Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 434 Longqing Tuogu ([-])
The Qianqing Palace is located in the middle of the harem. Yongning Palace and Zhongcui Palace are the two places closest to the Qianqing Palace in the East Six Palaces. Therefore, Concubine Li and the Crown Prince were the first to hear the news, followed by those who temporarily lived in Xianfu Palace. Queen.

It stands to reason that the queen should of course live in the Kunning Palace, which is north of the Qianqing Palace, and there is a hall in it called the Jiaotai Hall.Doing is the sky, and Kun is the earth, which means that the emperor and empress have peace between heaven and earth.But two years ago, the empress asked her to live in seclusion due to illness, and moved to Xianfu Palace. Because of this, even the emperor was criticized by the officials for a while.

Xianfu Palace is one of the West Six Palaces. It is located in the northwest corner of the West Six Palaces, but it does not reach the edge of the Forbidden City. Further west, there are Zhongzheng Hall, Xian'an Palace, etc. before reaching the palace wall.

When Huang Mengyu arrived at Xianfu Palace, the palace was as quiet as ever.It's not that the emperor really abused the queen, even the maids and eunuchs were not arranged, but the queen was originally quiet, and she didn't like to make noise even more after she got sick, so the palace people who served in Xianfu Palace gradually developed a soft-handedness. The habit of feet and soft voice.

When Huang Mengyu came, the servants in Xianfu Palace, no matter the maids or eunuchs, were very indifferent, they just saluted him calmly and greeted him in a low voice.Huang Mengyu didn't seem to regard himself as an outsider either, and responded by waving or nodding casually.

Pass through the front hall and come to the backyard. There are three big characters written on the plaque on the head of the main hall in the backyard: Tongdaotang.

The name of Tongdaotang must be understood by those who are familiar with Qing history in later generations. When Emperor Xianfeng died, because his only son was young, he gave Ci'an and Cixi each a seal, which temporarily represented the imperial power. The one of Ci'an was engraved with "Imperial Reward", Cixi's one is engraved with "Tongdaotang" [Wufeng Note: Cixi's one is theoretically given to his son Tongzhi Emperor, but it is in the hands of Cixi].

Of course, Huang Mengyu obviously didn't know that Tongdaotang still had such a glorious day in its original history. To him, this was the backyard of Xianfu Palace, where the empress lived temporarily.

"Huang Yuma is here again?" An eunuch dressed in the uniform of the young prison trotted forward, nodding and bowing to see Huang Mengyu.

Since the last time Gao Gong was dismissed, Feng Bao was assigned the right to write, and Feng Bao gave up the part-time job of the imperial horse inspector. This part-time job was handed over to Huang Mengyu by Meng Chong. The reason was that Huang Mengyu was originally the eunuch guarding Datong. , Familiar with military affairs.Therefore, most of the inner courts now call Huang Mengyu Huang Yuma - after all, there are five Bingbi, but there is only one eunuch.

Although Huang Mengyu's attitude was kind, but his face was very serious, he asked him: "Where is the empress, the emperor's condition has worsened, please ask the empress to visit Qianqing Palace immediately."

The young man of Xianfu Palace was not listening, and he couldn't help being startled, knowing that the emperor must be critically ill, Huang Mengyu rushed straight into the apse in such a hurry, and he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly said: "Please Huang Yuma wait a moment, the little one is here report."

Huang Mengyu waved his hand, and the eunuch went immediately.

It didn't take long before there was a sound of footsteps, and a woman in a red palace costume turned out from behind the screen, her complexion was a little pale, and she asked Huang Mengyu, "How is the emperor?"

Huang Mengyu cried and said with a sad face: "The empress is an imperial physician... Please the emperor summon the prince, cabinet ministers, empress, noble concubine, etc. to go to Qianqing Palace."

This woman in palace attire is the current Empress Chen of Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Empress Chen heard Huang Mengyu's words, she knew that the emperor might not be able to do it—the imperial physician asked the emperor to summon the prince and cabinet ministers, which clearly meant to let the emperor quickly explain the funeral.

