Upon hearing the Queen's call, Jingui Concubine hurriedly changed her clothes and followed the palace maid to Kunning Palace. The Queen was waiting at the door of Kunning Palace in person. Seeing her look like the sky was about to fall, Jingui Concubine's eyes flashed

A touch of irony: How did such a woman with no talent, no appearance, no scheming come to ascend the throne of the queen and dominate the world?

"Concubine, please see the Queen!" Concubine Jin bowed down and the Queen helped her up: "Sister, please stop being so polite. I have something important to discuss with you!"

The queen took her hand into the Dongnuan Pavilion where they had daily banquets, told her about her brother Cheng Enbo's imprisonment, and finally asked her: "Sister, what should I do now?"

Concubine Jin quickly comforted the queen and said, "My dear, don't panic. Uncle Cheng'en has his own destiny, and everything will be fine."

The queen said, "I am so confused now that I don't know what to do. From my sister's point of view, I should go to the emperor immediately to plead for my brother, but the emperor is getting angry and repeatedly emphasizes that women in the harem are not allowed to interfere in politics...

"In the past, there was a queen mother who controlled the harem, and the queen always had everything going smoothly. But when she suddenly encountered this kind of thing, she immediately became paralyzed.

Concubine Jin thought for a moment and said, "My dear concubine, in my humble opinion, you must ask for this love!"

"But..." The queen herself knew very well what kind of person her brother was, and she had heard to some extent about the things he had done outside. In order to make her brother calm down and not bring trouble to the prince, she did not know how many times she persuaded her brother.

But her brother didn't listen at all. As soon as she heard that something happened to her brother, she felt a little guilty, and when she heard the news from the little eunuch who came back to report that the emperor Tianyan was furious, she didn't even dare to go. But she had

I can't just watch my brother being dealt with by the emperor like this. It's really a dilemma!

Concubine Jin Gui said: "My dear, think about it, my uncle didn't kill people or set fire, and he didn't do anything harmful to the world. He was just greedy for a few taels of silver to build a yard. How many officials in the court are not greedy for money?"

Yes, there is a saying that "three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver!" If the emperor kills every official who is greedy for money, then who else in the court can do errands for the emperor?

"But I have already sent someone to question Meng Chong. My brother has now been thrown into prison by the emperor."

"The emperor is just angry and can't get over this hurdle for a while. When the anger subsides, you can go and beg for mercy, and the emperor will acquit the uncle! The prince is already isolated and helpless in the court. If even his only uncle can't

How can it be good to be deposed from the title by the emperor?"

This last sentence hit the queen's weak point, "Okay, what my sister said makes sense. I will find an opportunity to go to Qianqing Palace to see the emperor."

At this time, the prince was stationed in Tongzhou, which was the terminus of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. All the grain and rice shipped from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were transferred here to be loaded onto trucks and shipped to the northwest front. The emperor ordered the prince to base his troops in Tongzhou and direct and dispatch military grain supplies on the spot.

Distribution and transportation.

The emperor did not ask him to participate in military affairs, but he asked him to do such an important task. The prince also knew that his father still had trust in him. Once this foreign war was won, he would rely on his ability to coordinate logistics.

With a share of credit, you can gain enough political capital and stabilize the status of the prince.

Therefore, the prince happily accepted the appointment and took Ye Minchun to Tongzhou Xingyuan. In the first few days, he happily followed the chief ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works and other departments to plan the logistics allocation.

He felt bored every day.

Naturally, the conditions in Tongzhou could not be compared with those in the capital. Every day there was a lot of traffic and noisy traffic from three religions and nine schools. The prince gradually became bored, so he would just leave everything to Ye Minchun or the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to handle it himself.

Instead, he became a hands-off shopkeeper. He only hid in the cabin every day, drank and had fun.

Ye Minchun tried to persuade him several times, but the prince said: "Anyway, as long as you are here, nothing will go wrong!" Ye Minchun shook his head secretly. His sister Yinyue was about to marry Shuhan, so he still followed the prince to take over the job.

Because he is a die-hard princeling, he has been running errands with the prince since he was young. The prince often complained to him that the emperor did not trust him and refused to give him the opportunity to do errands and take power. But now the emperor has taken such an important task away from him.

He was asked to do something, but he found it too troublesome and too trivial. The prince was really an Adou who couldn't support him... Can he help him realize his lofty ambition to drive out the Huru and unify the Central Plains?

On this day, a young eunuch galloped into the chariot, and soon the prince called Ye Minchun to come in. In the prince's study, the young eunuch knelt on the floor, and the prince's face was ashen. Ye Minchun knew something was wrong as soon as he saw this posture.

After the ceremony, the prince did not hide anything from him, and told Ye Minchun about the impeachment and imprisonment of his uncle Cheng Enbo. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said: "How dare a common man like Gao Shi not pay attention to me like this? He will be scolded every day."

He pays the price!”

Ye Minchun actually disagreed with the prince's views very much. He had seen this person in Gao Shi. He was upright and upright. Although his official position was low, he had considerable fame and influence in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Qingliu.

. Uncle Cheng En deserved to be impeached. How could the prince hold a grudge because of this?

Ye Minchun did not answer the question. The prince did not notice Ye Minchun's strangeness, and just said: "You stay here and take good care of this stall. Don't make any mistakes. I want to go back to the capital to plead with you."

