Four hundred and thirtieth eight chapters stumbling blocks must be removed
The queen, who was sequestered in Kunning Palace, was probably the last person to learn that she had been deposed.
The reason is very simple. The Empress Dowager ordered Confucius to prepare the edict for the abolition of the Queen Mother. Wu Ge Lao and Zhang Yu were also nearby to symbolically fill in the gaps. The emperor was so angry that he ran away. Therefore, after reading the edict, the Empress Dowager directly ordered it to be issued to the Chief Secretary. Announcement to the world. However, no one remembered that this deposed edict should first be sent to Kunning Palace and read out to the deposed former mother of the country.
So, by the time the emperor found out about this, it was already time for him to wake up early the next morning in his private room next to the martial arts arena, hurriedly wash and change clothes, and rush back to Qianqing Palace to prepare for going to court. But he was careful to mention this. When Liu Feng saw the emperor's dull look, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately realized that the emperor had simply forgotten!
Sure enough, the emperor's expression returned to normal in a moment, but he asked angrily: "What did the Queen Mother say?"
The Queen Mother... didn't say anything! Liu Feng secretly complained in his heart, but he still had to bite the bullet and said: "After the Queen Mother sent away the three pavilion elders, she returned to Qingning Palace. She didn't say anything, and no one dared to Go and ask. As for Kunning Palace, I have always followed the previous instructions of the Queen Mother and the Emperor. As soon as the imperial doctor left, the gate of Kunning Palace was closed under supervision..."
"Okay!" Knowing that he had indeed made a big mistake, the emperor could only pat his forehead lightly, then interrupted Liu Feng's words and tried his best to say in a nonchalant tone, "Go and talk to Chu Kuan. Let him choose a more reliable person to pass the edict to Kunning Palace. As for moving the palace, you first take stock of whether there is a suitable palace in the East and West Sixth Palace, there is no need to rush."
There is no need to worry, Your Majesty, you don’t have much harem, and the twelve palaces in the six east and west palaces are not full yet! It is indeed not difficult to free up a palace that is not with other concubines to accommodate the deposed queen!
However, Liu Feng was most relieved that the emperor did not ask him to handle this matter, but instead ordered Chu Kuan, the chief minister of rituals. Therefore, he was not willing to go there in person and sent the emperor to go to court. After Luan Jia arrived, he immediately sent a young eunuch to convey a message to Chu Kuan. However, when the young eunuch came back to report, he was surprised.
"You mean, Eunuch Chu went to Kunning Palace in person?"
Seeing the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old eunuch nodding his head with an expression that I would definitely remember, Liu Feng was immediately confused. But this was not a very important matter, after all, the queen had become a deposed queen. Even if Chu Chu Kuan had some kind of friendship with Fei Hou in the past, and now he wanted to comfort her, or maybe Chu Kuan had a grudge against Fei Hou, and now he wanted to show off his power. Anyway, it was none of his business.
He forgot about it for a moment, and didn't even bother to send someone to Kunning Palace to find out what was going on there.
Not only him, but all the concubines also stayed in the palace and restricted the palace people not to go out. Even Concubine Yu, who had always been straightforward and even dared to use a sword against the queen, had no interest in going to the palace at this time. Ning Gong saw the Queen's joke. In her words to Princess Yongping, it was the most boring thing to beat up a drowned dog.
So, when the queen suddenly heard the news that she had been dethroned as a concubine, it was like a bolt from the blue. She was lucky enough to avoid being embarrassed in front of a group of concubines whom she had always looked down on from a high position. But even so, she would not give birth to a child. She felt every bit of gratitude, because at this moment, her heart and mind were filled with rage and grief.
"Where is the emperor? Why didn't he come in person? Why didn't he dare to read the edict in person in front of me? Instead, he only dared to use the ridiculous excuse of following the Queen Mother's decree and accusing me of being unfilial..."
Seeing people shouting like crazy, Chu Kuan stood there quietly, neither speaking to comfort nor taunting, as if she was just a Buddha statue. Until she turned around and muttered the same words, the palace people around her or their expressions
He was pale, or lost his mind, obviously thinking of the miserable ending of being the person next to the abandoned queen, so he coughed lightly.
At this time, the former queen with disheveled hair on the ground was already hoarse and could no longer make any sound, while everyone else was silent, and there was silence all around. Only then did he say in an extremely steady voice: "The edict to abolish the queen was written yesterday.
What was sent to the General Administration Department at this time today may have been passed through the world by fast horse. And the reason why it was not promulgated in Kunning Palace at the first moment..."
He paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The emperor was considerate of Concubine Jing's physical weakness yesterday, so he delayed it until today. As for the Emperor who did not come in person at this time, Concubine Jing looked up at the sky. At this time, the Emperor naturally came up
Go to court. Besides, even if you don’t go to court, the emperor rarely visits any of his concubines before noon. Isn’t this what you always nagged at the beginning?”
