Chapter 153 Continuous Accidents
Yun Fenghuang looked around and saw that Chunjia was chatting with the Empress Dowager Yuan in full swing, and the rest of the people were listening attentively. No one noticed the palace man, so he leaned back and told the Qing people in a low voice: "You Go and ask what's going on?"
The Qing people went there once, and when they came back they whispered a few words in their ears, Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly.
At this moment when the queen noticed, Gu Zhen asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"Some things about children." Yun Fenghuang nodded to the Qing people, watched the Qing people leave quickly, and said nonchalantly, "King Qin and Zhaoqing were naughty, and I asked the Qing people to watch over me."
Gu Zhen looked at her suspiciously, suspecting that the brothers and sisters Wang Zhaoqing of Qin were bullying others again, so he immediately asked his servants to go out and take a look.
The other concubines were a little nervous when they saw this, because they were worried that the queen and the noble concubine would be torn apart on the Shengshou Festival.
Simply put, the feast of the day ended peacefully. In the evening, when the emperor arrived at Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, he found out what had happened during the lively banquet: "Yushan is gone??? What happened?" thing?"
Yun Fenghuang sighed: "Didn't Yun'an resign from the birthday banquet of the loving mother Empress Dowager because of the occasional cold? Yushan and Jinxi went to pay her respects, she was afraid of getting sick and the children, so they didn't see each other. It’s just that Jinxi was still young, so she was taken away when she was taken away. Yushan was older, and she was even more attached to her mother, and refused to leave after making a fuss. You can also talk with me."
Although both Yushan and Jinxi are girls, the Zheng family does not dare to neglect the two sisters who are of the blood of the Gongxiang family. The place where Princess Yun'an lives, even in other courtyards, has been specially cleaned up. What kind of fake mountain lotus? All the pools were cleared, so that the children would not be careful and cause trouble.
Therefore, whether it is Princess Yun'an or the servants who serve, they are very relieved to let Princess Yushan play around in the courtyard where Yun'an lives.
But I didn't want to, Princess Yushan fell to the ground after playing!
At first, the servants thought that the princess had tripped, and rushed up to help her. Seeing that she passed out after such a short effort, they realized that something was wrong, so they hurriedly sent for the imperial physician.
"As a result, the imperial doctor went over and said that he had been poisoned, but how could the princess be poisoned? The nurse who was serving listened and removed the princess's dress, and found two teeth marks on her ankle." Yun Fenghuang said, "There is already black and purple around the wound... The imperial doctor tried his best to save the child, but the child was too young to be rescued after all."
Chunjia said with a sullen face: "Although the other courtyard is located in the mountains, not to mention that every year when we come to live here, we will send people to exorcise the insects. Everyday, a lot of realgar will be sprinkled on the left and right sides of the courtyard...how could there be poisonous snakes jumping into it?" The inner court even hurt the life of the princess?!"
If the other courtyard is so unsafe, and also living deep in the mountains, and the palace with its own mountains and lakes, wouldn't it be more dangerous everywhere?
Yun Fenghuang hesitated to speak.
Seeing the emperor's urging gaze, she said just now: "Nurse found out that the sachet that was originally tied around the princess's ankle to repel insects has been replaced with a prescription for attracting snakes."
"..." Chunjia calmed down after hearing the words. He pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Ah Huang, what do you think?"
"I just feel that the person who killed me is really vicious, and even such a young princess can't bear it!" Yun Fenghuang murmured, "It's just... If Princess Yushan is the daughter of His Royal Highness Minghui, I can understand. After all His Royal Highness Minghui's behavior is not less than a headache. But she is the daughter of Yun An, this... From my concubine's understanding of His Highness Yun An, I really can't imagine that anyone would hate Her Highness so much that even children would not let her go How far?"
Chunjia was silent for a while, and said, "Maybe it's not necessarily because of Yunan, maybe it's because of the previous generation."
"Your Majesty is saying that someone wants to harm Xiaozong's flesh and blood?" Yun Fenghuang actually thought of this just now, after all, this is not the Xiaozong's flesh and blood - this is the first time something happened. Princess Sui'an was murdered before, but it is not clear yet statement.
The imperial concubine checked and checked again and again, but she still couldn't figure out who deliberately made Suian have no heirs.
