Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 240 Unfeeling Please
"My lord! This old minister has not seen the emperor for nearly half a month. Today, this old minister begged the king of Chu to let this old minister enter the palace to visit the emperor. This old minister is really worried!" Prime Minister Song said tearfully, almost pleading in his tone.

"Presumptuous! Are you accusing this king of hindering you from entering the palace to visit the emperor?" King Chu scolded with a gloomy expression.

"I don't dare, I still hope that the King of Chu will make amends. I just want to enter the palace to visit the emperor. I have been with the emperor for most of my life. Don't say credit, hard work should be there. I also ask the king of Chu to be loyal to the old minister." Come on, allow the old minister to enter the palace to meet the emperor." Prime Minister Song continued to say fearlessly, completely ignoring the dark-faced King Chu, who was blatantly accusing the King of Chu, how could he not be angry? !
"You!" The King of Chu just wanted to step forward to scold him, but he never thought that all the civil and military officials of the court would kneel on the ground one after another, saying: "I hope the King of Chu will allow me to let the humble ministers enter the palace to visit the emperor!"

The so-called public anger is difficult to offend, and public opinion is difficult to appease. In this situation, the King of Chu is helpless. He can't drag all the ministers out and behead them to show the public.

"Brother Huang." Shang Junyuan came over, looked at the King of Chu, and said in a calm tone: "Brother Huang, I don't think the prime minister intended to offend Brother Huang. Why don't Brother Huang sell my brother today to save face and let him The prime minister should go to the palace to see the father, I think maybe the father would like to see him, but he is not sure."

The King of Chu glanced at Shang Junyuan gloomyly, and thought: This King Qi has never had any contact with these ministers on weekdays. Besides, although today's incident was premeditated, it cannot be said that he did it. It is already in my hands, and it will be a matter of time before I ascend the throne, even if today's play is done by my fourth brother, so what?What can he do to me?How big a storm can it cause?Hmph, they don't even have the ability to do this!
The king of Chu was so conceited that he didn't notice that the current situation was quietly changing, let alone that his decision today would play a decisive role in his future failure!

"Prime Minister Song, if the fourth brother hadn't been here to intercede for you, this king will definitely punish you for a serious crime of disrespect today!" The king of Chu looked at him and said sharply: "Get up and enter the palace with this king. Everyone go back!"

"Yes, the old minister thanked the king of Chu for his permission, and the king of Qi for his kindness in pleading." Said Prime Minister Song got up.

"Sir, please retire!"

While speaking, the entire palace gate returned to its former calm, and inside the palace, a group of three people walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, for some reason, there were many new faces. Seeing this, Shang Junyuan couldn't help frowning. It seemed that his elder brother would make some moves in the near future, and his father might also soon
Some things, if you pretend not to know, not only is it useless, but it may also attract the attention of the enemy, so he still asked the question in his heart: "Brother Huang, why are there so many strange faces here? Never seen these eunuchs?"

King Chu stopped in his tracks, smiled lightly, and then showed an angry look on his face, saying: "Fourth brother, you may not know something, and since you left yesterday, this king also wants to leave, but this king has not yet reached the palace. At the door, Eunuch Han, the eunuch next to the emperor, ran over in a panic, saying that the emperor had fainted."

"fainted?"

"That's right. When the king rushed over, he found that the lips of the emperor's father were a little purple, which was obviously a sign of being poisoned, so the king immediately summoned the imperial physician. The imperial doctor saw that it was found in the cup where the emperor was drinking. Fortunately, the dose of the poison is relatively light, otherwise it may be difficult for the god Daluo to come down to earth." As he spoke, the king of Chu showed a sad expression.

"Poisoned? But did you find the person who poisoned you?" Shang Junyuan continued to ask, but his face turned livid.

At this time, Prime Minister Song's face also sank: what a poison, only the two of them had contact with the emperor yesterday, if the poisoned person can't be found, they can justifiably blame the poisoned person on King Qi's head However, if the person who poisoned him is found, he can naturally be charged with an unwarranted crime. No matter what kind of crime, he, King Qi, cannot escape the responsibility.

But what King Chu said next surprised them both.

"Maybe the person who poisoned him was extra guilty and afraid. It didn't take long for the king to find the person who poisoned him. Fourth brother, guess who that person would be?" King Chu looked at Shang Jun with a smile Far.

