Chapter 141
The Royal Forest Army withdrew from the palace, Shen Wanzhen seemed to have drained her strength, and fell softly on the couch, she pretended to have something in her heart, stared at it for a while, the sky was slightly cloudy, and she got up, Xiuju and Qiaoshan, Mohe didn't sleep well all night, she was angry, she beat her spirit, and waited for her master to wash, Shen Wanzhen took a handful of water, and put it on her face, which was much more refreshing, and said to Xiuju: "Find Manager Chen"
Chen Fu returned to his residence in the second half of the night, and he was worried that his master was afraid that he would find something, so he lay down in his clothes, and he didn't dare to sleep steadily, as soon as the day dawned, Xiuju called the door outside the door, "Manager Chen"
Chen Fu hurriedly agreed, got up, opened the door, and Xiuju said outside the door: "Manager Chen, the princess is invited." ”
Chen Fu didn't dare to slack off, so he wrung a hand towel with cold water to wipe his face, and hurried to the room.
It happened that Mohe came out to pour water and greeted: "Manager Chen is here, and the princess is waiting for you inside." ”
Chen Fu stepped into the threshold, Shen Wanzhen had already freshened up, and he didn't close his eyes too much for a night, but his spirit was very good, and he said: "Steward Chen, you take someone to Yaxuanzhai to bring me the shopkeeper, try not to alarm people." ”
Chen Fu agreed, and went out, he didn't ask the princess what to do, Chen Fu After what happened last night, he understood that the princess was calm and resourceful, and there must be a reason for her to arrest people.
Chen Fu took people to rush to the south street of the bustling commercial city in the capital, the reputation of the capital is very loud, and the Yaxuan Zhai that specializes in jade carving work, the simple appearance of the Yaxuan Zhai door has been locked, and the house is empty, Chen Fu has to go back to the palace to report to the princess.
Shen Wanzhen was not surprised that he didn't find anyone, this was prepared and planned, she guessed that this was also the result, but she went to see it in vain.
She called Wang Wengui up again, Wang Wengui had already made the worst plan last night, in case of an accident, to protect the princess out of the city, the worst thing is to save the day, it is really lucky, this time it is the mark of life and death.
Shen Wanzhen watched him enter the door and said, "Princess, follow me into the palace immediately." ”
Wang Wengui asked as a matter of course: "Is the princess going to greet the Queen Mother?" ”
"No, this princess wants to meet the emperor and follow me to the court." ‘
Wang Wengui was puzzled, and asked rhetorically, "The princess went to the court?" ”
Shen Xuanzhen said in an affirmative tone: "Yes, I want to meet the emperor." He snorted again, "The palace is not just for anyone who wants to come, whoever wants to do whatever they want, I want to find the emperor and give the prince justice, right and wrong, black and white, must be clear." ”
Wang Wengui hesitated for a moment, and said: "Is the princess waiting until the prince comes back, and the prince will come forward to solve it, and the princess of the palace will show up, I am afraid that it will not be appropriate." ”
Wang Wengui was sent by the Queen Mother to Zhao Shijiao, so he naturally had some decency, so if he had, he could tell his master directly.
Shen Wanzhen sneered and retorted: "I almost deducted a major crime of rebellion, and my life is not guaranteed, so I can still have a lot of scruples, and when the prince comes back, one is a long time, this matter has passed, the prince is not good to revisit the old things, hold on to them, and two, what did the prince say?" Some words are in the identity of the prince, and it is a man's family, it is difficult to say, I can say, I am a woman's family, is it wrong, the emperor will seriously care about me. ”
Wang Wengui thought about it, and what the princess said was not unreasonable, so she didn't stop her and let her go.
When the two of them spoke, Xiuju had already found out the princess's court clothes, Shen Wanzhen glanced at them, and said, "Find me a plain dress, and take the court clothes as well." ”
Xiuju didn't know what the master was going to do, so she reminded worriedly: "The master wears a plain dress to go to the palace, and it is taboo in the palace." ”
Shen Wanzhen sneered and raised her face, "Taboo, deliberately going for taboo." ”
Shen Wanzhen changed into plain white clothes, and the black hair on her head was only pulled up with a silver hairpin, and there was no ornament left.
