The empress, who was claustrophobic in Kunning Palace, was probably the last person to learn that she had been deposed.

The reason is very simple, the edict was drafted by the Empress Dowager to the Confucian scholars in the cabinet, and Wu Ge Lao and Zhang Yu were also next to symbolically pick up the missing and fill in the gaps, and the emperor was angry and ran away, so after the Empress Dowager read the edict, she directly ordered the Secretary of the Government to notify the world. However, no one remembered that the edict should have been sent to Kunning Palace and read to the deposed former mother of the country.

So, when the emperor found out about this, it was already early the next morning when he woke up in the other room next to the martial arts arena, hurriedly washed and changed clothes and rushed back to the Qianqing Palace to prepare for the court. And Liu Feng, who cautiously mentioned this matter, saw that the emperor looked sluggish, he chuckled in his heart, and immediately realized that the emperor had simply forgotten!

Sure enough, the emperor's expression turned normal in a moment, but he asked angrily: "What did the Queen Mother say?" ”

Dowager...... Didn't say anything! Liu Feng secretly complained in his heart, but he still had to bite the bullet and say: "After the Queen Mother sent the three pavilion elders away, she went back to Qingning Palace, her old man didn't speak, and no one dared to ask." As for the Kunning Palace, I have always followed the instructions of the Queen Mother and the Emperor before, and as soon as the imperial doctor left, the gate of the Kunning Palace was closed by the supervision......"

"That's it!" Knowing that he had indeed made a big mistake, the emperor could only pat his head lightly, and then interrupted Liu Feng's words, and tried his best to say in a casual tone, "You go and talk to Chu Kuan, and let him pick a safer person to go to Kunning Palace to pass the edict." As for moving the palace, you first take stock of whether there is a suitable palace in the east and west six palaces, don't worry. ”

Don't worry, Your Majesty, there are not many harems, and a total of twelve palaces in the East and West Six Palaces are not full at all! It is indeed not difficult to vacate a palace room that is not with other palace concubines to house the abandoned queen!

However, Liu Feng was most relieved that the emperor did not let him do this, but instructed the celebrant to seal Chu Kuan. So, he was not willing to go on a trip in person, and after sending the emperor to the court, he immediately sent a little eunuch to deliver a message to Chu Kuan. However, when the little eunuch came back to report it, he was taken aback.

"You mean, Gonggong Chu went to Kunning Palace in person?"

Seeing that the thirteen or fourteen-year-old little eunuch nodded desperately, with an expression that I would never remember, Liu Feng was immediately confused. But this is not too important, after all, the queen has become a deposed queen. Even if Chu Kuan had any friendship with the abolished queen in the past, he planned to comfort him at this time, or if Chu Kuan had a grudge with the abolished queen, and he planned to show off his might at this time, it was none of his business anyway.

He left it behind for a moment, and he didn't even bother to send someone to Kunning Palace to inquire about what was going on over there.

Not only him, but all the concubines also stayed in the palace and restrained the palace people from going out. Including Concubine Yu, who has always been direct, and even dared to use a sword against the queen, was not interested in running to Kunning Palace to see the queen's jokes at such a time. In her words to Princess Yongping, it was the most boring thing to beat the water dogs.

So, when the queen suddenly heard the news that she had been deposed as a concubine, she was lucky to avoid showing her ugliness in front of a group of concubines who she had always looked down on condescendingly. But even so, she will not give birth to the slightest gratitude, because at this moment, her heart is full of rage, all grief and indignation.

"Where is the Emperor? Why didn't he come in person? Why didn't he dare read it out before me himself? Instead, I only dare to use the ridiculous excuse of following the order of the Queen Mother and accusing me of being unfilial......"

Seeing people shouting like crazy, Chu Kuan stood there quietly, neither comforting nor mocking, as if he was just a Buddha statue. It wasn't until she was muttering the same words upside down that the palace people around her were either pale or depressed, obviously thinking of the tragic ending of the people around him after the abolition, and he coughed lightly.

At this time, the former queen on the ground was hoarse and could no longer make any sound, while the others were silent one by one, and there was silence all around, so he said in an extremely stable voice: "The edict of the abolition of the queen was issued yesterday to the General Administration, and at this time today, I am afraid that it has passed through the world through fast horses." And the reason why there was no first moment to promulgate ...... in Kunning Palace"

He paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It was the emperor's sympathy for Concubine Jing's weak body yesterday, so he postponed it until today." As for the emperor not coming in person at this time, Concubine Jing looked up at the sky, at this time, the emperor naturally went to the court. Besides, even if you don't go to court, the emperor rarely goes to a concubine before noon on weekdays, isn't this what you often nag at the beginning? ”

Although Chu Kuan's mouth was gentle and respectful, Concubine Jing was such a sensitive and irritable person, and she immediately became angry at this time. However, as soon as she staggered to stand up with her hands supporting her body, Chu Kuan actually moved slightly under her feet, and she had already taken five or six steps back in an instant. She could only shout angrily: "Old eunuch, you dare to deceive me!" ”

"The slave has always known that she is just a castration slave."

