Chapter 284: The Holy Son of Heaven Loves the People Like His Son

At the end of the summer of the thirteenth year of Chunjia, smallpox broke out suddenly in the palace confinement.

For Li Shu's plan, the emperor sternly refused the persuasion of all the important officials, and did not allow any harem heirs and palace people to enter or leave. The servants of the court collected the memorials and documents from the courtiers in baskets through the palace wall, and then dictated the emperor's instructions through the air.

On that day, many courtiers who had already or hadn’t taken up their official duties but got permission to go to court rushed outside the palace gate howling and crying bitterly, persuading the emperor to avoid the palace city because the royal blood was precious and the emperor was the honor of ten thousand chariots.

The emperor refused to retreat and asked for the second best, asking the queen and others who were suspected of having smallpox to leave the palace, but Chunjia still vetoed it.

What he said was very emotional. The way is that there are many servants and imperial physicians in the imperial palace. Even if smallpox really broke out, the whole army would not be wiped out. It is beneficial to the people.

As the Son of Heaven, it is his duty to protect the people.

As for why he didn't leave by himself, it was because he was not only the monarch of the people, but also the father of the wives, and he couldn't bear to leave his concubines and heirs alone at such a time.

However, the emperor specially arranged for the forbidden army to escort the empress dowager out of the palace, and went to the Qishan palace to take refuge temporarily, in order to show filial piety.

The veterans who were moved by these words burst into tears on the spot, and they could not help but tell their wives, children and servants about the benevolence, generosity, love and righteousness of the current emperor when they returned to the mansion.

So within two days, the entire Gyeonggi knew Chunjia's love for the people like a son, and his love and righteousness, and it spread to farther places at an extremely fast speed.

Although the emperor of the Gongxiang family has not abused his people so far, the ups and downs before the founding of the country have been forgotten after decades of peace. But someone took the lead, and most of the people were still grateful. Temples and Taoist temples across the country were full of incense for a while, and countless people prayed devoutly, asking God to bless such a holy emperor. Long live.

But at this moment, the emperor who succeeded in earning his fame had no time to rejoice, but listened to the report of the people below with a solemn expression: "...the empress's two servants started to be bad half a day ago. The three princes and ten princes have just It's also hot, the empress doesn't think about food and drink now, and she fainted twice from crying!"

"Tell me an oral order to the queen. Now that the harem is closed, it is inconvenient for me to go there. The emperor's heirs can only rely on the concubine." Chunjia didn't bother to get angry, and only ordered in a calm tone, "If the queen has made a mistake, Xiaosan and Xiaoshi don't want to go. Who will take care of it? Is it for me to go in personally regardless of the country, or for other concubines to go?"

This word spread to the Chongchang Hall, and after the crying and persuasion of the attendants, Gu Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and ate half a bowl of porridge.

As the daughter of a military general, she used to ride a horse to the frontier when she was a teenager, and she was good at riding and shooting. The queen's physical foundation is very good. He started to eat, and part of his spirit quickly recovered.

He forced himself to ask about the situation in the entire harem, and whispered from left to right: "At present, besides our palace, there are also concubine De, Concubine Jing, and Mrs. Qingshu. But so far, they are still palace people. There is no report on the throne and the emperor's heir."

The queen was silent for a while, and asked, "Where is the noble concubine?"

"I haven't heard of any movement in Xuanqing Palace."

"It seems that the imperial concubine did not do it." Gu Zhen couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or a sigh of relief, her mood is very complicated now.

On the one hand, when the three princes and ten princes were suspected of being infected with smallpox, it was hard for the empress not to wish that the imperial concubine did it, and then solved the serious trouble in one fell swoop. After all, although she felt sorry for the two princes, but As the emperor suspected, whether it is her or the Gu family, there is still the guarantee of the twelve princes raised in the side hall of the Taichu Palace.

Even if the three princes and ten princes are all bad, heartache will be heartache, anger will be anger, the future of Queen Gu and the Gu family will be better instead.

On the other hand, out of fear of Emperor Yunfenghuang's favor and scheming, the queen did not want to confront this noble concubine.

Because of such a serious crime, once the Xuanqing Palace is settled, it will be fine. If the result of the quarrel is that Chunjia is reluctant to part with the imperial concubine and forcefully suppresses her, then... on the contrary, it will confirm that the empress and the Gu family are not favored, and will bring even greater hidden dangers to the future East Palace dispute.

Now hearing that Xuanqing Palace is safe and sound, guessing that the pimple marks on the handkerchief have nothing to do with the noble concubine, the queen's heart is full of mixed feelings.

After being silent for a while, she slowly said, "Concubine De, Concubine Jing, and Mrs. Qing Shu, did they come and go with the people under my palace in the past few days?"

