On the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen allowed Li Guopu to beg for rest, ordered to add a young Fu Zhishi, and left him to summon him in the hall after the early dynasty dispersed, Li Guopu tearfully said goodbye and recommended Han? , Sun Chengzong. Chongzhen said: "Mr. begged to go, I know in my heart that it is normal for people to serve their old mothers, so I will allow you." I know that you didn't sleep peacefully last night, sir, although I have nothing to give, it is better to teach you to return with peace of mind than to reward you with some gold and silver. Saying that, he handed over a sparse book, Li Guopu respectfully took it and looked at it, it was Ni Yuanlu's recital, and his heart couldn't help but beat again, and after reading the cabinet's vote, he shook his head secretly, and saw that there were five words Zhu Zhu behind the vote: "Listen to my dictatorship." He was about to praise, but Chongzhen stopped: "Actually, I was already arbitrary at that time, but I wanted to show people justice, so I obeyed the court and the world." Now that I have made an edict, will the emperor history? The collection and the bookboard of the "Three Dynasties Classics" were burned, and the official and private collections were all confiscated, and those who hid it without permission were punished with rebellion. I have dealt with the eunuchs first, and the demon book case has ordered Dongchang to send more people to investigate, and I am not busy collecting the net, do you want to get out of the whole body, I have to settle you! ”

Li Guopu kowtowed again and again, and said in a hoarse voice: "The minister is a cowardly young talent, and he has the grace of God." ”

"I didn't send you away so easily."

"The emperor regrets it?"

"Hahaha......" Chongzhen laughed, "I'm a golden mouth, when doesn't it count?" I want to teach you what to do when you get back. ”

"What's the matter? The minister's liver and brain are smeared ......"

"Well, here comes the advice again. I don't want to listen to any generous and sad songs, and I don't want to teach you to carry your head, this matter is done well, and it is a lot of wealth, I will allow you to take it, who will teach me to give you no money! ”

"A fortune?" Li Guopu only felt that the blessings and misfortunes were unpredictable, his face was at a loss, and he said secretly: Peace and nothing is good luck, what is rich or not.

"You go back to Gaoyang's hometown, write the details of the demon book in the palace into a letter, send a capable family member to Luoyang, and present it to King Fu, and say that I have arrested a few traitors."

"Could it be King Fu?" Li Guopu couldn't help but feel a little discolored, almost blurted out, hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and then asked, "The emperor wants to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger?" ”

"It's not a shock, it's a lead, how can a snake get out of the hole if it doesn't lead, how to hit its seven inches?"

"Fu Wang...... No, the mastermind behind it must have laid an inside line in the palace, how can he be willing to believe in a letter from the minister? ”

Chongzhen nodded his head and said: "You wrote down the Wanli Dynasty demon book case that I said together, most of the people who know the details of the demon book case have become ghosts, and they are not afraid that he will not believe you." Don't underestimate a mere letter, but it's a lot of money! Although King Fu is stingy by nature, this is a life-critical matter, and no matter how distressed he is, he will cut his flesh. Get up! ”

"When will the minister return to the emperor?"

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You don't have to go back, I will naturally know when the time comes." ”

There is no rain in spring, the sun is shining for days, the weather in Beijing is getting warmer, the West Garden has long been peach and willow green, and the grass grows and the warbler flies. Chongzhen used lunch to order someone to go to the pachinko room to get a slingshot, only took Wang Chengen a few personal eunuchs, and rode to Xiyuan to play, Wang Chengen carried a bright yellow bag full of mud pills, followed left and right. Through the Xiyuan Gate, looking from afar, Qionghua Island towers on the water, the shadow of the sparkling tower, slowly rippling in a pool of spring water. The pavilions and pavilions along the coast are looming between the green bushes and water, and the corridors, mountain peaks and white towers reflect in the water, and the scenery is picturesque. Everyone along the south bank of the Taiye Pond to fight horses like flying, in a blink of an eye to the towering regimental city, looking up at the Chengguang Hall in the center of the regimental city platform, the eaves are warped, the grand and magnificent, the yellow glazed tube tile green trimmed edge of the palace top, flashing all kinds of light in the afternoon sun. On the east side of the hall, there is a tall and vigorous pine, the crown is like a cover, there are two whitebark pines that are named "white robe generals", one is the sea pine that is named "the marquis of the sea", the main hall is covered with heavy eaves, the pine branches are green, shrouded in a cloud of purple smoke, it is really like the fairy mountain Qionglou on the sea. "Hooray, how many birds are there in the tree!" Wang Chengen's eyes were clear, and he offered the mud pills.

