imperial dream
Chapter 20
After Concubine Pang was thrown into the cold palace, the emperor was not in a good mood. After all, Concubine Pang had a child of her own, so... where did that child go?Is it about the Queen?Ever since the incident with Empress Guo, the emperor knew that this empress was by no means a good lord, so he had to be careful with her.
The queen naturally knew that the emperor doubted herself, so she had to prove her innocence.What's more, she did this by herself, so she had to find a scapegoat.Then the poor concubine Li Jing is finished.
First of all, the cat belonged to Concubine De. The queen caught the black cat and went to the imperial study.
The emperor didn't know the cat, and he didn't know what the queen was going to do, so he asked, "What do you mean?"
Empress Cao knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine is here to reverse the case for the lost prince."
"What prince?"
"The prince conceived by Concubine Li, everyone hates Concubine Li for confusing the royal lineage, but where did the dragon species conceived by Concubine Li go? Shouldn't I look for it?"
The emperor stood up and said: "It must be gone, otherwise Grand Master Pang would not have done this."
"Your majesty, as the master of the harem, the courtiers have the right to track down every lost emperor's heir."
"What does that have to do with this cat?"
"A few months ago, Concubine Li Gui was frightened by a cat that jumped out of nowhere and fell off her sedan chair. Everyone was very worried about her. As a result, Concubine Li Gui was safe and she passed away naturally. But today it seems that this was deliberately done by someone. For this reason, my concubine went to the Leng Palace yesterday, Concubine Li said that it was the cat that caused her to lose the prince. Someone in the palace murdered the emperor's heir, this is directly related to the important matter of the Crown Prince of the Song Dynasty, and this concubine must investigate clearly."
The emperor turned around and looked at the window, sighed and said, "As long as you have this heart, that's enough."
"Your Majesty, the concubine is not trying to get rid of someone. You are the emperor, and the concubine is the queen. No matter which prince will inherit the throne in the future, we will be the emperor and the queen mother. There is no need for us to end the queen."
"Nonsense." The emperor did not allow her to say such unlucky words.
"The concubine knows that loyal words are harsh, but now King Yong is weak and sick. In order for someone in the Song Dynasty to inherit the throne in the future, we must try to keep every emperor's heir. Therefore, we must find out the black sheep, otherwise the emperor will give birth to dozens of princes in the future. It is also no match for the cruelty of others.”
The emperor didn't speak, thinking to himself: The queen's words are reasonable, but is she really willing to protect every emperor's heir?
The queen saw that the emperor was thinking, so she hugged him behind him and said: "The concubine knows that she can't get the emperor's true affection, but the concubine is not a person who discriminates right from wrong. The concubine is already a queen, so she shouldn't expect other things." , It’s just that the concubine also hopes to be the royal family one day and give birth to a boy and a half girl for the Zhao family, so the concubine will not harm the emperor’s heir.”
The emperor stood there motionless, it wasn't that he couldn't listen, he was just thinking about every word she said, and finally asked: "What do you like about me?"
The queen was stunned. She had never thought about this question. She only knew that she had become his woman since she met him. This was the first man with a different surname she knew and the only one she could rely on.
The emperor said, "Is it power or status?"
"Even if you are not the emperor, but just an ordinary man, I would like to be with you for the rest of my life." The queen said solemnly.
The emperor let go of her hand, turned around and said, "Okay, then we will only be ordinary couples, not emperors and queens, would you like it?"
The queen didn't expect the emperor to say this, so she smiled and said: "If you are willing to give up your wealth and glory for the concubine, the concubine will be with you in life and death."
The emperor put his arms around her and thought to himself: If I could let go of my responsibility, I would have left long ago.
The queen said happily: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for you and me to abandon our responsibilities, isn't it?"
The emperor nodded, and tears fell.
"Since that's the case, let's be an imperial couple, shall we? If there is an afterlife, I would like to be your wife only!"
"Okay, I will live up to you in the next life." The emperor never promised an afterlife to anyone, only her, Cao Zhen, a girl seven years younger than herself.
After a long time, Empress Cao wiped her tears and said solemnly: "This cat killed the prince, should it be executed?"
The emperor smiled and said, "Drag it out and chop it up."
"Your Majesty, my concubine is not joking." Empress Cao knew he didn't take it seriously.
"Whose cat is this?"
"Concubine De."
"Jing'er was conferred on me when I was 15 years old. She has never harmed the emperor's heir." The emperor still understands her.
Empress Cao thought to herself: The emperor is still looking towards her, so she said: "The concubine didn't say whether it was or not that Concubine De did it."
"Then you mean..."
"The concubine said that before the incident happened, Concubine De had said to Concubine Pang: even if the accident happened, she asked it for herself. It just so happened that this cat was raised by her, so the concubine was suspicious."
