"It will be fine. Hasn't the chaos in Shandong subsided?" After all, it is the first month of the year, and there are always people who are willing to think on the bright side: "The situation will always be better this year..."
"Shit!" Liu Yuanwai said disdainfully: "As long as the emperor is around, life will only get worse! Don't forget, the three main halls haven't been rebuilt yet!"
"Yes, it seems that we can only hope for this day when His Highness the Crown Prince takes over the throne." Father Qiu said frustrated: "You can still wait for that day, but the old man can't wait..."
Everyone sighed, and a man on the side who had been silent suddenly said: "I'm afraid no one can wait!"
"What?" Everyone looked at the man. The people in Beijing were the most well-informed. They all knew that Zhu Di had been getting worse and worse over the years and would definitely not be able to survive for a few more years.
"Don't you know yet?" The man said in a deep voice: "The emperor sent the prince to Nanjing, and he set off yesterday!"
"Ah?" Everyone was shocked and said in shock: "Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, and people from Dongchang were sent to escort Uncle Zhongyong to Beijing. He will enter Beijing in a few days." The man sighed: "Think about it for yourselves, what is going on?"
"What's going on?" Everyone looked at the man with wide eyes.
"Killing loyal ministers means deposing the prince!" The man sighed: "The emperor has wiped out all the hopes you had. What else can you hope for? Just go to sleep..."
"Ah..." All the tea guests at the table were stunned, and the tea guests at the next table also gathered around and asked the man with worried faces: "Is what you said true? The prince has really been sent away?"
Has Uncle Zhongyong really been escorted back to the capital?"
"Is this still false?" The man looked at the crowd and said, "You will find out if you ask around!" He shook his head and said, "There is no hope for the Ming Dynasty..."
"Hey..." All the tea guests looked ugly, as if a disaster was about to happen. Now they were no longer in the mood to chat about Fengyue, and they all discussed this huge bad thing worriedly!
His Royal Highness the Prince has a reputation of benevolence. The common people were suffering in the Yongle Dynasty, and their only hope was to hope that he would ascend the throne soon and let everyone live a peaceful life. Therefore, the Prince became a savior in the hearts of the people. And Wang Xian was like this
Over the past few years, he has been loyal to the prince, fighting for the prince, protecting him from wind and rain, and becoming a protector of His Royal Highness among the people.
People love Wujiwu, and they are very fond of this legendary figure who became famous as a young man and made great contributions. He used himself to save his grandson from the Mongolian siege at Jiulongkou in Mobei. He also manipulated the Mongolian leader and kidnapped him.
Their most beautiful grassland flower, the legendary experience of leading the Borzigit tribe back south through the vast Gobi desert, has long been processed into storytelling opera by folk artists who sang stories and sang songs, and has been widely circulated among the people. He and his
The brothers were also spread by word of mouth among the people, and they were infinitely elevated and deified, becoming one of the few sustenances in the miserable lives of millions of people...
Last year, Wang Xian went to Shandong to quell the rebellion, but was framed by traitorous officials. The entire army was wiped out in Hulu Valley. His whereabouts are unknown. Many people cried bitterly after hearing the news. Ancestral halls were even built in his honor in many places outside the capital.
When Wang Xian came back to life and reappeared in people's sight, he calmed down the war in Shandong and recruited the rebellious White Lotus Sect. His glorious image reached an unprecedented height!
There is another unexplainable reason for the people's crazy obsession and worship of Wang Xian - folk legend says that Wang Xian slept with Xu Miaojin, the woman Zhu Di had been obsessed with all his life, and killed the father and son of the Han king who were full of evil. This made Wang Xian's image more complicated.
It created a layer of resistance to the current emperor, which made the people who were angry at Zhu Di feel very satisfied! They regarded Wang Xian as the person who helped them vent their anger, and regarded Wang Xian's applause as a mockery of Zhu Di.
Devalued, feeling very satisfied...
Seeing that all the guests in the teahouse were filled with indignation and loudly denounced the injustice done to Wang Xian by the court and the persecution of meritorious officials by the emperor, the man who spread the news paid his bills and left as if nothing had happened.
After leaving Chunfeng Tea House, the man walked into another restaurant not far away, found a corner to sit down, and began to wait for the opportunity to spread the news. At the same time, there were many people like him,
He traveled through teahouses and restaurants all over the capital, spreading the same rumors in an effortless and unobtrusive manner.
In one day, the emperor wanted to kill Wang Xian, and the news of deposing the prince spread throughout the streets and alleys of Beijing. People all sighed and shed tears for the tragic fate that Wang Xian was about to suffer, as if they were about to be beheaded by the emperor...
Many people had the courage to run outside the Xiyuan Gate to avenge Wang Xian and ask the emperor to let him go! The people guarding the Xiyuan Gate were Dongchang fans. The leader, Ma De, saw the people gathered outside the Xiyuan Gate.
There were more and more people. In order to control the situation, Dongchang was ordered to arrest all the people who came to petition...
Under the high pressure of Dongchang, no one dared to petition outside Xiyuan Gate anymore. Only then did Ma De breathe a sigh of relief. His subordinates asked him: "Do you want to report the recent changes in Beijing to the emperor?"
