Chapter III: Confinement
After Zhong Yi said this, the remaining servants knelt down in unison and shouted, "Princess, princess".
She knew that these people were now afraid and suspicious, for fear that if she said another word, she would send them all down......
The more this happened, the more she had to consume, unhurriedly, and saw that the sun was three o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhong Yi half-covered his eyes with his hands and looked at the sun, "It's just right." ”
She looked at Uncle Sun, who was seducent of her daughter and seduce the horse, and said to Zhihan: "Uncle Sun has taken good care of my eldest princess's mansion, and he should be rewarded." ”
Zhihan got the order, took out a thousand taels of silver from the box and handed it to Uncle Sun.
The princess is so generous, but Uncle Sun is confused.
The old man knelt and rubbed forward, raised his head and begged, "Princess, the old slave can't stand it......"
"Uncle Sun, take it, this is the princess's heart. Don't you want to save the princess's face. Zhihan gave the silver two by one and insisted on his subordinates.
Zhong Yi watched Uncle Sun take the silver taels with trembling hands. The silver taels were like an executioner's knife, hanging from Uncle Sun's neck. Punish people and hearts, she is going to leave the hearts of Uncle Sun and Wang Peng.
Thinking about her art of war, poetry, etiquette and music, horseback archery and nothing, how she wasted her youth in vain.
To relive this life, she must be herself and no longer be at the mercy of others.
If you punish your heart, it's time to punish people next......
"Where's Peng?" Zhong Yi asked loudly.
That Peng is another concubine of Wang Peng in addition to the Sun family and the dead singing boy.
The Sun family had to keep it for later use, so they would kill the chickens and make an example of her first.
A delicate woman trembled and knelt in front of Zhong Yi, this girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and was sold by her family to the eldest princess's mansion as a maid. She was not convinced by her appearance and became a subordinate, so she began to find ways to hook up with Wang Peng.
Everyone held their breath, knowing that the princess had just executed a concubine, and they didn't know what to do with this.
I only heard Zhong Yi say slowly: "Sink the well." ”
"Princess, princess spare your life...... Princess, I know it's wrong, I don't dare anymore......"
Peng's cried and begged for mercy, and broke his beautiful forehead. Anyone with such a beautiful flower is distressed.
"Know it's wrong? Then forgive you. ”
These words made everyone even more suspicious, what is the princess going to do? One will kill and one will forgive.
I saw two princesses' maids in the distance come with bows and arrows. The Peng family was so frightened that he fainted directly.
It's pouring cold water and pinching people, Peng's can be regarded as waking up.
"You run, you can dodge the arrows shot by this princess, and I will spare your life."
How dare the Peng family stay, desperately get up and run.
But as soon as she ran less than three meters away, she was killed by Zhong Yi's arrow.
"I haven't practiced for a long time, and my hands are raw. Brother Huang knows, it's time to laugh at me. Zhong Yi took the bow and arrow and smiled at Zhi Han, not at all like he had just killed someone.
As far as she is concerned, that kind of person is just the prey of the autumn hunt, and even, not as good as the prey.
Zhihan took the bow and arrows, asked the rest of the maids to take the princess down, and said to the remaining people: "The rest of the people, one person will receive a piece of silver, and serve the princess well in the future, if there is still a different heart." You've seen it all, right? ”
This scene made Wang Peng's mother and son see it clearly, Wang Jiang saw that the princess killed two people and betrayed their cronies, and she was really scared, "Son, I'm afraid this woman is not crazy." ”
"Mother, you go back to your hometown first. Stay out of her, I'll take care of the matter here. After Wang Peng comforted his mother, he stared at Zhong Yi's direction, and a trace of murderous intent crossed his expression.
In the first year of Yanhe, the eldest princess of Roujia. Ten crimes of the book, intending to reconcile and leave.
Emperor Zhong Mu is the third son of the first emperor and has just reached adulthood. The new emperor was young and the queen mother was weak, so the ministers invited the queen mother to listen to the government.
Zhong Mu looked at his sister's on. book, I was furious. wanted to tear Wang Peng's hand apart, and immediately issued an order to dismiss his official. was refuted by the Chinese book.
The book said that the squire of the military department has a heavy responsibility and cannot be dismissed easily.
Now the eldest princess's family affairs are to be discussed in the court.
Your words, my words, are all accusing the eldest princess of violating the rules, even though the horse behavior is suspected of disrespect to the royal family, but marrying her husband, the eldest princess kills concubines, beats her husband, drives out her mother, violates women's morality, and this marriage cannot be divorced.
Not only can you not leave, but you also have to punish the eldest princess. It is a canon for women in the world.
Zhong Mu was so excited by these remarks that he immediately jumped up, and scolded: "She is my sister!" She is the only princess of her father! You want her to honor such a mother-in-law! Go serve a husband like that! You also have children and sisters, can you bear it! Yes! ”
After this radical remark, a sentence floated out from behind the political curtain: "Your Majesty has lost his honor." ”
Zhong Mu looked back at the Empress Dowager with a calm face and the Empress Dowager who was quietly wiping away her tears on the other side, gritted her teeth and walked back to the dragon chair.
The hall was silent for a while, until a clear male voice sounded, the man was wearing a bright red official uniform and an official hat. An ivory-white face with picturesque eyebrows.
He was slender and straight, took a step from the ranks of civil officials, bowed down and said: "I beg Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, to allow the eldest princess Roujia to leave." ”
This person is Pei Yang, the right counselor of the Tai and the second son of the Marquis of Jingyuan.
