It was late at night, and the emperor had just finished approving the memorial. He suddenly became interested and planned to call some of his lower-ranking concubines to serve him in the palace.
He asked the eunuch to bring over the concubine cards. Before choosing someone, he saw Eunuch Zhao running in from outside in a hurry. His face was still covered with a layer of sweat, which was greasy under the candlelight.
When the emperor saw it, he became a little impatient.
"Stand down first!" He waved his hand to the eunuch holding the sign to step back. The emperor looked down condescendingly at Eunuch Zhao, who was kneeling down to greet him.
"Why are you so anxious to see me?"
"Although it's hot in June, you won't sweat so much, right?"
Could it be that this old guy has been in front of me for so long that he has forgotten his sense of propriety, even this bit of etiquette?
After just a thought, the emperor overturned his guess and thought to himself: "No! This old guy came to see me in such a hurry, there must be something big going on!"
Eunuch Zhao knelt down in front of him, his head lowered, but he did not speak immediately.
This situation is not right!
Eunuch Zhao is an old slave next to him. If it is a trivial matter, he will not run up to him without saying a word!
"Why, what big thing happened again?" The emperor became alert and said calmly.
"I don't dare to say anything," said Eunuch Zhao, lowering his head.
"You old slave, I will pardon your innocence, say this!" The emperor frowned.
"I still dare not say anything." Eunuch Zhao lowered his head, but held up a confession.
Seeing that this old slave was still so scared, the emperor was shocked. Knowing that something big had happened, he grabbed the confession that was held high and read it.
Eunuch Zhao secretly raised his eyes and found that the emperor was frowning at the confession and sneered: "The king is lucky! Shuiyun Temple has become a prostitution den? Ha! The reason for renovating the temple will automatically come to your door.
Got it!"
Eunuch Zhao couldn't answer these words, and the emperor didn't need him to answer. Knowing what was below was the most terrifying thing, Eunuch Zhao hurriedly lowered his eyes again, knelt in front of the emperor, and did not dare to move.
The emperor continued to watch, still in the mood to think, could this king's good luck really be a blessing from God?
But seeing that Queen Lu's female family members were also related to Shuiyun Temple, their expressions were not so good-looking.
King Lu is his own son no matter what. It is not like the acting king who has been kept outside for a long time. He has only recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan in the past two years, and he is still separated from him by the hatred of his father's murder. Even if he is an ancestor and grandson, it is difficult for the emperor to really like him.
grandson.
But King Lu was his own son, the son he had raised for more than twenty years. No matter how ruthless the emperor was, as long as he didn't violate the bottom line and didn't make him really have murderous intentions, he could still have a sense of father-son affection.
Because of this, the son has green hair on his head, which naturally makes the father feel unhappy.
It's ugly. Is this why the old slave doesn't dare to speak?
No, it's not!
The emperor knew that Eunuch Zhao was not such a timid person. He continued to look down and when he saw the section "Concubine Wei" below, his face that was originally downcast because of Prince Lu's family affairs changed his expression in an instant.
It's like the color palette was knocked over all of a sudden, the look on her face is really wonderful!
The pupils of the eyes that were originally squinting to read the confession shrank sharply, and the hand holding the paper trembled slightly.
Eunuch Zhao shivered and did not dare to look up, but he was already trembling a little.
The ancestor of the Wei Dynasty in the previous dynasty was called the one emperor through the ages, and he was considered magnanimous. Every time the prime minister came to court, he would still say something, and his whole body would tremble when the emperor was slightly angry.
Even an old man like Eunuch Zhao who serves the Emperor is still afraid of the Emperor's wrath.
In other words, precisely because we understand how much power the emperor has, we will be more in awe.
"Bastard!" There was a brief silence, and suddenly loud shouts resounded throughout the palace, and the ignited anger went straight to the emperor's forehead, making the veins on his forehead throb.
