Chapter 843 Concubines

"The emperor was singing and dancing with the singers in the palace, drinking and getting drunk. During the day, the nine singers were disheveled and left with their faces covered."

Why is he so disheveled? He hates the writing style of the ancients the most. He has only a few narrative strokes and doesn't know how to fill in the details. This foolish king, at such a young age, Zhang Yuanqing was lying on his back, clicking his tongue and reading at the same time.

"The emperor went on a boat trip to the lake with his concubines. He ordered the singers to take off their clothes and perform, and ordered the palace people to take off their clothes and serve tea. When the emperor was in a mood, he caught naked women and played with them. When he returned at sunset, all the palace ladies on the boat came to see him."

Fortunately, Zhao Shun has a good waist. Could it be that he is also a night wandering god? Zhang Yuanqing turned the page with emotion:

"The emperor wanted to visit the empress. He met Concubine Rou on the road. Concubine Rou said: Your Majesty is busy with everything, but do you still remember where the door of the Apricot Blossom Palace is open? The emperor refused, and Concubine Rou cried: Your Majesty, do you remember that year when the apricot blossoms rained lightly? You said that there are three thousand people in the harem, and three thousand favors are gathered in the concubine.

"The emperor was ashamed, so he brought his concubine to see the queen, wanting to sleep with him. The queen was furious and scolded her for being stupid. The emperor shouted: Although your mother has honored the world, the honor and disgrace belong to me. How do you know that I dare not depose the queen?"

Is this too much? Let the queen and concubine sleep together? Can a wife and a concubine be the same? Ancient people should not have had a strong awareness of this aspect. Zhang Yuanqing had a new understanding of Zhao Shun's absurdity.

"The emperor was visiting the garden, and when he reached the West Garden, he suddenly heard the sound of the harp, and followed the sound. He met a woman playing the harp in the pavilion, and said, "She has a face like a peach and a plum, and she has many graceful beauties. It is a pity that such a beauty is left in the palace, wasting all the natural resources. sigh.

"The woman said: I am the concubine of the late emperor. Since the death of the late emperor, I have been living in Xiyuan, living in poverty and losing my beauty.

"The emperor said: The flesh is ecstasy, but the bones are pitiful. I am afraid that my life will not be the same. With this comparison and death, I would like to be a mandarin duck and not envy the immortals."

"I left with the woman in my arms. It was night and I was living in Xiyuan."

Even his father's women were not spared. Zhang Yuanqing realized that he still underestimated Zhao Shun. Then he thought about it. After the emperor's death, the concubines in the palace seemed to have only a few choices:

The first is to be buried as a sacrifice, the second is to keep a vigil, the third is to be forced to become a nun, the fourth is to be thrown into the cold palace, and the fifth is to be favored by the new king and be re-incorporated into the harem.

Zhang Yuanqing scrolled down. After meeting the late emperor's beloved concubine, Zhao Shun seemed to have opened the door to a new world and lingered in Xiyuan for two months in a row.

To sum up, he has visited all the eleven ladies, twenty beauties, and thirty-six palace maids in Xiyuan.

The late emperor's beloved concubine turned into his shape, and the beautiful maids who served the late emperor's beloved concubine also turned into his shape.

"Hua Hua Hua"

The pages were turned quickly, and the daily records were getting thinner and thinner. Zhang Yuanqing also read more and more seriously. Zhao Shun was poisoned three days ago, but it does not mean that the spy came into contact with him on that day.

If it is a chronic poison, it may have started to affect the body a few days ago.

Therefore, the concubines that Zhao Shun has come into contact with in the past half month are all the focus of Zhang Yuanqing's inspection.

The reason why the spies poisoned the emperor was very simple. If the emperor died suddenly while the two countries were at war, it would inevitably cause political instability in the Southern Dynasties, especially since this foolish emperor was debauched but had no children.

Once the Southern Dynasty gets into trouble over the struggle for the throne, the central government is likely to call back the frontline troops to fight for the imperial power. In short, as long as the current relatively stable regime of Southern Korea is disrupted, it will definitely affect the army.

By then, the northern and southern expeditions will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, the spies either sneaked into the palace recently, or they had sneaked into the palace long ago, but stayed put until the war started, and did not approach the emperor.

He read it tirelessly from the beginning, not out of spite, but because he hoped to learn as much as possible about the number, character, style, family background, etc. of the concubines in the harem from the daily records.

Elderly people in the harem like the Queen and Concubine Rou are unlikely to be spies. Because the censorship system for palace maids and the censorship system for concubines are different.

For eighteen generations of ancestors, anyone who wanted to be the emperor's concubine had to check clearly, but the scrutiny of palace maids was not that high.