Chongzhen got off the horse and leaned forward with his robe, and saw a few sparrows jumping up and down on the pine branches, chirping, and raising a slingshot to fight. With a "squeak", a sparrow fell with its wings crooked, and the remaining few flapped their wings to fly, Chongzhen popped out again, and a sparrow fell straight down with a muffled sound. Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, and when he saw that one had broken his head and the other had injured his wings, he struggled hard and couldn't stop wailing.

The eunuchs applauded: "Long live the master's divine skill, the bullet is not in vain." ”

Wang Chengen offered it and praised it: "Long live the marbles of the Lord seem to have eyes, a small sparrow, looking at it from afar, but the size of a bean, it is like being in front of you, such an accurate head!" ”

Chongzhen was overjoyed and said with a smile: "If you try the knife, you will have a gain, and it will not be in vain for me to practice once." "Gallop along the horse, but see a few yellow plums in the shade of the Taihu Lake stone in front, will Xie Weixie, Wu self-spit Fang to compete for beauty, ordered Wang Chengen to get off the horse and fold, happily said: "I like Huangmei very much, it is rare that there are still relics in the late spring, put these few branches in the long-necked gallbladder bottle with water, and put them on the Qingxia Xuan, Qingxuanju on a few cases, and a few days of fun!" ”

Qing Xianju is the small hall of Kunning Palace, under the eaves of the east, and the Youyi Zhai in the north of Kunning Palace, which is the name of Chongzhen just given, the lintel of the two places is hung in the middle of the plaque of Gao Shiming's new book, the big characters are broken, the penmanship is strict, dignified and solemn. Empress Zhou sat quietly in the Qingxuan residence, watching Wu Wanrong, the head of the house, take a few little palace maids out and go in to pack up the clothes for the summer, and take them out one by one to dry. Wu Wanrong walked in front of her with a pearl shirt in both hands, and praised her: "Niangniang's pearl shirt is really exquisite, I don't know which skillful person weaves it, five pearls, a gem is clustered into a white plum, plum blossoms are fairy bones, and they are strange when they fall into the world, and she can't figure it out." ”

When Queen Zhou touched it with her hand, she felt that her skin was cold, and she looked at it for a while and said: "It was woven by the emperor in Suzhou and Hangzhou before the Qianqiu Festival, and 10,000 pearls and 100 gems were used. At that time, the weather was still cold, and the pearls were cold, so they could not be tried. Look at this style must be good. ”

Wu Wanrong said: "Niangniang's skin is like snow, I don't know how good it looks when wearing such a crystal pearl shirt!" Queen Zhou said with a smile: "You weird elf, you change your way to tempt me, but fortunately, it's warm today, so I'll wear it." Wu Wanrong was busy waiting for her to remove only a thin layer of narrow pleated skirts, the thin belts of the two plackets were tied into butterfly buttons, covered with pearl shirts, as if carved in pink and jade, Wu Wanrong exclaimed: "Niang Niang is really like an immortal, a gust of wind blows, I'm afraid it's going to be lifted in the wind, when the time comes, the long live Lord asks the slave for someone, what does the slave and maid take?" I had to pray to the Moon Palace. ”

Empress Zhou asked, "What do you worship?" ”

Wu Wanrong blinked and said: "Please come back soon, don't leave the long-lived master alone, teach the slaves and maids to be anxious!" ”

Queen Zhou faked anger and said: "You are really good at this oily tongue, I am not rare in the Moon Palace, what kind of immortals!" What's so good? ”

"Niangniang is reluctant to live the lord, right? The slaves and maids are reluctant to be mothers! Wu Wanrong smiled, turned around and went out, "The slave maid went and asked those sisters to come over and have a look." ”

