The Prince of the Historian of the Red Chamber

No one expected that the 16th year of Cheng Lie's concubine witchcraft rebellion would turn out like this.

The four kings and eight princes, as well as the Shihou Mansion, Wang Family, and Xue Family who were colluding with this faction, were all arrested, and the relatives and noble ministers who had relaxed their spirits after the Jia family was dealt with by the Holy One were shocked. There have been earth-shattering changes, fewer and fewer veterans have followed the Supreme Emperor, and so many families that have been defended by the Supreme Emperor have disappeared without a trace.

Perhaps, many years ago, when the emperor took care of the in-laws of the Shihou Mansion, Xiangyang Hou, the in-laws backer, it had already begun to appear. It is a pity that the emperor put on the posture of a filial son and grandson at that time, and in a blink of an eye, he favored Jia Yuanchun, who was born in the Rongguo Mansion, and gave it to the Supreme Emperor. He took a "reassurance pill" with the minister in his hand.

Then, a huge corruption case suddenly appeared in Jiangnan, and a huge deficit appeared in Jiangnan's accounts. The whole court was shocked. The emperor became ill and ordered a strict investigation. , The Holy Spirit was so angry that the Zhen family was swept away in a thunderous manner, their belongings were confiscated, and they were transferred to Beijing for punishment. The proud Jiangnan Zhen family fell into ruin.The Zhen family is the Minister of the Taishanghuang's humerus. The Taishanghuang has toured the south six times, and his family picked him up four times. It can be seen that this has been favored by the Taishanghuang. When the Zhen family fell, the strength of the Taishanghuang in the south of the Yangtze River immediately shrank by more than half— ——Besides, such a big deficit, the confiscated property of the Zhen family is all on paper, and a large amount of money and money is missing; What is so much money for?At that time the courtiers couldn't figure it out, but now that they think about it, don't they understand: the Zhen family is the purse of the Supreme Emperor!Now that the Holy Majesty abolished the Zhen family, the Supreme Emperor was immediately stretched, but the Holy Majesty was too angry and confused the Supreme Emperor's faction for a while. By the time the Zhen family was exposed, it was already too late.

They were both old relatives and family friends with the Jia family, and the Zhen family, which was so close and intimate, collapsed. Before the Rongguo mansion became vigilant, the current emperor turned around and gave Jia Yuanchun in the palace the title of noble concubine, and bestowed Fengzao Palace with the status of a noble concubine. The sharing of favors made the concubine Yuan look like a deputy queen.Compared with the Zhen family who is separated from the belly, it is naturally their own girls who can benefit the most. The Rongguo Mansion has become the dream of the future prince, and even the future emperor's ancestral family. Rongguo Mansion, the leader of the country, was settled.The Rongguo Mansion drew a big and delicious cake for itself, the four kings and eight princes of the Taishanghuang faction and several families. From the merits of the dragon or the temptation to control the next emperor is too great, the Taishanghuang faction is in such a huge temptation. Gently let go of the Zhen family matter.

Then, holding the gold-lettered signboard of Concubine Yuan in his hand, he secretly manipulated the direction of Rongning and Ninggong's mansions by pulling strings.In the process of falling out of favor, competing for favor, and regaining favor, Concubine Yuan used too many forces under the table of Rongguo Mansion. The influence of Mrs. Wang and Jiamu's use of the network of four princes and eight princes made it easy for the Holy One to straighten out the intricate and deeply hidden network of relationships—since a few years ago, he devoted himself to supporting the loyal old prince to seize the throne. After the failure of the throne, the Supreme Emperor had a big problem in his heart that he couldn't let his favorite son succeed him, so he protected the forces headed by the four princes and eight princes and went into ambush.

