In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, June 18th, the Forbidden City, the second moment of the first lunar month.
Emperor Wanli kept his eyes open and did not sleep.
The life schedule of the Ming Dynasty emperor. At eight o'clock in the evening, the selected concubine was sent to the emperor's residence. After that, the concubine could not sleep with the emperor, nor could she return to her own place. She could only stay in the enclosure outside the palace. Stay temporarily.
When the emperor was sleeping, only the eunuchs accompanying him could stay with him.
But today, Emperor Wanli never slept.
When Concubine Zheng was in Xu Zheng, she had already gone to the enclosure. Emperor Wanli was sitting on the bed in the Palace of Qianqing, restless, always feeling that something bad was going to happen.
"Tian Yi, is there anything happening outside tonight?"
The source of Emperor Wanli's uneasiness was the talisman he was wearing. This talisman was given to him by Zhang Xianyong of Longhu Mountain. This child was talented, intelligent and full of spiritual energy. Zhang Zhenren brought this child to him. At that time, Emperor Wanli fell in love with him at that time.
Although he doesn't regard him as his own son, he still treats him as half a godson.
Emperor Wanli had no doubts about the magic power of Longhushan Celestial Master. Even if there were some problems in the previous dynasty, it was at most just the mistreatment of Master Longhushan.
Who hasn't made a mistake yet?
The man whom Emperor Wanli called at this time came over. His name was Tian Yi. Last year, after the previous eunuch Zhang Cheng, the eunuch Bingbi, was deposed, Tian Yi replaced Zhang Cheng and temporarily took charge of the eunuch. At the same time, he became the new waiter beside the emperor.
Emperor Wanli still trusted him very much.
Last year, Tian Yi had just become his superior, eunuch Bingbi, the ceremonial supervisor, and he wrote two memorials to secretly admonish him, telling him some external situations and asking him to make corrections in time. After those things, even the talkative eunuch The ministers were full of compliments.
Tian Yi is a man wearing a python robe and a jade belt.
This was the costume given to him by Emperor Wanli himself and allowed him to wear it.
"Your Majesty, at the first watch, everything is as usual. At the second watch, except for the Nanzhen Fusi who went to Longde Hall for inspection, there is still nothing else."
"It's the second quarter of the first lunar month, and it's almost the third watch. A moment ago, I ordered people to go out for inspection, and there was no problem."
Tian Yi also frowned. He was very old. He was already sixty-four years old this year. He was afraid that he could not remember certain things clearly and missed the emperor's important events, which would lead to his death.
Emperor Wanli ordered someone to serve him and change his clothes. He had nothing to do at this time, so he was not wearing bright yellow regular clothes, but Yan Bian clothes.
The frame of the crown is like a leather bean, decorated with colorful jade clouds on the front, red tassels, double jade hairpins, black top with cyan border, embroidered with the sun and moon on both shoulders, embroidered with dragons on the front and back, lining with yellow, deep skirt The clothes, the waist is a plain belt with vermilion edges and a nine-dragon jade belt, and white socks and shoes.
"I am very uneasy. I fear something bad will happen tonight."
Emperor Wanli carried the talisman at Longhu Mountain with him. This talisman helped him avoid some dangers.
"On the eighth day of March last year, before the fire broke out in the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, I was also uneasy. It was this talisman that warned me. I suddenly went to the Yangxin Palace on a whim. Not long after I left, the Qiankun Palace disappeared out of thin air. A fire broke out and burned both palaces."
Tian Yi's expression was also very serious. This incident last year was indeed very strange. The fire came out of nowhere. Later, the palace's investigation failed to find out. Many maids and attendants died in the fire. It was determined that the fire was caused by mistake.
Maybe someone knocked over the candle, and it happened that an evil wind had blown it up.
Emperor Wanli frowned: "Later, Zhenren Zhang was summoned by me. He said that he wanted to move all the statues of Emperor Zhenwu and Ruizong back to Longde Hall to avoid fires. I didn't listen at the time and even joked with him...
...Wood carvings and clay sculptures are not real professions, so how can they suppress water and fire?"
