On March 17, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the good news of Qizhou was transmitted to the Beijing division - the rebellion of Qizhou has been settled, the king of Qi Li You awarded the head, the emperor did not have much joy, but the edict rewarded the three armies, and ordered the general Li Ji to immediately lead the army back to Beijing, with Zhang Liang as the post of Qizhou assassin, and the rest of the Qizhou officials anyway according to their merits, each has a reward and punishment.

On March 18, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, King Li Zhi of Jin pleaded for the abolition of the prince and the subordinate officials of the East Palace, although the emperor did not agree, he issued an edict to pardon the original officials of the East Palace who were not deeply involved in the case, such as Hu Dedi, Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu, Zhao Hongzhi, Wang Renbiao, Cui Zhiji, etc., and the name of the King of Jin Renxiao rose, and because of the gratitude of the people of the East Palace who were released behind closed doors, his humble name became more and more prosperous.

On March 24, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to announce to the world in the Ming Hall outside the Taiji Palace, announcing the abolition of the prince, however, he did not announce the candidate for the prince at the same time according to the law, and even did not announce the disposal of the abolished prince Li Chengqian, but announced that the king of Qi Li You would be removed from the clan and abolished as a concubine, and his mother Yin Xianfei was demoted to a noble concubine, and Li Zhen's mother Yan Xianfei was promoted to Yan Defei.

On April 11, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the emperor issued a clear edict, Li Yuanchang, Hou Junji, Du He and other rebellious ministers were beheaded, and then because of the Yue King Li Zhen pleaded, read in Hou Junji had a great contribution to the country, the quasi-Hou family left a grandson to inherit the incense, Hou Guozhong's eldest son Hou Cheng was thus exempted, so far, in addition to the fate of the abolished prince Li Chengqian, Qizhou, Donggong, and the Han Dynasty have all been tried, and a major turmoil has come to an end, and the Beijing division has restored the apparent calm, however, The undercurrent under the surface of the water is surging again, and a battle for the ownership of the crown prince is gaining momentum, and the forces of all parties are ready to move, and the fog that hangs over the capital is still surprisingly thick.

As soon as Qingming passes, the day of the Beijing division will be hot in a blink of an eye, even wearing a single dress also makes people feel a little unbearable, if it is noon, even if you don't do anything, you can sweat, unless you can put the ice basin indoors, it is difficult to take a nap, of course, the ice basin in the summer is not just anyone can afford to enjoy, non-rich and noble people can not enjoy, but well, ice basins and the like are not rare things for the concubines in the palace, the palaces, The famous concubines in each hall are prepared, as for the ice, how much to use only need the concubines to send a subordinate to the inner service province to report a preparation, but it is not a very annoying thing, whenever noon is approaching, the palaces, the palaces of the slaves, the eunuchs will gather in the inner province with ice basins, waiting for the ice cubes to be distributed, and they can also go back to their own palaces for their own mothers to use, at this time, it is a good time for the palace slaves to compete to boast and chat, and it is also a good time for all kinds of gossip to spread around, of course, The servants of the various palaces will never forget to talk about their own masters and compare themselves with each other, and it is not uncommon for friction to arise for this, no, the chief eunuch of the Ice and Charcoal Division of the Inner Service Province has not yet arrived, and the dozen palace maids and eunuchs in front of the queue have already quarreled.

"Hey, hey, hey, what a squeeze, while standing, as far as you Min'an Palace can squeeze, faceless and skinless, and your master has a moral ......" A little eunuch who was squeezed out of the queue angrily slapped the ice basin in his hand, scolding, but he didn't think that he was only halfway through the scolding, an ice basin flew out of the crowd, and a "bang" hit his head, and immediately pressed the little eunuch's scolding back into his stomach, accompanied by a crisp scolding: "Put your mother's fart, what a bullshit thing in your Yuande Palace." , don't squeeze if you don't have the ability, and then talk nonsense, be careful that your aunt and grandmother pick your skin. ”

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, hit, on, little Shunzi, you're such a stupid person, you can't even squeeze a girl." As soon as I heard this voice, he was a master who sowed discord, the kind of person who feared that the world would not be chaotic.

