Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 230 The Emperor Executes All the Household Slaves with a Rod to Deter the Inner Court as a Fear
Although the relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Empress Qian is very ordinary, she also has an attitude of helplessness towards her blindness and lameness.

But on the surface, they have to show great urgency and worry.

No matter how concerned he is, some ministers will think that the emperor is abusing his wife.

If it is still a leisurely and leisurely attitude on weekdays, the government and the opposition are not sure how to discuss it.

However, no matter how urgent it is, the safety awareness cannot be relaxed.Liu Chang brought three thousand personal guards, and the streets were under martial law, guarding the emperor, dowagers, and princesses all the way into the Forbidden City.

In this way, Zhu Qiyu still felt very insecure, after all, it was inconvenient for the personal guards to enter the harem.

From the moment he stepped into the Qianqing Gate, Zhu Qiyu made a decision in his heart, using the accident of Empress Qian as an excuse to clean the inner court, he had to bring his trusted eunuch to the court immediately.

Otherwise, when the emperor entered the palace, he would have to worry about it like a thief, what a shame.

Moreover, the Qianqing Palace, theoretically speaking, belonged to the new emperor himself.But Empress Qian of our family is so ignorant, she said she was allowed to live, and she really did, without even saying a word of humility.

This was the first time Zhu Qiyu entered the Qianqing Palace after ascending the throne.There's nothing too special about it except it's big.

The other is coldness. It is naturally cold when the house is big.Before Wanli transformed the "floor heating" of Qianqing Palace, this point was simply unsolvable.In the Qing Dynasty, starting from Yongzheng, the emperor simply went to live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The Empress Dowager, Empress Zhou, Concubine Wan Chen and others had already guarded the inner room; the concubine and concubine went directly into the inner room, while Zhu Qiyu greeted him through the screen outside.

Theoretically, Empress Qian covered her tightly with a brocade quilt, only showing her face, and let Zhu Qiyu go in and have a look, so the problem wasn't too big.

Zhu Qiyu's father died when he was seven years old. In theory, his elder sister-in-law is like his mother.It's not a big problem for a younger brother-in-law to visit his elder sister-in-law, but it's definitely not a problem for an older brother-in-law to visit his younger siblings.

But firstly, Empress Qian didn't take special care of Zhu Qiyu these years; secondly, Empress Qian didn't want the emperor to see her downcast appearance.

Treating the queen like this is really shameless.

So after Zhu Qiyu finished greeting through the screen, he ordered Wang Cheng to summon all the maids and eunuchs in Qianqing Palace to outside the Qianqing Gate.Then Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin were ordered to call together all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court.

Qianqing Gate is far away from Jianji Hall, one of the three main halls of the previous dynasty. There is a square in the middle, which can accommodate two to 3000 people without any problem.Gathering all the eunuchs and court ladies in the inner court would definitely not fit in, but only the eunuchs and female officials in charge would be enough.

Outside the gate of Qianqing belongs to the outer court, and the guards can reach here.Not long after, Liu Chang led a thousand personal guards to surround the place with water.

Zhu Qiyu ordered someone to bring a chair, and then sat on the steps outside Qianqing's door with a serious face.

Since he became emperor, he has killed three groups of people: ten ministers who were beaten to death by Jinyi Wei Ma Shun at Fengtianmen, more than ten Xuanfu guards who abandoned the city and fled, and the three Polo brothers of Wala.

Today is the fourth batch, and it is going to be massacred to completely alert the inner court.

Zhu Qiyu waited outside, while the concubine and concubine comforted Queen Qian in the inner room.

The concubine's attitude is the most negative, because the concubine is a criminal daughter of the Han Dynasty. She has never been welcomed by others.

So the concubine didn't have a good impression of Empress Qian, she just cared and greeted her, and comforted her with gentle words, as long as she could save face.

On the surface, Lin Xiangyu's attitude was three points more intimate than that of the concubine, but inside she was even more frightened: This is too scary. Being a queen, the mother of the world, and the power in the six palaces, can cry and lame her legs.This is still a queen, if she is just an ordinary concubine, how difficult it would be to survive in the palace.

Lin Xiangyu secretly made up her mind that she would never enter the palace again unless she had to.

When everyone was thinking differently and guessing left and right, Wang Cheng walked up and reported to everyone: "I would like to report to the empress dowager, empress Yisheng, empress, concubine, and concubine. Your Majesty ordered all the maids and eunuchs of Qianqing Palace to come. Gather outside the gate."

Empress Dowager Sun frowned when she heard the words. Does this mean that even the maids who serve Qian's family are going to go?
Wang Cheng immediately took the initiative to add: "Your Majesty ordered that the Holy Empress Dowager or the Empress send ordinary maids to take over temporarily, because all the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the inner court have been summoned by His Majesty outside the Qianqing Gate."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian changed their expressions at the same time, and the emperor was obviously going to get angry.

