Chapter 14 Assassination in the Cold Palace
Wu Wang, who has been away from Beijing for three years, is going back to the palace to face the saint.
Half a year ago, King Wu achieved great victory in Suzhou, with 100,000 enemies against 200,000 Khanates, a complete victory, and quickly wiped out the remaining Khanate forces in Suzhou.
Suzhou's three-year recovery battle has finally come to an end.
After regaining Suzhou, King Wu once entered the grassland, but the army line was too long, the supply was not enough, and the opponent retreated while fighting, so King Wu could only return in vain in the grassland.
The failure of the counterattack on the grassland did not reduce Wu Wanghao's momentum, and his achievements in regaining Suzhou were indelible.
King Wu is already on his way back to Beijing, and in half a month, he will officially enter Beijing.
When the news of King Wu's return reached the Leng Palace, Li Qing just saw off Zhang Yong who applied to leave the palace.
"Yongzi take care, don't get your head picked off by snitches, lest I go out of the palace in the future and find no one to chat with." Li Qing teased.
"Don't worry, I have to live until the day you leave the palace. I plan to dig a hole in the bedroom, sleep in the hole at night, put the money outside, and no one will try to pick off my head." Zhang Yong said with a serious face.
"Hahaha." Everyone else laughed.
Zhang Yong will take over the brine shop left by Wang Li and continue to operate it.
After Zhang Yong left the palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs transferred a new **** to replace Zhang Yong.
Now it is the 32nd year of Taikang, the third day of September.
The oldest person in the cold palace is the 49-year-old Zhang Bai, and Li Qingnji is fourth.
In the past few years, two eunuchs in the cold palace died of illness.
Before entering the cold palace, the eunuchs of the cold palace suffered more or less, their bodies suffered from many diseases, and few lived long.
Gong Yue, the little **** back then, is also thirty-one. Everyone is getting old, and the cold palace is constantly being replaced.
It was the concubines who had been in the cold palace more quickly, and they died one after another. The concubine who has stayed in the cold palace for the longest time is still Concubine Qi.
This afternoon.
"King Wu will return, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the palace." Zhang Bai sighed leisurely in the duty room of Lenggong.
"Yes, in the past two years, the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager have maintained a balance. Although the Empress Dowager still controls the situation in the court, the Holy Majesty can still receive some courtiers normally. When King Wu returns, this balance will eventually be broken. It depends on which side the King Wu supports. .” Gong Yue spat out the melon shell, thoughtfully.
"I don't think King Wu may support the Holy Majesty. As the eldest son of the emperor, King Wu has been lovingly trained by the Empress Dowager and raised by Concubine Lu. It is inevitable that he will inherit the throne in the future. King Wu himself is close to the Queen Mother. As long as he stays still and is patient." If you wait, you can get the most benefits." said the little eunuch.
"Yes, when King Wu was crowned king at the age of six, it was the Empress Dowager who took the lead." A **** agreed.
"No, King Wu will definitely support His Majesty!" Wei Yang walked into the duty room from the outside and said firmly.
Gong Yue and the others saw Li Qing behind Wei Yang, and immediately stopped talking about state affairs and started bragging instead.
Looking at the crowd, Li Qing shook his head: "You guys, I don't know what to say. Talking about the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager so recklessly, if people listen to it, it would be no exaggeration to confiscate the family and destroy the entire family."
Zhang Bai responded with a smile: "In a remote place like the Leng Palace, where the palace gates are usually closed, who will come?"
Li Qing was noncommittal.
…
That night.
The moon is dark and the stars are sparse, and everything is silent.
Near the Lenggong, it was quieter than before.
The eunuchs on patrol disappeared, and the lights in the corridors were not lit by the eunuchs on duty.
Two ghostly and thin figures, sneaking all the way, crossed the wall and came outside the cold palace.
The two figures looked at each other, and then jumped over the palace wall into the cold palace.
At the same moment, in the dormitory of the **** in the cold palace, four eyes opened at the same time.
It was Li Qing and Wei Yang who woke up.
Wei Yang stood up, met Li Qing's eyes, and said in ventriloquism: "Master Li has no desires, so there is no need to move. I am enough tonight."
As he spoke, Wei Yang jumped out of the window holding his sword.
Li Qing naturally wouldn't move, he could only hope: "I hope Wei Yang and Concubine Qi are fine tonight."
From the news that King Wu was about to return, Li Qing guessed that there might be an assassin assassinating Concubine Qi.
He also wanted to escape disaster for a few days, but there was nowhere to go for a while, and the only place to avoid disaster was the dining room in the cold palace.
