The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant - Chapter 122

After many days, Chu Jinyao finally returned to Ciqing Palace. The palace people in Changhe Garden had been sent back first. When they heard the movement outside, they quickly greeted them: “Prince Concubine!”

Chu Jinyao still had the same clothes on her body. This gray cloth was incompatible with the palace. It was almost rude, but the people in the upper and lower palaces of Ciqing Palace did not dare to show the slightest strangeness.

If you dare to provoke the prince at such a juncture, you will be either blind or stupid, and you don’t want to live anymore.

Kikyo looked at Chu Jinyao in tears: “Princess, you are fine.”

The situation was critical yesterday. The fewer people Chu Jinyao took away, the better, so except for Dingxiang and Linglong, everyone else was left behind. But it’s safer to be left at this time. Changhe Garden is so big, where can’t hide individuals.

At that time, Chu Jinyao was just in case, but she had guessed it. General Hu was kidnapped in the name of protection. At that time, he learned that the crown prince was not there, so he immediately ordered to chase outside. Time toss these palace people. Now it is a blessing in misfortune. Chu Jinyao was shocked and not dangerous. Apart from some frights, there was nothing wrong with these maids.

No one is injured is the greatest good news. Seeing Chu Jinyao’s look tired, Linglong immediately said: “If you have anything to say, let the princess be bumpy all night, let the princess rest first.”

Chu Jinyao’s spirit is indeed not good. She hasn’t slept all night, and she has experienced so many changes. She tried her best to take advantage of the fear of Qin Yi outside. Now, once she returned to the familiar environment, she immediately couldn’t hold it anymore. The maidservants shut their mouths as soon as they saw them, carefully serving Chu Jinyao to bed. After Chu Jinyao took off her rough clothes, she didn’t even care about washing, so she fell into a deep sleep on her pillow.

She slept until the afternoon, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the golden glow on the bed, warm and peaceful, as if nothing had changed. Chu Jinyao moved a little, and the maid guarding outside heard the voice and quickly opened the curtain and came in: “Prince Concubine, are you awake?”

“When is it?”

“Unity time.”

“How long have I slept, my lord?”

“The Prince Palace came back in the afternoon. Seeing that the princess was still asleep, he asked the servants not to disturb the princess’s rest. Not long after that, he was called away by the father-in-law.”

Chu Jinyao nodded. Now that the entire imperial court is on the verge of collapse, there are naturally many places where Qin Yi needs to come forward. Chu Jinyao was helped by the maid to get up, exquisitely changed her clothes, and stood outside the bed grid and asked: “Prince Princess, The food keeps the small kitchen warm, do you want to use the food first?”

Chu Jinyao originally wanted to take a bath, but she thought that she hadn’t eaten all day, and it was not good for the child to take a bath at this time. Thinking of this, Chu Jinyao gave up the original idea, nodded and said: “Okay, let’s put the meal.”

While the palace people were setting meals outside, Chu Jinyao asked about other things: “How are elder sister and brother Lu?”

“The aunt’s grandmother just asked someone to send me a letter, saying that they are all well, so that the princess can raise her fetus with peace of mind. The Zhao family also sent the princess a warm tonic.

When Qin Yi took Chu Jinyao back to Beijing, he sent another team to send Chu Jinxian back to Zhao’s house. Now Chu Jinyao learned that Chu Jinxian and her son were also relieved, and there was no major problem. Don’t worry. Nodded.

It’s strange to say that Chu Jinyao was out of the palace for more than a month, and when she came back, she didn’t get used to it, as if life should be like this. When she was just married, she still felt that this place was depressed, and the red walls and green tiles of the Forbidden City were almost overwhelming.

Unconsciously, Chu Jinyao’s life has long been integrated into this magnificent palace, breathing is inseparable.

Chu Jinyao still doesn’t know how the outside world has changed during the time she slept. Regardless of the affairs of the government, Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian, the two sisters, are now completely famous in the capital.

In fact, when the prince brought the prince back to the palace, many people in the palace also secretly said that because the prince was wearing the wrong clothes. Later, the events of last night spread. People inside and outside the palace knew that the grandmother of the Zhao family took a risk to lead the chasing soldiers, and the princess was almost martyred to the country. Those with broken mouths shut up and didn’t dare to say anything.

