Jinghong Youlong [Comprehensive + Sword Three]

After development and expansion, the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty became the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty, which is now the Forbidden City, so there are great similarities between the two.Still taking the central axis as the dividing line, it is divided into east and west palaces, and synthesized into east and west twelve palaces.And the distance between the twelve palaces and the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lives basically determines the degree of favor of the concubine who lives in it - the one that is close is naturally the emperor's darling, such as Wan'an who lives only a wall away from the Qianqing Palace. The concubine Wan Gui of the palace, if she hadn't been too low-status to be a queen, she would have lived in Kunning Palace long ago.And the Longevity Palace, which is farthest away, is of course the place where the emperor used to dismiss concubines who disliked him, for example... the abolished Empress Wu.The status of the abolished empress is worse than that of ordinary court ladies. As time passed, the Longevity Palace became more and more deserted, and was gradually nicknamed the Lenggong by the palace people.

When Concubine Wu first married the emperor, the emperor didn't give her any face at all. On the night of the wedding, she was ordered to stay alone in the empty room, while he went to accompany Concubine Wan Gui by himself.Faced with such a blatant slap in the face, the young and vigorous Concubine Wu couldn't bear it. She couldn't beat the emperor, how could she be afraid of a little concubine?So he took a chance and beat Concubine Wan Gui.

But she didn't want to think about it. The emperor who could do such a thing as abandoning his wife and running to accompany his concubines on the wedding night was basically unclear-so in the eyes of Concubine Wu, she was simply exercising the privilege of a queen once. , but was rejected by the emperor because of this - he thought that he was sorry for her not being able to make Concubine Wan Gui the empress, but this woman who "robbed" her empress dared to beat her, it was simply hateful, not well-behaved and sensible at all, Absolutely not to stay.

So Empress Wu was abolished directly.

It wasn't until she lived in the Longevity Palace and experienced all the bitterness and bitterness in front of the palace people who uplifted the high and trampled the low, that Concubine Wu realized that she had committed a stupidity.

It's just that it was too late at this time, so she could only grit her teeth and spend a boring and long life guarding this desolate, cold and empty palace.

However, the boring days suddenly disappeared from one day—the Longevity Palace suddenly became lively.

Concubine Wu knelt in front of the couch in the main room, and beside her was the little eunuch who was solicitously fanning her and handing her tea and fruits. She was wearing clean and dry silk clothes that had not been seen for a long time. Formidable rival King and Queen.

Back then, the Empress Dowager prepared three queen candidates for the current emperor. She was really proud for a while when she finally won, but she didn't expect... Her opponents were never these people.

Thinking of this, Concubine Wu's expression was a little dazed, and she was about to put the tea bowl into her mouth.

"Hey, the water is hot!" Queen Wang tugged at her.

Concubine Wu came back to her senses, smiled wryly, and tried her best to sniff the tea - she hadn't enjoyed tea of ​​this quality for a long time.She lowered her eyes: "how did you remember this place?"

Empress Wang also brought the tea bowl, playing with the lid intentionally or unintentionally: "...Come and have a look."

"Then that lord—" Concubine Wu said, she raised her chin out of the window, where Tang Jinghong, dressed in dark blue, was standing in the shade with her arms folded, ordering a group of young eunuchs to clean up the yard for her.

From Concubine Wu's angle, what I just saw was the silhouette of the other party. Although the other party was wearing men's clothing, it was difficult to hide the uneven curves of her body—especially when she crossed her arms in front of her chest, it became more and more serious. It seemed that her chest was quite undulating, so Concubine Wu couldn't help being even more surprised: "...Huh? Is it a girl?"

Queen Wang also looked over, and said calmly, "This is not an ordinary girl—you've been in the cold palace for a long time, so I'm afraid you don't know that this big boss from Dongchang has been in the limelight recently. I'll come over to see For her sake."

Queen Wang just spoke the truth, but happened to hit Concubine Wu's weakness. She couldn't help sneering: "Yes, the empress condescends to come here. I'm sorry that the servants didn't greet her with sincerity, but it's deserted here. , nothing, it’s very different from Kunning Palace, I’m afraid you won’t feel comfortable if you stay for a long time, so you might as well just tell me what your purpose is, why both of us are so muddled.”