Now that something happened to Yunan's child, it was hard not to think of it. Considering the normal behavior of these two concubines, as well as the situation of their parents, it is really unlikely that they themselves can fall into such a situation of grievances.
That can only be thought of from their parents.
For example, Xiaozong, or even Shenzong.
Yun Fenghuang pretended to be surprised, and said with frowned eyebrows, "But... the Ji family has already been punished?"
To say that the one who has the most reason to murder Xiaozong's flesh and blood is naturally the Ji family.
After all, Xiaozong himself was forced to death by this foreign family.
However, the remnants of the Ji family can't take care of themselves now, can they really reach out to the two eldest princesses?
Chunjia said lightly: "It may not be Xiaozong, it may be Shenzong..."
Because the emperor and concubine are talking alone in the inner room now, and there are no idlers waiting around, the emperor said bluntly, "Shenzong took the crown back then, and the methods were quite cruel. Like Aunt Dongxing, it was already a very good end, but Not only was the title of her husband's family stripped off, but she also kept a low profile for many years and did not dare to show her face at all."
This kind of Dongxing is considered a good end, let alone other princes and princesses.
Especially the prince.
It is said that in order to prevent accidents, the first thing Shenzong did after coming to power was to send many brothers, nephews and nephews to serve the late emperor.
At that time, the princes and grandchildren recorded on the jade plate counted as one, and none survived.
Even the old relatives of these people, none of them ended well, basically they all started with the extermination of the family.
This is also the reason why Shenzong relied heavily on the Ji family later on. After all, most of the temples at that time were emptied, and he alone could not control such a huge dynasty.
Calculating the time, this was already several decades ago. From the perspective of Chunjia and Yunfenghuang's generation, even if they knew that the heads of the people killed by Shenzong at that time were rolling, and how many princes and nobles were bleeding in the mansions, they would still It's hard to be touched, after all, times have changed.
In addition to these tragedies, the relationship with their elders and relatives is not very close. They did not grow up in this kind of hatred and resentment, and of course they did not have an unforgettable concept after hearing it.
but……
If those people really slipped through the net, how could they forget them so easily?
"Your Majesty, the people at that time had this reason to target His Majesty Shenzong's flesh and blood." Yun Fenghuang said, "But... Shenzong chased them so strictly back then, even if they survived by chance, they would be living in idling, but where did they come from? With the confidence to attack the eldest princesses?!"
Although the two eldest princesses, Yun'an and Sui'an, were not protected as tightly as Chunjia, after all, they were golden branches and jade leaves, and not just anyone could murder them.
Chunjia said: "Many of those people are Sejong's beloved sons and daughters, and some are grandsons who grew up at Sejong's knee. God, it can be seen that there are people who sympathize with them inside and outside the palace, up and down the temple... It is reasonable to be able to murder the two imperial sisters."
Sejong is the father of Shenzong.
The thinness of the heirs of the Gongxiang family's direct branch was caused by Sejong's seizure of the reserve.
Sejong's own heirs are prosperous, and there are nearly thirty princes alone, and even more queens. With so many offspring, there are a total of forty or so who have grown to adulthood.
But he was a bit restrained in his life, and he had four queens successively. Not to mention the early death of the Empress Yuan, the eldest son who was left behind also died when he was less than ten years old; As a result, one gave birth to two princesses; after the fourth successor, a healthy first-born prince was finally born, but Sejong was almost fifty years old at this time! The eldest grandson is about to get married!
It is conceivable that none of the older princes who are about to become grandfathers is willing to surround such a child as the heir apparent.
The fourth successor was also a smart man. Seeing that the situation was not good, he declared to the outside world that his son was weak and sick, and he was not suitable for the position of prince.
As a result, the situation of the son of the concubine was much better. The older princes, because they were all descended from concubines, and even the eldest son of the concubine could not get the unanimous support of the ministers when there were sons of concubine, naturally began to fight.
Shenzong is the fifth son of Sejong, and none of the four elder brothers above him is a fuel-efficient lamp. Naturally, he has experienced countless ups and downs to succeed in seizing the throne. Even a year before Sejong's death, he almost fell to his stepmother. In the hands of the younger brother... yes, the so-called abandonment of the crown prince by the fourth one is just a cover. At that time, her son was not walking steadily. Stepson, just say that if her son is like the son of the Empress Yuan, he will die without sitting on the throne of God, then she will have a good end?
