Chapter 7, Section 19 Angry arrest of Sima Xuan
After reviewing the stacked pieces on my desk and bookshelves, I rubbed my sore neck and looked up the window, to find that the distant sky had already appeared faintly white.
The emperor had already been urged by me again and again, and finally held the cricket cage and fell asleep on the huge dragon bed in the back room.
This dragon bed prepared for him is usually empty, but tonight it lived up to its name and let the emperor sleep once.
I counted the total number of pieces I had reviewed last night, and there were hundreds of them! Some of its movements were presented three months ago.
At this time, there was already movement in the back room. At this time, it is time to freshen up and change clothes for the emperor, and after a while, it is time to go to the early court.
The eunuchs carried all kinds of boxes into the front hall, and Xiao Cui also helped me in, and sat down at the table full of breakfast.
The emperor got dressed and came out of the back room, and when he saw me, he said apologetically, "You were tired last night, weren't you?" I said I wanted to stay with you, but you had to let me go to sleep. I started waiting for you with my eyes open, and then, before I knew it, I fell asleep. When you wake up in the morning and see that your pillow is empty, you know that you haven't slept all night. ”
He took my hand, put it to his mouth, kissed it gently, and said, "Does your hand hurt?" I'll rub it for you. ”
Xiaocui and the others all laughed, and I also laughed, "There are so many people in the palace, why can't it be the emperor's turn to rub my hands." Your Majesty, please rest assured, the concubines are fine. The concubine is different from the emperor, the emperor has to get up in the morning to go to the morning court, and then there are many things waiting for the emperor to deal with, and there may be no time to rest throughout the day. The concubine is fine during the day, and she can sleep as long as she wants. ”
After drinking a few sips of millet porridge, I suddenly remembered and asked, "Your Majesty, it seems that there are still three months ago in those pieces I watched last night." The king of Qi and the king of Runan also guarded them. Assisting the emperor to do these things every day, why is there still so much backlog of concerts that have not been approved? ”
The emperor lowered his head and drank the porridge in his bowl, and said embarrassedly, "That." King Runan, they just pick out the folds that need to be handled every day, and the others are not important. Just put it there for me to review slowly. You know, I just want to see those things, and since they don't think they matter anymore, what else do I look at, it's all piled up there. There is no pile on the imperial case. Zhang Hong moved to the bookshelf. When the bookshelves were no longer stacked, they moved into the cabinet in the back room. ”
As I spoke, he peeked at my face several times. Fastest update. When I saw his guilt, even if I was angry, I was gone.
I sighed and thought that my husband was indeed unfit to be an emperor. If a person is a chore to read the cantata, it becomes a chore to be an emperor.
Those who do not hesitate to let the blood of the people of the world flow like a river in order to compete for the emperor's throne, if they listen to the emperor's words, I don't know how to feel?
It's just always been like that," those cabinets in the back of the study. Aren't there still a lot of pieces that haven't been reviewed?"
The emperor's head lowered more and more, and his voice responded like a mosquito, "Yes, yes." ”
"King Qi and King Runan, they don't say anything?" What do these people eat?
"They only pick out what they think is important to see every day. If they needed to compare a previous piece, they would send someone to find it in the cupboard. For the rest, they don't bother. ”
The so-called important. They can get the most oil and water out of it. It's just that. They are like this, why can't the king of Qi be like this and not ask? So what's the point of trying my best to convince him to go out of the mountain?
But think about it. The identity of King Qi has always been more embarrassing, and he has too much to manage, for fear of being suspected of being a meritorious master.
When I thought of King Qi, I naturally thought of King Qi's little lord who was sick.
After sending the emperor to the early court, I sent someone to the palace of the king of Qi to ask for a doctor. Soon, the person who asked the patient came back and said that the situation was very bad, and the little county lord had a high fever. The subordinates were afraid of being infected, so they avoided one after another, and now except for the two underground people who had smallpox, only the King of Qi and his wife were waiting in person.
I immediately asked Manager Zhang to find a few eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to help in the palace of King Qi. I can empathize with how anxious parents are when their children are sick. How Jia Quan treats me is another matter, a child is a child, not to mention, I don't want to see King Qi sad.
At the same time, I asked someone to send a message to Liang Jingren and asked him to go to Wei's house to inquire about the news. Wei Jin's matter must be handled quickly, and I am afraid that it will change after a long time.
Once the Wei family accepted the dowry from the Runan Palace, it would be difficult to handle this matter. Although it is said that "under the whole world, it is not the king's land; The shore of the land is not a king's minister", but being a monarch and snatching the wife of a minister is not a glorious thing.
Liang Jingren's work efficiency is really not covered, and he personally came to Mingguang Hall that afternoon to report to me, saying that Wei Jin had proposed to his parents to enter the palace as a concubine under his urging, and resolutely refused to marry Ma Xuan of Dong'an Company.