The emperor nodded and thought to himself: This is reasonable, but could it be framed?
"The concubines also suspected that they were framed, but the four concubines did not dare to interrogate them directly. After all, they had followed the emperor for 11 years. The concubines did not know what to do next, so they came to ask His Majesty for advice."
The emperor said: "Go and discuss with Concubine Jie and Concubine Shu?" It will also follow the queen's wishes.
"The concubine obeys the order." The queen naturally knew that they had always been there to maintain the law of the harem.
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The empress called Concubine Jie Miao Yulin and Concubine Shu Zhou Yixin to her palace and said, "Two sisters, my sister found out that someone killed the emperor's heir. This matter must be taken seriously."
Concubine Jie and Concubine Shu looked at each other, and Concubine Shu said: "The empress is talking about the fact that someone killed Concubine Li's son?" How could they not know that the queen went to Concubine De to catch a cat and went to the cold palace for interrogation? Concubine Li, they knew that Concubine De would definitely die this time.
Concubine Jie said: "The empress is in charge of this matter, with concubines and concubine Shu assisting from the side."
The queen thought to herself: It seems that they really don't care about Concubine De. If the two of them can be used by me, they should be even more powerful in the harem.
Concubine Shu said: "Empress, this matter should indeed be thoroughly investigated to the end."
The queen said again: "By the way, I heard that the eldest son of the emperor was ill a few days ago. How is it now?"
Concubine Jie immediately replied: "Oh, Xin'er is born weak and sick, I wonder if he can pass this test?"
Concubine Zhou Shu also said: "Yes, the emperor has only one prince now. Empress, you have to hurry up!"
Concubine Miao Jie immediately said: "Yes, empress, you have to give birth to a prince for the emperor as soon as possible, so that we will have a prince in Song Dynasty."
"The eldest son of the emperor can also be established as the prince."
"Your Majesty," Concubine Miao Jie immediately knelt down and said, "I hope that Xin'er can be a prince, and he can't be a prince with his body, otherwise he will only be exhausted and die early."
"Sister Concubine Shu can also give birth to the emperor."
Concubine Zhou Shu said: "Your Majesty can really joke. The concubine has been seriously ill since Fang'er passed away. The imperial doctor said that the concubine's body is similar to that of a concubine Xian. Naturally, it is better to have fewer children."
"Oh, I don't know what's going on with Concubine Xian?" Since entering the palace, the queen has heard that Concubine Xian is basically barren. There is only one princess. Make her an enemy.
"It's not that the mother's body was destroyed when the second princess was born, and the mother and daughter almost died at the beginning." Concubine Miao Jie said.
"There is such a thing?" Naturally, the queen had never heard of it.
"Yes!" Concubine Zhou Shu also agreed.
The queen nodded and said, "I won't talk about that anymore. Tell me about Concubine De?"
Concubine Miao Jie looked at Concubine Zhou Shu and said, "Since the cat is raised by Concubine De, she cannot get rid of the responsibility, so we must investigate from her."
Concubine Zhou Shu also said: "Concubines and concubines follow the Queen's will."
"Okay." That's what the empress was waiting for, so she arranged for them to go to Concubine De. Half a month later, the Empress cooperated with Concubine Miao Jie, Concubine Zhou Shu and Concubine Zhou Shu led someone to arrest Concubine De, Li Jing, and was judged by the emperor. Li Jing died of illness inexplicably shortly after, leaving behind an infant daughter, the fourth daughter of the Emperor Zhao Qing, who was raised by Concubine Feng Xian.
The emperor heard that Li Jing died of illness in the palace, and he also fell ill. He knew that his daughter would be helpless from then on, so he doted on the fourth daughter of the emperor, Zhao Qing, and promoted her to the imperial court shortly after the death of Concubine De. She was named Princess Rongguo.
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One day, it was the emperor's turn to spend the night at the empress's place. He went there as usual, but unexpectedly saw Yang Yun here.
After the ceremony, the empress handed Yang Yun's hand to the emperor's and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine has handed over Mr. Yungui to you. Will you stay here tonight?"
"What do you want to do?" the emperor asked cautiously.
"I hope that Your Majesty will treat Yungui people well, and that lovers will eventually get married." After finishing speaking, the queen took the maid out of the house.
The emperor looked at Yang Yun and asked, "When did you get closer to the empress?"
"Yun'er hasn't gotten close to the empress. For some reason, she brought me here today and told me to serve you well."
The emperor was stunned for a while, then frowned, he didn't know what the queen was thinking.
The queen did not come back after she went out, and the emperor naturally did not fall asleep with Yang Yun in the queen's palace.In the end, the emperor planned to take Yang Yun back, but found that there were more guards outside.