It seems that there are not many children occupying high positions in the court of the four princes and eight princes. It seems that they are declining, but it is not.For example, Jia Zheng, the son of the Rongguo Mansion, only had the official position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Fifth Grade Industry, and had not been promoted for decades. But in fact, the Rongguo Mansion was able to support Jia Yucun to become the governor of the Yingtian Mansion. Yin is a legitimate third-rank official.There are quite a few minions like Jia Yucun in every house of the four princes and eight princes, which shows how powerful their tentacles are.Because of this, even if the Holy Majesty hates it in his heart, he can only draw it slowly. The chaos of seizing the heirloom during the reign of the Supreme Emperor in the Daqing Dynasty has already hurt the foundation of the country. Today, the only way to find out the details of these princes and clans is to make no traces pull out their power.

Even today's majesty thinks that Jia Yuanchun's signboard is so useful. Just the ups and downs in the inner palace made this concubine Yuangui jump into the Rongguo Mansion to show her traces, and then everyone else who was collaborating with the Rongguo Mansion also followed suit. Gradually surfaced.Jia Yuanchun's strong desire for power is in the same line as Jia's mother who raised her. She wants to fight for the king's favor, but also covets the most noble throne of women in the world. She dreams of becoming the empress dowager one day, so she cheated Jia The family is not over yet, and even the close family friends of the Jia family have been cheated-the emperor thinks that this noble concubine is really worth it!

"The first wife of the criminal minister Jia Rong, Qin Shi, was originally the grandson-in-law of the Ningguo Mansion. She was the noble daughter of the righteous and loyal old prince who left behind the folks, and the honor of the clan and princess. She was poisoned by the sinful wife You Shi and Jia Rong's step-wife Hu Shi! Noble daughter, as a Wenggu, You are not kind and vicious; Hu has an adulterous relationship with a foreigner before leaving the court, causing him to poison other people's first spouse, it is really unbearable! Please punish both of them to death!"

The courtiers all stared at the censor's upright words, and even the henchmen of the four kings and eight princes, who were in a group, did not say a word to him, for fear that people would poke their backs and rub their bodies with dirty water.

"Sinful ministers Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, during the period of national filial piety and father filial piety, in the name of learning archery, they gathered to gamble jjj, jjj was unbearable! There are many servants under their sect who are domineering, taking advantage of their power, entrapping the common people, and robbing their good daughters for their own sake. Concubine, occupying good land...the number of promotions is innumerable! Please dismiss her post and send her to the sea to serve as atonement, if she is not pardoned, she will not be pardoned!" The censor said again.

The Holy Majesty on the throne was silent for a while before saying, "Yes!"

Jia Zhen knelt outside the hall, her forehead pressed heavily against the cold marble: "Thank you Lord Lone!"

The crime Jia Zhen committed was definitely not what Yushi said. Ever since she knew the cause of Qin Keqing's death, guilt, resentment, longing and love have been tormenting him every day, Jia Zhen has long been insane.In order to drag Jiamu of Rongguo Mansion and the noble concubines in the palace into hell and the underworld, he did more than gather to gamble. In the name of practicing archery, he gathered a large number of children from aristocratic families. heinous crime.But the emperor didn't have the intention of punishing the nine families of the Jia family. To punish the nine families of the courtiers would inevitably shake the court, and Qin Keqing's identity and the fact that the Rongguo Mansion hid the Zhen family's property were all voluntarily confessed by Jia Zhen who "couldn't bear the punishment". He was part of the credit for taking the prescriptions from the small ancestral hall, so he was lightly sentenced to lifelong exile.

Because of Jia Zhen's voluntary confession, Jia Yuanchun confessed Qin Keqing's identity, Jia's mother and You Shi poisoned Qin Keqing in order to surrender to the current Holy One, and it turned into their crime.Today's methods are really shocking.

