The wind seemed to be blowing outside the palace, the spring was getting warmer, orchid trees were sprouting, and there was a rustle in the wind. The queen seemed to see Han Jin in the mist, and said, "What can I do for you?"
Yu Han bowed and said, "When this wind passes, spring will come. I'm here to report Ni Shuihan."
"Oh, tell me." The queen asked in shock, "What did you hear?"
"The emperor has become suspicious of Tongshan Temple and has introduced the Yin Temple sect. Taoist Huaihui's death is not far away."
"Yin Guan Sect, I remember the new leader is Liu Zhan?"
"Obviously it is Liu Zhan, but secretly there is another person, the new eunuch Meng Lin. I really admire him. He is a real person, but he is castrated and entered into the palace to serve the emperor. This determination is not small." Yu Han smiled coldly and said.
"What evidence do you have?" the queen asked, suddenly startled.
"Because he followed the same path as Ni Shuihan." Yu Han smiled faintly: "The people inside reported it and were castrated at the age of 40. They can't hide it from others."
The queen was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "You have been sacrificed. By the way, the death of my father and brother really had nothing to do with the emperor?"
"It should have nothing to do with it. When the master and the young master died, the world had not been completely leveled, and the lackeys were not ready. Besides, the emperor was not the prince at the time, so it would not be like this. It can only be said to be luck." Yu Han lamented.
"Life?"
That's why I inherited Nishuihan, and Nishuihan's surroundings gradually dispersed, and some people entered the inner palace. The queen was silent for a long time, and found that Yu Han was missing.
A figure approached the royal couch, and through the bed curtain, she saw this person standing more than ten steps away from her.
The man was vaguely a man. The queen thought he was a palace eunuch, so she opened the bed curtain and looked at it, but she was stunned.
It's her child... Ah Fu! Is it you?
As a result, just looking at each other from a distance, the young man in the prince's uniform disappeared.
"Afu!" The queen woke up from her dream the next moment.
Sweat was already forming on his forehead, and it was still dark outside at this time. Not to mention it was not yet dawn, I was afraid that he had just fallen asleep not long after!
Still in the middle of the night!
Ever since she met King Dai, she has been dreaming from time to time, and finally she can occasionally dream about her child.
Although I can feel that those dreams are all fake, and they are just "thinking about things day by day and dreaming about things at night", it is still better than not having any dreams in the past.
Today's dream is different from the previous ones. I can't tell how it is different. Could it be some kind of reminder?
"Your Majesty!" The people outside came in at this moment. They sounded like they were in a hurry. The Queen frowned: "What's the matter?"
There is a fire burning in the queen's palace, two candles are lit, and they are covered with beige sarongs. As soon as the jadeite comes into view, she loses her voice. The empress in front of her is so beautiful. She is forty years old, and there are almost no wrinkles. Her black hair is scattered on the pillow, and she wears dark daisy.
She frowned slightly, no wonder she was established as queen.
After being in a trance, Jade came to her senses and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has decided to make him a grandson, and has asked Ma Shunde to pass the decree on behalf of the palace!"
"What? The emperor wants to make him a grandson?" The queen suddenly changed her color and immediately sat up. She didn't even care that the quilt slipped from her shoulders, but asked urgently: "Is this true?"
"It's true. Not only was Ma Shunde sent to deliver the edict, but he was also said to have issued an edict to the cabinet, asking the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to arrange the canonization ceremony. Xiao Songzi, who sent us the news, is outside!" Feicui replied hurriedly: "Congratulations, empress.
Congratulations to my grandson, this is a great joy, and it must be caused by Ruixiang."
She stepped on the morning glow, but the morning glow said "it may not be a blessing". This was a big mistake. Even if she was not driven out, she would lose her favor.
"Oh!" The queen trembled, her face was so pale that there was no blood at all, and in an instant, bright red blood came to her face.
This is really an unexpected surprise. As for whether it is joyful or not, not only does it depend on whether it is true, but also the intention behind it.