Such a staunch and loyal behavior is that the most virtuous people do not dare to say anything. The deeds of the prince and her sister soon spread to the officials and officials in the capital. From the imperial imperial family to the military commander family of Xuanhe, everyone praised the sisters’ high justice. During the time when Chu Jinyao slept, their sisters The deeds of the two have been passed down for a long time, and they are about to be compiled into a new legend of wise women and martyrs.

Because Chu Jinxian led Chu Jinxian away from chasing soldiers yesterday, Qin Yi was very courteous to Chu Jinxian, and today he specially ordered the Zhao family to send a lot of rewards to the Zhao family, and even personally gave Chu Jinxian’s son Lu Ge. The child started to write. For Chu Jinxian’s care of Chu Jinyao in times of crisis, Qin Yi felt that they deserved the rewards.

But at this time, Chu Jinyao still stirred the clear soup in his hands ignorantly. These were specially prepared by the Imperial Dining Room. Chu Jinyao had just woke up and should not eat too greasy food. Chu Jinyao took a sip, moistened her throat, and asked, “Where does your Highness eat? What did he use for lunch?”

The palace man was embarrassed: “His Royal Highness was called away by his father-in-law before he had time to eat at noon.”

“How can this be done?” Chu Jinyao suddenly came to the fire, “I’m not in these days, you are just like this? Let him neglect to eat and drink. He blew in the cold wind all night yesterday, and now he has to talk to the old patrons. Discussing the political affairs, how can you survive without eating. Quickly order the small kitchen to prepare things that are easy to warm up, wrap them up and send them to the Wenhua Hall, and prepare more. I am afraid that the elders will not eat.”

The **** who delivered the refreshments walked cautiously to the Wenhua Hall. Before entering the hall, he heard the dispute inside. The eunuchs became more alert and almost stopped walking. As they slowly approached, the quarrel inside became obvious: “…The old minister tried his best to prevent your majesty from conquering himself. If it weren’t for the traitor Liu Gonggong to slander by your majesty, how could your majesty suffer such humiliation!”

This is no longer a question of humiliation. The emperor is full of confidence with a 300,000 army to conquer himself, and many capable officials and talented children in Beijing followed out, and even the imperial civil servants followed half of them. However, in the end, this result was lost. . The emperor was captured alive, the British prince and the minister of the country died in battle, Princess Runing, the young general of Ma Chai, died in battle, two marquis, five earls, household soldiers, three Shangshu, Xingbu Youshilang, Gongbu Youshilang, Zuo Shi Lang of the staff, as well as the Hanlin, Taichang Temple, the Inspectorate, and more than 20 civil servants below, and countless noble children, all died in the melee.

At this time, it doesn’t make sense to investigate whether he died in battle or suicide. The king was captured alive, and if the courtier came back alive, he would be infamy. It would be better to die on the battlefield, or to be a hero.

No one thought, how could the 300,000 elite army be defeated against the tens of thousands of warriors? Even if the command is improperly defeated, it is impossible to be so sloppy, and it will be defeated by a thousand miles before the fight has almost started.

All the elites of the Jingshi were lost in the Xuanfu, and the accumulation of the entire Dayan Dynasty for many years was ruined. Now the capital has to face a more serious problem. The Xuanfu battlefield is only two hundred miles away from the capital, and the rapid march will arrive in one day. Now the capital does not have the elite three armies to defend, relying only on some old and weak soldiers, how can it resist foreign enemies? The situation could even get worse. When the Wara soldiers approached the city in the coming days, the two armies faced each other, and the Wara people brought the emperor to the front. Will the Yan army attack or not?

Qin Yiguang had a headache thinking about these issues. The capital is now like a child with a wealth of money. The guards that once deterred foreign enemies were destroyed overnight. The current capital is no different from a city without any self-protection power, which can be slaughtered by others. Empty city.

