In the past few years, the life of Prince Zhao and his son can be described in four words: dire straits.
Since Shen You, Feng Shaojun and his wife left the capital with their son, Emperor Qing'an's unspeakable anger was poured out on Prince Zhao and his son.
Emperor Qing'an was very clever and would not openly make things difficult or harsh. On the contrary, he "valued" Prince Zhao and his son very much. He handed over errands to Prince Zhao one after another, and Prince Zhao's son was sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs as an errand.
On the surface it looks beautiful, but in reality it is miserable.
King Zhao's errands did not go smoothly, and mistakes often occurred. Emperor Qing'an was selfless and would not blindly shield King Zhao. He sternly rebuked him several times in the court. The unlucky King Zhao had to apologize. However, the errands had to continue. , Emperor Qing'an simply did not allow him to retreat.
The Crown Prince of Zhao was even more unlucky. The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of large amounts of money, grains, taxes, and taxes, so he was rich in salary. When he joined the Ministry of Revenue as a servant, he could get a lot of money with just a little stretch of his hand.
It's a pity that Emperor Qing'an has a sharp eye and is extremely strict with the household department. Everyone is cautious in the household department. After Prince Zhao entered the household department, he also stayed honest for a while. As time went by, his mind inevitably became looser. , took huge bribes from local officials, and tampered with Qiu Fu's account books.
As a result, he was noticed by the Minister of Household Affairs and filed a complaint in front of Emperor Qing'an. Emperor Qing'an was furious and ordered a strict inspection of the account books. Prince Zhao, who had all the witnesses and material evidence, was caught.
Emperor Qing'an was livid and punished the prince of Zhao severely. The prince of Zhao was so disgraced that he had no shame to continue serving as an official, so he had to take the initiative to resign.
Emperor Qing'an refused and asked Prince Zhao to go to the Ministry of Punishment again. Unexpectedly, something went wrong when he was working in the Ministry of Punishment. This time, he was accepting money from others and the case was unclear.
Prince Zhao was caught red-handed again and was notorious.
The unlucky Prince Zhao and his son's reputation in the court plummeted, and the courtiers were afraid to avoid him. The Prince Zhao's house was also becoming increasingly desolate, with no one willing to visit.
King Zhao repeatedly submitted memorials, asking for vassal status. However, Emperor Qing'an ignored the memorials and granted vassal status. If the petition for vassal status failed, everyone in the Zhao Palace could only continue to suffer in the capital.
Killing a donkey with a blunt knife is really a clever method.
King Zhao was filled with bitterness and could not pour it out.
Last year, Prince Fu committed a serious crime of treason and was deprived of his title and exiled to Lingnan. King Zhao felt cold in his heart.
It is not unusual for the royal family and nobles to secretly keep some dead soldiers and secret guards. But Prince Fu was reported and arrested with personal evidence and all physical evidence. This matter was very scary.
Prince Fu has fallen, will it be his turn next?
King Zhao felt panic-stricken, as if there was a huge boulder hanging above his head. This boulder called Imperial Power would fall down at any time and smash him to pieces.
Now, my mother is also dead.
King Zhao knelt beside the bed and cried bitterly. He did not know whether he was grieving for the death of Princess Tian Shu or crying for his own gloomy future.
When Emperor Qing'an saw King Zhao crying so sadly, he couldn't help but sigh: "My condolences, third brother. Concubine Shu is three years old this year. She has lived a long life at this age. Don't be too sad."
King Zhao has been having a hard time in the past few years. He looks older than Emperor Qing'an and has some gray hair on his head. At this time, he was wiping his tears and crying and begging: "I sincerely ask the emperor to allow me to take care of my mother and concubine." Go back to Prince Zhao’s Mansion to arrange the funeral.”
In the past few years, King Zhao begged Emperor Qing'an several times to bring Concubine Tian Shu back to the mansion to rest in her old age. However, Emperor Qing'an stopped her every time.
