Chapter Eighty-Three: Bad News
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Luoyang is already full of shock, fifteen years ago, the plague that rampant in the south of the Yangtze River really gave too many people a deep memory.
But all the old ministers in the court have experienced a shocking number from the south, and behind every number here, I don't know how many people have died, and at that time, the shock caused by the government and the opposition is enough to make people remember vividly, the panic caused by the disaster, and the countless gossip, in the end, the measures taken by the emperor were to depose countless officials and confiscate countless official gentry, so as to calm the people's anger.
Everyone can realize that the huge shock at the beginning will be repeated again now, but it is unknown who will be the scapegoat in the end, and what the number of casualties will be this time.
And at the moment, what everyone can do is to try their best to prepare for disasters, although in Jinling, Shang Chen's recital claimed that the patient had been isolated, but everyone knows that the most terrible thing about the natural plague is that it is pervasive, from the imperial court to the government, there is no preventive measures at all.
In the Chengde Hall of Luoyang Palace, more than a dozen court meetings have been held in a row, for the sake of this plague.
Today...... As usual, the court meeting proceeded.
The infant Son of Heaven was carefully held by the eunuch on the side of the Golden Palace at this moment, and the Queen Mother, who was also alarmed at this time, had set up a bead curtain here and sat behind the bead curtain.
Jinling brought her two pieces of news that were both happy and worried.
Her only son, Chen Wouji, finally had a whereabouts, and Zhang Jing Xuanjun came back and told the truth, which really gave the Queen Mother a great surprise.
From his birth to the three moles on his body, all of them are exactly the same as his son.
But...... A plague swept through Jinling, but it made the Queen Mother worried.
Zhang Jing bowed and stood beside the Queen Mother, with a smile on his face, but behind this smile, there seemed to be some kind of hidden worry.
He glanced at the Queen Mother, who leaned back on the chair, put her head on a soft cushion, and gently supported her cheeks with her hands, as if she was pretending to sleep, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, until after the hundred officials outside shouted Long live, the Queen Mother's eyes suddenly opened, as if through the bead curtain, and saw the scene of the worship of the hundred officials.
Zhang Jing pulled his throat and said: "The Queen Mother has a will, let's be even." ”
The Queen Mother still didn't move, and the outside fell into a short silence, and after half a sound, someone finally said: "Your Majesty, the minister Qin Tianjian Zheng Zeng Yu has something to play." ”
His Majesty was still in his infancy, so naturally he could not respond to him.
The Queen Mother only gave Zhang Jing a look, and Zhang Jing said through the bead curtain: "Something to play early." ”
This Zeng Yu is obviously old, and he gasped when he spoke: "Recently, the Jinling disaster, the ministers watched the sky at night, and saw the white rainbow through the sun and stars, the dizzy, the attack, the appearance of the sun halo is related to the harmony of yin and yang, yin and yang are in harmony, then everything is smooth, and yin and yang are reversed, which is why yin qi attacks pure yang." The so-called fainting is seen from time to time, the woman is chaotic, this ......"
The queen mother suddenly opened her phoenix eyes, and the phoenix eyes became more and more deep and invisible.
"Shut up!" Zhang Jing was also taken aback, yin and yang are reversed, what does this portend, although there is a son of heaven today, but the son of heaven is young, and the government is almost from the queen mother, this Zeng Yu is so bold, through this plague in Jinling, he dares to say that it is a warning from heaven, because of the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang, isn't it a hint that this is because of the queen mother's rule?
After hearing this, Zeng Yu hurriedly sighed and said, "The minister is a capital crime, a capital crime." ”
The Queen Mother glanced at the angry Zhang Jing, and then Yanran laughed, she slowly got up from her seat, and the female officials on both sides of the side understood, and tiptoed up the bead curtain.
The queen mother was dressed in a phoenix costume, and slowly paced out, and saw that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all lowered their heads, and they did not dare to come out.
The Queen Mother said lightly: "Yin is prosperous and yang is declining, so it caused this disaster, right?" ”
Zeng Yu was so frightened that his soul was not possessed: "The minister is just based on celestial phenomena......"
The Queen Mother didn't pay attention to the supervisor of a small Qin Tianjian at all, her beautiful eyes seemed to be flirting, and a smile flashed, and she was fixed on one of the heads of the hundred officials: "What does His Royal Highness King Zhao think?" ”
King Zhao is already over thirty years old, with a dignified appearance, a slender and upright figure, a python robe, and a jade belt to tie his waist, which looks magnificent.
King Zhao only said lightly: "Niangniang, my brother doesn't understand celestial phenomena. ”
The Queen Mother just smiled: "Yes, Zeng Qing's family is an expert, this kind of thing, of course, can only be said through the mouth of Zeng Qing's family." ”
All the officials were silent, and they didn't dare to say a word.
King Zhao was silent for a while, and then said: "But the minister heard that there was a performance in Jinling, saying that there was a student named Chen Kaizhi who was talking nonsense, with ghosts and gods, far-fetched, and sent a warning from the heavens, which caused such a disaster today, Jinling Tongzhi Yang Xiao has ordered the arrest of Chen Kaizhi, who would have expected that this student would be bold, and he actually escaped and entered the epidemic area......
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's delicate body trembled slightly.
Chen Kaizhi's name, the Queen Mother has turned into ashes, and she also remembers it.
It's just that she never imagined that he would ...... Entered the endemic area.
The plague was terrible that day, how could the Queen Mother not know?
King Zhao said as he looked at the Queen Mother's face.
The Queen Mother quickly regained her composure, but she was downplaying; "Oh, what else?"
"Nope." King Zhao's eyes couldn't help but show disappointment, he really hoped that this sister-in-law would be furious, because Chen Kaizhi's ghost and god theory was Luo Shen, and now it is proposed here that it is the status of this imperial sister-in-law that is shaken.
"Mourning the family...... Got it......" The Queen Mother only replied softly.
As if nothing had happened, the Queen Mother only smiled and walked back behind the bead curtain.
Zhang Jing pulled his throat and said, "Let's discuss it." ”
The court discussion continued, and some people began to criticize Yang Tongzhi vigorously, and naturally, some people ridiculed each other.
In this court, it has always been noisy, and when she returned to the queen mother behind the bead curtain, her pretty face was instantly gloomy, and she listened quietly until the end of the court discussion and the resignation of the hundred officials.
In this palace, which finally became quiet, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and said coldly: "Zhang Jing stays, and the rest ...... Let's all go down. ”
Gong E and the female officials saluted and retired.
Here, only the Queen Mother and Zhang Jing remained.
Zhang Jing immediately bowed down and said in fear: "The slave is dead, and the slave is ...... He should have brought His Highness back to Jingshi a long time ago, if so, why ......"
The Queen Mother seemed to become tired all of a sudden, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and two lines of clear tears only flowed down from the corners of her eyes until this time.
Her voice was less indifferent, and she said with a sadness that was rarely revealed in front of outsiders: "This is bad news, it's over, it's over, it's the only child of the mourning family, I've been looking for thirteen years, thirteen years, these thirteen years, the mourning family has not been thinking about it day and night, where did I think of it, just now there was good news, and finally ...... But it was so bad news. ”
Fang Cai's face, which was not angry and arrogant, was already full of tears at this moment, which made this high-ranking woman a little more weak all of a sudden.