Forbidden City, Ganqing Palace.

Xu Hao, who came hurriedly, looked at the dozen ministers with anxious expressions, bowed from afar and went straight to the steps. Everyone of the eunuchs and palace maids had a sad face, looking like the sky was falling.

Hundreds of Han generals surrounded the hall with swords and swords. A fly probably couldn't fly in. Xiao Wei, the commander of the Jinyiwei, lowered his head with his hands behind his back and frowned.

Seeing Xu Hao coming up, Xiao Wei hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "The Dragon Body of the Holy Lord is not at peace because of the excessive sadness of the death of the Imperial Concubine. In addition." Speaking of this, Xiao Wei lowered his voice again, "I was frightened and had sex."

"No need to say it, I understand." Xu Hao interrupted him and turned left to the side palace warm pavilion.

As soon as they entered the hall, the princes led by Prince Zhu Zhanji knelt side by side on the ground. Zhu Zhanji is only thirteen years old this year. The youngest brothers are at the age of ignorance. They either kneel down and cry or ask for a hug at the wet nurse. Four or five imperial doctors squeezed into the corner like their parents died, looking dull.

Xu Hao frowned and said, "Except for the prince Qiansui, the rest of the people went out. The young prince took him back to the palace and ordered the Jinyiwei to remove half of the manpower."

With his arrival, the Ganqing Palace, which was in chaos, had a man to take charge. Zhu Zhanji showed gratitude, and his brothers' crying made him unable to bear it anymore.

There were no three dukes in the court, and the status of the cabinet had not yet been highlighted. As generals, Zhang Yu and other dukes were not easy to come in, and they had to stay in the capital. As for the six ministers, they had never taken care of the affairs of the inner palace.

This system undoubtedly has its drawbacks. There are only three parties in the inner palace, including the Empress Dowager, the Cabinet and the Eunuch. It is not a question that the Empress Dowager died during the reign of Emperor Yingzong. The three Yang Pavilion ministers were old and immediately made Wang Zhen take advantage of the situation to rise. After that, it was basically a contest between the three parties, and the royal family and nobles were excluded early.

However, the restoration of Emperor Yingzong mostly depends on the noble generals leading the troops to cooperate with each other, but it also aggravated the suspicion of civil officials and eunuchs. They jointly suppressed them. As for the vassal kings, it goes without saying that they stayed away from the center early. The empress dowager or queen of the Ming Dynasty could basically be ignored, so the long-term political situation was always the civil officials and eunuchs took turns to serve as the banker. Of course, it was very easy for the emperor to seize power.

Similar to the time when the emperor is seriously ill, the prince is still young, and there is no empress dowager in charge of the overall situation, the queen is silent, the two princes are not in the capital, and the cabinet is not yet prime minister. It is reasonable to have a chaos in the inner palace.

Suddenly, the hall became quiet. Xu Hao went in to visit the emperor first, and saw the queen Zhang sitting by the bed with tears wiping her eyes. Several concubines stood on one side, and the one standing in front was the imperial concubine Guo.

Zhu Gaochi, who was lying on the dragon bed, looked pale and was in a drowsy state. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Hao coming.

Xu Hao stepped forward and bowed, "I have met the Qiansui Empress and all the Empresses."

"You're here." Zhang obviously relaxed and complained, "There was no one in charge all morning, and everyone was either pushing me or helpless. This woman in the palace said that she didn't know what to do."

In fact, the queen is very smart and skillful. With her in Xu Hao, she is not in trouble in the palace, but she is just a matter of concern. However, because of the absence of Emperor Yongle, the cabinet ministers inevitably began to fight openly and secretly. The veteran Hu Guang and Hu Yan refused to give in to each other. San Yang was young and had no experience in speaking easily, and Xie Jin was a blunt person. Once Zhu Gaochi did not mediate, one thing could often be argued endlessly.

When he came, Xu Hao asked the reason first. The eunuch said vaguely that the imperial concubine Da Huang was dead. The emperor was so sad that he fell ill immediately.

