The sixth princess, Zhu Yueyao, was eighteen years old and had the same mother as Emperor Yan Zhu Sheng. Because of her beautiful appearance and quirky temperament since she was a child, she was favored by the late emperor and all her brothers.
News just came from outside the palace that Liu Chuanfang, the father of good sister Liu Yingrong, the then chief minister of the cabinet, woke up early this morning and vomited blood until he fainted. Zhu Yueyao rushed out of the palace with two personal maids to accompany and comfort her good sisters.
"It is said that in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the area around Guanzhong was transformed. In addition, years of drought caused people to flee everywhere, and the country was in turmoil. The Emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou You, did not want to appease the exiled people. Instead, he carried out large-scale construction and construction of palaces. At the same time, he ordered to recruit beauties from all over the world to enter the palace. For their enjoyment…”
When passing by the garden where his eighth brother Zhu Yan and his nephew Zhu Yun were playing, they heard a man's voice coming from a mellow voice.
Different from the sharp and feminine eunuchs, and different from the rough and heroic guards, this voice is soft yet masculine, and it feels like a spring breeze in the ears.
The content of this voice also aroused Zhu Yueyao's interest.
"There was a minister named Bao Jue in the Zhou Dynasty. He was imprisoned because he made remarks that angered King You. In order to save him, Bao Jue's tribe found a stunning woman among the people. They named the woman Bao Si and sent her to the palace. In order to please King You, he took the opportunity to plead for Bao Jue. King You was fascinated by Bao Si's beauty and favored her very much... blah blah blah... This time the Quanrong army really came to kill, and King You quickly ordered people to light beacons. But because of the previous After teasing several times, the princes thought it was still a lie and did not send troops. As a result, the Quanrong army broke through the city, King Zhou You was killed, Bao Si was kidnapped, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed."
After all, they were too far away, and the intermittent sound was not clear enough. Zhu Yueyao was fascinated by what she heard, and unconsciously moved step by step into the courtyard and approached the pavilion.
Although the three short stories of Pinocchio, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Princes of Beacon Fire do not sound as fun and exciting as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they are novel enough and have profound implications. They tell the world that they must be honest and trustworthy, otherwise they will inevitably suffer consequences. Big loss.
Zhu Yan and Zhu Yun heard the last story, but they were not as excited and cheering as before. Instead, they lowered their heads slightly, their little eyes rolling around in their sockets. They didn't know whether they were recalling the truth in the story or secretly cursing. King You's stupidity.
"Hey, Sixth Sister, why are you here?"
After thinking about it secretly for a while, Zhu Yan raised his head and was about to say something, but when he saw Zhu Yueyao standing outside the pavilion, he stood up and shouted.
"Hello, Aunt Six."
Zhu Yun also stood up and shouted in a milky voice.
Rong Fei was sitting with his back to Zhu Yueyao. Hearing the conversation between the two, he guessed that a princess was coming and quickly stood up and turned around to salute.
"Rong Fei has met the princess."
Rong Fei knew that there were many rules in the palace, especially as a strange man, he had to pay attention to etiquette when meeting women. As the saying goes, "Don't hear evil and see no evil," so he said he had seen the princess, but he kept his head down and didn't dare to really see what the princess looked like.
"Rong Fei? You are not a chamberlain or a guard of the imperial army. Why are you in the palace?"
Zhu Yueyao walked into the pavilion and gestured to Zhu Yan and Zhu Yun to sit down. She also found a way to sit down and asked Rongfei.
Before Rong Fei could answer, the chamberlain Xiao Shunzi stood outside the pavilion and bowed and saluted.
"Slave Xiao Shunzi, please see Princess Yinguang."
"Xiao Shunzi, I remember that you are Wei Daban's follower, why are you here?"
"To tell you back to the princess, my godfather has something important to do, so I asked my servant to accompany Rong to catch the head."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yueyao looked at Rong Fei doubtfully.
"Where are you from? What are you doing in the palace?"
