Chapter Ninety-Three: True and False Princesses

In the sixth year of Chenghua, the Great Zhou Dynasty was in turmoil for many years, resulting in the people's misery, the withering of all industries, and the innumerable rebels in various places.

There are people who abandon their fields and become bandits, and there are those who are recruited by the leaders of the righteous army to join the righteous army. In short, in order to survive, they are racing to find a way out.

Emperor Chenghua was young, and the power of the court fell into the hands of the nobles of the court, in order to compete for power, the intrigue above the court was staged every day, and the blood in the vegetable market was never dried.

In the winter of the seventh year of Chenghua, the situation became more and more intense.

The snow was falling heavily, and there was no sunny day for ten and a half days in a row. There are frozen bones on the road, and Zhumen sings and dances.

This year's cold winter was particularly cold than in previous years. The nobles of the family still have heavy leather clothes to barely warm their bodies, and the poor people who are not clothed can resist the invasion of the cold. Overnight, in a village, only a handful of people were alive, and in some places there were no people for hundreds of miles, and only the thatched huts that fell to the ground could still be identified as traces of living in them.

The rebel army expanded rapidly, from the original uprising of a village, to several neighboring villages, to a county, a prefecture, and finally to the imperial capital, and the army came to the city.

Emperor Chenghua fled with the emperor and queen disguised as ordinary people, and the imperial capital fell and was occupied by the rebels. The leader of the rebel army established himself as king, proclaimed the world, issued a decree to benefit the people, and organized people to weave warm things by hand, collect grain from the land south of the Yangtze River, and distribute them to the people together with clothes. The people of the world praised him as a benevolent monarch, and the other righteous armies from all walks of life collapsed one after another, and the world began to be peaceful, and the people returned to the fields.

This is the story of the founding father.

Zhao Fu sat on the quiet room, and after listening to the story of the grandmother, he asked gloomily: "My father is such a virtuous king, why is he about to die in his prime?" I have read history books, and those founding benevolent monarchs all passed away leisurely in their old age. Why is my father sick in his prime? If my father leaves me early and leaves me alone, why don't I go with him, and I can honor his old man below.

It is said that life is separated from death, and life is greater than death. In my opinion, death is more important than life. The parting of life and parting, there will always be a meeting one day, and people always have a trace of thought. Death is never goodbye, and don't hope for a trace of thought. At the end of the conversation, I couldn't cry.

Mama Fang, who was sitting at the bottom, had an old face and sparse gray hair, so she simply combed a small bag and fixed it with a hairpin. After listening to Zhao Fu's words, she hurriedly comforted: "The princess must not say anything, the parents are here, and the children commit suicide are for the unfilial and unfilial generation, and they are spurned by the world." Your Majesty is the body of a true dragon, and you will be blessed by God to survive this catastrophe. ”

Zhao Fu shook her head, Gonggong Liu, who was beside her father, quietly sent someone to pick her up from the quiet room last night, and saw her father who she hadn't met for a long time. His Majesty had been in a coma for half a month before, and when he woke up this time, he was afraid that he would return to the light. Zhao Gonggong said to her.

The father who was lying on the sickbed was already thin, and his withered color was fully revealed. When he stretched out his skinny hand to wrap her hand, Zhao Fu was already lying on top of her father and weeping bitterly. When she was a child, those big hands were strong enough to lift her high with one hand, but now the hand that raised her was already weak, and it took all her strength to hold her hand.

He said, "Don't cry, you are my daughter, and you will be my daughter for the rest of your life." After I go, I will leave a will to ensure that you will be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of your life. Look, how small you are! A small lump, in my arms, crying until I hiccuped, and refused to give up the little hand that grabbed my clothes. O Fu'er! Daddy is old and leaving. You will only be one person in the future, you must live well and live happily, and Daddy will feel relieved in heaven.

Let's go back! Don't let them find out. ”

As soon as he thought of this, the tears in Zhao Fu's eyes flowed unconsciously. Even though her father is dying, he is still worried about her safety.

On that day, on a sunny day, she copied Buddhist scriptures and embroidered Buddhist clothes in the house to pray for her father's blessing, wishing him an early recovery. Suddenly, the female official in the palace came to report, and the queen led a hundred and ten palace maids and eunuchs directly into the Fuhua Palace.

After more than ten years of court life, the peasant women in the early years have long since faded away from the simple and honest appearance on their faces, showing their fierceness and meanness. Zhao Fu immediately stepped forward to greet her, but the queen only told her to raise her head, but did not tell her to get up. She bowed half-bent for the queen to look at it carefully, and after a while, the queen said: "Born so ominous, it is really not my daughter." Someone came, removed her princess dress, and sent her into the ashram. Without my orders, you are not allowed to step out of the ashram, and if you violate it, you will be killed on the spot. ”

Before Zhao Fu could react, Mama Fang didn't know where to rush out, stopped in front of Zhao Fu, knelt on the ground and pleaded with the queen: "Niangniang, this is the daughter you gave birth to in October!" Brought up by the old slave himself. And the birthmark on her leg, which has always been there, no one has replaced it. You must not listen to rumors and trust a woman of unknown origin. ”

The queen just looked at Mama Fang's posture coldly, and did not speak, and the Qianwen official beside the queen reprimanded: "Mama is old, Hugh has to talk nonsense." Princess Jingyun is the flesh and blood of His Majesty and Niangniang, His Majesty and the clan have confirmed the identity of Princess Jingyun, and there will be canonization soon. And the wild girl behind you, I don't know where she came from, pretending to be a princess is a capital crime, but Your Majesty and Niangniang are benevolent, and they have been raised under their knees for more than ten years, and their feelings are deep, so they are exempt from capital crimes. The princess was deprived of her identity and sent to a quiet room, waiting to be released. Don't kowtow to the mother to thank you. ”

The queen mother has always disliked Zhao Fu is not a matter of one day or two, when she was young, she didn't like it. The two live under the same roof, except for the necessary meeting, at other times, they can not see each other. Later, the mother became the queen, and she couldn't see each other unless she was summoned.

Zhao Fu's Fuhua Hall is the best palace in the palace except for the palace where the emperor and queen mother lived, so she was also canonized by the emperor as Princess Fuhua. The walls of her palace are compartmental, warm in winter and cool in summer. It was Princess Jing, the queen's favorite princess, who wanted to live in this palace at the beginning, but the emperor did not allow it.

Princess Jing is the eldest daughter of the queen, she is cold and selfish by nature, and everything good must be snatched into her hands. On his face, he had a gentle and gentle appearance, which confused many people. When he left the cabinet three years ago, he was canonized.

According to Mama Fang, the queen was so unkind to see her because she gave birth to her and fled the country, so she didn't want to see her so much. Zhao Fu believed this explanation, even if the queen and the sisters embarrassed her again, they never had a heart of resentment.

Today, the queen suddenly broke into her palace and was told that she was not a princess. Zhao Fu was puzzled, she didn't know anything about the outside world except for worrying about her father's condition recently. Several old women came up and pulled her clothes, but she stopped them. After years of cultivating the princess majesty, several grandmothers were stopped by drinking for a while.

She asked, "Is this an order from my father, or is it the idea of the queen mother herself?" ”

is not a daughter, the queen seems to be reluctant to say more to her, and she doesn't even have a look. The Qiannu official spoke again: "The previous dynasty has been decided, and the affairs of the harem should be decided by the mother." If the girl still wants face, don't make a fuss to the world, her face is dull, and she is so tired that His Majesty and Niangniang have become a joke in the world, endangering the stability of the court. ”