"Yes." The servant pursed his lips, and told in a low voice, "There is a maid in the palace of the Concubine De, who is from the same town as the servants in our palace; there are also people from the palace of the Concubine Jing and Mrs. Qingshu There is a relationship."

She hesitated for a while, "Actually, there is also the imperial concubine's palace."

The queen subconsciously said: "Then why is there nothing going on in the imperial concubine's palace?"

When I asked this question, I felt a little cruel, and I couldn't help sighing secretly, and looked up at the bronze mirror not far away, only to feel that the tired and beautiful woman in beautiful clothes in the mirror was less and less like me in memory.

The strangeness made her feel dazed and trembling.

But the empress couldn't escape, so she had to continue talking: "As for the noble concubine, the other heirs are fine, and the fifteenth prince is so young, is it okay?"

Seeing the valet nodding, the guilt in her heart dissipated in an instant, and turned into anger: Why did the third and tenth princes have a fever first, while King Jin was fine in less than three months? !

Yun Fenghuang is so good, so blessed, and even his own children are so favored? ? ?

"..." The queen had a gloomy face for a long time before she sighed and said slowly, "Forget it, don't worry about that. Your Majesty is right, the most important thing now is to take good care of the third and tenth princes."

If these two children are not well, she...isn't she the one who suffers the most?

Even Chunjia, the real father, might not care much about the third and tenth princes, he might care more about the tenth prince, but if the tenth prince is gone, the empress believes that the emperor might be more angry than sad.

Anyway, the emperor now has many heirs. When the fourth prince was gone, the emperor didn't see how sad he was, and he didn't even ask about the future.

Especially in the side hall of the Taichu Palace, there are twelve princes to guarantee the bottom line, what is Chunjia anxious about?

Accounts can be settled slowly, but the safety of the two children is urgent.

After the queen comforted herself, she gathered her energy to take care of the two children. In the Huanhua Hall, Yun Fenghuang looked at Chen Jing with a blank expression on her face, "How are those lowly maidservants doing today?"

Chen Jing knew that her master had been in a bad mood for the past two days. In fact, since Chunjia sealed off the harem, no one in the harem was in a good mood.

At this moment, he said tremblingly: "If you go back to your mother, everything is fine now, and no one has a fever or rash."

"That's good, keep watching." Yun Fenghuang was a little relieved. After receiving the news of smallpox that day, she immediately checked the Liugong thoroughly, and learned that the palace people under Chen Jing happened to be on the side of Yanfu Palace. After asking about the queen's recent situation, and after that, someone in Yanfu Palace was indeed diagnosed with smallpox by the imperial physician, and she was dizzy for a while!

Not only did he immediately imprison the palace servants who came into contact with the Yanfu palace palace servants, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, but he also ordered all the emperor's heirs to be guarded in their residences, and they were not allowed to overstep in the slightest!

Even King Jin who is less than three months old is no exception.

After all, under such circumstances, it is difficult to guarantee that smallpox has not spread to Xuanqing Palace.

It is better to separate yourself from the emperor's heirs and nieces, so that no one can survive the disaster, it is better than gathering in one place and all of them are recruited.

Even so, she still couldn't rest assured, and made people keep an eye on those palace people who were in contact with Yanfu Palace every day, just in case.

Nothing happened today, Yun Fenghuang thought about what the imperial physicians said, if it is still okay in a few days, it means that Xuanqing Palace should be out of danger this time.

So she was in a better mood, and then asked Chen Jing: "How are the other palaces recently? Is there any news from the previous dynasty?"

Chen Jing was about to answer, but someone from the palace rushed in from the outside, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness Princess Zhaoqing insists on seeing you, and the servants can't stop her!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhaoqing's loud reprimands came from outside.

Yun Fenghuang frowned, and said: "A bunch of trash! Go down and get ten boards to grow your memory! If there is another time, I will go to Yeting with Ben Gong!"

After scolding the palace servants, she wondered if she loved King Qin and Zhao Qing, especially Zhao Qing, a little too much? So much so that the palace people were so jealous that even a six-year-old girl couldn't stop her!

"It seems that in the future, we still need to let the people down, don't tell them to praise Zhaoqing too much." The imperial concubine secretly said, "Otherwise, it's fine for this child to listen to what I say in the future, if he doesn't listen, Wouldn't it make me angry for no reason!"

Gathering his mind, Yun Fenghuang told Chen Jing, "Go out and talk to Zhaoqing from a distance, let her go back. The people in front of the empress came to see me directly that day, since there is something wrong with the square handkerchief, now The most dangerous thing in this palace is that neither I nor you can escape, so don't let her get sick!"

Chen Jing took the order to leave, but Zhaoqing not only did not listen to the persuasion, but shouted loudly: "Mother concubine! My son is not afraid of being ill! I haven't seen my mother and concubine for several days. I want to greet my concubine!"