After the emperor came back in the evening, I told him about Wei Jin in detail, and asked him to hurry up and announce Wei Jin's entry into the palace. The emperor was still a little hesitant and said, "In this way, isn't it equivalent to me openly robbing my daughter-in-law with Sima Xuan?" ”
I said, "How is this a public robbery?" The Runan Wang family did not officially hire the Wei family, and Wei Jin could not be regarded as his family's prospective daughter-in-law. Besides, what about robbing it openly? This time, the king of Runan united with the old thing Wei to deliberately give the emperor a horse, and the emperor also caught him off guard, so that his wishful thinking of marrying the Wei family failed. He is not kind to the emperor, why should the emperor take care of him? When the emperor announced Wei Jin into the palace, if Sima Miao dared to make trouble, he would take the opportunity to seize his position as the commander of the forbidden army and drive him back to the fiefdom, so that the king of Runan would be alone. Let's see if he dares to be the king and hegemon in the future! The emperor thought about it and finally nodded.
The next day, the emperor asked Zhang Hua to draft an edict, and then sent him and Zhang Hong to the Wei family to announce the decree. Because that day was an auspicious day for the zodiac, I simply sent over the sedan chair to welcome the new imperial concubine into the palace.
Although the Wei family felt very sudden, because Wei Jin had already expressed his intentions in advance, he also calmly accepted the order.
At dusk that day, Wei Jin entered the palace in a sedan chair in the palace.
Wei Jin was named Mrs. and lived in the Bihan Palace, where Mrs. Zhuge lived.
On the night that Wei Jin entered the palace, Ma Xuan of Dong'an Company, who learned the news, angrily led people straight to the Qinzheng Palace. It's a pity that before he stepped into the palace gate, he was caught by all the men and horses who were ambushed there by Sima Wei, the king of Chu.
Sima Miao was not convinced, saying that he was the commander of the forbidden army, and he led the troops into the palace to perform official duties, and did not violate the palace rules. Sima Wei said sharply, "You are not on duty today, but you are leading troops to break into the palace without being called, what do you want?"
Sima Miao hurriedly replied, "I just came to ask the emperor about something." ”
Zhang Hua stood aside and said, "As a subordinate, you led the troops to break into the palace and wanted to ask the master for his crimes?" ”
Sima Miao usually relies on his father's power and is used to being powerful in the capital, how can he ever put a person like Zhang Hua in his eyes? Immediately said arrogantly, "This is our Sima Royal Family's housework, when did you intervene as a foreign minister?" ”
Zhang Hua said confidently: "Royal affairs are world affairs." Although your surname is Sima, you are also a minister. Since you are a minister, you must abide by your duty as a minister. Leading troops to break into the palace is a conspiracy! ”
Sima Miao smiled disdainfully: "Don't take a big hat to crush people!" Who rebelled? I only brought such a small number of people with me for rebellion? Isn't that the same as looking for death? I'm just here to ask Emperor Ming about something. ”
Zhang Hua said, "No matter what it is, you must remove the people and horses you brought, untie the sword from your waist, and then kneel outside the palace to ask for a meeting, so that your subordinates want to see the emperor." Could it be that you have been the commander of the forbidden army for so many years, and you don't even understand the rules of asking to see the emperor? ”
Sima Miao was speechless, and at this time, the emperor and I walked out of it, and the emperor asked him, "What do you want to ask about me?" "I expected that Sima Miao would inevitably be unable to help but come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, so after taking Wei Jin into the palace, I rushed to the Qinzheng Palace to accompany the emperor, because I was afraid that he would not be able to deal with Sima Xuan. Sure enough, when Sima Miao saw the emperor, his momentum was still undiminished, and his tone was still arrogant, "Your Majesty, Wei Jin is the minister's fiancée, ask the emperor to return her to Weichen." ”
The emperor glanced at me, and I pretended to be surprised and asked, "Wei Jin is your fiancée?" Why have you never heard of this? When was he hired? Why didn't the palace know about such a big thing? ”
Sima Miao was stunned for a moment, paused for a moment, and then said with little confidence: "The minister has even prepared the dowry, and he was originally going to go to the Wei Mansion tomorrow to be hired." ”
I sneered and said, "I haven't been hired yet." Since he was not hired, how can he say that he is a fiancée? ”
Sima Miao knew that he was not my opponent, so he still turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the Lord snatched the wife of his minister, and it was Uncle Wang's fiancée who snatched it, and it would be detrimental to the royal dignity to say it." It's better to take advantage of Wei Jin's just entering the palace and before she has time to sleep, and return her to Weichen. ”
"Daring fanatic!" I was furious and said, "What kind of place are you supposed to be?" In the palace of Qinzheng, in front of the emperor, you dare to be so wild, it can be seen that you usually have no king, to what extent do you despise the monarch's authority? A person like you, if you continue to lead the forbidden army, will the palace and the emperor dare to sleep peacefully at night? After speaking, an order was given, and Sima Miao was tied up and arrested.