Thirty-six, into the urn
When Zhu Jianshen said these words, although he said them very emotionally, he had no expression on his face, and he looked very weird, as if the whole thing was being operated by someone behind his back.
Seeing this situation, Empress Dowager Zhou shook her head and said, "Hmph, King Jing, you can say anything now, the emperor is not very conscious now, and all the words are up to you." What you are saying now is suspicious of the Mourning family, and no matter what, the Mourning family will not be so easy to believe, unless you can really come up with evidence to prove that he is related to the emperor by blood. Otherwise, the mourning family would not recognize this child no matter what, and the royal blood should not be confused. As soon as she said this, there was a lot of discussion in the seat.
However, what many people said was similar to what the Empress Dowager Zhou said, and even the courtiers who were sitting below were talking about it.
Although they were invited by King Jing Zhu Jianchen, and before they came, King Jing Zhu Jianchen had already told him the purpose of this trip, so it's just that one thing is the most important, that is, they are very clear in their hearts and understand one thing.
King Jing Zhu Jianchen is still King Jing, the ultimate ruler of the country is still the emperor, and the royal bloodline is indeed not to be confused, especially now that Zhu Jianshen has no heirs, if this child can become Zhu Jianshen's heir, then it is a good thing.
But if he is not Zhu Jianshen's biological son at all, then the power of the Zhu Ming Dynasty may fall into the hands of others.
As soon as she thought of this, Jian Huaizhen felt very uncomfortable, so she also opened calmly: "No matter what, this palace will definitely not agree to him entering the ancestral hall, unless there is evidence to prove that he is a real prince, otherwise, this matter will be really difficult to do." ”
After hearing her say this, everyone did not speak, after all, in this situation, if you have to prevent this from happening, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.
"If you don't believe that he is the emperor's child, then there is nothing to say, although the verification is enough. The emperor himself said so, and you didn't admit it, it's really ridiculous. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhu Jianchen waved his hand and said, "Since ancient times, there has been an ancient method to verify whether two people are relatives, and this ancient method is called dripping blood test. Now, we can use blood tests to find out whether the emperor and this little boy are biological flesh and blood. ”
Immediately after that, someone brought a bowl of water, Zhu Jianchen glanced at Zhu Jianshen, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what do you think should be done?" ”
Zhu Jianshen nodded, his eyes were still dull, and said, "Everything should be done according to what King Jing said." ”
"Okay, the emperor is wise." So he saluted Zhu Jianshen, looked at everyone and said: "Since this is the emperor's intention, there is nothing to say, I don't know what the queen mother and the eldest princess think?" ”
Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "Since it is the emperor's intention, there is nothing to argue in this palace, so let's do a blood test." ”
Empress Dowager Zhou gradually agreed, so she had to follow and said: "The eldest princess also agreed to drop blood for the family test, and the mourning family also agreed." ”
Zhu Jianchen saw Jian Huaizhen's determined expression, and saw that the Empress Dowager Zhou was willing to agree to the blood test, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "Since it is a blood test, then everything must be solemn, this is just an ordinary celadon bowl, how can it contain dragon blood?" Well, then, I will send for myself to fetch a bowl. After finishing speaking, he whispered a few words in Xia Li's ear.
So Xia stood up, and after a short time, I saw Xia Liao walking over with a blue and white folded branch Ruyi cloud pattern celadon bowl, which was a porcelain specialty of Jingdezhen, and it was very precious, presumably it was a reward for Xia on weekdays.
Zhu Jianchen said with a smile: "This bowl is a reward for Xia Guiren on weekdays, and now that the emperor and the prince are dripping blood for relatives, they naturally need to have a good bowl to use." After saying that, he asked Xia to fetch a bowl of water in person.
After he finished these actions, Wan Zhen'er, Tang Jingran and others were stunned, it turned out that they had really done something on the original bowl.
Yes, the blood of people can be compatible, but after they do their tricks, the blood of people cannot be compatible, and if the blood of the emperor and the little boy cannot be dissolved, they can take the opportunity to expose the relationship between the little boy and the emperor is not their own flesh and blood at all, but Zhu Jianchen plans to usurp the throne.
At that time, there will be a reason to arrest Zhu Jianchen, even if he can't be arrested, then this matter is always a good thing, and it will definitely have no good impact on Zhu Jianchen.
They were originally calculated, who knew that they would bite the gold halfway, that Zhu Jianchen's mind was so meticulous, he decisively did not allow the use of that bowl, and everyone had no choice but to watch him use the newly brought bowl to let the little boy and Zhu Jianshen take a blood test.
