064, the emperor is dead
When Li Lerong woke up, the sky was already dark, and not long after Yu Lanqing and the Queen Mother left, she opened her eyes and only saw her mother sitting on the side of the bed, not knowing what she was whispering to Ruyun on the side.
"Kid." She squirmed her lips, but she could only make an extremely faint sound, she didn't see the child by her side, Li Lerong was really anxious, everyone didn't notice her, she didn't know where she got the strength, and suddenly shouted loudly, "Mother." ”
This shocked the people around him, Ruyun came forward with great concern and asked Li Lerong how the situation was, but Li Chen was just sitting, listening to Li Lerong talk about the child, and his heart was about to burst into flames: "I gave birth to a bad animal, and I dare to mention it, the Li family's face has been lost by you." ”
Ruyun turned her head: "Madame, don't say a word, the mother's body is still very weak, and she can't stand such stimulation." ”
"What's there to stand it for? Go, you go and bring the prince over and let her see for herself. Li Chen is also dizzy, Su Ri is at home, she loves her little daughter the most, she looks the best, and she gives birth to the best, the older daughters are already married, only Li Lerong, who entered the palace and is pregnant, but she is full of anticipation of an empty joy, how can she not be angry?
When Li Lerong heard Li Chen say this, he already had a bad premonition in his heart, Ruyun still refused to go, and was forced by Li Lerong to call the nurse to bring the prince.
Li Lerong was helped to lean on the soft pillow, and after drinking a few sips of ginseng soup to boost his breath, the prince was hugged to him.
Li Chen frowned when he saw the swaddling clothes, he couldn't hide his disgust, and turned sideways to dodge, Li Lerong just hugged the child in his hand, and asked in surprise: "Why is it so light?" It's full-term. ”
The nurse lowered her head and did not speak.
Li Lerong rolled his eyes, no one in this room had the slightest joy because she gave birth to the prince, the concubines who should be congratulated were not there, and the rewards of the queen and the queen mother were not even seen.
She shook her hands and lifted the corners of her back, her eyes widened in an instant and she screamed, almost throwing the child out of her hand.
Li Lerong couldn't come back to his senses for a long time in shock, Ruyun was afraid that she would hurt the child, so he hurriedly picked it up from Li Lerong and handed it to the nurse.
"Mother." Ruyun called her carefully.
Li Lerong just sat still, and after a long time, he took a big breath, his eyes were out of focus, and he hugged his head in a collapsed manner: "What is that?" What's that? That's not my child, my child is the future Prince of Dawei, how can it be that ghost... ”
She muttered to herself, obviously stimulated by the gap, Ruyun was frightened, and before she could speak, she saw Li Chen pull Li Lerong's hand and forced her to look into her eyes: "Rong'er, that's your child, I saw the prince you gave birth to, not only I saw it, but the queen also saw it, and the queen mother also saw it, such a child stayed by your side, what else do you think about the prince?" The emperor is about to come back from the expedition, you should think about what the queen mother's intentions are to keep this child by your side, and you should think about how such a child can be disposed of before the emperor comes back and sees it with his own eyes, otherwise, your grace will come to this point, and it is no longer necessary. ”
Li Chen's family doesn't care whether Li Lerong can stand it or not, when he comes to this point, does it not understand the truth that if this little wind and waves in this harem can't withstand it, he will be swallowed alive sooner or later?
Not to mention ...
"There's another one in the queen's belly." Li Chen opened her mouth coldly, and when she mentioned this matter, she finally saw some light in Li Lerong's eyes.
Li Chen let go of Li Lerong's hand and looked out of the brightly lit window: "If it's a sister-in-law, what else can I do with you?" Now that the news of the queen mother's suppression of the second prince is not spread, it is already beneficial to us, and when the queen's belly lands, naturally no one remembers the existence of such a second prince, the position of the biological mother is naturally closely related to the child, you and take care of your body, without this child, there will always be the next one. ”
Li Lerong's eyes widened: "Without this? What do you mean? ”
"What are you going to keep him for! I hope that it will be your blessing if it is gone! Seeing that Li Lerong was still ignorant and didn't react, Li Chen really couldn't wait to wake her up with a slap.
But Li Lerong is just a little girl who has not yet reached the age of eighteen, and when she hears such words, she still feels very scared: "Mother, don't say it, it's very infiltrating." ”
"Infiltrate?" Li Chen narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand and pointed to the second prince who was being held beside him, "Didn't you see it yourself?" This thing you gave birth to is called infiltrating! When the emperor sees it, maybe he will treat you as some kind of calamity monster, and he won't infiltrate people if the entire Li family suffers? Now that you have given birth, when you are out of confinement, the queen will let me go back quickly, when the time comes, no one will tell you this, Rong'er, my mother loves you the most at home, is it possible that my mother will harm you? ! If this kid stays around, it will hurt you! ”
Li Chen's said that she beat her chest and feet, very sad, so far she can't understand, no one in the Li family has ever given birth to such a child, if it is said to be a weak disease brought by the family, it is not like, but the imperial doctor also said that there is no problem with the diagnosis, and the food in the vegetarian days has been checked, and there is no problem, so why did this child become like this? Could it really be God's foreshadowing that Dawei is in trouble?
