Chapter 214: Sweep away all pests and insects, invincible (2)
In the palace, the emperor has been resting for a long time, Zhang Yingying came back from a long time of intoxication, looking at the emperor's delicate face, even if she has been with her for a long time, she is still a little confused.
The sleeping emperor breathed evenly and steadily, like enough of his daytime caution, under the wing of Lu Bu, he could only dress himself up as a fledgling, making a harmless appearance of humans and animals, only in this way could he exchange for the preferential treatment of the prime minister, so as not to give him sin.
Thinking of these, Zhang Yingying felt a little heartache, her dream since she was a child is to become a noble woman in the world, to be with the most noble man in the world for life, and to give birth to children for him.
It's a pity that her family and country were separated later, she followed her father from Luoyang to Anyi, and when she grew up, she learned that the emperor had already had a group of wives and concubines, and the royal family was weak, and she no longer had the former scenery, so she also faded her former ambitions.
The mystery of human affairs lies in this, no one thought that after the emperor was abolished, Zhang Yingying was selected to become the new queen, and her wish for many years was fulfilled at one time, how could she not make Zhang Yingying toss and turn and couldn't sleep, so she didn't sleep well for a few days.
Since entering the palace, the emperor is also young and greedy, almost every other day will go to the queen's palace to stay overnight, the couple is in love with the fish and water and is the same as Zhang Yingying expected, plus the emperor is indeed good-looking, red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, slender body is half a head taller than her, so that even when no one is alone, her heart is like beeswax, fantasizing about a happy queen career in the future.
But as time went by, Zhang Yingying gradually learned a lot of unknown inside information, she knew that the former queen Fu died in depression in the cold palace, but the reason was only because someone suspected that she wanted to be unfavorable to the prime minister.
Fu once gave birth to two princes for the emperor, and the emperor once remembered after drinking, saying that they were diligent and courteous, and they were very pleasing since childhood, but in the two years after Queen Fu was beaten into the cold palace, the two princes fell into the water one after another. A dignified son, how many servants follow him in front of and behind him, how can there be a disaster of falling into the water, and it is almost the same experience.
Such an astonishing event should have been investigated and the perpetrators should be punished as they deserved. In the Grand Palace of Kenuo, hundreds of attendants guarded them, but no one dared to say a word.
The two lovely princes died in the palace in this way, and no one cared about them anymore, as if they had never existed, and even the emperor could only hide in her arms in the middle of the night after being drunk.
Some things dare not say, it does not mean that they dare not think, everyone knows that the first queen was convicted because of the edict of the cloth, and the people who were convicted include officials at all levels, up to the prince of Jiuqing, down to the soldiers guarding the city, countless people were executed because of this, and some people raided their homes and exterminated the clan, which includes the Fu clan, Queen Fu's father Fu Wan was punished by the Ming Dynasty, and the two younger brothers were also executed by the Autumn Queen, only Queen Fu herself because of the honor of the queen, survived, but was beaten into the cold palace of the court.
originally thought that this should be the end at this time, but the emperor was hit hard and was even more jealous of the prime minister, so he deliberately kept a distance from the Fu family in the cold palace, and never set foot in the court. Even the two princes were a little estranged because of this, and they couldn't see each other a few times in half a year.
But even so, there are still countless rumors circulating in and out of the palace, saying that the emperor cares about Fu's affection, even if Fu's is in the cold palace, he can often be taken care of by the emperor, and there is always a chance to escape from the ascension to heaven, and Dongshan will take revenge again. There are also people who say that the two princes are born like their mothers, and they must be loyal and filial people, and they will never watch their mothers suffer in the court, and they will definitely kill enemies when they grow up.
The sinister intentions of the rumors are really frightening, and at this time they want to put Fu's mother and son to death!
And the two princes also lived up to expectations, every time a courtier entered the palace to visit, they were all angry at each other, someone once saw the two princes for spitting on the prime minister, and the emperor was angry and punished.
At the beginning of the year, the prime minister went on an expedition, and the emperor's pressure was greatly reduced, and the smiles on his face every day also increased, which made Zhang Yingying's mood also a lot easier.
