Dress to be a celebrity

King Zhou was usually obedient and obedient, but this time he disobeyed his father's intention for the first time. He let go of Emperor Xintai's clothes, leaned over and kowtowed heavily: "I beg your father to forgive Mrs. Huan. Today's rumors are just private affairs of the palace. It is said that the Huan clan never dared to have such thoughts, and begged her father, Huangnian, to forgive her for the sake of her youth and ignorance, and her son is willing to be punished with all her strength... If my son abandons the Huan clan today, who will she rely on for the rest of her life? Come? The emperor married a wife for his son that day, and the minister counted on the husband and wife to live forever, so how can we break up the mandarin ducks in the middle way?"

Emperor Xintai stretched out his hand to touch his head, raised his sleeve to the air, but retracted it, and said lightly: "There are all beautiful women in the world, why bother to love this one alone. I asked you to work in the Ministry of Rites. Of course, you know the family background and age of the daughter of an official with a higher rank. After divorcing the Huan family, it is not enough to choose a good marriage. After the divorce, the daughter of the Huan family is arranged by her grandfather and elder brother. It is not that she cannot live without you. of."

But how can a person who divorced the prince live well in the rest of his life?Both her parents have passed away, her relatives, sister-in-law, cough, and no female family members in the inner house to accompany her. She can only live alone in a cold and cold way, even like many concubines and concubines in the palace. How can a weak woman like her Can you stand it?

Even if you remarry...

No, he didn't want Yuanniang to marry anyone else in his heart.

Although the emperor wanted him to divorce, this rumor was neither caused by their marriage, nor could it be resolved by divorce. Prevent disaster?

If a man can't even protect his own wife, and easily divorces his wife because of other people's conspiracy and rumors, it is enough to become the laughing stock of the world, not to mention that he is still a prince.A prince can't even take care of family affairs, so what qualifications does he have to talk about state affairs and world affairs?

Regardless of the distance, just say that a few days ago, when someone impeached the Huan family for making friends with foreign ministers and trying to form a party, Song Editor took the risk of being dismissed from office to defend him in court, and even admitted that he was the one who refused to confess. sweetheart -

Song Editor had never actually married his brother-in-law Huan Qianxian, and he had such a responsibility. As a husband, how could he blame his wife for all the crimes just to clear himself up?

The king of Zhou bowed his head and replied without saying a word: "It is the minister and the Huan family who are not cautious in restraining the palace people, so that such rumors spread. The son and wife are really guilty. But it is written in the Dazheng law that women are guilty , and her husband should go to the yamen to be punished on her behalf, and this son-in-law is also a husband-in-law, so does the emperor not want my son to be a responsible man?"

His expression became more and more determined, he raised his head and called "Father Emperor", he has decided to protect Yuan Niang and accept all punishments on her behalf.

However, Emperor Xin Tai waved his hand at him, stopped him from speaking, and called "Wang Fu" downwards.The chief eunuch Wang Fu waved his whisk and shouted loudly: "Bring the palace servants of Chonghua Palace to the hall!"

The sound spread out layer by layer, and several small yellow doors dragged disheveled, pale-faced palace people in. After entering, they knelt in a row at the palace gate far away, trembling and paying respects.The voice was hoarse and rough because of the crying and screaming when they were beaten. King Zhou knelt with his back to them, but he didn't recognize that it was someone from his palace.

Zheng Xing, the steward of the Punishment Department who led them in, knelt down and said: "The maidservants have checked clearly, and these palace servants are the first to spread the rumors. This rumor started from the third day of September, when Princess Huan and King Zhou made a fuss. The scriptures engraved by the king of Zhou were dropped, and they discussed in private, and Huang Dani, the maid in front of the palace, said these words. However, His Royal Highness has been extremely strict with the palace people recently, and no news from inside and outside is allowed. Gossip with the palace people from time to time..."

Regardless of the fact that he was begging for mercy, King Zhou turned around slowly, looked at the palace servants kneeling in a row, and wanted to see what kind of person was it that trapped him and Yuanniang to this extent.

