[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Concubine Chen's residence was in a mess.The nanny hugged the little prince and stood beside Concubine Chen, surrounded by several court ladies, as if they were afraid that they would be frightened.

The queen looked at that appearance, snorted softly, and just called a team of guards to clean up the gravel around the tunnel, and then sent people in to see where the tunnel led.

Seeing that those people were about to enter the tunnel, Concubine Chen hurried forward to stop them, saying: "The Holy One hasn't come yet! Why don't we discuss it after the Holy One comes up!"

The empress looked at Concubine Chen disliked more and more, and said coldly: "Something like a tunnel happened in the palace, even your palace collapsed, you still have the face to say wait for the saint to come up?"

"Come on, Concubine Chen is planning to do something wrong, and she is guilty of blocking her, so I will gag her and tie her up, and wait for the saint to come up and deal with it!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became chaotic.Concubine Chen's palace people wanted to surround the little prince and stop Concubine Chen from being kidnapped, while the palace servants brought by the empress kept rushing towards Concubine Chen, trying to gag Concubine Chen tied up.It was so noisy, it was even hotter than when Concubine Chen's bedroom collapsed.

If Emperor Zhao was here, I’m afraid he’d have to yell to be quiet, but he’s not there. After all, there are more people in the palace with the queen, and the guards value the mother of the country more, so Concubine Chen was still gagged and tied up, and thrown into the palace not far away. In the corner room.

The little prince was originally quiet, but he felt the tension in the atmosphere when he was made such a fuss by the crowd, and burst into tears.When Emperor Zhao rushed over, he heard the child crying, and suddenly became a little annoyed, and said angrily, "What's going on?"

The nanny originally wanted to say that it was the empress who had Concubine Chen tied up, which made the child cry, but the empress took the lead and said: "It's because the bedroom collapsed just now, and the child was frightened! Concubine Chen doesn't know how to be a mother." Yes, I fainted and finished the matter, and asked a child to cry pitifully here."

Turning the topic around, the queen didn't pant, and said directly: "My lord, it's a mess here, and I don't know when it will be cleaned up. It's better to let the nanny take the little prince to Yingxiang Pavilion first, where there lives Noble Fang, she always Careful, it is best to take care of children. And it is also close to the Tai Hospital, if the child is not feeling well, it will be faster to seek medical attention in the middle of the night."

The queen first said that Concubine Chen was dizzy and didn't take good care of the child, and then said that Concubine Chen's bedroom could not accommodate anyone, and arranged for the child to go elsewhere.Emperor Zhao's mind was confused for a while, and after listening to the queen's series of arrangements, he felt very reasonable and considerate, and agreed on the spot.

But the nanny is not willing!

The Yingxiang Pavilion is very far away from Concubine Chen's palace, and also far from Emperor Zhao's residence, if something happened to the child, no one could hear her shouting at the top of her voice.What's more, she had a vague impression of Mr. Fang, who was punished by Concubine Chen to kneel before.Just don't make things difficult for them, and you still expect her to take care of the children?

The nanny doesn't believe that it is good to have a few concubines in the palace.But when the queen spoke, Emperor Zhao agreed, and Concubine Chen was imprisoned again. She didn't know about this, and her status was low, so she was forced to be surrounded by the queen's people and went to Yingxiang Pavilion.

I only hope that Concubine Chen will take them back to her side as soon as she sees Emperor Zhao.

Concubine Chen was thinking about how to cut the rope that bound her in the corner room, but she didn't care about these.

Emperor Zhao stood under the sun for a while, sweating all over his body, feeling dizzy and feeling a little uncomfortable.It was windy and rainy two days ago, but the sun will be bigger today.

At this time, the empress had already asked someone to set up a big parasol, and invited Emperor Zhao to sit down. Another eunuch brought iced sweet soup, and the maid fanned and served Emperor Zhao comfortably. How could he think of Concubine Chen? coming.Sitting with the queen and waiting for the guards to explore the tunnel, it was like an outing.

After waiting and waiting, almost an hour passed, and Emperor Zhao became impatient. Finally, a disgraced guard came out of the tunnel, knelt down in front of Emperor Zhao, and said, "My Majesty, my subordinates have found out where the other end of the tunnel leads to." .”

Emperor Zhao asked: "Tell me, where does it lead?" He thought at this moment, no matter where it leads, Concubine Chen should not know. She is so timid and cautious, how could she dig a tunnel under her bed?Someone must have dug it secretly.

But the guard said: "The matter is of great importance, please leave the left and right, Your Majesty."

The empress was surprised when she heard this, but she didn't show any surprise on her face, she only looked at Emperor Zhao, who became more serious, pondered for a while, then waved the palace people out.

