Chapter 32. Rising Storm (2)
Imperial City, Qianqing Palace!
In October, it was rare for the Beijing to have a hazy drizzle, and all kinds of blooming autumn chrysanthemums in the small garden outside the Qianqing Palace stood proudly in the cold wind and drizzle, greedily sucking the rare autumn rain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf someone looks closely, they will find that many flower buds are slowly opening in the cold wind and drizzle.
The breeze is light, the fragrance of flowers is permeated, and the fragrance hits people, bringing a little pink vitality to this anxious Qianqing Palace.
In this hazy drizzle, a woman in palace clothes knelt under the white Han jade steps in front of the Qianqing Palace, her head was messy, her face was haggard, and her mature and elegant face couldn't tell whether it was tears or rain, and the poignant appearance of pear blossoms with rain made people can't help but just want to gently hug her arms and slowly pity.
The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs looked at Ke Baba, who had been kneeling in the Qianqing Palace for half a day, from a distance, with sympathetic looks in their eyes. This guest lady has been in the prince's mansion for more than ten years, and the prince treats her like a mother. Now that the crown prince has ascended the throne as the Son of Heaven, Mrs. Ke is hot in this harem, saying the same, but she has no half-heartedness. Especially for the elderly who came from the prince's mansion, he took good care of them.
But in the afternoon, Mrs. Hak's son Hou Guoxing beat the son of the country's eunuch in public. For a while, the harem was also stunned, more than 200 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, these scholars even dared to be scolded by the emperor, and I didn't see what the emperor did to these scholars.
But now Hou Guoxing beats the scholar in public, which is really the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. For a while, rumors were also rife in the harem, some said that Hou Guoxing would be sent to the frontier to fill the army, and some said that Hou Guoxing would be beheaded, only to scare the guest so much that he ran directly to this Qianqing palace chief and couldn't kneel.
At this time, Wang An gently pushed the door out of the Qianqing Palace, looked at Ke Baba who was kneeling on the ground with a blank expression, his face was like ashes, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of sympathy in his heart, and gently walked to Ke Baba's side and said:
"Madame Ke, get up, the emperor is discussing this matter with the cabinet ministers in the palace. With the emperor here, he can definitely help Hou Gongzi through this difficulty. ”
Hearing this, Kebaba raised his head and looked at Wang An, and then looked at the young figure who was restless with his hands behind his back under the light in the Qianqing Palace, tears rolled down his elegant apricot face, and he sobbed intermittently:
"Princess, please tell the emperor and the elders, as long as Xing'er's sins can be forgiven this time, the slave is willing to take Xing'er to leave the capital and return to his hometown."
Looking at Kebaba, who has always regarded the emperor as his own, for the sake of his only son, he is willing to leave the capital, leave the emperor, and let go of the glory and wealth in front of him. Wang An couldn't help but reddened his eyes and sighed. Slowly squatting down, he spoke:
"Madam, at the beginning, you and I suffered a lot of hardships for the emperor, and didn't you come over! Madam, rest assured, Hou Gongzi will be safe and sound. ”
As soon as Wang An's words fell, the palace gate of the Qianqing Palace was opened, and the seven ministers of the cabinet slowly withdrew from the Qianqing Palace under the leadership of Fang Congzhe.
Looking at Kebaba kneeling on the ground, several ministers had different expressions. There is sympathy, there is contempt, but no one cares about this poor woman who is begging in the cold wind and drizzle.
Zhu Youxiao clenched his fists in the Qianqing Palace, watched the ministers leave, walked out of the palace quickly, picked up the guest who was kneeling in the rain, his eyes were red and said:
"Mother Ke, don't worry, if I can't even keep my relatives, then what's the point of me being the emperor."
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Late at night, a horse-drawn carriage drove into Wang An's mansion at high speed.
Wang Wenyan, under the leadership of the housekeeper, came to Wang An's study.
Looking at Wang An, who was pale, Wang Wenyan's heart was bright, he sorted out his words, walked to Wang An's side and bowed and said:
"The prince summoned the grass people to come, but it was for the sake of the prosperity of the country."
Wang An waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to leave, staring at Wang Wenyan with his eyes, as if he wanted to see through what the jailer he had promoted wanted to do.
Looking at Wang An, who was staring at him, Wang Wenyan's heart trembled twice, this Wang An is now in a high position, but he didn't offend him, so he could only bow his head and say again:
"Father-in-law, about this matter, let Caomin explain to you slowly"
Before the words fell, Wang An suddenly got up and approached Wang Wenyan, and slapped Wang Wenyan's face with one hand.
Looking at Wang Wenyan, who was stunned in place, Wang An said sharply:
"Wang Wenyan, do you think that if you take refuge in them, our family will be helpless against you?"
Looking at the furious Wang An, Wang Wenyan, who had just reacted, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, pretended to be sincerely afraid, took a few steps back, bowed deeply to Wang An and said:
"Why did my father-in-law say this? The grass people have to be promoted by their father-in-law, so they have today, and the father-in-law has the grace of life for the grass people! ”
"Then why is our family in the third explanation, don't dwell too much on this reward, and there will be such a situation now? Don't tell our family, those scholars found the Hou Mansion by themselves? Wang An stared at Wang Wenyan and asked.
has been friends with those civil officials for many years, and Wang An knows very well that such a one-by-one strategy is definitely not something that can be done by those civil officials who think they are upright men and gentlemen.
