Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 529 The Empress Dowager's Decree
Xuanfu City, General Military Mansion.

After these days, Zhu Qizhen's life is finally a bit more comfortable.

Although the group of Mongolian guards still couldn't get out of bed, Shu Liang's eye-catching thing had already left, and the guard duties of the entire General Military Mansion were handed over to the veteran Ren Li.

Speaking of which, Ren Li was the first to be promoted to Earl, and he was the one who appointed him personally, and with the family letter from Queen Mother Sun as the background, he finally had someone he could trust.

And more importantly, Ren Li has a high position and authority, and he is a dignified minister, unlike Liu Yongcheng, who is an eunuch. In front of the imperial power, he has almost no resistance.

Thinking of Liu Yongcheng, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but think of Liu Yongcheng's deep bow before leaving, with the meaning of farewell.

A strong sense of powerlessness rose in my heart again, and in front of me, the delicacies that I used to think about day and night in Yibei suddenly became dull.

At this time, Yuan Bin hurried in from the outside, cupping his hands.

"The Supreme Emperor, Wang Jin, the chief eunuch of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, has arrived and said that he has brought the order of the Holy Mother. Please see me outside."

"Wang Jin?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned, of course he knew this person.

After all, he grew up in the palace since he was a child and has been the emperor for more than ten years. He naturally knows all the eunuchs with a little seniority in the inner palace.

Wang Jin has been promoted before, and he is a capable person. However, it seems that the relationship with Wang Zhen is not particularly good, but it is the relationship between well water and river water.

What puzzled Zhu Qizhen was...

"The empress has changed to the chief eunuch of the Compassionate Ning Palace? Where's Li Yongchang?"

Although it is said that since Zhu Qizhen arrived in Xuanfu, he has known many things that happened in the court, but not many people know about the things in the inner palace.

Li Yongchang was killed at that time, and the reason was a little sensitive, so he didn't publicize it to the outside world. Those who knew the inside story, except for the Queen Mother Sun and a few empresses in the palace, were the few who were summoned after Zuo Shunmen at that time. It's just important ministers.

Externally, it is still the Holy Mother who understands righteousness, the Supreme Emperor is worried about the country, one advocates to establish the eldest monarch, the other takes the initiative to abdicate and preserve the capital, while the emperor sticks to his duty, resigns again and again, and finally for the sake of the ancestral temple, he inherits the throne as the king .

Civil and military officials, the government and the public saw the situation like this. The swords and swords were never known to outsiders, let alone the life and death of such a small person as Li Yongchang.

However, Yuan Bin was also confused about Zhu Qizhen's question.

He was originally a small captain of Jinyiwei. If it wasn't for a coincidence, those big pens in the inner palace would not even look at him. How would he know this kind of court secret?
Even, before today, he didn't know that the name of Da Dang, who was with the Empress Dowager in the Hall of Martial Arts, was Wang Jin.

Seeing Yuan Bin's confused look, Zhu Qizhen's mood became more and more complicated.

He was asking casually, but Yuan Bin's current performance reminded him again invisibly.

It's been a whole year!

In the capital city, it has long been unknown how many changes have taken place.

Everything is not the way he was familiar with at the beginning...

Annoyedly slapping the chopsticks in his hand on the table, Zhu Qizhen leaned back on the couch, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, let him come in and talk for himself!"

Therefore, Yuan Bin quickly withdrew as if he had been pardoned, and when he came back, there was already a white-faced and beardless eunuch behind him.

"Slave Wang Jin, please greet the emperor."

Generally speaking, the word "Emperor" is what the eunuchs in the palace call the emperor, so Zhu Qizhen hasn't heard it for a long time.

Both Yuan Bin and Ha Ming called him "Your Majesty" or "Taishanghuang". Although Liu Yongcheng was a eunuch, he was a military man, and his loyalty was unquestionable. Yuan Bin called him "Your Majesty".