Although Chu Kuan had a gentle tone and respectful attitude, the concubine was so sensitive and irritable that she immediately became furious. However, just as she stood up unsteadily with her hands on her body, Chu Kuan actually moved slightly under her feet.
In an instant, she had taken five or six steps back. She could only shout angrily: "Old eunuch, how dare you bully me!"
"This slave has always known that he is just a eunuch."
Chu Kuan bowed again, his voice still very respectful, "When you enter the palace, you learn loyalty, justice, benevolence and filial piety. You learn the things passed down from Grandpa Taizu, so you know that it is not easy to be a good queen, and to hold power like the queen mother."
You are a hero among women who is bold and decisive at times and forthright and quick when delegating power. All of them have been criticized by others. Concubine Jing, does she know what outsiders said about you when you were the queen?"
Without waiting for Concubine Jing to answer, he suddenly raised his head and said word by word: "I don't know how blessed I am in the midst of blessings! Even if ordinary noble officials and gentry marry their first wives, most of them are not as good as the emperor treated Concubine Jing back then! Of course,
If Concubine Jing can teach two virtuous princes, then the Emperor will have nothing to say, and the ministers will naturally support them, but what kind of virtues do the eldest prince and the second prince have!"
Concubine Jing never thought that Chu Kuan would dare to accuse her face to face, and her once beautiful face was suddenly full of anger. However, she stumbled and took two steps, and when she was about to reach out to grab Chu Kuan, she saw that the man had already lost his temper.
He moved his steps and was seven or eight steps away from her again.
"My dear concubine, please do some self-reflection behind closed doors. You must know that the eldest prince is ignorant of benevolence and righteousness and harms the people. He is already imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, but the second prince has not been punished for his false accusations against Dr. Zhang, the imperial eunuch."
"Even if it is for the sake of the second prince, who still has hope now, I ask my concubine not to be carried away by anger."
At this point, seeing Concubine Jing suddenly stop, Chu Kuan said with a smile: "In addition, Concubine Jing learned that the imperial dining room was almost wiped out, and the emperor has agreed to Dr. Zhang's request, so
In the Nanyue Xiu Hutong area of the outer city, a royal chef selection competition is held to select the royal chef among the famous chefs in the capital. This is a rare lively and festive event."
"The emperor also personally named the newly renovated tea house Xinglong. I heard that this was a name casually mentioned by Dr. Zhang, but the emperor felt that it would be appreciated by both refined and popular people, and he praised it very much."
Concubine Jing, whose brows were raised, almost cut off her fingernails. She had heard about this before, but didn't pay much attention to it, but she could hardly believe that when she was deposed and miserable, the emperor actually
She will also focus her eyes on another trivial matter that she thinks is insignificant, and even think it is lively and festive!
She glared at Chu Kuan fiercely, and finally cursed viciously: "The emperor is not afraid of someone getting mixed up among these cooks, hiding in the palace in the future, and poisoning his food!"
"Concubine Jing is worrying too much. If you can't even do this kind of thing well, why does the emperor need to be a supervisor?" Chu Kuan looked directly at Concubine Jing calmly, but he was not afraid of the gaze that chose others and said calmly.
Said, "What's more, all ingredients and utensils outside the palace are not allowed to be brought in, and from now on, the slaves will be responsible for supervising the purchase of everything in the imperial kitchen, so that no one can get a hair into it. Who can poison?"
"As for their origins, I will start investigating them from the moment they are born. Anyone who is suspicious will not want to serve in the palace."
Seeing that Concubine Jing's face finally froze, Chu Kuan bowed deeply again and said: "Everything I have done is for the emperor and for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, if someone is not good for the emperor, then he must
Step over the slave’s corpse first!”
Although the eunuch opposite had a stooped waist and looked humble and submissive, Concubine Jing seemed to think that it was a terrifying monster using a layer of human skin to cover herself. When she saw Chu Kuan quitting, Kunning
When the door slowly closed in front of her again, she who had just managed to stand upright finally felt as if all her strength had been drained away.
But at this moment, the palace door that was slowly closing seemed to suddenly stop, and then she heard Chu Kuan's voice again: "The emperor has asked Liu Feng, the steward of Qianqing Palace, to arrange the transfer of the concubine to the palace.
Please take care of yourself, my dear concubine."
At this moment, Concubine Jing finally couldn't stand any longer. Her legs gave way and she slumped down on the ground. Behind her, even though there were many palace people, it took a long time for two of them to suddenly wake up.
He rushed forward and tried to help her, but she threw him away.
"God, are you blind and also blind in your heart? What did I do wrong?"
