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Text Chapter 12 (38) The Troubles of Emperor Dongyuan

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    When Emperor Dongyuan returned to Xiyuan, it was not yet time to light the lamp.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from the Taizu period to Emperor Dongyuan's grandfather Ruizong, all used Yong'an Hall in Yanshou Palace as their living place.  However, this unwritten rule was broken by Emperor Wenzong, the father of Emperor Dongyuan.  Emperor Wenzong had an open-minded temperament and was fond of traveling. What he loved most in his life was traveling to beautiful mountains and rivers, but when he became emperor, he "unfortunately could no longer have to walk on high peaks and brave dangerous shoals."  With the restrictions set by his ancestors and the various obstructions from the ministers, he naturally could not be regarded as Li Daoyuan of the Great Zhao. His ambitions were unfulfilled and his ideals were disillusioned, so he made a desperate move and used up all the wealth accumulated by the previous emperors.  A large number of construction projects were carried out, and magnificent buildings were built everywhere, just so that they could have a place that could barely be regarded as "traveling" in their spare time.  The royal gardens and royal villas that are now dotted in beautiful places around Gyeonggi Province are almost all his works.  Today's Daqing Palace, the first garden in Da Nei, was built by him personally designing the layout and spending eight years supervising its construction.  He lived in Daqing Palace since the day it was completed and never left again until his death.  Although Emperor Wenzong built many gardens during his reign, he was still a good emperor in people's minds.  First of all, he spent money to repair the house and spend his own money on his own affairs. Who can blame him?  On the other hand, Emperor Wenzong believed that "pleasure alone is not as good as happiness for all"; he not only thought this, but also acted in this way.  The twenty or thirty gardens and villas he built, except those given to others, are all open to the world. People can not only go in and play, but also have gatherings and drinks there. For this reason, people will not blame them.  he.  Of course, this costs money, and it's expensive.  Who made Emperor Wenzong dig a big hole in the Tian family's wealth in order to build these mountain estates?  Third, during the fourteen years of Emperor Wenzong's reign, a total of five examinations of the Ministry of Rites were held. During the examinations, all these mountain estates provided free accommodation and food to candidates who came to Beijing to take the examinations. This attracted scholars all over the world.  There is no scholar in the world who does not say good things about him.  Therefore, when he died, this emperor who had never done anything earth-shattering in his life and who did not even bother to pay attention to serious memorials and official documents was unanimously honored by the officials as "Wen Zong" - this means that he has the world of latitude and longitude.  He has great talents, profound moral cultivation, he is studious and inquiring, kind and loving to the people, and he is kind to the people and courteous In short, he is a good emperor with countless beautiful qualities.

    In his later years, Emperor Wenzong used Daqing Palace as a living hall, which changed the rules that had been passed down for decades.  When Emperor Dongyuan came to the throne, Emperor Dongyuan, who liked lotus, changed the living hall to Wensi Hall beside Taiye Pool.

    As the name suggests, Wensi Palace must be a palace, but in fact it is not.  This is actually the layout of the front hall, back room, left and right corridors, but it is much more spacious than the main hall of ordinary people.  Emperor Dongyuan's temperament was relatively indifferent, and he liked simple things and disliked complicated things. The furnishings in the palace were relatively simple, and there were not many commendable things. Except for the nine screens that symbolized the emperor's identity, the red lacquer dragon chair, and the red lacquer case, there were other  What he has collected over the years are the calligraphy and paintings by famous artists and some of his more proud imperial brushes.  He was very accomplished in calligraphy and was recognized as the best regular script master in the world, but very few of his pen and ink were spread. He did not like to write inscriptions for others. Only occasionally when he was in a good mood, he would give one or two paintings to the court.  Important minister.

    Now, Emperor Dongyuan has bathed and changed clothes and is sitting in the side hall.

