Chapter XVI. Emperor Taichang was critically ill

After Zhu Youxiao and his party left, Hou Guoxing stayed quietly in the study alone, thinking about his future

When Wang An left, he probably explained to Hou Guoxing the current situation of the crown prince. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

To put it bluntly, it's --- miserable!

What a miserable law, this matter has to start with Emperor Taichang and his father Emperor Wanli

At the beginning, Emperor Wanli favored Zheng Guifei and wanted to make Zheng Guifei's son King Fu as the crown prince, and he was very protective of Emperor Taichang and placed him in the prince's mansion to be closely guarded.

Emperor Taichang, the crown prince, was trembling, for fear that one would be wrong, and his father would be abolished. Don't even think about military power. Connections. Fortunately, most of the ministers in the court were righteous, and they jointly opposed King Lifu as the crown prince, and even a court attack occurred, which led to the demotion of more than 40 ministers, but fortunately, he finally retained the position of the crown prince of Emperor Taichang.

finally survived until the death of Emperor Wanli, and Emperor Taichang ascended the throne half a month ago and began to consolidate his imperial power.

How do you know that Li Changshi, the favorite concubine of Emperor Taichang, learned the lesson of his cheap mother-in-law Zheng Guifei at the beginning, first united with Zheng Guifei to ask for the canonization of the queen and the queen mother, and then dealt with the current prince Zhu Youxiao in advance, so as not to give birth to a son when he was born, and ended up in the same situation as Zheng Guifei, who wanted to crown his son as the crown prince but couldn't.

Pity this Zhu Youxiao, although he has the name of a prince, he has no military power in his hands, and he has no connections, so that this Li Changzhi can toss as much as he wants, and even take Wang An and Kebaba to live on thin ice all day long in the prince's mansion.

Ay! Hou Guoxing sighed, only to feel a tingle in his head, he thought he was hugging a thigh, but it turned out to be a bomb. Fortunately, I have grabbed Li Changshi's chest at the moment, oh no, it's a birthmark, this dirty handle should be safe for the time being. Anyway, in history, Zhu Youxiao was determined to ascend the throne, as long as he saved his life first, he would still have a chance to develop in the future.

The next day, early in the morning, waiting!

"Xiaobi is so good! That's right, in a little deeper! ”

"Is this okay young master!"

"Good, good! I'm working hard!"

"Hmm!".

"Head low, hard!"

"Hmm!"

"Squat low, how to work when you stand that high!"

"Hmm!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Is the young master okay, my mouth hurts to death!"

"Hurry, hurry, it's going to be right away!"

A minute later......

"The young master's face is dirty!"

"It's okay to wash it with water!"

"I'm not going to help you get this!"

"Xiaobi is really amazing, the young master will buy you a good bracelet tomorrow!"

Looking for prestige, I saw Xiaobi's face full of black ash, putting away a blowpipe for cooking and igniting the fire, and there was a honeycomb coal stove in front of her, and the flame of the stove had just burned!

Hou Guoxing took the iron pipe to clean out the ignition under the honeycomb coal stove, turned back to Xiaobi and smiled:

"The new stove didn't light well at first, but it got better later. Last night, I saw you get up in the middle of the night to boil water, the young master was very distressed, and he thought about this thing for you, and in the future, you sealed the stove and put the boiling water teapot, so you don't have to toss at night!"

After speaking, he got up and wiped the black ash on Xiaobi's face with his hand, and said:

"The young master said to show you something new, but he didn't coax you, so he apologized to you for misunderstanding you yesterday."

Thinking that his young master was busy with Ke Fugui last night, he was covered in soot and almost infected with the wound, but it was for himself. Thinking that he was sold to the Hou family since he was a child and grew up with the young master, although his wife and uncle were good to him, who would do these jobs for his own maid. Thinking that the young master cared so much about herself, Xiaobi's eyes turned red and tears fell!

"Less... Master! The slave and the maid grew up with the young master since childhood, young master, how have you ever done these rough jobs, this time the wound was almost infected for the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid are really guilty. In fact, people have long been angry with the young master. The slave and maid will not dare to brush the young master's temperament in the future. You see it's all worn out." After speaking, he took his young master's hand and gentle!

Hou Guoxing was stunned for a moment, why did he cry again when he said this, isn't it just a honeycomb stove, as for being moved like this? is saying that this thing was actually figured out for a bet with Zhu Youxiao, and he was just using it to coax Xiaobi for a while. But seeing Xiaobi moved like this, her heart moved, this woman is like this, doesn't it prove that the opportunity has come? Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing quietly pulled Xiaobi over, took Qinglou into his arms, and said softly in his ear:

"Silly girl, what is it for the young master to break a little skin on his hand, and ah, you are not allowed to be a slave in the future. The slave is called, the young master doesn't like it, why don't you always have a long memory"!

After speaking, she patted the crying Xiaobi gently, but this hand went down her hips!

Wow, it feels so good! Hou Guoxing thought evil in his heart!

"Well, the slave and maid know, and the slave and maid will listen to the young master in the future." Xiaobi cried in the arms of her young master and was moved. But I didn't know that the young master who was holding him had already flown to other places.

"Xiaobi, why don't we take this thing to compete with the prince first, and then kill his majesty. Hou Guoxing, who was full of filth in his heart, didn't know that he had already leaked his mouth, and his hands were still moving. ”

"Well, listen to the young master. Master... What did you say, young master? Didn't you say that it was made for slaves? ”

"Ahh Hou Guoxing was stunned and reacted!

"Young master, your hands! Young master, why are you like this, the slave and maid are ignoring you!" After speaking, he broke free from his embrace and walked away with a shy face.

