I'm watching the gate in the jail

After noon the day before yesterday, there was a sudden burst of lightning and thunder above the Forbidden City, tearing through layers of dark clouds, and smashing down on the golden imperial city.

Its momentum is so powerful that people feel as if there is a thunder cart on the head, and the lightning mother flashes the whip.

While blue and purple cracks tore apart the sky, a hailstorm unexpectedly fell.

The hailstones that hit the yellow glazed tiles were the size of a baby's fist at the smallest, and it was unknown how many exotic flowers and plants in the palace were smashed.

You must know that the Qixi Festival is over now, and the whole of Beijing is so hot that it is hard to breathe. Isn't this strange thing happening?

Some old servants couldn't help thinking of it. When they heard the old ladies and eunuchs talk about the ancient times, they mentioned that during the Yongle period, the three main halls of the former dynasty were struck by lightning and burned by sky fire. It was not until the sixth year of Zhengtong that all repairs were completed. past.

It is said that this is because Emperor Yong Le, as an uncle, took away the country that belonged to his nephew, and his position was not right.God couldn't stand it anymore, so he issued a warning.

Fortunately, although the lightning the day before yesterday was severe, it only struck the side hall of the Ningqing Palace where the Empress Dowager Zhou lived, a small room used to store sundries, and there was no other damage.

I don't know whether this strange celestial phenomenon is a coincidence or a warning.

But the Empress Dowager Zhou was frightened by this and could not sleep all night.

She kept saying that she saw a strange black shadow on the wall of the bedroom, and even beat the palace guard who was on duty that night.Yesterday, I specially invited the mage from Qin'an Hall to remove the evil spirits.

As a son of man, the emperor naturally had to be filial and take care of the sick by his mother's side. In the past two days, Zhu Jianshen went straight to Ningqing Palace to accompany and comfort the Empress Dowager Zhou after he left the imperial court.

"Ai's family is sick like this, why didn't anyone from Uncle Qingyun come to visit Ai's family? Where's A Shou? Where's his wife?"

Wearing silk satin on her head to wipe her forehead, and just finished drinking the Anshen soup, the Empress Dowager Zhou frowned heavily, and handed the medicine bowl back to the maid Huier.

"A long time ago, people were sent to invite the family members of Uncle Qingyun's mansion to attend to the illness, but after going there for a few days, people in Uncle Qingyun's mansion said that since Uncle Guo sent His Royal Highness Chongwang out of Beijing last month, I haven’t returned to the mansion. The servants are thinking, maybe Uncle Guo is worried about our Highness, so he has been following the convoy, and wants to send His Highness King Chong out of the capital and then return. After doing this calculation, maybe we will have to go for a while.”

Aunt Hui turned around and handed the medicine bowl to the little maid, and then brought tea for rinsing her mouth to wash away the bitter taste of medicine in the Empress Dowager Zhou's mouth.

"It is also said that Yun's wife has been ill since the hot weather. She is weak and cannot bear the heat, so she can't come to the palace to serve her bed."

Yun is Zhou Shou's wife, who has been ill all year round and can't control her husband or son.

The Empress Dowager Zhou has always disliked her, so she let her go.

"If that's the case, Ah Shou has a heart. It's not in vain that Ai's family has always loved him so much."

The Empress Dowager Zhou rinsed her mouth and wiped off the water droplets from the corners of her mouth with a silk handkerchief.

"As an uncle, he loves his nephew more than his own brother... Hey, Ai's family is so ill, and he can't sleep all night. If Ze'er is still in the palace, he must be worried about me. This mother-in-law, you are in love with me every day, just to make me happy."

As the Empress Dowager Zhou spoke, she couldn't help thinking about it again. There was such a big hailstorm in the capital the day before yesterday, so I don't know what's going on in the suburbs of Beijing?

Little son, did they find a place to hide in time?Will the roads be washed out by hail and rain?

If you get sick in the rain on the way, how about the medical skills of the imperial physician accompanying the team, and is there enough medicine?

His head, which was already frightened and painful, couldn't stand the wild thoughts, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious he got angry.

"Where is the Wan family? The emperor is going to court to review the memorials, why doesn't she come to visit me?"