Li Chen shuddered when she thought of this, she looked at Li Lerong's expression again, and knew that she had listened to her own words, and Li Chen was not willing to force Li Lerong to be too tight, she was a person who had just given birth to a child, just know it, lest the child be gone, she would have to look for death and life.
"Take the prince down." Li Chen commanded, watched the nurse exit the door, then slowly stood up, and said to Ruyun, "Wait for her to rest, the people in the palace are also tired all night, take turns on duty, go to sleep, it's dawn." ”
Ruyun hurriedly responded: "Yes, don't worry, madam, please rest quickly." ”
Li Chen bowed, looked back at Li Lerong again, sighed, and walked out of the door.
Li Lerong's birth was sealed by the Queen Mother, no one dared to say a word, and the news released by the Queen Mother only said that Concubine Li gave birth to the second prince, so there was no extra words.
Concubine Li gave birth smoothly, and the mother and child were safe, but the news in the palace was not revealed at all, and the old nobles waited to see Li Chen's letter, but they didn't receive it, and they couldn't help muttering, and they got together to discuss, thinking that something must be wrong.
And Yu Qianqi and the others have already understood what these old aristocratic forces want to do after Yu Lan's inventory.
They took advantage of Wei Li's absence to overthrow Wei Li's vigorous reforms and tilt the balance of balance to their side again.
But the second prince, who was the most important in this matter, became a rope that bound them and did not dare to move.
The queen mother can talk about the prince, but she doesn't say what kind of prince she can get.
The news in the palace was locked, no one could deliver the news in, and no one dared to send the news out, this level was guarded by Wu Yi, and it was very firm.
Turning over to January, it will be ready to welcome the New Year's Festival again, but Wei Li has not come back, Yu Lanqing has no thoughts, in a few days, Li Lerong will be out of confinement, and the second prince will be full moon, and the palace should have been a happy event but now it is not lively, compared with the capital that has begun to arrange the festive atmosphere, the palace is as cold as an ice cellar.
Wei has been gone for nearly half a year, counting the time, how should he come back, but the letters that should have been there every month, for some reason, did not come again last month, Yu Lanqing looked at the highest place of the city tower every day, hoping that because she was about to arrive, she did not send the letter, looking forward to the day when she climbed the city tower, what she saw was the scene of thousands of troops galloping back.
But no, what she sees every day is just ordinary scenery that can't be more ordinary.
On this day, she was discussing the New Year's Festival with the concubines in the Queen Mother's Palace, and a little eunuch suddenly ran in outside, the ground slipped in winter, and before she entered the door, she fell directly to the ground, failed to get up, and simply kowtowed: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the Emperor... Your Majesty, he has news. ”
Yu Lanqing stood up abruptly and took two steps forward: "The emperor is back?!" Where?! ”
The Queen Mother hurriedly went to pull Yu Lanqing: "Don't worry, don't worry, you sit down and listen to him speak slowly." ”
Yu Lanqing glanced back at the Queen Mother, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and sat back in response.
The little eunuch knelt outside and shivered, Yu Lanqing thought he was cold, and asked him to come in and reply.
The little eunuch cried out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, he... Raided the enemy camp with an elite squad, and didn't come back after going, the two major generals of the Yu family led the army to the rescue, and also... No more news. ”
The smile on Yu Lanqing's face froze, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time: "What did you say?" ”
"It's the news sent by Mrs. Yu, it's been a few days since the news came, Mrs. Yu was afraid that the queen mother and the queen mother couldn't stand it, so she didn't dare to say it at the first time, thinking that maybe it was a miscommunication, maybe the emperor was already on the way back, but... But the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing guarded the key pass into Beijing, if the emperor is triumphant, he will definitely come back by the official road, the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing said that he did not see the emperor, and the old lady Yu panicked, and hurriedly sent the news in, Niangniang... The little eunuch trembled more and more, and his whole person was numb, and he was completely following his inertia to say these words, "Your Majesty, he... Maybe it's gone. ”
"Nonsense!" Yu Lanqing stood up excitedly, before she could say the next word, she felt that the world in front of her was spinning violently, and finally she only heard the call of the Queen Mother, and the whole person fell down softly.
Cishou Palace immediately became chaotic, Jiang Mei put aside the noisy concubines, raised her voice and roared at the panicked palace maids, dragged the embroidered heart Yueying, and moved Yu Lanqing to the wing room of the west side hall of Cishou Palace, and then Aunt Jingxiang invited Imperial Doctor Liu to carefully diagnose Yu Lanqing's pulse.
