After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Since the previous dynasty, the Forbidden City has been the residence of the royal family. Although the palace is strictly forbidden, because the Forbidden City is a layered wooden building, once it catches fire, it is very easy to cause a catastrophe. In the previous dynasty, the Forbidden City was even struck by lightning. And the record that led to the burning of most of the Forbidden City.

When the first emperor was attacking the Forbidden City, the former Emperor Wei even had the idea of ​​setting fire to the Forbidden City. Fortunately, it rained heavily at that time, which did not make Weidi's plan succeed. Make fire prevention a top priority.

Not only is every palace in the Forbidden City equipped with large tanks for storing water, but also in order to avoid freezing in winter, every winter, they must wrap quilts and straws outside the large tanks to prevent freezing, but...

That means under normal circumstances.

Yuqing Palace was used as a place to imprison the deposed prince. It has not been repaired for many years, and the large tank that originally stored water has long been used for other purposes. Therefore, if Yuqing Palace catches fire, it will be out of control.

Fortunately, Emperor Pingkang and others happened to pass by. Under Xia Dequan's personal command, they moved water from the nearby palace to put out the fire, and finally came and rescued the abandoned prince's family before the Yuqing Palace was burned down.

But even so, the deposed prince was also injured because of the fire, and even the pregnant concubine Liu Gui fell down because she couldn't dodge in time, and had to stay in bed to protect her baby.

Knowing that the deposed prince was injured, Emperor Pingkang was furious, "What's going on?"

How could the well-behaved Yuqing Palace catch fire?If there is no problem behind this matter, he will not believe anything.

Xia De showed a bit of embarrassment all over the face, "It's the old slave who neglected his duty,"

This incident is an accident, but it can't be regarded as an accident. If I really want to talk about it, it still has something to do with the Zhen family.

When the aborted prince was imprisoned in Yuqing Palace, Zhen, who was still a noble concubine at that time, didn't know whether it was a brain twitch or something. Seeing that the emperor hadn't mentioned the abolished prince for many years, he was harsh on the abolished prince.

Of course, Mrs. Zhen didn't dare to go too far no matter what, and didn't dare to start with food, but the fabrics were given old colors that had retired from fashion a few years ago.

For example, if the big water storage tank in Yuqing Palace broke down, they didn't care about it, and the quilts and straws that should be handed out to keep the big tank warm every winter were ignored...they were just trivial things.

This innocuous matter would not be a big deal in normal times, but it is a big deal at this time. If Mrs. Zhen hadn't subconsciously neglected the matter of storing water in Yuqing Palace, the fire in Yuqing Palace would have been a big deal. It won't be out of control.

Fortunately, only a few palace maids and eunuchs were injured. Although the crown prince and Liu Guifei were slightly injured, their lives were fine, and they only needed to be raised for a period of time.

Emperor Pingkang was furious when he heard the words, "What a Zhen!"

Fortunately, he thought Zhen Shi was a caring person, but he never expected Zhen Shi to be so caring.

Emperor Pingkang asked directly: "The matter of the fire..."

It is not a matter of one or two days for the Zhen family to be harsh and abolish the crown prince. The past few years have been so peaceful and peaceful. It makes no sense that Zhu Rong will suddenly suffer disaster today, let alone after the case of abolishing the crown prince is clarified.

Emperor Pingkang even thought in a dark way that this was probably a good thing done by the fourth child, but unexpectedly...

Xia Dequan showed a slightly embarrassed look, "It's the fifth prince."

He paused and said, "The fifth prince did not know where he learned that Mr. Lei was the illegitimate son of the second prince (the deposed prince), and he also worshiped Mr. Lin as his teacher, and also said that the second prince had colluded with Lin Ruhai. Regarding the Zhen family, just...just..."

Xia Dequan was embarrassed to go on, and sighed helplessly, while Emperor Pingkang directly sent a pair of dead fish eyes, and asked strangely: "He only knows about this now!?"

Emperor Pingkang's voice was a bit weird and unbelievable, and he couldn't blame him for his reaction. After all, almost half of the capital knew about Tu Lei's affairs. Earlier, Tu Lei helped run around for the case of Zhen's family, and the fifth child unexpectedly arrived. Now I know, is this reaction too slow?

