Chapter 42: It's Rongwei!
After Ji Ming got married, he was locked up at home by Mrs. Ji, took leave from the old emperor, and concentrated on making people at home, and Rong Hao didn't see him for a long time.
Today's heavy rain is pouring, Rong Hao originally took a leave of absence at home, and there are not many things on the side of the forbidden army recently, and he is ready to take Su Xia back to live after it is easily solved.
Gonggong Li held a small red paper umbrella and ran over suddenly in the rain, the heavy rain seemed to fall directly from the sky, and there was a rumbling sound over the eaves, Rong Hao looked out the window, and the roses were staggered by the rain.
Grandpa Li's robes and boots were soaked with rain, and when he stood in front of the court, it seemed that water was still dripping.
He squeezed the drops of water on his robe and knocked on Rong Hao's door. "Lord, lord, the palace sent someone to summon you into the palace." Gonggong Li's duck voice was as penetrating as ever, and the rainstorm was like a note, and the words were correct and round, which did not affect Rong Hao to listen to him at all.
After thinking about it carefully, there doesn't seem to be anything major in the palace recently, why do you still announce yourself to the palace in such bad weather today? The old emperor is old, and he likes to be lazy in rainy and snowy weather, so he is in such a hurry and panic, it is estimated that something terrible has happened.
Rong Hao stood up, walked to the door, stretched out his hand and opened the door, "What do you know?" ”
Gonggong Li was followed by a little eunuch from the palace, who was cowering, he was sent out by Gonggong Hu on an errand, and it was difficult to get the Seven Kings' Mansion once. In the past, I always heard that Rong Hao had a perverse personality and a bad temper, but later, although he and Su Xia had a lot of trouble in the city, he was given an affectionate title, but it was limited to Su Xia, and the other palace people were still very afraid of him.
When the little eunuch saw Rong Hao, he shook his legs vigorously, and fell to his knees with a "poof", "Lord, the emperor said that you should hurry into the palace, and you will know when you go." ”
Rong Hao glanced at Gong Li and motioned for him to help the kneeling man up. Gonggong Li dragged the little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground up in two or two times, and stuffed a bag into the little eunuch's hand, "Father-in-law, you are the person next to Gonggong Hu, if he doesn't trust you, he won't let you come out to run this trip." You can talk about it, so that our prince can have the bottom of his heart. "The bag was heavy, and there was gold, silver, and pearls in it.
The little eunuch held it in his hand and didn't dare to accept it, and Gonggong Li comforted: "Since the prince rewarded you, you just accept it." In the future, if you can help in the palace, I will help you, and I will not treat you badly. ”
The little eunuch shook his hands and took the bag into his arms. "The villain didn't know much about what was going on, but today he saw that the emperor summoned a person beside the eldest prince, and after listening to him for a while, he was furious. Gonggong Hu persuaded for a long time, and then he sent someone out to announce the princes' audience. The second prince, the third prince, and the eldest prince all sent people to pass it on. ”
Rong Hao nodded, looked at the pouring rain outside, and the splashing corridor was damp, "Okay, I'll go when this king changes into court clothes." As he spoke, he closed the door and went back to the house to change his clothes, and Gonggong Li put the umbrella at the door and followed him in to serve.
When Rong Hao came to the imperial study in the heavy rain, several clan relatives and Rong Chao Ronghai had already arrived. Rong Chao was detained for several months, he couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep well, and the wives and concubines in the house cried and cried every day, making him noisy, disturbing his restlessness, and he was grounded in his life, and he couldn't get out, and he regretted why he married so many mothers-in-law. Today, the old emperor summoned him, and he was worried in his heart, but when he thought that he could finally steal half a day of leisure, he didn't have to be with this pile of warblers and Yanyan, and he didn't need to coax this today and comfort that tomorrow, so he was in a good mood, and quickly changed his clothes and entered the palace.
The old emperor motioned for Rong Hao to sit down. Only Rong Wei has not yet arrived. Rong Hao was a little puzzled, what was usually the matter, Rong Wei was always the first to arrive, in order to show his diligence in front of the emperor, I don't know how today, I came so late, and then I thought of the little eunuch's report, and I couldn't help but start to suspect that today's thing is to rectify Rong Wei.
Everyone sat and drank tea, and the palace maid came up with a good rain before the rain, and for a while he couldn't guess the old emperor's mind, and there was silence in the imperial study. The old emperor's face was extremely bad, and he sat in front of the bookcase with a black face, and a letter was placed in front of him.
After a stick of incense, Rong Wei came over under the guidance of the little eunuch and stepped on the rain. There was a thunderstorm in the sky, and everyone in the lightning-lit imperial study looked bad.
The old emperor did not give Rong Wei a seat, and Rong Wei knelt in the middle of the floor of the imperial study after greeting the emperor.
"Rong Wei, in the past, you were the first to come, why did you come so late today?" The old emperor looked down at the fold and glanced at Rong Wei.
Rong Wei took out a handkerchief and wiped the rain on his face, "Back to my father, early this morning, the princess felt abdominal pain, and invited Wen Po to come and see, saying that it was time to give birth." Erchen was uneasy in the house, and he received the edict of his father, so he didn't dare to delay, but Wen Po said that the princess was a little dystocia and had a lot of bleeding, so she delayed in the house. ”
The old emperor cleared his throat, "Oh? Is the princess going to give birth? Isn't that lonely going to have an eldest grandson today? ”
Everyone looked at each other, and the eldest princess was pregnant and about to give birth. It stands to reason that the emperor should be very happy to have the eldest grandson, why is the old emperor's face so ugly, and there is no joy at all.
