Chapter 21. The mechanism is all in vain
After some twists and turns, he finally survived the crisis, Zhu Youxiao also determined the date of his accession to the throne, Hou Guoxing let go of his hanging heart and returned to the prince's mansion with Zhu Youxiao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wang An, who was in a happy mood, asked the kitchen to prepare a large table of wine and food for Zhu Youxiao and Kebaba to surprise!
"Big brother, thanks to you this time, my brother toasts you with a glass......" Zhu Youxiao, who had already heard what had happened, raised his glass.
Wang An held the wine jug on the side and said while pouring wine:
"Prince, this time it's really thanks to Hou Gongzi. At that time, the ministers had no choice, and they were ready to compromise with the Li Changshou. The slave maid thought at the time that this would make Li Changshi the queen mother, and the prince would have a hard time in the future. Thanks to Hou Gongzi, he took the slave and maid to Zheng Guifei, where did he move to the rescue with that three-inch tongue! ”
"The prince has won the award, this time the main thing is that you have a good plan, the prince is trapped, you first notify the ministers of the ministries to hurry
put pressure on the Qianqing Palace, and personally led people to rescue the prince, I actually moved my mouth. Not much credit. Hou Guoxing modestly said Wang An's merits, and Hou Guoxing still understands the truth of the sedan chair carrying people.
"All merit, all merit! After this king ascends the throne, he will not forget your kindness today! Especially the guest mother, in order to protect the king, she almost let Li Changshou beat her to death. Come! Wang! You also served yourself a drink, and everyone did it together. Zhu Youxiao personally poured wine for Kebaba, then raised his glass and drank it all.
After drinking, Hou Guoxing said goodbye to Zhu Youxiao and prepared to go home, and Wang An personally sent him out!
Hou Gongzi, according to our family, it is not so easy for Li Changshou to move out of the Qianqing Palace. Li Chang was favored by the emperor and has been living in the Qianqing Palace, and now that the emperor has just died, it is indeed not easy to persecute too much, but it is only six days before the prince ascends the throne?
Hou Guoxing frowned and said: The crown prince ascended the throne as the emperor, and Li Changshou should naturally move to other palaces, why is it so troublesome?
Wang An sighed and said:
"Hou Gongzi, you need to know that the affairs of the Heavenly Family are the most complicated, those ministers want to be named, and today they are forcing the palace to clear the palace because this Li Changzhi dares to imprison the prince. It's a matter of the country, and these ministers just made a move. Now that the date of the prince's accession to the throne has been set, the ministers of the harem may not be willing to come forward. And those of us who are subordinates are not good at persecuting our masters too much......
Looking at Wang An's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Hou Guoxing probably understood what Wang An was worried about. In the matter of this harem, the ministers at most wrote to accuse, and did not have the right to intervene in person, and in the end, it had to fall on the eunuchs in the palace, and now Zhu Youxiao is also a trusted eunuch by Wang An, if Li Changshou does not move, this errand is estimated to fall on Wang An's head, and Wang An does not have the confidence to let Li Changshou move out of the Qianqing Palace, so I hope Hou Guoxing will think of a way.
Hou Guoxing looked at Wang An and said with a smile:
"Father-in-law, there is no need to be too anxious about this matter, if you don't know that Li Changshou will move by himself if she figures it out, let's wait for a few days, if Li Changshou doesn't move by then, the two of us are thinking of a way."
"So, thank you." Wang An was overjoyed and thanked him.
It has been nearly a month since he crossed over to the Ming Dynasty, and Hou Guoxing has been involuntarily involved in this chase and conspiracy. Now that Zhu Youxiao has finally determined the time of his accession to the throne, Hou Guoxing's future has also been determined, and when he returned to the Hou Mansion, Hou Guoxing confessed that he refused to see guests, and he lived and recuperated at home.
On September 3, the 48th year of Wanli, Li Changshou had not yet moved out of the Qianqing Palace and asked to be canonized as the empress dowager.
On September 4, the 48th year of Wanli, the minister Zuo Guangdou wrote a letter to mock Li Changshou with Wu Zetian as a comparison. Roughly to the effect
The prince is an adult, and you Li Changshi are in the prime of life, and you have bad intentions when you live in the Qianqing Palace for a long time. Don't you want to learn from that Wu Zetian to seduce Tang Gaozong?
Who knew that Li Chang's oil and salt did not enter, and he even said: If you don't seal the queen mother, you will die in the Qianqing Palace!
Just when the ministers were helpless for a while, Hou Guoxing entered the Qianqing Palace at the request of Wang An that night.
Qianqing Palace!
Hou Guoxing pushed open the palace door, and saw Li Changzhi holding the eight-month-old eighth princess sitting on the ground crying. The face is no longer as beautiful as it was at the beginning, and the whole person looks sluggish. The huge Qianqing Palace was empty, the brightly lit Qianqing Palace was dark on weekdays, and Wang An arranged eunuchs to surround it outside the palace, and the eunuchs arranged by Wang An were responsible for delivering meals on weekdays.
Hearing the footsteps, Li Changshou raised his head, saw Hou Guoxing coming, hurriedly put the princess on the crib beside him, put away his tears and yelled at Hou Guoxing:
"You... What are you doing here, come to see the jokes of Hongu? Tell you, this palace hasn't lost yet, hasn't lost yet? ”
Looking at the hysterical Li Changshi, Hou Guoxing, who wanted to laugh and ridicule Li Changshi, suddenly lost interest, no matter how vicious this woman is, but in the final analysis, she is also a woman, since she can't kill her blatantly, it seems that there is no point in doing that kind of thing that mocks women.