Chu Kuan bowed again, his voice was still very respectful, "The slave maid entered the palace to learn loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, and learned those things that were passed down from the grandfather of the Taizu, so I know that the virtuous queen is not good, and the heroines who are bold when they are in power like the queen mother, and who are cheerful and neat when they delegate power, have all been criticized." Concubine Jing knows what outsiders say about you when you were the queen? ”

Without waiting for Concubine Jing to answer, he suddenly raised his head and said word by word: "I don't know how to be blessed in the midst of happiness!" Even after ordinary nobles and gentry marry their wives, most of them are far less than the emperor's treatment of concubines! Of course, if Concubine Jing can teach two virtuous princes, then the emperor has nothing to say, and the courtiers will naturally support it, but what are the virtues of the eldest prince and the second prince! ”

Concubine Jing never thought that Chu Kuan would dare to reprimand herself to her face, and her once beautiful face was suddenly full of anger. However, she stumbled and only took two steps, and was about to reach out to grab Chu Kuan, but she saw that the person had moved her feet flexibly, and left her seven or eight steps away again.

"Concubine Jing has today, please close the door and reflect. You must know that the eldest prince does not know benevolence and righteousness, and he is already imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, but the second prince has not been punished for framing Dr. Zhang, the prince of the country. ”

"Even for the sake of the second prince who still has hope now, please don't be carried away by anger."

Speaking of this, seeing that Concubine Jing suddenly stopped, Chu Kuan said with a smile: "In addition, Concubine Jing learned that the imperial dining room was almost swept away, and the emperor has agreed to Dr. Zhang's invitation to open an imperial chef selection competition in the southern Yuexiu Hutong of the outer city, and select the imperial chef among the major famous chefs in the capital, which is a rare lively and festive event." ”

"The emperor also personally named the renovated tea house Xinglong, I heard that this is a name casually said by Dr. Zhang, but the emperor felt that the elegance and vulgarity were appreciated, and he was very appreciative."

Concubine Jing, who was furrowed, almost broke her fingernails. She had heard about it before, but she didn't care about it, but she could hardly believe that when she was deposed, the emperor would still focus on another little thing that she thought was insignificant, and even felt that it was lively and festive!

She glared at Chu Kuan viciously, and finally cursed viciously: "The emperor is not afraid that someone will mix in these cooks, hide in the palace in the future, and poison his diet!" ”

"Concubine Jing is too worried. If you can't even do this kind of thing, what's the use of the emperor and the celebrant superintendent? Chu Kuan calmly looked directly at Concubine Jing, but he was not afraid of the sight of choosing people to devour, and said lightly, "What's more, all the ingredients and utensils outside the palace are not allowed to be entrained, and all the things in the imperial dining room will be supervised and purchased by the slaves and maids from now on, and no one will be mixed with a single hair." Who can poison it? ”

"As for their origins, I will also start to check them after they are born, but if there is anything suspicious, don't think about serving in the palace."

Seeing that Concubine Jing's face finally froze, Chu Kuan bowed deeply again and said, "Everything the slave and maid did was all for the emperor and the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, if someone is not against the emperor, then he must first step over the corpse of the slave and maid! ”

Although the eunuch on the other side had a hunched waist and looked humble and submissive, Concubine Jing seemed to feel that it was a terrifying monster covering herself with a layer of human skin. When she saw Chu Kuan's withdrawal and Kun Ningmen slowly closing again in front of her, she finally felt as if her strength had been drained.

But at this moment, the palace door that was slowly closing seemed to stop suddenly, and then she heard Chu Kuan's voice again: "The emperor has instructed Liu Feng, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, to arrange the transfer of Concubine Jing to the palace, and please take care of Concubine Jing." ”

At this moment, Concubine Jing finally couldn't stand anymore, her feet were weak, and she sat down on the ground directly, and behind her, even though there were many palace people, it took a long time for two to wake up, rushing forward to help her, but she was thrown away.

"God, you are blind in your eyes, and your heart is blind too! What the hell am I doing wrong! ”

Chu Kuan, who had already left Kunning Palace, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this heart-rending shout. What did you do wrong? Failure to recognize one's own status, one's own temperament, and one's failure to teach the most successful son is the greatest mistake.