The reason was that a concubine died, not assassination or poisoning, so Xu Hao ordered the guard to withdraw his guard as soon as he arrived, so there was no need to make trouble for him. Moreover, he was very familiar with Zhu Gaochi's health and would never get sick. Therefore, he sent the young prince away. Should he kneel down and wait for the mourning?

After saying a few words, Xu Hao turned around and accidentally found a smile on Zhu Zhanji's face, and walked over quietly.

Compared to Zhu Gaochi's Lotten, the young prince likes to ride and shoot martial arts and is very enthusiastic about power. Some people privately say that he is skilled in strategy. Even Zhu Gaochi said that the prince has not been very peaceful in the past two years and has shown signs of cultivating a confidant in the East Palace, so he advised him once or twice.

Xu Hao disagreed. Is there any gap between the emperor and the prince in the world? Obviously not. Beating the prince frequently is a compulsory course for every emperor. I remind my son that you are not dead yet, so don’t rush to seize power.

But the moment just now made Xu Hao worry. What if Zhu Zhanji couldn't wait to be the emperor? It seemed that nothing could stop him from being there.

Suddenly he was shocked. Isn’t he the biggest obstacle? If the prince did something he should not do, he should have the ability to support others to ascend the throne, such as the second son of the emperor, such as Zhu Gaoxu. Even if he does not have this intention, for ambitious people, any obstacles must be eliminated.

However, Zhu Zhanji is not a mediocre person. Even if he wants to be an emperor, he has to wait patiently for adulthood. He has no feud with each other. Instead, he has a very close relationship. Xu Hao is undoubtedly a great help from his mother and son.

It is foreseeable that Zhu Zhanji is unlikely to take the slaughter. After all, Xu Hao has made no mistakes. He should transfer the person out of the capital first and recall it after the matter is finalized. Who will avenge the late emperor if he is sick? That is the dignified prince and the emperor who has ascended the throne.

Hope it was my own random speculation, Xu Hao said with a smile: "What the hell is going on?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and whispered: "As a son, I dare not talk about this matter, my uncle, go and ask the eunuch."

"Yes!" Xu Hao waved his hand and called Changqiang, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace. His cousin Changsheng was the eunuch of the Shen Palace and an old man from the Hongwu Dynasty.

Chang Qiang said it carefully. This matter was simple and clear. It turned out that Zhu Gaochi and the dead Concubine Huang were a little dirty recently. The Concubine Huang was named Concubine because of her talent and appearance. However, she had a weak point of being unhappy and did not give birth to a child or a half daughter.

For this matter, he tried every means to ask for a child, but Zhu Gaochi was so upset that he was so upset that he scolded him a few times when he was too anxious. He did not let Concubine Huang sleep for half a month.

Last night, Zhu Gaochi fought against Concubine Xingli's bedroom. Wang had an extremely beautiful palace maid next to him. He was still charming in his thirties. The palace maid's niece just entered the palace and was as beautiful as a flower.

Zhu Gaochi is not a good bird, so he naturally would not let his aunt and niece go. After visiting Ermei, he hugged Wang and smiled: "There are many beautiful people in the palace. Now I love only one concubine, and now I have two beauties. My beloved has the art of looking at the inside, and for many years, it is like a virgin. The two beauties are very charming. Although they are slightly inferior to their beloved concubines, they also have touching features. I have a hard time because of their physical strength. You don't think it's hard, but you can get ups and downs to calm down my work and increase my prosperity. Good."

Wang smiled, then served the emperor to fall asleep. She closed her eyes as well. Seeing this, the palace maid outside quietly retreated and suddenly found someone outside the window. She screamed in disbelief, then opened the bead curtain and ran out. She saw someone climbing the wall and then screamed.

The screams immediately alarmed the palace servants and ran out to open the courtyard gate. They walked under the shadow of flowers outside the wall with the lanterns. They saw someone who fell to death, with blood all over the ground.

