Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 263 The Palace Soul Broken (2)
On the sixth day of March, Feibai presented the blueprint for harnessing the Yellow River that he had worked hard with the Ministry of Industry and his disciples, and wanted to ask the emperor for his approval, but the emperor put it on hold because the treasury was empty and unsustainable.Fei Bai asked for the temporary allocation of the initial payment, only for the cost of breaking the ground and laying the foundation. Pei Xipei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, also tried to protect this in the court. Abbot, pray for the country's practice.

Everyone knew well that the emperor still believed the suggestion, and wanted to curb King Jin's edge.

After coming down to the imperial court, Fei Bai, who was usually calm and calm, was a little unhappy, but he just told his followers and secret agents not to do anything radical, and only waited until this time passed.With the emperor's wisdom, he should be able to understand the ins and outs. Arguing at this time will only deepen the emperor's misunderstanding.

I remember reading a scientific report in my previous life, saying that as people get older, their ability to judge lies declines, and the nerves that control their emotions gradually fail, so the elderly are usually easy to be deceived, as if the emperor is slowly verifying this. In theory, he favored Mrs. Xuan of Xishu even more.

The tenth day of the fourth lunar month is approaching, which coincides with the first Qianqiu Festival celebrated by the Taizu after the peace of the world. The gloomy atmosphere in the palace was swept away. The concubine Jinhuang presided over a big banquet to celebrate the merits of the emperor. Princes and relatives competed to present precious gifts There are many congratulations from officials, such as "the chaos in the world cannot be determined without the talents of Tang, Wu, Yao, and Shun", and "the great virtues last through the ages, and the rivers and mountains will last forever", etc. Those flattering words Yan Sheng listened.

On the tenth day of the fourth lunar month, the weather was slightly hot. The emperor was afraid of heat, so he called the prince and his ministers to hold a Qianqiu banquet in the Liuyu Hall. Before entering the Liuyu Hall, he heard the sound of rushing water.The heads of the water-controlling dragons on the four sides under the foundation of the temple opened their mouths ferociously, and the rapid rain poured down and flowed into the Jinsi River surrounding the temple, which was magnificent.

The palace with red walls and glazed tiles is completely covered in misty mist, like a fairyland.

After presenting birthday gifts, everyone wished the emperor a great birthday.What Feibai and I presented are the three-foot-high red sandalwood root-carved longevity star statue in Yibin, the golden statue of Tathagata Sakyamuni presented by King Dongxian, and the Longevity Picture painted by Princess Annian and Nanjia County King Jinxian and his wife.

The emperor's mood seemed to have calmed down. The nobleman Xuangui of Xishu presented the Chuyao dance, but he saw that she seemed to have been dressed up today. Like a cloud, with only an extremely long hairpin inlaid with precious silk inserted, a rare smile like a flower, a chubby waist like a willow, dancing gracefully, and long sleeves like a waterfall, leading a group of dancers from Shu, gradually dancing in front of the Holy One.

Everyone was fascinated by it.I always thought this nobleman Xuan was a little familiar, but now I saw that nobleman Xuan stretched out his green sleeves with green fingers, lightly held the golden cup, and toasted the holy majesty with a soft smile. The gesture is also very familiar.

Because King Jin was sitting at the lower left, I was very close, and I was also considered a lustful person. When I marveled at this superb dancing skill, I saw that the hands of this nobleman were very slender, and the index finger of his right hand was even more slender. It's like a swordsman.I suddenly remembered a person, when Duan Yuerong and I were captured in Jinguan City, Dou Yinghua was surrounded by Wu's favorite concubine and bodyguard, named Xuan Jiang, looking at those eyebrows and eyes, it turned out to be a little cold when he was carrying the emperor's back.

When I suddenly stood up and shouted assassin, it was too late, Madam Xuan had already pulled out the golden dragon-controlling hairpin from her black temples, and flew towards the emperor. Make dozens of sharp needles and shoot them in all directions.Jinxiu moved a little further away, and kicked over the desk in front of the emperor; Shen Changzong and Shi Qing accompanied the emperor down, and the queen, who was not good at martial arts, was sitting next to her. She was stabbed in the chest and passed out.The Holy Majesty got a needle in the shoulder, the needle was poisonous, and when Jinxiu threw Xuan Jiang away with force, both the emperor and the empress passed out.

