Chapter 5: The Emperor's Heart
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Qiheng summoned King Qi to the Xuanzheng Hall at night for questioning. It's been three days in a row.
I sat under the window with Baoyue in my arms and taught her to read, but I was thoughtful in my heart, and often unconsciously looked at the waning moon in the night sky, absent-mindedly.
"Queen Mother, Queen Mother?" Bao Yue's immature little hands 'touched' my face, and she looked at me with her big marked eyes.
I lowered my head, smiled at her, and said softly, "The queen mother is a little tired, can Baoyue and her aunt go to sleep?"
"Yes, Queen Mother. "Although Baoyue was only two years old, like most children in the court, her mother came to hug her, bowed to me, and withdrew.
I sighed in a low voice, "It's been three nights in a row, how much do they have to say between father and son?"
The 'spring' equinox reminded: "Shouldn't Niangniang be prepared?"
I nodded, sighed again, looked at the moon outside the window, and said, "Tell my brother and Zhong Ran, let them distinguish for King Qi! ”
'Chun' lowered his dark eyes and whispered, "Yes." ”
I've endured it for so many years, and I'm not afraid to endure it for a few more years!
I asked again, "What's wrong with Shen Qi?"
"It is said that those patients have made relative improvements, but there are still a few 'medicines' that need to be considered. ”
I smiled and said, "Providence is like this, when he develops the 'medicine', presumably the matter of the right minister has come to an end." ”
Next, the direction of the wind in the middle of the court changed, and the Yushitai and the six tribes led by the eldest brother began to clear the suspicion of King Qi, and all the blame was placed on the right minister. The right prime minister also knew that his limit had come, and in order to help his grandson to the position of prince, he no longer defended, and he pleaded guilty and was punished.
The emperor complied with the mandate of heaven and arrested the right minister and put him in prison, and all the right minister's henchmen were killed and exiled! At the same time, the Imperial Medical Department developed a "medicine" prescription for the treatment of the plague, and the emperor ordered all the major "medicine" prescriptions in the capital to administer "medicine" free of charge; half a month later, the plague in the capital was greatly weakened, and it would soon be restored to its original state.
Qiheng was in a good mood because of this, and came to Chenghuan Hall to see me and Baoyue. I was fully prepared to clear my suspicions.
"The affairs in the court have finally come to an end, the emperor is also a lot more relieved, and the concubines don't have to worry all day long. I diligently helped him with the dishes, and said with a smile.
He took my hand and asked me to sit down, and said with a smile: "Just let the palace people do these things, why do you have to do it yourself? Now that the affairs of the inner dynasty are solved, there is still a tough battle to be fought outside." As the saying goes, 'If you want to settle down, you must first settle down', and since the government has stabilized, I am waiting for Huo Qing and Ziling to send me a big gift!"
He seemed to have a lot of confidence in Huo Qing and Ziling, and I also laughed and said: "They can level the battle situation and there is no big war, which shows that they care about the society and know which is more important." ”
Qi Heng smiled and nodded, and ate two more bowls of rice for the first time.
After lunch, I went to Longjing, he was thoughtful with a bowl of tea, and I didn't disturb him, and sat on the side. He suddenly said: "The right minister is now in prison, some people are going to the book to kill, and some people are persuading me to open up on the Internet for his past achievements, what do you think?"
To the point!
I shook my head and said, "The concubine doesn't know, the concubine doesn't understand this." ”
He didn't look at me, but gently 'made' the tea leaves in the bowl of noodles, and said meaningfully: "How can the queen not understand? The queen has always been left and right, and several officials in the court and the central government are also full of praise for the queen. ”
My heart suddenly burst into my heart, and I smiled: "Oh? I don't know what the adults praise the concubines?"
He said with a smile: "Naturally, I praised the queen for her virtue and virtue in the middle palace." ”
I said politely: "The concubines rule the harem, respect their husbands, raise their sons and daughters, and they are all diligent and self-denying, and they really deserve the word 'virtuous'." Could it be that the emperor doesn't agree?"