Therefore, he first showed his weakness to the enemy, put on a posture that he only wanted to guard his son's peaceful life, sat and watched the older stepson decide the winner, and then gave the victor a fatal blow, waiting to reap the fruit.
At that time, Shenzong was deceived into the palace by the news that Sejong suffered a sudden stroke and asked him to enter the palace immediately to prevent any changes. With the experience accumulated from fighting brothers, he still cautiously put on soft armor under his robe before going out.
So he was ambushed at the gate of the palace.
If it weren't for the soft armor, the subsequent design would probably be a success.
After that night, knowing that he was powerless, he carried his parents and children to Sejong, asked Sejong for protection, and went back to the palace to swallow gold and commit suicide... At that time, Sejong was already old, and Shenzong's wings continued to grow when he seized the heir. He has been unable to order this son, and can only use various promises and pleadings to ask him not to anger his young direct brother.
As a result of Sejong's negotiations with Shenzong, he kept the heir-born prince while Sejong was alive, and when Sejong passed away a year later, Shenzong personally pinched the younger brother's neck and asked him to serve Sejong.
It is not a new thing for royal brothers to fight each other, but after ascending the throne as emperor, how many actions and words will save face, let alone kill brothers by themselves, or brothers who are underage.
The fact that Shenzong did this shows how miserable the successor was.
Of course, some gossip said that this was because Shenzong had never been Sejong's favorite child, but the prince who was born in the first place, Princess Dongxing and other princes and daughters were the real darlings of Sejong.
He is really capable of ascending the throne.
Yun Fenghuang carefully recalled the past, and said cautiously: "Then what does His Majesty mean...?"
"These are all things about Chen Zhima and rotten millet, and it's just a royal joke if it's revealed." Chunjia pondered, "There's no need to talk about it to the outside world. It's just that the first emperor has only such a little flesh and blood. If everyone has one Three pros and two deficiencies caused me to go underground later, how can I explain to the late emperor? So the investigation still needs to be investigated."
His throne came from Xiaozong, and Xiaozong's throne came from Shenzong... What good would it do him to bring up the past of Shenzong's massacre of his brothers?
If it weren't for the fact that the real murderer behind the scenes would take his anger out on him, Xiaozong's heir, he wouldn't have been too lazy to investigate to the end, just arresting the two of them and making up a perfunctory reason... After all, Shenzong's actions at that time were both emperors, so he could understand. However, it is not glorious in the end.
"What your Majesty said is true." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "It's just a pity for Yushan, but I hope Yun'an can mourn... Originally, such a big matter should have been reported to His Majesty early in the morning, but today is a special day after all. The concubine was afraid of offending the loving mother, the empress dowager, so she kept it a secret."
Chun Jia actually thought so too. Although he had some affection for Yun An, how could he compare with Queen Mother Yuan?
For the sake of Yun'an's daughter, Chunjia was unwilling to touch the Empress Dowager Yuan's bad luck.
But as Xiaozong's heir, if this matter had been reported to him at that time, he really couldn't pretend not to know.
Fortunately, Yun Fenghuang stopped him.
Of course she would not blame the imperial concubine at this moment, and said: "Since the imperial doctor rushed over and failed to save Yushan, even if I go, the result will be the same. When I meet Yun'an, maybe she will be even more sad... Sigh, no Let's talk about it, it's already so late, let's settle it, tomorrow you and the queen will go to see Yun'an on my behalf."
With the dignity of the empress and the favor of the imperial concubine, it is a special favor for the two of them to go to express their condolences together.
At noon the next day, even though Princess Yun'an and his wife were still in deep grief, they suppressed their emotions and came out to greet them when they received the news.
Gu Zhen stepped forward to help the eldest princess to excuse her, said a few words of comfort, then looked at the little girl who was still ignorant beside her, sighed and touched her head: "Don't think so much, you mother and daughter are not destined enough, You can't keep it by force, but if you take good care of yourself, maybe you will have enough fate in the future, and you can continue. Besides, you still have Jinxi."
