Of course Zhu Hong didn't intend to complain. He just went to Zhang Yuan to deliver snacks to Zhang Shou on Zhu Ying's order, but he happened to meet Zhang Shou getting out of the car, but he didn't realize that when Zhu Ying came back from the palace, he told him about being kicked out by the emperor.
The fourth prince at Zhang Shou's place found out after asking that he was actually given up by Zhang Shou at the public school.
He was extremely uneasy, but Zhang Shou asked him to tell Zhu Tingfang about this matter, so he didn't bother to go back to restore Zhu Ying's life, and hurriedly went to the Soldiers and Horses Department to inquire before he came here.
Regarding this unexpected news, after Zhu Tingfang and Zhang Chuan looked at each other, Zhu Tingfang said calmly: "Okay, I understand. Just go back and feel free to do so. I know what's going on."
As for the number, he did not tell Zhu Hongming. When he finally went back worriedly, and when he was about to speak, Zhang Chuan smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't take it seriously, and Academician Zhang also looks as if nothing has happened. What's more,
What about us? Well, after working hard all day and night, let’s go back and have a good sleep, recharge our batteries, and balance work with rest!”
Seeing Zhang Chuan yawning as he spoke, Zhu Tingfang couldn't help but laugh and immediately agreed. The two of them got on their horses together in front of the Xinglong Tea House, but Zhang Chuan also brought twenty elite cavalrymen assigned by the emperor.
The soldiers served as bodyguards, but Zhu Tingfang used all of them as his own family. He even confiscated the filial soldiers from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, and just went their separate ways.
Finally, under the witness of many interested people, the two groups of people entered the palace of Qin Guogong and Zhao Guogong respectively. As a result, yesterday's case had come to an end, and the news spread like wildfire, including Confucius University Scholars Wu Ge Lao and Zhang
I don't know how many people in the cabinet, such as the Grand Bachelor, breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, given Mr. Hong Shan's stubborn character, there is no need to guess what people will do after learning about the death of the second prince. If not, why would Zhang Shou use such a method that is almost like kidnapping?
What is the method of taking people out for a meal, a drink, and a heart-to-heart talk? Isn't it just to make people shut up...or control the hand that can't help but write something?
As for the fourth prince who was punished by the emperor to kneel down last night and was driven to listen to Zhang Shou today, the news also failed to hide the news from anyone who wanted to know. However, Zhang Shou actually left him to live among others in the dormitory of the public school. This
But only a few people know the news. Of course, God knows whether people who often stare at Zhang Yuan will make associations and investigate when they find out that Zhang Shou got off the car alone when he came back.
All in all, compared to the previous night, the beginning of this night seemed very quiet. People really had nothing more to worry about. The emperor was still in his prime, the prince was in good health, the officials were still powerful, and the world was prosperous and peaceful.
In the Qingning Palace, when the Queen Mother was going to bed, a shrill howl was heard again in the night. Yuquan, who personally served the Queen Mother in her daily life, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
After hurriedly coming out, she asked angrily: "What is going on in Xian'an Palace? Wasn't it peaceful before? Why is it suddenly howling like crazy every night?"
If you really want to seek death because of the Queen Mother's words, then just seek death. Howling like crazy every night, is it possible that the palace servants who serve you can't even think of a solution?
Under Yuquan's glare, a low-ranking female official hurriedly ran out. However, when she rushed back after touching a stick of incense, she delivered an unexpected news - that was not the person in Xian'an Palace.
The screams of the deposed empress were those of the imperial concubine, including the pitiful howls of the past few days. The deposed empress had been fed Ningshen soup early before nightfall and fell asleep.
Yuquan never expected such a result, and was immediately shocked and angry: "If the deposed queen is not shouting, then who else in the palace will howl like crazy?"
Wasn't it just because we believed that the person howling at night was the concubine, so whether it was the Queen Mother, the Emperor, or other concubines, we didn't go into too much detail for now? Moreover, judging from the direction of the sound, it was indeed Xian'an in the northeast.
It came from the palace!
Several people in the palace suddenly looked at each other. Although there were too many people dead in the palace, it was inevitable that many ghastly legends would be left behind. However, since Emperor Ruizong came to the throne, the palace has become much more peaceful. Even when the queen was deposed, because of the queen mother
Under pressure, they didn't dare to go too far in many things, so they almost forgot about the rumors that were passed down from generation to generation.
