Detective in the Red Chamber

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

King Zhongshun exerted strength in his hands, shaking the old eunuch Hao's head tremblingly: "When will this king be short of his medicine, let alone take it, you?"

Suddenly, his body froze, and he let the old eunuch slump on the ground in a daze, then slowly turned his head and looked at the Supreme Emperor.

"It's you?! It's you, right?!"

He pointed at his father tremblingly, gritted his teeth and said, "You never thought about helping me ascend to the throne, you just wanted to use me, right?!"

"shut up."

The Supreme Emperor scolded.

But in such a situation, how can this mild scolding calm down King Zhongshun's anger?

He still pointed and said with a wry smile: "I should have figured it out a long time ago. How can a four or five-year-old child be easy to manipulate an unfavored son? You wanted me to bear the charge of regicide from the very beginning. Then it is logical to listen to the government behind the curtain, and when the child grows up, you will probably have died of life, so you just return the government to him, and you will be a beauty who does not love power."

"enough!"

The Supreme Emperor raised his volume, stared at King Zhongshun and said word by word: "Fourth, I gave you a chance, but you"

As he spoke, he shook his head, and lightly waved his sleeves: "Retire, for the sake of father and son's love, I will protect your life and continue to be an idler, you can't sit still, you are more Can't sit well."

After finishing speaking, without looking at King Zhongshun who was being dragged away, he beckoned a few eunuchs, and ordered: "Draft an edict, order the cabinet scholars, the six ministers, the nine ministers of the six departments, and the commanders of the soldiers and horses of the five cities to enter the palace for discussion."

"Order the inspection department to send more people to support Dali Temple Shaoqing Sun Shaozong and tell him that the traitors and traitors who tried to usurp the throne have been captured by me, so there is no need to worry about changes in the palace, just look for the virtuous concubine and concubine Rong with all your heart."

After a pause, he added another sentence: "Tell him, I know that he has always been loyal, brave and diligent in the king's affairs, and he will be of great use in the future!"

Chapter 985 Cold

It was still in the pergola that was ventilated on all sides.

Sun Shaozong looked at the beggars in front of the city gate who were braving the heavy snow to receive hot steamed buns, and their expectations had already fallen to the bottom.

Now the snow outside the city has accumulated more than half an inch deep. Although it has not yet reached Chengdu, which is isolated from traffic, it is only a matter of time before it develops like this.

The beggars were already short of food and clothing. After searching for hours in this snowy day, they had basically reached their limit. If they were forced to continue to expand their search area, it would be forcing them to fight with their lives.

Not to mention whether they are willing or not, even if they are willing to risk their lives to gamble, how likely is it to find a hot air balloon in this heavy snow?

It seemed that this round was a bet lost after all.

But fortunately, all games are not lost yet!

Sun Shaozong withdrew his gaze and turned to look into the city. He didn't know how long he waited until he saw a group of more than a dozen riders approaching from far to near.

He subconsciously got up and walked outside the arbor, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Because the people who came were not what he expected, but more than [-] dragon guards, and a carriage crowded in the middle.

This is?

Under Sun Shaozong's suspicious gaze, the carriage approached unhurriedly, and then a white-haired old eunuch descended from it, and said in a sharp voice, "There is a decree!"

As he spoke, he held up the imperial decree with one hand and showed it to Sun Shaozong.

This is to signal him to kneel and listen to the reading, but in this situation, where would Sun Shaozong kneel if he didn't ask clearly?

At the moment, he just stood facing the wind, and said seriously: "I don't know where this will comes from."

The old eunuch didn't think he was disobedient, he held the imperial edict in both hands and cupped his hands in the direction of the imperial city: "Your Majesty has just made a big move, so the only one who can issue an edict is the Supreme Emperor."

Daxing?

The emperor is dead? !

Sun Shaozong was startled. Although he knew that King Zhongshun was rebelling, he never expected that King Zhongshun would kill the king so soon!

Right now, I am having a lot of fun outside, so King Zhongshun should keep the emperor as his last card and amulet just in case, just in case?

Why are you so hard-hearted?

"Sun Shaoqing doesn't need to worry too much."

The old eunuch said again at this time: "Fortunately, the Supreme Emperor is wise and sage, and noticed the changes in the palace in time. He has captured the rebellious officials and thieves and imprisoned them in Xiyuan."

Has King Zhongshun been captured? !

The plot changes so fast that even Sun Shaozong was a little absent-minded for a while.