"Let's wait until godfather comes back..." Ma De lowered his voice and said: "Now our Dongchang family is the only one, and we don't even have a target to shirk responsibility if something goes wrong. If the emperor is angry, we can't bear the consequences.
Walk!"
"Then what if something goes wrong?" the subordinate asked worriedly.
"If there is no trouble, those bastards dare to get together and yell. Do you really think they will die for an unrelated guy?" Ma De sneered: "As long as we step up the search, we will be happy to jump.
Arrest them all. When that guy is escorted to Beijing, send more soldiers and horses to guard the streets to make sure there are no problems..."
"You are still very knowledgeable!" Seeing that he had made up his mind, his subordinates stopped talking and began to flatter him.
"That's..." Ma De smiled smugly...
In the Xiyuan Palace, Zhu Di's illness became more and more serious. The concubine Wang Guifei was naked and taking care of the emperor's bed these days. Only she could withstand the emperor's increasingly bad temper and would not be killed by the emperor in a moment of anger.
…
Wang Guifei was reciting Buddhist scriptures for Zhu Di softly. Her voice was soft and sweet, which had a good soothing effect on Zhu Di. Zhu Di did not move for a while while listening to the Buddhist scriptures, except for the occasional cough.
Until Huang Yan came in from outside and broke the silence of the dormitory.
"Eunuch Huang, what can't we talk about later? Your Majesty is just about to take a rest." Wang Guifei was very unhappy with Huang Yan. She thought that he was blindly flattering and had too many selfish interests. Unlike Zheng He and Li Yan, the upright eunuchs,
He was able to admonish the emperor for his mistakes. But this Huang Yan had always followed Zhu Di, and even found an alchemist of unknown origin to make elixirs for the emperor in the palace! If this was spread, what was the difference between the emperor and those foolish emperors who were obsessed with elixirs?
?
Huang Xie also knew that Wang Guifei did not want to see him, so he smiled indifferently, took out a palm-sized sandalwood box, presented it to Zhu Di, and reported like a treasure: "Your Majesty, the first batch of elixirs
It’s finished.”
When Wang Guifei heard this, her face fell, but Zhu Di was obviously interested. He coughed twice and struggled to sit up. Wang Guifei could only help the emperor stand up, put two soft cushions behind him, and then watched in silence.
With the emperor and Huang Yan.
Zhu Di sat down and glanced at the sandalwood box. Huang Yan hurriedly opened the cover and saw nine dove-egg-sized elixirs, all glowing red, neatly arranged inside the yellow silk-lined box.
Zhu Di stretched out his hand tremblingly, and finally picked up an elixir. It was not that the emperor was very excited, but that he could no longer keep his hands steady. Zhu Di held the elixir in front of his eyes tremblingly.
After looking at it for a moment, he said slowly: "It looks pretty good..."
"Your Majesty, I don't know what it is made of, so you can't take it easily." Wang Guifei couldn't help but persuade her from the side.
"Don't worry, Madam, the little eunuch who tried the medicine has been taking it for two days and is fine. The old slave also tried it himself yesterday," Huang Yan hurriedly claimed the credit: "When I got up today, I feel that my ears and eyes are bright, my body is comfortable, and I feel like I am ten years younger.
Same!" He said with a flattering smile on his face: "Your Majesty, you can take it with confidence."
"Yes." Zhu Di felt relieved and looked at the elixir for a moment, then slowly put it into his mouth. The concubine Wang Guifei had no choice but to quickly bring the pill to the emperor. After Zhu Di finished taking the medicine,
Huang Yan covered the wooden box and placed it in the bedside cabinet. Wang Guifei looked at Zhu Di worriedly and asked anxiously: "How does the emperor feel?"
"My stomach feels warm," Zhu Di stroked his belly and frowned slightly, "Is this normal?"
"It's normal. The old god said that this is the reaction when the medicine's power is dispersed in the body. Based on the old slave's experience, the emperor will be able to feel the benefits after a few hours." Huang Yan quickly said with a smile.
"Well." Zhu Di nodded and asked in a deep voice: "Where are they?"
"Back to the emperor, we should be in Cangzhou by now." Although Zhu Di did not mention a specific name, Huang Yan still knew very well who the emperor was asking. He hurriedly said softly: "If nothing else happens, we will arrive in the capital in six or seven days.
Already."
"Is there anything unusual in Beijing?" Zhu Di asked slowly.
"There is no big movement. It's just that the officials don't quite understand the prince's move south at this time." Huang Yan thought for a moment, lowered his head and added in a low voice: "In addition, there are also some voices among the people, wondering whether the emperor wants to... abolish Li Li.
?”
Huang Yan wanted to continue, but he saw that Zhu Di's whole face turned purple, and he shouted angrily as if he wanted to eat people: "What do the Jinyiwei of Dongchang do for food? How can you tolerate the spread of such rumors?!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Huang Yan didn't know how much benefit he had received from Dongchang, and he would instinctively protect the power structure controlled by this eunuch, so he quickly covered it up for Dongchang: "It's just some rumors, Dongchang has put them out...
..." He originally planned to talk about Wang Xian, but why would he dare to mention it again now?
"Hmph..." Zhu Di's face softened slightly and he said, "Tell them, this time it is better to be in vain than to indulge, and absolutely nothing can go wrong. Do you understand?"