National Beauty

Chapter 148

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On the Dragon Boat Festival, the people went to the Danshui River outside the city to watch the dragon boat race, but the emperor in the palace went to Jinming Lake to inspect the navy.

Such a grand event to show the military might of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuande not only asked the civil and military officials to reward him with him, but also gave seats to several favored concubines in the harem, and the four concubines Feng Zheng and Song Jianing also gained face. Therefore, on the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, after Song Jianing repeatedly told the nursing mother to take good care of Zhao Zhao, she took Liu Xi to the palace.

Empress Li rarely wears the empress's crown dress, which is elegant and luxurious. The eldest grandson of the emperor, Sheng brother, stood beside her obediently. Seeing his biological mother Feng Zheng, Sheng brother couldn't move his eyes, and looked at his mother, but no longer He didn't even run away at will. At a young age, the eldest son became more and more sensible, Feng Zheng was both relieved and sad.

Song Jianing watched her promotion for a while, and her attention gradually fell on Princess Duanhui next to Concubine Shu. Her mother revealed to her that her stepfather had already decided to let Guo Xiao marry Princess Duanhui, but she didn't know when to propose the marriage. Song Jianing felt restless when she thought that the cousins and sisters had been delayed for so long in their previous life.

"Niangniang, the emperor has sent someone to invite you." The little eunuch bent over and walked in and replied.

Everyone's spirits were shaken, and they all showed excitement. Queen Li nodded calmly, and then led Brother Sheng to take the lead. The four princesses are sorted by age, Feng Zheng and Princess Rui walk side by side, Song Jianing and Li Mulan walk next to each other. Song Jianing looked at Li Mulan, and saw that the heroine of the female middle school was in high spirits. Obviously, she was very much looking forward to the naval drill, just like an ordinary girl happily going to enjoy flowers.

Song Jianing had never seen such a grand event in his life, so he was curious and looking forward to it.

The imperial concubine set off early in the morning, Luan drove slowly, and a long row of cars with three poles in the sun stopped by the Jinming Lake. The huge Jinming Lake has long been surrounded by the Forbidden Legion, and warships are lined up on the water, one of which is a magnificent two-story painting boat for the nobles in the palace. The concubines and concubines followed Emperor Xuande on the painting boat, and then went to the Shuixin Hall in the middle of the lake, where Emperor Xuande inspected the navy.

Song Jianing's daughters-in-law and Empress Li and other concubines sat in the accordion on the second floor. The elders admired the scenery and admired the warships on the lake. Li Mulan deliberately led Song Jianing to sit by the window, pointed to the outside, and excitedly introduced Song Jianing. : "Have you seen those boats with wheels? They are called chariot boats. Soldiers use their feet to press the wheels to turn, and with the oars, they can make the warships fly like a fly."

Song Jianing looked at the huge boat that was about 20 to 30 meters long, and was speechless. Not only her, but also Queen Li and others who heard Li Mulan talking not far away were also stunned. These women who have lived in the inner house for a long time have only heard of the war between the two armies. Now that they have witnessed the power of the warships with their own eyes, they can somewhat imagine the tragic killing of the warships.

"On the ship is a cannon car, which is used to throw boulders and fireballs onto enemy warships."

"That's Li Tou Dart. The iron dart shot weighs two pounds and can shoot through the enemy's shipboard..."

The boat moved slowly, Li Mulan explained the whole way, Song Jianing was stunned, not only in awe of those murderous warships, but also admired Li Mulan's knowledge. Queen Gong's biological mother, Concubine Hui, was sitting next to Queen Li. Seeing these female relatives staring at her daughter-in-law in amazement, Concubine Hui felt that her daughter-in-law gave her a face for the first time, so she secretly decided to wait for the fourth child to return. The daughter-in-law said something nice.

When the painting boat docked, Emperor Xuande wanted to talk to the generals of the navy, and the female family members went to sit in the water pavilion first. Song Jianing was walking by Li Mulan's side when she suddenly felt someone was looking at her. She tilted her head slightly, and at a glance she saw Guo Xiao, who was standing among the military officers, dressed in the official uniform of the Majun Du Yu, who was dignified and dignified. Song Jianing immediately withdrew his gaze without squinting.

Guo Xiao stared at the figure that made him think about it day and night, until the female family members walked into the water pavilion and could no longer see it, he took his eyes back.

The three sides of the water pavilion are covered by screens, and the opposite is the vast Jinming Lake. The large and small warships are listed on the lake, which can be seen more clearly. In this situation, Song Jianing quickly forgot the discomfort caused by Guo Xiao, and while watching it to the fullest, he felt sorry for his own prince. Sure to be happy, right

Song Jianing decided to go back and write a letter to the family, and send it to the prince tomorrow, not until the end of the month.

