Dongyin

?On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, news of Duan Yu's mutiny spread to the court, and all the officials heard about it, and they all faced each other in silence.On the 23th day of the twelfth lunar month, Duan Hong issued an edict to abdicate early and moved to the princess mansion.On the 26rd of the twelfth lunar month, Duan Yu led his army to Haozhou, and all the officials were greeted outside the city.On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the construction of the Tiandi Altar was completed. [-]. Duan Yu accepted the title of treasure, that is, the emperor, and changed the name of the country to Changhe.

——At this point, Duan Hong's seven-year-long ruling career ended, and the country of Dongyin finally became a thing of the past.

On the 28th, a courtier in the court counted Duan Hong's ten crimes and demanded that Duan Hong be severely punished. Duan Yu was speechless and retreated from the court first.On the 29th, twelve ministers from the original government jointly signed a letter requesting that Duan Hong Baiyan be punished.Duan Yu was afraid that the situation would be serious, so after the early court, he called the cabinet of important officials in the court to discuss the matter.

In the cabinet, several newly appointed ministers were extremely jealous of Duan Hong, and they spoke fiercely, and they must punish Duan Hong to death.During the denunciation, Duan Yu remained silent, and at the end, he asked several veteran ministers in the court.The few ministers avoided saying this, but said one after another that they are old and vigorous, and they have the intention of returning to their hometown for the elderly.

Duan Yu was quite displeased.Seeing that he didn't speak, Gou Yuan, now an official minister, said, "Your Majesty, although the general situation is settled, some people left behind by King Wu are stubborn and unreasonable. It is inevitable that they will use the name of King Wen to cause trouble again."

These words meant something, and immediately hit Duan Yu's worries, he nodded slightly, and was about to speak.

"Your Majesty" Chang Taiqing interrupted, "Your Majesty, please don't be provoked by others to disturb the Sacred Heart."

"Master Chang?" Duan Yu looked at him unexpectedly and vigilantly, Chang Taiqing would not be willing to speak for Duan Hong.

"I'm just afraid that your majesty will be wrong, and regret it too late." Chang Taiqing said, "how much power does King Wen have left, and how much waves can he make? Why don't you ask yourself, this is the first. Second, King Wen is willing to abdicate to let the virtuous, it is his heart." If you have repentance, why should your majesty go to the bottom of the matter and let people talk. Thirdly, your majesty and King Wen are on good terms with each other. How can this brotherhood be ruined by a few words from others. Fourthly, King Wen lives with the concubine now. If the concubine swears to protect her to the death, what should His Majesty do?"

Duan Yu lowered his eyes, as if he was deep in thought, at this moment those veteran ministers also said the same thing.

Seeing his hesitation, Gou Yuan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty..."

"Okay," Duan Yu said, as if he had made up his mind, "It's inconvenient to talk about this during the New Year. I'm going to visit the concubine this afternoon, and we'll discuss it later."

So the discussion broke up, and several veteran ministers went out of the palace together, and said, "I never thought that Chang Taiqing, who is known for his sloppy words, would actually speak for Fei Jun. It's really strange."

Chang Taiqing only laughed and said, "I have been an official in the same dynasty for decades, and it is not unusual for me to go out of the palace with you adults for the first time."

Everyone laughed it off, and when they disappeared, one person sighed, "Master Hou has a kind heart, but he just sat there for two days, hehe..."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, looked at each other, and one of them comforted, "No one has any desires, so don't talk about anyone. But..." The man changed the subject, looked at Chang Taiqing and said, "I always want I don’t understand, what kind of ability does Chang Taiqing have, you are greedy in everything, and you have been popular in front of the imperial court for most of your life?” The impeachment of Chang Taiqing is not less than a hundred posts a year, and all civil and military officials know that he is greedy. King Wu knew that he was greedy, and King Wen knew that he was greedy, but they still favored him and entrusted him with financial power.

Chang Taiqing smiled, and asked back, "Nowadays, most of the courtiers are ministers of the Marquis's Mansion, and it is difficult to gain a foothold... Just now, several adults intend to retire and return to their hometowns. I wonder if they really have plans?"

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone was silent, and after a while, someone joked, "...Why, Mr. Chang is not greedy enough?"

Everyone ridiculed for a while, and left in awe.

