Time flies, and months pass by in a blink of an eye. Suddenly it is mid-September.
In the past few months, the Ming Dynasty court has been very calm. It is like a refractory period after passion. At the beginning of the year, Zhu Chenhao's rebellion was suppressed, and Zhu Houzhao issued the imperial edict of sinners. The court was half-stepped by more than ten departments on encouraging trade.
After the uproar caused by the edict, the court once again entered a period of relative calm.
After all, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty failed to stick to the promise he made in his imperial edict. In fact, he said that he would go to court every day, and his promise to hold a sutra feast every day was ruined the next day.
In fact, the poor woman Zhang Xiaowan who died silently did not leave much impression on Zhu Houzhao. After he woke up drunk the next day and learned that Zhang Xiaowan had hanged himself in the pavilion next to the Begonia flower garden, Zhu Houzhao
He just said "oh" with a hint of regret, and then didn't express anything.
The passion that night was just the result of being drunk and stimulated by hormones. He didn't even remember that he agreed to make Zhang Xiaowan Zhaoyi. In Zhu Houzhao's view, this woman was just a woman who vented his desires according to his own whim.
It’s just a partner. In terms of looks, singing, dancing and playing the pipa, there are quite a few people in the harem who are proficient in it.
And Zhu Houzhao would never feel guilty and painful because of the death of a woman. He even learned from Jiang Bin that Zhang Xiaowan committed suicide, and he was still slightly angry. He felt that Zhang Xiaowan was a little ignorant. What did she mean by committing suicide?
?Could it be that she felt humiliated because he had visited her last night? So she hanged herself? If this is the case, she deserved her death.
Zhang Xiaowan's death caused some uproar at first. In the evening, Queen Mother Zhang even decided that it was a murder and expressed that she would find the murderer and punish him severely.
But the next day, Queen Mother Zhang changed her story. She said that it was a suicide, and because it involved the emperor, she was not allowed to mention it again. Zhang Xiaowan's body was also secretly sent out of the palace that day.
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From that day on, Empress Dowager Zhang announced that she would live in seclusion in the Buddhist hall, not seeing anyone and not asking anything. A few days later, Jadeite Nuanyu in Yanxi Palace and two of the Empress Dowager's personal maids received a notice from the inner court saying that they
When they got older, the Queen Mother mercifully released them and allowed them to leave the palace, go home, and get married on their own.
How could Cuiyu, Nuanyu and others not know the strangeness? People like them, who serve the Queen Mother closely and know many secrets, can only stay in the palace forever and stay with the Queen Mother. There is no possibility of them being released outside the palace.
.After receiving such news, they obviously understood that something was wrong.
Several palace maids knelt and begged outside the Buddhist hall for a whole day, but they did not even see the face of Queen Mother Zhang. The last few people had no choice but to pack their things and leave the palace. That night, Cuiyu hanged herself in the inn. The other two palace maids also
He was found drowned in a small lake in a remote area of Beicheng.
However, the body of the palace maid Nuanyu was not found. Some people saw her returning to her hometown of Baoding Prefecture. Later, someone did see a woman who looked exactly like Nuan Yu in the countryside of Baodi Prefecture. The woman married an ordinary man as his wife, but for some unknown reason,
Became mute.
In fact, Nuanyu was willing to be cruel to herself. The first thing she did after leaving the palace was to buy a pair of scissors, cut off her tongue, and passed out in the inn. After being sent to the hospital for rescue, she
Became mute.
And she immediately left the capital and returned to her hometown in the countryside of Baoding Prefecture, where she married an ordinary farmer. Her life was stable. It is said that she gave birth to four children, three boys and one girl, and lived until the 19th year of Qingfeng.
Only then can you die and enjoy a long life.
In the end, everyone believed that Zhang Xiaowan was a suicide. Naturally, no one continued to talk about or pursue the matter. Zhang Xiaowan seemed to have evaporated and disappeared suddenly. Only some people in the city heard Zhang Xiaowan's name and had heard her sing.
Admirers will remember her and inquire about her whereabouts.
They went to Biyun Pavilion to inquire, but the boss of Biyun Pavilion said that Zhang Xiaowan was not a singing girl belonging to Biyun Pavilion at all. She was just a resident singer here, not a prostitute. She said that she met a merchant from the south.
, the two fell in love and followed the wealthy businessman to the south.
Those admirers sighed, but had no choice but to let it go. A month ago, someone mentioned Zhang Xiaowan, but not long after, a singing girl named Shangguan Ping from Chunfeng Tower began to become popular, and everyone's attention gradually turned to this girl. So far,
No one mentioned Zhang Xiaowanlai.
Of course, there was one person who did not forget Zhang Xiaowan. Not only did he not forget, he also made a vow to avenge Zhang Xiaowan.
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This person is Yang Tinghe.
That evening, Yang Tinghe entered the palace as soon as he got the news and met with the Queen Mother.
Zhang Xiaowan's body was parked in a small house outside Yanxi Palace. Yang Tinghe saw the dead Zhang Xiaowan's body and the circle of strangulation marks around her neck. Only now did Yang Tinghe believe that this was true.
But he didn't believe that Zhang Xiaowan committed suicide. If Zhang Xiaowan was unwilling to do this and chose to end her life by suicide, she didn't have to do this in the palace. She could have done it in Biyun Pavilion. He forced her to enter the palace.
When the time comes, she can kill herself. There is no need to do so after entering the palace.
