Chapter 401: Dedication
The Queen Mother's family had arrived in the suburbs of Beijing three days earlier, where the Ministry of Rites taught etiquette, and even when it was okay to cry and laugh, when it should be cried and laughed, and when it should be stopped, all of which were detailed and detailed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The Wang family are all honest and conscientious farmers, and they naturally have nothing to say in the face of the requirements of the imperial court, and they work hard to learn these red tapes, and they dare not slack off a little.
Shang Shuyuan Jiuding entered the city an hour in advance, discussed countermeasures with the prime minister, and Shen Mingzhi went to see the emperor, and the emperor sent someone into the palace to ask the queen mother, and went around in a circle, and the final decision was that everything was business as usual, and the good thing could not be postponed because of the assassin's harassment.
The messenger hurried to the outskirts of the city to inform the royal family.
Han Ruzi also had to prepare early, first ordered Jing Zhaoyin to suspend the large-scale manhunt, and before noon, to release the merchants who had no direct contact with the assassins, and then he entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager Cining and the empress, and prepared to go to the future Wang family mansion together.
The Empress Dowager Shangguan said that she was ill and did not participate in this event.
Calm has not yet returned to the palace.
A palace gate Sima actually colluded with the assassins, which was already full of loopholes in the palace guards was a major blow, the eight battalions of the guards were all panicked, without waiting for the emperor to pass on the decree, they started to investigate, all the soldiers with the background of the southern army were arrested, waiting for the fate, the central supervisor Liu Jie also carried out a big combing of the palace people, and guaranteed each other, from now on no one is allowed to walk alone at night.
After meeting his mother and the empress, Han Ruzi took the time to summon the generals of the Eighth Battalion, a total of eight lieutenants and sixteen deputy lieutenants, and praised them for their quick response and did not let the assassins get close to the Qiuxin Palace, even the rebel Sun Ming's boss was no exception.
The generals were grateful, and when they returned, they released the soldiers of their headquarters, but they were still under surveillance and were not allowed to return home.
Han Ruzi must first stabilize the morale of the army, and not let a few assassins disturb the capital, the Holy Army Master is a hopeful person, and the assassination planned by him must be more vigilant.
After meeting the generals, Han Ruzi went to meet the queen alone, Cui Xiaojun had not heard of Sun Mingming's confession, and was shocked that his father and himself had been assassinated one after another.
Han Ruzi didn't tell her the truth, but only comforted her for a while, "The assassins have almost been caught, and there will be no more accidents." According to the news from the Tai Hospital, the general has been able to speak, and there should be no worries about his life, so let's go to Cui Mansion to visit him tomorrow. ”
Cui Xiaojun smiled reluctantly, "The Cui family deserves to be robbed like this, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about it." ”
The streets outside have been cleared, and the Su guards are lined up along the streets, blocking the people outside, and Liu Jie came in to inform that the emperor, the queen mother, and the empress can leave the palace.
The distance is very close, the provincial mansion has been renovated, and now it belongs to the emperor, and will soon belong to the new owner.
Regarding the arrival of her mother's family, the Empress Dowager Cining was relatively indifferent at first, but on this day, she was a little excited, summoned Mrs. Pingenhou to accompany her, and asked many things about the Wang family.
The eunuch Zhang Youcai happened to rush back from the suburbs of Beijing first, he has been accompanying the Wang family, and found Wang Cuilian, who called the queen mother "little sister", and brought her family into Beijing.
Zhang Youcai met the emperor, and was immediately called to the Empress Dowager Cining, he knew more details than Mrs. Pingenhou, and told the story, the more the Queen Mother listened, the more excited she became, and her relatives had not seen it, tears had already filled her eyes, which made Mrs. Pingenhou standing on the other side envious.
There was still a period of time before the Wang family entered the city, Han Ruzi was not idle, accompanied his mother for a while, and went to a cross-courtyard to summon several cronies.
He gets a flurry of confusing news.
Qiao Wanfu had met several merchant leaders an hour earlier, and instead of collecting debts or postponing the deadline, they handed over all the IOUs in their hands as gifts from the Empress Dowager's relatives.
This is a big gift, in exchange for Emperor Wu, it can only be levied with the most severe holy decree, and the current emperor did not do anything, but just sent someone to intimidate it a little, and this group of mercenary businessmen actually relented and handed over many IOUs.
Qiao Wanfu was taken aback, he didn't dare to take it like this, and immediately asked to see the emperor, because the matter was more urgent, so he was ranked first.
Han Ruzi was also surprised, "What do they want?" ”
"There were no demands, and if I hadn't stopped them, they would have burned all the IOUs on the spot." Qiao Wanfu briefly said how he had met Han Chou and Shen Mingzhi before, "Could it be that these two people persuaded the businessman?" ”
Han Ruzi was still puzzled and called Jin Chunzhong outside in.
Jin Chunzhong had also been waiting for a while, and he was ordered to go to Han Chou's mansion to capture the Holy Army Division under the pseudonym Yunxiong, but he returned empty-handed.
"Han Chou went out before dawn, the servant didn't know where he went, as for the Holy Army Division, there were indeed people in the mansion who saw him, but he had already left last night. Lian Danchen has already arranged to arrest people, these two people can't run far, and they will inevitably be arrested before dark. Jin Chunzhong is very sure of this.
Han Ruzi asked Jin and Qiao to jointly investigate the reason for the businessman's change of attitude, and before the truth was revealed, the businessman's flattery would not be accepted.
Everything was going too well, and Han Ruzi was even more vigilant.