Several court ladies dancing with Mrs. Xuan also pulled out sharp arrows in their sleeves and stabbed the palace people around the emperor, two of them hit me and Feibai with all their might.

Because of the Holy Order, you can’t bring weapons into the palace. All the courtiers only stay in the third stage of the Liuyu Palace, and we stay in the second stage. At this time, the soldiers with swords outside the third stage have not received news. Most of the platoons were beautiful and weak low-ranking concubines, and nine out of ten were shot to death.And that Xuan Jiang was only wearing a tight dance dress, and her martial arts were very good, she had already exposed a sharp knife in her sleeves, and killed several eunuchs, Jin Xiu was fighting her, not only had no weapons, but she was wearing an auspicious costume, covered with gold Decorated with a jade hook, it was inconvenient to move, but Mrs. Xuan easily tripped and fell to the ground several times, and injured many times.

Qingmei rushed over to fend off Mrs. Xuan's sharp knife stabbing Jinxiu, Feibai and Fengding also rushed to block Xuan Jiang, a dancer happened to sneak up on Feibai from behind, I felt anxious and pulled out the knife that Duan Yuerong gave me. Yuyanchai threw it at the dancer, hit one of the vests, and fell to the ground.The other one came to kill me, and Fei Bai couldn't save me. Seeing that I was bound to die, Fei Bai exclaimed my name. I could only hold up a silver chopstick and watch the dancer stab me with her sleeve arrow. A person flew over earlier, raised a case and hit the dancer girl in the back of the head, saving my life.I looked up at the blood-spattered face, and was taken aback, thinking it was Song Minglei with blood all over his face.

Qing Mei took the weapon from one of the dead dancers, fought hard, and immediately attacked Mrs. Xuan, blocking her attack on Jinxiu, so that Jinxiu could escort the unconscious emperor to the inner hall with Shi Qing with a pale face.Xuan Jiangshi chased after him lightly, but fortunately the besieged soldiers came after hearing the news, shot out sharp arrows, and all the dancers fell to the ground one by one like hedgehogs.

In the end, more than a dozen warriors surrounded her, and Xuan Jiang, who was hit by several arrows, still charged forward and shouted sharply: "The old thief is going to die, kill me Emperor Zhou, you will be hacked into pieces, death is not a pity. "

Song Minglei had a bloody face coldly, and when he cut her into several sections with a sword, her hand stopped, and the Holy Master of the inner hall had already passed out with his face black and purple.

The Holy Majesty was in a coma for three days and three nights. After waking up, he declared that all the assassins should be killed.

This is something that many historians in later generations can't understand. Looking at the 200-year history of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the men of the Yuan clan have the most noble blood of the royal family, the rare face of heaven and man, the strongest physique, the most With a clear political mind and the most incomparable literary and military strategies, they can use up any immortal martial arts and tricks to defeat any powerful enemy, conquer any invincible city, and aspire to the top of the world .They can be rich but not lewd, mighty but not subdued, tempting and tolerant, but they can never resist a charming look from the beloved woman, a slight frown, which in turn leads to a series of fatal disasters.

The person who destroyed the Yuan clan was also a woman, the sophisticated historians lamented.

The Yuan family was born out of love, and the romantic exes of later generations used to joke and laugh like this at the peach blossom feast.

The Yuan clan conquered the world, the women conquered the Yuan clan, the old nuns in the boudoir whispered to the ladies before they left the cabinet, and the girls blushed and nodded their heads lightly.

Feibai told me that the carefully arranged scene when the emperor met Xuan Jiang for the first time was the place where he first showed his love to Empress Xiaoxian, and Xuan Jiang could imitate Empress Xiaoxian vividly in words and deeds. There must be someone who knows the past of the emperor and empress Xiaoxian very well to pass the message to Xuan Jiang.We were secretly shocked, who is so vicious, who dared to use Empress Xiaoxian to kill the emperor.

The matter was not over yet, the emperor was no longer merciful to the captured old palace people of various dynasties, and ordered the inner guards to use all kinds of torture to interrogate all the palace people from the old Zhou Dynasty or Western Shu. Nearly a thousand people were implicated, even the dead More than 500 people, about 1000 people were kicked out of the palace and never hired.

