Gel makeup

Chapter 249

Shen Jiangdong's complexion became more and more ugly, and the official secretary came out to speak for Cheng Yingzhou: "The Jingwei is directly up to the Jingwei, and acts according to the imperial decree. Whatever the decree, the Jingwei will act. Is it possible that the Jingwei is allowed to act beyond the boundary? I'm afraid you can't bear the responsibility, the king of the county. General Sun's itinerary is unknown. If you question General Cheng like this, are you going to force General Cheng to leave Jingwei?"

Cheng Yingzhou stated: "The Jingwei is acting according to the order. If the county king thinks that the minister is connected with the remnants of Dingfan, the minister Fu Que will listen to it."

Yang Wanquan, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but said: "Mr. Jia Guo avoids suspicion, Mr. Fan Ge resigns, and General Cheng listens. Then everyone is like a firecracker, breaking up as soon as it goes off?"

Prince Duan said: "Now is not the time to argue..."

"It's not the time to investigate the remnants of Dingfan!" An Wang said, "This king proposes to send Jingwei out of Beijing to find His Majesty's whereabouts along the route until he stays in the capital."

Duan Wang Shizi said: "Uncle An, the capital is away from the capital, the imperial capital is empty, and the northern border is uneasy, and the imperial capital will be in danger. Doing so will make the people angry. It is better to invite the queen who has gone to Weiyang to return to the capital as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation. .”

King Yingchuan pointed to Cheng Yingzhou and said, "Can he find the queen now? If so, will everyone still be arguing here?"

Fan Ziran got up and said: "The gentlemen are still in dispute, so Fan can only ask the Empress Dowager and the East Palace for instructions."

Unexpectedly, except for Shen Jiangdong and Cheng Yingzhou, everyone said unevenly:
"Mr. Fan Ge, please go ahead!"

"Please!"

"Your Majesty Fan, please."

Sitting outside, Cheng Yingzhou looked at Xiaying frequently, and Shen Jiangdong coughed up blood again. Xiaying then came in to salute, and said to Shen Jiangdong in a half-high voice: "The servant dares to interrupt, the doctor who is checking the pulse is here."

Before Shen Jiangdong could speak, Prince Duan said: "In this case, please ask Duke Jia to rest and check his pulse first."

Everyone was bored and said goodbye one after another.

Shen Jiangdong had a lot of bad words in his heart, but unfortunately Jiang Feng was not around, he had no one to complain to, so he could only swallow the words.

On the evening of August [-], the Empress Dowager began to lose her composure, and first met Cheng Yingzhou in Yining Palace.The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace fell ill again recently, so the Empress Dowager discussed with Cheng Yingzhou that the two young sons of the Eastern Palace and Siqing should be sent out of Miyagi as before the explosion of the Eastern Palace, and placed in Jigu Pavilion, a military guard post.

The Empress Dowager sent her confidants to take the two younger brothers of the East Palace and the East Palace, escorted by several Jinwu Guards and Fujun Guards. After leaving Miyagi from Xiyuan Secret Road to Jigu Pavilion, the female Shi Liang Ling who stayed in the palace Zhen came and discussed with Cheng Yingzhou how to send more imperial troops out of Beijing to find out where the present is, and how to determine the itinerary of the Zhonggong in Weiyang.

While they were discussing, the six ministries and nine ministers in Beijing, clans, and lords began to slowly gather in front of Chengtianmen, trying to get some relief from the inner court for the disappearance today.An hour later, Cheng Yingzhou hadn't left Yining Palace yet, but Jigu Pavilion sent back a message that the East Palace and his party were not received.Almost at the same time, the guard post of the government sent back a message, saying that they had received a tip-off that Dong Gong and his party seemed to have appeared near the gold workshop in Jiashen Lane.

