Chapter 33 The Collapse of the Gongque Mountain
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At the time of the third watch, all the sounds are silent, the thick clouds are dense in the sky, the moon shadow is dim, the treasure gold ring reflects the dark moon, the colored clouds are easy to disperse and the glass is brittle, the vermilion palace wall is deep, and the lights of the Weiyang Palace are still not extinguished.
Concubine Chen Li looked at her aunt Yining, who was standing beside her, "Have you memorized what the doctor said?" β
Yi Ning, who was dressed in the palace maid's costume, nodded extremely cautiously, "The slaves and maids have all been remembered, so the mother can go with confidence." β
Concubine Chen Li's eyes moved, and a slight smile appeared on her lips, "This palace has entrusted your life to you, and if it's too late, this palace will really be martyred for the first emperor. β
Yi Ning nodded again and again, "There is no mistake here for the slave maid, and the outside of the palace is also according to what Niangniang said, everything is all tied, and when it is time to be buried, I will use the little palace maid who was buried to smuggle Niangniang out with her head." Hou Ye is still happy to see you. It's just that the prescription of the medicine girl can really sleep for seven days, as if dead? Previously, although we used cats and dogs for experiments, and let Ruoxiao try them, but when we came to this, the slave maid was still uneasy. β
Chen Lifei sighed, but there was still a longing for vitality between her eyebrows, "At this point, if you succeed or not, you have to give it a try." If it is done, it should not be extinguished, if it is not completed, it can only be said that the longevity of this palace is over, and it should not be lived. Originally, the doctors and women said that they couldn't find the medicine, and the palace was desperate, but she didn't want to, Qingyang accidentally mentioned that her good sister had a jade glass cup, one cup was open, two cups were sleepy, and three cups could be drunk. I tried it, and it turned out that the cup was made of the same herbs that the doctor said, isn't this providence? β
Yining remembered that the cup was as colorful as spring dawn, the water waves were green and gratifying, and the hope was like smoke and fog, holding the cold and bone-soaked jade glass cup, and her heart was slightly determined, "Yes, just like Niangniang said before, 'The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village' That Sun Guifei is not the gospel of Niangniang, first because of her, Niangniang recognized the doctor girl by chance, and this time because of her, Niangniang got the medicine." I heard that after the first emperor entered the mausoleum, the emperor's grandson was named the crown prince, and she would be named the crown prince Liangdi, which was obviously a blessed person. β
Concubine Chen Lifei nodded, "That's not the case, it's a pity that this palace can't help her anything, only my Chen family, there are many people who are officials in the court, in the future, please ask your father to let them help her, in this deep palace, if there is no help from the nobles in the court, in the end, it is a rootless flower, a floating duckweed, and it will fall down with a little wind and grass." β
Speaking of this, Yi Ning was indignant, "Originally, with the position of the marquis, this time there was the merit of escorting the dragon pilot, the emperor originally wanted to save the old Teen from your burial, but the Guo family blew the pillow wind, saying that you are the emperor's favorite concubine over the years, if you don't chase the emperor underground, I am afraid that the emperor will worry about it day and night." I don't know why she is so jealous of her mother? β
At this time, Guo Danyi had not yet been officially canonized, and Yining did not want to call her a concubine, so she vaguely called her Guo.
Concubine Chen Li glanced at Yining, "You have to change your habits on the seven feelings, it doesn't matter here in this palace, if you go to this palace, who can protect you like this?" That Guo Danyi will have such a move, it is nothing more than that his father and his father and brother have a dispute between the government and the opposition, if she does not except for the palace, the palace is the only concubine left by the Yongle Dynasty, what is the matter, even the emperor has to listen to one or two, wouldn't it be a big stone on her head? The emperor rewarded so many meritorious heroes, but he didn't set up a queen or a prince for a long time, but he was afraid that she would not be able to get rid of it, but fortunately, Han'er had a number in her heart, no matter how much she made trouble, the queen would not be able to take her turn. β
Yining hurriedly knelt down, "Originally, the master went, and the slave and maid must be martyred, but the mother asked for the grace of the queen and asked the slave and maid to go to the Kunning Palace, so that the slave and the maid escaped to death. When the mother went out of the palace, the slave and maid had to follow. β
"Yining, I'm afraid this palace won't be able to take you with me." The corners of Concubine Chen Li's mouth flashed with a hint of bitterness, "After going back to this palace, I will continue to live in the name of an orphan girl in the clan, if I take you with me, I will definitely attract attention, and then I am afraid that this palace will not be able to keep it, and even my father will be implicated, and if you follow me, there is only one way to die." That's why this palace entrusted you to Han'er, but don't worry, Han'er has agreed, and will reward you to Qingyang later, she is a pure and good, after you go, just treat her as a general treat to me, and it will not be bad. β
This is completely different from what was agreed before, Yining was stunned for a while, and then came back to her senses, kneeling at the feet of Concubine Chen Li and crying silently, "Niangniang-you have thought of everything for the slave maid, but you went out, and there was no one around you who had to use it......"
