Chapter Seventy-Six: Conspiracy
The emperor met the left and right ministers in the council room. After the two prime ministers had saluted him, he handed them a letter from the crown prince. After seeing the left and right phases, they saw that His Majesty's face was full of joy, so they knelt down and said hello to His Majesty: Zuo Xiang praised sincerely: "Your Majesty is a wise monarch through the ages. ”
The right minister glanced at the left minister, and said, "Your Majesty is the first emperor of the ages." ”
"Hahaha, the two prime ministers have helped each other, this is a good story of the monarch and the minister. ”
"Weichen didn't dare. ”
Seeing that His Majesty was in a good mood, the two prime ministers raised some topics to him that they usually did not dare to mention.
Zuo Xiang presented: "The world is unified, the queen should also be in charge of the six palaces, the emperor and queen are harmonious, and the world is peaceful." ”
The emperor was in a good mood and only smiled. The right minister made a tiger face, and also arched his hand and said: "Concubine Shu's name is not right, her words are not good, and she should not be in charge of the harem." ”
The emperor said kindly: "This is my family matter, and I have the final say." The queen poisoned the concubine, and I haven't punished her yet. Let's keep circling like this. ”
Zuo Xiang continued: "Your Majesty, if you keep doing this, you can't find anything wrong, huh...... Chaise...... Well...... The fifth prince ......, "He swallowed, and the emperor fully understood what he meant."
The right minister pretended not to understand: "The left minister wants your sister to regain the power of the six palaces, and don't use the concubine and the prince as an excuse." ”
The emperor liked to see them arguing, and he said, "I will think about it." ”
His Majesty thought about today's events, and his brows furrowed: "Can the two Aiqing hear what happened today?"
Both indications are known. Zuo Xiang said: "Back to Your Majesty, the eldest princess reported to Your Majesty that the prince smuggled the booty back to Beijing, and His Majesty ordered the Praetorian Guards to search the convoy sent back by the prince at the gate of Chang'an, and Chang'an City was spread all over the city." He shook his head: "Alas, at this time, this will affect the morale of the army very much." ”
It is rare for the right minister to have the same opinion as the left minister: "It also affects the relationship between His Majesty's father and son, and the righteousness of the monarch and the minister." ”
The emperor's face was ugly: "The older the eldest princess, the longer her hand will stretch." She actually dared to send someone to the front to inquire about the news. I am afraid that this matter is a bureau set up by the prince who found out about her inquiry. ”
The two prime ministers were busy praising His Majesty Shengming.
Zuo Xiang shook his head worriedly, and stopped talking. The emperor glanced at him: "Aiqing, you have something to say." ”
"Your Majesty forgives the ministers, the eldest princess meddled in the affairs of the six departments, was keen on power, and was not a normal move......"
The right minister continued: "King Shun deducted the military sound in front of the battle the day before yesterday, and the minister sought it from King Shun, and he said that the prince laid down Jingguo, and there was no shortage of silver......"
Zuo Xiang said: "As far as the minister knows, when Jingguo broke the city, the emperor of Jingguo burned down the Jingguo Imperial Palace, where did the silver come from? ”
The emperor's anger grew: "The wolf is ambitious!" He slapped the table: "What they want to do, I know it in my heart." ”
Zuo Xiang said worriedly: "The minister is most worried that they will make a secret hand......"
The emperor remembered that the Huang family liked to poison, and he was always scared. I always wanted to clean up the Huang family, but I couldn't find an excuse to wipe out the Huang family.
Zuo Xiang seemed to know his thoughts: "It's easy to pull out the roots in one net." ”
"Huh?"
"Let them commit heinous crimes. ”
His Majesty hesitated: "King Shun and the three princes ......"
Zuo Xiang's face did not change: "This is the time to test them." If they take care of His Majesty, they will not be complicit in the Huang family. If you ignore Your Majesty...... The fifth prince and the six princes who will be born will definitely respect His Majesty. ”
When it came to the five princes, the emperor made a decision. The three of them carefully discussed the strategy.
