Chapter 273: Awakening (Part 1)

Jinling Royal Palace

It's the red sun rising

Although there is no warm sun in the deep winter, as soon as the sun comes out, the entire palace is covered with a faint golden color, sweeping away some of the night's haze.

The eunuch Gaozhi is an eighth-rank eunuch. He has an official position and can call himself a "subject". He walks quickly at this time.

When several palace maids and eunuchs along the way saw each other, they quickly bowed and avoided, "Eunuch Gao!"

By the way, there are very few eunuchs now, but the highest is only the fifth grade, and the eighth grade is already considered very high, so it is not uncommon to see the ceremony.

This situation seems normal, but it is very abnormal. In fact, the entire palace is in panic.

Many people have noticed the strange atmosphere in the palace these days.

Gao Chi nodded and entered the hall through the corridor. He saw guards on the door, corridor, and corridor, each wearing long swords and armored clothes, standing straight without looking squinting. He was silent all the way, and only the sound of boots echoed in the corridor, adding to the silence.

Although the guards guarded the inner palace, they usually only guarded a few designated routes in the inner palace. Now they are constantly patrolling the inner palace, each wearing armor and looking cold. This is a big deal.

Several concubines of low-grade grade found that their palace was guarded by guards. After asking, they realized that this was an imperial decree issued by the Queen Mother and the Queen, saying that thieves had entered the palace and wanted to protect their safety.

Not to mention whether they believe it or not, but this strict murderous aura has made many people lose their lust!

The Empress Dowager had more heavy troops, but it was not imprisoning the Empress Dowager's freedom, but just protecting the emperor.

The sons of the King of Chu were all taken to the Empress Dowager's palace and were personally taken care of by the Empress Dowager.

Gao Ji didn't dare to look at it and think about it, so he walked along a corridor.

The imperial study room had a faint fragrance floating inside. Not far away, there was a house. Song Xinyou was sitting on the soft collapse and resting. Several women were hanging their hands, not daring to make a sound.

These women are different from ordinary palace maids. They wear exquisite clothes and look like female officials of grade. Although there are these people, they are very quiet and almost suffocating.

Apart from this wall, a quiet debate came from time to time.

These voices did not make Song Xinyou open his eyes, it was the debate between the imperial doctor.

The brazier was burning vigorously, and the palace servants went over to add some charcoal from time to time. It was quite warm here. Song Xinyou frowned and the palace servants hurriedly pulled some of the quilts covered her.

At this time, a tiny sound of footsteps came from outside.

A female official walked in from outside after a moment, and soon walked to the front of the soft collapse.

"Shh! The empress finally fell asleep. Don't wake her up!" A female official whispered.

The female official hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Empress is not in good health?"

"The Queen is just tired and rests. There is no urgent matter. The Queen wakes up, it's not too late."

"Yeah, that's good."

Song Xinyou, who had been lying on her side, opened her eyes, swept over the people in front of her, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What's wrong? Help me get up."

Song Xinyou sat up, and the palace servant hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and at the same time leaned a soft pillow behind Song Xinyou.

"What's wrong with Concubine Jin?" Song Xinyou asked.

"Empress, Concubine Jin is better. Seeing that she had some meals, I rushed back. Concubine Jin also said that she was very grateful to the Queen for her concern." The female official said quickly.

Song Xinyou said, "Is that right? I'm sick, I'm really worried. Fortunately, Concubine Jin has nothing to do... Is there anything else?"

The female official said, "Yes, Concubine Jin said that the curse of the ban has been found out. It is indeed these monks who used the method to assassinate the king, but they all died due to the backlash from the secrets of heaven. As for the rest, I don't know."

After hearing this, Song Xinyou waved her hand, and the female official hurriedly stepped down respectfully.

Song Xinyou leaned on her face, her face pale.

In fact, Song Xinyou was quite healthy, but there was a sudden change. The King of Chu was the core of the entire Chu Dynasty. The imperial doctor was in a coma and had no choice but to do anything about him, which naturally made Song Xinyou very anxious.

Thinking of the possible situations, Song Xinyou asked: "Why is there any news from the cabinet?"

Several female officials looked at each other and went forward: "Not yet."

Song Xinyou frowned, feeling a little uneasy.

She was a little worried about the situation in the cabinet. Although the people appointed by the King were usually loyal and capable, the situation is different now.

Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still anymore and was about to send someone to ask, but she stopped.

At this time, another sound of footsteps sounded, and then Gao Chi stepped in quickly.

As soon as Gao Chi entered the hall, he saw Queen Song Xinyou, rushed to Song Xinyou, turned over and knelt down to salute.

"Empress, I'm back from the cabinet."

Song Xinyou looked at him, and although she was anxious, she said without expression on her face: "Tell me."

"No!" Gao Chi kowtowed.

"Empress, according to the cabinet, there are secret rumors in Jinling City. Although personal troops were sent to patrol the city, the situation is not very optimistic."

Gao Chi's words made Song Xinyou stunned. For a moment, she asked with a serious face: "What countermeasures do the cabinet have now?"

"I don't know that this is the national government. I have passed on a message and have usurped it, but the cabinet has a memorial." Gao Chi said, holding up a memorial.

There was a female official, and she immediately took it up. Song Xinyou turned over and took a look, and her face changed slightly.