He knew that Lao Wu had always been a bit of a nerd, so he liked to hang out with the eunuchs and actors raised by him in his prince's residence or other courtyards, but he shouldn't be so nerdy so he doesn't gossip, right?

You should choose a good reason to bluff people.

Xia Dequan was speechless, complaining that the Holy Majesty had clearly favored the Zhen family and the fifth prince from the Zhen family before, but he had never intended to make the fifth prince the crown prince, because...it was really stupid.

Emperor Pingkang gave up thinking about his stupid son a long time ago, and he didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune. His sons all have their own stupid ways, and everyone's stupidity is different, so he can't even scold him. Cursed, of course, the fifth child is also considered to be the best in the mid-term, so there is a reason for missing the big position.

He didn't bother to care about Lao Wu's brain circuit, he was only curious about one thing, his face darkened, "Does this matter have anything to do with Lao Si?"

When the second child had an accident, the biggest beneficiary was naturally the fourth child. After much deliberation, compared to the fifth child, the fourth child had more motivation to do it.

Xia Dequan was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I don't know."

He also had some doubts that the fifth prince would set fire to the Yuqing Palace because of the new crown prince's instigation, but the fifth prince was the fifth prince after all, and he was not a court lady or eunuch, and they were not good at torture. I can check slowly.

Emperor Pingkang's face darkened, "Check it out, I must check it out!"

"Yes."

Xia Dequan's heart moved slightly, and he lowered his head, not daring to let the Holy Majesty see the unbearable smile on his face.

It seems...the Holy Majesty really wanted to abolish the new crown prince, but there was no good reason.

He sighed inwardly, although it was not bad for him to look down on the new crown prince, but this incident really became the new crown prince's protection talisman.

There was a fire in Yuqing Palace, and the abandoned prince was injured. Emperor Pingkang specially ordered Wenyuan to treat the abandoned prince himself, and because of this, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going to see the abandoned prince.

For one thing, there has always been an unwritten rule in the imperial court. If it is not when the disease is terminally ill and beyond cure, the holy majesty will never visit the sick easily, otherwise it means death; Excited, he just wanted to see the waste prince. Now that the fire happened, he also calmed down, and he was inexplicably timid due to his closeness to his hometown, so he dared not go to see the waste prince.

The fire in Yuqing Palace was not only a matter in the palace, but also shocked the entire court. Many people whispered in private, and even prepared a booklet to join the new crown prince.

Even if there is no evidence, everyone believes that it is the new prince who did it. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the deposed prince, he has never dared to make friends with courtiers, so that even half of the people in the court who can speak for the new prince are afraid No.

Lin Ruhai is the doctor of Lantai Temple, and Lantai Temple is the censor platform, and the censor has always had the right to hear the news. There are still many of his people in the temple.

In addition, the officialdom pays attention to the three ties, the same township, the same family, and the same subject, so many censors came to the Lin family, wanting to invite Lin Ruhai to play together and join the new prince.

In everyone's mind, since the new prince dared to kill his brother, he deserved to be involved; moreover, since Lin Ruhai taught the illegitimate son of the deposed prince, he presumably belonged to the deposed prince's lineage, so he would be willing to use this matter to help the deposed prince.

Tu Lei didn't know about the fire in Yuqing Palace at first, and he didn't expect that his father would be injured. When he first heard this, he couldn't help being shocked, and his face showed a bit of nervousness.

Neither he nor Xiao Daiyu remembered the fire in Yuqing Palace, let alone the injury of his father.

Since Tu Lei was reborn, it was the first time he encountered something he was not sure about, and he couldn't help becoming nervous, feeling quite restless.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Tu Lei lightly, and nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Originally, he was forced by Emperor Pingkang, so he had to hold his nose to accept Tu Lei as his disciple. He wanted to teach casually, just to start a business, but he didn't expect that this child was beyond his expectation. Just pass.

What's even more rare is that Tu Lei has his own ideas, not a person who follows the cloud personally. Although he is a bit domineering, what's more rare is that his heart is upright, which made him love talents a little bit, and taught him carefully. , Even when an old friend came to visit, Lin Ruhai did not avoid him, and directly brought Tu Lei to meet the guests, which really seemed to be a bit of a disciple.

Although Lin Ruhai is satisfied with Tu Lei, he is also a little worried. Tu Lei is too experienced in dealing with things, and he is really not like a child. He attaches too much importance to the law and does not care about human feelings. I saw the expression that a child should have.