The emperor came to the door and asked, "Who are you?"
One of them replied: "Your Majesty, why don't you spend the night in the Empress's Palace?"
"You guys are so brave, dare to imprison me?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress has worked so hard, don't let her down."
"Presumptuous!" The emperor cursed, but he couldn't get out after all, so he had to retreat.
After a while, I only heard the two guards say: "My subordinates will see the Empress Dowager."
"Is the emperor angry?"
"Yes."
"Open the door."
The door was pushed open, and an old concubine came in.The emperor naturally knew her. She was Concubine Yang. When she was the crown prince, she was always in charge of her own food and daily life, so she saluted and said, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"Aijia came to see the emperor." Concubine Yang was supported by the emperor and sat down.
Naturally, Yang Yun had heard about this old concubine respected by the emperor, so he saluted, "My concubine Yang Yun pays his respects to the concubine."
"Excuse me!" Concubine Yang replied to her, "Should we stay together with Yang Yun?"
"The queen is abnormal, I don't know..."
"My child, this was arranged by the Eighth Prince and Niang Niang for you."
"Uncle?"
"The Eighth Prince, Niang Niang, the Ai Family and Empress Liu, and the current Empress Dowager, all hope that you can do something and be a good emperor. Now Cao Zhen is far more intelligent than Guo Rong, so your harem will naturally be invincible." worried."
"It's just..." The emperor was worried that she would harm the emperor's heir, and he already had the intention of destroying him.
"Don't abolish her, she won't harm the emperor's heir anymore."
"Why did your mother say such a thing?"
"The Ai family and the Prince Xian's Mansion have already contacted most of the officials of the imperial court. Once it is discovered that she has harmed the emperor's heir, they will join forces to punish the nine clans of the Cao family. If they don't kill the emperor's heir again, the Cao family will not be guilty of treason. , can protect the prosperity and wealth of the Cao family. Therefore, the emperor can sit back and relax and deal with important affairs in the court, and the harem does not have to worry about it!"
The emperor didn't speak any more. He knew that Concubine Yang had no heirs. Since he was crowned the crown prince at the age of nine, Concubine Yang had been taking care of his own food and daily life. She loved herself as if she was her own child, which also gave him a sense of belonging in the palace.Empress Dowager Liu is strict with herself, while Concubine Yang is like a loving mother.The first conflict with Empress Dowager Liu was also the canonization of the Empress. Since then, Concubine Yang has lived in seclusion in the Jinfu Palace by herself and never saw anyone again. If she trespassed into her palace without authorization, she would be killed.Since "The Civet Cat for the Prince", the old concubine has gradually come out.The emperor supported Concubine Yang's arm and said, "Your Majesty, thank you this time."
"Silly boy, don't we people in the harem want you to live happily? The guards outside are sent by the Ai family. The Ai family is old and too tired to sit in a sedan chair, so they are asked to come and keep you." Concubine Yang patted the emperor's hand and said.
The emperor nodded and thought to himself: Even if the empress is so courageous, she cannot imprison me. It turns out that it is Concubine Yang.The emperor helped her to the seat, then knelt down and bowed and said: "Princess Taifei, please accept my bow."
"Your Majesty, this... can't be done. You are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and the Ai family can't afford such a big gift." Concubine Yang didn't expect the emperor to give such a big gift, so she wanted to help him up.
The emperor supported Concubine Yang with both hands and said: "Mother, this is to worship Guo Rong and the Guo family who died unjustly. She and I have been husband and wife for nine years. There is not much love, but you saved the Guo family back then, and they did not." There may be a chance to thank you in person again, so my son-in-law should thank you."
"Your Majesty, it's an old case many years ago, and Ai's family has long forgotten about it."
"Your Majesty, there is one more question I want to ask you."
Concubine Yang looked at him and said nothing.
"Is the calyx in Changle Palace gone?"
"What? Could it be that the emperor wanted to accept her to make up for the debt he owed to Queen Guo?"
"Hail has no such intentions, but just wants to find her for Rong'er."
"She is still alive, the Ai family has trapped her in Jinfu Palace for many years." Concubine Yang said lightly.
The emperor looked at Concubine Yang in surprise, and thought to himself: That girl is still alive, it seems that she can still make up for Queen Guo.
Concubine Yang sat down and looked at the emperor calmly. After a long time, she sighed and said: "If the emperor likes her, Aijia can let her serve you."
The emperor shook his head and said: "It's good to be alive, not for anything else. I owe Rong'er too much in this life, I don't want to tarnish E'er's innocence, so just ask the concubine to take care of her."
Concubine Yang said with a smile: "Since that's the case, the Ai family will not bother you two." Concubine Yang just left...
