Little Cardamom

Everyone in the palace is doomed to sleepless tonight, and Ming Tan didn't sleep well either.

In the early morning of the next day, Ming Tan pulled Jiang Xu and quietly left the palace when the palace gate opened. The palace was in chaos, and she finally got herself out, she absolutely didn't want to get involved in it anymore.

A few days later, news came out from the palace that the concubine Jia had passed away.

The emperor decreed that the good concubine had meritorious service in giving birth to the emperor's heir, and that he was specially allowed to be buried with honor as a concubine.

She gave birth to a little prince, and before she left, she was promoted to a concubine, and she was buried with concubine lavishly. Naturally, the Du family was not dissatisfied, and even wanted to take advantage of this honor to find a job for her concubine brother in the Ministry of Rites. The Holy One didn't like this behavior, However, in order to compensate the Du family, he agreed.

When Ming Tan heard Jiang Xu say this, he felt very uncomfortable.

No matter how good the family background is, being sent to the palace is doomed to be just a **** in exchange for benefits. Now that the benefits are in hand, life and death seem to be less important to the family.

As for the little prince born to the concubine Jia, the emperor seemed to intend to record it under the name of Concubine Lan.

This is a good thing. Concubine Lan has always been cold-tempered and doesn't make friends with others. Raising a little prince can alleviate the loneliness in the palace. Moreover, the little prince has a high-ranking mother and concubine, so life in the palace will be much easier.

As the instigator of everything, Concubine Shu naturally had no good end. She was imprisoned in the Qiyun Palace first, and then a personal servant took the initiative to find her in the Queen's Palace, and confessed the despicable things she had done to other concubines and heirs over the years.

Don't look at Concubine Shu who doesn't fight or snatch, and is used to showing others a gentle and virtuous appearance, most of the big and small things that happen in the palace these years are actually written by her.

The queen checked them one by one and presented the report. The more Cheng Kangdi listened, the more gloomy his face became. He never knew that the person next to him who was always kind and kind could be so vicious!

Originally, he was thinking about his past love, and only planned to demote her into a beauty and put her in the cold palace, but now it seems that just doing this is too cheap for her.

"This poisonous woman, ten thousand deaths will not be a pity!" Emperor Chengkang slapped the table and got up, "Come here, pass the decree, Concubine Shu killed the concubines, murdered the emperor's heir, disrupted the harem, and did a lot of evil! From now on, the title will be taken away, demoted to a commoner, and bestowed upon you!" A piece of white silk, to forgive my own sins!"

Concubine Shu seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, when the white silk gift arrived, she retreated to the left and right very calmly.

Half a moment later, there was the sound of a stool falling to the ground in the room, and the servant opened the door again to enter. She closed her eyes and was out of breath.

Concubine Shu was given death, and her father and brother, who had been healthy because of her pregnancy earlier, naturally could not escape the responsibility. Those on the list of bribes were investigated one by one, especially her father and brother were the most guilty of crimes. Return to Beijing.

At the end of the matter here, after seeing the emperor's wrath, the palace finally calmed down, the concubines followed the rules and kept their duty, and even encounters and invitations for pets had not happened for a long time.

When the palace is quiet, life is safe outside the palace. Ming Tan is happy that he doesn't have to enter the palace for many days. He has nothing to do, and embroiders the dowry with Zhou Jingwan.

This first month, Zhou Jingwan and Lu Ting's marriage is about to be put on the agenda.

It stands to reason that men and women should not see each other before they get married, but Lu Tinghai is not a fastidious person, so he went to Zhou Mansion three times to pay New Year's greetings during the first month.

Zhou Jingwan had no choice but to pretend to have met him by chance in the mansion, lest he would have to come back four or five times if he couldn't see anyone, and when it got out, it would be ridiculous.

Hearing Zhou Jingwan's complaints, Bai Minmin straightened the silk thread for them, and joked: "Don't get cheap and act like a good boy, who doesn't know that Lu Dianshuai searched through Jingzhong Study Bookstore in order to marry Zhou's talented woman, what kind of ancient books and paintings? I bought them all back, even the treasures of the store.”

Ming Tan did not forget to sing and tease: "It's not just the study and bookstore in Beijing, even the library in the palace was robbed by Marshal Lu. The last time he entered the palace, the emperor told my husband...that's what he said, cough cough !"

She stopped the needle and cleared her throat, and imitated Cheng Kangdi's tone: "This Lu Ting is really impolite. I asked him to go to the library to pick whatever he wanted. He really picked it up. It's not enough to pick it by himself. Which servants are rarer!"

"Is this really the case?"

"It's still fake."

"I can't do it, I'm so ridiculous, why is Lu Dianshuai so funny!" Bai Minmin held her stomach and laughed non-stop.

Ming Tan also covered his lips, and laughed along with her.

In fact, her imitation was not exaggerated, but she also omitted the most important sentence.

Cheng Kangdi was overwhelmed at the time, and looked at Jiang Xu hesitantly: "He didn't learn this from you, did he?"

She was listening on the sidelines at the time, and was so ashamed that she almost found a crack in the ground to slip in.

Zhou Jingwan was already thin-skinned, but now her cheeks were flushed by the two people's words, and she was so ashamed that she almost found a way to slip in.

She was ashamed and annoyed, she didn't know what to think, suddenly she started to speak softly, and shifted the topic to Bai Minmin: "You still have time to criticize me, you can't even embroider a handkerchief, what will the Empress think of you in the future!"