"There is also Shi Shi, the wife of Jia Daishan, the former Rong Guogong, who is vicious and violent. He ordered his second daughter-in-law, Wang, to give away more than tens of thousands of silver in profit. Later, to annihilate the criminal evidence, Wang went crazy, and Wang's wife He is also vicious, and once harmed dozens of aunts and maidservants in the mansion; he was greedy and unkind, conspired with the Shi family to make profits, hid the family property of the criminal officer Zhen Yingjia, and drove out the concubine son, causing the son of fame and virtue to hastily divide the mansion and get 500 of the family property. The amount of two pieces of silver, and the rest were all corrupted by him. Shi Shi is cunning and has tried to blame others to take the blame several times. This vile woman also participated in the poisoning. Her crimes are too numerous to write down, please punish her Ling Chi to death!"

Jia Mu, who was pressed outside the hall, was already stunned by others, especially Jia Mu, who had been famous all her life, was shaking like chaff. If she hadn't been gagged, she might have yelled out.Just like this, the prison officer next to him still looked very happy. Fortunately, he ordered his subordinates to starve and thirst this old woman for two days. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to defecate outside the Golden Palace, and he would be so troubled that he could not bear it. Walk!

The emperor sitting high on the throne tapped the memorial with his fingers, glanced at the ministers, and said with deep meaning: "What about the other lovers?"

Originally trying to protect Jiamu's life, King Beijing and others dared not say a word at this time. None of them thought that Shi Taijun would be found guilty of so many serious crimes. It's enough for her to die once, if they rushed to plead for mercy, they might become accomplices if the censors made a move. God knows what those wimps of the Jia family confessed in the prison, and the four kings and six princes have now been arrested With a handful of braids, although they can't shake their foundation for the time being, it also disturbed the whole family and lost many branches in a short time. A direct descendant of Nan'an County's royal family was sent to prison. Judging by the situation, it is inevitable to abandon The soldier Baoshuai broke his own arm.

Shui Rong, Mu Shi and the others were worried, fearing that Jia Mu would not be able to bear it, and something would come out of her dying struggle.These days they have secretly searched all the palace maids and eunuchs related to Concubine Yuan, but it is a deep palace after all, even with the power of the Supreme Emperor, it is difficult to find out, and the person holding the prescription in Shi Taijun's mouth has never been found out. Besides, concubine Yuan is said to be arrogant and arrogant, except for those palace people in her palace who were imprisoned by the emperor, there are no palace people who have made friends with her and received her favor - could it be that they have already been detained and executed by the emperor's people?It would be fine if this was the case, as there is still no news about it, so it can be seen that Fang Zi has not seen the light of day yet.

Shui Rong waited for Jia's mother to die quickly, fearing that Ye Changmeng would say something to her, even if there is no pharmacy to convict her, it would still be a big hidden danger.Therefore, Shui Rong took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "I report to the Holy Majesty, I have something to say."

"Say!" The emperor looked down at the well-known King of Beijing Jing, with a half-smile.

Shui Rong's heart sank for a moment, but he still spoke uprightly with a compassionate look on his face: "Although Shi has committed serious crimes, he is old and weak. The Holy Majesty has always been benevolent and filial. Gong Jia Daishan has made many meritorious deeds, and to shade his wife, why not hang Jia Shishi to death?"

Shui Rong bit the bullet and said this, and was already prepared to be slobbered by the official censor, and Dongping County Wang Mu Shi and Yi were ready to second him, in short, Jia Shishi must be killed immediately!They have already tested the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it is controlled like an iron bucket by the direct descendants of the Holy Majesty. Even the food is tried with rats, so they have no chance to kill Jia Shishi.

Unexpectedly, the hall was quiet, the censors with iron teeth and copper teeth did not speak, and the ministers of the humerus of the Holy Majesty did not squint, but the Holy Majesty sitting above nodded as if agreeing, and said gently: " The King of Beijing is right, what about the other lovers?"

Shui Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he felt more and more that something was wrong. Nan'an, Dongping and the king of Xining secretly exchanged glances, and they all felt that something was wrong. Only if it is solid, they all came out to echo the words of water dissolution.