Fortunately, Yu Lanqing was only angry for a moment and didn't mention that breath, and after applying the needle, he woke up.
The Queen Mother was frightened, and when she saw Yu Lanqing open her eyes, she hurriedly took Yu Lanqing's hand and recited the blessing of Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattva, her eyes were red, for fear that Yu Lanqing would have some three long and two short.
Yu Lanqing took two deep breaths, and after a while, he suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, he is brave and powerful, he promised me that he would come back, he said let me wait for him, Queen Mother, he asked me to wait for him, he will definitely come back." ”
The Queen Mother was even more heartbroken, grabbed Yu Lanqing's hand, and responded: "Yes, I will come back." ”
The border is so far away, it is common for the news to be wrong or delayed, Yu Lanqing comforted herself, maybe Wei Li did go deep into the enemy army and failed to come out at that time, but her two brothers went to the rescue, and they must have rescued Wei Li, maybe... Perhaps the letter from them to Beijing is already on the way, and they only need to wait a few days, just a few more days.
Thinking of this, Yu Lanqing snorted, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and reached out to touch his stomach: "Child, Imperial Doctor Liu, is the child okay?" ”
"The mother is at ease, and the emperor's heir is fine." Imperial Physician Liu hurriedly replied.
Yu Lanqing breathed a sigh of relief and forced herself to calm down, she is not only a wife now, but also a mother, she must guard this child well, guard the imperial city, and wait for Wei Li to come back, she can't fall, there is the Yu family behind her, there is a queen mother, and there are children, all of them need her to come forward to guard and stabilize their hearts, if even she falls, then everything that Wei Li handed to her will collapse in an instant!
Thinking of this, Yu Lanqing hurriedly turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was already more than half of her white hair, and when she heard the news that her son might have died at the distant border, she didn't have time to be sad, so she had to take care of Yu Lanqing who had fainted, Yu Lanqing felt guilty, and after getting up, she hugged the Queen Mother and said softly: "Queen Mother, Qing'er will definitely take care of her body, don't worry about you anymore, let's wait for the emperor to come back together, the queen mother is relieved, the sons will definitely keep the promise and the emperor's agreement, the sons will definitely will!" ”
The Queen Mother was in tears, please patted Yu Lanqing's back, her voice was hoarse, the Queen Mother, who had always been strong and calm, seemed to be ten years old in an instant at this time, she nodded and said okay, I don't know if she is comforting herself or comforting Yu Lanqing.
In short, on the third day after Yu Lanqing left Cishou Palace and returned to Fengyu Palace, the Queen Mother fell ill.
The news of the emperor's martyrdom also swept through the entire capital like a tornado, and the officials in Beijing were even more blatant gangs and factions who didn't know what they were discussing day and night, and they seemed to be waiting with Yu Lanqing, waiting for whether there would be any new news.
But as the days passed, seeing that February had arrived, there was still not a single soldier who returned to the capital.
Wei Li died, died in the distant border pass, died in the land at the junction of the three kingdoms, and in this way, almost overnight, the entire capital was boiling.
The folds of the crown prince and the political assistant are piled up as high as a hill.
The old aristocratic forces led by Mrs. Yu, under the banner that the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, forced Yu Lan to set up the eldest prince or the second prince as the new emperor, and set up a 'Zaifu' to assist the new monarch in managing the country's government and government, in case the words of the Wei State without a new monarch spread out, and caused a war disaster, which made matters worse, and I am afraid that the country will be destroyed.
Yu Lanqing was forced to vomit blood, angrily denounced the old aristocratic forces for the ambition of the wolf son, and sought to seize the throne, Wei Li's body did not know where it was, and even the matter of burying the imperial tomb had not yet been decided, so he was anxious to seize power and seize power, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!
Old Taishi Yu pressed step by step, not at all Yu Lanqing and a woman in his eyes, he was already confident, after this battle, the vitality of the three kingdoms was greatly damaged, the so-called war again, it was just to deceive Yu Lanqing, take this opportunity to take the position of Zaifu, control the young prince, the world of Great Wei, naturally fell into the hands of their old nobles.
The old lady Yu, who was in a hurry and despised Yu Lanqing too much, thought that she had the chance to win, and winning this matter was tantamount to catching a turtle in an urn, because she didn't notice at all, and among the military attaches who were making a fuss to confront them, there was no movement from Yu Qianqi and the Jiang and Xu families.
As early as when Yu Lanqing released the false news that he was vomiting blood, the guards in the imperial city had already obeyed Yu Lanqing's orders and guarded the palace to the fullest, and Yu Qianqi also received an edict from Zhao An in private, leading the Yu family army to enter the palace in batches, disguised in the guards, and guarding the four most important imperial city gates.
