Chapter 65: The fire burns out the glory of a lifetime
The news of Zhu Guifei's hanging only reached the palace on the second day, and the palace blocked the news, and only notified the ministers on the morning of the second day.
On both sides of the royal steps of the Jinluan Palace, as usual, when the sun has not yet jumped above the ground, the courtiers walk in pairs.
"Why don't you see General Zhu today?" A blue-hatted minister and his companion whispered in confusion.
"That's right! Not only General Zhu, but even Lord Zhu will go to the court in the future, but what happened? Another red-collared minister also asked one after another.
"I heard, something happened..."Another minister said, shaking his head in the direction of the harem, with a look of wanting to say something, which made the people around him more and more curious.
As Gonggong Gao sounded "There is a book, there is nothing to retreat", the emperor who sat on the throne waved his hand at him, and Gonggong Gao hurriedly retreated.
Emperor Jimo pinched his eyebrows and said slowly: "Last night, Concubine Zhu died of illness. ”
All the courtiers knelt on the ground one after another, shouting three times 'Your Majesty's mourning, take care of the dragon's body' and the like, no wonder General Zhu and Lord Zhu lacked the early dynasty, it turned out that the concubine was gone, everyone sighed, and there was no shortage of schadenfreude in secret.
"Master, go and ask the emperor, how did my daughter die? How exactly did he die? She's still so young, so young..."
In Zhu's mansion, Mrs. Zhu pulled General Zhu's wide robe, cried and fell to the ground, with Zhu Yubaocui on her head, hairpin rings swaying, and her clothes were even more exquisite and luxurious.
"Do you think I don't love my daughter? How can I talk to the emperor about this kind of thing? It's not that you spoil her everywhere that causes the cause of death to be unknown now! ”
General Zhu is also old and tearful, sad, he is a military general, but he has given birth to a daughter who has been well-behaved since he was a child, loves the four treasures of the study, and has a clever mind, so he has been holding it in the palm of his hand since he was a child.
It's a pity, it's a pity that she is bent on marrying into the imperial city, in order to consolidate the status of the Zhu family, as a father, he watched his daughter climb to the position of the concubine step by step, and he was not sad in his heart.
Now that Zhu Guifei is dead, the truth of many things is gone, such as the fact that the prince is not allowed to trespass into the Ruhua Palace, such as the fact that the prince has taken the lost little prince out of the late concubine's palace, and all of them have come to an end with the coffin of the concubine being put into the ground.
Since ancient times, countless red faces and skinny bones have been buried in the deep palace walls, and just when everyone thought that this matter was going away with the wind, several big things broke out in the Zhu Mansion one after another.
General Zhu is a generation of military generals, and he is also a brave and invincible lord on the battlefield, and he is a courtier who is highly used by the emperor like Le Zhenghuan.
General Zhu has only one son and one daughter in his life, and his son is the current figure in the court, Zhu Chun, Lord Zhu, and his daughter is the late concubine Niangniang, Zhu Ning'er.
The Zhu family is an official in the court, and it can be regarded as a courtier who does his best to do errands for the emperor, and he is a heartfelt courtier, Lord Zhu is a beautiful man like Jiang Lang, and Zhu Guifei is also born with a flower and moon appearance.
It is such a family, since Zhu Guifei left, the beads began to wither, General Zhu personally handed over the tiger talisman in the court, unloaded the burden of leading the army to fight, only said that he was old, it was difficult to take on the big responsibility, please resign.
Lord Zhu also wrote a resignation in the early dynasty, and never showed his face in the capital again, claiming that his sister's departure brought him lifelong regrets, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to serve the king again, so he had to resign and return to the field.
Just when the court lost one of the two generals, the emperor was upset, and the partisan struggle intensified, a fire broke out in the quiet capital and silence.
The fire spread rapidly, and from a distance, accompanied by the ferocity of the north wind, half of the sky was reflected red, as if it was about to swallow the entire capital.
It was the direction of Zhufu, and the fire was burning, as if it was going to burn out this life and burn into ashes, burning the people in the dream.
"Princess, princess, it's not good, something is wrong..."The butler said to Le Zhengyu while running in, panting intermittently.
"What's the matter? So panicked, beware of waking up the world! Ziyi, who was waiting beside him, spoke first.
"Princess, it's the Zhu Mansion, something happened to the Zhu Mansion, I heard that all the Zhu Mansion went with Zhu Guifei." The butler spoke again, hurriedly.
"What do you say? Zhu Mansion? Is it Zhu Chun, Lord Zhu's house? Le Zhengyu asked.
"Yes! Yesterday, there was a fire, all burned down, all of them were gone, all of them were gone, all of them were gone, and the house was gone. Although what the butler said was confusing, Le Zhengyu seemed to understand, and she stood up and was about to go out.
"Princess, where are you going? Slave and maid with you..."Ziyi watched his master go out without saying a word, and hurriedly followed.
In front of the Zhu Mansion, the original popularity, the scene of the gate is long gone, when Le Zhengyu arrived, as far as the eye could see, it was all ruins and broken walls, desolate and bleak.
"I heard that just now the people from the Yamen brought out three corpses from inside, which are General Zhu, Lord Zhu, and Mrs. Zhu."
"Really? Why are they all burned to death? Although this Zhu Mansion is a powerful person, I haven't heard of any bad reputation, and he has provoked any enemies, so miserable..."
"Hey, how can there be any enemies, it was Mrs. Zhu herself who lit her daughter's tablet and followed."
The sounds of the surrounding disturbances fell into Le Zhengyu's ears one by one.
The people of the government office inside were dealing with the Zhu Mansion that had been burned by the fire, and the streets outside were full of people watching the excitement inside and out, and the water around the front gate of the Zhu Mansion was blocked.
Lord Zhu has been an honest and honest official all his life, and Mrs. Zhu sent all the subordinates in the house the night before the fire, and there was not much left in the house except for three corpses.
"Ahh Princess, this is..."The purple clothes who came next to him were startled by the scene in front of them, and they exclaimed in surprise, moving their mouths, but they didn't know what to say.
Le Zhengyu walked slowly along the street, Ziyi accompanied her like that, walking and walking, she suddenly smiled, there were tears from the corners of her eyes, and the cold winter wind blew the clothes of the people, but she didn't know it at all.
"This Zhu Mansion is so stubborn! It's so stubborn! She repeated the phrase one by one.
It wasn't until she walked to the door of the mansion that the guard in front of the door bowed respectfully at her and shouted 'Princess' that she looked up at the three gilded characters of 'Wang's Mansion' hanging high on the door of the mansion, which were so dazzling at this moment.
Ziyi, who was following behind her, didn't know how to comfort her, since she followed the princess, this was the first time she had lost her temper in front of them, and it was also the first time she shed tears.