Chapter 282 The emperor who behaves rogue inside and outside the palace ()
How to persuade Gao Pragmatic is a problem, but before this problem, Zhu Yijun must first solve another problem: he cannot discuss with Gao Pragmatic in front of all the cabinet ministers how to influence Concubine Zheng, so he must first persuade other people
People leave.
Zhu Yijun decided to adopt a good method that even if everyone knew that he was pretending, they could not show doubts - he suddenly covered his mouth with his left hand holding a bloody cloth and coughed, with a very painful expression.
"emperor!"
"Your Majesty!"
All the ministers and several supervisors of rites, Da Jue, were all shocked. However, the ministers from the outer court were not allowed to approach at will. Therefore, only Chen Ju, Wang An and Liu Ping hurriedly rushed to the front of the imperial palace and gathered around the emperor to greet him.
There was an unexpected surprise this time, which was that he directly blocked the sight of all the ministers.
However, Zhu Yijun did not become careless because of this. Instead, he deliberately took a few deep breaths and said fiercely in a weak but obviously dissatisfied tone: "All cabinet ministers, please step aside first!"
The ministers' hearts trembled, and everyone subconsciously looked towards Wang Jiaping. Wang Jiaping was not frightened. Although he looked a little unbearable, he still held his hands solemnly and said: "I obey the order, please rest well." After a pause.
After a pause, he added: "I'll call you at any time."
Zhu Yijun snorted lightly, but did not answer, so the ministers turned around and left. Here is a word of caution: when courtiers in the Qing Dynasty met the emperor, they were not allowed to turn around when exiting the door. Instead, they had to go out backwards to show their disapproval.
Dare to "bet" the emperor, but the Ming Dynasty does not have such anti-human behavioral norms.
The ministers walked to the door. Just as Wang Jiaping raised his foot to cross the threshold, he suddenly heard the emperor's voice behind him again: "Wait a minute, Rixin will stay."
Everyone's eyes turned to Gao Jiaping again. Gao Jiaping looked thoughtful, but he didn't seem to have any clue. He shook his head back to Wang Jiaping in confusion.
Wang Jiaping didn't know whether he understood it or not, or had other ideas. He just nodded slightly and walked out again. Second Assistant Liang Menglong said nothing and followed Wang Jiaping out of the door.
Gao Jingshi stepped aside to make way for Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan and Zhou Yong who were ranked behind him to file out. After they left, Gao Jingshi returned to the front of Yu Tao. At this time, the three big men had already gotten out of the way.
After moving to the position in front of the bed, Zhu Yijun appeared in Gao Pragmatic's field of vision again, seemingly no different from before.
Only then did Gao Jingshi realize that Zhu Yijun just wanted to get rid of the others, which meant that he had something to talk to him. But Gao Jingshi didn't say anything more, he just cupped his hands and said softly: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Yijun nodded, took a deep breath, and said to Chen Ju and the others: "You also go out and wait outside the door. Don't let anyone approach Xinuang Pavilion."
Logically speaking, this move is not very legal, especially not in line with the rules after October 21, the 21st year of Jiajing. A major event happened on that day. Although there was no explicit rule later, it was actually implemented.
There was an unspoken rule that Xiang did not have to state explicitly: No one could meet the emperor alone without two or more eunuchs watching.
What happened on October 21, the 21st year of Jiajing, that led to the introduction of such an unspoken rule? Speaking of which, it was a rare attempted regicide in history.
That night, the palace was completely silent, everything seemed normal, and the weak lights accompanied the emperor as he fell asleep.
At this moment, sixteen palace maids, led by the palace maid Yang Jinying, quietly came to the imperial bed, holding tightly a thick rope made of multiple silk flower ropes in their hands, planning to kill Jiajing while he was sleeping. Stifling, this is an assassination that only this most special group of assassins can plan.
Regardless of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Forbidden City had strict security measures. A storyline like Master Xing holding a lantern and arresting the four masters on the top of the Forbidden City would never happen. It could just be played out in a movie.
For example, the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived alone had nine rooms, "with twenty-seven beds above and below. The emperor could sleep at any time, and the system was different." So if you want to assassinate at night, you must first know what day the emperor is. Where to sleep? Not to mention that the emperor may stay in the concubine palace at any time. With so many beauties in the harem, not to mention the rain and dew, they have to be exposed to as much as possible, right?
But the maids accompanying the emperor knew these secrets. On the night when the palace coup happened, Emperor Jiajing came to sleep in Concubine Duan's palace. Concubine Duan, Cao, was young and beautiful, and was one of the most favored concubines at that time. He knew nothing about the palace maids' plans, but he was destined to be implicated in this action.
The crisis was approaching and Emperor Jiajing was still sleeping. Seeing that he was defenseless, Yang Jinying and other maids took out a rope and put it around the emperor's neck. Another maid covered his face with yellow silk.
Everything was ready, and more than a dozen palace maids who had no strength to tie the chicken swarmed forward. Some pinched Jiajing's neck, others held down the body and limbs, and tightened the noose.
