The people didn't understand why the Eighth Prince, who had committed the most heinous crimes, was carried to the execution ground with knives on his neck, but the emperor suddenly issued a pardon order. The outside world didn't know what was going on in the palace, but they only knew that Prince Sheng's Mansion was once again bustling with activity.
When they got up, all the things that had been carried out from the palace were brought back, and there were also many more rewards. That day, they listened to the eunuch in the palace singing the ceremony at the gate of Prince Sheng's Mansion. They were just the things that the emperor had rewarded.
It looks like there are more things and is better than what was originally in Prince Sheng's Mansion.
The common people didn't understand why. They complained one by one, but they didn't dare to speak out on the street, so they could only hide in their homes and sulk. Those who live in the four directions of the east, west and south are better off. After all, they are bystanders and have poor intuitive feelings.
The previous point. But the poor people living in the north of the city are worried. They live in houses built by the Royal Palace, and use the daily necessities purchased by the Royal Princess. They scold the eighth prince every morning, noon and night.
Three times, and at the same time, Emperor Tianwu was also asked to curse a few words.
Nowadays, the people in the north of the city have an unwritten rule, that is, when they meet each other, they must first curse the emperor, the eighth son of the emperor, and the court before talking about other things. And no one is allowed to report the curse.
Once this matter was exposed, the people in the north of the city would tear the traitor's hands to pieces even if they risked beheading him.
But what can just scolding do? The imperial edict comes from the emperor. They used to dare to use the Cabbage Gang to smash the door of Prince Sheng's Mansion, but they did not dare to smash the door of the palace anyway. Everyone knew that it would be regarded as treason.
He would be beheaded on the spot.
As for the eighth prince, Xuan Tianmo, he is currently recuperating leisurely in the palace. He suffered some crimes in the death row, especially in his two legs, which suffered from some underlying diseases. Emperor Tianwu felt very sorry for this and was extremely annoyed.
All the imperial doctors in the palace took turns to treat his "most beloved son". In the end, it was decided that the eighth prince's injury would be treated by Sun Qi, and Emperor Tianwu also kept Sun Qi in Prince Sheng's Mansion, allowing him to be treated around the clock.
When guarding the Eighth Prince, you must not be careless for a moment.
Sun Qi's medical skills are still good. At least he was favored by Song Kang at the beginning, which means he is not an ordinary doctor. When he diagnosed and treated Xuan Tianmo, Xuan Tianmo's legs were much better. However, Sun Qi called him by name.
The medicines in the Baicao Hall are all unique to Baicao Hall, which means that people from Prince Sheng's Mansion have to frequently go in and out of Baicao Hall to buy medicines. Baicao Hall originally didn't want to see this, but the Eighth Prince has the emperor's order, so he
Baicaotang had to start from.
Yao Xuan personally told Feng Yuheng about this matter and asked Feng Yuheng how to deal with it. After hearing this, Feng Yuheng only said: "Give him the medicine as much as he wants, but you have to ask him for the money.
Let me increase the money tenfold, whether he wants to buy it or not."
In fact, let alone ten times, even twenty times, Xuantian Mo has to be purchased. After all, good medicine from Baicaotang is hard to find in the world, and everyone understands this truth.
After more than ten days, Xuan Tianmo's legs have healed up. They only have some rheumatism problems, but they no longer affect his walking. It's almost New Year's Eve, and the first thing Xuan Tianmo does after he can get up is,
They immediately sent people to prepare silver coins to compensate the poor people in the north of the city and distribute new year's goods.
No one had any doubts about this move. Prince Sheng's Mansion went very smoothly. It only took one day to prepare all the silver coins and New Year's goods. However, the staff in the mansion had different opinions. They expressed their opinions on Xuan Tianmo.
He said: "Last time, something happened because I gave you food. This time, your highness, you should not give any more new year gifts, right? It's better to break those things into silver coins. Those untouchables will be happiest when they see silver."
Xuan Tianmo thought that this was also the case, so he listened to his staff and returned the new year's goods and exchanged them for silver coins. This time, he personally took his bodyguards and entourage to the north of the city to deliver the money, until he saw the money coming from the north of the city in a short time.
When he entered the newly built residential house, the hatred in his heart surged again. Unexpectedly, he came up with a way to bring Zhu Kongshan to the capital to restore his reputation, but in the end he ended up doing it for Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng.
He worked hard for half the winter, but he was not as good as the other party. He only spent a few days and a little money, and was able to win so much good reputation. He also left so many things in the north of the city that will always exist.
house.
Now that he sees these houses as an eyesore, he wishes he could demolish them all on the spot. Since it is the north of the city, it must look like the north of the city. These untouchables should live in ruined temples and wear the same clothes.
It is normal to wear shabby clothes and even freeze to death a few people every day in winter. But what does it mean now? The untouchables live in good houses, so what kind of untouchables are they?
However, this thought was just wandering around in his mind. On the surface, Xuan Tianmo still wanted to look like a good person. After all, he came here today to restore some reputation as much as possible. Although Emperor Tianwu had already
He tried his best to protect him, but he still had to do what should be done outside. It was not enough to be supported by just one emperor. Only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. He understood this truth.
