concubines

Chapter 44 Exile
What's the matter?Wasn't it fine just now?Miao Li looked at Zhou Shuxuan worriedly, and found that he didn't have much expression, and the matter might not be serious.

Zhou Shuxuan raised his head slowly, looked at the emperor and said: "I hope that tomorrow the country will be like today, the people will be peaceful and happy, and the world will be peaceful and peaceful."

A few words made the emperor speechless. If he blamed Zhou Shuxuan for this, he would really be a faint king who was cast aside by the world.

The emperor sighed heavily and shook his head helplessly.He committed crimes like Duke Ding, and had so many sons. If he had only one child, he would not have faced these problems.He waved his hand and asked Miao Li, who was at the door, to leave. He wanted to have a good chat with Zhou Shuxuan.

There were only their father and son left in the palace, and the emperor moved a stool to sit on Zhou Shuxuan, wanting to get closer to him.

"Before I read the notes from Jiangnan, it said that the embankment you built in June has not changed after a flood season. Judging from the current situation, the embankment can protect the people for at least decades. Look, you As a prince, you can still serve the country and the people."

Zhou Shuxuan took the courage to say, "Father, my son is not afraid of death today, so I said something heartfelt to my father. Because my father is a wise king, my son can be a prince who serves the country and the people. If it is not the father, my son I'm afraid I can't even be a human being. My son is not for anything else, but to live."

The emperor nodded, "I know what you are worried about. As long as you are willing to help protect the prince, I will give you a gold medal to avoid death, so that the world will not have a knife to kill you."

The gold medal for avoiding death is all lies, Zhou Shuxuan laughed disdainfully, and said: "Father, the emperor has no scruples or reasons for killing people. Today, the reason why the father can tolerate the repeated crimes of his sons and ministers is because the father does not want to kill people." Bearing the infamy of killing children, it would be different for someone else."

The emperor made it clear: "So, no matter how I persuade you, are you willing to help the prince?"

Since it's useless to persuade him, don't blame him for being cruel.He can't help the prince, and he can't make him a threat to the prince, so he can only send him far away from the capital.

Zhou Shuxuan also made it clear, "The crown prince is not a suitable candidate to inherit the great line, and the emperor knows it well. There are emperor brothers on the sons, and there are emperor younger brothers on the sons. The father is still a long time, and he can choose another successor. As long as It's not the second prince, my son is willing to be a minister."

As long as he is not the prince, he can say a few words, at least he doesn't have to worry about his life.

If the emperor wants to change his heir, there is no need to talk nonsense with him here.

The emperor stood up from his seat and stood with his hands behind his back, "I have already selected a fiefdom for you. After the new year, go to the Taimiao to worship your ancestors, so you can go to Qiongzhou. Without the emperor's pardon, you will never be allowed to enter Beijing. I have been here for a hundred years. After that, if you kowtow towards the direction of the capital, it will be considered as the end of our father-son relationship."

A paragraph of words was extremely decisive, and after finishing speaking, the emperor left without looking back, without giving Zhou Shuxuan any chance to speak.

"Heh!" Zhou Shuxuan sneered, he was in the house now, but he could feel the heavy snow all over the sky.In order to stop the prince from being threatened, the emperor actually dispatched him to the ends of the earth and barred him from entering Beijing forever.He was not allowed to perform filial piety in front of the grave, because he really didn't want to have him as a son.

Today was the best day the emperor had treated him since he could remember, and he was more or less happy in his heart.

He didn't expect that God was joking with him. This father's love that he thought was overdue turned out to be just a flashback.

The emperor left the Qingquan Palace and returned to the Qinzheng Palace all the way, asked the eunuchs to prepare things, and personally wrote a posthumous decree.

"Li Shi, a good concubine, served the Empress Dowager during her lifetime. She was filial and gentle, and she was gentle in the palace. She also made great achievements in raising children, so she was named imperial concubine after her, and her posthumous title was Huixian."

After the emperor finished writing, he stared at the imperial decree for a long time, and finally called for Eunuch Fu to come in.

"Put it away."

Eunuch Fu glanced at the imperial decree, this is a great thing.He had been favored by Concubine Liang before, and he was really happy for Concubine Liang, so he asked a lot, "Your Majesty, don't you want to deliver the decree?"

The emperor turned his head and glared at him, "I have my own opinion, when is it your turn to talk too much?"

Eunuch Fu didn't dare to say too much, and put away his things in a proper manner.

"I'm tired, I want to rest for a while, no one should disturb me." The emperor is suffering from severe headache now, it is not easy for him to do this step.

"The slave obeys the order."

Eunuch Fu received the imperial decree, and he couldn't stop being happy.Close the door for the emperor, guarding outside, with a warm smile on his face.

Seeing that he was so happy, the little eunuch came over and asked, "Master, what is so happy about?"

Eunuch Fu said naturally: "The days of His Royal Highness King Qin are getting more and more hopeful."

The little eunuch paid attention to it, laughed a few times with him, and asked again: "How does the master know that Your Highness's life is getting better and better as the days go by?"

"You don't know, I just went in and saw..." Eunuch Fu knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he didn't continue, and changed his voice, "I can't talk to you more, anyway, it's a very good thing."

