Zhu Qiyu said it so straightforwardly that Lu Zhong realized that he had misunderstood. It turned out that the emperor just wanted to warn the Queen Mother Sun, and took advantage of the situation to kill all the Queen Mother's cronies in Cining Palace.
That would be easy. With the emperor's support, there is no big risk in doing this kind of thing.
Moreover, the emperor requested that all Cining Palace, Renshou Palace, Yangxin Palace, and Xian'an Palace be burned down. This move was also very clever. First, it can confuse the audience, so that the purpose is not too obvious, and people will know at a glance that it is aimed at the Queen Mother Sun.
Secondly, after these palaces were burned down, Queen Mother Sun had no choice but to live in the Yinghua Palace in the northwest corner. After all, Qianqing Palace is where the emperor lives, Kunning Palace is where the queen lives, and West Sixth Palace and East Sixth Palace are where the emperor's concubines live.
The only place where Empress Dowager Sun can live is the Yinghua Palace. That place is much narrower than Cining Palace.
Thirdly, if Gao Ping is promoted to the general manager of Yinghua Hall, it will be more convenient to monitor Queen Mother Sun in the future.
The more Lu Zhong thought about it, the happier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that living with the emperor was really fulfilling.
In Lu Zhong's eyes, the emperor's only shortcoming now is that he has no son. As long as a few more sons are born, the people's hearts will be completely stable. A group of the emperor's cronies can follow him in glory and wealth for decades.
After chatting with Lu Zhong, Zhu Qiyu talked with others alone. It was not until dark that Zhu Qiyu dragged his tired body back to the room.
Fortunately, the concubines are very caring, and hot soup and rice have been prepared long ago.
Zhu Qiyu is also very good at caring for others. When he returns home, he never mentions the matter of having children and does not put pressure on his beloved concubines.
After bathing, changing clothes, and having dinner, Zhu Qiyu walked around the room and saw that only tables, chairs, and benches were left in the room. All the jade, porcelain, agate, and colored glaze had been removed.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "My aunts, are you not planning to come back at all?"
Lin Xiangyu heard this and replied: "The slave family doesn't like wooden houses, let alone wooden utensils, especially the smell of paint, which is really annoying.
If his husband hadn't been here, the Nu family would have jumped over the wall and ran away. "
"Jump over the wall and run away? You, a wild girl, have the nerve to say that."
Zhu Qiyu walked to the bed and lay down.
Qianxue also came over, got on the bed and sat on the inside, softly echoing: "Maybe women are more sensitive to smells, we sisters all find the smell of that paint unpleasant.
Even the mother-in-law doesn't like her current house and plans to build a new one after the New Year. "
"Okay, okay, I don't like the current house either. Just do as you like, you can build it however you want."
Hearing this, Qianxue continued: "We plan to surround the entire Yuquan Mountain, then demolish all the old buildings, and then bring white marble from Fangshan to build new ones from scratch.
All pavilions and pavilions are made of white marble. The furnishings in the house are all made of jade, jade, agate, glass and other rare and precious treasures. Gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone are not used.
From now on, this Yuquan Mountain will be used as the backyard of our Xinqi Prince's Mansion. Only my husband and fifteen of us sisters will live there. What do you think? "
"Good, good, good!"
Zhu Qiyu was afraid that his beloved concubines would give him medicine, so he quickly nodded in agreement.
Upon seeing this, Qianxue smiled and said, "Then please husband, give us a name for our Yuquan Mountain love nest."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "There are spiritual springs everywhere and beautiful women are like jade, so let's call it Lingyu Palace."
When Lin Xiangyu heard this, she quickly nodded her head and said, "It shows that our sisters and our husbands are one and the same. This is the name we thought about in private."
"Okay, let's go to bed quickly. After hosting a banquet for all relatives and friends tomorrow, we can run away the day after tomorrow."
When the girls heard this, they all cheered.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, King Xiang was still sleeping in when he was awakened by the roar of a tiger.
"The roar of a tiger?"
King Xiang, who had just woken up, thought he was dreaming. Unexpectedly, not long after, the tiger roared again.
Now King Xiang heard the truth and quickly put on his clothes and went out to check. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the front yard, they saw two large iron cages placed in the yard, and two tigers were locked in the iron cages.
Several eunuchs and royal guards stood neatly in the courtyard, and the leading eunuch and the chief of the royal guards were teasing the tiger.
Seeing King Xiang coming out, everyone hurriedly saluted.
King Xiang was disheveled and felt unseemly. He couldn't help asking angrily: "What are you doing so early in the morning? Who is in charge? Come forward and answer."
The leading eunuch stepped forward and replied: "Your Highness, your servant Shu Liang is the eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies."
The leader of the Jin Yiwei also stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the last general is Lu Gao. It is the Jin Yiwei who directs us."
After Lu Gao finished reporting his name, Shu Liang continued: "Your Highness, the emperor has a decree: I heard that the backyards of all the princes' palaces are lacking eunuchs, which is deeply inconvenient. In order to sympathize with the kings and show their friendship, I have specially Three thousand eunuchs from the inner court were selected and given to the princes' palaces.
In the future, if any royal palace is short of eunuchs, they are no longer allowed to buy and sell castrations privately. You can report them to the public and I will send them to provide them.
There are also rare birds and animals in the palace, all of which are donated from all directions, which is a waste of people and money, and has been banned repeatedly. Now I will give them all to the clan members and nobles, and no one will be allowed to donate them to the palace in the future. "
When King Xiang heard this, he was a little dazed, thinking that this was nothing. It was really a generous gift to reward the vassal kings with three thousand eunuchs at once. Forget it, the Ming emperors of all dynasties were particularly fond of collecting rare birds and animals. Why was this Emperor Jingtai so weird that he gave them all away?
When King Xiang came to his senses, Shu Liang continued to reply: "Your Highness, there are fifty eunuchs here, and two tigers were given to Prince Xiang's palace. Please accept them.
In addition, His Majesty specially ordered that if the princes are interested, they can go to Xiyuan to pick out some rare birds and animals to take back. "
King Xiang nodded helplessly, and had no choice but to give Shu Liang and others a large reward and send them away.
After sending Shu Liang and others away and placing the fifty eunuchs given by the emperor, King Xiang looked at the two tigers and shook his head. There was nowhere to put the tigers, so they could only stay in the yard for the time being and listen to their roars from time to time.
King Xiang knew in his heart that the emperor was beating him up, and he also wanted to urge him to return to Changsha quickly.
Then there is no other way. In this place in the capital, it is really hard to do anything. King Xiang really couldn't understand why the place that his brother and nephew had run for decades was completely controlled by an unknown and unknown bastard in just over four months.
What a coward, the capital city of Nuozhou couldn't even find an army that was close to the Supreme Emperor, and there wasn't even the slightest possibility of a mutiny.
Forget it, no one in the civil and military dynasty had the intention to stand up against the emperor. They all remained silent and allowed the emperor to do whatever he wanted.
Although King Xiang hasn't figured it out yet, he has already seen through it: if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. There is no hope of overthrowing the emperor for the time being. The most urgent task is to leave the capital and return to Changsha to avoid trouble.
So King Xiang immediately ordered the accompanying officials to pack up and leave the capital tomorrow.
At the same time, Zhu Qiyu also came to the front yard early and began to meet his cronies one by one.
(End of chapter)