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Yang Yun found out that the emperor had unspeakable feelings for Queen Guo, so he didn't bother him, but just stood aside and looked at him.
Sitting in front of the desk, the emperor suddenly tore up a piece of paper, threw it aside, stood up, and walked towards the door.
Yang Yun thought he was going to leave, so he asked, "Third brother, what do you want?"
The emperor walked up to her and said: "Wait for me to come back." Then he left. A quarter of an hour later, the emperor came back from the outside. He suddenly picked her up, without any expression on his face, just said: "I live for you!" A child?"
Yang Yun was stunned, she didn't know what he was thinking, only knew that the current emperor was very scary, so she could only nod her head.
The emperor carried her to Empress Cao's bed...
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This night was destined to be restless. Just after midnight, there was chaos outside the courtyard.
The emperor immediately sat up when he heard it, Yang Yun pulled him and said, "Third brother, what's the matter?"
"There are assassins." The emperor just finished speaking when he heard the sound of swords clashing outside.
Just listen to Empress Cao's voice outside the door: "Catch them all."
Then Empress Cao entered the dormitory, and seeing the emperor and Yang Yun in the room, Empress Cao closed the door and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty was shocked."
The emperor asked calmly, "What happened outside?"
"An assassin sneaked into the palace." Empress Cao replied.
The emperor wanted to go out and said, "I'll go and have a look."
"Your Majesty." Empress Cao pulled the Emperor and said, "You are the one they want to assassinate. Wouldn't the consequences be disastrous if you showed up at this moment?"
Yang Yun also pulled the emperor and said: "Third brother, you should listen to the empress?"
The emperor didn't insist, just listening to the movement outside...
Suddenly a hidden arrow pierced through the window, aiming directly at the emperor——
The queen was quick-sighted and kicked the arrow away with one kick.
The emperor frowned, and Empress Cao said, "Your Majesty, be careful."
Then another arrow flew towards the emperor, and the emperor naturally saw it, but Yang Yun blocked it with his body. Watching Yang Yun squat down, the queen blocked several more arrows.
Ouchi's guards rushed in, escorted the emperor and queen, and Yang Yun left, and soon the assassin was caught.
In the imperial study room, the emperor and the empress waited anxiously for the imperial doctor. After a while, the imperial physician Song came out, and the emperor asked, "Is she all right?"
"Back to the emperor, Yungui is fine, the wound has been bandaged."
The emperor nodded, and at this time Liu Yu came in and said, "Report to the emperor, the Eighth Prince and Prime Minister Wang are asking to see you."
The emperor said: "Xuan."
"Yes." Liu Yu went out.
Empress Cao bowed to the emperor and said: "The concubine will leave first."
The emperor nodded and watched the queen leave.
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After the Eighth Prince and Prime Minister Wang came in, the big ceremony passed.Prime Minister Wang said first, "Your Majesty, these assassins have been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment."
The emperor nodded.
"I heard that someone from Yungui rescued Jia, how is she doing now?" Prime Minister Wang continued to ask.
The emperor frowned and said: "It is still under observation. Thanks to the queen and the people of Yungui, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
The Eighth Prince looked at the emperor with a strange expression. He had watched the emperor grow up. He just found it strange, but he couldn't tell.
Prime Minister Wang secretly rejoiced and said, "Fortunately, nothing happened."
Only then did the Eighth Prince ask: "How does the Emperor plan to deal with those assassins?"
Before the emperor could speak, Prime Minister Wang said: "Naturally, Ling Chi will be executed. These people dare to commit crimes and must be severely punished."
The emperor waved to Prime Minister Wang and said: "Uncle Huang, go to the Ministry of Punishment and interrogate him carefully. There is no use of punishment."
Prime Minister Wang was stunned for a moment, did not speak, and thought to himself: How can the emperor be so magnanimous?If someone is so presumptuous again, wouldn't it be a big mess?
The emperor said to Prime Minister Wang, "Prime Minister Wang."
"The minister is here."
"Please inform the officials of the Ministry of Rites about the rescue of the people from Yunnan and Guizhou. No one should propose the reward. Anyone who violates the order will be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment."
"I... obey the order." Prime Minister Wang thought to himself: Your majesty is very abnormal, there must be something hidden in it, the reason why the emperor is unwilling to hand it over to the Kaifeng mansion, he must know that Bao Zheng will not follow the holy will, or the prophet will speak to the Kaifeng mansion , lest you ask for trouble.
Sure enough, everyone in the court knew about the assassination, but no one in the civil and military court mentioned it.
It didn't take long for the murder case to be brought up, and the case was not investigated, so it was just let go.Some said that Empress Cao wanted to assassinate the emperor, and others said that the assassination was the emperor's mastermind.In fact, the case was indeed secretly ordered by the emperor not to be pursued by the Criminal Ministry.