Lin Ruhai only glanced at Tu Lei, and then turned his attention back to the memorial. He flipped through the memorial carefully, and Tu Lei was behind him, and he also saw some of it.

The censors are not good, but the skill of cursing people is really first-rate. In their writing, the fourth uncle has become a rambunctious, ambitious animal. The matter was also revealed, and it was really ugly. (Note [-])

Tu Lei's heart sank, regardless of whether the fourth uncle was innocent or not in this matter, but he was sure that once this book was uploaded, not only would it not be able to help the father, but it would have the opposite effect.

His imperial grandfather was always selfish and defensive, he was the only one who could scold his son, not to mention scolding by others, he wouldn't even be able to touch it, if this book came up, fourth uncle would be in bad luck, he didn't know, but He was very sure that these censors in front of him were not blamed by the emperor's grandfather Qiuhou.

As a former emperor, Tu Lei also hated creatures like censors the most, but it is another matter to have his future father-in-law among such creatures. How other censors will find death is his family's business, but No matter what, he couldn't drag his future father-in-law into the water.

Just as Tu Lei was racking his brains, thinking of ways to stop it, Lin Ruhai finally finished reading the memorial, then shook his head slightly, and said bluntly: "This paper cannot be accepted."

"Why is this?" The man didn't understand: "Prince, he dared to kill his brother. How can we let this kind of person continue to sit on the throne? If this continues, our Jin Dynasty──"

"What did the new crown prince do in the opposite direction?" Lin Ruhai asked indifferently: "Besides, do you have evidence that the fire in Yuqing Palace was set by the new crown prince?"

There was already news in the palace that the fifth prince set the fire. For this matter, the lady of Zhen Palace finally took it seriously and was punished to do hard labor in the Department of Punishment.

Even the palace has no evidence to say that it was the fourth prince who did it, so what proof did they have!

The man still didn't give up, "Our censor has the right to play on the wind!"

Lin Ruhai said lightly: "While hearing the wind, it doesn't mean that you can use empty words to wrong people without evidence!"

Power is not abused like this, even the Holy Majesty can't do it, why is Yu Shi abusing power more than the Holy Majesty, besides, if it is heard that the emperor is playing on the prince, does he want to die by himself or the whole family?If you want to die, you can't choose this way of death.

"Besides..." Lin Ruhai paused and said again: "It's hard to say whether this is really what the new crown prince did."

Anyone who has seen the abolished prince will understand that even if the abolished prince has been imprisoned in Yuqing Palace for many years, with the ability of the abolished prince, it is not so easy for the new prince to reach into Yuqing Palace and set fire to it.

According to him, the fifth prince might not have started the fire.

Not only did that person not talk to Lin Ruhai, but he was pulled and persuaded by Lin Ruhai, and finally he gave up the idea himself, after all, he no longer mentioned the book.

Tu Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief. There are some thunders in this world that cannot be stepped on. There is definitely a reason why Yushi is one of the few officials who are always below the poverty line. Not to mention anything else, just because they offended the emperor, they are not poor Who is poor?

What's more, being mentioned by Lin Ruhai like this, Tu Lei also became a little suspicious, could it be... His father became abnormal and set himself on fire?

With this thought, Tu Lei couldn't help thinking about it, his brow furrowed and relaxed for a while, obviously a little bit surprised and uncertain.

Lin Ruhai sent the man away calmly, then turned around and continued to teach Tu Lei to read. Seeing Tu Lei's absent-minded appearance, Lin Ruhai shook his head helplessly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you should go home earlier."

After all, he is a child, and he still can't make Qin Shan collapse the same as before.

In this regard, Tu Lei said, you really find someone who will not change his face in the face of landslides and show me!

People who don't run away when encountering landslides are fools, okay?

Tu Lei, who was brought up by the time-traveling version of Jia She in his previous life, pays attention to reality, not fiction. Besides, as an emperor, he doesn't need to use any scheming, the rules are here, the law is here, he just needs to follow the law Just act.

Scheming!It's not what someone like him needs to use!

Of course, if you give Tu Lei three more guts, he won't dare to complain about his future father-in-law.

After Tu Lei thanked him respectfully, he hurried back to Qin's house, never expecting to meet an unexpected guest in Qin's house!