Seeing that her daughter finally compromised, Empress Nangong felt uncomfortable. She sighed and asked the palace maid to accompany Zhu Cheng back to her palace. Here she sent someone to call Princess Song and Mrs. Qian to come over and inform them of the good news.
After hearing the princess's approval, Princess Song and Madam Qian were of course extremely happy. After chatting with Empress Nangong for a while, they left Cining Palace. Madam Qian returned home happily to report the good news.
Today is when Liu Ziguang is on duty in the palace. As the minister in charge of the bodyguard, he is responsible for protecting Ouchi. He has to go to the palace to stay on duty all night every few days. It just so happens that Liu Ziguang also wants to take this opportunity to find the eldest princess to comfort her.
Before the Southern Expedition, he had sworn to marry her when he came back, but now it turned out that Hou Fangyu was going to be the consort. Whether as a promiser or as a man, Liu Ziguang felt like his face was burning. What could he say?
Killing the whole family is just to vent their anger. How can a dignified first-class official be so easy to kill? Now we can only stop this thing by starting from the source and explaining the situation to the emperor and the concubine.
Before Liu Ziguang had time to go to the eldest princess, he was stopped by Zhu Youxiao, who insisted on discussing the off-road vehicle with him. Liu Ziguang had no choice but to accompany the emperor and chat with him. In the blink of an eye, it was dark.
Zhu Youxiao asked the eunuch to prepare a meal and drink. It seemed that he wanted to have a long talk with Liu Ziguang. Liu Ziguang was anxious and was about to find an excuse to escape when he suddenly heard Zhu Youxiao mention the matter of recruiting a consort.
"Liu Qing, what do you think of Hou Fangyu?"
"This person has talent but no virtue, and is not worthy of the big responsibility." Liu Ziguang said without thinking.
"Oh, how come you can see it?" Zhu Youxiao was puzzled.
"Your Majesty, you still remember last year's Censor Guo Zheng incident. It ended up causing quite an uproar. The entire Metropolitan Procuratorate doesn't look down upon me now."
"Of course I remember. What does this have to do with Hou Fangyu?" Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, put down his chopsticks, and asked seriously. It was related to his sister's lifelong event, and he couldn't help but keep his spirits up.
"The conflict between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Wei Chen was because of Guo Zheng, and the conflict between Guo Zheng and Wei Chen was because an old lady named Xu fell down and falsely accused the eldest princess of hitting her. And this old lady named Xu was not just looking for someone to blackmail her.
, but was summoned by Hou Bao, the servant of the Hou Mansion, specifically to pick the eldest princess to attack." Liu Ziguang said, Zhu Youxiao's expression became more and more serious.
"A quarter of an hour before Hou Bao found someone to make things difficult for the eldest princess, Wei Chen was accompanying the eldest princess incognito in Deyue Tower to observe the public sentiment. He did not want to be provoked by the four young masters from Jiangnan. He relied on the power of the Shangshu Mansion to not only seize the seat but also tried to tease her.
The eldest princess, since she was visiting incognito, she did not fight with her ministers. She just used the palace ban waist card to scare them away, and then what happened next. When Mrs. Xu was acting in the street, the fourth young master was watching from upstairs.
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"What a fourth young master from the south of the Yangtze River, he turns out to be such a person!" Zhu Youxiao slapped the table, frightening the little eunuch next to him. Liu Ziguang did not specify that Hou Fangyu was the instigator of this matter, but he understood that everyone
It can be heard that this matter is definitely related to Hou Fangyu.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Later, a series of things happened. Mrs. Xu also died, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was in trouble, and the key party Hou Bao was missing. There was no evidence, and it was related to the dignity of the royal family, so the matter was dropped.
The crime of being a minister." This case is very small, and there is indeed no evidence to prove that it was ordered by Hou Fangyu. Liu Ziguang did not want to offend the entire Donglin system for Hou Fangyu. Unexpectedly, he underestimated the enemy for a moment, resulting in the current passive situation.
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"This person is very insidious. It will definitely not be good for the imperial sister to marry him." Zhu Youxiao said to himself.
Liu Ziguang nodded, and was just about to say something bad about Hou Fang Yu when he suddenly heard a loud sound of clouds outside the Qianqing Palace, and several eunuchs rushed in rolling and crawling, their voices changing their tone: "Your Majesty, it's not good, eldest princess." Something happened."
"What!" Liu Ziguang and Zhu Youxiao stood up at the same time and asked. Zhu Youxiao dropped the ivory chopsticks in his hand. Although the wine glass in Liu Ziguang's hand did not fall to the ground, it was obviously shaking.
"Your Highness... there is blood all over the ground... she committed suicide." The eunuch spoke incoherently and couldn't say anything. Liu Ziguang, not caring about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, jumped out first and shouted: "Send the eunuch to the doctor quickly!"
Then he ran towards the princess's bedroom.
Zhu Youxiao also ran out. He didn't have time to prepare the chariot, so he just ran over, followed closely by a group of eunuchs. The one who didn't open his eyes even held a cloak and shouted: "Your Majesty, be careful of the cold wind at night." Feng Han was so cautious at this point, Zhu Youxiao ran wildly without even looking back.
