There was a faint crying sound from the corner of Shufang Palace, Concubine Yigui with reddish eyes looked at the eunuch kneeling in front of her, smiled reluctantly, and told the eunuch to leave the hall. After a moment of silence, she held the handkerchief tightly in her sleeves, and said hoarsely, "I don't believe it."
At this time, the palace was in chaos, and the empress dowager issued several orders one after another, whether it was the empress of the East Palace or the Ningcai people, they had to move to live in Hanguang Palace immediately. Concubine Yigui, who raised the youngest son of the Qing Emperor, was no exception.
At that time in the palace, Concubine Yigui heard these orders clearly, of course she understood that the so-called moving to live in Hanguang Palace was just for the convenience of monitoring these people in the palace.
Her mind was a little dazed, she didn't know what kind of situation she and her son were going to face... The emperor died? The emperor is dead! Her temple hair was a little messy, and she shook her head vigorously, as if trying to drive this shocking news out of her mind.
"How can the emperor die, how can he die?"
She bit her lower lip tightly, and there were bluish and white marks on her red lips. The rain outside the palace had already stopped, and the cicadas had stopped singing, but the refreshing chill permeated the air, wrapping around her body, causing her to shiver uncontrollably.
Although His Majesty the Emperor has never had any special preference for female sex, and there are only about twenty concubines in the harem, Concubine Yigui is the most favored one in recent years. Emotions are naturally false. However, at this time, her sadness, her fear, and her uneasiness were not just because of the news of His Majesty's death.
The military, the Overwatch Council, the prefectures and counties traveled thousands of miles to the capital to deliver the great news to the nobles in the capital—His Majesty was assassinated!
However, according to the intelligence of the military and the state and county, it was Fan Xian, Commissioner of the Overwatch Council, who assassinated His Majesty!
Master Xiao Fan colluded with Si Gu Jian of Dongyi City, and at the time of offering sacrifices to the heavens on Dadong Mountain, he plotted against him and violently murdered the king!
The information from the Overwatch Council only confirmed the news of His Majesty's death, and the description of the specific process was extremely vague, but instead confirmed the authenticity of the two previous reports.
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But Concubine Yigui didn't believe it!
It's not that she doesn't believe that His Majesty the Emperor has passed away, but she doesn't believe that Master Xiao Fan did this at all! This doesn't make sense at all. His Majesty the Emperor sacrificed to heaven to abolish the crown prince. Fan Xian's position would only be further stabilized after the sacrifice to heaven. How could he suddenly choose such an absurd move at this moment
Concubine Yigui was really scared, she felt that a net had already caught Fan Xian, and followed by Shufang Palace. She was born in the Liu family, and had the same honor as the Fan family, and Fan Xian was appointed by His Majesty... Master of the Third Prince!
If Fan Xian really became the first culprit of treason, the whole family of the Fan family would be executed, and the Liu family would not be spared. The concubine Yigui might be pushed into the well, and the third prince...
"Mother! Mother!" The third prince, who had just heard the news, ran into the hall, crying all the way. When he ran in front of Concubine Yigui, he stopped in a daze, and carefully glanced at his mother with those eyes that were more mature than those of his peers.
Concubine Yigui nodded in a daze.
The third prince pursed his mouth and forced himself to endure it, but he still couldn't hold it back. He burst into tears and threw himself into Concubine Yigui's arms.
After a long while, Concubine Yigui gritted her teeth, pulled her son up from her embrace, looked fiercely into his eyes, and said forcefully: "Don't cry, don't cry, now is not the time to cry... your father He is an upright monarch, you can't cry."
The third prince Li Chengping was sobbing, but he stood firmly in front of his mother and nodded heavily. Years of court life, following Fan Xian in Jiangnan for a year, this vicious prince who dared to open a brothel at the age of nine has already been tempered enough, knowing that what his mother has to confess at this time is extremely important.
"It's being passed on now, it's your master Master Fan who assassinated him." Concubine Yi Gui stared into her son's eyes.
After the third prince's eyes panicked for a moment, he calmed down immediately, and said in a bitter voice: "I don't believe it! Master is not such a person, and... he has no reason."