Emperor Zhao Shixian stayed awake all night, worried, listless, wanted to disperse the court early, went to the Empress Dowager Cining Palace to ask for peace, and explained to the Empress Dowager what happened last night, it is impossible to hide it.
Emperor Zhao Shixian just wanted to hastily disperse the court, His Royal Highness and the eunuch walked up to the palace and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Princess An asks to see the emperor outside the palace." ”
The emperor gasped, Princess An came to the door, what are you going to do? Princess An Shen is known as a jealous woman, and she is probably also a powerful character, so she doesn't plan to see it, because of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, it is not good to refuse directly, and asks: "What is the matter with Princess An?" ”
The Manchu Dynasty civil and military muttered directly, the emperor asked knowingly, searched the palace and found the door, this time it was difficult, so he had to pretend to be confused.
The eunuch said: "Back to the emperor, Princess An said that King An was not at home, and she would go to court for her husband to receive the guilt." ”
The emperor raised his forehead, his brows furrowed, and the eunuch said expectantly: "Princess An knelt outside the palace, saying that the emperor would keep kneeling until the emperor summoned her." ”
The emperor shouted in his heart, and wanted to say, the court is a man's place, and you still go back to the back house as a woman, but last night you searched people's homes, and even the back house of the palace was searched, so you can't say it, so you can't say it, and you can't say it helplessly: "Summoning Princess An to the palace." ”
Shen Wanzhen knelt outside the palace gate, planning in her heart, if the emperor did not summon him, he kept kneeling, forcing him to summon himself, the eunuch shouted, Shen Wanzhen stood up, dressed in a whole dress, glanced at the door of the Qianqing Palace, calmed down, and stepped in.
On the main hall, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty cast a curious gaze on her, Princess An's background is well known to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and she has heard of it, but she has rarely seen Princess An herself, since Princess An's wedding, she has never gone out, never participated in any activities of the noblewomen in the capital, nor has she made friends with any official and female dependents, and her understanding of Princess An is limited to the rumors that she is a jealous woman in the circle of noblewomen in the capital, and she has listened to the nagging of her own wife, and she has heard that as soon as she enters the palace, she will sell and sell the concubine of Princess An, and the prince of An has fought cocks and lackeys before, The bad habits such as dogs and horses have all changed, and the next dynasty went straight to the palace, guarding the princess, and I heard that she was obedient to her, and let her mess around, and turned the palace upside down, and did not dare to speak out.
The ministers were able to see their true faces today, and His Royal Highness walked over a young woman dressed in plain clothes, and her simple plain clothes lined her face extremely delicate and clean, and her temples were sinked at the waist. It seems to be soft and weak, although there is a bit of posture, but Erer, I saw that she did not hurry up to the palace, but there was no timidity on her face, such as entering the family, calmly, not squinting, complacent in front of the civil and military slowly walked by, like a gust of breeze, ethereal like smoke, through the bones of the merry, everyone tasted this woman a little different taste.
Shen Wanzhen came to the palace, lifted her skirt and knelt down, kowtowed, and said tactfully, "The courtiers knock to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”
Emperor Zhao Shixian has met Princess An a few times, and his impression is that she is a weak woman, which is very different from the rumors outside.
Seeing her dignified and calm demeanor, the emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a little embarrassed, and said in a pleasant voice: "Princess An asks to see me, what's the matter?" ”
Shen Wanzhen didn't speak, kowtowed three times, and said: "The courtiers and husbands go to the palace to ask for guilt, and ask the emperor to send them down." ”
"This ......." the emperor wanted to say, what kind of crime is pleased, what is the crime? Thinking about it wrong, I just ordered the Royal Forest Army to surround the palace last night, and it was raided in the middle of the night.