Zhu Jianshen took a drop of blood and put it together with the little boy's blood, and sure enough, it quickly dissolved together, the blood of people can be dissolved, whether it is relatives or not, the so-called ancient method of blood test is useless at all, it is just a false rumor.
So soon, the blood of the two of them dissolved together, so Zhu Jianchen laughed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, have you seen it clearly?" The blood of the emperor and the little prince is dissolved together, the so-called Ming bloodline cannot be confused, and now the emperor and the little prince are originally biological father and son. The emperor decided to take advantage of the birthday feast of the eldest princess today to deliberately canonize the little prince as the crown prince in order to inherit the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty. ”
Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned, and then said, "Prince? The emperor is still young, and the crown prince is young, there is really no need to canonize at this time, and the canonization ceremony will be solemn later. ”
"The eldest princess said this is wrong, although the emperor is still in the prime of life, but the so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, there are unforeseen circumstances, people have good and bad luck, no one knows what will happen in the future, besides, this is the emperor's own will. There are many emperors of all dynasties, they all canonized the prince as the crown prince as soon as the little prince was born, and now, we have waited until the prince is more than three years old to canonize, which is a little late. ”
After finishing speaking, he smiled at Jian Huaizhen, and immediately asked, "I don't know what the emperor is doing?" Zhu Jianchen turned his face and asked Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen really obeyed his orders, nodded and said, "What the prince means is what I mean." ”
"Since this is what the emperor meant, I don't know if you have any hesitation?"
Zhu Jianshen and Jian Huaizhen had some discord a few days ago, which had already been spread in the court, and now Zhu Jianshen found his prince and made him the prince wholeheartedly, and Jian Huaizhen disagreed, which is also reasonable, so the courtiers don't think it's strange.
Although they also respect Jian Huaizhen's wishes, Zhu Jianshen is the emperor of a country after all, and since he has agreed, there is nothing to say about this matter.
Besides, the most important thing is that the country really can't do without the emperor, nor can it be without the prince, so it won't be beneficial to anyone, so they have this idea.
Their idea of appointing a crown prince was unanimously approved by the ministers, but they also agreed that they should not act hastily now, and that everything should be done slowly, and wait until a good day to choose a good day and celebrate it in a big way.
Zhu Jianchen saw that the ministers were all in this opinion, and knew that he couldn't offend the anger of the people, so he nodded and said: "That's exactly what the emperor meant, but the emperor first explained the matter to the adults today, so that the adults can also be happy with the emperor." ”
The ministers talked a lot, and they were really very happy.
Zhu Jianchen saw that he had already finished the ministers, and he was very proud, he knew that in this way, he was getting closer and closer to what he wanted.
At this time, Wan Zhen'er stood up, walked to his side, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Wang, shouldn't we set off fireworks to celebrate now?" ”
Wan Zhen'er knew that since he had found someone and everything was under control, what he should do now was to quickly pass on the news.
Zhu Jianchen is very happy now, and after hearing Wan Zhen'er say that, he immediately laughed and said: "What Wan Guifei said is true, since it is such a happy thing now, of course it is worth celebrating." The emperor ordered Wan Guifei to look for fireworks, I don't know if Wan Guifei is ready? ”
Wan Zhen'er smiled and said, "I'm ready." ”
"Okay, let's start setting off fireworks." So they began to set off fireworks on a large scale, and all of a sudden fireworks were everywhere, and all kinds of gorgeous fireworks fluttered and bloomed in the sky, which was very beautiful, so beautiful that it did not look like the world.
And it was at this time that Wan Zhen'er and the others secretly mixed the candle shadow red fireworks that Tang was dyed into her and released them together, because Zhu Jianchen was so happy, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to his grand hegemony, so he didn't pay attention at all, and other people didn't pay attention at all, and someone would set off the fireworks with candle shadows shaking red at this time.
Soon after the fireworks were set off, the news was quickly seen by the people who were shaking red with candle shadows, and after they saw the direction of the fireworks, they immediately understood that there must be something in the palace, and they naturally did not dare to make a decision easily on such a big matter, so they went to Huaiming Yuan to ask them for instructions.
After arriving at Huaiming Garden, the person who asked for instructions told them what had happened, and after Fang Yu heard it, he ordered them to leave first, and then when he returned, he told the spy what had happened from beginning to end.