Looking at it, a warship suddenly came towards this side. Song Jianing stared at the ship. When the ship stopped, Song Jianing tilted his head and looked at it. Only then did he understand that it was Emperor Xuande who was asked to beat the drum and order the drill to start. coming. Song Jianing, like the other female relatives, stretched his neck and looked around, watching Emperor Xuande step onto the boat board alone, but when Emperor Xuande walked to the center of the boat board, a head suddenly appeared in one side of the water, and he raised his hand as if what to do!

There was a commotion on the ship and on the shore at the same time, Song Jianing covered his mouth in horror.

It was too late and the eunuch Wang En, who was closely following Emperor Xuande, suddenly rushed over and hugged Emperor Xuande. Then, just as Wang En was trying to protect Emperor Xuande from leaving, a sharp arrow shot in the middle of the sky. his arm. Wang En shouted for escort, and the man in the water wanted to shoot a second hidden weapon blowing arrow, but was subdued by the guards who rushed to jump into the water.

But no one knew whether there were other assassins lurking in the water. Emperor Xuande was shocked and angry, and his life was being watched. How could he still be in the mood to inspect the navy and immediately ordered to return to Beijing.

The emperor was almost assassinated, and the faces of the concubines and concubines in the water pavilion were all pale. Song Jianing also had lingering fears, and the thrills just now kept popping up in his mind. shivered. Someone is going to murder the emperor, who is so bold

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When someone rebelled, Emperor Xuande was furious and ordered the city gates to be blocked, and no one was allowed in or out unless they had an imperial decree, and then ordered the Privy Council to interrogate the captured assassins. When the emperor was assassinated, the people honestly huddled at home and did not dare to make a loud noise. Civil and military officials were silent, all staring at the Privy Council.

The Privy Council tried for half a day, and at dusk, the Privy Councilman Cao Yu returned to the Chongzheng Hall with a statement. After Emperor Xuande saw it, he raised his head with a gloomy face, and glanced at the deputy prime minister Xu Wei beside the prime minister Zhao Pu, and then slowly landed on his younger brother Qin Wang, saying coldly: "Assassin confessed, Qin Wang, deputy prime minister Xu Wei Conspiring to assassinate, intending to rebel, is there such a thing?"

As soon as these words came out, several important officials in the hall were shocked. Deputy Prime Minister Xu Wei was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he just felt like a dream. King Qin had been in a daze ever since his nephew, Prince Wu'an, died. The red face swore: "Brother Huang, this younger brother is loyal to you, and will never dare to have any intention of rebelling. This is deliberately framed by someone, please ask the brother to investigate!"

"Boom" knocked his head.

"Your Majesty, this minister has been wronged!" Deputy Prime Minister Xu Wei finally came to his senses, kneeling on the ground with weak hands and feet, expressing his loyalty and swearing, and resolutely pleaded not guilty.

Just as Emperor Xuande was about to speak, the eldest prince, King Chu, also stood up, walked over to his uncle, King Qin, glared angrily and said, "Imperial father, my uncle knows best as a servant, he will never murder his father, son. I am willing to use my life to guarantee it!" Hu Mu glared at his father, in fact, the King of Chu was angry at the murderer behind the plot, angry that the other party dared to frame his good uncle!

Emperor Xuande looked at his eldest son, his hand under the table clenched unconsciously.

Prime Minister Zhao Pu stepped forward calmly and looked directly at the King of Chu: "Your Majesty, the emperor was assassinated today, and since the assassin has confessed to the King of Qin and the deputy prime minister, the emperor should be asked to investigate thoroughly, everything depends on evidence. Conviction, not emotion."

The King of Chu was someone who even dared to contradict his own father, Emperor Xuande, but now he was reprimanded face-to-face for being "emotional" by an old man who hid the Queen Mother's edict and indirectly killed his cousin. you… "

Unexpectedly, Zhao Pu didn't even look at him, he turned his head and said to Emperor Xuande: "Your Majesty, I know that the Emperor and the King of Qin have a close relationship, but the country is concerned with family matters. ." The elders of the two dynasties who are over sixty years old, although the temples are white, but the voice is full of energy, not so much to persuade the emperor, more like the elders reminding the younger generation not to do wrong, there is no cowardice and respect in the words. .

When Emperor Xuande heard this, he looked at his younger brother, King Qin, who was kneeling there, with a look of extreme embarrassment and pain on his face, but in the end, under the begging of King Qin and the eager eyes of King Chu, he closed his eyes and sighed: "Here there is someone here. , temporarily imprison King Qin and Xu Wei in the sky."