Therefore, the spy will most likely enter the palace as a palace maid, and then use her beauty to seduce the emperor and wait for the opportunity to poison her. Anyway, Zhao Shun is an old pervert. He will not let go of young and beautiful people, and he will not let go of older and beautiful people. .

Unlike Zhang Yuanqing, who only likes older and beautiful people.

Closer to home, as long as the spy has good beauty, he will not have to worry about being unable to get close to the emperor.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yuanqing finally finished looking through the daily records, and then asked someone to get the harem roster. After reading the life histories of the concubines, he locked five targets.

Goal 1: Beautiful people!

Records of daily life record: The emperor was visiting the imperial garden at night, watching flowers and admiring the moon. Suddenly he saw an oriole singing from among the flowers. When he opened it, he saw a young girl sitting in the bush, with a new moon on her eyebrows, a bun with a bun that dragged the clouds, and she sang softly on her neck. , was shocked by the special color, so he used the flower beds as a mattress, lightly divided the silk belt, and turned the phoenix upside down. The fallen red flowers were as bright as flowers. When he returned to the palace, the blood stains on the dragon robe were still wet. The next day, he was named Wanmeiren.

Zhang Yuanqing's reason for locking her as a suspect is: the ghost screamed in the imperial garden in the middle of the night. It was obvious that he knew that Zhao Shun had the habit of wandering at night and waited for the temptation.

Normally it doesn't matter, but seducing the emperor at such a sensitive time point is highly suspicious.

Target two: Chu Meiren.

The daily record records: The emperor and his concubines were traveling to the Three God Mountains, galloping and hunting, when they suddenly saw an Orion woman barging in. She was riding her horse like the wind without holding back the reins. The emperor was very pleased and ordered him to be captured. He saw that she was a young girl about thirteen years old. , was overjoyed and was granted the title of Chu Beauty and was admitted to the harem.

Goal three: Virtuous concubine.

Concubine De was actually an old man in the palace. Her father was the Minister of Household Affairs. He was executed by the emperor a few years ago. Since then, his temperament changed drastically and he was full of sorrow. However, because of his excessive beauty, Zhao Shun would still be lucky to him from time to time.

Concubine De had the motive to murder the emperor, after all, she wanted to destroy her family.

Target 4: Mrs. Ya.

Mrs. Ya was a concubine captured by Zhao Shun during his tour. She was an older and beautiful woman who originally had a family. After she committed herself to Zhao Shun, her husband refused to accept it and wrote a letter in blood to the governor, complaining that the emperor had raped a civilian girl. He was beaten to death with eighty sticks.

Mrs. Ya also had the motive to become a spy and murder the emperor. Taking a step back, what if the scene of robbing civilian girls was a trap set by the Northern Dynasty?

Entering the palace as a prisoner could dispel the doubts and vigilance of the Southern Dynasty to a certain extent. After all, it was the emperor who took it away, not someone who entered the palace on his own initiative.

Goal 5: Diva Wang!

The reason why Wang Geji was suspected was because Zhao Shun had been in contact with this woman in the days before the accident. Whether it was chronic poison or violent poison, she was suspected.

"It's a bit of a rush 24 hours a day. It's a bit difficult to uncover the spies by myself." Zhang Yuanqing's heart moved and he asked the palace maid to call the guards outside the palace and said in a deep voice:

"I was poisoned by a traitor a few days ago. Did your Imperial City Division catch the criminal?"

The dungeon provides too little information and the time is too tight. It is impossible to do it on your own, but you can rely on the NPCs in the dungeon.

The guard murmured: "Your Majesty, Commander Zheng and Li Changshi are responsible for this matter. I don't know about it."

Commander Zheng? Is your surname Zheng a member of the Zheng family? Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed and immediately said: "Hurry up and invite him."

Although the Zheng family controlled the government and led to the rampant corruption of corrupt officials, the Zheng family were relatives after all, and they were "one of their own" with Zhao Shun, and they would never want Zhao Shun to die young.

After all, Zhao Shun had no heirs. If he died, the new king would leave the clan, and the clan would not recognize the Zhao family.

Therefore, we must spare no effort to protect Zhao Shun and find the spies.

Soon, a young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing armor, strode into the palace, clasped his fists and bowed: "Zheng Longtu, I have met your Majesty!"

Zhang Yuanqing asked: "Have you found the traitor who murdered me?"

Zheng Longtu shook his head: "It hasn't been found yet."

Zhang Yuanqing became furious, banged the table and cursed: "You trash, why should I raise you? I might as well raise a bunch of pigs and give you six hours. If the murderer is not found again, I will kill you."

These words are very consistent with Zhao Shun's style.

Zheng Longtu's expression changed and he lowered his head suddenly: "Yes!"

