The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Before Shulan could figure out how to tell Lin Shuyu about this matter, a major event happened in the court, the third prince was poisoned to death!

This was a major event, and the harem of the ruling and opposition parties was shaken immediately. The third prince's biological mother, Bai Zhaoyi, was crying blindly in the bedroom when she heard about it. In fact, she really fainted.

With both the crown prince and the second prince already on the street, the third prince has a natural advantage in inheriting the throne, that is, he is now the emperor’s de facto eldest son, and he has established a lineage since ancient times. Careful thinking that must be fake.It's just that the prince's rebellion happened for a few years this time!

Most of the princes under the emperor are children who have not yet married wives. It is too early to talk about seizing the throne at this time, and everyone dare not commit crimes against the wind at this time.I dare not, no, no one would have thought that someone would dare to commit a crime against the wind, and that person would be successful in a sense, successfully killing the third prince.

The fourth prince born by Concubine Xiao Shu is the most suspected one. Because the third, fourth, and fifth princes are similar in age, the fourth prince who kills the third prince will be the eldest son. In the absence of a middle palace, all the princes are concubines, comparable It can only be 'long' and 'virtuous', and the relationship between Bai Zhaoyi and Concubine Xiao Shu has not been very good these years. If the third prince ascends the throne, he can use his toes to think that Bai Zhaoyi will definitely come back with revenge.

This matter is related to the events of the past, and there is another Li family who is now the concubine Xian, who is also the biological mother of the fifth prince and the second princess.

Bai Zhaoyi and Concubine Xiao Shu and Concubine Li Xian served the emperor at about the same time, so there would inevitably be competition for favor.At that time, the positions of the four concubines were all vacant, and there were only these three in the nine concubines.It just so happened that the three of them were pregnant at the same time, and the emperor happily promised that whoever gave birth to a son would be promoted to the throne.

As soon as these words came out, not to mention that the other concubines treated their stomachs like this, even the three of them also had a fight, and no one wanted to bow down in vain.Bai Zhaoyi used the eyeliner she placed next to Concubine Xiao Shu to plot against Concubine Xiao Shu, almost causing Concubine Xiao Shu to have a difficult delivery.Concubine Xiao Shu soon only knew about this matter. Concubine Xiao Shu hated Bai Zhaoyi so much that her teeth itch. Even if the emperor did not promote Bai Zhaoyi to the position afterwards, Concubine Xiao Shu could not let her feel relieved.

Later, Bai Zhaoyi was lucky enough to conceive another child. Concubine Xiao Shu tricked Bai Zhaoyi into a miscarriage, and even damaged her body so that she could no longer conceive.Originally Concubine Xiao Shu did this in secret, but she was stabbed to Bai Zhaoyi by someone with a heart. Although the emperor didn't believe it at the time, there was no evidence afterwards that it was Concubine Xiao Shu who did it.

What, you say this has nothing to do with Concubine Li Xian?

How could it not be about her, she is the one who told Bai Zhaoyi the 'truth'!

Although this person always likes to sit on the sidelines and watch the snipe and clam fight, she reaps the benefits afterwards.But there is one thing that people are not as good as heaven is. Why did Concubine Xiao Shu press on her head, because Concubine Xiao Shu gave birth to the fourth prince and the eldest princess, while she gave birth to the fifth prince and the second princess. The most annoying thing is that the two The birthdays of the prince and the two princesses are almost the same.

When encountering this kind of thing, Concubine Li Xian can calm down so much. They are evenly matched in terms of family background and love, but it is because her son and daughter are born a few days late and will be subdued under Concubine Xiao Shu. How can Concubine Li Xian accept it calmly? The difference between them is almost non-existent.

This is so frustrating!

And there is no impenetrable wall in this world, even if Concubine Li Xian can hide it for a while, she can't hide it forever.Soon Concubine Xiao Shu knew that it was Concubine Li Xian who told Bai Zhaoyi the "truth" of the matter 'kindly'.As a result, Concubine Xiao Shu naturally disliked Concubine Li Xian, and always suppressed Concubine Li Xian by virtue of her higher status than Concubine Li Xian.

