Chapter 524 The Assassination and the Beginning of the Court Meeting
Zhu Chunyang is Zhu Qin’s hometown, and is even a brother of the same clan out of the five suits.
The two were both sold to a mannequin at an early age due to the poverty of their family.
After changing hands several times, the party entered the palace.
Shared experiences and thin bloodlines make the two get along well as a matter of course.
At first they had quite a hard time in the palace because of their lack of roots.
Later, Emperor Xianjia chose the young Emperor Duanhua’s chamberlain and chose Zhu Qin, who became the most popular person in the East Palace.
While Zhu Qin was grateful to Emperor Xianjia’s father and son, he also didn’t forget Zhu Chunyang, and soon found an opportunity to promote him to his staff and cultivate him vigorously.
Last night, before Zhu Qin resolved to die for Emperor Duanhua, he also recommended Zhu Chunyang to take his place with Emperor Duanhua only that the result of Emperor Duanhua’s public blood identification with King Qing was too unexpected, and Emperor Duanhua was shocked and stayed up all night, but where did he care to summon this Zhu Chunyang?
Who knew that such a negligence, but was pitched another hard!
“Prince assassinated place is not far from the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager’s residence, turn around can also see the gate of the second palace, this place yesterday just died a batch of assassins, today how to have it again?” Although the lowhanging embroidered tent, obscured the eyes of the crowd to see the scene on the couch, but from that seemingly still no breathing, can also know Lu Hehao at the moment I’m afraid the situation is not very good.
Especially not far from the screen, there seemed to be a bloodstained tunic casually hitched, well suggesting to the visitor the grueling and thrilling experience of the assassination.
Lu Hehao’s nursemaid, Wang, who was not willing to leave when he was relegated to commoner status, covered her handkerchief and knelt on the ground with grief, “The guards who rushed over when they heard the commotion held down the assassin, stripped off the mask, and recognized Zhu Chunyang, who was at His Majesty’s side the Prince refused to believe it, saying that although His Majesty was disrespectful to the late Emperor, the matter was already well known, so what’s the use of assassinating the Prince now? He refused to believe it, saying that although His Majesty was disrespectful to the late Emperor, this matter was already well known, so what was the point of assassinating him now? What good would it do to assassinate you now? It would only add insult to injury and cause the court to be more and more disappointed in His Majesty!”
“It was only after several people said it was Zhu Chunyang that the Prince had to believe it!”
The place they are in now is the Kagi Palace.
This is the residence of the royal sons, except for the crown prince, who are over ten years old and before they get married, and is located between the front court and the harem.
Lu Hehao hasn’t been here since he got married and opened his own house.
There is only one king of Shu who lives here now.
Last night, after the birthday banquet, Empress Wei asked him if he had a suitable place to live outside the palace the former Liang Palace had been taken back into the treasury when he lost his title, and the other houses and such had been confiscated so she had him brought back here to resettle, and he still lived in the Zehui Hall, where he had previously lived. The Ze Hui Hall where he used to live.
Empress Wei did this, of course, is not afraid of Lu Hehao have no place to spend the night, but is worried that Lu Hehao have a long and short, then the empress can not help but be suspected of killing people to vent their anger!
And let him live in the palace, at least can watch a little, also lest Lu Hehao have other actions.
But early this morning, the Dowager Empress side of the Lu He Hao called over the Empress, on the one hand, they also have to go to convince the Duanhua Emperor, and on the other hand, there is no suitable reason to stop the first grandmother to see her grandson, so she had to allow it.
I had thought that a team of “assassins” had already died outside the Mingren Palace yesterday, and it was only a day later, so it was unlikely that it would happen again.
Who knows that Lu Hehao, or the person behind Lu Hehao, is even more shameless than Empress Wei thought!
Not only did it come once again, the one who did it was still Zhu Chunyang, who was under the heel of Emperor Duanhua!
At this moment, the Queen’s face is green, angry and laughing, “Zhu Chunyang in the Xuanming Palace status is not low, even if you really want to kill Lu Hehao, under the hands of how many small chamberlains, palace maids, and even the forbidden guards can be ordered, but also need to personally go into battle?!”
Moreover, “Zhu Chunyang is from a poor family, after entering the palace, although because of Zhu Qin, often serve His Majesty, but in the end the foundation is shallow, even some shallow boxing can not, right? Lu Hehao and then not good, but also the royal family raised out of the count can be considered to be able to martial arts Zhu Chunyang bad brain will think that he is a person, take a dagger to assassinate Lu Hehao! Planting evidence to such an obvious point, is this when the whole world’s eyes are blind?!”