The emperor looked at these kings of different surnames who hurriedly stood up and hugged each other, the smile in his eyes became heavier, and the coldness in his eyes became more and more severe.

He just smiled and said nothing.The four county kings with different surnames were soon drenched in cold sweat, and all of them expressed their support with their eyes, trying to use the power of the crowd to force the emperor to grant Jia Shishi an immediate death.Bo Niu Jizong, the first-class descendant of the Duke of Zhen, Liu Fang, the first-class son of the Duke of Li, Chen Ruiwen, the third-rank general of Weizhen, the third rank of the Duke of Qi, Ma Shang, the third-rank general of Weiyuan, the third rank of the Duke of Zhiguo, and the first-class son of the Duke of Xiuguo. Hou Xiaokang, and Shi Guangzhu from Shan Guogong's mansion came out one after another, and played on their knees, saying that Shi's vicious woman is not worthy of the name of being lenient and benevolent for her.Shui Rong also kept on doing one thing, asking for the post of execution officer to share the worries of the Holy One.

"Good, good. Good, good!" The emperor said four good things in a row, and his smile was exceptionally gentle: "All my lovers are really loyal to the emperor and the people, and they are indeed loyal ministers."

Saying this, the meaning was really unclear, and Shui Rong and the others were all surprised.It's just that now that the arrow is on the string, they can't get off the tiger, so they can only go down—the courtiers in the court are divided into two distinct factions, one faction keeps their eyes on their noses, noses, noses, noses, and hearts and keeps silent, while the other faction is headed by four kings with different surnames, standing in the middle and presenting generously The words seem to be concerned about the country and the people.

"Your Majesty, this is what you should do. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!" Niu Jizong knelt on the ground with a plop, accepting the praise from the emperor's loyal minister.Shui Rong waited hurriedly to kneel down, shouting long live, thanking you and so on.Shui Rong secretly hated Niu Jizong's recklessness.Niu Jizong looks like a carefree and reckless man, which reminds people of his grandfather, Zhenguo Gong Niu Qing. Niu Qing has a straightforward and bullish temper, and he is very good at pretending to be crazy, but the emperor likes him, and once praised him as "loyalty" Therefore, even though Niu Jizong was angry, the emperor couldn't let it out.

Niu Jizong knelt on the ground, holding his breath in his heart. The Zhenguo family is the only family with military power in four kings and eight kilometers. Second, the government of Zhen Guo has more face than the four kings with different surnames, but just last month, today's emperor took advantage of the issue and cut the military power of the Niu family because of the crime of a direct descendant of the Niu family. The military officers of the family line and the nails planted in the army were wiped out almost in a blink of an eye-the layout of the Niu family that took several generations disappeared in an instant. Tolerate!What's more, compared to other dukes' mansions that abandoned military and followed civil, the foundation of their Niu family was almost entirely in the Eastern Army, and now it was destroyed... Niu Jizong is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, so he doesn't believe that the Holy Majesty can do anything to him!

Cheng Zong looked at the group of people kneeling in the middle below, and sneered in his heart. These people are now in harmony, and they all stood up. It's a pity...

"What all the lovers said is very true." Cheng Zong laughed, "but I only know one of them and don't know the other. Although Jia Shishi's crime is not to be punished, but because of his age and the sake of atonement, he took it away. All her orders were rewarded, and keeping her alive would make..."

Disregarding disrespect, Shui Rong suddenly raised his head: Redemption?What kind of merit can atone for such a serious sin?His heart was pounding like a sword.

Today's Holy One smiled gently: "Leave it to Jia Shishi."

After Dai Jiamu was gagged and knelt on the golden hall, Cheng Zong smiled and picked up a flat box on the imperial case, opened it and picked up a piece of yellowed paper. Looking at it, it is shiny like a golden silk, and it is extremely thick, with a special smell and a very quiet smell, even the courtiers below with a sensitive nose can vaguely smell it.