"Help me get up." The queen said immediately. Seeing this, Feicui immediately prepared clothes. Several maids in the distance did not say anything when they saw this, and silently helped the queen get up.
The queen's bun had already been let down. Because she was anxious, she didn't comb it back, but simply pulled it back and pinned it up with a jade hairpin.
"Your Majesty, that's it!" When the queen sat down on the chair in the main hall, the young eunuch Xiao Songzi had carefully told the queen all the news he had received.
What he said was naturally more detailed than what Jade said, but the information currently available was limited, and the queen was still a little uneasy after hearing it.
After thinking about it, she ordered: "Zheng Qian, go to Eunuch Zhao right now and ask him if he knows about this."
Zheng Qian was a middle-aged eunuch and one of the queen's confidants. When he heard this, he immediately went out.
The queen then said to Xiao Songzi: "You sent this news very promptly. Jade, I will reward you with fifty taels of silver."
"Yes, empress."
The reward of fifty taels of silver is not a direct reward of silver, but a reward of silver notes. Five 10-tael silver notes are put in the purse and handed to Xiao Songzi.
Xiao Songzi immediately smiled and knelt down to thank him.
"Yu Han is very talented."
"Back then, I lost Fu'er and was disheartened. Nishuihan went silent and almost disbanded. Now I just want him to recover. It won't take long for us to get this kind of news."
After waving her hand to leave, the queen leaned back with a complicated expression. It was hard to tell whether she was happy or worried. She suddenly thought of her father and brother back then.
"My father and brother created a weapon as powerful as Ni Shuihan, so I'm afraid they may not be willing to submit to me."
"Unfortunately, bad luck."
"But even if this is great news, is it too fast for the emperor to confer the title of grandson on behalf of the king? Is there anything fishy here?"
She is worthy of being a queen, and she deserves to have a son who was a prince. The queen was so excited that she immediately thought of this. She just thought about it. The female officer Zhaoxia and several nuns came to her after hearing the news, and stood in front of her, looking at each other.
At first glance, I felt very excited.
If the matter is true, then the pain and patience of the empress over the years have finally been paid off.
Zhao Fugu
Strictly speaking, there was no prime minister in the Zheng Dynasty, only the chief minister. However, as the cabinet has evolved to this day, there is not much difference between the chief minister and the prime minister except in name.
And Zhao Xu was not only the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, a bachelor of Huagai Palace, knowledgeable about classics and banquets, but also deeply trusted by the emperor. He was the chief minister of the cabinet of the dynasty, and was also given a house by the emperor.
This house is not too big, with beautiful greenery. The most important thing is that it is very close to the imperial city, so that you can save yourself the trouble of going to court in the morning. It is easy to come and go in rainy and snowy weather. It also sent an imperial doctor and rewarded the eunuch. It is really
Emperor's favor.
Although the cabinet members had all left the palace and returned to their homes, it was still not very late at this time, and the lights in Zhao's mansion were still brightly lit.
"This snow is really considerate, and we will have a good harvest next year." Cui Zhaoquan, a scholar and minister of the Ministry of War, laughed and said, "Would you like to save some snow in the cellar, so that next year you can make tea with snow water and drink tea, and sit and talk about Taoism?"
"You're showing off your flaws, aren't you?" Xie Zhi, a political advisor, joked: "It shows that you are not an elegant person."
"Appreciate further details."
"In snow water, the worst is first snow, followed by late snow, and medium snow is better."
"What is this?" He Yuduan also came up to join in the fun.
"The first snow is the dirtiest. If you don't believe it, cook it and see. The last snow is full of pestilence, so it is not good to drink it. The middle snow is the best." Xie Zhi still has rules and methods, and everyone will understand.
"It makes sense. All the filth of a year is accumulated in winter. The first snowfall must be so filthy that it cannot be used. In the spring of a year, all kinds of diseases sprout, and spring snow cannot be used. The rest can only be used as medium snow."
"This is really knowledge everywhere!"
