fake prince

Chapter 1061 Cabinet deliberation
Queen
There seemed to be a wind blowing outside the palace, the spring was warm, the orchid trees were sprouting, and there was a "rustling" sound in the wind. The queen seemed to see Han Jin in the trance, and said, "What's the matter with you?"

Yu Han bowed and said, "When the wind passes, spring will come. This servant is reporting against the cold weather."

"Oh, come and listen." The queen asked in shock, "What did you hear?"

"The emperor has become suspicious of Tongshan Temple, and has brought Yin Guan faction in. Taoist Huaihui's death is not far away."

"Yin Guanpai, I remember the new head is Liu Zhan?"

"It's Liu Zhan in the open, and there's another person in the dark, the new eunuch Meng Lin. I really admire him. He was a real person, but he was castrated into the palace to serve the emperor. This is not insignificant." Yu Han said with a sneer.

"What evidence do you have?" The queen was startled and asked.

"Because, they are following the same path as Nishuihan." Yu Han smiled faintly: "The people inside have reported to the public. They were castrated at the age of 40, so they can't hide it from others."

The queen was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I sacrificed you all. By the way, the death of my father and brother really has nothing to do with the emperor?"

"It shouldn't matter. When the lord and the young lord died, the world hadn't completely leveled off, and it wasn't until the lackeys cooked. Besides, the emperor was not a prince at that time, so it couldn't be like this. It can only be said to be luck." Yu Han sighed.

"Fate?"

That's why I inherited the Nishuihan, and Nishuihan's periphery gradually dispersed, some people entered the inner palace, the queen was silent for a long time, and realized that Yu Han had disappeared.

A figure approached the imperial couch, and through the curtain of the bed, he saw this person standing a dozen steps away from her.

The man was vaguely a man, the queen thought it was an eunuch in the palace, she lifted the curtain of the bed to look, but was stunned.

It's her child... Ah Fu!is that you
In the end, they just looked at each other from a distance, and the young man in the prince's suit disappeared.

"Ah Fu!" The queen woke up from the dream the next moment.

His forehead was covered with sweat, and it was still dark outside at this time, not to mention that it was still dark, maybe it was not long after he had just fallen asleep!

It was still in the first half of the night!

Ever since she met Dai Wang, she has been dreaming from time to time, and finally she can occasionally dream of her child.

Although I can feel that those dreams are fake, just "thinking about it day by day and dreaming about it at night", it is better than not even having a dream in the past.

Today's dream is different from the previous ones, what is different, I can't tell, is it some kind of reminder?

"Your Majesty!" The outsider came in at this time, hearing the voice seemed to be urgent, the Queen frowned: "What's the matter?"

The queen's bedroom is burning with earth dragons, two candles are lit, and both are covered with beige sarongs. As soon as she enters the eyes, the emerald loses her voice. The empress in front of her is so beautiful. She is 40 years old, and she can hardly see wrinkles. Slightly frowning, no wonder she was established as a queen back then.

In a trance, Fei Cui came to her senses, and Wan Fu said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has decided to become a grandson, and has sent Ma Shunde to deliver the decree on behalf of the Palace!"

"What? The emperor wants to be crowned grandson?" The empress changed color and immediately sat up, even ignoring the quilt slipping off her shoulders, she just asked urgently: "Is this true?"

"It's true, not only Ma Shunde was asked to deliver the decree, but it is also said that the cabinet was ordered to arrange a canonization ceremony with the Ministry of Rites, and Xiao Songzi, who gave us the news, was outside!" Fei Cui hurriedly replied: "Congratulations, ma'am, Congratulations to grandson, this is a great joy, it must be caused by Ruixiang."

She stepped on Zhaoxia, but Zhaoxia said "it may not be a blessing", this was a big mistake, even if she didn't get kicked out, she would lose her mother's favor.

"Hmm!" The queen trembled, her face was so pale that there was no blood, and in a blink of an eye, bright red blood flooded again.

