Chapter 244: Silence
Jin Yiwei went in for a while, and the things that were searched out were all registered in the register, and it took three days to get out an account book and present it to His Majesty, and the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was far away in Wanshou Mountain, received the news at this time, hurried back, and cried and cried after getting off Luan, and hurriedly came in to see her son,
"Your Majesty......"
When I came in, I saw Zhu Houzhao who was half-lying on the dragon bed, with a white cloth wrapped in a white cloth on his lower abdomen, and he was dying.
"Your Majesty...... You're ...... It's ......"
Zhu Houzhao saw the Queen Mother's eyes immediately filled with tears,
"Queen Mother's ......"
Empress Dowager Zhang hurriedly went over and took her son's hand,
"Your Majesty, you ...... What are you...... Hurt ......"
The news that the two marquis were taken was that night after the people in the Hou Mansion saw that the two marquis were summoned to the palace, but it was dark, the palace door was locked, and no one came back!
In the past, when the first emperor was there, there were also two marquis who stayed in the palace, but since the death of the first emperor, the two marquis have not spent the night in the palace, so the family wondered how the two marquis did not come back after it was dark, so they sent someone to the palace to inquire, but they heard a shocking and inexplicable news, saying that the two marquis did not know what angered His Majesty, and they were sent to the prison!
As soon as the news came back, the families of the two marquis were immediately panicked, and there were also those who understood in their hearts,
"Even if you can put it into the prison, this matter will not be small, at this time, I am afraid that it is useless to ask anyone, only the Queen Mother can save our family!"
At that moment, he immediately sent someone out of the city overnight with the token of the Hou Mansion, and went to ask the Queen Mother for help, but he thought that the cabinet was so fast, and the next day he drafted the decree, and His Majesty was also happy to use the seal himself, and the brocade guard came to the door to get people, whether it was the cabinet elders or the young emperor, but none of them thought of interrogating the two marquis in the prison, and no one thought to ask about the cause and effect of this matter, but the two of them were stretched out in the prison, and they were looking forward to someone coming in to ask, It's good to tell your grievances, but no one cares about you when you wait, and you can be said to be living like a year in the prison!
When Empress Dowager Zhang got the news and hurried back, the holy decree had been issued, and her two brothers had been raided, and they were going to leave for the wild Qiongzhou two days later!
Empress Dowager Zhang hurriedly came to find her son and wanted him to take back his life, but when she saw that her son had become like this, she couldn't help but stay on the spot.
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... This hurts...... This hurts ......"
Zhu Houzhao took a long breath and shed tears,
"The queen mother, the child is only one step away from seeing the queen mother again!"
Empress Dowager Zhang trembled when she heard this,
"Could it be...... Could it be your uncle......"
Zhu Houzhao cried,
"The queen mother, the father and the son treat the two uncles well, why do they ...... They're going to assassinate me! ”
Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head again and again when she heard this,
"No...... No, how could your two uncles do such a rebellious thing! ”
Zhu Houzhao cried,
"When the father and emperor were there, they all dared to peep into the palace and wear the imperial crown without permission, and now they can't bully their son when he is young, and he has just ascended to the throne, and the foundation is unstable, so they want to assassinate me and replace him!"
Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head full of vermilion,
"Nope! No! His Majesty's two uncles mourning the family know best, they are the most unambitious, if they say that eating, drinking and having fun is a leader, but if they say that they have the heart of rebellion, and want to seek to usurp the throne and mourn the family, it is 10,000 unbelief, with the ability of the two of them, it is to send an emperor to them, and they will also be a country ruined! ”
Zhu Houzhao said secretly in his heart,
"It seems that the queen mother, your own family also knows what your two younger brothers are!"
On his face, he cried and pointed to his wounds,
"That'...... Queen Mother, why did my uncle stab me, and a sword still can't understand his hatred, and he wants another sword, if I don't hide quickly, and take another sword, I will go to accompany my father! ”
After that, he began to cry loudly, and after a while, he pulled at the wound again, and shouted,
"Alas! Alas! It's in the gut! Fast...... Hurry up and announce Imperial Doctor Yin! ”
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw her son screaming, she covered the wound with her palm, as if blood had come out of the white cloth, which frightened Empress Dowager Zhang and screamed.
"Hurry up and announce the Imperial Doctor!"
This head is lively, that day in the prison, but someone smiled to see the two prisoners, the Zhang brothers have been hoarse in the prison for so many days, but no one has been careful, today I finally saw an acquaintance, I couldn't help but say with joy,
"Grandpa Liu!"
Liu Jin came in with a smile and saluted the two,
"Congratulations to the two marquis, tell the two marquis a good news, the queen mother is back!"
When the two heard that the Queen Mother was back, they couldn't help but be happy.
"Great! The Queen Mother is back, and she is finally saved! ”
Liu Jin nodded when he heard this,
"Don't hide it from the two Hou Ye, what happened that day, Your Majesty was also frightened for a while, and after realizing it, I knew that Hou Ye didn't mean it, but he just ate too much wine and had some unstability in his hands, how could he pull up the thorn!"
