[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

In the outer hall, there are palace servants serving as usual, but in the inner hall, only Emperor Chengsheng sits behind the imperial case.

Only a few palace lanterns were lit inside the hall. Compared with the bright palace city outside, Qinzheng Hall is really much darker here.

Lin Jian walked forward step by step, and knelt down to salute Emperor Chengsheng before the imperial case. Emperor Chengsheng raised his eyes to look at him, and raised his hand to wake him up.

"It's not peaceful in the palace tonight. Although the outside situation has stabilized, the Holy Majesty can't take it lightly here. Why did the Holy Majesty send all the imperial guards outside?"

Lin Jian walked all the way in, although the outside was heavily guarded, but in the Qinzheng Hall, the imperial guards placed here were all waiting outside the hall, and there was no one in the hall except the palace servants. There were no palace attendants left, and Lin Jian really felt unsafe sitting alone in the palace.

"No problem." Emperor Chengsheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "The situation outside is stable, and I already know about it. I called you here because I still have something I want to ask you face to face."

If it is taught in the evening, the chaos will be quelled only at this time.

Emperor Chengsheng was in the palace, and when Empress Dowager Shen led the female relatives back to the palace, Emperor Chengsheng got the news, and then got the news of the fall of Ximen.

Emperor Chengsheng said that he knew the situation outside had stabilized, but the outside only referred to the palace. When the □□ happened, martial law was already in the palace, but because when the west gate fell, the other palace gates were strictly guarded, and the four directions were not allowed to enter or leave, people inside the palace could not go out, and people outside the palace could not enter.

The people in the six palaces of the east and the west closed their gates tightly, and guards were added to each palace, and there were also guards from the barracks on duty outside. Although the west gate fell, there were guards from the barracks to resist. The thugs taught in this way have never broken through the line of defense. rush in.

Emperor Chengsheng was having dinner in the palace when he heard the news, he didn't even have the mind to eat after hearing the news, so he simply asked people to withdraw.

He can know the things in the palace, but it is difficult for Emperor Chengsheng to know the things outside the palace.

The gate of the palace was closed, and there was no news from inside and outside. Emperor Chengsheng could not send someone out of the palace to see what was going on outside in person, but Emperor Chengsheng also knew about the fall of the west gate after Empress Dowager Shen withdrew to the palace. I'm afraid it will be even more violent.

The palace is in chaos, how can the outside not be in chaos?

The thugs forced the palace, and the consequences would be unimaginable if they were careless and couldn't protect them.Emperor Chengsheng was in the Palace of Qinzheng, but his heart was outside.

As early as when Emperor Chengsheng asked Lin Jian to organize the seminar and take full charge of the guard mission, and when he was appointed as the commander of the Gyeonggi camp, he entrusted Lin Jian with both Miyagi and the capital.

Emperor Chengsheng was sitting in the trapped palace, he knew everything about the six palaces, but he couldn't know the specific situation outside, so he called Lin Jian to ask about the number of casualties outside.

Lin Jian then explained the situation outside to Emperor Chengsheng one by one.

"Right now, Wucheng Bingmasi of the Waitou City Defense Battalion and my people are helping to deal with the aftermath. Although the turmoil/chaos is calm, there are still many things to deal with."

Emperor Chengsheng raised his eyebrows: "You said that there are still casualties in the mansions of various ministers?"

"Yes."

Lin Jian nodded, "The specific statistics have not yet come out, but according to a rough estimate, there were about 3000 to [-] civilian casualties in the city, including those who were trampled or massacred to death. Except for the general's mansion and various government offices, The mansions of all the ministers were also the targets of the attack. It was in the evening when the incident happened, and many ministers were resting at home, which gave the mob an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"The servants in the minister's house are few, and they can't fight against the thugs taught in this way. Let the thugs break in. It's not too late for the people from the city defense camp to go. But at that time, the city was too chaotic, and there were too many thugs. There are still some ministers who have been murdered. The ministers have sent people to verify their identities, most of them are scholars from the Zhongshu Province, and there are six officials, most of whom are civil servants. The families of the generals have all suffered, but their lives are not in danger."

Lin Jian paused, looked up at Emperor Chengsheng, and added another sentence softly but emphatically.

"Your Majesty, most of the wives and husbands that the Empress Dowager invited to the palace to chant sutras in the Buddhist hall died at the hands of the Rushi Sect mob who made trouble tonight. Although these people are gone, the Holy Majesty's court hall will not be empty. Yes, but there are indeed a lot fewer officials in the court, and I'm afraid I'll have to take the trouble to fill them in later."

Emperor Chengsheng looked at Lin Jian fixedly: "What do you suspect?"

"Could it be that, do you think the turmoil/chaos tonight was deliberately set up for them?"

Lin Jian and Emperor Chengsheng looked at each other: "I don't have conclusive evidence in hand, so I can't speculate casually. But I feel that the turmoil/turmoil tonight may not be purely set up by them. The death of these ministers is probably just incidental." It is not their real purpose."

Emperor Chengsheng got up and paced back and forth twice before looking at Lin Jian: "In the afternoon, I received news that the epidemic in Huaiyin was under control, but the crown prince contracted the disease yesterday and is now unconscious. gone."

