Chapter 285: Planting

Zhu Zongchen's personal hatred for Zhu Yanhai is actually much more than public hatred.

As far as Yu Gong is concerned, there is no particularly big conflict and contradiction between the two people now, although every time Zhu Laoshangshu comes to Zhufu to talk to Zhu Zongchen, it seems to be full of reprimand and contempt, but from the official position, a second-grade Shangshu and a second-grade official are from the left-handed relationship, so there is nothing to blame.

After all, the two of them are their own masters, if it is King De who is now on the stage, Zhu Zongchen may feel that Zhu Yanhai is blocking the way for him and Zhu Qingyi, and intends to remove them and clear the obstacles to his rise to the pinnacle of power.

But now it is King Yong who is on the stage, so there is no need at all.

Therefore, Zhu Zongchen's ruthlessness towards Zhu Yanhai is mostly due to his mourning for his deceased wife and the unforgettable hatred that the Zhu family deprived him of the love of his life.

Zhu Zongchen nodded, Zhu Qingyi naturally didn't say anything, she naturally didn't have a good impression of her uncle, and went to the prison of the Northern Army early in the morning.

But to say that the most headache in this matter is the queen,

Although Zheng Jingyun's wife is crying in front of the queen, the queen has no way to do it.

What can be done? The guards of the Southern Army at the gate of Yikun Palace were almost unanimous, saying that Zheng Jingyun pretended to pass on the edict of King Yong, and also took the tiger talisman of the Southern Army to forcibly take away the imperial concubine Sun, and most importantly, when King Yong finally ordered to get people, the tiger talisman was still by Zheng Jingyun's side, which could not be washed even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

And the queen knew in her heart that this Yongwang Gao Cixiang was probably waiting for this moment, so no matter what, Zheng Jingyun must have not discussed it in the first place, and directly unloaded his military power and was imprisoned.

After all, there is no arraignment, and the matter is also under investigation, it should be said that there is still a lot of room for maneuver, so that the queen can take Zheng Jingyun out of it.

Of course, what the queen cares about is definitely not Zheng Jingyun, who has the same surname as her, but the kinship is not particularly close, what she cares about is the command of this more than 50,000 northern army!

Zheng Jingyun, King Yong will not feel distressed if he kills a hundred queens,

But once the command of the Northern Army falls into the hands of King Yong, it will be equivalent to a sword of Damocles hanging high on everyone's head, which may be cut off at any time for all the queens and party in the entire royal capital.

In particular, when the queen heard this morning that the person appointed by King Yong to try the case of the stolen soldier talisman was actually the current commander of the Northern Army, Liu Biao, she hurriedly asked the maid to prepare the frame and rushed to the main hall.

Obviously, Yongwang Gao Cixiang was deliberate, who didn't know that Liu Biao was ridden on it every day by Zheng Jingyun's deputy commander when he was in the Northern Army? Now that it is in Liu Biao's hands, can Zheng Jingyun still have a little good fruit to eat? I'm afraid that if he is not guilty, he can make a bunch of them.

As soon as the court meeting in the main hall ended, the little inner eunuch had already tiptoed in to report that the frame of the queen of Yongwang had arrived.

King Yong had already guessed that the queen would definitely not be able to sit still, and she must come to him in a hurry, so he straightened his clothes and walked out of the main hall to greet him.

"The son is high and kind, and welcomes the queen mother."

The queen was wearing a big red phoenix robe, with a xia veil on her clothes, a red Luo long skirt embroidered with a golden phoenix dragon pattern dragged on the ground, a dragon and phoenix bead and a green crown on the top, and a golden hairpin with a cloud and phoenix pattern was inserted in the black bun, which was extremely noble.

"Get up." The queen raised her hand towards Gao Cixiang, and then dragged her long skirt and the two maids behind her, and took the lead in walking towards the main hall.

King Yong also followed closely behind, and took a big stride into the palace as well.

"Wang'er, in the case of the theft of the tiger talisman, I think there are still many doubts, after all, the stakes are very high, so I want to come here and discuss with you."

The queen went straight to the point, sat down on the dragon chair in the hall dignifiedly, and said directly.

According to the etiquette law, if Gao Cixiang has already ascended the throne and called the emperor, even if this dragon chair is the queen and the queen mother, it can't sit casually.

But now in this special period, the former emperor Chongzheng has died, and the crown prince Gao Cixiang has not yet ascended the throne, so when the two of them are in the same room, it is natural that the queen should sit in this high position.

Gao Cixiang looked obedient and respectful, sat on the red sandalwood carved pod next to the dragon chair, and responded: "The queen mother doesn't know, the son has sent someone to investigate, if there is anything untrue, Deputy Commander Zheng must be cleared." But ......"

