Chapter 8: The Concubine's Anger
"Second master, the assassin is obviously you..."
"It's not me, you killed him, I'm so young and so weak, can I kill him? Tell me how you killed the assassin and saved the king! Zhao Ta picked up the short knife on the ground and fiddled with it.
Looking at the eyes of the prince and the knife in his hand, he trembled again when he had just relieved himself, but he was not stupid, otherwise he would not stand out among the hundreds of small yellow doors and become the chief companion of the prince. Soon he figured it out, the prince didn't want others to know that he had killed the assassin, and wanted him to take the bag, if he didn't agree, he didn't dare to think that such a powerful assassin, the prince would slaughter him with a move, and it would be easier to kill himself.
"I killed him, we were playing in the garden, and suddenly I met an assassin who wanted to assassinate the prince, I stepped forward and grabbed the knife in his hand with a shout and killed him!" Seeing that Xi figured it out, he immediately recognized it, and said with a straight chest.
"Hehe, you're amazing, how did those two little yellow doors die? Stupid, as soon as others ask, you will be exposed, think again! Zhao Ta scolded with a smile, seeing that Xi drooped his head, and thought for a moment with a bitter face to tell again, but there were still loopholes, and Zhao Ta had to arrange it for him again and again to make the whole incident reasonable.
After saying it more than ten times, Zhao Ta nodded with satisfaction, and at this time, he thought that he had killed the person, and he was a loyal servant who was desperate to save the prince.
"Here you go, go and stab him a few times, remember to break up the original wound!" Zhao Ta handed the knife to Jianxi and pointed to the dead corpse and said.
"This... Why is the second master? Seeing that Xi looked at the dead corpse with a hideous face and stared at it, he said timidly.
"You said that you stabbed the assassin seven or eight times, but he only had two wounds on his body, and no one believed him!" Zhao Ta stuffed the knife into Jianxi's hand and said, Jianxi now understands that he is completely on the prince's thief ship, ruthlessly, took the knife, walked to the corpse, closed his eyes and stabbed several times in succession, the blade rubbed against the bone and made a tooth-sore sound, and the blood that had not yet congealed sprayed his face.
"Alas, I'm here to save your life!" Zhao Ta looked at Jianxi who was forced by himself and sighed lightly, and said secretly in his heart, after listening to what happened, the clear-eyed person will soon understand that the whole incident was carefully designed by someone, and Jianxi is one of them, if it weren't for Jianxi who didn't hesitate to stand in front of him when he met the assassin, Zhao Ta would also list him as an important suspect, at that time, he would have to peel off his skin even if he didn't die, and he would be able to take it out of it by doing so.
"Second master, okay, what should I do next!" Miki threw down the knife and asked, at this time he was covered in blood, and he looked like he had gone through a bloody battle.
"Go back immediately, don't alarm the people in the garden, that old Zhang Tou may also be one of them!" Zhao Ta said, hearing the gunshot, none of the florists came to inspect, which made him suspicious, so it was better to be careful and hide in the nest.
"Open the door quickly, the prince has been assassinated!" Going around to the convenient door where the garden and the winter garden are connected, I saw Xi holding the prince who seemed to be 'dead' at any time, and banging on the courtyard door with the other, shouting hoarsely, these are all explained by the prince in advance.
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The emperor is good at calligraphy and painting, likes poetry and writing, is well versed in music and rhythm singing and dancing, and is proficient in all kinds of amusements. Concubine Zheng Hongmei is beautiful and elegant, has followed the Empress Dowager Xiang for many years, has a considerable degree of etiquette and education, knows how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is witty and lively. often replaces the emperor to review the chapters, so Zheng Guifei has a very good appetite for the emperor and is deeply liked by the emperor.
"Niangniang, the people in the palace are passing on the second highness every day wearing linen clothes and straw shoes and mixing with the villagers who farm and plough the fields, the book has been read for a year and the "hundred family names" has not been finished, the teacher is so angry that he scolded to quit the museum, and he smashed all the things in the study, and even almost set the house on fire and burned himself, they all said that the second highness is a... It's a demon," a little yellow door lowered his eyebrows and replied to Concubine Zheng.
There was a crisp sound of 'pop', and a white jade paperweight on the book table broke into two paragraphs, "Who did you listen to, but it's a rumor!" Zheng Guifei, who has always been dignified and calm, pointed to a small yellow door and shouted upside down.
"Niangniang, this is not a rumor from me, it has been spread all over the palace, it is His Royal Highness Du Zhi Dao Er, who swept the floor..."
"Don't say it, you can get out of the way!" The concubine stood up and sat down again, waved her hand and said, "Cuizhu, you give Ning An two pieces of money!" ”
"Thank you for your reward!" Ning An bowed and retreated.
"Hmph, the emperor has been forced out of the palace by them, and now he still doesn't let him go, is it really easy for us to bully our mother!" Zheng Guifei Bingxue is smart, and she has been in the palace for so many years, and she has a clear understanding of the dirt inside, and after listening to the secret report of Xiaohuangmen, she knew that someone had planted eyeliner next to Zhao Ta, and sent the news back to the palace, spreading it secretly, and slandering her son, otherwise how could the palace know about things a hundred miles away.
"Niangniang, are you telling the emperor?" Cuizhu asked.
"Don't alarm the emperor for this matter!" Concubine Zheng shook her head and said.
"Niangniang, Huang Daguan is back to the palace, waiting outside!" A small yellow door was announced outside the house.
"Please, please!" Concubine Zheng Guifei was overjoyed and said in a loud voice.
