Chapter 136: Grace
Regarding the candidates for leaking secrets, from the governor Yamen to Huang Jincheng, there are their own speculations. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The governor's yamen secretly carried out a self-examination to see if an insider had revealed the situation to relatives and friends in the capital. However, because there were not many people in the governor's yamen who really knew what was going on, and in the end, nothing was found, so it could only be judged that it was not the secret leaked by the yamen.
Huang Jincheng was very confident in his own soldiers, and after coming to Qin's house to communicate with Qin Bai, he also felt that it was impossible for Qin Bai and Qin Hanzhen to reveal secrets to the outside world, and the words and deeds of Zhao Mo's master and servant in Jinling could be traced, and he did not contact the prince of Liao in Beijing. And the prince of Liao always thought that his son was the target of assassination, so he would bite the Shu Wangfu, and after the news leaked, he couldn't get off the stage, and he was obviously not an insider. Huang Jincheng can only infer that it is likely to be a problem in the capital.
However, whether it is Huang Jincheng, Qin Bai, or Zhao Mo, they all feel that the leaker will not be someone from the Shu Wangfu. Of course, they knew the inside story from beginning to end, but after the death of Princess Shu, the truth was not exposed, but only claimed that she died of a sudden illness. The Queen Mother punished the people in the palace heavily, and did not ask for anyone's life - because those who were too injured during the punishment and died afterwards did not count. None of the rest of the people will be stupid enough to expose themselves, because the nature of Princess Shu's desire to kill a junior of the clan is completely different from her wanting to kill the crown prince. When the truth is spread, everyone will become a rebel and sinner, and there will be only one way to die. Therefore, even if Zhao Shuo, the prince of Liao, held on to something they had never done at all, they had no intention of refuting it, they just defended themselves.
The East Palace, Jinling, the Prince of Liao, the Mansion of the King of Shu, and the Huang family of the Tang family all had no reason to leak secrets, could it be the tone of those imperial physicians and guards around the prince? Qin Bai felt that it was best not to suspect these heroes without evidence, but Huang Jincheng thought of another possible candidate.
"Zhao Jie?" Qin Bai was stunned for a moment before remembering who it was, "The prince of the former Jin Dynasty, now he has the title of the general of the auxiliary state of the clan, right?
Huang Jincheng said: "Zhao Jie's biological mother Guan Shi, that is, the former princess of the Jin Dynasty, is the eldest lady of the former eunuch housekeeper in Beijing. The housekeeper is not an ordinary family, the first emperor Yuan is the housekeeper girl, although she has been dead for many years, but she still has some roots in the palace. Zhao Jie went to Beijing to seek the position of the emperor's heir, and he has been in the limelight for many years. He is the son of a vassal king, how can he get the blue eyes of the queen mother and the emperor? The connections left behind by the first emperor and the queen are of great merit. If he hadn't been dizzy and didn't even care about filial piety, how could he have ended up in today's fields? After their mother and son were convicted, Guan took all the blame on himself in exchange for his son's safe escape. She herself died, the housekeeper was also devastated, and the official positions of the children in the family were almost empty, and now she has found an excuse to return home. But whether the housekeeper still has any hands left in the palace, even the emperor, I'm afraid, can't say. ”
If the former lord of the six palaces wants to install people in the palace, he doesn't have to be limited to one palace and one hall at all. Unless the emperor changes all the palace people, there is nothing he can do with these people. However, even if there are people left in the palace, the housekeeper is still an old man from decades ago, and he can't do anything, at most he just spreads the news. In the past thirty years, there have been so many confidential matters in the palace, and these people have not been able to do anything, which shows that there is no climate. The Emperor had long since forgotten about them.
The Huang family, as Empress Qin's foreign family, is almost as Empress Qin's maiden brother because she is not strong, so they almost exist as Empress Qin's maiden help. Huang Jincheng has also heard of these secrets in the palace, but he didn't pay attention to them before. Now that the matter of the prince's southward journey has been leaked, he thought about it and inadvertently suspected Zhao Jie, so he contacted the latter with the group of people left by the first emperor Yuan and Empress Yuan in the palace.
Perhaps, after the crown prince returned to the palace, the people in the palace knew the inside story and leaked the news to Zhao Jie? He was almost an invisible person in the whole matter, but the former rivals the young son of the king of Shu and the prince of Liao were all deflated in this matter, and the prince was also affected a little, from this point of view, he still seems to have a motive.
In addition to the people in the palace, Zhao Jie has been in the capital for many years and has his own connections, and he has also made friends with the people in the East Palace. As for whether he wants to have a good relationship with the prince or has other ulterior motives, no one knows. Anyway, before he could do anything, he was imprisoned. If he heard something from the East Palace, it was not impossible.
On the side of his father-in-law's Wang family, because Master Wang chose another son-in-law of the clan after his accident, changed the object of support, and ignored him, Zhao Jie seemed to be a little resentful. After regaining his freedom, he has been unable to get along with the Wang family, and it is impossible to get any news from the Wang family. Besides, the current object of the Wang family's support, Liao Wang Shizi, does not look like an insider at all, and the Wang family must not have heard any rumors. It is said that the second master Wang is sick again, and he has not been on duty in the palace for some days, and the Wang family has no source.
Because he once vigorously supported the royal family's selection of heirs, and also successively found the relationship between two clan sons-in-law, after the prince returned to the court, he would definitely look at the Wang family unpleasantly. Now that the Wang family is honest, if they really know the truth about the prince's southward movement, there is no reason to expose it, at most, they just inform the prince of Liao in private.