But in this way, Concubine Li Xian's obsession with status became deeper, and she hated Concubine Xiao Shu even more. In addition, there were other people making trouble on the side, and the two of them looked at each other with disgust.

Therefore, although the fourth prince is the biggest suspect, Concubine Li Xian and the fifth prince may not be without suspicion here. It may not be that Concubine Li Xian and the fifth prince did this, and then came to frame the fourth prince and Concubine Xiao Shu.

The death of a prince, not to mention whether the prince was favored or not, but the fact that he was poisoned to death also made the emperor shudder.It has been a few years since the matter of King Yizhong has not ended, and the emperor immediately made a conspiracy theory. This matter is clear, how can the emperor rest easy.

Facts have proved that since some people dared to poison a prince to death at the risk of the world, then he will be investigated afterwards.The secret guard of the Ministry of Criminal Justice made a move without even a single chicken feather being investigated, as if the whole thing was a poison that fell from the sky, just fell into the third prince's bowl, and happened to be eaten by the third prince, and then the third prince was finished .

How could it be such a coincidence, anyway, the emperor didn't believe it.

The more there are no clues, the more nothing can be found through investigation, the more the emperor feels that this matter is too terrible, and the more he has to investigate to find out the truth, and then things form an endless loop.

All of a sudden, the government and the public and the harem were full of fear and fear, and finally someone couldn't stand it anymore under such pressure, and jumped out, asking the emperor to appoint a prince.

This matter immediately aroused the emperor's fury. He is not old now. The sixth prince has just got married, and the seventh prince has just proposed marriage. To say something disrespectful, the emperor may have decades to live.And asking the crown prince to be appointed at such a sensitive time, this is completely intimidating the emperor to express his attitude!

But all the emperors don't like being bullied by others. In history, the reason why the Xiongnu were beaten to death by the Han Dynasty and almost lost their blood was actually unknown to many people. It was because the military minister Shanyu ran over and set fire to Ganquan The palace threatened the Han Dynasty. After that, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty could only give treasures to the Huns, and the palace ladies continued to implement the peace policy.

Let the young Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che deeply remember the Xiongnu, and after waiting for him to come to power, he will fight the Xiongnu regardless of whether he can beat him or not, so that the Xiongnu can no longer threaten the imperial power. Jin beat the Xiongnu almost out of fire.

The current emperor may not have the conviction and ruthlessness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but as an emperor and the leader of a country, the canonization of a prince is the biggest secret of the emperor, and it is impossible for people to detect it easily, otherwise the court will There will be partisanship and positional issues, which will not be conducive to his rule.

After all, Conglong Zhigong has always been very exciting.

The emperor was furious that the morning court was over. At first, everyone thought that this matter was temporarily settled, but they didn't expect that the news came from the harem saying that the emperor was so angry that he vomited blood, and now he had fainted.

The emperor had a criminal record for spitting blood. After hearing that King Yizhong rebelled, the emperor was so angry that he vomited blood.Although most people don't believe this news, after all, how can such confidential matters be leaked so easily, since ancient times, the emperor's physical condition has been a top secret.

The thoughtful mind was not dazzled and realized that something seemed wrong, and began to thank the guests behind closed doors.But there are still some people who are blinded by the temptation of Conglong Zhigong, trying to reach the sky in one go, and the desperate ones start to get mixed up.

Lin Zhixiao here naturally adheres to the principle of an emperor unswervingly. Jia's family wants to join forces, but they don't have the ability to just watch from the sidelines. On the contrary, Wang Ziteng's mind is a little active, looking at the current chaotic situation, thinking in his heart. You can take the opportunity to earn some military merits.

After almost three days of turmoil, the emperor went to the court as usual, and seeing the red face, there was no such thing as vomiting blood in the legend. Of course, it is also possible that the emperor is pretending to be like this.

