108 Chapter 108
Let's say that in the palace, Emperor Jingwen took Jindan and died suddenly, Concubine An heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, then Concubine An immediately made a decision and ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs serving in Wanfu Palace to be executed in private, and even the Taoist priests and Taoist children recommended by the An family did not let go.
Concubine An thought she was doing something hidden, but she didn't know that Emperor Jingwen was poisoned by the prince who conspired to add an excessive amount of dansha to Jindan, this Concubine An knew that she and the An family were all relying on the emperor's favor to rise in the court, if the emperor's death was reported, the people in the cabinet would take advantage of the situation, and when the prince ascended the throne, where would there be a place for their family.
The four princes are young, although the An family is fighting against the Jiang family, the party headed by Jiang Zhongming in the court supports the crown prince, and rashly supporting the four princes to ascend the throne at this time will only cause trouble.
Emperor Jingwen's death, the An family didn't care about whether Jiang Zhongming was really dead or fake, only the prince and the Jiang family knew the inside story, the prince was ordered by Emperor Jingwen a few months ago to be grounded in the East Palace, in order to expose Concubine An's conspiracy, the prince did not hesitate to kill his son-in-law, crying and pretending to ask to see the emperor, Concubine An was like a great enemy, desperately stopped, and gave the East Palace a false holy decree, on the one hand rewarded countless treasures to comfort the prince, on the other hand, he reprimanded him for disobeying the royal order, and continued to issue an order to be grounded in the East Palace.
The prince saw that the An family was so bold and reckless, if they were allowed to mess with the government, and if the An family made a fake edict in time, it would be too late to regret it, but it was a pity that the Imperial Forest Army was controlled by the An family, and the Wanfu Palace of the emperor's alchemy was heavily guarded, and it was difficult to break in.
Concubine An is ruthless, although she is worried that the death of Emperor Jingwen will be leaked out, but she also feels that there is less of the emperor's obstacles, she is much more convenient in the palace, and now, the entire inner courtyard of the palace is in charge of her, as long as the time is ripe, she will push the four princes to the throne in one fell swoop, and then she will be the master of the world.
The water in this pond is getting more and more turbid, the situation in the capital is becoming more and more treacherous and changeable, the two sides are not moving, lest they make a wrong step, leaving the other party to take advantage of the opportunity, late autumn October, coinciding with the birthday of Emperor Jingwen, Shen Zhuo took the lead in folding up, celebrating the emperor's Christmas, at this time in previous years, the palace will definitely put on a banquet, accept the courtiers' congratulations, today the emperor is dead, if he does not show up during the banquet, it will attract the suspicion of the courtiers, and then the prince will come forward, you can enter the palace openly and face the saint.
Sure enough, within two days, a word of mouth came, Concubine An used the name of Emperor Jingwen to say that it was his golden pill refining to a critical juncture, and this year's birthday is not an integer, he is unwilling to fall short because of this, but although he does not go out, the banquet still has to be as usual.
As soon as this holy decree came out, the news of Emperor Jingwen's serious illness began to circulate among the magnates in the palace, and the prince's three letters of greetings a day were handed to the imperial case, and they were burned by Concubine An in a blink of an eye.
These earth-shattering turmoil outside, Shen Zhuo has never been brought into the Jiang Mansion, who knows that in the past few days, there is a rumor that Emperor Jingwen intends to marry the widowed Princess Heyang to Shen Zhuo as his wife.
At first, everyone only thought it was a rumor, who knows, the lord of Heyang suddenly entered Beijing by edict, and the rumors were a little true, Yanzhou is far away from the capital, and usually Princess Heyang is not allowed to return to Beijing, this time Emperor Jingwen solemnly invited her back to the capital, not to remarry, but for what?
Speaking of Princess Heyang, she is also a person with a bumpy fate, she is the same generation as Emperor Jingwen, the mother concubine was from a humble background, and when she became an adult, Emperor Jingwen married her to Chen Yu, the guard general who guarded Yanzhou, as his wife, she married less than half a year, General Chen Xiao died of illness, and the poor Princess Heyang did not leave a son and a half daughter, and Emperor Jingwen did not recruit her back to Beijing, Princess Heyang had to stay in Yanzhou to be widowed.
Everyone in the capital knows that Shen Zhuo continued to marry the Gu family as his wife, although the Gu family was born poor, but he was deeply respected by Shen Zhuo, and now there is a princess of Heyang โกโก, is it possible that she wants her to be Shen Zhuo's concubine? But even if Princess Heyang is not valued by the royal family, she still has the title of princess, if she is a concubine, not to mention Princess Heyang herself, even the royal family will not agree, so it seems that if the emperor really intends to marry Princess Heyang to Shen Zhuo, either Shen Zhuo will take a leave of absence from Gu Sanniang, or Gu Sanniang will retire to the concubine room, no matter which one it is, there is another thing to talk about in Beijing, and all the provinces are watching coldly to see how Shen Zhuo responds.
Shen Zhuo knew that Emperor Jingwen was dead, so it was undoubtedly Concubine An who made these things, but I was afraid that she wanted to separate the feelings of the husband and wife, and secondly, she wanted to use this incident to blur the focus of Emperor Jingwen's serious illness.