"Cui Hong, scold well, Yuande Hall is not a thing, beat, kill him!" Oh, this one is also a guy who is not willing to be lonely, and he is purely a master who is not tired of standing and talking.

"Xiao Shunzi, the top and bottom are gone, you can't even lose your face, right?" Ha, this one is even more funny, it's all eggless goods, God knows if he's scolding others or himself.

"Hit, hit, fight!" , Hey, this is the cutest one, obviously a petite girl, shouting and fighting louder than anyone else, with a look of excitement on her face, it's no different from **.

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The eunuch named Xiao Shunzi was already angry, and then he was excited by these noises, how could he bear it, and no matter where the province of the inner servant was, he roared angrily, picked up the ice basin in his hand and rushed towards Cuihong, who was scolding vigorously, and the ice basin in his hand waved, and he fought indiscriminately, those who were not beaten took advantage of the troubled waters to fish, played Taiping boxing, and took the opportunity to take revenge on weekdays and grievances, and all of them were beaten into a mess, but when they saw the powder fists waving in the field, ** stretched horizontally, the ice basin danced ping-pong, what to tease the yin legs, grasp the milk boxing, and the forked eyes and hands all came out, and the fight was not happy.

"Stop, stop, don't fight, oops, damn, even Lao Tzu dares to fight, come on, come on, take down all these bastards!" Hearing the movement, Hu Song, the head of the Ice and Charcoal Division, who hurried over, saw the chaos of the scene, and hurriedly stood up, trying to hold up the shelf of the chief eunuch to persuade this big scuffle, but he never thought that the womb girls and eunuchs had already turned red-eyed, not only no one listened to his advice, but even Hu Song was beaten together, and Hu Song was immediately so angry that he shouted regardless of it.

The Ministry of Internal Servants is the institution that manages the affairs of the palace, and is responsible for rectifying the palace maids and eunuchs, and previously because this group of palace maids and eunuchs who came to receive ice cubes are all people in the palace, they dare not take care of it, and now they will not be more polite when they hear the order of the chief eunuch, and they will not be more polite, besides, the eunuchs of this group of eunuchs in the Inner Servant Province are not less angry with this group of guys on weekdays, and they are very ruthless when they start to do so, and thirty or forty little eunuchs rush up, fists, feet, and sticks unceremoniously greeted the past, and they beat all the people in the palace to the ground. There are those who break their phases, and there are those who break their hands and feet, and for a while, the audience was full of crying fathers and shouting mothers.

It's cool when you hit someone, but what about after the fight? Listening to the wailing voices of the audience, and then seeing the tattered clothes and blood-drenched appearance of the wounded together, Hu Song was immediately a little dumbfounded - don't look at Hu Song is now the chief eunuch of Zhengwupin, and there is his uncle Hu Youde on top of him, but if you want to wrestle with the masters of the palaces, let alone him, even if Hu Youde is not qualified enough, it is easy to beat the dog, but what can the master do? Which one of those sons and daughters is the master who is easy to mess with, any little finger can kill Hu Song, right?

"Come on, put all these bastards together, and notify the palaces to come and receive people." Now there is no way out, if this group of palace maids and eunuchs from various palaces go back to complain, he Hu Song has a few lives that are not enough to kill, helpless, Hu Song had no choice but to order his subordinates to detain all the people in the palace, but he hurriedly ran to the Ganlu Palace.

It's almost noon, and today is not the day of the early dynasty, Li Shimin, who is rarely idle, is eating in the Ganlu Hall at this time, although Li Shimin, who is not luxurious, is the emperor, but the diet is not very particular, and there is no unnecessary pomp - a few small dishes are seven or eight dishes, a soup, a bowl of white rice, very simple, except for three or two little eunuchs waiting aside, there is nothing surprising, not to mention Li Zhen's delicious lord, that is, the scene of other princes and others eating is far better than the old man, However, Li Shimin himself didn't care much about it, and it was very fragrant. Hu Song trotted all the way to the gate of the Ganlu Palace, just poked out from outside the main hall, and when he saw Li Shimin eating, he didn't dare to come forward to disturb him, so he had to desperately gesture to Hu Youde, who was standing beside Li Shimin, and invited his uncle out of the palace gate.