However, the good times did not last long, only on the third day after the prime minister's expedition, a prince drowned in the fish pond behind the palace, the emperor was grief-stricken, and dozens of attendants were scolded with a cane, but there was no suspicious trace, it seems that the death of the prince was just an accident, the only suspicious place was that the prince was around, there was no one with him at that time, and the attendants were either tied up by urgent matters or temporarily called away, leaving only the prince to play in the garden, which unfortunately fell into the water.
Fortunately, at that time, another prince was recuperating in the palace because of the wind and cold, but he escaped the difficulty, otherwise the consequences would be even more unimaginable.
After more than a month of investigation, the death of the prince was finally found nothing, and in the end it could only be stopped, and even the emperor himself could only sigh at the injustice of heaven.
On the contrary, after learning the news of the prince's death, Fu Shi, who was in the court, suddenly seemed to be a different person, changed his previous gentleness, as if he had been subjected to a mad demon, and every day the ghost cried wolf howl, shouting and crying loudly. Zhang Yingying was afraid to go to those unclean places, but learned from the palace maids that the Fu family cursed the prime minister almost day and night, saying that the death of the prince must have been committed by Lu Bu.
The emperor was afraid that her daily crying would reach the ears of the prime minister, and that she would give birth to endless disasters, so he asked the imperial doctor to prescribe a tranquilizing medicine, which was mixed in the meal every day for Fu Shi to eat. Only then did Fu Shi settle down, but when the night was quiet, in a dark corner of the palace, there would always be low sobs floating around the palace, making everyone who heard it couldn't help but stand up their hairs.
The prime minister fought for two months, and the good news was frequent, and there were countless counties in Liankezhou, recovering a large area of territory, and even the former boudoir close friend Ruyi also became famous in Jingzhou, becoming a famous female general in Anyi, and how many daughters were fascinated.
Zhang Yingying is naturally very happy, Ruyi is a few years younger than her, but the two families live nearby, and they are both cheerful girls, naturally very fateful, from the time Ruyi was very young, they were almost inseparable, often playing together, even if the naughty younger brother Zhang Hu often bullied Ruyi them, it still can't affect their friendship from childhood to adulthood.
The emperor didn't seem to be very happy, and it seemed that something bad had happened, so Zhang Yingying told the emperor the good news she knew, so that he could also be happy.
But after the emperor heard this, he looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about the prime minister's victory or defeat.
Zhang Yingying was puzzled and asked the reason.
The emperor just responded lightly: "The country laid down by the prime minister is the prime minister's, not mine, why should I be happy?" ”
Zhang Yingying was surprised, she didn't expect the emperor to say such a thing, in her heart, whether it is the prime minister, or her father Zhang Liao, they are just the courtiers of His Majesty the Emperor, everything they do is for the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, although the prime minister is authoritarian, but he has always been kind to the royal family, spending huge sums of money every year to repair the palace and supplement the royal expenses, and he is quite respectful when he sees the emperor, and the emperor doesn't know what he means when he says this.
"Your Majesty is too worried, the concubine thinks that the prime minister is still loyal to His Majesty, he spends a lot of money to build a palace for His Majesty, and selects countless palace ladies to serve every year, and the equipment in the palace is all excellent, I have taken the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the things used in the palace are far more than ten times more exquisite than the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister has always been respectful to His Majesty, and His Majesty is not too worried."
The emperor's face changed slightly, and he sneered: "Is it his loyalty to give the canary a beautiful cage?" Among the eunuchs in the palace, except for the chamberlain, all of them are his people, even among my countless concubines, how many of them are the eyes and ears he sent? Do you know why I chose you to be the queen? ”
Zhang Yingying was so stunned by the emperor's repeated questioning, she could only say dumbly: "Why? ”
The emperor said coldly: "Because you are Zhang Liao's daughter, Zhang Liao has always been loyal and righteous, and he once saved me in danger, I think his daughter should also be a loyal person, not Lu Bu's eyes and ears, right?" ”
Zhang Yingying was stunned, she didn't expect the emperor to say such a thing, she was wholeheartedly to the emperor, but she didn't expect to be regarded as someone else's eyes and ears at this time, and she was aggrieved for a while, and cried: "If the concubine has the slightest dissent, she is willing to die in front of Weiyang Palace." ”
The emperor also regretted this as soon as he said this, although this queen was not as considerate and docile as Fu Shi, but she had always been hearty and won his favor, only from her words and deeds, she could be seen that she was a simple and straightforward person who had no city at all, if she was someone else's eyes and ears, the person who sent her was really a fool.