Everyone in Yining Palace turned pale with shock, Cheng Yingzhou hastily summoned Jin Wu and the second guard of the government army, and prepared to go to the gold workshop in Jiashen Lane.But more and more courtiers gathered outside the Chengtian Gate, Cheng Yingzhou wanted to take away some of the elite Jinwu Guards and Fu Junwei, but he couldn't just sit back and watch the palace city be empty, so he had to call the Habayashi Guards to change defenses just in case.

After Cheng Yingzhou left, the Yining Palace was as dark as an ancient tomb, and under the shadow of the dim lights, the golden bricks scattered a ghostly light.The long windows were opened, and the curtains were blown everywhere by the autumn wind.The Empress Dowager tilted her body, Ling Zhen hurriedly supported her, she was shocked and said: "Your Majesty..."

The Empress Dowager reluctantly waved her hand, but at this moment, a voice came faintly through countless curtains, "There has been no news from Your Majesty and the Empress. It seems that the little empress can't hold on anymore."

It is a ghostly face, with a bit of a woman's face, and it is very delicate when it smiles.He was wearing a Taoist robe with dark patterns woven with gold, and the pattern of woven gold was faintly visible under the candles. The empress dowager opened her eyes wide, holding Lingzhen's hand and tremblingly said: "Old Jiu? Didn't you go home? How did you get in here?" ?”

Ling Zhen was trembling all over, watching Xiao Jing Wang Xiao Yu walk in step by step, Xiao Jing Wang bowed and did not speak, but immediately dozens of burly attendants appeared in the main hall of Yining Palace silently.

The empress dowager couldn't believe it, "Old Jiu... what are you going to do?"

King Xiao Jing approached the couch step by step, Ling Zhen stood in front of the Empress Dowager, but was pushed away by King Xiao Jing, Ling Zhen staggered and was about to ask questions, who knew that King Xiao Jing was slowly walking in front of the empress dowager? Kneeling down in front of the Empress Dowager's bed, holding the Empress Dowager's hand, she said softly: "My little lady, I know that my little lady can't hold on anymore, so I came here."

The Empress Dowager said: "What are you doing? What are you bringing these people here for?"

King Xiao Jing said: "My little lady, I know that you are uneasy because your majesty and the queen have disappeared. I came here today to tell my little lady that they will never come back."

Ling Zhen rushed forward and said: "No...no...it's impossible, it's impossible..."

King Xiao Jing carefully took out a Zhazi with a double flower pattern from his arms, slowly unfolded it, and showed the empress dowager by holding the two corners of the Zhazi.There are only two cursive characters on the letter - "success".

Xiao Yi's close-fitting jade pendant was sandwiched in the bag, and the empress dowager felt dizzy after seeing it for a while.She regained her composure, and saw Xiao Jing Wang's somewhat feminine smiling face behind Zhazi, her eyes were burning, her cynical appearance changed from the past, her eyes seemed to be inhabited by a ghost, the crazy ghost almost burst out of her eyeballs, The empress dowager was petrified in an instant, and it took a long time before she said, "Old Jiu, it's...it's you!"

"Yes," King Xiao Jing put away the paper, "It's me, I got it, it's me..." He let out a series of ghostly laughs, the laughter echoed back and forth in the hall, and it lasted for a long time.

The Empress Dowager said: "Why? Why you?"

"Why can't it be me?" King Xiao Jing said, "It's all the blood of Taizu, why can't it be me? It is said that my father killed the Empress Dowager Renkang, and they say that my father was a wolf and ambitious, but my father just took on a false name." , It’s just a chess piece of the Empress Dowager! You forced my mother to death, snatched my eldest sister, and pretended to me, do you know how long I have endured? My father’s false reputation, I will fight for him today!”

The Empress Dowager said: "So even though you were not in Beijing last time, the accident in the Yining Palace and the explosion in the East Palace were all related to you. A Xu from Prince Kang's Mansion is on the same road as you, and the person behind him is you..."

