Chapter 55 Prisoners of Cishun Palace
A large number of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were imprisoned and had to be recruited from outside. This is how Bu Hengru and others came in. The waiters beside the imperial concubine didn’t know them. It feels like a dog that has been carefully raised for many years, suddenly runs away from the side, pounces on the stranger, shakes his head and wags his tail, whimpering, and is a hundred times more cordial than the old owner.
The imperial concubine is not a "dog". She carries practical meaning and interests. Several eunuchs and maids in the Cining Palace came from the Prince's Mansion. Especially, they couldn't believe what they saw. One of them boldly stepped forward. , "Imperial Concubine, these people..."
The imperial concubine turned around and said to the old attendants: "The sky is calamitous, the earth is shaking, the mountains and rivers are unstable, I am acting on the orders of the emperor and the empress dowager, you don't need to panic, stay at the Cining Palace and stand by for orders, and those who dare to go out privately, Kill without mercy."
The imperial concubine left with the emperor and the East Sea King, followed by more than 20 new eunuchs who came from nowhere, closed the palace gate outside, leaving the four to guard under the porch, opened the hem of the clothes, took out the legs to hide The dagger is shocking even before it is unsheathed.
Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard retreated, the horror in their hearts was stronger than when the earthquake occurred.
The little eunuch Zhang Youcai ran to the palace maid Tong Qing'e and whispered, "I think it's about time."
"But Your Majesty hasn't said the secret code yet." Tong Qing'e only felt her legs go weak.
"Your Majesty said it with his eyes, didn't you see it?"
Tong Qing'e has been flustered since the earthquake, and she is not even sure whether the emperor has seen her.
Han Ruzi did wink at Tong Qing'e, and then he was carried away by Bu Hengru and others, with almost no feet on the ground, and no chance to speak at all.
Leaving the Cining Palace, the imperial concubine stopped and asked, "Have the gates to the inner palace been guarded?"
Bu Hengru nodded, "The South, North, and West gates are all guarded, but you have to get the Queen Mother's decree as soon as possible to avoid suspicion."
"Okay." The imperial concubine stepped towards the Empress Dowager's Cishun Palace.
The King of the East Sea followed her closely, "How could Han Ruzi know about our plan? Who leaked the secret?"
"Of course it's your good cousin. When she is the real queen, she must stand on the emperor's side." The imperial concubine said without thinking.
"Hey, stinky girl, you are not obedient at home, just turn your elbows out when you get married, let's see how I will deal with her in the future." Donghai Wang said bitterly, still a little worried in his heart, "It won't be a bad thing, even he knows it. Now, will the queen mother..."
"No." The princess was very sure.
The King of the East Sea was a little relieved, and glanced at the emperor who was being held hostage by the eunuch, "Why don't you speak?"
Han Ruzi remained silent on the road, and didn't even make any resistance. He followed the imperial concubine obediently, and even the eunuch beside him let go of his hand, "There is nothing to say." He didn't look at the East Sea King.
"I told you a long time ago that you have to learn to please..." The King of the East Sea shut up. In front of him was the Cishun Palace. There were at least fifteen eunuchs guarding the entrance.
Standing in the middle is the eunuch Zuo Ji.
Han Ruzi's heart is a little wider, he has at least reminded one person beside the Queen Mother.
The group stopped, the imperial concubine and Zuo Ji looked at each other for a moment, and said, "Does Zuo Gong have any questions?"
Zuo Ji's eyes swept across the faces of the new eunuchs in front of and behind the imperial concubine, and turned to the side, "I am the imperial concubine, please enter the Cishun Palace, and the slaves will guard the gate of the palace."
The imperial concubine stepped inside, and Han Ruzi was really surprised this time, staring at Zuo Ji, Zuo Ji also looked at him, the corners of his mouth twitched in mockery, and he immediately raised his hand to press the scar on his face.
