In the first month of the fifth year of orthodoxy, after the Shangyuan Festival, the emperor gave 10 days of leave to hundreds of officials according to the custom, and the six departments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the General Administration Department and other government offices except for a small number of people on duty on duty, everyone else ushered in a rare long vacation, only the cabinet of the previous dynasty and the celebrant in the inner chamberlain were not among the leave, and they were still busy.

The thousand-step corridor leading to the six government offices looks very deserted, but the harem ushered in the beautiful scenery of singing and dancing. At this moment, the Empress Dowager suddenly called the Empress Dowager, Concubine Wu, and Zhu Qiming.

After bowing to the elders one by one, Zhu Qiming looked at the Empress Dowager's solemn face, and immediately realized that the moment to decide his fate had finally arrived.

"Tong'er will get married this year, and the emperor will get married next year, many things must be planned as soon as possible, and the people in the Forbidden City should also have their own fate." In the slightly desolate tone of the Empress Dowager, there may only be three points of festivity, and the remaining seven points are all helpless.

From teasing his grandson, to his grandson around his knees, to his grandchildren going their own way, since Princess Shunde, the time span has been 20 years. All the circumstances of life always begin with sweetness and end with bitterness, and this bitterness is now written on the face of the Queen Mother.

In the face of the two women she hated, the Empress Dowager took the initiative to mention the major events in the palace, which showed that she intended to go into complete seclusion to meet the ultimate curtain call of her life.

Before returning to seclusion, she has to find a place for some people, and the first thing to bear the brunt of is the lonely and helpless grandson in front of her - Zhu Qiming!

Zhu Qiming remembered Lu Xiyu's persuasion, and he thought that he was now a prince and did not need to take refuge in the great god of the imperial grandmother, so he wanted to ask to go back to live in Yuefu, but was preempted by the queen mother.

"The Empress Dowager, the emperor will get married next year, at this time, the prince who is about to become an adult will not be able to stay in the palace and must move out of the Forbidden City, but Qi Ming, the king of Yue, is still young and has no one to take care of him, so it is not suitable to go back to live in Yuefu, so he should stay in the palace."

The queen mother's remarks pointed at the king, and Zhu Qiming was surprised when he heard this. He heard that when the emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother tried her best to keep King Yu in the palace, and he was worried that there would be changes in extraordinary times. Now that the throne is as stable as Mount Tai, what is the intention of the queen mother to drive King Yu out of the palace?

This thought flashed in Zhu Qiming's mind, he had no time to worry about others, and recalled the words that Fang was about to say, and suddenly felt a burst of shock. Thinking that Concubine Wu may not want King Yu to move out of the Forbidden City at this time, if he, the King of Yue, opens his mouth and asks to return to Yue Mansion to live, it will inevitably put Concubine Wu in a very embarrassing position, just imagine, a young and helpless prince still leaves the Forbidden City, does King Yu still have a reason to stay in the palace?

It turns out that his body as a prince no longer completely belongs to him, and his every move is closely related to others, and the ultimate fate is probably decided by others.

Over there, Concubine Wu looked indifferent, "King Yue is young, of course it is not suitable to go back to Yue Mansion to live, as for King Yu, it is best to depend on the holy will." ”

Depends on the will of God? With his son pressing his mother, a sentence that is not salty or light can be extremely sadistic! The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and said: "The king of the Emperor is always in no shape, if he does something out of the ordinary, where will he put the face of the heavenly family when the time comes!" ”

"That's it!" The Empress Dowager stopped the mutual abuse between the two palaces in a timely manner, "Sooner or later, the King of Yu will move out of the Forbidden City, and when he will move out will naturally be decided by the emperor, and others are not allowed to talk too much!" The king of Yue is still young, the emperor means that the king of Yue should not return to live in Yuefu for the time being, the emperor also said that the king of Yue can not always live in Qingning Palace, he must choose another place to live, but the king of Yue is young, after moving out of Qingning Palace, someone must take care of him, who will take care of it, the emperor is not very easy to make up his mind. ”

The emperor left me in the Forbidden City? And you want me to move out of Qingning Palace? Zhu Qiming looked at the Empress Dowager in a daze, thinking that the Empress Dowager would never tell a lie about such things, if it was really said by the emperor himself, it must have a deep meaning!

Over there, Concubine Wu opened her mouth, but froze there, as if she was afraid of something, hesitated for a long time, and finally opened her mouth: "Empress Dowager, you are already high in spring and autumn, it is inconvenient to move around, and the concubines are always moving around in order to take care of King Yue, and it is not difficult to take care of King Yue by the way." ”

A gleam flashed in the Empress Dowager's eyes, and her face became a little scary, but after only a moment, she put on a graceful and friendly face, "Well, anyway, the Fu'an Palace has to take care of King Yue, and by the way, taking care of King Yue is just a matter of walking a few more steps." After speaking, he stared at it, as if he was about to make up his final decision.

Concubine Wu quietly covered her mouth and smiled, and when she raised her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager again, Concubine Wu had more expectations in her eyes.

"The concubine thinks it's impossible!" The Empress Dowager's voice suddenly rose several degrees, "The two princes always stay together, this is not compliant, it is better to let the concubine take care of the Yue Wang Qi Ming, the Empress Dowager, you also know, the emperor is busy with court affairs, Tong'er is about to leave the cabinet, and there is not even a person to talk to around the concubine." If Qi Ming is taken care of by the concubine, the concubine will not only regard him as a nephew! ”

The Empress Dowager smiled indifferently: "There is some truth in this. King Yu and King Yue are often together, for fear of attracting criticism, it is better to do this, after King Yue moved out of Qingning Palace, first by the Xianxi Palace to take care of him, if you don't get along comfortably, each other is uncomfortable, and then change someone to take care of it. ”

Seeing that Concubine Wu's face sank, she immediately glanced at the Queen Mother secretly, her eyes seemed to be waiting to see a good show, perhaps in Concubine Wu's opinion, how could the always strong Queen Mother get along well with King Yue? Sooner or later, it will be a two-and-a-half!

