Chapter 173: The Great Purge
The Queen Mother ordered the letter to be presented to Wei Qian.
Wei Qian took a look, frowning slightly, with a surprised face.
The handwriting on the letter is almost exactly the same as hers, and the seal on the back is also a private seal of Wei Qian, and even the ink clay is Wei Qian's special product mixed with plum blossom dew.
"Forged to this, you have a heart." If it weren't for Wei Qian's own knowledge, I'm afraid he would have been concealed by this letter.
The degree of simulation is as high as 90%, who doesn't believe that they are committing adultery when they see it?
"Humph! Forge? Is the mother still hard-mouthed? Wang Jieyu jumped out and argued: "Who doesn't know that Niangniang has three seals on her hand, isn't the private seal used in this letter and secret letter yours?" ”
"As we all know, the palace has always used private seals to cover family letters, so wouldn't it be logical to steal private seals." Wei Qian flipped through the letters one by one, and the last letter was three days ago, a few days after the private seal was broken.
Wei Qian has a spectrum in her heart, secretly funny, and is happy to watch Wang Jieyu and others toss.
"But this person ...... choose" Wei Qian seemed to smile: "Wang Zheng? ”
Wei Qian shook the letter: "Wang Jieyu, it's okay for you to frame the palace, let's toss the matter of the harem slowly." But you are involved in Lord Wang, what a great sin it is to frame the important ministers of the court."
"Framed? Could it be that the mother feels sorry for her lover? A Baolin said coldly, and reported to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother Mingjian, a few months ago, the concubine saw Lord Wang come out of the Qingbian Palace. ”
"Nonsense, Your Majesty is marching south, the palace doesn't discuss palace affairs with Lord Wang, the minister of the interior, can't I go to you?" Wei Qian pointed to the civil officials beside her: "Today, you are a reporter for every word and deed of the concubines." Turn around and take the living notes of the palace to the Queen Mother. Hongu private meeting lover? Then let's see where the time of the main palace comes from! ”
Wei Qian's words and deeds are recorded, even if there is a time difference, the gap between records is no more than half an hour.
Of course, this kind of living note record is known only to Situ Yun except Wei Qian and Qi Lang themselves.
"You people have to involve this palace and Lord Wang. Is it to make trouble in the former dynasty or to the East Palace? This matter is stirring, and those sour bags in the previous dynasty should be nagging in the ears of the palace and His Majesty, and then you people will be killed with a cane. ”
Wei Qian's cold eyes swept around, Wang Jieyu beat a drum in her heart, and forcibly retorted on her face: "It won't be the turn of the mother to speak." I'll wait for a fist to seize the evidence, and I can't bear to be blinded by your troubled water. ”
"I heard that my sister met Lord Wang in Jinling?" Chen Mengyu couldn't help but speak: "Over the years, Lord Wang has helped my sister a lot. The relationship between the two is indeed very close. ”
"At that time, His Majesty Xià Zhizhu was in his hand, and he laid out the Jinling Palace. Because the Queen Mother was sick, the palace had to come forward to take charge of the overall situation. At that time, Wang Zheng did a lot of help to the palace. Why, do you think that this palace committed adultery with Wang Zheng at that time? Wei Qian smiled from ear to ear, and the flowers and branches trembled. Later, he said to the Queen Mother next to him: "What the situation was at the beginning, Niangniang knows it." ”
At that time, Situ Yun disappeared, and the people in the palace were panicked. Wang Zheng is the cousin of Queen Wang and the cousin of the crown prince. Only by maintaining Situ Yun's status can the safety of the crown prince be ensured. That's why Wang Zheng joined forces with Wei Qian to suppress the courtiers.
"Want to liquidate now?" Wei Qian vaguely thought of something: "Wang Jieyu, remember that your grandfather was demoted because of the palace matter?" ”
The Queen Mother's heart moved, and she vaguely remembered this incident.
At the beginning, after the Jinling Palace incident, Situ Yunzheng accumulated capital, and the Emperor Taishang delegated power and acquiesced in Situ Yun's installation of his own people. A large number of the five princes were uprooted.
At that time, Wang Jieyu's grandfather was close to the fifth prince, so he belonged to the group of people who lost power.
"I see, to get revenge on my family?" The Queen Mother thought of the relationship between the Wang family and the five princes. "The fifth is ready to toss again?"
Situ Yun is good to his four brothers, they are all princes at present, and they are super titles, among which the loyal and brave prince is the most trusted.
