The Child Emperor

King Qi was defeated, and the number of people implicated is increasing every day. Qi is the first to bear the brunt, and the most people are arrested. The imperial palace is also the hardest hit area, and it was the first to be affected. Spit out more names, and a few months later, the number of people in prison has reached 400. So far, none of them have been released.

No one knows how long this purge will last, let alone who will be the next prisoner.

"In the beginning, everyone thought it was normal. After all, the assassin had been hiding in the palace for several years, so they really should have a thorough investigation, but now everyone doesn't think so, and they all think... they all think..." Although Zhang Youcai was very courageous, he did not dare the words said.

"Do you think the Queen Mother has ulterior motives?" Han Ruzi continued for him.

"Well, there are more and more outsiders in the palace, like Zuo Ji, who is almost covering the sky with one hand, but he is just an ordinary eunuch in Cishun Palace, not even a regular attendant." Zhang Youcai said angrily, he finally The person who hates is not the Queen Mother, but Zuo Ji.

"Jing Yao is an old man in the palace, and his status seems to be very stable." Han Ruzi often saw Jing Yao affixing the seal in a serious manner in the Palace of Qinzheng, and felt that he was very trusted by the Queen Mother.

"Because he arrests the most people." Zhang Youcai's voice was a little loud, and he shut up hastily. After listening for a while, he continued: "In order to keep his position, Jing Yao did everything he could to arrest people in the palace. Even his cronies who have been with him for many years will not let go, he said, 'You can only know if you are a traitor or a loyal person, and you will only know if you go to prison once or twice', but he himself never went to prison."

Han Ruzi turned to Tong Qing'e's approximate location, "The assassin is a eunuch, so is the court lady also implicated?"

"Ah?" Tong Qing'e sobbed in horror, "There is no distinction between eunuchs and maids in the palace, as long as you have had any relationship with Qiu Jizu and Shen Sanhua, even if you only said a few words, you will be arrested and interrogated. Zhang Youcai and I don't know how How long have you served His Majesty, I heard..."

"Go ahead, I'm not the queen mother." Han Ruzi encouraged.

"I heard that the queen mother will call eunuchs and maids from the palace garden outside, saying that they will not have bad intentions. We old people will be kicked out of the palace in the future and go to remote places to guard the tomb. Bury for Sidi." The more Tong Qing'e spoke, the more timid she became, her voice was as low as a mosquito.

Although the life in the palace is not very good, but no one is willing to leave. The burial is the real dead, and the tomb guard is the living dead. Even if they are transferred to the palace gardens in other places, they are similar to ordinary people being sent away. No matter how hard it is to get ahead day.

Han Ruzi felt that the Empress Dowager would not change all the people in the palace. This was most likely the eunuchs and maids who were frightened, but this kind of emotion was not harmful to him, so he said to Zhang Youcai: "Say Tell me what's going on with you 'hardships'."

In the darkness, only Zhang Youcai took a deep breath, "Originally, we both swore that we would never be outsiders—Your Majesty, forgive me, the outsiders I mean..."

"I understand, you can continue." Han Ruzi could understand that in the palace, the emperor and concubines were the masters, and they were also "outsiders" in the eyes of slaves.

"Please don't misunderstand, Your Majesty. We are not an organization. We don't even have a name, let alone ambition. It's just a group of people who help each other, share food, take care of people when they get sick, send news on important matters, and sometimes raise money to let us Someone is filial to his boss, and if he gets promoted because of this, he just needs to remember his former friends, we have a saying - once you get rich, don't forget your old acquaintances."

"'Once you are rich, don't forget your old acquaintances.'" Han Ruzi repeated, vaguely remembering something similar said by an old gentleman.

Tong Qing'e said in a low voice: "Zhang Youcai, you really can say everything, and you are not afraid of His Majesty's jokes."

Han Ruzi said seriously: "How can you be a joke? This is what I want to tell you, 'Once you are rich, don't forget the old knowledge', you are my old acquaintances."

Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e kowtowed under the bed, Han Ruzi suddenly remembered something, "Shen Sanhua confessed that the assassin Qiu Jizu once bribed him, and Qiu Jizu is also one of yours?"

"No, no, Qiu Jizu is not." Tong Qing'e denied it hastily, "Shen Sanhua is the real one. Qiu Jizu was richer when he entered the palace, and he is not the same as us poor people. Shen Sanhua is one of the people we pooled money to carry up. He didn't forget Our old friends usually take good care of us, but now he is in prison, and it is said that he is tortured every day."

"Are you worried that Shen Sanhua won't be able to hold on, and will confess you poor people?"

The two people under the bed kowtowed again, which was what they were most worried about. Tong Qing'e was more cautious at first, but Zhang Youcai said most of the things, and she no longer kept secrets, "We really have nothing but to contribute money to honor our boss. We have done it, and we often warn each other not to cause trouble. Even if someone is wronged, we will just go there to comfort and never help revenge. But this is the palace, and most of the bosses and eunuchs have backers, so we are not in the same way. , as for the Queen Mother..."