Yun Fenghuang also said a few words of consolation, and then hugged Jinxi, promising that the emperor would thoroughly investigate the person who murdered the princess...and then returned to the palace.
On the way, the queen was quite emotional: "What is the fate of the three eldest princesses of the first emperor? None of them lived comfortably."
"My concubine doesn't like to listen to what your mother said. Although His Royal Highness Sui'an has no heirs, he and his cousin respect each other like a guest, love and harmony, so why is it uncomfortable?" Yun Fenghuang immediately said, "What you said seems to be The marriages that His Majesty specially selected for them are not going well."
"..." The Empress knew she had made a slip of the tongue, and was afraid of being caught, so she choked and said nothing, "Yushan is really pitiful."
When the concubine returned to the palace, she first went to Xingxin Hall to see Chunjia, and told her how to condolence to the eldest princess. Chunjia encouraged the queen to go by herself, but left the concubine to talk.
This made Gu Zhen feel more depressed, pursed his lips, and left with a sullen face.
It's just that the imperial concubine didn't care, Chunjia waited for the queen to go out, and then said: "Just now the Imperial City Secretary reported that it was found out that the steward in charge of purchasing in Yun'an Bieyuan had bought poisonous snakes in private, and under torture, the steward He confessed that because he was punished by Yun'an before, he became evil and wanted to scare Yun'an with a poisonous snake, but accidentally killed the princess."
Yun Fenghuang said: "Who is this prevarication? If it is the kind of snake that scares people, how about killing the princess?"
"This man is a top vat, and the Imperial City Secretary knows it without interrogation." Chunjia sighed lightly, and said with frowned eyebrows, "It's just that the steward is the son of Zheng's family, and it was when Zheng Gu had some status Just rely on his subordinates so far, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the purchasing position. It is said that this kind of people should not betray easily. His family and relatives have not found any signs of being threatened..."
Although there are still many things that I can't figure out, Chunjia still decides to close the case like this.
After all, this is similar to what happened in Sui'an last time. The dignified princess was murdered, and the emperor personally investigated thoroughly. The result will take forever. Isn't this too incompetent?
As an emperor, it's shameful that he can't protect his niece. He can't even catch a murderer. How can such an emperor rule the world?
So the next day, the Xinggong announced that the manager of purchasing was the culprit, and directly sentenced him to Zhu Jiuzu.
In private, of course, Chunjia asked the Imperial City Commissioner to investigate, and even scolded Sun Yu, saying that he is a waste. Sui'an before, and Yushan this time, have never been able to really get to the bottom of it: "What about next time? Next time if my child has a mistake, are you also planning to ask me to find a slave to take the blame?! This is not to blame the chief culprit, it is to blame you trash!"
Sun Yu went tremblingly, wiping off cold sweat, almost frantically urging the Imperial City Secretary to run, not to mention, he said that in the palace, after the birthday festival, it was almost time to pack up and prepare to go back, but when it came, I don't know if it was prophesied by Chunjia, but something happened to the emperor's heir!
The only eighth prince in the palace who kept Yuan's blood was ill.
The empress announced that the cause of illness was the coldness in the mountains. The palace servants serving the eighth prince carelessly put the cradle by the window and asked the eighth prince to blow the wind for a while.
There is nothing wrong with this reason. Originally, the child is young and weak, not to mention the mountain wind blowing too much, even if he wears less clothes, it is not impossible to catch a cold.
The problem is, Queen Mother Yuan doesn't believe it.
The empress herself is to blame for this pot. In order to let the third prince get a different view from the Queen Mother Yuan, she made up to imply that the king of Chu was jealous of the eighth prince and had done something unfavorable to the eighth prince. It was all because the third prince cared about his younger brother. It's okay to live with the eighth prince, now it's all right, maybe because I said this two days ago, Empress Dowager Yuan's memory is still fresh, when she heard the news, the first thing that came to mind was doubting the King of Chu.
She suspected that the careless palace servants were taking the blame for the King of Chu, and that the reason why the eighth prince fell ill was caused by the King of Chu!
This is the only prince who retains the blood of the Yuan family. The Empress Dowager Yuan exploded immediately, and called the queen to a showdown, and asked her to keep the king of Chu in the palace and not take him back!