"Wait, listen to my explanation, the young master didn't mean it, the young master is comforting you!"

The person had left, Hou Guoxing patted his mouth in annoyance and said to himself:

"Let your mouth be cheap, let you talk but your brain!"

Just when Hou Guoxing was annoyed that he had missed the opportunity, his mother Kebaba walked over quickly from outside the door and said:

"Xing'er, the emperor is critically ill, the prince is going to visit the palace, tomorrow's game can't come, my mother will come back and say hello to you"

Emperor Taichang is critically ill? Hou Guoxing was stunned, when he saw Emperor Taichang tossing Li Changshi on the bed in the palace the day before yesterday, he was still very violent? It's just a minor illness, why is it critically ill in the blink of an eye?

"Didn't the emperor be fine a few days ago, why is he critically ill?" Hou Guoxing asked

"I heard that I took a rhubarb pill that Zheng Guifei asked Gonggong Cui to offer last night, and after eating it, I vomited and discharged, and the doctors were helpless. Now everyone in the palace said that Concubine Zheng Guifei deliberately instructed Gonggong Cui to offer medicine to harm the emperor, and the entire palace was in chaos. My son has nothing to do these days and doesn't go out much, so as not to cause any trouble." Kebaba explained.

Why is it involved in Concubine Zheng again, this royal matter is really complicated. After listening to the guest, Hou Guoxing felt that something was wrong with the matter, but he had no clue when he thought about it, so he could only put it aside and speak:

"Got it! Mother is back to the Prince's Mansion today? ”

"Alas! The prince is also a hard-working child, the mother died early, and the emperor originally designated the prince to Li Changshi to raise. Li Changshou used to have a deep conflict with the prince's biological mother, and he had many difficulties with the prince. Although he is the crown prince, he is worried and scared every day, and secretly suffers a lot of white eyes. Although the mother said that her status is humble, after all, watching the prince grow up, it can be regarded as dependent on each other! It is necessary to know that the royal family is the most turbulent at this time, if the mother is not by the prince's side, I am afraid that he will have some loopholes, and let Li Changshi seize something. ”

After speaking, he touched Hou Guoxing's face and said softly:

"Xing'er, you have had no father since you were a child, and your mother has been working as an errand in the prince's mansion, and no one has taken care of you since you were a child, which has made you miserable! After this incident, my mother will see that the prince and you are still talking, and when the time comes, I will find an errand for you in the East Palace, and I can also plan for the future. ”

Smelling the fragrance on Kebaba's body, Hou Guoxing actually blushed a little, retreated slightly, avoided the fingers on his face, and said:

"After all, the prince is a child who grew up with his mother's milk, and he should be taken care of by his side at this time. The mother does not have to feel guilty about the child, the child has no worries about food and clothing, and the uncle is watching, everything is based on the child, coaxing the child. In fact, the child feels much happier than the prince! ”

Due to the suddenness of the incident, after explaining to Hou Guoxing, Kebaba rushed back to the prince's mansion, and before leaving, he actually took the honeycomb stove prepared by Hou Guoxing to the prince's mansion, saying that the prince liked these rare things when he was young, and took them to the prince to be happy.

After Kebaba left, Hou Guoxing quietly thought about this incident of Emperor Taichang's critical illness, and always felt that the whole thing revealed a strangeness!

Why did Zheng Guifei poison Emperor Taichang? Is it really to make his son emperor?

If Emperor Taichang dies, should Zhu Youxiao ascend the throne?

Remember that because of the death of Emperor Taichang, there were several sensational cases in the future?

What are the consequences of those cases for my family?

Hou Guoxing really wants to smash his elm head now, who made you not read history well when you were in school!

Hou Guoxing was entangled in this history at the end of the Ming Dynasty all day long, but he really couldn't find a clue, so he could only let go of the anxiety in his heart, called Xiaobi and his cousin Fugui, and continued to study how to improve farm tools.

Another day passed, and the next day Hou Guoxing took Fugui to demonstrate the improved wooden plough to the tenants in the yard of his house, and the tenants looked at the wooden plow as light and fast, and they were excited around the wooden plow, and they naturally complimented Hou Guoxing. Only blowing Hou Guoxing is a rare figure like the reincarnation of Lu Ban in the sky and nothing on the earth.

Just as Hou Guoxing was enjoying everyone's compliments, the voice of Wang An of the Prince's Mansion came:

"Hou Gongzi, the prince is in a hurry. Please go to the Prince's Mansion quickly! ”

(Note: Ting Attack Case: The forty-third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1615).) At that time, the queen had no heirs, Wang Gongfei gave birth to Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, and Zheng Guifei gave birth to Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu. Because of Zheng Guifei's favor, Emperor Wanli wanted to violate the ancestral precept of "establishing an heir to be long" and set up King Fu as the crown prince, but was opposed by the Donglin Party, so he had to appoint Zhu Changluo, Emperor Taichang, as the crown prince. At this time, a man named Zhang Cha broke into the prince's residence, Ciqing Palace, with a wooden stick, and injured the eunuch guarding the door. When Zhang Cha was interrogated, he confessed that he was introduced by the eunuchs Pang Bao and Liu Cheng under Zheng Guifei. At the time, people suspected that Zheng Guifei wanted to murder the crown prince. But Emperor Wanli did not want to pursue the matter. As a result, he publicly killed Zhang Cha for the crime of madness. He also secretly killed Pang and Liu Er eunuchs in the palace to solve this case. In the end, Emperor Wanli had to give up King Lifu as the crown prince. And the crown prince status of Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo was also stable. )