Remembrance Hibiscus GL

The death of the Ninth Princess Zongxu cast a shadow over the entire palace.The princess is only 11 years old, the age of a flower, and has the demeanor of her mother. She is a little beauty. Far broadcast.When the news of the death came, the government and the public were shocked. There were many rumors inside and outside the palace. One said that Delizamp had always liked virgins. Humiliated, stole Delizamp's dagger and committed suicide.

It has been snowing for half a day outside, this is the first snow since the beginning of winter, the whistling north wind makes people feel chills in the heart, but the hall is extremely warm and quiet, so quiet that it makes people uneasy.The two guards knelt on the ground, their faces ashen.

Zhao Chengen peeked at the emperor's face, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's the two of them."

The emperor put down the memorial in his hand, looked up at them, but his tone was very calm: "I originally thought that those who like to gossip are mostly women and girls. I don't want my guards to be infected with such habits, very good, very good."

He said "very good" twice, but the two guards didn't dare to tell the difference, and kowtowed like garlic, the emperor said slowly: "Tell me about your conversation before, don't miss a single word." .”

One of the guards looked terrified and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister dare not..."

"Don't dare? Then how dare you dare again before?" The corner of the emperor's mouth showed a sinister smile, but it was fleeting, and he said gloomyly: "Drag out, and beat this slave who resisted the order to death."

Zhao Chengen walked to the door and nodded slightly, two people came in immediately, one on each side dragged the guard out, just as the guard yelled "The emperor has mercy", his mouth was gagged, and the people still kneeling in the hall fell silent , shouted tremblingly: "Those words were all heard by Brother Hui from outside, the guilty minister didn't say anything, and asked the emperor to learn from him, and spare the slave's life!"

The brother Hui he was talking about was the guard who had just been dragged out. The emperor sneered and said, "You are still trying to blame each other, you are so brave!"

The guard didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and said with a crying voice: "A few days ago, Brother Hui was off duty, and made an appointment to go to a restaurant for a drink, and overheard some rumors in the market. Tell me to listen, who would want to be heard by Eunuch Liang."

"What did you say?"

"It's all rebellious words..." Before he finished speaking, he felt the emperor's gaze sweeping towards him like a sharp blade of ice. He felt terrified, swallowed his parched throat, and continued: "He said, outside They are all talking about the nine princesses, saying... that the emperor is weak and incompetent, and sent the princess to Fanbang to seek peace, and killed his own sister..." At this point, he slapped himself hard with his backhand: " The sinner deserves to die!"

The emperor clenched the cup of hot milk tea in his hand, without any emotion in his voice: "Speak."

The guard trembled and said again: "There are also people who said that the first emperor originally loved Prince Rong and wanted to make him the crown prince, but the emperor and the general... No, they had colluded with An Le Gong long ago, murdered the first emperor and then usurped the throne."

After finishing speaking, seeing that the emperor was silent, he stole a look, but saw that he was looking at him with piercing eyes. His heart sank, and he said again: "They said that the emperor not only killed his father to usurp the throne, but also used excuses after he succeeded to the throne. He killed Prince Rong, cut off the power of Prince Ying, and now he killed the most beloved youngest daughter of the late emperor, saying that the emperor is cold in nature, unfaithful, filial, benevolent, and unrighteous..."

Before the words were finished, there was a "bang", and the emperor had put down the tea cup in his hand heavily. Even Zhao Chengen was startled, and his knees softened and he knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

The emperor's nostrils fluttered, and the veins on his forehead twitched violently. The hall was so quiet that it seemed that his heavy breathing could be heard. Then he didn't hear it quietly, only listening to the emperor's soft voice: "Fork this slave out, and give me a severe beating, so as to make a warning to others."

Two guards in brocade clothes and knives came in and led the man out. The emperor said to Zhao Cheng'en, "Go and watch."

"Yes." Zhao Chengen agreed, took a few steps back, and was about to turn around and go out, but the emperor said indifferently: "If this slave dies too soon, you don't have to come back to see me."

Zhao Chengen's heart was chilled, he didn't dare to stay in the slightest, and hurried out.

The imperial guards commanded Lian Kang, and Liang Quan, the deputy head of the eunuch heard the call, and hurried over. The two knew that the emperor was furious, and they both bowed their heads and held their breath. The emperor walked back and forth before the case, saying: "These rumors are Those kind of people in the market can make it up, and there must be people with ulterior motives who spread it on purpose to tarnish my holy reputation, and if I know who it is, I will cut him to death!"

Lian Kang and Liang Quan said in unison: "I also ask the emperor to calm down and take care of the dragon's body."

The emperor pointed at Lian Kang: "From now on, you will send some people in plain clothes to investigate secretly in the capital to find out the source of the rumors and come back to me."

"Yes."

The emperor thought for a while, and then said coldly: "Those people seem to be quite sympathetic to the King of England in their words. I'm afraid he doesn't say anything on weekdays, but he also has resentment in his heart. Tell me to keep an eye on him." .”

"I understand."

