Daming Yuanfu

How to persuade Gao Yushi is a problem, but before this problem, Zhu Yijun must first solve another problem: he can't discuss with Gao Yushi in front of all the cabinet ministers how to win the imperial concubine Zheng, so he has to get other concubine Zheng first. People leave.

Zhu Yijun decided to adopt a good method, even if everyone knew that he was putting on an act, but he couldn't show any doubts—he suddenly covered his mouth with his left hand holding a bloody cloth handkerchief, and his expression was very painful.

"emperor!"

"My lord!"

All the ministers and several chief inspectors of ceremonies were surprised, but the courtiers from outside the court were not allowed to approach at will, so only Chen Ju, Wang An and Liu Ping rushed to the front of Yutao and surrounded the emperor to greet him.

This time there was a surprise, that is, it directly blocked the line of sight of the ministers.

However, Zhu Yijun did not become negligent because of this, but took a few deep breaths on purpose, and said harshly in a weak but obviously dissatisfied tone: "All the cabinet ministers step down first!"

The hearts of all the ministers froze, and everyone subconsciously looked at Wang Jiaping.Wang Jiaping was not intimidated, although his face was a bit unbearable, he still bowed his hands solemnly and said: "I will obey the order, please Your Majesty to rest and recuperate." After a pause, he added: "Your Majesty will be called at any time."

Zhu Yijun snorted softly, but did not answer, and all the assistant ministers turned around and left——Here is a word, when courtiers in the Qing Dynasty met the emperor, they could not turn around when they exited the door according to the rules, but they had to walk backwards to show their disapproval. Dare to "back" the king, but Daming does not have such an anti-human code of conduct.

All the ministers walked to the door, Wang Jiaping was just about to step over the threshold when he heard the emperor's voice behind him again: "Wait a minute, Rixin stay here."

Everyone's eyes turned to Gao Wushi again, Gao Wushi looked thoughtful, but he didn't seem to have figured it out, and returned to Wang Jiaping with a shaking of his head in a daze.

Wang Jiaping didn't know whether he understood it or didn't understand it, or if he had other thoughts, he just nodded slightly, and walked out again. The second assistant Liang Menglong didn't say anything, and followed Wang Jiaping out of the door.

Gao Wushi stepped aside to make way for Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan and Zhou Yong, who were ranked behind him, to file out.After they left, Gao Wushi went back to Yutao again.At this time, the three big pengs had moved away from the position in front of the bed, and Zhu Yijun appeared in Gao Pragmatic's field of vision again, seemingly no different from before.

It was only then that Gao Wushi realized that Zhu Yijun just wanted to dismiss other people, which meant that he had something to talk to himself.But Gao Wushi didn't say much, he just cupped his hands and said softly, "Your Majesty."

Zhu Yijun nodded, took a deep breath, and said to Chen Ju and the others: "You guys go out too, wait outside the door, don't let anyone get close to Xinuang Pavilion."

Logically speaking, this move is not very compliant, especially after October 21, 21 Jiajing - a major event happened on that day, and although there was no explicit regulation, it actually implemented a needless to say Unspoken rule: no one can meet the emperor alone without more than two eunuchs watching.

What happened on October 21, 21, Jiajing, that led to the introduction of such an unspoken rule?Speaking of it, it was really a rare case of attempted regicide in history.

That night, the palace was completely silent, everything seemed normal, and the faint lights accompanied the emperor to sleep.

At this time, sixteen maidservants headed by the palace maid Yang Jinying came to the imperial bed silently, holding a thick rope made of silk flower ropes tightly in their hands, and planned to kill Jiajing when he was sleeping soundly. Strangling, this is an assassination that only the most special assassins can plan.

Regardless of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Forbidden City has strict security measures. It is impossible for a storyline like Master Xing to arrest the four masters on the top of the Forbidden City with a lantern.

For example, only the Qianqing Palace, where the emperor lived, had nine rooms, "a total of 27 beds were placed up and down, and the emperor slept at any time, with different systems."So if you want to assassinate at night, you must first know where the emperor sleeps that day.Not to mention that the emperor may stay overnight in the concubine's palace at any time, so many beauties in the harem, not to mention the rain and dew, right?
But the maids who accompanied the emperor knew these secrets.On the night of the palace change, Emperor Jiajing came to sleep in Concubine Duan's palace.Concubine Duan Cao was young and beautiful, and she was one of the most favored concubines at that time. She knew nothing about the plans of the court ladies, but she was destined to be implicated in this action.

As the crisis approached, Emperor Jiajing was still asleep. Seeing that he was defenseless, Yang Jinying and other court ladies took out a rope and put it around the emperor's neck, and another court lady covered his face with yellow silk.

When everything was ready, more than a dozen court ladies who had no strength to restrain the chicken rushed forward, some pinched Jiajing's neck, some held down the body and limbs, and tightened the noose with all their strength.