Liu Ziguang's body was so fast that the guards in the harem could only see a gust of wind passing in front of them, but no one could be seen at all. When they arrived outside the princess's palace, Liu Ziguang felt his heart aching faintly. The palace was already in a mess. The palace maids and eunuchs were crying and running back and forth. Liu Ziguang took a deep breath and walked into the princess's palace step by step.
Zhu Cheng was lying quietly on the phoenix couch, with no trace of blood on her pale face, her lips were all white, her eyes were closed, and her long eyelashes seemed to be trembling. She was wearing a dress that matched her status as a princess. The mismatched fish-white sarong was made by myself when I was in Hongze County. I used the money given by Liu Ziguang to pull the cloth at the market. It was the most dignified piece of clothing Zhu Cheng had before entering the palace. She wore this when she died. A piece of clothing may have a different meaning.
The palace was filled with the smell of blood, and the ground was all dazzling red. Even a hero like Liu Ziguang, who was used to seeing the battlefield, couldn't bear it. Zhu Cheng's right hand was placed beside the bed, and a deep wound was cut on his wrist. Although it has been bandaged, there is still blood oozing out.
With so much blood shed, the person was definitely hopeless. Liu Ziguang stood in front of the phoenix couch and could no longer bear the sadness. As soon as he closed his eyes, various scenes from the past appeared in front of his eyes. The beautiful and intelligent fisherman girl by the Hongze Lake, the small county town. The girl in green shirt leaning against the door under the peach blossom tree and looking out; there is also a table full of pastries upstairs in Deyue, which are packed and taken back to the palace for her mother and younger brother to eat; and there is also a weak girl sobbing in her arms in the rockery pavilion in the imperial garden. .
A string of heroic tears fell from the corners of his eyes. A man would not shed tears easily because he had not reached the sad point. Liu Ziguang was really sad about all this. He was very responsible for the death of the eldest princess. When the Donglin Party began to plan the prince consort During the incident, he did not step forward to stop it. When the Crown Princess summoned Hou Fangyu, he just threatened to kill the whole family without taking any substantive action. Even when the emperor issued an imperial edict asking Hou Fangyu to When asked about Yu's birth date, he was still timid and did not dare to say it clearly. It was not until the emperor asked the question that he remembered to speak ill of Hou Fangyu.
When encountering problems that are difficult to solve, we adopt an ostrich policy and let a weak woman shoulder all the pressure. Is this still a man? Is this like the style of Liu Ziguang, the Marquis of Zhenwu? Is it for these frivolous reputations and the so-called worldly pressure? , can he sacrifice the kind-hearted Zhu Cheng? Liu Ziguang fell into deep regret. If he could have a chance to come back again, he would be willing to give up all his power and wealth and take Zhu Cheng away. It's a pity.
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It's a pity that there is no if.
Zhu Youxiao arrived shortly after. Jin Guan ran away and lost one of his boots. When the panting Zhu Youxiao saw his sister's appearance, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Imperial doctor! Why are all the imperial doctors dead?"
Gone?"
The imperial doctor's response was not slow. When the emperor arrived, they arrived on the back. They hurriedly ran in to observe the eldest princess's injury. They all looked troubled. The leading medical officer boldly said: "All the blood in the princess's body has been drained.
The old man is really helpless, so please express your condolences, Your Majesty."]
"Nonsense! The emperor's sister can still be saved! Her eyelashes are still moving! If you losers can't save the princess, you will all be dragged out and beheaded!" Zhu Youxiao burst into thunderous rage and conveniently put an extremely precious jade on the case.
Ruyi swept it to the ground and broke into seven or eight pieces. The palace maids, eunuchs, and eunuchs were so frightened that they immediately fell to their knees and begged the emperor for his life.
At this time, the Crown Princess and the Empress also arrived. When Nangong Empress heard that something happened to her daughter, she ran over without even putting on her clothes. The empress who had originally planned to marry her daughter in a few days could only look at her daughter's body.
daze.
Ten years have passed, ten years of bleak and miserable life among the people. Unexpectedly, less than a year after entering the palace, the princess lost her life. Empress Nangong couldn't breathe and fainted on the spot. The queen and the maids hurriedly supported her.
She pinched the person, caressed her chest, and finally came up in one breath. Her lips moved, and she didn't say anything for a long time. Then she suddenly rushed towards her and let out a loud cry: "My son, my miserable daughter, I have harmed you all because of my mother."
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Crying and crying, the empress held her breath again, and passed out on the spot, unable to revive the dead person. The imperial doctors were still confident of treating the unconscious person, so they asked the palace maids to carry the imperial concubine to another place with all their hands.
On a couch, the doctors opened the medicine box and began to work.
The reason why the Crown Princess fainted was because there were too many people in the palace, causing poor air circulation. At this moment, all the idle people were kicked out by the Queen, leaving only the necessary people to take care of the Empress. Liu Ziguang still stood there like a clay sculpture.
There, one hand was holding the copper pillar next to him. No one noticed that Mr. Hou's fingers had been deeply inserted into the copper pillar.