After Rong Xia ascended the throne, he had a tough wrist, but where he should talk about human feelings, he would not make people feel that he was aggressive. In less than half a month, court officials gradually got used to his way of doing things.
I learned that the emperor attached great importance to the ceremony of conferring the empress, so no one in the harem of the previous dynasty dared to slack off, especially the palace servants who served the empress closely. Those who are not upright, don't, and those who have been involved in unfortunate events before don't.
"Your Majesty's enthronement ceremony is not so strict," the eunuch wiped the floor and said to his companions, "The Empress really has an emperor's heart."
"Tsk," his companions glanced around, making sure that no one noticed them, and then whispered triumphantly, "You think too simply, it's not just that Your Majesty values the Queen, you forgot the surname of the Queen's ancestors. ?"
The eunuch shook his head in a daze: "Your Majesty is so kind to the Empress, why don't you take it seriously?"
"The Empress is very popular in the army. Her Majesty has just won the world, so why don't you show that you value the Empress?" The companion said inscrutable, "Don't forget, the Empress has the blood of the royal family. Your Majesty's current throne is The prince of the previous dynasty gave in, do you understand?"
The eunuch's expression was even more dazed. If His Majesty was just for these reasons, he wouldn't have to do this. Isn't he afraid that the queen will control the government
Ban Hua stood outside the hall, listening to the conversation between the two, and when she looked back, she saw that the palace maids and eunuchs behind her were pale and shivering, and she said with a smile, "Let's go."
It's just the ignorant words of two rough eunuchs, and she doesn't have to take it to heart.
After taking Ban Hua to leave, the eunuch in charge of the hall came out and kicked the two eunuchs who didn't know what was going on: "You two don't want to die, I want your grandfather, it's really daring, Dare to even arrange the matter between the emperor and the goddess?! Come on, gag the two of them, and drag them out..."
The eunuch in charge was in anger when a well-dressed young woman with ingot buns came over: "Are you the eunuch in charge here?"
The eunuch in charge glanced at her and saw that this woman had beautiful features, was well-dressed, and wore the waist badge of the Great Moon Palace on her body. She hurriedly nodded and said, "This girl, what are your orders?"
"I don't dare to take the order, even our mother said that these two little things are also unintentional mistakes, and the mother doesn't take these words to heart," the female official said with a serious face, "It's just in the interior of the palace, don't talk nonsense, absolutely There is a next time, otherwise it will be dealt with according to the rules."
"Yes, yes," the steward kicked the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, "you two, come over and thank you."
"Okay," Yuzhu frowned, "As a steward, you should take good care of the people around you. If the people below make mistakes, you should be guilty of the same."
The steward's knees trembled, and he didn't dare to stand up straight until Yuzhu left.
"Grandpa..." A little eunuch wanted to come forward to please, but was pushed away by the steward.
The new queen has both grace and power, and her behavior is completely different from that of the Queen Mother Fuping. Those of them who are servants must be more cautious. Thinking of some of the style of this person when he was still the county lord, he only felt cold on his back and almost sat on the ground with his buttocks.
"Niangniang," Ruyi followed behind Ban Hu and said cautiously, "those are all little eunuchs with little knowledge. You can't do what they say, so don't take it to heart."
"Silly Ruyi, since I was a child, what kind of words have I never heard of it?" Ban Hua smiled nonchalantly, "When I was the princess, others liked to say these things, but now I am the queen, and the people who talk about me behind my back are only More or less."
"Then..." Ruyi is worried that there will be a rift between the Empress and Her Majesty. At that time, only their mothers will suffer.
"Then there's nothing to say, I don't care about it." Ban Hua had already guessed what these people would say, such as her immorality, worrying about her extravagant enjoyment, and worrying about the tyranny of foreign relatives.
These people can't wait to break their hearts for the emperor, but if the emperor treats them with this kind of thought, they will naturally change another statement.
"The emperor, of course everyone wants to fight for his favor. Whoever the emperor is fond of is their enemy," Ban Hua touched his mouth, "Anyway, I'm used to being a thorn in other people's eyes and thorns in the flesh. Let me do the laborious things. I'm not as good as hell, who goes to hell?"