The childless and sickly queen turned pale again, her shoulders slumped, as if she was about to collapse to the ground.Huang Mengyu saw the young supervisor of Xianfu Palace, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her from left to right.

Huang Mengyu said anxiously: "Empress, be careful... Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, if you have anything to say, wait until you see the emperor."

Empress Chen's eyes were a little distracted, but after hearing this, she gradually regained her focus. She glanced at Huang Mengyu, nodded, and gently pushed away the two people who were supporting her, and said, "Quickly prepare the guard of honor and go to the Qianqing Palace." .”

Preparing the guard of honor was the job of the young supervisor of the Xianfu Palace, so he hurried down to shout.Huang Mengyu glanced at the two court ladies beside Empress Chen, hesitant to speak.

Empress Chen understood, and ordered: "You guys step back a little bit." The two maids were blessed, and hurriedly backed away, only watching from afar.

"Just say what you have to say... Is the emperor planning to abolish first?" Empress Chen asked calmly.

Huang Mengyu hurriedly said: "The queen is worrying too much, how can the emperor have such thoughts?"

Empress Chen stared into Huang Mengyu's eyes for a while, and then suddenly said: "If you don't want to abolish the empress, my husband probably won't let me see him."

"This..." Huang Mengyu was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "It is true that the emperor did not order the ministers to invite the queen."

Empress Chen's complexion remained unchanged, but her pupils shrank suddenly, and she asked, "Sure enough...then, did you come here by yourself, or who asked you to come?"

Huang Mengyu said respectfully: "Yes... Gao Yude has explained it before."

"Gao Yude? High pragmatism?" Empress Chen narrowed her eyes slightly, showing a hint of playfulness, looked at Huang Mengyu and said, "He is the same age as the prince, only ten years old this year. You said that he had such an explanation before, let you come My palace please?"

There was no surprise on Huang Mengyu's face, and he replied respectfully, "Yes, ma'am."

Empress Chen looked at him again for a while, then suddenly withdrew her gaze, and said indifferently: "If what I expected is not bad, I think he still has something for you to convey?"

"Queen Shengming." Huang Mengyu replied.

"Then let's talk about it." Empress Chen looked at Huang Mengyu again, and said indifferently: "What does he want, and what can he give?"

Huang Mengyu was silent for a while, and replied: "Gao Yude said that he can guarantee two things: the first thing is that the Empress Dowager Bao Empress will have no worries about her position, and will serve in the Xuan Palace in the future."

Empress Chen said noncommittally: "Since the emperor has no intention of abolishing the empress, why should he guarantee these things?"

The truth is indeed the truth, but Huang Mengyu smiled slightly: "The story of the great ceremony is not far away, the queen thinks the result is nothing to worry about?"

Empress Chen's complexion changed, she was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What about the second thing?"

Huang Mengyu said: "The second thing is that the Chen family in Baotong Prefecture will be rich and worry-free for 50 years."

"50 years?" Empress Chen sneered, "I thought he was going to say that the Chen family of Tongzhou has been rich and has no worries since then."

"No." Huang Mengyu said seriously, "Gao Yude said that life is limited, and he thinks he can guarantee 50 years. As for what will happen after 50 years, no one can say for sure."

Empress Chen glanced at Huang Mengyu in surprise, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, she thought about it, nodded and said: "It seems that he is really sincere."

Huang Mengyu said: "If the queen has heard the story that Gao Yude's words can be worth 30 taels, she should believe that the saying of 'a promise of gold' is definitely not a joke."

"I knew about the fact that he worked for my father's shares before. You have been taking care of Xianfu Palace, which even ghosts like me don't want to come to. I also know that it is definitely not a random target." Empress Chen nodded, Said: "Well, I believe his sincerity and I am very satisfied, so... what does he want?"

(End of this chapter)