Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 523
There are currently two empress dowagers in Ming Dynasty, among them, Empress Dowager Rensheng lives in Ciqing Palace, and Empress Dowager Cisheng lives in Cining Palace.The two palaces are east and west, Ciqing Palace is in the east, and Compassionate Palace is in the west. Therefore, some people call the Empress Dowager Rensheng the East Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Cisheng the West Empress Dowager.

However, the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty is quite different from the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. The most basic two points are that she neither listens to politics behind the curtain, nor takes the initiative to intervene in state affairs.

Today, however, may be an extremely rare exception.

Because after the Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty summoned Gao Yushi, the Empress Dowager Li sent someone to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning for questioning again, and the question this time was already somewhat related to government affairs.

"Ling Yunyi is so courageous!" The Empress Dowager Li did not sit upright, but walked around quickly, speaking harshly: "A new Minister of the Ministry of War, who has not yet taken office, is in the capital and at the foot of the emperor. There was a big drama of arranging soldiers to commit murder! Ha, Aijia has really gained knowledge, there is no such a powerful character in Kunqu Opera!"

Since the queen mother was standing, Zhu Yijun naturally didn't dare to sit down, and honestly stood by with his hands down. Even because of the empress mother's harsh words, he was so frightened that he even lowered his head and didn't dare to take a breath.

Standing beside him were two young girls, the third princess Zhu Yao'e and the fourth princess Zhu Yaoxi.

Both princesses are wearing phoenix blouses in the shape of persimmon stalks with woven gold yarn.

The bottom is a pleated long skirt made of five fabrics, with pink dark floral gauze edges inlaid at the waist.The skirt and skirt are woven with golden makeup.There are one dragon at the front and one at the back of the skirt and the hem of the skirt, and there are nine dragons traveling. The interspersed decorations include phoenix, peony, camellia, chrysanthemum, lotus, plum blossom, seawater and river cliffs.

It is said to be a dragon pattern, but according to the regulations, this is one of the variants of python robe women's clothing, so it is called a python skirt.

There is no difference in the costumes of the two, except for the difference in color selection. The background color of the jacket of the third princess Zhu Yao'e is dark green, and the background color of the python skirt is grass green; The base color of the skirt is lake blue.It must be that the third princess is still green, and the fourth princess is fond of blue.

The emperor punished him to stand, and the two princesses accompanied him to punish him. This treatment was only enjoyed by the two empress dowagers.

However, judging from Empress Dowager Li's current expression, she has no feeling for this enjoyment, and her only feeling now is probably only anger.

"Emperor, you heard what your two imperial sisters said just now. Although Ling Yunyi didn't know that the two of them were in the temple at that time, he forced a Juren who was going to the capital to rush for the exam and didn't allow him to take shelter from the rain. The national policy is always contradictory, right? What's more, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he actually took advantage of the situation to commit murder, which is not in line with the country's policy of employing people, right?"

Zhu Yijun didn't dare to have any objection, he nodded in agreement.

Empress Dowager Li asked, "In that case, what are you going to do with it?"

Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment, and said: "If I want to deal with this matter directly, I'm afraid it will easily cause people to be suspicious, and then the focus will be shifted from Ling Yunyi's arrogance to why the two royal girls appeared in the temple... Although there is no There is nothing to tell others, but the so-called rumors are always false, and the more they are spread, the more absurd, so in the opinion of my son, it is better to wait for the cabinet or the branch to discuss it actively, and it is better to impeach it."

"Will someone go up for impeachment?" The Empress Dowager Li put away her anger and asked expressionlessly: "I heard that Ling Yunyi is Xu Jie's disciple, and he is a close friend of Zhang Juzheng, Yin Shidan, Yin Zhengmao and others. In the same year, he was regarded as a senior official in the court. Moreover, he was able to serve as the chief minister this time, and I heard that he was the second-best leader... This situation is not ordinary."

Zhu Yijun hadn't thought about it so much. Hearing what his mother said, he couldn't help hesitating a little, thinking to himself: I asked Pragmatic to handle this matter, but Zhang Siwei is Pragmatic's uncle. I don't know if he can handle it. ?But at that time, he can't find anyone to submit a commentary, so he can only write a commentary by himself. Pass it into the palace.

Seeing Zhu Yijun's hesitant expression, Empress Dowager Li frowned and asked, "Emperor, do you have something to hide from Aijia?"

Zhu Yijun was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "How dare I lie to my mother, it's just this matter... I just hinted at being very pragmatic, but at that time I forgot that he had resigned, I don't know if he can take this matter Things are arranged."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li couldn't help but sneered, waved her hands and said, "Then you can rest assured, Gao Yushi must have this ability."

"The queen mother is Shengming." Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I hope he won't disappoint the queen mother and the children."

Empress Dowager Li snorted, didn't bother with this matter any more, but waved her hand: "It's getting late, the emperor should go back and rest first... Zhonggong is still young, don't go to Kunning Palace."

Zhu Yijun's face collapsed, but he complied honestly.

As soon as the emperor left, Empress Dowager Li sat back, looked at the two daughters, and suddenly said: "You always hear your emperor brother praise you for being pragmatic. How do you feel when you see me today?"

The two princesses looked at each other, and the third princess Zhu Yao'e said: "My daughter thinks it's not bad. At that time, Ling Yunyi's servants had already entered the courtyard, and Gao Wushi refused to escape alone. He even ran into the Daxiong Palace and insisted on bringing us both Run away together."

"I still have some concerns." Empress Dowager Li nodded, and asked again: "Did he know your identities at that time?"

The two princesses shook their heads together: "I definitely don't know."

Seeing that the two of them spoke in unison, Empress Dowager Li couldn't help asking: "Why are you so sure?"

The two women looked at each other, and they both became a little flustered, faltering and refusing to speak.

Empress Dowager Li's face gradually became serious, her eyes flicked over the faces of the two of them a few times, and she suddenly asked in a cold voice, "Why don't you talk? Tell me, what's going on!"

The two princesses were so frightened that they immediately knelt down, and it was the elder sister Zhu Yao'e who spoke first: "Return, report back to your mother... because, because after Gao Wushi broke in... after that, he grabbed us, took our hands and ran out... If he knew our identities, he would definitely not dare."

"Snapped!"

Queen Mother Li slapped the table angrily: "He even grabbed your hands? Why didn't you just say that!"

"Daughter... my daughter doesn't dare." Zhu Yao'e trembled with fright, and tears rolled in her eyes.

The fourth princess, Zhu Yao, even had her mouth flattened, ready to cry.

It turned out that although the Empress Dowager Li was strict with Zhu Yijun, this strictness was usually only for Zhu Yijun alone, but she could be called a loving mother for King Lu Zhu Yijun and his three daughters. I was a little overwhelmed with fright, I just knew I was afraid.

Seeing this, Queen Mother Li also felt a little distressed, and secretly said: In the final analysis, this matter is not the fault of the two of them, only Gao Yushi is to blame, even if you don't know their identities, you can always tell the two little girls, right? To run over and grab their hands?No, this matter definitely cannot be left alone!

(End of this chapter)