As soon as the Queen Mother Zhou got angry, she wanted to toss people.

It is said that Qian's health has not been good during this time, and he is sick and does not go out.As her daughter-in-law, Wan's not staying in her Ningqing Palace to serve her mother-in-law, what does it mean that she always runs to Renshou Palace?

Qian Shi is her direct mother-in-law, isn't she?

"Your Majesty, it's better for this Wan family not to come to our palace."

As Aunt Hui said, she turned her head and waved away the little maids and servants.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room except her and the Queen Mother, she bent down and leaned into Queen Mother Zhou's ear and said.

"It is said that the younger brother of the Wan family caused a big disaster in Huizhou this time."

"What? Doesn't the emperor trust him a lot? He's a brat, and he's already a fourth-rank official... Hehe, as expected, as long as he has a relationship with the Wan family, my son will have everything he doesn't like."

When she heard about Wanda's accident, the Empress Dowager Zhou felt that her head didn't hurt as badly, and she listened curiously.

"It is said that Master Xiao Wan made a fuss as soon as he arrived in Huizhou. He brought a demon, and demolished temples and archways. He also hung the elders of the local family on the archway and beat them with whips... ..."

Aunt Hui said vividly.

The Queen Mother Zhou opened her mouth when she heard this.

"Those two families are big families with a history of thousands of years. After Master Xiao Wan made such a fuss, the two families actually moved away from the ancestral house where their ancestors lived for generations. It is said that after this humiliation, Zhe Sha People, Wuyan continues to live there."

Aunt Hui gritted her teeth and said, "The one who has harmed a good family and abandoned his family, Mr. Wan, he is such a villain!"

"What kind of elder sister really is, what kind of younger brother is there. Why does His Majesty not care about doing such a thing?"

Queen Mother Zhou said angrily.

"It is said that in the past two days, the papers of Shenwan Zhenfu have piled up as high as someone. Many officials from the south of the Yangtze River jointly signed the papers of impeachment, but all of them were suppressed by His Majesty. Your Majesty is determined to protect him. The hearts of so many loyal ministers in Chaowai will be chilled because of this matter of Wan Zhenfu."

Aunt Hui's ability to tell tales is excellent.

But the fact is true, Wanda's actions in She County are too earth-shattering, it is simply trampling on the ground the faces of Jiangnan officials and the academies and families behind them.

Especially the matter of hanging people on the archway given by the emperor to be whipped, just listening to it makes people feel appalling.

This is not slapping the faces of scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. This is smashing the sage Confucius, the old master Zhu;

It is said that as soon as the news came back to the capital, it immediately alarmed the entire government and the public.

It doesn't matter what the general's attitude is.

At least in the eyes of the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, Wan Zhenfu, the governor of Beizhen, is now completely capable of harming the court during the Yongle period, and Ji Gang, the commander of Jinyiwei who framed Zhou Xin, Xie Jin and other loyal officials; Taking advantage of the change of seizing the door, the Jinyiwei commander of Daxing Prison, Menda and Lu Gao, were compared.

"Your Majesty protects Wan Zhenfu so much because of his sister... By the way, Queen Mother, you said that our Ningqing Palace is not as tall as the Fengtian Palace that was on fire before, and the buildings are not the most magnificent. Why the hell? This time the thunder and rain hit our side hall..."

Aunt Hui's voice became softer and her tone gradually became strange.

"That's right... Not only that, Aijia clearly saw a black shadow swaying in my bedroom that night. Aijia told the emperor, and he actually said that I was only frightened because I was too frightened... Ridiculous, really ridiculous."

The more the Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it, the more wrong she became, "As the saying goes: If you don't do anything wrong during the day, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Ai's family has always been good at sitting upright, so why would you feel frightened? Tell me quickly, this Why?"

"I heard... Master Xiaowan brought a demon in Huizhou to practice 'recalling the soul'. I heard that he recruited a female ghost who had been dead for two years, and a savage came out. He brought this person and a ghost together. The entire Upper and Lower She counties were harmed. In the end, he actually made the decision and betrothed the savages to female ghosts, and let them leave Huizhou and continue to harm people."

