"The edict said: Hong Wei, my emperor's ancestor Taizu Gao, was born in response to the mandate of heaven, restored the Chinese sweep, and built the cause of eternity.

His father, Emperor Taizongwen, was a man of great merit and ruled Huayi; Open up the territory, make Mongolia in the north and open up Jiaozhi in the south; The sea ruler sailed thousands of miles, and all the countries came to the court, and the prestige was famous all over the world; Wenzhi crowns all kings, benefits billions of trillions, and educates people who do not close their doors at night; The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is unprecedented, and it is the work of opening a prosperous world.

My royal brother and crown prince were actually bewitched by the traitors of the East Palace, forgetting the great kindness of his parents, and being jealous of the virtuous and jealous; The design forced the palace to seize the throne, and sat back and watched the traitorous ministers kill the king; persecution of the queen mother, causing the queen mother to be short of breath and sick; If you want to kill me in the palace, fortunately you are blessed by heaven and earth, and the emperor appears and his life is complete.

The crown prince lost his great virtue and committed a big crime, and the civil, military, military and civilian clans abandoned him. I am the son of my father, the queen and the queen mother, and I am the right to raise troops, fight against crime and rebellion, avenge my parents, and be the master of the army and the people. The righteous army, there was no crime along the way, and the people ate pot pulp. The army was supported by all the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and I raised 20,000 troops, more than a year, and fought for thousands of miles, from Yunnan to Beijing.

He has already asked the guilt to be the first evil in Chengtianmen. The ministers of the clan pushed me to be long, I refused three times, I resigned, I did not dare to push again, and on the 23rd day of the first month of the seventh year of Yongle, I became the emperor......"

Later in the edict, it was pointed out in detail that, except for some criminals who were guilty of unforgivable moral turpitude, the edict ordered the prisoners in the yamen prisons to be acquitted and granted amnesty to the whole world. The founding name "Wude" will be used from the beginning of the first month of next year.

…… The music of bells and drums inside and outside the Fengtian Hall is very loud and can be heard inside and outside almost the entire imperial city. Chunhe Palace is not far from Fengtian Palace, and it can be heard very clearly!

The Spring and Palace has been surrounded by soldiers on all sides and is strictly guarded. The people who lived in it, in addition to the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, also had his three wives and concubines and three sons; The eunuchs who were responsible for taking care of them were all reliable people who had been selected by Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian.

(Zhu Gaoxu had a eunuch Cao Fu by his side, but it turned out that none of the eunuchs in the Han Palace's palace had been in the palace, and he was not familiar with the palace personnel for a while.) Zhu Gaoxu took a direct fancy to Wang Jinghong and the others. First, they were great eunuchs during the Yongle period, and they were familiar with the concubines and palace people in the palace; Second, they are not princelings.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxu had a good relationship with the eunuch Zheng He, and Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian were Zheng He's people; At the same time, Zheng He was killed by the prince's henchmen, and the prince and the marquis were also imprisoned by the prince's people. ）

The royal personnel guarding the Chunhe Palace were treated relatively well, and they were not detained or shackled...... Except for Concubine Guo.

She was always shackled and locked in a room and not allowed to come out; Because he was suspected of murdering the first emperor before. The people in the Han Wangfu seem to have forgotten about her, and they haven't let her out so far. Although Guo Ming was soon released from the Imperial Prison, with current habits, Concubine Guo's main identity is Gao Chi's concubine.

Gao Chi didn't stay in the room, he had already walked outside, his face facing the direction from which Lile came from due west, listening intently. Gao Chi has lived in the palace for many years, and of course he knows that the source of the ritual music is the Fengtian Palace, and he can hear that those pieces of music are the sound of the enthronement ceremony.

"I didn't expect Gao Xu to enter the city before yesterday and ascend the throne so soon." Gao Chi listened for a while, and sighed to himself.

The huge Chunhe Palace, there were a total of more than a dozen people at this time, empty like an abandoned palace, and the scene was terrifyingly deserted. On the contrary, there is a lively sound of liturgical music in the west. is so different, and Gao Chi's mood is even more bleak.

In the middle of the year before last, with the support of all the ministers, he experienced the enthronement ceremony and sat on the throne, and the scene should be similar to today. The same rhythm evokes his memories, and it is really touching when I think about it!

It's not a good place to sit. If you go up vertically, as long as you don't go down horizontally, it will be even worse! Just like Gao Chi himself now, death is not the most uncomfortable thing for him, the key is that he will be ruined and stinking for thousands of years.

Gao Chi barely closed his eyes for two nights, and now his face was sallow and very haggard.

At this moment, the crown princess walked over, glanced at Gao Chi with a complicated expression, and said, "Why is the husband looking for pleasure here?" Go into the temple, and the sound in the room is quieter. ”

Gao Chi nodded and walked back with difficulty. Zhang looked back and forth twice, and finally turned around, stepped forward to support Gao Chi, and said: "I told you before, I am your wife, and I will be with you no matter what time." Look at now, who cares about you, it's not just me by your side! ”

Gao Chi was silent and acquiesced to the princess's words. But he is still a little resistant to the hand of the crown princess, and he prefers to be supported by the "noble concubine" Zhang.

"Will we be buried together?" The crown princess suddenly asked.