“Empress you just came over, it’s inevitable that you don’t understand what happened.” Compared to Empress Wei’s excitement at the moment, Empress Su who arrived one step ahead of her was calm and peaceful, she put down the tea bowl in her hand, waved her hand, and in an amiable elderlike manner, said in a soft voice, “Perhaps the palace people were blackmailing you, and even told you to think that Zhu Chunyang was trying to assassinate Lu Hehao with the dagger on his body!”
Empress Wei heard the words, not happy but shocked, subconsciously clenched her fist, before saying, “What does mother mean by this? This Wang’s party just now, not also mouthed ‘assassin’?”
“It’s a good assassin.” Empress Su said mildly, “but not the assassin who went to assassinate Lu Hehao, but …”
The Empress Dowager deliberately paused, satisfied to see the Empress’ instantly changing face after she was slightly stunned, before slowly speaking the result, “Rather, it was the assassin who wanted to go to Mingren Palace and assassinate the Dowager Empress!!!”
“The thing is like this: this day Lu Hehao in front of the Empress Dowager to return the words, after leaving Mingren Palace, not far from the door, found that this Zhu Chunyang wandering the side of the Palace Road, behavior is very suspicious! I went up and asked a few questions but Zhu Chunyang suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed Lu Hehao!”
“In the middle of this, Zhu Chunyang had said a few words, but it had a lot to do with the assassins who died near Mingren Palace yesterday, as well as Zhu Qin!”
“Seems like you just came from the Emperor, Empress?”
The Empress Dowager looked at the silent Empress Wei and said in a pleasant manner, “But I wonder, what does the Emperor have to say about this matter?”
“Views are naturally there.” Empress Wei coldly said, “Speaking of which, Zhu Qin has served His Majesty for twenty years! No one would have expected that he would have another master! Counting the time, the person who has been scheming against His Majesty since that time is really hiding deep enough!”
Speaking here glanced at the Empress Dowager and smiled coldly, “Of course daughterinlaw definitely did not mean to blame the Empress Mother although it was at that time when the Empress Mother was in charge of the Six Palaces, but this kind of thing, it can’t be prevented! Mother you say right?”
Although Zhu Qin’s skills were not good enough to completely solve the murder for Emperor Duanhua, but in the end he did not die in vain: with the way he acted before his death, Empress Wei did not say that she would thus put the fire on the Su family, but she also had a reason to pull the wool over the Su family’s eyes!
Empress Su listened to the Queen’s sneer, her face unchanged, “It’s a pity that Zhu Qin yesterday chewed his tongue in public and . It’s a pity that Zhu Qin was killed in public yesterday, and there’s no evidence against him! Otherwise, how to investigate his details, so that you out of anger!”
Weak smile, “good in Zhu Qin although dead, Zhu Chunyang today is captured alive Zhu Chunyang and Zhu Qin is both the same hometown and relatives, and since Zhu Qin into the East Palace, the heel is also transferred to the East Palace, can be said to be Zhu Qin’s stalks beloved! If there is someone else behind the scenes, Zhu Chunyang will probably be the same! When the time comes, will we know who Zhu Qin’s old master is?”
“Mother this is not right!” Empress Wei laughed out coldly, the discerning can see that Zhu Qin’s socalled intention to regicide yesterday, the socalled plotting to kill the emperor, was actually a loyal protector of his master, and now the empress dowager’s socalled need to find the mastermind behind the scenes, might as well be said to be looking for an opportunity to put the charge of assassinating the empress dowager on Emperor Duanhua’s head!
How does that work?
Such a thing as giving birth to King Qing with Consort Nuan was already going to make Emperor Duanhua lose his reputation.
If the murder of his own grandmother was added to the list, how could the Duanhua Emperor have any room to step down?
Can’t step down on his own, then he’s deposed an emperor who steps down on his own has the possibility of recommending a successor, and as for deposing the emperor, it’s the new ruler’s turn to make a long story out of him?
This is very unfavorable for the Crown Prince’s ascension to the throne, so how can Empress Wei tolerate it?
At that moment, he coldly said, “This Zhu Chunyang has at least been doing things in the palace for so many years, it’s not like he has a brain problem! Yesterday Zhu Qin murdered His Majesty, today he is carrying a dagger in front of Mingren Palace, and also took the initiative to attack Lu Hehao, isn’t it obvious that he is afraid that we won’t notice him? How do we know if the real culprit behind the plot is purposely flung out to confuse the public?”
