Clan House

"Qiaoyue and the others have not been found until now, and Xin'er has disappeared. I heard that His Majesty already knew her daughter. But after the King of Chu left the palace, His Majesty retreated. He went there once in the afternoon and disappeared. Just now I went to the palace again, but I didn't see it." The imperial concubine held the hand of Mrs. Wu Dinghou, her face full of anxiety, "Sister, what can I do!"

"Your Majesty, don't panic, the whole story is not clear yet, you just dragged your concubine to cry..." Mrs. Wu Dinghou patted the imperial concubine's hand, took out a handkerchief to help her wipe her tears, "Don't worry, Madam, speak slowly, When did people disappear, how many people were lost, and where did they go to find them..."

After understanding the whole story, Madam Yongdinghou pondered and said: "Since the person was lost in the palace, he should not be the King of Chu, but His Majesty may have doubts. I see that those people in your palace are not hard bones. They told you to silence you back then. I can't bear it, now that most of the day has passed, if I want to interrogate, I'm afraid I've already confessed..."

"What should I do about this!" The imperial concubine covered her chest in panic, "This, this... this is a capital crime!"

"I shouldn't have listened to you back then. What's wrong with being a county lord? Anyway, it's better than having no heirs." The imperial concubine covered her face with a veil and cried out loudly, "Why am I obsessed with ghosts? Yes, pretending to be a prince is a capital offense..."

Mrs. Yongding Hou looked at it coldly for a while, and waited for the imperial concubine to cry less, then said coldly: "You have been pampered for so many years, you even forgot what your own situation was. King Pingjiang gave birth to a son, how many of you in Qingjiang Palace Who can give birth to a concubine? How many people stared at you when you were pregnant? But you cried and begged me to come here, saying that if you gave birth to a daughter, you might not be able to survive in the palace. "

"Yes, that's what I said," the imperial concubine sobbed, "but what should I do now? Why are you not in a hurry at all, Xin'er is your own flesh and blood..."

"My son, I gave it to you for nothing." Mrs. Wu Dinghou sneered, "Now that something has happened, it's okay for you to cry and cry, but you're still blaming me?"

"I'm not blaming you," the imperial concubine felt aggrieved, "You should think of an idea!"

"Don't panic too," Madam Wu Dinghou sighed, and patted the imperial concubine on the shoulder, "I find this incident very strange, and most of it was written by the King of Chu. Your Majesty has watched the prince grow up for so many years. It’s not like I didn’t see how much I like you. It’s not uncommon for a few lowly servants to be beaten into tricks. If your majesty really asks the question, he will kill the king of Chu and slander him, and he won’t admit it.”

"This, can it be done?" The imperial concubine felt that it was not safe, but she couldn't think of any rebuttal.

"Okay!" Madam Wu Dinghou said, "Otherwise what do you say, take off the hairpin and ask His Majesty to confess? Then you are courting death!"

Banditry is rampant in the Southwest, and the cabinet has not yet reached a conclusion after several days of discussion. The emperor, who is practicing, suddenly issued an edict ordering the Marquis of Yongding to go south to suppress the bandits and set off immediately.Yongdinghou received the decree, did not dare to delay, and simply packed his luggage.He was going to say goodbye to his wife and children, but was stopped by his wife.

"Our Yongdinghou's mansion has been loyal for generations, and I have been loyal to the country for half my life. You are my first wife, and you did such a thing!" Hearing the truth of the year, Yongdinghou was heartbroken, "You are confused!"

"It's useless for Lord Hou to say these things now, why don't you think about how to deal with it." Mrs. Yongding Hou said, "I think His Majesty has already noticed that the purpose of sending you out of Beijing may be to get rid of the prince. The army is about to move out. There is not much time to discuss, let's think about what to do next."

"What can I do, what can I do!" Yongding Hou pressed his wife's shoulders and kept shaking, "It is a felony to change the prince, and now His Majesty knows it, you still want to hide it, and you still want to rebel?"

