Chapter 208: The Prince's Panic

Although there is still a little spring cold in February, the footsteps of spring are stepping on the land of Guanzhong, the green willows sprout, the plum blossoms bloom, the shepherd boy rides on the back of the ox and blows the flute, walks through the green willows, a group of ducks swim in the river, and the spring has begun to be full of joy.

But not everyone has the joy of spring in their hearts, in this vibrant spring, some people are happy, but there are also people who are full of anxiety and panic, and the crown prince Fu Heng is one of them.

Huang Fuheng does not live in Huaqing Palace, but lives in the East Palace in the imperial city, compared to Luojing, he prefers Yongjing, because the East Palace of Yongjing is far away from his father, and there are no historians to record his words and deeds, and more importantly, his former East Palace army is stationed in the imperial city less than five hundred steps away from him.

Although his father has changed the general, the deputy general Li Mi has still not been replaced, that is a general who is more loyal to him than the original general Fan Xu, he has 5,000 troops under his command, although the number is not much, but the 5,000 troops gave Huang Fuheng an unexpected surprise.

However, at this time, Huang Fuheng was extremely nervous in his heart, he had just received news from Shuzhong, and the 30,000 private soldiers he raised in Shuzhong were very likely to be exposed.

The matter was with a quartermaster, who was drunk with several officers, and as a result, a folded secret letter fell out of his bosom, with the detailed addresses of each military camp, and after torture, he finally admitted that a man from the capital had bought this information from him for two thousand taels of silver, and before that, he had sold the number of people from each military camp to the people from the capital.

It was this news that made Huang Fuheng fall into a panic, he immediately thought of his father's coldness towards him, in the past two months, his father summoned him three times, the kind of cold gaze that seemed to look at people behind the door always made his heart palpitate, as if he had seen through all his secrets, he didn't know why he felt this way, now he understands, there is only one reason, that is, his father really knows his secrets, his private army, 30,000 in Shuzhong, 80,000 in Yuzhou, his father must know.

For a whole day, Huang Fu Heng was in an irrepressible fear, his father's coldness was the most terrible thing, he knew his father too well, if he was furious, he would scold himself with a hundred sticks or be locked up in the East Palace for a year, he would be willing, because in that case, his father was just angry and would not abolish him, and now, his father seemed to know nothing, just looked at him coldly, what does this mean, it means that his father has decided to abolish him, not even as simple as abolishing him, it will make him disappear from the world silently and die of a violent illness.

Huangfu Heng paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about his father's terrible wrist, during this period of time, many important ministers of the imperial court, including him, could see that the emperor was attacking Huangfu Wujin, and Huangfu Jiang was seriously ill in bed, and the limit was not far away.

In the name of repairing the "History of Ning", the father appointed Su Xun as the editor-in-chief, but in fact, he was placed under house arrest in the history museum, and appointed Su Hanchang, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as the county school inspector to inspect the county school in various parts of Shuzhou, which obviously transferred him out of the capital.

He also sent Chen Zhi to Chuzhou to check the tax and silver incident, and with Chen Zhi's ruthlessness, even Shang Fang's sword was given to him, which made everyone sweat for Huangfu Wujin.

At the moment when everyone was staring at the emperor of Chuzhou, but ignoring the major events that were about to happen around him, why did the father send Chen Zhi to Chuzhou? At that time, even he himself did not react, and now he suddenly woke up to the fact that Yuan Min, another loyal to him in the imperial history of the Imperial Historical Observatory, was not in Yongjing, and Zhang Jinjie, who was biased towards him, was also sent back to Luojing the day before yesterday, for good reason, the imperial court would return to Luojing at the end of February, so let him go back and prepare first.

But the question is, why don't you let Uncle Shen go? In previous years, Uncle Shen Guo went back first, and Zhang Jinjie was never allowed to go back first.

In fact, to a certain extent, Su Xun is also resolutely opposed to the abolition of the prince, because Su Xun is a leader in the literary world, peach and plum all over the world, and his appeal is quite high, and many people will respond to his appeal, so he is under house arrest, it seems that he is the grandfather of Huangfu Wujin, but in fact, isn't it forbidden for him to talk more than the abolished prince?

Adding up all kinds of suspicious factors, Huangfu Hengcai suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and there is no doubt that he wants to attack Huangfu Wujin, but he will definitely wait for Huangfu Wujin to finish fighting Phoenix and then do it, then there will be at least two or three months.

So what is my father doing these things for? The promise is about to come out, what the father is doing now is to deal with him and abolish the crown prince, and when everyone is in a uproar about this matter, the father suddenly attacks Huangfu Wujin, shifting everyone's attention from abolishing the prince to Huangfu Wujin, and then accusing Huangfu Wujin of rebellion, at that time, no one cares about his Huangfu Heng's life or death.

Very clever wrist, Huang Fuheng had to admire his father's Ming plank road, secretly crossing Chen Cang's strategy, interlocking, not leaking, he has been sure that his father's determination to abolish his position as the prince has been made, and the time point is within this month, the reason is very simple, the army that supports him is in Yuzhou, and now he is in Yongjing, isolated.

Huang Fu Heng walked to the window and stared at the Daming Palace in the distance, the palace that used to be the highest power, is now deserted, is it time for him to heat up that palace again, Huang Fu Heng's fists gradually clenched.

