The Concubine's Biography of the Concubine Seizing the Palace

The emperor's foot was only slightly sprained, and healed after half a month of recuperation. On May [-]th, the emperor decreed that the harem concubines and relatives of the emperor should be passed on to Le'anhe, his bedroom. 【^】

"Emperor, the Ai family is relieved to see that you have recovered!" The queen mother looked at the emperor and smiled.

"My son is not filial, and the empress dowager is worried!" The emperor looked at the empress dowager and heaved a sigh of relief. For the past half month, the empress dowager came to visit him every day from Changchun garden. Running around in the scorching sun was already too much to bear, but it never stopped, no matter how much he persuaded, he couldn't change the queen mother's mind. The emperor was both moved and uncomfortable, and was afraid that the queen mother would get sick because of it.

"When you are well, the Ai family will be at ease!" A loving smile appeared on the queen mother's face.

"Your Majesty is recovering, so you should celebrate it. It just so happens that all the concubines and princes and nobles are here today, and the concubines have already ordered someone to prepare a family banquet." The Empress looked at the Emperor and said with a smile.

"The queen is still thoughtful, the palace hasn't been this lively for a long time!" The queen mother said very satisfied.

When the emperor heard the words, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled and said: "Emperor Niang, don't be in a hurry to celebrate. I have other matters to call the concubines and princes in the harem today!"

"Since that's the case, it's not too late to talk about it later!" The queen mother was a little surprised when she heard the words, but she didn't say much.

The emperor heard the words with a smile on his face. After he glanced at everyone present, his face slowly sank: "Although I usually live here in Le'anhe, the Qingyan Palace in Jiuzhou is where I live in the garden. The most frequented place in the city!" The emperor paused at this point, and said in a cold voice: "Now the Qingyan Palace in Jiuzhou has been razed to the ground by the fire, and I almost died here!"

"Your Majesty!" Everyone was terrified when they heard this, except for the Queen Mother, everyone stood up from their chairs and knelt down.

"The Old Summer Palace is heavily guarded, and Jiuzhou Qingyan is the most important thing. I am very curious, how could the Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace catch fire? Who has the courage to set fire to my bedroom, not only wanting to burn me to death? Princes, you are still trying to kill the king!" The emperor's face became more and more gloomy.

He had to take this matter seriously, it was the first time in his life that he was so close to death, and that feeling was deeply engraved in the emperor's heart, reminding him all the time that he must find out those who dared to risk the world's disgrace.

When everyone heard what the emperor said, they didn't dare to show their air, and the hall was terribly quiet for a while.

"Get flat!" After a long time, the emperor raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone tremblingly got up from the ground and stood upright, no one dared to sit back.

"Yongxuan, Yongxuan, come forward!" The emperor looked at the two children standing beside Wei Ning'er, with a rare smile on his face.

"Huang Ama!" The two of them reached the center of the hall, bowing slightly.

"You tell Huang Ama what you saw and heard that day, and Huang Ama will be the master for you!" The emperor laughed.

"I want to report to Emperor Ama, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, after the morning class, the Taifu said that we don't have to go to the study room in the afternoon, so Erchen, Yongxin, and Yongzheng went back to Tiandi Family Spring together, and Erchen waited for the slave to report. Erniang and the others went to visit the lake with Huang Ama, and Erchen and others did not return to the bedroom, playing in the garden. When they were about to arrive in Qingyan, Kyushu, the twelfth younger brother said he wanted to play hide-and-seek, Erchen and Yongxuan accompanied him Together, they arrived at the Qing Banquet Hall in Jiuzhou without knowing it. After playing with Twelve Brothers for a while, Erchen and Yong Xing hid in the innermost side hall. There was a fire outside, but Erchen and Yong Xing thought he deliberately deceived us, so they didn't take it to heart, until we found out that there was a real fire, we were already trapped inside and couldn't go out. Fortunately, Huang Ama rescued Erchen and Yong Xing Xing!" Yongxuan looked at the emperor and said respectfully.

"In this way, Yongzheng was the first to discover the fire?" the emperor asked lightly.

"Yes, it's my son!" Elder Twelve seemed a little afraid of the emperor, he stood beside Yongxuan and Yongxuan, and looked at the emperor and said tremblingly.

"Yongzhen, can you see with your own eyes how the fire started?" the emperor asked softly.

"Reporting to Emperor Ama, I saw a very delicate wooden frame on the floor of the main hall. I have never seen the patterns carved on the wooden frame. I was a little curious, and I was about to go forward to see what happened. After the sunlight outside the window shone on the wooden frame, it shone in through the mirror on the wooden frame, and Erchen felt his eyes suddenly brighten, and then the carpet in the main hall lit up, and Erchen wanted to enter the inner hall Calling Brother Yongxuan and the others, but the fire spread all over the place, and I had no choice but to run out of the hall to call for firefighters outside!" Yongzheng said this and subconsciously glanced at the queen, and after returning that day, the queen carefully He wanted to tell the emperor that he also saw a small pile of white powder on the ground, which was scattered scattered on the ground, and the fire started when the light shone on the powder that day, but the queen Don't let him say it, tell him, just tell the emperor like this, and he doesn't dare to say more.