Under the direction of the old eunuch, he knelt down and listened to the imperial decree in a daze, but he didn't remember much of the details, only that the Supreme Emperor asked him to continue to search for the whereabouts of Concubine Xiande and Concubine Rong, and ordered the inspection department to send additional manpower to assist.

It turned out that it was Concubine Xiande and Concubine Rong who escaped from the palace.

It wasn't until he held the imperial decree in his palm that Sun Shaozong gradually came to his senses, and at the same time made a rough guess about the twists and turns behind it.

To say that there is nothing tricky between the Supreme Emperor and King Zhongshun, Sun Shaozong would not believe it.

Most likely, King Zhongshun was plotted against this matter. He was just an idle prince, and he is very familiar with doing things like arrogance. It would be foolish to say that he could control the inside and outside of the palace by himself.

And the only one who can help him in this matter is the Supreme Emperor, but the Supreme Emperor does not really want to help him ascend the throne, but wants him to bear the charge of regicide.

In this way, the emperor was killed in a hurry, and he was unable to designate the heir to the throne, and failed to select the corresponding Minister Gu Ming. There was too much room for manipulation in the Supreme Emperor's Palace!

No wonder it is said that the Tian family has no flesh and blood. It is really hard to guard against the open swords and secret arrows between father and son.

But the Supreme Emperor is so cruel and merciless, but he has offended the Queen Mother before, if this

"Sun Shaoqing."

Seeing Sun Shaozong's complexion changed, the old eunuch comforted and said: "The Supreme Emperor knows that Shaoqing has always been loyal and brave, but he is diligent in the king's affairs. He once told the old slave that he will definitely use Shaoqing again in the future!"

As he said that, seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, "The Niu family was responsible for the case of Zhen Guo Gongfu, and Shao Qing just enforced the law impartially. "

It would be great if it could really be like this, but can the Supreme Emperor's promise be trusted?Don't wait for the court to stabilize at that time, what you are waiting for is not to reuse, but to settle accounts after autumn!

don't believe me

Does he have any way to stop the Supreme Emperor from taking power now?

King Zhongshun, who killed the king and rebelled, has been taken down. Even if Jia Yuanchun and Concubine Rong are found, they still cannot control the situation in the palace.

So even if you don't believe it, what can you do?

While dejected, Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know who will succeed Shao in the future?"

"This"

The old eunuch glanced at him, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not something we can ask."

But then, he suppressed his voice and said: "But it should be the grandson, Shaoqing has always been good to the prince, so it should be because of success?"

"It's natural!"

Sun Shaozong pretended to be overjoyed, and learned to bow his hands in the air: "This is enough to comfort the prince's spirit in heaven."

After finishing speaking, he showed embarrassment again: "Actually, because Sun was worried about the safety of the grandson, he specially sent someone to take the mother and son of the grandson to the house for temporary shelter, but he didn't know."

He originally arranged for Shen Lian to pick up the concubine and concubine Rong, intending that if Jia Yuanchun and concubine Rong could not be found, he would use the name of the grandson to call on the old part of the army to fight for the king.

But now that the situation has changed, this hole card has become an idle game, or even a bad move!

Because since the Supreme Emperor wants to listen to the government behind the curtain and regain power, he definitely doesn't want anyone to get too close to the little emperor

"This is wrong!"

The old eunuch was a little anxious when he heard the words, and hurriedly urged: "When the old slave came out, the Supreme Emperor had ordered someone to invite the grandson. Since the grandson is in Shaoqing's residence, I'm afraid he has to send it to the palace as soon as possible!"

"That's how it should be, that's how it should be, Mr. Sun will go back to the mansion and send the grandson into the palace!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly apologized and bid farewell to the old eunuch, got on his horse and galloped into the heavy snow.

The old grievances have not gone away, and new knots have been added.

Although the rebellion has been put down in the palace at this moment, his own crisis has not retreated, but has become more and more murderous!

If he is just a mediocre person, even a scholar is fine.

However, he is a well-known Wu Shuangquan, with great prestige in the army, not to mention being honored as Sun Shiwan. Recently, he has benefited scholars by spreading the law to the countryside, so he has a poor reputation among the ministers.

Now it's so easy, let the princess and the grandson agree to take refuge at their own homes

If Sun Shaozong were to be the Supreme Emperor, would he rest assured that such people would stay in the court, or even reuse him?

The answer is obviously no!

