Chapter 318: The Emperor Arrives
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With the departure of Imperial Physician Liu, everyone in the apse breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Changluo's identity was too sensitive, if something happened to him in this harem, the ministers of the outer court would have to blow up.
Fortunately, it was only a skin injury, and after ordering someone to change into clean clothes for Zhu Changluo, and then leaving Queen Wang to take care of Zhu Changluo, Empress Dowager Li returned to the front hall.
There is still chaos in the front hall, the queen mother of the two palaces, the queen and the concubine Zheng are not there, only a few concubines are left, and they can only barely maintain the big mess, but the order cannot be cleaned, after all, the people present are the wives of each family, and the grade crown is on the body, which can not be easily offended.
"Everyone!"
Empress Dowager Li returned to the main seat surrounded by a group of palace maids, her eyes were piercing, and she spoke in a deep voice.
The voice was not loud, but it made the noise below disappear in an instant, which was her prestige as the Empress Dowager of Bingzheng.
"Today's winter solstice feast, the mourning family intended to take this opportunity to announce the marriage of Princess Rongchang, but unexpectedly there were thieves who took the opportunity to sneak into the Cining Palace, armed to hurt the grandson of the mourning family, fortunately blessed by the emperors of the past dynasties, Luo'er is safe and sound, but the assassination of the emperor's eldest son is a great rebellion, the mourning family will not be tolerated, in order to prevent the thief from escaping, accidentally injuring the ladies, the imperial city is temporarily blocked, you wait here for the time being, after the thieves are cleared, the mourning family will send someone to escort you back home!"
"The concubines obey the will of the Queen Mother!"
The women below finally put their hearts at ease and saluted together.
Although this explanation is shocking, it is better than not knowing anything.
Empress Dowager Li nodded, turned her head and said to a chamberlain beside her.
"Liu Ruoyu, you immediately leave the palace with the mourning family token, go to the cabinet to invite all the gentlemen into the palace, and say that His Royal Highness King Shou was attacked in the palace, please enter the palace immediately to meet Your Majesty!"
"Slave Command!"
The chamberlain named Liu Ruoyu received the will and hurried out of the palace.
And after Empress Dowager Li appeased these wives, two other palace envoys stepped forward and saluted and said.
"Niangniang, Your Majesty is here, and you are waiting in the warm pavilion at the moment!"
"Go to the Warm Pavilion!"
Empress Dowager Li's face sank and said.
Cining Palace West Warm Pavilion.
"The son has seen his mother!"
Seeing that Empress Dowager Li hurried over, Zhu Yijun immediately saluted respectfully.
Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Li ignored him, sat down on the main seat, and said angrily.
"The emperor still knows about coming over, what about your longing Concubine Zheng Guifei, didn't the mourning family ask her to come with her?"
"Mother, concubine, she is indeed unwell, her son passed by Changchun Palace and went to see her, now she is still weak, there is such a big thing in this palace that needs to be dealt with urgently, mother should not worry about her!"
Zhu Yijun naturally knew what Empress Dowager Li was angry about, and cautiously explained.
It's just that as soon as this sentence was spoken, Empress Dowager Li slammed the table.
"Do you still know that something big is going on in this palace and needs to be dealt with urgently? Have you ever been to the apse to see, lying there is your eldest son, the future prince of the Ming Dynasty, he was attacked in the Cining Palace of the Mourning Family, such a big thing, you still have the heart to run to the Changchun Palace? If this matter spreads to the outer courts, I'm afraid it will not be good for this year! ”
"This ...... Mother, when the son came, Chen Ju said, the kid has a strong pulse, and there is no big problem, the son just went to Changchun Palace by the way, how can they make trouble? Besides, now that the New Year's Festival is approaching, although such things have happened, the secret investigation is that my mother has even blocked the imperial city, which is a bit too big......"
mentioned this matter, Zhu Yijun was a little aggrieved, Chen Ju was well-read in the internal prison, and he was involved in medical and miscellaneous arts, he said that Zhu Changluo was fine, and he didn't take it seriously.
It happened that Xiaoqiu hurriedly came to look for him, saying that the Zheng family had fainted for no reason, and they were not allowed to go to the imperial doctor, he was in a hurry, and he had already passed through Changchun Palace when he came to Cining Palace, so he went in to take a few looks, who would have thought that Empress Dowager Li would be so angry!
"You fool!"
Listening to Zhu Yijun's arguments, Empress Dowager Li became more and more hated that iron could not become steel, after so many years, her son was still in a mess as soon as he encountered something about the Zheng family.
After a pause, Empress Dowager Li turned to a palace maid and commanded.
"You go and bring the clothes that Shou Wang just changed into!"
After a short time, the palace maid returned to the warm pavilion with a plate in her hand, and in the middle of the plate was a bloodstained shirt, which could be vaguely seen to be a dark cyan royal robe, but the large patches of blood stains on it were shocking.
"Take a good look at this, do you still think that the mourning family is making a big fuss? When he was first carried into Cining Palace, he was wearing this shirt, covered in blood, life and death were unknown, at that time, the women of the Manchu Dynasty were all seen with their own eyes, these people are all the wives of those high-ranking officials in your foreign court, how can they still be suppressed? ”
Empress Dowager Li glared at Zhu Yijun and said hatefully.
"What's more, you don't want to think about it, if something happens to King Shou, who is most likely to do it? And who benefits the most? Zheng's suspicion is the heaviest, but now that King Shou has just had an accident here, she fell ill, and you, the emperor, left his son behind, just went to Changchun Palace to see her, and passed it to the outer court, what did those ministers think? What's more, plotting to assassinate the prince is a big deal, especially if King Shou is still the eldest son, if you press it down, I'm afraid that even you, the emperor, will be criticized! ”
"This ...... Mother, what is the condition of the child? ”
Zhu Yijun had already understood everything from the time he saw this bloody clothes.
The reason why he went to Changchun Palace first and advocated suppressing this matter was of course not because he did not have the vision of Empress Dowager Li, but because he knew too little about the situation of this matter.
One is that he didn't know that Zhu Changluo had such a tragic situation at that time, and only heard Chen Ju say that Zhu Changluo was fine, so he felt that the matter was not so urgent, and the second was that he knew that when Zhu Changluo was carried into Cining Palace, he was actually in front of all the women, so that the matter really couldn't be covered up, and if he covered it up, it would only make the ministers of the foreign court think that he, the emperor, was also involved in this attack.
In fact, although Empress Dowager Li has been in power for several years, most of the government affairs are handed over to Zhang Juzheng to act, and he has been in charge for more than 20 years now, and he has been in power for more than 10 years, so his vision of grasping the overall situation will naturally not be low.
The moment he understood, he grasped the most critical part of the matter, what happened to Zhu Changluo?
If he was still alive, there was still room for everything to turn around, and if he was dead or really seriously injured, then the matter would be a big deal......