02. Pink Skull

When I woke up the next day, it was already three o'clock in the morning, the windows in the room were bright and clean, and a few little eunuchs were gently wiping the furniture and porcelain in the room. At the top of the chair sat a beautiful woman in her thirties, covered in heavy makeup, and the pungent fat powder on her body completely overwhelmed the other aromas.

Zuo Zhan lay on the bed, briefly recalled the events of last night, and lifted his right leg vigorously, making sure that everything was still the nephew playing the lantern-Uncle Zhao (old), but he didn't see how much confidence Wang An had in his heart, and he didn't know what the identity of the eldest sister in front of him was, and what he was doing here.

When the beautiful woman saw that the person on the bed moved, she jumped down from the chair, rushed to the bed in three steps and two steps, her eyes were full of concern, and she asked angrily: "The prince is awake, let the slave family serve you to wash and eat!" After that, he had to help Zuo Zhan up, stuff the pillows prepared in advance into the back, and a few palace maids prepared the utensils for washing.

Zuo Zhan wanted to stop it, but seeing the concern on her face, her words revealed a kind of heartfelt care, and she regarded her as his mother at the beginning, but in history, Zhu Youxiao's biological mother Wang Cairen had been humiliated and beaten to death by Li Xuanzhi in the imperial womb, and the pampered and arrogant Li Xuanzhi had a nose and eyes not eyes for Zhu Youxiao. Hearing that she called herself a slave, she guessed that it should be the nurse Keshi, but she didn't answer in a hurry, but simply showed a smile.

This small act was instantly captured by the beautiful woman, and she thought she could, and continued while helping Zuo Zhan clean:

"I heard that the prince woke up last night, and summoned the prince to serve, these people are still men after all, how can we women be careful, the slave family has taken care of the prince since he was a child."

After speaking, he deliberately shook the clothes on her chest, and the outline inside was looming, which couldn't help but make people think about it. Zuo Zhan was so close that he was almost bleeding from his nostrils by these two giants. The two of them looked at each other, only to see that she was sometimes tender like water, sometimes seductive, tactful between her eyebrows as if teasing, and there were thousands of styles hidden in her smile.

For the beauties who take the initiative to show affection, there are few men who can not be moved since ancient times, but now Zuo Zhan knows that his legs and feet are inconvenient, and he doesn't know the details of the other party, so he secretly raised his right leg, sobered himself up with pain, and then said in a low voice:

"I'm worried about you, I woke up and fell asleep last night, so I didn't want to send someone to pass you on, don't be surprised."

The woman heard that Zuo Zhan was so polite, and it was not at all the humility that should be between master and servant, so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground like Wang An, and said in a panic:

"Prince, you can torture the slave family, I am just a nurse, and being able to take care of the prince is a blessing that my ancestors have cultivated for several lifetimes, but I can't afford to see strange words."

"This beautiful woman turned out to be my nurse, no wonder she cares so much about herself!" Zuo Zhanxin thought about it, and heard that Zhu Youzhen's nurse was called a guest, originally a peasant woman in Hebei Province, because she was born beautiful and had a lot of milk, so she was elected to the palace by the Wei Dynasty, and she was Zhu Youxiao's nurse during the day, and the two hooked up at night. Sixteen years have passed, and Zhu Youxiao has long passed the age of breastfeeding, but this Hakka still lives in the harem, relying on her charm. In the history books, it is said that when the Hakka family was in her forties, her face was still like that of a young girl, and even the concubines and palace maids in the harem sighed to themselves, not to mention the current situation. What's more, for the cowardly Zhu Youxiao, she combines maternal love, first love, and enchantment, which not only gave him a gentle mind, but also shielded him from the wind and rain outside.

Zuo Zhan took a closer look at the Hakka family, and saw that she was wearing flowers and branches, and her graceful figure loomed, exuding the unique mature charm of a thirty-year-old woman, a typical stunner in the world. The Hakka family even raised their eyebrows and frequently teased, the two of them were like veterans in the sympathy field, and there were killing moves hidden in their words and smiles, as if they would fight viciously like the tiger out of the cage in an instant.

Facing the temptation of the Hakka family, Zuo Zhan's heart thumped, and his body also reacted. The two of them made firewood and firewood, each exerting their magical powers, and the others retreated one after another when they saw this, and only the two people left in the room, Ke Shi and Zuo Zhan. In fact, the true character of a man, but the important thing for this man and woman to be happy is a love word, the Hakka family has become a pink skeleton in the harem for the sake of power and wealth, first with the Wei Dynasty, and then with Wei Zhongxian became a life and death rival. It can be seen that this woman is lewd by nature, and she doesn't have to spend too much time for her.

Thinking of this, Zuo Zhan's desire suddenly disappeared, no matter how the Hakka fiddled with the coquettish, he was half-pushed, half-done, and insisted on finishing the meal. Seeing that Zuo Zhan had reined in, the Hakka stopped with interest, and when he had eaten, he ordered someone to clean up, and then Wang An came in with a few imperial doctors just right, saying that he wanted to re-bandage the wound, and the Hakka had to leave in a huff.

When he was bandaging, Zuo Zhan deliberately exaggerated and shouted, believing that there would be an eyeliner to tell all this to the people who were spying on him. When everything was in order, Zuo Zhan lay on the bed and continued to think about countermeasures. According to Wang An, he was overly sad and fell down from the west side of the Qianqing Palace, and there must be something strange in this. If he was really careless, why didn't Concubine Zheng Guifei and Li Xuanzhi come to visit him, but instead intensified their efforts to make waves in the harem and coerce Zhu Changluo to stand up.

