Jinling.Royal Palace

At this time, the red sun rises in the east

Although there were no warm days in the depths of winter, as soon as the sun came out, the whole palace was shrouded in a pale gold, sweeping away some of the haze of the night.

The eunuch Gao Zhi is an eight-rank eunuch, with an official body, and can call himself a "minister", so he walks quickly.

Several palace maids and eunuchs along the way, when they saw it, hurriedly bowed down and said, "Grandpa Gao!"

In other words, there are very few eunuchs with grades, the highest is only five grades, and the eighth grade is already very high, so it is not uncommon to see salutes.

This seems to be normal, but it is very abnormal, and in fact, the whole palace is in a panic.

Many people have noticed the strange atmosphere in the palace these days.

Gao Zhi nodded, walked through the corridor into the hall, and saw that there were guards on the door, corridor, and corridor, all of them were wearing long knives, wearing armor, and standing straight without squinting.

Although the guards guard the inner palace, under normal circumstances, they only guard a few fixed-point routes in the inner palace, and now they are constantly patrolling the inner and outer palaces, all wearing armor and with cold faces, which is a big incident.

Several low-grade concubines found that their palace was guarded by guards, and when they asked, they learned that this was an edict issued by the queen mother and queen, saying that there were thieves in the palace to protect their safety.

Don't say whether they believe it or not, it's just that this fierce murderous aura has made many people lose their color!

The Queen Mother has more heavy soldiers, but it is not to imprison the Queen Mother's freedom, but to escort her.

The sons of the king of Chu were all taken to the palace of the queen mother and taken care of by the queen mother herself.

Gao Zhi didn't dare to look and think too much, and walked along a road.

The imperial study, with a faint fragrance, wafted inside, not far away, in a house, Song Xinyou was resting on the soft collapse, several women hung their hands, and the atmosphere did not dare to make a sound.

These women are different from ordinary palace maids, they are dressed exquisitely, and they seem to be female officials of the same grade, although there are these people, they are very quiet, which makes people almost suffocated.

Separated by a wall, there was a whisper of argument from time to time.

These voices did not make Song Xinyou open his eyes, this was the argument of the imperial doctor.

The brazier was burning vigorously, and the palace people went over from time to time to add some charcoal, it was quite warm here, Song Xinyou frowned, and some palace people were busy pulling some more quilts on her.

At this moment, there was a sound of shredded footsteps outside.

A female officer walked in from the outside in small broken steps after a while, and soon walked to the front of the soft collapse.

"Shhhh

The female officer hesitated, lowered her voice and asked, "Niangniang's health is not safe?"

"The queen is just tired, rest, there is nothing urgent, the mother is awake, and it is not too late. ”

"Well, that's fine. ”

Song Xinyou, who had been lying on his side, opened his eyes, swept over the few people in front of him, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "What's wrong?" ”

Song Xinyou sat up, and the palace people hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and at the same time leaned a soft pillow on Song Xinyou's back.

"How is Concubine Jin?" Song Xinyou asked.

"Niangniang, Concubine Jin's body is better, and the minister saw that she had eaten some meals and rushed back. Concubine Jin also said that she was very grateful to the queen for her care. The female officer hurriedly replied.

Song Xinyou said: "Yes, they are all sick, this palace will really be anxious, fortunately, Concubine Jin is fine...... Any more words?"

The female official said: "Yes, Concubine Jin Niangniang said that the Curse and Prohibition Division has found out that it is indeed these monks who used the method to assassinate the king, but they were all killed by the heavenly machine, and as for the rest, the minister does not know." ”

Song Xinyou listened, waved her hand, and the female official hurriedly retreated respectfully.

Song Xinyou sat back, her face pale.

In fact, Song Xinyou's body is quite healthy, but there was a sudden change, the king of Chu is the core of the entire Chu Dynasty, and the imperial doctors have nothing to do about him unconscious, which makes Song Xinyou's heart very anxious.

Thinking of the various situations that might arise, Song Xinyou asked, "What news has come from the cabinet?"

Several female officers glanced at each other, and one stepped forward: "Not yet." ”

Song Xinyou frowned, a little uneasy in her heart.

She was a little worried about the situation in the cabinet, although the people appointed by the king were usually loyal and competent, but now the situation is different.

Thinking like this, she couldn't sit still, and was about to send someone over to inquire again, but she stopped.

At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps, and then Gao Zhi hurried in.

As soon as Gao Qi entered the main hall, he saw Queen Song Xinyou, hurriedly came to Song Xinyou, turned over and knelt down to salute.

"Mother, the minister has returned from the cabinet. ”

Song Xinyou looked at him, although he was anxious, he said expressionlessly: "Speak." ”

"No!" said Gao Zhi, kowtowing.

"Niangniang, according to the cabinet, there are already rumors in Jinling City now, although a pro-army has been sent to patrol the city, but the situation is not very optimistic. ”

Gao Zhi's words made Song Xinyou stunned immediately, and after a moment, she asked with a solemn face: "What countermeasures does the cabinet have now?"

"The minister doesn't know, this is national politics, and the minister has usurped a word, but the cabinet has a fold. Gao Zhi said, holding up a fold.

There was a female official, and she immediately took it, Song Xinyou turned it over and looked at it, and her face changed slightly.