After a long while, a rather elderly female official said uncertainly: "Could this be the meowing of a cat? I once heard the shrill meowing of a cat at night before I entered the palace.
, it sounds like a person crying."
As soon as these words came out, Yuquan suddenly realized: "Yes, maybe this is indeed not a human voice, but a cat. Cats can be raised in the palace... No, even if it is a cat howling, it shouldn't mostly come after spring.
Will you keep shouting?"
As soon as the word "spring" came out, these older female officials thought of a word, and their faces suddenly turned red, but then they became calm as if nothing had happened. Yuquan suppressed his embarrassment and said word by word: "Tomorrow morning
I summoned Qian Ren, the chief minister of etiquette, and asked him to send someone to go down and investigate. If it is really a palace that can't take care of cats and bothers people late at night, then stop keeping them as soon as possible!"
Having said that, Yuquan always felt that this statement was a bit far-fetched. You know, for several nights in a row, he stopped at once every time. If it was a human, it must be intentional control, but if it was a cat, he wanted it to stop.
Shut up, is it easy?
But the Queen Mother and the Emperor were both people who didn't like to mess around, and it was impossible for her to really continue to investigate this matter in the middle of the night, so she gave up the order for the time being. However, when she waited until early the next morning, she went to work two hours earlier as usual
I got up within a quarter of an hour, washed and changed clothes, and hurriedly planned to go to serve the Queen Mother. When I got up, I saw an elderly palace official rushing from Qingning Gate as soon as I went out.
Fortunately, although he was walking in a hurry, he didn't yell. When he arrived in front of her, he stopped in a panic and said out of breath: "Aunt Yuquan, Xian'an Palace...Xian'an Palace is here to report."
, said it was... said that he died suddenly after being crippled!"
On the night when the Queen Mother went to see the deposed Queen, Yuquan was worried that people would really commit suicide. But at that time, although people made a fuss, everything was fine in the end, and the same was true for the next two nights. Now suddenly the news came,
Her first feeling was not surprise, but a strange sense of relief, and then regret.
She was once the mother of the country and the lord of the Sixth Palace. She was in harmony with the emperor and had two sons. But now, the queen has died. One of the two sons is in the imperial palace, and the life or death of the other is unknown...
If you could do it over again, would you choose never to enter the palace, instead of being cold-tempered all day long and forcefully turning yourself into a resentful woman? And if you could enter the palace, after giving birth to two sons, wouldn't you?
Will they continue to take people under their wings like a hen protecting its chicks, and neither the emperor who is the father nor other celebrities and scholars will be able to truly contact and teach them?
She took a deep breath and then asked: "What was the cause of death? Since it was said to be a sudden death, it can't be unclear and he died suddenly, right?"
If it were a young palace maid, she might still be ignorant when she heard Yuquan use the word "die", but the elder palace maid didn't think so. She immediately put away the thought of criticizing the last few words,
He lowered his head and said respectfully: "Xian'an Palace only discovered that Concubine Jing had passed away early in the morning. The specific cause of death is not yet known, but it is most likely that she... swallowed gold."
Confirming that the person was indeed dead and had committed suicide by swallowing gold, Yuquan couldn't help but sigh deeply again.
When she went to serve the Queen Mother and get up to freshen up, she was informed of the news. As she expected, the Queen Mother's reaction was quite bland, just saying that she knew. However, when it came time to have breakfast, the Queen Mother seemed to have no appetite and only drank.
After eating half a bowl of porridge, he ordered it to be taken away, and then he sat there in a trance.
The emperor also received the surprise news after getting up early. After the initial accident, he instinctively became furious and actually pushed down the clothes hanger on the bedside. But when the banging sound came, he realized that he
He once again committed the old habit of being irritable and irritable, so he immediately tried to suppress his anger, and his initial rapid breathing gradually stabilized.
Last night, when he learned that Zhang Shou had left the fourth prince in the dormitory of the public school to live among others, he was not as surprised as others thought. Instead, he was very approving of it. He was in a good mood for it and slept well at first, but
In the middle of the night, I was awakened by a nightmare. After drinking water, I fell asleep again, but it was not so stable. Therefore, I only felt that my throat was dry and hoarse.
After a long while, he finally said tiredly: "Let Chu Kuan attend to the funeral. In terms of skillful etiquette, no one in the palace can compare with him."