Queen Zhou did not stop her, walked to the dressing table, took the rhombic glasses and looked at it herself. The pearl shirt is a low-necked slightly open style, revealing the entire neck at a glance, the plain white pleated skirt on the body looms, the skin is pasted with pearls, there is a trace of coolness, there is an indescribable refreshing and smooth, Xi Xi style, she remembered the famous glamorous words, and chanted softly: "The hills overlap the golden light and extinguish, and the temples and clouds want to cross the fragrant cheeks and snow." I am too lazy to paint my eyebrows, and I am late to make up and freshen up. Before and after the flowers, the flowers reflect each other. Newly embroidered robes, double golden partridges. "I blushed all of a sudden, closed my eyes, as if I was back in the drizzle?? Gangnam ...... Suddenly, someone grabbed him from behind and hugged him in his arms. Queen Zhou couldn't help but be taken aback, when she was in a hurry, she was hugged tightly, where to break free, when she was about to turn her head to look, but the person kissed all the way down the back of her neck, and the hot breath she exhaled blew straight on her chest. The man behind him turned his head, Rao is dodge quickly, and he was also swept on his face by his fingertips, and he let go of his hand in pain, and said, "Your hand is so ruthless, it's beating me." ”

When Queen Zhou saw Chongzhen caressing her cheeks and retreating to the side, she was stunned and didn't know how to speak. Chongzhen saw that there was no blood on her face, and she knew that she was scared, so she hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to comfort: "It's that I didn't speak, I don't blame you, I look at what scared you-" grabbed her waist again, and laughed: "This shirt is really good-looking, it is snow-white inside and out, it is all one, and the pink chest is half hidden in the dark snow, which is the most cute!" As he spoke, he untied the loop on the chest of his pearl shirt and reached in.

At this time, Queen Zhou came back to her senses, saw a few red marks faintly on Chongzhen's cheeks, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, have you ever been injured by the concubine?" ”

"It's okay."

"The emperor can't be like this anymore, he almost scared his concubines to death." Queen Zhou's eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help choking.

Chongzhen looked at her face full of tears, and said with a smile: "Jun Mingzhu is in tears, I haven't eaten pearls yet!" Wouldn't it be a pity that such good objects are so wasted in such a vain? Bowing her head and wanting to eat, Queen Zhou burst into tears and laughed, and said: "The concubine met the emperor when she was not married, and what do you say about hating to meet when you are not married?" It's just that the emperor has come less recently, but it has become difficult for Lang to come out, and he has been pitiful to Lang. She suddenly blushed and said, "The concubine should die, she lost her identity and said such obscene words!" ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "What kind of obscene word is this?" It's always in love, and it's also true. Is the emperor and queen also humane? It is also necessary to have children and continue the bloodline. Husband and wife in bed, gentlemen under the bed, always have a tight face, the most unacceptable. The young cannot be taught, and their own hearts are like ancient wells. As he spoke, seeing the queen looking at her in surprise, she couldn't lower her tongue, and gently pinched her cheeks and said, "What's the matter?" But in my heart, I am scolding and stealing? ”

The queen snorted: "The concubines don't dare, they just think it's strange, in broad daylight, the emperor actually ...... Don't concubines dare to say these words? ”

"Do you dare to think?"

Empress Zhou nodded and said, "I just don't dare to violate the etiquette law." ”

Chongzhen muttered lightly: "It's hard for you, I want my mother to honor the world, command the harem, and don't dare to miss." is still the same sentence, the emperor and queen are also human! There are seven emotions and six desires, joys, angers, sorrows, and sorrows, I haven't been to Kunning Palace for many days, in fact, I also want to think very much in my heart, but Lin'er has a miscarriage, I'm afraid that you will be even more sad when you see me. I also heard from the imperial doctor that you are weak after giving birth, and your body is not very convenient, so you have to recuperate slowly. ”

"The emperor is relieved, the concubine's body has recovered, and there is no major problem. The medicine has been stopped, but it is still regularly supplemented. The queen spoke, and her eyes filled with tears again.