Chu Kuan, who had already left Kunning Palace, couldn't help but smile when he heard the heart-rending shouting. What did he do wrong? He couldn't recognize his status, his own temperament, and he couldn't teach the most successful person.
My son, this is the biggest mistake.
Based on his understanding of the emperor, if the empress could educate a son who was outstanding enough, such as Zhu Tingfang, then regardless of how cold and disgusted she was with the empress, given the emperor's character, he might have been appointed a prince long ago.
In the past few years, the emperor had expressed his admiration for Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing many times, enviing him for having a good son like Zhu Tingfang who was both civilized and military.
"Finally, we have overcome a stumbling block..." Chu Kuan laughed in his heart, and his steps suddenly became lighter. As for the eldest prince and the second prince, who have been completely fixed and hopeless, he
He no longer had to worry about threats. Of course, there was always uncertainty in life, but he knew very well that the emperor would not kill his son or his wife.
Not even through other people's hands. In that case, the most angry person would probably be the emperor.
The emperor would unexpectedly send someone to Kunning Palace to read out the edict after the abolition was announced to the world. Of course, Zhang Shou would not know about this kind of oolong incident - in fact, such a big thing happened yesterday, and he had already warned Zhu Ying thousands of times.
He was told that he was not allowed to enter the palace again in the past few days. He was really afraid of this eldest lady who was so bold if she disagreed with him.
After stopping Zhu Ying and handing the eldest lady to the dowager to ban her from going out, Zhang Shou rested comfortably in the Imperial College. Because everyone in Jiuzhangtang was transferred to various places, there are only two or three puppies and kittens in class during the day.
However, the teaching was temporarily suspended, leaving everyone to use their free time to repair and study on their own, so he was naturally free during the day.
However, after he came back, the class was going from one lesson to the next, and the homework assignments were all carried out very quickly. In addition, all kinds of matters were handed over, so he just sat in Jiuzhang Hall to write out the examination questions for the second period of admissions that day.
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As for the few remaining supervisors who have not yet been assigned a lot of tasks, they are resigning themselves to solving the questions... For them, who major in arithmetic, the questions are really endless. Because Zhang Shou made a
The idea that makes them complain endlessly is that students can set their own questions wherever they learn. There are five questions in each unit, and they will be used to test their classmates!
When Ji Jiu looked around outside the door, he could see a few supervisors sitting there sparsely, sometimes frowning in deep thought, sometimes writing furiously. Zhang Shou, who had directly occupied Lu Sanlang's desk, was also engrossed in writing.
What are you wearing?
Seeing this scene, he hesitated for a moment, then crept in, but then walked around in a circle and peeked behind Zhang Shou.
And at this glance, he discovered the words written by Zhang Shou and the pictures he drew. At first glance, he could understand every word, but when those words were put together, he was a little embarrassed. Especially the one about setting pi.
is π, and the known radius is r. To find the length of an arc on a complex figure, his eyes widened. He calculated in his mind for a long time, but still felt that he was not very sure.
He had even taught himself the new Gurdjieff arithmetic! Once again he realized that he was not a genius like Lu Sanlang, but his learning and acceptance abilities were a little higher than ordinary people. He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, but then he heard Zhang Shou's voice in front of him.
: "Have you seen enough?"
"Teacher!" Ji Jiu stood up straight in a hurry, and then said with a smile, "I was just afraid of disturbing you, so I didn't dare to say anything."
"It's okay to bother me, but it's okay to bother others... Look, they are staring at you while they are solving the problem." Zhang Shou put the test questions on the desk nonchalantly, then pointed to the door, and sure enough, he left his seat and stood up.
When he walked out, Ji Jiu followed him immediately.
Before he could ask, he saw that Ji Jiu was hesitant to speak and seemed to be arranging sentences. After a long time, he finally made up his mind and whispered: "Teacher, the emperor has recruited several famous scholars to come to Beijing."
Things, do you know?"
Zhang Shou couldn't help but be a little confused, and then he thought of a question thoughtfully. Could it be that a competitor is coming?
As soon as Ji Jiu saw Zhang Shou's expression, he knew that Zhang Shou didn't know anything about it, so he immediately said in a more serious tone: "I heard that the emperor was recruiting students from four academies because of the precedent set by the eldest prince and the second prince.
Four people. They came to the capital to be teachers for the princes. One advocated a farming-oriented approach, one claimed that he must learn miscellaneous subjects, and the other was proficient in many kinds of Western languages..."
Before Ji Jiu finished speaking, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh. Did the emperor think that the prince's study of the classics was not enough, so he planned to train people to be proficient in various subjects? The two elementary school bullies, the third prince and the fourth prince, were still possible.
Prince and Second Prince, it’s better to go to bed!