Emperor Ming Yuan sneered, "There are forbidden troops guarding the outside of Qingyu Palace. Even if Concubine Xian goes crazy and wants to run out, she still has to get through the forbidden troops. You ask Gu Si to check the forbidden troops and see if they are bribed by the harem.
Find it out for me and punish him severely."
Eunuch Mu Ru hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian ran out at that time and pointed the hairpin at her own neck, and the imperial guards did not dare to move."
Emperor Ming Yuan slapped the table and said sternly: "Excuse, if there is no collusion between inside and outside, how can we let her run out so easily?
Also, how many sharp weapons are there in Qingyu Palace?
Have you ever counted her jewelry box?
The craftsmen in the palace are not allowed to do these things. If the people in her palace are ordered to go out, they have to report back for how long and wherever they go.
Check, check together to see which other servants help her exchange information with the Su family, and who helps her prepare these sharp weapons."
Eunuch Mu Ru was furious when he heard him and did not dare to help the imperial army anymore.
In fact, everyone knows very well, how can there be no fishy things in Qingyu Palace?
It's just that Eunuch Mu Ru felt that if he moved his whole body, if he really wanted to check deeper, he might not be clean on anyone's body.
The personnel affairs in each palace are intricately intertwined, and each palace has internal contacts from other palaces. This has been the case since the beginning of the Taishang Dynasty.
If we really check, there will probably be an earthquake in the harem.
In addition, the imperial concubine has just begun to take charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace. If strict investigation is carried out, she will offend some people and start to make enemies.
However, Eunuch Mu Ru also knew the purpose of the emperor's anger. He did not intend to deal with the queen, but he had to find a place to vent his anger, so he angered the Forbidden Army and the original people of Qingyu Palace.
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Emperor Ming Yuan slowly calmed down, stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back. In the royal study, the palace officials had already lit up all the lights in the palace according to his past habits.
The hall was filled with earth dragons, and the heater was blowing up to the feet. Emperor Ming Yuan sat on the dragon chair, looking at the piles of memorials, and then thinking of the bad things in the harem before, the anger that had just been suppressed surged up again, and he actually killed it with one hand.
He smashed the good inkstone out.
Eunuch Mu Ru was so frightened that he hurriedly backed away, picked up the inkstone and carried it over, saying softly: "Your Majesty, why do you have to get angry with these dead things?
The dead thing doesn't hurt or itch, but it hurts your own body."
Emperor Ming Yuan's face was ashen, and he stared at Eunuch Mu Ru with a pair of sparkling eyes, "Do you think I'm a coward?
I clearly know that the queen is causing trouble, but I dare not touch her."
After hearing this, Eunuch Mu Ru almost couldn't hold back tears and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, how could this old slave have such an idea?
Others don't understand, but this old slave knows you best. You are thinking about the overall situation and are not willing to cause chaos in the harem at this juncture. You are also afraid that the Chu family will not be able to suppress it and the Su family will be in trouble again, so you will do this.
The matter is concealed."
Emperor Ming Yuan also said it anyway, so he just didn't complain, "It's not that I can't touch the queen, I can also abolish her. The Chu family seems to be in full swing now, and Chu's chief minister can almost cover the sky with one hand, but it doesn't matter, the chief minister
No matter what, he is still loyal to me. If he changes his position, although it will cause displeasure to the Chu family, it will not cause much trouble."
When Eunuch Mu Ru heard this, he was a little confused.
Emperor Ming Yuan frowned and his voice was full of sadness, "I have reached middle age. I have become hard-hearted due to political affairs in these years. But in the final analysis, I am also made of human heart. No matter whether I am a queen or a concubine, they all have a heart of stone."
She followed me when I was in exile, to give birth to children for me. We have been husband and wife for more than 20 years. If I kill one, will I have to kill the other one?
I know what they are asking for. The wise concubine is the mother of the prince, and I cannot allow her to be so wanton and disrupt the country.
The queen has a legitimate son, but she was not appointed as the crown prince. She feels aggrieved in her heart. She is my legitimate wife, and I can sympathize with her feelings. But she is the queen, but I cannot forgive her for having the power to control the Sixth Palace arbitrarily.
