Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 230

Prince Ning, the 13th son of the Supreme Emperor.

When the kings fought for the throne, Prince Ning had always been a staunch supporter of the crown prince, just like Prince Gong to Emperor Longqing.

Later, the Supreme Emperor intended to help Emperor Longqing ascend to the throne, so he sent all the princes who were opposed to Emperor Longqing to join the feudal vassal.

Prince Ning could be enfeoffed in a land of plenty like Shouchun, so he was naturally the prince whom the Supreme Emperor loved very much.

Other princes did not have such good fiefdoms.

For example, King Yan was enfeoffed in Peiping and had to face the threat of Jurchens at all times.

King Huai was sealed in Yunnan, which was an outright barren land in this era.

This time, Prince Ning was arrested for colluding with the White Lotus Sect and intending to rebel against his family. The Supreme Emperor fell ill in anger.

Emperor Longqing began to visit Chonghua Palace every day, but every time he couldn't say a few words, he would be scolded by the Supreme Emperor.

Later, Emperor Longqing contracted the cold, so he stopped asking for trouble.

All the officials thought that the two generations of emperors had completely broken up because of this incident, so although the capital seemed calm on the surface, there was actually an undercurrent surging.

Chonghua Palace, Penglai Pavilion.

The Supreme Emperor was lying on the dragon couch, with a slightly tired and sick look on his face.

The old eunuch Yun Qi walked in quietly and said: "Your Majesty, the old concubine wants to see you."

The Supreme Emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Tell her that I am not feeling well and disappear first so as not to aggravate her illness. I will go to see her after I recover."

Yun Qi said: "Your Majesty, the old concubine has already arrived outside the palace. She said she won't leave if she can't see you today."

The Supreme Emperor sighed and said, "Let her come in."

"promise."

Yunqi went down with the order, and after a while, he helped an old woman covered in luxury to the emperor's bed.

The old concubine sat next to the Supreme Emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, are you feeling better?"

The Supreme Emperor said: "My son is much better, there is no need for the concubine to worry.

Why would you come all the way here in such a cold weather? "

Concubine Zhen said: "Your Majesty, Yongxu was raised by my side.

Now that Yong Ye has caught him, I can't be anxious. "

The Supreme Emperor said: "As long as I am here, Old Fourteen will not die, so you don't have to worry."

Concubine Zhen perked up after hearing this and asked hurriedly: "Then what do you plan to do with him?"

The Supreme Emperor snorted and said: "What can I do with him? Demot him to a commoner and imprison him for the rest of his life."

Concubine Zhen said anxiously: "How can this be done? Yongxu is your favorite prince. How can you be so cruel?"

The Supreme Emperor said angrily: "This is entirely his own fault! Who can he blame?

If my son hadn't been alive, do you think he would have had a chance to survive?
He colluded with the White Lotus Sect and brought chaos to the world. How could he have the face to meet his ancestors? I wish I could kill him myself.

Cough cough cough…”

The Supreme Emperor seemed to be too excited and coughed violently.

Seeing this, Yun Qi hurriedly stepped forward to help him breathe. The Emperor coughed for a long time before stopping, and closed his eyes tiredly.

Yun Qi said: "Old concubine, it's time for the Emperor to rest."

Concubine Zhen glanced at the Supreme Emperor and saw that his face was full of exhaustion. She could only sigh and left helplessly.

Yunqi sent Concubine Zhen away and returned to the palace.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor had already sat up and was leaning on the couch. His eyes were sharp and he no longer looked exhausted as before.

The Supreme Emperor asked: "Where is Old Fourteen?"

Yun Qi replied: "We should have entered Wuguan. It is estimated that we will arrive in Chang'an in five or six days." The Supreme Emperor nodded, was silent for a moment and then asked: "Is there anything happening in Beijing recently?"

"Prince Beijing and Jia Zhen have been moving around a lot recently, and Concubine Zhen also goes to Rongguo Mansion frequently."

After Yun Qi finished speaking, seeing that the Emperor didn't express anything, he continued: "Japanese pirates have been very violent in Jiangsu and Zhejiang this year. Zhang Xixiang intends to push Yang Ge Lao out to suppress the Japanese."

The Supreme Emperor chuckled lightly and said: "This is a trick that Zhang Chunyang and his gang are used to, and it's not new at all.

Don't keep talking about these boring things. I'm annoyed. Say something interesting. "

Yun Qi thought for a while and said, "Yesterday Wenhuazhai posted a notice that Jia Sanyuan's new work "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be released on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor finally became interested and said, "This guy is finally willing to publish a new book. It's been three years now."

Yun Qi nodded and said, "Yes, almost three years."

The Supreme Emperor suddenly smiled and said: "It's quite interesting that this guy chose to publish a book at this time.

You go and pass on my oral instructions, and ask him to make a copy of all the written manuscripts and send them to me personally. "

Yun Qi hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, you are still recovering from illness. It is not convenient to summon foreign ministers."

The Supreme Emperor said: "It doesn't matter, let him relieve my boredom."

Yun Qi hurriedly bowed and said, "No, I will accept the order."

After receiving the emperor's oral order, Jia Qiong felt a little unprepared, but had to accept the order.

Jia Qiong has already finished writing "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but has never thought of when to release it to the market. Jia Qiong no longer needs to sell books to make money.

The reason why he chose to release this book at this time was actually to build momentum.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" tells the story of the troubled times that began with the Taiping Dao Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

From the Yellow Turban Uprising in 1980 AD to the Western Jin Dynasty's destruction of Wu in [-] AD, the war lasted for nearly a hundred years.

The population of the Han nationality dropped sharply from more than 6000 million to more than [-] million, and the Central Plains was completely deserted.

It can be said that the Yellow Turban Uprising was the trigger for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

This time Jia Qiong's annihilation of the White Lotus Sect can be described as devastating.

It took him less than two months to eliminate this potentially huge crisis, and the court's losses were minimal.

This can be regarded as the most perfect result for the imperial court.

But this also created a situation where neither the officials nor the people truly felt the harm of the White Lotus Sect.

So much so that they did not show much response to the annihilation of the White Lotus Sect.

This virtually undermined Jia Qiong's achievements.

If Jia Qiong and other White Lotus sects suppressed the riots in various provinces, it would definitely be a great achievement.

But if he waits until then, Da Chu will be seriously injured.

Moreover, with Jia Qiong's official position, it is impossible for him to lead a war of this scale.

Jia Qiong is not a saint. He has made such great achievements and naturally cannot be buried.

However, it would be too deliberate if someone directly came to sing his praises.

Launching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was the publicity method he thought of.

After watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", people can naturally think of this White Lotus Sect uprising. With Jia Qiong's guidance, this great achievement will not be possible.

This time the Supreme Emperor suddenly asked him to deliver the manuscript to Chonghua Palace in person, which was not part of his plan.

Moreover, Jia Qiong knew that while the Emperor was recuperating, basically no one could see him except the Empress Dowager.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor wanted him to send the manuscript in person, which must have deep meaning.

(End of this chapter)