Chang Taiqing stopped in his tracks, and turned his head to look at the Daming Hall.In any dynasty or country without corrupt officials, the imperial court is not afraid of corruption, but is afraid of excessive corruption.With a long sigh in his heart, Duan Yuquan is very greedy, easily deceived by villains, and difficult to serve...

At Shenshi that day, Shengjia arrived at the Princess Mansion of Haozhou.

On the day of the great treasure, except for Duan Siyou who went to watch the ceremony for half a day, the others in the Princess Mansion just sent a list of congratulations.This time it was reported that the emperor was driving in person, so the mansion naturally didn't dare to be perfunctory, and the concubine personally brought more than 600 people in the mansion to kneel in front of the door and beg for sin.

When Duan Yu saw such a great gift, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, but his heart sank after a while, because there was no Duan Hong among the kneeling crowd.He walked to the concubine silently and started to help her up, saying, "My aunt is such a big gift, how can my son bear it." He said that everyone should be dismissed from the ceremony.

"You are the son of heaven now, so naturally you can't break the rules." The concubine said, "Your mother and concubine passed away early, and I have always been in charge of the affairs in the hall. The day before yesterday, my aunt didn't go to the ceremony, which embarrassed you."

The color of Duan Yu's eyes changed slightly, and he only smiled slightly, as if he didn't care, "Whether my aunt is there, it doesn't matter if there is Concubine Chen. I just hope that when my son honors my aunt's mother Yi Empress Dowager, my aunt can give my son some face."

It was a bit serious to say this, the concubine knew that he cared about it, so she knelt down and wanted to plead guilty again.Duan Yu hurriedly stopped her and said, "What is Auntie doing, I'm just joking."

"That's good." Then the concubine raised her eyes, looked at him and said, "Yu'er, Auntie is an elder, this matter is really not done properly."

"There's no need to mention the past." Duan Yu only supported her to walk in, looked around, and said in surprise, "Where is fourth brother, why didn't you see anyone today?"

The concubine didn't want him to be so impatient, so she kept her words straight, and Duan Yu said to Duan Siyou who was beside her, "Today is the occasion of our family reunion, how can we miss fourth brother. Fifth sister, I can only trouble you to ask someone to invite her over." gone."

Duan Siyou was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the concubine in a daze.

"Oh, how can such a wicked person bear a request?" The concubine sighed, "She's sick!"

"What?" Although Duan Yu's tone was surprised, he didn't believe it at all.

"Since Na Mingyan left the palace, she didn't even want to be an emperor. She didn't think about food and drink all day long, and she was madly clamoring to find someone. These days are the days of great joy, and it's the end of the new year. How could my aunt let her out. Shut her up in the small study in the lake, I don't want her to jump out of the window and jump into the lake on the night of 26, and almost freeze to death in the water. After burning for a day and a night, I really can't leave her for a moment, so I missed your auspicious time."

"So that's how it is..." Duan Yu doubted, "How is fourth brother?"

"Forget it, don't mention that evil obstacle, bad luck"

Seeing her like this, Duan Yu only thought in his heart, and really didn't mention it, "Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, how about my aunt come back to the palace with me to celebrate the new year?"

"The days are still long." When she said this, she obviously felt that Duan Yu's hand was stiff, so she patted his hand and said, "Yu'er, my aunt has lived in the palace for decades, and she only wanted to spend a year outside before moving in." Princess Mansion, if you really care about Auntie, let Auntie stay here after the Lantern Festival before going back."

……

In the evening, Duan Yu returned to the palace.Gou Yuan heard the news and came to ask about the progress of the matter.

Duan Yu sat on the seat, frowned, very displeased, and said for a while, "The concubine is very protective of King Wen in her words, even I am not allowed to mention it."

"Your minister had already expected it," Gou Yuan said, "Not only that, even many ministers in the court also have the intention of protecting King Wen."

"What did you say?!" Duan Yu was furious and clenched his fists tightly.Why do these people only see Duan Hong Duan Hong Duan Hong, who is also a prince, Zhuang Ji wants to be wary of him and even wants to get rid of him to assist a waste material. Although Su Jiali affirms him, he always emphasizes loyalty to the emperor and patriotism Well, now, these people finally admit that Duan Hong is a dou who cannot be supported, and that he is the real son of heaven, but they would rather resign from the imperial court than save Duan Hong's life...Why, is it true that he is born more than her? Inferior because he is not Chu Qinglan's son?