"This, this... this Master Wan, does he still have such abilities? Can he still 'evoke souls'?"

In broad daylight, the Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't help getting goose bumps all over her body, and she felt chills all over her body.

She frowned slightly, as if she had figured something out.

"What did you mean just now... the thunder in the sky and the vision of hailstones in July..."

Empress Dowager Zhou pointed in fear in the direction of the side hall that was struck by lightning that day, "It's the Wan family..."

"Her younger brother can recruit ghosts, but it shouldn't be difficult for Wan Shi to recruit thunder or something."

Aunt Hui lowered her head and looked out the window vigilantly.

"Your Majesty... Yesterday the mage was doing something in the hall, and the servant asked me a question. The mage said..."

"say what?"

The Queen Mother Zhou asked nervously.

"You have to believe in such ghosts and gods. This Wan family is obviously so old, and he is not stunning, but he can always be in favor. Your Majesty, a good man who is less than 20 years old, is fascinated by her. The big palace is so big. There are many women, all of whom are young and young, but he is not close to any of them. The servants have asked the maids serving in Zhaode Palace in private. They said - on this Wan Shi's clothes, one can often smell the smell of foxes. "

"The fox smells bad? Could it be that she worships the fox fairy? Yes, I am afraid that only vixen spirits have such means."

The Queen Mother Zhou felt that the problems that had troubled her for so many years were finally "solved".

"The world of Shang Tang died at the hands of Su Daji. Isn't the daughter of the Su family possessed by a vixen? As a result, the Yin and Shang Dynasties were destroyed. King Zhou died, and he had to bear the eternal infamy. Wan Zhen'er... This lowly servant girl is trying to kill my son, Zhu Ming Jiangshan!"

Queen Mother Zhou said anxiously.

"This time our Qingning Palace was struck by lightning, I'm afraid it was the handwriting of the Wan family. I want the slaves to tell me that the shadow the empress saw at night was... that vixen of the Wan family, who showed his true form at night and came to warn the empress!"

"Warning Aijia?"

"Yes, everyone in the palace knows that Empress doesn't like Wan Shi. Wan Shi resents Empress in her heart. Whether it's this side hall or the shadows at night, it's Wan Shi who is scaring Empress. This time it's just Warning, if we fight her again..."

"how?"

"Have you forgotten the empress Wu who lives in Jiadao now?"

Aunt Hui raised her voice and asked, "If she can abolish the Wu family, she can also..."

"She dares! Ai's family is the emperor's own mother!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou patted the edge of the bed heavily, "I've only heard of the abolished concubine and the abolished empress, but how have you ever heard of the abolished empress dowager!"

Thinking about it this way, the Empress Wu, who had only been established for a month, suddenly went mad in Zhaode Palace, which led to her being deposed.This kind of strange thing has never happened before.

Thinking about it, she must have been bewitched by Wan's sorcery at that time.

"Monster, demon! The Wan brothers and sisters are all demons. She harmed the harem, and her younger brother harmed the former court. This pair of siblings... No, it's not just them!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou suddenly clutched her chest, her eyes almost filled with fear.

"The eldest son of the emperor... is he still a human being?"

"My lady..."

At first, Aunt Hui just heard some rumors and wanted to come here to instigate a few words.

Unexpectedly, the one who talked too quickly, after a series of reasoning, actually pushed the talk to the current emperor's only son.

"Born by a fox spirit, what good would it be?"

The Queen Mother Zhou's teeth kept shaking, she was really frightened this time.

"The one who was born as a demon is naturally a demon. Well... fortunately, the Ai family noticed it today. Otherwise, one day, the son of this demon will ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Supreme... No! No!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou struggled to put her legs under the edge of the bed, intending to go outside.

"We must not let her succeed. My country, Zhu Ming, cannot fall into the hands of the son of a demon. The Ai family is going to tell the emperor, tell the emperor..."

The Empress Dowager was already ill this week, but now she was so frightened that she trembled all over, her legs became weak after taking two steps, and she knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty! Come on, come in and help Your Majesty up."

Aunt Hui put her shoulders on her shoulders and shouted outside.

"Your Majesty, there is no rush for this matter."

