Chapter 123: Alone
When the decree of canonizing the crown prince reached the previous dynasty, the ministers were not surprised.
Not to mention that the emperor has frequently visited the palace of the concubine in recent months, let's just say that the court is now dominated by the Zhang family.
finally promoted a Chen Jinyu to balance the Zhang family's forces, but the master of this good dog fell ill, and even people fell into the hands of the Zhang family, so naturally no one could compete with the Zhang family.
Compared with the filthiness of the harem, the former dynasty readily accepted this will.
The concubine who openly questioned Zhang Guifei died in her bedroom the next day, and found a suicide note in her bedroom, saying that because she offended the emperor's will and collided with the concubine's heart, she apologized.
Her son was also implicated because of this, and he could have been crowned king according to his age, but now he was directly removed from the jade saucer, demoted to a concubine, and handed over to a foreign family outside the palace to raise.
This thunderous means suppressed the other concubines, and those who had children said that they were sick in their own palaces, and those who did not have children went to the palace of the concubines every day to ask for peace, just to brush their faces.
Even if the concubine understood that she disliked them when she came to the door, they were still happy to bring a bunch of things to stick to the concubine's cold ass.
When the emperors of the past dynasties died, the newly promoted empress dowagers all took the opportunity to eradicate dissidents, as long as they decreed that the emperor had the idea of letting them be buried before his death, then they could only die obediently.
Even if the concubine is busy running between His Majesty and her mother's family these days, and she doesn't embarrass Bai Wanying too much, everyone in the harem also knows that once the emperor can't survive this time, she will be the first to be martyred!
How could Bai Wanying not know?
His son was moved by the emperor to make a prince, if Zhang Guifei became the queen mother, let alone herself, even her son would not be able to live.
How could Concubine Zhang allow anyone who threatened her son's throne to live?
Isn't the eldest son of the emperor a living example!
Bai Wanying didn't come out of the door, and others only thought that she was dormant to save her life, but they didn't know that she was also hiding in the palace and quietly contacting the people Chen Jian'an left for herself.
Chen Jian'an would never let the Zhang family coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven, and left someone by Bai Wanying's side when he left, in order to save her and the prince at the last moment, and keep the capital of fighting with the Zhang family.
Bai Wanying wrote a letter by hand and asked Chen Jian'an's cronies to send it to the border for him.
There was a lot of trouble in the capital, and the people outside the capital were not idle, Bai Wanying's letter was not sent out like Jiang Fu's, but was intercepted halfway.
Recently, everyone's attention has been on the seriously ill emperor, and no one has noticed that the foreigners in the capital have quietly increased.
"Miss, our business has been robbed a lot recently.
Everyone said that there was about to be an emperor with the blood of the Zhang family, and everyone went to the Zhang family's business and shop.
Originally, it would be difficult to do business after the New Year, so it would be better to close the store and save some workers' money. ”
My Lady looked at the ledger spread out on the table and sighed.
Jiang Fu looked at the ledger but didn't panic.
"Don't worry, the business is not good and it is only temporary, the Zhang family has always been a big bully in business, and now with the blessing of power, there is even more fear.
Everyone is afraid that the prestige of the Zhang family can be caught up for the time being, but in the end, everyone is out to spend money, who can always spend money to find themselves unhappy?
I have my own plans for this matter, speaking of which, how is Zhang Songying's side? Zhang Jiake still wants to marry him to Southern Xinjiang and relatives? ”
Speaking of this sweet girl, she came to the spirit, and gossiped with a face:
"Exactly, right now, the surrounding small countries have heard that His Majesty is unconscious, and that a large number of troops will be transferred to fight against the Northern Barbarians next summer, and they are all ready to move.
I heard that many ministers were dissatisfied with the fact that the concubine had placed the emperor in her dormitory and did not let people see it, and that the little prince's ability was insufficient, and his handling of state affairs was not satisfactory.
These things have piled up, and several ministers have been dissatisfied with the admonition and risked their lives to impeach the Zhang family. ”
When Jiang Fu heard this, he could already think of the fate of these people, and shook his head with hatred.
"Isn't this just rushing to find death, now the Zhang family wants to establish power, and they are worried that they can't find the monkey to kill, they come out and be the first bird, it's really stupid."
My Lady nodded, but those old ministers died very miserably, I heard that their families were implicated and exiled, and now there is no life outside, and there is only one way to die when they are exiled.
"Madame is right, but the Zhang family also knows that they can't be angry, this side is powerful to kill, and the other side is also thinking about how to appease the courtiers, so they are in a hurry to marry their girl to Southern Xinjiang, hoping that when the time comes, Southern Xinjiang will look at the face of their in-laws and become their own help!"
There are no nobles in the family who are strong enough to make the Zhang family like a tiger in Ming Xia, so they have their ideas abroad.
Jiang Fu also had to admit that this was a very clever and good way, so that others must be grateful for the carelessness of the Zhang family and marry the girl from the concubine to southern Xinjiang to ensure the safety of the country.
has not only won a good reputation, but also won the rich and good son-in-law of southern Xinjiang, no wonder it is a family that can produce a noble concubine and a prince, high, really high.
"If you think about Zhang Songying's temperament, she must be unwilling, what does the concubine say about this matter?"
