One hundred and twenty-five chapters, the emperor descends, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other [2]
In Luoyang Palace, there is a remote and inconspicuous house, which is the resting place for the palace ladies.
The palace maid Qixiu has always been indecisive. After thinking about it for most of the day, he thought of running away.
At this moment, she was in her house, hurriedly packing up and saluting. She had already done what she promised Aunt Mo. She just hoped that she could fulfill her promise and stop embarrassing her mother and little brother in the suburbs of Luoyang.
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She decided that tonight she would take her mother and little brother away on the pretext of leaving the palace to visit relatives, and would never come to Luoyang City again in her life.
In fact, Qixiu herself likes His Highness Yin very much. His Highness Yin is plump and very cute. He is only more than a year old and has already learned to walk. He is so smart and looks like her.
My little brother...
It's a pity that as soon as I started, I was threatened by Granny Mo.
"Where is the palace maid Qi Xiu!" Before Qi Xiu could leave the room, two soldiers rushed to Luoyang at night, and the soldiers of the imperial army burst in with a murderous look on their faces.
Qixiu was startled, and it took her a while to realize what she was doing. She collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face, and she couldn't stop sobbing.
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After learning the news, Queen Mao was filled with grief. A few days later, the Queen's chariot also followed the soldiers who came to arrest Qixiu, all the way to Xuchang Palace. In the depressing and gloomy hall of Xuchang Palace, the emperor looked miserable.
Cao Rui sat in front of the case together with Queen Mao who looked tired.
Qixiu, who was escorted here, had already turned pale with fear. She just knelt down at the foot of the steps and forgot to salute.
"Qixiu, I want to ask you how His Highness Yin fell into the water. Please tell me the truth."
Empress Mao always felt that Qixiu was kind-hearted, so she arranged for her to take care of Cao Yin, but she didn't expect that something like this would happen.
"Your Majesty, the Queen, this is all the negligence of this servant and has nothing to do with anyone else..." Qixiu understood at this moment that if she recruited Aunt Mo, her mother and little brother would definitely die, so she had made up her mind.
One person takes responsibility for the crime in order to keep his family safe.
"Qixiu, I know that you are a good boy. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. Your Majesty and I will definitely make the decision for you..."
"enough!"
Before Queen Mao could finish speaking, the angry Cao Rui had already had veins popping up on his forehead. He was so angry that he immediately forgot about questioning the mastermind and roared hysterically:
"The queen wants to make decisions for this evil slave, but who is willing to make decisions for my Yin'er! Since she has confessed her guilt, there is no need to waste any more words! Come, take the evil slave Qixiu and all the slaves in Yin'er's palace
, hanged together to comfort my Yin'er's spirit in heaven!"
"Your Majesty..." Empress Mao was a little confused. In her eyes, her husband Cao Rui, although he became more arbitrary and cold after becoming emperor, he had always made clear decisions about right and wrong for many years. How could he become so cruel and domineering now? More than a dozen people
Servant, if you kill me if you tell me to, you will end up with more than a dozen lives anyway.
"Stop talking!" Cao Rui said coldly: "I know that Yin'er is not the queen's biological son, so the queen never really likes him, but I didn't expect that you actually want to protect these evil slaves. You are too disturbing to me.
disappointed!"
After hearing this, Empress Mao suddenly realized that the emperor was suspecting that she had murdered the prince. She felt aggrieved and wanted to explain to the emperor, but Cao Rui didn't care at all, turned around and left decisively.
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Queen Mao looked at her husband's indifferent back and burst into tears.
Cao Rui quickly walked out of the palace hall and came to the tower, looking at the palace attic in the distance. In a daze, he remembered the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Luoyang Palace, where he held his beloved son and looked up at the moon. For a moment, I just felt that things were right and people were different, and I was so sad that I fell down on the balcony and started to cry.
Who is it? Is it Queen Mother Guo? Isn't it enough that Queen Guo killed her own mother? Does she also want to kill her own children?
Or is it the Queen who killed Yin Er? But the Queen has always been well-educated and has a gentle personality, so how could she really commit such a murderous act?
"who is it!"
Cao Rui, who was extremely sad, was shouting helplessly at this moment. The sad echo floated leisurely inside and outside the cold palace, but it could not bring his dead son back to life.
"Your Majesty, Yin'er... is no longer here. Please forgive me and accept the change..." Mrs. Guo couldn't help but feel sad when she saw Cao Rui leaning on the railing alone and crying. Although the child was not her own child, she and Empress Mao Everyone knows that His Majesty's children are prone to die in infancy in recent years, so they have always cared for the child, but they didn't expect...
"Madam... please step back..." Cao Rui was still sad and did not turn around. He cried and said: "I, I want to be alone..."
"Yes... Your Majesty, I hope you will express your condolences and take care of the dragon's body..." Mrs. Guo glanced at Cao Rui worriedly, bowed and saluted, and said, "I leave you..."
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The heartbroken emperor had ignored government affairs for two months.
Fortunately, nothing major happened in the past two months, but Gao Tanglong, who had carefully taught the emperor as he watched the emperor grow up, was still worried.
In a blink of an eye, it's early autumn, July is in full swing, and the weather is getting cooler.
Perhaps it was the cooler weather that made the sad and irritable emperor feel a little better. Today, Cao Rui finally decided to summon the ministers at the Xuchang Palace to handle recent government affairs.