However, before he recognized their faces, he was taken aback by the bloodstains and emaciated look, and asked in a voice, "Why are you hurt like this? How do you..." He wanted to ask the Department of Punishment and Punishment how they could interrogate them without permission His palace servants even beat him up like this, and then remembered that this must have been ordered by his father, so he changed his mind and asked: "Did you alarm Princess Huan when you arrested him?"

The emperor's dissatisfaction with Yuan Niang has not been hidden, he is afraid that these people will deliberately humiliate Yuan Niang.

Guanshi Zheng replied neatly: "Your Highness, when the servants arrived at Chonghua Palace, the concubine had already been summoned to Jingren Palace by the concubine Xian. Before the servants could come to Jingren Palace to ask for an audience, they first brought back the maids who were taken into custody by the concubine. The Department of Prudential Punishment will conduct a brief interrogation."

It turned out that Yuan Niang had already caught these rumor spreaders before, and discussed with her mother how to deal with this matter.

Amidst all kinds of worries, he was also a little happy to find that his wife had been able to stand up and clean up the troubles behind him.But when I saw those palace men with scars, I couldn't bear it: "It's not necessary to torture like this. I heard that many veteran torturers in the lower yamen can find clues just by asking a second question, so be cautious about the punishment." Why doesn't Si have such a skilled hand?"

Guanshi Zheng bowed his head deeply, and replied: "Slaves dare to punish the maids, these are actually taught by the princess herself. His Majesty sent the servants just because he heard that someone in the Chonghua Palace punished the maids, and the mourning was heard in the palace. Go check."

Not only using torture, but also ordering the servants of the whole palace to observe the punishment, in order to teach these people.

How could it be... Yuanniang has always been magnanimous, and the palace people never blamed them for some mistakes. How could they beat people like this and ask other palace people to watch their punishment?

He was really shocked in his heart, he couldn't believe that the gentle and beautiful woman he got along with day and night was so harsh...

Perhaps this method should be described as more than harsh.But then he thought of a deeper reason: Yuan Niang investigated and tortured these people for him, to find out the source of the rumors, to find out who framed him behind it, so as to prevent him from being implicated by the rumors.

As if a stone had been choked in his throat, he sighed softly and knelt down in front of Xin Taidi again.

The good thing about this child is that he is affectionate, and the bad thing is that he is too affectionate.

From the perspective of a father, this kind-hearted child will definitely be able to take good care of his younger brother. He doesn't have to worry that after a hundred years, the younger sons will be entrusted with land and treated poorly;

When Emperor Xintai thought of the words "the harem is exclusively favored and foreign relatives interfere in politics", his loving father's heart hardened, and he said lightly: "If you try your best to protect Huan's daughter... your second brother's palace is formerly your emperor's uncle Lu. When the king was in Beijing, the palace was changed, and now it can accommodate people, so you immediately move out of the Chonghua Palace, and I will make a fuss when we find out who is behind this rumor."

King Zhou never thought that he would be kicked out of the palace, so he called out "Father Emperor" in astonishment.

Xin Taidi stared at him and asked, "Do you regret it?"

... No, no regrets, no regrets.

He understands the difference between living in the palace and opening a mansion outside, but he also understands that if he pushes the Huan family out to ward off crimes at this time, he will be a villain who reneges on his promises, has no responsibility, and only seeks power.

The father is smart and wise, and what he hates the most is the villain who is greedy for power. If he blames Yuan Niang in order to keep his favored status, the father will definitely be disappointed with him, and the ministers of the court and the people... What do you think of such a prince?

"University" says, "Cultivate the body and the family will be in order, the family will be in order and the country will be governed, and the country will be governed and the world will be peaceful." At this point, he does not have to think about governing the country and the world.

After thanking the Son of Heaven for his grace, he returned to Chonghua Palace and ordered the palace servants who stayed behind to pack their luggage and prepare to leave the palace; he also went to see his mother and concubine in person and told her that he was going to leave the palace.

The chief eunuch had already passed this news on earlier, and it fell on Ming Huang's imperial decree, so it would be difficult to change it.Concubine Xian was crying with tears all over her face, the handkerchief was dotted red with the washed vermilion powder, like blood spilled on the handkerchief, it was shocking to see.