Qin Bai listened to Huang Jincheng's analysis for a long time, but he only speculated, and there was nothing that could be used as evidence, so he couldn't help but say: "Lord Huang, this is just your suspicion, but there is no evidence, how can you do it accurately? ”
Huang Jincheng said: "Master Hou doesn't know, this Zhao Zhen has always been a master who must repay his eyes. Tricks like this one, he used to take revenge on those who had offended him. I don't have any evidence, and I'm thousands of miles away, but I think he did most of it!"
Qin Bai waved his hand: "This person is no longer in the climate, but he is just surviving in Beijing." If Lord Huang is really suspicious, write a letter back to Beijing and let the family be more vigilant. For now, let's pay attention to the movements of the Shu Palace. Now that the rumors have come out, the Shu Wangfu has done nothing but to defend itself? Even if the young son of the King of Shu is young, it is impossible for the King of Shu and the prince of Shu to sit still and wait for death. ”
This is true, not long after, the king of Shu heard the news in Shu, and finally turned his self-defense, repeatedly declared that his father and son were innocent, and did not know what the princess did in Beijing, and said that the second son was young, and experienced the pain of losing his mother in Beijing, which was really pitiful, and asked the emperor to allow him to take his young son back to the domain to keep filial piety.
He had to take a step back. Princess Shu had an accident, and now he can only protect himself first, and then try to protect his son. There is no longer any point in continuing to let the young son stay in Beijing. The crown prince has recovered from his illness, the emperor will not pass the heir, the throne is hopeless, but the wealth of the vassal king can no longer be lost.
However, in the face of the fatherly heart of the King of Shu, the emperor also felt the same way, and also felt that the King of Shu should not know what the Princess of Shu had done. Zhao Yan, the youngest son of the King of Shu, was alone in Beijing, lost his mother at a young age, and it was not easy to deal with his mother's funeral independently. The emperor authorized the king of Shu to take the prince to Beijing for funeral and reunite with the young son, and also gave the prince the opportunity to send his biological mother on a ride. Otherwise, Princess Shu died in the capital, but her eldest son didn't even have a chance to see her for the last time, wouldn't it seem that the royal family was too ruthless?
The queen mother and the emperor have successively issued a decree, and now it depends on whether the king of Shu has the courage to go to Beijing to mourn. If he really brought the prince with him, in case the emperor was caught in a net, he wouldn't even be able to escape. But the holy decree has been issued, what reason can he use to refuse? If he leaves the son and goes to Beijing by himself, he has to worry that the son will be accused of unfilial piety.
How the King of Shu will choose, outsiders still don't know. Qin Hanzhen in Jinling City talked about it when he chatted with Zhao Mo, and said with a private smile: "The Shu King family is so bold, it is really cheap for them to let them dominate one side in the domain." If the emperor really took the opportunity to summon them into the capital, he would let them stay in the palace of the capital, saying that it was grace, would they dare to run away? Under the emperor's nose, they could not do anything they wanted to. As for the Shu side, the emperor took the opportunity to send someone to take over, so as to break the foundation of the Shu Palace, so that they had no money and no food, and they no longer dared to think about things that did not belong to them. ”
Zhao Mo smiled: "I think the emperor really plans to do so." The King of Shu probably knows it in his heart, otherwise there would not have been no movement so far. Jingzhong sent a decree to Shudi, and he used a fast horse, and he should have received the decree a long time ago. ”
Qin Hanzhen chatted a few words of gossip about the King of Shu, and she didn't say more, she just heard the good news and wanted to share it with Zhao Mo: "The results of the palace examination have come down, my cousin Jinke High School, entered the second grade, it seems to be in the twenties, and the results are not bad." There is probably no hope for the Jishi, but the officials should be able to get a good shortage. I heard from my grandfather that my father was helping out in the capital, and Nagafang also helped. ”
The Changfang Yao family once complained about Qin Jian's sudden return to Beijing. But now, these complaints have been put behind her. The truth of the prince's southward journey was leaked, and outsiders didn't say anything, Changfang had already guessed the truth about Qin Jian's sudden return to Beijing, and he must have accompanied the prince back!
That's a lot of work. Qin Bai let his nephew get this light without making a sound, although Qin Jian suffered a lot on the road, but with this credit, the future is very good, and it is simply a surprise to the whole house. Yao's gratitude to the third room is now left. Even Xu and Qin Zhonghai wrote letters to the south separately to express their gratitude to Qin Bai.
Niu still read the letter and knew what had happened. Knowing that Qin Bai, Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo all knew, she was kept in the dark, and she was still a little angry. However, after being coaxed by Qin Bai for a few words, Qin Hanzhen was coquettish again, and Zhao Mo gave her some gifts she liked to please her, and she was angry. The prince or something, in fact, is a little far away from her, but when she learned that Zhao Gongzi was the prince, she still praised the prince for a good word, and she felt a little cordial in her heart.
The relationship between the long room and the third room is more harmonious, which is a good thing. Wu Shaoying won the Jinshi, which is even better news. Most of Qin Ping's letters in Jingli are good news, and there is only one thing that people have to care about.
Wu Shaoying met He by chance in the capital, although he only saw it from a distance, he recognized him at a glance. According to him, the Ho family was well-dressed, and there were many male and female servants who followed the waiter, and one of them, a man who looked like a butler, was generous, and his words and deeds did not look like they came from ordinary people.
He has not heard from him for a long time, is she a big backer?