"Niangniang, the old slave is guilty, and he has the trust of his mother!" Huang Jingchen knelt down as soon as he came in, there were assassins in the house, and three people died, Huang Jingchen thought about it again and again, and did not alarm the local government, but immediately grounded the whole house, no one was allowed to enter or leave, and he quickly returned to Beijing to report.
Back then, he served the Empress Dowager Xiang with Zheng Guifei, who was also the inner palace guard, although later the two of them were masters and one was still a slave, but after all, the two still had some incense, for the sake of the queen, Huang Jingchen had no place to stand in the palace, and the most difficult thing was that Zheng Guifei took him in, and after Zhao Ta left the palace, he let him follow, avoided the persecution in the palace, and gave him a place to retire with peace of mind.
"Huang Daguan get up quickly, what's going on?" Concubine Zheng was shocked, but she still kept her composure, and asked the personal palace maid to quickly pick him up and move an embroidered pier for him to sit down.
"Niangniang, there was a big incident in the house the day before yesterday, and someone assassinated the prince..."
"How's Tatar?" Zheng Guifei stood up slowly, her face was discolored, and she lost her former elegance.
"Don't worry, Niangniang, the prince was just a little frightened, and he was not injured, but he woke up from his dream every time and called Niangniang!" Huang Jingchen stepped forward to support her and said.
"What about the guards in the mansion, what did they do to let the assassins into the mansion?"
"Alas, Niangniang, when I went out of the palace, the old slave asked the inner government to send guards to protect it, but they refused because the prince had not yet opened the house, and the old slave could only let the housekeeper select strong servants and miscellaneous servants to be on duty every day to protect the safety of the house, and the inner courtyard was served at night by the little yellow doors, but they were all stupid people who did not know martial arts, but it was the steward of the house who assassinated that day, and killed two small yellow doors, fortunately, the prince's companion was clever, and he found a vacancy to kill the assassin, so he saved the prince!"
"Yang Jian, this old horseman, dares to do this, this palace will not spare him!" Concubine Zheng Guifei waved her hand to make the people in the room stand down and said.
"Niangniang, this matter is not simple, don't be hasty, Yang Jian is now powerful in the palace, even the queen dares to collude with foreign ministers to calculate, not to mention you and me, there must be others behind this matter, and the stewards in the palace are all arranged by them!"
"Hmph, this palace is not the Zheng beauty of the year, let them calculate my child!"
"Niangniang, now the queen has been living in a simple house since the big case in the palace, and her body is not as good as a day, to say a big word, the days are numbered, with the emperor's favor for the concubine, the queen's seat will be Niangniang's, why bother with them now, it's a big deal!" Seeing that Concubine Zheng was angry, Huang Jingchen hurriedly persuaded.
"Have you heard the rumors in the palace, is Ta'er really so unbearable?" Concubine Zheng's face softened slightly, and she sat down and said.
"After the prince left the palace, his temperament did change, but it was not as bad as the rumors said!" Huang Jingchen said with a smile, "Most of the people the prince came into contact with in the Zhuangzi were rural villagers, and it was inevitable that he would be contaminated with some of their habits!" ”
"Alas, doesn't Tatar like to read?"
"The prince really doesn't like to read, but he likes some kitsch acrobatics and games in the countryside!" Huang Jingchen replied cautiously, he had secretly seen the things that Xi Lane had brought in, and the production was very exquisite, and he knew that Lu Dao was instructed by Zhao Ta, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was for.
"This palace doesn't want him to be involved in the right and wrong of the palace, so I can't bear to let him out of the palace, I hope he will live a long life in the future, be an idle and rich prince, and wait for the palace to have a support when he is old, and enjoy the joy of family, but some people just don't let me get my wish, do they really think that the words of this palace are not as good as the nonsense of two Taoist priests?" Zheng Guifei said. ,
"Does Niangniang want to take this opportunity to let the prince return to the palace?" Huang Jingchen heard the voice outside the words and asked tentatively.
"Why not?" Concubine Zheng frowned lightly and asked puzzledly.
"Niangniang, according to the old slave to see, or let the prince temporarily avoid the top, the palace now has six or seven princes, large and small, the prince has not been established, they will not all want to let the second highness be a prince of peace like Niangniang, it is inevitable that some people will have the heart to win the heir, I am afraid that Niangniang's wish will be difficult to realize, it is better to let the prince grow up outside the palace, and there are fewer pickled things!" Huang Jingchen bowed down and said solemnly.
"Hmm!" Concubine Zheng nodded and said, "But the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, some people in the palace always do something in secret, I am worried that a child of Ta'er will not be able to escape their calculations!" ”
"Niangniang, the old slave thinks that now the Imperial City Division is controlled by Yang Jian, if the guards are sent by the palace, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, it is better for us to go around and completely replace the people in the palace, and the foreign government implores the national lord to arrange some considerate people over there, so it is safer!" Huang Jingchen thought for a while and said.
"What the official thinks about is that I will repair a letter to my father and let him arrange it!" Zheng Hongmei's father, Zheng Shen, was a direct official of the palace before he was developed, and now he is a small civil servant who drinks tea and reads newspapers.
"Niangniang is so the best, the old slave is relieved!" Huang Jingchen saw that the concubine agreed, and nodded happily in his heart and replied.
"Ta'er's side will be entrusted to the officials, and I will be in the palace to deal with them, and I will shut up those guys who talk too much, secretly stumble, and talk nonsense in front of the officials!" Zheng Guifei said fiercely with a solemn face, she was secretly determined to maintain her son's thoughtfulness no matter what, and she would not be soft on those guys who secretly made things bad, and her peaceful and noble face was full of anger, which made Huang Jingchen, who had been fighting in the palace for a long time, feel a chill in her heart.