Too many things happened that night. It seemed that the palace was silent everywhere, but in fact, many people stayed up all night.
The Qianqing Palace lost many slaves overnight, and the lights in the Punishment Department stayed on all night, and there were screams from time to time, like ghosts.
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, King An, King Dai, King Yong, King Jin and others, as well as the grandson of the emperor, came to Qianqing Palace early to ask for an audience.
The Qianqing Palace immersed in the hazy morning mist looks like a sleeping beast.
In fact, no one wants to come at such a time, but what happened last night, although several people were persuaded at that time, but knowing that there was an assassin last night, they must express their concern at the first time.
What is the first time? Come as early as you can.
King An was the first to arrive, and he never lagged behind on such occasions. When King Jin and others arrived, they saw a thick layer of dew on King An's clothes, obviously they had stood there for a long time.
Emperor Hongjing hadn't gotten up yet, and no one dared to come out to greet these highnesses, so he could only stand in front of the hall, just standing there. After a while, all the people who should come have come.
Obviously, they all do things while looking at the movements elsewhere, so that they will not be obtrusive, nor will they appear to be left behind.
"I didn't expect the second brother to come so early." Yong Wang stood still and said.
King An looked back at his younger brothers: "Last night, there was an assassination in Qianqing Palace. I couldn't sleep all night, and I couldn't sleep anyway. I came earlier to guard my father."
King An has always been extremely filial, as for how much sincerity and sincerity there is in this filial piety, I don't know. Even if it was acting, the others admired the second brother's perseverance.
What the prince did, King An is doing, and what the prince didn't do, he is also doing. Those who don't know still think that he is the eldest son and the prince, who honors his father first and loves his younger brother secondly, and he is thorough in every aspect without leaking anything.
"Second brother is really filial."
King Lu cupped his hands lazily, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. When Wang An heard it, he pretended he didn't hear it. Anyway, he couldn't see anything from the surface.
"The emperor's nephew is here too. Don't worry about your father and mother's concubine, it's really embarrassing for you." King Lu turned his head and said to Zhao Zuo who was standing behind, not hiding his hypocrisy and concubine gloat.
Zhao Zuo smiled lightly on his face, but his hands under his sleeves were tightly clenched, and his voice was light: "Nothing is as important as the dragon body of the emperor's grandfather, and I don't know where the assassins come from who are so short-sighted, and dare to come to the palace to assassinate. Assuming that this big house is a place where he can come and go freely, if this kind of person is caught, he should be killed by all his clans, and he will be killed by thousands of knives. Let him also have a long memory, and don't make troubles for nothing, which is not beneficial to himself .”
This is the first time that the grandson of the emperor, who has always been respectful and elegant, said such meaningful words. Obviously, he was rushed, or it was the first big change, and he couldn't hide his anger for a while.
King Lu chuckled, "It seems that the emperor's nephew has a lot of resentment in his heart. The sixth uncle knows you are annoyed, but don't get angry at the sixth uncle, it's not..."
"Okay, old six, don't say a few words!" Dai Wang, who had always been taciturn, scolded.
King Lu snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything more.
After such a scene, there was still no movement in the hall, not even a single light was turned on.
Two eunuchs came hurriedly from the tea room, bowed their heads and bowed first to the King Jin, and then said: "Your Highness, this Majesty is not awake yet, His Majesty slept late yesterday, and this servant dare not go in pass..."
An Wanghun waved his hand indifferently, "We have nothing to wait for, you go on your own."
Then the two eunuchs really 'got busy', leaving An Wang and others standing in the morning mist, waiting quietly.
Until the east turned pale, the sky gradually became brighter, and the maids and eunuchs everywhere seemed to be busy, coming and going, but there was still no movement inside.
Everyone seemed surprised, but no one said anything. And the sky suddenly brightened up, and a golden orange light flashed. The area of this light became larger and larger, and it turned out that the sun was about to rise.
It seems that the court will be late today, and may even be suspended.
Sure enough, not long after, Li Dequan hurried out from inside.
His face was gray, as if he hadn't slept all night, and the corners of his eyes and brows were drooping. They seemed surprised when they saw King An, and said: "Your Highnesses, Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition, and you may have to rest for a day today. Your Majesty just woke up now, and our family has to send a message."
"Lee Nei waits on his own."
Li Dequan went out and came back again, but they were still not summoned inside. Not only was there no summons, but in the past, if Emperor Hongjing was busy meeting his ministers inside, eunuchs would welcome them to wait in the tea room, but now they don't even have a bench to sit on.
All these appearances showed that Emperor Hongjing deliberately left his sons alone, or he was showing the majesty of his supreme father.