He left the palace with a sense of urgency.

Alas, the emperor is a waste, and so are his ministers! Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt a little hungry, so he asked the palace maid to bring cakes. He tested the poison with the palace maid first. After confirming that it was fine, he ate a few pieces and then went to the imperial study room.

The imperial desk was filled with thick memorials. These memorials had been carefully selected and did not require the emperor's approval, as long as they were approved.

In the past, Zhao Shun always criticized the red, no matter what, he criticized the red. Memorials that did not need to be criticized could not be sent here.

Zhang Yuanqing looked through the memorials and found that half of them were about impeaching the Yang family, and the other half were about impeaching Yang Ce.

After watching patiently for a moment, I realized that Yang Ce was a hussar general, the commander-in-chief of the three armies who resisted the invasion of the Northern Dynasty army this time, and he was also the queen's biological brother.

The two major relatives of the Southern Dynasty, the Yang family and the Zheng family, were political enemies, and they were at war with each other.

And because the queen did not give birth to an heir, the Yang family was at a disadvantage, and the Zheng family, a senior relative, kept suppressing the Yang family.

"This copy should have two maps, one is the capital, and the other is Linxia. I am in the capital, and the boss should be in Linxia. This is in line with his profession in Yanshi. Yang Ce is most likely the boss."

Zhang Yuanqing made a quick judgment.

Fu Qingyang is an eighth-level Yanshi, and he cannot be a shrimp and crab general. Only Yang Ce, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, is reasonable. Yang Ce is a marshal and will die if he loses in battle, and the difficulty level is also consistent.

"Since it's Xiao Fu, then don't even think about impeaching me."

Zhang Yuanqing sat at the imperial table, picked up his brush, and refuted all the impeachment memorials. Then he put down his brush with satisfaction and led the two guards out of the palace.

Next, it is time to review Zhao Shun's harem with a critical eye.

Speaking of the harem, after the death of Empress Dowager Zheng, the first thing Zhao Shun did was to expand the harem. Not only did he renovate and rebuild the old buildings, but he also selected a high-open space on the east side of the palace garden and ordered craftsmen to work all day long. Build a new temple.

To clean up a treasury and scrape the marrow of the world, it took a full year of work to complete.

Zhang Yuanqing was riding a deer cart on the spacious road paved with bluestones. When he opened the curtain and looked out, he could see the height of the attic reflecting each other, the painted buildings and the flying rafts were faintly connected, or a few red railings were exposed diagonally, or a faint glimpse of an embroidered curtain, pearls and jade The light reflects the color of the sun, making it colorful, like a fairyland.

"It's so extravagant. Even I want to kill Zhao Shun." Zhang Yuanqing put down the curtain and cursed his role.

The first target of this trip was the hunter's daughter whom I met during the safari. Without him, this woman was the closest.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, the deer cart stopped in front of a three-story attic. The eaves were flying, the golden tiles reflected the sun, and the beams were painted with colorful paintings.

The courtyard is green and full of exotic flowers and plants.

Zhang Yuanqing jumped off the deer cart, and strode into the courtyard under the guard of the guards. Then he saw the palace maids and eunuchs running around the main building and the kitchen carrying delicacies and empty plates.

Zhang Yuanqing called to a palace maid and frowned:

"Is there a banquet going on in the building?"

The palace maid was stunned and immediately responded: "It's Beauty Chu who is dining."

"What?" Zhang Yuanqing was shocked. He glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs coming in and out, and asked with confirmation, "You said that Beauty Chu is dining?"

Is there something wrong with the daily recording, or is there something wrong with his eyes.

Is my Chu beauty Godzilla, with such an exaggerated appetite?

Zhang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment, worried that "Godzilla" would ask to sleep with him, but also worried that "Godzilla" would eat and drink enough and slap the weak emperor to death.

So he turned to look at the two guards: "Step forward and clear the way!"

Two guards strode forward, pushed aside the palace maids and eunuchs, and crossed the threshold.

Zhang Yuanqing then entered the main building. The interior of the building was even more luxurious, with gold columns, jasper railings, beaded curtains and embroidered curtains. Strange incense was burning everywhere in the building, secluded rooms and studios could be seen everywhere, and there were strange flowers and plants.

Passing through the winding corridor and entering the outer hall, he saw a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, standing at the table with a round belly, roasting chicken in one hand and mutton in one hand, and her mouth was full of oil.

Although this girl eats a lot, she looks very beautiful.

You can question Hun Jun's character, but you can't question his aesthetics. Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and coughed hard.

"His Majesty!"

The maids and eunuchs in the hall knelt down and saluted.

The girl puffed her cheeks and looked over, looking at Zhang Yuanqing sharply.

PS: typos should be corrected first and then corrected.