As one wishes:…
I always felt like I was just worrying for nothing.
This matter quickly spread to Rong Xia's ears. He listened to Du Jiu's report with a very ugly expression. After a long silence, he asked, "What's your reaction?"
"Niangniang she..." Du Jiu's expression became a little subtle, "Niangniang said that if she doesn't go to hell, who will go to hell."
Hearing this, Rong Xia was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.
"Your Majesty?" Du Jiu felt that His Majesty's mood seemed to change in an instant.
Rong Xia put down the pen in his hand, got up and said, "When the lord comes next week, he said that I have something to leave, and let him go back first."
Seeing that His Majesty went down to the apse, Du Jiu touched his nose with a helpless expression on his face.
He is now leading the commander of the Imperial Guard of the Great Interior, and has privately taken over the spy team under His Majesty's previous jurisdiction, so he knows a lot of things in the palace. For example, the Queen Mother loved going out of the palace when she was okay. Another example was that the Queen Mother Fuping once interceded with the Queen Mother and asked the Queen Mother to come to His Majesty and say good things for the King Rui.
What the Empress Dowager Fuping said, what the Empress said, he told His Majesty one by one. Since this incident, His Majesty suddenly ordered that they should not be allowed to approach the Empress, nor could they monitor the Empress.
This time, if it wasn't for the spies staring at the Queen's Sealing Ceremony and not letting people play tricks in it, they wouldn't know about it.
As soon as Rong Xia arrived at the apse, he saw Ban Hua wearing a riding suit, looking like she was going to go out.
"Hua, are you going out of the palace?"
"Well," Ban Hua nodded, "Last time I said that I was going back to the capital to clean up a certain killer organization, I couldn't believe it."
After being stunned for a while, Rong Xia remembered what she said, and couldn't help laughing: "These people have already escaped, how can they be found."
"It's not that easy to escape. I've already arranged for someone to take care of them," she pushed Rongxia into the hall, "change your clothes quickly, and I'll take you to the mess."
Rong Xia changed her clothes and saw Ban Hua's eagerness to try: "What do you want to do?"
"First of all, we need a lot of people," Ban Hua said in a familiar tone. "Three years ago, there was a casino who wanted to trick Brother Heng into gambling. I took someone to smash the casino clean."
At that time, there were a lot of thugs in the casino, but what could compare to the guards she brought over. Those people were beaten to the point of crying, and even the people behind the casino didn't dare to trouble her.
After leaving the palace, looking at the bustling crowd, Rong Xia was a little surprised. Since moving into the palace, he has not had the opportunity to take a good look at the capital.
The faces of these people were full of joy, anger and sorrow, and they came and went in a hurry, as if they had forgotten the war not long ago.
"What you said, you have already done it." Ban Hua rode on the horse, looked at the handsome man beside him, and said with a smile, "You keep the prosperity in the capital."
Rong Xia was stunned when he heard the words, and his throat became uncomfortable: "Hua..."
"What's the matter?" Ban Hua looked back at him with a smile, "Did you forget your original promise?"
Rong Xia shook her head: "I haven't forgotten, and I won't forget."
At that time, he still had a trace of old love for the Jiang family dynasty. It was not until the poisoning and assassination of Hualu that his soul almost disappeared. As a result, Emperor Yunqing still blindly protected him, and he couldn't bear it any longer.
There is no one in the Jiang family who can be a qualified emperor, and he no longer has to endure.
Originally, he thought that it would take him at least three or four years to enter the capital, but the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies given to him by the eldest Princess Dening, as well as the ability to dispatch troops, made him even more powerful, and it would take three or four years to complete it. What might fail in the end is done within a year.
Two or three years may seem unimportant, but for the common people of the world, if there is an extra hour of war, they will suffer an extra hour of sin, and more people will die.
Seeing his thoughtful look, Ban Hua didn't know where he was thinking, so he sighed helplessly, a smart man is fine, but he thinks too much, and he doesn't know if he will grow old easily
"arrive."