Tong Qing'e still didn't dare to continue, Zhang Youcai said: "The Empress Dowager doesn't understand the suffering of us people at all. Once she hears about us, she will definitely be furious and treat us as the assassin's party, but we really are not."

This group of eunuchs and maids are also desperate, otherwise they would not ask the puppet emperor.

Han Ruzi asked: "You...you should be called 'hard-fated people'."

Although Zhang Youcai was young, he reacted quickly, and immediately kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name."

Han Ruzi smiled, he didn't care about the hidden organization of the servants in the palace, but thought it was an excellent opportunity, "How many of you miserable people are there?"

"Probably... four to fifty people. These are people who know the basics. If you add friends of friends, the number will be even greater. There are four to five hundred people." Zhang Youcai replied.

"You 'know the basics' at such a young age?" Han Ruzi laughed. Zhang Youcai was about the same age as him, so he didn't look like a "big man".

"Actually, I'm not, I'm just a 'friend of a friend', until today..."

"I am." Tong Qing'e said, at this time, there is no need to hide anything.

"Who are you? I thought you, like me, only heard about it today." Zhang Youcai was startled.

"I am, when Zuo Ji chose the court lady to teach... the way of husband and wife, everyone pooled money to honor a eunuch in charge and recommended me to Zuo Ji. I thought I would be able to please Zuo Ji after I made meritorious service, but Your Majesty is not close to women. Zuo Ji accused me of being incompetent , I offended him instead."

Han Ruzi was dumbfounded, even sleeping with the emperor had to be bribed, he really didn't know whether to be proud or sad about it, "Four or fifty people should be enough, is there anyone among you who knows martial arts?"

"No, but some of us have a good relationship with the guards." Tong Qing'e said.

"Not friends of friends, just you guys." Han Ruzi didn't want to expand the scope.

"What does Your Majesty want us to do?" Zhang Youcai was very excited. He was just pulled into the inner circle of "hard-fated people" by his friends today, and he was already thinking about doing big things. "We are not afraid of death, we dare to do anything."

Han Ruzi smiled, he didn't dare to use a group of "hard-fated people" to make a palace change, it would not only harm them, but also himself, "It's better to live, I don't want to die, and I won't let you go Die, um..." An idea gradually came to his mind, "One day, this day may come soon, I will need your help, not a palace change, not a war, just go with me to a place where , I want to ascend the throne again and become a real emperor, when the time comes—'Once you are rich, don't forget the old knowledge'."

The two kowtowed again.

"We should agree on a secret code. As long as someone tells you the secret code, you should immediately find someone to meet me." Han Ruzi tried to make the plan as safe as possible.

"'Miserable People' is very good." Tong Qing'e said.

"Okay, that's it. I may not be the one who gave you the signal, but you believe it."

The emperor actually had other available people, which made Tong Qing'e and Zhang Youcai even happier, they kowtowed non-stop, and Han Ruzi persuaded him: "That's it, remember, what I'm going to ask you to do is a bit dangerous, but it won't kill people. I don't want to kill anyone in the palace, understand?"

"Understood." The two said in unison, Zhang Youcai was young after all, a little impatient, and said: "Your Majesty must be quick, we are scared every day, once Shen Sanhua lets go, we... can't do anything for Your Majesty. "

"Well, I'll do it as soon as possible." Han Ruzi couldn't guarantee the time, he couldn't decide the matter, he had to wait for the opportunity, and wait for the empress dowager and Luo Huanzhang to implement their plan.

Grand Tutor Cui Hong will definitely sneak back to the capital in secret. As soon as he arrives, Luo Huanzhang will come up with two imperial decrees to remove the official positions of the Grand Sima of the Southern Army and the General of the Palace, and hand them over to the Cui family. And the king of the East China Sea is in the palace and cooperates with the inside and outside.

Han Ruzi found that he still had a chance: Luo Huanzhang was the one who wrote the imperial decree, and the Cui family's rebellion must be under his banner. He only needs to escape the murder of the empress dowager and the king of the East China Sea on the day of the rebellion, and show up in time. In front of the ministers, everything is still his. The Cui family will never dare to kill the king in public. As for how to deal with the Cui family in the future, let's not think about it.

The problem is that he still doesn't know what methods the empress dowager and the king of the East China Sea will adopt.

Han Ruzi is not in a hurry to see the Queen Mother anymore, but is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of another person—Meng E is the person he needs most right now. He has a plan, and only Meng E can help realize it.

"Go to sleep." Han Ruzi said, his heart was no longer empty and uncertain.

In the middle of the night, none of the three people in the dormitory fell asleep, Zhang Youcai tossed and turned in excitement, Tong Qing'e was full of thoughts, Han Ruzi was always listening, looking forward to Meng'e's appearance.

Therefore, when the house was suddenly shaken and boomed in the middle of the night, they all sat up at once without feeling sleepy at all.

On the third day of July in the first year of Gongcheng, there was an earthquake in the capital. At that time, no one expected that its impact would be so great.

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