Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 457 Spreading scented bait to catch the golden turtle

It turned out that when Qin Shun led by Qianqing Palace, he found that the emperor inside was particularly active today.

It's not that today's meal was not good, it just means that I have a lot of free time today and want to read a book.

In the end, the eunuchs serving inside were all angry, but the emperor still had his own way.

When Qin Shun passed by the Qianqing Palace, he happened to meet the eunuch Wan who was in charge and came out to find food for the emperor.

After seeing Qin Shun, he immediately complained bitterly in front of Qin Shun.

Qin Shun was unhappy, so he entered the Qianqing Palace and spoke a few words to the emperor in person, and the emperor calmed down.

After leaving Qianqing Palace, Qin Shun was so proud that even the current emperor had to look at his expression.

But after entering the Yangxin Palace, he immediately lost his pride.

Qin Shun carefully entered the back hall of Yangxin Hall and saw Jia Rui sitting in front of Xue Baochai's bed, holding her hand and talking about family matters.

Jia Rui also saw Qin Shun. He glanced at Qin Shun sideways, said nothing, and then said to Xue Baochai:

"You rest first, I'll take care of the things ahead."

Xue Baochai nodded with a smile, Jia Rui stood up and left the room with the palace maid and eunuch.

Qin Shun was frightened when he saw Jia Rui ignoring him, and quickly followed him cautiously.

When he reached the main hall and stood firm, Jia Rui turned around and kicked Qin Shun to the ground.

Then Jia Rui came to Qin Shun and kicked him.

Qin Shun didn't even dare to parry, so he let Jia Rui kick him around. He even started to vomit blood, but he didn't even dare to say a word for mercy.

After a long time, Jia Rui got rid of his anger and then returned to the throne.

At this time, Qin Shun just touched the blood gushing from the corner of his mouth, and immediately knelt in front of the imperial steps again.

Jia Rui ignored Qin Shun and said to Lao Li who was waiting on the side:

"Spread the word and say that I am on my deathbed and will die soon."

Lao Li was stunned for a moment, but immediately nodded and went out to execute it.

Then Jia Rui ordered his personal eunuchs to send orders to the capital camp, the nine admirals, and the commanders of the imperial army to keep an eye on their own men and horses and not to act rashly.

These are all important chess pieces for Jia Rui to control the world, and they are all Jia Rui's absolute confidants. They naturally know Jia Rui's current situation.

After receiving Jia Rui's order, these people thought for a moment and knew that their master was going to make a big move, so they quickly gathered their troops and were ready to serve their master at any time.

But Lao Li's side was much more relaxed.

There were many people in the palace who had various relationships with people outside the palace. As long as Lao Li casually spread some rumors in the palace, within a day, the entire court would probably know that Jia Rui was terminally ill.

Sure enough, as the maids and eunuchs in the palace knew that Jia Rui was bedridden and was about to die.

The news spread outside the palace through various channels.

The first ones to be anxious were naturally Shen Wence and Jia Yucun.

These two people are Jia Rui's loyal confidants, and their power comes from Jia Rui. Once Jia Rui is gone, they will immediately fall from the clouds to the ground, and they will be smashed into meat patties.

Therefore, these two people no longer stayed in the cabinet, and directly wanted to go to Yangxin Hall to see Jia Rui.

However, after arriving at Yangxin Hall, I found that there were three posts, one post and five posts, and the place was heavily guarded and no one was allowed to enter or exit.

The two of them are the cabinet ministers of the DPRK. They can't enter the Yangxin Hall now, and they can't even pass the message to him.

Under this situation, the two people had no choice but to return to the cabinet. After discussing it, they felt that they could not sit still and wait for death.

They had to go out and contact their colleagues. During the period when Jia Rui was unable to govern, the two of them managed to stabilize the situation.

In this way, after the two cabinet ministers left the palace, they immediately contacted their subordinates outside.

Originally, the two of them thought that with their status, the people under their command would come over immediately.

The result was that they were very disappointed. Only half of the original people came to their house, and the others refused for various reasons.

Seeing this situation, the two people were helpless. After all, the world was in a turbulent state. Before great changes occurred, the people below wanted to protect themselves, and they had no way to force others to make things difficult.

I don’t know what they discussed. Anyway, after that, people from the two factions began to contact the courtiers frantically, and even many people from the emperor’s line.

Unfortunately, the effect was not good. Everyone has seen it. As soon as Jia Rui is gone and the emperor returns to the throne, the first people to be eliminated are Shen Wence and Jia Yucun, two of Jia Rui's most loyal confidants.

And during the process of contacting people, some of the people under them began to waver. It was originally intended to persuade other courtiers, but many people were actually persuaded by the courtiers to go over and directly cut off contact with Shen Wence and Jia Yucun.

With no other choice, the two people started to hug each other for warmth, united together, and prepared to fight against the emperor in the court.

As for Jia Rui from Yangxin Hall, everyone seems to have forgotten about it.