Imperial City, Cabinet, Hall of Heroes

Thirty-six guards were divided into two rows and stood on the left and right side of the hall.

At this time, the cabinet also had personal guards stationed in, which was controlled by special circumstances.

Several cabinet ministers inside listened to the king of the Thirteenth Division report on the situation with serious expressions.

"Judgementally, the leak of rumors is not the internal and palaces of the various prefectures and palaces. Although there is no airtight wall in the world, the guards and the Thirteenth Division should not be a problem in a few days, and the clues have also followed some outside."

"We probably are the remnants of the evil monk."

When the cabinet minister heard this leak, he couldn't get rid of the monk, and the few of them looked cold.

"Didn't it mean there was no living at the scene?" Yu Zhao asked frowned.

"Yes, but since you dare to cast spells to assassinate the king, the so-called three saints all participated, so naturally there was no limit to this person. Seeing that the king had not appeared for several days, he was walking to spy on the situation." The king said through the door, and as soon as these words fell, the atmosphere became more and more serious.

"We still need to unify the caliber, so that the world cannot know that the king is unconscious. Our dynasty is newly established, and the situation is stable at the moment, but it will only take three years of internal governance. We face strong enemies outside, and for the sake of the people and the army, we cannot disclose it." Li Xian said.

"It really doesn't work. I can only ask the Queen Mother to issue an imperial edict to make the Empress's eldest son Wang Xing the crown prince, and he is the crown prince. Although the crown prince is still young, he is seven years old now. It only takes ten years to hold on." As the uncle of the clan, Wang Yan naturally has the right to say this, and only he is suitable to say it.

"Yes, I have to say that the king ascended the throne on the sixth day of the lunar calendar, was preparing to ascend the throne hall, bathed and changed his clothes to respect his ancestors, so he would not go out to the court to observe things before the throne ceremony." Zhang Youzhi added.

This principle is worth pondering, and there is a precedent for this matter.

The Chu officials had a clear division of labor and had a cabinet, which means that the monarch did not attend court for ten days and half a month, and his government affairs would not be delayed on weekdays. Whenever there was a major event, he would write a memorial and deliver it to the palace.

But this incident has attracted the attention of some people due to rumors.

A hutong in Jinling

On the third day of the Chinese New Year, firecrackers and fireworks were still ringing in the sky and the earth... Every family is celebrating the New Year, but there are already some people on the streets, and many children are playing.

At the end of the alley, there is a spacious yard with triple houses. At this time, several sycamore trees planted in the yard stretch out their bare branches, and the wind passes through the hall, making a "whimpering" sound.

It was still early at this time, and the door was closed inside. There was a man and a woman in a room in the yard, talking.

There was also a small banquet in this house.

The woman is in her twenties and is in her youth. She has a beautiful appearance and a faint blush. On her black bun, she has a golden hairpin forked. On her fair wrist, she is wearing a green jade bracelet, full of the charm of a young woman, and her eyebrows and eyes convey her feelings. She is drinking with the man sitting opposite her.

He smiled softly: "My master, what's wrong today? Why are you worried? Could it be that the side dishes I cook today are not suitable for my mouth?"

The man was about thirty years old, with a slightly yellow face, an ordinary appearance, not ugly. In his narrow eyes, there was a faint coldness. He looked like a businessman with some assets, and his clothes were all good. When the woman said that, he shook his head, put the cup on his lips, took a sip, and said, "It's just a bad thing, it has nothing to do with you. Drink, drink!"

The woman was just a concubine he bought here, and she wouldn't really tell the woman if she had anything to do. She just stayed here after a flirting, so she wouldn't mention it.

In the second half of the night, the man suddenly opened his eyes on the bed, just because the birds screamed a few times outside. The outsiders heard nothing differently, but he heard something strange.

Looking at the woman who was asleep, the man quietly got out of bed. After dressing neatly, he was worried and took out something. He shook under the woman's nose. The woman slept harder and he felt relieved. The man felt relieved and headed towards the isolation room.

The lights were already on in the room, but the light was very dim. An oil lamp shone quietly. There was already a businessman, middle-aged man, about forty years. The yellow-faced man went in and saluted: "Sir!"

"Get up!" the businessman said.

The yellow-faced man stood up and stood with his hands hanging down.

"Is there any news?" asked the middle-aged businessman.

"Yes, sir, there is a change in Jinling City. I'm afraid something happened to the King of Chu in the palace."

"What is the basis for this?" the middle-aged businessman asked with a serious expression.

"Sir, first of all, there is a rumor in the city that the King of Chu is unruly in governance and has been punished by God."

The middle-aged businessman frowned and said, "Do you believe this?"

Even if it is hostile, the middle-aged businessman does not think that Wang Hongyi is incompetent in politics. If he is considered to be incompetent in politics, other princes, especially the Hu people, are resentful and angry.

"I naturally don't believe this, but the patrols in the city are three times more than before, and the atmosphere is much more tense than before."

"The second is the little eunuch we sent. Although we don't have much time to enter the palace, there is always some news. Now, the palace gate has been closed in the past few days, and no news has come out of the palace. This is a strange thing in itself."

"And it is not surprising that the King of Chu did not appear from the 27th day of the lunar month, but in the past, the King of Chu would appear if he was diligent in political affairs."
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