Chapter Seventy-Three: The Dispute in the Qianqing Palace
Zhu Hao looked at the solemn appearance of the two, nodded, and his expression became extremely solemn: "This prince, now with the Daxing Emperor Long Zhu as the basis, restore Xie Gang's position as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, immediately take over the Praetorian Guard, block the palace gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of this prince!" Those who enter and exit without permission will be killed! ”
When Xie Gang heard this, he once again saluted and said, "The last general is ordered!" ”
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he looked at Hua Rong again and continued: "This prince is now based on the Daxing Emperor Long Pu, appointing Hua Rong as the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, assisting Xie Gang to take over the Praetorian Guard and blockade the palace!" ”
When Hua Rong heard this, he also saluted again and said, "My subordinates receive orders!" ”
At Zhu Hao's signal, Hua Rong and Xie Gang withdrew from the room, and after the two left, Zhu Hao turned his head to look at Wei Xiaobao and Shi Qian, and directly ordered: "You two go and tell Mr. Gongsun, from now on, your Central Intelligence Department will closely monitor the palaces, focusing on the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Concubine Zheng's Palace, and any information in these three palaces will now be handled according to the original intelligence level, and will be raised by one level!" ”
Hearing this, Wei Xiaobao respectfully saluted and said, "The slave takes the order!" ”
Shi Qian also followed the respectful salute and said: "The little one is ordered!" ”
Zhu Hao waved his hand at the two of them when he heard this, signaling that the two could retreat. After the two left, Zhu Hao's whole person, as if he had been drained, sat on the ground, and the calm expression he had just pretended to be disappeared at this moment, and instead a deeply worried expression hung on his face.
Today's Zhu Hao understands that this superior is not so easy to be, because a superior person is not just pointing and letting his subordinates work and serve himself, but really at the critical moment of life and death, he can not be chaotic in the face of danger, and if he is determined, no matter how afraid he is in his heart, he can't show the slightest thing, and not only can he not panic, but also try to appease the emotions of the people below and not let them lose confidence, so that he is a qualified superior, and he may let his subordinates follow him through the difficulties.
Thinking like this, Zhu Hao secretly sighed in his heart: "This is also himself, if it is true, it is an ordinary eleven or twelve-year-old child, how should he face all this at this moment!" ”
Zhu Hao sat on the ground, gasping violently for a while, forcibly suppressing the uneasiness and panic in his heart, and then he slowly, stood up, pacing back and forth in the room, in order to relieve the anxiety of waiting, all he could do now was wait, waiting for the news that Xie Gang and Hua Rong had taken over the Praetorian Guard.
Because Zhu Hao himself knew very well that he was the weakest party in this turmoil, and only when he mastered the Praetorian Guard could he carry it out according to the plan in his heart. Otherwise, everything will be empty talk, and if the takeover of the Praetorian Guard fails, then he will have to wait for death in this dormitory with his mother.
Compared with Zhu Hao in the dormitory, sitting and lying restlessly, the Qianqing Palace is much more lively, because the two most powerful women in the Ming Dynasty are fighting in the Qianqing Palace at the moment, and they have no graceful and luxurious image in the past, just like the shrews who scold the street in the mountain village.
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Empress Guo pointed at Concubine Zheng's nose and scolded: "You vicious woman! Did you say that Your Majesty was poisoned by you? ”
After Concubine Zheng heard this, she was not to be outdone and pointed at Queen Guo and scolded: "You disrespectful thing, how can you talk to this concubine?" If it weren't for Concubine Ben who saved you that day, you would have been deposed by the emperor a long time ago, and you are crying in the cold palace at the moment! So please pay attention to the way you talk to your elders! ”
Empress Guo listened to Concubine Zheng's words from the elder, and snorted coldly: "Elders? Respect? Joke! Is it wrong for Hongu to say that you are a vicious woman? Then you explain to this palace, why did His Majesty die suddenly? If you can explain it clearly, this palace will kneel down and admit your mistakes for you! ”
Concubine Zheng listened to Empress Guo's aggressive words, and said coldly with a face like frost: "Is it necessary for Concubine Ben to explain to you?" Besides, this has nothing to do with the concubine, the emperor returned to heaven after taking the 'immortal medicine', what does it have to do with the concubine? You should blame and blame the person who offered the 'immortal medicine', not the concubine! ”
Although Concubine Zheng is tough-mouthed, but after all, her heart is weak, and when she speaks, she is more or less lacking in confidence, Queen Guo looked at Concubine Zheng's appearance, and was more sure of her thoughts in her heart, so she snorted coldly again and said: "Don't quibble with this palace, this court, who doesn't know that Fang Congzhe is your person?" The person who offered the immortal medicine was introduced to the palace by him, and it was you who lobbied in front of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty believed that you took that bullshit 'elixir'! Say that this matter has nothing to do with you, what about you liaring to the ghost? Empress Guo was already angry and began to swear at the moment.