He paused, raised his eyes and stared at the queen, then smiled and continued: "But now the soldiers of the Southern Army almost unanimously identified the person who went to pick up the imperial concubine at that time as Zheng Jingyun, so the retainer had no choice but to detain him first. ”

The queen asked that there were many doubts about this case, but King Yonggao kindly replied why he arrested Zheng Jingyun, and the donkey's lips were not at all the horse's mouth.

Gao Cixiang's smile was respectful and meek, but his words talked about him left and right, which made the queen's face gloomy, and patiently dragged the topic back.

"Wang'er, that Zheng Jingyun has served in the Northern Army since he was a child, and the emperor has always been conscientious and responsible when he was there, and he was also praised in front of the emperor before. Moreover, Zheng Jingyun has never had much contact with King De, and he may not have seen the Sun family a few times, how could he suddenly decide to take the Sun family out of the palace so openly at the risk of losing his head? ”

Zheng Jingyun, in terms of motives, has nothing at all that can drive him to steal the talisman and then release the imperial concubine privately and then calmly be arrested and killed in the camp, so the queen means to put this thin window between her and Gao Cixiang, and clearly tell Gao Cixiang not to make a fuss, and to release people quickly.

But Gao Cixiang looked like he was suddenly stupid, and said in circles with the queen quite patiently: "Queen Mother, now that the situation is turbulent and people's hearts are unpredictable, in line with the principle of preferring to kill by mistake rather than indulge in vain, we still have to investigate this matter clearly." Didn't I tell the queen mother before, Erchen has already sent his subordinates to investigate this matter, if there is him, then Erchen must personally rehabilitate Deputy Commander Zheng. ”

"Smack!"

After hearing this, the queen could no longer suppress the anger in her heart, and stood up with a "swoop", and with a wave of her phoenix robe, she brought a whirlwind to roll up all the porcelain tea cups and green jade pen holders on Long'an to the ground, and they were so brittle that the eunuchs and palace maids who were standing quietly next to her fell to their knees on the spot one by one.

Her face turned red with anger, raised her onion fingers with enamel chisel flower finger covers, and pointed at King Yong, who was still sitting quietly on the pier, and said angrily: "You are simply presumptuous! Don't forget, you can sit here today, who picked you up with one hand! Without me, with your lowly mother, I am afraid that you would have died in the Chufang Palace. Now that you're starting to play dumb riddles with me here, don't forget, if I can send you up, I'll get you back to where you were! ”

The dragon has reverse scales, and those who touch it are angry,

Regardless of whether the queen was intentional or angry, she always said the sentence "Just by your cheap mother", which suddenly swept away the patience of Yongwang Gao Cixiang to continue to talk to her,

Gao Cixiang didn't get up, but slowly raised his head, looked at the queen with his eyes that were always shining, and said without a trace of expression on his gray face: "Queen Mother, a few days ago, I already respected the late Concubine Wen as Concubine Gong, and when I ascend the throne, I will also issue an order to posthumously crown her as the Empress Dowager Xiaoren." The queen mother's words are so light, but it is not in line with the etiquette, but you must be cautious. ”

"Hehe, good!"

The queen sneered twice, "What a filial prince, you have to remember what you said today." Let's go! ”

"Congratulations to the queen mother."

After speaking, the queen who came here to touch a gray nose did not care about Gao Cixiang, who got up and gave her hand, threw off her phoenix robe and walked out of the hall with the two maids without looking back.

Gao Cixiang looked at the queen's distant back, the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and he felt more and more that his nominal queen mother was not so much more unscrupulous and arrogant towards him, but rather that the ambition and desire in her heart had swelled unprecedentedly with the death of the former emperor Chongzheng.

Today's conversation, although it was the first time that Gao Ciyi and the queen had such a-for-tat confrontation, he could still clearly feel that countless blackened greedy tentacles seemed to be born behind the queen sitting on the dragon chair, tightly wrapping the dragon chair that symbolized power.

And Gao Cixiang let her touch her nose this time unexpectedly, and it also made the queen really feel that this puppet who was at the mercy of herself seemed to be no longer so obedient to her.

Gao Cixiang understood that from this moment on, the open and secret battle between him and the queen was about to kick off.

"Your Highness...... You seem to have offended her. ”

When Gao Cixiang sat back on the dragon chair, he heard a crisp voice coming from behind him, and without looking back, he could hear that it was Gao Ciwan's voice.

"Queen, don't offend, her hatred for my mother and me has probably never diminished, but now the two of us are using each other, although we can't wait to cut each other with a thousand knives, but on the surface, no one can do without anyone."

"Alas, the affairs in the court are really complicated."

Gao Ciwan was like a dexterous bird, wearing a pink and white silk dress, swaying with light steps, stepping on the high platform in two steps, and immediately fell into the arms of Gao Cixiang sitting on the dragon chair.

