Although the relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Queen Qian is very ordinary, he is helpless towards her blindness and lameness.
But on the surface, he showed great urgency and worry.
No matter how concerned he was, some ministers would think that the emperor was abusing his wife.
If he keeps his usual carefree attitude, the government and the public may not know how to discuss it.
However, no matter how urgent it is, safety awareness cannot be relaxed. Liu Chang brought three thousand personal guards, kept the streets clean, and escorted the emperor, concubines, and princesses all the way into the Forbidden City.
In this way, Zhu Qiyu still felt very insecure. After all, it was inconvenient for personal guards to enter the harem.
From the moment he stepped into the Qianqing Gate, Zhu Qiyu made a decision in his heart. On the grounds of Queen Qian's incident, he would carry out a purge of the inner court, and he had to quickly bring up his trusted eunuchs.
Otherwise, when the emperor enters the palace, he has to be as nervous as a thief. How unbecoming is this?
Moreover, the Qianqing Palace, theoretically, belonged to the new emperor himself. But Queen Qian of ours is so ignorant that if she was told to live in the house, she would live there without even a modest apology.
This was the first time Zhu Qiyu entered the Qianqing Palace after he ascended the throne. There's nothing special about it except that it's big.
Another thing is the cold. The bigger the house, the colder it will be. Before Wanli transformed the Qianqing Palace into "floor heating", this point was simply unsolvable. In the Qing Dynasty, starting from Yongzheng, the emperor simply went to live in Yangxin Hall.
The Queen Mother, Queen Zhou, Concubine Wan Chen and others had already been guarding the inner room; the concubine and the princess entered the inner room directly, while Zhu Qiyu greeted them outside through a screen.
Theoretically, it wouldn't be a big problem if Queen Qian covered her with a brocade quilt and only showed her face, allowing Zhu Qiyu to come in for a visit.
Zhu Qiyu's father died when he was seven years old. In theory, a sister-in-law is like a mother. It is not a big problem for the brother-in-law to visit the eldest sister-in-law, but it will definitely not be possible for the eldest brother-in-law to visit the younger siblings.
However, firstly, Queen Qian had not paid special attention to Zhu Qiyu in these years; secondly, Queen Qian did not want the emperor to see her current desolate state.
It's really shameless to treat the queen like this.
So after Zhu Qiyu greeted him across the screen, he ordered Wang Cheng to summon all the maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace outside the Qianqing Gate. Then Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin were ordered to summon all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court.
Qianqing Gate is far away from the Jianji Hall among the three previous halls. There is a square in the middle, which can easily accommodate two to three thousand people. It would definitely not be enough to gather all the eunuchs and maids in the inner court, but just calling the eunuchs and female officials in charge would be enough.
Outside the Qianqing Gate belongs to the Outer Dynasty, and personal guards can reach here. Not long after, Liu Chang led a thousand personal guards to surround the place.
Zhu Qiyu ordered someone to bring a chair, and then sat on the steps outside Qianqing Gate with a serious face.
Since he became emperor, he has killed three groups of people in total: ten ministers who beat to death Jin Yiwei Ma Shun at Fengtianmen, more than ten Xuanfu generals who abandoned the city and fled, and the three Polo brothers from Oala.
Today is the fourth batch, and they will go on a killing spree to completely alert the inner court.
Zhu Qiyu was waiting outside, while the concubine and the princess comforted Queen Qian in the inner room.
The concubine's attitude was the most negative, because the concubine was a sinner of the Han Palace. She had always been disliked by others and had suffered all kinds of grievances. She could be called an outcast.
Therefore, the concubine didn't have any good impressions of Queen Qian. She only expressed concern and greetings, and expressed gentle words of comfort, just to keep her face.
On the surface, Lin Xiangyu's attitude was three points more affectionate than that of the concubine, but on the inside she was even more frightened: This is too scary. Being a queen, the mother of the world, and the power of the six palaces, can make her legs cry. This is still a queen. If she were just an ordinary princess, how difficult would it be to survive in the palace.
Lin Xiangyu secretly made up her mind that she would never enter the palace again unless she had to.
While everyone was having different thoughts and conjectures, Wang Cheng came closer and reported to everyone: "I would like to inform everyone that the Queen Mother of the Holy Emperor, Queen Yisheng, the Queen, the Dowager, the Princess, and all the maids and eunuchs that His Majesty ordered to serve in the Qing Palace have arrived. Gather outside Qianqing Gate."
Queen Mother Sun frowned when she heard this. Does this mean that even the maids who personally serve Qian will have to go?
Wang Cheng immediately took the initiative to add: "Your Majesty has ordered that the Holy Queen Mother or the Empress send ordinary maids to temporarily take over, because all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court have been summoned by Your Majesty outside the Qianqing Gate."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Sun and Queen Qian changed their expressions at the same time, and the emperor was obviously going to get angry.
