Chapter 19: The East Palace Incident
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It is said that he is in charge of the country, but the big and small political affairs are actually taken over by Prime Minister Ji Cheng, and the palace is just a doll to listen to the report of the three princes and nine ministers every morning.
The palm print eunuch did not even hand over the six seals to the palace.
And when he sent the royal driver out of the palace, the handwritten letter from the palace to the mother concubine did not receive any reply. Those who were originally okay gradually became suspicious.
Zhao Gou was not there, and the palace suddenly lost seventy or eighty percent of its ears and eyes, and it was not even clear what was going on in Chang'an, let alone Lishan, which was hundreds of miles away.
I was worried for three days, and I saw that all the ministers had the thief heart to dismount from the palace. Tian's uncles and aunts were summoned by the palace one after another, and no one could contact the mother concubine, and no one knew what was going on. Even what happened to the royal driver in Jingwei was all asked. The Tian family is powerful, but from top to bottom, he is like a blind and deaf person, and he is kept secret, and he thinks that he is at ease. The palace remembered Yun Ling and Ji Fufeng's overtures, and asked people to announce it, but one of the nephews and uncles had been urgently summoned by their father and rushed to Jingwei, and the other said that he was sick and stayed at home in the prime minister's mansion, so angry that the palace dropped the cup several times in the East Palace, and the maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground.
At the same time, the oracle from the Li Palace became more and more strange, first Taichang Temple received Zhao, Zhao Wan'er was promoted to Concubine Shu, and was enshrined together with Concubine Xu on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then it is to give Princess Yongtai the thirteen towns in the northwest as Tang Muyi, ready to make peace with Rouran. If these two are considered to be matters of the inner palace and are not enough to affect the court situation, then the next two edicts of the father and emperor are like throwing a mine among the ministers, causing countless waves: Zhao Gou removed the post of commander of the forbidden army, moved Jiangdong to assassinate history, and led 200,000 soldiers in Jiangdong. Give the Chang'an Mansion of King Yan, and allow him to live for a long time, and he does not have to go north to return to Yandi.
At this time, Tian seemed to know that he was panicked, and several uncles and uncles who held military power sent people to the East Palace overnight to discuss, and kept saying that they would go out to Jingwei to break into the palace, rescue the mother concubine, and help the palace to ascend.
For the first time since Hongu took over, the East Palace was lit up.
Hongu suppressed his anger and sat on the main seat looking down on a group of people with their own evil intentions. I can't help but wonder, when my father sits on the throne, is it the same? The faces of the people below are actually clear, but I still have to pretend not to know, and I am false and wronged with them.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, now that the safety of the mother is undecided, please make a decision as soon as possible. A cousin stepped forward and said loudly.
Bengong looked around, and saw that everyone was in armor, and laughed angrily: "Lord Tian, is this letting Bengong make a choice, or is he just using Bengong as a disguise, so as to fight to the death to win a fortune?"
There was an uproar below.
"Your Highness's words are wrong!" someone stood up and said, "The Tian clan is already living together. If the emperor really wants to let the Tian family follow in the footsteps of the Zhao family, can His Royal Highness, as the prince of the Tian family, be alone?"
Bengong squinted and saw that it was a distant uncle-in-law who was a small official on weekdays.
"Bengong's surname is Gu, when is his surname Tian?" Bengong said coldly, "Besides, even if you want to follow in the footsteps of the Zhao family, it depends on whether the Tian family has the strength of the Zhao family back then." ”
"Your Highness should already know the emperor's precautions against His Highness," the eldest uncle said in a deep voice, "Although His Royal Highness's surname is Gu, it was with the help of the Tian family's prestige that he obtained the position of crown prince. Now that the emperor's mind has changed, why should His Highness blindly stick to his surname?"
"This palace is not limited to surnames, this palace is limited to the righteousness of monarchs and ministers. Bengong said, "Now that you are persecuting your father, do you know if you will come to persecute this palace in the future?"
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly said:
"Your Highness is too worried, if you succeed to the throne smoothly, the Tian family only has more loyal assistance, where can there be persecution?"
"Your Royal Highness has not forgotten that His Royal Highness's praise was advanced and successfully stabilized the position of the crown prince and blocked the mouths of the people of the world, which is still the credit of the Tian family. If there were no Tian clan, His Royal Highness would only be regarded as a step to the throne of King Yan -- by the way, didn't His Royal Highness also get the news a few days ago that King Yan had returned to Beijing? Then the emperor didn't want to pass on the throne to His Royal Highness at all, and from the very beginning, he pretended to canonize His Royal Highness as the crown prince, which was a plot!"
