The Child Emperor

Wang Meiren was taken away by the Queen Mother, and her whereabouts are unknown. Even after knowing the news, Han Ruzi did not immediately decide to act, but was more cautious, fearing that it would hurt her mother's life.

But the imperial concubine was right, the situation waited for no one, and she was even impatient with the emperor. What happened in the next two days finally made Han Ruzi decide to put all his eggs in one basket.

The first thing was the sudden disappearance of the little eunuch Liang An. He was one of the many box-holding eunuchs around the emperor. Do not leave the team.But this morning he didn't follow. When Han Ruzi entered the Lingyun Pavilion, he turned around and took a look. He didn't see the little eunuch at the prescribed position, and he was nowhere to be seen in the whole team.

From then on, Liang An never appeared again, and no one mentioned his name.

That evening, when Han Ruzi went back to Tai'an Palace to rest, he found that even his personal attendants Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e had disappeared, replaced by two completely strangers.

He asked casually, and after getting a perfunctory answer, he didn't ask any more. He already understood one thing: unsecured care is more harmful, and it is difficult for him to protect himself. The more he cares about someone, the more unlucky he is.

From this, he learned that Zuo Ji had made a move.

Zuo Ji's allegiance was not reliable at all. After being honest for a few days, he found that the emperor was not as prepared as he imagined, so he took action, first to get rid of the "criminal evidence" Liang An, and then track down the person who informed the emperor. For the time being, he did not suspect the empress dowager, but took away the attendant beside the emperor.

Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e knew nothing about the emperor's affairs, and Zuo Ji would take more drastic measures sooner or later.

After Han Ruzi made these inferences, he felt that he could not wait any longer, and would rather replace known dangers with unknown ones.

The imperial concubine and Luo Huanzhang are unknown dangers.

On June [-]th of the first year of Gongcheng, the third day after Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e were taken away, the drizzle continued from morning to night, and the emperor had a day off. While dictating.

The Empress Dowager is the younger sister of the Empress Dowager, and she will not receive any suspicion when she dismisses the attendants.

"I am young, flattering my great achievements..." The imperial concubine recited slowly, first humbled herself for the emperor, then recalled the great achievements of the three ancestors of Taizu, Liedi, and Wudi, and then sighed with emotion for Huandi and Sidi They collapsed one after another, and the writing changed, pointing out that the Great Chu court was controlled by traitors and was in danger. The emperor ordered his officials to protect him in the name of the ancestors of the Han family.

Han Ruzi guessed that it was Luo Huanzhang's writing style as soon as he heard it, and felt that it was too long, so he still wrote it down stroke by stroke.

Finally entering the substantive stage, the imperial concubine backtracked: "The commander-in-chief of the southern army is a vain official. He acts rebelliously and has mischievous intentions. He is not suitable to be in charge of the imperial army. He has a seal on him and is dismissed as a civilian." She stopped and pointed to the emperor's pen, "Please Your Majesty left four or five characters blank here, and then wrote, "I am an important minister, trusted by the late emperor, and I will serve as the Chief Sima of the Southern Army, and I will do things cheaply."

Han Ruzi wrote it down, put down his pen, raised his head and asked, "That means that the person who gets this imperial decree can make anyone the Grand Sima of the Southern Army?"

The empress dowager nodded.

"Don't I need to know who it is?" Han Ruzi didn't pick up his pen.

The Empress Dowager sighed softly and said, "Does Your Majesty understand the danger I'm in?"

"Of course, once the queen mother has a more suitable puppet, she will replace me, or even—kill me."

"But does Your Majesty understand how far the queen mother has gone?"

Han Ruzi shook his head, he knew his end, but he knew nothing about the Queen Mother's specific plan.

"The queen mother needs a younger puppet. It would be best if your majesty can give birth to a prince. If not, there will be the king of the East China Sea."

"King of the Eastern Sea?"

"The King of Donghai is also the son of Emperor Huan, so his son is naturally qualified to succeed."

Han Ruzi was speechless, it turned out that he was not the only puppet.

The imperial concubine continued: "Your Majesty knows that there is a post of internal living order in the palace."

"Hmm." Of course Han Ruzi knew that the Neil Living Order was a eunuch who came to record the emperor's husband and wife, but returned disappointed.

"If your majesty has the opportunity to see the internal living notes he wrote, you will see many bad things, and any one of them is enough to prove that your majesty is not suitable to be called emperor."

Han Ruzi's eyes widened, "Bad deeds? I didn't do anything..." He has indeed done some inappropriate things, but calling them "bad deeds" is really a false accusation.

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "It doesn't matter what your majesty has done. The pen is in the hands of the internal living order, and he only accepts the Queen Mother's will. The internal living notes are usually kept secret, but they will be handed over to the official historian regularly. This part will be recorded in the history of the country. In the book, when posterity reads it, they only know that His Majesty is a misbehaving emperor who was forced to be abolished by the Empress Dowager."

"Hey, I wish I could be abolished." If he couldn't be the real emperor, Han Ruzi hoped to return to his former life.

The Empress Dowager smiled more clearly, "Being abolished is just a way of saying, and none of the abolished emperors in the past dynasties can live long."

