001 The red pill case
On the first day of the September 1st of the first year of Taichang, around the hour of Yin.
The night has not yet dissipated and dawn has not yet arrived. The entire Forbidden City is still shrouded in the dark night, and the Ganqing Palace is even more sad.
At this time, the dying Emperor Taichang was lying on the dragon bed, as if he was about to die at any time. His pale face looked so cunning in the dim light that the several palace maids in front of the bed were so scared that they did not dare to come forward to feed the medicine.
They were really afraid that the emperor would suddenly die when he was feeding medicine. If that were the case, they would be dead.
The eunuchs on the side couldn't help but look gloomy when they saw their appearance, and snorted slightly.
The leading palace maid looked at him with horror on his face, and finally plucked up the courage, picked up the medicine bowl, bent down, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master, it's time to take medicine."
who I am?
Where am I?
Taichang opened his eyes in a daze, and a beautiful woman in ancient costume suddenly appeared in front of him.
"It's time to take medicine?"
Why does this scene look familiar?
Taichang was already in a trance at this moment, his soul wandered outside the sky, and his mind was a little bad.
Pan, Pan, Pan Jinlian?
"roll!"
I won’t be Wu Dalang!
He subconsciously raised his hand and knocked over the medicine bowl.
The extremely beautiful palace maid was so scared that she was as if she had epilepsy seizures. She was trembling all over and kowtowed hard on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
emperor?
Taichang stared at the palace maid on the ground in a daze, his mind was still filled with mud.
Am I the Emperor?
No!
I am an intern at Qingshan Mental Hospital. I just pressed a madman on the bed, why did I suddenly lie on the bed?
His mind was really messy, so he couldn't figure out who he was.
At this time, the eunuch in the hall bent over and shouted anxiously: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
What's wrong?
I, he, seems to have traveled through time!
Taichang felt like a schizophrenia patient. Sometimes he felt that he was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty Zhu Changluo, and sometimes he felt that he was Zhu Taichang, an intern at Qingshan Mental Hospital.
He was stunned for a while before he realized that he should be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, because he was in the Ming Dynasty Palace, lying on the dragon bed.
However, there was no trace of gratitude on his face. On the contrary, a hint of horror appeared in his eyes at this moment, because Zhu Taichang's memory had become history, and the records about their father and son in the history of the Ming Dynasty were roughly as follows:
Two red pills, Taichang returns to heaven.
Tianqi Chongzhen was powerless to turn the world back.
Immediately afterwards, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed!
True or fake?
Taichang really couldn't figure out whether he had just had an absurd and unruly dream, or whether he had traveled to the Ming Dynasty like the legends in later generations.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is whether the history of the Ming Dynasty was real in his mind.
Because, if it is true, today is his death day, and he will not even want to live to see the morning sun!
So, how do you determine whether the history of the Ming Dynasty in his mind is true?
He turned his head slowly and looked at the eunuch in front of him, with a strange look on his face.
The eunuch was named Wei Chao. He was originally the most favored eunuch under his great companion Wang An. Somehow, Wang An suddenly didn't like the Wei Chao.
After he ascended the throne, it turned out that the eunuchs in Ciqing Palace were basically promoted to the fifth rank, and Wang An even became the fourth rank Sili Supervisor as usual. The Wei Dynasty is only a sixth rank, and he is still doing the most tiring job of keeping a guard.
Why is this?
Originally, he knew nothing about the reason why the Wei Dynasty fell out of favor from Wang An. After all, after he ascended the throne, the state affairs were busy, so he had no time to pay attention to a small eunuch in charge.
However, at this moment he knew why the Wei Dynasty fell out of favor, because the Wei Dynasty's fallout was related to a very important figure in later history, Wei Zhongxian!
It was because of Wei Zhongxian's exclusion that Wei Chao lost Wang An's favor.
These things he remembers as emperors are not. If the events of the Wei Dynasty and Wei Zhongxian are true, it proves that the history of the Ming Dynasty in Zhu Taichang's memory is true!