Zhao Shijiao is worthy of the current emperor, his face does not change color, his tone is gentle, and he said: "Princess An was surprised by this, last night was purely a misunderstanding, I received a report that King An's mansion was hiding prohibited things, I was very angry, someone slandered Prince An, King An is my sibling, I and the third brother have a deep brotherly relationship, how can I let people suspect, in order to clear the suspicion, I issued an order, search the palace, the intention is to block the mouth of the suspicious and suspicious people in Zhenri, and show King An's inn to the Manchu Dynasty. ”
Shen Wanzhen wanted to high-five and praise the emperor, these words were not distrustful of King An but convinced of King An, which means that the emperor had long known that King An was white, so he dared to search the palace, this is to push the responsibility clean, and the emperor is quite particular about the words, what kind of suspicious and suspicious people are obviously insidious villains, framed and framed, grandiose, big and small, can't think of it.
Shen Wanzhen was not annoyed, kowtowed upwards and said, "Courtier, please ask the emperor, where is the person who made the secret report?" The courtiers wanted to question him face to face, what was their intention? Who instructed? What is the intention? Is it intended to provoke the emperor and King An to turn against each other, take advantage of the fisherman, and achieve sinister intentions, or do you have any personal grudges with King An? Borrow the emperor's hand to get rid of King An? If you want to come, the emperor doesn't want to shield this sinister and vicious person. ”
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be embarrassed, the emperor wanted to make a big thing a small thing and downplay it, but as soon as Princess An said it, it became a major conspiracy in this matter, and the people behind it were suspected of seeking power and usurping the throne.
The emperor didn't want to hand over people, he raised a group of eyeliners, staring at the princes' mansions, if the informant is punished, then who will dare to report the news in the future, the emperor coughed lightly, slightly relieved the embarrassment, accompanied by a smile, and said: "I was angry last night, and I have sent a decree to kill the villain who was falsely accused." ”
Shen Xuanzhen expected him to say this, and kowtowed upwards and said: "The emperor's generation of Ming Jun will not raid the prince's mansion just because of a villain's untruths, if that's the case, wouldn't it be that everyone in the courtiers is in danger, and if they offend someone that day, there will be a disaster of raiding the house and destroying the door, not to mention that the major crime of rebellion is full of beheading, and it is not a child's play." ”
The emperor wanted to fool Princess An back as soon as possible, but Princess An was pressing step by step, Zhao Shixian's palms were a little sweaty, he didn't expect this woman to be so difficult to deal with, so he forced out a three-point smile and said: "There are courtiers in advance, suspecting that King An is rebelling, just suspicion, Princess An knows that these people have nothing to do and are still looking for me, advise, this dynasty is widely open, if I seriously investigate, who else dares to tell the truth?" Princess Ann is a reasonable person and can understand my suffering. ”
Shen Wanzhen and the emperor had their first confrontation today, and they had no good impression of the emperor, they were suspicious, suspicious, and indifferent, and in the name of opening up their voices, they suppressed their brothers and did not let them go.
Shen Wanzhen smiled indifferently, "Yesterday's incident happened, if the emperor doesn't deal with the traitorous villain, it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be no such thing in the future. ”
Let's say, Shen Wanzhen suddenly stood up, rushed to the red pillar on the side of the hall, rushed to the front, lowered his head, and hit the pillar, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were stunned by this rapidly changing situation, no one expected that Princess An was talking well, and suddenly there was a fierce move to kill herself by touching her head to the pillar.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to come forward to persuade them, there was a difference between men and women, and above the Golden Palace, they did not dare to act frivolously, not to mention the noble princess, not the female dependents of ordinary officials and eunuchs.
Fortunately, the eunuch Wang Xi has been observing Princess An, staring at Princess An, he sees people very accurately, Princess An is by no means like a weak appearance, how can he listen to Princess An's words, he feels bad, when Princess An ran to the vermilion lacquer pillar on the main hall, he was quick with his hands and eyes, and grabbed it, Shen Wanzhen's head hit the pillar, and was pulled by Wang Xi, she only felt dizzy, and the person fell to the ground softly.
Emperor Zhao Shixian's face turned white in an instant, and he was shocked and hurriedly greeted people, "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor, pass the imperial doctor." ”
Shen Wanzhen was dizzy for a while, and she didn't sleep all night last night, and she acted too violently, it was no big deal, and she woke up in the blink of an eye.