After finishing speaking, he said worriedly: "Since Shock Ran knows how to set off fireworks in this palace, there must be some kind of big incident in the palace, waiting for us to go to the rescue." Otherwise, there won't be a lot of fireworks, what do you think? ”
Jiang Shaoheng was very anxious and said: "In my opinion, this is indeed the case, since this is the case, what are we waiting for?" Why don't you rush to save someone? ”
"Brother Shaoheng, you have always been the calmest, why are you suddenly messing up now? If we venture to go, how can we break into this forbidden place of the palace? We have to be thorough. ”
Hearing him say this, Jiang Shaoheng nodded and said, "You are right." ”
Ji Qihan was calm, Ji Qihan said slowly: "I don't think this matter is as critical as you imagined, if it is really critical, then there will be no chance to set off fireworks for help." Since they were able to set off fireworks for help, it means that things are still turning around, do you think I'm right? ”
Hearing Ji Qihan say this, everyone nodded yes.
Ji Qihan thought for a moment and said: "But I think this matter is also very dangerous, if they can deal with it in the palace by themselves, why bother setting off fireworks to ask us for help, so much trouble?" In that case, why don't we go to the palace in the evening? ”
Everyone glanced at each other, and Jiang Shaoheng said: "Go to the palace, I have always been the most familiar, so it's better to let me go." ”
Fang Yu immediately said, "Then I'll accompany you." ”
Ji Qihan said with a smile: "Okay, the people you care about are all in the palace, since this is the case, I won't compete with you for this opportunity, you go, I'll stay here." If something happens, it is easy to respond, and you can also deploy troops at any time. ”
"Good. In that case, then it is decided. ”
So after everyone discussed, Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao decided to go to the palace at night to explore. Soon it was night, and after they had everything ready, the two of them quietly came to the outside of the Forbidden City.
The two of them have not entered the palace once or twice, and they are also very familiar with the terrain in the palace, so they soon arrived outside the Forbidden City, the easiest place to enter the Forbidden City.
Jiang Shaoheng glanced around, and the other party said, "I always feel that there is something wrong with the situation tonight." ”
Fang Xiao was slightly stunned and asked, "I don't know what's wrong?" But did you find anything? ”
Jiang Shaoheng nodded and said, "It stands to reason that at this time, it shouldn't be so calm, why is everything so calm?" Isn't it strange as if nothing had happened? ”
After hearing him say this, Fang Xiao also noticed it, and Fang Yu said: "Yes, when you say this, I also realize that there is indeed something inappropriate. If something really happened in the palace, the palace should be heavily guarded, but the current situation does not give people a sense of security, what is going on? ”
Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng discussed for a while, Jiang Shaoheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "I know what's going on, unless someone has already expected that we might come, so we have already made preparations, and when we come, it will be so calm here." ”
When Fang Xiao heard Jiang Shaoheng say this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Shaoheng, what you said is also very reasonable, since this is the case, then only one of the two of us will wait for a while, and the other one will wait for the opportunity to ambush and save people." Your light skills should be better, let me go down in a while, and if something happens, you can lend a hand to help. ”
"Okay, that's it."
So Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng quickly used ropes to climb to the wall of the Forbidden City, and after arriving at the wall, they looked down, and sure enough, they found that it was very calm below, only a few guards walked around, and they quickly walked away.
After arriving here, Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng glanced at each other, Fang Xiao rushed down, sure enough, there were already people in ambush here, as soon as he rushed down, a fishing net rolled up towards him, and soon, the fishing net rolled him in it.
Fang Yu struggled hard, but who knew that the fishing net was getting tighter and tighter, and soon he was stuck in it, and then a person walked out with a smile and said with a smile: "I expected that some of you would come, as expected." ”
Fang Yu glanced up and saw that the person he didn't know, it must be the right-hand man beside King Jing Zhu Jianchen or something, he said with some hesitation: "How do you know that I may come?" ”
"What's so hard about that? Our prince has already predicted that according to the character of the eldest princess, it is absolutely impossible to sit still, so she will definitely ask for help outside. Although we don't know how she used to ask for help outside, well, more or less, there will always be people outside to help. These days, we have been laying a net all over the Imperial City, just waiting for you to throw yourself into the net. Sure enough, I didn't wait for a mistake, but I never dreamed that it would be you alone, alone in the Forbidden City, which can be regarded as a daring artist. Hahaha. At this, he burst out laughing.
"How's the eldest princess?" Fang Yu asked.