Emperor Xiaokang, who was in the Qianqing Palace, was full of excitement at night, and even ate an extra bowl of rice for dinner.

He didn't expect that his risky plan would succeed, knocking Jia Rui down.

If he wanted to be safe now, he would just continue to wait until Jia Rui died, and then he could legitimately leave the palace and regain control of the world.

The other is to take some risks, force his way out of the Qianqing Palace, contact the courtiers, and immediately step on the throne to execute the sick Jia Rui.

After much thought, the emperor decided to use the second method. Although the first method was safe, everyone knew that Jia Rui's power spread all over the world.

In particular, Jia Rui's control over the army is very strong. If he keeps waiting, he will give Jia Rui's confidants time to communicate. By that time, even if he leaves the palace, he may not be well. the result of.

It would be better to take advantage of this moment to break out of the Qianqing Palace, and then take over the power by force, so that Jia Rui's men can't communicate with each other, and he can move in the middle, and then suppress these people.

As for the danger, there is indeed some, but it is not big. Before Jia Yuanchun gives birth to his own flesh and blood, the people of Jia Rui's faction will not easily touch him. After all, they still need their signature in the court. Standing upright.

After thinking about it, the emperor prepared to take action in the morning the next day.

You must know that during the morning court, the main officials are here. At that time, if you suddenly attack, Jia Rui's men will be caught off guard.

Moreover, Jia Rui will definitely not be able to attend the morning meeting tomorrow, and he, the emperor, is the only one who can sit in the Qianqing Gate Hall.

There is no need to take too many risks, as long as you get to the Qianqing Gate Hall.

After thinking of this, Emperor Xiaokang rested his strength in Qianqing Palace with peace of mind. He was ready to give Jia Rui's faction a heavy blow the next day.

The next day, just as he thought, Jia Rui did not come to pick him up personally to go to the Qianqing Gate Hall, nor did he send anyone to find him for the morning court.

Regarding this point, the emperor had already thought that Jia Rui's faction wanted to prevent him, the emperor, from participating in the morning court, and the morning court would still be controlled by them.

However, how could the emperor be at the mercy of those below him? Today is a good opportunity for him to make a comeback. If he misses today, his actions will be somewhat restricted.

So the emperor called in a few young eunuchs he had won over and asked them to go out and deliver the message.

Soon, Zhou Heng, the minister of Guanglu Temple, received the news from the emperor.

In fact, he had heard the news from the palace and knew that Jia Rui was dying, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Jia Rui is gone, his filial and loyal emperor will be able to regain control of the overall situation, and he, who played a decisive role in getting rid of Jia Rui, will surely prosper.

Moreover, the emperor will make him a marquis as promised, which is a good thing that has never happened in several lifetimes.

That is to say, in the process of his whims, the little eunuch sent by the emperor quietly contacted him.

Zhou Heng now has great respect for the emperor's people, because in his mind, the emperor will quickly take control of the power.

After the two met, the young eunuch told Zhou Heng the emperor's order, which was for Zhou Heng to contact some eunuchs and soldiers of the Forbidden Army to forcefully break into Qianqing Palace, take him out, and go straight to Qianqing Gate to attend the morning court.

Zhou Heng frowned after hearing this. He still had a way to contact some eunuchs, but he didn't have the ability to contact the imperial army.

Zhou Heng thought for a moment, and then said: "Jia Rui has tight control over the imperial army. I can't penetrate it. Let's organize the eunuchs and forcefully break into the Qianqing Palace with weapons."

Although this young eunuch was bribed by the emperor, he actually had no ability and probably hadn't read a book for a few days, so he completely accepted Zhou Heng's method.

In this way, Zhou Heng went out for a while, and then found about a hundred eunuchs from outside.

These eunuchs are all people Zhou Heng comes into contact with outside of work, and they have good relationships with them.

If Jia Rui was completely fine, Zhou Heng would promise huge benefits, and these people would not dare to take risks with Zhou Heng.

But now the situation is different. Jia Rui still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and the emperor is about to ascend the throne again. Naturally, these eunuchs want to take the shortcut to Zhongnan.

In this way, Zhou Heng won over more than a hundred people, and then they took the kitchen knives, steel forks, and shovels prepared by Zhou Heng and headed straight to Qianqing Palace.

When he arrived in front of the Qianqing Palace, he was naturally blocked by the soldiers guarding the Qing Palace. In the past, Zhou Heng would have naturally spoken to them respectfully.

But now Zhou Heng was thinking about breaking into the Qianqing Palace to save the emperor, and why was he chatting with the other party, so the steel fork in his hand went straight to the other party's heart.

It's a pity that he is a professional after all, so he just dodged the steel fork stabbed by Zhou Heng, a scholar, and everything was fine.

When Zhou Heng saw that the other party was hiding, he shouted loudly: "Come on, everyone will be rewarded for rescuing the emperor."

The hundred or so eunuchs following behind heard Zhou Heng's words and immediately rushed forward with crude weapons in hand.

(End of this chapter)