Unable to find death, she pushed away the eunuchs, staggered to stand up, walked to the center of the hall, kowtowed, "Disturb the holy car, the courtiers should die, the courtiers have no other intentions, just want a statement, my husband is indifferent by nature, was framed, the courtiers received my husband's great kindness, there is no way to repay, if it can be proved that my husband is white, so that the emperor is relieved, and he is willing to die, the courtiers are excited for a while, they should go back to the house to judge, and they should not lose their honor in front of the emperor." ”
"The sin of the courtiers deserves death," he said, touching the ground with his head and prostrating his head until his forehead was red and the gold bricks were stained with blood.
Emperor Zhao Shixian was shocked for a while, broke out in a cold sweat, made something out of nothing, fabricated criminal evidence, forced his brother-in-law to death, this big hat was buttoned up, he was still a king, seeing this, he gritted his teeth, "Spread my will, anyone who falsely accuses King An and provokes my sibling relationship, will be beheaded." ”
said to Shen Wanzhen again: "Princess An should be satisfied this time, right?" ”
Shen Wanzhen lay on the ground and kowtowed to thank her.
The courtiers who impeached King An knelt down when they went out of class, and among them was Chen Yong, a member of the ministry, who kowtowed and said: "The minister is wronged, please ask the emperor to investigate"
Lu Fang, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, kowtowed and said: "The minister is wronged, and the emperor is gracious." ”
Several others also kowtowed, "The ministers are loyal to the emperor, and the ministers are wronged." ”
The emperor said in his heart, I didn't see what I was forced to look like, since I am loyal, let's go, who let you have a lot of things to do, and make something out of nothing.
Lifted the dragon robe, withdrew from the dragon chair, and said: "Scatter the dynasty" and went straight to the harem, here His Royal Highness came up, grabbed the ministers, couldn't help but say, dragged out of the palace, these ministers shouted in their mouths: "Wronged"
Why is the emperor gone, no one cares.
The civil and military eyes of the Manchu Dynasty looked at the weak and invincible Princess An lying on the ground, and her face was full of admiration.
Shen Wanzhen was helped out of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace by Wang Wengui, as soon as she got out of the palace gate, the sun was shining, and the crisis was finally solved, Shen Wanzhen relaxed, after a fuss today, I am afraid that no one will dare to mention King An's rebellion in the future, even the emperor has a lot of scruples, if King An really has a counterintention, no one believes in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
Shen Wanzhen didn't want to die, she wanted to fall in love with Zhao Shijiao for a long time and grow old, but if she really let her die to protect Zhao Shijiao, she was also willing, Zhao Shijiao resolutely married her despite the disparity in status between the two, this love is extremely thick.
What happened on the Golden Palace, as soon as Shen Wanzhen left the palace, someone secretly reported to the Queen Mother, Empress Dowager Guo has been running the previous dynasty for many years, and there are many eyes and ears.
After listening to it, I couldn't help but applaud, "Okay, what a mourning daughter-in-law." ”
Empress Dowager Guo has been depressed since last night, she is not dead yet, someone dares to touch her son, this breath is held in her heart, it is really uncomfortable, and it is inconvenient for her to come out, today Shen Wanzhen is making a fuss, which can be regarded as making her angry, she finally understands why her son insists on marrying this Shen family back, Shen is not a qualified princess candidate, beyond her imagination, and today, I can see the feelings for her son, a woman can die for a man, this is such a precious emotion, the son is fortunate to marry such a loyal and wise woman.
There was a sound outside the gate of the eunuch palace, "The emperor has arrived"
Zhao Shixian's expression was extremely unnatural, and he respectfully saluted the Queen Mother, "My son asks for peace to the Queen Mother"
"The emperor sits down, there is nothing to do here in the mourning family, you don't need to come over every day, the emperor seems to have been reduced these days, is it not that the food cooked in the imperial dining room is not delicious, there is a new son in my palace, let him cook a few dishes for the emperor another day to taste, see if it suits the taste."