This is another practice, just like the imperial decree drawn up by the queen mother, which is lenient on the surface but harsh in reality, so someone will naturally kill the king for the queen mother.

"I understand all this, but I still want to know who are the ministers who support me outside."

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face slowly disappeared, "Your Majesty is in a death situation and has to save himself, but the ministers in the court take the initiative to go through fire and water. Once they are exposed, the crime will reach the nine clans, and they will bear even greater risks. They are willing to take risks for His Majesty, but they don't want to take risks." Taking unnecessary risks. Master Luo must do everything possible to protect them, and he didn't tell me which ministers were involved."

"That is to say, the success or failure of this matter depends on Luo Huanzhang alone, and I can only trust him."

"I trust Master Luo." The imperial concubine took two steps back, "This pen is held in the hands of His Majesty. It is up to His Majesty to decide whether to write it or not, and how to write it. If His Majesty doubts everyone, then no one is needed." help."

Han Ruzi picked up the pen again. The imperial concubine was right, he didn't have any more choices, but he still said: "I know the person who passed the note was not Zhang Yanghao."

The imperial concubine was slightly taken aback, "Zhang Yanghao... told His Majesty personally?"

Han Ruzi shook his head, "There are some things that don't need to be said, Luo Huanzhang won't hire someone like Zhang Yanghao, that's all."

"It's still the same sentence. This matter has a lot to do with it, and it is not necessarily certain. Your Majesty is deep in the inner palace. The less you know, the better."

Han Ruzi continued to write, but he was very disgusted with the phrase "the less you know, the better". If they didn't believe in the emperor's ability, why would they take the risk to save the emperor?

It was just a few lines of words to deprive Shangguanxu of his seal and give it to an unknown person, and then the empress dowager asked the emperor to write a large paragraph of high-sounding words, so that the really useful content only occupies a small paragraph in the middle of the imperial decree .

"You want to use this imperial decree to deceive Jing Yao?" Han Ruzi immediately understood the intention after writing it.

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really smart. It is impossible to steal the seal from Jingyao. I often help the Queen Mother handle government affairs in the Palace of Qinzheng. I will give Jingyao the seal of the prepared decree." , I hope to catch up with the time when there are many decrees, and include His Majesty's decree among them."

"Won't Jing Yao find out?" Han Ruzi was a little surprised, the idea of ​​the imperial concubine was very simple, but the risk was also great.

"Jing Yao's eyes are only on the seal, never on the content of the decree. If he really read it, I will be the first martyr who is loyal to His Majesty."

Han Ruzi had nothing to say, he was taking a risk, and the empress dowager took a greater risk.

Maybe I was too suspicious, maybe there are people in this world who are dedicated to benevolence and righteousness without asking for anything in return, Han Ruzi thought of Liu Jie who died to protect the seal, and he became more confident.

The same imperial decree was written again, and the imperial concubine explained: "Just in case, Shangguanxu is very vigilant. If the secret edict is discovered, there is a backup."

Then the imperial concubine dictated the third imperial decree, the beginning and the end of which were almost unchanged, but the most critical middle paragraph was to remove Cui Hong from the posts of Tai Tuo and general, and ordered him to obey his orders.

There is also a fourth imperial decree, which this time removes the post of Zhonglang General in the inner court. Zhonglang will be in charge of commanding the palace guards. The replacement is to protect the safety of the emperor in time.

That's enough. The capital still has forces like the Northern Army and Xuncheng. There is no need to take them all. As for the officials in the court, as long as the emperor controls the army, they will come to pay homage.

After the imperial decree was written, the imperial concubine folded it carefully and put it away, ready to leave, "Teacher Cui Hong will return to Beijing soon, Your Majesty please wait for the good news."

Han Ruzi sat down on the edge of the bed, listening to the pattering rain outside, feeling empty in his heart, he really did it, and there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and the next thing was no longer under his control: Yes, he is really If the emperor can bring his mother to his side; if he fails, he will be a "bad emperor" and will be recorded in the history of the country.

"Emperor..." Han Ruzi muttered to himself, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind: the hall is gloomy, the red pillars are so high that the top can hardly be seen, and the sun that accidentally shines in has lost its vigor, leaving only the obsequious and fearful Destroying the solemn atmosphere here, the old emperor with a blurred face sat on a high throne, thinking that there was no one around, and said in a lonely voice: "I am a lonely family."

The emperor is always lonely, so is the puppet, and Mingjun is no exception. Even as great as Emperor Wu, he cannot escape the shroud of loneliness.

Han Ruzi couldn't tell whether this picture was his own imagination or something real, he sat there, feeling empty and his heart was gradually filled with something, he thought, he can't just wait, the Queen Mother is taking risks, the Queen Mother The concubine is taking risks, Luo Huanzhang is taking risks, and those ministers who don't know who are also taking risks, how can the emperor "wait for good news" here?

The door opened, and the eunuch Zhang Youcai and maid Tong Qing'e came in, standing in front of the emperor tremblingly with wounds and tears on their faces.

Zuo Ji changed his mind again, and he was demonstrating to the emperor.

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