After the sun went down, the weather suddenly changed and it started to rain.
In the Hehuan Hall, Zhu Qiyu was leaning on the soft couch,
Today was so smooth, not only because of careful arrangements, but also because of good luck.
Once you get the rhythm right, everything goes smoothly.
In the morning, Zhu Qiyu was blessed with another prince. Now even Zhu Qiyu had a reasonable explanation for why he was not in the city. From now on, it will be written like this in the record:
On June 30th, we went up to the city to prepare for a banquet with the feudal king tomorrow. In the evening, the beloved concubine had difficulty giving birth, so she had no choice but to rush back home. On July 1, there was a mutiny in the city. With God's blessing, the emperor luckily escaped and mobilized troops to successfully quell the rebellion.
The two of them piled the documents on the couch and smiled at Lin Xiangyu: "You've been occupying my husband for most of the day, Qi'er. Get off my husband quickly. It's our turn to sleep with you."
Zhu Qiyu was the first to express concern: "If you are caught in the rain, hurry up and warm yourself in my arms."
After Qianxue and Su Xi took off their clothes, Lin Xiangyu took the initiative to let Zhu Xiaoyu out.
Qianxue asked with a smile: "Is it the only time in history that my husband's harem is so harmonious? Today, more than twenty of the emperor's concubines died, and there are only ten pitiful ones left."
Lin Xiangyu asked hurriedly: "Are our people okay?"
Qianxue nodded: "Fortunately, Queen Zhou finally gave her face and chose to put our people last. When Ruan Xi and the others rushed in, the seven people were already strangled to death.
Fortunately, there was no danger and he was finally rescued. Of the concubines we gave to Emperor Gongrang back then, these are the only seven left now.
In addition to Queen Qian, Queen Zhou, and Concubine Wan Chen, Emperor Gongrang had a total of ten women. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "The remaining ten women will be divided into three parties, Queen Zhou is one party, Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen are one party, and the remaining seven people are one party.
My eldest brother, his harem is going to have a three-legged conflict. "
Qianxue asked: "Does your husband want to abolish your queen?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I will abolish Queen Qian as an ordinary concubine, and demote Concubine Wan Chen from imperial concubine to noble concubine. As for Queen Zhou, it will be decided by the eldest brother and the ministers whether to be abolished or not. After all, she is the biological mother of the prince. I I don’t want to get involved randomly and end up in a bad situation.”
"Does your husband want to depose the Queen Mother?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "That's for sure, what do you think of Concubine Ru?
After the death of Concubine Xuanmiao, she was buried next to the Xiaoling Mausoleum with her eldest brother. She asked them to have a good chat with Taizu about the Tumu Fort incident. "
"Aren't you going to let Sun and Xuan Miao be buried together?"
"They have all become ruthless concubines, so why are they buried together? The concubines of Xuan Temple back then were all buried by the Sun family in one breath. So there are so many women accompanying Xuan Temple, so it is enough without ruthless concubines."
Qianxue asked again: "Ms. Sun is in such a miserable condition. Now she was stabbed by a young eunuch and suffered in Yinghua Palace for most of the day. It was not until evening that Ruan Xi found a famous folk doctor to treat Mrs. Sun."
"Famous folk doctor? Where is the imperial doctor?"
Qianxue smiled and said: "The Imperial Doctor was exterminated. The other yamen were all fine, but the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Hospital were the worst, as they were basically exterminated.
Only Kou Shen, the censor of the right capital, died in the Duchayuan, and he was considered an important minister. The rest are all middle and lower-level petty officials. "
"What about Xungui?"
Qianxue smiled and said: "As my husband wished, some nobles ran home halfway when they saw something was wrong.
But all the marquis entered the imperial city and were taken away in one pot.
A small half of the earls were also detained in the Forbidden City. "
At this time, Su Xi brought over a bunch of imperial edicts and edicts: "Look, husband, this is the imperial edict for the restoration of Emperor Gong Rang. Zou Qian drafted it on his behalf. In the chaos, Lu Zhong and Lu Gao, the commanders of the Jinyi Guards, snatched it and donated it. Come up.
There are also a bunch of edicts drafted by the Ministry of Rites in the name of the orthodox emperor, and issued to the nobles in the city. They were used by the vassal kings such as Su Wang, Zhou Wang, Shen Wang, Shu Wang, etc. who did not participate in the rebellion, as well as Wenxin Hou and Changde Princess Consort. All the income earned by the noble relatives was paid in one after another. "
Zhu Qiyu took the imperial edict of restoration and read it carefully. He couldn't help but ridiculed: "These people in the Ministry of Rites really hate me. Restoration will be restoration. They insist on deposing me as King Tao and sending you all to Huanyi Bureau as rough envoys." Poor maid.
Fortunately we won, otherwise you would have been suppressed by other men now.
You see, I am not as ruthless as my eldest brother. As a winner, the tenderness I show to my eldest brother and his family is very touching.
