Chapter 25: Walking the Water (Part II)

As soon as the emperor said this, all the concubines were surprised, and the emperor's grace to Concubine Xiang and the two princes was too heavy. However, in an instant, they all came to their senses, and they all stood up and saluted, and said words of congratulations in unison. Concubine Xiang just gave birth yesterday, and today is not the future, but even if she is not here, everyone's congratulations are grand, and her limelight is unmatched.

Although the concubines were unwilling, they also knew that the emperor's will was a matter of course. Concubine Xiang was already favored by the six palaces, and this time she gave birth to two dragon sons, which naturally attracted much attention and was rewarded. The two princes were crowned kings as soon as they were born, although they were too long, but the rumors that the twin sons should be made princes have long been heard. It is reasonable for the emperor to plan for the future, and it is reasonable for the two princes to pave the way.

When the queen heard such a will, her brows did not move, but she smiled virtuously: "It should be so, no boy has been born in the palace for a long time, and the birth of twin sons by Changhe and Guifei is a blessing for Daqin, such a great credit, the emperor should praise her kindly." Said a blessing: "The concubine thanked the emperor for Chang and the concubine." ”

Tuoba Hong said: "The third prince and the fourth prince are very popular, and they are indeed the Furui of Great Qin. After finishing the sentence, his face showed a solemn color: "It's just that last night, the two newborn princes had a fever, and the imperial doctor came to diagnose that the pulse was not very good, it was premature and weak, and it was also twins, and there was no good growth in the mother's body." ”

When the queen heard this, her face became sad: "Your Majesty, is this really the case?" Then let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat it well! The two princes are so blessed, they should be fine. ”

Tuoba Hong glanced at the queen and did not answer, but said to everyone: "The third prince and the fourth prince were born weak and sickly, and I am very worried. Imperial Doctor Liang has already reported to me that if he follows the current pulse, he may not be able to survive. According to the advice of Imperial Physician Liang, the capital is located in the north, and the cold and dry weather is not conducive to recuperation. If you can find a mild place with a pleasant climate, which will be of great benefit to the bodies of the two princes, and then send the imperial doctor to carefully regulate it, it will be possible to take care of your body. ”

As soon as he said this, the people below were shocked again, and they couldn't imagine that the three princes and the four princes who were blessed with great fortune were born seriously ill, and they couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that this monstrous blessing is not something that anyone can bear.

"As soon as Changhe Guifei gave birth, Jingren Palace went to the water, which is not a warning from heaven to me." Tuoba Hong said solemnly: "I have ordered Qin Tianjian to watch the heavens at night, and the conclusion I have reached is the same as that of Imperial Doctor Liang, who said that the lives of the two princes are too precious, but unfortunately they can't afford it so that they are weak and sick, and it is recommended that the two princes move to a place outside the palace with a suitable climate to recuperate, and suppress the noble qi of their fate." ”

There are many superstitious people in the palace, and when it comes to Jingren Palace, everyone's face changes. Zhao Shuyuan patted her chest and said with some panic: "The emperor is right!" The palace is heavily guarded, how can it be good to walk into the water! More than 210 years have passed since the completion of Jingren Palace, and they are all safe and sound, why did the two princes have a disaster as soon as they were born! Sure enough, this is a warning from heaven! ”

The concubines all thought deeply when they heard her words, and said one after another: "Please also ask the emperor to settle the two princes according to what Qin Tianjian and Lord Liang said." ”

"It's a pity to have a good Jingren Palace, and it also implicates Hui Jieyu." The queen said regretfully: "This repair can't be built in a year and a half." ”

Lin Yuan didn't particularly want to live in Jingren Palace, and at this time, the audience didn't care, and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, the identity of the concubine is not enough, and she can't take the main position of Jingren Palace." God also thinks that concubines should abide by their duties. ”

If other concubines encounter this kind of bad luck, the fat in their mouths will fly, and most of them will cry with the emperor and ask for a more luxurious palace. Lin Yuan went down the slope instead.

Tuoba Hong was very satisfied when he heard this, nodded and said: "Hui Jieyu is a knowledgeable person, I will choose a good place to live for you." ”

He stopped talking about Jingren Palace, and his main business today was the arrangement of the Shangguan clan and the two princes: "The third prince and the fourth prince are like this, I don't dare to let them live in the cold capital anymore for their future consideration." I decided to seal the third prince King Qi in Yangzhou, and the fourth prince King Chu to seal in Huiji, and send the two princes to the fiefdom from now on. Because they were young, their biological mother Chang and the concubine went together. ”

As soon as this will came out, everyone was even more surprised, since the founding of Great Qin, it was only after the emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne that the new emperor's siblings would go to the fiefdom. It has always been rare to be sent out of the palace by the king when he was a baby.

However, according to the current situation, the two princes are weak and unable to stand the climate of the capital, and in desperation, there is no other way but to go out of the palace to recuperate. Besides, Qin Tianjian also said that they were too expensive to bear, and they could suppress this luxury after staying away from the palace.

The queen immediately said: "The emperor is very thoughtful, so caring and considerate of the two princes, it is really the heart of a father." It's just that the two princes are so young that they have to leave the court and their father, which is really pitiful. He said with a gesture of compassion.