The voice fell, and the four guards entered.

Xu Wei's face was ashen.

As early as when the old fox Zhao Pu opened his mouth, he vaguely expected what was going on with this frame-up. The emperor had won the throne from Emperor Gaozu, but he was reluctant to pass the dragon chair to his younger brother, so the emperor wanted to remove King Qin. As for Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu was brought down by him back then, and Zhao Pu's sister-in-law died because he was banished to a remote place, so Zhao Pu seized the opportunity to return to Beijing and used a posthumous edict to rectify the emperor's name in exchange for Emperor Xuande. Abandon his pawn.

So the emperor and Zhao Pu teamed up to design this assassination, to eradicate him and the king of Qin in one fell swoop, each taking what he needed.

Just want to add the crime, why bother

The emperor wants him to die, can he still live? Xu Wei couldn't see any vitality.

King Qin also guessed the general truth. The elder brother was so cruel and ruthless. Regardless of the sibling relationship between the two, King Qin felt cold all over, but he didn't want to die, and he didn't want to be charged with unwarranted crimes. It's definitely useless to ask the elder brother... Turning around, it fell on the hem of the nephew King Chu next to him!

Before being taken down by the imperial guards, the King of Qin stared at his nephew, like a drowning man looking at a life-saving straw.

Seeing with his own eyes that his respected uncle was taken away by the guards, the King of Chu was heartbroken and indignant. He clasped his fists in both hands and shouted at the man on the dragon chair: "Father, that is your own younger brother. You don't even believe your own younger brother!"

Emperor Xuande knew the eldest's temper. Although he didn't like the eldest son to value King Qin as much, he was not too angry. He glanced at the ministers in the hall, and Emperor Xuande said solemnly: "I believe, it is precisely because I believe in King Qin that I want more. Send someone to check, and return your uncle's innocence. Don't be impatient, you have your own judgement on right and wrong, and I will not wrong anyone."

It turned out that the royal father believed in the uncle, and the King of Chu breathed a sigh of relief. He stayed in the palace until it was dark, and the Privy Council did not have the result of the trial for the time being. The emperor asked him to return to the palace first. The king of Chu thought about the princess who must have been frightened at home for a day, and then strode out of the palace.

In the Chu Palace, Brother Cheng has been carried down by the nurse, and Feng Zheng is sitting alone in the main room, silently spinning the beads in his hand. The right eyelid kept twitching, Feng Zheng couldn't control her heartbeat, and she couldn't figure out why she was panicking. The assassination of the emperor was definitely not done by the prince, nor by the king of Qin. What was she worried about

After one update, finally when his lord came back, Feng Zheng almost trotted out to greet him.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the royal father is fine." The red light couldn't hide the worry on her face. The king of Chu walked a few steps and hugged his timid princess, coaxing in a low voice.

Men are tall and burly, and their broad chests are the easiest to make people feel at ease. Feng Zheng calmed down a bit. Looking up and seeing his thick brows wrinkled deeply, Feng Zheng's heart lifted again, and he asked in a low voice, "Why is your lord frowning?"

The King of Chu was stunned for a while, and subconsciously touched his brows, but couldn't figure out whether he was wrinkled or not, but when he thought of the uncle who was being held in the Heavenly Prison at this time, the King of Chu lost the mood to appease the princess, and took her by the hand and walked inside. The King of Chu didn't use dinner, and Feng Zheng didn't use it either. Neither of the couple had any desire to eat, so they went directly to the inner room to rest.

When he got to the bed, the King of Chu put his arms around his wife, suppressing his anger, and said: "My father asked the Privy Council to interrogate the assassin, who did not know who was instructing the assassin to frame the emperor and Xu Wei for treason! Wait, don't let me catch the culprit behind the scenes. , or I will tell him that life is better than death, and see if he dares to spit."

Feng Zheng froze in her husband's arms.

Assassin, framed Uncle Huang? The big crime of treason actually involved the uncle

Somehow, what Queen Li said behind her that day echoed in Feng Zheng's ears. Queen Li said that the emperor was reluctant to hand over the throne to the king of Qin. In March, the Queen Mother's widow was passed down, and the king of Qin became the recognized prince of the people. Now that the accident happened to the king of Qin, does it have anything to do with the emperor

Queen Li also said that the prince is destined to have a catastrophe. This time when the king of Qin was framed, will it be the prince's catastrophe

Feng Zheng hugged his man tightly.

She hugged her too tightly, as if she was afraid of something, and misunderstood that her wife was also worried about the uncle. The King of Chu patted her on the shoulder and pretended to be relaxed: "Don't worry, the uncle has clearly been wronged. After checking it out in two days, Uncle Huang will be fine."