Whether it is pretending or not, it is a good thing that the emperor is fine, but the prince below is still young and temperamental. It is not very good to hand over the country to such a prince.In front of all the ministers, the emperor not only did not mention this matter, but also dropped a blockbuster - after the beginning of spring in February next year, he will go on a southern tour, and it is the old rule that the Zhen family will pick him up.

This is a great honor, Concubine Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing about it in the harem.She also knew about the events of the past few days. It would be a lie if she didn't think about it, after all, she still had the Ninth Prince under her.But after experiencing the rebellion of King Yizhong, Concubine Zhen is obviously more cautious, especially when she is now a beautiful girl who is not favored by the emperor, she is even more cautious.

Since the emperor dared to say that he was going to go on a southern tour, it seems that the previous incident was just a smoke bomb, used to deceive people.Moreover, he was picked up by his own family, which showed that the emperor was still very relieved of his family, which was a symbol of status, and Concubine Zhen was naturally very happy.

How did she know how much money she had spent to pick up the Zhen family, the first three pick-ups, the money wasted like sea water, money wasted more than sand.Even if the emperor gave the Zhen family all the three major weavings in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still not enough to fill the skeleton. According to reliable sources, the Zhen family has borrowed nearly ten million taels of silver from the treasury in order to pick him up. This is also a major crime against Zhen's family being ransacked in the future.

After the new year in the first lunar month, the emperor was going to lead a group of people on a southern tour. Just when everyone thought it was all right, they didn't expect an unexpected thing to happen.

Concubine Xiao Shu was seriously ill suddenly, and the fourth prince begged the emperor to let him stay in the capital to take care of Concubine Xiao Shuyu. According to Lin Shuyu, although the emperor approved the matter, his expression at that time was very meaningful.

As the emperor's imperial bodyguard, Lin Shuyu naturally had to go with him this time. Shulan and Chen Shi started to pack his things, and after a long time of busy work, they finally packed them up. In addition to a change of clothes, they also had to prepare some pills and food. , Of course, silver is indispensable, who knows if there will be a place for silver, it is better to take things with you when you go out.

Speaking of which, Jia's mansion also took over, and that was when Jia's mansion was weaving such a fat job, but at that time, not to mention Shulan hadn't crossed over yet, even if the real master was born, she had crossed over, and she hadn't entered Jia yet. house.

Lin Zhixiao has never seen such a grand occasion, so the two of them, together with the rest of the Lin family, can only stay at home and listen to the news from outsiders. There is definitely no confidential news, and it is probably where some emperor went. information.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the emperor started his southern tour. When he set off from the capital to Dezhou, he rewarded a pair of large and small purses and two pairs of small purses to those who came to pick him up and present poems.On the eighth day of the second lunar month, the emperor entered Jiangsu from Shandong, took off some of his soldiers and most of the accompanying vehicles at Shunheji, Suqian, and then crossed the Yellow River at Xujiaji.

The emperor inspected the river affairs at Qingkou where the Yellow River and the Huaihe River meet, and then began to sail along the canal by boat. Each month's money and food.The emperor visited various gardens in Suzhou, and traveled to Lingyan Mountain by land for eight days.

On the third day of the second lunar month, the emperor set off from Suzhou and continued along the canal. After arriving at Youmen Town in Jiaxing, the emperor rode a boat to Haining to inspect the seawall, and then boarded the boat again.On the seventh day of the lunar new year, the emperor arrived in Hangzhou, the destination of the trip.The emperor went to the Guanchao Building in Hangzhou to inspect the Fujian Navy, visited the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, wrote poems and composed Fu, and was so happy that he stayed for twelve days.

On the 23th day of the second lunar month, the emperor returned to Luan.Arrived at Suzhou Mansion on February [-], the emperor loved the scenery of Suzhou very much, and visited for another six days before leaving reluctantly.After the emperor arrived in Zhenjiang, he crossed the river twice and visited the scenic spots of Jinshan and Jiaoshan in the Yangtze River.