And swept the eyes after the tent Lu Hehao, sneered and said, “And this Lu Hehao … Xu is in the palace exam in the end scruples some? Wang actually good end!”
These words were obviously an allusion to Lu Hehao’s previous move of using his wife and son to block the arrows.
“No matter what, since this happened in the palace exams, it’s ultimately necessary to figure it out!” Empress Su’s smile was faint, “Otherwise, how can we people sleep peacefully in the future, right?”
She looked at the Empress, “Counting the time, all the princes have entered the palace by now, right? I also wonder how His Majesty will give them an explanation?”
Empress Wei’s face was expressionless, “Why should Mother be in a hurry? Later, won’t we know?”
She clenched her fists darkly as she said this!
At a time when she had just convinced Emperor Duanhua to pass on the throne to the Crown Prince, the assassination of Zhu Chunyang suddenly occurred, and when it was spread to the court, there was no telling, what kind of changes would be caused?
At this moment in the courtroom, swords are indeed being drawn!
Because after the hundred officials entered the hall, Emperor Duanhua only said that he intended to make a sinful edict and abdicate to show repentance for these two things, Qiu Shuxia suddenly came out and said, “I have one thing I don’t know!”
Emperor Duanhua felt a numbness in his scalp when he saw him this was a shadow that had fallen from how many earlier courtroom fights when the emperor had not yet ascended to the throne at this moment, when Qiu Shuxia came out, ten percent of the time, he did not have anything good to say.
So the emperor did not want to give him the opportunity to speak, only some wooden to the others said, “I will pass the throne after the prince, will go to the emperor’s tomb, for the first emperor to guard the mausoleum to atone for his sins, the crown prince is young, I hope that all the gentlemen to support more, so that it follows the example of the first emperor …”
“Since His Majesty has not forgotten the kindness of the late Emperor, why was he charmed by the beauty of Nuan Tai Fei in the first place?” But this time, Emperor Duanhua learned his lesson and ignored Qiu Shuxia, but Qiu Shuxia relentlessly pursued, “If that was the case, why did Your Majesty agree to recognize the blood of King Qing in public last night? I think, your majesty, at the beginning, but it was calculated?”
Emperor Duanhua subconsciously stopped his mouth, and his originally wooden expression gradually changed as he looked at him with some suspicion.
By all accounts, Qiu Shuxia was a Su family iron stalk, a supporter of King Su that is, an enemy of Emperor Duanhua.
How could the enemy speak for Emperor Duanhua?
However, at this moment, Qiu Shuxia plainly said, “Your Majesty is being plotted against,” causing Emperor Duanhua to hesitate again.
After all, not yet thirty years old emperor, since childhood was instilled with “the future to be a bright king” of the emperor, if not really desperate, how willing to give up the throne, to do what the supreme emperor?
Even though he knew that unless he could prove once again that King Qing was not of his bloodline, there was little hope of overturning the case, Emperor Duanhua still wanted to defend himself not only because of the benefits, but also because of that unwillingness in his heart!
How could he possibly touch the Nuan Tai Fei when he honored Emperor Xian Jia so much?
The results of the partial blood drops were there, and he was told not to say anything about it!
Thinking of the future even if no one in front of him to speak, heart also certainly think he is an unfilial son, the emperor of Xianjia to him this concubine eldest son so good, since young with the side of the personal teaching, in order to help him on the throne, at the expense of the only first son are passed out!
Instead, he had slept with his stunningly beautiful concubine mother when Emperor Xianjia had only just collapsed such a great injustice that Emperor Duanhua himself wondered how he could still calmly follow Empress Wei’s request to pave the way for the Crown Prince here now.
Only, thinking of the Crown Prince, the original urge to confide in him immediately went cold.
Emperor Duanhua laughed bitterly in his heart, “Not to mention the fact that Qiu Shuxia is bound to be unkind, even if he genuinely believes that I am being counted on, so what? King Qing …”
Thinking of the biological son who was raised by himself as a younger brother for two years, Duanhua Emperor did not have half a pity in his heart, but only felt disgust and loathing, his eyes went cold, and he sighed darkly with disillusionment, “As things stand now, I have little future left! And tighten the crown prince!”
So without making a sound, he only looked down at Wei Xi.
Wesley Creek would have stepped out.