Concubine Yigui forced a smile, patted her son on the head and said: "Yes, although there are reports from the military and the state and county, few people will believe your master, and it will be detrimental to Your Majesty... you know , he is the most important subject of your father."
"It's not just us who don't believe it." Concubine Yi Gui gritted her teeth and said, "The Empress Dowager also doesn't believe it, otherwise the Fan Mansion would have been copied by now, and the mad woman wouldn't have been buried in the ground by the Queen Mother."
The third prince nodded.
Concubine Yigui lowered her voice and said, "But the Empress Dowager will not believe it at all, although I don't know why... your uncle is going to enter the palace soon, and Sister Chen and that girl Sisi are also going to enter the palace. If the Empress Dowager really believes about Dadongshan It was done by your master, I am afraid that soon, Fan Liu and his family will be in a desperate situation."
"What can my child do?" The third prince clenched his fists, knowing that his future rested entirely on his master, Fan Xian. If the master was really beaten into a regicide, he would never stand up again. Power.
"Don't do anything, just cry, be sad, and stay with the queen mother..." Concubine Yigui suddenly sighed, a look of pity flashed in her eyes, and hugged the third prince again, "What happened in Dadongshan is a day." I didn't figure it out, if your master hasn't returned to the capital for a day, the queen mother will not attack the Fan family immediately. We need this time to influence the queen mother, and then... wait for your master to come back."
The third prince nodded after a moment of silence. Like his mother, he had always had great confidence in Fan Xian. In their hearts, as long as the master returned to the capital, the whole matter would definitely be resolved.
The eunuch urged me outside.
Concubine Yigui began to prepare to move to Hanguang Hall with some confusion.
A ruthless look flashed in the eyes of the third prince, and he took out a poisoned dagger given to him by Fan Xian from under the table, and carefully hid it in his cute little boots.
He didn't agree with his mother's previous words, and the Hanguang Palace was not necessarily safe. What kind of crazy things couldn't be done by those two elder brothers for the chair that their father left behind
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The crown prince Li Chengqian slowly straightened his clothes. There was no trace of crazy joy on his face. When the news of the emperor's death spread to the palace, His Royal Highness, like all the princes and ministers, fell to the ground and burst into tears, unable to hide his sadness.
It's just that his complexion was a little more pale than sadness. Walking to the gate of the East Palace, facing the twilight in the far east, he bowed deeply, and two streams of tears fell from his eyes.
After a long time, he straightened up, straightened his body, and thought sadly in his heart: "Father, it's not that my son is unfilial, it's just that you have pushed me to the point where I have no way out."
Hong Zhu led the guards at the gate of the East Palace, waiting for the queen and prince to move to Hanguang Hall.
The prince glanced outside the palace gate, then turned to look at the queen, frowned slightly, forced to hide the helplessness in his eyes, held his mother's hand, and whispered in her ear: "My queen, please mourn."
The empress, who has always been handsome and graceful, has been trapped in the Eastern Palace for the past six months, and she has long lost her former glory. However, today she suddenly heard the news that His Majesty was assassinated in Dadongshan, and this girl who was a childhood sweetheart with the emperor still collapsed , the whole person is like a walking dead listening to the news from the palaces, but he can only sit on the couch and cry.
"Your father is dead..." The queen looked at the prince blankly.
The prince lowered his head slowly and said, "My child knows, it's just... everyone is going to die."
His face was still full of sorrow, but the words he said were extremely indifferent.
The queen seemed to regain her sanity in an instant. After understanding this sentence, she looked at her son in disbelief, opened her mouth wide, and remained silent for a long while!
"Sacrificing to heaven is not complete." The crown prince said in a low voice: "My son will be the next emperor of Qing Kingdom, and you will be the empress dowager."
For a moment, the queen felt so many complicated emotions welling up in her heart, her lips trembled, and it was not until a long time later that she ate Ai Ai and said: "Yes, yes, yes...Fan Xian, that god damn, I ... I said long ago that it is a demon star... Our old Li family... will always be destroyed by their mother and son... Go to the Hanguang Palace later, and immediately ask the Queen Mother to issue an order to kill the whole family of Fan's family! No, Kill Fan Liu and his family, and kill that old dog Chen Pingping!"