"Then the emperor used the Tian clan as a sword and His Royal Highness as a target to bring down the Zhao clan, this highness is also clear! In this case, we simply don't do anything, just like the emperor's old man's will, and take away his world!"
"Shut up!" the eldest uncle turned around and scolded, and said to the palace: "Please forgive your highness, we are in the military, our words are vulgar and unsatisfactory." However, the heart of assisting His Highness is a common experience of heaven and earth. Now that the situation is critical, if His Royal Highness repeats the mistakes of Prince Zhao......"
Before he finished speaking, someone interjected: "How Xuan He was in the Zhao family back then, the emperor Lao'er could also make Prince Zhao 'fall from a horse and die violently', and now Niangniang is trapped, just like Empress Zhao was seriously ill at that time, it can be seen that Emperor Lao'er is going to be ruthless again! His Royal Highness is not anxious, waiting to become the next Zhao!"
Hongu shouted: "What nonsense!"
The man shrank in fright and hid behind the others.
"Your Royal Highness's filial piety and kindness are the luck of the country, but Your Highness should also think about your own future. The eldest uncle continued, "His Royal Highness was repeatedly bullied by Prince Zhao when he was a child and almost died, doesn't His Highness have the ambition to be ashamed?"
The people below echoed one after another: "If Your Highness ascends to the throne as soon as possible, and the monarch is in power, I will wait for Your Highness to vent our anger and slaughter the Zhao family in the world!"
"That's right! The Zhao family has been powerful and blessed for more than 20 years, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, even if the crown prince Zhao falls, the Zhao family is still dead and not stiff. Now that Zhao Wan'er has been reinstated, Zhao Gou's father and son are in power again, who knows if they will make a comeback!"
"Tian Zhao's feud, now it's time to take revenge!"
"Capture the emperor alive and kill all the Zhao clan!"
Bengong sneered: "Kill all the Zhao family? Prince Zhao is the same father and brother of this palace, and he is the same grandson of Taizu as this palace, when will it be your turn to intervene in the grievances between this palace and Prince Zhao?"
"Your Highness's words, it's not to defend another person. The junior official spoke up again, "Chang'an knows that His Royal Highness and Zhao Gou have a very close personal relationship, and they also went in and out of Gu Luantai and Xingxing Tower together on the night of Qixi Festival, and they were very intimate. If His Royal Highness pities him, it is a big deal to accept him as a pet in the future, and presumably all the adults present will not insist on killing Zhao Gou. ”
Bengong was furious when he heard this, turned around and pulled out the long sword hanging on the bi, pointed at him and said, "If you say nonsense, Bengong will be the first to kill you first!"
The crowd was in an uproar.
"His Royal Highness the Prince!" Outside the door, a palace attendant suddenly came rushing over, holding a bright yellow post, "The royal driver has returned to Luan!"
Everyone's eyes were glued to the post for a moment.
The palace attendant walked through the crowded Tian generals, walked straight to the palace seat, bowed down and offered the post with both hands, and said: "The royal car will return to Luan, and I will arrive in Chang'an tomorrow." Emperor Xian and the concubine have a will, you adults should not act rashly, everything will be discussed in the long run when the imperial concubine returns to Beijing. ”
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other.
Hongu let out a sigh of relief and sat down in the chair.
The eldest uncle's face was shocked, and he actually ignored the etiquette and snatched the post first.
"Da Sima, this palace is still here, do you want to rebel?"
Unexpectedly, the eldest uncle's face changed, and he immediately pulled out his sword and cut off the waiter's head in front of him!
The hot blood spilled on Bengong's body, and Bengong was so shocked by the scene in front of him that his hands and feet trembled, and his throat seemed to be pinched, unable to speak.
"The post is fake!" the eldest uncle held up the blood-stained post and shouted to everyone, "Niangniang has been killed!"
"The emperor is deaf, brutally killed the concubine and the prince, betrayed the traitorous ministers, colluded with Rouran and foreign captives, and we have to choose another Ming Jun in order to protect the country!"
"Choose another Mingjun!"
"Support the crown prince!"
"Kill the Zhao family!"
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince," he said, turning back and speaking to the palace in a kind and generous manner, "you don't have to worry about these things, just wait until you ascend the throne in the next day, and you will be ashamed." ”