The Concubine's Biography of the Concubine Seizing the Palace

"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.

The Empress Dowager rested for a while before regaining her strength. She looked at Hong Zhou and Hong Zhan brothers who were still kneeling on the ground, and said to the Emperor: "Emperor, they dared to commit such a great crime, don't let them go!" , there will be endless troubles after appeasing and raising rape!"

Hearing this, the emperor looked at Hong Zhou and Hong Zhan who were kneeling on the ground trembling, and a trace of unbearableness flashed in his eyes.

How the first emperor treated his uncles, the emperor knew very well. Since he was a child, he understood a truth from the battle between his Ama and his uncles. He lost his life in the war. Such cruelty and bloodshed left an indelible pain in the emperor's young heart.

He especially remembered that when he was young, his uncles also liked him, but then... everything slowly changed, and the temptation of the throne changed everyone.

In all fairness, when he grew up, he also longed for that position, so he tried his best to fight for it, but he never violated his own conscience. He once swore in his heart that he must not treat him as cruelly as his Ama Brothers, not to mention his brothers are now only Hong Zhou and Hong Zhan.

If he was still the prince at this time, he might not be merciful, but he is the emperor at the moment, he has enough confidence and ability to suppress all this, even if he spared them, they would not be able to turn the tide.

Thinking of this, the emperor said in a deep voice: "Wu Shu came to pass on the decree. Prince Hongzhan is my younger brother. He was raised from an early age and hoped that he would become a talent. Shengju, and his family has won a huge fortune at the age of [-], so he can't support his mother and concubine generously. Instead, he often asks for it, makes friends with outsiders, and interferes in the selection of officials by the court. From now on, he will be relegated to the royal title, his position in the court, and his salary will be suspended forever, so as to see the future effect."

"Brother emperor, brother, I was wronged, brother emperor..." The emperor's words resounded in Hongzhan's ears like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, he didn't believe it no matter what, he...had nothing.

The emperor ignored Hongzhan, he looked at Hongzhou beside Hongzhan, a flash of firmness flashed in his eyes, and then he said in a deep voice: "Wu Shulai, pass on my will, and Prince Hongzhou, so that we can perform funeral ceremonies, so that family members can mourn for joy." , Ritual arrogance, extremely absurd, I have repeatedly persuaded the unrepentant, punished him with a salary of three years, and suspended his position in the court to see the effect."

"My brother, thank you for your kindness!" Prince He was bitter in his heart. He was just pleading for Hong Zhan, so he caused disaster and was angered by the emperor. You must know that he likes to perform funeral ceremonies. I don’t know, the emperor also acquiesced and ignored him, but now he is punished with this, and even his mother and concubine are hated by the queen mother, and the prince can’t help but regret that he just talked too much to help Hongzhan , but when he thought of Hongzhan's innocent life but ended up like this, he felt a little guilty in his heart.