She put her mouth close to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said softly, "It will be a long time, when the empress recovers and uncle Guo comes back, let's talk about it in the long run."

"Yes, think about it in the long run, think about it in the long run..."

Empress Dowager Zhou lay back on the bed with the support of everyone.

She looked at the embroidered melons and dragons and the patterns of hundreds of sons and grandchildren embroidered on the bed curtain, and grabbed the satin quilt under her body with delicate hands, her eyes were red, almost dripping blood.

"Son of a demon, absolutely not... Aijia wants to protect the Great Ming Dynasty for the late emperor."

If it is said that the last time, the Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to poison the eldest son of the emperor, it was only out of resentment towards Wan Zhen'er.

This time, she finally found a more noble reason - righteousness!

For the "righteousness" and for the future generations of Ming Dynasty.

Never, never let him live!

"Your Majesty, empress, good news. I just received a report from Jiangxi that Uncle Xiaoguo and the others set sail three days ago and will return to the capital soon."

In Zhaode Palace, Wynn received a report from the little eunuch and hurried in, congratulating Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhen'er who were playing with the eldest son of the emperor.

"Really? Is Susu coming back?"

Before Wan Zhen'er could speak, Xiao Wang ran out of the green gauze closet in a "tat-tat-tat" manner, walked to Wynn's side, pulled at the hem of his clothes, and asked happily, "Susu is going back to Beijing." .Is the case over?"

"Master Wan, look at this kid, he is almost out of order by you."

Zhu Jianshen pushed the cradle, pointed at Wang Zhi and cursed with a smile.

Scolding is scolding, there is no trace of blame in the tone.

"Ah Zhi, come here."

Wan Zhen'er smiled and called Wang Zhi to her, hugged his waist, touched his red apple-like face affectionately, and said, "Rules? Our Ah Zhi knows the rules best outside. That's what I heard The news of my younger brother made me happy, but I just got carried away for a while. Isn’t that right, Ah Zhi?”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Ah Zhi is the most obedient and obedient."

Wang Zhi nodded his head, rolled his big eyes, and said proudly, "Is it because Ah Zhi and Brother Xiaoqian handled the case well a few days ago that Susu can come back so soon?"

Speaking of going to "Rongbao Building" to handle the case a few days ago, Wang Zhi was extremely excited.

The shopkeeper of the Rongbao Building, at the beginning, was very talkative and bullied him because he was young, thinking that he didn't understand the inside story of this antique porcelain.

Who knew that he would take out all the details in a few words, and he would turn his face on the spot when he asked him, and even wanted to hit someone.

As a result, he himself was beaten up by brother Xiaoqian, and the entire Rongbao building was captured by the Dongchang fans he brought to guard the door.

They found a tunnel in the study of Rongbao Building, which stored a large number of tribute porcelain produced by the Imperial Ware Factory.There are kiln-changed products, and there are also defective products that should have been destroyed, but were not destroyed.

Not only that, there are also many ancient calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and jade articles that should have been stored in the palace, but they all appeared in the antique shop outside the palace.Among them, there are actually bronze wares from the Qin Dynasty and jade pendants from the Han Dynasty, as well as calligraphy works by masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Xiao Wang was so dazzled by the sight that he couldn't believe his eyes.

One must know that he was watching Zhu Jianshen's writing and painting in Zhaode Palace every day.

The room full of treasures in Zhaode Palace has already raised this child's eyesight to the extreme.

These antiques were transported back to the palace, and after inspection by Shangbao Bureau and Shanggong Bureau, they were found to be authentic, while the antiques displayed in the various halls of the palace were all carefully imitated fakes!

The rare treasures of the dignified inner palace were stolen and sold outside the palace.The so-called "antiques" that the emperor's concubines face each other day and night are actually "Xibei goods", which is simply ridiculous in the world.

Zhu Jianshen loved antique calligraphy and painting the most in his life. After hearing Wang Zhi's report, he was so angry that he almost didn't bring it up.

This was only found in the tunnel of a small Rongbao building, who knows how many good things have been stolen in the whole palace!

If Ma Shilang from the household department smuggled treasury silver two years ago just stabbed Zhu Jianshen in the lungs, then what happened this time made the emperor feel like he was being stabbed in the heart continuously.