Concubine Chen Li pulled her up with a smile: "That's better than death, besides, after the palace goes out, although she is an orphan girl, she can return to her father's knees after the limelight has passed. You can rest assured, come, dress up for the palace, this is not much time before the fifth watch when the inner servant comes to deliver the decree. β
Yining got up with tears in her eyes, moved the dressing box and put it on the table, and began to groom Chen Lifei.
The sound of autumn cicadas in the night sang intermittently, and there was a faint hint of sweet fragrance of osmanthus in the air, but the master and servant were as bitter as lotus seeds without cores.
This parting, whether it is life or death, it is impossible to see each other again.
Since then, it has been a strange road.
Since then, the mountains and rivers are wide, and the palace and the palace are far away.
The Qionglou Jade Hall in the palace, although full of wealth and glory, but, the kind of loneliness and hesitation buried deep in the bones, but all the time invaded them, these days counted in the palace, they have been together, all the way to the past, this time, Concubine Li's life may be about to enter a new chapter, but she still has to stay, struggling in this deep palace wall......
The comb in Yining's hand was combed with Chen Lifei's inky green silk, every time she felt frightened and helpless, there was only this person under the lamp, and the green silk in her hand could make her heart settle.
Fortunately, if she goes, she will be free, or she will be able to find her own happiness.
Yining thought of this, and chewed some sweetness in the bitterness.
Concubine Chen Li's heart is also uncomfortable, this plan for many years, if it is done, she will be able to open the sky, and she will no longer be bound by this palace, if she can't do it well, she can only follow Emperor Yongle underground......
Thinking that no matter whether she lives or dies, she no longer has to stay in the palace where she can't see the red walls and blue tiles that she can't see, the sky is always gray, and even the sun falls from the thick clouds, and it is also a very dull color to stay in the palace.
Concubine Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief, looked at herself in the rhombic mirror, and said with a smile: "Yining, don't worry, look at your skill, before and after makeup, this palace is like two people, with this alone, this palace will definitely be able to escape, that day if you finish Xiaohua, even this palace thinks that you are looking in the mirror, the eyes of the people in this palace are the brightest, and they are the most clumsy, they must not be able to see it." β
Yining looked at Concubine Chen Li, who looked like a little palace maid in the mirror, and couldn't help laughing: "It's Niangniang, you are smart, you have been wearing heavy makeup in your early years, and I am afraid that few people in this palace have seen your appearance after putting on makeup, and the slave maid can only succeed." Fortunately, Na Ruoxiao and Niangniang are about the same size, their silhouettes are somewhat similar, and they are willing to replace the lord with their bodies, so we can do it. β
Thinking of that Ruoxiao, Concubine Chen Li sighed, "That day, when she heard our plan, Bengong was still startled, for fear that she would say it and almost poison her ruthlessly, but I didn't want her to kneel down and say that I was willing to be a stand-in for Bengong and die for Bengong." It's unthinkable. β
"Niangniang, you are also a kind of good cause and good fruit, if you hadn't saved her back then, she would have been killed by Lu Jieyu's cane, this time, even if she doesn't go for you, she still has to be martyred, it's better to take your place and get some benefits for the family."
Concubine Chen Li was a little hesitant in her words, "Even so, after all, it is a life, and other people can't save it from this palace, but she is going for this palace, so she shouldn't give it up." That's it, you wait a while, let her drink three cups of the medicine mixed by the herb doctor in the jade glass cup, and if you are lucky enough to rescue the palace before the dragon enters the mausoleum, even she will be saved. β
Yining was shocked, "Niangniang, don't - more than one person, there are many risks, in this way, it will be more troublesome to transport people out of the country or something, if someone breaks it, you and she can't live!" Anyway, Ruoxiao is going to die, and she is willing to do it for you, why do you bother to make this move and affect your own vitality? β
Concubine Chen Li made up her mind at this moment, and patted her face with a smile, "You see, she is not only a little similar to the palace, but also so brave and loyal, on weekdays, she is a little palace maid, and no one notices, even if she takes it out, it doesn't matter, maybe, in the future, she can wait in front of the palace like Yining you, isn't it?" Of course, there are risks, but now that the new emperor ascends the throne, everything is busy, I am afraid that when I get to Changling, no one will notice that the bodies of the two little palace maids are missing, as long as we plan carefully, it may not be impossible to succeed......"
