Gel makeup

Chapter 56
When Jiang Feng returned to Xiyuan, the rain gradually subsided, and many people from the six departments had gathered near Xiyuan.She entered the outer hall through the side door, Yu Chu followed her, Jiang Feng asked: "Are you girls awake?"

Yu Chu shook his head again and again, his voice was a little hoarse, "No, the pulse is still chaotic. Just now Princess Duan fainted again from anxiety, and just sent Princess Duan, Princess An and Princess Kang back to their respective mansions."

At this moment Ling Zhen came up to meet her, her complexion was sallow, she no longer had the strength to be polite, she just said: "Uncle Madam, what do the doctors outside say?"

Jiang Feng thought for a while, and only said: "I'm so angry, if I don't wake up, I'm afraid it's a stroke." Then he asked, "Why are there so many people outside, what's the situation?"

Ling Zhen said: "The great Sima Li Yuanzhen and the others hope that King Duan and Elder Fan Ge will take charge of the overall situation, open the nine gates, deal with urgent military affairs, and send people out of Beijing to ask His Majesty to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible. But King Duan said that he has no such right to usurp. Opening the nine doors can be decided by the imperial army. General Cheng was surrounded by them just now..."

Just as he was talking, Cheng Yingzhou approached in armor, "Madam Shen?"

Jiang Feng said softly: "Take care of Your Highness, I'll tell General Cheng."

Lingzhen nodded and went back to take care of Siqing.

Cheng Yingzhou looked anxious, and said: "Your Highness is quite knowledgeable in medical science and skilled, it shouldn't be so easy..."

"General Cheng," Jiang Feng said, "Even if His Highness is sober now, he must not show up. Think about it, will there be more people questioning the queen's pre-government in the future, or more people questioning the king's usurpation?"

Cheng Yingzhou said: "I won't let go, but if Donggong, Duan Wang and the cabinet jointly sign, I can also obey, but I will definitely not bear the name of arrogating power."

"Let them make trouble," Jiang Feng nodded, "General Cheng can't bear the name of arbitrariness. If they make trouble, the reputation will be carried by the king, and it will be beneficial to Her Royal Highness anyway."

Cheng Yingzhou said: "I'm just worried that King Duan has been so stiff and missed a big deal."

Jiang Feng really wanted to say when to "wake up" and Siqing knew it well, but he couldn't say, so he had to say: "Wait a minute, if the king is still frozen at dawn, Princess Duan and Princess Kang should go to see Mrs. Ding'an on their own." concubine."

The six tribes and nine ministers near Xiyuan gathered more and more, and King Duan and King An and King Kang who came after them were a little bit overwhelmed.The two kings, An and Kang, never had any ideas, Fan Ziran said to Wang Duan, "My lord, what should we do if we miss important military affairs?"

King Duan didn't answer, Fan Ziran frowned and said, "If King Duan takes the lead first, please invite these people near Xiyuan to jointly open the nine gates in the name of the East Palace to ensure the smooth flow of information from the imperial capital. I will go and persuade those who gather in front of the palace gate to open it." ,how?"

Fan Ziran has always been ridiculed as "Paper-pasted Pavilion Old Man" and "Clay Sculpture Master", and the memorials to impeach him are filled with the Secretary of the General Administration every day.Many of the people gathered near the Jinshui River in the Forbidden City were opposed to Fan Ziran's corpse meal. Now that Fan Ziran is willing to stand up, King Duan remained silent. Li Yuanzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, was anxious and said to King Duan: "You first Accept? If you have any concerns, why not wait for Her Highness to wake up, and ask Her Highness to withdraw her resignation and come forward to protect the East Palace and preside over the overall situation?"

Li Yuanzhen has always been neutral, the implication of what he said at this time is that King Duan first wanted to bring down the queen, and then he didn't want to take the burden when something happened, but he wanted the queen to come forward.Fan Ziran on the side looked directly at him, but he stopped talking.

King Duan was silent for a long time, and said: "In that case, let's do as Mr. Fan Ge said. Please Mr. Fan Ge persuade those people at the gate of the palace to disperse. After opening the nine gates, immediately order the Beijing guards to strengthen their defenses, in case there are traitors who confuse the imperial capital. , Your Majesty, please return to Beijing as soon as possible."

When King Duan spoke, Jiang Feng knew immediately, so he went into the inner room of Siqing's pavilion.Only Lingzhen was sobbing softly inside, Jiang Feng approached Siqing, and said softly: "Prince Duan has been recruited, the overall situation will be settled."

Siqing immediately turned over and sat up. Lingzhen was so frightened that she almost cried out, but Jiang Feng covered her mouth in a hurry.