The thunder in the sky continued, and the rumbling explosion made people panic.
Rong Wei nodded, "Yes, Father." ”
"So, Lone has something fun for you to show today. Hu Gonggong. The old emperor pinched the letter and said to Hu Gonggong, "Go, show this letter to Rong Wei, and see if he is happy." ”
Gonggong Hu held the letter and handed it to Rong Wei.
Rong Wei put his hands over his head and took the envelope. After reading the words on the envelope, the whole person trembled like a sieve.
"Huh? Why don't you tear it down? Take it apart and take a look. Seeing that he didn't tear it down for a long time, the old emperor put down the Zhu Pi in his hand and ordered Rong Wei.
Rong Wei's hands trembled even more. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, "Father, spare your life, spare your life." Erchen was confused for a while, and the lard blinded his mind before he did this kind of thing. Please spare my father's life. The sobs flowed, and he pleaded hoarsely to the old emperor.
"Since you don't want to see it, then let the other clansmen and your brothers see it." The old emperor instructed Gonggong Hu: "Gonggong Hu, you go and take the letter to everyone here to see, and everyone can enjoy the calligraphy of the great prince of our dynasty." "Having said that, everyone knows that this is definitely not as simple as appreciating calligraphy, otherwise the eldest prince would not be so scared.
Several clan relatives looked at it one after another, and their eyes revealed incredible. Rong Chao and Rong Hai were also scared. The letter reached Rong Chao's hands, and Rong Chao read the words on it clearly, and the air around him was cold. It turned out that everyone was unanimously looking for the spy who was assassinated that day, and they couldn't find it all over the capital, and they also let Rong Chao carry the black pot for a while, and they were grounded for so long, and the initiator was actually Rong Wei who was kneeling there!
On weekdays, the eldest prince is very mediocre, whether it is schoolwork, martial arts, or governing the country, he is crushed to death by several brothers, and he can't see how angry he is, he is always happy, which makes people feel very honest, but he can actually do this kind of thing of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and almost killed his brother. Everyone was cold, after all, there are no brothers in the royal family, how can they do such a thing.
"Rong Wei, you hide it very well. If it weren't for the illiterate old slave in your house who destroyed the wrong letter, Rongchao would have to help you carry the black pot for a lifetime, right! The old emperor was so angry that he threw down the paperweight on the table, and the jade paperweight was shattered, and the fragments cut through Rong Wei's side face.
Rong Wei's face was covered with cold sweat, accompanied by the blood on his face, and he was flowing down.
Gonggong Hu took the ginseng piece and handed it to the old emperor, "The emperor is angry, and his body is important." ”
The old emperor was already so angry that he was about to roll his eyes, his face was blue, he took the ginseng slice and took a piece and put it under his tongue, took a few deep breaths, and calmed down.
"Father, the son was just jealous that the seventh brother won the position of commander of the forbidden army without much effort, and the lard was blinded for a while, father, you can forgive the son once, the son will never dare again!" Rong Wei lay on the ground, whining and crying. Everyone looked at him coldly, and no one helped him intercede.
The old emperor calmed his breath, and Gonggong Hu patted him on the chest, "You are brothers, the orphan Sun Yuan is thin, so he only raised your four sons, I thought that you would let a few of you support each other, okay, and after a hundred years of loneliness, you can also have an explanation when you go down to the ground to see the ancestors and ancestors, and now you are not sick or sick, you as the boss think about mutilating your siblings, and it seems that you are also useless." ”
Rong Chao was still haunted by the fact that he was grounded a while ago, and at this moment, when he saw that the initiator was actually the boss, he was even more unhappy in his heart, "Big brother, you won't be like this." On that day, you designed to frame Lao Qi, and you also buckled the basin on my head, you don't want to think about it, how can there be paper in the world that can hold the fire. You've been grounded for so long, and you're such a good brother. ”
Rong Hao sneered, and looked down at Rong Wei who was kneeling in the middle, "Third brother, you have just been grounded for a while, and there is no danger to your life, but what about me?" That day, I was ordered by the emperor to fight the Di people, but I was almost caught in an urn, if it wasn't for Su Xia to protect me, my bones might have rotted today. And the fifty brothers I brought with me, forty-nine died. Who do I have to talk to? ”
Rong Wei listened to the words of condemnation from everyone, and his body trembled like chaff. I wanted to defend myself, but I couldn't say a word when I stammered. This thing is too inauthentic, and he murdered the emperor's heir, and his crime should be punished.
"How do you ask your father to forgive you, boss. You are Lone's first child, and Lone has always been kinder to you than other brothers, but who would have thought that you would have such a bad heart because of the throne. You are all orphan children, as long as you can be motivated and suitable to sit in this position, your father will definitely support you. The old emperor held his forehead, and his white beard trembled with anger, "Lone's hard work paid for the dog, and he actually taught you such a wolf-hearted son." You can kill your brother today, and you can kill your father and take the throne tomorrow. ”
Rong Wei was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, he couldn't stop kowtowing, and the clan relatives and other princes didn't say much, and they could only rely on the old emperor's ruling at the moment. The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, but if the king does not want the minister to die, the minister will naturally not die.