Chapter 164: Funeral
Xu Shiqiu will accompany Dong Shu to Queen Hu today, originally because he wanted her to support herself.
Early this morning, he received a message from his brother-in-law to him, and learned what the bearded and long-faced military generals said in prison yesterday.
Since others have already involved him, he naturally has to make some preparations.
Dong Shu didn't know so many things, since she heard that Xu Shiqiu was involved in a life lawsuit just now, she had been worried on her face, which made Queen Hu feel distressed.
The feelings between people are all getting along, Dong Shu is sincere to Queen Hu, and Queen Hu naturally treats Dong Shu sincerely.
Xu Shiqiu is Dong Shu's father-in-law, and now that he has an accident, it is naturally impossible for Queen Hu to ignore it.
Because Empress Hu also went, their group was delayed for a while, and when they arrived at Ruikangdi, King Duan had already arrived.
Seeing that the queen was also coming, not only King Duan, but also Emperor Ruikang personally stood up to greet her.
"Why is Zitong here too?" Rui Kang Di has always felt guilty about Empress Hu, the older he gets, the more fierce the fight between his sons becomes, and the more Rui Kang Di misses the time when the prince was still there.
Because of this feeling, he is also two more sincere to Queen Hu than to other women in the harem.
But in the eyes of Empress Hu, if she could, she would rather not want Rui Kangdi's sincerity to herself, but also exchange for her son.
This will make Queen Hu's face unkind, and when she saw that King Duan was also there, she nodded to Rui Kangdi rarely, and then said directly: "This palace heard that Shi Qiu was framed, so I came to take a look." ”
As soon as Empress Hu's words came out, King Duan glanced at his imperial brother helplessly.
The words of the imperial sister-in-law directly judged the confessions of the two people as 'framed', and according to the imperial brother's guilt towards the imperial sister-in-law, maybe they will take advantage of the situation.
After sighing in his heart, King Duan took the initiative to inform Queen Hu of what was going on in this matter.
As soon as he finished speaking, Queen Hu snorted coldly and said: "Let's not talk about whether Shiqiu is involved in this matter, if these two people are not righteous, or others want to calculate, they can't calculate!" ”
Everyone knew that what Queen Hu said was right, King Duan looked at the royal brother above, and saw that he was silent, so he could only continue: "What the imperial sister-in-law said is reasonable, but this matter involves a lot, and now the people outside the palace are talking about it, if it is not handled well, it will also have a certain impact on the reputation of the imperial brother." ”
When Emperor Ruikang saw King Duan say this, he couldn't stop talking, "Yes, Zitong." Besides, today I just called Shi Qiu to ask, don't worry. After saying this, Rui Kangdi saw that Empress Hu's face looked a little better, and then continued: "It just so happens that Zitong is also here, by the way, I will deal with it impartially." ”
Queen Hu understands today's matter, and she can support Xu Shiqiu, but it is not easy to do more of herself.
So after hearing Rui Kangdi's words, Empress Hu nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Xu Shiqiu who was lower and said, "Shiqiu, you can say whatever the Holy Lord and King Duan ask later." Don't worry, with this palace here, no one dares to frame you. ”
Hearing Empress Hu mention the word 'framed' again, both Rui Kangdi and King Duan didn't know what to say.
Xu Shiqiu also understands that Queen Hu has done so much for herself today for the sake of her little lady's face, so he naturally won't be ignorant.
Thinking like this, Xu Shiqiu also respectfully saluted to Emperor Ruikang and Empress Hu at the top, and then saluted to King Duan.
Seeing that Xu Shiqiu was not arrogant because of Queen Hu's support, King Duan also nodded with satisfaction, and then said that the bearded and long-faced military generals confessed to him in prison yesterday.
"The two of them have been separated since they were caught in the flower building, and they didn't have any chance to confess. But both of them mentioned you yesterday. Therefore I would like to ask you what I have to say about this matter. After saying this, Duan Wang Yuguang glanced at Queen Hu, thought for a while and explained: "Originally, this king wanted to go to your house to ask you, but he learned that you just entered the palace this morning, so he called you to the imperial brother for questioning. ”
When Rui Kangdi saw that King Duan had taken all this matter on himself, he bowed his head with satisfaction and looked at Xu Shiqiu with a smile that he thought was kind.
Although Xu Shiqiu learned about this in advance, when he heard King Duan's words, he still showed a shocked expression, but in an instant, the shock on his face changed to a look of helplessness and understanding.