"Little Songzi, why are you so alarmed?" Hu Youde quietly walked out of the main hall, looking at Hu Song's frightened face, he couldn't help frowning, and asked angrily.

"Uncle, something is wrong, Min'an Palace and the people of Yuande Hall have fought in the Ice Charcoal Division." Hu Song had always been afraid of his uncle, but when he saw Hu Youde's face sank, he hurriedly swallowed his saliva and said with a pale face.

"What? What's going on? Say it! Hu Youde was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered his voice and hurriedly asked.

"Uncle, here's the thing......" Seeing that Hu Youde was in a hurry, Hu Song didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly recounted the incident in detail, of course, he didn't forget to add oil and vinegar, and he didn't forget to justify his reckless attack and wound the people in the palace, and pushed all the mistakes on the heads of the people in Min'an Palace and Yuande Palace, and finally asked very worriedly: "Uncle, what should I do now?" ”

Hu Youde has been in the palace for a long time, he has long been an old man, how can he be confused by Hu Song's nonsense, after hearing it, he immediately understood that this matter is not trivial, once it is not handled properly, not only Hu Song, but I am afraid that even he will not be able to escape the anger of the harem mothers, once the harem is in trouble, their uncle and nephew are afraid that they will have to finish playing, angry, they gave Hu Song a slap in the face, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Don't go back, take care of everyone, there is no holy decree, don't let people get close to that group of bastards, go quickly!" Hu Song had never seen his uncle get so angry, and he was immediately frightened, ignoring the pain on his face, he couldn't stop admitting it, and rushed back to the inner chamberlain along the road in a panic, Hu Youde looked at Hu Song's embarrassed back fiercely, stomped his feet angrily, and slipped back to the main hall.

"What's the matter?" Although the movement outside was not big, Li Shimin was still alarmed, and when he saw Hu Youde sneaking back, he put the bamboo chopsticks in his hand on a few pieces, and asked calmly.

Li Shimin is a master who is not easy to fool, and then give Hu Youde a few guts, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, at this time seeing Li Shimin's face sank, Hu Youde saw sweat on his forehead, and he didn't dare to hide it, so he hurriedly rushed forward, knelt down on the ground and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the Ice and Charcoal Division of the Inner Servant Province came to report: Min'an Palace and the people of Yuande Hall had a quarrel because of queuing up to lead the ice, and then the fight broke out, and the people of the palace were involved, and the scuffle was a scuffle, and the persuasion of the Ice and Charcoal Division was ineffective, and everyone had to be taken down together, because of the fierce brawl, everyone was injured not lightly, This matter is all caused by the ineffective handling of the Ice and Charcoal Division, but the matter involves various palaces, and the slaves and maids do not dare to make decisions without permission, so please make a clear decision. ”

"Hmph." When Li Shimin heard that it was the people from the palaces making trouble, he immediately became angry, slapped the table and said: "Decree: All those who participated in the brawl will be given thirty rods, rushed to the palace to serve hard labor, and strictly ordered the palaces to restrain their subordinates, and if there are any more offenders, they will be severely punished!" ”

As soon as he heard Li Shimin's message, Hu Youde's heart suddenly cooled by half - the life and death of a uterine maid and eunuch are small, and the faces of the harem ladies are big, if this holy decree is really implemented, the faces of all the palaces will be cut to pieces, how can Hu Song, who started the chrysalis, escape the anger of the mothers, that is, Hu Youde himself is afraid that he will have to eat and hang, but the problem is that Li Shimin's golden mouth has been opened, and he is angry, how dare Hu Youde say the word "no", seeing that things will fall out of control, Hu Youde could only fight, he gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, knelt on the ground and climbed a few steps, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, the slave maid thinks that although this matter is small, the reason behind it is big, even if it is to deal with this group of presumptuous people, it is not the way to cure the root cause, and besides, although everyone is at fault, no matter how it is handled, it is not too much, however, if the root is not solved, there are still many things to do. ”

Although Hu Youde's words are vague, the meaning inside can't be hidden from Li Shimin, the left and right are just saying that the harem is now ownerless, and the palaces are fighting openly and secretly, and no one is convinced by anyone. Li Ke, the king of Wu, and Yang Shufei, the mother of Li Shu, the king of Shu; The troika of Concubine Yan De, the mother of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, does not listen to anyone, plus the other concubines are making waves in it, how can there be a possibility of peace in the harem, and with the identity of these concubines, how can the eunuchs who have no eggs in the inner chamberlain be able to restrain them.