The prince's hand holding the queen suddenly became a little heavier, and the queen shut up in pain.
The prince clung to her ear and whispered word by word: "Don't say these things, remember, don't say a word... If you still want me to sit on that dragon chair, don't say anything. Nowadays no one I will believe that Fan Xian killed the king. If you say that, no one will believe it... So we have to wait in the Hanguang Palace. In four or five days, the witnesses and evidence will come back. If you don’t say it by then, Queen Mother And know what to do."
The queen trembled all over, as if she never knew her son.
The prince finally whispered in her ear: "Qin Heng is going to enter the palace later... On the old man's side, you can talk, so the queen mother can talk."
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In the second prince's mansion not far from the imperial palace, the second prince is just like his brother, arranging his clothes and imitating sadness at the same time. As a family member of the emperor, he is best at acting, so when he thought When doing many things, the expression on his face is still in place.
Princess Ye Linger looked at him indifferently, did not step forward to help, and asked softly for a moment: "Do you believe it?"
The second prince's hands paused, and he calmly replied: "I don't believe it, I admire Fan Xian, he has no reason to do this."
Ye Linger frowned, and asked, "Then why... are all the rumors like this?"
"Rumours are just rumors, only wise men." The second prince lowered his head slightly and rolled up his snow-white sleeves. He was wearing a light-colored unlined shirt today, and looked extraordinarily low-key and silent. "Before there is no evidence, I will not believe that Fan Xian will do so." Daredevil."
Ye Linger's heart softened, and she said softly: "Be careful when entering the palace."
The second prince forced a smile, patted his wife's face, and said, "What is there to be careful about? The emperor is doing a great job, but he is keeping his funeral secret now. After Dongshan's incident is clear, the whole country must mourn. Then the crown prince ascends the throne, and I am still the humble second prince."
"Are you willing?" Ye Linger looked at him in surprise.
After a moment of silence, the second prince suddenly said, "I'll tell you the truth, I suspect that what happened in Dongshan was done by the prince..."
Ye Linger was taken aback and covered her mouth tightly.
The second prince smiled wryly and said, "It's just a guess."
After saying this, he walked towards the gate of the mansion, summoned his entourage in the corner, and ordered softly: "Notify father-in-law, he is always ready to enter Beijing."
Yes, the father died, and the second prince stood at the door of the mansion, and suddenly felt that the sky above his head had begun to shine with a beautiful blue light, and no one could block his head. He saw things about Dadongshan very clearly, because His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess never hid it from him.
If the crown prince ascends the throne, he will ascend the throne, but regardless of whether Fan Xian is dead or alive, how could those old fellows standing behind Fan Xian be captured without a fight
There was a sneer on the corner of the second prince's lips, he would help the prince, let him sit on that chair for now, let him face the strong backlash from the Overwatch Council and the Fan family, I just need to look at it indifferently, that waste prince In the future, when it is revealed that he is the mastermind who murdered the father and the king, let's see what he will end up with!
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Too late to be sad.
All the people who knew the news of His Majesty's assassination had no time to be sad. After being shocked for a moment, they began to arrange the follow-up matters calmly and even indifferently. Those who were qualified to sit in that chair began to make preparations and qualified to decide which The person who belonged to the chair began to ventilate in the dark.
Although the queen mother asked relevant personnel to enter the palace immediately, she still gave those people enough time to communicate.
Everyone seems to have forgotten that the one who died was the most powerful king since the founding of the Qing Kingdom, the supreme ruler who ruled the country for more than 20 years, and the spiritual symbol of all Qing people.
They are disturbed by the dividends in front of them and the scent at the end of their noses. They only have time to be excited and frightened, pretending to be sad, but there is no time to truly feel sad in their hearts.
Except for one person.
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The eldest princess slowly pushed open the gate of the royal courtyard which had been closed for several months in name, and stood calmly on the stone steps, looking down at the carriages and eunuchs who came to welcome her into the palace, her beautiful and exquisite facial features did not tremble in the slightest. She was dressed in a thin white dress, very pretty, plain, and extremely sad.