Zhao Xu invited several ministers to have dinner with him, but in fact it was people from several circles discussing political affairs like doing Tai Chi.
Normally, such things would never be discussed at home, but discussing these things in the palace is somewhat inappropriate.
At this moment, after doing Tai Chi for a while, I rushed to talk and talked about Dai Wang.
"It is reasonable to say that the acting king was deprived of his errand before. After all, the acting king offended many people and made some big noises one after another." When He Yuduan got down to business, his smile suddenly faded and his eyes flashed:
"Light and dark, inside and outside, how many overt spears and secret arrows."
"If an attack breaks out at the scene, a small matter will become a big matter. If you are given a punishment, it will have been punished and resolved. Therefore, whether it is for protection or for the sake of others, it is normal for the emperor to take away the errand.
Even kind."
"But right now, the situation is a bit confusing to me."
Everyone nodded. In fact, punishment was nothing. It was protection to a certain extent. But now, it was confusing.
Cui Zhaoquan also nodded: "This is indeed strange. Not long after Dai Wang was deprived of his errand, he asked Dai Wang to do things according to the order again, and he still did the previous errands. This is really different."
Not only is it different, it’s simply amazing!
The King of Shu and the King of Qi are the emperor's biological sons, and they have never received such attention. Although King Dai is the emperor's grandson, they are separated by a layer after all. They did not grow up beside the emperor. Why does the emperor pay so much attention to them?
The two talked for a while, but still couldn't find a reason. Xie Zhi spoke again implicitly: "Mr. Zhao, tell me, is it possible... that the emperor intends to cultivate the king?"
Does this mean that the emperor intends to make the acting king the crown prince?
Zhao Xu knew the inside story and immediately rejected this speculation in his heart.
How can it be!
The emperor forced the prince to be killed, and the king was the prince's son. Although these two were ancestors and grandsons, if you look closely, they had the hatred of killing their father and destroying their family.
It’s impossible no matter how you think about it!
This would have been possible if it were another emperor who valued love and justice, but this His Majesty... Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the butler hurried in from outside.
"Sir, the emperor has sent a decree!"
What?
Zhao Xu immediately stood up and walked out. It was already night, and there was still an edict?
In the Little Flower Hall, in addition to Cui Zhaoquan, Xie Zhi, and several Zhao party officials, they all stood up hurriedly at this moment.
Zhao Xu strode out and found that the person who sent the decree was an eunuch from the emperor. As soon as this man came in, he stood facing south and shouted: "There is a decree!"
Several people hurriedly retreated to one side, and Zhao Xu kowtowed: "I respectfully listen to the edict!"
"The emperor's verbal instructions, along with Zhao Xu and the cabinet, quickly reviewed the decree and promulgated it to the world."
"I obey the decree!"
Zhao Xu didn't say anything. He and Cui Zhaoquan looked at each other and took the order. As soon as he looked at it, his face suddenly changed. He leaned forward and stood dumbly. Xie Zhi immediately knew that there was a big change and just murmured.
He swallowed his words again and did not dare to ask.
Zhao Xu was shocked after reading the above content.
Grandson?
Zhao Xu took the decree, but did not sign it immediately, but said loudly: "The emperor actually wants to confer the king as a grandson? This matter is important, and I want to see the emperor immediately!"
Everyone in the flower hall heard Zhao Xu's words at this time.
The grandson's matter was not a trivial matter and must not be kept secret. It must be done openly and openly, so Zhao Xu shouted it out directly.
Canonize the acting king as grandson?
This struck almost like thunder. Cui Zhaoquan, Xie Zhi, and He Yuduan stood facing each other, but they all remained motionless, just like the dolls.
A little further away, a fifth-grade official in his thirties heard this, his face changed slightly, and he left immediately.
Zhao Xu's flower hall does not have only one door. In addition to the main door, there is also a door leading to the next room, and the next room also has an entrance to the corridor.
This design made it easier for the official to leave immediately without meeting anyone from the palace.
Cui Zhaoquan woke up, heard the movement behind him, and looked back.