From then on, the emperor often went to Cuiyunxuan to spend the night, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty objected.
End of this chapter
The queen naturally knew that the emperor doubted herself, so she had to prove her innocence.What's more, she did this by herself, so she had to find a scapegoat.Then the poor concubine Li Jing is finished.
First of all, the cat belonged to Concubine De. The queen caught the black cat and went to the imperial study.
The emperor didn't know the cat, and he didn't know what the queen was going to do, so he asked, "What do you mean?"
Empress Cao knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine is here to reverse the case for the lost prince."
"What prince?"
"The prince conceived by Concubine Li, everyone hates Concubine Li for confusing the royal lineage, but where did the dragon species conceived by Concubine Li go? Shouldn't I look for it?"
The emperor stood up and said: "It must be gone, otherwise Grand Master Pang would not have done this."
"Your majesty, as the master of the harem, the courtiers have the right to track down every lost emperor's heir."
"What does that have to do with this cat?"
"A few months ago, Concubine Li Gui was frightened by a cat that jumped out of nowhere and fell off her sedan chair. Everyone was very worried about her. As a result, Concubine Li Gui was safe and she passed away naturally. But today it seems that this was deliberately done by someone. For this reason, my concubine went to the Leng Palace yesterday, Concubine Li said that it was the cat that caused her to lose the prince. Someone in the palace murdered the emperor's heir, this is directly related to the important matter of the Crown Prince of the Song Dynasty, and this concubine must investigate clearly."
The emperor turned around and looked at the window, sighed and said, "As long as you have this heart, that's enough."
"Your Majesty, the concubine is not trying to get rid of someone. You are the emperor, and the concubine is the queen. No matter which prince will inherit the throne in the future, we will be the emperor and the queen mother. There is no need for us to end the queen."
"Nonsense." The emperor did not allow her to say such unlucky words.
"The concubine knows that loyal words are harsh, but now King Yong is weak and sick. In order for someone in the Song Dynasty to inherit the throne in the future, we must try to keep every emperor's heir. Therefore, we must find out the black sheep, otherwise the emperor will give birth to dozens of princes in the future. It is also no match for the cruelty of others.”
The emperor didn't speak, thinking to himself: The queen's words are reasonable, but is she really willing to protect every emperor's heir?
The queen saw that the emperor was thinking, so she hugged him behind him and said: "The concubine knows that she can't get the emperor's true affection, but the concubine is not a person who discriminates right from wrong. The concubine is already a queen, so she shouldn't expect other things." , It’s just that the concubine also hopes to be the royal family one day and give birth to a boy and a half girl for the Zhao family, so the concubine will not harm the emperor’s heir.”
The emperor stood there motionless, it wasn't that he couldn't listen, he was just thinking about every word she said, and finally asked: "What do you like about me?"
The queen was stunned. She had never thought about this question. She only knew that she had become his woman since she met him. This was the first man with a different surname she knew and the only one she could rely on.
The emperor said, "Is it power or status?"
"Even if you are not the emperor, but just an ordinary man, I would like to be with you for the rest of my life." The queen said solemnly.
The emperor let go of her hand, turned around and said, "Okay, then we will only be ordinary couples, not emperors and queens, would you like it?"
The queen didn't expect the emperor to say this, so she smiled and said: "If you are willing to give up your wealth and glory for the concubine, the concubine will be with you in life and death."
The emperor put his arms around her and thought to himself: If I could let go of my responsibility, I would have left long ago.
The queen said happily: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for you and me to abandon our responsibilities, isn't it?"
The emperor nodded, and tears fell.
"Since that's the case, let's be an imperial couple, shall we? If there is an afterlife, I would like to be your wife only!"
"Okay, I will live up to you in the next life." The emperor never promised an afterlife to anyone, only her, Cao Zhen, a girl seven years younger than herself.
After a long time, Empress Cao wiped her tears and said solemnly: "This cat killed the prince, should it be executed?"
The emperor smiled and said, "Drag it out and chop it up."
"Your Majesty, my concubine is not joking." Empress Cao knew he didn't take it seriously.
"Whose cat is this?"
"Concubine De."
"Jing'er was conferred on me when I was 15 years old. She has never harmed the emperor's heir." The emperor still understands her.
Empress Cao thought to herself: The emperor is still looking towards her, so she said: "The concubine didn't say whether it was or not that Concubine De did it."
"Then you mean..."
"The concubine said that before the incident happened, Concubine De had said to Concubine Pang: even if the accident happened, she asked it for herself. It just so happened that this cat was raised by her, so the concubine was suspicious."
The emperor nodded and thought to himself: This is reasonable, but could it be framed?