Inside the palace, the casual knights Gao Tanglong, Cao Zhao, Bian Lan, Zhongshu Supervisor Liu Fang, Zhongshu Ling Sun Zi, and Wuwei General Cao Shuang and others were saluting the emperor who had just ascended the throne.
Since the death of Situ Wanglang, the position of Situ has been vacant. In this dynasty, the position of Situ is an extremely noble position, but it does not hold much real power. It is generally held by veterans who have made outstanding achievements but have declined in mental and physical strength. So that you can spend your remaining years peacefully in supreme grace.
Gao Tanglong knew that Wei Wei Dong Zhao had served as the late emperor for many years and had made outstanding contributions in advising His Majesty. However, he had gradually aged in recent years, so he was the best candidate to serve as Situ.
Although Cao Rui was reluctantly willing to discuss politics today, it was not because he had figured out everything. He agreed to Gao Tanglong's proposal without even thinking about it.
After handling a few chores, Cao Rui's face was still as withered as wood, and he said in a hoarse voice:
"I dreamed of Shu'er and Yin'er again last night."
When the ministers heard this, they felt a little sad in their hearts. Cao Rui continued:
"I dreamed that Shu'er and Yin'er told me that they no longer wanted to stay in Luoyang and wanted to live in a big house in Xuchang. I decided to build two palaces for Shu'er and Yin'er near the Xuchang Palace. One is called Jingfu Hall, and the other is called Chengguang Hall."
The ministers understood that it was not easy for His Majesty the Emperor to go to court to discuss political affairs. Moreover, the Emperor's heart was still hurt. No matter how much people and money were spent building a palace, they could not criticize His Majesty's rebellion at this time. So everyone unanimously agreed to the Emperor's proposal. Decide.
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Ren Chengguo.
Xiahou Xuan, Li Huigu and his wife, who had been waiting for several months in the palace of Cao Kai, the king of Rencheng, finally waited for the day when the king's concubine gave birth. Because the matter was extremely confidential, Cao Ju did not dare to let the midwife from the palace come to the palace to help the king's concubine.
When it came to delivering the baby, Huigu volunteered and decided to deliver the baby herself.
At the same time, Cao Kai's princess was also pregnant for more than nine months. Coincidentally, Princess Rencheng was also going to give birth today. This made Cao Kai, who was already worried about the king's concubine, even more nervous. But as a result,
It was also convenient for Cao Kai to hide the whereabouts of the king's concubine. To the outside world, Cao Kai only said that the princess gave birth to a baby today in order to hide the secret.
He also discussed with Xia Houxuan that as soon as Wang Concubine gave birth to a child, he announced to the outside world that Princess Rencheng had given birth to twins. On the pretext that one of the sons was being recuperated and cured, he secretly sent Wang Guifei and the prince to Cao Kai outside Rencheng County.
The Villa.
Xia Houxuan and King Cao Kai of Rencheng were extremely nervous at the moment and were waiting outside the room where the concubine Wang was giving birth. Huigu was in the room delivering the babies at the same time to the concubine Wang and Princess Rencheng.
The Wang Concubine and Princess Rencheng in the room made painful sounds from time to time, which made Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai very worried. At this moment, they just clenched their fists tightly and remained speechless.
After a while, Huigu pushed open the carved wooden door and wiped the sweat from her forehead. At the same time, a loud cry came from the house.
Hui Gu's face was slightly pale. She wiped her sweat and said to Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai:
"Wang Guifei and Princess Rencheng have given birth to two young gentlemen!"
"Very good!"
When Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai heard this, a big stone suddenly fell to the ground. Xia Houxuan saw that Huigu was a little tired, so he quickly took off his cloak and covered Huigu's shoulders.
Cao Kai was overjoyed when he heard that his princess had successfully given birth to a son for him. He waved his hands excitedly, smiled and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and held Xia Houxuan's hand with joy.
And sincerely said:
"Taichu, don't worry. From now on, Fang'er will be Gu's biological son. Your Majesty, Gu will definitely raise Fang'er well!"
Xia Houxuan nodded and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and asked Huigu softly:
"What's going on with the concubine and Princess Rencheng?"
Hui Gu frowned slightly and closed her eyes. She held back her sadness and then answered Xia Houxuan:
"The concubine Wang had a miscarriage. After giving birth to Fang'er, she said a few words and then died. Before she died, she confessed that we must take good care of Fang'er..."
When Xia Houxuan and Cao Kai heard this, their hearts sank. Xia Houxuan
Cao Kai was nervous. He expected that Li Huigu had already taken care of the delivery room, so he rushed into the room to take care of the princess without caring about the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers. After seeing that the princess was fine, Cao Kai was really relieved. He sat down gently on the princess
By the bedside, he held the princess's hand, looked at his child, and murmured:
"Let's call our child Xun'er..."
The princess smiled and nodded. She was extremely tired and soon fell asleep. Cao Kai became nervous again and hurriedly asked Huigu. After learning that his wife had just fallen asleep, he breathed a sigh of relief again. He hugged his
The child said with a smile:
"Xun'er, Xun'er, Fang'er will be your brother from now on..."
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Two months later, in late autumn and September, the emperor's car arrived at Mobei in the southern suburbs of Xuchang, and the construction of the Jingfu and Chengguang Halls also began.
At the same time, Tian Yu, who was temporarily in charge of the military commander in Qingzhou, sent an urgent military report over the East China Sea to Xuchang.