Chapter 53 Prisoners of Cishun Palace
A large number of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were imprisoned and had to replenish people from outside. This is how Bu Hengru and others came in. No one of the waiters beside the imperial concubine knew them. They watched the master walk over for some reason. The feeling in their hearts was like a dog that had been carefully raised for many years. They suddenly ran away from each other and rushed towards the stranger, shook their heads and tails, and whined, which was a hundred times more cordial than the old master.
The Imperial Consort is not a "beloved dog". She carries practical significance and interests. There are several eunuchs and palace maids in the Cining Palace who followed him from the Prince's Mansion. I couldn't believe what I saw in my eyes. One of them boldly stepped forward, "Imperial Consort, these people..."
The imperial concubine turned around and said to the old servants: "Disasters come from heaven, the earth shakes, and the mountains and rivers of the Great Chu are unstable. I act according to the emperor and the empress dowager. You do not need to panic. Stay at the Cining Palace and stand by. Those who dare to go out without mercy will be killed."
The Imperial Concubine left with the Emperor and the King of East China. After him, more than 20 new eunuchs from somewhere, they closed the palace gate outside, leaving four people to guard the porch, lifted the hem of their clothes, and took out the short knife hidden under the legs. It was shocking before it was unsheathed.
Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard retreated one after another, and their shock was even stronger than during an earthquake.
The little eunuch Zhang Youcai ran to the palace maid Tong Qing'e and whispered: "I think it's time."
"But Your Majesty hasn't said the secret code yet." Tong Qing'e only felt her legs weak.
"Your Majesty said with his eyes, didn't you see it?"
Tong Qing'e has been in a panic since the earthquake and cannot even be sure whether the emperor has seen her.
Han Ruzi did wink at Tong Qing'e, and then was taken away by Bu Hengru and others. He almost didn't touch the ground and had no chance to speak.
After leaving Cining Palace, the Imperial Concubine stopped and asked, "Have the gateway to the inner palace been kept?"
Bu Hengru nodded, "There are people guarding the three gates of the south, north and west, but you have to get the imperial edict of the empress dowager as soon as possible to avoid doubt."
"Okay." The Imperial Concubine walked towards the Empress Dowager's Cishun Palace.
Donghai King followed her closely, "How could Han Ruzi know our plan? Who leaked the secret?"
"Of course it's your good cousin. She thinks she is the real queen and must stand on the side of the emperor." The imperial concubine said without thinking.
"Hey, stinky girl, I'm disobedient at home. I just got married and turned my elbow out. See how I deal with her in the future." King Donghai said hatefully, still a little worried, "It won't be a bad thing, even he knows, will the Queen Mother..."
"No." The Imperial Concubine was very sure.
King Donghai felt a little relieved and glanced at the emperor who was held hostage by the eunuch, "Why don't you speak?"
Han Ruzi remained silent on the road, and did not even resist. He followed the imperial concubine obediently, and even the eunuch around him let go, "There is nothing to say." He did not look at King Donghai.
"I told you a long time ago that you must learn to please..." King Donghai shut up. There was Cishun Palace in front of him. There were a group of eunuchs guarding the door, with at least fifteen people.
Standing in the middle is the eunuch Zuo Ji.
Han Ruzi felt a little more relaxed. He had at least reminded the Empress Dowager of the same person.
The group stopped, the imperial concubine and Zuo Ji looked at each other for a moment, and said, "Do you have any questions?"
Zuo Ji's eyes swept over the face of the new eunuch in front of the imperial concubine, and turned sideways to the side, "The imperial concubine invites him to enter Cishun Palace, and I will guard the palace gate."
The imperial concubine walked in. Han Ruzi was really surprised this time and stared at Zuo Ji. Zuo Ji also looked at him, his mouth twitched and showed a ridicule. He immediately raised his hand to hold the scar on his face.
"Zuo Ji was also attracted by the Imperial Concubine?" King Donghai whispered excitedly, and immediately felt a little dissatisfied, "You should tell me earlier."