Jiajing woke up from his dream, but was unable to resist, and was about to die. However, the maids discovered that in their panic, they mistakenly beat the live buckle of the rope into a dead buckle, so they could not tighten it anyway. Jiajing did not He didn't die, he was just strangled unconscious.
Seeing that the plan might be exposed, a palace maid named Zhang Jinlian became a traitor in desperation and secretly ran to report to Queen Fang. When the Queen learned about this, she was shocked and hurriedly led the eunuchs and guards to come to the rescue. In the chaos, Empress Fang was even punched by the palace maid, but the empress had the strength in numbers and quickly arrested the assassins.
At this time, Emperor Jiajing fell into a severe coma, but he could still be saved. This year was the Renyin year of the lunar calendar, so the assassination of the palace maid was called the "Renyin Palace Incident."
Seeing that Jiajing was about to die, everyone in the palace was in a hurry, trying to find a way to save him.
However, treating the emperor has always been a high-risk technical job, especially since Jiajing was already in a severe coma at that time and his life or death was uncertain. If he could not be cured, he would definitely be punished.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just when everyone was at a loss, an imperial doctor named Xu Shen stood up and risked his life to prescribe a medicine for Jiajing. A few days passed after Jiajing took the medicine. After an hour of vomiting purple blood, I was finally able to speak a few words and came back from the hell gate.
Here is another digression that I don’t know how to comment on: When Xu Shen prescribed medicine to Jiajing, he didn’t know what he was doing. He was always worried. He was exhausted physically and mentally at the end of the day, and soon fell ill and died. Before his death, Xu Shen left his last words: "I am It's hopeless. There was a palace incident before, and I knew that if the medicine I prescribed didn't work, it would definitely lead to death, so I was in shock, and it couldn't be cured by medicine or stone." As a result, he revived the emperor, but he himself failed. Scared to death.
Speaking of the emperor, Jiajing was weak after all these hardships and needed to be recuperated. All palace affairs were handed over to Queen Fang, who presided over the trial. Queen Fang ordered the eunuchs and eunuchs to interrogate the sixteen arrested people. After being tortured and tortured, the palace maids asked them who was the mastermind behind the incident. The palace maids confessed Ning Bin and Wang, and unanimously confessed that Ning Bin was the mastermind behind the incident.
Since the 10th year of Jiajing, the imperial palace has established nine concubines among the concubines according to the ancient system. Ning concubine is one of them. She was canonized just two years ago. Unfortunately, as the beauty grew older, she fell out of favor and her status in the palace was not guaranteed. If we say If she had the motive to assassinate Jiajing, it could only be because she was dissatisfied with him for being mean and unkind, preferring the new and hating the old.
After Ning Bin's "confession", Concubine Cao Duan was also dragged into the situation. Ning Bin insisted that although Concubine Duan was not involved, she had already known about the assassination - after all, the scene of the murder was in her palace. Ning Bin's move was real Cruel enough, the emperor did not die, but succeeded in dragging Concubine Duan to death.
But when things got to this point, it was outrageous, because if Concubine Ning had a motive for committing the crime, it would barely make sense, but if Concubine Duan wanted to assassinate Jiajing, it would be really unbelievable. She was Jiajing's favorite concubine, because of her beauty If Jiajing dies, she will lose everything and gain nothing.
When Concubine Duan learned that she was about to be punished, she cried out that she had been wronged. She continued to say that she had been framed until her death. Obviously, she was most likely an innocent person involved in this incident.
But no matter what, as a result, all the "murderers" were arrested in less than ten days, and the palace coup came to an end.
This incident later implicated many stories, but those are irrelevant to this book and will not be mentioned for now. In short, after such a big event happened, even the maids in the harem could no longer gain the emperor's complete trust. , and the regulations for the emperor's personal safety are even stricter, as mentioned before.
Fortunately, this rule is not expressly stipulated, and in the early years when Zhu Yijun was not the emperor, he often spent time alone with Gao Pragmatic. As an old man who served Zhu Yijun at that time, Chen Ju had long been accustomed to this, so that Zhu Yijun later became the emperor. There are also many times when he will send other people away and still discuss things with Gao Pragmatic alone.
Originally, Zhu Yijun, Gao Pragmatic, Chen Ju, and even Liu Ping were all accustomed to this, and no one took the rule seriously. At this time, as soon as the emperor gave the order, Chen Ju and Liu Ping planned to Leaving, who knew something unexpected would happen this time.
When Wang An heard this, he immediately stood up and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the palace has undergone great changes today. As the admiral of Dongchang, I dare not leave your side without permission."
As soon as he said these words, all the four monarchs and ministers present except him were stunned. Chen Ju was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly made up for it, scolding him: "Wang An! What are you talking about? Are you an ordinary person?"
Wait? Come and wait outside with me."
It stands to reason that Wang An, the admiral of the East Factory, was recommended by Chen Ju, and Chen Ju should be given some face no matter what. However, as mentioned before, Wang An has a very stubborn temper and is a very principled person. At this moment, he is facing
He refused to give in even when Chen Ju tried to stop him. Instead, he held up his hands and said, "Palmprint, this matter is related to my responsibility. I'm sorry that I don't dare to accept the promise."