It's a pity that neither Empress Dowager Sun nor Empress Qian could stop it, nor did they dare to stop it.

Now the emperor is the only adult male in the royal family in the capital, and he has just made a world-class feat. His prestige is so high that no one can match it.

At this moment, who dares to disobey the emperor.

Moreover, the emperor's teacher is well-known, and he is righteous and strict.Yugong, as the emperor, and Yu privately, as the uncle, punished the negligent domestic slaves and upheld justice for his own emperor's wife. What reason would others have to stop the emperor.

Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to order all the maids serving in the inner room to go out to gather.

Half an hour later, all the eunuchs and female officials in charge, as well as all the eunuchs and maids of the Qianqing Palace, were assembled.

Zhu Qiyu ordered people to prepare dozens of benches and more than ten square tables, each of which was equipped with pens, inks, papers and inkstones.A group of eunuchs from the Supervisor of Rituals stood in front of the square table waiting for the emperor's order.

Seeing that the people had assembled, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and told Wang Cheng, "Let them write the suicide note. Those who can read and write can write it themselves. If they can't read, let the supervisor of ceremonies write it for them."

Wang Cheng asked cautiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who are they?"

Zhu Qiyu replied angrily: "Of course everyone in Qianqing Palace, you still have to ask?"

As soon as the emperor said this, all the people in Qianqing Palace knelt down, crying and begging for mercy.

These eunuchs and maids are not stupid. Just looking at the thousand guards in brocade clothes who are fighting with open flames, and the more than two thousand eunuchs and female officials in decent clothes, they know that the emperor is going to be serious.

Putting up such a big battle is not just for fun.

Zhu Qiyu ordered angrily: "Tell them to shut up, Wang Cheng, look at who else is making a sound, and directly order the guard to die."

After being reprimanded for a while, Wang Cheng learned to be good, and he really went over and sternly stopped.Finding that there were still a few court ladies and eunuchs who were crying all the time, he ordered his personal guards to pull them out, pressed them on the bench, and started the cane punishment.

Not long after, the crying and howling of these eunuchs and maids became one.

However, soon, these eunuchs and maids could only breathe in, not get out.

However, the court stick continued until several people died completely.

The scene was so quiet that a needle could be heard. Although there were more than 2000 court ladies and eunuchs, all of them dared not breathe for fear of harming Chi Yu.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and explained to everyone: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, saying that I am killing innocent people indiscriminately. You feel your conscience and say, what you have done is not too much, should you die?
What is your duty to do these people in Qing Palace?It is to serve the emperor and the queen.Now that the Supreme Emperor is not here, all you have to do is serve the Empress Yisheng.

But look at what you have done?Empress Yisheng is blind. You can also explain that Empress Yisheng misses the Supreme Emperor day and night, and she is blind from crying. There is nothing you can do to stop it.

Okay, the queen is blind from crying, I forgive you, forgive you for your innocence.

But can the legs still cry and lame?Your duty is to serve the queen, but as a result, the queen's leg is crippled. You feel your conscience and say, don't you deserve to die? "

When everyone heard the words, they wanted to cry and beg.Zhu Qiyu directly gave the order: "I don't know who did it, and I don't want to know who did it, just kill them all.

And all of you present have watched and listened to it today, and I have established a rule here, from now on, no matter which palace has a problem, all the people in the palace will be killed, and no one will be left behind. "

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, signaling the guards to execute immediately.

The personal guards were not as verbose as Wang Cheng. As soon as Liu Chang gave an order, the personal guards divided the eunuchs and maids of Qianqing Palace into three groups, pressed them on the benches and killed them all.

Crying and wailing rang out, and even the Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian and others in the inner room could vaguely hear the movement.

At this time, Wang Cheng came in again and reported to everyone: "Your Majesty said, please don't worry about Shangsheng Empress Dowager, Yisheng Empress, Empress, Your Majesty is dealing with the bullying slaves, and it will be over soon. "

Empress Qian asked eagerly, "How did Your Majesty deal with it?"

Wang Cheng replied: "All the maids and eunuchs in Qianqing Palace were all executed with sticks."

Empress Qian almost fainted after hearing this, which meant that the confidantes she had cultivated for many years were basically gone.

After that, the emperor will send a group of newcomers to serve in Qianqing Palace.Among these newcomers, the emperor's people are indispensable.

Hey, I never thought that there would be a time when the emperor returned the favor in the same way.Back then, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian placed so many eyeliners in Prince Yi's mansion, but now not only are they all invalidated, but the emperor used the same method to push them back.

It's really a reincarnation, and the retribution is not good.

(End of this chapter)