"Zuo Ji was also drawn over by the imperial concubine?" Donghai Wang whispered excitedly, and immediately gave birth to a bit of dissatisfaction, "You should have told me earlier."
"According to the changes, how can I tell you everything?" said the imperial concubine.
Han Ruzi suddenly realized that he was the one who asked the imperial concubine to act in advance. He provoked Zuo Ji to fight with the imperial concubine, but the result was counterproductive. Zuo Ji simply joined the imperial concubine - he must be full of resentment for the humiliation in the Qinzheng Hall Angrily, even the Queen Mother hated it.
Perhaps this was the empress dowager's tactic. Han Ruzi had the last ray of hope, and as soon as he entered the inner courtyard of Cishun Palace, this hope was dashed.
There was no one in the yard, the door of the main room was open, and the queen mother stood at the door, with only two waiters beside her, one of them was Wang Meiren.
Han Ruzi took a step forward and called, "Mother."
Bu Hengru pulled the emperor back, Han Ruzi threw his arm, did not break free, stopped resisting, nodded to his mother, and Wang Meiren also nodded to her son, showing a slight smile, but said nothing.
Most of the eunuchs brought by Bu Hengru stayed outside the palace, only he and the other three followed.
The East Sea King stepped aside and looked on with a smile on his face. He didn't speak in a hurry, but wanted to watch a good show.
The two Shangguan sisters stared at each other.
The queen concubine spoke first, "When did you know about it."
"Just now." The Queen Mother's voice was calm, as if she had expected this scene long ago, "Zuo Ji transferred the people around me and said that it was going to be a disaster, and I understood, after thinking about it, the entire palace You are the only one who has this ability."
The King of the East Sea pouted disdainfully on the side, because many things were his ideas, and the imperial concubine was only the executor.
"Thanks to the empress dowager." The queen concubine's voice also became dull, "then I don't need to say more, there are a few decrees prepared by the empress dowager."
Han Ruzi thought that the queen mother would react a little, even if she didn't scold fiercely, she should have shown anger, but she didn't.
Instead, it was the Donghai King, Bu Hengru and others who were surprised.
Only the imperial concubine did not show any surprise, and said to Han Ruzi: "Your Majesty, please, I will ask Your Majesty to write an imperial decree later."
In the Queen Mother's palace, the only maid was trembling with fear, and it was difficult to lay paper, let alone research ink. Wang Meiren took over and prepared everything. The Queen Mother nodded to her to express her gratitude.
Bu Hengru took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, all of which were written decrees. He wanted the Queen Mother to copy them, and he took a step forward to send them over, but he met the Queen Mother's stern and uncompromising gaze, and Bu Hengru hesitated for a while, then returned angrily. In place, hand the paper to the queen concubine.
Wang Meiren came over, took the paper from the imperial concubine's hand, and put it on the table. During the process, she didn't look at her son who was close at hand.
The queen mother looked at the paper on the table, didn't reach for the pen for a long time, turned her head and asked, "Why? I really can't think of any place where I have treated you badly."
The crown princess said coldly, "You killed my son."
"Have you forgotten that you took the medicine voluntarily at the beginning."
"It's not the unborn child, it's Si Di. I raised him since he was a child. He's his real mother. You don't deserve it."
The empress dowager's eyebrows rose slowly, "It was me who was pregnant for nine months, not you. And I didn't kill him. Why should I kill my own child and make someone else emperor?"
"Because Sidi discovered your secret."
"That's our secret. Even so, I can't kill him." The Queen Mother's voice finally showed some excitement.
The King of the East Sea advised: "It's all a matter of the past. If we can't fight for the result, let's write the decree first. Later, the imperial concubine will have to go to the Qinzheng Hall to see the minister."
The empress dowager's eyes were still fixed on her sister, "The Cui family is the bane, you know very well, but you still turn to that bitch."
"Are you talking about my mother?" King Donghai rolled his eyes, "Empress Dowager, for your own sake, it's better to be more polite to my mother from now on."