Madam Hou of Yongding was dizzy from being shaken, she pushed her husband away with all her strength, and stood still with the back of the chair: "If you want to be loyal, it's not difficult. You only need to tie up the concubine and hand it over to His Majesty, and then cut Xin Er, I think His Majesty can let you and Minger go for the sake of killing your relatives righteously. But the prince, my Xiner, that is the child you have been looking forward to for ten months. When you returned home, you heard that the child It's so sad to die young. Do you have the heart to do anything to him, are you willing to let him die!"

"You...you are harming me, this Marquis Mansion!" Yongding Hou knelt down in grief, hammered the ground with his hands, and wept bitterly.

"For the current plan, the only way is to pretend to lead the decree to leave Beijing, take advantage of the unpreparedness to attack the forbidden palace, and support the crown prince." Madam Yongding squatted down and held Yongdinghou's bleeding right hand, "Xin'er is our son, when the time comes The one sitting on the throne is the son of our Zhu family!"

The Marquis of Yongding panted heavily, and pushed his wife away: "Ignorant woman! The crime of treason is so lightly described by you! Is it so easy for you to break into the Forbidden Palace? What name do you use to persuade the generals of the five armies?" Follow and break into the Forbidden Palace? The Forbidden Palace is heavily guarded. The new commander, He Qi, what do you use to send him away? Did you kill him directly? Can you kill him? Even if all these are successful, the prince will ascend the throne in another day, and the officials will ask , the vassal kings from all over the world asked, can he stand up! You don’t even think about it!”

"Even if there are many loopholes, there is always a chance of success. King Jin has already gone to look for the crown prince, and I guess he is probably in the hands of King Chu. When someone finds it, we will say that King Chu conspired to hold His Majesty hostage. This is the name of being a teacher. "Mrs. Yongding Hou said, "If Master Hou doesn't even have the courage to fight, then he can only be captured without a fight, and watch the Zhu family be beheaded to death!"

"No," Yongding Hou breathed a sigh of relief, "No, I have the Iron Voucher of the Book of Alchemy bestowed by the Taizu, which can be used three times, and it is useless to return it once now. Tomorrow, I will not know about this matter. The crown prince and you and I , the three of us, one for each, is enough."

"I don't care about treason with Dan Shu's iron certificate." Madam sneered.

"Isn't this a rebellion yet?" Yongding Hou said tiredly, "I will enter the palace to see Your Majesty, there is still time. I just hope that Your Majesty will spare the Crown Prince for the sake of guarding the territory conscientiously since the founding of our Marquis Mansion. One life, let him be a commoner. If Your Majesty is not angry, I will apologize with death in front of the imperial court!"

"It's late, I have already sent people to invite all the family members of the generals of the five armies, and they are now trapped in the back garden." Madam let go of Yongdinghou's hand and stood up, "And tomorrow, I also called back. Let's The whole family can't escape now."

Marquis Yongding pushed open the door, and saw that the courtyard was tightly guarded by government soldiers, and the atmosphere was very heavy.He turned his head and looked at his wife without a word, when suddenly a small school came running over.

"Didn't I tell you to find the prince, where is he?" Mrs. Yongding Hou asked.

"Just as I was about to report back to Madam, His Majesty sent an order to call the son into the palace, but he hasn't come back yet." The small school reported.

"It's really over this time." Yongding Hou said dejectedly.

The eldest son was detained, and the second son was missing. Yongding Hou had to hand in the soldier talisman and set off on time.Although the families of the soldiers were released in time, the plan of the Yongding Hou Mansion still failed to escape Xun Kuan's eyes.

That night, Xun Kuan entered the palace with his newly written Qing Ci, and he was furious after provoking a few words.

"I believe so much in him, the Marquis of Yongding really has the intention of treason!" Emperor Xuanqing's face was flushed, his eyes were about to burst, "If I hadn't listened to the king of Chu's words in advance and detained Zhu Qiming in the palace, the Marquis of Yongding's mansion would have been destroyed." The sergeant has already entered the Qianqing Palace at this time!"

"I'm going to kill him, kill...Song Jingxin!" Panting heavily, Emperor Xuanqing pointed at Xun Kuan: "You, go and call the prince to me, I'm going to kill him in this Qianqing Palace he!"