The vicissitudes of life, just a title, caused countless emotions in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

At the same time, his impression of Wang Jin also improved. He put away his casual look, sat up straight, and nodded.

"Get up, I remember that Li Yongchang was the chief eunuch in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, but now, the empress mother has promoted you, she must have trusted you very much, tell me, what's the matter?"

Speaking of which, this was also the first time Wang Jin had seen the Supreme Emperor in more than a year.

Even if he was in the palace before, because he was not in the same party as Wang Zhen, he was not able to accompany him very much, and there must be some unfamiliarity.

So, all the way here, he was thinking about how to win the favor of the Supreme Emperor, and finally came to the conclusion that everything should remain the same.

The biggest knot in the Taishanghuang's heart was the civil engineering battle, which not only ruined hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, but also lost his throne and went north to the captive camp.

For the Supreme Emperor, if this experience could be erased, he would rather never remember them again.

Therefore, don't be too flattering, just follow the rules. Before serving the Supreme Emperor when he was still the emperor, the Supreme Emperor would be happy.

Sure enough, with a small address, Wang Jin arrived immediately, and the emperor's mood became much milder.

At that moment, Wang Jin got up respectfully, cupped her hands and said: "Go back to the emperor, this servant has come here, and brought a message and decree from the Holy Mother, this..."

While speaking, Wang Jin glanced at Yuan Bin and several palace servants, and hesitated to continue.

Of course Zhu Qizhen understood what he meant, and at the same time, his previous feelings of sadness and sorrow were immediately swept away.

Earlier, Empress Dowager Sun had already written him a letter. If there was anything to say, she would have said it at that time, but it was obvious that Empress Dowager Sun meant for him to make up his own mind and not to rush back to Beijing. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen stayed in the Xuan Mansion leisurely.

But now, Queen Mother Sun sent people here again, bringing "oral messages" and "yizhi".

The former means that it is inconvenient for the Empress Dowager Sun to write some words, and can only be passed on by word of mouth to her confidants. As for the latter, the use of the form of "will" has a somewhat necessary meaning.

Double overweight, Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized...

"What happened in the capital? What did the queen mother say?"

Asking anxiously, Zhu Qizhen saw Wang Jin's hesitant expression, and said again.

"Don't worry, since I returned from the south, all the people I have used are my confidantes. These palace servants took care of me when I was in Wala. As for Yuan Bin, there is no need to doubt it. What happened?"

So Wang Jin felt relieved and said.

"Returning to the emperor, the Holy Mother asked the slaves to bring only two sentences: The East Palace is afraid of changes, please don't postpone it any longer, and return to the capital quickly."

While talking, Wang Jin took out a luxurious silk from her sleeve, handed it over, and continued.

"This is written by the Holy Mother, stamped with the imperial edict of the empress dowager seal, please read it by the emperor."

Yuan Bin stepped forward, took Yizhi, unfolded it and put it on the case, Zhu Qizhen looked intently, and saw what was written on it.

"Shangsheng Empress Dowager Sun Ciyu, Xiao Taishang Emperor Qi Zhen."

"At the end of autumn last year, captives and thieves invaded the frontier. You are the son of heaven, and you will lead the six divisions to punish crimes and punish thieves. You don't mean to be wronged by treacherous evil. The north hunts the captive court, the court and the opposition, inside and outside the court, all hate and blame the captives. Return early."

"At that time, the country was in turmoil and the ancestral temple was in danger, so I looked down on the heroes first and wanted to be my capital. Although I was a member of the harem, I had to go to the foreign court. First, I established a prince to make my ministers happy.

"Later, you sent an envoy from the captives to pass on a letter. You wanted to take the throne, and the captives took the emperor to make the emperor's thoughts. For the sake of the society, I and the ministers helped the king of Yi to ascend the throne. First retreat the captives, and then Picture to welcome back."

"Now that the captives have retreated, I and the emperor have sent several envoys, and finally ordered you to return from the central south of the captives, and I will repay the sun. I and Queen Duanjing look forward to reuniting as soon as possible day and night. Although the prince is young, he also takes portraits of you every day. Please kowtow in peace, pure filial piety."