"Adapt to the circumstances, how can I tell you everything?" said the Imperial Concubine.
Han Ruzi suddenly realized that he was the one who asked the imperial concubine to take action in advance. He provoked Zuo Ji to fight with the imperial concubine in an insurgent, but it turned out to be counterproductive. Zuo Ji simply defected to the imperial concubine. He must have been full of resentment for the humiliation in the Qinzheng Hall, and even the empress dowager hated him.
Perhaps this was the Queen Mother's plan. Han Ruzi had the last glimmer of hope. As soon as she entered the inner courtyard of Cishun Palace, this hope was shattered.
There was no one in the yard, the door of the main room was open, and the Queen Mother stood at the door, with only two waiters beside her, one of whom was Wang Meiren.
Han Ruzi took the lead and shouted: "Mother."
Bu Hengru pulled the emperor back, Han Ruzi shook his arm, but did not break free, stopped resisting, nodded to his mother, and Meiren Wang also nodded to her son, showing a smile, and said nothing.
Most of the eunuchs brought by Bu Hengru were left outside the palace, and only he and the other three followed.
King Tokai let him go aside and watched with a smile on his face. He was not in a hurry to speak, but wanted to see a good show.
The Shangguan sisters stared at each other.
The imperial concubine spoke first, "When did you know?"
"Just now." The Queen Mother's voice was calm, as if she had expected this scene. "Zuo Ji transferred the people around me and said she wanted to cure the disaster. I understood. After thinking about it, you are the only one in the entire palace with this ability."
King Donghai curled his lips disdainfully, because many things were his ideas, and the Imperial Concubine was just the executor.
"I respect the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother's voice became dull, "Then I don't need to say anything more. If I can do it, the Queen Mother will draw a few decrees."
Han Ruzi thought the queen mother would react a little, and even if she didn't scold her angrily, she should have shown anger, but she didn't. She nodded slightly and turned around and entered the house, as if she was really going to draft the order.
Surprised by King Donghai, Bu Hengru and others.
Only the imperial concubine showed no surprise and said to Han Ruzi: "Your Majesty, please, and you will also ask Your Majesty to write an imperial edict later."
In the Queen Mother's bedroom, the only palace maid was already trembling with fear. It was difficult to lay paper, not to mention grinding ink. Beauty Wang took over and prepared everything. The Queen Mother nodded at her and expressed her gratitude.
Bu Hengru took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, all of which were written imperial decrees. He asked the empress dowager to copy them and took them forward to send them over, but he ran into the empress dowager's stern but uncompromising gaze. Bu Hengru hesitated for a moment, retreated back to his original position in disappointment, and handed the paper to the imperial concubine.
The beauty Wang came over, took the paper from the imperial concubine, and delivered it to the table. During the process, she didn't look at her son who was close to her.
The Queen Mother looked at the paper on the table and did not reach out to hold the pen. She turned her head and asked, "Why is it? I really can't think of any place to treat you badly."
The imperial concubine said coldly: "You killed my son."
"Did you forget that you took the medicine on your own?"
"It's not that unborn child, but Emperor Si. I raised him since childhood and was his real mother. You are not worthy of it."
The empress dowager's eyebrows slowly stood up, "It was me who was pregnant for nine months, not you. And I didn't kill him, why did I kill my own children and make others emperor?"
"Because Emperor Si discovered your secret."
"That's our secret. Even so, I can't kill him." The Queen Mother finally showed a little excitement in her voice.
King Donghai advised: "It's all the past things, and the result cannot be achieved. I'd better write the imperial edict first. The imperial concubine will have to go to Qinzheng Hall to meet the ministers later."
The queen mother's eyes were still staring at her sister, "The Cui family is the root of the disaster. You know it very clearly, but she still turned to that bitch."
"Are you talking about my mother?" Donghai King glared, "Empress Dowager, for your personal sake, it is better to be polite to my mother from now on."