Imperial City, Cabinet, Hall of Heroes

Thirty-six guards stood in two rows on the left and right sides of the temple

At this time, the cabinet also had guards and pro-troops stationed, which was controlled by special circumstances.

Several cabinet ministers inside listened to the report of the Thirteen Divisions from Wang Congmen with solemn faces.

"The leakage of rumors, judging from the point of view, is not the interior of the mansions and palaces, although there is no impermeable wall in the world, but under the joint blockade of the guards and the thirteen divisions, it should not be a problem in a few days, and the clues have also followed some outside. ”

"We reckon it's the remnants of the evil monks. ”

When the cabinet ministers heard about this leak, they couldn't get rid of the monks, and several of them looked cold.

"Didn't you say that there was no living mouth at the scene?" Yu Zhao asked with a frown.

"Yes, but since you dare to cast a spell to assassinate the king, the so-called three holy monks are all involved, so naturally it is not limited to this person, seeing that the king has not appeared for a few days, he has taken a walk to spy on the situation. The king said from the door, and as soon as these words fell, the atmosphere became more and more solemn.

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"It is still necessary to unify the voice, not to let the world know that the king is unconscious, I am new, and the current situation is stable, but the internal rule is only three years, and there is a strong enemy outside, for the sake of the people's hearts and the army's heart, it cannot be leaked. Li Xian said.

"It's really not good, only ask the queen mother to make a decree, and set up the queen's eldest son Wang Xing as the crown prince, and the prince is in charge of the country, although the prince is still young, but now he is seven years old, as long as he lasts for another ten years. As an uncle, Wang Yan naturally has the right to say this, and only he is suitable to say it.

"Yes, now I have to say that the king ascended the throne on the sixth day of the first month, and he was preparing to ascend the throne hall, bathing and changing clothes to honor the ancestors, so before the enthronement ceremony, he did not go out to the court for the time being. Zhang Youzhi added.

This is a reason worthy of scrutiny, and there is a precedent for this matter.

The Chu Dynasty officials have a clear division of labor, and there is a cabinet, that is, the monarch does not go to court for ten days and a half months, and the government affairs will not be delayed on weekdays.

But this matter, under the rumors, still attracted the attention of some people.

Jinling. An alley

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, firecrackers and fireworks still sound all over the sky...... Every family is celebrating the New Year, but there are already some people on the streets, and many children are frolicking.

At the end of the alley, there is a spacious courtyard with three houses, and at this time, a few sycamores planted in the yard stretch out their bare branches, and the wind passes through the hall, making a "whining" sound.

It was still early in the morning, and the door was closed, and there were people in one of the rooms in the courtyard, a man and a woman, talking.

There was also a small banquet in this house.

The woman is in her twenties, she is a young age, her face is beautiful, faintly flushed, her black hair is in a bun, there is a golden hairpin, and on her white wrist, she is wearing a jade bracelet, full of the charm of a young woman, her eyebrows and eyes are flirting, and she is drinking with the man sitting opposite.

smiled coquettishly: "My lord, what's wrong today? Why are you worried, could it be that the small dishes made by the slave family today are not in line with your lord's mouth?"

The man is about thirty years old, with a yellowish face, an ordinary appearance, not ugly, narrow eyes, with a faint coldness, it looks like a businessman with some assets, and the clothes are all good, listening to the woman, he shook his head, put the cup to his lips, took a sip gently, and said: "It's just some bad things, it has nothing to do with you, drink, drink!"

The woman is just a concubine he bought here, and he won't really tell this woman anything about it, but after a while, the man stays here, not to mention.

In the second half of the night, the man suddenly opened his eyes on the bed, just because the birds outside had chirped a few times, and outsiders heard it very different, but he heard something strange.

Look at the sleeping woman, the man quietly got out of bed, dressed neatly, and was not at ease, took out an object, shook it under the woman's nose, the woman slept more and more heavily, the man put his mind at ease, and went towards the isolation room.

The lights in the room were already on, but the light was very dim, an oil lamp was faintly shining, and there was already a businessman inside, a middle-aged man, about forty, the yellow-faced man went in, and he snapped and saluted: "My lord!"

"Get up!" said the merchant.

The yellow-faced man stood up and stood with his hands down.

"Is there any news?" the middle-aged businessman asked.

"Yes, my lord, there are changes in Jinling City, I'm afraid that something has happened to the King of Chu in the palace. ”

"What is the basis for this?" asked the middle-aged businessman with a solemn expression.

"My lord, first of all, there is a rumor in the city, saying that the king of Chu has no way to govern and has been punished by heaven. ”

The middle-aged businessman frowned and said, "Do you believe this?"

Even if it is hostile, the middle-aged businessman does not think that Wang Hongyi is unruly in governance, if he is also considered to be unruly in governance, other princes, especially the Hu people, are angry with the heavens.

Naturally, I didn't believe this, but there were three times more patrols in the city than before, and the atmosphere was much more tense than before. ”

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"The second is the little eunuch we sent, although there is not much time to enter the palace, but there is always some news, now these days, the palace door is closed, and no news has come out of the palace, which is strange in itself. ”

"And from the twenty-seventh to the third day of the first month, it is not strange that the king of Chu does not appear, but usually, the king of Chu is diligent in political affairs, and he will appear. ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged businessman was a little convinced, and paced slowly.

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