That is? !

Shui Rong's eyes widened, and all the strength in his body was sucked out at once - they were finished!

"This is an ancient prescription. All the nobles must have heard of the secret medicine of the previous dynasty. It is extremely poisonous. I thought it had already been eliminated in the world, but I didn't want to hide it in the hands of people with good intentions. I would sit down and commit a heinous crime!" Emperor Chengzong yelled angrily and jumped up against the case.

"I only have half of this recipe, and it's still shocking to read!" The emperor looked down, and suddenly whispered in a soft voice: "The king of Beijing, the king of Nan'an County... the lovers are all on this poisonous recipe, but that's why they have to enter." Is Fang Zi going to die in front of the Imperial family Jia Shi?"

The underground and others listened to their ears, and they were not stingy with thunder, especially Shui Rong. He has a virtuous name, and there are few people in the Beijing King's lineage, so there is no other crime at all.

Looking at Jia Mu with water-soluble hatred, this old poisonous woman actually divided the prescription, only half of it was taken in, and the other half, which was charged with the Rongning Second Mansion and the historian, was hidden... The rest also thought of this, and hated Jia Mu very much. .

The smile in Chengzong's eyes grew heavier. He wanted to spare Jia Shishi's life. These people lost their lives because of her loss of office. He wanted to see how Jia Shishi, who had been ruthless all his life, faced the revenge from the rest of his family. ——Killed Yuan's family and his beloved wife to death, how could he let her die so easily?

Cheng Zong shook the half of the ancient formula with a smile, and his face, which was similar to Prince Duansu Zhu Yongan's, turned gloomy and solemn. In the eyes of Shui Rong and others who were kneeling on the ground, he looked as terrifying as a ghost and a fierce tiger.

It was only then that they discovered that the emperor, who thought to be gentle and moderate, had such a cold and majestic side. Compared with Prince Duansu, who was deeply feared by them, the emperor on the throne was the truly terrifying person!

Zhu Yong'an, who was dressed in a pro-dynasty uniform with a lot of dignity, half lifted the hem of his robe, and led all the civil and military officials to kneel down to plead guilty, "I am guilty!"

The roar of the mountain resounded throughout the universe, and weighed heavily on the hearts of Shui Rong and the others. Everyone knew: This matter must not be resolved!

Overlord, yes!Too emperor!Shui Rong was in a state of confusion, and suddenly thought of the old saint in the harem, this is their only hope!

But Cheng Zong on the imperial steps shouted in grief and anger: "You are indeed guilty! Since Prince Su Zhu Bin, all officials in the whole dynasty have been demoted to one level! Penalty for half a year!"

Shui Rong's brain buzzed continuously, and he fell on the ground and stared wide-eyed. Sure enough, the emperor said in grief and indignation: "If you didn't investigate, you would let the rebellious officials come to the Supreme Emperor with the poison of rotten heart, causing the Supreme Emperor to be heavily poisoned by the rotten heart pill! If I hadn't seen this box yesterday The other slow-drug prescription in the book became suspicious, and I am afraid that today..."

As he spoke, he was about to weep, and all civil and military officials in the court shouted: "The emperor is pure filial piety, please thoroughly investigate the matter of the emperor's poisoning!"

Prince Su Zhu Bin couldn't hide his worry, and said: "The old sage is blessed and blessed, and he will be safe and peaceful as before! My son is willing to investigate this matter thoroughly with the third division!"

The emperor nodded in relief, and explained the matter to his loyal ministers in detail: "There is a ginseng king in ancient Yinzhou. The old sage has been feeling tired recently. I ordered the imperial physician to use this ginseng to warm up the emperor. Unexpectedly, it caused the emperor to suffer from abdominal pain. I I was extremely worried, but I saw the prescription for slow poisoning yesterday, which was very similar to the old sage!... Lu Shiyi and others from the Imperial Hospital reported that the old sage had been poisoned for half a month. The king's medicinal properties are aroused and restrained, fearing that the old saint's life will be in danger! The Supreme Emperor seldom leaves the palace in recent years, and I have searched the inner palace again... This poison was brought into the palace by foreign ministers, hidden between the fingers and poured into the Supreme Emperor's teacup !"