Galloping all the way, the coldness in Sun Shaozong's heart was actually a bit stronger than the snowstorm.

Chapter 986 XXX

Sun Shaozong braved the wind and snow to rush home, and saw that he had been taken over by the old divisions of the Patrol Battalion and Shenji Battalion, led by Lu Jianxing and Han Gang.

But there was no sign of Shen Lian inside.

After asking Lu Jianxing, I found out that after Shen Lian summoned everyone to the Prince's Mansion to pick up the grandson, he rushed to Zuo'anmen to report, but happened to be separated from Sun Shaozong.

"Sir, do you want me to send someone to bring him back?"

"No need."

Although it is meaningless to search for Concubine Xiande and Concubine Rong, it is also inappropriate for Zuoanmen to have no one to preside over it, so Sun Shaozong ordered: "You send someone to inform him, let him be in Zuoanmen Just stare."

After Lu Jianxing agreed, he asked about the grandson and concubine.

"The mother-in-law and grandson are all at the sister-in-law's place now."

Sister-in-law Zun naturally refers to Jia Yingchun. Although there are many women in Sun Shaozong's house, they are nothing more than concubines. If there are distinguished female guests in this house, they should naturally be received by the head of the house.

Instructing Lu Jianxing to prepare the carriage and set out to escort the grandson into the palace at any time, Sun Shaozong rushed to the courtyard of his sister-in-law in a hurry.

The mothers-in-law and maids in the backyard also knew that the wind outside was not right, so when they saw Sun Shaozong buried his head, they rushed in, and naturally no one who was not open-eyed dared to step forward to stop him.

All the way to the front of the hall without hindrance, Sun Shaozong stopped in his footsteps and called out loudly: "Sun Shaozong begs to see the grandson!"

The door almost swung open.

Xiuju couldn't help welcoming him into the door, and said repeatedly: "The second master is back, my wife and I were scared to death just now, almost"

Her little mouth didn't stop for a moment, but Sun Shaozong only listened to the beginning, and couldn't care about her anymore.

Because in the room, apart from the expected Jia Yingchun and the Crown Princess, there were actually two unexpected women, Concubine Xiande and Concubine Rong, on the main seat!

People searched for her thousands of times, but how could she be in her own mansion? !

"Why are the two ladies here?"

Without paying attention to salute, he blurted out a question first.

Concubine Rong sat on the right side with a cold face and did not respond, but the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun got up and said auspiciously, and solemnly said: "The two of us had no choice but to take refuge at Erlang's house, and I hope Erlang is no wonder."

After a pause, he added in doubt: "Could it be that Shen Qianhu hasn't reported it to Erlang yet?"

No wonder Shen Lian was in a hurry to go to Zuoanmen.

"Don't dare."

Sun Shaozong returned the gift in a panic, took advantage of the opportunity to take a good look at Jia Yuanchun, but saw that she was much smaller than a few years ago, and the only thing that grew against the trend was that she had been a mother after all.

But no matter how much it grows against the trend, it is still far behind Concubine Rong next to her.

Of course, none of this matters.

After Sun Shaozong returned the gift, he couldn't wait to ask questions: "As far as I know, the two ladies should have escaped from the city, but how could they?"

"Humph"

Before Jia Yuanchun could explain, Concubine Rong raised her chin from the side, exposing Shengxue's pale neck, and said triumphantly, "We escaped from the city naturally, but we only went around outside the city and then quietly Back to the capital!"

Jia Yuanchun further explained: "Originally, I planned to land in Tongzhou after leaving the city, and take a boat to the south to take refuge for a while. I didn't want to wait for a long time and there was only one cargo ship going north."

As he spoke, he glanced at Concubine Rong, and said helplessly, "I wanted to wait a little longer, but Concubine Rong couldn't stand the cold, so I had to do the opposite, and went back to the city via Dongbianmen Wharf to visit my relatives." I found it in Erlang's residence."

That's what happened.

This meant that King Zhongshun didn't dare to hunt them down blatantly, otherwise how could he let them sneak back into the city smoothly?

"Don't say these things are useless!"

Concubine Rong finally got up at this moment, pulled her chest that defies gravity, and said through gritted teeth: "Since you brought your grandson home, you obviously don't want to join forces with that traitor. Rescue Your Majesty?!"

"This"

Although it was not the right time, Sun Shaozong was inevitably distracted, and then smiled wryly: "I'm afraid it can't be done."