Ban Hua's words brought back Rong Xia's sanity. He saw that the place was sparsely populated, but the pavilions and pavilions were exquisitely built, and there were still beautiful red lanterns hanging in front of many doors. In front of the wooden building they are facing, there is a plaque with the words "Huanhua Pavilion" written on it. The name is elegant, but the font is a bit frivolous.
He frowned. "Where is this place?"
"This is the headquarters of the killer building. They probably didn't know they were exposed," Ban Hua jumped off his horse, put his hands on his hips, and said to the guard, "Smash it for me, the harder it is, the better."
"Yes!"
I saw Ban Hua's guards take out hammers, axes, mace and other items from the cloth bag, and slammed the door of Huanhua Pavilion. In the blink of an eye, the carved door was smashed into slag. With a kick, the remaining half of the wooden door flew out, hitting the shadow wall and breaking into pieces.
Du Jiu and other imperial guards were dumbfounded watching this scene, and for the first time they really saw the demeanor of a playboy.
"This move is called preemptive strike."
Ban Hua raised his chin, "That's what our family did when they smashed Zhongping's mansion."
Du Jiu's open mouth closed again. The Ban family's method was really simple and rude, but... very relieved.
Ban Hua's commotion was so loud that it alarmed the people in Huanhua Pavilion. Several strong-aged men with sticks rushed out, and before they had time to speak, they were beaten by Ban Hua's guards. Gong, or a killer who pretended to be Gong Gong, was powerless to fight back under this random attack.
"Oh, oh, this noble, this servant is polite," a woman in a purple dress walked out. Although she was a milf, it could be seen from her brows that when she was young, she should be a woman. A very beautiful woman, "I don't know how this small courtyard of the slave family has offended the nobles and made you so angry."
"I see that your building is not pleasing to the eye, you have to smash it to relieve your anger," Ban Hua raised his hand, "Go ahead, don't stop."
The smile on the purple-clothed woman's face almost couldn't hold back: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"It literally means," Ban Hua pushed the woman away, "don't block me, stay away from me."
The woman in purple was bitten by Ban Hua's arrogant attitude: "Although the noble person has a valuable status, he shouldn't be so bullying. If you continue to make trouble, the slave family will have to report to the official."
"You can report it, I see who dares to control me," Ban Hua said with arrogant pride, "Do you know who my father is, and who my husband is? Even if Jing Zhaoyi comes, he has to kneel down for me obediently. ."
The woman has never seen anyone on the Fengyue Field. People like my father, my brother, and my uncle are mostly ignored by the family. Most people with real status are low-key, how can they be like this woman, for fear that others will not know.
After realizing this, the purple-clothed woman's face became even more ugly: "As a woman, you are making trouble in a court like ours. Your husband is a decent man. If you know that you have come to trouble us poor people, I'm afraid It doesn't look good on the face either."
"That's really sorry. My husband is obedient to me. Don't say I smashed your building, even if I set fire to it, he will help me." , After arguing with the old man in high spirits, his subordinates smashed it even more.
Rong Xia, who was standing outside the door, turned to look at Du Jiu: "This is..."
Fireworks Willow Lane
Du Jiu nodded awkwardly.
From time to time, the sound of ping ping pong pong and the screams of women were heard in the building, which was very lively.
Several nearby brothels heard the movement, put their heads out and glanced, saw a lot of people surrounded by Huanhua Pavilion, and shrank their heads back.
This must be because the man did not guard his lower body, and was caught by the sturdy lady, and now he has come to the brothel with his guards to ask for trouble. Smashing, smashing well, smashing harder, one less building and one less competitor.
The woman in purple saw that Ban Hua was in a no-man's land in their building.
As soon as she finished speaking, more than a dozen strong men with knives rushed out of the building. These people were murderous, and at first glance they were not ordinary people.
"A small brothel dares to carry a knife illegally," Ban Hua sneered, "Your fox's tail is finally exposed, come here, surround this building, and no one can let it go."
"Yes."
The woman in purple found that the uncle who was sweeping the floor in the building, the woman who was cooking in the kitchen, and the rough servant who planted flowers all stood up. These people swept away the timid and honest before, and became imposing.