She gritted her teeth and hated herself: "Why did I listen to my father's advice and choose the Huan family? Earlier, I only chose his family because he was the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and qualified to join the cabinet. It would be better not to push him into the cabinet at that time." , choose another girl from someone else's family... Even if you can't pile up an old man for a while, why do you want to raise a tiger, first let his grandson go back to your father, and then let his granddaughter kill you!"

She is usually calm and self-sufficient. Although she is not in charge of palace affairs, she is more motherly and dignified than the concubine De who is actually in charge of palace affairs.However, with this decree, it almost meant that her son would never be destined for great power. This blow was too heavy, and Concubine Xian couldn't bear it.

She really wanted to go back three years ago and wake up the one who chose Huan's daughter... It would be better if she went back half a year earlier, and went directly to the book to ask His Majesty to choose another virtuous woman to match her son...

She said with tears: "You should divorce her and confess to your father, there is still room for change in this matter!"

The king of Zhou shook his head, and said only: "My son is not filial, and my son will take his mother and concubine to a fief in the future so that he can be filial."

He was trying to persuade his mother that it would be better if the bead curtain in the inner room was suddenly knocked open, and a thin and beautiful figure rushed into the room amidst the noise, the clothes on his body were a little messy, his face was like paper, and he looked at King Zhou fixedly.

Zhou Wang always had countless things to say when he saw her, but now he didn't know what to say, so he just called "Yuan Niang" in a low voice.

Huan Yuanniang opened her mouth first, and asked dryly: "Your Highness is in trouble today because of Yuanniang's indiscretion. I shouldn't punish the palace servants, and I shouldn't be petty with Your Highness that day. I shouldn't...it's my father who shouldn't have been engaged to the Song family."

The king of Zhou was stunned, but he didn't understand how she thought of this, so he quickly said: "This has nothing to do with the old man, Yuan Niang, I never cared that you had a marriage contract..."

Yuan Niang closed her eyes, and suddenly knelt down in front of him: "Please leave me, Your Highness."

Concubine Xian was stunned, a tear fell from her wide-open eyes and shattered on the floor tiles in front of her feet.King Zhou said helplessly, "In your heart, am I such an unreliable man? It wasn't your fault in the first place. I'm not the one to blame my wife for the sake of my own innocence!"

Yuan Niang shook her head, and said firmly: "Grandfather sent me into the palace that day, just to ask me to assist Your Highness. Your Highness and I not only have a relationship between husband and wife, but also have the righteousness of a monarch and a minister..."

The Lord worries about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord humiliates his ministers to death.On the day she entered the palace, she vowed to be a generation of virtuous people with education, honor her parents on behalf of King Zhou, win over brothers, and help King Zhou become a virtuous king. But now because of her, King Zhou was convicted of a crime by the Holy One and was kicked out of the palace. , how can she still go down to this princess of Zhou?

Only by taking the matter of "marrying the young emperor" on her, treating her as a shallow woman greedy for imperial power, and letting the royal family abandon her, can King Zhou escape from this rumor.

She bowed her head deeply and pressed her forehead to the ground, but her tears couldn't stop dripping down.

Concubine Xian also said at the side: "This is the only way, just now Director Wang said that your father also meant the same..."

King Zhou just shook his head, strode up to Yuanniang, helped her up and asked, "Why does Yuanniang say these words. You and I are one body, no matter what, I will not divorce you. I have already said it in front of my father, it is too late to change my words now."

Yuan Niang was startled, and shouted quickly: "Your Highness! As the eldest son of the current emperor, Your Highness has a valuable status, and bears the expectations of His Majesty, all officials of the court, and all people in the world. Don't let me easily throw it away..."

The King of Zhou could hear her sincerity in every word, defending every sentence, and it was clearly for his own good, but he felt a little uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking: "Yuanniang and I only have the righteousness of a monarch and a minister, but have no... But why don't you mention it?" What about the relationship between husband and wife?"

He adores Yuanniang with all his heart, and is willing to be with her forever, just like her brother and Song Bianxiu.However, he could learn Song Shi, but Yuan Niang was not as affectionate as her elder brother, and only gave him loyalty.