"The eldest princess is fine, but she can't show her kung fu all over her body, otherwise why would she ask you for help? But I think, why bother asking you for help instead of succeeding, but taking your lives? Someone, the prince gave an order, saying that once he found that someone was coming, he would kill him. ”
"Yes." At that moment, someone came forward with a sword and wanted to execute Fang Xiao, and at this time, someone fell from the sky, and more than a dozen guards fell to the ground in response.
The arrogant and proud leader looked at it and saw a person with a face like a cold jade, although he was a little old, but still full of energy, and that person stood in front of them like a god who had fallen from the sky.
"Who are you?" He was stunned.
It turned out to be a praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch was behind, and the leader of the guards was suddenly frightened, and before he could react, Jiang Shaoheng had already raised a sword and stabbed him to the ground.
Jiang Shaoheng stepped forward to untie the fishing net, at this time, he suddenly felt that there was a gust of wind coming from behind, as if there was something, he turned his face and saw that a dart had arrived at his side, but unfortunately he was Jiang Shaoheng, and what kind of sharp weapon was useless to him.
He raised his hand and gently took the dart in his hand, and then he threw it backhand, and threw the dart over, and then he heard a bang, and the man had fallen to the ground.
Jiang Shaoheng turned his face, smiled slightly, glanced at the person, didn't move, and stepped forward to untie the fishing net on Fang Liao's body, he glanced at Fang Xiao and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
Who knew that at this time, a cold light suddenly appeared in Fang Xiao's eyes, and he took out the dagger from his hand and stabbed it at Jiang Shaoheng.
It's just a moment's work, why does it become so thrilling? And why did Fang Xiao assassinate Jiang Shaoheng?
Jiang Shaoheng was stunned for a moment, seeing that Fang Xiao's dagger was about to stab him in the face, he flashed back, but the dagger still slid over his shoulder, stabbing a trace of blood on his shoulder.
He was slightly stunned, at this time Fang Yu stabbed over with a dagger again, Jiang Shaoheng watched carefully, and saw that there was a bright light in his eyes, as if he had been poisoned, and immediately understood, it must have been sprinkled with poison in the fishing net just now, which can confuse other people's minds, so this situation will occur.
He heard someone playing the flute in the distance, obviously this flute sound was the source of the manipulation of Fang Liao, he hesitated, he knew that if he continued to fight Fang Xiao like this, he would definitely lose both, rather than this, it was better to find out the person who played the flute, or there was a way.
So under Fang Liao's pursuit, he kept moving forward, and Fang Xiao kept chasing and killing him, the two of them went one after the other, and soon, soon the two of them came to the flute's side together, and the flute player probably didn't expect that the martial arts of the two of them would be so high.
Fang Shaoheng chased and killed Jiang Shaoheng on the one hand, Jiang Shaoheng avoided his pursuit on the other hand, and on the other hand, Jiang Shaoheng raised the sword in his hand, only to hear a sound, the person who played the flute had been stabbed to death by Jiang Shaoheng with a sword, and the person fell to the ground, and at this time, the dagger in Fang Liao's hand also fell to the ground.
He turned his face to look at Jiang Shaoheng and said blankly, "What's going on?" ”
Jiang Shaoheng let out a long sigh and said, "We fell for their trick just now. So he told him about what had just happened.
After hearing what he said, Fang Yu couldn't help but show a look of panic on his face, and said, "I have been in the world for so many years, and I didn't expect this little drug to be able to fascinate me. ”
"I can't say that, this is not a small drug, I think this drug must be extremely heavy, otherwise, it would not be possible to charm you. Well, anyway, now that it's lifted, let's hurry up now, you see, so many people have been alarmed. ”
Originally, when the two of them fought just now, they had already alarmed many people, so they had to get out of here now, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
So the two of them took a look at each other, and then they performed light skills together and went to Wan'an Palace, they already knew the terrain in the palace very well, and soon came to the place of Wan'an Palace.
After arriving at Wan'an Palace, they looked and found that it was quiet, there were two little eunuchs napping, and there was no one else, so the two of them used light skills to sneak inside.
After arriving inside, they found that the house was still very quiet, so quiet that they didn't even have a little popularity, and the two of them were very emotional, and they quickly walked in.
Jian Huaizhen was healing her injuries at this time, and suddenly heard a sound outside, just from the perspective of the sound of light exercises, she could already hear that the person who came must be strong in martial arts, and she couldn't help but move slightly in her heart, thinking, who is coming? Could it be that Zhu Jianchen couldn't hold it back and sent someone to assassinate him?