After hearing this, Queen Wang laughed dumbly and said, "Do you think I'm here to show off my power? No, I don't have any prestige to show off now—who in the entire Great Ming harem is as powerful as that one .I’m still sitting in the back seat, but I’ve long existed in name only—that’s why I say we’re all degenerates…”

As soon as the end of her words fell, there was a crisp sound of heels hitting the stone floor from the door, and at the same time, someone smiled and said: "Reduced people? I don't like listening to your mother--" The voice gradually approached, Finally, it stopped by the ears of the two, and said softly: "In my opinion, the two ladies are rare beauties who are beautiful and intelligent. Your Majesty doesn't like it. It's because he has no vision--that's good, save the beautiful peony flowers , was chewed by a bison."

It was the first time for Concubine Wu to hear such remarks, she glanced at the people around in a panic, but saw that the little eunuchs who were serving her did not move at all, they looked familiar, and even the queen and queen were slightly agitated. A bit of a sign of agreement.

Concubine Wu suddenly felt that she had been in the cold palace for a long time, and she was a little behind the times.

Then Tang Jinghong conjured a bunch of huge and beautiful peonies out of nowhere, raised his hand and put it in her hair, and said: "I just saw the empress and thought it was something, looking at it this way, it really is—the empress, Do you think Empress Wu looks better?"

Concubine Wu was thinking that this person could say something good about herself?Unexpectedly, Queen Wang really looked at her seriously for a while, and said: "Little Tang, you are right——girls are born with beauty and beauty, and they should not be wasted, and they should be well-groomed. What kind of sister Wu is suitable? I have a count of the bead flowers, and someone will send them over another day."

Tang Jinghong listened, nodded very satisfied, then turned his head to look around, frowned slightly: "Your Majesty is too inattentive—it is also a concubine's bedroom, and there is not even a decent decoration." He looked at it seriously Concubine Wu: "A good girl is a treasure in this world, and she shouldn't be treated harshly."

Concubine Wu's heart was shaken—I just felt that the boss of Dongchang made a double entendre, not only saying that she shouldn't be treated so harshly, but also saying that she shouldn't treat Concubine Wan Gui badly... But Wan Zhen'er— —Concubine Wu was about to say something more, when she suddenly saw another little eunuch running over in a hurry outside the palace, stood still at the gate of the palace, gasped and said: "Brother, something is wrong—Master... ..." At this point, he suddenly stopped, and then changed his words: "—Your Majesty, please go over."

Tang Jinghong frowned. This eunuch was working in front of the emperor, and he mentioned Wan Yulou. The lady had something to eat and chat, but unfortunately something happened again, so it had to be another day. However, I heard that the two of you have not seen each other for a long time, and it would be good to chat together. Send it over, and Tang will take his leave first."

After seeing Tang Jinghong's straightforward instructions, all the servants of the Longevity Palace expressed respectfully and admiringly that they would take good care of the two empresses. Dazed for a long time, she sighed faintly: "...Maybe I was really wrong back then, but that Wan Zhen'er...she was only a court lady, but I was the empress of Ming Dynasty back then, why can't I beat you?!"

"With Your Majesty's backing. Speaking of which, Master Tang is right. Even if there is no Wan Zhen'er, there will be Zhang Zhen'er or Li Zhen'er in this kind of thing—rather than hating her..." Queen Wang said lightly, suddenly Lowering his voice, the corner of his mouth curled up in a sarcasm: "—Hate our emperor, His Majesty."

"!!!" Concubine Wu's eyes widened in an instant, and she couldn't wait to go up and cover her mouth, but then she looked at the servants around her, not counting the ones left by Tang Jinghong, even the ones brought by the Queen. The ladies in the palace all had flat expressions.