Lin Jian's heart sank: "Your Majesty, I haven't received any news."

Emperor Chengsheng said in a low voice: "The crown prince is sick. This is a major event. No one knows about it except the people who are waiting in front of him. The prince is surrounded by people from me. Without my permission, they will not leak the prince's illness. You Some people are only on the periphery, of course they don’t know.”

Lin Jian: "Since the Huaiyin epidemic has been brought under control, there must be a cure for the epidemic. The prince should be fine, right?"

Emperor Chengsheng stood in front of the royal case, staring at the palace lantern in the corner and said: "It is true, the epidemic is under control, and it is not impossible to cure the disease. However, this epidemic is coming fiercely. It is said that it is only from the plague. It is extremely difficult. Healing, even if you take medicine, it will be hard to recover. Even if you are cured, some people will have sequelae, which will affect a lot. I have ordered people to cure the prince at all costs. After he recovers, he must be the same as before, but what is the result? , It depends on the prince himself."

"I think back then, when the prince was just born a few months ago, smallpox was raging in the capital. The prince was sick, and I sent the imperial doctor in the palace to treat him meticulously. What is the root cause of the disease. Although this child's body is not as strong as yours since he was a child, he doesn't often get sick. I hope this time, he can break through."

The crown prince is sick, which is bound to be detrimental to the governance of Huaiyin/flooding.Originally, the situation in Huaiyin was relatively complicated, involving various issues. Once the crown prince got sick, many things would be affected. At this juncture, the Huaiyin/flooding epidemic has finally been brought under some control. Naturally, Emperor Chengsheng could not let the crown prince get sick The news spread.

The people sent by Emperor Chengsheng to follow the prince to Huaiyin are all his confidantes. Emperor Chengsheng told them not to spread the word. They will take care of the affairs of Huaiyin/flooding and bandit suppression. At the same time, they will also prevent the prince from appearing. Make up a reasonable explanation in front of people.And in the queen, they will try their best to heal the prince.

Lin Jian persuaded: "Your Highness the Crown Prince can get through the smallpox disease safely, and the disease should be fine at the moment. Your Highness the Crown Prince is auspicious, so there is no need to worry too much."

Emperor Chengsheng asked Lin Jian: "Meng Zhuo is going to Lingnan, is there any news coming back in the near future?"

Lin Jian said: "Two days ago, my father sent back news. He said that he had found out some clues about the matter taught in this way, but there is no definite result yet, and further investigation is needed. Presumably, he will need to stay in Lingnan for a while."

Emperor Chengsheng asked again: "Is Meng Zhuo doing well in Lingnan?"

Lin Jian said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. My father is safe in Lingnan."

Emperor Chengsheng turned his head, stared at Lin Jian for a while, walked over slowly, stood in front of Lin Jian, and said slowly: "Yunxi, someone is secretly thinking about my country."

"They have done so many things just to kill the prince, transfer your father, force the palace, drive me from the dragon seat and kill me, so that they can establish a new dynasty and a new emperor. .”

"I entrusted both the capital and the capital to you, and you guarded it very well. However, I still say that, I want to know the truth/truth, and who is behind the scenes. I will investigate, but here I am There are so many things going on, it is not appropriate to go too deep, I want you to investigate this matter clearly for me."

Lin Jian solemnly agreed, and then looked at Emperor Chengsheng and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, I feel that they may not have wanted to take the life of His Highness the Crown Prince at first. Perhaps their initial plan was to take His Highness the Crown Prince from the capital. Transfer away. The matter of Lingnan is indeed to divert my father away. My father found out that Rushijiao was looking for his traces in Lingnan, but he hid his whereabouts from the beginning, so he never exposed it. On the contrary, Rushijiao exposed himself tracked."

"The rest of their plans are foreshadowing and supplements, and the key point in this capital is the key. They want to force the palace. Once they break through the palace city and take control of the capital, the rest of the place will be destroyed by itself. Minister Guess, their real purpose is still here on the Holy One."

"The minister dared to think, these people are desperately forcing the palace, and it may not be for the former royal family, or whether they are for the former royal family is still unknown. If they are the remnants of the previous dynasty, forcing the palace like this, even Success is also hard to convince the public. I have established a dynasty for more than a hundred years, how can it be so easy to change the dynasty with [-] people? The minister thought, I am afraid that someone will use the guise of teaching like this to force the palace, and then change the dynasty. The new emperor will not change the dynasty."

After all, it is still the words of Emperor Chengsheng, it must be that someone is secretly thinking about his country.

Lin Jian said that he had always had doubts in his heart, but he felt that it was a coincidence and more strange, so he kept it in his heart and never said it out. However, when the incident happened tonight, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was so suspicious that it was difficult to prove it.

Emperor Chengsheng sat down and asked Lin Jian to sit down too: "Speak carefully, I will listen to you."

This long talk between the monarch and his ministers lasted more than half an hour.

Time passed quietly, the dark night slowly faded, the sky hung a little light in the sky, and the darkest moment before dawn has quietly passed.