Who made King Zhao so blind that he forced Shen You to leave the capital that day? Emperor Qing'an was so filled with hatred and anger that he did not have an attack at that time, and he tormented King Zhao a lot after that.
King Zhao knelt down and begged, and Emperor Qing'an did not relent: "Concubine Shu has lived in Cuiwei Palace for more than forty years. Now that she has closed her eyes and gone to the west, it is time to set up a mourning hall in Cuiwei Palace to take care of her funeral affairs."
"Third brother, sincerely filial, please stay in the palace and kneel for Concubine Shu!"
King Zhao helplessly wiped away his tears and responded in a low voice.
Soon, the mourning hall was set up.
Concubine Tian Shu was put on the prepared shroud and carried into the coffin. King Zhao knelt beside the coffin, looking at Concubine Tian Shu who was pale and stiff and felt sad in his heart.
Prince Zhao's eyes were red, and he knelt beside King Zhao and whispered dumbly: "Father, take care of yourself."
King Zhao turned a deaf ear and continued to burst into tears.
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News of Concubine Tian Shu's death spread quickly out of the palace.
The mourning hall of Concubine Tian Shu is located in Cuiwei Palace, and all high-ranking wives in the capital have to enter the palace to kneel in mourning. The palace is austere.
Even Eunuch Yang, who was on the hospital bed, changed into plain clothes. Feng Shaojun also wore white clothes.
Eunuch Yang sighed: "Unexpectedly, Princess Tian Shu did not survive this year and left one step earlier than our family."
Feng Shaojun said calmly: "It is unexpected that Princess Tian Shu can survive to this day."
Eunuch Yang's eyes flashed and he whispered: "King Zhao has always wanted to take Concubine Tian Shu to Prince Zhao's Mansion, but the emperor has always refused. Now that Concubine Tian Shu is dead, the funeral is being held in the palace. Prince Zhao must be feeling depressed and unhappy."
Feng Shaojun snorted softly: "King Zhao brought it upon himself."
King Zhao secretly caused Shen You's departure from the capital. With Emperor Qing'an's temper, how could he be easily spared? In the past few years, King Zhao had been tortured a lot. Although Feng Shaojun was far away in the border town, he could not let him go easily. I know that King Zhao is having a hard time.
Eunuch Yang glanced at her: "Looking at King Zhao like this, shouldn't your anger be gone?"
How could Feng Shaojun be willing to admit: "It's wrong for my adoptive father to say this. The anger in my heart has long been gone."
Duplicity.
I'm really relieved. Why is it that when Emperor Qing'an is mentioned, he still has such an unwelcome tone?
Eunuch Yang had no choice but to give a few more instructions: "Anyway, when I see the emperor again, you should be a little more friendly. If you get along well with the emperor, there is no harm in eating anything good."
Feng Shaojun nodded sincerely: "I listen to my adoptive father."
The person who knows Feng Shaojun’s temper best in the world is Xu, Shen You is the second, and Eunuch Yang is the third.
Eunuch Yang looked at Feng Shaojun again and said with a helpless smile: "That's all, we don't want to be verbose."
After a pause, he asked in a low voice: "Today, the female members of the Feng family and the Shen family have come to the palace to kneel in mourning. Do you want to go to Cuiwei Palace and meet them?"
There is nothing visible about the female members of the Feng family.
What Feng Shaojun wanted to see was his aunt Da Feng.
For more than five years, Mrs. Feng has written to me every month. She also often sends people to send food and supplies to the border towns. There are not many things, and this feeling of caring and caring all the time is the most rare thing.
She returned to Beijing in disguise this time and went directly to the palace. She had no chance and no time to visit the great Feng family. Now that the great Feng family has come to the palace, she must go and see her.
Feng Shaojun quickly made up his mind and said softly: "Concubine Tian Shu will be in mourning for seven days. It will be too conspicuous to go today. I will go to see my aunt in two days."