Shen Zhuo originally had the idea of adapting to all changes with the same attitude, and didn't want Gu Sanniang to hear the rumors outside, so he came first to eat the vinegar, this Gu Sanniang was in the inner house to protect the fetus, and Shen Zhuo ordered the family not to tell her about the troubles outside, who thought that the Sun family heard about it, lest Gu Sanniang be calculated by Concubine An, so he hurriedly came to report to Gu Sanniang.
The Sun family did bad things with good intentions, and was scolded by Princess Jichang, Shen Clumsy, at this time, he realized that his ability to speak well was not displayed at all in front of Gu Sanniang.
Gu Sanniang didn't make any noise, she just sat silently and wept, Shen Zhuo was so anxious that she was sweating, he persuaded for a long time, Gu Sanniang's handkerchief was wet, and the tears just didn't stop.
Shen Zhuo knew that Gu Sanniang was pregnant, so it was inevitable that she would be a little cranky, so she patiently persuaded: "Can't you see that this is An's provoking the two of us, if you are angry, you will be fooled by her." โ
Gu Sanniang wiped her tears, and said angrily: "I'm not angry with you, you don't have to be annoyed, I'm just angry that I don't use it, and my life is up to others. โ
Speaking of Gu Sanniang's temperament, Shen Zhuo couldn't be clearer, she is stubborn and stubborn, no matter how much she suffers, she can grit her teeth and hold on, people who usually don't like to cry, this suddenly cried, even he panicked.
"Nonsense, if you marry me, I'll be in charge, and see who dares to ask for your strength!"
Gu Sanniang looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Don't coax me, I know, the princesses have come to the capital, do you want to protect me, is worthy of the emperor's holy decree!" โ
Shen Zhuo saw that she didn't listen to her persuasion, so he took the sword from the wall with a stiff face, looked at Gu Sanniang, and said solemnly: "You have some truth in what you say, since this is the case, I will go and kill Princess Heyang, and see if the emperor dares to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum!" โ
Saying that, he raised his feet and was about to go out, Gu Sanniang was anxious, where could she take care of the emperor and princess, she shouted: "Oh, you stop!" โ
Shen Zhuo stopped and turned his head to look at Gu Sanniang, Gu Sanniang saw his ruthless face, and only thought that he was really going to kill Princess Heyang, so he said: "Why did I ask you to kill the princess, you don't want to die, don't I and a few children die!" โ
Shen Zhuo looked at Gu Sanniang and said embarrassedly: "Then it's difficult, I only recognize you as my wife, but I can't resist and disobey the order, you tell me what to do!" โ
Gu Sanniang collected her tears, but her eyes were still red, and she said: "The emperor's decree has not come down, I am a reasonable couple with you, he is the emperor, and he can't force us to reconcile." โ
Halfway through speaking, Gu Sanniang saw a smile on Shen Zhuo's lips, knowing that she was coaxed by him, she glared at him, crying and laughing, so she lay down and ignored him with her back to Shen Zhuo.
Shen Zhuo put down the sword in his hand, he walked to the side of the bed and pushed Gu Sanniang, and said softly: "You are a smart and transparent person, can't you see what I think of you." โ
Gu Sanniang listened to Shen Zhuo's gentle voice in her ears, she felt a little ashamed in her heart, she also knew that she was making trouble unreasonably, but when she heard that the emperor was going to give Shen Zhuo a marriage, these tears could no longer be stopped, if she had been placed before, she would not have dared to believe when she became so fragile.
"You and I have also gone through some hardships, and if you don't believe me, but you want to believe the gossip outside, aren't you afraid of breaking my heart?"
After saying this, Shen Zhuo was silent, Gu Sanniang closed her eyes and lay down for a long time, she didn't hear Shen Zhuo's voice for a long time, she thought he was gone, and when she turned her head to look, she saw Shen Zhuo standing next to the bed, looking at her with straight eyes.
The two looked at each other, Gu Sanniang's face turned red, and she was embarrassed to be angry with him anymore.
Shen Zhuo sighed deeply, he looked at Gu Sanniang's eyes, and said: "I also met you somehow, I think this is the fate mentioned in the book, as long as I see you, I am full of joy, and I am worried if I don't see you." โ
Gu Sanniang's face became more and more embarrassed, Shen Zhuo's love words were so beautiful, she was reluctant to interrupt him, Gu Sanniang looked at his affectionate gaze, and wanted to say something, but she opened her mouth, and she didn't know what to say, in fact, she thought in her heart, don't say that the marriage is just a rumor, even if the emperor really wants to give Shen Zhuo an order, she will not give him to another woman, this is her man, no one can take it away!
There was a lot of trouble in plain water, Tian Zhuo and Gu Sanniang each got a lot of idleness, but fortunately, the two of them were still harmonious afterwards. Who knows, a wave has not settled, a wave has risen, the rumors of marriage have not subsided, Concubine An has issued an edict, the birthday banquet of Emperor Jingwen is set in three days later, in the capital, but all women above the fifth grade need to enter the palace to worship, in order to show the emperor's grace, Concubine An also invited the underage sons and ladies of the various provinces to enter the palace to attend the banquet, not only Patronizing Sanniang received the edict, even Shen Yu and Xiao Yezi were also invited. 166 Reading Network