On the third day of March, the emperor landed from the Yangtze River to stay in Jiangning Mansion. The whole family of the Zhen family knelt down to welcome the emperor. Strings, a box of Fushouxiang, twelve bolts of colorful satin.

This is a great honor, although the emperor only awarded it to the old lady of the Zhen family, but everyone in the Zhen family felt humiliated, as if they had received the reward from the emperor.

The emperor purposely stayed with Concubine Zhen at Zhen's house for a few days, and visited Jinling together with the Zhen family members.When the emperor visited Jinling, Lin Shuyu also traveled with the emperor, and learned that Lin Shuyu's ancestral home was also in Jinling, the emperor also kindly let Lin Shuyu go home to worship his ancestors, and gave Lin Shuyu three days off.

On the tenth day of March, the emperor left Jiangning, crossed the Yangtze River from Qili Port, and then returned by the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Canal.On March [-], the emperor went to Qingkou at the junction of the Huang, Huai, and Yun rivers, and crossed the Yellow River after inspecting the high weir dam of Hongze Lake.

Traveling to Shunhe Market Town, the emperor originally planned to go back to Beijing by land, but he didn't want to suddenly reveal that Concubine Xiao Shu and the fourth prince rebelled in the capital, so just in case, the emperor decided to continue to take a boat from Jining and Linqing to Dezhou.

At this time, the news from the capital also came one after another. It is said that the fourth prince discovered that there were suspicious people waiting in the capital. They were all unfamiliar faces, but each of them was powerful.The fourth prince was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so he asked the admiral of the nine gates to pay close attention to the matter.

If it's just that, the fourth prince's actions are neither wrong nor overstepped, and the emperor will have to reward him when he returns.It's a pity that once this person has tasted the taste of power, he is reluctant to let it go.The fourth prince originally had such a little bit of careful thinking in his heart, but when others picked him up like that, he ended up in trouble!

But who knew that the emperor came back so quickly, originally according to the schedule, the emperor went ashore from Dezhou on April [-]th, and then decided whether to go by land or by water, but who knew that the emperor had secretly returned to the capital on the [-]th day.

The fourth prince was caught off guard and caught immediately. The only thing that made Concubine Xiao Shu and the fourth prince rejoicing was that they didn't raise the banner of rebellion, they just vaguely had that tendency.After all, the fourth prince is still the emperor's own son, maybe the emperor will show mercy to the fourth prince.

Because the fourth prince didn't resist, there were no casualties, which made those who wanted to save him lose their little thoughts.

The fourth prince was placed under house arrest by the emperor, and then the entire capital fell into a large depression. Although the emperor returned to the capital safely and ended the ambition of the fourth prince, the matter would not end so quickly.

Liquidation is a must.

It's just surprising that the fourth prince was placed under house arrest by the emperor. Everyone thought that the fifth prince would take the opportunity to go further, but they didn't expect the emperor to decree that the fifth prince should also be placed under house arrest the next day.

The two emperors were both under house arrest. Concubine Xiao Shu didn't say anything. As early as after the emperor returned to Beijing, she stayed in the Buddhist hall of the palace all day long. She didn't know whether she was sincerely atoneting for her sins or pretending to beg the emperor to let them go. code.

Concubine Li Xian was originally complacent, but she didn't expect to hear that her son was also under house arrest the next day, and led people to Qianqing Palace to ask to see the emperor, but the emperor didn't see him, and fell ill immediately after returning to the house.

Several prominent governors in the capital were surrounded by soldiers from nine cities sent by the emperor. Before everyone could guess what the emperor was going to do, the house raids began...

Just like those families who rebelled after King Yizhong rebelled back then, if you have the courage to start from Longzhi Gong, you must have the courage to bear the fate of failure. A large piece.Not only is the Ministry of Internal Affairs once again full, but many ministers in the ruling and opposition parties have gone one step further, or made their own power go further.