The emperor turned his gaze to Liang Quan again: "As for the palace, you have to pay attention to me. If anyone criticizes me again and spreads such rebellious words, they will be killed!"

"Yes."

The emperor waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go down."

The two withdrew respectfully, and Zhao Chengen came up again to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Tian is already waiting outside the hall."

"Call him in."

Tian Bo, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, entered the hall and asked to be safe. The emperor said: "You draw up two orders for me." A small inner eunuch took the pen and ink again, and Tian Bo took it. The emperor raised his head and remained silent for a while, then said: "Nine Princess Zongxu, the ninth daughter of Sejong, my younger sister, Yuxiu Ziwei, Zhong Lingbaowu, Ye Hua Fanbang, dedicated to women's ways, passed away in a short time, I am deeply saddened, and hereby posthumously named Princess Qin, I hereby stop court for three days to express my condolences."

While listening carefully, Tian Bo continued to write and polish, and he only took a while to draft an imperial decree.The emperor said again: "Chu Xiong cannot absolve himself of the blame for the death of the princess, and he will be resigned to the position of a scholar in the Dongge University of Chu Xiong, and he will be handed over to the Ministry for discussion."

Chu Xiong is the emperor's confidant and cabinet minister. When Tian Bo heard this, he couldn't help being startled, but he immediately calmed down, thought for a while, and finished with a stroke of his pen. The emperor took a look and saw him The words and sentences were very appropriate, so he nodded. Seeing that there was nothing else to say, Chu Xiong kowtowed and quit without asking.

The concubine loves the princess very much. Ever since she heard the bad news, she couldn't get sick. The imperial doctors came and went in Funing Palace every day. The queen and concubines had to choose a day to visit each other. In such a mess, the queen hardly had a moment of leisure. Although the imperial concubine was not used to mundane affairs, as the deputy queen, she had to help the queen take care of some things.

In the early morning, Concubine Ning came straight to Yijing Palace in a warm sedan chair, and Concubine Min had just had her breakfast, Concubine Ning said with a smile, "Sister please be well."

Concubine Min saw that she was wearing a stone-blue satin-faced fox fur jacket and was holding a stove in her hand, and asked, "Is it snowing again?"

"Sister, don't you know, it snowed heavily all night, more than a foot thick. Fortunately, those servants were diligent and shoveled all the snow on the road."

Concubine Min said: "I saw it was very bright outside the window, I thought it was sunny."

Concubine Ning put down the hand stove, took the hot tea from the little maid, with a smile on her face: "Chu Xiong was dismissed as a bachelor, and the Ministry has made a criminal case. My sister must have heard about it."

Chu Xiong is Concubine Li's uncle, her tone can't help gloating, Concubine Min knew that Princess Jiu's marriage was originally meant by the emperor, and Chu Xiong was just a scapegoat, but she said: "If you don't punish me severely, I'm afraid it will happen." The clan's heart has been chilled, although the emperor has always valued Lord Chu, there is nothing he can do about it."

"Hearing what my sister said, it seems to be a pity for Master Chu."

"Lord Chu is a loyal minister." Concubine Min smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to the queen."

The two of them came to Yonghua Palace in a warm sedan chair, got off the sedan chair, but happened to meet Concubine Li also came to say hello, Concubine Min smiled and said: "Good morning, sister."

Although Concubine Li was still dressed delicately, there was a look of haggardness between her brows and eyes. Seeing her greeting her with a look of color on her face, she ignored her and walked in on her own.

Concubine Min said: "My sister is so depressed today, could it be that it was too hard to serve the emperor last night?"

Concubine Li was furious, and turned her head: "I have fallen out of favor now, but don't be complacent. When the favored person gives birth to a favored prince, you will be happy."

Concubine Min didn't take it seriously, and said leisurely: "Even so, it's better to have a prince than to have none, isn't it?"

Concubine Li couldn't help but get angry, looked at her fiercely for a while, then walked in with a flick of her sleeves, Concubine Ning called softly: "Your Majesty..."

Concubine Min turned her head and watched Mu Feiyu's sedan chair approaching in the distance, a cold light flashed in her eyes, but she still kept a smile on her face: "Let's go, let's go in too."

Because the emperor was unhappy, this year was not very interesting, and everything was just handled as usual.At noon of the New Year's Eve, a banquet was given to the vassals in Changchun Palace. In the evening, there was a family banquet in the inner palace, and a reunion dinner was held in Changle Palace, and dances were watched.On New Year's Day, gods and ancestors were sacrificed, and a New Year's Eve ceremony was held. All the officials gathered at the Changchun Gate to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor. They kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times.

During the first month, there were almost no interruptions in sacrifices, congratulations, and banquets. The emperor was always superstitious and very lively. The first month is the beginning of the year, which heralds the omen of the year, so he reluctantly cheered up to deal with it, and at night he always called Lian Zhen to accompany him. Beside, I feel much better.

