female concubine

In the autumn of the ninth year of Jianping, Cui, the former Taishi and Zhongshu's subordinate Pingzhang, confiscated his family for the crime of treason, and implicated the fourth family of his father, the third family of his mother, and the second family of his wife. , Confined in the East Palace, investigating the Zhijing Banquet for the crime of teaching dereliction of duty, and dismissing all officials in Zhan Shifu, Zuochunfang, and Youchunfang.

The former envoy of the Privy Council conspired with the Cui family to separate the monarch and his ministers, frame the prince, and punish his father, mother, and wife for the crime of treason.

On the day of the execution, none of the people in the court dared to come forward to watch. In just a few months, all the members of the military government and the second government and the influential members of the disciples were punished. moon.

"Officials, it's almost noon. The prisoner is here to play. The prisoners have all been brought to the execution ground. There are no mistakes in the roster check."

The emperor sat blankly on the dusty chair in the palace pavilion, his gray hair grew wild in the past few months, and he seemed to be ten years old. Seeing that he was indifferent, Zhao Ci said to Han Bang who was beside him: "It's so good that no one comes here. It's full of dust, and they all obey the decree and don't persuade the officials..."

"Preaching the decree," the emperor turned his head, his eyes became extremely stern and said, "Let Tong Shisheren take the imperial edict of abolishing the crown prince to the execution ground and read it out in public."

Zhao Ci looked up in surprise, "Yes."

The emperor bowed his waist and stood up on his knees. Seeing this, Han Bo approached to support him. The emperor pointed to the cabinet that was already surrounded by spider webs, "There is a painting inside, go and get it for me."

"Yes."

Han Bang approached the cabinet with his crimson skirt, and stretched out his hand to push away the cobwebs. The outside of the cabinet was covered with dust. He opened the door, and the scroll was pressed by many old books. A gray nose.

"Officials." He wiped off the dust on it before presenting the scroll to the emperor.

"Open it."

Han Bang did as he did, and when the scroll was opened halfway, he pretended to be surprised, "This is... the Six Kings?"

The emperor turned his head and looked at the young man in the portrait, his eyes were slightly red, "Do you know who used to live here?"

Han Bang looked up and looked around, "I vaguely saw a trace of a Ming character on the desk, and it was in the Hanxiang Pavilion. I guessed that it should be the residence of King Yan before he left the pavilion." Han Bang lowered his head again, "This Yes, King Yan?"

The emperor just sighed, "Take it, burn it."

Han Si rolled it up without asking any further questions, "Yes."

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The wind of early autumn was still hot, the old man on the execution platform was thin and yellow and his hair was messy, and the officials in green robes rode into the execution ground with an edict in hand.

Jian Zhan hurried down from the shed on the north side, "I have seen Tong Shisheren." Seeing the edict in his hand, Jian Zhan stared in shock and asked, "Could it be an amnesty order from the government?"

Tong Shisheren shook his head, and immediately took the imperial edict to the execution platform.

The old man squinted his old eyes, then turned his head to the side.

"Nine of the [-] former General Secretary Scheeren of the Central Secretariat have been dismissed and exiled because of their involvement with you. This official is the new General Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and I am here to convey the imperial edict."

Tong Shisheren looked down at the old man, and immediately opened the edict, "Under the door, there is an emperor, Si Mu and Li Shu, who set up an heir in salty way, to guard the clan, to consolidate the foundation and forget his selfish love, and to preserve justice in the next generation. Crown Prince Wei Shu formed a clique for personal gain, raised the dead, condoned subordinates to commit crimes, used power for personal gain, framed the loyalty of the country, was wicked, benevolent and righteous, scorned the public, alienated the righteous, had no virtue and incompetence, rebelled against the king, was disloyal and unfilial, and is now deposed as a commoner. I have been ordered by God to be a parent, to nurture and nurture all living beings, let alone heirs, I would rather not love you. Once you get to this point, you will feel ashamed."

When the Tongshi Sheren read it aloud, the old man gradually turned his head and stared at him with red eyes, then Tongshi Sheren closed the edict, took a step closer and leaned over and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty also asked me to come here to tell you something , the concubine born of the deposed prince died young yesterday."

The old man opened his eyes that were about to pop out, and shouted loudly: "It's a bunch of nonsense, the king will not be ministers, the ministers will not be ministers, the ruler and ministers will be suspicious, father and son will not get along, this country will end sooner or later, if the king fails to rule, the country will fail!"

"Listen," the old man stared at the imperial guards around the execution ground with blood-red eyes, "Wei Yuanzhe murdered his father and brother, he got the wrong position, and he caused the family's heirs to wither. For you..."

"Slap your mouth." Jian Zhan said in a trembling voice, "How dare you insult the current Holy One."

Before the execution, the old man with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth still kept laughing and cursing, "Wei Yuanzhe, one day, you will die at the hands of your own parents and children!"

"It's [-]:[-] noon, execution!"

- Kuang - Kuang - Kuang Dang! ——

The gold and silver hit the smooth ground with a crisp sound. The servant bent down and picked up the golden hairpin that had slipped from the hands of the deposed prince. Seeing it, he looked familiar, "This is... Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess?"

The servant handed over the gold hairpin respectfully.