"The concubines also suspected that they were framed, but the four concubines did not dare to interrogate them directly. After all, they had followed the emperor for 11 years. The concubines did not know what to do next, so they came to ask His Majesty for advice."
The emperor said: "Go and discuss with Concubine Jie and Concubine Shu?" It will also follow the queen's wishes.
"The concubine obeys the order." The queen naturally knew that they had always been there to maintain the law of the harem.
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The empress called Concubine Jie Miao Yulin and Concubine Shu Zhou Yixin to her palace and said, "Two sisters, my sister found out that someone killed the emperor's heir. This matter must be taken seriously."
Concubine Jie and Concubine Shu looked at each other, and Concubine Shu said: "The empress is talking about the fact that someone killed Concubine Li's son?" How could they not know that the queen went to Concubine De to catch a cat and went to the cold palace for interrogation? Concubine Li, they knew that Concubine De would definitely die this time.
Concubine Jie said: "The empress is in charge of this matter, with concubines and concubine Shu assisting from the side."
The queen thought to herself: It seems that they really don't care about Concubine De. If the two of them can be used by me, they should be even more powerful in the harem.
Concubine Shu said: "Empress, this matter should indeed be thoroughly investigated to the end."
The queen said again: "By the way, I heard that the eldest son of the emperor was ill a few days ago. How is it now?"
Concubine Jie immediately replied: "Oh, Xin'er is born weak and sick, I wonder if he can pass this test?"
Concubine Zhou Shu also said: "Yes, the emperor has only one prince now. Empress, you have to hurry up!"
Concubine Miao Jie immediately said: "Yes, empress, you have to give birth to a prince for the emperor as soon as possible, so that we will have a prince in Song Dynasty."
"The eldest son of the emperor can also be established as the prince."
"Your Majesty," Concubine Miao Jie immediately knelt down and said, "I hope that Xin'er can be a prince, and he can't be a prince with his body, otherwise he will only be exhausted and die early."
"Sister Concubine Shu can also give birth to the emperor."
Concubine Zhou Shu said: "Your Majesty can really joke. The concubine has been seriously ill since Fang'er passed away. The imperial doctor said that the concubine's body is similar to that of a concubine Xian. Naturally, it is better to have fewer children."
"Oh, I don't know what's going on with Concubine Xian?" Since entering the palace, the queen has heard that Concubine Xian is basically barren. There is only one princess. Make her an enemy.
"It's not that the mother's body was destroyed when the second princess was born, and the mother and daughter almost died at the beginning." Concubine Miao Jie said.
"There is such a thing?" Naturally, the queen had never heard of it.
"Yes!" Concubine Zhou Shu also agreed.
The queen nodded and said, "I won't talk about that anymore. Tell me about Concubine De?"
Concubine Miao Jie looked at Concubine Zhou Shu and said, "Since the cat is raised by Concubine De, she cannot get rid of the responsibility, so we must investigate from her."
Concubine Zhou Shu also said: "Concubines and concubines follow the Queen's will."
"Okay." That's what the empress was waiting for, so she arranged for them to go to Concubine De. Half a month later, the Empress cooperated with Concubine Miao Jie, Concubine Zhou Shu and Concubine Zhou Shu led someone to arrest Concubine De, Li Jing, and was judged by the emperor. Li Jing died of illness inexplicably shortly after, leaving behind an infant daughter, the fourth daughter of the Emperor Zhao Qing, who was raised by Concubine Feng Xian.
The emperor heard that Li Jing died of illness in the palace, and he also fell ill. He knew that his daughter would be helpless from then on, so he doted on the fourth daughter of the emperor, Zhao Qing, and promoted her to the imperial court shortly after the death of Concubine De. She was named Princess Rongguo.
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One day, it was the emperor's turn to spend the night at the empress's place. He went there as usual, but unexpectedly saw Yang Yun here.
After the ceremony, the empress handed Yang Yun's hand to the emperor's and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine has handed over Mr. Yungui to you. Will you stay here tonight?"
"What do you want to do?" the emperor asked cautiously.
"I hope that Your Majesty will treat Yungui people well, and that lovers will eventually get married." After finishing speaking, the queen took the maid out of the house.
The emperor looked at Yang Yun and asked, "When did you get closer to the empress?"
"Yun'er hasn't gotten close to the empress. For some reason, she brought me here today and told me to serve you well."
The emperor was stunned for a while, then frowned, he didn't know what the queen was thinking.
The queen did not come back after she went out, and the emperor naturally did not fall asleep with Yang Yun in the queen's palace.In the end, the emperor planned to take Yang Yun back, but found that there were more guards outside.
The emperor came to the door and asked, "Who are you?"
One of them replied: "Your Majesty, why don't you spend the night in the Empress's Palace?"