When Chen Ju heard Wang An's answer, he couldn't help being furious. Although he was always known for his good temper, he couldn't help but turned pale with anger at this time, especially when he thought that Gao Pragmatic had specifically asked him whether Wang An was there not long ago.
Trustworthy, he also answered Trustworthy.
However, compared to Chen Ju who was angry, the emperor was even more impatient at this time. Zhu Yijun was too lazy to talk, and waved his hands as if to shoo away flies: "Go out when I tell you to. Anyone in the world can harm me, but pragmatically
You will not harm me! Get out!"
Now Wang An had nothing to say. He took a deep look at Gao Pangshi, bowed to the emperor, and said: "I obey the decree." Then he turned and left without looking at Chen Ju and Liu Ping.
Chen Ju was so angry that his temples were beating, but he could not lose his composure in front of the emperor and Gao Pingshi. He suppressed his anger and bowed to the two of them, saying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my slave, please leave."
Zhu Yijun nodded, and Gao Pingshi gave them away, and watched Chen Ju and Liu Ping leave. After Chen Ju went out, he closed the door very thoughtfully - not a cover, but closed it completely, just barely locked it.
Already.
As soon as they left, Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "This Wang An is quite courageous, but... he is also a man of rules."
Gao pragmatic knew that the emperor's words were not casual comments. To some extent, he was hinting to him that he did not want to pursue Wang An's "discourtesy" just now.
Although he didn't know why the emperor wanted to protect Wang An, Gao Jingshi had no intention of pursuing it - he had no need. Even if Wang An did not do well, Chen Ju should first consider how to deal with it. Therefore, Gao Jingshi just lightly
He nodded lightly, skipped the matter directly, and asked: "Your Majesty, your ministers are here, what orders do you have?"
Zhu Yijun didn't expect Gao Yingshi to ask such a direct question, which made it difficult for him to find a suitable entry point. He couldn't help but feel speechless for a moment. After pondering for a while, Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly and said: "Pragmatic, you must have already guessed about this matter today. Is it possible?"
You can’t guess what I’m thinking?”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He did not call Gao pragmatically "Rixin", but called him by his first name. It is supposed to be impolite, but Gao pragmatically knew that the name he used to call himself since he was a child was actually
It's just "pragmatic". Calling it this way at this moment is deliberately shortening the distance.
Gao Pingshi sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask first: Do you think there is really no problem with Yikun Palace?"
"This... I don't know, and I don't want to know." Zhu Yijun also sighed, shook his head, and said with a grimace: "But no matter what, I don't want to see Concubine Zheng suffer because of this."
"Even if Yi Kun Palace might want to harm you?" Gao Pragmatic's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was obviously cold.
"I don't believe that Concubine Zheng wants to harm me." Zhu Yijun answered very firmly, and at the same time he emphasized his tone: "Pragmatically, Concubine Zheng will never harm me. If, I mean if...she really did something, then
She must have been deceived and didn't know that doing this would hurt me! Do you believe me or not?"
In a very rare act of "disrespect before the emperor", Gao Pragmatic walked to the chair and sat down without waiting for the emperor's instructions. He even stretched out his hand to scratch his head and sighed longly, but did not answer.
"You don't believe it?" Zhu Yijun lifted up the brocade quilt, jumped out of bed, walked up to Gao Pangshi, and said, "If you don't believe it, I will call Concubine Zheng for confrontation now. What do you think?"
This is obviously not good. How could Gao Jingshi be willing to meet a concubine inexplicably? What's more, Zhu Yijun is talking about confrontation - who stipulates that he has the right to hold the concubine accountable? Only the emperor can decide how to deal with the concubine.
power, and does not require external supervision.
This is an angry statement.
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, even if I don't say a word, Yuan Fu and other ministers will definitely not let it go. If such a major matter is not investigated, how can any official in the world sleep peacefully?"
"That's why I left you here to discuss it!" Zhu Yijun pulled up a chair and sat in front of Gao Pangshi. He looked at him with wide eyes and said expectantly: "Over the years, no matter what difficulties are placed in front of you, you
You can all help me solve it, right?"
Gao Pragmatic also widened his eyes and said quickly: "That's different, those are state affairs."
"Nothing is trivial in the Tian family, and this time it is also a state matter!" Zhu Yijun also widened his eyes: "If Concubine Zheng really... because of this matter, I will be heartbroken. What if..."
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say." Gao pragmatic interrupted.
"Then you are willing to help me?"
Good guy, as an emperor, where did you learn such rogue methods?
Gao Jingshi was extremely helpless and said angrily: "Yikun Palace is the key to this matter. If we can't even investigate, then the mastermind behind the scenes can rest easy. How can there be any reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days?
Let me put it this way, if the emperor really wants to protect the imperial concubine, then it is even more important to find out the matter and bring the mastermind behind the scenes to justice. As for the imperial concubine... then it will be said that the imperial concubine was kept in the dark from beginning to end.
That’s it.”
Zhu Yijun hesitated and said, "You really won't implicate her?"
Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes and refused to answer.
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