Zhu Qiyu looked through other books, there was no minister to make trouble today, but Zhao Xin, the right attendant of the ministry, asked for Zhishi.

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhu Qiyu made another official adjustment: Zhao Xin, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, was transferred to Nanjing to replace the Nanjing Ministry of Officials vacated by Wei Ji; Yao Kuichao was promoted to the right attendant of the Nanjing Criminal Department.

Xu Heng, the Duke of An Guo, was ordered to lead the cavalry battalion to carry out a comprehensive and thorough cleaning of the Tumubao battlefield and collect the remains of the dead soldiers.

Xu Youzhen, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, served as the governor of Huailai, and the counselor of the military affairs of the cavalry battalion, responsible for presiding over the repair of the two defense lines of the Huailai Great Wall and the Juyongguan Great Wall, and striving to avoid the recurrence of the civil fort once and for all.

Huang Pu, a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University, served as the governor of Baoding and was responsible for repairing the defense line of Bauhinia Pass.

Zhu Qiyu began to send his cronies outside, so as not to be affected by the turmoil in the capital.

Judging by the current developments, it will not take a few days for the conflict to escalate.

After the deployment is done every morning, Zhu Qiyu's day's work is completed, and then he can be at ease with the favorite concubines.

But the poor eldest brother Gong let the emperor not be so lucky.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen opened his eyes in the morning, Chen Xiang was waiting anxiously on the side.

Zhu Qizhen asked helplessly: "Early in the morning, what's the matter?" ”

Chen Xiang knelt on the ground and replied: "The emperor is angry, yesterday's news has spread in the inner court, and the two ladies who served in the bed were unbearable to gossip and hanged themselves. ”

Zhu Qizhen sat up suddenly: "Nonsense, how could the news spread so quickly." In addition to the queen mother and queen, the palace maids and eunuchs who came yesterday are the most confidant palace maids and eunuchs, all of whom have been working in the palace for many years, how can they be so ignorant?

And what are the origins of those two concubines, where did they come from with such a big temperament, how could they hang themselves casually. Hmph, do you think they are Princess Wang? ”

Chen Xiang replied innocently: "But the two mothers did hang themselves." ”

"Hmph, who was responsible for cleaning Nangong yesterday?"

"It's Xing'an who is in charge, the slave maid and Ruan Lang went to the celebrant on duty, and Cao Jixiang is responsible for guarding the palace gate, and they are not in the South Palace."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his brows furrowed, how could he be his most trusted partner. This Xing'an, I asked him to clean the spies and eyeliner in Nangong, he is good, I don't know if the eyeliner has been cleaned off, anyway, the concubine is missing two first.

With some bad feelings, Zhu Qizhen continued to ask: "Yesterday, before the queen mother, when I flipped the brand to visit the two concubines, what was Xing'an doing?" ”

Chen Xiang replied: "The slave vaguely heard that after Xing'an learned that the Sun family arrived in the Empress Dowager's palace, he brought a few fresh playthings to Sun Ming, the young master of the Sun family, saying that it was a show of love for his relatives for the emperor. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, this seems to be in the past. According to the generation, Sun Ming is his nephew. There is really no need to return to this kind of trivial matter, Xing'an is the master to send a few playthings to the little master to relieve his boredom, and do his best for himself, there is no problem.

According to the time analysis, when Xing'an went to the Empress Dowager's palace, he hadn't proposed to turn over the brand here, so it is certain that Xing'an was not going to tell the whistle.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen's suspicion was about to dissipate, Chen Xiang replied with an embarrassed face: "Emperor, there is a rumor in the market, the slave and maid don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

"What rumors? Speak. ”

"Yes, my lord, a pamphlet appeared in the market the day before yesterday, it seemed to be called "The Secret Record of the Demon Concubine", and suddenly it spread.

The slave maid thinks that this may also be an insinuation against the emperor, so you must not be unprepared. ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "Hmph, I knew it yesterday, what are you afraid of, that's an allusion to my good brother." His favorite concubines, what a strange woman, in order to please her brother, she is willing to put on any shameful gestures, and she is willing to say such unbearable words.

I really envy my brother's ......"

Chen Xiang raised his head curiously, why did his emperor suddenly stop talking?

I saw Zhu Qizhen's mouth half open, stunned.

"Emperor, you ......"

Zhu Qizhen heard Chen Xiang's call, came back to his senses, shook his head and sighed, "That's not right." Xing'an is my great companion, and he knows me too well.

Yesterday, he presented the "Secret Record of the Demon Concubine", and described it with oil and vinegar and color.

My heart was moved, but he went to the queen mother's palace under the pretext of the excuse.

Then when I was summoning my concubine to bed, the two queens came, and not long after, the queen mother also came.

With Xing'an's understanding of me, it was not difficult for him to guess that I was going to summon a concubine.

Then, yesterday I ordered him to clean up Nangong's spies. As a result, the two concubines hanged themselves at night.

That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it? ”

"Emperor, do you mean ......? How is it possible, Mr. Xing is your big friend. ”

Zhu Qizhen shook his head: "Xing'an is indeed my great companion, but what about him before he became my great companion?" ”

Chen Xiang stood silently aside, not daring to answer.

Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Zhu Qizhen changed the question: "Which eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace is in power now?" ”

Chen Shen replied: "It is Gao Ping, the head of the Yinghua Palace, when the Cining Palace was on fire, Gao Ping took a few little eunuchs to save the Queen Mother, and later promoted all the way to become the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of Bingbi, and concurrently served as the head of the Yinghua Palace and Renshou Palace. ”

"Where did this little eunuch come from, and whose name did it belong to?"