The emperor who was hurt again because of Empress Xiaoxian seemed to be heartbroken, his temper became increasingly irritable, and he was suspicious all day long.

Therefore, the first person to suffer was Shi Qingpai, who had followed him for many years, because he was the most familiar with the anecdote of Empress Xiaoxian, so he became the No. 1 choice under suspicion.

One day, when Shi Qing accompanied the emperor for dinner at night, a little powder fell from his face onto the imperial table, and Taizu became furious, suspecting that he had used poisonous powder makeup, and intentionally dropped it into his dinner. poison him.

Overnight, Shi Qingpai, who had been honored and favored for decades, lost everything inexplicably and was relegated to the clothing bureau. Feng Weicong lost his support and was bullied everywhere.A few days later, when the facts were found out, it was Dou Zhou's old minister Baoji who avenged Dou Yinghua, pretended to descend to the original land, and colluded with Xuan Jiang to seduce the emperor by cooperating inside and outside. all kinds.When the emperor thought about the past and wanted to recall Shi Qingpai, he had died desolately and exhausted on the Huanyitai, only to be hastily wrapped in a broken mat and dragged to the mass grave. Shi Qingpai's guilt brought Feng Weicong back to his position, and he was promoted to be in charge of the case, making up for Shi Qingpai's absence.

Mrs. Zheng hanged himself that very day. Before Baoji escaped Baili in Chang'an, he was arrested and brought to justice.

The example of Shi Qingpei made all the officials silent, and they all tried to repay auspiciousness so as to avoid accidental disasters.

But even so, Taizu was still nervous, and many Yuanmou Xun who made great achievements became the targets of the attack. Soon, Qian Yijin, the censor, reported that "the princes in the court have indulged in lawlessness, and they may not be able to lose their tails in the future. It should be dealt with properly", alluding to the fact that a few days ago the second-rank Ruiwu general Xu Zheng accepted a brothel prostitute, but performed six salutes with the grand ceremony of a first-rank wife, causing a sensation in the neighborhood, passing the prince's mansion and the county king's mansion without dismounting, violating the rules Overrun.The emperor thought that Xu Zheng was rebellious, so he secretly ordered the Black Mei Neiwei to die, ransacked his family's home and exiled him, and dismissed Lu Lun who made way for him to welcome the bride. It is the famous injustice case of the founding of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the "Huawei Case".

Therefore, when Empress Xiaoxian was involved, the emperor secretly suspected that King Jin was "peeping at the crown prince's position and intending to do something wrong." All Feibai's generals became the main suspects. Yao Xuelang, Cheng Dongzi, and the Jun family were all under strict surveillance, and they couldn't argue for nothing.

The Dayuan Dynasty ushered in the cold dew of the third year of Yuanchang in the white terror.

As the saying goes, blessings come without pairs, and misfortunes never come singly.The air-conditioning hits and the old wounds linger, so I don't go to Fujun Street to look at accounts much, and hide in the warm pavilion of Shangxin Pavilion. Lin Biyan comes to the garden to see me three out of five days.

The emperor's temper grew stronger, and the courtiers were often blamed. On this day, because the remnants of the Dou family in Shu took over the mountain and hijacked the official silver, he was very angry. The old injury recurred, and he fainted in the court.In the name of the emperor, imperial concubine Jin transferred Lin Biyan away.Three days later, the emperor came to his senses, and the six important ministers of the cabinet and the prince were transferred to the Chongyuan Hall to discuss affairs.Sima Yun secretly wrote that Mrs. Yaoji was placed under house arrest in Yinrixuan next to Chongyuan Hall on the grounds of taking care of the emperor.

No one in the dark palace dared to move, so they couldn't send Sima He to see a doctor for me.Feibai was obviously restless. He took care of the emperor with the princes and concubines day and night, and even took care of me when he returned to the mansion.Xiaoyu was deeply moved, and couldn't help but respect Feibai's attitude.

Soon after the frost came, the grass and trees fell yellow, and the stinging insects were stinging. I coughed continuously, but Bai ordered someone to take the medicine prescribed by Lin Biyan for me, and the cough stopped slightly.