He suddenly became weak, helped Yuan Niang up, and said: "Father will investigate this matter clearly, you go back to the palace and rest first, don't think too much."

He watched the palace people send Yuan Niang away with his own eyes, and turned around to persuade his mother and concubine: "When this matter spreads to the court, there must be some turmoil. Now that the father and emperor are really angry, I am afraid that the grandparents and uncles will not be the same as before. To be so tolerant, we have to persuade them to be cautious and not to make trouble again. Although the son will not be able to live in the palace, the mother and concubine can often call the son and the son to the palace to meet, and the mother and concubine don't have to be too sad."

At least he can still walk outside, and his father doesn't really think that he and Yuan Niang have any offending intentions. They can still stay in Beijing instead of directly going to the feudal clan, which is considered a lenient punishment.

He was comforting his mother and concubine in the palace, and when the four elders received the oral order from the palace, when they heard that Emperor Xintai wanted to open the palace outside Zhou Wang's palace, they were all disturbed as if they were struck by a thunderbolt.

The elder Li Ge, the third assistant, opened his mouth and waited for advice, but the eunuch in charge who sent the message said "marrying a young genius is better than marrying a young emperor" and blocked the advice of the four elders either in their hearts or in their throats.

Huan Ge's body was shaking like others' pulse, his head felt dizzy and he couldn't utter a single word.It wasn't until the chief eunuch Wang walked away for a long time that he came back to his senses and saw that the three colleagues had left him to draw up the decree by themselves, instead of following him to draft the draft, they left the palace with one foot deep and one foot shallow, so that even though they were not The obedient but most promising grandson went home to discuss.

Yuan Niang made such a big mistake in the palace, and it caused Zhou Wangyin to lose his position as the crown prince. What should they do with the Huan family?

Although Huan Ling also caused the thunder to strike suddenly, he was much calmer than his grandfather. After thinking for a while, he said: "At this time, there is nothing we can do but apologize. I said that day, let grandfather just say yes In order to cling to the powerful, I robbed my younger sister of her marriage contract and ordered her to enter the palace. If I had said so earlier, such rumors would not have spread. Although it is too late to use this kind of rhetoric now, this is the only way to get rid of Yuan Niang charges."

However, the phrase "young emperor" meant to curse the emperor. Although they were wronged, what reason is there under the imperial power?

Just writing a note to plead guilty is of no use, one must give an explanation to the sage.He said categorically: "The grandson will go to the book to resign, and the grandfather will also go to the book immediately, and put all the matter of Yuan Niang's entry into the palace on me. I just hope that the grandfather will explain in this chapter. Haven't seen each other for many years, there is no personal relationship, don't involve their innocent family."

Old Huan Ge cursed subconsciously: "You have reached this point, why are you still only thinking about Song Shi!"

After scolding, he was worried about the business again: "You are the only promising child in our family. If you resign, who else in our family will be able to stay in Beijing in the future? It would be too much loss to do so, is there any other way?"

Huan Ling looked frosty, and said lightly: "Only smell above, not below."

In the past, Sima Zhao sent Jia Chong to kill Cao Mao, the noble townsman. Chen Tai persuaded him to kill Jia Chong to thank the world. Sima Zhao was reluctant and asked him how to do it.

I'm afraid that his resignation alone will not be able to calm down the matter, and His Royal Highness Zhou Wang will still be implicated.

Mr. Huan Ge also read "Three Kingdoms" and "Shi Shuo", and he knew this allusion as soon as he heard it, and he also understood the unfinished meaning behind his grandson.He sat at the table and looked at Huan Ling. He didn't make a sound for a long time, but his smooth and rosy face turned sallow as if smeared with wax, and his eyes were full of red threads. Seeing Huan Ling worried, he got up and ordered someone to find the imperial doctor. Come.

Mr. Huan Ge patted the table, called him in a low voice, and said in a weak voice: "There is no need to call someone, I am fine. You are right, you only smell the above, not the below... You are a fourth-rank Du Yushi gave me an explanation, if I want to explain it, I can only explain it to the old man."