The matter of the harem is a taboo topic in any dynasty, but there are even more unusual things on Li Shimin's head - there are many people in Li Shimin's harem, although they are not as exaggerated as three thousand beauties, but there are still two thousand, among which there are more than 100 concubines of the grade, and there are twenty of them, but all Li Shimin's love is basically given to the eldest grandson, and in Li Shimin's eyes, the rest of the concubines together are not worth a finger of the eldest grandson. When Empress Changsun was alive, this harem was decided by Empress Changsun, and no one dared to compete with Empress Changsun, but after Empress Changsun died, the problem came - no one in the harem obeyed anyone, no one could control anyone, and the prince could coexist peacefully when he was still alive - the queen and the prince have always been one, and the queen has never changed the queen without changing the prince, the problem is that there are important ministers such as the eldest grandson Wuji in the court, and Li Shimin has always loved the prince, since no one dares to propose the matter of the future, even if there is " Wei Zheng, known as a generation of direct ministers, only dared to advise Li Shimin not to build temples, palaces and other trivial matters because he missed the eldest grandson queen, and did not dare to put forward the matter of the post-establishment, now that the prince has fallen, the big obstacle to the establishment has been cleared, and the concubines who have sons in the harem are bound to start to move, whether it is for their own status or the prospects of their own sons.

"What, are you scared?" The death of Empress Changsun is an eternal pain in Li Shimin's heart, at this time, he was poked by Hu Youde in the sore spot, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he glanced at Hu Youde, who was kowtowing, and said coldly. "Your Majesty, the slave is a lowly person, and it is not a pity to die, but the peace of the harem is related to the stability of the court. Hu Youde, who had been forced into a corner, also let go, kowtowed and said loudly.

"Presumptuous! Is this a threat? Li Shimin's face was blue, and he slapped a few sons violently, with such force that the dishes on the few sons jumped up, and the vegetable juice splashed everywhere, stirring up a mess all over the place, and even the sleeves were stained in several places. Hu Youde saw that Li Shimin was furious, how dare he say more, he just kowtowed desperately, and he kowtowed so hard that it made a clanging sound, but after a few moments, he saw blood on his forehead, and he didn't dare to wipe it, just kowtowed blindly.

"Humph!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, Huo Ran got up, paced back and forth in the main hall, Tie Qing's face gradually eased, and at the end, he sighed, looked at the direction of Zhaoling (the mausoleum of the eldest grandson queen) in a daze, and didn't say a word for a long time, after a long time, he turned around, looked at Hu Youde, who kowtowed, and said: "That's it, get up, I don't blame you, I will give you a will, from now on, anyone who dares to make trouble in the harem will be punished by the Ministry of Internal Service according to the law, go down!" As soon as the words fell, regardless of whether Hu Youde agreed or not, he walked out of the Ganlu Hall by himself, and walked straight to the Lizheng Hall where the eldest grandson queen had passed away.

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, it was equivalent to giving Hu Youde the absolute authority to take charge of the harem, this kind of authority is amazing, it looks majestic, but in fact, the risks inside are amazing-don't say whether Hu Youde has the ability to subdue the palace girls, even if he has, he can't help but consider the reaction of the princes who hold great power outside the palace, if he really offends people with ruthless hands, he is afraid that he will die and I don't know how he died, Rao is Hu Youde is also a scheming person, and when he heard it, he suddenly broke out in a sweat, Before he could say some excuses, he saw that Li Shimin had already gone away, and he was stupid on the spot for a while......

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