But these things are not the Lin family's business for the time being.Naturally, Jia's mansion is fine, but Wang Ziteng, a relative of Jia's mansion, took this opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor. When the emperor cleaned up the officials outside, he made a great contribution and arrested several people who wanted to abscond in fear of crime or take risks. rebellious.This made Mrs. Wang straighten up a lot in Jia's house, and Wang Xifeng also had a happy expression on her face.

Of course, Dafang's side is not completely fruitless. The eldest wife's natal Zhang family and Lian's second grandmother's natal Xu family also took the opportunity to promote a few children from their families and family friends, but they are not as conspicuous as Wang Ziteng.

After Jia Amnesty heard the gossip from the mansion, he snorted twice, saying that this time the House of Internal Affairs' big discount sale also had no room for the second house.

It's not that the family doesn't have prominent relatives, and the Jia's family is still gone. Seeing Mrs. Wang's "petty" style, Jia Amnesty is deeply "worried"!

However, there is another happy event in the Jia family, that is, their uncle Lin Ruhai's children's shoes, after two years later than in the original book, still sat on the seat of Xunyan Yushi, and this person was appointed by the emperor.

Waiting for the emperor to copy the family and seal the heroes, there will be no new moves, making the government and the people speculate endlessly, what is the emperor planning to do with the fourth and fifth princes?The fourth prince attempted to rebel, and the fifth prince sent someone to provoke the fourth prince to rebel, and the charges were not small.

But the emperor was not in a hurry, and he didn't make a sound as if he had forgotten these two people. Concubine Xiao Shu and Concubine Li Xian had completely become transparent in the harem, and others dared not take the initiative to mention this matter to offend the emperor.

Besides, whether it is Concubine Zhen, Concubine Chen De, or Liu Chongyuan, the biological mother of the sixth prince, Yuan Chongrong, the biological mother of the seventh prince, they all hope that these few will be forgotten by the emperor forever, because in this way their children will be able to rise to power in the future.

Just like this, everyone lived in tacit understanding, time rolled forward for a year, and a sudden imperial decree broke the peace in the past.The emperor publicly announced the seventh prince as the crown prince, and ordered him to move to live in Yuqing Palace in the palace immediately.

And it was announced that next year would be the first year of Qingde. On the first day of the first lunar month, a grand succession ceremony would be held. The crown prince would abdicate himself and call himself the Supreme Emperor. He would still call himself "Zhen".

On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Qingde, a grand succession ceremony rarely seen in thousands of years was held in the palace.The emperor walked steadily up the steps of the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and sat on the dragon chair.

There is a worship mat on the ground in front of the throne, and on the east side of the throne are the imperial edicts and the emperor's jade seal. The crown prince stands on the west side. Stand in silence.The vassal states of Qi also sent envoys to congratulate them, and the whole scene was solemn and spectacular.

After the Supreme Emperor bestowed the seal on the new emperor, the officials of the Honglu Temple in the Ministry of Rites visited the city tower, and respectfully proclaimed that Emperor Qingde enshrined the Supreme Emperor's imperial edict, and Jinfeng issued the imperial edict to declare to the world.

After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he lived in Qianqing Palace. After the Zen throne, the Supreme Emperor lived in the Hall of Mental Cultivation to control the government. The emperor dealt with "ordinary events". , have to go to the Supreme Emperor to thank you.

In addition, the Supreme Emperor had to "instruct" the emperor every day.

The seventh prince was almost crushed by the pie that fell from the sky. Originally, his status was the lowest among all the princes. Compared with the mothers and concubines of other healthy brothers, they can be regarded as the lowest.

The seventh prince never thought that he would become the emperor before the emperor announced the imperial decree. After all, the marriage bestowed on him by the emperor, the seventh prince concubine is just the daughter of a mere second-rank minister. Compared with other princes and concubines who are more prominent In terms of family background, there is no comparison at all.

Unexpectedly, the emperor would choose to give way to him in the end, which really surprised the Seventh Prince, but no matter how surprised he was when faced with the benefits of gaining nothing, the Seventh Prince still opened his mouth and ate it in one gulp. This kind of thing is over. There is no such shop in this village!