But in this critical situation, the following courtiers were still thinking about quarreling and blaming each other. A good court was destroyed overnight, and no official could stand the impact. They were so angry that the more they yelled, the more excited they were, and some even cried with a headache. Cries seemed to be contagious. Qin Yi watched the well-dressed courtiers beat their chests and feet one by one and cried bitterly. He got more headaches and pressed his eyebrows intolerably.

Some people cried decently in spite of the courtiers, and the rest were irritable and warlike, and they became more excited at this moment. One person said: “The emperor had no intention of personally conquering him. I blamed the greedy villain, flattering and deceiving him, and coaxing his majesty to conquer himself. Now that the frontline command fails, their guilt is indispensable.”

There were a lot of voices of agreement. The first person to ask for the personal enlistment, Liu Gonggong, naturally became the target of the public. Liu Gonggong’s godson was picked up at some point. First, the first person went up and kicked to vent his anger, and more and more people behind. , Has gradually become completely out of control.

Qin Yi’s face was completely frozen, and they couldn’t hear anything at this time. The guards of the East Palace hurriedly protected Qin Yi from standing elsewhere to prevent the prince from being affected by this group of out-of-control officials. Qin Yi looked at the farce in front of him coldly and was furious, but he also knew that these civil servants were holding their breath in their hearts and would not let them vent their breath. No one could calm down and think about what to do next. For this reason, Qin Yi didn’t forcefully stop the indecent thing like a fight in front of the palace, but just stood on the side and endured it.

This disaster is simply inexplicable. If it is due to natural disasters and wars, even if it is a man-made disaster, the officials will feel better in their hearts, but it is because of this inexplicable reason, inexplicable defeat, and the overwhelming accumulation of many years, no one can accept it. .

In addition to Qin Yi, the people in the Zhenbei Houfu also stood far away. It is better to hide than to stand. They looked dodgy and didn’t even dare to make a sound, for fear that they would attract the attention of others and be angered together.

Gonggong Liu was the first person to persuade the emperor to personally conquer, but it was Empress Xiaoqi who really let the emperor make up his mind.

As the natal family of Empress Xiao Qi, Zhenbei Hou Mansion was as if sitting on pins and needles, and couldn’t stand it anymore.

It’s a pity that the Zhenbeihou Mansion tried to hide it, but the other courtiers were not so forgetful. The courtiers couldn’t wait to smash Grandpa Liu into thousands of pieces, how could they forget another “heritor” who gave him a hammer. But after all, the identities of the Zhenbei Houfu were different, and Empress Wenxiao also had the surname Qi. The courtiers were concerned about the prince’s face, so they did not act on the Zhenbei Houfu.

But as the saying goes, capital crimes can be avoided, and living crimes cannot escape. If Xiaoqi didn’t pay any price, it would look down upon the 300,000 elites who lost their lives innocently, and the century-old foundation of the entire Dayan Dynasty.

The courtiers were so excited that they all knelt on the ground and asked the prince to help Chaogang and punish the traitor. Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhenbeihou quickly stepped forward and asked himself to dismiss, but before he could finish his words, he was sipped by a courtier of the Inspectorate: “Zhenbeihou has such a great face. You can recover from a dismissal, then Xuanfu. Can the army of 300,000 people, and the two chiefs of the Inspectorate who died in battle, come back to life?”

Zhenbeihou looked stern and could no longer speak. Qin Yi knew in his heart that if he didn’t give a statement today, these mad officials would not give up.

Qin Yi’s heroic spirit was not worthy for his Dayan, and it was not enough for the poisonous woman Empress Xiaoqi to mutilate the harem, and now he even indirectly killed 300,000 sergeants. The lives of 300,000 people are not just talking about it.

Qin Yi paused and said: “The queen is arrogantly discussing state affairs, and in collaboration with Liu Dang, she has lost her virtues as a queen, and has no instrument in charge of the phoenix seal, and is in charge of the sixth palace. Make him live in Kunning Palace and think about it.”

Winning the seal of the phoenix means losing the power of the harem to govern the palace, and stopping the woman’s courtesy. It means that she can’t even maintain the ritual significance of the queen, this last layer of face. A Queen of the Central Palace who has been deprived of all internal affairs and diplomacy, except that she still has the title of a queen, is nothing different from an abolished queen.