Chapter 47 Mother's Words
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Luo Huanzhang walked slowly into the room, walking solemnly, dressed in commoner clothes, but with the morale of a general with a sword and a bow. When he saluted the emperor, he never bowed to the ground, but with one foot in front and one behind, bowing slightly. His body, his hands bowed in front of his eyes, it was simple and solemn, with a hint of ancient meaning.
There are many eunuchs here today. Eight of them stand in two rows at the door. The East Sea King was surprised, his eyes swept around vigilantly.
Jing Yao, the supervisor of the Central Division, walked in, walked in front of the East Sea King in small steps, and said in a low voice, "Follow me, Your Highness."
"Where to?" King Donghai clenched his fists with both hands and pressed them on the desk.
"Please come with me." Jing Yao emphasized his tone.
King Donghai got up reluctantly, glanced at the emperor, pouted, and followed Jing Yao.
Han Ruzi sat on his knees and looked directly at Luo Huanzhang. It was obvious that the spare imperial edict had already been handed in.
"Today, Caomin told His Majesty a story about Emperor Hedi." Luo Huanzhang said.
Emperor He was the son of Emperor Lie and the father of Emperor Wu. He was an emperor who inherited the past and connected the future. During his reign, there was nothing in the world, the treasury was full, and the people were happy. Although there were minor problems at the border, Hedi only ordered the place to stick to it and never took the initiative to challenge.
He Di was a wise man, but he had one regret in his life.
Emperor He was not the prince appointed by Emperor Lie during his lifetime, but the successor chosen by the ministers from among the various princes after Emperor Lie's death. No matter how the Queen Mother begged, no one in the uncle's family was awarded the title of lord, but only rewarded a lot of money.
In the seventh year of Emperor Hedi's reign, the Empress Dowager passed away, and she sighed before her death: "All foreign relatives are honored by their concubines, and Duhua's family is in a low position because of me. After I die, I cover my face with a cloth, and I don't have the face to see my parents underground."
When Emperor He heard the grief, he named three of the Hua clan as marquis and five as lords in front of the hospital bed.
Empress Dowager Hua passed away with a smile, but Emperor He always regretted it and treated his uncle's family preferentially throughout his life. After Emperor Wu, Emperor Huan, Emperor Si, and up to now, there is still a branch of the Marquis of Junyang in the Hua family.
"When a filial son cherishes time, don't wait for your parents to say goodbye before you regret it, but Your Majesty thinks about it again and again." Luo Huanzhang saluted, and the morning class was over.
Han Ruzi listened more seriously than usual, and asked: "The meritorious person is rewarded, the capable person is promoted, and the virtuous person is commended. If not these three, how can you be an official to help the emperor govern the country? Uncle, make the empress dowager smile, where are the great Chu Jiangshan and the ancestors of the Han family?"
The expressions of the two rows of eunuchs at the door changed slightly.
Luo Huanzhang lowered his eyes slightly, then raised his eyes again, and said sternly: "filial piety comes from the heart, only filial piety can be compared with great justice, and the filial piety of emperors extends to the world..."
Knowing what Luo Huanzhang was going to say, Han Ruzi interrupted him rudely: "In this way, I am the most unfilial person in the world and abandon my biological mother."
The expressions of the eunuchs changed greatly. Luo Huanzhang was the teacher of the emperor, and he did not need to kneel according to the rites, but at this time he knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, got up and said, "filial piety is from the heart and rites are observed, Yuli, the queen mother. That is His Majesty's mother."
Han Ruzi grabbed a book on the case and threw it at Luo Huanzhang, and said loudly, "Luo Huanzhang, how do you see your disciple's relatives and friends again?"
The eunuchs stopped watching, and the four people in the front row swarmed up to hold the emperor.
Luo Huanzhang didn't move, let the scroll smashed on his chest, and said coldly: "There are countless disciples of Luo, and none of them are as bad as His Majesty. Marquis Piyuan has admitted the crime, His Majesty reflects, can this move be worthy of the Queen Mother and the people of the world?"
Han Ruzi shouted in the hands of the eunuchs and performed a good show, no one asked him to do it, he just felt it was more real, and he needed a vent.
It turned out that the sacrificed minister was Marquis Piyuan. He was recovering from illness at home not long after he returned from the Kwantung battlefield. He usually made very few friends, and perhaps fewer people were implicated because of him.
The emperor did not go to the Qinzheng Palace and was sent back to Tai'an Palace. There were at least four eunuchs guarding the room at all times. Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e could only come in occasionally, and they had to leave immediately after finishing their work.
Han Ruzi stopped tossing and lay on the bed, wondering what the Queen Mother would do next.
The lunch was canceled as a small punishment for the emperor.
In the evening, Tong Qing'e brought in a plate of food, and the eunuchs inspected her before allowing her to send it to the emperor. Han Ruzi quickly finished eating, and said angrily to Tong Qing'e, "Billy maid, is it your fault for me?"
Tong Qing'e retreated in a panic, but glanced up quickly, indicating that she understood the emperor's intentions. Under the current circumstances, the emperor would be safer for anyone who is vicious.
When Han Ruzi was full, he shouted at the guards and eunuchs: "Do you dare to report your names? I remember your looks, in the future... in the future..."
He was recalling the tone and words of the King of the East Sea, and there was one person coming in outside the door.