"Your Majesty" Gou Yuan saw him like this, and took the opportunity to say, "I have a plan."

"tell me the story"

Duan Yu's words were somewhat casual, but Gou Yuan carefully whispered in his ear.Duan Yu's complexion gradually became solemn, and when he finished, he raised his eyes and stared at Gou Yuan hesitantly, "You..."

At this moment, a young eunuch came in with a secret letter.After Duan Yu finished reading, he remained silent.

Gou Yuan inquired, and then said, "Just now the concubine refused to let me inquire on the grounds that King Wen was seriously ill. I didn't believe it in my heart, so I sent someone to investigate and found out that it was true... King Wen's high fever completely subsided on the third day, and the cold disease recurred .”

"Cold disease?"

"You may not know the details of this matter," Duan Yu recalled, "Four years ago, King Wen and Princess Mingyan fell into the valley together and disappeared for several months. All the civil and military officials in the court thought she had passed away, and even I... Fortunately, King Wen Fu was very lucky, and was rescued by Miss Chu's family, she was suffering from cold disease at that time."

"In this way, it doesn't need to be so troublesome." Gou Yuan had a flash of inspiration, and didn't notice any abnormalities in Duan Yu, and said, "Why don't your majesty send two imperial physicians to treat King Wen? Everyone knows that cold is the most difficult disease to cure." ..."

"Enough!" Duan Yu interrupted suddenly, saying, "King Wen's lack of ability is due to his inaction in politics. If he wants to abdicate, there is no need to pursue further. I will bestow the word 'Che' on Wang Jue, and the rest of the rewards will be prepared by the cabinet ministers." Let me have a look." Duan Hong has been living in a daze all her life, I hope she can wake up soon.

"Your Majesty?!" Gou Yuan couldn't react for a while, why did Duan Yu's attitude change in an instant.

"I'm tired, I'm going to have a rest, you should go back earlier." After that, he got up and left.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Seeing that he ignored him, Gou Yuan had no choice but to say, "Then Princess Mingyan..."

Duan Yu stopped abruptly, countless thoughts flashed through his mind...

"If you can live with your conscience"

"...It seems that this is a deal that will never be negotiated."

"...Forget it, it's up to you to deal with it."

The scene of that day is still shocking when I think about it now, the winner and the loser, Duan Yu thought about it and thought about it, and finally said "Let her go"

"Auntie, Auntie..." I heard someone calling outside in the inner room.The old mother couldn't help laughing when she heard the voice, "It's Princess Hejing."

"This child is already 20 years old, so it doesn't make people worry." The concubine sighed, "Call her in quickly."

"Auntie" Duan Siyou just stepped into the door, and said happily, "Just now there is good news from the palace, the emperor wants to make fourth brother King Che."

"Really, that's good." The concubine said with a slight smile, "Siyou, hurry up and see Hong'er, someone just came and said that she is making trouble again."

"Oh" Duan Siyou responded, and walked outside disappointedly.

The old mother sent her out, and came back after a while, saying, "It's a good thing that the emperor bestowed the prince, why is the master still so unhappy?"

"He bestowed the prince, I'm afraid it was just a temporary feeling. I talked with him today and found that he is extremely afraid of Hong'er. If others tease him again, he will change his mind."

"The master is too worried," the old mother said, "The slaves also watched these two children grow up. King Wu has seven sons, and he is the best of the two. Besides, the emperor has a stable temperament and attaches great importance to brotherhood. King Wen is very partial, and I don't see him complaining."

"He didn't complain because he looked up to Hong'er at that time. But now that he is in a high position, how can he bear the harem courtiers' blind preference for her?" The concubine said, "If you talk about temper, how many people in the world are there?" Being able to sit on the throne without forgetting the original intention, the more power you hold in your hands, the lighter the love of life and family will be in your heart."

"As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, I have to return to the palace. Before that, we must think of a way out for Hong'er, otherwise, as long as there are people in the court who want to harm her, that day will always come."

"master……"

"I don't want to anymore." The concubine sighed, "Go and see that little ancestor first."