As soon as Xuan Tianmo arrived in the north of the city, he got off the palace carriage and led a group of guards holding silver coins to knock on the door. People opened the door and saw the eighth prince who had scolded him hundreds of times every day. They didn't know what to do for a while.
Face to face. After all, he is a prince, so it’s okay to scold him behind his back. It’s hard to retaliate in front of his face, but it’s a bit awkward for them to just accept Xuan Tianmo’s money. Taking advantage of someone’s short hand and eating someone’s mouth.
Short, what kind of money is this? Is it hush money? If you accept it, will you have to speak well of the Eighth Prince without conscience in the future? Or will you suppress all the dissatisfaction you felt in the past?
People felt that they would probably get internal injuries if they held it back, so no one accepted the money. They all walked out of their homes and stood on the street in the north of the city, watching the scene indifferently, and they all speculated about the perpetrator.
Which song is the prince singing today?
More and more people came out on the street, and everyone who was at home came out, and they stood in a dense sea of people. Xuan Tianmo saw that people didn't accept money, and he also knew that these untouchables must still have a barrier to him in their hearts, so he
He tried his best to look pleasant and said to the people helplessly: "I know what you are thinking, and I also know that you must have scolded me a thousand times in your heart. But I
What I want to say is that regarding the mass death of people in the north of the city, the emperor has made a clear ruling. Everything was done by Zhu Kongshan and the Zhu family. They changed into Concubine Shu’s winter clothes and added a lot of porridge.
Poison caused the tragedy in the north of the city. Now, the Zhu family has been slaughtered, which can be regarded as repaying the lives of those people who died. I came here today just to hope that your life can be better, so I have prepared some for each household.
I have received some silver, and I hope that everyone will accept my kindness."
He blamed Zhu Kongshan for the matter, which was understandable, because it was Zhu Kongshan who did the matter in the first place, and he was telling the truth. But it happened that no one in the north of the city believed it, even when they heard it.
He put the blame on Zhu Kongshan, and after the news of the Zhu family being executed, the poor people in the north of the city became angry. Those who did not dare to do what was right to the Eighth Prince in person were willing to risk it. Anyway, it was not because of the Baicaotang incident.
I have never beaten this person in the street.
Therefore, sending money was originally a good thing, but in the end it turned into the eighth prince being surrounded and beaten by all the people in the north of the city.
Xuan Tianmo was frightened. He didn't expect that the people would be so excited. He thought that money could solve everything, but he didn't expect that it really couldn't do it in this matter. During the siege, the guards dropped their hands to protect him.
The silver on the table was scattered on the ground, and was robbed by people. Unfortunately, people were not snatching it to spend, but snatching it to hit people. Large chunks of silver dollars were thrown at Xuan Tianmo’s head.
I smashed it, and after a few blows, two big pieces were knocked out of his head.
The guards tried their best to protect him from evacuating, and even drew their knives. Only then did they scare away some timid people, and finally rushed out of the way. Xuan Tianmo fled back to the palace carriage in embarrassment, and the coachman drove at a high speed.
Then, after running for quite a while, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Xuan Tianmo was extremely depressed. He couldn't figure out what these untouchables wanted to do even if they didn't even need money.
But the guards around him reminded him: "Your Highness, they also kept the money."
Xuan Tianmo was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he had just been hit on the head with money. This thought made the big bump on his head hurt even more. He was so angry that he kicked the guard hard: "I can't even see the money."
, What does this king do to support you?"
The palace car sped all the way and finally left the north of the city and reached the bustling streets. Xuan Tianmo felt relieved. It was safe here. Those untouchables in the north of the city wouldn't catch up to him. Damn it, it was so hard for him.
I healed my legs, but unexpectedly I injured my head again.
On the bustling street, the palace car moved very slowly, and even stopped altogether after walking for a while. Xuan Tianmo asked dissatisfiedly: "Why did it stop?"
The coachman outside said: "Back to Your Highness, we have collided with the carriage of Prince Yuan's Mansion. Should we let them pass first?"
Prince Yuan is the second prince. Logically speaking, Xuan Tianmo should give way as his younger brother. In the past, the coachman would give way without asking. But now, it is different from the past. Their highness is proud and proud, and he is proud of himself in front of the emperor.
The second prince, a popular man, has always been non-competitive and has not made many achievements in meritorious government. This made the coachman of Prince Sheng's Mansion think that the current eighth prince no longer needs to follow the principle of elder brother before younger brother.
After the coachman asked such a question, before Xuan Tianmo could answer, he heard a crisp voice from outside, "The carriage of Prince Sheng's Mansion? Is the eighth uncle in it?"
Xuan Tianmo could tell that this voice was his eldest nephew Xuan Feiyu. Thinking again, by the end of the year, Xuan Feiyu was studying in Xiaozhou, wouldn't it be time to come back? Anyway, for his nephew, he
She still felt a bit fond of him, and was about to get up and lift the car curtain to talk, but when she saw how embarrassed she was, she felt that she was really shameless in front of a child, so she simply waved to the guard to signal that he was not here.
, sent Xuan Feiyu away.
Until he heard the Yuan Prince's palace car slowly passing by his own palace car, an idea suddenly came to Xuan Tianmo's mind...