On September [-]th, a strong wind swept across Xijing, and I was restless. I asked all the employees to keep their tails between their legs and be human. Some businesses should be closed as soon as possible. My suspicions can be eased.But on the day of light snow, the strong wind picked up suddenly, and an unknown fire was caught on Fujun Street. The whole street was caught up in the fire.When we arrived, we saw that the whole street was on fire, as bright as day, and the guys and people who hadn’t escaped in time were burning all over their bodies, rolling all over the ground in pain, and the miserable screams made everyone present almost go crazy.

At that time, my brain got hot and I wanted to rush in to save people, Qi Fang pulled me anxiously and said: "Master, don't go, some people who rushed in said that many of the original guards were lying on the ground and had already been killed. Most of the gold and silver were robbed, which was deliberately set on fire to cover up the crime."

I was furious, who wanted to kill me, and why so many innocent people were implicated?
The fire burned for four days and five nights before it gradually subsided, implicating countless people in a radius of hundreds of miles.

This "Fujun Street Fire Case" will forever be branded in the hearts of Xijing people.

My hard work in Xijing was ruined, I couldn't get rid of my depression, vomited blood, and fell seriously ill, which frightened Feibai and everyone else.

On the fifth day of October, Lidong, everyone in Xifengyuan put on winter clothes.The emperor was supposed to go out to the suburbs to welcome the winter, but the dragon was sick, so the emperor just gave winter clothes to the officials and sympathized with the widows.

That day, Feibai hadn't returned from court, and Weiwei was feeding me medicine when she suddenly heard the noise ahead.

Feng Weicong and Qiao Wan came in aggressively, I didn't feel good about it, but I heard Qiao Wan coldly declare: "Don't ask, the emperor merchant, she is the wife of the king of Jin. In the second year of Yuanchang, it was connected to foreign countries. In the third year of Yuanchang, the fire in Fujun Street destroyed tens of millions of money in the country, and affected countless people. And check."

I looked for Wu Rutu everywhere, thinking he would inform Feibai, but I couldn't find him anywhere.It turned out that all the maidservants in Xifengyuan were disarmed and detained on Meilin Road.

Qiao Wan sneered and said, "Concubine Jin, don't think that King Jin will come to save you. This morning, before King Jin's foot stepped into the Chongyuan Hall, the Holy Majesty has already issued an edict to expel King Jin to his fiefdom. Without decree, he will not be allowed to enter Beijing forever. Everyone in Xifengyuan is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and they cannot protect themselves, so please invite Wangfei and Eunuch Feng to go."

"Jin Tuo Legacy":
In the third year of Yuanchang's Shangyuan Festival, in the palace of the emperor's grand banquet, Princess Annian suddenly told the concubines that her mother, Empress Xiaogong, had died early, and she would not see the world, so she asked to build a shrine for Empress Duanmin by the Weishui River. To show filial piety, all concubines and concubines are attached to it, and it is deeply true that I will bestow all things for a good year.

Shangfeng Luli watched the fireworks at mid-night, was caught in the wind and cold, and led the filial and virtuous Empress Chunyi into a dream to show the old tree. Wanting to give up, Princess Annian asked to build the shrine again. On an auspicious day, Qin Tianjian fixed the edge of the Weishui forest, and moved two old plum trees, aged up to a hundred, and dug up to the roots. When they saw blood, everyone was horrified and shocked.On the tenth day of April, the Qianqiu Festival, Concubine Xuan of the Northern Concubine was assassinated in the Liuyu Palace, but fortunately she was killed on the street, known as the "Liuyu Palace Tragedy"; Jun Street, involving more than a thousand households, is known as the Fujun Street Fire Case. Ziwei Sheren, Jun Mowen, vomits blood and suffers from illness. Sigh, the king of Jin wept, and his anger became more and more angry. He threw the jade outside the glass bead curtain, and the jade cracked.On the second day, King Fang of the Northern Jin Dynasty entered the Xuanwu Gate, and ordered the inner guards to drive away the King of the Northern Jin Dynasty. He also ordered Changzong to arrest the Princess of the Northern Jin Dynasty in Dali Temple on charges of dereliction of duty. Anxiety, the disease is getting worse.

Notes:

[1] The posthumous title of Xuanyuan Benfu.

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