"My brother doesn't know, please tell me clearly." Shang Junyuan said calmly.

"I didn't even think that the person who poisoned me was Mingmei, the court lady who had been serving my father for decades. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, I decided to confiscate the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony on my own initiative. Everyone has been replaced by a reliable person, after all, the safety of the royal father is the most important thing, this king thinks that the royal father will agree if he finds out, fourth brother, you also understand, right?"

"Brother Huang handles things very safely, and I feel ashamed of myself." Shang Junyuan said very modestly.

Strange, why the king of Chu would give up such a good opportunity, if he took advantage of the opportunity to point the spearhead of poisoning at the king of Qi, the king of Qi would be powerless to defend himself, he would be like the fish on the chopping board and let others slaughter him, why would he do this Do?Or is there a bigger conspiracy waiting for him?Thinking of this, Prime Minister Song gave Shang Junyuan a wink when no one was paying attention, but he never thought that Shang Junyuan didn't even look at him.

"Okay, fourth brother, let's go in and see how your father is doing." King Chu looked back at Prime Minister Song and said, "Prime Minister Song should come in too, but be careful."

"Yes, the old minister knows."

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Shang Jitong was lying on the bed with his face as white as paper, not at all angry. If it wasn't for the faint ups and downs of his chest, he would have thought that the person lying on the bed was a dead person.

When Eunuch Han saw King Chu, King Qi and Prime Minister Song coming in, he hurried over to salute respectfully.

"The servant has met King Chu, King Qi, and Prime Minister Song."

"Eunuch Han, don't be too polite, get up." The King of Chu raised his hand slightly and said.

"Yes." Saying that, Eunuch Han stood up, stood aside respectfully, and lowered his head.

"Eunuch Han, I don't know how your father's condition is?" Chu Wang then asked.

"Reporting to the lord, after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, the emperor is much better than before, and now he just fell asleep." Eunuch Han said very cautiously, as if he was afraid that he would offend someone if he was not careful.

Shang Junyuan frowned and looked towards the bed. Although his father had just fallen asleep, his complexion was still pale and there was no sign of improvement. He looked even more serious than yesterday.

When Prime Minister Song saw Shang Jitong's decadent state of illness, he couldn't control his tears, and then he knelt down on the ground again, crying, "Your Majesty, the old minister is here to see you." !"

Prime Minister Song said he kowtowed to Shang Jitong a few times, but he never thought that it was the sound of kowtowing that woke Shang Jitong up from his sleep.

He slowly opened his eyes, and dimly saw King Chu and King Qi who were standing aside and talking softly. His eyes were slightly closed, and no one noticed that he had woken up.

He then looked to the other side, but he never expected to see Prime Minister Song kneeling on the ground. In an instant, Shang Jitong became extremely excited, trembling his lips and trembling arms to lift up, but found that everything was wrong. It was in vain, he didn't care about other things, he struggled to sit up, but unfortunately his arm touched the teacup by the bed, and the teacup fell to the ground with a sound, alarming everyone in the room.

"emperor!"

"Father!"

Shang Junyuan was the first to react, walked quickly towards the bed, and gently helped Shang Jitong up.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Shang Junyuan asked with concern.

When the king of Chu saw that the situation was not good, he was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he hurriedly ordered Han Gonggong to invite the imperial physician.

"Royal father?" King Chu also walked to the bed at this time and called out in a low voice.

Emperor Shang Jitong ignored everyone, but looked straight at Prime Minister Song who was kneeling on the ground, his lips parted slightly, as if he had something to say.

Shang Junyuan saw what he meant, waved his hand at Prime Minister Song, and said, "Prime Minister, Father has something to tell you."

Prime Minister Song stood up emotionally, came to the bed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old minister is here!"

"Nation, country, state affairs" Shang Jitong talked for a long time, but he didn't say a complete sentence, but his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, but he didn't know whether the beads of sweat came out in a hurry or because of his illness. And flowed out.

I don't know why, seeing such a father, Shang Junyuan felt extremely sad in his heart, he felt as if a silver needle was constantly pricking his heart.

Seeing him like this, Prime Minister Song was already crying badly.

He hastily wiped away the tears from his eyes, nodded with relief and said, "Your Majesty, you can rest assured that during the period when you were not in court, the state affairs were not delayed, but under the care of the King of Chu, everything was in order. Don't worry." , you rest at ease and recuperate, recover soon!"