Zuo Ji's face was still bruised, and he couldn't show his flattering smile, and he didn't want to smile when facing the emperor.
The two looked at each other for a while, and Han Ruzi felt a little apprehensive in his heart. If anyone in the palace hated the emperor the most, it was this person.
"Your Majesty is not small."
"Not as good as Zuo Gong."
"Your Majesty is not afraid of the law of the ancestors?"
"Isn't Duke Zuo afraid of Liang An's dreams in the night?"
Zuo Ji snorted, "Your Majesty, save your eloquence, I will take your Majesty to meet someone."
Han Ruzi's heart moved, "Who?"
Zuo Ji didn't answer, turned to lead the way, and several eunuchs came, guarding both sides of the emperor like escorting prisoners.
Han Ruzi stepped to keep up. Outside the house, Zhang Youcai and other more than ten people knelt on the ground, all of them were silent.
There is also a team of eunuchs and bodyguards outside Tai'an Palace, surrounding the emperor in the middle, he is more like a prisoner.
A group of people walked, beating around the corner, passing one door after another, getting further and further away from Tai'an Palace, but they did not go to Cishun Palace, where the Queen Mother lived.
Han Ruzi's heart was pounding, and he vaguely guessed who he was going to see.
At the end of a deep alley, the emperor was sent into a small room with simple furnishings and dim candlelight.
Han Ruzi didn't care much, so he rushed to the woman and knelt down, hugging her leg and sobbing.
"Your Majesty, don't cry." This was the mother's voice, but it was somewhat indifferent.
Zuo Ji stood at the door, coldly watching the mother and son meet.
"Mother." Han Ruzi raised his head, unexpectedly seeing each other in such a place after parting on that day.
"Your Majesty has grown up again." Wang Meiren's voice was still a little cold, but she involuntarily raised her hand to touch her son's face, and when she touched it, she shrank back and smiled, "Your Majesty is an adult, why? Are you crying like a child?"
Han Ruzi wiped away her tears, "My child made my mother suffer."
"Your Majesty must not say such things. Your Majesty's supreme body should be thought of in the world. The Queen Mother is merciful..."
Han Ruzi retracted his hand from his mother's knee, "The Queen Mother... Has the mother met the Queen Mother?"
Wang Meiren nodded, "I have seen it. It was the Queen Mother who took me into the palace."
"Let you live in this kind of place?" Han Ruzi looked left and right, the furnishings in the room were too simple, there was not even a bed.
Wang Meiren smiled, "I only moved here today, Your Majesty... If Your Majesty really cares about my life, you should be a good emperor."
"What is a good emperor?" Han Ruzi felt more and more strange about his mother's words.
"A good emperor will listen to the Queen Mother and will not do anything behind her back."
"Then what? Waiting for the queen mother to take our mother and son..." Han Ruzi couldn't continue.
Wang Meiren shook her head, "The Queen Mother is not the kind of person Your Majesty imagined, she is very kind, and everything she does is for His Majesty's sake. After a few more years, His Majesty will be able to take charge of the government, and the Queen Dowager will retire to the inner palace, and I will too. I can see your Majesty often."
Han Ruzi didn't believe the Queen Mother's promise at all, but in front of Zuo Ji, he couldn't refute, "Mother, what should I do?"
"Don't call me mother again, the queen mother is your majesty's mother." Wang Meiren's voice was trembling, paused for a while, and then returned to normal, "From now on, your majesty will listen to the queen mother's words, and Da Chu needs a successor. , Your Majesty... Although Your Majesty is young, you should do your best."
Zuo Ji, who was standing at the door, put in a sentence coldly, "Wang Meiren asked His Majesty to go back and do husband and wife as soon as possible, and give birth to a prince for Da Chu."
Han Ruzi turned his head and glanced at Zuo Ji angrily, and said to his mother, "Baby...do your best."
"It's not about trying your best, you have to do it. Only in this way can your Majesty and I meet again."
Zuo Ji urged: "The words have been made clear, Your Majesty, please get up."
Han Ruzi was still kneeling on the ground, and two eunuchs came in from outside and supported the emperor's arms.
"Mother, I will definitely take you by my side."
Wang Meiren smiled and saw her son being taken away, she said loudly, "Remember what your mother said, you must remember it."
Han Ruzi nodded solemnly, pushed the eunuch away, and walked out by himself.
The late night in the palace was no different from the outside, except that more people carried lanterns, and there was an unknown fragrance of flowers floating in the alley. Even if he dies, he has to give up his fight with the Queen Mother, and he wants to become the real master here.
Only he can understand Wang Meiren's voice over the line. "Wai Niang's words" does not refer to everything said today, but when Han Ruzi was taken away by Yang Feng, his mother told her in her ear: Don't trust anyone in the palace , and do not offend anyone.
At this moment, the first sentence is more important than the last sentence. The mother has entered the palace, so she can't believe her words. The queen mother will not let their mother and son go. He must resist, and he must fight as soon as possible.
Zuo Ji followed the emperor and said softly, "Is Your Majesty satisfied?"
Han Ruzi bit his lip and walked out for a while, turned his head to Zuo Ji and said, "Take me to Qiuxin Palace to see the queen."
An ugly smile appeared on Zuo Ji's unhealed face.
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