"This arrangement was requested by the noble concubine to me." Tuoba Hong said slowly: "Originally, I wanted to send the two princes into the temple to be cared for by the Buddha, hoping that they would be healthy. However, what the concubine said is also very reasonable, instead of seeking the refuge of nothingness, it is better to send them to a really suitable place to recuperate, not to ask them to make a career in the future, just to be able to grow up safely. Although Yangzhou and Huiji are remote, they are located in the rich and mild southern water towns, which are very suitable for recuperation. I can't bear to be separated, but for their good, I have to make this decision. ”

"What the emperor said is very true." The concubines spoke out one after another.

After that, Tuoba Hong chatted with the queen for a few words, which was nothing more than to discuss the matter of the concubines and princes leaving the palace. The concubines sat together for a while, and the queen spoke to order everyone to disperse.

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"The person who set fire to Jingren Palace, you should know who it is by now." Lin Yuan slowly talked to Chu Xue and walked towards the Mirror Moon Pavilion together.

"As soon as she left, it was cheaper." Chu Xue frowned and said: "After Jingren Palace went out of the water, the emperor thought it was a warning from heaven, so that everyone in the world believed that the twin children were destined to have evil spirits, and it would be very easy for Concubine Xiang to leave the palace!" The emperor is anxious because of her affairs, and now that there is a step down, he is not in a hurry to be happy, how can he investigate the cause of the fire! The slave maid really didn't expect that she would have such great courage, and she invited herself out of the palace to retreat as advance, which is not a way to save her life. ”

"Jingren Palace burned, which not only gave me a good reason to leave the palace, but also suppressed me. She's leaving, and she can't get along with me! Our emperor has a lot of internal favors, and only the main seat of Jingren Palace is vacant in the East and West Palaces, and this fire burns so much that even the beams of the house collapse; After she left, although the Linzhi Palace was vacant, it was a pity that there was a concubine in the side hall of the Lintoe Palace who was higher than me, and there was no reason why I moved into the Yueyue Tower and the concubine still succumbed to the side hall. Lin Yuan's voice was full of hatred: "In this way, I will no longer have the opportunity to take the position of the lord of the first palace, so I can only go to live in the side halls of other palaces." I will never forget that when I first entered the palace and was not favored, I was punished by her to kneel all night until I became seriously ill. ”

Shangguan Li wants to set fire, which of the many palaces in the palace is not good? I just want to burn Jingren Palace. Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by.

Chu Xue sighed again and again: "Since Niangniang entered the palace, she has always been your enemy, but even if she went to Yangzhou, she did not completely withdraw from the palace." The slave and maid secretly watched that the emperor had set the fiefdom of the two princes in the southern water town with abundant water and grass and fertile soil, and obviously did not completely let go of the two princes in his heart. and crowned her as a concubine, also to protect her, for fear that someone would bully her. Our emperor is ruthless but also affectionate, even if he annoys her, he has not been gracious. ”

Lin Yuan smiled when she heard this: "You think simply! The emperor was suspicious, so he suspected that she was deliberately seeking a son and competing for the position of unification. But precisely because it is doubt, it is even more impossible to conclude the truth, and I still feel that I suspect that I am wrong, and the other party is wronged? In short, the emperor has favored her for seven years, and his affection for her is very unusual. Now that she invited herself out of the palace, she made the emperor soften. ”

Lin Yuan is not Empress Xiao, she has accompanied the emperor in the wind and rain for more than ten years, and she already knows the emperor well. But her position in Tuoba Hong's heart is also different from that of ordinary concubines, Tuoba Hong trusts her, and she is also exposed to some things that should not be known to concubines.

The reason why the emperor hated the two princes was because he was afraid that the mother behind Shangguan Li would hold the young son hostage and force the palace. This kind of thing is not uncommon in all dynasties, and powerful courtiers killed the old emperor and helped a yellow-mouthed child as a puppet, and included the royal world in his own private pocket. But now the two princes have been driven out of the palace and have gone to Yangzhou, which is 1,800 miles away from Beijing, which means that even if there is a dispute over the throne, these two children will have to be delayed for half a month if they want to run back to take the throne!

How much can happen in this half month? Tuoba Hong had already arranged a proper place for the new emperor, and the capital sent tens of thousands of troops to guard it, and the two children rushed back to the new emperor's capital to ascend the throne. If you raise an army to seize the throne again, it will be a rebellion, and the difficulty will increase dozens of times!

As far as Lin Yuan knew in his previous life, Kangxi in the official history encountered similar troubles when he passed on the throne. He originally wanted to pass it on to Fourteen, but he was so sick that he was about to die, and the unlucky Fourteen was still leading troops in Yunnan. Fourteen rushed to the capital and killed two horses still didn't catch up, Kangxi died of illness before he came back, and before he died, in order to stabilize the world, he had to temporarily change his mind and pass the throne to the fourth.

Then Tuoba Hong declared the world again, saying that the three princes and the four princes were weak, how weak were they? I'm afraid I can't be an adult. The body is the capital of the revolution, and if the two of them are like this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not support them to inherit the unification.