According to the folklore, the heavenly fairyland and the lantern festival on earth, the emperors of this dynasty have always attached great importance to the Shangyuan Festival. From the eighth day of the lunar new year, a two-mile-long lantern market was opened at the Donghe Gate of the capital.In the palace, from Taiding Gate to Changle Gate and even Shangyuan, a lantern market was also opened up, spending huge sums of money to purchase a large number of novel and exquisitely decorated lanterns, which were hung in the palace for the concubines and palace people to enjoy. These lanterns illuminated the inside and outside of the palace as bright as day.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a poem that said, "When the sky turns, the sound of Brahma comes from the sky; a thousand lamps and trees shine, and seven branches of flowers and flames bloom. The moon shadows the flowing water, and the spring breeze contains the plum blossoms at night; the golden land moves, and the bell emits a glazed platform." It is a description. status of the Festival of Lights.

The Lantern Festival pushes the excitement of the first lunar month to its climax. Everyone in the palace rejoices, playing lantern fairs every day, buying lanterns, admiring lanterns, and eating Lantern Festival.Lianzhen was encouraged by Baozhen and Zhurui to enjoy it a few times at the beginning. After all, she was a young girl, no matter how she restrained herself, her nature was still lively and playful. On the [-]th day when the lantern market was at its peak, the emperor came to Taiding Gate to enjoy the lanterns. Lian Zhen also followed the empresses and concubines and some court wives to watch the lanterns, even Mu Feiyu couldn't sit still, she raised her slightly protruding belly, supported the maid, and came out surrounded by a large number of people.

The palace is full of beautiful things everywhere, illuminated by colorful lights, and full of voices and laughter.Lian Zhen was so excited that her pretty face blushed slightly, and she said to Zhu Rui: "At this time, our Jinling City must have built colorful buildings everywhere, and at least ten thousand water lamps have been set off in the Qinhuai River."

Zhu Rui smiled and said: "Yes, I still remember that year when the eldest lady brought the young lady and we secretly went to the riverside to release the water lanterns together."

Lian was really happy, and stretched out her hand to hold Hengbo's hand next to her, saying, "Hengbo, you don't know, our Jinling Lantern Festival..."

Before the words were finished, he was too embarrassed to speak, and said in a low voice: "Imperial Concubine, you...why are you behind?"

The imperial concubine smiled slightly: "Isn't it more casual than usual when admiring the lanterns? Why should you care so much when walking in front and behind?"

Only then did Lian Zhen realize that she was still holding the soft and delicate palm in her hand, her cheeks flushed with shame, and she quickly let go: "Please forgive me for being rude."

The imperial concubine didn't say much, she nodded and went forward, Lian Zhen looked back and found Hengbo in the crowd, waiting for her to come over without asking.

When I arrived at Changle Gate, I looked back and saw that the lanterns were shining like a river of stars, and the eunuchs lit up a new round of fireworks, and the sound of crackling was endless, half of the sky was illuminated, and the bustle and bustle reached the extreme. The queen stood on Danbi, The corner of the mouth is smiling.

Everyone was looking up at the sky to watch the fireworks, and cheered and sighed together. Suddenly, a blaze rose from the sky on the left, and the blaze became brighter and brighter.

The queen was suspicious, and was asking the eunuch beside her: "What's going on?" Suddenly, a faint cry came from a distance: "It's not good! The Ziyuan Palace is flooded!"

The sound became louder and louder, as if more and more people were shouting, and the flames were already soaring into the sky.Ziyuan Hall is a very important palace, next to Changle Palace where the emperor lives, if the fire spreads, the consequences will be disastrous.The queen's face changed drastically, and she said sharply to the eunuch beside her, "Ziyuan Palace is flooded, hurry up! Tell everyone to put out the fire!"

Hearing that the water was gone, the crowd became chaotic, some people started to flee, some people screamed, Mu Feiyu's face turned pale, and she hurriedly said to the maid beside her, "Hurry up, help me back to the bedroom!"

"Yes."

An Lan and Qing Huan brought a few eunuchs and were about to escort her back to the palace when suddenly there was a surge of people around her, as if many people bumped into them and knocked them away. Before Mu Feiyu could react, her stomach was already heavily After hitting her a few times, she felt cramping pain in her abdomen and let out a shrill cry. When she opened her eyes wide to look, the back of her head was everywhere, and no one paid any attention to her cry. Relying on the last trace of sobriety, she subconsciously protected her stomach with her hands. But another person ran straight over and knocked her hard to the ground.

"My child, my child..." She felt a warm liquid rushing towards her thigh, and she cried out in pain, "Save my child."

There are people around, shouts everywhere, she can't tell who is who, who is talking, she just knows that no one is paying attention to her, her consciousness is gradually blurred, and her eyes are gradually closed. She was full of despair and hatred at the time, so she opened her eyes unwillingly, and this time, she finally saw a face, a clear and beautiful face full of astonishment, the owner of that face It seemed that she was about to reach out to help her, and then she heard An Lan's voice, the cry seemed to come from a far away place, it was so vague: "My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you?"

She couldn't respond to her, and she couldn't reach out to grab the hateful face in front of her. She closed her eyes again and passed out.