Chapter 35: The Little Prince
Emperor Zhaoyang was executed, but her son Ye Yi'an survived. On the one hand, that child has the blood of the Song family no matter what, and on the other hand, this child is still young, maybe after a long time, he can say something useful.
However, after so many years, I haven't gotten any accurate information about Emperor Zhou Ai and Zhongwuwei, and it seems that the little doll who was only six years old at the time was also a little capable.
That "capable" little doll once became the focus of the world, because he was carrying too many lives.
Legend has it that Song Xu put a lot of thought into Ye Yi'an's body, and even tortured him, but since the child was brought into the palace, he has never made any sound, and people say that this child is a mute.
But after all, he was Song Xu's son, and Song Xu couldn't kill him with his own hands, and after thinking twice, he thought of a compromise and imprisoned Ye Yi'an in the Cold Palace, that is, the Crescent Moon Palace.
"The crescent moon is like an eyebrow, and there is no sense of reunion. It can be seen that Song Xu has no friendship with Emperor Zhaoyang.
Most people dare not have any objections to the emperor's affection, but this does not mean that everyone does not.
Ji Heng, who was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites at the time, was sixty-eight years old at the time, and when he was in the Zhou Dynasty, he was appointed by Emperor Hui of Zhou as the first champion, in other words, he grew up watching Emperor Zhou Ai and Emperor Ji of Zhaoyang, and also watched the fall of the Zhou Dynasty and the establishment of the Yi Dynasty.
The royal family of the Zhou Dynasty had the grace of knowing him, so he thought that he could not stand idly by for the son of Emperor Zhaoyang.
So Ji Heng sent three letters in succession, saying that the prince's surname with his mother's surname was not in accordance with the etiquette law, and hoped that Song Xu would treat Ye Yi'an well.
Under the protection of several famous Confucians, Song Xu showed his "kindness": he changed Ye Yi'an's surname and made him the seventh prince "Song Yi'an" and lived in the Crescent Palace. Ji Heng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, because of his gratitude for the kindness of the emperor of the previous dynasty, volunteered to teach the prince to read in the Crescent Palace, and specially gave him a lifelong companion to the Seven Princes, and never stepped out of the Crescent Palace for half a step.
In the eyes of his colleagues who were sighing, worried, or wary, Ji Heng packed up his simple bags and moved into the Crescent Moon Palace, in addition, he also brought his seven-year-old granddaughter Ji Shu, who had been taken care of by her parents since she was a child.
That's 10 years.
These long-term things originally had nothing to do with Zhou Meiyu, but I only happened to hear the gossip of the palace people, and I suddenly remembered the sporadic stories that King Jiangxia had revealed. King Jiangxia once said with emotion that although His Majesty has all over the world, his means are still ruthless.
The crown prince Song Yuanji learned his father's ruthlessness, but he didn't have such a big heart.
His Majesty does not have many heirs, plus Song Yi'an, there are a total of eight sons, but only four survived. The crown prince came in second. The rest also include the three princes, Song Yuande, the king of Qi, and the five princes, Song Yuanjie, the king of Shu.
King Qi was bahu, when he was a child, he ran around on the rockery despite dissuasion, broke his left leg, and now he is still a cripple, so he is even more moody. The King of Shu is a normal person, but it's a pity that he was born to a concubine who died early with no family background, and he has no sense of existence since he was a child, but he is just a wooden man who can get angry.
Zhou Meiyu spit out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, and sighed: "Tsk, Yi Chao is afraid that he wants to be yellow......
It can only be said that Zhou Meiyu is not a qualified person who listens to the corner, and she sighed this time, startling the little eunuch with sharp ears: "Who? Who is talking?!"
Zhou Meiyu knew that he was talkative, and quickly covered his body with layers of rockeries.
"Where is there anyone?" said the big-hearted little palace maid, "Brother Xiaoyi, you heard it wrong." ”
The little eunuch looked around, and indeed didn't find anyone, and it took a while before he gradually put his mind at ease, really thinking that he had just heard it wrong, he pulled the little palace maid closer to him, lowered his voice and said: "In short, I remind you, you must be careful when you talk and do things, don't know how to die when the time comes!"
"Yes, yes, Brother Xiaoyi, I know!" said the little palace maid hurriedly.
The little eunuch was reassured, his face gradually softened, and he was about to leave, but he was stopped by the little palace maid again.
"What to do?" said the little eunuch.
The little palace maid replied: "Brother Xiaoyi, I heard that Your Majesty had a dream a few days ago, and I dreamed that the Queen Mother, who had passed away for many years, said that she was lonely, and wanted Your Majesty to transfer the tablets of several concubines who had passed away to the Taimiao Temple to accompany her, and also let the Zhaoyang Emperor accompany her?"
The little eunuch glared at him and said, "Hey, this dream has taken Your Majesty by surprise, Your Majesty is in a dilemma, how dare you mention it? I just reminded you, why don't you have a memory?!"
The little palace maid hurriedly said: "Brother Xiaoyi, don't be angry, isn't this all what the foreman told us quietly." You also know that if you really want to invite the tablet into the temple, all these big and small tasks will fall on us people, and we have to prepare early. ”
What the little palace maid said was reasonable, the little eunuch no longer blamed, he looked around, and whispered: "Then I'll tell you, don't go out." His Majesty really wanted to follow the Empress Dowager's instructions to invite the tablets of several concubines, including Emperor Zhaoyang, into the temple, but he informed the Ministry of Rites and asked them to cover the tablets of Emperor Zhaoyang with a piece of white satin, indicating that they did not recognize the identity of her concubines. ”
Hey, there's this kind of operation!
Outside the rockery, a palace maid called "Xiaohong", and the little palace maid quickly responded, she said to the little eunuch: "Brother Xiaoyi, I can't talk to you anymore, I have to go." This Qujiang banquet is not as good as in the past, I heard that 'Nezha' is coming, and the adults in the Ministry of Rites don't know how to arrange her. I've got to get over. ”
Zhou Meiyu poked her head out, she was curious, who is "Nezha?"
The little eunuch asked instead of Zhou Meiyu: "What is 'Nezha'? Who is 'Nezha'?"
"Huh, don't you know?" the little palace maid explained, "It has been spread all over the palace and inside and outside the palace, and the righteous daughter of the king of Jiangxia is a three-headed and six-armed person, not Nezha, what is it?
Ahh......h
Another nickname, Zhou Meiyu counted with his fingers: "Tigress, Bai Impermanence, Ghost King, Butcher, plus this 'Nezha', well, one hand is enough." Add to that the nicknames I don't know, hey, why am I still a little sad......"
The little eunuch and the little palace maid left, and Zhou Meiyu looked at the time and was ready to leave. She plucked another dog's tail grass and put it in her mouth, jumped down from the rockery in one breath, patted the soil on her body, and walked towards Qujiang Pavilion step by step.
A person came out from behind the rockery, although he was in military uniform, he was white and clean, and he didn't have any martial arts. This is one of the two civil officials sent by King Jiangxia to Zhou Meiyu, who served as a deputy military division in the army, named Bai Leshan. I heard that his name came from some article, Zhou Meiyu didn't pay attention to it, but he knew that he was a good person, smart and knowledgeable, and a good man.
"General," Bai Leshan said, "you also heard what you said just now, the affairs in the palace are very complicated, so we have to be cautious." ”
"I know, I know," Zhou Meiyu responded impatiently, "What about Li Jiangnan?"
"This ......"