The Yong'an Palace is deep, and in the middle of the afternoon, the light dims. The queen and Princess Yuan searched and returned, taking with them the letters of Concubine Li and Uncle Xiang Huabofu. Naturally, there will be no specific assassination in there, and Concubine Li is not so stupid. But individual words, such as dissatisfaction with the emperor, malice towards the crown prince and Shuheng, and even disrespect for the queen mother, can be seen.

The Queen Mother didn't know that Liu Yang had already acted, and she still held on to her breath, and then said: "Catch the wind and catch the shadow!" It's just a matter of complaining in private, this is human nature, how can it be used as evidence? ”

Shuheng smiled: "Yes, the Queen Mother, what you said makes sense." The rogues who were recruited to Huabo Mansion are human witnesses, swords and arrows, and the dead private soldiers of Huabo Mansion are physical evidence. One of the people who assassinated me that day was beheaded by Gan Xiaomei, and his face was impressively haunted in Xianghuabo's Mansion, and the corpse could not be said to be panicked. He still wanted to destroy the noodles, but unfortunately, he didn't have time. ”

"There is also an assassination attempt that Yuan Guogong and the crown princess encountered on the way back to Beijing. You once wanted to lead the troubles to the north and blame Beijung for another war. It's a pity that it was recognized. The source of that batch of goods has actually been investigated, and it was instructed by Xiang Huabo Mansion and the Nan'an County Mansion at that time. Old woman, you have such a big heart. Shu Heng sneered: "Actually, your son, that is, the current emperor, you always scold him for being willful, but he is already very filial." See? He has a good relationship with my father, but it is clear that he is not pretending to be deaf and dumb, and he has not even moved a single hair of yours. It's a pity that you yourself are not satisfied and have managed to do this. Use the same method three times, when everyone else says stupid? I'm especially curious that you, the Queen Mother, are also the Queen Mother of Great Xia, without Great Xia, you are just a bad old woman, where did you get the courage to make war money? ”

"Three times? What are you talking about? Isn't that crazy? "The Queen Mother is still holding on.

Concubine Yuan frowned and said, "Queen Mother, when the first emperor was still alive, she was hesitant about establishing a prince. Not you? sent someone to kill King Xiaocheng's three uncles and a grandfather, Concubine Rong's mother was razed, Concubine Xiao Rong hanged, the emperor was helpless, and collected the body to bury the emperor's mausoleum, which is why there is the current emperor. You got too much benefit from the first assassination, so you have been thinking about it, and then you did it again, that is, the assassination of Dingguo Gong by Guan Cao. Although it missed, it greatly shocked the government and the opposition, and Beirong and Great Xia almost went to war again. Sheng Wangbo, in the name of reserve warfare, embezzled a lot of materials from the imperial court, right? Although this method is risky, it is also very profitable, or your niece, Concubine Li would not have done the same. However, if you walk too much at night, you will definitely hit a ghost. How long do you think you can win? ”

"It's all crazy, it's crazy! One or two have been cast and can't be cast? I thought that Concubine Li was alone and her soul was manipulated by witches, but now it seems that you are all the same, this palace should be searched wantonly! The Queen Mother took her last breath.

Shu Heng sneered: "Witch Gu? That's what you're talking about," Shu Heng casually looked at an ugly cursed doll that was found out of Concubine Li's Xianfu Palace: "Let me guess, is this the plan you prepared for the golden cicada to get out of its shell?" You originally planned to say that Concubine Li was cursed by others and □□ her soul indulged, which is why she has such a heartbreaking thing. Then everyone will naturally look for the mastermind behind the scenes, divert their attention, and in the end, you will push Concubine Li out to apologize, and give her one to death to save the entire Bofu. What a good deal! I couldn't help but applaud. As for the mastermind behind the use of witch Gu to manipulate Concubine Li, let me think about it, I'm afraid it's Concubine Zhang. ”

Concubine Li and Empress Dowager Zhang were both stiff there. The Queen Mother looked at Shuheng and was angry and shocked: This young and immature little daughter-in-law, I haven't seen her sharp teeth and claws on weekdays, why did she become so powerful now? Shu Heng moved his fingers lightly and casually threw the witch doll at the feet of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother subconsciously closed her feet.

There is never an absolute weakling in this world. In Shuheng's heart, every family member in her world is precious and does not allow others to hurt her. Anything else can be tolerated, and you can laugh it off, but this is her bottom line.

