't expect was that he would have the opportunity to kill an emperor with his own hands.
"Long live my lord, if I'm to blame, it's because you weren't born into a royal family."
Ma Yufeng pressed Emperor Jingxian on the bed with force, and clamped Emperor Jingxian's chin with his thumb and index finger like a vise. While pouring "longevity soup" into Emperor Jingxian's mouth, he said in a trembling voice: "Reincarnate in the next life. If you don’t have a blessed life, don’t reincarnate in the royal family.”
After drinking the "Longevity Soup", Emperor Jingxian was despairing. He has been working hard these days, just hoping that he can survive the Queen Mother Renyi and send his enemy Zhang Chenglie on his way.
However, Emperor Jingxian ultimately underestimated the bottom line of human nature, and ultimately failed.
"I hate……"
Emperor Jingxian cried silently.
"Long live Lord, please put on this shroud and reunite with Concubine Zhen over there." Ma Yufeng took out a longevity dress and motioned to Emperor Jingxian to put it on.
Concubine Zhen was Jingxian's favorite concubine. Because she couldn't stand Empress Dowager Renyi bullying Jingxian, she often disobeyed Empress Dowager Renyi. In anger, Empress Dowager Renyi ordered Concubine Zhen to be thrown into a well. Because of this incident, there was no room for change between Jingxian and Queen Mother Renyi.
"That's fine!"
Emperor Jingxian seemed to see some hope when he thought of the woman who risked her life to protect him.
Ma Yufeng leaned close to Emperor Jingxian's ear and whispered: "Long live my lord, let me tell you a secret. Concubine Zhen was also thrown into the well by a slave."
"you……"
Emperor Jingxian's eyes widened with anger, and he pointed at Ma Yufeng, unable to hold his breath again.
Zhuque Street, Zhang Mansion.
On this day, Zhang Chenglie, who was waiting for news in his mansion, was agitated and could not enter meditation even after sitting in the quiet room for half a day.
"Father, something bad has happened..." Zhang Dingyi rushed into the quiet room like a gust of wind.
Before the meditation, Zhang Chenglie ordered Li Dingyi to stay outside the palace gate to inquire for information. Now that he has rushed back in a hurry, the matter must have come to an end.
"Why are you panicking? I'm not dead yet?" Zhang Chenglie said angrily.
"News came from the palace that the old Buddha and the emperor had passed away. The throne was inherited by Prince Chun's son Tuoba Yi, and the country's name was changed to 'Yongchang'. Prince Chun and his father were promoted to regents because of their son's wealth, and Queen Gongde took the throne. She was promoted to the Queen Mother and jointly took charge of the government with the Regent."
"Yes!" Zhang Chenglie nodded to indicate that he understood.
What was waiting was not an imperial edict for beheading, which meant that Emperor Jingxian failed to survive the Queen Mother Yiren after all. For Zhang Chenglie, this was good news.
Tuo Ba Feng and Queen Gong De co-chaired the government, which was completely in line with his original vision. There was no surprise or joy, and it was still good news.
"According to the news from palace informants, the late emperor left an imperial edict verbally to Queen Mother Gongde before his death. Now Queen Mother Gongde is discussing with the regent how to kill you." When Li Ding saw Zhang Chenglie, he still looked like an old god. He looked anxious.
"Empress Dowager Gongde also wants to kill me. Is this news true?" Zhang Chenglie was shocked when he heard this.
According to Zhang Chenglie's original thinking, although Tuo Ba Feng was established as the regent and had great power, he was not the emperor after all. It would not be easy to kill him, a military minister, in the palace.
But Empress Dowager Gongde was different. She was the niece of Empress Dowager Yiren. Zhang Chenglie originally pushed Gongde to come out to listen to politics behind the curtain, with the purpose of asking her to check and balance Tuo Bafeng. Unexpectedly, this woman not only refused to accept his love, but also teamed up with Tuo Ba Feng to deal with him. This was something he never expected.
Zhang Chenglie knew very well that if these two people really joined forces, he would be in real danger.
"It's absolutely true. In accordance with your instructions over the years, I have taken special care of the families of those close to the late Emperor. That's why you sent me a letter at this critical moment so that we can make arrangements in advance."
When Li Ding said this, there was a fierce look in his eyes: "Father, since they are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. Now that we have strong soldiers and horses, the worst we can do is rebel. We don't know who will win."
"Bullshit! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll break your legs." Zhang Chenglie was furious when he heard this, and slapped Li Dingyi on the head and covered his face with a curse.
After Zhang Chenglie drove Li Dingyi out of the quiet room, he probably calmed down because he had vented his anger just now, but his mood became strangely calm.
"It's time to choose again! Is there really no other way?"
After a long time, Zhang Chenglie's thoughts gradually became clearer, and his eyes became firmer: "In order to deal with this crisis, I have been preparing for this crisis for twenty years. I cannot sit still and wait for death."
In the palace, a lady in palace attire sat in the main hall with a pink face and a frosty face. Her almond-shaped eyes were full of power. She put on a posture of choosing someone to fall in love with at any time. She shouted at the people below: "Zhang Chenglie ran away, you guys." What are you doing to feed each one? You actually let him run away, can you live up to the late emperor's last instructions?"
The reason why Gongde moved Emperor Jingxian out was not because of her deep feelings for Emperor Jingxian. On the contrary, from the bottom of her heart she looked down on this timid man. It was precisely because of this contempt from the bottom of her heart that she felt She showed deep disdain for Emperor Jingxian in both words and deeds, and relying on the power of Queen Mother Yiren, she didn't even bother to hide it.
But Gongde forgot that Jingxian was an emperor after all, and all his timidity was limited to the Queen Mother Yiren. He did not tolerate much towards Gongde. He would rather die than have a son and a half daughters with Gongde. It's a kind of silent stubbornness, but Gongde can't understand it.
Although Gong De is a woman with no talents, it does not prevent her from being used to intrigues in the harem, and she can play the trick of "killing chickens and scaring monkeys" when she is in power.
In Gongde's plan, Zhang Chenglie was the cute, fat "little hen" who let her try her skills. But what Gong Dek never expected was that Zhang Chenglie was not a cute "little hen", but a big "rooster", and he was a "fighter" among "roosters".
Just when Gongde thought she had a plan and imagined that she could kill Zhang Chenglie like her aunt, the Queen Mother Yiren, and enjoy the worship of hundreds of officials, the "monkey" "chicken" ran away, which made her How not to become angry.