Hearing this, Shui Rong has no extravagant hopes. Everyone knows that the Supreme Emperor loves him more than him. He has always liked his tea-making skills, and the foreign ministers who enter the palace to see the Supreme Emperor are only a few of them. He is the only one left.Half a month ago, wasn't it the time when he frequently went in and out of the Supreme Emperor's palace because of his uneasiness.

Shui Rong clenched his fists tightly, he hated himself for mistaking the tiger for a house cat, the one on the throne was really ruthless, with just a few words, he, the virtuous king, was charged with the unforgivable crime of poisoning and killing the old sage, Completely cut off their back road!Come to think of it, the old sage is probably lying there half dead now?The Holy Majesty will definitely not let him die before something happens, but he will not give the Supreme Emperor a chance to speak...

Unlike Shui Rong, Niu Jizong was thinking crazily: as long as the Supreme Emperor dies, as long as the Supreme Emperor dies immediately!He might have escaped this catastrophe. Before the national funeral, everything must give way!And maybe he can give Jinshang the title of killing old ministers and pissing off the Supreme Emperor, maybe he still has a chance to make a comeback!Yes, his niece is now an aristocrat in Jing'an Palace. The Niu family has raised her for so many years, so it's time for her to do something for the Niu family!

It's just that Chengzong will allow him to be like this, Niu Jizong's thinking is still too superficial, since the emperor chooses to launch an attack at this time, everything must be ready, even if the Supreme Emperor dies immediately, so what, the palace is now in his hands, everyone But he kept his mourning secret, waiting for something to happen - Niu Jizong was courting his own death for a little nobleman who had never been favored before!

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The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly stepped forward to take half of the prescription from the chief eunuch and ordered to investigate the case; Prince Su Zhu Bin was ordered to lead the clan's mansion and Guanglu Temple to investigate the poisoning case of the Supreme Emperor.

The three old men including Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice looked at the prescription, and it was indeed just a prescription, but they didn't know what the mystery was.After a while, the head eunuch personally brought a plate of fresh chicken blood and smeared it on it... The Dali Temple Minister who stood at the front no longer cared about the stench of chicken blood, and was so shocked by the content revealed by the blood on it that his face turned pale up.

Chengzong, who was on the throne, showed the "case" at this time: "Re-investigate the case of the emperor Yuan's family back then! Find out the cause of death of King Zhongliu and former Minister of the Household Department Chen Haijin! Find out..." After a series of investigations, there are very few cases. There was no panic on the faces of the courtiers, there were brothers of today, important officials of the court, and even the empress who was deposed by the old sage!This involves too much and too much...

Shui Rong closed his eyes, his face was ashen, he had realized since the half of the prescription was taken out - back then, in order to form an alliance and seek unity, the four kings and eight princes and several other aristocratic families were instigated by the Duke's wife of the Rongguo Mansion. His Majesty used a special dye to sign a contract on this ancient prescription. On it was the enemy they had eliminated together. The gold seals of each of their princes and counties were stamped on it. For the income in the deep palace, although Jia Shishi is a woman, she is ruthless and wise, and she has contributed a lot of strategies, so everyone entrusted this to her for safekeeping - because they are afraid that things will fail one day, and she will be alone Ladies in the back house, if you have time, destroy this prescription.

But I didn't expect to fall into the trick of this poisonous woman. The seals and handprints of these people are on the top half of the sheet, while the Rongning Second House and their close historians, Zhen family, Xue family, and Wang family are on the bottom half. Zhang, this poisonous woman gave up half of her life in exchange for her life, but the most important thing is that they died without their whole bodies!