Concubine Yuan, who was in the circle, listened to the conversation between the two in a daze, and only came back to her senses after a while, with a look of disbelief: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, do you really want to push everything on me?" You really want to give up me to protect your glory and wealth" The Queen Mother didn't speak, but the look in her eyes made the answer obvious, Concubine Li's body shuddered, she stood up trembling with her chest, and slowly retreated: "Yan'er, my second prince, I'm going to find Yan'er, my King Qi." ”

"I'm afraid that King Qi won't have time to see you. He is ready to go to the fiefdom, and these days he should be busy gathering with poetry and literary friends to say goodbye. Wait for the leisure not to be in the mansion" Shuheng glanced at her lightly, planning that Liu Yan told her the last time she came to the mansion. Shuheng is not a person who likes to get angry, she is so obedient, Shuheng will not look for trouble.

Concubine Li still didn't believe it, so she just murmured: "I have a son, I want to go to the fief with my son, and none of you can bully me." No one can touch me. ”

"No one wants to bully you!" Shu Heng hated her, and looked back at his mother-in-law with a smile: "Queen Mother, now that the evidence is there, and the truth is ascertained, as the lord of the six palaces, how to deal with this sinner?" ”

The Queen Mother glared fiercely: I'm still here, what do you do with Concubine Li? The harem has always been my decision, who gave you the right? The queen's fear of the Queen Mother has been accumulated for a long time, but thinking that now that Xiang Huabo's Mansion has been seized and now that it has been put on the palace gate, the Queen Mother is just an empty shell, and she suddenly has the courage again, not to mention that Concubine Li wants to murder her son and daughter-in-law. Thinking of this, her eyes could already erupt with fire: "Take away the concubine's position, two hundred spine staffs, and beat hard!" ”

Concubine Li didn't seem to hear it, but she still walked out step by step, but was pulled by two people halfway and pressed down. The place of execution was at the gate of Yong'an Palace, under the nose of the Queen Mother. A board fell, and Concubine Li's screams rang out. Two hundred rods were beaten hard, which was enough to kill the delicate palace concubine. Concubine Li screamed miserably at first, but then she didn't move, and she fainted before she was less than twenty years old.

Seeing her being dragged in like a dead dog, the Queen Mother trembled: When did this world become unrecognizable to her?

Concubine Zhang was already so frightened that she trembled like chaff, rolled to the feet of the queen, and cried and begged the queen she had always looked down on: "Sister, sister, I know it's wrong, please, please spare my life for the sake of my sister's many years of diligent and loyal service---"

The queen only felt relieved when she heard the popping sound of Concubine Li's skin and flesh being beaten, and kicked Concubine Zhang down: "Don't, I don't have a sister like you." You are the daughter of the noble imperial history, I am a sheep herder, and I can't climb high! Then he ordered someone to drag Concubine Zhang out: "Take away the concubine's position, 200 canes, and beat him hard!" ”

Seeing Concubine Li's tragic situation, Concubine Zhang fainted before she could fight.

It doesn't matter, someone specifically counts, sooner or later they will have enough. The same goes for Concubine Li, who fainted to death. Looking at the flesh-and-blood figure, the queen thought hatefully: Do you think you can hide by pretending to be dead? You're going to kill my son and daughter-in-law!

"It's the other way around. It's the other way around! The Queen Mother slapped the table and burst into tears: "What are you doing here?" Deliberately demonstrating in front of the mourners, right? One by one, they are going to drive the mourning family to death! You who have no conscience, one by two, if I hadn't given birth to the emperor, how could you have your grandchildren and daughters-in-law? Where is your glory and riches? Your glory is created by my hard work, without me giving birth to the emperor, you don't know where to beg for food, now look at it, any kind of goods dare to give orders in front of me and show their faces, really, forcing the old man to have no way to live."

At this time, she was still relying on the old man to sell the old and holding filial piety to pressure the queen, Shuheng only felt ridiculous, watching her make a show of nausea, the original smell of blood on Concubine Li's body made her chest feel sick to her stomach, and she couldn't stand it anymore at this time. She walked up to the Queen Mother and was about to speak, but unexpectedly spit out as soon as she opened her mouth. spit in front of the Queen Mother, and splashed on the sleeves of her skirt. Suddenly, the people in Yong'an Palace were stunned.

Not only was the Queen Mother stunned, she forgot her crying in surprise, and even Shuheng herself didn't react. In fact, she didn't mean it---- but the effect seemed to be just right, it is estimated that the Queen Mother's mind was already blank, and she probably never thought that she would be vomited in her lifetime. Shuheng's mouth was very uncomfortable, Concubine Yuan had already brought tea to rinse her mouth, and she was embarrassed to stick out her tongue at her aunt, indicating that she really didn't have a heart.