He stretched out his hand to tear up the confession and shouted: "Assholes, they are all a bunch of bastards!"
Eunuch Zhao became anxious. He knelt down and crawled a few steps, urging him urgently: "Your Majesty, please calm down! Please take care of your dragon body!"
The imperial doctor has already hinted that the emperor's health is very poor now, and he depends entirely on elixirs. He must not get angry. Every time he gets angry, it is a major loss.
The emperor also knew this, but still roared: "I also want to take care of the dragon body, but everything is hurting my heart, how can I take care of it?"
As he said that, the emperor suddenly remembered the prophecy of the death of three generations. He had always wondered before, could it be that Taizu borrowed the luck of the demons so that the demons could cause trouble in this dynasty?
So he came to power and tried hard to suppress the demon luck, but King Qi colluded with the demon clan and thought he didn't know.
He also suspected that Taizu died early and that all the generals and princes were not dead yet, so there was a possibility of subversion. Therefore, after taking office, he focused on civility and suppressed military power, and gradually reduced the power of the military, which has basically been completed now.
When Dai Wang came back, he thought again, could this matter have to do with inheritance?
The king of Dai showed an honest and submissive side, and was able to do things well. Although the two kings of Qi and Shu had their own temperaments, they were not incompetent, and they could not be seen as kings of subjugation.
Later, something happened in the capital, and the emperor wondered whether it was related to the appearance of the temple. After all, caves in the ground and large rocks falling from the sky were not trivial matters.
If it weren't for the appearance of the shrine, which caused the people of the capital to associate the falling stone with the cave, and if the Imperial City Secretary was allowed to guide public opinion, the vision on that day would have been a crime!
"Concubine Wei went to Shuiyun Temple several times to offer incense, and then the King of Shu became king!"
But now, when the emperor looked at this article, he suddenly had a shuddering thought.
The King of Shu and the King of Qi had disappointed me, and King Dai didn't even consider it. I had been reflecting on myself recently, and I had some thoughts of investigating King Lu. But if King Lu was not his own son, and the throne was passed to him, wouldn't the country be left to an outsider?
Doesn’t this just fulfill the prophecy of the death of three generations of the Ji family?
Thinking of this, a rush of fire hit his heart, the emperor's heart beat faster, he gasped and almost couldn't breathe, he stumbled and almost fainted.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Zhao had already observed it, and he was so surprised that he helped him up. Now that he had gained experience, he took out a small medicine bottle and fed Xiao Huan Dan with tea.
The Xiao Huan Dan was still effective. After a while, the emperor's expression gradually softened, but Eunuch Zhao was not happy. He was worried that the effect of the Xiao Huan Dan was getting shorter and shorter.
The emperor opened his eyes, glanced around, sighed deeply, and said: "I am old...I am old..."
After saying that, he didn't speak for a long time. He just looked at the Imperial Study Room, as if he was deep in thought. After an unknown amount of time, his expression calmed down. Suddenly, his voice was small and clear: "Go and deliver the order, remove the title of Concubine Wei, and remove the throne of Concubine Wei."
If you go to the title of King of Lu, you will be confined to the palace."
"Ah?" Eunuch Zhao suddenly broke into a cold sweat. This morning, the emperor praised King Lu for being "clearly organized and living up to my expectations." In less than four hours, he was suddenly stripped of his title and imprisoned. He almost didn't dare to issue such an edict.
Served.
When the emperor saw the eunuch in front of him, he did not dare to obey the order and waved his hand: "I am not confused enough to deal with this undetermined trivial matter like this."
"But I am getting old, and there are many hidden dangers that must be removed in advance."
"I firmly believe in King Lu, but his bloodline can only be tested if his title is removed, otherwise there will be confusion... If he is found innocent, I will restore his title to the king. You go ahead and execute it. First, let me tell you orally.
The official decree will come to me later."
"Yes." Eunuch Zhao felt a little relieved. After seeing that the emperor had no other words, he exited.