"You don't need to ask!" Xiao Jingwang's expression became even more frenzied, "If Ah Xu's younger brother hadn't betrayed him, how could Ah Xu have died?! But it doesn't matter, I will finally avenge Ah Xu soon. My little lady, I've been waiting for this day for a long, long time."

Many Habayashi guards poured into the hall but did not move. The empress dowager looked around in disbelief. Unexpectedly, King Xiao Jing suddenly knelt down on his knees and walked in front of the empress dowager, "Little lady, the country cannot live without a king for a day." The king of the country is dependent on the king, and the master of the country is suspicious. Among the clan, I should be promoted to the eleventh brother of Uncle Duan's family. But the eleventh brother was adopted by Uncle Duan, and I am the son of King Jing. Please make a decree, my little lady, to take me as the Jun. I will be filial to my little lady and take care of her for the rest of her life." After saying that, she fell to the ground and kowtowed.

The empress dowager said angrily: "The crown prince of the East Palace has been established early, and the current empress of the Central Palace has two sons. Even if the sky falls, it will not be your turn!"

King Xiaojing walked forward on his knees again, approached the empress dowager, and whispered: "Little lady, don't worry, I have thought about it a long time ago. Today, I have to trouble my little lady to hand down two letters. One is to take me as the king, and the other Second, I will assist the government. It is up to me to decide which one to declare. But don’t worry, my little lady, whether I succeed to the throne or become the Duke of Zhou, I will be filial to you.”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she knew that King Xiao Jing was not fully sure about the situation outside, so she said, "Don't think about it. If you want to plot rebellion, just kill me. If you want me to make you a Sir, stop dreaming."

King Xiao Jing has always been quietly hiding behind the scenes, pushing Kang Wang's eldest son Xiao Xu to come forward, because he cares about his own reputation, in order to be "orthodox", so as not to be beaten as a traitor in the future, causing endless troubles.Only when the empress dowager issued an imperial edict and took him as king would he be considered perfect. Naturally, he would not kill the empress dowager lightly, so he said: "The first emperor was not born to the little empress, and I was not born to the little empress. Who, what's the difference? Are you worried that I will not be filial to you? If you are worried about this, I can swear..."

The empress dowager heard that he had already called Xiao Yi the "first emperor", and said angrily, "Shut up!"

The attendants brought by King Xiao Jing drew their swords one after another, but King Xiao Jing raised his hand to stop him, and continued to say to the Empress Dowager: "Little lady, please be careful, this palace city is already in my hands tonight. Shen Jiangdong You are so sick that you are unconscious, and Cheng Yingzhou is not here, so don't think that anyone will come to Yining Palace. Now that all the officials are gathered outside Chengtian Gate, all you need to do is to announce His Majesty's death in public, and then the little empress will climb up and call out for me. Jun, I will be filial to you like my mother. Also, as I said, I want two edicts, whether to be Duke of Zhou or enthroned, I have to wait and see. No matter what, I will not harm the little empress."

"Nowadays, if you find that you can't control the situation, pretending to be the Duke of Zhou," the empress dowager scolded, "Once you are in power, can the East Palace still survive!"

King Xiao Jing smiled, "It turns out that the little lady thinks that you have a grandson to rely on." He smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled up, and clapped his hands three times, but the Yining Palace was instantly brightly lit, as if it were daytime.The comatose crown prince was kidnapped, and the person who kidnapped him was none other than Tang Peng, commander of the Habayashi Guards.

"You—" The Empress Dowager leaned back, and Ling Zhen who was beside her hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

King Xiao Jing smiled, "Xiyuan Secret Road, I came from there, just in time for you to send elder brother out. Little lady, it's not as safe outside as in the palace, so I brought elder brother back. "

At this moment, Lingzhen understood that it was true that the prince and his party did not come to Jigu Pavilion, but the news that the prince and his party appeared in the gold workshop in Jiashen Lane was a smoke bomb for King Xiaojing to lure Cheng Yingzhou to leave.She was about to ask, but who knew that King Xiao Jing had already asked: "That's not right, where is Princess Taikang?"

