Ping An Biography

In a room of the deep palace, there is no lamp in the room, and the light is very dim.Empress Ma sitting on the chair above seemed to be hiding in the shadows, and she couldn't even see her face clearly.If there wasn't a eunuch below respectfully facing her direction, it would be hard to find her sitting there.

"Cao Shen, how did the crown prince treat you before?" Empress Ma's voice was a little gloomy.

The eunuch hurriedly said: "The servant has been in the palace since she was a child, the emperor's prince is the servant's heaven, and the servant lives to serve the emperor and prince."

"Very good." Empress Ma said, "Now the crown prince was murdered by a traitor, these days he is a murderer! What should you do?"

The eunuch was silent for a moment, and said: "As long as the mother has a word, the servant is willing to kill the prince and follow him to the nine springs to continue serving him."

Empress Ma said coldly: "What's the use of doing this, isn't it letting the villain feel at ease? You should avenge the prince!"

The eunuch bent even lower, and repeated bluntly: "Yes, the servant should remember His Royal Highness's hatred... I wonder what the empress wants the servant to do?"

Empress Ma said: "Guo Jie's secret work has found out that Jiangxi governor Yu Qian privately met a puppet spy. The Tongdang from Zhili has been in touch with the party, and the party has been arrested and tortured by the seductress' minions. So Zhu Wenbiao has already figured out what happened to Yu Qian, and he doesn't know it. Send me a letter to Jiangxi , tell Yu Qian to be careful."

The eunuch was stunned for a long time, and then said nervously and inarticulately: "It's not difficult to win Yu Qian's trust. Since we know the news, he's thinking about it...but what's the benefit of doing this?"

Empress Ma slapped her palm on the chair, and said through gritted teeth, "I heard from Guo Jie that the king of Xiang didn't want to act rashly against Qian, but wanted to rely on him to stabilize the tens of thousands of troops sent by the king of Han. Win the battle. As long as Yu Qian has a different heart and even rebels against Zhu Wenbiao, the battle of Jiangxi will be very interesting! Once Jiangxi is defeated, Huguang has no danger to defend. You have a lot of ambition, I tell you to be a dog, go down and be a dog!"

The eunuch Cao Shen stood on the ground dumbfounded, unable to speak a word.Empress Ma asked, "Would you like to go?"

"Slaves, servants... as long as the mother makes an order, the servants dare not refuse... one hundred willing." Cao Shen bit the bullet and persuaded, "But please think twice before acting, such a thing seems very difficult to succeed. We are not here." The imperial court can’t understand the real situation in the officialdom, so it’s too risky to do so. If the plan fails, let it go, I’m afraid that if things fail, the humble life of slaves and servants will not matter, I’m afraid the empress will give others a handle.”

Empress Ma said angrily: "I am not afraid, what are you afraid of? Opportunities are hard to find, and I will never let go. Even if it is difficult, I have to give it a try. Besides, even though Yu Qian has no relationship with us, he will put Is it okay to reveal this kind of thing to Zhu Wen? Isn't that asking for trouble?"

"What if we are intercepted?" Cao Shen asked.

Empress Ma thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Guo Jie contacted many spies abroad, but they were not intercepted. You were intercepted just by running around? What are you doing? Don't bring any letters, go directly to Yu Qian Send a message."

The eunuch Cao Shen had no choice but to obey. If he offended Empress Ma in his situation, what else could he do?The emperor and empress in the palace are not the law. Killing a eunuch and court lady just depends on the mood, and there is no reason. It is as easy to kill a person as to kill a dog.

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But the unfortunate thing had already been said by Cao Shen earlier, and he was arrested by the secret agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Haha..." laughter came from Yao Ji's room in Fengyi Tower, this kind of laughter is very rare.Yao Ji usually didn't show his teeth when he smiled, and if he smiled a little more, he would cover it with his sleeves. How could he laugh so loudly that half the building could hear it?

The white-clothed guards and Qiu Ye who was reporting were stunned, and when Yao Ji laughed for a long time and panted for breath while holding her belly, Qiu Ye continued, "The eunuch was killed by us as soon as he left the palace gate." It's strange to think about it. Isn't it strange that a eunuch looks like he's going to travel far away? But he didn't do anything wrong, so our people will follow him all the way to see what happened. When he arrives in Jiangxi, he goes straight to Duchang We can guess that he really went out on business, maybe he met Yu Qian there, and the place in Duchang County can only remind people of Yu Qian.

Anyway, he was a eunuch, so we directly arrested and searched him, but nothing was found, so we tortured him.In the end, before half of it was used, the eunuch did something, and asked him to write the confession himself.Ma'am, please take a look. "

Yao Ji was dragging her long skirt, holding a piece of paper in one hand and reading interestingly, while walking slowly on the floor.She read a passage, then waved the paper, and said: "She is the queen after all. Because of Emperor Jianwen's face, I didn't dare to touch her casually before. Just think about it. Anyway, I can't run away, and I will slow down in the future." Slowly settle the old accounts with her for many years; sometimes I still worry, what if something changes, the world is unpredictable, and there is no chance? Now it’s good, I wash my neck and send it up, alas, what a stupid woman .”