Concubine Yuan shook her head with a smile and glanced at her, and pulled her aside to sit down. asked her to bring her some sour plum juice, and then she walked to the queen mother and looked at the queen mother with vomit on her body, and wanted to hold back and not laugh, and commanded the palace people in Yong'an Palace who were also confused: "Why are you blind?" Why don't you hurry up and serve the Queen Mother? ”

There were only two of them who hurriedly walked over with their heads down, and carried the Queen Mother inside. The Queen Mother seems to be still out of her body, and she seems to be trying to convince herself that she is dreaming, and her face is in a state of fugue. He couldn't take two steps, and he fell to the ground with a bang. This time, I really fainted.

Shuheng touched his nose: "I'm really embarrassed." It could have ended decently. ”

Concubine Yuan poked her forehead with a smile: "Silly child, I'm afraid you have it." ”

The queen looked surprised: "Really, really? Oops, God bless, God bless! ”

Shuheng was shocked too much in his heart, and he couldn't spare room to get excited: No, no, no, right? I'm not in a hurry to be a mom, it's too sudden. Actually, it's too hot in the summer, and my stomach is affected, right? Definitely! Now it was her turn to look confused. Empress Yuan Concubine has already begun to call the imperial doctor over one after another.

Call two! The Queen Mother is still fainting inside!

The diagnosis made the queen and Concubine Yuan overwhelmed with ecstasy, whether it was Shuheng's side or the queen mother's side. But the two of them didn't forget the business after all, and in the middle of the afternoon, the queen mother was woken up by acupuncture and moxibustion, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the queen and Concubine Yuan sitting on the edge of the bed, posing as a filial daughter-in-law. The Queen Mother rolled her cloudy old eyes, and let out a long breath leisurely, feeling that half of her stiff body was no longer her own.

"Say, let's make everything clear." The Queen Mother resigned herself to her fate and shed two bitter tears: "Bofu has really been seized?" The Li family is completely finished? ”

Concubine Yuan glanced at the queen and nodded: "The prince's handling is very fair. The uncle abused his power to embezzle and accept bribes, made personal friends with Beirong, seized the title, and was imprisoned in Dali Temple Prison and temporarily sentenced to death. The same goes for everyone else. Or join the army or go into exile. ”

Concubine Li was handed over to the custody of the Internal Affairs Hall, and her life was instantaneous, and the Bofu was gone. Isn't that the end of it? The Queen Mother stopped talking again. His eyes stared straight at the carved pattern of longevity on the top of the bed.

The queen continued: "The emperor said that the queen mother is the queen mother, whether in the past or in the future, no one can hurt you." So rest assured. In fact, to be honest, although you always scold him for being unfilial, I think he is quite filial. ”

The Queen Mother's face turned pale and she was out of breath for a long time.

After a stroke, she collapsed on the bed, her body stiffened and unconscious, and since then, the Queen Mother has been getting more and more depressed day by day, and the imperial doctor has spoken, but she is counting her fingers to live.

At the end of autumn, the emperor returned to Shangjing with his accompanying ministers. The old man accepted the development of the situation very calmly, and there seemed to be no surprise at all, which made people have to speculate a little in their hearts. But nothing affected his good mood, because his eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant, and the doctor swore that it was a boy. The grandfather is about to be stupid, and he pulls Yuan Muyun, who is also about to become a grandfather, to share his surging excitement. The Queen Mother's illness did not affect him in the slightest.

The Queen Mother is seriously ill, and the omen is not good, there is a case, that is, national filial piety and family filial piety. Everyone should marry relatives, take concubines, and give birth to children in a hurry, one by two. Gan Sanyi turned his face to marry a daughter-in-law on the left, and looked up again to marry a daughter-in-law on the other side. He was suddenly anxious, his little sister was still smashed in his hands! If there is another filial piety, wouldn't it really be an old girl?

In a hurry, he entered the palace to find his father-in-law: "Your Majesty, look at it, look at it, even if you made such a holy decree at the beginning, you still took my little sister with you to accompany you and take her on a safari, so that everyone can't figure out the situation, and now no one dares to come to propose marriage!" My little sister is eighteen years old, eighteen! Gan San raised his finger in front of the emperor.

The relationship between Gan San and Princess Jing'an gradually improved, and the emperor was also relieved, listening to his son-in-law's dissatisfaction, he also admitted that it seemed to be the result of his willfulness at the beginning. Grabbing his head and thinking about it, he looked at the beautiful little four, and slapped his palm: "There is!" I'll give her this son! What do you think? ”

Gan Sanxi: "Is this true? No jokes! It's such a happy decision! ”

Seeing his son-in-law jump three feet high and walk away, the emperor touched his beard: Why do I think you have coveted my son for a long time?

The Queen Mother finally did not suffer from autumn, the first cosmos showed a huge little face, and the aging life that lingered on the sickbed for more than a month left silently in the vast palace. Shuheng dressed in graceful plain white, stretched out his fingertips to touch the slender petals: the prosperity of this world and the joy of the laity will continue.