The king of Chu raised his mouth slightly when he heard the words, walked over and said, "Yes, royal father, you can recover from your illness with peace of mind. You have your son and minister here, and your fourth brother. The fourth brother is back now, and he will definitely handle the state affairs well."

Shang Jitong nodded, and then closed his eyes. He couldn't let the king of Chu see his thoughts, otherwise all these efforts would be in vain, and the whole Shanghuang country would be near the end of the country.

Seeing that the emperor was still lying in Shang Junyuan's arms, King Chu couldn't help saying: "Fourth brother, father is tired, why don't you let father lie down and rest."

Shang Junyuan glanced at King Chu, then at Shang Jitong who seemed to be asleep, then slowly put him down on the bed and covered him with a thin quilt.

Suddenly, footsteps came from outside the door: "Emperor doctor, go and see quickly, what's wrong with the emperor?" Eunuch Han said anxiously.

"it is good."

Doctor Li walked in and took a look, and was stunned when he saw the people in the room. He was about to salute and say hello, but was stopped by King Chu: "You don't need to be too polite, doctor Li, go and show your father quickly."

"Yes."

Doctor Li bowed his body as he spoke, and tremblingly walked towards the bed with the medicine box in one hand.

After a long while, Li Taiyi let go of Shang Jitong's wrist.

"How about Imperial Physician Li? How is your father?" King Chu asked with great concern.

"I report to the King of Chu that the emperor's body is very weak, and he has just been detoxified, and his expression is not very happy. He needs to take good care of him. I have already prescribed some tonics for soothing and recuperating. I believe the emperor will recover soon. "Emperor Li said very respectfully.

"En." King Chu nodded, then waved his hand, signaling him to back down.

Doctor Li saluted them one after another, and then withdrew.

"My lord!" Prime Minister Song said as he knelt down in front of the King of Chu again, and said, "My lord, I have a merciless request from you!"

"Prime Minister, what are you doing? Get up quickly, go out and say something, don't disturb Father here."

But just as he finished speaking, Shang Jitong, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes again and let out a sobbing sound from his throat.

As soon as Prime Minister Song saw the emperor waking up, he climbed up to the emperor and begged on his knees: "Your Majesty, I have heard that there is a folk saying that Chongxi can make sick people get better quickly. Now that you see the emperor like this, old minister My heart is very painful, for the sake of your health, the old minister begs the emperor to allow you to congratulate you!"

"Presumptuous, how can you believe such superstitious things? With the imperial physician here, father will be fine!" King Chu stepped forward and sternly reprimanded.

However, Prime Minister Song continued to kowtow regardless, and kept saying: "Your Majesty, this old minister begs the emperor to agree! This is not only the old minister's intention, but also the meaning of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty!" He took out a memorial from his sleeve and unfolded it. It was filled with the names of ministers densely. It turned out that a joint memorial was actually a memorial to the emperor to be happy.

The king of Chu narrowed his eyes slightly, the anger in his heart would be irresistible, but it is not easy to explode in this Hall of Supreme Harmony, after all, the owner here is still Shang Jitong, and the emperor is still Shang Jitong!

"Father, you must not listen to these rumors. The imperial doctor said that your illness will recover soon..."

It's just that the king of Chu was interrupted by Shang Jitong before he finished speaking. Shang Junyuan waved his hand at him, signaling him to help him up. The king of Chu didn't dare to disobey him, so he had to walk over and take him He sat up with support.

"Father!" King Chu continued to persuade without giving up.

Shang Jitong ignored him, raised his trembling arm and pointed to the memorial. Eunuch Han understood, and immediately took it and handed it to him.

"Your Majesty, this is the wish of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and I hope that the Emperor will allow it! This happy woman is not Biren, but Song Yan, the granddaughter of the old minister!"

"You also said that you didn't have ulterior motives, you were taking advantage of your father's illness to elevate the status of your Song family in the court!" Then the King of Chu shouted to the door: "Come here, give Prime Minister Song to this king!" Lock it up!"

"Wait!" Shang Junyuan stood up in time to stop him.

When the King of Chu heard the words, he didn't have time to take back the hostility in his eyes, he looked at Shang Junyuan suddenly, and said, "What? Don't you want to protect this chaotic courtier?" His tone was very cold and harsh.