"It's useless to talk too much, please ask the queen mother to make a decree." The imperial concubine didn't want to argue any more.
The empress dowager sighed, picked up the pen, and wrote the decree according to the content provided by the eunuch, temporarily ceding the power of the Qinzheng Palace to the imperial concubine, and she herself had to stay in the palace to fast and pray to the gods.
The King of the East Sea pretended to be relaxed and said: "This earthquake is really timely, it is much more perfect than our original plan to set fire to it. You are so nervous, don't you feel angry? Why did you unexpectedly move beforehand?"
Bu Hengru smiled and said: "The secret cannot be leaked. Master made a decisive decision last night and decided to start an early incident. Isn't that what you expected?"
The King of the East Sea also laughed.
Hearing the word "wang qi", Han Ruzi thought of a person and couldn't help but say, "Are you a disciple of Qi Guochun Yu Xiao?"
Bu Hengru smiled and nodded, "Exactly, even His Majesty knows my master's name."
The King of the East Sea corrected coldly, "He will soon cease to be His Majesty."
After the queen mother wrote a few decrees, she dropped the pen, turned around and walked to the side. Wang Meiren followed closely, never leaving.
Han Ruzi felt that this was a hint from his mother to him: he would rather stand on the side of the empress dowager than submit to the imperial concubine and the Cui family.
When it was his turn to write the imperial decree, Bu Hengru took out another written piece of paper, spread it on the table by himself, took away the Queen Mother's decree by the way, read it again, was very satisfied, and gave it to the empress dowager.
Han Ruzi glanced at the written text. It was an edict that the emperor was responsible for the earthquake. He fasted for ten consecutive days to see the aftermath. If there were more disasters, he would be ashamed of his ancestors. Liezong said, this is a hint that the emperor may abdicate due to divine scourge.
The queen mother did not resist, and he did not need to, so it was written correctly.
The imperial concubine has all the necessary wills, and the seal of the empress dowager is in her hands, only the emperor's imperial decree is to be sealed by Jing Yao, "I will go to the Qinzheng Hall, and you will stay."
The King of the East Sea was not at ease, "Wait, let's smooth it out at the end, is there any problem with Jing Yao?"
"No problem, he was persuaded, the only requirement is to get rid of Yang Feng afterwards." Bu Hengru replied that he was responsible for many things.
"What about the masters around the Queen Mother? Especially the Meng brothers and sisters, we must get rid of them as soon as possible."
"They were all led out of the capital by my master, they won't survive tonight." Bu Hengru said with certainty.
King Donghai thought for a while, "My uncle will be able to rush back to the capital in three days at most. When that time comes... I will remember your credit for your hard work."
The King of the East Sea began to call himself "Zhen", but the imperial concubine and Bu Hengru did not kneel to perform the courtier salute, but bowed slightly.
The concubine left, Bu Hengru and the other three guarded at the door, the King of the East Sea looked for a place to sit down, his eyes swept over several "prisoners", and finally looked at the queen mother, "To be honest, I have always been worried, I thought there would be twists and turns, but in the end, even God helped me, hehe, you are not as strong as I imagined."
The queen mother sat on the chair in the middle and said coldly: "If the twists and turns happen here, my queen mother will be in vain."
The King of the East Sea laughed, "Do you think the ministers in the Palace of Diligence will help you? They don't care who the queen mother is, and they don't even know what's going on in the inner palace."
Having said that, the East Sea King was still a little uneasy. He turned his head to Bu Hengru at the door and said, "These three people are good at martial arts. It's fine for them to stay. You can go to the Palace of Qinzheng to help the imperial concubine."
To the surprise of King Donghai, Bu Hengru shook his head, "No, my duty is to stay at Cishun Palace."
"Your duty?" Donghai King couldn't believe his ears, "My order is my duty!"
Bu Hengru was unmoved, Han Ruzi had been standing at the table, and then said: "Donghai King, don't you understand yet? You are a prisoner just like us."
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