Seeing that everyone was gone, the guard was about to say, but Concubine Chen ran out of the corner room at this time, without looking around, she went straight to Emperor Zhao, and threw herself on his knee, crying until she was crying like rain, pointing Looking at the queen, she said, "Your Majesty, save me quickly! The empress is going to kill me while you are not here!"

"For so many years, I have worked hard in the palace to be well-behaved, serving you with all my heart, and being even more respectful to the empress, raising the prince, never daring to relax for a moment, not daring to make mistakes in a single step, hard work without credit! I don’t know why the empress always dislikes me, it’s okay to make things difficult on a daily basis, but now that you’re not here, she’s so heartless that she wants to kill me... Holy Majesty, look, I’ve been tied so hard that my hands are hurt!”

"Pity my child, he is only one year old, and he will have no mother at such a young age!"

She cried so much that she didn't even get a single word of what she should sue.

After so many years, Concubine Chen knew Emperor Zhao very well, and the way of crying was something he could bear just now. There were tears, miserable, and quite beautiful. Emperor Zhao was very distressed when he saw it, and when he looked at the queen, his eyes were a little bit unkind. He said strangely: "I haven't figured out the matter yet, why are you rushing to wrong someone and lock her up? Concubine Chen has always been timid and follows the rules. How can such a pure matter have anything to do with her?"

He naturally didn't remember what the queen said just now, it was Concubine Chen who fainted, not her tying Concubine Chen up.But when Concubine Chen said it, he immediately believed it.

Taking sides with this bitch again!

The queen was so angry that she was about to defend herself, but when she saw the guard still kneeling on the ground, she immediately changed her mind, suppressed her anger, and said, "My lord, does this tunnel have anything to do with Concubine Chen? Let's listen to what the guards say. Bar!"

If the source of the authenticity is found out, it will be useless for Concubine Chen to act coquettishly with all her strength.It doesn't matter if she is, she still insists on pulling it on Concubine Chen!

Concubine Chen leaned in the arms of Emperor Zhao, and said coquettishly: "My lord, I think it must be those courtiers who are stealthy. They secretly dug this tunnel for the convenience of stealing jewelry. Thinking about it this way, the jewelry that my concubine didn't often wear in the past, It seems that there are seven or eight things missing!"

Occasionally, someone in the palace steals and transports jewelry out of the palace for sale. This has been found out before.It is also possible to think of it this way... If so, it means that the queen has mismanaged it!

Emperor Zhao naturally wanted to think this way, blaming the empress for poor management, would it be better than finding out other things?

It's a pity that the queen insisted on listening to what the guards had to say, but the guards saw that Emperor Zhao didn't seem to want to drive Concubine Chen away, so he had to say: "My lord, a dozen of us went in and walked along the tunnel all the way, and found that this tunnel was dug recently. Well, there are a lot of broken stones inside, and there are still places that are not very strong, that's why Concubine Chen's palace collapsed. And this tunnel leads to..."

The guard looked at Concubine Chen for a moment, and then said: "We found that the other end of this tunnel is Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and the exit is under the bed of King Zhongshun's bedroom. Moreover, this tunnel leads to another place. We have six people guarding Zhongshun Palace, and the other three followed the tunnel, and then went to find another exit..."

Hearing this, the faces of the Empress, Emperor Zhao, and Concubine Chen all became colorful!

The queen was so happy, and tried not to let herself laugh, her face turned red.But Emperor Zhao was pissed off, not only his face turned livid, but his whole body became stiff like a bronze sculpture. He even retracted the arm that was holding Concubine Chen unconsciously.

Concubine Chen was stunned, as if cold water had been poured on her whole body, her face turned pale from the cold.

She thought that the tunnel was only tens of meters long, but who would have thought that it would be hundreds of kilometers long, leading all the way to the outside of the palace, and even to King Zhongshun's bedroom?

"Your Majesty! You are wronged! I am wronged!" Concubine Chen thumped and knelt in front of Emperor Zhao, hugging his thigh, crying again until her eardrums were pierced, "I have lived here for so many years. I never knew there was such a passage below!"

Thinking about such a long passage, from inside the palace to outside the palace, to Prince Zhongshun’s mansion, and extending to nowhere, it would take several years to dig?

Who is bad!But it is King Zhongshun!It's really killing her!

Concubine Chen didn't know that the tunnel had appeared out of thin air for several nights, and she thought that King Zhongshun dug the tunnel secretly in order to force the palace without telling her.

But Emperor Zhao's heart had hardened a long time ago. He had disliked King Zhongshun's many bad deeds before, but because of his past achievements and power in his hand, he didn't dare to touch him easily.

