The queen's decree was soon issued, and it was agreed that the two governments would set up Jiao in the Daqing Hall to pray for blessings. So Wen Yanbo immediately dispatched and commanded, set up a dojo, prepared a couch, and stayed in the west of the main hall with several slaughterers. After a deep conversation with Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi said that he was sick and left the palace, indicating that he did not anticipate the political affairs here.

Naturally, he did this to avoid suspicion. When it comes to the conspiracy between the queen and the minister, onlookers will probably guess who this "minister" is. The queen is inclined to the new minister, which is more or less perceptible to people in the imperial court, even if he didn't look at Fu Bi when he said that sentence today, everyone can think of him when they connect with the cause and effect.

I was always a little relieved about Mr. Zhang, fearing that he would look for a short-term see him again in the future, so I went to see him at his residence early the next morning. When I arrived, he was no longer in the room, only a little yellow door was in to clean his room.

"Mr. Liang is early!" Probably because of my behavior yesterday, he was very friendly to me, and when he saw me, he smiled and saluted, and without waiting for me to ask, he told me: "Before dawn, Mr. Zhang has already gone to the Funing Hall to serve the official's house, and he is not here now." ”

Still a little worried, I asked, "Didn't anything happen last night?" ”

"Mr. Zhang is very good, he drank porridge and took medicine as instructed by the doctor last night, and there is nothing unusual. I didn't feel at ease, I watched him all night, and I didn't see anything wrong with him. He said, then looked at me, paused, seemed to think about something, and finally decided to tell me, "But if there's something unusual, it's still there...... At night, the queen came to see him and took Deng Duzhi with her. At that time, Mr. Zhang had already closed the door to rest, and Deng Duzhi accompanied the queen to stand in the courtyard and opened his mouth to inform him that he would come out to pick him up. But Mr. Zhang didn't open the door, and knelt down behind the door after getting dressed neatly, saying that he was fine, and he didn't dare to have Queen Lao look down, so he asked the queen to go back. The queen came nearer and said, 'Open the door and let me see, and I will go back.' But Mr. Zhang did not agree, but only bowed again, and said: "The queen's teachings have been kept in mind, and I will do my best to serve the officials in the future, and there will never be a trace of slackness." When the queen heard this, she said no more. Then Mr. Zhang said again: "Congratulations to the queen." He fell to the ground and did not look up for a long time, until I told him that there was no longer a shadow of the queen on the lattice, and he slowly got up. ”

When I heard this, I didn't know what to say, but I was silent for a while, and my eyes wandered aimlessly around the room. Eventually, a sprig of plum on the table caught my attention.

The yellow powder makeup of the narame is crystal clear, the color is like beeswax, it is translucent, and the center of the flower is white. Although it is not as beautiful as the red plum, it is fragrant and rich, especially the plum fragrance. At this time, the room has been wiped by the small yellow door, and the window is bright and clean, and the fragrance of flowers blends with the undried water vapor, which makes it more and more elegant and fresh.

Seeing that I was concerned about Lamei, Xiao Huangmen immediately explained: "This flower was sent by the queen this morning...... This plum is Mr. Zhang's favorite flower. ”

I nodded and asked him again, "What's the name of this plum?" ”

He replied, "Suxin." ”

The reasons why Mr. Zhang did not see the queen behind closed doors may be complicated, and I can only guess the most superficial layer: avoiding suspicion, preventing people who spy on their words and deeds from finding evidence of their private "conspiracy".

So I admire the queen very much, it takes courage to visit Mr. Zhang in such a situation. At the same time, I also felt that Mr. Zhang's determination to stay behind closed doors required another kind of courage to refuse visits from people he had always maintained.

Obviously, someone has been keeping an eye on them, otherwise Mr. Zhang wouldn't have known about going to the Thirteenth Regiment to practice and Fu Bi today. Therefore, although Mr. Zhang and the queen did not meet, I was still worried that the matter would be seen by the people who followed and peeped at them, and used the topic to play.

Someone did do it, but it ended tragically, self-defeatingly, and lost their lives.

On the morning of this day, news that Wen Xiang had made the killing ring public and ordered the execution of an informant spread throughout the imperial city.

The man begged to see the ruler who stayed in the west of the Daqing Hall late at night and reported the "rebellion". As soon as Wen Yanbo heard this, he ordered someone to grind thick ink in the basin, and then called that person over, personally painted his face with a pen, so that people could not see his original appearance, and after the forbidden door was opened, he called the guards and ordered the person to be beheaded outside the Donghua Gate.