Hou Guoxing quietly looked at Li Changshou and said:
"Let's move! You've already lost! There's no need to make jokes here!"
"Have pity on me? Ha ha! This palace needs a slut like you to be pitied? This palace didn't lose, as long as he Zhu Youxiao wants to be the emperor, he must make me the queen mother, if he can't be the queen mother, this palace is willing to die in this Qianqing Palace. Li Changzhi shouted like crazy.
Hou Guoxing heard that Li Changshou still dared to insult himself like this, and he became angry for a while, rushed forward, lifted Li Changshou with both hands and pressed it against the wall, and shouted:
"What do you think you are? Dare to insult me at this time, believe it or not, I'll kill you right now? ”
"Haha... Hahaha... Kill me? Are you trying to kill me? Did you kill me? Kill the emperor's widow, are you alive, don't say it's you, it's just that he Zhu Youxiao hates me to the bone, don't you dare to kill me? Li Changshou stared at Hou Guoxing and laughed.
Looking at this woman who pushed herself into a life and death situation several times, and now dares to be so arrogant in front of him, Hou Guoxing was disgusted for a while, and decided to hit this woman hard, and laughed:
"What qualifications do you have to look down on me, just because you are the emperor's woman. Let me tell you, your identity is not a fart in my eyes. Know why you're losing? Haha, Concubine Zheng Guifei was invited by me, don't you want to be the queen mother, okay, you beg me? When I'm happy, can I help you? At the beginning, I could move to you with nothing, and now Zhu Youxiao is about to become the emperor, you probably know how he does to me, right? Please, as soon as I'm happy, I might be able to help you become the queen mother. ”
Hearing Hou Guoxing's words, Li Chang was silent for a moment. grabbed Hou Guoxing's neckline with both hands and shook it vigorously, crying loudly:
"Hou Guoxing! Hou Guoxing, you who killed a thousand knives, did this palace owe you in your last life? After seeing the body of this palace, taking advantage of this palace, and ruining the dream of the queen mother of this palace, even the two brothers of this palace may be killed by you. Why! Why did this palace fall into the hands of someone you had no background in? ”
Hou Guoxing looked at Li Changshi, who was pretending to be crazy, suddenly let go of his hands and threw him on the ground, turned around, and was not even interested in looking at this woman more.
After lying on the ground and crying for a while, Li Changzhi behind him suddenly got up and hugged Hou Guoxing from behind and said:
"Help me, help me, I can give you whatever you want. Want money? Officials? Can I give it to you? ”
After speaking, he vigorously moved Hou Guoxing's body over and said to himself: Am I beautiful? Didn't you say you wanted me last time? I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you right away, as long as you help me become the queen mother, I'll be yours in the future. After speaking, one hand took Hou Guoxing's hand and stroked it to his chest, and the other hand untied Hou Guoxing's belt.
Hou Guoxing angrily pushed Li Changshou to the ground and said angrily:
"Don't touch Lao Tzu, in my eyes, you are not even as good as a prostitute? If it weren't for the fact that you were a woman, I would have killed you right now. After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the gate of Qianqing Palace.
Li Changzhi fell to the ground and cried again.
Hou Guoxing was extremely angry in his heart, this woman was still thinking about the position of the queen mother at this time, it was simply stupid, thinking about whether she was going to have a fire in this Qianqing Palace and end this woman's life. At this moment, the baby's high-pitched cry came.
Li Changshou ran over and hurriedly lifted his clothes and stuffed his chest into the child's mouth. But there are special nurses in this harem to nurse children, and the concubines in the palace will recover their bodies as soon as possible in order to keep their bodies after giving birth to children. Li Changzhi has never breastfed a child, and the child cried for a while.
Hou Guoxing looked at Li Changshi, who was in a hurry, turned his head, listened to the baby's cry, and sighed for a long time and said, "Let's move, don't think about it, think about this child." With that, he walked towards the door. After hesitating for a moment before coming to the door, he turned back and spoke:
"Your two elder brothers were indeed killed by me, I didn't kill you because I was afraid of you as the widow of the emperor, but I didn't want to kill women. If you don't move out of this Qianqing Palace at noon tomorrow, I don't recommend breaking the vow to kill a woman, you can do it yourself. After saying that, he pushed open the door and walked away.
(Note: The palace removal case is one of the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty.) In July of the forty-eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1620), Zhu Changluo of Ming Guangzong ascended the throne, and in the first year of Taichang, the favorite concubine Li Changshou took care of the emperor's eldest son Zhu Youxiao and moved into the Qianqing Palace. Less than a month later, Guangzong died in the Red Pill Case, and Xizong was established as emperor. Li Changshou wanted to continue to serve Xizong. At that time, Zheng Guifei, Li Changshi, and Wei Zhongxian had close contacts. Wei Zhongxian wanted to take advantage of Xizong's young age to control the power of the court, and insisted that Li Changshi live in the Ganqing Palace where Xizong was located; In order to prevent him from interfering in the affairs of the court, Yang Lian and Yushi Zuo Guangdou forced Li Changshi to move to the Renshou Palace. This event is known as the "Palace Removal Case". The case was much discussed and later became synonymous with factional struggle. It and the Wanli Dynasty's attack case, the Taichang Dynasty's Red Pill case, and called the "three major doubtful cases of the late Ming Dynasty". )