Wei Shu lowered his eyes and said in a daze, "Why don't you leave?"

The servant named Ah Si stood beside him with his arms crossed, "The villain has been with His Highness for 20 years since he entered the mansion. Wherever His Highness is, the villain will be there."

"I am already a common man. It was I who harmed Weng Weng's whole family, and made my mother feel ashamed under the nine springs."

Ah Si then knelt down and helped the collapsed man to choke and said, "It's just that people's hearts are sinister. Why should your Highness speak of yourself like that? Those outside who point and scold don't look at me. How can their hearts be good?" Where are they going, but they all came out of the same pool of sewage."

Wei Shula shrugged her head and said with a wry smile: "Poor me, I did all this just to get his approval, just to let him go to Zhonggong to visit his mother more."

The servant sighed distressedly: "What's the use of filial piety if the father is not kind."

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In September of the ninth year of Jianping, it entered late autumn.

Li Shu originally brought back several female envoys in Li's house, but now she only left one personal envoy who followed her since childhood, and dismissed or resettled the rest of them to other places. Because of the close distance, Princess Chu often came to visit.

"It's so bad that you can't go out at will. You've been stuck at home for the past few months..."

"Sister is talking about this kind of foreign language again." Xiao Youqing stretched out his hand and pressed the back of Li Shu's hand.

Li Shu smiled slightly, and took out her hand to gently hold Xiao Youqing's hand on her swollen belly.

Xiao Youqing opened his eyes slightly, and there was a slight kick under the palm of his hand, feeling incredible and miraculous, "Youqing felt that he was moving."

"This is also the first time for me to feel the beauty of life. He has no right to choose. It is not anyone's fault that he suddenly came to this world. And I have no right to prevent his birth."

"Sis is so gentle, he will definitely be a filial and kind boy in the future." Xiao Youqing raised his head and asked again: "When he is born, has Sis decided where to go?"

"If he can be born safely, I will go to the temple to make amends."

Xiao Youqing suddenly felt distressed when he heard it, "Youqing will take good care of this child for sister, maybe in the future, he will be a great person."

"Thank you. If there is a day, I hope you can keep this secret forever for me. I don't want him to carry hatred."

Xiao Youqing nodded, "Except for my sister and me, only Imperial Physician Sun and officials know about it."

Li Shu suddenly squeezed Xiao Youqing's hand, "Your Majesty sent Liu Lang out many times because His Majesty could not accept Erlang's death. If you can persuade Liu Lang, Your Majesty may change his mind. I know that only you can persuade him. "

Xiao Youqing raised her eyebrows and pulled her hand away, "Sister is more aware of the temperament of officials than Youqing, and sister also understands her better than Youqing."

Li Shu lowered her eyes, "Yes, the hatred in his heart is not so easy to disappear."

"Youqing knows that sister is afraid that officials will follow in the footsteps of the second king, but I think sister should trust her just like Youqing."

"To tell you something I'm not afraid of your jokes, he talked to me before he left last year, and now you and I are so sure of him, Qin Se and Ming, I really envy you."

"Yes, on your birthday?"

Li Shu nodded, "He told me that he fell in love with you just at the first sight of him face to face, and it was an ups and downs in his heart that he had never experienced before."

Xiao Youqing's sluggish gaze was a little moved, "Is it the first sight...?"

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In the ninth year of Jianping, there was an official court performance in Meng Dong's court.

"It has been three months since the abolished prince was deposed as a common man. He should not continue to live in the East Palace. Please, please move the abolished prince to Xijing."

"The minister waits for a second opinion."

Not only were the officials' memorials not adopted, but the emperor was furious and rejected them in court, and afterwards severely punished the officials of Shangshu.

The original courtiers discussed asking Zhao Wang to be the prince, but nothing happened.

"Sir, look at the old man's attitude. Throughout the ages, there is no reason for the deposed prince to stay in the East Palace."

"Use decisive doubts, doubts cannot be slowed down, you should never stop, and you will suffer from chaos." Han Si straightened up from the vegetable field, clapped his hands, "It is said that the Tian Family is ruthless, and His Majesty is a lonely family. In fact, only he knows, When it really comes time to let go, I will still be reluctant.”

Looking at the well-growing cabbage in the field, with round and big leaves, he smiled happily and said, "These cabbages will be harvested after the winter solstice."

Zhao Wang only heard a few words before him, "Should we break it when it is broken?"

"What if the prince is gone?"

Han Bang's smile faded away, "Maybe."

Han Bang went to the side and washed his hands again, "The three kings know, why does His Majesty send the King of Chu every time?"

"Isn't it common knowledge that he doesn't like King Chu?"

Han Si shook his head, "No."

"what is that?"

Han Bang pointed to his face with his clean and fair fingers, "The third king was in Da Nei since he was a child, and he should have seen the second king."

Zhao Wang recalled the past, "When the second elder brother was here, His Majesty was almost easy to save, and even made me feel that they were the real father and son, until..." Zhao Wang remembered the appearance of Yan Wang when he was young, and said in a daze: "Is it true Is it because King Chu is similar to King Yan, and if so, shouldn't his love for King Yan be transferred to King Chu?"

"Because of a guilty conscience."