At this time, a report from the guards came from the door: "Your Highness, Xu Zhong is back." ”

Huangfu Hengda was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Let him come in!" ”

In a moment, Xu Chong, the head of the East Palace guards, walked in quickly and knelt down on one knee, "Humble Xu Chong to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Huang Fuheng hurriedly asked, "How is it, have you found the place where they are alchemizing?" ”

"Back to His Highness, when they found it, they hid in a manor on the ba, and the lowly brothers stared at them."

Huangfu Heng pondered for a long time, and suddenly, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Prepare a horse for me, I want to go to Bashang!" ”

........ In the Huaqing Palace, Empress Shen looked at a few plum blossoms in the courtyard with some sadness, the plum blossoms were already in full bloom, snow-white, and the fragrance was permeated in every corner of the courtyard.

Such a beautiful scenery is ignored in the eyes of Empress Shen, her heart is still winter, she counts, she has not seen the emperor for a full hundred and thirty days.

In this Huaqing Palace, she has not even seen the emperor's figure, the emperor is not recuperating, she knows, the emperor is with that woman every day, she sighed softly, spread out the palm that was once white and greasy, and now although it is fair, it still loses its luster, and there are three white hairs on the palm, a month ago, the first white hair was found on her head, and she pulled it out in a panic, but today, three more white hairs appeared on her head, which filled her heart with desolation and old age, she is only thirty-two years old!

"Niangniang, Imperial Doctor Jian is here."

A palace maid timidly reported, and Empress Shen immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said calmly: "Please let him in!" ”

Imperial Doctor Jian is the imperial doctor who was heavily blamed for opposing Doctor Hu, after the last Doctor Hu turmoil, his boss Zhao Ruzheng never gave him a chance to get close to Huangfu Xuande, but Empress Shen trusted this old doctor very much, and specially asked him to treat herself.

Imperial Physician Jian walked into the room and knelt down, "Weichen Jian Huan knocks to see the queen!" ”

"Imperial Doctor Jane is exempt from courtesy!"

"Xie Niangniang!"

Imperial Physician Jian Huan stood up and asked with a smile: "Is Niangniang still in good health during this time?" ”

Empress Shen turned around and sighed slightly: "Imperial Doctor Jian, last month you suggested that I take more black sesame seeds and Shou Wu, I did take a lot, and wash my hair with black sesame seeds every day, but after a month, I have three more gray hairs, Imperial Doctor Jian, your prescription doesn't seem to work!" ”

Empress Shen put three white hairs on the agarwood table, and there were three white hairs on the black and shiny tabletop, which were particularly dazzling, Jian Huan sighed in her heart, how could the queen's heart disease be cured with black sesame seeds.

After a while, he smiled bitterly, "Niangniang, the minister may have another way, as long as Niangniang doesn't blame me." ”

"Say it! You doctor, how can I blame you, what kind of medicine? ”

"Actually, it's three very common things, not medicine."

Jian Juan said slowly: "A pair of wooden fish, a string of prayer beads, a Diamond Sutra, Niangniang, maybe these three things can slow down the growth of gray hair." ”

Empress Shen's nose was a little sour, when Empress Yang was left out in the cold, she seemed to be pinning on these three things, the cycle of heaven, retribution was unhappy, is it her turn today?

She was silent for a long time, and then asked, "Imperial Doctor Jian, how is the emperor's health?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, the emperor's body is good on the surface, but it is actually getting worse and worse, he believes in the witch's medicine too much, I know very well that the witch has made the weight bigger and bigger, once the emperor falls again, the minister is very worried, he really can't wake up, the minister is really worried, but no one listens to me!"

Jian Huan sighed repeatedly, heartbroken, and Empress Shen frowned, "But I heard Zhao Zhizheng say that there are also merits in Hu Medicine, and it is not completely harmful, he said that the emperor is recovering, and his legs are already conscious, I think that the sensation of his legs is improving, how can it get worse and worse?" ”

"Niangniang, the emperor is not ruined by the medicine, those medicines are non-toxic, and they do tonify the kidneys, but the problem is that the emperor has become indulgent because of that kind of medicine, even if the iron body can't withstand such a toss, so that kind of medicine is actually hurting the emperor in disguise, has Niangniang forgotten how His Majesty fainted? It seems that everyone has forgotten, and the emperor himself has forgotten it. ”

Jian Juan couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow, "Niangniang, Zhao Zhizheng is actually selfish, he also knows the harm of that kind of medicine, he is afraid that the emperor will be unhappy and punish him, because that kind of medicine gathers all the injuries, once it attacks, it will fall down in an instant, and the emperor will have no chance to punish Zhao Zhengzheng again, he is holding this kind of mentality, his selfishness will kill the emperor!" ”

Jian Huan was too upright, he said that no one liked to listen to him, including Queen Shen, she heard Jian Huan hear the word 'death', and she was also a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show it, only said lightly: "I know, I will think of persuading the emperor, you step down!" ”

Jian Juan had no choice but to retreat, at this time, there was a faint sound of the Taiping bell ringing outside the palace, this was the news of the death of an important person, Queen Shen was stunned, for a while, she hurriedly instructed a eunuch, "Go and inquire, who died?" ”

The eunuch agreed and went out, and after a while, the eunuch rushed back to report: "Niangniang, it is the king of Lanling County, Fujiang, who has died." ”

(To be continued)