The guy looked carefully and realized that it was Xiaofeng, the palace maid in Huang Guifei's palace. He looked at a plum tree that had been leaning over the head near the wall. The branches were broken and blood was dripping from the rockery stones. He knew that the branches of the tree were broken and hit the tip of the stone. He hurried back and report.

Zhu Gaochi was awakened and sat up with Wang in his clothes. The palace maid said, "I suddenly saw a figure on the window. I screamed and opened the door and went out. The man tried to flee from the wall, but fell to the ground. I looked closely and saw that it was Xiao Feng in the imperial concubine's palace."

The eunuch also said: "It has been proved that a branch of a plum tree was trampled outside the wall, and there was blood on the rockery. Please decide."

Zhu Gaochi understood as soon as he heard this. It must be that the imperial concubine had seen that she had never summoned her for several days and suspected that she had abandoned her. Therefore, she sent the palace maid to inquire. She was so confused. Why was she so impatient? She killed a good girl in vain. If the empress dowager was alive, it would be another mistake.

Even though this is a taboo thing in the palace, Zhu Gaochi did not plan to make trouble and yawned and said, "All people are dead, no one is allowed to go out and send them back to the imperial concubine's palace."

The palace servant received an order to carry the body outside the imperial concubine's palace to call the door. The imperial concubine did not sleep all night and was waiting for the reply. When she heard the shouts outside, she was startled first. When the palace servant opened the door and came back to report, she was shocked. When she was panicked, the palace servant said that Xiaofeng's brain burst and said that she had fallen to death on the rockery. The emperor ordered the corpse to be sent over. The person who came thought it was bad luck and had already dispersed.

But the imperial concubine was shocked and sweated. This was originally a disrespectful thing. At the least, it was a reprimand, or at the worst, it was a disaster for the cold palace. It was just that the emperor had always been lenient and peaceful, so she dared to make such a bad move.

The news of the imperial concubine in the middle of the night was blocked. I took it for granted that Xiaofeng died strangely. It was not that she fell to death, but that she was clearly discovered and beaten to death.

For a moment, she was in a state of dismay. First, she did what she shouldn't do and lost her reputation; second, she thought that the emperor was heartless and it would be fine if she beat the palace maid to death, but she didn't explain it. It was obvious that she was angry. She couldn't help but think about it for a while and secretly hanged herself with a sweat towel in the middle of the night.

Before the fourth day, Zhu Gaochi got up to go to the morning court. He felt a little uncomfortable at that time. After the matter was over, he thought that he shouldn't have sent the body directly. Isn't it a sign of a demonstration and a warning? He was about to go over to comfort him, but he received news of the death of the palace servant on the way.

Then Zhu Gaochi fainted. After hearing this, Xu Hao sighed softly and said, "The deceased is gone! I immediately urge the 12th supervisor and the clan mansion to handle the funeral together. Let's stop the Lingyan at Huanggu Temple for the time being, and then make a decision after the sage's dragon body recovers."

There are some considerations about where the imperial concubine's cemetery is buried. Xu Hao doesn't have to worry about this, and he doesn't even have to work hard for the funeral.

Zhu Zhanji also sighed: "My nephew is young and ignorant. During these days when his father was recuperating, his uncle should come forward to take charge of the overall situation. In this way, his nephew and his mother are relieved."

Xu Hao glanced at him and said, "I am not qualified. In this way, please ask the prince to discuss state affairs with the cabinet ministers every day. Remember to listen more and learn more in everything, and don't express opinions randomly. How hard you are young and hard, come back to help the emperor review memorials. When the emperor wakes up, you whisper to him. Do you never allow yourself to make any decisions without the emperor's consent. My uncle is for your own good. Do you remember?"

Zhu Zhanji focused on the key points, and was a little excited and grateful. How could he not hear the words?

Xu Hao once again looked at him deeply, and did not want to talk nonsense, so he turned around and gave a gift.

When the emperor was seriously ill, the queen and concubines would wait day and night. There were palace servants and imperial physicians inside, and there were ministers and generals on duty outside. Without the cooperation of the queen, it was generally impossible to plot against.
Chapter completed!