This is really a surprise. As for whether it is happy or not, it depends not only on whether the matter is true, but also on the intention behind it.

"Help me get up." The queen said immediately, Fei Cui immediately prepared her clothes when she saw this, and a few court ladies a little further away saw this and silently waited for the queen to get up.

The queen's hair had already been untied, and because she was in a hurry, she didn't comb it up on purpose, but simply pulled it up and tied it with a jade hairpin.

"Your Majesty, that's it!" When the Empress sat down on the chair in the main hall, the little eunuch Xiao Songzi had already told the Empress all the news he had received.

What he said was naturally more detailed than what Fei Cui said, but the information available so far is limited, and the queen was still a little apprehensive after hearing this.

After thinking about it, she ordered: "Zheng Qian, go to Eunuch Zhao right now and ask him if he knows about this."

Zheng Qian was a middle-aged eunuch who could be regarded as one of the queen's confidantes. Hearing this, he immediately went out.

Then the queen said to Xiao Songzi: "You sent this news in time, Jadeite, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver."

"Yes, ma'am."

The reward of 50 taels of silver is not a direct reward of silver, but a silver ticket for the reward. Five silver tickets of ten taels were put in the purse and handed to Xiaosongzi.

Xiao Songzi immediately smiled and knelt down to thank him.

"Yu Han has a lot of talent."

"Back when I lost Fu'er, I was disheartened and Nishuihan was silent and almost disbanded. Now I just let him recover. It won't take long before I can get such news."

Waving her hand to make him retreat, the queen leaned back with a complicated expression, she couldn't tell whether it was joy or sorrow, she suddenly thought of her father and brother back then.

"Father and brother forge such a sharp weapon as Nishuihan, I'm afraid they may not be willing to be willing to serve as subordinates."

"Unfortunately, bad luck."

"However, even if this is great news, the emperor canonized the acting king as grandson, isn't it too fast, what's wrong here?"

She deserves to be a queen, she deserves to have a son who once became a crown prince, the queen was excited, and immediately thought of this place, just thinking about it, the female official Zhaoxia, together with several nuns, rushed over after hearing the news, stood in front of her, and looked at each other. At a glance, I feel very excited.

If the matter is true, then the pain and patience of the empress these years are finally not in vain.

Zhao Fu
Strictly speaking, there was no prime minister in the Dazheng Dynasty, only the first assistant, but the cabinet has evolved to the present, except for the name, there is not much difference between the first assistant and the prime minister.

And Zhao Xu is not only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, a scholar of the Huagaidian University, and a feast of knowledge of the scriptures, but also deeply trusted by the emperor.

This house is not too big, and the Yinyin Yunyun is very beautiful. The most important thing is that it is very close to the imperial city, so as to avoid the troubles of the early court. Emperor Grace.

Although all the cabinet members had left the palace and returned to the mansion, it was not too late at this time, and the Zhao mansion was still brightly lit.

"This snow is really considerate. There will be a bumper harvest in the coming year." Cui Zhaoquan, a scholar and Minister of the Ministry of War, laughed and said, "Would you like to store some snow in the cellar, and drink tea with snow water in the next year, and sit and talk about it? Wouldn't it be a pleasure?"

"So you're showing off your feet, right?" Xie Zhi, the political adviser, teased: "It can be seen that you are not a gentleman."

"Appreciate further details."

"Snow water, the worst is the first snow, followed by the last snow, it is better to use the middle snow."

"What do you mean?" He Yuduan also went up to make fun of it.

"The first snow is the dirtiest. If you don't believe it, cook it. The last snow is full of plague. It's not good to drink it. The middle snow is the best." Xie Zhi still has rules and methods, and everyone seems to have realized it.

"It makes sense that all the filth of a year is accumulated in winter. The first snow must be so filthy that it cannot be used. In the spring of the year, all diseases will sprout, and the spring snow cannot be used. The rest can only be used for moderate snow."

"This is really knowledgeable!"