Empress Dowager Guo didn't mention it, Zhao Shixian was even more ashamed, and said abruptly: "The queen mother also knows that the matter of King An's mansion is that her son is not thoughtful, is deceived by the villain, and listens to and believes partially. It's not the son's, please punish the queen mother. ”
Empress Dowager Guo looked at the emperor lovingly, and said softly: "You and Frame are the sons of the mourning family, the mourning family doesn't want him to have anything, the same doesn't want you to have anything, if he has an antipathy, the mourning family here will not tolerate it, your two brothers have been close like siblings since childhood, but it is not as close as when they grew up, the mourning family looks forward to your brother like when he was a child, around the knees of the mourning family, how happy it was at that time, but unfortunately the days passed so fast, the mourning family is old, and your brother has grown up." ”
As soon as the Empress Dowager Guo talked about the past, Zhao Shixian was even more shameless to face the Queen Mother, his biological mother died early, and the Queen Mother regarded him as her own, and the thoughts spent on him were no less than those of the third brother, and now there is a layer of separation between mother and son, is it that he is too narrow-minded?
Zhao Shixian came out of Cining Palace and sat on the imperial throne, and the eunuch asked, "Which palace is the emperor going to?" ”
Zhao Shixian just wanted to blurt out that he was going to Concubine Fang's Palace, but he woke up from a dream that was wrong, so he changed his words: "Go to Kunning Palace"
Empress Li knew what happened in the previous dynasty of Lu Dao, waited carefully, and asked, "Where did the emperor come from?" ”
"Cining Palace, I went to ask my mother to say goodbye, take a look at her old man, I'm busy for a while, I'll leave if I ask for peace, and I don't care about chatting about family life."
Empress Li knew that the emperor felt that she couldn't live with the queen mother, and she was uneasy, so she thought about it, and asked quietly with a smile: "What is the emperor's impression of the Shen family?" Is it a shrew like the rumors outside? ”
Zhao Shixian shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "No, I think she is very much like a person. ”
Empress Li's heart moved, and she guessed alertly who the emperor was talking about, and who else could she look like? Concubine Fang, Concubine Fang's vixen, persistent, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside.
Empress Li wittily changed the subject.
After the emperor left Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Guo was sedentary for a long time, the emperor was raised by her since childhood, it is impossible to say that there is no emotion, if it is not in the royal family, the mother and son will be better than the mother and son, but the royal family has always been indifferent, not to mention that it is not biological, cannibalism happens from time to time, she did not think about letting her biological son inherit the unification, but she saw the affairs of the court very clearly, this emperor is not good at it, the foreign domain is eyeing the tiger, the princes covet the throne, this throne is stepping on the blood of countless people, one careless, Not to mention the throne, Xiang Shang's head is not guaranteed, the first emperor Yan is driving, all he remains is an adult prince, and he has a heavy army, leaving hidden dangers, this mess, she doesn't want her own son to become the target of public criticism.
Empress Dowager Guo crooked her body, tired of sitting, Cui Changhai hurriedly took the cushion and put it behind the queen mother, "Queen Mother, you didn't sleep last night, let's rest." ”
"The mourners closed their eyes and always remembered some things from the past." Empress Dowager Guo sighed, "Hey! The mourning family closed their eyes, but when they were young, when the former emperor Yushu was in the wind, and the two of them stood together, everyone passed away in a flash, and the past grievances were gone. ”
"The Queen Mother is too preoccupied, how can she think of Concubine Xiao Niangniang, the old slave still remembers Concubine Xiao's special pet in the pepper room, and she will never leave the emperor for a day."
"The mourning family loved the emperor back then, but the soul of the former emperor was hooked by that woman, and the mourning family hated in their hearts back then, and they couldn't wait to ......."
Cui Changhai looked at the Queen Mother, his eyes were dark, and he seemed to be immersed in the past.
"The mourning family seems to be really old, I actually think of the past, I remember when I first entered the palace, the first emperor came to my Kunning palace every day, like glue knees, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, the concubines in the palace are increasing, the eyes of the emperor are not enough, until Concubine Xiao entered the palace, the first emperor fixed his eyes on her, and since then he has not moved away, until she ......" Empress Dowager Guo stopped, her eyes were ethereal, as in a dream.
Cui Changhai sighed in his heart, the years have faded a lot, the queen mother back then, the queen at that time, how jealous she was, and the women in the harem, eager to eat Concubine Xiao, later, finally happened a scene that should not happen but was destined to happen.