Therefore, she raised her vigilance and asked softly, "Who is it?" ”
"Sister Princess, it's us." Immediately afterwards, Fang Yu walked in.
Jian Huaizhen looked up and found that the people who came turned out to be Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Why are you here?" Have you really received the message that the candle shadow is red? ”
"Yes, it's been received. Princess, so we guessed that something must have happened to you in the palace, so we rushed here as soon as possible. After saying that, he looked up at Jian Huaizhen.
Jian Huaizhen calmed down a little and said, "Yes, this palace has indeed encountered a great crisis, didn't I tell you about it last time?" King Jing Zhu Jianchen once poisoned me, originally thought that the palace could deter him, who knew that the consequences were becoming more and more difficult, so far, although the situation has improved, but it is not satisfactory. Zhu Jianchen has now taken control of the palace, what should I do? Speaking of this, Jian Huaizhen let out a sigh.
"Princess, don't worry so much, we must have a way to solve it." Jiang Shaoheng comforted her and said.
While speaking, Jian Huaizhen looked up and saw blood flowing out of Jiang Shaoheng's shoulder, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Jiang, are you okay?" ”
Jiang Shaoheng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's okay, I was accidentally taken advantage of by the little ones just now." As he spoke, they told Jian Huaizhen what had just happened.
After hearing this, Jian Huaizhen sighed and said, "I really didn't expect that this King Jing would be so meticulous and able to arrange the palace so strictly. Things have reached this point, it is useless to talk about it, we must find ways to save the emperor, what is the most important thing. And now there is another important thing, that is, to hurry up and inform Luo Kailing, Luo Kailing has heavy troops in his hands, if he can come, he will definitely be able to help the palace lift the siege. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us alone, as well as the brothers of Candle Shadow Shake Red and Confession. ”
"Okay, don't worry." Fang Yu thought for a moment and said to her, "I'll go out of the palace immediately now and send someone to inform Luo Kailing." I believe that since we have already alarmed Zhu Jianchen's people when we enter the palace, Zhu Jianchen will also search the palace soon, and you should deal with it well when the time comes. Fang Xiao comforted repeatedly.
Jiang Shaoheng nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”
So Fang Yu hurried out to see Luo Kailing, he knew that at this time, only by finding Luo Kailing and Luo Kailing was willing to help, it was possible to rescue the people trapped in the imperial city.
Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng sat together, neither spoke, Jiang Shaoheng looked at Jian Huaizhen, and suddenly sighed and said, "Sister Princess, you have worked hard." ”
Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "There is nothing hard or hard, this matter of the court and the palace has always been burdensome to you." ”
Why do you say that? Here's what we should do for you. Speaking of this, Jiang Shaoheng was also moved for a while.
While they were talking, they suddenly heard a bustling sound outside, and the panicked cries of the eunuchs and palace maids, and not long after, they saw Zhu Jianchen walking in with someone.
Zhu Jianchen was accompanied by a few guards, and when he saw Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng sitting there, he asked, "Princess Huang, is this the assassin who came to assassinate?" In this case, it will be up to this king to dispose of it for the eldest princess. ”
Jian Huaizhen glanced at him and said coldly: "You are so bold, this is a guest of this palace, do you even want to kill all the guests of this palace?" ”
"Princess, you can't say that, we don't know this person. And he suddenly appeared in the palace, and said that he was not an assassin and no one believed him, did you say? Zhu Jianchen said as he glanced at Jiang Shaoheng coldly, then beckoned and said, "Come on, catch him for me." ”
Immediately afterwards, many guards rushed forward, Jian Huaizhen glanced at Zhu Jianchen, and said to him coldly: "You are simply too bold, and now you dare to stir up a teacher in the palace of this palace." This is a guest of the palace, the palace again, in the Wan'an Palace is the palace has the final say, if anyone has to get along with the palace, just pass the palace first. After finishing speaking, she glanced at Zhu Jianchen coldly, and there was a trace of indignation in her eyes.
Zhu Jianchen saw that Jian Huaizhen's face had turned from cyan to a little ruddy, and the whole person looked full of anger, obviously the poison on her body had improved a lot, and after seeing her say this, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
He knew that Jian Huaizhen had never been an easy person to deal with, and he was dealing with her at this time, just taking advantage of her injury, if her illness was really cured, he was really not her opponent, so he hesitated for a moment and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Imperial Princess, I advise you to leave this matter alone." No matter what, even if it is your friend, if he boldly enters the palace, it is a violation of the taboo in the palace. ”
"So what?" Jian Huaizhen said coldly.