Chongzhen wiped it for her with a smile, and said lovingly: "The imperial doctor has already paid tribute to me, otherwise I still don't dare to come." As he spoke, he touched a handful of pearl shirts and said: "Pearls are cold, the weather has never been hot, and you have been wearing it for a long time, I am afraid that your body and bones will not be able to withstand it, so I will go for you!" "I untied the rest of the loops, and I was about to take them off. Suddenly, I heard a chatter outside the door: "You can't think of how the lady looks when she wears it." "Like Chang'e or Roselle?" As a few palace maids came in, Queen Zhou hurriedly covered her arms, Chongzhen made a faster move, and hugged her against her chest with her back to the door. The matter was in a hurry, and several palace maids did not expect the emperor to come, so they knelt down to ask for peace, Chongzhen frowned slightly, and scolded: "Blind! Didn't you see Xiao Enzi outside the door? ”

Wu Wanrong, the leader, said in a trembling voice: "The slaves and maids are just thinking about the mother's pearl shirt." Besides, the slave maid only went out with her feet raised, and she really couldn't think of long live the master...... The slave and maid deserve to die, and beg the lord to punish the slave and maid to the Huanyi Bureau. ”

"Get up! You have served the queen well recently, and spared you this, you will have more eyes in the future, and if you are so reckless, I can't look at your skin! Queen Zhou was hugged by the emperor again, and her limbs were numb, but in front of the palace maids, her cheeks were already embarrassed and crimson, and she buried her head in Chongzhen's shoulder socket, secretly afraid that the emperor would be angry, and severely punish the palace maids, and spread it out, and she didn't chew her tongue behind her back? Hearing the emperor's reprimand, he wanted to order them to retreat, but he saw a little eunuch wandering outside the door, wanting to enter but unable to enter, and scolded: "What's the matter? What kind of system does it become if you only care about the thief's head and the brain! ”

The little eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down by the door, and stammered: "The slave and maid are coming, and they are the new cherries of the North Orchard." He put the red lacquer snack box away and flew away. Wu Wanrong and the others also came to their senses, and hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated, Wu Wanrong retreated to the door, brought in the red lacquer food box, and then turned down.

The queen changed her clothes and inserted Huangmei into the vase on the table, and Wang Chengen asked softly outside the door: "Long live the lord, it's past the unitary time, do you have dinner?" ”

Chongzhen felt a little hungry at this time, ran back to the horse, and sat for a long time, ignoring the fact that the twilight had already gone to the window, but remembering the break-in of the palace maids, he scolded outside: "You bastard, where did you die?" When you see someone coming in, why don't you stop them? ”

"Slave maid, slave maid thought that they were ordered by Niang Niang, and besides, they went as fast as they flew and couldn't stop ......"

"You've grown up over the years, and you've learned to talk back!"

Outside the door, he knelt down with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave doesn't dare!" ”

"Humph! Don't you dare, what did you just say? Dogs, go down and get twenty lashes. ”

"Your Majesty, let's spare him this time! Otherwise, wouldn't it be suspicious that the concubines and concubines would have no way to teach them. ”

"Okay, just slap your mouth ten times outside the door." Chongzhen heard the crackling sound outside, smiled and held Queen Zhou's hand and said: "I will rest here tonight, I don't need to change my makeup, this is more beautiful, if I am painted with pearl powder or hosta powder, it looks like a grimace in the temple, and I have no popularity." ”

Queen Zhou said: "The emperor is busy with his own affairs, the government and the opposition subjects are up and down, how many major things are waiting to be disposed of, don't always worry about me so much, some of the concubines are bored!" Teach the palace ladies to read Tang poems and Song lyrics, and this day and earth pass quickly. ”

"You are so reasonable, you always think about me, and I feel sorry for you. Don't say it, seeing that you look so good, I am very happy in my heart, don't sweep away my interest. ”

Queen Zhou said with tears in her eyes: "The concubine is always thinking about the emperor in her heart, a good Lin'er, it is really distressing, it is all the concubine who was careless, bent over and twisted her body, where would you think that the child was gone." And as he spoke, he cried again.

Chongzhen took her hand and said: "I am still rich with you in the spring and autumn, stay in the green mountains, I am not afraid of no firewood, and I don't spare my strength, what are you worried about!" ”

When the queen heard him say vulgarly, she burst into tears and smiled, and said, "This is also what the emperor said?" The concubines also understood this reason, and they were afraid that the emperor would miss someone to do things. ”

Chongzhen said: "I know that it is not easy to be a queen, the posture must be square, the behavior must be steady, the virtuous and demure, and the demeanor of a mother in the world, do not listen to the ears, and do not squint...... Don't be jealous ...... yet."