He didn't speak at this time, and I said again: "The concubine knows that she is a 'woman' of the inner palace, and she never dares to discuss political affairs in vain, and she doesn't dare to open her mouth unless the emperor asks, and the concubine doesn't know who slandered the concubine in front of the emperor, which makes the emperor suspicious of the concubine." Saying that, I knelt down with tears in my eyes and said, "If the emperor really doesn't believe in the concubine, the concubine is willing to resign from the queen Fengyin and abdicate to make way for Xian!"
He was stunned, and hurriedly helped me up and said, "I have never suspected Zitong, why did Zitong say this? ”
I sobbed and got up, he pulled me to sit next to him, I looked at him with tears in my eyes and said, "The emperor asked the concubine how to deal with the right minister, and the concubine asked more, how did the concubine sister answer the emperor?"
He sighed: "She is the 'daughter' of the right blind date, so she naturally speaks earnestly and begs me for forgiveness." ”
I asked again, "What about the King of Qi?"
He frowned and didn't speak, and I sighed: "The emperor's high hopes for King Qi are well known, so please ask the emperor to see for King Qi's sake, don't get along with the right and punish him with death!"
He took me in his arms and said, "I know you're very knowledgeable. deserves the title of 'virtuous queen'. He let go of me again, got up and said, "Okay, I'll go to Yanying Hall to correct the recital, you can rest for a while." ”
"Congratulations to the emperor. "I knelt on the ground, and I felt the cold air from the green bricks on the ground go straight to my heart.
He has been gone for a long time, and I am still kneeling, and 'Chunfen' hurriedly helped me up, and said: "Niangniang, the emperor has already left, what's wrong with you?"
I sneered: "'Spring', it turns out that the so-called 'virtuous queen' was given up in exchange for the back road, but in fact, the so-called virtuous is not a queen, but a king. ”
'Chun'fen sighed and comforted: "At least the emperor is willing to believe Niangniang." ”
"No, he didn't believe me at all, but was even more sure that the eldest brother and Zhong Ran were both 'back party'. I said with a wry smile.
'Spring' was shocked: "That...... What should I do?"
I said, "Now that I know, what can I do, but let the 'Hou Party' do something that satisfies him!"
The emperor finally decided on the disposal of the right minister: lifelong confinement and punishment in the prison, wife and children and relatives were exempted, and all the money and food except for the ancestral property were confiscated.
When I heard the news, I sneered again and again: Compared with the suffering of exile of my father and his family back then, what is this punishment of the Zheng family! As for the lifelong confinement, when Qiheng dies and the King of Qi succeeds to the throne, he will give the world an amnesty and pardon his grandfather!
In that case, I will make you never wait for the day of your enthronement!
A few days later, one evening, Qiheng played chess with me in the Chenghuan Palace, and the surroundings were quiet, except for the occasional sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard.
He took one step, and I was thinking about another step, when I suddenly saw Cao Hong quietly walking in and handing him a fold, he suddenly got up and laughed loudly: "Good, good, good!"
I smiled and asked, "What's so happy?"
He said: "Huo Qing defeated the Eastern Turkistan rebels in Dingxiang, the rebel leader fled to Tuyuhun, Huo Qing led his troops to pursue, and captured the remaining 50,000 rebels!"
I was also overjoyed when I heard this, and said with a smile: "In this way, it can be regarded as a great victory! The concubine congratulates the emperor!" As he spoke, he was about to bow down, but he helped him up, and said with a smile: "General Huo Qing is also talented! When I sent this battle report, I had already attacked from the East Turkistan to the rear of the West Turkistan, and I was flanked by Ziling in front and back, presumably our army was not far from victory!"
Huo Qing's victorious return to the dynasty will definitely be added to the official rank, so the emperor will not investigate the matter of him framing the right minister.
My heart is at peace.