She is instigating trouble in the palace, so I am useless whether to deal with her or not. Is there anyone in this huge harem and the entire Yuwen family who is of the same mind as me?"
Eunuch Mu Ru felt extremely uncomfortable hearing the last words of Emperor Ming Yuan. The emperor would never say such things in front of him. No matter how big the matter was, the emperor would face it without changing his face. He would handle whatever he could handle and what he couldn't.
Putting it aside indifferently, just like before, the Su family actually found a lot of things, but because he couldn't investigate them one by one, he just put them away and didn't worry about it.
Now that I think about it, the emperor is not able to deal with it indifferently, but has it all stored up in his heart. Now that the problem lies with the queen who is the head of the harem, and the concubine Xian has just been executed, he can't hold it back for a while.
Eunuch Mu Ru comforted him a few words. Emperor Ming Yuan was still livid, but at least he didn't lose his temper and continued to correct the memorial.
He didn't turn over the cards tonight, so he didn't do it until midnight.
Eunuch Mu Ru talked several times beside him, and Emperor Ming Yuan told him to shut up, so he stood and took a nap. Then he heard the noise and hurriedly came over and said: "Your Majesty, have a rest!"
Emperor Ming Yuan stretched out his hand to press his chest and asked tiredly: "Why do you feel pain in your chest?
What time is it?"
"Maybe... I just passed away. Master, are you okay?"
Eunuch Mu Ru said hurriedly.
Emperor Ming Yuan waved his hand indiscriminately, his face very pale, "It's okay, you can go and have a rest."
"Then... I will send the emperor back first!"
Eunuch Mu Ru turned around to blow out the lamp, but before he could take a breath, he heard a "boom" from behind him. He turned around quickly, only to see that Emperor Ming Yuan, who was standing next to the imperial case, fell to the ground at this moment, motionless.
, actually fainted.
Eunuch Mu Ru was so frightened that his heart was broken. His legs were trembling and he knelt down. He shouted in a trembling voice: "Come here, come here, call the imperial doctor!"
The door of Prince Chu's Mansion was knocked open late at night, and Yu Wenhao and his wife were awakened from their warm beds. They heard that someone from the palace was coming, saying that something was wrong with the emperor. The two of them suddenly woke up and did not bother to dress up or hair.
He bundled up, put on a set of clothes, and ran out with a shoe in one hand.
It was Gu Si who came to invite him personally. He said that the emperor suddenly fainted, and the imperial doctors rushed over. However, they were afraid of any accident, so they immediately invited Yuan Qingling to enter the palace.
Yuan Qingling heard this and immediately asked: "Is there a heartbeat?"
As soon as he asked this question, Yu Wenhao's heart trembled, and he almost fell off his horse when he was about to get on his horse.
Gu Si said he didn't know. He only knew that the imperial doctor used an injection and took medicine for heart ailments from the Supreme Emperor and pressed it under his tongue because Eunuch Mu Ru said that the emperor had pain in his heart before he fainted.
After Yuan Qingling heard what Gu Si said, she didn't waste any time and entered the palace immediately.
Emperor Ming Yuan was still in the Nuan Pavilion in the imperial study. After he fainted, he did not dare to move too far, so he carried him into the Nuan Pavilion and lay down nearby.
There were three judges and imperial doctors in the palace, and Eunuch Chang, Mu Ru, was standing by. Concubine Hu was also here, staying by the bedside and looking very calm.
But when she saw Yuan Qingling coming, she immediately stepped forward and took Yuan Qingling's hand, tears suddenly falling down, "Quick, look what's wrong with the emperor."
Yuan Qingling nodded, "Don't worry, I'll take a look."
Yu Wenhao helped her open the medicine box, and looked at Emperor Ming Yuan a little helplessly. He saw that his eyes were still closed and he was not breathing smoothly. He didn't know whether he was awake or not.
Yuan Qingling first gave Emperor Ming Yuan oxygen, and then used a stethoscope to listen to his heart. After pressing the cold stethoscope, Emperor Ming Yuan opened his eyes. His pupils were a little dilated, and it took a while before he could focus again.