After listening to what Concubine Chen said, Yining hesitated, "That girl is not like Ruoxiao, not like you, but I'm afraid that even if she wears makeup, a clear-eyed person can still see it." β
Concubine Chen said with a smile: "Of course the living can see it, but what about the dead?" If the father-in-law came to announce the decree, they were all out of breath, who would look closely? β
Yining's eyes lit up, "Niangniang meansβ"
Concubine Chen Li nodded, "This palace is grateful to the emperor, life is better than death, so they went without waiting for the decree, they committed suicide together in order to repay the lord's kindness, which is also reasonable." Now, it's one that can save one. You remember afterwards, put away the jade glass cup and return it to Qingyang. β
Waiting for the fifth watch, when I came to the inner treatment of the decree of Weiyang Palace, I saw that in the dormitory, there were two corpses of palace maids lying down, on the soft couch with red sandalwood carvings, the body of Concubine Chen was as if she was alive, with luxurious makeup and long eyebrows and sideburns.
Aunt Yining said with a gloomy expression: "Niangniang has been crying every night since the first emperor left, life is better than death, tonight, she was unprepared for a while, she actually drank poisonous wine." The two slaves and maids who served her in Weiyang Palace were grateful for Niangniang's kindness, and they also chased her away one after another, and they still wanted to serve Niangniang underground......"
This kind of thing has also happened in the concubines who were buried for Taizu before, and the attendants understood in their hearts that they were thinking about the first emperor, but in fact, they were just afraid of an ugly death, so they decided first.
"Although Niangniang has gone, the will of the emperor still has to be announced......" Holding the yellow silk in his hand, after reading the holy decree, the chamberlain said: "The emperor said that in the Weiyang Palace, except for Aunt Kaiyining, you are now a person from Kunning Palace, and those who are waiting close are all martyred, and there is no reason for a master to go underground, and there is no reason for a slave to wait." β
With a wave of his hand, the guards who came with him had already poured poisoned wine into the minions who were waiting for Concubine Chen Li in Weiyang Palace.
After a while, those who cried, those who shouted, those who struggled desperately, those who ran away and were recaptured, all lost their voices.
Fortunately, Niangniang has dismissed a lot of people over the years, and there are not too many people left in this palace. This thought flashed through Yining's mind, her face turned pale, and she said calmly: "The slave maid has been greatly favored by the mother, and she must be sent on the last journey, those two palace maids are the most intimate of the mother during her lifetime, you must separate them from the other slaves and bury them." β
Although she despised Aunt Yining in her heart like other minions who followed Concubine Li, now that she was a member of Kunning Palace, the chamberlain couldn't figure out how she could climb up to Kunning Palace so as not to die. Because I don't know the depth, it's not easy to offend, and it's not a problem, so I agreed at the moment.
Yi Ning quietly raised two fingers to one of the guards, and nodded invisibly at the two corpses of palace maids in the dormitory.
In addition to Yining, Concubine Han, who was born in a family of eunuchs in the Li dynasty of North Korea, asked Emperor Hongxi for a decree before her death, saying: My mother is old and I am willing to rule my country. got the permission of Emperor Hong Xi and saved the life of her nurse Jin.
On the seventh day of the ninth month, the concubines of the Yongle Emperor, after receiving the order, first dressed up, had lunch, and then all were led to the ascending hall, where large and small beds were placed, and the attendants guarded them to let them stand on it, and put their heads into the white silk hanging from the beam, and then kicked off the small bed under their feet, until they lost their breath before they were relieved from the beam.
There were 16 concubines with titles, more than a dozen concubines without titles, and a total of more than 30 all died by hanging their necks.
The palace maids and chamberlains who were close to the concubines were all poured poisoned wine and went underground to serve their masters.
For a while, the cry shook the palace.
Three days later, their coffins will be carried into the Changling Tomb with the dragon of the Yongle Emperor, and the concubines will still have a place to offer incense, and the palace people will just throw them into the cemetery next to the Changling Tomb and bury them cleanly.
The once infinite scenery of the Imperial Palace, when the noon sun was scorching, was dyed with blood into the Shura field, and the once flower-like beauties were like autumn leaves, and they could no longer wait for the arrival of spring.
In this way, none of the concubines of the Yongle Dynasty lived to the first year of Hongxi, after some of the martyrs, they also posthumously presented the nickname to commend their line, and when they were old, they ate in the palace of the emperor's mausoleum, stained with some incense offered by the emperor's descendants, and the family received some corresponding compensation, and some of them were only fortunate to be by the Yongle Emperor once or twice, so the inexplicable world evaporated, and even a surname was not left.