Concubine Yuan Shu looked at her, and Zhang Yuan suddenly said to himself, "Not good." Sure enough, along with this look came Concubine Yuan Shu's faint complaint. She said: "I miss the emperor, Zhaohedian Sect."
The soft sedan that came was about to carry the concubine to the square of the main hall, but was stopped by Eunuch Yuan. Eunuch Yuan said that the concubine was a trouble and a vixen. She pestered the emperor all day long and kept the emperor from sleeping. He also said that if
If I go there today, the emperor will definitely die tomorrow. Your Majesty! I don’t ask for anything, I just want the emperor’s health. If my existence really harms the emperor, then I would rather die in exchange for the emperor’s eternal peace.
"
She burst into tears as she spoke, with faint marks on her neck, and occasionally coughed twice. She looked so pitiful and pitiful. Emperor Tianwu felt sad when he saw this, and kept touching Concubine Yuan Shu with his big hands.
He tried to wipe away her tears with his cheeks. But the tears were like broken beads and could not be wiped away no matter how hard he wiped them. He felt very distressed and kept saying: "Don't cry, my beloved concubine. Who dares to say that I love my concubine?"
If it is a disaster, I will chop him alive!"
As soon as Zhang Yuan heard this, he knelt down with a "plop", looked at Concubine Yuan Shu with great confusion, and asked: "Where did Concubine Shu come from? How did I ever say this? Your Majesty Mingjian."
, I did persuade Concubine Shu not to go to Zhaohe Hall, but I never said anything about troublesome water and vixen! Let alone curse the emperor! The emperor must investigate clearly!"
Today is different from the past. In the past, no matter who slandered Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan would not be afraid. Because he believed that the emperor would definitely stand by his side and would not believe such nonsense. But
Things are different now. The emperor's behavior is already weird, and there is an inexplicable entanglement with Concubine Yuan Shu. It can be said that Concubine Yuan Shu is now equivalent to Concubine Yun back then. No one can say that she is not.
Okay, as long as it comes to anything about her, Emperor Tianwu will immediately turn his face.
Zhang Yuan's explanation did not receive a response from Emperor Tianwu. Instead, Yuexiu, the maid of Cunshan Palace, knelt down and said, "Why don't you admit it, Eunuch Yuan? When you drove my mother-in-law away with harsh words, but
It's so majestic! Your Majesty, your slaves can testify that Eunuch Yuan did say that. Not only your slaves, but also the father-in-law who came from Zhaohe Hall to invite Concubine Shu to come over, and several bearers who carried the sedan chair can all testify.
If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can send them to ask questions. My wife was very wronged. She was driven back when everyone was almost in front of the palace. She was laughed at along the way, and what the distant father-in-law said made her even more sad. She couldn't think about it, so she came back to look for her.
She died, and the slaves finally rescued the concubine, but there was still a mark of strangulation on her neck. I beg the emperor to make the decision for Concubine Shu!"
Following her words, all the servants in the room knelt down and begged Emperor Tianwu to make the decision for Concubine Yuan Shu. At this time, Concubine Yuan Shu cried even louder, and while crying, she said: "Don't do it again.
Please, I can’t harm the emperor, as long as I can keep the emperor healthy, it doesn’t matter whether I live or not.”
"Nonsense!" Tianwu was furious, "Without my beloved concubine to accompany me, what's the point of living?" After saying that, he turned to glare at Zhang Yuan. The ferocious cruelty in his eyes made Zhang Yuan feel dazed for a moment, just like back then.
Emperor Tianwu seemed to have this look in his eyes when he threw Concubine Bu. However, all the friendship he had with the emperor for so many years disappeared in this moment of glare.
Zhang Yuan subconsciously took two steps back, but still knelt on the ground, but his legs were already trembling. They said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. He once treated the old emperor as if he were a relative, and he felt that he would be dependent on him for the rest of his life.
He wanted to wait until Tianwu passed away, and then he died with him. But now... "Your Majesty." He called out with despair, "I really never said that. Your Majesty will trust me again."
Tianwu clenched his fists tightly, and there was still an old thought about Zhang Yuan Na in his eyes. Without even thinking about it, he blurted out: "Drag him out and chop him!"
Everyone trembled when they heard this and were slightly frightened. No one thought that the great eunuch who was so prosperous would end up like this. Concubine Shu's favor was too violent.
But just when everyone thought Zhang Yuan was hopeless, and even Zhang Yuan himself had given up hope of living, Concubine Yuan Shu, who was lying on the bed, felt that just killing Zhang Yuan like this was too cheap.
.How many losses has she suffered from Zhang Yuan? How much anger has she suffered from this eunuch in the past ten years? Because she is not favored, she has to try every means to deal with this eunuch if she wants to see the emperor, but this eunuch just can't get in.
She was given money without money and shameless, so she had no choice at all. Now that it finally fell into her own hands, she just chopped it off. She was so angry!
"Your Majesty!" She called out weakly, reaching out to pull Emperor Tianwu's sleeve. "Your Majesty, Eunuch Yuan has been serving you for so many years. He has no merit but hard work. Please forgive him for this.
For the sake of many years of service, let’s spare his life! It’s not easy for anyone to become a slave in the palace. Your Majesty is so generous, can you please let him live?”