It's just that for many days, Lu Bu's good news has been one after another, and there are praises in and out of the palace, as if this world is his Lu Bu's, and the emperor's mood has changed from the joy at the beginning to the bitterness today.
When I returned to the harem, I thought I could clean it up, but I didn't expect the queen to be so uninteresting, and to make him worry about the same thing, and others didn't care, so I just didn't hear it, and I endured it and passed, but this queen has always been talkative, and this talk is endless, like a flood that bursts the embankment, and can't stop the door.
Lu Bu is heaven and earth in her mouth, omnipotent, even Lu Bu's daughter has become an omnipotent immortal from her mouth, as if his Lu family was born stronger than others.
The emperor had nowhere to vent his sullen breath, and he was being fueled by Zhang Yingying's fire, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he was angry. At this time, seeing the queen crying bitterly, she couldn't bear it in her heart, so she immediately cleaned up her mood and persuaded her: "The queen's heart I naturally understand, I am talking about the concubine next to me, and it has nothing to do with you." ”
Zhang Yingying burst into tears and laughed, he knew that the emperor could be with her in the center of many concubines, so he couldn't be too willful, let him lose patience, and his joy and anger had to be pointed, which was a skill she learned from the palace.
"Does the prime minister really have eyes and ears in the palace? It's also horrible. ”
The emperor nodded, sighed, looked at his own pair of white and slender hands, and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that I have the ambition to help the world, but I was born with a pair of powerless hands, you look at them, except for being able to write poems, they can't do anything, although they are in the palace, they are like being in a cage, and they can only look at the rivers and mountains that others point out to me, so sad." ”
Zhang Yingying never thought about what she should do as an emperor, she just felt that everything was done by others, which was an excellent thing, and she knew that she entered the palace later, and gradually felt the cruelty of things from the emperor's words and deeds.
Looking at the emperor's painful eyes, Zhang Yingying could not do anything, she could only gently hold his hand and comfort him softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, no matter what happens in the future, Yingying will be by Your Majesty's side." ”
After another two months, the prime minister stopped in Xiangyang, but did not return to the court, turned the army to Yuzhou Cao Cao to kill, in January even down the entire territory of Yuzhou, and took Yanzhou Dingtao, and then went straight down to chase Cao Cao in Yangzhou, first break Xiyang, and then take Cai, the soldiers reached Shouchun.
In just one month, the soldiers will run for more than 1,000 miles, crisscrossing the territory of the three states, and the places they pass are all descending from the wind, and the god of soldiers is enough to be called ancient and unparalleled.
No one in the city of Anyi is not elated by this, the king goes east, invincible, the day of peace in the world is not just around the corner, even if it is not a person who cares about the world, he can't help but look forward to the coming peaceful years.
The same is true of the situation in the palace, such a major event is often discussed among the palace attendants, which shows the people's hearts.
Since the last time, Zhang Yingying has not dared to mention the prime minister's war, seeing that the emperor's face is getting worse day by day, all she can do is to try her best to strictly order the palace attendants to discuss the major affairs of the military family.
Suddenly, the emperor had a rare happy look, and his words were much more relaxed, and he even had the leisure to draw an embroidered picture for Zhang Yingying.
Zhang Yingying saw that the emperor was rarely happy, and since the death of the prince, she seemed to have no smile, so she asked the emperor interesting stories to share with her.
The emperor seemed unfathomable, and said: "The prime minister's troops are on the Huai River, and they have reached the foot of Shouchun City, and the day of Cao Cao's defeat is just around the corner, and I am naturally overjoyed." ”
Zhang Yingying disagreed, it has been a few days since this news came, and he has not been happy for a long time, but today he has only found something to be happy about? This is a slow response.