Seeing this situation, she secretly screamed badly. The other party was obviously prepared. These old ladies and uncles were recruited six months ago, and this woman placed staff in their building six months ago. What is her identity
When things got to this point, the purple-clothed woman knew that they had no other way out but to give it a go.
Hearing the sound of weapons colliding inside, Rong Xia's complexion sank, and she got off the horse and said, "All go in to protect the maiden."
"Yes."
Du Jiu felt that at this time, there was absolutely no need to worry about the safety of the empress. The personal guards of the empress were definitely top-notch, and with the few killers in this building, they couldn't even get close to the empress's body.
Du Jiu was right. When they rushed into the building, what they saw was that the mother-in-law's guard was pressing the killer to fight, and because of the large number of people, two or three of these first-class masters fought one, and the killer did not fight back. Power.
He looked back at His Majesty's expression, raised his hand and signaled that all of his subordinates rushed forward, leaving only half of them beside His Majesty for protection.
In less than two quarters of an hour, all the killers were arrested, and even the dusty women in the building were brought out and arranged according to height, short, fat and thin.
"The famous killer organization in the capital is actually hiding in this fireworks and willow alley," Ban Hua walked around these tightly bound killers, slapping them on the head while walking, "Dare to do any business. Take it, you dare to kill anyone, your backstage is all down, and you still want to stay in the capital to fool around, do you think everyone else is a fool?"
It's a pity that these killers all boasted of being cold-blooded and ruthless. At this time, they were beaten and patted by Ban Hua like a dog. They couldn't even resist.
Ban Hua sat on the chair: "Tell me, when King Rui and King Changqing colluded, who arranged to assassinate the Marquis of Cheng An."
Hearing the three words Chenganhou, the woman in purple shrugged, but did not speak.
"Tell me," Ban Hua pointed at the woman in purple, "I know that you are not an ordinary prostitute, but the owner of the Killer Building. What is your relationship with King Changqing?"
The purple-clothed woman gritted her teeth and said, "What the noble man said, the slave family can't understand."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Anyway, King Changqing is locked in the sky prison. I will toss him when I am bored. What do you think?"
The purple-clothed woman's eyelids trembled slightly, but the expression on her face remained unchanged: "The slave family doesn't know this person. What the noble wants to do, there is no need to tell the slave family."
"Has anyone told you that your eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to King Changqing."
"Slave is just a humble person, how does it compare to His Royal Highness King Changqing?"
"Of course it can be compared, he is just a lowly person now," Ban Hua fiddled with his very beautifully manicured fingernails, "his assassination of His Majesty today is not an exaggeration. Divide friendship, maybe I am in a good mood, so I will let His Majesty spare his life, and only let him fall into a lowly status and stay in the harem as an official."
There is only one kind of cheap men who stay in the harem as tea, and that is eunuchs.
The woman in purple finally couldn't control her emotions, she stared at Ban Hua: "Who are you?!"
"Me?" Ban Hua raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Your son called me..."
"Who's making trouble?!" Zhao Dongan rushed into the Huanhua Pavilion with his subordinates, and saw a group of people kneeling or standing in the lobby inside, surrounded by a group of people who couldn't tell their identities. swallowed.
As an eighth-rank county lieutenant in the capital, he understands a truth. The capital is full of lords, and he can't easily offend him.
"Who are you?" Du Jiu glanced at Zhao Dongan's official uniform, "Xianwei?"
"Xiaguan Jingcheng County Commander Zhao Dongan, who are you all, and why are you making trouble here?" Zhao Dongan gave Du Jiu a fist, "If you have any questions, you can report it to the official, I will try my best to mediate for you, please. Don't use swords without permission. According to the regulations of the capital, people are not allowed to wear swords without permission. If the circumstances are light, they will be fined one tael of silver, and if they are serious, they will be imprisoned in prison, and please put the sword away."
Du Jiu saw that the county lieutenant's shoulders were still shaking when he spoke, but he still said these words, and said: "Master Zhao, don't worry, we are doing things as ordered, and we will never violate the regulations of the capital."