Tianwu looked at Concubine Yuan Shu and felt that this beloved concubine was really too sensible. Zhang Yuan bullied her like this, but in the end she was still begging for Zhang Yuan. Looking at the marks on Concubine Yuan Shu's neck, Tianwu felt sad in his heart
He was even more angry and wanted to kill Zhang Yuan without listening to Concubine Yuan Shu. But for some reason, when he had this thought, his head would hurt for no reason, as if he was resisting. This made him confused.
Its solution.
"That's all." He said: "Then listen to my beloved concubine and exempt him from the death penalty. But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped." He looked at Zhang Yuan, and then said: "Go out and get thirty big boards.
Then go to the Sin Slave Department and become a slave!"
The Sinu Division is the place in the palace where the palace servants who made mistakes are sent to work. All the dirty and hard work is done by the Sinu Division people. Everyone knows that if the palace servants make mistakes and are thrown into the Sinu Division, they can survive.
The chance is less than 30%. Even if you don't die in that place, you will have to peel off several layers of skin. If a good person is sent in, he will be tortured to the point of losing his appearance in a few days. Life is worse than death. Every day, corpses are carried out of the Sin Slave Division
When you come out, no one will ask how those people died, because they were sin slaves and deserved to die.
When Zhang Yuan heard that Emperor Tianwu was going to throw him to Sinusi, he even thought that it would be best for him to die during the thirty-big battle, thus saving him the trouble of going to Sinusi.
It's a pity that he can't follow his wishes. Since Emperor Tianwu said that he would be sent to the Sinus Division to suffer punishment, the servants who were making plans naturally did not dare to beat him to death. The people in the dormitory heard this
There were bursts of wailing outside, from strong to weak, one after another, making people's hearts tremble.
Concubine Yuan Shu was still lying on the bed, holding Tianwu's hand. Her face looked pitiful, but her heart was full of joy. She just said that Zhang Yuan finally had his day, just watch! Take your time, one
One by one, she must clean up all those who have bullied her. This palace must be reorganized according to her wishes to lay all the foundations for her, Mo'er, to ascend the throne in the future.
Without Zhang Yuan standing in the way, Concubine Yuan Shu and Emperor Tianwu became even more affectionate. As soon as Emperor Tianwu saw Concubine Yuan Shu, the feeling of comfort in his heart came over again. Because Concubine Shu was injured from hanging, he simply stayed.
In Cunshan Palace, they no longer bothered Concubine Shu to go to Zhaohe Palace. The two were so affectionate that others envied them. The other side of the reception room even began to look forward to whether Concubine Yuan Shu would give birth to another child for the twilight Emperor Tianwu.
The arrival of a prince caused a big headache in the hospital. If the emperor really had such thoughts, they would be busy again.
Zhang Yuan was beaten with thirty large boards so that he could not walk. Although he was still alive, half of his life was gone.
The next day, Emperor Tianwu went to court, and the eunuch accompanying him changed. It was the father-in-law who helped Concubine Yuan Shu with advice yesterday, named Wu Ying.
Although it was just a change of eunuch, the people in the court could smell the further development of the situation from these details. Those close to the Eighth Prince were very happy about this, but those of the Ninth Prince's faction were all frowning.
frowned.
The situation in Zao Chao is no longer what it used to be. Today, the Eighth Prince and his party are very active in the court, but on the other hand, the Ninth Prince's side is extremely depressed. It's not that they themselves are depressed, but that Emperor Tianwu doesn't care at all and doesn't care.
No matter what the people here said, Emperor Tianwu never gave them a good look, and sometimes he simply didn't allow them to speak. So much so that even the first-ranking civil servants like the Prime Minister of the Left and Right were often blocked by Emperor Tianwu.
There was nothing to say, which made the two of them very embarrassed and depressed.
After the dynasty was over, Left Prime Minister Lu Song couldn't hold it back anymore, so he caught up with Right Prime Minister Feng Qing and whispered: "It won't be a big deal if this continues!"
Feng Qing's attitude towards Lu Song is no longer as repulsive as before. After all, Lu Song's performance in the past year is still very promising. The two have also joined forces to create a lot of obstacles for the Eighth Prince's party, so the relationship is natural.
It was closer than before. Hearing what Lu Song said, Feng Qing also sighed and did not answer directly. He looked straight at Xuan Tianming. However, when Xuan Tianming looked at him and shook his head slightly, he knew that there was no
Any way, he said: "Just take it one step at a time! He is the king, and we are the ministers. If the king doesn't let the ministers speak, what can the ministers do?"
Lu Song also said helplessly: "Yes! Even the officials can't speak out, what else can we do? I'm just afraid that if things continue like this, the country... will not be a country!" He sighed like this, walked away for a few words, no
Talk to people again.
Even Lu Song could say that a country's generals are not good for the country, so how could the Right Prime Minister Feng Qing not know it? It's just that the changes in Emperor Tianwu were too difficult to fathom, and he really didn't have any countermeasures for a while.
Xuan Tianming went back to the palace directly after leaving the court, and even Xuan Tianhua followed him to Prince Yu's Mansion. But Xuan Tianhua was not the only guest in Prince Yu's Mansion today. When they came back, they saw Yao Xian was there,
He and Feng Yuheng were sitting in the front hall talking.
The two of them respected Yao Xian very much and took the initiative to salute when they met. Yao Xian also returned the courtesy, and then without any more polite greetings, he said directly: "I went to Xiaozhou a few days ago and I just came back. Ah Heng and
I talked about the emperor, and I thought that I would find a reason to go to the palace recently. The emperor once gave me a badge to enter the palace, but I don’t know if it is still useful now. If it is not useful, I don’t know.