Chapter 1005: Former Friendship Today
When Concubine Yuan Shu looked at him, Zhang Yuan suddenly thought to himself, "Not good". Sure enough, with this gaze, it was the quiet resentment of Concubine Yuan Shu. She said, "I am thinking about the emperor. The sedan chair sent by Zhaohe Palace almost carried me to the square of the hall, but was stopped by Moral Yuan. Moral Yuan said that my concubine was a disaster and a vixen, and she pestered the emperor all day long, so that the emperor could not sleep. And he also said that if I went again today, the emperor would definitely die tomorrow. Emperor! I don't ask for anything, I just want the emperor's health. If my existence really harmed the emperor, I would rather die in exchange for peace for the emperor for thousands of years."
She burst into tears, with faint marks on her neck, and occasionally coughing twice. It was so pitiful. Emperor Tianwu felt sad in his heart, and his big hands kept stroking Concubine Yuan Shu's cheek, trying to wipe her tears. But the tears were like beads with broken threads, and they couldn't wipe them dry. He felt very distressed and kept saying, "Don't cry if you dare to say that Concubine is a disaster, I will cut him alive!"
When Zhang Yuan heard this, he knelt down with a "thump". He looked at Concubine Yuan in confusion and asked: "Where did Empress Shu come from? Did I say this? The emperor clearly understands that the slave did advise Concubine Shu not to go to Zhaohe Palace, but he never said such words as the Huoshui and the vixen! He dare not curse the emperor! The emperor must investigate clearly!"
Today is different from the past. If this were in the past, no matter who slandered Zhang Yuan so much, Zhang Yuan would not be afraid. Because he believed that the emperor would definitely stand on his side and would not believe such nonsense. But now it is different. The emperor's behavior is already strange, and there is even an indescribable entanglement with Concubine Yuan Shu. It can be said that Concubine Yuan Shu is equivalent to Concubine Yun of the past. No one can say that it is bad. Whenever there is anything about her, Emperor Tianwu can turn against him immediately.
Zhang Yuan's argument did not receive a response from Emperor Tianwu. Instead, Yuexiu, the palace maid of Cunshan Palace, knelt down and said, "Why don't you admit it? When you drove my empress away with a harsh language, you were very majestic! Emperor, I can testify, and Emperor Yuan did say that. Not only the empress, the father-in-law who came from Zhaohe Palace to invite Empress Shu to go, but also several sedan chairmen carrying sedan chairs could testify. The empress was very aggrieved. My empress was almost in front of the palace and was driven back. She was laughed at by others along the way, and the empress said even more sad. The empress couldn't think so, so she came back and found death. The empress finally saved the empress, but there was still a trace on the empress's neck. Please take charge of Empress Shu!"
As she said, all the servants in the room knelt down and begged Emperor Tianwu to take charge of Concubine Yuan Shu. At this time, Concubine Yuan Shu cried even louder, and she cried and said, "Don't ask for it anymore. I can't harm the emperor. As long as I can keep the emperor healthy, it doesn't matter whether I live or not."
"Nonsense!" Tianwu was furious, "What's the point of living without my beloved concubine?" After that, he turned his head and glared at Zhang Yuan. The fierce and cruelty in his eyes made Zhang Yuan feel a moment of dazed, just as if Emperor Tianwu had thrown Concubine Bu and showed such a look. And his love for the king for so many years disappeared in this glare.
Zhang Yuan subconsciously took two steps back, but still knelt on the ground, but his legs were already trembling. It is said that a companion king is like a companion tiger. He once treated this old emperor as a relative, and felt that he would depend on this emperor for life. He wanted to serve until Tianwu passed away, and then he died together. But now... "Emperor." He called out, with despair, "I really never said that. The emperor believed in me again."
Tianwu clenched his fists tightly, and there was no trace of old thoughts about Zhang Yuan in his eyes. Without thinking, he urged him: "Drag it out and chop it!"
Everyone shivered and was slightly shocked when they heard this. No one expected that the eunuch who had been prosperous would end up like this. Concubine Shu's favor came too fiercely.
But just when people thought Zhang Yuan was helpless, and even Zhang Yuan gave up his hope of life, the Concubine Yuan, who was lying on the bed, felt that it was too cheap to cut Zhang Yuan. How much loss had she suffered in Zhang Yuan? How much angered by this eunuch in the past ten years? Because she was not favored, she had to try her best to deal with the eunuch when she wanted to see the emperor, but this eunuch just didn't get in, she didn't have money, and she was shameless, which made her have no choice. Now it finally fell into her hands and was chopped like this, so she was not relieved!
"Emperor!" She screamed weakly and reached out to pull the sleeve of Emperor Tianwu. "Emperor, Is Yuan Gong-in-law who has been by your side for so many years? No credit or hard work. Please give up the emperor to pay attention to his service for so many years, so he will be spared from his death! It is not easy for people to enter the palace to be slaves. The emperor is generous and keep his life there, okay?"