The Queen Mother thought about the black hand behind this matter, since it involved the courtiers, it may not be Wang Jieyu's handiwork.
Besides, she didn't think that Wang Zheng would commit adultery with Wei Qian. Even if Wei Qian really wanted to find someone, it would definitely be Yang Kai who was closer to her.
However, Yang Kai is working in the palace, no more than Wang Zheng's family in the outer mansion, so if he really has an affair with Yang Kai, it is not convenient to find evidence.
"Wang Zheng has been married for many years, you toss him, I'm really not afraid of the wives of the family gossiping." Wei Qian threw away the letter, and her interest was faint: "Qi Yu Niangniang, I read the letter, I don't know who planted the concubine for these dirty things." But the concubine's body can be seen in the day, and there is no need to refute, His Majesty knows it. If there are still people who say that they will see the tryst of the palace and meet the ministers, they will take them to the Zichen Hall and hand them over to His Majesty. See what Majesty says. ”
"Sister." Seeing that Wei Qian was too lazy to speak, Concubine Wen was in a hurry.
At this time, I suddenly heard a report from the outside world: "The emperor has arrived-"
The concubines hurriedly got up to greet them, and Wei Qian helped the queen to see Situ Yun at the door.
I saw Situ Yun dressed in regular clothes, his face was flushed with anger, and when he saw the concubines, he scolded his head: "Slut, die!" ”
Chen Mengyu was happy in her heart, but then the next accident shocked her. Situ Yun struck Wang Jieyu with a horsewhip and whipped Wang Jieyu away: "Arrest her for me, I want to see who is framing Concubine Ning and the courtiers." ”
Situ Yun was ashamed and angry, and he was immediately stunned when he received the news from Jia Yuanchun.
Immediately afterwards, the prince of the East Palace, the prince and the prince came to avenge their grievances. Gradually, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty got the news.
Concubine Ning and Wang Zheng fornicated?
Because of the joint efforts of the two concubines of the harem, the news spread at a glance.
The unaware courtiers came over and looked at Situ Yun with sympathy. While others hastened to clear their innocence.
They fornicated? Even the Mei family didn't know that according to the character of the person in the palace, he would do such a thing at this time.
The ministers quarreled in the Zichen Palace, and the more Situ Yun listened, the more wrong it became.
What kind of temper does Wei Qian have that he doesn't know? And Wei Qian can't be humane! Besides, Situ Yun knows all those things with Wang Zheng, because what is written in the living note is clear.
At the beginning, Wei Qian did secretly look for Wang Zheng a few times. That was all to allow Wang Zheng to go north to persuade the Hu people to target the Great Khan. For this reason, Wang Zheng was almost assassinated outside the Saiwai, and it can be said that he is a first-class loyal minister of the imperial court.
When the crown prince and Wang Zheng knelt in the hall to make a speech, Situ Yun couldn't sit still.
Wang Zheng's current official residence is from a product, and he is the prince's cousin, and he is a big banner in the East Palace.
Where will the ministers of the East Palace let him have an accident?
After the crown prince asked about the situation, he immediately thought that this matter was related to the battle in the harem.
"Humph! Knowing that Concubine Ning Niangniang currently has a close relationship with the East Palace, this is to wipe out the scourge of our Royal Highness! ”
The East Palace occupies a legal position in the eyes of Confucianism, not to mention that the crown prince Situ Tao is both a grandson and a long, this is the future heir of the country. Where do these old masters of Confucianism allow outsiders to toss the East Palace?
The crown prince secretly told the prince that the prince would come forward in person to complain about the relationship between father and son, and without a trace, he threw out the smallpox incident to warn Situ Yun.
Situ Yun knew that there was a problem with that incident back then, but it involved many people in his heart, so he was reluctant to reveal it again. But now in this matter, this is to take the initiative to bring yourself a green hat out of nothing!
Situ Yun rushed over to ask for the guilt, and he had already blinded the concubines.
"Your Majesty's trust in Concubine Ning has reached this point?" The concubines felt a chill in their hearts, what else is this tossing? Can a cuckold endure it?
The Queen Mother frowned: "Emperor, don't you take a look at the human and physical evidence first?" ”
"What do you do with these? Could it be that Concubine Ning and Wang Zheng's personalities are not clear to their sons? Pointing at Wang Jieyu and scolding: "This slut attacked the two of them, intending to cut off the prince's wings, this is to peek into my country?" Looking at Jia Yuanchun and Chen Mengyu, the two of them trembled in their hearts, bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything.