And the Jiang and Xu families mobilized all the troops they could mobilize and ambushed them near the outskirts of Beijing.
All this preparation is because Jing Sheng, who handled the salt affairs for Wei Li, has quietly returned to Beijing.
Jingsheng brought a news called Yu Lanqing who was completely shocked, that is, the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing left his post without authorization, and quietly prepared to detour to the capital by water with a large number of troops.
Without summoning the troops into Beijing, they are going to rebel!
It was Yu Lanqing who released the news that he vomited blood and supported himself, so that the old lady Yu completely despised herself, and made the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing think that she was well hidden, she now wants to be small and big, she must hit it with one blow, the external trouble has just calmed, and the internal strife has risen, if you can't survive this catastrophe, Yu Lanqing has also thought about it, and she will go with Wei Li, and be a companion on the Huangquan Road, what are you afraid of!
The appearance of Jing Sheng also gave Yu Lanqing a great encouragement, Jing Sheng firmly believed that Wei Li was still alive, but he didn't know why he hadn't appeared in the capital until now, he encouraged Yu Lanqing, and he also really admired this queen mother who could face the huge wind and waves decisively, if she was replaced by a woman next to her, at this time there was no other way than to cater to surrender with tears.
Therefore, Jingsheng is willing to obey Yu Lanqing's dispatch arrangement, and work with her to withstand this storm and wait for Wei Li to return.
The governor of Sichuan and Chongqing led the troops from the waterway to Beijing, counting the time, Yu Lanqing had already arranged everything to be arranged, she knew how many troops in the hands of Mrs. Yu were, except for the hands of the three families of Kaiyu, Jiang and Xu, the number of troops in Beijing that could be mobilized by Mrs. Yu was actually not much, so Mrs. Yu was just constantly putting pressure on Yu Lanqing, probably to cause her to give birth prematurely, the weaker she was, the easier it was to defeat.
He was waiting for the arrival of the troops of the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing, and Yu Lanqing was naturally happy to accompany him to act, and repeatedly revealed the news of his discomfort, but in fact, she was indeed not very good, but now that the Queen Mother is sick, she is not self-reliant, and no one can help her.
Old Master Yu's request for Yu Lanqing to be canonized as a new emperor has never been resolved and answered, and because the large army is about to arrive in the capital, he has changed his previous attitude and become tougher, and hyped up in Beijing that Yu Lanqing occupied the imperial city and held the two princes and the queen mother hostage, but he wanted to rebel and subvert the throne of Wei, so that the Yu family could be the emperor themselves!
Such words spread ten to hundreds, more and more people said it, the reasons are abundant, there are reasons and evidence, and they insist on saying that the black is white, obviously they want to rebel, but they say that they are loyal people who guard the royal family of Wei, and Yu Lanqing is said to be a demon scourge, the culprit who killed Wei Li, and the culprit who came to destroy the Wei State, and everyone should be punished!
The more they made trouble, Yu Lanqing became more and more calm, she ordered to completely block the gate of the Imperial City of Death has been the gate of the capital, since they have bewitched the ignorant people, and found a legitimate reason for their rebellion, they will soon lead the troops to attack the city and occupy the throne to cause a palace change, so come and try the sword in her hand, try the courage of her general, and see who stands in the end, who wins and who loses!
Yu Lanqing has locked all the concubines in his palace for many days, and since he has locked the city gate and the palace gate today, it is necessary for Yu Lanqing to talk to the living 'traitors' in the palace.
It was Yu Lanqing who asked Zhao'an to bring all the concubines to Fengyu Palace, she was sitting in the palace wearing the queen's phoenix robe, looking at the concubines who still didn't know what was going on, and slowly spoke: "This palace summoned you today to tell you that the capital is in chaos." ”
In a word, many people panicked, and kept asking what was wrong, what the family should do, what should they do, and the more timid ones had already cried in a low voice, their eyes were full of panic and panic, and when they learned that Wei Li might be dead, they didn't see them so sad, and they really threatened their life and death, so they really shed a few tears.
Only Jiang Mei, looking at Yu Lanqing who was seated, looking at the look in her eyes, feeling Yu Lanqing's firmness and will, and feeling that she must have made up her mind, she clenched her fists and wanted to stand up, but finally held back.
Yu Lanqing smiled, in her smile, only free and easy after determination, she looked around, the light and light voice was like a sharp blade, easily suppressed the absurd voices of the audience: "You are the emperor's concubines, you are favored by the royal family, you should repay the favor to the royal palace, this palace is the middle palace, if you don't have the courage to live and die, you can't pretend to be husband and wife with the emperor, so this palace vows to live and die with the emperor, live and die together." ”
After she finished speaking, her gaze slowly fell on the pale face of Li Lerong, and said coldly but calmly: "You should follow this palace, live together, or die together, there is no other choice." ”
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