Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 104: One plan fails, another plan

Xia Shouzhong's eyes lit up when the emperor asked him about the concubine's birthday.

But after thinking about it for a while, his face turned ugly again.

Fortunately, Xia Shouzhong was quite clever, "Your Majesty, since the Chinese New Year is approaching, why don't the palaces prepare carefully for the gift for the Supreme Emperor during the Chinese New Year?"

As soon as the emperor heard it, he knew that there was no concubine's birthday recently, but Xia Shouzhong's proposal was not bad.

One is that this reflects filial piety, and the other is that there are enough reasons to send eunuchs to see Anle County King.

When the time comes, the news that Prince Anle has gone crazy will naturally spread.

However, after thinking about it, the emperor still felt that the sudden order in the name of filial piety would inevitably lead to suspicion afterwards.

"In this way, you go to see the queen and ask her to issue an order in the name of being sympathetic to the concubines in the harem. Allow the old princes and wives of each family to enter the palace to meet the concubines before the New Year's Day."

Xia Shouzhong immediately understood that when the old matriarchs and wives of various families entered the palace, someone would definitely take the opportunity to discuss it.

At that time, the emperor decreed that the princes and grandsons should be more filial, and it seemed that they were being persecuted by public opinion.

This passive thing will not make people suspicious.

Moreover, over the past few years, the Supreme Emperor has always wanted to see some prince or grandson, just one order will do.

Since you can't stop the royal descendants from going to the Dragon Head Palace, you don't care if they go one more time.

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your servant will do it now."

On the same day, the queen's decree was spread to every family.

While each family was puzzled, happy, and grateful, they had to immediately express their praise to the queen, and then express their gratitude.

This matter was exactly as the emperor thought, and soon there were ministers who remonstrated with the Supreme Emperor, and also graciously let the concubines meet the juniors in the family.

Then the prince and grandson actively prepare for the annual ceremony, and then go to the Longshou Palace to meet.

Now things can no longer be hidden.

It was rare for the Supreme Emperor to be happy, so many descendants came to accompany him.

Hearing that Dai Quan said that King Anle was ill and could not visit him, he immediately became suspicious.

Dai Quan took someone to see it himself, and only then did he learn that the king of Anle County had been insane for several days.

The Supreme Emperor was furious, but he also became scruples and suspicious like the emperor.

People ordered to be detained in Longshou Palace by themselves, but now something happened.

Maybe some courtiers would think, could it be that the Supreme Emperor did this?

The purpose is for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty and to avoid the situation of fighting against each other again.

This guess is really not impossible.

The ex-prince's rebellion had already seriously injured Da Zhou's vitality. Even if he recuperated for many years, he still couldn't return to the prosperity of the past.

For the sake of their own stable life, many nobles and courtiers will definitely strongly oppose another conspiracy.

Of course, more people must doubt the emperor.

Because it is better for King Anle to be crazy than to be dead, and the biggest beneficiary is also the emperor.

But this can't prevent the courtiers from thinking, since the emperor's people have infiltrated the Dragon's Head Palace into a sieve, does that mean that the Supreme Emperor is really old and can't even manage his own sleeping place?

Then should everyone stand on the emperor's side?

As soon as this idea came out, the Supreme Emperor hurriedly ordered Dai Quan to take the imperial doctor to go again.

After confirming that King Anle was not poisoned.

The old emperor's heart tightened. He has been in power for decades. What weird things haven't he seen or heard of?
Busy people find Taoist priests to serve them.

This Taoist priest is quite capable. Although he couldn't break the Five Ghosts Curse cast by Ma Daopo, he also saw the clues.

He took out the gossip mirror, a magic weapon handed down from the ancestors of the master, and pinched a spell to take a picture at the king of Anle County. The little prince who was tied up on the bed by a cotton cloth suddenly emitted a puff of black smoke.

"It happened."

As soon as he heard the Taoist shouting, Dai Quan, who saw the whole process, stopped breathing and retreated out of the hall subconsciously.

It wasn't until he felt that he was far away from danger that he shouted to the Taoist priest, "Master Taoist, think of a way, otherwise the Holy One will blame you, and you and I will be punished."

The Taoist cursed inwardly, the benefits of serving the emperor are indeed innumerable, but when trouble comes, a little carelessness is a death penalty.

Busily shouted to several apprentices, "Quickly form an formation, recite the mantra quietly, and suppress the evil spirits."

Hearing that there was something evil, even the 8 Taoist disciples turned pale with fright.

Not to mention Dai Quan and other eunuchs.

The subsequent commotion in the yard inevitably made the Longxiang guards outside the yard feel uneasy.

Feng Ziying even scolded herself for spending money this autumn to buy a fifth-rank Longxiangwei Dangdang.

Although I don't know what happened inside, but anything related to Anle County King is definitely not a good thing.

Even though Dai Quan issued a sealing order afterwards, as long as the gate of the Dragon Head Palace is not closed, this matter cannot be concealed.

But if the palace gate is closed, the consequences may be even more serious.

When Shi Zhongkui found out about this, the emperor had issued three decrees in succession to let several Taoist priests with the titles of first-rank and second-rank celestial masters enter Beijing as soon as possible, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

At the same time, I understand that regardless of the emperor's will, I am definitely not happy in my heart.

On this day, Ri Youshen muttered that Ma Daopo was broken by someone's witchcraft, and not only suffered the backlash of mana, but was also seriously injured.

Fortunately, even a few celestial masters couldn't find out who had hidden the Five Ghosts Curse in King Anle's pillow.

Ma Daopo didn't even know that, she didn't even know that she was being plotted until she was injured.

Only then did Shi Zhongkui feel relieved.

Later, I heard that although King Anle came to his senses, he was forcibly fed with water and some rice soup and medicinal soup for many days, and he was already weak and skinny.

Don't think about slowing down if you don't raise it for a year or so.

But Shi Zhongkui let go without any intention.

This guy and the remnants of the former prince tried to kill him time and time again, how could it be so easy to let him go.

However, because there are a large number of Taoist priests guarding the Dragon Head Palace, a celestial master also appeared in the palace.

Not to mention the Chinchilla, even the Chenghuang family is not willing to approach these two places for the time being.

These Taoist priests can't find out who harmed a county king, so they will definitely ask the Yin Division.

If this is found by them, it will be a big trouble.

Moreover, those five ghost charms have something to do with the day and night wandering gods, so of course we have to stay away and avoid them.

Fortunately, the so-called celestial masters are capable, but they also give some tributes and incense to the underworld, which can't compare to Shi Zhongkui's merits.

Of course, it is still necessary to put on a show, lest the emperor or the empress dowager get angry and order a eunuch to quietly go to the Chenghuang Temple to reprimand the underworld, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Invite the Chinchilla, "Go and find out which imperial merchants provided the medicinal materials, supplements, and even rice noodles that entered the Dragon's Head Palace."

"Yes, Master."

This matter was very simple for Chinchilla, and it only took half a day to come back and report.

It was really easy to check the imperial merchants in Longshou Palace, but Shi Zhongkui quickly learned from Chinchilla that there were six companies that provided tribute rice to the Supreme Emperor, and more than a dozen companies that provided medicinal materials and supplements.

Moreover, in a Taifeng warehouse outside Longshou Palace, there has always been a dedicated store of food for the 3000 people in the palace to consume for three years.

Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which provides food for the Supreme Emperor and the concubines, also has its own warehouse.

My heart was suddenly discouraged.

If you want to make a fuss about food, unless you find an internal response, it is basically impossible.

If you fail to make a plan, you have another plan.

(End of this chapter)