In Qingquan Palace, Zhou Shuxuan didn't call anyone in for a long time.The emperor's face was not very good when he left, Miao Li was worried and went in by herself.

When she arrived in the palace, she was startled, and hurried to Zhou Shuxuan, how did she become like this after only a while?
Zhou Shuxuan's whole body was drained of spirit, like a puppet with no strings, sitting in a wheelchair blankly, his eyes had lost the brilliance of the past, and his whole body's aura had weakened a lot.

"My lord?" Miao Li shouted nervously, but there was no response.

Miao Li stretched out her hand and pushed him lightly, then shouted, "My lord, are you okay? Do you want to call the imperial physician?"

Still no answer.

Miao Li suddenly stood up, wanting to go out to find the imperial doctor.Zhou Shuxuan grabbed her wrist and said weakly, "Come back."

Finally alive, Miao Li turned her head back, squatted halfway in front of his wheelchair, and asked anxiously, "My lord, what happened?"

Zhou Shuxuan said without changing his face: "It's nothing serious, the emperor just let me go to my fief after the next year. And without the emperor's pardon, I will never be allowed to enter Beijing."

That means the emperor expelled him from the capital, and everything that happened in the imperial city after that has nothing to do with him.This news is really hard to accept.

Miao Li could only try to comfort him, "Going to Chang'an is also good, the prince wants to open some."

Zhou Shuxuan laughed three times to the sky, gritted his teeth and said: "Why go to Chang'an? He asked me to go to Qiongzhou, let me go to the ends of the earth, it is better to kill me directly."

how is this possible?Zhou Shuxuan is the king of Qin, how could the fief be in Qiongzhou?Miao Li asked in disbelief, "Did the Emperor make a mistake?"

Zhou Shuxuan may have been hit too hard, and he said excitedly: "When did he ever get confused about this kind of thing? He knew it clearly in his heart, and wished that I would die in that remote place. I, the fief of the King of Qin, was actually in Qiongzhou , is really the biggest joke in the world.”

"Then what will the prince do in the future? Is this really the case?"

Zhou Shuxuan covered his forehead, exuding a sense of helplessness all over his body, "What else can I do? He is the king and I am the minister. He is the father and I am the son. Do you still want to be a disobedient and unfilial person?" Do you not obey the order?"

Miao Li is unwilling to accept this fact, and there is still great hope before entering the palace.I haven't had a successful night here yet, and everything is in a desperate situation.All the behavior of the emperor just now was just an illusion, which made her think too much.

Miao Li asked: "Do you want to go to the eldest princess? She may have a solution." Under this situation, Miao Li could only come up with a solution that was not a solution.

Zhou Shuxuan shook his head, "No need, the emperor is determined to do this, and she has nothing to do, it will only hurt her."

The last time the eldest princess was able to save him was because the emperor wanted to kill him.The eldest princess saved him for the sake of the emperor's fame throughout his life.But this time it was different, the emperor just let him go to fiefdom.It is really unreasonable to make a big fuss in front of the emperor because he is not satisfied with the fiefdom.

"My lord, I can't persuade you to think about it, because I can't think about it myself. I really don't understand why the emperor would do this?"

Zhou Shuxuan laughed contemptuously, "What else could be the reason? The old man is dizzy. He regards a bunch of grass as a treasure. He must have never thought about how the prince will ruin the country after he dies. I don't know if the emperor has any face. Standing in front of our ancestors, the world that our ancestors worked so hard to conquer is being ruined like this!"

He is not so polite now, he just wants to express the resentment in his heart.He's going to live with Guanyin Bodhisattva, so what's wrong with him?
Miao Li is squatting beside him now, also full of anger, the emperor is really confused.She really wanted to scold the emperor severely, and treat him as a kind and dry old man, but she never expected to be so decisive in doing things.

The so-called entering the palace to celebrate the New Year is nothing more than a Hongmen banquet.

Zhou Shuxuan suddenly asked him, "What about you? What choice do you have?"

Following him will definitely not avenge her family. If she chooses to leave him, Zhou Shuxuan will not say anything.

Miao Li asked him blankly, "Slave maid what?"

"Don't you want revenge? Or you can follow the eldest princess and say that you may not be able to use the hand of King Qi to avenge your family."

Miao Li didn't answer his question directly, but said: "Someone from the servant's family was exiled to Qiongzhou back then, this time I may be able to reunite with my family when I go with the prince."

She chose to follow him, and she said at the time that if Zhou Shuxuan did not succeed, she could be buried.Not afraid of death, let alone anything else.

Zhou Shuxuan laughed from the bottom of his heart, just like what he said to the eldest princess that day, he really raised a good girl.Feeling a little better, he asked her: "What about your revenge? Don't you want to take revenge?"

It is impossible for her not to repay the hatred that has penetrated into her bones.Miao Li clenched her fists and said: "It must be reported. The servants will not let the prince go. When the prince is settled in Qiongzhou, the slaves will rush back to the capital, and go to the prince after avenging the past."

Zhou Shuxuan was really amused by her, and running around was not too troublesome.I always thought she was a cold beauty, but I didn't expect her to be so cute.

It was completely dark, and in Qinzheng Hall, a little eunuch looked left and right furtively to make sure that no one was looking at him.Sticking to the base of the wall, he walked cautiously towards the East Palace.

(End of this chapter)