Father, let uncle go!"

Ye Minchun hurriedly advised: "Your Highness, you must not do this! The emperor personally ordered you to guard Tongzhou and not leave without permission unless there is anything important. It is very wrong to go back like this!" It would be better for your uncle to just give up.

, to avoid causing trouble to you in the future!

Unexpectedly, the prince's attitude was extremely resolute: "I know what you are talking about, but Cheng'en is Gu's uncle. Now that my uncle is in trouble, if Gu can't even save his own uncle, how can Gu stand in the court?"

Above that, who will be willing to surrender to Gu in the future?" There is another meaning that Ye Minshu did not mention. Most of the money earned from corruption and bribery by Uncle Cheng En was given to Ye Minshu to squander. He also helped Ye Minshu purchase many beauties from all over the world, and also helped Ye Minshu purchase many beauties from all over the world.

There are many shameful things. If my father knew about these things, I don’t know how angry he would be.

Therefore, knowing that his father would be angry if he left his duty without authorization, he chose to choose the lesser of two evils, so he chose to go back to the capital first to rescue his uncle. Besides, he was just a prince in name, and the officials below him were the ones who really did the work.

Children, he is always like that whether or not he is there.

The prince refused to listen to the advice, and Ye Minchun had no choice. He told Ye Minchun to keep an eye on Tongzhou, and the prince hurried back to the capital. He didn't have time to go back to change clothes, so he rushed into the palace. He went to Kunning Palace to see the queen first.

The queen was also anxious to go to the emperor to plead for mercy, but the emperor was currently studying the military situation in the northwest with his close ministers in the Wenhua Palace. The queen sent N waves of eunuchs to investigate, but the door of the Wenhua Palace was kept tightly closed, and the queen did not dare to go in.

disturb.

The imperial meeting in the Qianqing Palace lasted for more than two hours, and did not end until Youshi. The emperor sat in the meeting for a day, and his back was sore. As soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, without finishing a cup of hot tea, a young eunuch came in and said : "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and the Queen are asking for an audience outside the palace!"

When Zhengtong heard that the prince had rushed back from Tongzhou, he was very dissatisfied: "Let them come in!"

The queen and the prince entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace tremblingly, and saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, sinking like water. They knelt down together to greet the emperor: "I, my concubine/son, meet the emperor!"

The emperor did not cry out, he just placed the tea cup heavily on the table and asked in a cold voice: "Prince, who asked you to leave Tongzhou without permission?"

When the prince saw this posture, he knew it was not good and quickly shouted: "Father, my son..."

The emperor did not give him a chance and interrupted: "Did you know that the traitor chief Zuo Yan has divided his troops into two groups to launch an offensive in the direction of Xuan Datong, and Datong General Lin Hao has died on the battlefield!" His eyes were full of disappointment!

Ye Minshu raised his head, his face full of shock, and he knew in an instant that he had really made the mistake of coming back this time. "Father, I don't know that the battle situation on the front line has become so critical. I just heard that my father imprisoned my uncle." …”

The prince was only halfway through what he said when a teacup broke beside him, and the remaining tea splashed all over him: "Evil son! I entrusted you with such an important matter as supervising the transportation of grain and grass, but you did it for a useless person. I am a rebellious minister who has no king, and abandoned my important affairs and came back at night to plead for mercy. Do you still have the country and the country in your heart? How did you become the prince?"

These words were too serious. The prince kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Father, please calm down. It's all because of your ignorance. Father, please calm down." The queen also supported her by saying, "Your Majesty, please calm down! This matter has nothing to do with the prince. Regarding the relationship, it’s all my concubines who are confused. If the emperor wants to punish me, he should punish me!”

The emperor looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, an old wife and the eldest son. Now that the enemy is approaching the city and the front line is in crisis, none of them can do anything to help him. They only know how to excuse their unsatisfactory brother (uncle). Thinking of the things revealed about Chen Xun in Gao Shi's memorial, the emperor became very angry. During the national mourning period, he not only had a house of concubines, but also stayed in the brothel and Chu Pavilion many times to sleep with flowers and willows.

You must know that in order to keep filial piety to the Queen Mother, the lustful Emperor has been a virgin for nearly a month.

The emperor growled lowly: "If you still want to be the prince, go back to Tongzhou immediately!"

The prince was already so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe. "My son, I obey!" He kowtowed again, and then crawled out of Qianqing Palace.

The queen had followed the emperor for many years and had never seen the emperor lose such a temper. At this time, she had long forgotten that the purpose of coming here was to plead for her brother. She knelt there and was at a loss. The emperor sighed and said: "You Go back too, I'm tired too!"

The prince and the queen went to Qianqing Palace to plead for mercy, but without saying a word, Concubine Xiao was scolded by the emperor. Soon it reached Concubine Xiao's ears. In Chengqian Palace, Concubine Xiao laughed heartily and greeted the guards. Ding Xiang, the eldest maid at her side, said: "These two fools, the queen and the prince, don't need us to induce them. They make stupid moves every step of the way. They really don't even wink at all. They send them to the emperor to scold him and make him tired. It only takes a few times." The prince will surely lose his Sacred Heart! The time for my son to ascend to the throne is not far away!"

Ding Xiang also said: "If it weren't for the protection of the Queen Mother, how could His Highness be so free today?"
Chapter completed!