Jiajing woke up from the dream, but was unable to resist, and was about to die immediately.However, all the maids discovered that they mistakenly tied the loose loop of the rope into a dead loop in their panic, so they couldn't pull it tight no matter what. Jiajing didn't die because of this, but was strangled unconscious.

Seeing that the plan might be revealed, a court lady named Zhang Jinlian became a traitor in desperation, and secretly ran to inform Queen Fang.The queen was shocked when she learned of this, and hurriedly led eunuchs and guards to rescue her.In the chaos, Empress Fang was even punched by the maid, but the empress had a large number of people after all, and quickly arrested these assassins.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing fell into a severe coma, but there was still a way to save him.This year is the Renyin year of the lunar calendar, so the assassination of a court lady is called the "Renyin Palace Change".

Seeing that Jiajing was about to die, the palace was in a hurry, and they had to find a way to save people.

However, seeing a doctor for the emperor has always been a high-risk technical job, especially at that time Jiajing was already in a severe coma, and his life and death were unpredictable. If he couldn't be cured, he would be punished.

Just when everyone was at a loss, an imperial doctor named Xu Shen stepped forward and prescribed a medicine for Jiajing at the risk of his life.A few hours after Jiajing took the medicine, he vomited several liters of purple blood at the mouth, and finally he was able to speak a few words, and walked back from the gate of hell.

Here's another digression that I don't know how to evaluate: When Xu Shen prescribed medicine for Jiajing, he didn't know what to do.Before he died, Xu Shen left his last words: "I am hopeless. Before the palace change, I knew that if the medicine I prescribed didn't work, it would definitely lead to death. Therefore, this is beyond the cure of medicine and stone. .” As a result, he saved the emperor, but he himself was frightened to death.

Speaking of the emperor, Jiajing became weak after all these tossings and needed to recuperate quietly. All the affairs in the palace were handed over to Empress Fang, who presided over the trial of the case.Empress Fang ordered the eunuchs to interrogate the sixteen palace maids who were arrested.After being tortured and tortured, they were forced to ask who was the mastermind behind it.All the maids confessed to Concubine Ning Wang, and unanimously admitted that this matter was planned by Concubine Ning.

Since the tenth year of Jiajing, the imperial palace has set up nine concubines among concubines in an imitation of the ancient system, and Ning is one of them, who was just conferred two years ago.It's a pity that with the aging of her beauty, she has fallen out of favor, and her status in the palace is not guaranteed.If she had a motive to assassinate Jiajing, it could only be because she was dissatisfied with his meanness and lack of kindness, liking the new and disliking the old.

After Concubine Ning "confessed", Concubine Cao Duan was also dragged into the water.Concubine Ning insisted that although Concubine Duan was not involved, she already knew about the assassination - after all, the scene of the discovery was in her palace.Concubine Ning's move was really ruthless, the emperor didn't die, but he managed to pull Concubine Duan to go to the underworld together.

But when things got to this point, it was outrageous, because if Concubine Ning had a motive for acting, it would barely make sense, but if Concubine Duan wanted to assassinate Jiajing, it would be really unthinkable.She is Jiajing's favorite concubine, she is favored because of her beauty, and she often drinks and has sex with her, just like a canary in a cage. If Jiajing dies, she will lose everything and get nothing.

When Concubine Duan learned that she was going to be punished, she yelled that she was wronged, and she said that she was framed until she died.Obviously, she is very likely to be an innocent person involved in this incident.

But no matter what, the "murderers" were all arrested in less than ten days, and this palace change came to an end.

This incident involved many stories in the follow-up, but those are irrelevant to this book, and will be skipped for now.In short, after such a major event, even the maids in the harem could no longer gain the full trust of the emperor, and the regulations on the emperor's personal safety became stricter, as mentioned before.

Fortunately, this rule is not expressly stipulated, and in the early years when Zhu Yijun was not the emperor, he often got along with Gao Yushi alone. As an old man who served Zhu Yijun at that time, Chen Ju had long been accustomed to it, so that Zhu Yijun later became the emperor. There are also many times when other people will be sent away, and they will still discuss matters with Gao Yushi alone.

Originally, Zhu Yijun, Gao Wushi, Chen Ju, and even Liu Ping were used to this for a long time, and no one took that rule seriously.At this time, as soon as the emperor ordered, Chen Ju and Liu Ping planned to leave. Who knew that something unexpected happened this time.

Upon hearing this, Wang An immediately stood up and said solemnly: "My lord, the palace has undergone such a big change today. As the admiral of the East Factory, I dare not leave my lord's side without permission."

As soon as these words were said, the four monarchs and ministers present except him were all stunned.Chen Ju was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly made amends, and scolded: "Wang An! What are you talking about, are you an ordinary person, Lord Hou? Come and wait outside with me."

It stands to reason that Wang An, the admiral of the East Factory, was recommended by Chen Ju, and Chen Ju should be given face no matter what, but as I said before, Wang An has a very stubborn temper and is a very principled person. He refused to give in to Chen Ju's resistance, but cupped his hands and said: "Palmprint, this matter is related to the responsibility of the minister, I forgive the younger generation for not daring to promise."