By the way, where is the big brother hanging out now? "
Qianxue replied: "Emperor Gongrang is in the Yinghua Hall. The Tiance Guards have surrounded the Yinghua Hall. Sun and Emperor Gongrang, as well as Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Ha Ming are guarding the Yinghua Hall with dozens of Jinyi guards. in."
"What? What happened to Hao Yi and Ruan Xi? Ha Ming and those Jinyi guards are still alive?"
"Husband, please don't be angry. The slave family understands and will let Hao Yi and Ruan Xi handle it early tomorrow morning."
"And Xing'an, send him to the Jinyi Guards to be imprisoned and interrogated severely, but he cannot be allowed to die. Tell the Jinyi Guards that if Xing'an dies, let Liu Jing and Lu Gao die.
Let Chen Xiang protect his eldest brother and return to Nangong early tomorrow morning.
In addition, all the feudal princes who participated in the rebellion were imprisoned in the Prince's Palace, and the feudal princes who did not participate in the rebellion were placed in the Ten Prince's Palace. Once they come, don't even think about going back. This time, I will take the opportunity to complete the vassal reform. "
Qianxue sighed after hearing this: "There were tens of thousands of people who participated in the rebellion, but in the end there were only a hundred or ten people left."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "You don't know the pros and cons. If you rebel in the capital, you will definitely die. If you are merciful and soft-hearted, once this case is started, the disaster will be endless."
At that time, everyone will have to show off their swords and guns in the capital. Anyway, you won’t die if you fail, so if you don’t try, it will be in vain. We no longer have to live peacefully.
And I can only set up this kind of situation once in my life.
Continuously engaging in fishing tactics is too damaging to one's own prestige. You can cover it up once, but if it happens too many times and everyone sees it, it becomes a joke.
Okay, the capital will be under martial law for three days, and the house searches will begin tomorrow. The property of the nobles, generals, and civil servants will belong to the court; the property of the eunuchs, royal guards, and monks will belong to us.
Three days later, the ministers were ordered to attend the small court meeting to discuss the deposing of the Queen Mother, the deposing of the Queen, the deposing of the Emperor Gongrang, and the deposing of the Prince. "
"The Emperor Gongrang and the Crown Prince must also be abolished?"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "This time we will not abolish it, we will all gather together to abolish it. The intention is too obvious.
Again, we would first offer to take off the roof, and after some final bargaining, agree to just open a skylight.
Okay, that's it for today, no more troublesome things. Xue'er, Xi'er, and Yan'er, you three lie on the bed side by side, and we start to do serious things. "
…
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Hao Yi and Ruan Xi led their personal guards and captured all the Jinyi guards such as Ha Ming who were guarding outside the Yinghua Hall.
Ruan Xi also wanted his guards to take him away, but Hao Yi lightly ordered his men: "Execute him on the spot."
The Tiance Guard soldiers raised their swords and dropped them without saying a word.
Ruan Xi frowned and turned around: "Oh, why are you doing this so early in the morning?"
Hao Yi spread his hands: "This is how I do things. If the errand goes wrong, you will be responsible for going to the master and getting scolded. Then everyone will listen to you."
Hearing this, Ruan Xi quickly waved his hand: "Forget it, let's listen to you, second brother. Now, I don't know why the princess suddenly changed.
The two newly arrived ladies are as white as snow and as cold as ice, looking like two iceberg beauties.
I don't want to be scolded by two young ladies. "
The two chatted and laughed for a while, then entered the Yinghua Palace, met Zhu Qizhen, and bowed respectfully.
Zhu Qizhen was the first to ask: "Why were there shouting and wailing outside just now?"
Hao Yi replied: "Your Majesty, Ha Ming and other Jinyiwei rebelled and have been executed on the spot."
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he sighed heavily and said nothing more. This is the fate of losers. When his own father executed the King of Han's family, he didn't even keep the princess and his concubines. It was much crueler than this. Although the younger brother was also cruel, at least he didn't attack women.
Hao Yi continued: "Your Majesty, the emperor asks you to go back to Nangong to see the concubines for the last time."
"Ah? Seeing the concubine for the last time? My brother wants to kill me? It's impossible!"
Hao Yi shook his head: "Your Majesty is too worried. The weather is hot now, so it would be better for your concubines to be buried early. The Emperor knew that Your Majesty would definitely want to see his beloved concubines one last time, so he specially ordered his servants to escort His Majesty back to the palace."
Zhu Qizhen was shocked when he heard this. He had just finished praising his brother in his heart, and he killed all my concubines?
"Which of my concubines did my brother kill?"
Hao Yi shook his head again: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. Yesterday, Chonghua Palace was surrounded by Cao Xuan's rebels. In order to prevent His Majesty's concubines from being humiliated by the rebels, Queen Zhou ordered them to hang themselves.
Fortunately, Tiance Guards rescued them in time, and Empress Qian, Concubine Wan Guifei, and seven other concubines survived. "
Zhu Qizhen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he was about to walk out in despair.
Seeing this, Chen Xiang grabbed Zhu Qizhen and said, "Your Majesty, where is the Queen Mother?"
(End of chapter)