"Your Highness, Wan'er is so afraid." Gao Ciwan said, like a frightened little quail, shrunk into Gao Cixiang's arms a little, looking pitiful.

Gao Cixiang's face finally eased a little, and then gently picked up Gao Ciwan's thin chin with a slightly thin middle finger, and said with a smile: "I still like you to call me the imperial brother." What do you think? Is there any news of your brother? ”

Gao Ciwan's delicate body in Gao Cixiang's arms didn't move, but just shook his head, "No, I searched for the two of us who had met and knew each other before, but there was no whereabouts of him, maybe he really went out of Beijing, or ......"

She thought for a moment and continued, "Or rather...... Did he go to King De? ”

Gao Cixiang nodded, "Although it is useless for him to go anywhere now, people can't hide in the shadows all the time." Find, continue to find, a dignified Huai King, can still evaporate in the world. ”

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Wang Jing

Northern Army Prison

Zhu Qingyi, who has lived in Wang Jing for many years, is the first time to come to this dark place that seems to be isolated from the world.

A torch stuck in the wall swayed every few steps in the deep corridor, and a few weak wisps of fire were swallowed by the boundless black mist, and there was not a single ripple on the broken mud wall.

The dark and damp prison cells made of thorn wood are like a coffin that imprisons the soul, wandering around with the terrible wails coming from the coffin from time to time, selling the depression and despair that belong to this place to the people around them all the time.

The two sergeants in front of them carried torches and followed Liu Biao and Zhu Qingyi behind them step by step towards the depths of the prison.

Liu Biao seemed to notice Zhu Qingyi, who was here for the first time, and could see that the little girl's eyes were also full of fear.

"Bamboo girl, it's your first time in prison, right? Isn't that a little scary? ”

can make Zhu Qingyi, who knows everything well, say that he is afraid, and it may also make Liu Biao's heart feel greatly satisfied.

"The most terrible thing is the human heart, and only the human heart can construct such a terrible prison."

It seems that Zhu Qingyi did not go as he wished.

"General, here it is!"

The deepest cell didn't seem to be the same as the surrounding fence prison, like a small enclosed room, with windows and doors.

The sergeant leading the way quickly thrust the torch into the groove left in the wall, and then opened the iron door of the cell with the long bronze key at his waist.

As soon as the door opened, a rancid smell that was difficult to describe in words came to his face, not to mention Zhu Qingyi, even Liu Biao, a seven-foot man, couldn't help frowning and covering his mouth and nose,

Huddled in the corner of the cell was Zheng Jingyun, the deputy commander of the Northern Army.

Presumably, under the hands of Liu Biao of the Northern Army in the past few days, he has suffered a lot, wearing a miserable white ragged prison uniform, and a knife on his body is whip marks and branding, looking quite miserable.

Liu Biao stepped forward unceremoniously and kicked the shackles on the hands of Zheng Jingyun, who didn't know if he was unconscious or asleep, "Hey! Feed! Wake up. ”

It seems that Zheng Jingyun didn't react, still with his eyes closed,

Seeing this, Liu Biao grinned, turned his head and whispered a few words to the sergeant beside him, and then saw the sergeant leave in response,

"Pretend to be dead with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will make you sober."

Zhu Qingyi, who was standing behind, hadn't figured out what Liu Biao wanted to do, but he saw the sergeant who had just gone out behind him carrying over a large bucket full of water.

The water was the same as this prison cell, exuding the smell of rotting flesh, and there was something black floating on it, which provoked Zhu Qingyi to hurriedly cover her nose and take a few steps back.

Liu Biao nodded at the sergeant, and the sergeant riveted the bucket of sewage and threw it towards Zheng Jingyun in the corner.

"Wow!"

"Oops! Yes! Yes! I really don't know, I don't know anything! ”

It seems that this method is quite effective, Zheng Jingyun, who was unconscious like a dead pig just now, woke up at once, and saw Liu Biao standing in front of him hurriedly crawling over in three or two steps to beg for mercy.

"Get out of here!"

Liu Biao kicked Zheng Jingyun back into the corner with an unceremonious kick, and sneered and sneered: "Hey, how did General Zheng, who was so powerful at that time, fall into this step?" Aren't you quite majestic with Lao Tzu on the school field? What's the point? Where did it go? Let you give Lao Tzu a big man! ”

Liu Biao is a person with a good face, and he can see from when he was in Lanzhou that he is absolutely obsessed with what happened in the Northern Army before.

As he spoke, he kicked up again, and Zheng Jingyun, who kicked it, hugged his head and wailed again.

Zhu Qingyi, who was standing behind Liu Biao, frowned tightly, she really couldn't stand it, and pulled Liu Biao, who was about to kick again, and warned in a low voice:

"General Liu, if you punch and kick this Zheng Jingyun again, you will end up like him!"

"You...... What do you mean? ”