Chapter 338: No Return All Night
Miaojin felt more and more that her situation had been messed up by herself.
She paced up and down on the pedestal outside the prayer gate, looking at the wide aisle to the west from time to time, but she couldn't see any movement. The whole palace seemed to be shrouded in a terrible dead silence.
There is a courtyard wall outside the Blessing Temple, and the east side is a high red palace wall, at least three zhang high (ten meters); The north and south sides are the walls of the palace chambers, the north is the Daseon Hall, and the south is the Xingqing Palace, and the gap between the two buildings forms a wide sandwich road. Miao Jin lives in a place like the Blessing Temple, so she often feels very depressed and depressed.
This morning, Miaojin asked Wang Yin to wait for the opportunity to remind Gao Xu who was going to enter the palace, but she didn't think too much about it at that time, but she was just worried about Gao Xu. But now that she had been alone for a long time, she gradually felt scared.
…… The little eunuch Wang Yin borrowed the reason to deliver food in the morning and came to pray for a blessing. He said that it was a little strange over there in the East Palace last night, but he didn't dare to tell others, he just wanted to tell the big sister, because the big sister was someone he trusted, just like a relative.
It started yesterday when the eunuch Wang Gou'er, who was in charge of the imperial kitchen, went to the imperial gate. Wang Gou'er is not an ordinary eunuch, he is a eunuch. The person who can handle the emperor's meals is, of course, the emperor's cronies; Wang Gou often goes to the emperor, so that the emperor can be closer and familiar, if he can't show up in front of the emperor for a long time, he will definitely fall out of favor, everyone knows.
Last night, Wang Gou'er waited behind the royal gate, just to see what the emperor wanted to eat tonight, so that he could pick the dishes that the emperor wanted to eat and send them. Godson Wang Yin also went as a follower. However, Wang Yin only stayed in the distance, waiting for his godfather to recruit him to do some errands and other things.
Then Wang Yin's godfather followed the emperor to the East Palace, and then suddenly an official went to the left hall gate from the East Palace. The left hall gate is a palace gate to the east of the noon gate.
After a while, the official took two other officials carrying a medicine box to the East Palace, and the official carrying the box might be the imperial doctor. Wang Yin was still waiting for his godfather to come out, and he felt a little strange at that time.
And that's not even the weirdest part!
Wang Yin waited until it was dark and didn't see his godfather come out, so he went back to eat and sleep by himself. This morning, Wang Yin went to the imperial kitchen on an errand and asked other people, did the godfather come...... They all said that they had never been to the imperial kitchen.
Then a eunuch in charge of the food in Kunning Palace said that Wang Gonggong (Wang Gou'er) should have been in the East Palace last night, because the people who followed the emperor to the East Palace yesterday did not come back, and they were waiting for the emperor in the East Palace.
The crown princess came to Kunning Palace last night, and she said to the slaves and maids that the emperor had something to discuss with the prince, and maybe he could leave later. She came and waited for the queen mother.
…… This morning, when Miaojin heard Wang Yin say this, he suddenly felt that something was not right!
What is the relationship between Emperor Zhu Di and his eldest son Gao Chi, Miao Jin saw it in the Old Yan Palace, can you know? Zhu Di has always disliked Gao Chi, the reason is very simple, he thinks Gao Chi is too fat and walks a little lame, and his demeanor is not very good.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he made Gao Chi the crown prince, this disgust is a little more suspicious, and the relationship can only be worse! In the imperial family, this father-son relationship has been very delicate since ancient times, and there are few strong lords who do not guard against the prince, especially now that the emperor is strong and the prince is nearly thirty years old. Because the emperor died, the crown prince could ascend the throne, and the death of the emperor was beneficial to the crown prince! Who can know that in the heart of the prince, who is full of loyalty and filial piety, he can't wait and look forward to the emperor's early death?
What's more, the crown prince lives in the palace, on the side of the emperor's couch. For various reasons, the father-son relationship between the emperor and the crown prince is different from that of other princes.
Will Zhu Di go to the palace of a prince he dislikes and suspects, and only brings some eunuchs and palace maids around him and does not return all night?
In these situations, Miao Jin feels that many people in the harem will feel strange, but the time from last night to this morning is too short, and the palace people generally don't talk much. This palace is different from the outside, people with high status can kill the eunuchs who take the palace, and there is no need for court and evidence at all, just like the relationship between master and slave; Usually, everyone is trembling and cautious, for fear of being blamed for taking responsibility. When it's none of their business, who dares to take care of it easily?
And even if there are smart people who realize that something is wrong with the situation, after the incident happened in the unitary time, only the people in the palace can detect it. A palace person, he can't figure out what is going on overnight, and what can that person do overnight?
The only person who can do anything is Queen Xu! Even if the queen is sick in bed. That's why Zhang personally went to Kunning Palace to serve the queen?
And those two imperial doctors, whose disease are they going to treat? The emperor, the crown prince or two imperial grandsons?
Early in the morning, the more Miaojin thought about it, the more wrong it became! The person she cares about the most is Gao Xu, the king of Han, and she has been paying attention to Gao Xu's affairs and knows that he will enter Beijing this morning. Miao Jin was very worried about Gao Xu for a while, afraid that if he entered the palace at such a time, the situation would be unpredictable!
At that time, Miaojin didn't think much about it, but subconsciously felt that if something happened to King Han, what was the meaning of her staying in this narrow view of blessing for several years? What hope does she have for life?
She can't do anything, she can't even go out of the Blessing Temple, and the few eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard of the Blessing Temple are also sent to guard her, so they definitely can't use it. Only Wang Yin!
So Miao Jin quickly decided, told Wang Yin, let him try to meet the King of Han, and reminded the King of Han to be careful. Moreover, the East Palace is in the southeast of the palace, and it is very likely that the King of Han will enter the palace and go through the Donghua Gate.
…… However, as the terrible silence around him continued, and time passed little by little, Miao Jin felt worried about herself. Perhaps the little eunuch Wang Yin will also be implicated in this.
Wang Yin is a eunuch in the palace and can't escape; If he had seen and reminded King Han, someone would have known about it. Wang Yin came to the Blessing Temple this morning, and it was only a matter of time before Miaojin was suspected!
I think that the crown princess Zhang was originally dissatisfied with Miaojin, but now Miaojin has affected the East Palace in major matters and has become the enemy of the East Palace. She felt that it was really difficult to survive in this palace.
What's more, the "Ma Gong" who adopted Wang Yin also threatened her, she didn't want to listen, and sooner or later she might be betrayed; Turning over the old accounts of her being a spy for Jianwen Dynasty in the past, once she sees the light, it is certain that she will be cleared.
Miao Jin was restless, feeling that she didn't know where her hands and feet were.
Occasionally, she had only a strong feeling in her heart that if there was no Gao Xu in this world, she would be filled with a sense of hopelessness that life was very boring, and it was very uncomfortable.
Sometimes, though, she was filled with the fear and horror of death. Since there is a kind of life, which is almost the same as death, why should people desperately want to live? Miaojin can't solve such a problem in his heart.
Now, she doesn't even have the right to choose, can she live if she wants to? The most unbearable feeling for people is probably like this, very worried and afraid, but there is no way out at all.
Despair, that's pretty much it. In addition, she felt that she could not control herself, so she had to resign herself to fate.
That's why Miaojin's body feels like she doesn't know where her hands and feet are or what she wants to do.