In the Imperial Palace of the capital, the inner hall of the Kunning Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Queen Wang's eyes lit up suddenly, and she waved her hand and said, "Wait, not all of us in the palace are our people." ”

Fang Xinyi was stunned, and then woke up: "Niangniang is talking about Concubine Yun?"

Queen Wang's eyelids drooped, and she said solemnly: "Exactly." ”

If you want to say that in this imperial palace, the emperor's people are not enough, after the emperor neglected the government a few years ago, the queen bought most of the emperor's people little by little. More than a year ago, the emperor fell ill and often did not wake up, and the queen even cleared the people who were close to the emperor. In this way, most of the entire imperial city was collected in the bag of the queen and queen.

But even so, the emperor doesn't wake up, and there are some people who can't move the queen and can't move.

These are the people of Concubine Yun and Concubine Yun.

If you want to say that this Concubine Yun, she is a person with a great background. She was the concubine of Yingzong of the last three dynasties. When Emperor Yingzong was in power, Empress Yingzong Chu controlled most of Emperor Yingzong's concubines. Most of those concubines also died in depression during the seven years of the reign of Emperor Daizong and Emperor Wuzong.

Only this Concubine Yun was spared because she was the daughter of Empress Dowager Chu's in-laws.

Back then, when the current Holy Chengzong had an incident, Concubine Yun secretly colluded with him and became Chengzong's internal response in the palace. It played a key role in Chengzong's breaking the dictatorship of the Empress Dowager Chu and ascending to this supreme position.

Therefore, after Chengzong gained power, this Concubine Yun was treated with respect as Chengzong's imperial sister-in-law, and her power in the palace not only did not decrease in the slightest, but increased a lot.

For many years, Queen Wang has been jealous and hateful of this Concubine Yun. Cheng Zong's favored concubines and beauties were knocked down one by one, and most of the power of the palace fell into her hands. Alone with this Concubine Yun, she couldn't move, she couldn't move.

Concubine Yun is higher than her in seniority, and the person used by Concubine Yun is also an elder in this palace. In the inner courtyard of this palace, basically, including the people reused by the emperor, they were all trained by Concubine Yun.

If you want to say that the emperor's close attendant eunuch is the ancestor of the eunuchs in the palace, then Concubine Yun's close attendant eunuch is their ancestor. This, who dares to move, and who can?

"Concubine Yun is fasting in Biyun Temple now, and she won't be able to return to the palace for a while. Fang Xinyi frowned.

"Just because she's not there doesn't mean her heart isn't there. Gao Yueming retorted.

Queen Wang nodded, agreed with Gao Yueming's statement, and asked again: "What about those people in Huang Sheng, what have you been doing in the past few days?"

Huang Sheng, the eunuch of the four palm prints of the imperial horse supervisor.

Because the imperial horse supervisor is in charge of the stable horses, he is responsible for raising and taming horses in the inner court, and the eunuchs are the strongest of all the eunuchs in the entire imperial city, and it can be said that they are the martial arts yamen in the inner court. And because any purchase, communication, and errands in the palace need horses,

Therefore, the eunuchs in this palace also had the most frequent contact with people inside and outside the palace.

Huang Sheng, as the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse eunuch, is the most powerful confidant of Concubine Yun. is also because of Huang Sheng, most of the eunuchs in this prison are subordinate to Concubine Yun.

Because of this, this Huang Sheng always makes Queen Wang hate it when she thinks about it.

Hearing the queen's question, Gao Yueming hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "In the past month, the people of the Imperial Horse Prison have not obviously taken action to leave the palace, but-" Speaking of this, Gao Yueming suddenly paused, as if something had trapped him.

"But what?" asked the queen.

Gao Yueming bowed down and replied: "This night yesterday, after the curfew, there were still people in the Imperial Horse Prison who were in a hurry to leave the palace. It is said that there is a shortage of medicine in the emperor's palace, and he has to go out to purchase it urgently. is still holding the emperor's golden token, and the minions can't stop it. ”

"There is a shortage of medicine in the palace, what's the short?" asked the queen in disbelief.

"Said short of the hedgehog skin. Gao Yueming replied.

"What is this?" said the queen angrily, "hedgehog skin, what are they going to pierce?"

Gao Yueming bowed down and replied, "Niangniang, this is indeed the traditional Chinese medicine listed in Shennong's Materia Medica. ”

Queen Wang's fingertips moved slightly, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said, "What about the imperial doctor, what do you say?"

"When the servants went to ask early this morning, most of the doctors avoided answering, and the others replied that this medicine was dispensable. ”

"Dispensable-" Queen Wang said hatefully, turned to Fang Xinyi and asked, "Xinyi, what do you say?"

Fang Xinyi thought for a moment and replied: "Liu Jizhen, the head of the Tai Hospital, is already good friends with Zhong Gelao, if he really wants to get something out of Mingtang, we can't catch the line." ”

Queen Wang looked at Gao Yueming again: "Do you know where they went?"

Gao Yuegao's head hung straight to his waist, and he said in a trembling voice: "The minions are incompetent, and a pair of legs can't keep up with their horse steps." ”

Queen Wang was pushed back so softly, and her heart was angry, but the truth was like this, and she couldn't say anything, and after a long sigh of relief, she shouted angrily: "Useless minions, get out." ”

Gao Yueming agreed, and just after retreating a few steps, Queen Wang suddenly shouted again: "Go and bring all the behaviors of officials above the third grade." ”

Gao Yueming was stunned for a moment, and did not answer. Fang Xinyi exclaimed: "Niangniang-"

Queen Wang looked back at Fang Xinyi angrily.