"Your Majesty is lying, I think you have something else to do."
"Hahaha, the queen who knows me is also, but this matter is really related to the prime minister's war."
"What's the matter, it also makes Concubine Cheng happy." Zhang Yingying looked curious and asked hurriedly.
The emperor wanted to speak and stopped, and led Zhang Yingying to the inner room, before he said: "Recently, the war has been tight, the officials and soldiers in various parts of the city have been requisitioned, and there is a huge shortage of many functional departments. Tomorrow's court meeting will be the edict of the dynasty. ”
Zhang Yingying knew that Zhongshu Province was the power organ of Lu Bu to control the court, and almost all the affairs of the court and China, large and small, had to go through Zhongshu Province.
Now that the province of Shangshu has been re-established, it is clear that it is to seize the right to appoint and dismiss personnel in Zhongshu Province, which is of great significance to the emperor, but Lu Bu has been running the court for many years, and his roots are deep, how can he be easily shaken? Even though Lu Bu is outside, there are still his henchmen Sima Lang, Chen Lin and others in the court.
These two people are in charge of Zhongshu Province, and they are known for their resourcefulness, how can they be arrested.
"But something important has caused turmoil in the DPRK and China, and the prime minister is angry and raises troops, but how can it be good?"
"Hmph, Lu Bu can't protect himself at the moment, where can he take care of the affairs of the DPRK and China."
After Cao Cao's defeat, he knew that with his own strength, it would be difficult to stop Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, so he avoided the messenger channel of the secretary's order, and sent someone to secretly write to the emperor, saying that Lu Bu bullied the emperor and trapped him in the palace like raising livestock, he couldn't see it, so he contacted Liu Bei, Ma Chao, Sun Quan, Zhang Lu, Wu Huan, and Nanyue, the princes of the Quartet, and prepared to fight together, and asked Lu Bu to fight together, hoping that the emperor could respond in the court, and issued a holy decree to reprimand Lu Bu's disloyalty.
Zhang Yingying was shocked when she heard this, now the palace guards are all Lu Bu's minions, even if Lu Bu is thousands of miles away, but this Anyi City has become the private land of the Lu family, the officials and soldiers are all the henchmen of the Lu family, if the emperor breaks with Lu Bu at this time, it will only be self-destruction.
"Your Majesty can't, Cao Cao jumped over the wall in a hurry to pull His Majesty into the water, once he is the opposite of Cheng, His Majesty is in Anyi, he will bear the brunt, and there are thousands of Lu minions in the city, how can he resist?"
"I naturally know that of course I will not be stupid enough to break with Lu Bu, but when he is distracted and take care of himself, he will take the opportunity to reap some benefits, and now the situation is a once-in-a-lifetime situation, there are serious vacancies in officials in various parts of the city, and even some departments are facing the situation of being abolished. The re-establishment of Shangshu Province can not only relieve the pressure on the employment of Zhongshu Province, but also allow me to install cronies everywhere and take back government affairs little by little, which is not a double win, and it is justifiable. Even if the prime minister may be unwilling in his heart, after the incident, he will make raw rice and mature rice, and he can't help it. The Emperor said to himself, a little triumphant.
"But in the midst of his eagerness, where did His Majesty find those many officials to appoint and dismiss?"
"What's so difficult about this, as an emperor, I am the place that countless scholars yearn for, the previous Tai Academy and Doctoral Academy are all available talents for me, and there are countless scholars who have voted for their names and letters on weekdays, and they are all usable people in this extraordinary period."
Seeing that the emperor was in high spirits, although Zhang Yingying was afraid in her heart, she didn't dare to say more, and only advised him to be careful and not to hurt the peace of the monarch and ministers.