"You guys are so brave, dare to imprison me?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress has worked so hard, don't let her down."
"Presumptuous!" The emperor cursed, but he couldn't get out after all, so he had to retreat.
After a while, I only heard the two guards say: "My subordinates will see the Empress Dowager."
"Is the emperor angry?"
"Yes."
"Open the door."
The door was pushed open, and an old concubine came in.The emperor naturally knew her. She was Concubine Yang. When she was the crown prince, she was always in charge of her own food and daily life, so she saluted and said, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"Aijia came to see the emperor." Concubine Yang was supported by the emperor and sat down.
Naturally, Yang Yun had heard about this old concubine respected by the emperor, so he saluted, "My concubine Yang Yun pays his respects to the concubine."
"Excuse me!" Concubine Yang replied to her, "Should we stay together with Yang Yun?"
"The queen is abnormal, I don't know..."
"My child, this was arranged by the Eighth Prince and Niang Niang for you."
"Uncle?"
"The Eighth Prince, Niang Niang, the Ai Family and Empress Liu, and the current Empress Dowager, all hope that you can do something and be a good emperor. Now Cao Zhen is far more intelligent than Guo Rong, so your harem will naturally be invincible." worried."
"It's just..." The emperor was worried that she would harm the emperor's heir, and he already had the intention of destroying him.
"Don't abolish her, she won't harm the emperor's heir anymore."
"Why did your mother say such a thing?"
"The Ai family and the Prince Xian's Mansion have already contacted most of the officials of the imperial court. Once it is discovered that she has harmed the emperor's heir, they will join forces to punish the nine clans of the Cao family. If they don't kill the emperor's heir again, the Cao family will not be guilty of treason. , can protect the prosperity and wealth of the Cao family. Therefore, the emperor can sit back and relax and deal with important affairs in the court, and the harem does not have to worry about it!"
The emperor didn't speak any more. He knew that Concubine Yang had no heirs. Since he was crowned the crown prince at the age of nine, Concubine Yang had been taking care of his own food and daily life. She loved herself as if she was her own child, which also gave him a sense of belonging in the palace.Empress Dowager Liu is strict with herself, while Concubine Yang is like a loving mother.The first conflict with Empress Dowager Liu was also the canonization of the Empress. Since then, Concubine Yang has lived in seclusion in the Jinfu Palace by herself and never saw anyone again. If she trespassed into her palace without authorization, she would be killed.Since "The Civet Cat for the Prince", the old concubine has gradually come out.The emperor supported Concubine Yang's arm and said, "Your Majesty, thank you this time."
"Silly boy, don't we people in the harem want you to live happily? The guards outside are sent by the Ai family. The Ai family is old and too tired to sit in a sedan chair, so they are asked to come and keep you." Concubine Yang patted the emperor's hand and said.
The emperor nodded and thought to himself: Even if the empress is so courageous, she cannot imprison me. It turns out that it is Concubine Yang.The emperor helped her to the seat, then knelt down and bowed and said: "Princess Taifei, please accept my bow."
"Your Majesty, this... can't be done. You are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and the Ai family can't afford such a big gift." Concubine Yang didn't expect the emperor to give such a big gift, so she wanted to help him up.
The emperor supported Concubine Yang with both hands and said: "Mother, this is to worship Guo Rong and the Guo family who died unjustly. She and I have been husband and wife for nine years. There is not much love, but you saved the Guo family back then, and they did not." There may be a chance to thank you in person again, so my son-in-law should thank you."
"Your Majesty, it's an old case many years ago, and Ai's family has long forgotten about it."
"Your Majesty, there is one more question I want to ask you."
Concubine Yang looked at him and said nothing.
"Is the calyx in Changle Palace gone?"
"What? Could it be that the emperor wanted to accept her to make up for the debt he owed to Queen Guo?"
"Hail has no such intentions, but just wants to find her for Rong'er."
"She is still alive, the Ai family has trapped her in Jinfu Palace for many years." Concubine Yang said lightly.
The emperor looked at Concubine Yang in surprise, and thought to himself: That girl is still alive, it seems that she can still make up for Queen Guo.
Concubine Yang sat down and looked at the emperor calmly. After a long time, she sighed and said: "If the emperor likes her, Aijia can let her serve you."
The emperor shook his head and said: "It's good to be alive, not for anything else. I owe Rong'er too much in this life, I don't want to tarnish E'er's innocence, so just ask the concubine to take care of her."
Concubine Yang said with a smile: "Since that's the case, the Ai family will not bother you two." Concubine Yang just left...
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Yang Yun found out that the emperor had unspeakable feelings for Queen Guo, so he didn't bother him, but just stood aside and looked at him.