"There's still a needle here, sister Jiang help me, I can't see it," Siqing said, pointing to the back of her neck.

Jiang Feng quickly pulled it out for her, Ling Zhen said: "On purpose?! Even lied to me?"

"I'm not lying to you, even King Duan can't believe it."

"How did the uncle and wife know?"

"She must have gone to see my brother, hasn't she?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said: "Yes, I showed the pulse report to Mr. Gu, and he said that [-]% of you stabbed yourself unconscious."

Si Qing said: "He is really not easy to deceive. What's the situation outside? How about Eleven? The little lady's trick is too ruthless, and she is not afraid of being scolded by others."

Ling Zhen said: "Great Concubine Ding'an did it on purpose?"

Siqing smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Jiang Feng said: "The hole was dug, and King Duan also jumped. Elder Fan Ge certainly did not take the burden. He turned around to refer to King Duan's power, and King Duan couldn't explain clearly."

Si Qing said: "I'm worried that those people at the palace gate will stay together. If they show a remonstrance, it will not end well. I don't know if someone instigated it."

Jiang Feng said: "Fan Ge is always going to persuade you."

Siqing wondered: "He is also willing to stand out? Can he persuade him?"

"He's so listless," Jiang Feng said, "He has a big idea."

Siqing said, "Yes."

Jiang Feng asked: "The pit was dug, Duan Wang jumped, how to bury it now? Just fill it with soil?"

Siqing shook her head, "I can't be buried now. I'm sick to the end, so I can't come out. I'll talk about it when third brother comes back." She suddenly said, "I have a first-class advantage, does sister Jiang know?"

Ling Zhen sneered, "It must be a scam?"

"Go," Siqing reprimanded lightly, "I don't like to owe favors. Since Duan Wang is so 'cooperative', then I must save my old eleven and pay him back the favor."

Siqing talked to Jiang Feng for a while, and Jiang Feng hurried out.Siqing touched her neck and said, "It still hurts."

Ling Zhen couldn't help but said, "You asked for it yourself."

"Hey," Siqing said helplessly, "It's against you."

Jiang Feng guessed right. Before Fan Ziran returned to the imperial city alone, he was first surrounded. Someone asked him to leave the cabinet, someone asked him to write a letter to kill people, and someone asked him to impeach Duan Wang, Prince Anping and other clan members. The scene was in chaos .

Tang Peng had no choice but to dispatch the Habayashi guards to help Fan Ziran stand still, and then Fan Ziran changed from his previous cowardly attitude and blatantly said that someone wanted to sow dissension, causing the imperial capital to fight against each other, causing chaos and shaking the country.This is a treacherous trick of Dingfan. If the people make trouble again, they will fall into the trick, and they will be the number one sinner in the country.

After Fan Ziran spoke for half an hour, everyone gradually dispersed in silence, and the rest of the people were also dispersed by Habayashi Wei half-persuading and half-pushing.At this time, the sky was already dark, and Concubine Ding'an once again stated her position to Princess Duan, Princess Kang, and Princess An. She could understand the decision of the cabinet and Prince Duan, but from today onwards, she would no longer make new decisions on behalf of the Eastern Palace.

After dawn, Lingzhen walked out of the pavilion and told everyone that Siqing had "woke up", but was still very weak.After hearing this, people from the Imperial Medical Office rushed in, and Yunchu went to Jinzhong, Duanwangfu, and the cabinet to report the news.

The kings of Zong and the cabinet went to Xiyuan, hoping that Siqing would take back his resignation and preside over the overall situation with the East Palace.Siqing said that she could take back the memorial, but since there was no chaos in the imperial capital, there was no need for her to preside over the overall situation. The cabinet only needed to keep in touch with Jin Shangyuan.It was the Zongwangs who forced the Zhonggong to resign, and now it is the Zongwangs who have asked the Zhonggong to come forward to preside over the overall situation.

Siqing "rehabilitated" for two days, and when a woman came in to greet her, Siqing suddenly said in public that Prince Duan's Mansion asked her to move to another hospital at the foot of the west mountain outside the city of Prince Yuduan to recuperate.This move was regarded by everyone as Duanfu's gesture of favor to Zhonggong, and some people speculated that Duanfu had bad intentions.Yun Chu said to Si Qing: "When did Prince Duan invite you? He didn't do this because he wanted to harm you, did he?"

Siqing laughed and said, "It's too obvious in his other courtyard, he dare not."

Siqing fully agreed to Duanfu, and did not go back to the ban, she took Jingwei's people from Xiyuan directly out of the city through Xibianmen and stayed in Duanfu Xishan Villa.