Tianwu looked at Concubine Yuan Shu and felt that this beloved concubine was so sensible. Zhang Yuan bullied her so much, but in the end she was still begging for Zhang Yuan. Looking at the marks on Concubine Yuan's neck, Tianwu felt even more angry. He wanted to not listen to Concubine Yuan's words and forced to cut off Zhang Yuan, but for some reason, when he had this idea, his head would hurt for no reason, as if he was resisting. This made him puzzled.
"Forget it." He said, "Then I will hear my beloved concubine, and I will save him from his death penalty. But death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped." He looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "You go out and get thirty boards, and then go to the Sin Slaves to be your slave!"
The Sin Slave Division is a place where the palace people make mistakes in the palace serve. All the dirty, tiring and hard work are done by the people of the Sin Slave Division. Everyone knows that if the palace people make mistakes and are thrown into the Sin Slave Division, the chances of survival are less than 30%. If they don’t die, they will be peeled off a few layers of skin. If they are sent in a good person, they will be tortured to get rid of their appearance within a few days. Life is worse than death. Every day, corpses will be carried out from the Sin Slave Division. No one will ask how those people die, because they are Sin Slave Division and die as their own.
When Zhang Yuan heard that Emperor Tianwu was going to throw him to the Sinnusi, he even thought that it would be best if he could die at the thirty-year-old slap, so that he would save the Sinnusi from suffering.
Unfortunately, how could it be as good as his wish? Since Emperor Tianwu said he would send him to the Sin Slave Division to suffer, the servants who beat the board naturally did not dare to beat the person to death. The people in the bedroom heard waves of wailing outside, from strong to weak, and it made people feel trembling.
Concubine Yuan Shu was still lying on the bed, holding Tianwu's hand, looking pitiful, but she was happy. She only said that Zhang Yuan finally had today, look at it! Come slowly, one by one, all those who had bullied her, she had to clean up. This palace must be reorganized according to her thoughts to lay a solid foundation for her future ascension to the throne.
Without Zhang Yuan obstructing it, Concubine Yuan and Emperor Tianwu became even more affectionate. As soon as Emperor Tianwu saw Concubine Yuan Shu, his feeling of comfort came up again. Because Concubine Shu was injured by hanging, he simply stayed in Cunshan Palace and no longer bothered Concubine Shu to work hard to go to Zhaohe Palace. The two were envious of others. The other end of the Jingshifang even began to look forward to whether Concubine Yuan Shu would give birth to another prince for Emperor Tianwu in his old age. This also caused a headache in the Taishang Hospital. I am afraid that if the emperor really had this kind of thought, they would be busy again.
Zhang Yuan was beaten so hard that he could not walk. Although he was still alive, he had lost half his life.
The next day, Emperor Tianwu went to court, and the eunuch who followed him changed his name. It was the father-in-law who helped Concubine Yuan Shu out of his advice yesterday, named Wu Ying.
Although it was just a change of eunuch, the people in the court smelled the further development of the situation from the details. Those who were close to the eighth prince were very happy about this, while those from the ninth princes frowned one by one.
The morning court was no longer as it used to be. Now the eighth princes party is very active in the court, but the ninth prince is extremely depressed. It is not that they are depressed themselves, but that Emperor Tianwu ignored them at all. No matter what the people here say, Emperor Tianwu never gave a good look, and sometimes he simply did not allow them to speak. Even the first-rank civil officials of the dynasty such as the left and right prime ministers were often blocked by Emperor Tianwu so much that they had nothing to say, which made the two of them very embarrassed and very angry.
After the scattering court, the left prime minister Lu Song couldn't help it, and caught up with the right prime minister Feng Qing, and whispered: "It's not a big deal if this continues!"
Feng Qing's attitude towards Lu Song is no longer as repulsive as before. After all, Lu Song's performance in the past year is still very desirable. The two have joined forces to add a lot of confusion to the Eighth Prince's Party, so the relationship is naturally closer than before. After hearing Lu Song say this, Feng Qing sighed and did not answer directly, and looked straight to Xuan Tianming. However, when Xuan Tianming looked at him, he knew that there was no way. Then he said, "Let's take a step by step! He is the king, we are the ministers. If the king does not let the ministers speak, what can the ministers do?"
Lu Song also said helplessly: "Yes! Even the censor can't speak out anymore. What else can we do? I'm just afraid that if this continues, the country will not be a country!" He sighed like this, left a few words, and stopped talking to others.
Even Lu Song could say something about being a country but not a country. How could the right prime minister Feng Qing not know? It’s just that the changes of Emperor Tianwu are too difficult to understand, and he really had no countermeasures for a while.
After Xuan Tianming got off the court, he went back to the mansion directly, and even Xuan Tianhua followed him to the Imperial Palace. Today, there is not only Xuan Tianhua, a guest at the Imperial Palace. When they came back, they saw Yao Xian also sitting in the front hall and talking to Feng Yuheng.
The two respected Yao Xian very much. When they met, they took the initiative to salute. Yao Xian also returned the salute. Then they did not politely greet him. They said directly: "I went to Xiaozhou a few days ago. I just came back. Aheng told me about the emperor. I thought, I would like to find a reason to go to the palace to see it. The emperor had given me a waist card to enter the palace, but I don't know if it's good or not. If it's not easy to use, I wonder if the two high men can arrange it for me?"
Chapter completed!