The emperor agreed, and asked Zhang Yingying to repair a letter to her father Zhang Liao, so that he could contain Lu Bu from it, so that Lu Bu had scruples, and under internal and external troubles, he could not compromise
Zhang Yingying thought about it, now she and the emperor are in the same breath, one is prosperous and one is lost, if she can get her father's full help, or if the big thing can really succeed, she knows that her father has always been loyal and righteous, and he leads the heavy army to guard one side, if he can know the righteousness, he will be able to let him help with all his strength, even if he can't, at least he will not walk the rumor, and the emperor's big thing.
The next day, the court dissolved, and the emperor returned angrily, and without asking the reason, Zhang Yingying knew that the matter of resetting the Zhongshu Province had encountered obstacles.
I had to sigh secretly and ask the emperor: "But the decree is blocked?" ”
"This group of Lu family dogs, as my Han courtiers, but loyal to the affairs of foreign ministers, the re-establishment of Shangshu Province is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, but in their mouths, it has become a chaotic government that has brought disaster to the country and the people, and will humiliate me all the time, dare to say that I am less and not more important, it is simply hateful."
The emperor didn't think much of such an ending, but the gap between imagination and reality may be very far away, and when it comes to the end, it may be really difficult to accept it for a while.
The defeat did not stop the emperor, but only boosted his fighting spirit, and he conspired with a group of henchmen in the dark room for several days.
In the court, the emperor didn't reveal much to her, but she only knew that there seemed to be some progress in coming in, and the emperor's smile was getting more and more day by day.
On this day, the emperor and a group of henchmen conspired to break up the meeting at night, the emperor dismissed everyone, returned to the queen's palace, the mood was indescribably happy, and the queen had a fool's errand, when he was about to sleep, he was urgently called away by the inner servant.
That night, the emperor did not return to the harem, and even locked himself in the Weiyang Palace for several days, not leaving the palace gate.
Zhang Yingying knew the inside story as early as that night, a group of emperor's henchmen conspired with the emperor on the way home, all of them were strangled by the officials and soldiers on the spot, and the leader of the army was Lu Bu's former confidant Fenwu Captain Hou Cheng, Hou Cheng held the Chinese book in his hand, stamped with six large seals, signed by the court lieutenant Gao Rou, and was ordered to arrest the demons to confuse the public and plot against the people, and if there was resistance, they would be killed on the spot.
If there is resistance, the eight words of killing on the spot actually convey a very clear message, that is, whether you resist or not, it will be the end of killing on the spot, Hou Cheng is not a stupid person, he naturally knows the meaning of the edict, more than a dozen of the emperor's henchmen, all of them were killed by him outside the palace gate, and no one could escape.
However, the emperor was saddened by more than that, as the only remaining prince of the Fu clan also fell into the water and died that night, almost in the same situation as his brother.
The emperor pressed the palace people overnight, and killed more than a dozen of his entourage, but he still didn't ask a word.
When Fu learned that his only surviving son was dead, he committed suicide that night by hanging himself from a beam in the court.
This incident not only made everyone in the palace silent, but even the city of Anyi was also rumored for a while, and the battle between the emperor and the prime minister was so fierce that it had reached the level of tearing off the skin, and I was afraid that when the prime minister returned in the future, the affairs of the DPRK and China would not be as calm as before.
The emperor was depressed for several days, and the small group he gathered again was wiped out in a blink of an eye, Lu Bu was thousands of miles away, but even if he only had Lu Bu's minions, he could easily turn things around. At this time, Lu Bu is no longer like Lu Bu in Luoyang back then, his control of Anyi is like the hair and skin of his body, which has been firmly engraved with his imprint, and no one can replace him.
For this situation, Zhang Yingying couldn't interject, the emperor refused to be thousands of miles away, and no one was seen, so that her, the queen, had no choice.
This situation did not last long, because just three days later, the prime minister of the court defeated Cao Cao in Shouchun, and the battle to recover Yangzhou was a complete victory, and the vast land of Yangzhou, only Jiangdong, Huiji, Lujiang and other places south of the Yangtze River were occupied by Sun Quan, and the north of the Yangtze River was owned by the imperial court.
For a time, the hearts of Anyi people were shocked.
But there is also a strange news circulating wildly among the people, Prime Minister Lu Bu disappeared in the war, and his life and death are unknown!
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