After the Wanshou Festival, Gao Chi and Zhang Zhaohua moved out of the Qin'an Palace, not because the father and son had released their previous suspicions, but because the emperor began the fourth Northern Expedition, this time he took his grandson Zhu Zhanji with him, and sent the Han King to Qingzhou, Shandong.

It was Zhang Zhaohua's long-awaited wish to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, but Gao Xu was seriously injured in the Nanjing Rebellion this time, and the imperial physician had already asserted that he would never be able to draw a bow and hold a gun again. The king of Han went to Qingzhou in May, and at the end of the year, the emperor returned from the northern expedition, and Zhu Zhanji, who replaced Gao Xu, was useless this time, because he took a hundred cavalry without authorization, and pursued the fleeing Wara soldiers, but was besieged at Jiulongkou, if it wasn't for the last emperor ordered Liu Sheng to lead the troops to kill, he would almost be a dead man.

Zhu Zhanji escaped with his life, but only 27 of the more than 200 young soldiers under his command survived in order to protect him. Xue Lu's son Xue Huan was killed in battle, and Yang Hong was seriously wounded. And when Zhang Zhaohua saw his appearance, he did have lingering fears about this distress, but he thought that he was ambushed by Warat because it was premeditated, and the eunuch Li Qian, who took him to pursue, must have ulterior motives and was instructed by others, with the purpose of putting him to death.

"Who do you think he was instructed by?" Zhang Zhaohua said.

"Who else can there be," Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "Who else can there be in our family's enemies except for King Han?"

"The King of Han has long been sent back to the feudal kingdom by your imperial grandfather," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Li Qian is the person given to you by your imperial grandfather, how did you say he was bought by the King of Han?"

"He is accustomed to using such a vicious method," Zhu Zhanji said viciously: "The last time he was in Shandong, he deceived me into killing the good people; this time, he summoned Li Qian and took me to Jiulongkou! If it weren't for the loyalty of the young army, my son would not have been able to come back!"

Zhang Zhaohua looked at him, how could this person blame all his mistakes on others? That time in Shandong, didn't he force Chen Baiji to go to Jimo? This time, if he listened to the emperor's words and stayed in the camp of the Chinese army without going anywhere, could Li Qian still be able to coerce him to go to Jiulongkou?

Zhu Zhanji joined the army for the first time, he must want to perform, but unfortunately he is not Huo Quai, he can lead 800 cavalry to establish immortality in the first battle, he ordered Li Qian, who has experienced two northern expeditions, to take him to pursue the Wara army, Li Qian still counted where the Warat soldiers were ambushing, and deliberately took him there?

Zhu Zhanji said a lot, and said that there is no way now, it doesn't mean that he can't do anything with King Han in the future - and finally suddenly said: "Grandpa Huang came back from Mobei, his rheumatism is more serious, and he is more diligent in taking pills......"

Zhang Zhaohua said: "You didn't take the pill he gave you, did you?"

"No," Zhu Zhanji said, "I gave it to my father, and my father didn't eat it, right?"

"Nope. Zhang Zhaohua said.

"It's not okay for the emperor's grandfather to eat like this," Zhu Zhanji said: "You ask my father to persuade him, I said that he didn't listen." ”

The emperor is indeed inseparable from the Taoist priests, and he specially raises a group of people in Xiyuan, and every few days he prescribes a furnace of pills, which are red and gorgeous, and they are scary to look at.

When Gao Chi went to speak, several big eunuchs serving around him, and even Yuan Zhongche, who played chess with the emperor, also persuaded him, but the emperor was furious this time, and asked Gao Chi to be dragged out of the palace and asked him to be scolded with a cane.

How can there be a matter of the crown prince being caned in the world, and he must not dare to alarm the ministers in this matter, otherwise the crowd will be turbulent, and it will be another big political tide if it is not done - only a few bachelors and eunuchs of Wenyuan Pavilion begged bitterly to save Gao Chi from under the cane.

Zhang Zhaohua suspected that this thing was strange, she waited quietly for a few days, and then almost the lake in Xiyuan was frozen, so she took Ah Fu and Brother Yuan to go boating in Xiyuan. When she arrived on the island, her people scattered and caught a lone Taoist priest, who could not stand the torture and quickly told everything he knew.

"The emperor used to take it once every half month," Zhang Zhaohua said, "and then it became once every five days, and now it is once every three days?"

Seeing the Taoist priest nodding, Zhang Zhaohua said angrily: "Did you deliberately kill the emperor? You don't know the dosage of that thing, don't you that Heavenly Master know?"

"Our Heavenly Master knows," the Taoist priest muttered, "Most of the food given to the emperor in the back is honey pills." ”

How could the Taoist priests not know how much poison was in the things they refined? They also had to be careful, otherwise they would eat the emperor to death, and none of them would be able to escape.

"Since all the food is honey pills," Zhang Zhaohua said, "why is the emperor's temper becoming more and more irritable?"

"This is really not the reason for the pill," the Taoist priest called Qu and said: "The emperor takes the pill, and there are many people who oppose it, and he says every day, who is not annoyed?"

"Who said the most?" Zhang Zhaohua said.

"Probably Wang Niangniang," the Taoist priest thought for a moment: "I persuaded her several times, but the emperor didn't listen, and finally I didn't see her at all." ”

Zhang Zhaohua suddenly remembered that not long ago, Wang Guifei was originally driving, I don't know what happened to become Zhang Guifei again, Wang Guifei was sick for many days after that, thinking that she was scolded by the emperor, she said: "Even the concubine was punished, no wonder the prince was almost scolded by the rod this time - then the grandson was scolded more before serving every day?"