"Unexpectedly, on the way home, you paid homage to the dead officers and soldiers, but your mood was unstable, and you wandered around Xuanfu and did not return."

"As the Supreme Emperor, you should be sympathetic to all the soldiers and civilians. However, the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. You are not only a brother, a father, but also a husband and a son."

"As a son, you have an old mother looking forward to it; as a husband, you have a virtuous wife who looks up day and night, washing her face with tears; as a father, you have a pure and filial son who needs to be taught and raised; as a brother, you have a royal brother. I have been invited many times."

"The son of heaven should be responsible for the society, but the son of man should be filial to his parents. Now that you are in Xuanfu, you make your mother and wife worry. Don't you feel guilty?"

"When you see this decree, you will set out and return quickly without delay. This is an edict!"

It should be said that the tone of this Yizhi is extremely severe, it can be called a reprimand, and directly reprimanded Zhu Qizhen's behavior in the Xuanfu as unfilial, unkind, and unloving.

Under such a harsh tone, what was hidden was the empress dowager's eagerness to let him return to Beijing.

This attitude has already shown that Zhu Qizhen must go back!

At the same time, a lot of things were vaguely revealed in this Yizhi.

For example, the Empress Dowager Sun deliberately emphasized that the crown prince should be established first, and then the general government should be appointed. After obtaining the letter from the captives, he would appoint Chan to the throne, and I and all the ministers will help the king to ascend the throne...

These words made Zhu Qizhen immediately react to the swords and swords that were produced for the ownership of the throne after the civil engineering.

These things are extremely secretive, very few people know about them, and at the same time, they cannot be kept on paper.

Empress Dowager Sun is reminding him that staying away from the political center means that he has many things and cannot get information, and the unequal information will cause mistakes in decision-making, which is a taboo in politics.

Slowly closing Yizhi, Zhu Qizhen closed his eyes, and after a while, when he opened them again, his expression had already calmed down.

These are all things to say later, and I will definitely go back. However, the tone of the Empress Dowager Sun was quite calm when she sent the letter before, but now she has changed so much, there must be a reason, then...

"Wang Jin, tell me, what happened to Brother Shen?"

Therefore, Wang Jin told everything that happened in Beijing in detail.

Although, due to his identity, it is impossible to see the whole picture, but what he said is enough.

Kai Meng came out of the court, bestowed the crown prince's three masters and three young masters, but did not set any officials in the prince's mansion, and let Shen Ge be separated from his biological mother at a young age...

Zhu Qizhen has seen all these means, so he can naturally see more.

His good brother, who praised the prince highly, but did not give any real benefits...

Climb high, easy to fall!

Seeing the emperor's pensive look, Wang Jin hesitated for a moment, and finally said boldly.

"My lord, there is actually one more sentence. The Holy Mother didn't order it, but the servant girl knows that this is what the Holy Mother has been worrying about, so the servant girl has the courage to say something more."

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen frowned subconsciously and asked, "What else?"

"When the servants came, the empress in the palace was nearly nine months pregnant. The imperial doctor diagnosed that the emperor's heir would be born in less than one month at most. In addition, the concubine Guo, who was newly adopted by the emperor, was not far away. Concubine Guo is fine, after all, her status is not high, but if there is a son in the middle palace..."

This kind of thing is not easy to discuss, so Wang Jin spoke slowly, carefully considering his words, and said.

"In short, the Holy Mother has been worrying about this matter, but there is nothing she can do about it. She doesn't want to put pressure on you because of this. However, this servant is selfishly thinking that you have to return to Beijing in person for such a big matter, so that nothing will change."

After listening, Zhu Qizhen frowned tightly, and clenched his fists subconsciously.

East Palace...

So, does the emperor have such a purpose in letting the prince out of the cabinet at this moment?