It does not violate the regulations of the capital, which means that their status is not ordinary, and they are allowed to carry knives. Zhao Dongsheng secretly glanced at the men and women sitting. The men were handsome, and the women were wearing gorgeous riding uniforms, and their appearance was so beautiful that people didn't dare to take a second look. He secretly wondered, this woman seemed to look familiar
Seems like I've seen it somewhere.
Zhao Dongsheng had met Ban Heng. Even two years ago, Ban Heng had fainted in front of his horse because someone fainted, and the person who fainted was taken away by an unidentified person. He even went to Zhao Dongsheng, a county magistrate, to report the crime.
"You are the county lieutenant in the capital?" Ban Hua turned to look at Zhao Dongsheng and nodded to him, "Two years ago, my younger brother came to you to report the crime, and when he came back, he said you were very conscientious and responsible, it seems that what he said was true. ."
Zhao Dongsheng didn't dare to look at Ban Hua: "I don't know who your brother is?"
"The prince of Jingting Gongfu."
Oh, it turned out to be the scoundrel prince from Jingting Gongfu.
No, Duke Jingting has only one son and one daughter. The woman said that her younger brother was the prince of the class, so wouldn't she...
With a thud, Zhao Dongsheng knelt down to Ban Hua.
"Have you seen it?" Ban Hua looked at the woman in purple with a smile, she was extremely charming and cute, "I said, my father and husband are very powerful, do you believe it now?"
Cons:…
Du Jiu: …
Zhao Dongsheng:…
"It's you, it's actually you." The woman in purple suddenly remembered something, and the expression on her face suddenly became horrified. She was afraid that Ban Hua would tell those secrets, and she did not dare to let the King of Changqing know about the old things.
Seeing her like this, Ban Hua felt that this woman was pitiful and hateful, and she shook her head: "don't worry, as long as you explain the cause and effect clearly, and if you dare not say it, I won't say it."
The purple-clothed woman was silent for a moment, and told how she built the killer building, how she cultivated killers, who she helped kill, and how she resolved her grievances.
In order to allow Ban Hua to keep secrets, she even took out the roster.
Ban Hua asked the guards to put all these killers in jail. As for the unsuspecting women, let them be good, and let them go back to their old jobs.
Many Fengchen women feel that no matter how they live in the future, the building they used to stay in turned out to be a killer building, and they have seen the Queen Empress, enough for them to brag to others for a lifetime.
After leaving the Huanhua Pavilion, Rong Xia and Ban Hua got on the horses, and Ban Hua glanced at Zhao Dongsheng who was following behind, and said, "Go on your own."
Zhao Dongsheng saw that Ban Hua was intimate with the handsome man beside him, and had already guessed the man's identity, but there were people coming and going here, and he didn't dare to reveal His Majesty's identity, so he could only keep the excitement in his heart.
"Hua," Rong Xia said to Ban Hua after returning to the palace, "is that killer chief, the biological mother of King Changqing?"
Ban Hua nodded silently, and said for a while, "There are a lot of messes in the Changqing Palace, but they cover it up so well that no one outside knows about it."
Even she shouldn't have known.
Until that day, when her grandmother passed away, she went to the palace of the eldest princess for the last time. In the tree hole where she and her grandfather usually liked to hide "treasures", she found a box, which was full of royal family secrets.
These things were specially left to her by her grandmother. When she was very young, her grandmother told her that everyone has weaknesses. If you meet someone who has no weaknesses, you must stay far away from such people, because such people are too dangerous.
Grandma wants her to live comfortably, but she doesn't want her to be ignorant. This booklet full of secrets of the royal family and nobles may become her life-saving book at the most critical moment.
She didn't know in what mood her grandmother prepared this booklet, and she didn't want to think about whether her grandmother was really saving her to death, or whether she intended to save her to death.
She only knew that her grandmother was still caring about her when she was dying.
Grandmother knew that she would definitely go back to see the eldest princess and the mansion that brought her joy.
Only she can find this booklet.
This is also the last gift my grandmother left her.