But he didn't expect the Taoist priest to shake his head and say, "That's not true." Taisun has not been scolded. ”

Zhang Zhaohua sighed after thinking about it: "Da Lang is the emperor's eyeball, and no one is willing to scold him." ”

"No," the Taoist priest said, "the grandson has never persuaded the emperor not to take the Dan." ”

He also followed the Heavenly Master to serve in the Qianqing Palace, and in more than two months, he saw the grandson countless times. Every time the emperor took the pill, the grandson not only did not object, but took the initiative to ask the emperor to try it to test the efficacy. Of course, he is the emperor's treasure, how could the emperor let him try it, he was all eaten by a eunuch.

"Didn't Taisun persuade him?" Zhang Zhaohua saw him nodding and said in disbelief: "Did he already know that this thing was actually a honey pill?"

"Taisun absolutely doesn't know," the Taoist priest said, "I don't dare to spread this matter." ”

Zhang Zhaohua was cold to the marrow, the vague and indescribable fear hit her heart, she looked around Qiongdao, as if she had seen a scene many years ago, gray dark clouds from all directions were misty, waves continued to surge and splash snow-white foam, the ships were high and low, the lights were flickering on and off, and the people in the black veil rushed back and forth, fanfare, raising bells and gongs. And this time she was not watching from the boat, but standing on the embankment, with a bone-chilling fear and silence, and could only stare wide-eyed.

Back in the palace, the grandmother beside the Hu family came over happily to report: "The princess is happy!"

Zhang Zhaohua said: "Open the warehouse, see what you need to eat, and send it over, let her take care of the fetus, and these days you don't have to worry about it in the morning and dusk." ”

Ah Fu and Brother Yuan staggered over, and were kissed a few times by Zhang Zhaohua, each laughing and laughing, and after a while, they chased and fought, and carefree laughter spilled all over the room.

"Just tell the grandson," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Hu's birth, whether it is male or female, I don't care about the people in his house." Whoever can give birth to a brother depends on his own creation. ”

He also called the grandmother and eunuch who served by Shou Ge'er's side and asked Shou Ge'er about his studies. Zhang Zhaohua rarely asked before, but this time it really caught the grandmothers off guard, and only said: "Brother loves to paint on weekdays, and the painters all say it's good." Brother's Academic ...... The masters know that it is good to think about it. ”

The people who teach the grandsons are all cabinet bachelors, and the ones who teach Brother Shou are the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, in fact, the two are similar in terms of knowledge, and the scholars may be a little more sophisticated. But the cabinet bachelor not only talks about scriptures, but also talks about government affairs, and the grandson, as the prince, has naturally been cultivated since he was a child, and Brother Shou is free-range.

"From now on," Zhang Zhaohua said: "You just put away his picture books, don't let him read them, only let him read the scriptures and history every day, and I will also say to the Hanlin Bachelor, let them urge Brother Shou to study hard and move his temperament back to me." ”

The grandmothers didn't know why, but they didn't dare not listen, and after thinking about it, they thought that Brother Shou was older, and it was almost time to marry a wife in the past few years, so they couldn't always let him indulge in calligraphy and painting and didn't know what to do, so they all nodded and agreed.

Unexpectedly, when they walked to the door, Zhang Zhaohua called them back again: "Forget it, Brother Shou loves these trails, it doesn't matter, let him love it." That's fine, that's ......."

What I just said, I immediately regretted it-

Gao Chi walked in, Zhang Zhaohua drove people out, and said, "Why did you come back so early today?"

"Your father has been named Peng Chengbo," Gao Chi took out the edict from his arms, "Give fifteen altars of sacrifice, and I also asked Yang Shiqi to write a sacrificial text and epitaph, you can take a look." ”

Zhang Zhaohua unfolded it and said, "Yang Shiqi writes well. ”

Zhang Qi was posthumously named Peng Chengbo, there is a world ticket, Zhang Chang is a hereditary noble, and Zhang Sheng was also exempted from all previous crimes, and his Qingyuan number was divided a lot, but he was still able to operate smoothly.

Only Wang did not want to come to Beijing with her, and Wang did not want to stay in Nanjing, so she returned to her hometown in Yongcheng.

"Do you want to go back to Yongcheng?" asked her.

"Can I go back?" Zhang Zhaohua said.

"In a few days," Gao Chi said, "let's go to Fengyang in the middle capital first, and then go to Yongcheng, and after repairing Peng Chengbo's tomb, let's go back to Beijing." ”

Zhang Zhaohua's eyes lit up: "What kind of arrangement is this?"

Gao Chi said, Qin Tianjian recently revealed that the stars were different, saying that Ziweixing was dim, and the constellation of the Taigong next to him was very bright, the emperor was deeply disgusted, he had been in poor health for half a year, he had taken the pill, he used to be spiritual, but now he is not spiritual, and when he heard this, he was naturally unhappy.

Since Qin Tianjian said that the emperor was not in good health, and that the crown prince Xingchong had collided too much, how could Gao Chi, the crown prince, not express it? He could only write a letter and ask to go to Nanjing to live for some days, but the emperor did not let him go to Nanjing, but let him go to Zhongdu.