240 The emperor killed the palace slaves with a rod to deter the inner court and set an example
Although the relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Queen Qian is very ordinary, it is also a helpless attitude towards her blindness and lameness.
But on the surface, he has to show great eagerness and worry.
No matter how concerned they are, there will be ministers who feel that this is the emperor's abuse of his imperial sister-in-law.
If it is a leisurely and leisurely attitude on weekdays, the government and the opposition may not be able to discuss it.
However, no matter how urgent it is, safety awareness cannot be relaxed. Liu Chang brought 3,000 personal guards, cleaned the streets under martial law, and escorted the emperor, concubine, and princess all the way into the Forbidden City.
In this way, Zhu Qiyu still felt very insecure, after all, it was inconvenient for the guards to enter the harem.
From the moment he stepped into the Qianqing Gate, Zhu Qiyu made a decision in his heart to purge the inner court on the grounds of Queen Qian's accident, and he had to bring his cronies and eunuchs up quickly.
Otherwise, when the emperor enters the palace, he has to be as scared as a thief, what kind of system is this?
Moreover, the Qianqing Palace, theoretically speaking, belongs to the new emperor of his own. But our queen Qian is so uninteresting, she said that if she lived, she would really live, and she didn't even have a humble word.
This is the first time that Zhu Qiyu has entered the Qianqing Palace after ascending the throne. There's nothing too special about it except for the big one.
Another is cold, and when the house is big, it will naturally be cold. Before Wanli renovated the Qianqing Palace with 'floor heating', this point was simply incomprehensible. In the Qing Dynasty, starting from Yongzheng, the emperor simply went to live in the Heart Cultivation Palace.
The Queen Mother, Empress Zhou, Concubine Wan Chen and others were already guarding the inner room early; The concubine and the princess went directly into the inner room, and Zhu Qiyu greeted her outside with a screen.
Theoretically, Queen Qian covered herself tightly with a brocade quilt, only showed her face, and asked Zhu Qiyu to go in and visit, the problem was not too big.
Zhu Qiyu's father died when she was seven years old, and theoretically her eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. It is not a big problem for the younger uncle to visit the eldest sister-in-law, but it will definitely not work if the eldest uncle visits the younger siblings.
However, Queen Qian has not taken any special care of Zhu Qiyu over the years; Second, Empress Qian didn't want the emperor to see her current down-and-out appearance.
Treating the queen like this is really a bit shameless.
Therefore, after Zhu Qiyu finished greeting through the screen, he ordered Wang Cheng to summon all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace to the Qianqing Gate. Then he ordered Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin to separately convene all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court.
The Qianqing Gate is far away from the Jianji Hall in the three major halls of the previous dynasty, and there is a square in the middle, which is not a problem to accommodate two or three thousand people. It will definitely not be enough to gather all the eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court, but the eunuchs and female officials who are only called stewards are enough.
The Qianqing Gate belongs to the outer court, and the guards can reach here. After a short time, Liu Chang led a thousand guards to drain the water around here.
Zhu Qiyu ordered someone to bring a chair, and then sat on the steps outside the Qianqing door with a serious face.
Since he became emperor, he has killed a total of three groups of people: ten ministers of Jinyi Wei Ma Shun who were beaten to death by Fengtianmen, more than ten Xuanfu guards who abandoned the city and fled, and the three Polo brothers of Wara.
Today is the fourth batch, and it is going to be a big killing, and it will completely alert the inner court.
Zhu Qiyu waited outside, while the concubine and the princess comforted Queen Qian in the inner room.
The concubine's attitude is the most negative, because the concubine is a sinner in the Han Palace, she has never been welcomed, she has been wronged, and she can be called disgusted and abandoned.
Therefore, the concubine didn't have a good impression of Queen Qian, she just greeted her with concern, said Wen Yan was relieved, and her face was passable.
Lin Xiangyu's attitude on the surface is three points more intimate than that of the concubine, but inside she is even more frightened: This is also too scary, being the queen, the mother of the world, and the power of the six palaces, can cry and cripple. This is still the queen, if you are just an ordinary princess, how difficult it is to survive in the palace.
Lin Xiangyu secretly made up her mind that she would never enter the palace again as a last resort in the future.
When everyone was thinking differently and conjecturing left and right, Wang Cheng walked up to the front and reported to everyone: "The Holy Empress Dowager, the Holy Empress Yi, the Empress, the Princess, the Princess, and His Majesty ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace to gather outside the Qianqing Gate. ”
Empress Dowager Sun frowned when she heard this, this means that even the palace maid who is waiting for the Qian family has to go?
Wang Cheng immediately took the initiative to add: "Your Majesty ordered, please ask the Holy Empress Dowager or the Empress to send ordinary palace maids to temporarily come over to take over, because all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court have been summoned by Your Majesty to the Qianqing Gate." ”
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian changed their faces at the same time, and the emperor was obviously going to be ruthless.
