Chapter 464: The Winter of the Fourth Year of Yongle
Chapter 464 Yongle Four Years Winter.
The snow finally stopped in the middle of the night.
The next day, when people open the door of their houses and see the silver world outside, do they want to sigh at this heavenly thing?
Ye Xing didn't sleep all night, he had been guarding the corpses of Sister-in-law Ying and Uncle Que, he was ashamed of them, but he couldn't do anything.
The others knew about it after getting up in the morning, but they couldn't do anything for Ye Xing, the dead were gone, and they only hoped that Ye Xing could recover from the pain as soon as possible.
A few sparrows are foraging in the snow, and after a new snowfall, it will be difficult for them to fill their stomachs.
Are people happier than sparrows?
Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, came to Ye Xing early in the morning, because today they were going to meet the emperor.
Ye Xing knew the importance of this matter, so he suppressed the sorrow in his heart, and followed Xu Huizu into the palace to see the emperor, the palace in Jinling was magnificent, and the luxury of the emperor's family was everywhere.
However, Emperor Zhu Di met Ye Xing, not in the early dynasty, but after the early dynasty, after the early dynasty, Xu Huizu led Ye Xing to the emperor's imperial garden, which was a very beautiful place, but at this time, the imperial garden was still white in addition to snow, and even those evergreen plants were covered with a layer of snow.
Zhu Di sat on a chair that looked very comfortable, Ye Xing and Xu Ruoxuan met each other, kneeling and kowtowing despite the people on the ground, but after they kowtowed, the emperor had no intention of asking them to get up.
The emperor didn't let them get up, Ye Xing and Xu Huizu naturally didn't dare to get up, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
After a long time, Zhu Di said to Xu Huizu in a tone that sounded gentle, but was actually very majestic: "Wei Guogong is old, just hurry up, if you are frozen and sick, Queen Xu must blame me!" ”
Xu Huizu hurriedly got up, but he began to be frightened in his heart, which was not like the emperor's usual style.
After Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, got up, Zhu Di didn't mean to ask Ye Xing to get up, the snow on Ye Xing's knees had turned into water, and his clothes were already wet, but Zhu Di didn't say a word, as if he was waiting for something.
Seeing this, Xu Huizu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Ye Xing's rash entry into Beijing this time has something important to report, because this matter is related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
After listening to Xu Huizu's words, Zhu Di sneered: "Yes, but how can I hear Ji Gang say that Ye Xing's entry into Beijing is to be unfavorable to me!" ”
Ye Xing heard Zhu Di say this, and he understood a lot in his heart, it turned out that Ji Gang had already said bad things about himself in the emperor's ear, no wonder the emperor let himself kneel as soon as he came up.
However, at this time, Ye Xing had to defend himself, otherwise his life would not be guaranteed, and his friends would probably be implicated.
"Your Majesty, that Ji Gang Langzi is ambitious, and sent his son Ji Wu to collude with Mei Dexue, intending to murder the emperor, and then help Zhu Yunwen to restore, I have evidence for these, and please ask the emperor to learn from it!"
Ye Xing was still kneeling, but he could clearly feel that Zhu Di had been a little shaken after listening to his words.
For Emperor Zhu Di, there are many threats to him, but what worries him the most is probably Zhu Yunwen, after all, his emperor's throne was taken from Zhu Yunwen by improper means, and Zhu Yunwen's power in the people should not be underestimated.
After a long time, Emperor Zhu Di waved his hand to Ye Xing: "Okay, you get up and speak first!" ”
When Ye Xing heard this, he hurriedly got up, but because he knelt for too long just now, he got up suddenly and his feet slipped, if it wasn't for Xu Huizu hurriedly supporting Ye Xing, he was afraid that he would fall in front of the emperor.
"You just said that you have evidence to prove that Ji Gang and Mei Dexue rebelled, where is the evidence?" Zhu Di looked at Ye Xing and asked, but there was no expression on his face that made people guess his intentions.
Ye Xing handed over the evidence he got to Zhu Di, and after Zhu Di read it from top to bottom, he was immediately furious: "Good you Ji Gang, you dare to rebel against the country, you are really bold!" ”
Ye Xing heard Zhu Di like this, and knew that he was fine at this time, and that Ji Gang was probably inevitable, the emperor's technique would definitely let Zhu Di get rid of Ji Gang, but Ye Xing knew very well that Ji Gang in history was not killed in the winter of the fourth year of Yongle.
What the hell is going on, because with the evidence in Ye Xing's hands, Ji Gang can't escape, but history is history, and it is history that people have to believe.
So at this time, Ye Xing's heart was full of questions, and he still felt faintly uneasy, he knew that something would definitely happen later, but what was going to happen, he didn't know.
Just when Emperor Zhu Di angrily asked people to find Ji Gang, a little eunuch hurriedly came, and when the eunuch saw Zhu Di, he immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the queen's condition has worsened, the emperor should go and take a look!" ”
Empress Xu was critically ill, Zhu Di was startled, then got up and walked to his bedroom, and asked, "Have you invited an imperial doctor?" ”
The little eunuch didn't dare to slack off: "I have already sent someone to invite you, I am here to invite the emperor." ”
Zhu Di stopped talking, and hurriedly walked briskly, Ye Xing and Xu Huizu saw this, so they had to hurriedly follow, after all, Queen Xu and Xu Huizu are sisters and brothers, if something happens to Queen Xu, he can't stand still.
Ye Xing hurriedly followed, but his heart was still full of doubts, could it be that Ji Gang escaped this catastrophe because of Empress Xu's illness, but there was no reason for this at all, although Empress Xu's illness was serious, Ye Xing clearly knew that she would not die.
The fourth winter of Yongle is a time that is difficult to understand.
There are many palace maids and eunuchs standing in the palace, their faces are ugly, because they are all afraid of their fate, if Queen Xu is really dead, their new master may not be who it is, whether it will be good to them, no one knows.
And if the emperor is angry, they, the servants who have waited for Queen Xu, may have to follow Queen Xu to accompany the funeral.
Although they are minions, they don't want to die yet, even if they are frightened in the palace, they still want to live.
Queen Xu was lying on the bed, as if she was asleep, although her breathing was weak, but it was still there, and if a person still breathed, she still did not die.
A group of imperial doctors stood beside Empress Xu's bedside and kept studying Empress Xu's condition, and when they saw the emperor coming, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, but Zhu Di didn't have this thought, just asked, "How is the queen's illness?" ”
The imperial doctors glanced at each other, but they were a little hesitant to tell the emperor the truth, and when Emperor Zhu Di saw them like this, he scolded angrily: "What do you say quickly!" ”