Chen Yongshou was not like Liu Feng, the former steward of the Qianqing Palace. He knew the relationship between Chu Kuan and the Queen Mother Emperor, so even though he had been raped to death before, he was actually driven to Ciqing Palace to serve the prince's pen and ink. This was
It was quite meaningful. Therefore, instead of saying anything about Eunuch Chu's lack of rank, he was afraid that people would criticize him for attending the funeral, so he agreed directly.
And when he hurried out, he happened to meet the third prince in front of the main hall of Qianqing Palace. Seeing that the prince's eyes were slightly red and his face looked tired, he probably hadn't slept well all night, so he had to whisper after saluting.
Just a reminder.
"Concubine Jing has passed away. Your Majesty is in a bad mood right now. Your Highness, please be careful in your words and deeds."
The third prince spent the whole night worrying about the fourth prince who lived alone outside. Especially when he heard that he was not in Zhang Yuan, but was left in the public school dormitory by Zhang Shou, he was even more anxious and uneasy.
, tossed and turned until midnight before falling asleep. Therefore, when he suddenly heard such big news, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he realized what it meant.
With a pale face, he opened his mouth several times, but failed to say a word. In the end, he just let out a soft hum.
When he came to the emperor, he saw that his father was already standing in front of the desk writing something, but he did not bother him, but stood quietly and waited underneath.
After a long time, he heard the emperor's voice: "I have asked Chu Kuan to attend the funeral, and Si Lang is not here. If you are short of someone when you are in Ciqing Palace, please choose someone to go and take care of you."
"No, no, no." The third prince quickly shook his head like a rattle. As soon as he said the words, he realized that he was used to staying silent most of the time. He only spoke when he asked, and every time he spoke to the point.
Chu Kuan. I have to say that compared to those chambermaids who were either too dull or too smart, it was extremely easy for him to get along with Chu Kuan.
Therefore, he hesitated for a moment, and then said what Chen Yongshou had not dared to say before: "Father, it is indeed appropriate for Eunuch Chu to go to the funeral. He is familiar with etiquette and so on, but he was dismissed just now."
The palm seal of the ritual supervisor..."
The emperor was slightly startled, and then asked with great interest: "Then what do you think should be done?"
The third prince did not expect that the emperor would throw this issue back, and he immediately felt that it was very difficult. After all, he had not thought about how to arrange Chu Kuan at all. Not long ago, he even told Chu Kuan personally that Ciqing Palace was not
A stewardship sign was needed. After thinking about it, he could only say with a grimace: "Father cannot change his orders overnight, so he cannot be allowed to return to the ceremonial department."
The emperor smiled noncommittally: "What then?"
Forced by the emperor to do this, the young Crown Prince could only express his thoughts: "Can Chu Kuan represent the two noble concubines and attend the funeral in their names?"
The imperial concubine's registration ceremony was only in the secret preparation stage. The emperor was very sure that the third prince could not know about it, but at this moment, he was really surprised by the answer that the third prince racked his brains to give. But even so, he still smiled.
Asked: "He alone cannot represent the two noble concubines."
The third prince couldn't help but change his face when he was forced by his father's gaze and question. But since he couldn't hide, he could only grit his teeth and said: "Then can Eunuch Chu be allowed to represent the mother and concubine? The steward sign around the mother and concubine.
Eunuch Xie is too old and cannot afford to attend the funeral, so let Eunuch Chu go on his behalf."
The emperor then laughed lightly. He breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and said: "Forget it, let Chu Kuan represent your mother and concubine, and use the name of the steward of Wan'an Palace to come forward to attend to the funeral of the concubine. Then.
Let him serve in Ciqing Palace in the name of the concubine, and that will be enough."
The third prince was stunned. How could it be like this? Although this would help improve the status of his biological mother and concubine in the palace, it was somewhat inappropriate according to the rules, so he could not help but whisper: "Father,
Your Majesty, it is understandable that the Duke of Chu came forward to attend the funeral of the concubine on behalf of his mother and concubine, but it is not good for him to stay in Ciqing Palace in the name of being the steward of Wan'an Palace, right?"
The emperor smiled and said: "Why, are you afraid that people will accuse your mother and concubine of interfering in politics?"
Seeing that the third prince bowed his head and remained silent, obviously acquiescing, he said lightly: "This dynasty has only consecrated imperial concubines twice, during the reigns of Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Shizong. Now, I have asked people to follow these rituals again.
I rummaged through the pile of old papers. I don't intend to canonize the queen again. If that's the case, let me canonize the imperial concubine again."
"The imperial concubine will send someone to study with you at Ciqing Palace. It will be a matter of course."