"Sixth Aunt, he is the head catcher of the Ji Xian Division. He was brought in by Chief Yu to solve the case. Please don't drive him away, okay? The stories he tells are so nice."
Zhu Yun begged, shaking Zhu Yueyao's arm.
"Hehehe, little devil, I haven't spoken yet, how do you know that I want to drive him away?"
Zhu Yueyao scratched Zhu Yun's little nose lovingly and asked with a smile.
"It's okay if you don't chase Rong Fei away. The stories he told are so nice. If you don't believe it, Aunt Six, let Rong Fei tell you one now. I promise you like it. Rong Fei will tell Aunt Six more quickly. listen."
Zhu Yun, the little baby girl, waved to Rong Fei and shouted with a cunning light in her eyes.
"Well... let's tell another story about Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai."
Of course Rong Fei didn't want to leave, so he took the ladder Zhu Yun had built without any courtesy and climbed up.
"It is said that during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in Zhujiazhuang, Shangyu County, Zhejiang, by the Yushui River, there was a daughter named Yingtai, a member of the Zhu family. She was beautiful and intelligent...Bara Bala..."
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Snapped!
In the side hall of Yongqian Palace, Emperor Yan Zhu Sheng folded the memorial tightly and raised his hand to throw it out. However, he held his hand in the air for a long time and finally placed the memorial gently on the table.
At this time, Zhu Sheng's face no longer had the calmness of yesterday. His eyes were filled with panic, anger, confusion, viciousness, determination and other emotions. His whole person was like a volcano that could erupt at any time.
Footsteps sounded outside the door. Judging from the weight and rhythm of the sound, Zhu Sheng already knew who it was. The expression on his face instantly returned to his usual calm look. He picked up the memorial he had just put down and began to read through it.
"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."
Wei Lin entered the room and closed the door tightly first, then walked to Zhu Sheng's side, bowed and lowered her hands.
"How is the old chief assistant's condition?"
Zhu Sheng asked calmly.
"Mr. Guan has already looked at it and said that it was not accurate. Perhaps the weather has turned cold recently and the old problem has returned, so he prescribed some medicine to warm and regulate, strengthen the body and strengthen the body. When the old slave left, Liu Shoufu had not yet Signs of awakening.”
"Hmph, the chief minister always has this habit of committing the disease early and late, but he committed it just one day before the ceremony to worship the heaven. What a coincidence!"
Zhu Sheng's tone was calm, but Wei Lin, who had been with him for many years, knew that this calmness was actually a precursor to rage.
It was really the wrong time for Liu Shoufu to commit this old habit.
Half a year ago, most of the officials in the DPRK secretly believed that King Yong Zhu Cheng would inherit the throne, so they secretly swore allegiance to him.
The final result was beyond everyone's expectations, and the sixth prince Zhu Sheng, who had always been secretive, became the one who had the last laugh.
Those ministers who had chosen sides in advance knew that after Zhu Sheng took control of the government, he would have to settle accounts later in the year. In order to protect themselves, they could only continue to surround King Yong and form the most powerful group of gangsters in the court - the Yong Party.
Among the Yong party, there are one cabinet minister, three ministers, four ministers, and countless other officials of fourth rank and above who hold real power. It is no exaggeration to say that he occupies half of the court.
If it had not been for the strong support of the old chief minister Liu Chuanfang, who allowed Zhu Sheng to control the imperial army guarding Kyoto in the shortest possible time and use military power to compete with him, it is hard to say whether the emperor's throne would have been able to sit securely to this day.
But now the giant pillar of the old chief assistant has collapsed. How can Zhu Sheng not be anxious? How not to be angry? How not to be afraid?
The master and servant in the room did not speak for a long time, each thinking about their own thoughts and countermeasures.
"The one Mr. Yu brought here is called... something wrong..."
Zhu Sheng was like a drowning man at this moment. Regardless of whether he saw a thick branch or tender grass, he would grab it first, but he couldn't remember the name of the little catcher at the moment. coming.