While Wang Li was alive, the brine and banknotes he sent were also in the hands of Eunuch Zhao.
I just thought, the assassin came so fast, the first night.
The assassins were probably sent by Lu Guifei's family.
Only when Concubine Qi is dead can King Wu regard Concubine Lu Gui as his only mother.
If Wei Yang saves Concubine Qi, he wonders if he can bring down Concubine Lu this time...
What made Li Qing curious was that Wei Yang used ventriloquism this time, and ventriloquism was the secret method of Concubine Li back then. Wei Yang obtained the secret method of Concubine Li's ventriloquism, and perhaps also obtained another method of concubine Li to improve his bones.
That exercise seems to be called the Twelve Golden Needle Acupuncture Method...
Wei Yang raised the root bone twice, no wonder the speed of practice is so fast.
Wei Yang is now stronger than Li Qing, much stronger.
Li Qing has mastered the nine principles, and he is considered a second-rate expert. As for Wei Yang, he may be first-rate...
However, no matter how fast Wei Yang cultivates, Li Qing will catch up one day.
There was no sound of fighting in the cold palace, nor did Wei Yang return.
Li Qing stayed up all night.
At daybreak, Li Qing followed the steps of the eunuchs and saw Wei Yang in front of Binghai's wing.
Wei Yang was covered in blood, standing in front of the wing holding a sword, two huge heads rolled to the ground.
Concubine Qi is still sleeping, maybe she doesn't know about the assassination.
Seeing the head, Zhang Bai jumped up in fright: "There are assassins, there are assassins!"
The other eunuchs also hurriedly sent messages outside the palace.
For a while, the cold palace was in chaos.
soon.
Hearing the news, Director Gu rushed over, accompanied by a chief **** from Shangwujian.
The assassin was killed by Wei Yang alone, Li Qing and others were not questioned, and the chief **** questioned Wei Yang alone.
The follow-up matter has nothing to do with Li Qing, only news came out—
The two assassins who assassinated Concubine Qi were eunuchs in Concubine Lu's palace.
However, Concubine Lu Gui insisted that the assassin was not appointed by her. In the end, after the mediation of all parties, it was determined that the assassination was arranged by Concubine Lu Guifei and the **** in charge privately, and had nothing to do with Concubine Lu Guigui. Concubine Lu Gui was ordered to close the palace to worship the Buddha for half a year because of lax governance, and not to see outsiders.
As for Concubine Qi, she was able to move out of the cold palace because of the assassination case, and Wei Yang followed Concubine Qi out of the cold palace, and stayed with her.
Because of his meritorious service in protecting Concubine Qi, Wei Yang was promoted to be the eighth-rank **** leading the class, and also became a martial arts supervisor.
"Little Weizi is out of character. Our Lenggong has finally stepped out of a remarkable figure. When King Wu returns, we will reward Xiaoweizi separately!" Zhang Bai lamented, his face full of envy.
"Master Li, if you fight, today's opportunity is yours." Gong Yue said thoughtfully.
"The highest kindness is like water, water benefits all things without competition."
Li Qing replied lightly.
Afterwards, the more Li Qing thought about it, the more wrong he became.
In this assassination, no one was killed, so how did Concubine Qi get the benefits.
Lenggong has two eunuchs who practice martial arts. If Concubine Lu Gui sent someone to assassinate them, in order to prevent being interfered by the martial arts eunuchs, the person to be dispatched should be at least first-class or extremely powerful, but the two assassins are only second-rate.
Besides, King Wu, after King Wu took charge of the army, wouldn't he consider the safety of Concubine Qi? No matter what, they had to secretly send someone to protect Concubine Qi.
Concubine Qi, it's really not that easy to assassinate.
Moreover, if Concubine Lu Gui assassinated Concubine Qi, it might not be a good thing. This would be equivalent to completely tearing face off with King Wu.
Originally, Li Qing also took it for granted that the assassin was sent by Concubine Lu Gui, but now it seems that it is more like a self-directed and acted by the Holy One.
Only in this way, Sheng Shang can completely pull King Wu into his camp.
As we all know, King Wu is close to his biological mother, Concubine Qi.
"Looking at it this way, when King Wu returns, he will support Emperor Taikang because of Concubine Qi's assassination. Taikang Emperor may be able to get rid of his puppet status, and the situation in the palace will change drastically."
"Conspiracies and tricks, demons and monsters, and what do you want him to do."
"When time passes, I will always see the truth in the fog..."
(end of this chapter)