The queen lowered her head and wiped away her tears: "The emperor is considerate of the concubines, but in fact, the difficulties of the concubines are nothing compared to the emperor." Now everything is waiting to be done, there are too many things waiting for the emperor to cook, and thousands of Chenhan are on the emperor's shoulders, don't be distracted by the concubines. When I heard about the burning of the "Essentials", some people are looking for death and life! Oh! It is said that this is the government, and the concubines should not talk too much. ”

"It's okay to talk about it, it's not to blow the pillow wind on me." Chongzhen got up and paced a few steps, lifted the red lacquer food box, remembered that Sun Zhiqi made a big fuss in the East Pavilion, and felt funny in his heart, sat down and put a red cherry on the queen's mouth, and asked, "How did you hear about it?" The queen stuttered up, spit out the peach pit, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of person Sun Zhiqi is, he must be a stubborn temper and his head doesn't turn." I heard that he went to the East Pavilion to make a big fuss, and the halberd pointed out that he scolded the ministers for not being able to speak out and admonish, and there was some correction, so that the emperor fell into a place of unfilial piety and unfriendliness, and the ministers were hiding in the house, and no one wanted to come out to provoke him. He cried and scolded enough, and returned to the Hanlin Courtyard alone in a boring manner, pierced his middle finger, wrote a blood book, and wanted to go to the court to read it in front of the emperor, which was really crazy! ”

Chongzhen said: "This Sun Zhiqi is a native of Shandong, with a tendon temper, and he is a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy. That day he went to the East Pavilion, he actually wore a filial piety dress in his coat, hid the crying stick, like a mourning examiner, crying while scolding, who persuaded to beat whom, and then it was really difficult to end, Liu Hongxun ordered the captain to drive away, he pretended to be crazy and stupid, fell to the ground and rolled around, and had to ask for the iron card of 'the cabinet heavy land trespasser cut', Sun Zhiqi saw that the cabinet ministers were really angry, and then got up and left. I didn't dare to read the blood book in the court, but I also read it, full of nonsense, saying 'The emperor Yu Xizong, once the north of the matter, saw that there is a preface to the imperial system in my word, how can I cast it into the fire?' The emperor and the first emperor succeeded each other, and if it was not for the sweep of the victorious country, why should they be so cruel? Yu Zukao lost filial piety, and Yu Xi Temple lost friends. Chongzhen's words turned sharply, and he sighed as if he was pitiful: "This person is also straightforward, but he doesn't know the general situation, talks about integrity, and is suspected of selling his name, which is annoying." ”

"Do you have to destroy the Canon?"

"If the "Essentials" is not destroyed, it will give the three cases a truth, raise friends, turn over the old cases, and cause a big prison.

"Isn't the three cases already decided?"

Chongzhen said: "Those words are made by Wei Zhongxian without authority, and the imperial preface drafted by the cabinet minister Gu Bingqian on behalf of the emperor does not have a word that is approved by the first emperor, and it is all Wei Ei's words. The Donglin Party has been resentful for a long time, waiting for an opportunity to overturn the case, and then quarrel again, I don't know how many people are involved, how did it happen? ”

"What's the trade-off?"

"The two parties have their own prejudices, coexist with each other's rights and wrongs, and will never turn differences into similarities. The Donglin Party thought that the red pill case was the first assistant Fang Congzhe's masterpiece, but in fact, when the emperor took the red pill, Fang Congzhe tried his best to dissuade him, and I was on the left and right, and I saw it with my own eyes. Zhang Cha, the main culprit in the attack case, was indeed insane, but the Donglin Party insisted on trying out the mastermind behind Zheng Guifei. It is also unreasonable for the eunuch party to say that the palace transfer case was instigated and manipulated by Wang An, so as to gain self-respect. Now that everything is divided, I don't want to dwell on the old things, so it is best to burn them. Chongzhen spit out the cherry and said, "This sour!" Since the beginning of my life, the officials have attacked the ministers of the cabinets, and they have been especially fierce to Lai Zongdao and Yang Jingchen, and they have been unable to settle down, and they have begged to learn from Li Guopu's appearance. Now that Qian Longxi and Li Biaoye have arrived, plus Liu Hongxun has three people, Han Puzhou is already on his way to Beijing, and Zhou Daodeng is almost there, so there is no need to keep them. ”

The queen asked, "Then how did the emperor deal with Sun Zhiqi?" ”