Seeing Fang Xinyi, he bowed down and begged: "It's only these two days on the Holy Lord, please bear with me." Now that the officials are confined to their homes, who will take it? And the ban is on this imperial decree, and Niangniang can only issue it in the name of the saint, and those officials also look at the holy decree, so they obediently listen. Even so, the mother's relationship is inevitably youyou. Now that we have to extract the deeds of the officials, wouldn't we have to completely spread them out with the courtiers? ”

The queen shouted, "Then how are you doing?"

Fang Xinyi replied: "Niangniang, we don't have the strength yet." Niangniang, the saint has only been in the past two days, Xinyi thinks that even if those people have big actions, please bear with them. ”

Queen Wang knew that Fang Xinyi was right, and her idea of being suitable was also reckless, and she was silent for a long time before she slowed down and said, "You say, prince, can you control it?"

Fang Xinyi and Gao Yueming were silent for a while. After a long time, Fang Xinyi replied: "The prince has been extremely autistic since he was a child, and his heart is difficult to guess. ”

Queen Wang looked at Gao Yueming again.

Gao Yueming hurriedly replied: "The slave is incompetent, and he can't see through the prince's mind. ”

The queen gritted her teeth indignantly.

Fang Xinyi's mind suddenly moved, and she said in a low voice: "Didn't Niang Niang Shicai also say that the prince is only a thirteen-year-old baby, can't it be done?" Xinyi thought that we only needed to cut off his contact with those courtiers, and we were not afraid that he would make waves. ”

Queen Wang frowned: "How to cut? No matter how young he is, as long as he ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, he will always go to the court to listen to the government." Even if we can rob all the officials' scripts, we can't stop the mouths of those officials in the court. What if those officials really make a fuss then?"

Fang Xinyi raised her eyebrows: "What Niangniang said is that even if you can't completely ban your mouth, you can't control their stuffy affairs." Then we might as well think about it from the other end, so that he can't go to court. ”

"Oh!" the queen frowned when she heard this.

Gao Yueming also walked back to the hall and listened carefully.

Fang Xinyi's beautiful eyes smiled coldly, and said slowly: "Niangniang also saw it, after more than ten years of suppression by our saints. The princes and princes of our Great Zhou have completely stopped. Now they have nothing to fear. Therefore, even this time, no matter how young and ignorant the emperor is, he will lose his imperial power. No one in the outer hall has the strength anymore, just like our saint back then, under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, he raised an army to rebel. ”

Queen Wang listened, thought about it for a while, nodded, and said, "You are right, no one has the strength to rebel anymore. Therefore, it is most important to control the emperor. That kid is only thirteen years old now, but with the kind of mind he showed yesterday, it's hard to say-"

Fang Xinyi nodded and sneered: "Niangniang is afraid of this, then we might as well cut his possible thoughts as soon as possible." ”

Queen Wang nodded, her eyes fixed on Fang Xinyi, and she didn't interrupt her words anymore.

I saw the corners of Fang Xinyi's mouth hooked, and she smiled very cunningly: "It's like cutting off his connection with Han Chen, the key point is that Niangniang needs to change the head of the hospital." You can't let those guys in the hospital run out and ask for any hedgehog skin if they want it. ”

Queen Wang was stunned, and then laughed sharply: "Yes, too hospital, too hospital is the key." Even if we can't guess the kid's mind, we might as well directly control his body. Just let him not die, not die-"

Gao Yueming also understood completely at this time, and nodded again and again: "Yes, if you don't die, you can do it." Now the palace is full of our people, and even if the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, he will be surrounded by all our people. At that time, even if he has any discomfort in his body, he will not be able to go to the court, as long as the imperial doctor does not say it, who can know the reason. ”

It was only at this time that Queen Wang relieved her face, completely relieved herself, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's the case, the palace will let them go in the next few days and let him make trouble." After this is over, let's figure it out. Hehe, Concubine Niangniang, you'd better stay in Yunbi Temple forever and don't come back, otherwise don't blame the palace for being polite. ”

Saying that, Queen Wang said to Fang Xinyi and Gao Yueming, "Okay, let's leave things like this for the time being, you order people to guard the palace gate and various palaces, don't let those too nonsense come, and don't worry about the rest." There is the prince's east palace, but he has to see death in the past few days, and don't put a fly in it. As long as he cuts off the connection with the people outside, it's easy to say anything. ”

"Yes. Fang Xinyi and Gao Yueming replied.

It snowed heavily for nearly a month, and finally stopped on December 29 in recent years, and at the same time, the strong wind that had been raging for more than half a month stopped.

The bad news of Emperor Chengzong's death came from the palace just when the heavy snow stopped.

Before the night passed, the obituary notice had been circulated to all the officials of the ministries and government departments in Beijing.

On December 30, the 14th year of Qingyang, the snow covered the entire capital.

Before dawn on this day, in front of the noon gate of the imperial city, there were kneeling full of Beijing officials who wore filial piety above the seventh grade, and the sound of howling and crying was endless. The white linen covered by the Jingguan was connected with the snow-covered land that had not been swept away.

Inside and outside the imperial city, there was a white expanse. (To be continued.) )