Going out of the pavilion to study means that every word and deed of the prince will be supervised by the civil and military officials of the foreign dynasty.

Brother Shen is only over three years old. If he has heavy schoolwork and is separated from his parents, it is impossible not to make mistakes.

The ministers have high hopes for the prince, and they will gradually be disappointed.

Although it is said that etiquette is the most important thing, the popularity of people's hearts is equally important!
At the same time, the emperor's son-in-law was born. If he can grow up safely, who will know who will die?

Prince Donggong, can his status really be as solid as gold?

The answer has long been in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

However, if he goes back at this moment, he will have to accept the rites of offering sacrifices to the heavens, the temples, and the Imperial Palace, and the ceremonial notes handed over by the Ministry of Rites...

Zhu Qizhen's expression was quite struggling, he held the imperial decree of Empress Dowager Sun in his right hand, and the ceremonial note sent by the Ministry of Rites in his left hand.

After a long time, the cold wind suddenly blew open the window sill, blowing away the heat in the stove, and at the same time stimulated the whitish black carbon to burst into flames again...

Zhu Qizhen opened his eyes, with a decision in his heart.

"Pass down the order, set off tomorrow, and return to Beijing!"

Wang Jin felt relieved immediately, bowed her head deeply and said.

"The emperor is holy!"

At the same time, in the station outside the General Military Mansion, Ren Li had just arranged for the guards of the General Military Mansion, and was resting in his room.

Suddenly, a general in armor walked in from outside, walking in a hurry.

This man's name is He Hao, and he is his old subordinate. Since Ren Li went to the battlefield, he has followed him. Whether it was the expedition to Adai Khan, or later guarding Gansu, and fighting first, He Hao has always stood up for him. Less credit.

When he came to Xuanfu this time, Ren Li didn't bring anyone else with him, except him.

He is the only one who can break in directly without notification.

"General, something happened."

As soon as he entered the door, He Hao hurriedly gave a military salute, and then said directly.

Although it is said that Ren Li has already been made a marquis immediately, He Hao still follows the old habit of calling him a general.

Hearing this, Ren Li immediately tensed up, got up suddenly, and asked.

"What's the matter? Could it be that there are thieves in Xuanfu City, who dare to do anything to the Supreme Emperor?"

Now that Ren Li took over the responsibility of guarding Zhu Qizhen, his first reaction was naturally that something happened to the Supreme Emperor.

Unexpectedly, He Hao shook his head, handed over a letter, and said.

"The general might as well take a look at this first."

Ren Li frowned, took the letter, read it intently, and after a sweep, his face suddenly became serious, and he raised his head and asked.

"What's going on? Isn't Yu Qian investigating the case in Datong? Why did he go to Gansu?"

He Hao shook his head and said: "I don't know for the time being. It is said that Luo Tong's case involved Gansu. Yu Shaobao went to investigate the case and inspected military affairs by the way. However, according to the reports of the last general's old subordinates, After Shaobao arrived in Gansu, he didn't seem to be in a hurry to investigate the case, but wandered around, and seemed to be looking for something..."

So, Ren Li couldn't sit still any longer, and walked up and down the room for a long while, Fang said.

"So, you go to Gansu immediately, and then..."

"Report!"

Before he could finish speaking, there was another voice from outside the room. This time it was Ren Li's long entourage who came in. He walked into the room, bowed his body, and said.

"Master Hou, just now there is news from the palace, saying that it is for you to arrange immediately that the Supreme Emperor will drive back to Beijing tomorrow."

"what?"

Ren Li was greatly surprised, obviously just yesterday, the Supreme Emperor had ordered him to properly arrange the defenses near the General Military Mansion, why did he suddenly have to set off today.

But in this way, Ren Li would have no reason to stay in Xuanfu.

It takes several days for the capital to gallop on a fast horse from Gansu.

Before receiving this letter, maybe it was nothing, but now...

Looking at the letter in my hand, I didn't know what decision to make...

(End of this chapter)