The two nodded like pounding garlic when they heard it, and Shou Ninghou burst into tears.
"Your Majesty! The minister really just missed it for a while! ”
Looking back now, Shou Ninghou himself is also confused, obviously talking to His Majesty, how can the sword in his hand poke at His Majesty?
He was also five or six minutes drunk that day, but he couldn't remember what had happened when he broke his head!
Liu Jin nodded when he heard this,
"That's true, Your Majesty also understands later, but Your Majesty wants to make this matter a big thing small, and a small thing is nothing, but the elders of the Pavilion refused to let go of the two marquis, and they entered the palace on the same day, begging Your Majesty to convict you two of you for the crime of rebelling against the king, and the family will be beheaded!"
The two of them were shocked when they heard this, and they even said that they were wronged,
"Father-in-law Liu, we are really wronged in this matter!"
Liu Jin nodded and said,
"Your Majesty also knows that the two marquis have been wronged, and you can only hate the cabinet for drawing up a holy decree, not forcing your majesty to use the seal, Your Majesty and several cabinet elders argued with reason, and finally saved the lives of the two marquis, and got exiled to Naqiongzhou!"
The two of them heard some hope in front of them, thinking that this matter would be over, but when they heard it, their faces turned pale immediately,
"Exile to Qiongzhou, that's ...... It's a line worse than cutting off your head! ”
At this time, no one wants to go to that hot and wild place, like them, pampered people, go to such a realm, but they are afraid that they will die on the way before they arrive, and they will be called to hit the sky at the moment.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The minister is wronged! ”
The two screamed fiercely, but the prison was heavy, even if they screamed loudly, this sound could not be heard!
Liu Jin waited until they had no strength to cry, and then he sighed and said,
"Don't despair the two marquis, and the queen mother......"
As he spoke, he beckoned to the back,
"Come on! Bring white fungus lotus seed soup to the two marquis to moisten their throats......"
A little eunuch brought two small bowls of soup, and the two of them did not suspect him, so they hurriedly took it, Liu Jin said,
"Alas! Our Majesty has no way, but it is estimated that the Queen Mother will come to visit the two Hou Masters for a while, and the two Hou Masters drank this white fungus lotus seed soup to moisten their throats, leaving some strength to tell the Queen Mother about their grievances, and I can't say that the Queen Mother will have a way to save the two! ”
The two listened to the cooing and drinking, and nodded and said,
"Thank you, father-in-law! But the two of us will come out one day, and we will be grateful! ”
Liu Jin smiled and said,
"Well said! Say! ”
Seeing that the two of them drank nothing left, they slowly got up and bowed to the two.
"Take care of the two marquis!"
Immediately turned to leave, and when the Queen Mother arrived at the prison an hour later, her two brothers were hoarse, their limbs were weak, and they fell to the ground softly.
"This ...... What's going on? ”
Empress Dowager Zhang was furious, but the leader of the Praetorian Guard guarding the prison was accustomed to it,
"Queen Mother, this is because the two marquis were overly excited, and they kept crying out day and night, until their throats were damaged and their whole body convulsed, and many prisoners who entered the prison will be like this!"
Empress Dowager Zhang is a woman's family, and she has been in the deep palace for a long time, and she has been favored for half her life, but she has not seen many selfish means, but she didn't think about it at all.
Only this support was not improved until the Zhang brothers were escorted out of Kyoto, the two were carried into the carriage, during which the Empress Dowager Zhang also went to find the cabinet trouble, only how could the cabinet elders be willing to let go of this golden opportunity, and they were also unceremonious to the Empress Dowager Zhang,
"Queen Mother, this is a major crime of rebellion, if it weren't for His Majesty's protection, the Zhang family would have been escorted to the execution ground a long time ago! Now that you have spared their lives, it is Your Majesty's grace! Has the Queen Mother ever seen His Majesty's injuries? Have you ever seen the situation of Your Majesty's blood in the palace, although you are from the Zhang family, but you are the wife of the first emperor, the mother of the current saint, where did the Queen Mother put Your Majesty in such an act? Where is the first emperor? Where are the people of the country? ”
The meaning of the elders, although the queen mother, although your surname is Zhang, but if you marry the surname Zhu, you should go to your mother-in-law's family, and you should repeatedly go to your mother's family, and now your son has been stabbed by her mother's family, and you want to protect it indiscriminately, so your brain is really unclear!
Empress Dowager Zhang was speechless when asked, returned home, and returned to the harem with a serious illness, and when the Zhang family was escorted out of Beijing, the Empress Dowager was haunted by the phoenix couch and could not get up.
Zhu Houzhao led Wei Wu Weifu out of the capital, and wanted to personally send off the two uncles, and when he arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, he saw the carriage, and there were two Hou Ye who were indispensable in Beijing in the past lying side by side in the carriage, Zhu Houzhao personally poured wine, and Wei Wu and Liu Jin helped the two up, Zhu Houzhao said to the two uncles,
"There will be a farewell for sending you a thousand miles, the two uncles have a long way to go, the road is difficult, and you have to take care of yourself!"
"Hmm...... Ahh......hhh Babble, yes......"