A little eunuch came out from inside, and walked towards Zhao Zuo with low eyebrows: "Your Highness, Your Majesty invites you to go in and talk."
After Zhao Zuo was stunned for a moment, he looked around at his uncles, then straightened his clothes and walked in with the little eunuch.
King Lu muttered unhappily: "This little bastard..."
Although the voice was small, it penetrated into everyone's ears clearly.
From this point of view, Emperor Hongjing still values the grandson of the emperor
still-
King Jin glanced at the half-closed palace door, then looked away again, and continued to stand with his eyes on his nose, his nose, his nose and his heart.
…
On the big kang in the east room, there are bright yellow backrests, handrails and mats.
Emperor Hongjing sat cross-legged on it, and there were tea cups, spit boxes and other things on the kang table at hand. Standing next to the corner were two eunuchs with low brows and pleasing eyes. Li Dequan was standing beside Emperor Hongjing, serving him the medicine.
After Zhao Zuo came in, he knelt at Emperor Hongjing's feet, "Grandfather..."
Emperor Hongjing took the last mouthful of medicine, Li Dequan hurriedly took the medicine bowl, and offered the teacup to it. He took two sips of tea before slowly letting out a breath: "What are you crying for?"
Yes, the grandson of the emperor cried.
It seems to be full of infinite grievances, grief and pain. The grandson of the emperor was smart since he was a child, and he was very much loved by Emperor Hongjing. He spent more time educating Zhao Zuo than the prince. He is familiar with every expression of this grandson, the meaning of every sentence, and even every look in his eyes.
But after the incidents yesterday, Emperor Hongjing was not sure. He looked at the face of the emperor's grandson solemnly, and there was no flaw in it.
Zhao Zuo lowered his head and cried unconsciously, but he didn't say what he was crying about.
Emperor Hongjing sighed helplessly: "He is almost married, how can he still look like a little baby?"
Hearing this, Zhao Zuo seemed a little embarrassed, and quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
"The grandson lost his temper."
Emperor Hongjing nodded and was about to say something when Li Dequan whispered next to him: "Your Majesty, your Highnesses came here before dawn and are still waiting outside."
Only then did Emperor Hongjing wake up from a dream, and said, "Go and ask them to come in."
A haze flashed across Zhao Zuo's half-sagging face.
Soon, Wang An and the others came in.
They saluted first, and after the salute, they all asked about the assassin last night. They were all relieved to hear that the assassin had been caught.
"Let you remember."
"Father is safe and sound, it is the blessing of all the people, and it is also the blessing of the children and others."
If it is said that there is some sincerity in these words usually, it is still unknown, but today's words come from the bottom of the heart. As for why this is so, probably no one present does not understand.
"It's not that I'm talking nonsense, the assassin should be skinned, cramped, and boned. He's so audacious, he dared to come to the palace to assassinate! Father, you hand over that person to my son to punish him, and my son will definitely make him regret coming here." Take a trip in the world!" King Lu did not change his nature, and said it bloody.
In the past, Emperor Hongjing either reprimanded him or ignored him, but today he smiled and shook his head with some helplessness: "Okay, let you say that about everything, it's unbearable to hear .”
"My son is also worried about my father." Lu Wang didn't seem to notice the difference, and muttered uncomfortably.
Li Dequan interjected with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Lu is extremely filial."
Emperor Hongjing remained silent and took a sip of tea.
Lu Wang grinned, "Li Neishi is really astute, this is a compliment to the king."
Emperor Hongjing laughed angrily, put down the teacup, and waved impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't play tricks with Li Dequan here." Then he said to King Jin: "I think you didn't rest well last night. , came here in a hurry again this morning, and they all went back to rest."
What King Lu wanted to say, Li Dequan had already stepped forward and sent him outside: "His Royal Highness Lu, His Majesty loves you and your Highnesses."
An Wang and the others could only go out with them.
After everyone left, Zhao Zuo was still kneeling there.
Emperor Hongjing looked down at him with kindness in his eyes: "You should go back and rest too, I must have been up all night last night, it's really embarrassing for you child."
What Zhao Zuo wanted to say, Li Dequan, who had just sent King Lu and others out, stepped forward to help him: "Your Highness, get up quickly, Your Majesty loves you so much."
Li Dequan, who left everyone feeling sorry for Emperor Hongjing, stood by the door and let out his breath before returning to Emperor Hongjing.
"That's like a concubine..."
"Returning to Your Majesty, my concubine had a sudden illness last night and left early this morning."
Emperor Hongjing nodded.
Yaoniang was ready a long time ago, sitting under the window looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally brought King Jin back. But before he could say anything more, King Jin told her to leave the palace.
She suddenly forgot what she wanted to ask, it's good to leave the palace, it's good to leave the palace, she never wants to come to this palace again.