"It's in Ruan An's name, but it is said that Ruan An is very average to this godson. Gao Ping has never been able to get ahead, so there will be a later sacrifice of his life to rescue the Queen Mother. ”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Can you win him over?" ”

Chen Xiang shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not easy to do, the Queen Mother has great trust in him." Moreover, Gao Ping is already the master of ceremonies, and he will not be tempted by the general benefits. ”

"Hmph, how can a eunuch not love money. I can't get together, it's just that I don't give enough. You go to Queen Qian and ask her to hand over to you the Hetian jade carving I gave her before.

It's a rare treasure, and you will know what I am talking about as soon as you mention Queen Qian.

Don't be stupid to send it in the palace, the jade carving is very big, and it is too eye-catching to carry around in the palace.

You send it to Gaoping's outer house, and as soon as this treasure changes hands, it will be easy to earn two or three hundred thousand taels. I don't believe he can still be unmoved. ”

"Yes."

After agreeing, Chen Xiang still stood still.

Zhu Qizhen scolded: "None of you let me worry, you can't hear my words?" What are you doing here? ”

Chen Xiang asked embarrassedly, "Can Queen Qian be happy there?" ”

Zhu Qizhen sneered: "Hmph, do you need her willingly?" Yesterday, she said to herself that being a woman requires three obedience and four virtues. If she refuses, she will slap herself in the face.

When the time comes, you will read to her the content of the three obedience and four virtues, unmarried from the father, married from the husband, and the husband from the son, women's virtues, women's words, women's appearance, and women's merits. ”

Chen Xiang understood that this was his own emperor who wanted to give Queen Qian some color to see, so he had to take the order to retire and go to Queen Qian's bedroom with a smoke.

After rumors, as soon as Chen Xiang entered Queen Qian's bedroom, he listened to Queen Qian's arrangements for the aftermath of the two concubines: "You don't have to care about what mausoleums are not mausoleums, how can they be buried in the imperial mausoleum."

Pull it to the western suburbs, find a temple, give the abbot two hanging money, and bury the person as a sinner woman in a secluded place in the mountain behind the temple. ”

Chen Xiang knelt down expressionlessly to greet him, and then conveyed the will of the Emperor Gongrang.

After hearing this, Queen Qian was angry and extremely displeased.

Although Empress Qian is not good at palace fighting, she can also hear that this is Gong letting the emperor beat herself.

The situation is stronger than people, after all, Queen Qian did not force Chen Xiang to talk about three obedience and four virtues, and ordered the little eunuch to go to the inner official prison to find more than 20 craftsmen, enter the inner room with special utensils, carry the jade carving outside the hall, and load it into the carriage.

Chen Xiang saw this jade carving with his own eyes, and only then did he gasp.

The jade carving is seven feet long, five feet high, four feet wide, carved by skilled craftsmen to carve mountains and water, there are several peaks scattered high and low, mountains and forests, rivers and lakes, waterfalls, pavilions, pavilions, flowers and birds are dotted in the meantime.

Lifelike, fresh and natural, it is simply a peerless landscape painting restored with jade carving.

And looking at the placement of the jade carving, it is obviously used as a screen in front of the bed.

Lying on the bed, leaning sideways, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful landscape and pastoral scene, just imagining it, it is extremely useful.

But Chen Xiang couldn't understand it even more, making such a big move, and soon the entire inner court would be known. Gao Ping was crazy to dare to accept this treasure.

What does it mean to be a prince?

This time Chen Xiang is finally convinced, the companion is like a tiger, the heart of heaven is unfathomable, and it is as deep as the sea!

I don't understand the deep meaning, but the errand can't be left out, Chen Xiang transported the jade carving out of the palace and placed it in the stone tablet alley of Mingyufang in Xicheng, a remote and quiet small mansion.

This is a small courtyard where Xuanmiao used to go out to find flowers and live, and now it is the property under the name of Emperor Gongrang, and it has been taken care of by Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang said to the outside world that he would repair and decorate a small courtyard, and when the emperor was bored, he would come out to relax.

When Xuanmiao was in power, he often went out of the palace in private, and no one cared about it. Therefore, the reason given by Chen Xiang is also normal, Gong let the emperor abdicate, and the ministers should not care about the east and the west.

However, it is difficult to say whether this small courtyard is close to the famous Tiantian Tower, whether it will arouse the association of people with hearts.

In the evening, Chen Xiang returned to Nangong to pay the decree, Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "In a few days, you can give this small courtyard to Gaoping."

If he thinks it's too eye-catching, you say let him live there and look after the yard for me. Then he put ten thousand taels of silver in the tent room of the small courtyard, and he took care of it.

In the future, I will receive information from the heavenly tower and ask him to pay more attention to me. ”

Chen Xiang hurriedly agreed, but he couldn't stop sighing in his heart, how could such a good thing not have his own share.

Chen Xiang retreated, and Zhu Qizhen began to listen to Xing'an's report on today's government affairs of the celebrant supervisor.

Xing'an hesitated, looking like he wanted to say something.

Zhu Qizhen scolded impatiently: "What's the matter, hurry up and say it directly." ”

Xing'an replied with a bitter face: "Emperor, this whole day, I have received hundreds of recitals, some of which say that the emperor favors the demon concubine and asks for a punishment; It is said that the emperor, you favor the concubine and ask to be deposed.

All of these transcripts were sent to the western suburbs, and I don't know what the emperor will do with them.

But the government and the opposition's comments on the emperor took a sharp turn for the worse. The officials who supported you before have all flinched a little. ”

(End of chapter)