Traveling through: The down-and-out beauty refuses to be cannon fodder

The palace was even more bloody.

Before the end of the first month, the crown prince Zhu Youji, who had only been registered for two months, passed away.

Concubine Baixian's Yonghe Palace bears the brunt, all the maids and servants from top to bottom were taken away, and the reason is also ready-made, they did not serve the crown prince well, so that he died young.

The supervisor of ceremonies was also thoroughly cleaned up, and all the eunuchs who had good friends with Li Yongchang were sent to grow vegetables in the Imperial Mausoleum of Nanjing.

The suspects that Huai En found out from a series of clues in Anxi Palace, after being tortured, were either given poisoned wine or fined to work as coolies in the Clothes Bureau.

The emperor's series of iron-blooded tactics made the Queen Mother Zhou a little wary.The emperor had no communication with her except for the necessary salutes during the New Year's Day. On the contrary, the influence of the Empress Dowager Zhou in the harem for many years was also cut off one by one.

The Empress Dowager Zhou finally understood that the emperor even doubted herself!
She had to go to Anxi Palace to persuade the emperor in person.

Anxi Palace is heavily guarded, and before it gets close to the city wall, there is a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps.The queen mother's personal servants were also left in the courtyard, and only the queen mother was allowed to enter the palace.

The emperor was served by Qin Ji.

After the mother and son saluted and sat down, the Empress Dowager Zhou saw that her son standing in front of her had several pimples on his cheeks, his shoulders were straight, his eyes were cold, his face was expressionless, and his whole body was full of coldness.

She felt sad.In front of him, his son refused to pretend.

She simply stopped being devious, and said straight to the point: "Emperor, for the superior, you must have an iron fist, and you must also combine strength and softness. You can't just go your own way and make the courtiers inside and outside panic!"

Zhu Jianshen still had no expression on his face, but his voice was extremely cold: "I'm just too tolerant! Let them, the rebellious officials and thieves, have a heart of arrogance, and they dare not do anything!"

Queen Mother Zhou was slightly stunned. She knew that Zhu Jianshen completely hated Huichang Hou's family.But she still had to remonstrate, because the Sun family and the Zhou family were really tied to each other too deeply.

"Even so, you can't make it clear. Those northern officials who supported you in the past are still watching."

Zhu Jianshen's pupils shrank slightly.He remembered Kong Gongxun's sudden death.Kong Gongxun and Li Xian were related by marriage, and he was too aloof and aloof to tolerate disdain. He died suddenly even while serving as a sinecure in Nanjing. The truth behind it is probably not trivial!

Perhaps long before the crown prince was registered, officials from the northern faction had already taken refuge in the Sun family!

Reminiscent of the death of Xu Lin, the boss behind the Xu family, Zhu Jianshen was bewildered and dripping with cold sweat!

The Sun family's methods were too secretive, and he didn't realize it for a while, thinking that it was his transformation of the Beijing camp in the past few years that made the Sun family retreat in spite of difficulties!
"The son knows, the queen mother should go back to rest earlier, it is important to take care of the phoenix body."

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager Zhou knew that he had listened, and sighed slightly: "I'll go and see the girl of the Fang family."

Zhu Jianshen thought for a while and still didn't stop him.

When the Empress Dowager Zhou entered the Anxi Palace, she found that the furnishings here were magnificent and luxurious, and a lot of thought was put into it.

There aren't many decorations in Yuan Zhi's room, only tall red corals are placed against the wall.The bed is made of small-leaf rosewood and crabapple flowers.

The curtain hook of the bed curtain is carved from the best suet jade, and the pendant under the bed curtain is a round pearl the size of a pigeon egg.

The bed curtain is made of top-quality fine Gesha tribute from overseas.Because of the intricate craftsmanship, beautiful texture and patterns of this kudzu yarn, which is light and breathable, only one out of ten pieces can be successfully woven.There are only two tributes each year, which is extremely rare and rare.

She has been a noble concubine for so many years, but she only got one horse as a reward from the first emperor.

After becoming the Empress Dowager, this fine Gesha tribute was usually given to her.It's just that I didn't expect my son to use all the tributes from last year.

The son's preference for the other girl can be seen from every detail.

She can also understand.He didn't give her mother and son titles, didn't add officials to the Fang family, so he only started from these small things.

To be honest, the Empress Dowager Zhou was also grateful to Yuan Zhi for taking care of and accompanying Zhu Jianshen.

If she hadn't been proficient in medical science and toxicology, and was careful and conscientious, whether Zhu Jianshen could live safely until now, a queen mother who has ruled the harem for many years, could not guarantee it.

Now Yuan Zhi is lying on the bed sickly, her small face is as pale as paper, which makes the empress dowager feel a lot of pity in her already cold and hard heart.

She hoped that this girl from the Fang family could make up for the rift between her and her son.

Yuan Zhi struggled to get out of bed to salute, but she quickly stepped forward and held her down. She patted Yuan Zhi's little hand, and said kindly: "Good boy, what kind of etiquette should you pay attention to at this time? You are right by raising your body well. My respect."

Yuan Zhi still expressed her worries: "The emperor and Brother Cheng also ask the Queen Mother to take good care of them, I have more than enough heart but not enough energy..."

The Empress Dowager Zhou hesitated slightly.

This girl has not realized that the emperor no longer trusts the queen mother.What's more, she didn't realize that one of the two people she mentioned was the current emperor, and the other was the emperor's only son.

It is also the reliance of her wife for the rest of her life.

She didn't care about the inappropriateness of Yuanzhi's words, but said earnestly: "They are the sons and grandsons of the Ai family, so they will naturally treat them with heart and strength. On the contrary, you need to get better quickly. The father and son are used to you. No one else can get close, especially Brother Chan, who is much thinner."

Yuan Zhi respectfully said yes.

The Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes flickered, and she still said: "Your Majesty, you should also be careful. Advise him to restrain himself. The city tower was not built in a day. If it is to be demolished, it must be demolished slowly, so that the world can see the emperor's magnanimity. Only gentle means can subdue others without fighting. With fierce means like the late emperor, everyone is worried and panicked, and they will eventually come back, do you understand?"

Yuan Zhi was out of energy at this time, and could only half understand what he heard, so she nodded in doubt.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother didn't say much, let her have a good rest, and left by herself.

……

Zhu Jianshen's official power reduction activities against the Huichang Hou family also officially started.

Jiang Wan, Marquis of Dingxi, who was originally guarding Gansu, was transferred to Nanjing to serve as a coordinated defense.Nanjing is the heart of the south of the Yangtze River, a fertile and prosperous place. This move seems to be a promotion, but it has changed from a real job to a virtual job.

Nanjing was defended by Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi, and Jiang Wan will be under the control of others if he goes there.Bojiao Shoupei of Dongning guarded Gansu as the commander-in-chief of Yinchong.

Under the suggestion of Bai Gui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Pei Dang, the eunuch of the admiral regiment, Zhu Yong of Funing Hou, and Guo Deng, the uncle of Dingxiang, went through the horse and infantry battalions of each battalion. For Ma Jun.Its horse army transferred the cowardly and ineffective general officers to the infantry, and replaced them with brave and capable general elections.

That is to say, the [-]th Regiment Battalion was disrupted again, officers and soldiers were transferred, and the small interest groups that were originally huddled together were also dismantled.