Wang He, the deputy commander of the Sword Halberd Battalion, came in with a guard and had only one request: "Please allow Your Majesty to keep the two of us by your side." ”
"You're still worried about the 'guy next to me'?"
Wang He nodded, "I interrogated Luan Kai again, although this person speaks upside down and doesn't know much, he won't lie." I feel like he's just a decoy, and the upright assassin hasn't arrived yet. Wang Yu paused, "It is a great joy for the Queen Mother to be married, but there are more than 40 members of the Wang family, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be no problems." ”
"Donghai Guo and relevant ministries and departments have thoroughly investigated these people, and they are all natives of the township...... Well, the two of you stay. Han Ruzi changed his mind, and it was not impossible to keep two more guards by his side.
Wang He bowed, stood behind the emperor with another guard, and glanced at Meng E on the other side.
The real target he was guarding against was this palace maid.
The emperor trusted Meng E, and Wang He had no choice but to trust her, but when Meng E competed with the assassin Luan Kai, Wang He was on the scene, and after seeing it with his own eyes, he felt that he could no longer let Meng E stay alone with the emperor.
Even if Luan Kai was seriously injured and met the enemy with one arm, he was still a first-class master, Wang He felt that he was not his opponent, but Meng E won and won reluctantly, but the skill shown exceeded Wang He's expectations.
Wang He then transferred the highest and most trusted guards in the camp to stay with him by the emperor's side to guard against Meng E.
Meng E didn't seem to notice that glance, now she was just an ordinary palace maid, and outsiders couldn't see that she was stunning.
Liu Jie, the central supervisor, came in to report that the Wang family had entered the city and would soon enter the palace.
This is not a formal court, but a family banquet, the rules can be relaxed, the Empress Dowager Cining and the emperor sit on the soft couch of the main seat, the queen sits on the stool on the other side of the queen mother, there are many female officials and eunuchs on both sides, it seems that there are a lot of people, a little crowded, but the position is not chaotic at all, not only the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette supervise all this, Liu Jie and other eunuchs in charge also pay attention to everyone's words and deeds, and everyone must be consistent with the queen mother and the emperor's joys and sorrows.
To Han Ruzi's surprise, he actually saw Zong Zhengqing Han Chou in the hall.
Han Chou did not run away, but took a group of officials from Zongzheng Mansion to the mansion of the provincial relatives.
Jin Chunzhong and Lian Danchen are both cautious people, and it is strange that they have missed the most important place.
Han Ruzi whispered to Zhang Youcai beside him: "When did Han Chou arrive?" ”
Zhang Youcai had just come back, and he didn't know much about things here, so he was stunned for a moment and couldn't answer.
The Empress Dowager Cining heard the emperor's words and said, "Han Chou stayed outside the palace early in the morning, and I asked him to come with him, didn't Your Majesty see him at that time?" ”
Han Ruzi became more and more surprised, thought for a while, and said in a very low voice: "Mother ......"
"I know what Your Majesty wants to say." Empress Dowager Cining sighed lightly, "Everything will be said after the provincial relatives, although Han Chou is not a virtuous minister, he has no second thoughts about His Majesty, I can guarantee it." ”
Han Ruzi wanted to talk about Han Chou's harboring of the Holy Military Master, but in the end he still stayed in his heart, "Okay, mother." ”
It was his mother's day of reflection, the Assassin had ruined the atmosphere, and he didn't want to add any more to it.
The Wang family has not yet arrived, a group of people can't be cold in the hall, the Ministry of Rites has already arranged, and many clan children and relatives have come to congratulate, and at this time they are called in turn to say some auspicious words.
Cui Teng came on behalf of the Cui family, and everyone else spoke in strict accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Rites, only he had to be special, and after kneeling in the place to congratulate, he got up and smiled at the Queen Mother: "I also wish the Queen Mother to hug the emperor and grandson as soon as possible, and the flowers and branches will flourish inside and outside." ”
The ceremonial officials at the scene were very dissatisfied, but they couldn't say anything, but Ci Ning smiled and said to the queen sitting next to her: "It's still your Cui family who can speak, and the queen still needs to work the affairs of the harem." ”
The queen's face was slightly red, and she answered in a low voice.
Cui Teng stepped back with a smile, thinking that he was very decent.
Zongzheng Mansion is also in charge of relatives, Han Chou has already congratulated once, and then he came forward again, and also said a flattering word that he hoped that the Queen Mother would hug the emperor and grandson as soon as possible, and the ceremonial official had to let the next group of worshippers wait for a while.
At the door of the hall, Jin Chunzhong was probing his brain, his status was not high, he was barely a relative, he could only come in with the flow to congratulate, and he was not qualified to come in alone.
Han Ruzi sensed that Jin Chunzhong had something to say, so he glanced at Zhang Youcai.
Zhang Youcai hadn't seen the emperor for a while, but he still understood the emperor's thoughts, took two steps back, walked around from behind everyone to the door, disappeared outside the door with Jin Chunzhong, and soon came back and quietly handed the emperor a note.
Han Chou retreated, and the next few ladies came in, congratulating honestly, without a single word of superfluity, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
Han Ruzi took the opportunity to glance at the note, which read: The Holy Army Division was arrested, and Zong Zhengqing sent someone to send it.
There are still words on the back, Han Ruzi turned it over and recognized that it was Qiao Wanfu's handwriting, and the content was also related to Han Chou: the merchants admitted that the gift was instructed by Zong Zhengqing.
Han Ruzi looked at Han Chou, who was smiling, completely confused. (To be continued.) )