Queen's Road in the Red House

Zhou Xuanwei sat and chatted for a while, and Bai Mao brought in the medicine himself.

Ever since Empress Yang was poisoned, people in the palace were very cautious about the things that entered the entrance.When Daiyu drank herbal food every day, Moran or Xiaoluo would always go and watch her in person, never leaving her.It wasn't until these two months that Bai Mao got the job of being able to cook medicine.

She finally relaxed a little bit in her heart, it was considered that the Crown Princess took her as her own.

On the small tray decorated with begonia flowers, besides the white porcelain medicine bowl, there are also two small dishes of candied fruit.

Zhou Huangwei fended off Xiaoluo, and took it with her own hands: "Come on, come on, just now I heard you said that the princess is preparing a dowry for me, so naturally I have to personally serve the princess with medicine, just for this sake, is it worth adding more?" A pair of gold bracelets?"

The steady Baimao couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Zhou has healed Jingui's hand. Every movement is worth a few taels of gold."

Zhou Huangwei gently stirred the hot concoction and said to Daiyu, "It's not just for my dowry, but in August next month, there are several important things waiting for you to take care of. You need to get better soon."

Mo Ran also said aside: "Yes, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one thing, the Empress Dowager's birthday is one thing, and Prince An's moving out of the palace is another thing."

Daiyu leaned on the pillow: "It's not bad. The Empress Dowager is not on her birthday this year. She said earlier that she didn't want to make a fuss because of the noise of the congratulations. As for King An leaving the palace, it's just like his eldest son's full moon banquet. Concubine Zhou Your Majesty is naturally caring in every possible way, I just wait for approval, it would be bad if I interfere too much."

Zhou Xuanwei nodded: "Yes."

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At this time, both Zhou Ling and Concubine Liu had given birth to their sons, and because Zhou Ling gave birth to the first grandson of the Supreme Emperor, the old man was naturally very happy, and held a quite grand full moon banquet in the palace.

It is impossible to say that Concubine Zhou Guifei does not have a trace of greed fluctuations in her heart.

Her son is the eldest son, and gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson. Now he is the only adult prince remaining in the palace. If the prince loses something in the future, wouldn't it be his son's turn?

So the eyes of this grandson are normal, and the full moon banquet is even more submissive, and many things are ordered to the Ministry of Internal Affairs without discussing with Daiyu.

Unexpectedly, after the full moon banquet, the emperor informed her that after the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th and the Queen Mother's birthday on August [-]th, Prince An would move out of the palace and return to his mansion.

Concubine Zhou's feeble hopes were extinguished mercilessly by the emperor.

Before she could get angry here, she saw her son beaming with joy, saying that he could finally go out of the palace and not have to abide by these palace rules, and his daughter-in-law sincerely agreed.This irritated Concubine Zhou: it turned out that her son and daughter-in-law didn't seek to make progress, but she was the only one here who shaves her head and picks her up, and she doesn't know what to argue about.

Only then did he quickly stop thinking about fighting with Daiyu, turned around and came to discuss everything with Daiyu, and even deliberately scolded the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying: "I just had a grandson who was so happy that I was dizzy, and you slaves don't take it. Out of your mind? If you have something to do, you should go back to the princess immediately, where you can do things in private!"

The stewards of the House of Internal Affairs who had been blamed had no choice but to admit their mistakes while cursing in their hearts.

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Zhou Xuanwei sent five days of medicine, and on the third day after drinking it, Daiyu recovered.This morning the sky was gloomy, and Xin Hongcheng hurried to go out before it rained, and told her not to be greedy for the coolness and wear less clothes today, so as not to be exposed to the rain and wind.

Daiyu tied the purse containing Rendan for him, and asked, "Are you coming back for dinner today?"

Xin Hongcheng thought for a while: "It should be possible, there is nothing to be busy these days, and my father said that I don't have to go to the ministry in the afternoon, and I will go over the birthday gift for the empress dowager with him."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty only likes to read storybooks and play with pearl hairpins when she is free. Those gold, jade, antiques and famous paintings and landscapes sent by the emperor have all gone into the warehouse."

Xin Hongcheng smiled: "The empress dowager is also a strange person. I have been in the palace and the palace for so long, and I have seen her as an old man who doesn't like children."

In this era, women are often husbands and children, and their expectations and love for children are engraved in their bones and blood.

For example, Mrs. Xing now holds her grandson in her arms all day long, even though he is not her own grandson in terms of blood.When she married as his second wife, Jia Lian was no longer young, and mother and child could not get close.But now that she has a baby, Mrs. Xing loves her so much whether it is for future support or for the emptiness in her heart. If she is as stingy as she is, she will pull money from her private house to buy things for her grandson.

But the queen mother is not like this.

Not to mention Xin Hongcheng's grown-up grandchildren, even Wang An's new baby, she looked at it as usual, and then lost interest, preferring to play with the script instead of teasing the children.

Both she and Empress Yang were destined to be childless, but when Empress Yang talked to Daiyu, it was inevitable that she would feel regret and pain, but the Empress Dowager could only speak with ease.