"Later, I prepared more water tanks in the palace. From last year to now, there have been no fires... But suddenly there were no fires, big and small. I felt something was wrong in my heart.
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Emperor Wanli also felt that something was wrong with him. In the past, there would be a small fire every few days and a major disaster every March or May. He was not afraid. But now that there are no fires, he feels abnormal.
Tian Yi thought for a while and said to Emperor Wanli: "Your Majesty, is there any sign of a whim right now?"
Emperor Wanli did not respond, but closed his eyes. After a while, he said to Tian Yida: "The source of my unrest tonight must be Longde Palace. After Concubine Zheng told me about the inspection of this palace,
Up to now, I have no sleepiness at all, and I am even more frightened!"
"It must be this hall. Last year, Master Zhang was also staring at this hall! Could it be that Zhenwu and Ruizhong were angry that the statue was not in the main hall, so they punished me?"
"There is something wrong with this palace!"
Emperor Wanli was also a little suspicious, thinking that even if he had to be punished, it should not be done to him. It was Emperor Longqing who removed the two statues of you, and it was none of his business.
"I'm going to Longde Hall! No ceremony!"
After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, he set off immediately. Tian Yi also called for the eunuchs and attendants to follow him.
Emperor Wanli left the Qianqing Palace and sent someone to notify Queen Wang to stop staying in the Kunning Palace and come out with him if she had nothing to do. He also sent someone to call Concubine Zheng in the surrounding room.
"Your Majesty, is this...?"
Concubine Zheng still didn't know what was going on. After the emperor and her had been together, at midnight, not only did she not go to bed, but she got up to go to Longde Hall, which ghosts usually didn't go to?
"Don't ask any more questions, just come with me."
Emperor Wanli didn't say much. At this time, he already had a whim and felt that he must go to Longde Palace!
On the way from Qianqing Palace to Longde Palace, you have to pass through Jiaotai Palace, Longfu Gate, and pass through the entire West Sixth Palace. Turn out from the corner corridor, pass through a very long corridor, and pass through three corridors in a row to the northwest corner.
Among the three unattended palaces that are not within the scope of the inner palace, there is Tai'anmen, which is the courtyard gate of Longde Hall.
Just when Emperor Wanli was leaving, Luo Sigong came in a hurry with the royal guards from Nanzhen Fusi. When Emperor Wanli saw the filth on their bodies and their embarrassed looks, he was even more surprised.
"Luo Sigong, the envoy of Nanzhen Fusi Town, comes to see Your Majesty!"
Emperor Wanli immediately asked: "I asked you to go to Longde Hall, but what did the inspection reveal?"
Luo Sigong quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, in Longde Hall, just now..."
Before he finished speaking, it suddenly lit up outside. Emperor Wanli turned his head. He had just walked out of the back door of the Qianqing Palace. At this time, the Qianqing Palace suddenly burst into flames!
At this moment, at this moment.
In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, on June 19, Zizheng.
There were still maids in the palace, and they were all in the fire. Emperor Wanli and others saw that in front of the door of the Qianqing Palace, there was a pile of corpses of the maids standing in the fire. At this time, the seven orifices were on fire, and their bodies were charred.
Concubine Zheng was so frightened that she screamed, and from the blazing fire of Qianqing Palace, three figures walked out!
One man wears red clothes and a wide belt, and has a handsome beard.
A waiter, dressed in rich clothes and handsome, holding a red flag.
There was a hole as big as a bowl on the back of an old man with a white beard, and fire came out of the hole.
Emperor Wanli was immediately shocked and furious:
"Who are you!"
As soon as I went out, the house was burned down!
This house burned down on March 8th last year, and construction started on April 1st. It was just repaired at the beginning of this year, and it’s gone again!
Do you know how important a house is to a homebody emperor? How can he stay home without a house?
The three people in the fire stared directly at Emperor Wanli, as if they wanted to respond to the emperor's question, but Luo Sigong quickly stood in front of Emperor Wanli and said urgently:
"These three people are the Gods of Fire! They are here to assassinate His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please quickly follow me to Longde Hall to avoid trouble!"