As a result, no one knows who the whistleblower is. Two days later, someone whispered that one of Shi Duzhi's little yellow doors seemed to be missing. I don't know the person who is rumored to be missing, I don't know if it's true or not, but in any case, the harem is forbidden, and there is no more talk of "rebellion".

Since the princess fell ill, I would follow Miao Shuyi into the provincial palace every day to report the princess's illness to the queen. But one day, Miao Shuyi and I were about to go out, but we saw someone sent by the middle palace to summon the news: "The queen decided to close the pavilion to eat fast and write scriptures, and pray for the official family until the official family recovers and looks at the court." During this period, everyone in the palace is exempted from greetings, and from today on, Miao Niangzi does not have to go to the Rouyi Hall for the time being. ”

Miao Shuyi was surprised: "You don't have to see other people when you eat fast and write scriptures, and pray for the blessings of the official family?" What was the queen's decision? ”

The visitor did not dare to answer, and hurriedly left. But the official family violated the rules, and the ladies in the palace pricked up their ears more and more under worry, and they were extremely sensitive to the slightest wind and grass. Yu Chongyi, who came later, told Miao Shuyi the news she had heard: "There are two Si Tianguan who said in public that looking at the stars at night and seeing that the Son of Heaven is violating, the country will have abnormal changes. They also drafted a complaint and handed it to Shi Duzhi, asking him to hand it over to Wen Xianggong. ”

Miao Shuyi was slightly surprised when she heard this: "Those ministers in the court are the most annoying to mention the matter of the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian hanging the curtain to listen to the government back then." The queen listens to the government, can they agree? ”

Yu Chongyi said: "I don't know what the attitude of Wen Xianggong is. I heard that he smiled at Shi Duzhi, and then took the form away, without saying anything. ”

Miao Shuyi asked in a low voice, "What is the origin of these two Si Tianguan?" Have you had any contact with the queen before? ”

Yu Chongyi shook his head and said, "Who knows? But two days ago, these two people asked Wu Duzhi to take them into the Daqing Palace, and waited at the place where the two prefectures gathered, and said to Zai Zhi with a sign that the country should not dig a river in the north and change the direction of the Yellow River, so that the Holy Body of the Son of Heaven would be uneasy. This spearhead is obviously directed at Fu Xianggong, because the river channel was decided by Fu Xianggong...... In this way, they should not be pro-Zhonggong people. Today, when I heard that they suggested that the queen listen to the government, I also said that they suddenly changed their sex, and they wanted to curry favor with the queen again......"

Miao Shuyi asked again: "Then the queen announced that she would close the cabinet and not see the people in the palace, is this because of this?" ”

Yu Chongyi said: "That's right. I heard that Deng Duzhi was very happy to tell her about this morning, but she didn't expect her face to change at that time, and immediately asked people to pass the order, saying that she would close the cabinet and eat vegetarian scriptures, and neither go out nor see idlers, making it clear that she didn't want to get involved in politics. ”

Miao Shuyi seemed to understand a little: "Didn't these two people want to add fuel to the fire at this juncture and arouse the minister's disgust with the queen?" ”

Yu Chongyi smiled slightly, secretive.

Miao Shuyi still has a question: "But Si Tianguan shouldn't have any chance to meet the queen?" Why do you want to target the queen like this? Could it be that someone instructed it? ”

This is also what I wanted to ask, but Yu Chongyi could not answer her question, and the person who finally gave a reasonable explanation was Mr. Zhang.

When I told him about Si Tianguan's invitation to the queen to listen to the government, he was a little uneasy in surprise, and hurriedly asked me, "How did the queen react?" ”

I told him the truth, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If she shows the slightest joy, it will be a villain's trick." ”

He immediately told me that Jia Changchao, who was currently staying in Beijing, had always hated Fu Bi and had dealings with Wu Jilong, and that Si Tianguan's previous protest on the canal should have been arranged by Jia Changchao's fake Wu Jilong. Therefore, they did not invite the queen to listen to the government out of good intentions, if the queen revealed the intention of hanging the curtain, one would arouse the vigilance of the ruler, and second, if he recovered today, he would be more wary of the queen when he learned of this, and even more serious consequences.