Zhang Guifei wants to love this sister, and she is willing to look at the family, so she is a bargaining chip to get married?
Jiang Fu had seen how Zhang Guifei treated Zhang Songying, and she hoped that she could stop her by speaking out, so that she could put less effort into it.
But in the next second, I saw my aunt shaking her head.
"I can't hide this from the concubine, I heard that the concubine lost her temper, but she didn't say anything against it, so I think I agreed."
Jiang Fu's hand holding the account book tightened when she heard this, and her back was a little cold.
The two who were so sisterly at the beginning, when facing power, those feelings became a thing of the past.
The imperial power and wealth are really so charming, so that Zhang Guifei can even give up her favorite sister in the past.
If a person is completely emotionless, can he still be called a human being?
No wonder the person who finally ascended to the high position is called a lonely widow, presumably on the way to the throne, he has personally cut off his feelings and ties, and he has shaped himself into a lonely widow before he can be called the emperor.
Thinking of this, she thought of Chen Jian'an again, and thought of Chen Jian'an, who had a cold face and no emotion in her eyes at the enthronement ceremony in her dream.
"I know, you sent the mulberry sacrifice to those two maids in southern Xinjiang and sent someone to send Zhang Songying quietly, and now the Zhang family is saying the same, even if I can't openly confront the Zhang family to help her get out of trouble.
You tell her that if you can't change the matter of harmony, as long as you take these two maids and go to southern Xinjiang, Sang Sai will naturally not embarrass her. ”
My Lady answered, knowing the relationship between Jiang Fu and Southern Xinjiang, thinking that Miss Zhang was really a good life, and she was protected by her sister when she was safe, but now that the world is in chaos, she is protected by her best friend.
Zhang Songying's temperament is straightforward and simple-minded, rather than mixing into the battle for the throne in the turbulent Ming Xia, it is better to go to southern Xinjiang, at least it is safe there, and it will not endanger his life.
After planning Zhang Songying's affairs, Jiang Fu once again set his eyes on the account book.
It's just that the more she looks at the accounts, the more wrong she becomes, which makes her frown.
My Lady watched from the sidelines, and didn't understand that these two restaurants were obviously one of the few shops that were still making a profit, why did Mrs. become more unhappy the more she looked at them?
"Something is wrong, there is chaos in the country right now, why are there so many more people living in the capital?"
My Lady blinked.
"Maybe there was a war elsewhere, and the people fled to the capital?"
Jiang Fu shook his head and pointed to the cost department in the account book of the restaurant and said:
"If the people who fled came all the way, where did they still have so much money to live in a restaurant?
And you see, beef and mutton have been frequently purchased in the restaurant recently, and the old white surname will eat more pork in the next summer, and only foreigners like to eat beef and mutton. ”
As soon as she heard the word foreigner, my aunt subconsciously shuddered.
"Madame mean that there are foreigners who have infiltrated the capital to plot against them?"
This is a big deal, if the foreign spies are fine, if they are assassins or something, then wouldn't everyone be in danger?
Jiang Fu's face was solemn, most of the troops in the capital were taken away by Zhang Guifei and handed over to the Zhang family, and then Chen Jinyu's hands also had the personal guards that only the emperor could mobilize.
She wrote a post to the two of them separately for her subordinates to send over, if Zhang Guifei was smart enough, she would naturally let the mother clan lead troops to catch the foreigners.
But if Concubine Yi is not smart enough, or doesn't believe in herself, then Chen Jinyu is the last line of defense.
Fortunately, Zhang Guifei was not stupid, although she couldn't fully trust Jiang Fu, she still sent a message outside the palace and asked her mother's family to strictly investigate people inside and outside the capital.
The Zhang family received the letter from the concubine, but they didn't pay much attention to it, especially the gentleman Zhang Pingyang.
"My sister is unfounded, this son of heaven is bright and clear, if there is a half-spy Ben Gongzi still believes it, you name a group of assassins? Where did they come from so much ability! ”
Hearing his son-in-law's disgusting words, the little guy on the side hurriedly agreed.
Zhang Pingyang impatiently picked up the tiger talisman on the table and forgot about the camp on the outskirts of the city.
"Check it, let people close the city gate, and my son will personally take people to check! Just let the group of boys who looked down on Ben Gongzi before, and now the entire Protector Army is in the hands of Ben Gongzi! ”
Zhang Guifei meant to investigate quietly and quietly, not to startle the snake, but I didn't expect that my younger brother, who was not successful, would abuse his power and take the search for foreign clans as a child's play, and use the entire Hucheng Army to give himself face and play prestige.
As soon as the city gate was closed, everyone in the capital immediately panicked.
Officials have speculated whether the palace is going to change? Didn't the Zhang family want to rebel, so they closed the city gate and wanted to catch them in an urn?
The people didn't know anything about the affairs of the court, but they all talked about it.
"Did the barbarians call? So close the gates to defend against the enemy? ”
"Why didn't the government give an explanation, if the barbarians really called, wouldn't it be waiting for death to lock us all up in the city?"
In the midst of this boiling discussion, several men of different races wearing Mingxia clothes glanced at each other, realized that something was wrong, and withdrew one after another.