Xie Mingxi and Sheng Hong, the young empresses, were close in front of others and even more intimate in private.
As soon as Xiao Yuhan left, Sheng Hong naturally walked to Xie Mingxi's side, put his arm around her shoulders, and asked with a low smile: "Are you having dinner with the emperor's wife tonight?"
Xie Mingxi smiled and hummed: "I have never taken over the palace affairs, and the emperor's wife is very worried."
Sheng Hong laughed when he heard this: "The emperor's sister-in-law is indeed soft-tempered and kind-hearted."
It's a pity that she married Sheng Che, a man with a bad heart and a dog's heart!
After Sheng Che's death, Xiao Yuhan had to become a widow at such a young age, which is really a pity.
"Sister Xiao has a deep love for her husband," Xie Mingxi suddenly changed her previous title, a hint of coolness flashed in her eyes: "However, the deep love cannot be entrusted to anyone else. Sheng Che has always been thinking about Sister Yin in his heart, and he had frivolous intentions."
There are no real secrets in the palace.
Very few people know about this "secret". Xie Mingxi and Sheng Hong now know it themselves.
Hatred, disdain and disgust flashed in Sheng Hong's eyes: "If the third brother hadn't been so lustful and blinded, the fifth brother wouldn't have done anything in anger."
In the final analysis, Emperor Jian'an was brought to death by himself.
If he had some tolerance, if he didn't oppress his siblings, if he never wanted to force the King of Ningxia to commit suicide, if he was kinder to King Lu, if he didn't reveal his evil intentions towards Yin Xiaoxiao...
There are no ifs in the world.
Emperor Jian'an died just because he died, but he harmed everyone around him.
The couple hugged each other in silence. After a while, Xie Mingxi suddenly whispered: "The King of Lu and the King of Min should be sent to sea now!"
Counting the time, it has been more than a month since that day when "poisoned wine brought death".
Sheng Hong nodded and looked far away in the direction of Fujian: "I hope that the second brother and the fifth brother will not hold any resentment in their hearts and cherish their new life."
That pair of mandarin duck wine bottles contains two different types of wine.
The "poisonous wine" that the King of Ningxia drank was a real poison. The "poisonous wine" that King Lu and Min drank was fake. It was mixed with a secret medicine that could make people appear dead within two hours. After three
In time, people will wake up.
This medicine was also created by Xie Mingxi.
This strategy of "hiding the truth from the sky" failed the Empress Dowager Yu, Yin Xiaoxiao, Zhao Changqing, and all the ministers.
On that day, Sheng Hong personally collected the corpses of his brothers and put them in coffins. When they were transported out of the palace for burial, the bags were quietly dropped. The "Kings of Lu" and "Kings of Min" who were buried were given poisonous wine.
The corpses of two condemned prisoners. The bodies of the two condemned prisoners were similar to those of King Lu and King Min. Over time, the faces of the corpses would rot, and even if someone dug the graves, nothing would be visible.
The real King of Lu and King of Min were secretly sent to Fujian by Sheng Hong's secret guards to go to sea.
There is no more Sheng Yuan Sheng Ze in the world!
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For those who have never been to Fujian and have never seen the sea, it is difficult to imagine the boundless vastness and splendor of the sea.
Being in a large ship, the sea breeze is salty and humid, and the waves are rocking day and night, making people dizzy and making their stomachs sour. People who have been going to sea all year round have long been accustomed to this kind of life. People who are going to sea for the first time.
, it is inevitable to suffer.
"vomit!"
The haggard, thin but handsome young man lay on the railing of the boat and vomited, almost vomiting out his heart, liver, gallbladder and lungs.
Another young man who was a few years older was not much better. He had been vomiting for several days, and his handsome face was sallow and weak. His whole body exuded a rancid smell.
The young man vomited once, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his whole body was exhausted. He managed to raise his head and glanced at the gloomy sky, and whispered: "Second brother, let's go back to the cabin."
The other young man snorted with an ugly expression.
A pair of brothers, who were vomiting all over the place, supported each other back to the cabin.
There are five sea-going ships in this fleet.
The ship is a three-story ship. The bottom floor can accommodate more than a hundred people. The second and third floors are full of cargo, such as tea, salt, cotton, cloth, and ironware.
Once these common goods in Daqi are transported to the sea and reach the barbarian islands, they can be exchanged for shiploads of precious spices, jade and jewelry. As long as they can return to the sea safely, they can earn astonishing wealth.
Most of the wealthy businessmen in Fujian made their fortune by going overseas.
However, going to sea is by no means an easy task. To build a ship that can go to sea, the amount of gold and silver consumed is an astonishing amount. In addition, it is necessary to pay a lot of money to hire people who are good at identifying the direction and navigation on the sea.
Dozens of experienced sailors.
There are pirates on the sea, and bandits often appear on large and small barbarian islands to rob and steal goods. When merchants go to sea, they have to bring at least two to three hundred guards with them. The cost of settling these guards is another high sum.
of numbers.
A trip to sea takes about two years at least. Sometimes it takes even longer. If it encounters huge waves on the sea, it may be completely destroyed. The ship, cargo, and people included will all be swallowed up by the sea.
As a result, the cost of going overseas was extremely huge, and ordinary merchants simply could not afford it. Only the wealthy merchants in Fujian had the ability to go overseas.
Some merchants paid a high fee and went to sea with the merchant ships of wealthy merchants.
This time the fleet went to sea, there were more than ten merchants holding gold and silver, begging to go to sea together.
Among them, there is also a pair of Xie brothers who claim to be from the capital. One calls himself the Second Master Xie, and the other calls himself the Fifth Master Xie. Although they are thin, they are handsome and have outstanding bearing. It is obvious at a glance that they are the sons of nobles.
It is said that the two brothers were unhappy because their family was in decline and they were forced by their clansmen. They left Beijing angrily and planned to go to sea to make a lot of money.
The second son thanked the fifth son for paying double the ship's fare. The ship's boss was happy to get a sum of money, but he didn't ask any further questions and just let them board the ship with a blind eye.
The goods carried by the two brothers were all precious and fragile porcelain. These porcelains were very delicate and could not withstand being bumped, and they were most fragile. However, as long as they could be transported safely to the barbarian islands, they could be sold for sky-high prices. If the two brothers
Once a person has passed away safely, it is easy to revive his family business.
Provided that the two of them didn't pass out from vomiting on the boat.
The Xie brothers, who vomited eight or nine times a day within ten days of being at sea, became a joke to everyone on the ship. The Xie brothers returned to the cabin in a state of embarrassment amidst everyone's laughter.
On a sea-going ship, the most precious thing is cargo. The cabin where you live is extremely narrow and can only accommodate one person. And there are only two people in one cabin.
Second Young Master Xie was the first to lie down, feeling like a pickle soaked in a jar, his whole body smelled of salt. His stomach was churning under the bumps of the waves, and his face turned pale.
Mr. Xie Wu was lying on the other side, his face full of pain.
"Fifth brother," Mr. Xie, who never opened his mouth in front of others, spoke fluently: "How are you?"
Fifth Young Master Xie smiled helplessly: "Not very good."