With his understanding of the emperor, if the empress could teach a son who was outstanding enough, such as Zhu Tingfang, then no matter how cold and disgusted the empress was, then with the emperor's character, maybe the crown prince would have been canonized long ago.

In the past few years, the emperor didn't know how many times he had felt envy for Zhu Jing, the Duke of Zhao, and envied him for having a good son like Zhu Tingfang, who was both civil and military.

"It's finally a stumbling block that gets in the way......" Chu Kuan laughed in his heart, and his pace suddenly became a little lighter. As for the eldest prince and the second prince, who have been completely stereotyped and irremediable, he doesn't have to worry about the threat for a long time. Of course, there are always uncertainties in life, but he understands very well that the emperor is a person who will not kill his son and wife.

Even through other people's hands, in that case, I am afraid that the person who will be most angry will be the emperor.

The emperor would suddenly send someone to Kunning Palace to read it after the edict was announced, this kind of oolong incident, of course Zhang Shou would not know - in fact, there was such a big incident yesterday, and he had already told Zhu Yingqian not to enter the palace again in the past few days. He was really afraid of this eldest lady who was bold and thief if she didn't agree with her.

stopped Zhu Ying, handed over the eldest lady to Mrs. Tai and forbade her to go out, and Zhang Shou was relieved to nest in the Guozijian. Jiuzhangtang was transferred to various places because one person was all transferred, and now there are only two or three puppies and kittens in class during the day, so he temporarily stopped teaching, leaving everyone to use their leisure time to repair themselves, so he naturally became empty during the day.

However, after he came back, there was no one in this class, and the evaluation homework was carried out quickly, plus all kinds of affairs were handed over, so he simply sat in Jiuzhangtang on this day to give out the exam questions for the second phase of admissions.

As for the few remaining prisoners who have not yet put on a large number of tasks, they are resigned to brushing up on the questions...... For those who major in arithmetic, the questions are really endless. Because Zhang Shou came up with an idea that made them complain, that is, students can come up with their own questions wherever they learn, and each unit will have five questions, and use them to test their own classmates!

When Ji Jiu outside the door poked his head into his head, he saw that several prisoners sitting there were sometimes frowning and pondering, sometimes writing hard, and Zhang Shou, who directly occupied Lu Sanlang's table, was also writing something.

Seeing this scene, he hesitated for a moment, then tiptoed in, but he went around in a circle and looked behind Zhang Shou.

And at this glance, he found the words written by Zhang Shou and the pictures he drawn, and he could understand every word at first glance, but when those words were combined, he muttered a little. Especially the problem of setting pi to π, knowing that the radius is r, and finding the length of the arc on a complex graph, his eyes widened, and he calculated it for a long time, but he still felt that he was not very sure.

He has taught himself the new compilation of Ge's arithmetic! Once again, he realized that he was not a genius like Lu Sanlang, but his learning and acceptance ability was a little higher than that of ordinary people, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but then he heard Zhang Shou's voice in front of him: "Have you seen enough?" ”

"Teacher!" Ji Jiu hurriedly stood up straight, and then said with a smile, "I was just afraid of disturbing you, so I didn't dare to speak out." ”

"It's okay to bother me, bother others...... You see if they're glaring at you. Zhang Shou didn't care about putting the exam questions on the desk, and then pointed out the door, and sure enough, when he got up from his seat and walked out, Ji Jiu immediately followed out.

Without waiting for him to ask, he saw that Ji Jiu wanted to speak and stopped, as if he was organizing sentences, and after a while, he finally made up his mind, and said in a low voice: "Teacher, do you know that the emperor has recruited several famous Confucians to Beijing?" ”

Zhang Shou couldn't help but be a little inexplicable, and then thought of a question thoughtfully. Could it be that a competitor is coming?

As soon as Ji Jiu saw Zhang Shou's expression, he knew that people didn't know at all, so he immediately accentuated his tone and said: "I heard that the emperor is because of the precedent of the eldest prince and the second prince, so after specially ordering someone to inquire, he recruited four people from the four academies. They came to Beijing to be teachers for the princes. One advocates agriculture-oriented, the other claims that miscellaneous studies must also be learned, and the other is proficient in a variety of Western languages......"

Without waiting for Ji Jiu to finish speaking, Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile. The emperor thinks that it is not enough for the prince to learn the scriptures and righteousness, so he plans to train people to be proficient in all subjects? The three princes and the four princes are still the two primary school tyrants, and the eldest prince and the second prince should wash and sleep!

Wonderful Book House