To say that this Zheng Guifei has now lost her backer, how can she still be so domineering, even the simple-minded Li Xuanzhi is also her pawn, and the two are in cahoots, exerting the energy that one plus one is greater than two. The most annoying thing is his "father", who was beaten with a wooden stick when he was the prince, and he was helpless against her as an emperor, and it was really difficult to take on a big responsibility.

You must know that in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Nurhachi had already won the victory of Sarhu, the main forces of the Ming Dynasty were all wiped out, the Haixi Jurchen Yehe Department was also scattered, and the leader Buyangu fled to the north of the desert. The North Korean army surrendered to Nurhachi and began to adopt a policy of neutrality, at which time Liaodong was already offensive and defensive, and Shenyang and Liaoyang were in danger. Domestically, due to successive natural disasters, a large amount of land is barren, and there are displaced people everywhere, and there are tens of thousands of people outside the Guangjing Division. These displaced people were definitely a factor of social instability, and the subsequent White Lotus Rebellion, the Northwest Peasant Uprising led by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the rebellion of Shuixi Tusi in Sichuan were all related to them. What's more, the sea trade routes were controlled by robbers such as Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, who not only robbed passing merchant ships along the way, but also often went to the land to rob homes and houses to replenish the new force. The Portuguese had already established a presence in Macao, and the Dutch had begun to land again in Taiwan, intending to monopolize the Ming Dynasty's foreign trade.

Faced with the dilemma of internal and external troubles, Guangzong indulged in beauty, completely unaware that the Ming Dynasty was already in turmoil. The ministers of the DPRK and China were even more in the same way, first liquidating the Zhejiang Party, suppressing the Qi Party and the Chu Party, and then installing their own protégés and cronies in the Sixth Ministry and Jiuqing, in a vain attempt to confirm the status quo of the family's dominance before the stability of the new monarch.

The more Zuo Zhan thought about it, the more afraid he became, so he could only laugh at himself:

"God is really joking, and he is reincarnated in this unfortunate era. Daming Company is already full of holes, and the extremely smart Emperor Chongzhen is unable to turn the tide when he works seven or eight hours a day, not to mention that his predecessor was just a department manager. ”

It seems that even if he is an emperor, he will not have a good life for a few days, but I hope this is just a dream!

At this time, the Qianqing Palace was a different scene, because Guangzong insisted on summoning the lucky female pet, Zheng Guifei not only sent him beauties, but also secretly let Cui Wensheng take charge of the imperial pharmacy, and did tricks and feet on medicinal materials, so that Guangzong's body has been hollowed out.

When Zhu Changluo, who was overindulged, realized that he would die soon and had to consider the issue of heirs, he summoned thirteen people, including the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the first assistant of the cabinet, Congzhe, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Sun Chengzong, and Yuan Keli, to enter the palace in the Qianqing Palace. Everyone saw the emperor lying on the bed, looking weak, knowing that today was to support the orphan, pinching their fingers and counting the succession of Guangzong for just over a month, they couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhu Changluo ordered the Jinyi guard to command Luo Sigong to carry the prince who was paralyzed on the bed to the main hall. Zuo Zhan was already weak-hearted, looking at the brightly lit Qianqing Palace, he was even more bitter in his heart, but the ugly daughter-in-law always had to see her in-laws, not to mention that her "father" was about to die, and she couldn't help crying. By the time a few eunuchs supported him in front of the dragon couch, Zuo Zhan's eyes were already blurred with tears, and he insisted on kneeling in front of Zhu Changluo, holding one of his hands, and said in a choked voice: "Father Emperor's dragon body is better?" ”

Zhu Changluo didn't expect his son to attach so much importance to etiquette and insisted on giving him a gift. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his temples and the tip of his nose, but he didn't snort and looked at himself with concern. Several ministers in front of him were also amazed by Zuo Zhan's actions, only to hear that the prince was young and cowardly, and he had to sleep with his nursing mother in his arms at the age of sixteen, but the young man in front of him was so resolute and resolute, no wonder Shenzong wanted to make him the eldest grandson of the emperor.

At this time, the old and the new alternated, and the whole body was moved, no one dared to speak, and there was silence in the hall. This situation was quickly broken by Zhu Changluo, because his time was running out, and he said: "Qing and others will assist him as Yao Shun." ”

Everyone was stunned, knowing that this was the emperor's last words, maybe he used to be full of enthusiasm and wanted to help Sheji, but he was too obsessed with pink skeletons, and finally died here.

After the entrustment was completed, Zhu Changluo continued to ask: "Is there a Honglu official who has entered the medicine?" ”

It turned out that Li Kezhuo, the Cheng of Honglu Temple, had always insisted that he had an elixir that could heal the emperor, but the imperial doctors felt that these things were not a panacea and could not be taken lightly. At this time, Zhu Changluo was already dying, and he could only hope for a miracle, so he took two red pills.

When Zhu Changluo took the medicine, Zuo Zhan wanted to stop it, but he knew that it was useless, and if he was not careful, he would become the truth of Zheng Guifei and others. According to historical inference, tomorrow's fifth watch will kill his "father", and he must take action.