Tang Peng was expressionless, "I didn't see it."

Xiao Jing Wang said: "She is not important, there are two more." What he said was the second youngest son Xiao Ru and Xiao Huan born by Siqing Yu Xining in 15 years.

Tang Peng still had no expression on his face, "I don't have the heart to bring two more drags, kill me."

King Xiao Jing applauded and laughed loudly, as if affirming Tang Peng's loyalty.The empress dowager lost her anger again when she heard the words, Ling Zhen was on the sidelines for the empress dowager, while crying angrily: "Tang Peng! If it weren't for Your Highness the empress, how could you have survived till now! How could you be so vicious!"

In the late autumn and early winter of Xining's 22nd year, Tang Peng violated the law and tampered with the guards of the Habayashi, and happened to run into Si Qing who was visiting his elder brother Gu Heng.Although Shi Siqing wanted to kill Tang Peng, he didn't make up his mind.Fu Linchuan was soft-hearted and opened his mouth to save him, but Siqing didn't want Tang Peng's life.Xiao Yi was dissatisfied with Tang Peng because of this, and determined to kill him to prevent future troubles, but it was Siqing who asked Tang Peng to save him.

At this moment, Tang Peng hijacked the unconscious crown prince to avoid Ling Zhen's gaze, and did not speak.

Ling Zhen didn't know what she was doing anymore, she just repeated the action of being sympathetic to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager finally woke up, pointed at Xiao Jing Wang and Tang Peng and said: "You...you..."

King Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Little lady, do you want to write this edict or not? If you write it, the eldest brother will still live. If you don't write it, I will have no way to turn back when I get to where I am today. I can only send it to you." The elder brother went to reunite with his two younger brothers."

The Empress Dowager said: "If you kill all our grandparents, do you think the officials will regard you as the king? You are just a corrupt official and traitor, and you will definitely be scolded to death."

King Xiao Jing laughed again and said: "My little lady, my little lady, if I don't think about my backhand, how dare I show my real body so easily? I came from the secret path of Xiyuan, and no one knows except Yining Palace. If I want to If you want your life, you just need to send a message to Cheng Yingzhou in the east of the city, saying that you and elder brother are in danger, and Cheng Yingzhou will definitely lead people back to the prison. At that time, I will take your and elder brother's lives, here Set a fire and return to the mansion quietly through the Xiyuan Secret Road. What do you think the people outside the Chengtian Gate will think? Naturally, I was sitting in the mansion. Cheng Yingzhou rebelled and burned the palace, killing you and the East Palace. When the time comes Your Majesty has passed away, and there is no one in the court to preside over it. We, the Zongwang, still need to come forward, but I have to spend a little more effort. My little lady, I didn't do this, but because of the fact that my little lady has loved me so much for so many years. "

The Empress Dowager said: "The clues to the Jiashen Lane Gold Workshop, you did it on purpose!"

Ling Zhen seemed to have regained her senses, touched the hairpin on her temples, and was about to rush in the direction of Xiao Jing Wang and Tang Peng, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager wiped her tears, sat upright on her back, and said loudly, "Bring a pen and paper."

Ling Zhen trembled for a while, but she couldn't refute, and the tears couldn't stop pouring out.

King Xiao Jing stood up in satisfaction, "Two edicts, please trouble my little lady."

Behind the Empress Dowager, there was a masked Palace Man in Tsing Yi on the side of the screen. The Palace Man brought a pen and paper and approached the Empress Dowager. King Xiaojing's attendant scolded: "Why are you masking?"

The Empress Dowager said to King Xiao Jing: "Several of my palace servants have facial sores recently, and I just asked you for medicine a while ago, did you forget?"

King Xiao Jing smiled slightly and motioned for his attendants to let him go.

(End of this chapter)