He immediately ordered people to raid the Rongbao Building, and sent Dongchang to secretly monitor the entire Qingyunbo Mansion, and even ordered the Shangbao Bureau to thoroughly investigate all the treasures in the palace to see how much was lost.

This was not what shocked Zhu Jianshen the most.

In that tunnel, besides calligraphy, paintings and antiques, there were actually more than a dozen young women imprisoned in it.

Seeing the men and horses from Dongchang coming in with torches, the women didn't cry or make trouble, and all of them just sat there in a daze.

In the end, it was Mei Qianzhang who had rich experience in Jianghu, and found that they had been given mind-controlling drugs, completely lost the ability to resist, and could let others bully and humiliate them.

This Rongbao Building, he is not only a den for selling stolen goods, but also a den for prostitution!

In the majestic capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the busiest street of the Capital of Shoushan, there is such a horrible place, doing such appalling things—and all of this is because of Uncle Qing Yun's umbrella, they dare to do so presumptuous!

"Yeah, thanks to Ah Zhi, the trial of this case went so smoothly."

Zhu Jian sighed deeply, looked at Wang Zhi's expression full of expectation and praise, reached out and touched his little head raised high, "Wait for your Susu to bring the prisoners and witnesses from Jiangxi back to the capital, This case will be closed. It's all thanks to the two of you."

Wang Zhi was a little embarrassed by the praise, and hugged the servant's hat with both hands, and couldn't help laughing "hehe".

That's great, he can also share his worries for His Majesty, Your Majesty and Susu.

Wang Zhi thought, feeling a little lost again.

In this case, as the "son of a sinner", can he wash away the sins little by little?

Everyone, can you forgive him and love him more?

Wan Zhen'er saw Wang Zhi's thoughts, hugged him distressedly, and said against his tender cheek, "Silly boy, what are you thinking? My mother loves you forever. Su Su loves you too..."

After Wang Zhi's "testing the poison with himself" last time, Wan Zhen'er completely regarded him as a relative, as her own nephew.

"My lady..."

Wang Zhi's eyes were red, and he hooked Wan Zhen'er's snow-white neck with his hands.

Niangniang smells so good, just like Aniang...

"His Majesty……"

Just as the Zhaode Palace was filled with joy, eunuch Qin Chang stumbled into the palace gate with a pale face.

"what happened?"

Wynn looked back at him dissatisfied.

It's strange that such a person who always knows how to measure, what makes him so lost.

"Jiangxi, there is news from Jiangxi Dongchang..."

Zhu Jianshen, Wan Zhen'er and Wang Zhi all looked up.

"Uncle Xiaoguo, something happened to him."

Qin Chang knew that he couldn't hide this from his mother, so he could only report it truthfully.

"Master Xiao Wan was attacked by an assassin and was seriously injured. His life is... his life is dying..."

Zhu Jianshen heard the words, and involuntarily patted the cradle in front of him.

The eldest son of the emperor, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly shaken violently, and couldn't help crying loudly with a "woo-wah".

"Life is at stake...brother! No, no!"

When Wan Zhen'er heard the bad news, she just felt a mouthful of phlegm, stuffed in her chest.

She wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, her face suddenly turned from red to pale, and finally she rolled her eyes and fell heavily behind her.

"Miss!"

When Wang Zhi heard about Wanda's accident, he was too scared to control himself.

Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quick hands, and when Wan Zhen'er's head was about to hit the green brick on the ground, he lay down on the ground all of a sudden, and used his small body to cushion Wan Zhen'er.

"Save people! Save people quickly!"

"Imperial doctor, quickly send the imperial doctor!"

There was a sudden chaos in Zhaode Palace, the cry of the eldest son of the emperor resounded through the sky, Zhu Jianshen held his son in one hand, and tried to pull Concubine Wan Gui who had fainted on the ground with the other. The anger grew stronger and stronger.

Zhou birthday!

My good uncle, you have done me a terrible harm.

If there is a sister, there must be a brother!

"kill him!"

In the Forbidden City, the most precious mother and son in the world thought about it at the same time.