little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 188
Heavy rain, thunder and lightning, in the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager Li who lay down early did not go to sleep peacefully like in the past, but instead was disturbed for a while. There was the sound of low footsteps outside, and an inexplicable vigilance suddenly arose in my heart, and I said in a deep voice, "Zhu Xi, what's the matter?"

The footsteps outside the tent stopped, and then came Zhu Xi's familiar and calm voice, but today was different, the queen mother could clearly hear the panic in Zhu Xi's voice: "Back to the queen mother, someone from Kunning Palace reported... …It is said that Concubine Gong is dead, and the crown prince has already left ahead of schedule.”

There was no sound echoing in the tent, suppressing the myriad of thoughts in my heart, I bowed and waited outside the tent, holding my breath.

After a while, the Queen Mother's voice rang out: "The decree of mourning the family, Concubine Gong is pure in nature, gentle and dignified, and after giving birth to a prince, she can be posthumously named imperial concubine. All posthumous affairs will be issued according to the regulations of the Ministry of Rites."

When Zhu Xi heard the words about the birth of a prince, Zhu Xi's heart was throbbing, and he was inexplicably bitter. After waiting for the queen mother to say yes, she turned around and was about to leave when she suddenly heard the queen mother's obviously hesitant voice: "... For the prince's sake, the Jingyang bell will ring five times."

The Jingyang bell should not be moved lightly, except for New Year's Day, not for war, not for chaos, and not for national mourning.

On this rainy night in late spring, the long and thick bells are particularly shocking.Concubine Zheng Guifei, with black hair loose, was sitting in front of the huge bronze mirror, counting silently since the first bell rang: "One, two...five?"

The bell stopped after the fifth sound, and the jade comb in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

Suddenly he jumped up like crazy, and shouted sharply: "Why is it five tones, why not nine? Who is the five tones... Who is it!"

When a nobleman in the palace passed away, the identity could be identified by the sound of the bell; nine for the emperor, six for empress dowagers, six for princes, five for imperial concubines, princes and princes, and none for the rest.

After hearing these words, the maids serving at the side turned pale with fright and trembled tremblingly.Since February [-], this domineering and arrogant empress has become more and more tyrannical day by day. If the palace servants committed a slight offense, they would be dragged out of the stick and executed. Now seeing the imperial concubine's almost hysterical madness, it is almost The timid man was so frightened that he could hardly stand and collapsed to the ground.

There were footsteps outside the door, but Xiao Yinzi walked in hastily, "Mother, just now someone from the Palace of Compassionate Ning sent a message that the Concubine Gong of the Yonghe Palace has passed away. The Jingyang bell rang five times to express mourning. Right now, all the empresses in the palace are packing up and preparing to go to accompany the spirit. The empress is an imperial concubine and there is no need to go, but I think you should go to express your condolences. It is good to be polite .”

Concubine Zheng, who got the news, calmed down instead, her eyes were full of sarcasm, she chuckled lightly and said, "Who does this Palace think it is, so it's that unlucky bitch... Royal Concubine? Why is she named Royal Concubine?" There is only one imperial concubine in the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, but I haven't died yet, so why should she!"

Xiao Yinzi didn't even raise his eyelids, and his voice was dull: "Hui Niangniang, it's not without precedent for you to become an imperial concubine after death."

"Dog slave, but you know clearly." Concubine Zheng slapped one hand on the table, and the veins on the back of her hand like white jade burst out. If you become an imperial concubine, you are also a lowly maidservant."

Turning around and sitting back on the dressing table, he proudly glanced at the people who were kneeling on the ground shaking their clothes and trembling: "Don't panic, it's nothing serious to die a bitch, maybe a bigger one will die in a few days We will never know."

Everyone was scared to death, only Xiao Yinzi quickly raised his head to look at her, but quickly lowered his head again.But Concubine Zheng didn't realize it, she gritted her teeth and sneered at the bronze mirror, her eyes were full of uncontrollable madness and persistence.

In the twentieth spring of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince's biological mother, Concubine Gong, passed away in Kunning Palace, and she was posthumously named Wensu Duanjing Chunyi Huangguifei.