Sitting in front of the desk, the emperor suddenly tore up a piece of paper, threw it aside, stood up, and walked towards the door.
Yang Yun thought he was going to leave, so he asked, "Third brother, what do you want?"
The emperor walked up to her and said: "Wait for me to come back." Then he left. A quarter of an hour later, the emperor came back from the outside. He suddenly picked her up, without any expression on his face, just said: "I live for you!" A child?"
Yang Yun was stunned, she didn't know what he was thinking, only knew that the current emperor was very scary, so she could only nod her head.
The emperor carried her to Empress Cao's bed...
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This night was destined to be restless. Just after midnight, there was chaos outside the courtyard.
The emperor immediately sat up when he heard it, Yang Yun pulled him and said, "Third brother, what's the matter?"
"There are assassins." The emperor just finished speaking when he heard the sound of swords clashing outside.
Just listen to Empress Cao's voice outside the door: "Catch them all."
Then Empress Cao entered the dormitory, and seeing the emperor and Yang Yun in the room, Empress Cao closed the door and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty was shocked."
The emperor asked calmly, "What happened outside?"
"An assassin sneaked into the palace." Empress Cao replied.
The emperor wanted to go out and said, "I'll go and have a look."
"Your Majesty." Empress Cao pulled the Emperor and said, "You are the one they want to assassinate. Wouldn't the consequences be disastrous if you showed up at this moment?"
Yang Yun also pulled the emperor and said: "Third brother, you should listen to the empress?"
The emperor didn't insist, just listening to the movement outside...
Suddenly a hidden arrow pierced through the window, aiming directly at the emperor——
The queen was quick-sighted and kicked the arrow away with one kick.
The emperor frowned, and Empress Cao said, "Your Majesty, be careful."
Then another arrow flew towards the emperor, and the emperor naturally saw it, but Yang Yun blocked it with his body. Watching Yang Yun squat down, the queen blocked several more arrows.
Ouchi's guards rushed in, escorted the emperor and queen, and Yang Yun left, and soon the assassin was caught.
In the imperial study room, the emperor and the empress waited anxiously for the imperial doctor. After a while, the imperial physician Song came out, and the emperor asked, "Is she all right?"
"Back to the emperor, Yungui is fine, the wound has been bandaged."
The emperor nodded, and at this time Liu Yu came in and said, "Report to the emperor, the Eighth Prince and Prime Minister Wang are asking to see you."
The emperor said: "Xuan."
"Yes." Liu Yu went out.
Empress Cao bowed to the emperor and said: "The concubine will leave first."
The emperor nodded and watched the queen leave.
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After the Eighth Prince and Prime Minister Wang came in, the big ceremony passed.Prime Minister Wang said first, "Your Majesty, these assassins have been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment."
The emperor nodded.
"I heard that someone from Yungui rescued Jia, how is she doing now?" Prime Minister Wang continued to ask.
The emperor frowned and said: "It is still under observation. Thanks to the queen and the people of Yungui, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
The Eighth Prince looked at the emperor with a strange expression. He had watched the emperor grow up. He just found it strange, but he couldn't tell.
Prime Minister Wang secretly rejoiced and said, "Fortunately, nothing happened."
Only then did the Eighth Prince ask: "How does the Emperor plan to deal with those assassins?"
Before the emperor could speak, Prime Minister Wang said: "Naturally, Ling Chi will be executed. These people dare to commit crimes and must be severely punished."
The emperor waved to Prime Minister Wang and said: "Uncle Huang, go to the Ministry of Punishment and interrogate him carefully. There is no use of punishment."
Prime Minister Wang was stunned for a moment, did not speak, and thought to himself: How can the emperor be so magnanimous?If someone is so presumptuous again, wouldn't it be a big mess?
The emperor said to Prime Minister Wang, "Prime Minister Wang."
"The minister is here."
"Please inform the officials of the Ministry of Rites about the rescue of the people from Yunnan and Guizhou. No one should propose the reward. Anyone who violates the order will be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment."
"I... obey the order." Prime Minister Wang thought to himself: Your majesty is very abnormal, there must be something hidden in it, the reason why the emperor is unwilling to hand it over to the Kaifeng mansion, he must know that Bao Zheng will not follow the holy will, or the prophet will speak to the Kaifeng mansion , lest you ask for trouble.
Sure enough, everyone in the court knew about the assassination, but no one in the civil and military court mentioned it.
It didn't take long for the murder case to be brought up, and the case was not investigated, so it was just let go.Some said that Empress Cao wanted to assassinate the emperor, and others said that the assassination was the emperor's mastermind.In fact, the case was indeed secretly ordered by the emperor not to be pursued by the Criminal Ministry.
From then on, the emperor often went to Cuiyunxuan to spend the night, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty objected.
End of this chapter
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