It's a pity that neither Empress Dowager Sun nor Empress Qian can and dare not stop it.
Now the emperor is the only adult male of the royal family in the capital, and he has just made great achievements, and his prestige is so high that no one can match it.
At this moment, who dares to disobey the emperor.
Moreover, the emperor is famous, righteous and strict. Yu Gong, as the emperor and Yu privately as an uncle, punished the house slaves who neglected their duties, and administered justice for their imperial sister-in-law, so what reason did others have to stop the emperor.
Empress Dowager Sun had to order all the palace maids waiting in the inner room to go out to gather.
Half an hour later, all the eunuchs and female officials in charge, as well as all the eunuchs and palace maids of the Qianqing Palace, were assembled.
Zhu Qiyu had ordered people to prepare dozens of benches and more than ten square tables, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstones were placed on each square table. The eunuchs of the celebrant stood at the square table and waited for the emperor's orders.
Seeing that the people had already assembled, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and instructed Wang Cheng: "Let them write a suicide note, those who can read and hyphenate can write it themselves, if they are illiterate, let the celebrant write it on their behalf." ”
Wang Cheng cautiously asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who are the specific people?" ”
Zhu Qiyu replied angrily: "Naturally, everyone in the Qianqing Palace, do you still have to ask?" ”
As soon as the emperor's words came out, everyone in the Qianqing Palace knelt down at once, crying and begging for mercy.
These eunuchs and palace maids are not stupid, just looking at the thousands of brocade-clothed guards in the square, as well as more than 2,000 well-dressed eunuchs and female officials, they also know that the emperor is going to move seriously.
Putting up such a big battle is not always for fun.
Zhu Qiyu ordered angrily: "Let them all shut up, Wang Cheng, you see who else is making a sound, and directly order the guards to be killed." ”
Wang Cheng learned to be obedient after being reprimanded, and really shouted in the past. found that there were still a few palace maids and eunuchs who had been crying, so he ordered his guards to pull them out, press them on the bench, and began to be tortured with rods.
After a while, the cries of these eunuchs and palace maids rang out.
However, soon, these eunuchs and palace maids only had the qi to enter, but not to come out.
But the staff continued until several people completely lost their breath.
The scene was so quiet that it could be heard that although there were more than 2,000 palace maids and eunuchs, everyone did not dare to breathe, for fear of affecting the pond fish.
Zhu Qiyu stood up and explained to everyone: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, saying that I am killing innocents indiscriminately. You touched your conscience and said, what you have done is not too much, should you die?
What are the responsibilities of these people in the Qianqing Palace? It is to wait for the emperor and the queen. Now that the Emperor Taishang is gone, you just have to serve the Holy Empress Haoyi.
But what do you look at yourself? Empress Yi's eyes are blind, you can also explain that Empress Yi misses Emperor Taishang day and night, crying blind, and you have no choice, you can't stop it.
Well, the queen is blind from crying, I forgive you and forgive you for your innocence.
But can the leg still cry lame? Your duty is to serve the queen, and as a result, you serve and serve, and the queen's leg is lame, and you touch your conscience and say, "Don't you deserve to die?" ”
When the people heard this, they wanted to cry and beg. Zhu Qiyu directly ordered: "I don't know who did it, and I don't want to know who did it, just kill them all."
And all of you present have watched and listened to it today, and I have made a rule here, from now on, no matter which palace has a problem, all the people in the palace will be killed, and no one will be left. ”
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and motioned for the guards to execute immediately.
The guards were not as verbose as Wang Cheng, and as soon as Liu Chang gave an order, the guards divided the eunuchs and palace maids of the Qianqing Palace into three batches and pressed them all on the bench to death.
The sound of crying and wailing rang out, and even the Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian and others in the inner room faintly heard the movement.
At this time, Wang Cheng walked in again and reported to everyone: "Your Majesty said, the Holy Empress Dowager, the Holy Empress Yi, the Empress, and all the ladies and daughters, please don't worry, Your Majesty is dealing with the house slaves who bully the master, and it will be fine soon." ”
Empress Qian asked eagerly, "How did Your Majesty deal with it?" ”
Wang Cheng replied: "All the palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace were killed. ”
Queen Qian almost fainted after hearing this, which means that the henchmen she has cultivated for many years are basically gone.
After that, the emperor will also send a group of newcomers to serve in the Qianqing Palace. And among these newcomers, the emperor's people are indispensable.
Hey, I can't imagine that there will be a time when the emperor will return the other body in the other way. Back then, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian had planted so many eyeliners in the palace of King Yu, but now not only are they all invalidated, but they are also pushed back by the emperor by the same means.
It's really the reincarnation of the world, and the retribution is unpleasant.
(End of chapter)