"Brother Huang, why don't you ask Father what you mean?" Shang Junyuan said without arrogance or impetuosity, but his eyes were fixed on Shang Jitong who was lying in the arms of King Chu with an anxious expression.

The King of Chu followed his gaze, and really saw the expression of the emperor who was about to speak, but because of his body, he couldn't express what was in his heart right away, so he could only stare blankly, struggling in pain. edge.

"Father? What's the matter with you?" King Chu asked pretending to be very concerned.

Shang Jitong didn't answer his question, but stared at Prime Minister Song, mouth open and unable to utter a word.

"Father, do you have something to say to the prime minister?" Shang Junyuan stepped forward and asked seriously.

Although Shang Jitong couldn't speak, he could move his body, so he nodded desperately.

"Brother Huang," Shang Junyuan looked at the King of Chu with a look like I said, and the King of Chu couldn't refute anything when he saw his father's eager expression. But it became gloomy.

"Father, you heard what the prime minister said just now, and I want to hear what you mean. Do you agree with what the prime minister said?" Shang Junyuan ignored the expression on King Chu's face and asked.

Shang Jitong couldn't speak and kept nodding.

"Father, do you agree with the prime minister?" Shang Junyuan took a step forward, seeing that he still nodded, and then said: "If you agree, can you nod again?"

Shang Jitong nodded again emphatically.

"Brother Huang." Shang Junyuan said and looked at King Chu.

"Fourth brother, the father is still ill, and his mind is not very clear, but you are sober. Are you going to mess around with me?" King Chu snapped.

"Brother Huang, this is the meaning of the father. I am afraid that we as children cannot go against our father's will, let alone the father is the king of a country!" Shang Junyuan also lowered his face and said seriously.

"you!"

"Brother Huang, I believe you are more aware of Father's condition than anyone else. No matter what, this is also Father's wish. Why can't we finally fulfill Father's wish?" Shang Junyuan continued.

The King of Chu didn't say a word, just looked at him with cold eyes, hmph, even if he didn't make any big waves, besides, it won't be long before the father will really die, and by then, all the power will fall to me hand, I want to see who dares to disobey me!And what if I promised him this time?It won't be long before the grasshopper jumps after autumn.

Thinking of this, the King of Chu waved his hand indifferently to the guards holding Prime Minister Song, motioning them to let go of the Prime Minister, and then said, "Since the fourth younger brother also said so, then the King agrees with the Prime Minister's opinion, but this is a happy one." The person in question will definitely not be the granddaughter of your prime minister!"

"The King of Chu is wise! I am truly blessed to have a prince like the King of Chu in my dynasty!" Prime Minister Song immediately knelt down on the ground and flattered him.

Hearing this, the corner of King Chu's mouth was raised slightly. Although there was no change on his face, he was very proud in his heart, but he would get carried away if he was too proud, and he thought he was taking advantage of it, so he didn't realize it at all. The conspiracy behind Na Chongxi is approaching him step by step.

On the first day of the first winter month, the emperor of Shanghuang Kingdom became seriously ill, so he took Fang Hui, the daughter of Prime Minister Fang Qingyu, as his concubine as a concubine, and celebrated with the whole country!
On the same day, King Shang Junfeng of Chu murdered the king and usurped the throne, but was suppressed by King Shang Junyuan of Qi with thunderous force.The next day, King Chu's party members were all wiped out. In an instant, all the rebels headed by King Chu were wiped out, and the entire Shanghuang Kingdom fell into peace again.

One month later, Emperor Shang Jitong of Shanghuang Kingdom died, and Qi Wang Shang Junyuan ascended to the throne logically.

It is said that on the day when Shang Junyuan came to the throne, the sky was bright and clear, and the wind was breezy. It was a rare and auspicious day. It was also on that day that he announced to the whole world that Princess Xiangrui, the princess of the Dijiao Kingdom, would be conferred the title of queen, and she would get married in one month. !

On the day of the wedding, when the emperor and the empress walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony hand in hand to accept the congratulations of civil and military officials, the emperor Shang Junyuan affectionately pulled up the jade hand of Empress Su Mei, and promised to the whole world: the entire harem Only Princess Xiangrui alone!
For decades, the affectionate love story of the Empress Shanghuang has been sung among the people, and it has become an eternal story!
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