Empress Guo's unyielding pressure made Concubine Zheng feel upset, and she glanced at Empress Guo coldly, and then said in a cold tone: "Even if Concubine Ben did it, what evidence do you have to prove it?" Can the concubine's sins be cured? And don't forget! You and Concubine Ben are people who sit in the same boat, if you hadn't designed to frame Xie Gang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and then let your younger brother take over the Praetorian Guard, and then let the Praetorian Guard block the Qianqing Palace, so that there was no one else around the emperor, all this would not have gone so smoothly! You remembered to Concubine Ben that it doesn't matter how the emperor died, but the important thing is that you are an accomplice! Hum! ”
Empress Guo listened to Concubine Zheng's almost admittedly words, and immediately squatted down in pain with her head in her hands, tears welled up in her eyes, and she muttered in her mouth: "Your Majesty, it's the concubine who is sorry for you!" The concubine shouldn't believe the words of this poisonous woman, if she doesn't listen to her, the concubine won't frame Xie Gang, she won't let her brother take over the Praetorian Guard, and she won't block the Qianqing Palace! The concubine loves you so much, but she has become an accomplice to kill you, Your Majesty, you have made the concubine uneasy for the rest of her life! ”
When Empress Guo said this, her eyes became fierce, she screamed "Ah", and then shouted: "Your Majesty, don't suffer the rest of your life, the concubine will avenge you, and then go with you!" Saying that, Queen Guo pulled off the bead hairpin on her head like a madman, and rushed over to the place where Concubine Zheng was.
Concubine Zheng didn't expect that Empress Guo would suddenly attack, and she retreated in fright, exclaiming: "Someone, escort!" The queen is crazy! ”
Fortunately, there are many attendants in this Qianqing Palace, and Concubine Zheng's life should not be extinguished at this moment, several attendants hurriedly ran over when they heard the words and stopped Queen Guo who rushed towards Concubine Zheng, which allowed Concubine Zheng to escape without danger.
Concubine Zheng saw that Empress Guo had been controlled, so she gasped violently a few times, calmed down the unstable breath caused by panic just now, and then drank coldly: "Where is Cui Wensheng?" ”
After Zhu Changluo passed away, Cui Wensheng had no backbone, for fear that the new emperor would liquidate him after he ascended the throne, and at this moment, listening to Concubine Zheng calling him, he immediately ran over like a pug and said with a flattering smile: "The slave is here, is there something Niangniang has to do, let the slave do it?" Please ask the mother! ”
Concubine Zheng was very unhappy with Cui Wensheng's sneering appearance, and thought: "The emperor just died, it doesn't matter if you don't be sad, you still have a smiling appearance, can't you pretend to be it?" What a rubbish! Although Concubine Zheng thought so in her heart, but at this moment she still had to use Cui Wensheng, so she did not open her mouth to blame Cui Wensheng, but coldly ordered: "Queen Mother, because the emperor died of illness, excessive grief, suffering from hysteria, just now I had to attack the concubine, this concubine ordered you to send the queen mother, go back to Kunning Palace to recuperate, and send a 'special person to protect', if the queen mother has any accidents, this concubine is the only one who asks, do you understand?" ”
When Cui Wensheng heard this, he immediately nodded his head, like a chicken pecking rice, and then said: "The slave obeys, please rest assured, the slave has lost his little life, and he will 'protect' the queen!" ”
In fact, the meaning of Concubine Zheng's words is very clear, she wants to put Queen Guo under house arrest, how can Queen Guo not understand, Queen Guo, who was controlled by several attendants at this moment, shouted angrily: "You dog slaves who help to abuse the family, you let go of the palace, the palace will kill this poisonous woman with your own hands to avenge Your Majesty!" ”
Cui Wensheng listened to Queen Guo's disrespectful words, and in order to show his loyalty to Concubine Zheng, he also let go at this moment, and immediately stepped forward to give Queen Guo a slap in the face, and scolded angrily: "You cheap embryo, you dare to talk to your mother like this, see if the master can't clean you up!" ”
Where did Empress Guo suffer such humiliation, the pain that Cui Wensheng hit her face at this moment was far less than the humiliation in her heart, and it hurt her greatly.
Empress Guo stared at Cui Wensheng with blood-red eyes, and snorted unwillingly: "You dog minion, this palace remembers you, today's incident will make you regret it sooner or later!" ”
Cui Wensheng laughed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and slapped Queen Guo again, and smacked her and said: "Ye beats you and looks up to you, Ye doesn't dislike beating you and dirty your hands, you are still unwilling!" Spit! Don't look in the mirror to see what you are! ”
Queen Guo's silver teeth creaked, if it weren't for the fact that she was being controlled at this moment, she would have wanted to bite Cui Wensheng to death one by one.
However, this time Empress Guo did not scold Cui Wensheng again, because Empress Guo knew that it was pointless to scold Cui Wensheng again, she was now controlled by others, and scolding Cui Wensheng or Concubine Zheng again would only make her humiliated. Empress Guo just stared at her blood-red eyes and looked at Concubine Zheng and Cui Wensheng coldly. The two people who watched it had cold backs and hair all over their bodies, Concubine Zheng was actually fine, she had been in this gloomy palace for most of her life, and she had seen too many things, so she didn't bother with Queen Guo, she just snorted dissatisfiedly.