Hearing this, the emperor's face became more and more terrifying, he glanced at Prince Guo Hongzhan, with veins popping out on his forehead, and said after a while: "Yongxuan, when the three of you brothers entered Qingyan Palace in Kyushu that day, were there no slaves in the palace? "

"Report to Emperor Ama, there is no one there!" Yong Xuan nodded lightly.

"Hongzhan!" The emperor slapped the table fiercely and shouted sharply.

"Brother Huang..." Hong Zhan looked at the emperor, a little at a loss, but seeing that the emperor was furious, even if he didn't understand why, he knelt down tremblingly.

"Hongzhan, you are my youngest imperial brother, and my elder brother is like a father. I have doted on you all these years, which made you develop such a perverse temper. I never thought that you would become worse and even dare to set fire to me." Could it be that you want to kill the king and usurp the throne?" the emperor shouted violently.

"Brother Emperor, I dare not." Hong Zhan was like a lightning strike after hearing the emperor's words. After being shocked for a short time, he said anxiously: "Brother Emperor, I dare not be disobedient. I have been wronged!"

"Injustice?" The emperor looked at him coldly, and said to Wu Shulai who was beside him, "Xuan Lang Shining goes to the palace!"

"Yes!" Wu Shulai responded, and immediately went to announce Lang Shining.

"Lang Shining, what is the function of this thing?" The emperor asked Wu Shulai to pass the wooden frame aside to Lang Shining, and said in a deep voice.

The wooden frame was destroyed by the fire that day, but the lens is still there, and the emperor ordered his servants to insert it into a new wooden frame.

"My majesty, there is a magnifying glass embedded in the wooden frame. I once presented a magnifying glass to the emperor. The magnifying glass can not only magnify things that cannot be seen clearly, but also focus light and start a fire, just like this..." Castiglione said, He took the wooden frame to the window and ordered the little eunuch to stand aside with the rice paper in his hand.

After a while, when the sun shone on the lens on the wooden frame, everyone clearly saw a thin, strong light shining on the rice paper, slowly igniting the rice paper.

"Brother Huang, I don't know that this thing can catch fire, please forgive me!" Prince Guo Hongzhan's face was ashen after seeing it.

"Forgive me?" The emperor's face was cold when he heard the words, and he winked at Wu Shulai who was beside him. Wu Shulai understood and waved his hand lightly, and saw two young eunuchs dragging a wounded eunuch into the palace.

"Xiao Xuzi, tell the emperor why you sent away all the slaves from the Qing Banquet Hall in Jiuzhou that day!" Wu Shulai shouted in a deep voice.

"Emperor... Your Majesty forgives your sins, this slave... this slave is... ordered by Prince Guo, Your Majesty... forgive me..." the dying eunuch Xiao Xu Zi cried.

"Hongzhan, what else do you have to say?" The emperor was so angry that his clenched fists creaked.

When the first emperor died, Hongzhan was only two years old. The emperor treated him as his own child, and asked Empress Xiaoxian to take care of him in many ways. In the third year of Qianlong, Prince Guo Yunli died of illness. He adopted Hongzhan, who was only five years old, to Prince Guo. Hongzhan had the title of prince at a very young age. , No one among the princes can match, the emperor never thought that his most beloved emperor brother would do such a rebellious thing, he was heartbroken and disappointed for a while.

"Brother Emperor, please listen to my brother's explanation. The wooden frame was sold to my brother by a missionary. He said it was for their emperor's use. So my brother wanted to present it to my brother. I really don't know what the mirror can do." The fifth brother also knew about the fire, and he was there when my younger brother bought the mirror!" Hongzhan looked at Prince He, his eyes full of anxiety and pleading: "Fifth brother, tell the emperor quickly !"

"Brother Huang, what the sixth brother said is true, and I don't know that the mirror can catch fire!" Prince He knelt down fiercely and said in a trembling voice.

"Brother Huang, as for the servants of the Qing Banquet Hall in Jiuzhou... When I entered the palace with my fifth brother that day, I happened to see Yongxuan and the others playing around, so I asked the servants to stay away and not disturb them." The prince's elegance, my brother..." Hong Zhan was so anxious that he didn't know what to say, he never expected such a coincidence, he was just talking too much that day.

"Brother Huang, Hongzhan didn't do it on purpose, please forgive me!" Prince He said with a sob.

"You still dare to quibble now?" The emperor was furious.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Yugui and Concubine Qian are asking to see you!" the little eunuch said as he entered the palace.

"Let them all go back to Shoukang Palace for Aijia to reflect. If there is no Aijia's will, they are not allowed to leave Shoukang Palace for half a step!" Before the emperor could speak, the queen mother shouted angrily.

"Yes, empress dowager!" The little eunuch replied.

"Emperor Niang, calm down!" Prince Guo and Prince He both changed their faces when they heard the words, and looked at the Queen Mother together.

"You are so courageous. Since the emperor came to the throne, the Ai family has treated your mother and concubine very well, and the emperor has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility. I never thought that the two of you would want to kill the king and usurp the throne!" said the queen mother He was short of breath, he couldn't catch his breath, and his face was pale.

"Emperor Niang!" The emperor was shocked, and immediately shouted to the servants beside him: "Tell the imperial physician!"

"Yes!" Wu Shulai and the others were also too frightened, and immediately went to preach to the imperial physician, causing chaos in the hall.