Chen Ju couldn't help being furious when he heard Wang An's answer.Although he has always been known for his good temper, his face was still livid with anger at this time, especially when he thought that not long ago, Gao Wushi asked him whether Wang An was trustworthy, and he replied trustworthy.

However, compared to Chen Ju who was angry, the emperor was even more impatient at this time.Zhu Yijun didn't want to be too lazy, he waved his hands like chasing flies and said, "Go out as soon as I let you out. Anyone in this world can harm me if they want to, but they won't harm me if they are pragmatic! Get out!"

Now Wang An had nothing to say. He took a deep look at Gao Yushi, bowed to the emperor, and said, "I obey the order." Then he turned and left without looking at Chen Ju and Liu Ping.

Chen Ju was so angry that his temples were throbbing, but he didn't want to lose his composure in front of the emperor and Gao Yushi. He suppressed his anger and bowed to the two, saying, "Your Majesty, Lord Marquis, this servant will leave."

Zhu Yijun nodded, while Gao Wushi handed him off and watched Chen Ju and Liu Ping leave.After Chen Ju went out, he closed the door very thoughtfully - not just to cover it up, but to close it completely, almost unlocked.

As soon as they left, Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "This Wang An is quite courageous, but...he is a man of good manners."

Gao Wushi knew that the emperor's words were not casual comments, but to some extent, he was hinting to him that he did not want to pursue Wang An's "disrespect" just now.

Although he didn't know why the emperor wanted to protect Wang An, Gao Yushi didn't intend to pursue it—he didn't have to. Even if Wang An did a bad job, Chen Ju should first consider how to deal with it.So Gao Wushi just nodded slightly, directly skipped this matter, and asked: "The emperor has kept his ministers here, what orders do you have?"

Zhu Yijun didn't expect Gao Yushi to ask such a direct question, which made it difficult for him to find a suitable entry point, so he couldn't help being speechless for a while.After pondering for a while, Zhu Yijun smiled wryly and said, "Practically, you must have already guessed about today's matter. Could it be that you can't guess what I think?"

He didn't call Gao Yushi "Rixin", but called him by his first name, which is supposed to be impolite, but Gao Yushi knew that the name he used to call himself since he was a child was actually "Pragmatism", so he called him by his name at this moment. close range.

Gao Wushi sighed softly, and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask first: Do you think there is really nothing wrong with Yikun Palace?"

"This... I don't know, and I don't want to know." Zhu Yijun also sighed, shook his head, and said with a bitter face: "But anyway, I don't want to see Concubine Zheng suffer because of this."

"Even if Yikun Palace might harm you?" Gao Yushi's face remained unchanged, but his tone was obviously a little cold.

"I don't believe that Concubine Zheng wants to kill me." Zhu Yijun replied very affirmatively, and at the same time emphasized his tone: "Pragmatically, Concubine Zheng will never harm me. If, I mean if...she really did something, then She must have been deceived, and she didn't know that doing so would hurt me! Do you believe me?"

Gao Yushi was very rarely "lost before the emperor", before the emperor ordered, he went to the chair and sat down, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, sighed a long time, but did not answer.

"You don't believe it?" Zhu Yijun lifted the brocade, jumped out of bed, walked to Gao Wushi, and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll bring Concubine Zheng to confront her right now. How about it?"

This is obviously not good, how could Gao Wushi be willing to face to face with a harem concubine out of nowhere?What's more, what Zhu Yijun was talking about was confrontation - who stipulated that he has the right to hold his concubines accountable?Only the emperor has the right to decide how to deal with concubines, and there is no need for external supervision.

This is an angry statement.

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, even if you don't say a word, Yuan Fu and the cabinet officials will definitely not let it go. If such a major matter is not investigated clearly, who can sleep peacefully?"

"That's why I left you here to discuss!" Zhu Yijun pulled a chair and sat in front of Gao Yushi, looked at him with wide eyes, and said expectantly: "Over the years, no matter what difficulties have been in front of you, you You can help me out, can't you?"

Gao Wushi also stared wide-eyed, and quickly said: "That's different, those are state affairs."

"There is no small matter in the Tian family, this time it is also a state matter!" Zhu Yijun also stared wide-eyed: "If Concubine Zheng really... I, I will be heartbroken because of this matter, just in case..."

"The emperor speaks carefully." Gao Wushi interrupted.

"Then you are willing to help me?"

Good guy, you an emperor, where did you learn such rogue methods?
Gao Yushi was extremely helpless, and said angrily: "The Yikun Palace is the key to this matter. If you can't even investigate it, then the mastermind behind the scenes can rest easy. How can there be a thousand days to guard against thieves?
Let me put it this way, if the emperor really wants to protect the emperor and noble concubine, then he should find out the matter and bring the black hands behind the scenes to justice.As for the imperial concubine... At that time, it will be said that the imperial concubine has been kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. "

Zhu Yijun hesitated, hesitantly said: "Is it really not implicated in her?"

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes and refused to answer.
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