According to the ancestral system of Donglin, the words of the official, the court must listen, but whether to take it or not, it needs to be discussed in the Chinese book.
Xiong Xiao immediately objected to the Chinese book, "What is the position of Lord Xiao Pei who said this?" ”
"Back to Lord Xiong, the lower officials are standing in the position of the people of the world. All the people of the world are His Majesty's people. They are also the people of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. No matter how noble the status of the eldest princess of Roujia is, she must be imprisoned by the law of etiquette, so how difficult it is for women in the world to live. Men are people, but aren't women? ”
Xiong Xiao snorted, naturally disdainful of his remarks, "The law of etiquette is to imprison people, if there is no law of etiquette, people are not educated, isn't it no different from beasts?" ”
Hearing a soft sound on the dragon chair, Zhong Mu's eyes deepened, looked at the indignant Xiong Xiao, and asked, "Who is Lord Xiong scolding?" ”
"Even if my sister does something wrong, she is also the eldest princess of Donglin! There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and Lord Xiong is afraid that he has forgotten! ”
Zhong Mu casually glanced at Xiong Xiao, who knelt down and admitted his mistake, and looked at Pei Yang again.
"Pei, as a speech official, must perform the duties of a speech official. Most of the adults were disrespectful to women in their words, but they forgot that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were still in the palace? Pei Yang held the wat board and saluted Zhong Mu again, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the few adults who spoke fiercely just now are suspected of being disrespectful to the two mothers. ”
His words naturally caused dissatisfaction among the others, and it was another fierce quarrel.
For the sake of the eldest princess, these people quarreled in the court for almost three hours and did not stop.
The Empress Dowager couldn't sit still after listening to the political curtain, and said, "Okay." Stopped their argument.
"Let's talk about Roujia again."
Seeing the Empress Dowager get up, the eunuch shouted, "Retreat!" ”
After the ministers dispersed, most of them were accusing Pei Yang of what he had just said.
But Pei Yang didn't think so, so he had to walk past them until a small yellow door came over, "Master Pei, Your Majesty invites you to go to Yongshou Palace." ”
followed the Yellow Gate to the Chaohui Palace, Pei Yang didn't even finish the salute, and was pulled up by Zhong Mu.
The two of them walked to the study, looked at the front and back, left and right, and did not dare to speak loudly.
Zhong Muxi said: "Today's things are too enjoyable, and finally it is our turn to scold those old stubborns." ”
"What does Your Majesty think about the princess?" Pei Yang didn't have a trace of joy on his face, even the calm just now was gone, only a sad face remained.
"What can I do, the eldest princess and the colt are not trivial. Although it is a family affair and a state affair, it will naturally not work without the consent of the imperial grandmother. It is not possible without the final consent of the Chinese book. I, the emperor, have done too much, too aggrieved! ”
Zhong Mu frowned, and he was helpless, "I have suffered one by one, so I don't come to talk to me." Although she followed our brothers on horseback and archery since she was a child, when did she ever kill someone? This is pushing her into a hurry. The royal family's dog ......"
Before the second half of the scolding vulgar words could be spoken, Pei Yang blocked back, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you need to be cautious in your words and deeds." There is nothing wrong with what the princess did, the princess is the sister of His Majesty and a member of the royal family. Wang Peng bullied the princess, he was contempt for the royal family. If we grasp this point, we still have a chance to win. ”
"Wen Yan, we must do this one by one. One is for her, and the other is for us. You get the idea. Zhong Mu patted Pei Yang's shoulder and said earnestly.
"Minister, I will live up to His Majesty's trust."
Pei Yang knelt down on one knee and looked up at the young emperor, they had been talking about the government and the current situation together when they were in the East Palace. He knew that Zhong Mu had ambitions in his heart, and those grand ambitions were too difficult for a young emperor who had just ascended the throne for half a year.
Today's queen mother was born poor and has no power, and she has relied on the favor of the emperor all these years. Now that the first emperor has passed away, the ministers are already dissatisfied with the former queen of the Hanmen. Now naturally refuses to let her hang the curtain and listen to the government.
So he had to move out, and the empress dowager, who was born in Jiangmen, later presided over the overall situation.
In this way, the Empress Dowager has the vast majority of the right to speak in the court.
Now there are only a handful of people on His Majesty's side above the court, and with such a huge disparity in strength, I am afraid that it will be a vicious battle in the future.
Sure enough, as soon as Pei Yang left the Chaohui Palace, he was called to the Yongshou Palace again.
The Empress Dowager ate grapes and looked at Pei Yang, who bowed outside the curtain to greet her, first spit out the kernel in her mouth into the porcelain bowl held by the maid, and then beckoned and said, "Come here." Come and talk to the mourners. By the way, how is your grandmother doing? ”
After she finished speaking, the young man outside the bead curtain was still standing with his bow, without the slightest intention of entering the curtain. The children of the Pei family have always been self-denying and cautious. She thought that there must be something hidden in her remarks in the main hall today.
"The minister's grandmother is in good health, and she is worried about her mother."
After Pei Yang finished replying to this sentence, the Empress Dowager got up and walked in front of him, and said unhurriedly: "You are twenty-two this year." You and Your Majesty have grown up together since childhood, and Your Majesty is now married. You should also think about your own business. Why don't you mourn the family and be the master? ”