    He did not turn over the volume of "Book of Sui" on the desk. Instead, he stroked his beard and stared at the Zhushan Mountain in the corner in trance.  A few wisps of faint green smoke curl up from the hollow lattice of the lotus-shaped bronze furnace, twisting and twisting into a column, and then gradually disappearing; the side hall is filled with the elegant fragrance of lotus

    Feng Shiyi walked over quietly and put a cup of hot tea on the table.

    Emperor Dongyuan didn't speak, just glanced at the tea soup.

    Feng Shiyi, who had his head lowered, noticed his gaze passing over the tea soup purely based on his feelings, and immediately whispered: "I have tested it"

    Emperor Dongyuan¡¯s mouth couldn¡¯t help but twitch.  In fact, in his absence, he subconsciously paid attention to the sudden appearance of such things at hand. Who knew that he would hear such words!  For a moment, he felt that all the blood in his body was rushing to his head. The side hall, bookshelves, scrolls, scrolls everything in front of him became blurry. Even though there were dozens of large candles burning in the hall, he couldn't feel it.  There was not much light, but endless darkness surrounding him from all directions; even the familiar figure of Feng Shiyi, the eunuch who had been following him for nearly fifty years, became extremely strange.  The black and blue linen shirt worn by Feng Shiyi seemed to disappear into the darkness, leaving only a pair of skeleton-like claws with bulging veins and a pale face. In the gloomy mist, there were countless more  The vicious eyes looked at him fiercely

    In his daze, he seemed to hear someone calling him urgently:

      "Your Majesty! Your Majesty"

    With this call, those ghostly ghosts suddenly disappeared, and the eyes were bright again.

    ¡°I, where am I?¡± Emperor Dongyuan, who walked out of the nightmare, didn¡¯t realize where he was for a long time.  He reached out and touched his forehead. His cold hand was covered with cold sweat. It took him a long time to realize that he had fallen asleep and had a dream in his arms.

    "Your Majesty, this is the Wensi Palace." Feng Shixi reminded him in a low voice.  He lowered his head and moved his lips, but said nothing.  Da Nei is the most upright and pure place in the world, and the emperor is the most yang and strong body in the world. The dragon body of Emperor Dongyuan is healthy and has no signs of aging. It naturally wards off all evil spirits. How could he be invaded by evil spirits without knowing it?  Conceive of ghosts and nightmares?  There must be a villain at work!  But the matter was so serious that he did not dare to make unfounded guesses anyway, and could only observe in secret.  He didn't even dare to mention the matter of Nightmare Town!  He immediately made a decision, and within one or two days, under the pretext of cleaning up Taiye Lake, he first asked Emperor Dongyuan to move to Yong'an Palace, and then arranged for his confidants to carefully survey Taiye Lake and Wensi Palace.  Once again, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find those evil things and find that crazy guy!  As long as he can find out that person, no matter who it is, he will eat his flesh raw!

    Emperor Dongyuan was not as thoughtful as Feng Shiyi.  He is a person who reads the books of sages and does not care about the existence of human beings. Whether there are gods or ghosts, it does not matter to him whether they exist or not. He just needs to stay away from them; and he has also read some books such as "Lunheng" and "The Theory of Destruction of Gods".  Such miscellaneous books are also quite doubtful about the so-called theory of gods and ghosts.  He held the tea cup and hesitated for a moment.  Since the prince's death, he has asked Feng Shiyi to take on the important task of checking his diet - now the only person he can trust is this person!  In the end, he picked up the cup, took a sip, and asked casually: "Is there still no follow-up about the Taiyuan Hospital matter?"

    "No."

