Chapter 31 Final Strike Thirty-One
Besides, King Lu is also the son of Emperor Longqing, and he is one of the biggest threats to the little emperor, so the little emperor has long had the intention of letting King Lu become a vassal. In order to stay with King Lu for a longer period of time, Empress Dowager Li deliberately did not let King Lu get married early, but the result of this was to make the little emperor even more jealous of King Lu. The thing that made the little emperor angry the most was King Lu's marriage, the little emperor's queen was decided by Zhang Juzheng, and the little emperor didn't like Queen Wang at all. Several other concubines and little emperors also looked down on him, so the little emperor was an emperor who had children relatively late. Just when the little emperor had no son, King Lu, who had married relatively late, and his wife Princess Lu immediately had a child, and the first child was a son. This kind of taste is known only to the little emperor himself, not only jealousy, but also remorse and hatred. Every time he saw Empress Dowager Li holding her grandson to show off everywhere, the little emperor hated Zhang Juzheng and Queen Wang even more, and at the same time he was even more jealous of King Lu, his younger brother. Although the little emperor later also had his own sons and daughters, these children were all concubines, even if the little emperor was the emperor, these children had a lower status than the sons born to King Lu.
Whether it is Empress Dowager Li or King Lu and his wife, they know the little emperor's careful eye very well, so King Lu and his wife have not taken the initiative to come to the capital these years. But she couldn't stop Empress Dowager Li from missing King Lu and King Lu's children, so Empress Dowager Li liked to be with their family. No, about a month ago, Empress Dowager Li missed King Lu's family again, and asked the little emperor to issue an order to let King Lu's family come to Beijing. The little emperor didn't want to agree, but Empress Dowager Chen persuaded the little emperor to agree. Because Empress Dowager Li has decided to delegate power and no longer interfere in the little emperor's governance, she wants to live a few years with children and grandchildren. If the little emperor didn't agree to this request, the Empress Dowager Li would really be very unhappy. Under the persuasion of his mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Chen, the little emperor finally agreed to let King Lu's family enter Beijing. said that it was okay to let King Lu's family accompany Empress Dowager Li to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival and return to the domain after the New Year. This is already the greatest grace of the royal family, and generally speaking, the vassal king cannot enter the capital for more than a month.
The so-called Luwang family cannot be just a couple of Luwang couples and a few concubines having children. Over the years, King Lu has successively married three side concubines and seven or eight concubines, although these people are all women of King Lu, but they cannot affect Princess Lu's status at all, so Princess Lu is okay with these people. King Lu and Princess Lu had a total of three children, two sons and a daughter, and they were King Lu's favorite treasures. For this reason, Princess Lu was very generous to let several side concubines and concubines have children, so King Lu now has nearly ten children, and three are about to be born. It is the one with the most children in the royal family, at least no one in the royal branch has had so many children in recent years. The little emperor ordered King Lu's family to enter Beijing, and King Lu brought these wives with him, let the children meet their grandmothers, and let these women see the palace.
What no one expected happened, and soon after King Lu's family entered the palace, something happened. It is a major event for King Lu and his wife to enter Beijing, so according to etiquette, King Lu is going to greet the little emperor, and Princess Lu is going to visit Queen Wang's sister-in-law. The little emperor didn't wait to see King Lu, so he found a reason to dodge, and let King Lu wait outside the imperial study alone for more than an hour. In fact, King Lu had already known about this brother's small actions, but for the sake of royal peace, King Lu still pretended to be stupid once. The little emperor can find a reason to avoid King Lu, but the queen can't help but see Princess Lu. The most royal lady and queen, she can't let Princess Lu look down on her, so Queen Wang has no choice but to meet Princess Lu. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the queen is jealous of Princess Lu, and Princess Lu must be envious of the status of the queen in her heart. But there is still to be politeness and politeness on the surface, at least if you can't meet, you're not welcome.
met Queen Wang with Princess Lu, in addition to a few children of King Lu brought by Princess Lu, there were also several children of the ministers of the court. The little emperor and the Empress Dowager Chen were worried that Empress Wang would have a bad temper and make jokes when they met Princess Lu, so they ordered several ministers' wives to bring their minor children or grandchildren to meet Empress Wang together. If Queen Wang and Princess Lu have an opinion, these ladies should try to make peace with both sides. At the same time, the little emperor also sent a close palace eunuch to watch, and once something happened, he immediately told the little emperor as soon as possible.
Princess Lu and Queen Wang were hypocritical on this side, while several children were playing together. At this time, the eldest son of the little emperor's concubine was only one year old, and it would not be dangerous for the nurse to hold him. The eldest daughter of the little emperor is about the same, with the nurse and the palace maid watching her, there shouldn't be any big problems. King Lu's eldest son is almost four years old, and King Lu's son is almost three and a half years old. They took the sons and grandchildren of the minister's family and played in the queen's Kunning Palace. Although Queen Wang was a little upset, she was very envious of this kind of scene. If he had a son who often played here, the queen would really die happily.