He found evidence. There was a bruise on Zhang Xiaowan's left arm. It was caused by someone grabbing her arm. Such bruises were caused by someone grabbing her. Someone hung her in the pavilion. This
It's a murder.
At the same time, there were various bruises and scratches on her body. Before entering the palace, Yang Tinghe spent a night with Zhang Xiaowan. At that time, Zhang Xiaowan's body was as smooth as jade and there were no such scars. Obviously, Zhang Xiaowan's experience before her death
Had some humiliation.
If Zhang Xiaowan wants to commit suicide, he can naturally commit suicide before enduring these insults, but there is no need to go through this.
When the two clicks matched up, Yang Tinghe knew that Zhang Xiaowan must have been killed.
Yang Tinghe was very sad. When Zhang Xiaowan was alive, he didn't think she was very important. There were many women around him, and Zhang Xiaowan was by no means the best and most beautiful. But she admired him the most and was willing to do everything for her.
That one.
It's not that Yang Tinghe doesn't feel guilty about what he did to Zhang Xiaowan, but in order to achieve his goal, he can only throw all morality behind. He will always remember what his teacher Li Dongyang said, no matter what the means, don't be afraid of being covered with blood.
Despite the dirt, we must work hard to move towards the light.
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Although Yang Tinghe knew that Li Dongyang did not mean to do anything without a bottom line, Yang Tinghe decided to abandon the bottom line and morality and simply do it thoroughly. Because he saw that if he did not risk it completely, he would never achieve anything.
own political ambitions.
Zhang Xiaowan was a bargaining chip that he pushed out, and he also became a victim. Yang Tinghe knew what was going on. Someone had insight into all this, so he took action to kill Zhang Xiaowan. This person must be Zhang Yanling.
Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth. He forgot that he had forced Zhang Xiaowan into the fire pit. He placed all the blame on Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yanling. He vowed to make Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yanling pay the price.
Yang Tinghe told Queen Mother Zhang that Zhang Yanling must have done this. Over the years, Yang Tinghe had completely mastered Queen Mother Zhang's temper and knew how to deceive her and make her stand firmly on his side.
This woman is very stupid. Ever since she fell in love with him, her already stupid brain has stopped working. She will believe whatever she says, and with a little bit of tricks, she will obey her. Just like me and Zhang not long ago.
The Queen Mother said that sending a woman to the palace to serve the Emperor would help the Emperor to cultivate his mind and nature, and perhaps have children. She actually agreed immediately and did as she said.
It's a pity that Zhang Xiaowan died and all this was lost.
Empress Dowager Zhang immediately recognized her point of view. She was furious and said that she would go to the army to investigate the crime. Yang Tinghe sneered in his heart, and revenge began from this moment. If Zhang Xiaowan's death can make the Empress Dowager and Zhang Yanling turn against each other, this may not be a bad thing.
It was a good thing. Because Yang Tinghe could see from some daily things that the Empress Dowager Zhang had extremely deep feelings for Zhang Yanling. This was also a forbidden area that he could not touch.
But this time, there was finally a chance to turn them against each other.
Early the next morning, he originally wanted to go into the palace to see the Queen Mother and ask her about what happened between her and Zhang Yanling last night. He was going to give some hypocritical persuasion, saying that after all, they were siblings, so there was no need to be too angry.
He said words to comfort him. He knew that if Empress Dowager Zhang was angry, it could not be solved by such words. Once the two siblings got into trouble, they would probably break up.
But what he never expected was that he did not see the Queen Mother after entering the palace. Queen Mother Zhang closed the door to thank guests, and he could not enter the Yanxi Palace at all.
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Later, he learned from the little eunuch in the palace that Zhang Xiaowan's death was determined to be suicide and that the body had been sent out of the palace for burial. Yang Tinghe was even more shocked. He realized that something was wrong.
In the afternoon, he received another package delivered to his residence from the palace. When he opened it, his heart felt cold. It was full of things he had given to Queen Mother Zhang. Folding fans, books, calligraphy and paintings, piano scores, and some other things to please her.
Some small gifts bought on the street.
Empress Dowager Zhang didn't even write a letter, she just sent these things back. But Yang Tinghe didn't know the meaning of all this. He was furious. He was actually thrown away like a piece of rag by Empress Dowager Zhang. He was in this woman
I spent too much energy on this old woman who has no talent or appearance. I almost endured extreme pain to interact with her and please her. But in the end, she actually treated herself like this?
All the hard work he had done over the years to lose his reputation was in vain? This almost made Yang Tinghe go crazy. In anger, he began to pack up the things the Queen Mother had given him and prepare to send them to the palace.
go.
But Yang Tinghe calmed down quickly. After a calm analysis, he believed that Queen Mother Zhang's change of attitude so quickly must be related to the incident at Zhang Yanling's residence last night. Zhang Yanling must have made something clear.
Empress Dowager Zhang had no choice but to do this.
Based on my understanding of Queen Mother Zhang, she would not be so heartless. This woman did not have any other advantages, but she was still sincere to herself.
Besides, I can't give up like this. At least I can't take the initiative to break off the relationship with the Queen Mother. What I should do is actually remain calm and remain the same as before. What I want to send to the Queen Mother is not old things, not a clean break. It should be comfort.
and gentleness.
So Yang Tinghe wrote a poem and sent it to the palace. The meaning of the poem was that he understood her situation and would never blame her. He would restrain his lovesickness and never see her again. I believe that the true love
Love will not fade over time, nor will it disappear because we cannot meet each other. I believe everything will get better one day.
As expected, Queen Mother Zhang burst into tears after seeing this poem.