Chapter 31: Each has a ghost
The blazing summer wind blows up and down Cloud City, and the shrill cicadas chirp from the dead vines and old trees, which is the most annoying during the afternoon nap.
"What are they doing here, are they all pillars?! The sound of cicadas is so loud, it disturbs Your Majesty, you can't eat and walk! Don't you shoot all the cicadas down for me! ”
The emperor was resting in the dormitory, and Gonggong Zheng hurriedly lifted the curtain and said angrily to a group of eunuchs in the courtyard.
"Yes."
The eunuchs replied and hurriedly dispersed to take bamboo poles up the tree.
"What's going on out there, how can it's so noisy?"
Emperor Yun sat up in a daze, and asked Gonggong Zheng, who had just entered the hall, with half-squinted eyes.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minions are afraid that the sound of cicadas in the trees outside will disturb you, so let the children go and shoot down the cicadas."
Gonggong Zheng bowed and saluted, with a smile on his face.
"Hmph, you have a lot of ideas."
Emperor Yun snorted lightly and rubbed his temples, "I have slept much more peacefully in the past few days, and I think it is Master Huiyuan's magic weapon that has worked." ”
"Everything is Your Majesty's blessing and blessing, and the Queen Mother is blessed."
has been in the palace for many years, and Gonggong Zheng is used to slapping horses.
"Well, if I am truly blessed, how can I suffer from such a serious illness?" Emperor Yun raised his eyebrows and looked at Gonggong Zheng and sneered.
"This..."
Gonggong Zheng laughed a few times, and didn't know what to say for a while.
Seeing this, Emperor Yun didn't embarrass him anymore, but changed the topic and said, "By the way, the regulations drafted by the Ministry of Rites have a result?" ”
"Yes, today, the Ministry of Rites came back and forth, but it happened that Your Majesty was resting at noon, and the servants didn't dare to alarm you."
"Is he gone?" The emperor raised his eyes and asked.
"Not yet, Lord Sun is discussing the matter of the ceremony with Honglu Temple Qing in the side hall."
"Well, tell them all to come in."
After a while, the emperor changed into civilian clothes, and the two adults of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple had arrived.
"Your Majesty, Ministers."
"That's it," Emperor Yun waved his hand, "It's been less than half a year since the tenth birthday of the fourteenth prince, according to the rules of the ancestors, the concubine can officially canonize the East Palace when he is ten years old, how are you two preparing for this?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, all the rituals have been completed, and the ministers have prepared the statutes, please read them for Your Majesty."
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu stepped forward and replied respectfully.
Taking over the fold from Gonggong Zheng's hand, Emperor Yun carefully read it from beginning to end, and felt that there was no problem, so he nodded, "Very good, let's do it." ”
"The prince is related to the country, although there is a general charter, but you still can't be negligent, there are some details that you two need to discuss more to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
"Obey."
The emperor's summoning of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to meet the audience spread throughout the palace, and Concubine Hui naturally learned the news.
"I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so anxious in his heart, this Yunshuo is not yet ten years old, and he has already begun to prepare for the establishment of the throne." Concubine Hui sat upright on the main seat, and after listening to the report from her subordinates, her willow eyebrows suddenly frowned.
"I, Dayun, have always respected the ancestral precepts of establishing a successor but not a long one, and my father attaches great importance to his son-in-law, so it's no wonder that he is like this." King Jin, who was on one side, sighed lightly, "I think that when the eldest brother was born, the title of the eldest son of the sister-in-law was all occupied, and the father was so overjoyed that he couldn't even take care of the family law of the ancestors, and immediately made him the prince of the East Palace, what a glory it was." ”
"It's a pity that the crown prince has a short lifespan, and he died before he was three years old, which really gave his father a big blow at that time, so that when he gave birth to a son-in-law, he didn't dare to canonize him immediately, and he had to wait until he reached the age of ten."
Concubine Hui heard the sigh in her son's words, her face was a little unnatural, but she also echoed: "Yes, the emperor's eldest son is blessed, after all, it is the destiny of heaven, and I can't complain about anyone." ”
"However, since Your Majesty has to wait until the Fourteenth Prince reaches the age of ten before he can be canonized, it shows that in his heart, the Fourteenth Prince is far less important than the first prince, and this is giving us an opportunity."
"It's been less than half a year since the canonization of the East Palace, and there is not much time left for us, Song'er must grasp it well this time, if you make a mistake, it will be the end of the full plate."
Concubine Hui's eyes flashed, and her expression was profound.
"The son will live up to the expectations of his mother."
Although the queen was grounded in the palace, after all, her identity was there, and any news from the people under her hands would be passed on as soon as possible. Today, when she heard that the emperor had convened two ministers to discuss the establishment of the prince, she swept away the gloom of the past, and her joy was overflowing.
"Although the palace is grounded, after all, the father-son relationship between His Majesty and Shuo'er is still there, and no matter what you say, you will think about him."
sent away the eunuch who reported the news, and the corners of the queen's mouth lifted slightly, and her face was full of pride.
"His Royal Highness the Fourteenth is the heir of the main palace, who can the emperor love if he doesn't love him? Since the founding of the country, I have been a successor but not a long-term leader, and the position of the East Palace is none other than His Royal Highness the Fourteenth. ”
The queen's personal maid flattered continuously, making the queen feel comfortable to hear.
"All right, little mouth," the queen glanced at her with a smile, and commanded: "The more this time, the more the emperor must behave, and he must not slack off because of this." ”
"Tell Shuo'er's several masters to step up their teaching during this time, and be sure to leave an impression that Shuo'er can take on great responsibilities to His Majesty."
"Don't worry, the slave will tell you to go down."
After Wei Ziyu returned from the western realm, he returned to the palace non-stop and recounted the ins and outs of the incident to King Qin as it was. The more King Qin listened, the more frightened he became, and finally he was angry and took the case, "This Lin Shao is really bold!" ”
Seeing such a big fire under His Royal Highness, Wei Ziyu secretly swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: "The last general thinks that Lan Xun's words may not be fully believed. General Lin is also an old subordinate of His Royal Highness, how could he do such an affair with a foreign country? ”
"Whether it is true that fornication in a foreign country is true at this time, but Lin Shao loves to be in the limelight and is so happy that the king knows it." Yun Lan shook her head and analyzed: "In the later stage of the Battle of Qingguan, Lin Shao repeatedly took the initiative to ask this king for help, and he made great achievements in a row, and he didn't feel anything at that time. But now in retrospect, it is really a bit incredible to go deep into the enemy with 10,000 elite soldiers, and the momentum is like a bamboo, and the Liang people are defeated. ”
"Maybe he knew early on that the chief general of the Liang army was missing, and the internal army was disheartened, and he had no intention of fighting at all."
"However, these are still the conjectures of this king, and what the facts are still need to be investigated in detail."
"What does Your Highness mean..."
"This king wants to go to Qingguan again and see for himself what kind of reputation this Lin Shao has made."
Yun Lan's eyes narrowed, and her heart was already flooded with murderous intent. If Lin Shao really colluded with a foreign country, then he must have paid a price, and such a price is likely to greatly damage the interests of Da Yun.
Betraying the country for his own selfish desires is something that Yun Lan will never tolerate.