She didn't turn her head to look at the other courtyard, and slowly raised her head, looking at the blue sky after the clouds and rain had cleared, the sadness on her face became heavier and heavier, and when it reached the extreme, it became light, light There was no emotion at all, and her jade-like skin seemed to become transparent, allowing the world to see the true emotions in her heart.
That pain and peace.
Li Yunrui smiled slightly, the clear light scattered, and whispered in his heart to a certain ray of emperor soul on the distant mountain: "Brother, let's go."
Then she got into the carriage and drove towards the palace that was about to decide the ownership of the Qing Kingdom.
Unlike the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, she didn't even bother to guard against the Overwatch Council and the Fan Mansion. Because she stands taller and sees farther. The key to the whole matter has been confirmed along with the three tired horses who returned to Beijing after thousands of miles, and the following things are just a simple matter of course.
As long as His Majesty is dead, the whole thing is over.
Regardless of whether the queen mother believed in Fan Xian's regicide or not, she was the queen mother of the Qing Kingdom after all, so she had to believe it, and the eldest princess also had a way to make her believe it.
As for whether the crown prince or the second prince will succeed, the Eldest Princess Li Yunrui doesn't care much. All she cares about is the death of that person.
I can help you, and when you abandon me, I can destroy you.
The woman in the carriage laughed, then cried.
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The rain dripped slowly from the branches at the city gate, and several days had passed since the three riders entered the capital to report. There is no impenetrable wall in the world, the change of Miyagi and the city gate department, the government servants of the Kyoto government did their best to maintain law and order, and the abnormal silence of the Overwatch Council made the people of Kyoto faintly guess the truth.
The truth they couldn't believe.
The reactions of the common people are always different from those of the rich and powerful. They look at things more directly and sometimes more accurately. They only know that His Majesty Qing is a good emperor. At least from the perspective of the lives of the people of Qing, Emperor Qing is a rare good. emperor.
So the common people were sad and weeping, not knowing what the future of this country would look like. They also had doubts in their hearts, and no matter what, they didn't believe that Mr. Fan would be... that traitor who deserved to be killed a thousand times!
The officials didn't believe it at first, but the five hundred black riders of Fan Xian's relatives have not returned, and the official ship docked in Danzhou has disappeared without a trace. The testimony of the surviving "living mouth" in Dadongshan pointed directly at Fan Xian, and countless evidences began to gather in the palace. Although it was not enough to prove anything, it could convince some people who were willing to be persuaded.
Fan Mansion has been brought under control.
The Duke's Mansion was also brought under control.
Perhaps what is about to come is a bloodbath.
I heard that the palace began to prepare for the succession of the prince.
The soon-to-be-deposed prince succeeds to the throne... History and reality are always so absurd.
At this time, a merchant selling soybean oil, wearing a hat and using the documents of Gong Fangsi, went through the gate of the east city, which was changed from fully closed to semi-closed, and walked to a corner of the south city, where he lived. Inn.
Through the window of the inn, one can vaguely see the front and rear houses of Fan Mansion surrounded by heavy soldiers. The businessman took off his hat, looked at the mansion in the distance, and coughed twice while clutching his chest, with complex emotions flashing in his eyes.
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(I have been staying at my best friend’s house in Shanghai, and I haven’t seen my friends and couple for three days—this is a big problem caused by not going to one place for a long time. Friends have not seen each other for four or five years. When we meet each other, we will be angry and hate each other, so we run around in the unfamiliar streets of Shanghai every night, enduring the pain like tearing in the chest caused by the cold and inflammation.
I have been taking medicine and drinking very little, but my illness has not recovered. Looking at the appointments on the paper, there are always omissions. I fell into mania—when did I become such a busy social person? Why does travel in big cities take as long as a spring outing every time
For this year's annual meeting, the date of leaving Shanghai was deliberately postponed because there were too many friends who wanted to meet and talk, but still couldn't arrange it properly. This is my own problem. Take up some pages, snap your fingers to friends who haven't seen it, and I will come back next year.
PS: I was surprised that it didn't affect the writing of celebrating more than one year, but after all, I was sick and my head was still in a daze. I would like to ask everyone for a day off tomorrow, okay? Bow down.
I never thought that Shanghai would be so cold at this time. ) (, if you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the genuine version!)