Children will be a little crazy when they play, these small children have not read books and do not know etiquette, and they immediately become a group of bear children. Even the little princess waved her little hand and asked the nurse to follow the brothers. The nurse had no choice but to go with the princess, and some of the palace maids who took care of the bear took the opportunity to chat on the side. Everyone thought that there would be no danger in a place like this, with a large number of palace maids waiting inside, eunuchs guarding outside, and guards guarding the outside of the forbidden army. But it was because of their indifference that the tragedy happened.
The children were playing and grabbing the snacks that were being placed on the side. Usually, these children don't like to eat this kind of sweet and greasy dim sam, but I don't know what's wrong, everyone rushes to eat dim sum. Afterwards, the adults speculated that maybe they were tired and hungry, or the children were rushing to eat something better, and almost all the snacks on the table were eaten anyway. Even the princess, who has not yet been completely weaned, let the nurse grab some snacks and stuff a lot into her mouth. These children don't wipe their mouths after eating snacks and go out crazy again. This time, the princess's nurse did not go out with the princess, and the princess was also a little tired, so she clutched a small piece of snack in her little hand and slept in the nurse's arms.
The first thing that felt wrong was the eldest son of King Lu, who was not only the oldest of the children, but also the one who ate the most snacks. Usually when he was in King Lu's Mansion, because his status was not as high as his younger brother King Lu's son, he had to let his younger brother go everywhere. After arriving at the palace, this elder brother seemed to have found an opportunity to grab his younger brother's scenery everywhere. Here he can be on an equal footing with his younger brother, and take advantage of his older age to grab his brother's snacks and scenery. Probably because he ate too much, he already felt a little uncomfortable. When he began to feel unbearable, everyone thought he was tired of playing, and they didn't care too much. It wasn't until the prince of King Lu also began to turn pale, and the eunuchs who were watching over them felt that something was wrong. They divided into two groups, pacifying the children while going in to report to the queen. Queen Wang had no experience with children, and Princess Lu was also dumbfounded, but fortunately, the minister's wife on the side reminded her, so she ordered the imperial doctor to be hired.
When the imperial doctor rushed to Kunning Palace, the Little Emperor, Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Chen and King Lu also received the news and rushed to Kunning Palace respectively. The little emperor ordered the blockade of Kunning Palace, firstly to block the news, and secondly, to facilitate the search for the murderer. It is definitely not an accident that so many children get sick together. If it is man-made, who is this murderer? Who is behind this? Be sure to check it out.
The imperial physician examined each child individually, especially the prince of King Lu, the eldest son of King Lu, the princess and the prince. The first two not only have special identities, but also have the most serious illness, and the latter two are the only flesh and blood of the little emperor, and they can't have accidents. The result surprised everyone, the princess, who had no onset of symptoms, was the first to die, and the princess died in less than three teas. The second one to pass away was the prince of King Lu, which made Princess Lu on the side a big blow. The third child who passed away was the youngest grandson of the cabinet elder who was only two and a half years old. The fourth child is the eldest son of King Lu. The fifth was the youngest child of Empress Dowager Li's younger brother, who was just over three years old at the time. The only prince didn't eat or play because of snooze, and he escaped by luck.
All of a sudden, so many children and grandchildren of the royal family and ministers had an accident, of course, they had to be dealt with seriously. Empress Wang is the master of Kunning Palace, and of course she was the first to be dealt with by the little emperor. The little emperor didn't like Empress Wang in the first place, and almost abolished Empress Wang on the spot. Although Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li were very sad in their hearts, they still persuaded the little emperor not to be overly excited. Queen Wang was confined in Kunning Palace, and once the matter was found to be related to Queen Wang, it would not be too late to deal with Queen Wang. All the people in Kunning Palace were replaced, and they were questioned one by one, especially the cooks of Kunning Palace and the palace maids and eunuchs who had touched dim sum.
King Lu could have not interfered, but this time King Lu's attitude was particularly tough. Because this time his two sons are gone, and a son and a daughter are in a coma. He wanted the little emperor to give a satisfactory answer, otherwise he would unite all the vassal kings to convene a royal clan meeting to talk about this matter. The little emperor was already unhappy when he died a daughter, but after listening to King Lu's words, he went up directly and gave this younger brother a punch. While protecting her husband, Princess Lu cried and asked Empress Dowager Li to call the shots. Empress Dowager Li felt the most uncomfortable in her heart, and the ones who died were her grandchildren and a niece. The matter here is not over, the younger son wants to force the palace with his relatives, the eldest son beats the younger son again, the younger daughter-in-law cries and makes trouble, and the Empress Dowager Li faints on the spot.
Finally arranged everyone, and the little emperor used a tough method to order the blockade of the news. He gave his younger brother King Lu an explanation, and he would definitely find the murderer. But King Lu was not allowed to make trouble in various names, including Princess Lu. For the first time, the little emperor showed his ruthlessness to his family, which made the Empress Dowager Chen, Empress Dowager Li and King Lu feel the cruelty of the little emperor. After all, the little emperor is an emperor, not a child, and whoever dares to confront him is against a dynasty.