"It's not that I want to marry the empress, besides, the empress said that she just likes me to be cheerful and lively, isn't that great?" Bai Minmin said boldly, "and Zhang Huaiyu, why should I embroider a handkerchief for him!"

Zhou Jingwan kept looking at her, but when she heard this, she suddenly smiled, and her tone suddenly became teasing: "Look, who keeps saying that Mr. Zhang is not as good-looking as Mr. Shu Er, and that he doesn't want to marry Mr. Zhang? Even the empress would like it?" Like, whether to embroider a handkerchief for Shizi Zhang have been considered, it can be seen that a certain person really has a different heart!"

Bai Minmin paused for a moment, only then did he realize that he had been tricked.

She put down the silk thread in her hand, and scratched Zhou Jingwan's tender neck: "Okay, Zhou Jingwan, you're not married yet, so how can you talk like that? That guy Lu Ting must have spoiled you!"

Zhou Jingwan was afraid of being scratched, but she knew that Bai Minmin was also afraid of being scratched, so she quickly stretched out her hand to fight back.

Ming Tan happily watched the two of them scratching each other, helping Bai Minmin and echoing Zhou Jingwan from time to time. The provocation was in full swing, the two of them reacted for some reason, and suddenly pointed the finger at her, brought up the embarrassing things she did before they got married, and even started to scratch her together, she did it herself, and she was scratched I have to apologize repeatedly.

After the 15th day, the first month will soon be out.

Although the affairs in the palace had calmed down, it was not a good sign after all that there was blood in the Shangyuan Palace.

As soon as the first month came out, Qin Tianjian Jianzheng urgently reported the astrology to Emperor Chengkang, saying that he was watching the stars recently, and the stars in the south changed frequently.

The prisoner bowed and reminded: "Your Majesty, Changxing's twenty-eight mansions are the image of the king, and the stars are the image of the people. If the stars fall, I am afraid that the people will lose their homes."

south.

Cheng Kangdi frowned and thought.

But before he could figure out why, there was news from Yuzhou that Taoist priests from Chuan had been haunting the Yuxi area recently. God, woe."

This Yinchuan Taoist, like Master Yunyan, was a capable person in Gaozong's period. Gaozong once said that he "knowledges people without worrying about others, and can know things in advance".

He traveled all over the world and lived in seclusion for many years. Since the death of Emperor Gaozong, he has never made a prophecy. Even if Emperor Chengkang didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he had to pay more attention to this prophecy.

That night, Emperor Chengkang urgently called Jiang Xu into the palace.

Jiang Xudao: "The Taoists of Yinchuan are not my juniors. During Gaozong's time, he predicted the embankment of the E river, the plague of locusts in Chongxian County, and the entry of southern barbarians."

Cheng Kangdi nodded solemnly: "That's why I came here for you."

Jiang Xu walked to the imperial case and stood shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Chengkang. He picked up a pen and wrote a slightly complicated "`" on the paper. After that, the two were silent for a long time.

Wu Yiyu is a god, which refers to '(spirit).

Emperor Chengkang had heard Qin Tianjian talk about the south before, and he was still wondering if something would happen to Tonggang just as the port was opening, but now he realized something was going to happen after closing the prophecy of Taoist Yinchuan, Xu Shiling State.

"The Sea Dragon King was born, what do you think should be explained?" Cheng Kangdi asked again.

Jiang Xu's voice was calm: "The birth of the Sea Dragon King is nothing more than the rebellion of Lingzhou, the chaos of pirates, or Haiyi."

Judging from the current situation, unless Su's family lost his mind and felt that life was too comfortable, it was impossible to act rashly.

Pirate rebellion... Gaozong sometimes had it, but in the previous dynasty, Lingzhou Port was very prosperous, and the sea trade had gradually matured. Pirates were extremely rare. .

So if the sea overflows——

Emperor Chengkang was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "I would rather be rebelled by my family, or invaded by pirates."

The disaster of Haiyi stretches for thousands of miles, especially in a place like Lingzhou, where millions of people will be killed and injured, people will be displaced, disasters will occur frequently, and chaos will inevitably arise.

"What does Shoukang Palace say?" Jiang Xu asked.

Emperor Chengkang was silent for a moment before answering: "I asked Qin Tianjian to go to Shoukang Palace, and I also sent someone to send the prophecy of Taoist Yinchuan to Shoukang Palace. There are only four words in Shoukang Palace, which is nonsense."

There has never been a precedent for Lingzhou's sea overflowing. Now if it is said that Lingzhou may be overflowing with seas, the Empress Dowager Su will not believe it. Even with the words of Taoist Yinchuan, she would probably only suspect that Emperor Cheng Kang had found this person out of the mountain, intending to force her to hand over Lingzhou Port with prophecy.

Take ten thousand steps back and say, even if you believe it, the Queen Mother Su will not do anything.

If the sea is about to overflow, Lingzhou will definitely close the port. Now the volume of Lingzhou's maritime trade entering and exiting in a day, if it is closed for a day, the loss will be immeasurable. And let the people of Lingzhou evacuate... Lingzhou is not a small place, the people of Hezhou evacuated, where did they evacuate from, and where did they evacuate? What about the hostel?

There are too many things involved here, and it will affect her whole body. She can only choose not to believe it, and she can only pray. This is just a situation where Emperor Chengkang intends to regain Lingzhou.

In fact, the result is conceivable, but Jiang Xu couldn't help being silent for a moment after hearing this.