"Your Majesty!" Xun Kuan was so frightened that he quickly knelt down on the ground, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty! The prince's rebellion may not necessarily have anything to do with the prince. Even if Marquis Yongding is the prince's uncle, maybe it was him Wishful thinking. The crown prince has always been the most filial, how could he plot against his father!"

Emperor Xuanqing looked at Xun Kuan who was kneeling on the ground. The real identity of the crown prince was unknown to him.At that time, Song Yi agreed with him that this matter would not reach the ears of third parties if it came out of the Qianqing Palace.Xun Kuan just accepted the emperor's order to draw up the regulations for the princess's enfeoffment, so he didn't know much about the whole matter.

Seeing Xun Kuan kept kowtowing and pleading for the prince, Emperor Xuanqing felt very aggrieved.He wanted to have an attack, but he had nowhere to vent. He only felt pain in his chest, dizziness and shortness of breath.He supported the imperial case, bowed his body, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"His Majesty!"

"Chuan, cough cough..." Emperor Xuanqing felt dizzy for a while, lost his strength and fell down, and was held in Xun Kuan's arms, "Chuan, the King of Chu has an audience..."

When Song Jingxin returned to Beijing, it was just in time for the conferment of Princess Huguo Jinyang.

He hadn't had rice water for three days, and because he was angry with Song Yi, he refused to eat anything from the village.Riding all the way back to Beijing, I was so hungry that my head was dizzy.After entering the city, he didn't have time to go to Xingshi's mansion to inquire about his crimes, so he found a stall and sat down, and ordered three bowls of wontons.

The sun was getting brighter at noon this day, and there were not many people in the market.Song Jingxin was gurgling wonton soup when he heard someone arguing not far away.

"Princess Wanan!" "Princess Wanan!"

"Damn the mirror, man!"

"Presumptuous! Hit twenty sticks!"

"Little bitch will die!"

"Exile for three thousand miles!"

"Princess Wanan!"

"Bastard, I'm going to pluck your hair and stew you!"

……

Song Jingxin didn't pay attention to what he was arguing about, some sporadic words came to his ears, which woke him up a bit.He put down the porcelain bowl and looked back, only to find that it was actually two parrots.

Seeing that he had finished eating, the owner of the wonton stall came over to collect the bowl, and explained to him with a smile: "The birds of everyone have been trained well and are going to be sold in this market. Who knows that the shed opposite is a storyteller. He told some temple stories and asked the parrot to listen to it, and he learned it. He spoke in an official tone. The other one was even more wronged, because the emperor issued a decree the day before yesterday, and changed his highness Jin Wang to protect the country Jinyang Princess The news in the market exploded when they heard the news. Some guests who ate at my place chatted a few words, and the parrot listened to it. Because some rough people in the market spoke vulgar words, the parrot learned them all. Well now, the two parrots were clearly talking about something different, but they quarreled all day long. As a result, there were quite a few people watching the fun, and no one dared to buy it and take it home!"

"Your Majesty changed Jin Wang to be a princess?" Song Jingxin was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed the boss's sleeve, "Is this really true?"

"Of course it's true. The notice is still posted over there. The guests can see that they have read the book, and they will know it when they go to have a look."

Song Jingxin found the notice according to the stall owner's instructions, and saw that it was about the princess.It is said that because many of the youngest sons of the royal family died early, the princess asked herself to dress up as a man in order to take care of her elder brother.Now the crown prince is about to take the crown, the death calamity is over, and the princess's mission is considered complete.The emperor personally issued an edict to restore the daughter's body for the king of Jin, and to protect the country as Princess Jinyang.Because of the princess's meritorious service in the war, she was retained as the prince's food town, and she was still allowed to open a mansion, lead the army, and participate in politics.The title of concubine of Prince Jin's Palace is also retained, and there is no need to marry someone else...

After Song Jingxin drank three bowls of wonton soup, she felt full and dizzy.Song Yi really had to deal with the younger sister's matter, so he was really wronged for sleeping for the past three days!

He patted his stomach, thinking that he still had some money on him, he turned back to where he was just now, and bought the pair of parrot lovers into his hands.