"It's good to take a look." Wei Qian stuffed the letter to him, and said in a strange tone: "It is also the luck of His Majesty and the concubine, and he didn't care about breaking the concubine's private seal at the beginning." ”
"Huh?" Situ Yun took the letter and looked at it, and when he saw the date on it, he couldn't help but smile.
Shaking the last letter: "A few days ago? I had no intention of breaking Concubine Ning's seal not long ago, where would Concubine Ning go to find another seal to stamp during this time? ”
Concubine Ning's seal was broken?
The concubines were surprised, and Concubine Wen patted her chest: "No wonder my sister is so calm, it's a coincidence." ”
It's a "coincidence", whether intentionally or unintentionally, in short, Wei Qian's seal is broken, and it is impossible to communicate a few days ago. In other words, someone forged Wei Qian's seal. Well, the last letter is not credible, and the first few letters are equally untrustworthy.
Then find the witnesses and ask the time carefully.
This person is a few little eunuchs in the palace, and he has some entanglements with Wei Qian. After Wei Qian took charge of the court, she followed the empress dowager to govern benevolently, reducing the number of eunuchs in the palace and replacing them with female officials.
Invisibly weaken the power of the eunuchs.
However, eunuchs have been deeply rooted since the previous dynasty, and several internal governors have a grudge against this lady. Seeing that Jia and Chen Erfei had a calculating plan against Wei Qian, they followed them into the well.
"Since you see an outsider in this palace, report the time and place one by one, and go back to find someone to check." As soon as Situ Yun raised his chin, the guards around him immediately took the eunuch down for interrogation.
After looking at the concubines again, Situ Yun said in a low voice: "I have been away from the palace for a long time, and after I came back, I saw that the palace was calm and calm, and I didn't want to pursue the concubines." But if you really take me for a fool - then I will give you a reckoning with them one by one! ”
Situ Yun was furious, and the concubines lost their faces, kneeling down one by one to ask for guilt.
Situ Yun ignored everything, and even the Queen Mother couldn't interfere, and personally sent someone to extract the palace archives and thoroughly investigate the affairs during the time he left the palace. Even the former dynasty had a great upheaval.
The ministers were in a hurry, and they couldn't help complaining in their hearts: "These ladies with long hair and short knowledge, you are honest and intriguing in the harem, why do you have to meddle in the previous dynasty?" ”
Immediately went to the Taimiao Temple to worship their ancestors, Wei Qian and Situ Yun's plan was to carry out a big sacrifice on the same day, and then give canonization rewards to the ministers and concubines.
Well, it's all in vain. Who hasn't made a mistake in the past year?
In the past, Situ Yun turned a blind eye, but now that they are liquidated one by one, no one can hide from them.
The Zichen Hall was brightly lit, and the courtiers were called one by one to reprimand.
Those who are fined silver are punished with silver, those who are cut off from their titles, and those who are dismissed from office.
Jia Lian suffered an unwarranted disaster, because of the relationship between Yuan Chun, the father and son of the Jia family were scolded by Situ Yun for picking a few mistakes. Jia Lian almost cut off his title.
was so frightened that Wang Xifeng hurriedly entered the palace on the second day to find Wei Qian to ask what was going on.
"Don't worry, my cousin was scolded, it's a good thing."
"A good thing?"
"The gun shot the first bird, and the others were all questioned by His Majesty, and he hid alone, and the ministers looked good-looking?" Wei Qian took a list and looked at it, and said: "It was His Majesty who regarded his cousin as a descendant, so he symbolically scolded him." Of course, there is indeed a sense of beating, and you will stay away from Fengzao Palace in the future. ”
Hearing this, Wang Xifeng looked startled, looked around, and said in a lost voice: "Sure enough, she is harming you?" ”
Wei Qian shook her head: "It's not just this time, I'm afraid I won't let go of the incident in the East Palace in front of me." The voice behind it was low, and Wang Xifeng didn't hear it clearly.
"Sister, if you have time, you might as well go out of the palace and say hello to Ying'er. Majesty Xià is angry, he doesn't come to the palace, fortunately he is in the camp outside the city, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, His Majesty Xià will not look for him to beat him down. ”
At present, Situ Yun is arresting whoever sprays whom. also gave Wei Qian a list of the wives of each family, and asked Wei Qian to follow the reprimand in front of the ladies, and hold on to the affairs of the various prefectures.
Wei Qian didn't want to be this wicked person, but Situ Yun showed up in person, so she had to follow behind to clean up, and pick up the big and small violations of etiquette in the city one by one to rectify them in the past year.