Unexpectedly, after a while, such a big tiger came out!

Digging a tunnel to enter the palace secretly!It also leads to his concubine's bedroom!Who knows when this tunnel was opened!And Chen Fei's child, or not his child?

Emperor Zhao was so angry that he directly issued an imperial decree, saying that Concubine Chen had lost her mind and sent her to the Hall of Purity and Rest.

In the harem, whoever is favored will have great power.Now that Concubine Chen has fallen out of favor, the palace people are the most adaptable to the wind, so they immediately pounce on Concubine Chen, tie Chen Concubine tightly again, and gag her mouth.This time, he didn't hold her up either, just a few strong eunuchs directly entrusted her out.

Even so, Emperor Zhao didn't give him another look.

Concubine Chen fell!Forever!

The queen was happy, but she didn't dare to laugh because Emperor Zhao was in a bad mood.What's more, there are still major issues that have not been taken care of, so she half-seriously half-worried: "My lord, King Zhongshun dug this tunnel, obviously ambitious and very scheming."

"Why don't your majesty summon the ministers quietly immediately to discuss how to deal with this matter?"

Emperor Zhao let out a long breath, glanced at the queen, and nodded: "That's right!" So he ordered the guards to leave the palace quietly, and brought the Minister of Military Aircraft and the six ministers to the palace for discussion.

The ministers entered the palace one by one, and left the palace one by one with secret orders.Emperor Zhao and the Empress sat quietly in the palace waiting for the news.

King Zhongshun was definitely planning to rebel. If Concubine Chen's bedroom hadn't collapsed today, one day in the future, when he was full-winged and forced the palace to come in, would they still be able to respond calmly today?

Emperor Zhao thought to himself, why didn't he turn his back today, thinking that he had to wait for a good time, for example, when Concubine Chen's son grew up and could sit on the dragon chair and face... Wouldn't it be easy for the emperor to order the princes, or simply be the emperor himself?

The more he thought about it, the darker his eyes became.

Looking at the queen again, Emperor Zhao felt much heavier.No matter what happens, the queen is the one standing by his side and facing it with him.The love between husband and wife that I couldn't remember for many years suddenly arose spontaneously at this time.

=== 888 ===

Feng Tang also didn't expect that the fact that he let the little eunuch secretly reveal to King Zhongshun the authenticity was what made him flee after hearing the news. Unexpectedly, King Zhongshun simply rebelled!

Emperor Zhao sent people to encircle King Zhongshun's mansion, and when King Zhongshun was captured, he and Baoyu joined forces with the Yin of Shuntian Mansion to encircle and suppress the private soldiers raised by King Zhongshun in the name of suppressing bandits.Unexpectedly, King Zhongshun didn't even return home, and when he learned that there was something out of the ordinary with Concubine Chen, he went directly to join the private soldiers, and they happened to be caught by them!

Zhou Dalang also took King Zhongshun's private soldiers to fight against them, trying to rescue King Zhongshun.Fortunately, the Minister of the Ministry of War led the garrison in Beijing to support him. After a lot of trouble, he killed Zhou Dalang on the spot and successfully suppressed King Zhongshun's private soldiers.

A large number of officials who were related to King Zhongshun and had close contacts were also imprisoned in large numbers, waiting to be released.

After this unexpected "rebellion", many people were added to the ranks, and Baoyu was also reinstated as an official by Emperor Zhao himself.Baoyu still remembered that Baocong was locked in the big prison, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether you are an official or not, it's just that my younger brother's crimes were all framed by the rebel party and created out of nothing!"

"Xiaomin is willing to trade his official position for my brother's safety!"

Many people in the court agreed, but Emperor Zhao smiled and said: "Although your brother's matter may have been framed by the rebel party as you said, but he was impeached, and most of the officials in the court agreed to investigate. How can investigating and handling cases be like a child's play, exchanging your official position for innocence?"

"You can still be your official. If your brother is really innocent, after the investigation, it will be found that he is innocent, and you will let him go home."

Emperor Zhao has said so, and Baoyu can no longer be ignorant.What's more, now that King Zhongshun's people are all down, and then investigate Bao Cong's officials, it's impossible to just charge Bao Cong with any crime, right?

Thinking about it this way, Baoyu didn't insist. He just asked Emperor Zhao Xu's family to visit Baocong, and Emperor Zhao naturally agreed.

After the court, Baoyu said goodbye to Feng Tang, and the Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly came up to him cheerfully, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Don't worry about your brother, I have explained everything, and after two or three days, he will be found innocent. , he can go home. But you, there is a great thing, do you know?"