Daiyu scolded him: "Isn't your empress not kind to you? You have offended the emperor's grandfather several times. Didn't it all come from her to save you? Now you are still making up that she doesn't like children."

Xin Hongcheng knew that Daiyu respected the Queen Mother very much, so he could only raise his hands in surrender: "I was wrong."

Both Mo Ran and Xiao Luo lowered their heads and smiled: If the prince doesn't admit a few mistakes to the princess every day, it will be hard for him.

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Xin Hongcheng thought that today would be fine and he could go back to Chonghua Palace to have dinner with his wife, but the plan could never keep up with the changes, and something happened in the afternoon.

At that time, the emperor was holding a Western magnifying glass and carefully looking at a vase. This was also one of the birthday gifts he prepared for the queen mother.

Eunuch Qin suddenly came in hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, Prince Rui has made a big mistake. At this time, he has been ordered to enter the palace by the Supreme Emperor. He is afraid that he will be beaten."

The emperor was as immovable as a mountain: "Oh, it's okay, just hit it."

It was still raining outside, and he didn't want to brave the rain to save King Rui, a stingy younger brother. After all, King Rui was going to be beaten by the Supreme Emperor every month, so it wasn't news.

Qin Wu hurriedly continued: "I heard that this was a big accident, and the Empress Dowager was very angry. The Empress Dowager ordered the father-in-law to invite the Emperor, and said that you should go and persuade him. It's a hot day, so don't be angry with the Empress."

Only then did the emperor look solemn, and asked someone to bring a coir raincoat to prepare for the imperial driver, and then said to Xin Hongcheng who was standing beside him pretending that he didn't exist: "You still want to run away? Follow me to persuade you."

Xin Hongcheng had no choice but to keep up.

On the way, Qin Wu explained the matter to the two of them in detail.

It turned out that when Lord Rui was visiting the flower house yesterday, he met a pair of beautiful sisters, and he was so tempted that he robbed the women in the street and entered the palace as his concubine.The censor of such evil deeds had already lit the lamp and started writing bullets overnight, but who knew that the father of the pair of girls was also a stubborn one, so he crashed to death at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion that night.

After a human life was caused, the matter rose from a moral issue to a criminal case.

Without waiting for Yushi's impeachment, the people from Wucheng Bingmasi and the older generation of family members of the clan's mansion first reported the matter to the Supreme Emperor.

The emperor frowned when he heard this: "He did something like this again! He has lost the face of the royal family. At least no one was killed last time. I can still hold him down. This time, he deserves to be beaten by the emperor." pause."

Xin Hongcheng also heard about what happened last time.

King Rui didn't know what kind of nasty words he heard at the wine table, saying that a widow in the west of the city was born beautiful, and his dignified prince actually climbed the wall of the house, and was arrested by the soldiers who patrolled the night.The emperor was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry, and after reprimanding him, he ordered someone to comfort the chaste and martyr who was so frightened that she almost hanged herself, and then ordered someone to escort her back to her parents' hometown.

At that time, King Rui was begging the emperor, and the emperor had no choice but to cover up the matter for him.Unexpectedly, King Rui made a bigger mistake this time, and directly let the old prince of the clan's mansion sue the Supreme Emperor.

The emperor was also very annoyed, and complained to his son: "How can I have such a younger brother?"

With the same question, the Supreme Emperor is also roaring: "How could I give birth to a son like you!"

Prince Rui, who was kneeling on the ground, drooped his head and said nothing, but he didn't look too scared. After all, it was common for the Supreme Emperor to yell at him or strike him, and he couldn't be killed anyway.

Seeing his appearance like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, the Supreme Emperor was so angry that smoke came out of his seven orifices: "You bastard, I don't think you deserve to be a prince anymore!" Then he pointed to a eunuch: "Go tell the emperor and lower this bastard to a county." King, if there is another mistake, I will be reduced to Fuguo Duke!"

Only then did King Rui show a terrified and astonished expression: "Father, my nephew is already a prince. If you lower me to become a county king, what face do I have?"

The Supreme Emperor was even more surprised than him: "You still know how to lose face?! You kidnapped civilian girls and killed innocent people! The royal family's face is completely lost by you!"

Lord Rui burst into tears.

The unlucky Emperor Xuanhe entered the door at this time, King Rui immediately jumped up from the ground and bumped into him when he saw it: "Brother Emperor, you have to save me, or I won't live!"

If it weren't for Xin Hongcheng's quick support behind, the emperor would have been bumped into a somersault.

The Supreme Emperor slapped the table loudly: "If you don't live, you will die! Will you hang yourself!"

The emperor has one head and two heads, and hastily pulled King Rui away and bowed to the Supreme Emperor: "Father, calm down, take care of yourself..."

The emperor was so angry that he began to attack indiscriminately. He first said to the queen mother who was sitting beside him: "A loving mother is a loser." Then he said to the emperor: "You are negligent as an elder brother! I heard that you used to protect his bastard. Well, indulge him to this day, and I will settle accounts with you!" Then he caught a glimpse of Xin Hongcheng, and continued to curse: "I heard that you have a good relationship with this bastard, and he will give you a share of any new gadgets he gets. Then you can pay attention to me, if you do something stupid, you will be killed together!"