"It is useless to say more, please give the Queen Mother a decree." The Imperial Concubine didn't want to argue anymore.
The empress dowager sighed lightly, picked up her pen, wrote the imperial edict according to the content provided by the eunuch, and temporarily gave the power of the imperial concubine to the imperial concubine. She herself wanted to stay in the palace to fast and pray for the gods.
Donghai Wang pretended to be relaxed and said: "This ground movement came in time, much more perfect than our original arson plan. Bu Hengru, aren't you angry? Why didn't you expect the earth to move in advance?"
Bu Hengru smiled and said, "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. Master made a quick decision last night and decided to initiate the matter in advance. Isn't it just a prediction?"
Tokai Neptune smiled too.
Hearing the word "look at the air", Han Ruzi remembered someone and couldn't help but say, "Are you a disciple of Chunyu Xiao of Qi?"
Bu Hengru smiled and nodded, "That's right, even Your Majesty knows my master's name."
King Donghai corrected coldly, "He will soon be no longer His Majesty."
After writing a few decrees, the empress dowager threw down her pen, turned around and walked aside, and the beauty Wang followed closely, never leaving her.
Han Ruzi felt that this was his mother's hint to him: she would rather stand on the side of the empress dowager than surrender to the imperial concubine and the Cui family.
It was his turn to write the imperial edict. Bu Hengru took out another piece of paper, spread it on the table, and took away the empress dowager's imperial edict. He read it and was very satisfied and handed it over to the imperial concubine.
Han Ruzi read the written text briefly. It was a self-criticism, indicating that the emperor was responsible for the earthquake and fasted for ten consecutive days to observe the effect. If more disasters and strange situations come, he would be ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors. This is a hint that the emperor might abdicate because of the punishment of heaven.
The Empress Dowager did not resist, and there was no need for him, so he wrote the correct words.
The Imperial Concubine had all the necessary decrees, and the Empress Dowager's seal was in her hands, and only the emperor's imperial edict was left to be stamped by Jing Yao, "I will go to Qinzheng Hall, and you will stay."
Donghai Wang was not very relieved, "Wait, let me ask again at the end, is there no problem with Jingyao?"
"No problem, he was convinced, and his only request was to get rid of Yang Feng later." Bu Hengru replied, he was responsible for many things.
"Where are the masters around the Empress Dowager? Especially the Meng brothers and sisters, they must be removed as soon as possible."
"They were all led out of the capital by my master, and they couldn't survive tonight." Bu Hengru said affirmatively.
King Donghai thought for a while, "At most, my uncle will be able to rush back to the capital in three days. At that time... everyone works hard, I will remember your contribution."
The King of Donghai began to call himself "I", but the Imperial Concubine and Bu Hengru did not kneel down to perform the courtesy of their ministers, but just bowed slightly.
The imperial concubine left, Bu Hengru and three others guarded the door, and the King of Donghai found a place to sit down, glanced at the "prisoners", and finally looked at the empress dowager, "To be honest, I have always been worried, thinking there will be twists and turns, but even God helped me, haha, you are not as powerful as I imagined."
The Empress Dowager sat on the chair in the middle and said coldly: "If the twists and turns happen here, I, the Empress Dowager, will be in vain."
King Donghai laughed, "Do you think the ministers in the Qinzheng Hall will help you? They don't care who is the queen mother, and they don't know what happened in the inner palace at all."
That being said, King Donghai was still a little uneasy, turned his head to Bu Hengru at the door and said, "These three of them can do martial arts, just stay them. You go to Qinzheng Hall to help the imperial concubine."
To the surprise of Donghai King, Bu Hengru shook his head, "No, my duty is to stay in Cishun Palace."
"Your duty?" Donghai Wang couldn't believe his ears, "My order is duty!"
Bu Hengru was unmoved, and Han Ruzi kept standing at the table, and said, "Donghai King, don't you understand yet? You are also a prisoner like us."
Chapter completed!