Yao Niang can leave right now, and there is nothing to do with Princess Xu and Side Concubine Liu.
The three of them stayed up all night last night, and they didn't even take off their clothes. The crown clothes they wore on their bodies yesterday morning were still neatly on.
King Jin led several people through the Imperial Garden all the way to Xuanwu Gate, where the car of King Jin's Mansion was already waiting. All the way back to the mansion by car, King Jin explained a few words to Yaoniang, then hurried to the study.
In the study, Mr. Liu Da and others have been waiting for a long time.
King Jin sat down behind the desk and asked Fu Cheng to tell what happened yesterday, while he calmly pondered and smoothed out the thoughts in his head.
Although he waited for more than an hour in morning dew, he went in without saying a word, and was kicked out. But this trip was not useless, at least it made King Jin see a lot of meaning.
"What do you think?"
Obviously, Mr. Liu Da was thinking while listening, and immediately replied: "Let my subordinates see, the last move is undoubtedly superfluous, not like Yongwang's handwriting."
Li Maotian interjected: "Maybe he was tricked by us, and he got angry and made the wrong move?"
"I don't think it's alive, but it looks like someone is fishing in troubled waters. It can't be that Lu Wang is crazy, so he took a step and made a foolish move."
"The subordinate tends to be the grandson of the emperor."
Mr. Liu Da's words immediately caught everyone's attention.
"Accidents happened one after another in the East Palace. First the crown prince and then the crown princess. The building is about to collapse. To poison the saint at such a time is undoubtedly self-destructing the Great Wall. After all, the crown prince has not been deposed yet, and the saint is really dead. The crown prince is the one who ascends the throne. For others, it means that many years of hard work have been in vain. No one would do this stupidly. But for Donggong, this matter is completely opposite.
"The Holy Majesty has always taken a fancy to the grandson. The prince has been oppressed, and he has long been a lot of resentment. The prince and the concubine's personal morals are different, and it does have a great influence on the grandson, but don't forget that external influences also interfere with people's inner feelings. Thoughts. In addition to being the king of a country, the Holy One is also a grandfather. The great-grandson was brought up by him. Everyone said that the Holy One favored the great-grandson. Heir to all his expectations.
"As much as the Holy Majesty is disappointed with the prince and princess, he loves the grandson as much. This is undoubtedly a layer of dirt poured on a nearly perfect thing. But everything is appropriate, and it is not enough if it is too much. It can be attributed to the poor personal morality of the prince and his wife, but adding the poisoning incident undoubtedly shows that someone is deliberately targeting the Eastern Palace lineage, and someone is deliberately destroying the grandson. At this time, what will the Holy Majesty think?"
Mr. Liu Da left a question.
Everyone knows the answer to this question. Emperor Hongjing's love for his grandson will inevitably rise to a certain height. With Emperor Hongjing's favor, would the grandson of the emperor be afraid of losing power? These princes and grandchildren have always fought for the Sacred Heart.
"You mean to say that the person who poisoned was the emperor's grandson?"
Mr. Liu Da shook his fan and smiled: "Poisoning is just a means. It is impossible for His Majesty to be poisoned. It is inevitable that things will be revealed."
Both Mr. Hei and Li Maotian were lost in thought.
After a while, they all bowed their hands to Mr. Liu Da, and praised: "Mr. is wise."
This is the reason why Mr. Liu Da can firmly sit on the top spot in Jin Wang's think tank, while everyone else has to retreat.
Mr. Liu Da has a clever mind, which is unparalleled in the world.
The three looked at King Jin, who was still calm as usual.
"You underestimate the Holy Majesty, and he underestimates too."
This him, of course, refers to the grandson of the emperor.
Mr. Liu Da hesitated slightly: "Your Highness means—"
"Father will definitely suspect him."
"This-"
King Jin leaned back in his chair, and said again: "No matter what, the current situation is considered to be beneficial to this king. If this king is not wrong, the next emperor will abolish the crown prince and leave all the kings in Beijing."
There is another sentence that the King of Jin did not say. From the beginning to the end, the intention of this farce was not to overthrow the East Palace. The East Palace is one of them.
So there is a prince who has an affair with a concubine, and a prince who has an affair with a guard. And the last move seemed to be superfluous, but in fact, even if the emperor did not take the initiative to do it, someone else would make up for it.
Only when Emperor Hongjing became suspicious of the grandson he had cultivated by himself, and doubted, disappointed, and even feared the East Palace lineage, the rest of the kings would have a chance.
There was a bang, and the sky outside suddenly darkened. The sun was shining brightly just now, but in an instant, it seemed like night was coming.
But the spring thunder sounded, as if it was foreshadowing something.