"Rongfei."
Wei Lin said quickly.
"Yes, his name is Rong Fei. How is his progress there? Have you found anything?"
"This...I'll ask this old slave now."
Wei Lin turned around to leave but was called back by Zhu Sheng.
"The old chief assistant's side is more important. I don't worry about others, so I still have to keep an eye on it. No matter when the old chief assistant wakes up, he must report it immediately."
As he spoke, Zhu Sheng wrote a note with a few strokes and handed it to Wei Lin.
"Show the note to Fan Liren. I will accompany you in and out of the palace at any time. The Feiyu Guards cannot stop you."
"Old slave, I obey."
Wei Lin took the note with both hands and bowed to accept the order. After walking out of the room, she took the time to raise her sleeves to wipe the sweat on her forehead, but felt a slight chill.
got windy.
Wei Lin looked at the dark cloud-covered sky and sighed secretly in her heart.
The autumn wind and autumn rain are so sad!
Knock…knock…knock…
Zhu Sheng put his hand on the case and tapped the surface with his middle finger, the expression on his face changing from worry to anger.
When the late emperor died, he did not issue an edict or expressly stated that Zhu Cheng should leave Kyoto to take up his post in the fiefdom. In addition, the current Queen Mother is Zhu Cheng's biological mother, and she has always expressed her hope that Zhu Cheng can spend more time with her in Kyoto.
Zhu Sheng's foundation is not yet solid, so he can't force himself to do it, but secretly he is always on guard.
Liu Chuanfang was given absolute trust and power in the court to suppress the Yong Party and stabilize the government. On the other hand, the officers of the Imperial Army and the Feiyu Guard who guarded Kyoto and the Feiyu Guard who guarded the palace were replaced by absolutely trusted confidants.
According to Zhu Sheng's original plan, the Yong Party will definitely launch an attack on the grounds of testing the authenticity of the jade seal during the ceremony tomorrow. At the introduction, Liu Chuanfang came forward to suppress and intimidate. If Yong Dang still refused to give up, there would be people arranged by Zhu Sheng in advance to create riots among the officials. Fei Yuwei used the name of escort to forcefully terminate the heaven-sacrifice ceremony and took the opportunity. Capture a few key members of the Yong Party and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.
As long as the authenticity of the jade seal is not confirmed on the spot, Zhu Sheng will be in an invincible position.
The Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony held every four years is a major event for the country, and it has never been terminated halfway since the founding of Dayan. And after tomorrow, this matter will become an indelible stain in Zhu Sheng's life. It will be recorded in history books and ridiculed by future generations.
But compared to this, Zhu Sheng is more concerned about whether the person sitting on that throne will still be himself after tomorrow!
As for the small stains... I'll leave it to posterity to comment.
But despite all calculations, they never expected that they would dare to attack the chief minister of the current cabinet. If Liu Chuanfang does not come forward to frighten the Yong Party tomorrow, other officials who are not affiliated with the Yong Party will lose their leadership, and no one will dare to compete with them.
At this time, Zhu Sheng would be politically isolated and helpless, and the only people he could rely on were the Feiyu Guards and the Four Forbidden Army Offices.
Could it be that... I can only take the most dangerous move?
Zhu Sheng couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the scene of blood covering the altar and heads rolling in his mind.
You can't do this dangerous move unless you have to!
Let's see if the guy brought back by Yu Qingzhi can find evidence that Zhu Cheng ordered someone to steal the jade seal.
The sound of fingers tapping on the table suddenly stopped, and Zhu Sheng called out in a low voice.
"Jiashen."
"My slave is here."
A black shadow slipped in through the crack of the closed door, kneeling respectfully in front of the imperial case.
"Go and see what the man named Rong is doing?"
The black shadow called Jiashen agreed and slipped out of the crack in the door.
Half an hour later, Jiashen returned to the side hall, knelt in front of the imperial case and replied.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Rong Fei is telling a story to the Crown Prince, Prince Qi and Princess Yinguang."