Unexpectedly, Queen Wang was still in the mood to pick up the teacup and sip the tea after she finished her shocking words. After taking a sip, she showed a comfortable smile: "I figured it out too. We are all young. I can't even ask for Guining because I'm stuck here. I spend all day worrying about why Your Majesty didn't come. Why don't you have some fun. The palace is not a good place, but it's not the worst place either. Don't worry about food and clothing. You can also get the best things, and there is a juicy little girl waiting for you. What is it really... Hehe, don’t say that the old mother who followed you didn’t teach you the secrets of the palace, why bother to worry about that dirty one? .”

Concubine Wu: ...

"Let's talk about it." Queen Wang blew on the tea bowl, and said in a neutral tone: "You once raised His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and you will not have a good life in the future?"

Concubine Wu: Hey, it sounds reasonable...

Although it was Tang Jinghong himself who led the queen away, she still didn't expect that women in this era could have such a strong fighting power. At this time, she followed the little eunuch and hurried to Qianqing Palace, asking questions as she walked. What was the emperor summoning him for? I don't know if it was because of the woman, the emperor seldom called her for general matters, he only called her Wan Yulou, and if Wan Yulou was out of the palace on business, he would delegate the matter to Xichang.

So calling her this time can only be because of something serious.

The little eunuch who led the way hesitated for a moment, and said: "Anyway, the boss will soon find out—Lord Wan Du went to the south of the Yangtze River to supervise the construction of water conservancy. Behead him in public, unexpectedly that bandit Zhao Huaian who had killed many officials suddenly appeared and beheaded the governor on the spot, spattering three feet of blood..."

Huh?Really dead?It was she who heard that the minister of the Ministry of Industry was going to the south of the Yangtze River to supervise the construction of water conservancy, and then she showed Wan Yulou the document of impeachment of Wan Yulou, and then asked the person who found Fengli Dao to secretly disclose the news to him. Zhao Huaian really went to kill Wan Yulou.This guy is not a good person, Tang Jinghong actually didn't feel any fluctuations in his heart, but at least he was her foster father in name, she still showed a mixed expression of grief and anger, gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Zhao, Huai, An!"

"I would like to invite you to please the big one." The little eunuch comforted in a low voice, and then reminded: "Your Majesty asked the younger one to invite the big one, and also asked someone to invite Lord Yu, you..."

Tang Jinghong's face darkened, and he turned to go to the Qianqing Palace. Before he entered, he heard the emperor say: "... I can rest assured to wait for you to go out, and when the time comes, everyone in Dongchang will surely I miss you."

"Don't dare to live up to His Majesty's entrustment, Xichang will do its best to arrest the murderer as soon as possible."

Yuhuatian's voice was cold and indifferent, but it was loud and convincing for no reason.

Tang Jinghong strode into the study just at this time, and said coldly: "I appreciate the governor's kindness. It's just that this is a matter of my East Factory. It seems that Governor Yu shouldn't interfere, right? "Tang Jinghong said, knelt down on one knee facing the emperor, cupped his hands and said: "—Your Majesty, Wan Duzhu is not only Jinghong's boss, but also Jinghong's adoptive father, in public and private, Jinghong should kill the enemy , please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Yuhuatian didn't speak, just frowned.

The emperor looked to the left and then to the right. The looks, temperament and even the skills of the two were first-class, which is rare in the world. Although the two are suspected of being at odds at the moment, this is just right, so that he won't have to worry about one party dominating or something, so With these two talents vying to do things for him, the emperor felt indescribably happy, laughed a few times, and simply said: "Jinghong, you are temporarily taking the post of governor of the East Factory - I heard that The bandit Zhao Huaian is very cunning and very difficult to catch, how about this, you all go to the East and West Factory to catch whoever catches it first, I will give you a lot of rewards, how about it?"

Tang Jinghong glanced at Yu Huatian, who frowned at her with some disdain.

oops.Although she knew that this person was not a good person, just like Wan Yulou, he was a bad person who could die a thousand times, even this expression had a bit of malice.However, Wan Yulou Tang Jinghong really wanted him to take the lunch - one of the bad things, and the more important thing was that it was a little in the way, but looking at this face at this moment, she couldn't get angry at all.

So Tang Jinghong returned him a sincere smile.

Reach out and don't hit the smiling face.Yuhuatian was inexplicably weak, and then turned his gaze to look at the emperor.

The two took orders in unison.