The people in the eldest princess's mansion were afraid that the master would be angry with her. The eldest princess was grounded by His Majesty and lost face. When she returns, she will pull out the shadow guard who reported the news and kill her in public. After searching for a long time and not finding any trace of the shadow guard, the eldest princess was furious in the mansion and arrested and beat whom.
I saw that the front yard was full of chickens and dogs. Mrs. Wei in the backyard found her son, and she said to her son worriedly: "Dong'er, I always feel that something is going to happen to the Wei Mansion, you can find an excuse to stay away." ”
Wei Qiudong, the eldest grandson of the eldest princess, shook his head: "Mother, my son is the grandson of the eldest princess, the descendant of the Wei family, and it is the same if she fled to the end of the world and was taken by others." It's you, find an excuse to stay away from the Wei family. ”
Mrs. Wei refused: "For my mother, I want to be with Dong'er." ”
Wei Qiudong said: "What my grandmother wants to do implicates the nine clans of the Wei family, and it is better for my mother to leave early." ”
Mrs. Wei's tears fell down like threads.
"How much enmity does she have with the Wei family to do this?"
Wei Qiudong thought for a while: "I'm afraid she is also for me, and wants to give me a better status." ”
"But I just want you to live your life in peace. ”
"Mother, everyone's pursuits are different, my grandmother was born in the royal family, and she has the blood of liking power. ”
......
Wei Qiusheng turned around and left his mother, he went to the front yard to comfort his grandmother, and when he walked out of the yard, he changed into a cynical look.
The next day, the Shunwang brothers were in the queen's bedroom and told the queen about the eldest princess being forbidden and punished by His Majesty. The three of them were relatively speechless, feeling that the chances of success were getting lower and lower.
King Shun was not reconciled, and he was full of desire for the throne since he was a child. The queen is not reconciled, she has always wanted to be the most powerful woman in the world.
The third prince was cautious, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he said viciously: "In this case, we will not do anything, and we will not stop taking advantage of the fact that the army is outside, and the defense army in Chang'an is limited, so we will start in advance." ”
The reckless queen also agreed: "Hmph, your father is now spoiling that slut of the Zhang family, the fifth prince of the slut, and let His Majesty hide it." He was afraid that Hongu would kill the bastard. Seeing that the slut of the Zhang family is about to give birth to the six princes again. After that, the road of our mother and son became more and more difficult. ”
King Shun thought for a while and said, "Rong Erchen will discuss with the eldest princess before deciding. ”
The queen said, "You should also look for your uncle, who is the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, and has a soldier in his hand." ”
King Shun agreed.
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The conspiracy of the three was heard by the queen's palace maid Chen Yuquan, and she turned her head and asked someone to send a letter to Zuo Xiang.
Feng Ling also knew about their plot.
She often took Bai Ming to wander around the palace, and once when passing by the queen's bedroom, Feng Ling pointed out to Bai Ming: "You often come to listen to this place, and tell me what you hear." ”
There are many cats in the palace, and each palace is accustomed to the domestic cats and wild cats running around. Bai Ming often swaggered in and out of the queen's bedroom, and there were no palace maids and eunuchs to drive her. Bai Ming is also likable: she has big eyes, snow-white hair, a long tail, and an arrogant look.
Bai Ming squatted in the corner of the queen's bedroom and heard the conspiracy of the three of them, mother and son. When she returned to Zhaoyang Palace, she told Feng Ling.
Feng Lingle said hahaha: "The dog is about to jump off the wall." ”
A few days later, Princess Shun gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, and King Shun got the eldest son.
The emperor was very happy, so he issued a holy decree to the queen: "Exempt the queen from being grounded and restore the power of the six palaces." ”
The queen was pleasantly surprised, dressed up carefully, and hurried to thank His Majesty.
The queen's mother and son both felt that this was really a good opportunity from heaven. King Shun even felt that at this time, he had the eldest son, which was the destiny of heaven.