Yao Ji lowered her head to think, then raised her head to sigh, not in a hurry, as if she was savoring the joy of victory at this moment.She turned her head and said: "Such a stupid person, I have been bullied by her a lot in the past. Once, the prince pretended to be poisoned, trying to frame my mother, and almost killed her!" Yao Ji seemed a little abnormal today. She is not very particular about words, usually she is someone who never swears.

She asked Qiu Ye: "The person who bullied me so much, why doesn't he feel any pressure now? Is she becoming more and more stupid, or am I becoming more powerful?"

Qiu Ye replied cautiously: "It should be Madam who is very powerful. If a villain wants to frame a grown-up like you, he will seek death."

Yao Ji thought for a while, stopped her smile, called Xia Yu in, and said, "Send the confession to the King of Xiang to have a look first, and then show it to Zheng Qia Guojie and others."

Xia Yu reminded: "Zheng Qia is fine. Guo Jie is very clear that he is the person of Empress Jianwen. What if they destroy things?"

Yao Ji snorted and ignored it.Only then did Xia Yu suddenly say: "The humble staff was confused for a moment."

Yao Ji said again: "When everyone understands what's going on, you take a few white-clothed attendants over there, directly arrest Empress Ma, and say that the Zhongzheng Hall is not suitable for her to live in, and don't need to make a fuss about it."

"Yes."

...The ministers of the temples and the ministers of the Nangong Palace saw the confession, and almost everyone remained silent on the scene. Only a few people sighed in private, "The harem should not be involved in politics, and the Taizu's legacy must be followed."

Empress Ma stayed alone in the bedroom for a day and a night and did not come out. Early the next morning, she walked out of the palace gate with uncombed hair, unwashed hair, and came to the Nuan Pavilion of Zhongzheng Hall to see the emperor, but was blocked by the eunuch.

Facing the closed door, she choked up and said, "Your Majesty, we have been married for many years, let this concubine see you for the last time."

After a while, Jianwen's voice said: "Please come in the queen, you all step back."

After entering the door, Empress Ma knelt down in front of Emperor Jianwen's chair, "The concubine has acted recklessly, and came to plead guilty to the emperor."

Jianwen walked down with a livid face, and helped her up with his own hands: "What is the crime?"

"Your Majesty..." Empress Ma looked at him slightly surprised.Zhu Yunwen said again: "You are at fault, but not guilty. However, the pain of losing a child is unbearable, so you can be forgiven for doing something wrong." Empress Ma burst into tears and threw herself into Zhu Yunwen's arms Li cried more and more sadly.Zhu Yunwen patted her on the back lightly, the couple hadn't had such an intimate behavior for many years.

She had cried enough, and then wiped her tears with red eyes and said: "The emperor wants to avenge Wen Kui. The witch and the villain don't recognize the emperor, so they raised them for nothing!"

Zhu Yunwen was expressionless, noncommittal, pointing to a jug of wine on the table and said: "Drink it and go on the road, you can put everything down."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Didn't you say that I am not guilty?" Empress Ma widened her eyes.

Zhu Yunwen said coldly: "I can't protect you, you have to pay the price for what you did wrong! You are a queen, you have no choice but to die with dignity, do you want to be imprisoned in the cold palace and be bullied and humiliated at will?"

"They...they..." Empress Ma's eyes showed complete despair.

Zhu Yunwen's tone was still stern: "Don't think that I don't care about the harem, and I don't know anything about the past. You and Yao Ji have a deep grudge, and now the situation is reversed. Do you think she can easily forgive you?"

Empress Ma shook her head and said, "Is Wen Kui really dead? How will the emperor avenge him? I want to see the ending..."

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a moment, put his head close to her hair, and said in a low voice: "I have been waiting for more than 20 years, I am not in a hurry, everything has to wait for the right time. At least, I will enter the Taimiao a hundred years later, and I will have the Jianwen era name in the history books .”

Empress Ma gradually calmed down, and said: "The concubine can't just die in such a disheveled state, I have to go back to get dressed and change clothes. I'll take the poisoned wine away."

She returned to the bedroom, combed her hair slowly, and tried on the stored silks and satins one by one.After more than an hour, suddenly the door of the palace was knocked open, and four women in white clothes and white skirts barged in with swords in hand.Empress Ma made a gesture and grabbed the wine bottle on the table.But immediately a woman rushed up, grabbed her by the wrist, and snatched the bottle.

One of the women whispered, "Just take her out like this, get her into the carriage and tie her up."

The woman who grabbed Empress Ma's wrist said coldly: "Empress Empress, you go by yourself, lest we will be tied up in front of others, and you will be dishonored."

Empress Ma raised her head and gave a "haha" laugh, trembling all over her body, gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go, I'll see what she can do!"

The woman in white watched her back and forth and escorted her out. The eunuchs and maids in the palace all lowered their heads and turned a blind eye, and no one wanted to stop her.