... You are not afraid of passing on the sickness to Ben Gong, but I am afraid that I am fine, but you will pass on the sickness to me, okay!

The corners of Yun Fenghuang's mouth twitched, she knew that not everyone would be infected with smallpox pimples, no matter how severe the disease was, some could survive by relying on their physical strength.

Although she has been infertile for several years, when it comes to her physical strength, no one in the harem can compare to her except for the queen who was born as a general.

No, the queen might have been stronger than her in the early years, but now, considering her age, she may not necessarily be able to match her.

In this way, Yun Fenghuang said that he was thinking about the emperor's heirs, but he actually felt that if smallpox really quietly spread into the Xuanqing Palace, he should have an advantage over the few children.

In the end, did Zhaoqing take it seriously?

This silly girl...

Yun Fenghuang shook her head helplessly, although she didn't want Zhaoqing to get out of her control, but seeing this child so stupid, she really felt speechless.

In this way, can he really assist King Jin to seize the throne in the future?

It seems that the next step is not only to try to suppress the child's status in Xuanqing Palace, but also those scheming palaces can't take it with them, they have to seriously mention it. Otherwise, when she was delicate and tricky, she could still say that children were cute. If this continues, don't ask Chunjia to dislike her.

After all, the second emperor's daughter is grown up too. Don't look at the child's quietness. From the fact that she has changed her adoptive mother who pays more attention to her, she knows that this is not a good thing.

If Zhaoqing continues to stay out of the city like this, maybe one day he will be robbed of favor by this younger sister.

"Don't pay attention to her children's words." Yun Fenghuang ordered lightly, "Let her go back. If she doesn't go back, tell me that I don't like children who mess around at critical moments the most, and I won't see her again in the future!"

She was resolute, so Zhaoqing naturally couldn't handle it, and after dawdling for a long time, finally left crying.

When it was confirmed that Zhao Qing had left, Yun Fenghuang asked Chen Jing, who had gone out to convey her words, to take a bath and change clothes, and then asked the waiter by the door: "What's wrong with her? Why did she suddenly come to see Bengong?"

"Returning to your mother, His Highness seems to be bored after staying in the room for a long time, so he was persuaded by the left and right to say something wronged." The waiter cautiously reported, "Miss Ao also came over just now, but she didn't dare to make a loud noise, she just teased His Highness. Sleeve persuaded her to go back, but was pushed to the ground by His Royal Highness in the middle, hurting her arm."

"Have someone send them two bottles of medicine." Yun Fenghuang frowned, "King Qin is locked in the same room as Xiaoqi and Xiaojiu. Why didn't you see them making a fuss? I really dote on Zhaoqing too much." Oh, it made her so disrespectful. I don’t even think that Bengong is the only princess under her knees. What if she has something wrong, called Bengong? The palace people who guard her are also damned. Zhaoqing is young. I don’t know the severity, and they don’t know?! Thinking about it, the ten boards are too light. Nian is in a special situation in the palace today, so it’s not easy to change people. Just write it down for now. It is inconvenient to transfer manpower, I will deal with them all, and replace them with sensible ones!"

She had a fit, and Chen Jing also packed up and came over. She stood far away with great interest, and stopped at the place where she had just entered. At Mrs. Qingshu's side, some palace people started to have a fever, and there is no news about other places... As for the previous dynasty, I heard that His Majesty couldn't bear the impact on the people and insisted on closing the palace. Many old officials rushed to the gate of the palace and begged His Majesty The royal blood is the most important thing, but His Majesty ignores it... Li and Shu are very grateful when they know it now. It is said that many people spontaneously bowed in front of the palace gate, and every family burned incense and prayed, wishing the health of His Majesty, the harem, and the emperor's heirs long."

Yun Fenghuang was not surprised by Chunjia's move to push the boat along the water, and said lightly: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, so naturally he is reluctant to let Li Shu suffer. By the way, where is the Empress Dowager?"

It has been two days since the Empress Dowager left the palace, but Yun Fenghuang is concerned about the safety of his own mother and daughters at this moment, but he doesn't have the heart to pay attention to the outside world.

Now listening to Chen Jing saying that the emperor sent someone to escort the empress dowager out of the palace at night to take refuge in the Qishan palace, not only did she choose to leave at night when there was no one there, but she also walked through the nearest city gate, and after Fengjia passed by, she ordered her to leave. People sweep and tidy up, so that wherever they pass, the smell of medicine lingers for three days, which shows that the Holy Son of Heaven is pure and filial, and loves his people with all his might.

Yun Fenghuang laughed: "Your Majesty is still so tight."

I don't know how the Empress Dowager felt when she was sent away.

I guess it shouldn't be too good?

Moreover, Yun Fenghuang didn't believe it either. Chunjia did this purely to save face, and probably had other ideas, for example, taking this opportunity to see if he could catch the remnants of the Ji family?