    Emperor Dongyuan frowned and let out a long sigh.  He thought again of his eldest son who died half a year ago.  The people still don't know that the cause of the prince's death was poisoning; but in the court, this is almost an open secret.  Now, the Ministry of Punishment, together with the guards of Yeting, have found out that the prince did not die suddenly due to poison, but that someone had been secretly poisoning the Ganquan Palace as early as four or five years ago. The prince's temperament has become moody in recent years.  In fact, it is caused by poisonous hair.  This is the scariest place!  What does it mean to poison someone for several years without anyone noticing?  This means that even he, the emperor, is not safe at all!  If this poison can enter the Ganquan Palace, it can naturally be sent into Da Nei and into his food!  Not only him, but also the important officials of the imperial court were also in danger, and they were also likely to be secretly poisoned Everyone has the fear of death. In this matter, he and the prime ministers had a rare agreement: investigate, must investigate  When the truth comes out, the person behind it must be found out!  The Ministry of Punishment included everyone from the officials to the eunuchs and maids to the ordinary people who delivered water and charcoal to all the people in Ganquan Palace, as well as all the doctors in the imperial hospital who had diagnosed the prince's condition and read the medical records, including some family members and acquaintances in the neighborhood.  All of them were secretly locked up and tortured. However, even though each of these people was tortured until they were inhuman form, no one has spoken yet.  The official document submitted by the Ministry of Punishment also mentioned many times that the vast majority of prisoners did not even know what happened

    He knew very well that the vast majority of these hundreds or thousands of people were innocent.  Sometimes when he calms down and thinks about the tragic experiences of those people, he will inevitably feel a sense of compassion.  But he immediately warned himself that he must not be soft-hearted about this matter!  The prince was poisoned and even died in his prime. This matter has shaken the foundation of the country. In front of the Chen family's Qianqiu foundation, not to mention hundreds of people, thousands or tens of thousands of people, so what?

    In addition to the prince's poisoning case that worried him, the matter of selecting a new crown prince also made him frown for a long time.

    Personally speaking, he is quite satisfied with the seventh son Chen Huang, and he has vaguely revealed this meaning in front of others.  But he didn't expect that this idea would attract strong opposition from so many people.  Needless to say, the sixth son, Chen Jin, and the others; although their voices were not loud and their reactions were not very violent, they never stopped making various small moves against Chen Huang behind his back.  Chen Jin contacted Yan Gu and brought Xiao Jian along with him. With the support of several important ministers in the court, his power suddenly expanded.  If Zhang Pu hadn't reached a tacit understanding with Chen Huang temporarily and pushed Yang Du to Chen Huang's side, maybe he, the emperor, would have had to change his tune now.  Just when he didn't know how to decide the ownership of Ganquan Palace, the clan made another voice. A group of princes and princes stood up and asked him not to arbitrarily appoint the owner of the East Palace before the details of the poisoning case were completely clear.  It seemed that the clan was complaining about the death of the prince.  But what about the facts?  It's hard to say who will be involved in the poisoning case in the end; no matter who is involvedIt is also very common; all his sons are possible, and some clans also have motives; and if this case really comes to the end, it will definitely be a scene where the perpetrator has no choice but to make false accusations or frame him randomly.  When it comes to exposing other people's secrets, should he investigate or not?  If he investigates, it will definitely be one big scandal after another; if he doesn't investigateif he doesn't investigate the clan, it's impossible to support him in selecting the crown prince.  He knew very well that the clan's intention was to perform Xiang Zhuang's sword dance on Pei Gong!  They were dissatisfied with neither Chen Huang nor Chen Jin, and they wanted to find someone who could speak for the clan.  He agreed with the clan's idea; but he was not optimistic about the prospect, so he could not support it.  Could it be that the "Liu Lingtai case" more than ten years ago had not taught him and the clan enough lessons?  At that time, he had to demote his favorite third son to the title of King of Luzhou, deprive two uncles and one brother of the title of king, and also deal with a large number of clan members involved in the case Nearly ten years have passed since the Liu Lingtai case.  It's been five years, but even now when he thinks about it, he can't help but feel a palpitation in his heart.  For him, that blow was too heavy.  He had to sadly admit that he did not have the courage to bear the same blow again.  Maybe, there are other ways

    Feng Shiyi bowed his waist and listened quietly to Emperor Dongyuan's breathing with bated breath.  He didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but he could tell from his breath that Emperor Dongyuan's mood was very unstable.

    He suddenly said: "Oh, look, I forgot something! Princess Nanyang is here."

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