Seeing Xu Shiqiu's expression change so quickly for a while, King Duan and the head Rui Kangdi and Empress Hu were also a little puzzled.
"It's not surprising that the two of them will bite out of the minister." As soon as Xu Shiqiu spoke, he attracted everyone's attention, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xu Shiqiu briefly said that he had been excluded by them since he arrived at the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing.
"These things, the minister didn't plan to say it, the saint can give the minister this opportunity, so that the minister can show his ambitions, and he is already the saint Longen. Kechen never expected that by now, the two of them would not forget to climb the minister. ”
As soon as Xu Shiqiu's words came out, the faces of Rui Kangdi and Duan Wang were difficult to look at.
Rui Kangdi felt that Xu Shiqiu would go to the military camp in the suburbs of Beijing, which was his own arrangement, and it was also his own arrangement to maintain the balance of the military camp in the suburbs of Beijing.
But he didn't expect that those generals in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing would dare to embarrass him.
As for Duanwang, there are generals who followed him before in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and those people still have his label of Duanwang.
But he didn't expect that these people would dare to join forces to embarrass Xu Shiqiu.
Xu Shiqiu has been paying attention to the expressions of Emperor Ruikang and King Duan, and seeing them showing such expressions, a smile appeared on his face at the right time and said: "But the minister is not allowed to be oppressed by them, in the past few months, the minister has used his ability to let several generals see that the minister is not only a prince of the family." It's just that in addition to those generals, there are still people in the military camp who don't like the ministers. The minister didn't take this kind of thing to heart, but he didn't expect that these two people would actually climb the minister. ”
After saying this, Xu Shiqiu sighed and continued: "Holy Mingjian, you must know what the minister's temperament is. What's more, even if the minister doesn't like them, the minister just wants to train the soldiers well and win them through confrontation and competition, and it is impossible to do such a thing. After thinking about it, Xu Shiqiu smiled again and continued: "Besides, even if the minister has this heart and does not have the ability, he can calculate them like this. ”
As soon as Xu Shiqiu's words came out, King Duan immediately looked at the Ruikang Emperor above.
That's what he wondered.
What Xu Shiqiu's temperament is, in fact, he doesn't know too well.
But he is familiar with Xu Shiqiu and his father Xu Zhenbei, and according to Duanwang's brotherhood for Xu Zhenbei, he will never believe that his son will do such a thing.
What's more, Xu Shiqiu is not wrong, he just has this mind, and he doesn't have the ability to calculate the two of them like this.
Rui Kangdi and Duan Wang think about the same, Xu Shiqiu has a good father, what is Xu Zhenbei's temperament, Rui Kangdi is also very clear.
Thinking of the original general of Zhenguo, Rui Kangdi's eyes when he looked at Xu Shiqiu were much gentler than before.
"Shi Qiu, you did a good job, I also heard from King Duan in this confrontation competition, and the soldiers under your command performed very well." Rui Kangdi looked at Xu Shiqiu, and after saying this, he thought for a while and continued: "But there is one thing I still want to make clear, I asked you to go to the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing to train you. It's just that I didn't expect that they were not as capable as you, and they would still hate you like this. ”
As soon as Ruikangdi's words came out, Xu Shiqiu understood that this matter had nothing to do with him.
He had never picked on the things that those people in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing were embarrassed about him, so that he could say it when something like this happened today.
Because of his previous forbearance, Rui Kangdi and Duanwang must not be able to embarrass themselves again, after all, those who have embarrassed themselves have their henchmen.
Queen Hu saw that Xu Shiqiu cleared her body of 'frames' with a few words, and her mood improved.
However, Empress Hu thought that she could have talked to Dong Shu for a long time, but now because Xu Shiqiu was summoned by Emperor Ruikang, there was no time.
Thinking that they were going home, Queen Hu's face was a little ugly.
Rui Kangdi also guessed why Empress Hu was unhappy, so he gave Xu Shiqiu some rewards very happily, which could be regarded as compensation for today's events.
Xu Shiqiu understood that Emperor Ruikang would be like this because of Empress Hu, so before leaving the queen, he hurriedly looked at Empress Hu and said, "If there is something at home today, the minister will accompany the lady back first." Tomorrow the minister is still at home, and he will send the lady into the palace to visit the mother early in the morning. ”
When Empress Hu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she immediately nodded with satisfaction.
It's just that Queen Hu and Xu Shiqiu didn't expect it, they thought very well, but they didn't have a chance to enter the palace the next day.
Because in the early morning of August 16, before dawn, the Jiang family came to report the funeral.