Zhao Xu invited several ministers to have dinner with him, but in fact, it was people from a few circles who were discussing political affairs like Tai Chi.

In normal times, such matters would never be discussed at home, but it is somewhat inappropriate to discuss these matters in the palace.

At this moment, after playing Tai Chi for a while, he hurriedly talked about Dai Wang.

"It's reasonable to say that the acting king was robbed of his errand. After all, the acting king offended many people, and made some big noises one after another." He Yuduan talked about the business, his smile suddenly subsided, and his eyes flickered: "Bright and dark, inside and outside, how many open and dark arrows."

"If it happens to the scene, a small matter will become a big one. If you give a punishment, the punishment will be passed and resolved. Therefore, whether it is for safety or for people's attention, it is normal for the emperor to take away the errand. Even gracious."

"But right now, the situation makes me a little confused."

Everyone nodded. In fact, punishment is nothing, it is protection to a certain extent, but now, it is confusing.

Cui Zhaoquan also nodded: "This matter is indeed strange. Not long after the acting king was taken away from the errand, the acting king was again asked to do things according to the order, and still do the previous errands. This is indeed different."

Not only is it different, it is simply amazing!
Shu Wang and Qi Wang are the emperor's own sons, and they have never received such attention. Although Dai Wang is the emperor's grandson, but after all, they are separated by a layer, and they didn't grow up beside the emperor. Why does the emperor attach so much importance to it?

The two talked for a while, but seeing that they still couldn't find a reason, Xie Zhi spoke again implicitly: "Mr. Zhao, tell me, is it possible...the emperor intends to cultivate a substitute king?"

It means, does the emperor intend to let the acting king be the crown prince?
Zhao Xu knew the inside story, so he immediately dismissed the guess in his heart.

How can it be!

The emperor forced the prince to be killed back then, and the acting king was the son of the prince. Although these two are grandparents, if you look closely, they have the hatred of killing their father and destroying their family.

It is impossible to think!
It is still possible to switch to other emperors who value love and righteousness, but this His Majesty...just thinking about it, the butler hurried in from outside.

"My lord, the emperor delivered the decree!"

what?
Zhao Xu immediately stood up and walked out. It's late at night, so there is still a will?
In the small flower hall, apart from Cui Zhaoquan and Xie Zhi, there were also several officials from the Zhao party, and they all hurriedly stood up at this moment.

Zhao Xu strode out and found that the person who sent the order was a senior eunuch of the emperor. As soon as this person came in, he stood facing the south and shouted, "There is a purpose!"

Several people retreated to one side to avoid it, Zhao Xu kowtowed: "I respectfully listen to the oracle!"

"The emperor told Zhao Xu and the cabinet to review the decree quickly and announce it to the world."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhao Xu didn't say anything, he exchanged a glance with Cui Zhaoquan, and took the order. When he saw it, his face suddenly changed, and he leaned over and stood dumbly. Xie Zhi immediately knew that there was a big change, so he just murmured He swallowed the words again, not daring to ask.

Zhao Xu was startled when he saw the above content.

Grandson?

Zhao Xu took the decree and did not sign it immediately, but said loudly: "The emperor actually wants to canonize the acting king as grandson? This is a serious matter. I want to see the emperor immediately!"

Everyone in the flower hall heard Zhao Xu's words at this moment.

The matter of the grandson is no small matter, and it must not be kept secret, it must be upright, so Zhao Xu yelled it out directly.

Canonize the acting king as grandson?
It was almost like a thunderbolt, Cui Zhaoquan, Xie Zhi, and He Yuduan stood facing each other, but they all kept their postures motionless, just like dolls.

And farther away, a fifth-rank official in his thirties changed his face slightly after hearing this, and left immediately.

Zhao Xu's flower hall did not have only one door. In addition to the main entrance, there was also a door leading to the next room, which also had an entrance leading to the corridor.

Such a design made it convenient for the official to leave immediately without meeting anyone from the palace.

Cui Zhaoquan woke up, heard the movement behind him, and looked back.

(End of this chapter)