The Empress Dowager issued successive decrees, ordering the Ministry of Rites to handle all kinds of etiquette according to the emperor's imperial concubine system, and also decreed that the Empress should be exempted from the confinement and let her come out to preside over the affairs of the Six Palaces, but she herself never showed up.However, someone discovered that in the small and medium-sized Buddhist halls of the Compassionate Ning Palace, cigarettes have been smoking day and night, and sutras have been heard continuously.

Zhu Changluo, who was guarding the Zi Palace quietly, did not sleep for several days, until the night of the seventh day, he was already groggy, like a walking corpse who had lost his soul.

Wang An, with a large string of blisters burning on his mouth, jumped up and down anxiously, looking desperately at the prince who could be blown down by a gust of wind, suddenly his heart moved, Wang An stomped his feet, turned around and ran away.

Looking at the mourning hall, which was as plain as snow, and seeing the concubines from various palaces who came to cry and sacrifice, Zhu Changluo spontaneously felt a wave of hatred!Not to mention the masters, those are the last class of nobles and talented women. They never paid any attention to their mothers and concubines before they were alive. Now that things have changed, all of them are crying like mourning.

A burst of anger shot up straight from my heart, burning and fermenting rapidly all the way, and in the end it was almost uncontrollable... His eyes widened fiercely, the cold eyes were covered with red threads, and he stared viciously at everyone who passed by like a beast. People, the outbreak is only in an instant, the outbreak is in a flash.

At this time, a cold figure came to him, and said softly: "Your Highness, you are tired, the queen wants you to go back to the palace early to rest."

Vigorously opening the outstretched hand, Zhu Changluo lowered his head and shouted: "Get out, get out of here."

Su Yingxue's face was haggard, and a hurt expression flashed in her eyes: "Your Highness..."

Zhu Changluo still didn't raise his head: "Why didn't you die? When the mother concubine was alive, you insulted him to the utmost. Now that he is dead, you cry so sadly. If this is the case, why don't you all die for the concubine mother? "The voice is low and the language is vicious, but to Su Yingxue's ears, it seems like the cry of a lonely wild goose, or the roar of a trapped animal licking blood, but no matter what, it is difficult to conceal the heart-piercing pain and deep pain. Unwilling.

Su Yingxue's face paled. Seeing that Zhu Changluo was on the verge of losing control, like a bow that was stretched too tightly and was about to break, she couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Regardless of the defense of men and women, she stretched out her hand to cover his mouth: "Your Highness, you I'm too tired, I need to rest!" The tentacles seemed to touch burning coals, Su Yingxue was surprised in surprise: "You're feverish!"

Cold as cold as a hand with a faint fragrance, the coolness on the face is very comfortable, the rare coolness finally pulled Zhu Changluo back from the mind that was about to go crazy, and looked at Su Yingxue's nervous and flustered eyes in a daze, and suddenly smiled She smiled: "So it's you...Miss Su." After saying this, she fell straight down, Su Yingxue screamed, and before she had time to react, Zhu Changluo had already fallen into her arms.

There was a strong masculine breath from the other party, Su Yingxue's face was covered with a big red cloth, she looked back to call someone, but found that there was no one inside or outside the mourning hall, even Wang An, who was inseparable from Zhu Changluo, didn't know where to go I had no choice but to stretch out my hand to help him up. When Jianshui's eyes fell on the other's Qingjun's pale face, for some reason, a heart suddenly jumped, and the hand that was about to be pushed away suddenly stopped. down.

"Let him go! What are you doing?"

Su Yingxue came back to her senses when she heard a loud shout from far away, and when she turned her head in panic and panic, she saw a woman in plain clothes walking quickly from a distance, her eyes stared like a pair of eggs , with an exasperated expression, he looked like a proud peacock that had been robbed of its food.

Su Yingxue's heart sank suddenly, because she recognized who this was... For some reason, Su Yingxue suddenly burst into anger, and instead of loosening the hand that was holding Zhu Changluo, it tightened even more.

Suddenly, with a light hand, Zhu Changluo, who was in a coma, was firmly on Ye He's back. Behind him was Wang An, who was panting. It seemed that he brought this rescuer from heaven, the sly Su Yingxue Both Li Qingqing and the aggressive Li Qingqing were stunned.