The emperor and Xin Hongcheng, lying on their guns, flinched in the face of the overlord's thunderous wrath, but the empress dowager was like a petrel, facing the storm with ease, let alone going up, she said flatly but sharply: "The two generations of princes have entered the text." Empress Degong is taught by you alone, and has nothing to do with others—you can’t always teach well when it’s good, and push it to others when it’s bad, there’s no such reason.”

Both the emperor and Xin Hongcheng wrote the word "courage" in their hearts to the queen mother.In addition to admiration, the emperor decided to add another three points to the Queen Mother's birthday gift.

The Taishanghuang became even more furious at being insulted, and directly threw the cup in his hand at King Rui: "You will be reduced to a county king, and your salary will be suspended for three years! Go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors, and you are not allowed to go out for three months!"

The emperor regretted in his heart: Is it only three months?Can you lock him up for three years?

Unexpectedly, King Rui jumped up immediately, and said with a stiff neck: "I don't accept it! I don't accept it! It's also robbing women and forcing them to die. Why do some people get promoted and get rich without saying anything, and I will be demoted! "

The Supreme Emperor smashed another fruit plate: "Bastard, whoever acts like you can still get promoted and get rich!"

King Rui talked endlessly: "Jia Zhen is like this! What's the difference between him and me? Later, he forced one of the two women to become a monk in the temple, and the other married someone randomly. His nominal mother-in-law Youlao Niang I'm so angry, isn't this a human life! Besides, I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't know that the old man would come to hit the stone lion. I was scared to death when I heard about it. Jia Zhen killed someone on purpose!" After speaking, she remembered: "What's more, he stopped his wife and remarried!"

Before the Supreme Emperor had time to speak, King Rui continued: "Forget about him, he has limited lives. But he is not the only one. I heard that after the defeat of the King of Nan'an County, he felt unlucky and wanted to renovate and expand his house in the suburbs of Beijing. In order to forcefully buy the land, they forced the young men of more than a dozen surrounding farmers to death with a theft lawsuit, and the rest of their families could only sell their sons and daughters to death! There is also the king of Xining County..." He continued on like this, turning over the old background of the family of the overlord's dozens of confidantes and veterans, all of whom committed major crimes such as champering lawsuits, disregarding human lives, and encroaching on land.

Seeing the ashen face of the Supreme Emperor, King Rui said bravely: "They are your subjects, and I am your own son. Either punish them severely first, or let me go together. There is no reason to punish me alone. What's more, my crime is much lighter than theirs! Could it be that just because they will please you in front of the emperor and pretend to be loyal, can they escape the guilt? My son refuses!" He jumped on his feet and emphasized: "No, no !"

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor's expression was too ugly, the emperor hurriedly said: "Cheng'er, pull your Uncle Rui Wang out!"

Seeing Xin Hongcheng struggling to pull King Rui away, the emperor saluted the Supreme Emperor again and said, "Calm down, father, and my son will scold him for you." space.

When he suddenly learned of all the crimes behind his beloved ministers, the Supreme Emperor was furious.

--

When the emperor came out, he saw that the rain outside had stopped, Prince Rui was standing in the puddle kicking trees, and Xin Hongcheng was looking at him with arms folded.Seeing the emperor walking out, King Rui rushed over: "Brother Huang, is what I said reasonable?"

The emperor carefully looked at his reckless face, as if he was meeting this younger brother for the first time, and said after a while: "You go back first, I will persuade father."

Then King Rui muttered and stomped away.

It wasn't until King Rui's back disappeared around the corner that the emperor said softly: "Cheng'er, do you think your uncle is really stupid or wise?"

Xin Hongcheng smiled: "Whether Uncle Rui Wang is pretending to be stupid or not, his absurd reputation is certain." Therefore, he will not pose any threat to the emperor's throne, even if the Supreme Emperor suddenly loses his mind and wants to establish Rui Wang As the emperor, he will also be overwhelmed by the remonstrances of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

"What's more, Uncle Rui Wang said something that we can't say, it's hard to say, and he said every word from the heart of Father."

The emperor nodded: That's right, the emperor or Xin Hongcheng cannot bring up the faults of the emperor's confidants.Otherwise, it is inevitable that there will be doubts about eradicating old ministers and planting his confidantes.

The emperor's original intention was to cultivate a pure minister who dared to speak out, and when the time was right, he would ignite the gun, and he would be responsible for presenting evidence, presenting the criminal evidence collected over the years to the Supreme Emperor, and then trying to deal with the funeral.

Things that should have been carefully planned and carried out slowly, were opened up by King Rui's wail today.

Whether intentionally or not, King Rui subtly subdued the Supreme Emperor's army.

The emperor turned all kinds of thoughts in his heart, then turned his head and nodded to his son: "Let's go, let's go in and 'persuade' your grandpa."

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