Gao Chi turned his head to look at her, but didn't say anything.

Then the crown princess's shoulders twitched, and she cried with her head buried in a "woo woo", she choked and said: "I'm just dead, and the most innocent is Zhan Ji." He was only a teenager, and he was the eldest son of the emperor, but he couldn't save his life overnight......"

"Alas!" Gao Chi let out a long sigh, already speechless. The crown princess is still very good in her heart because Zhan Ji is the eldest son of the princess, and someone has persuaded the prince to be established; At this point, it is the most dangerous, and it is more difficult to save the lives than the other two children!

Zhang's crying stopped abruptly, and he stared at his eyes and tugged at Gao Chi's arm excitedly: "There must be a way, my husband is thinking of ideas." ”

"Alas!" Gao Chi sighed again.

He used to be the emperor and had more than two million Ming troops, but there was no way at that time; Now that he is alone, even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have changed their courts and become other people's ministers, what can they do?

The two walked back slowly, passing by the room where Guo Yan was being held. There was a window next to the door of the room, and although the door was locked, the window was not sealed. Guo Yan had already opened the window and was tilting her head to look west. She soon spotted the approaching crown princess and turned her head to look this way.

Gao Chi glanced at Guo Yan, and then noticed the Zhang family beside him. The two women were looking at each other.

Guo Yan's face showed a hint of schadenfreude, with a hint of sneer. Gao Chixin said: This hateful woman who has no knowledge!

Guo Yan first had a deep grudge with the Zhang family and had been fighting; Later, he was suspected of killing the monarch by Gao Chi and was imprisoned here for nearly two years. Her current schadenfreude is not only for the crown princess Zhang, but she is likely to hate even Gao Chi!

However, Zhang's mind was not in vain, she only said one sentence, and the schadenfreude on Guo Yan's face disappeared cleanly, and she almost cried.

Zhang said quietly: "Don't you think about yourself, for Zhan Kai? ”

Gao Chi also said: "There are eggs under the nest? ”

Guo Yan's expression became extremely miserable, looking heartbroken and worried. Unexpectedly, her face changed again in an instant, and she stared at Zhang with even more resentful eyes!

Seeing this, Gao Chi felt very strange in his heart. What could be more dangerous than her son?

Then Guo Yan finally spoke: "Her father was killed by her!" When I confronted her with the witness who had killed me, she threatened me and said the same thing she had just said. This is what I have been planning for a long time, and I want to blame it! ”

After hearing this, Gao Chi turned his head to look at the Zhang family and frowned: "The personal grudge between you, you threatened the Guo family with Zhan Kai?" ”

Crown Princess Zhang said: "She is a crazy woman, do you believe what she says?" ”

Guo Yan said coldly: "The crown princess is the murderer. ”

Gao Chi observed that Guo Yan didn't seem to be crazy, frowned and asked, "Did you ever threaten her, did you say that sentence?" ”

The crown princess said: "No." ”

Gao Chi remembered Guo Yan's strong expression, and immediately didn't believe the crown princess's answer. He didn't want the princess to help him, so he shook off the princess's hand and insisted on moving forward.

The two walked together for a while, and then they saw the "noble concubine" Zhang, who was not yet twenty years old. Gao Chi saw her, and his eyes softened a little. He immediately heard the crown princess beside him sneer.

The expression of the "noble concubine" Zhang is much calmer than that of the crown princess and Concubine Guo. When Zhang saw the two, he saluted and said, "The concubine has seen the prince and the princess." ”

After hearing this, the crown princess glanced at Gao Chi, and said coldly: "Husband, listen to this title, even the person next to your pillow has a heart towards the new emperor." It's no wonder that she, her father (Zhang Fu) took a lot of sailors to join the Han Wangjun and made such a great contribution, she was afraid that she felt that there was still a way back! What her husband's situation is, she is afraid that she doesn't care. ”

The young Zhang's well-informed appearance disappeared immediately! In the past, there was still an identity concern between each other, but now the "noble concubine" Zhang doesn't care about the identity of the crown princess, she immediately sneered at each other: "If it weren't for the fact that the crown princess has always been suspicious of my father, I am afraid that we will replace you, for fear that my father's military achievements are too great and he will be bad behind his back!" What a situation this is! ”

The crown princess turned pale with anger, pointed at the Zhang family and said, "You simply blame me for the responsibility of losing hundreds of thousands of teachers on the battlefield!" It's as if I'm the 'General Pinghan'. ”

"Shut up!" Gao Chi finally got out of his miserable and desperate mood, and was suddenly aroused, and he scolded, "We're all about to finish together, we're going to be ruined, and you're still fighting!" I don't understand, what kind of hatred do you have to be so undying? ”

Gao Chi's legs and feet were inconvenient, and he struggled to speed up his pace to walk into the house, and he said again without looking back: "Fight! Keep fighting! Now everyone is still together, if you don't hurry up and fight, you won't have a chance to die! ”

Gao Chi didn't understand the woman in his heart. Like their brothers fighting to the death, full of hatred, it was for the huge thing of the throne, for the survival of life and death; And the hatred between women sometimes has no conflict of pros and cons, but it still can't be stopped.

Walking into the hall, Gao Chi sat down on the chair, stretched his legs, and raised his head again to let out a desperate lament.