Ye He said with a cold face, "I'll take the prince back to the palace to recuperate, you can talk."

Chatting, chatting... Li Qingqing and Su Yingxue stared at Zhu Changluo who was crouching on Ye He's back and going away.

"Could it be that you've fallen in love with him?" The question hit the nail on the head, vehemently and directly.

"Whoever has a crush on him, don't talk nonsense." Su Yingxue was ashamed and anxious, her face burning like fire.

Under Li Qingqing's half-believing and dubious gaze, Su Yingxue, who had already been full of spring, felt that her heart was about to pop out of her chest. She couldn't stay here any longer, and turned around and ran away in a panic.

The surroundings were quiet and the spring night was warm. Wang An continued to meander along the palace road, and Wang An insisted on lighting the way with a lantern in front.

Lying on Ye He's back, Zhu Changluo, who was lost in memory, said a word in a daze: "...she is not my biological mother."

Ye He hummed: "I know."

Zhu Changluo said again: "But she is very kind to me, no matter how bad I am to her, she has always been very kind to me."

Ye He was silent for a moment: "I know."

Zhu Changluo suddenly bowed his head: "I really want her to live a good life. I will let her be a queen, a queen mother, so that all the concubines and court ladies who looked down on and insulted her before will all kneel in front of her and beg for mercy!"

The evening wind in the spring night was still a bit chilly, and suddenly felt hot liquid flowing down his neck, Ye He didn't speak anymore, neither did Zhu Changluo.

When the silence and night turned into drowsiness and hit him like a tide, he had no strength to resist. In his sleep, it seemed that there was a hand gently caressing the top of his head. It was warm and kind. Even in his sleep, Zhu Changluo could wake up Recognizing that it was the hand of Concubine Concubine Gong, he closed his eyes and slept more soundly.

Buddha said: Face it with a smile, don't complain.Leisurely, follow your heart, follow your nature, follow your fate.

What is destined to change your life is only a hundred years later, when that flower blooms.

On April 20th of the [-]th year of Wanli, the prince, who had lost his stature and had not been in court for more than ten days, finally appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Looking at the prince who hadn't seen him for a few days, Gu Xiancheng felt an inexplicable and inexplicable emotion from the bottom of his heart. His eyes looked at the prince who looked haggard enough. From his point of view, although the description in front of him was clear, but his eyes But the prince with a few traces of sharp edge, more and more like a sharp edge out of its sheath, gorgeous and unparalleled in sharpness. For some reason, Gu Xiancheng suddenly shuddered. Gu Xiancheng realized that what he was going to do would require Speed ​​up, otherwise, the consequences will be really unpredictable.

Because of the funeral, the prince is very busy, but the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Shen Ge, is even busier these days. He and Shen Li could barely have a face in the past, but since the Yaoshu case happened, until now, the face has been completely lost.Digging pits, suing, and impeaching all kinds of tricks take turns, vowing to be irreconcilable with Shen Li, and determined not to play happily together again.

After going through the mountain of papers accumulated on the verdict, they turned out to be all papers on the impeachment of Shen Li, Zhu Changluo smiled indifferently, his eyes were completely noncommittal.

He raised his head and looked directly at Shen Yiguan, his voice was hoarse and ugly, but his expression was firm and clear: "Old Shen Ge, by now, the demon book case should have a result, right?"

Shen Yiguan hurriedly went out to play and said: "Your Highness, Lu Shengguang is stubborn. Now he has been interrogated several times, but he will not accept life and death. Some of them must be playing tricks..."

Zhu Changluo hummed, interrupted his words lightly, with a half-smile on his face: "Ge Lao Zhizhu has already grasped it, please speak directly if you have something to say."

Shen Yiguan was a little dumbfounded, but he was prepared and took a list from his sleeve: "The old minister has a list here, and all the people listed on it are inextricably related to the demon book case. Take it down and ask carefully, so you can understand clearly."

Seeing Zhu Changluo's indifferent face, Wang An hurriedly went down to pick it up and presented it, Zhu Changluo opened it casually, and sure enough, the first thing that came into his sight was Shen Li's name, he smiled lightly and shook his head, suddenly... his eyes flashed After a long list of names, when it lands on one of the names on the list, it will be fixed and will not move.

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