The Empress Dowager glanced at Concubine Wu with disdain, and then looked at Zhu Qiming with a smile on her face.

Zhu Qiming had a bitter taste in his heart, the Empress Dowager took such pains to find a way back for him, he should have been very grateful, and he had already made psychological preparations for the arrival of this day, but when this day really came, he suddenly found that the previous psychological adjustment was not sufficient.

The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and Concubine Wu seemed to have something to say, but Zhu Qiming couldn't stay still, and it happened that the emperor's close attendants and ministers came to pass the decree and passed him to the imperial garden to wait, so Zhu Qiming said goodbye to the three elders and hurried out of Qingning Palace.

In a trance, he came to the east end of the Imperial Garden and bumped into King Yu.

King Yu is no longer a young man, he is about to become an adult, at a glance, the jade tree is in the wind, chic and elegant, is already an authentic beautiful man, those very attractive eyes also know how to take care of people, but the people who are taken care of are women, and when they meet a rather beautiful palace maid walking past him, they will always attract the affection of those charming eyes.

Look at this posture, it was really said by the Queen Mother, and King Yu may have a scandal in the Forbidden City one day!

Zhu Qiming stepped forward, and the two sides exchanged homely courtesies.

"King Yue, the news has spread in the capital, saying that one of your confidantes was killed by Yang Ji, and you made a bitter trick to kill Yang Ji, a good means! Next time you get into trouble, don't forget to call me. The king looked quite excited, and when he spoke, his eyebrows were fluttering.

Confidante? Wouldn't having a confidante at this age become a demon? Zhu Qiming muttered in his heart, and then was shocked by the rumors in Beijing, thinking that he didn't feel so wronged when he claimed the identity of the mastermind, and this is indeed the case, but it was rumored in the streets, and the story was cleverly adapted, just by adding the words "confidant", it immediately became intriguing, as if there was a love dispute between a young former evil boy in the capital and a prince of unknown age, and they harmed each other because of jealousy, such an adaptation is too disgusting!

As for the sentence "Don't forget to call me" brought by King Yu, just listen to it, don't take it seriously. He, the king of Yue, was really in trouble, and called the king of the servant, with the urine of the king of the servant, most of them will retreat first, and when they slip away, they may drop a sentence that seems to be very righteous: "You stand it, I will call someone." ”

King Yu brought the rumors in the market, and Zhu Qiming couldn't deny it yet, otherwise it would get darker and darker. "It's a trivial matter, why do you need Brother Wang to come forward?"

Bagatelle? The king was immediately dumbfounded, he couldn't find the slightest mark of a major event in his life trajectory with a lantern, compared with the king of Yue, what he, the king of the servant, experienced, except for small things, was nothing, and this comparison made him feel depressed. The point is that people don't think that designing murder is a big deal, and ask yourself, if it is him who designs murder, how much alcohol do you have to drink to strengthen your courage! And I'm afraid that drinking alcohol will only strengthen my guts.

At this time, the imperial ministers urged: "Your Royal Highness, the emperor is still waiting in the Chunxi Palace." ”

Zhu Qiming and King Yu didn't dare to stay any longer when they heard this, so they kept silent and hurried to the Chunxi Palace.

There was music in the hall, and Zhu Qiming was stunned when he heard it. It is extremely difficult to see the emperor by himself, except for a chance encounter, just wait for the emperor to summon him in leisure, although his three-year filial piety period is not yet complete, it is not suitable to enter the entertainment occasion, but the emperor's life is as big as the sky, so he entered the palace with the king of Yu.

The emperor has already taken his seat, and a group of chamberlains and female officials are standing behind him, and about two feet in front of him, more than ten female musicians are kneeling on the ground to play music.

The face of the young son of heaven faintly has the style of dominating the world, and his expression is no longer so wooden, at this moment, there is a bit of vivid breath between joy and anger.

Nowadays, when hundreds of officials encounter major events, they choose to face the saint and go directly to the heavens, and the mood of the young son of heaven is getting better and better.

Seeing King Yu and King Yue enter the palace, the emperor conveyed some dissatisfaction through his eyes, he waved his hand, needless to say, it means to be free of courtesy; glanced at the seats on both sides of the throne again, which was to signal King Yu and Zhu Qiming to take their seats quickly.

Zhu Qiming sat down on the empty chair on the right side of the throne, the left was respectful and the right was humble, and the vacant seat on the left side naturally belonged to the king of Yu.

But when I heard the music, several female musicians sang in unison, and the lyrics were adapted from Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu".

"Fluttering like a frightening Hong, graceful like a dragon, Rong Yao Qiu Ju, Huamao Spring Pine ······"

Stepping on the sound of music and singing, a twenty-eight woman appeared on the stage wearing a light shirt, her cloud bun and eyebrows, her slender waist was like a bundle, her eyes were full of autumn dew, and her beauty was faint, just like Concubine Luo Shen Mi suddenly descended to the world.

Suddenly, I saw the long sleeves swinging lightly, the lotus steps moved slowly, and Fang gestured with his hands, and he was already graceful.