Wang Wenyan forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, bowed his head and said:
"Father-in-law, Caomin and Hou Guoxing have lived and died together, and they have to be recommended by their mother and wife to get to know Wang Gonggong. The grass people were very grateful to him in their hearts, how could they possibly put him to death......."
Seeing that Wang Wenyan was still talking about him, Wang An interrupted angrily:
"Then why did you do this life-breaking policy!"
Wang Wenyan looked at the angry Wang An, gritted his teeth and said to Wang An:
"Dare to ask my father-in-law, in the emperor's heart, who is more important than father-in-law and Hou Guoxing's mother and son?"
Hearing this, Wang An was stunned for a moment and said:
"The emperor respects Mrs. Ke like a mother, and everyone knows this harem."
"In this case, the father-in-law is sure to control Hou Guoxing's mother and son?" Wang Wenyan asked again
He and Kebaba have taken care of the Son of Heaven in the Prince's Mansion for many years, and have experienced a lot of ups and downs together, hearing Wang Wenyan open his mouth to provoke the relationship between himself and Hou Guoxing's mother and son, Wang Wenyan said impatiently:
"What's the matter? What our family wants to know is why you want to go against our family's will and deal with Hou Guoxing? ”
Seeing that Wang An was very concerned about Hou Guoxing's mother and son, Wang Wenyan didn't say anything about the villain, and explained all his plans to Wang An.
It turned out that this time the Beijing masters and scholars gathered in Houfu, which was a plan planned by Wang Wenyan to kill two birds with one stone.
gathered all the surrounding scholars in Beijing, and the power of Qingliu soared, and then with the reward of Hou Guoxing's mother and son, he directly turned the spearhead to Fang Congzhe and others, the head of the cabinet who had not blocked the reward.
In pulling out the case of the poisoning of the first emperor that had been pending some time ago, he relied on the power of Jingshi Qingliu to pressure the court, and now he has an advantage in the imperial court. Forcibly determined that Fang Congzhe poisoned the first emperor the most, and naturally he could wipe out those traitorous ministers.
Looking at Wang An, whose face was uncertain, Hou Guoxing spoke again:
"At that time, as long as this matter is settled, with the prestige of my generation in Shilin, I am afraid that I will not be able to repay the innocence of Hou Guoxing? In the end, the father-in-law came forward to buy a good one for Hou Guoxing's mother and son, and then the inner court was not still the father-in-law's decision. ”
Hearing this, Wang An was silent for a long time, and said to Wang Wenyan:
"We'll believe you once this time. You go back and bring a message to your family, I hope that after this matter is over, everyone can work together to assist the emperor and make the emperor a generation of emperors. ”
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The next day, early in the morning.
Dian Li held the porridge fritters in his hand, hunched his waist, and looked at Hou Guoxing, who was lying on the bed, humming and humming, with a burst of envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart.
Let the person who put on such a high posture when he was put in prison and swaggered to ask for a clean and independent presidential suite, there was probably only such an old brother as Hou Guoxing in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
This uncle has been fighting with the county government since yesterday, and after fighting with the county order, he has not stopped, first let a clean cell be tidied up, and also asked for good wine and meat to be served.
Later, the county magistrate agreed to this request under the scoundrel, and after sending someone to do some work, he invited this Uncle Hou to prison.
He once thought that after this uncle entered the prison, he turned around and left, saying that he disliked the arrangement and was too poor to live in. My day your sister, you're going to jail!
Later, after the county ordered a few big-eared scrapers, he personally brought a desk, books, wine, chicken, duck, and fish to the cell, and also changed the cell with a clean and snow-white bedding. In a short period of time, the dark and damp cell was completely renewed, and the interior and exterior were arranged according to the cave room where he was newly married. Later, the uncle reluctantly agreed to move in.
But who would have thought that just this morning, this uncle said that he thought that the dampness in the prison was too heavy, which made his old man's back ache, and now he asked the jailer to help with the massage.
Looking at Hou Guoxing, who was humming, Dian Li hurriedly walked over and delivered the breakfast he had just bought from the most famous Chunman upstairs in Beijing to Hou Guoxing.
Hou Guoxing waved his hand at the massage jailer, picked up the breakfast and began to eat.
After a while, Hou Guoxing frowned and put down the breakfast in his hand.
The heart of the dianli on the side trembled, and he hurriedly walked up and said:
"Senho-sama, but what's not to like?"
Hou Guoxing put down the bowl, patted the shoulder of the calendar and said with a smile:
"It's okay, I just feel that the yang energy in this prison is too heavy, and I don't feel very comfortable!"
Dian Li only felt that he was about to faint, your sister just said that the dampness was heavy, and now she said that the yang qi is heavy, what the hell is this going on, but the uncle in front of him is not something he can offend, so he can only say cautiously:
"What Lord Qianhu said is that the lower officials also feel that this prison is a little dry, and they don't know how the adults are going to solve it."
Hou Guoxing looked at the calendar, pondered for a while, and said:
Otherwise, you can find a few kiln sisters. Every day, he accompanies the official to play the piano and play music, and at night he sleeps in the warm bed, and he talks to relieve his boredom," Hou Guoxing looked at the Dian Li, and the more he said, the more lustful his face became.