Unfortunately, neither Empress Dowager Sun nor Empress Qian could or dared to stop it.
Now the emperor is the only adult male in the royal family in the capital, and he has just made extraordinary achievements, and his prestige is so high that no one can match him.
At this moment, who dares to disobey the emperor?
Moreover, the emperor was well-known for his teachings and was strict in his speech. Yu Gong, as the emperor, and Yu Si, as the brother-in-law, punished the domestic slaves who neglected their duties and upheld justice for their imperial sister-in-law. What reason did others have to stop the emperor?
Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to order all the maids waiting in the inner chamber to go out and gather together.
Half an hour later, all the eunuchs and female officials in charge, as well as all the eunuchs and maids of Qianqing Palace, were assembled.
Zhu Qiyu had already ordered dozens of benches and more than ten square tables, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones placed on each square table. A group of eunuchs from the Supervisor of Ceremonies stood in front of the square table waiting for the emperor's orders.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and told Wang Cheng: "Let them write a suicide note. Those who can read and digit can write it themselves. If they can't read, let the Chief of Ceremonies write it for them."
Wang Cheng asked cautiously: "May I ask, Your Majesty, who are they specifically?"
Zhu Qiyu replied angrily: "Of course it's everyone in Qianqing Palace, you still want to ask?"
As soon as the emperor said these words, everyone in Qianqing Palace knelt down and cried and begged for mercy.
These eunuchs and maids were not stupid either. Just looking at the thousand bodyguards in bright robes and more than two thousand well-dressed eunuchs and female officials in the square, I knew that the emperor was going to take action.
Putting on such a big battle can't be just for fun.
Zhu Qiyu ordered angrily: "Tell them all to shut up. Wang Cheng, look at who else is speaking out and order your guards to kill them with sticks."
After being scolded, Wang Cheng learned his lesson and actually went over and shouted sharply to stop. Finding that there were still several palace maids and eunuchs who kept crying, they ordered their guards to pull them out, pin them down on the bench, and begin the cane torture.
Not long after, the cries and howls of these eunuchs and maids became loud.
However, soon, these eunuchs and maids could only breathe in and had no air to breathe out.
However, the imperial staff continued until several people died completely.
The scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Although there were more than two thousand palace maids and eunuchs, no one dared to breathe for fear of causing harm to Chi Yu.
Zhu Qiyu stood up and explained to everyone: "Don't blame me for being ruthless and saying that I kill innocent people indiscriminately. You can tell your own conscience that what you have done is not excessive, should you die?"
What are your responsibilities as people in the Qing Palace? It is to serve the emperor and the queen. Now that the Supreme Emperor is not here, all you have to do is serve Queen Yi.
But look at what you have done? Queen Yi Sheng is blind. You can also explain that Queen Yi Sheng misses the Supreme Emperor day and night and is crying blindly. There is nothing you can do to stop it.
Okay, the queen is blinded by crying. I forgive you and forgive you.
But can the legs still be lame? Your duty is to serve the Queen, but as a result, the Queen's leg became lame due to the fact that you served her. You feel your conscience and say, shouldn't you die? "
After hearing this, everyone wanted to cry and beg. Zhu Qiyu directly gave the order: "I don't know who did it, and I don't want to know who did it. I just want to kill them all.
And all of you here have seen and listened to it today. I have set a rule here. From now on, no matter which palace has a problem, all the people in the palace will be killed with a stick, and no one will be spared. "
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and signaled his guards to execute it immediately.
The personal guards were not as verbose as Wang Cheng. With Liu Chang's order, the personal guards divided the eunuchs and maids of Qianqing Palace into three groups and pinned them all on benches to death with sticks.
The sound of crying and wailing was so loud that even Queen Mother Sun, Queen Qian and others in the inner room could faintly hear the noise.
At this time, Wang Cheng came in again and reported to everyone: "Your Majesty said, Queen Mother Sheng, Queen Yi Sheng, queens, ladies and gentlemen, please don't worry. Your Majesty is dealing with the domestic slave who deceived the master, and he will be fine soon. "
Queen Qian asked eagerly: "How did your Majesty deal with it?"
Wang Cheng replied: "All the maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace will be killed with sticks."
Queen Qian almost fainted after hearing this, which meant that the confidant she had cultivated for many years was basically gone.
After this, the emperor will send a group of new people to serve in Qianqing Palace. Among these newcomers, the emperor's people are indispensable.
Alas, I never thought that there would be a time when the emperor would retaliate in the same way. Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian planted so many spies in Prince Xin's Mansion back then. Not only were they all invalidated, they were also pushed back by the emperor using the same means.
It is true that the world is reincarnated, and retribution is unpleasant.
(End of chapter)