Jiang Feng left Beijing almost at the same time as Siqing, walked through Zuo'an Gate, and headed for the Shen family's new garden in the south of the city.Before leaving Beijing, she secretly went to Wu Zhai to meet Wu Zhenying, and she said: "The situation in the court has stabilized a bit in the past two days. Dingfan has not achieved the purpose of disturbing the court, and he will definitely not let the son of King Duan go. Jing Wei The Beijing camp will take action against them, after we leave the city, please withdraw the people who were sent to monitor them as soon as possible, be careful."

Gu Liangfen said: "I heard that the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were reviewing the people who were arrested and brought back to Beijing by the King of Anping County. Now there is a commotion, but there is no commotion. Is there any result?"

Jiang Feng nodded, "Mr. Gu, don't be in a hurry, and don't make a move. In just these two days, there will be a conclusion."

Gu Liangfen asked: "So Siqing really made herself dizzy? Are you playing tricks?"

Jiang Feng said: "It's not a trick, it's just a coincidence of timing."

Siqing wanted to pretend that she was "sick and weak", so she had to put on a few more layers of Yangzhou powder.She was worried about the confinement, so she still asked Ling Zhen to go back and watch, and took Yun Chu out of the city by herself.

A large group of people entered the other courtyard of Duanfu, and the guard of honor also dispersed. A second concubine of King Duan, surnamed Hu, presided over the distribution of monthly money to the servants in the other courtyard. Seeing Siqing's sudden arrival, she was shocked.Siqing chatted with her a few words, then left the Duanfu courtyard, saying that she was going to burn incense in a nearby temple.Unexpectedly, after leaving the Duanwang Mansion, the carriage went farther and farther according to the route Siqing said.As soon as the carriage stopped, Siqing got out and saw a ruined temple in front of her.

The imperial army who followed her quickly set up their defenses. Tang Peng looked worried, and Yun Chu was puzzled. Seeing Siqing walking in without paying attention, she asked with a smile, "How did anyone find such a good place! Where is this? The temple is so dilapidated." , what kind of incense are you burning?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Siqing pushed the door open, many masked warriors suddenly appeared outside the forbidden army.The imperial army was in an uproar, and Tang Peng, the general of the guards who accompanied him, changed his expression greatly, but Siqing walked in Shi Shiran.

In the ruined temple, Wang Duan stood expressionlessly under the dilapidated statue, and Jiang Feng also stood aside.Siqing frowned, "Why are you here? Prince Duan is here too?"

Duan Wang didn't even greet her, and said loudly: "Here comes, where is my son?!"

Jiang Feng then asked, "Where is my husband's whereabouts?"

A person came out of the room unhurriedly, took off his veil, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Prince Duan and Concubine Princess of the County are really trustworthy people!"

Siqing was shocked, "Han Shoushen!"

"Imperial Concubine...Oh, no, it's Your Highness the Empress now, long time no see." Han Shoushen smiled slightly and bowed in salute.

"It turns out that the palace was sold by the two of you." Siqing suddenly understood, and sneered again and again, "Han Shoushen, how can you be sure that the palace will come? Could it be that there are people from you in Jingwei?"

Han Shoushen was the eldest son of the rebellious Dingnan King Han Xunli. His half-brother Han Shouchen married the former emperor's adopted daughter, Princess Xianju, and became Princess Xianju's son-in-law.

When the Empress Dowager passed away, Han Shouchen and Princess Xianju were ill and couldn't come to Beijing. Han Shoushen once went to the imperial capital to pay homage in place of Dingfan.It never occurred to Han Xunli, the king of the South, to send his son to venture into the "enemy" imperial capital.

Han Shoushen smiled and said, "His Royal Highness guessed well. We have people in Jingwei, and the princess of Changsha County is willing to cooperate. The situation is under our control."

Dingfan previously falsely claimed that Shen Jiangdong surrendered to Dingfan, and falsely named Shen Jiangdong the king of Changsha County.

"What princess of Changsha County!" Jiang Feng was furious, "Say it quickly! Where is my husband!"

"Don't worry," Han Shoushen said with a smile, "don't worry just yet. Prince Duan, now you open the door and ask the people from Jingwei to watch. Then draw your sword and kill the queen. Your good son will naturally appear."

"What about Prince Duan?" Si Qing sneered, "It looks like you can't escape smoothly."

King Duan was furious and shouted at Han Shoushen, "I can tie you up now!"

Han Shoushen said calmly, "If I take half a step forward, Prince Duan will definitely die."

"How dare you!" Duan Wang continued to roar.

"Prince Duan, you can take a bet, anyway, it's not me who died, but your son."

(End of this chapter)