Feng Zheng also hoped so, hoped that the emperor could find out the real murderer behind the scenes, and hoped that the emperor was not the real murderer behind the scenes.

Raising his head, Feng Zheng held her husband's hand and looked into his eyes pleadingly: "My lord, I know that you have a deep relationship with your uncle, but today your father was almost killed, and the shock you received must be quite large, your father is you. The most worrying thing is that no matter how the father decides this case, the lord must think more about the father, okay?"

"It's natural." The King of Chu said without hesitation. Before the assassin framed the uncle, the King of Chu pretended to be his father, and wanted to find out the real murderer and avenge his father.

He promised to be happy, but Feng Zheng couldn't rest assured. He closed his eyes and took a nap, and only fell asleep three days later.

The King of Chu didn't sleep well either. He woke up half an hour earlier than usual. He punched for two quarters of an hour in the martial arts training ground to vent his depression, took a shower and changed his clothes before entering the palace. All the civil and military officials arrived, and they were divided into two rows and stood under the steps. The King of Chu walked in front of the military attache and looked at the privy envoy Cao Yu. The King of Chu frowned and asked, "Have you found the real murderer?"

Cao Yu lowered his eyes and said, "The emperor has an order, and the ministers are not allowed to leak the secret, please forgive me."

The King of Chu snorted coldly and glanced at the second brother, Prince Rui, on the side of the civil servant. He took a diagonal step and stood in front of Cao Yu.

As soon as the morning time arrived, the officials were led up the stairs by the two princes and entered the hall one by one. When they stood up, there was silence in the hall. After a cup of tea, Emperor Xuande walked to the dragon chair from one side, sat down, and asked Cao Yu straight to the point, "Is there any result in the case of King Qin?"

Cao Yu came out of the queue, walked to the center of the hall, and said solemnly: "Report to the emperor, yesterday the guards searched the Qin palace, and found a bright yellow dragon robe and three letters under the box in the Qin prince's inner room. The letter was written by Xu Wei, one Accusing the emperor in the past for his willful northern expedition, and one accusing the death of Wu'an County King was related to the emperor.

There was an inhalation sound in the hall.

Cao Yu continued: "Xu Wei has admitted that he wrote the three letters, and the imperial guard also found a reply letter from the King of Qin in the Xu residence. The King of Qin and the King of Qin replied that he and Xu Wei had the same wish, and threatened that when he ascended the throne, he would definitely Restore Xu Wei's position as prime minister."

His remarks were well-founded, and some of the courtiers nodded. At the beginning of the emperor's northern expedition, Xu Wei didn't say anything, but everyone could see that he was against it in his heart, and it was reasonable to complain about it. This year when Zhao Pu came to Beijing, the status of the elders of the two dynasties forced Xu Wei to take the initiative to make him a virtuous person and lost the prime minister. Therefore, Xu Wei colluded with the king of Qin to rebel, hoping to regain the position of prime minister under the king of Qin. The same is said in the past.

Moreover, the dragon robe was actually found in the palace of the King of Qin, because the evidence was complete, and the name of rebellion could no longer be washed away.

"I don't believe it. The letters from the dragon robe are all false accusations!" When the other courtiers silently convicted King Qin, the King of Chu suddenly jumped out, blushing and roaring thickly.

On the dragon chair, Emperor Xuande frowned, but did not rush to say anything.

The privy envoy Cao Yu said neither humble nor arrogant: "Everything is true. Xu Wei's confession, dragon robe, and letter are outside. Please review it by the emperor himself." He looked at Emperor Xuande.

Emperor Xuande nodded.

Cao Yu's men, who had been waiting outside the hall, heard the call, and came in with a tray in both hands. On the tray was a bright yellow dragon robe, with confessions and letters on both sides. The eunuch Wang En came down to take the tray, and then held it in front of Emperor Xuande with a solemn expression. After Emperor Xuande saw it, he was furious and threw the tray into the center of the hall, and said coldly, "Look at all of you, what is that? It's not the handwriting of King Qin and Xu Wei!"

The emperor was furious, and no one dared to move the civil and military officials for the time being.

The King of Chu was determined to clear his grievances for his uncle, so he was the first to bend over to pick up the letter that flew to his feet. Coincidentally, it was the letter from the King of Qin to Xu Wei. Looking at the familiar handwriting on it, King Chu's hands trembled faintly, and his face, which was flushed with anger, also turned white little by little.

However, just as other officials circulated the letters scattered on the ground, the King of Chu looked firm again and turned to look at Emperor Xuande.

What about the handwriting, he just didn't believe that Uncle Huang would rebel!