Thinking of this, he raised his hand slightly to signal the palace maids who were taking medicine to retreat, and then he tried his best: "Wei Chao, Li Jinzhong used to call Wei Wanwu, right? He was you who recommended him to the palace?"
Many people in the palace know about this, and it’s nothing strange if the emperor knows it. Wei Chao quickly bowed respectfully and said, “Go back to the emperor, yes.”
Taichang then asked again: "You once had a meal with Keshi, right?"
ah!
When Wei Chao heard this, he couldn't help but tremble all over.
Many people in the palace also know about this, but everyone knows it in their hearts that it is best not to let the emperor know about this kind of thing, because they are in the turmoil of the harem!
Keshi is nothing more than that. She is just a wet nurse. It is unlikely that the emperor will favor her. If she is a beautiful palace maid, then that's all.
This kind of thing is terrible to think about it. If the emperor became sexually a little bitched and favored a palace maid, and found out that the palace maid had eaten with the eunuch, wouldn’t it be disgusting to the emperor to death!
Wei Chao hesitated for a moment, but still kowtowed hard on the ground and said, "I deserve to die, I dare not deceive the emperor, this is true."
If you eat with a wet nurse, you may not die. You will be dead if you deceive the king. Wei Chao is still quite honest, so he dare not deceive the king.
Unexpectedly, Taichang not only wasn't angry, but instead said curiously: "I heard that the stokes are following Li Jinzhong now. Is that true?"
Many people in this palace also know that Wei Wanwu, Li Jinzhong, was ungrateful. Not only did he steal his wife Keshi, but he also slandered him in front of his benefactor Wang An, causing him to lose favor. If he had not recommended Wei Wanwu into the palace, how could he be today!
Wei Chao couldn't help but look regretful on his face. He sighed secretly and said dejectedly: "Go back to the emperor, yes, Keshi and Li Jinzhong are now together."
When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but secretly took a breath and slowly closed his eyes.
All of this is actually true!
He is the protagonist of the Hongwan Case, one of the three major strange cases in the late Ming Dynasty. The unlucky emperor who was sent to the West after he ascended the throne just one month ago!
The reason why the Hongwan case is called the three strange cases in the late Ming Dynasty is not because the case is complicated. The case is very simple. He occasionally felt a cold when he ascended the throne for about ten days. Cui Wensheng, the governor of the Silijian Bingbi Imperial Pharmacy, used laxatives for him, which caused him to bleed for twenty days, which caused him to die halfway. Then Li Kezhuo, the Zuo Temple of Honglu Temple, presented the fairy pill red pills. He took two pills and went directly to the West!
The case of the Red Pill case is so simple, there is nothing magical. The reason why it is called the three major strange cases in the late Ming Dynasty is that Cui Wensheng, who had been given his laxatives for 20 days, and Li Kezhuo, who presented the Red Pill, had nothing to do afterwards.
On the day of his death, Li Kezhuo even received commendation for his contribution to the red pill. Later, Donglin took power, Li Kezhuo was only sent to the border to be sent to garrison, Cui Wensheng was only exiled to Nanjing, waiting for Wei Zhongxian to take over, and Li Kezhuo's garrison, and Cui Wensheng was even promoted and reused, and the governor of the grain transportation and the river channel were also in charge of the river.
In other words, these two people killed him as the emperor, not only did nothing, but also received commendation and reuse!
How could such a strange thing happen in this world?
The so-called "the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear." If it weren't for the sudden memory in his mind, Taichang wouldn't have even imagined that someone would dare to kill him in this way.
The Ming Dynasty has lasted for more than two hundred years, and no one of the more than ten emperors before was killed alive!
Just kidding, I took him laxatives and let him get half dead, and then two so-called fairy pills sent him on the way?
He is the emperor, who has such courage?
In history, he had never thought about this at all, so he was killed in a confused manner.
Now, he realized something was wrong.
Question: Can he survive after two red pills have been eaten?
Chapter completed!