The news that Xie Shenzhi was seriously ill soon spread to the palace.

Li Qian hunched his body, secretly raised his eyes, and looked at the back of the emperor standing outside the hall with his hands behind his back. Just glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze.

The people who followed the emperor back then were all old, and since the first two years, many people have died of old age, and some have died of illness. Round by round, now it's time to thank you.

The Emperor couldn't help but feel that it was soon his turn. This thought made him shudder. At the same time, another issue that he had been ignoring had to be taken seriously.

The country must have a successor.

Out of disgust with the Bai family, the emperor would not allow himself to say that the eldest son of the emperor was listed as the next heir. Such a decision was made long after his accession to the throne. It's just that he didn't say it to anyone, but one of his former teachers, Mrs. Liu, should know it in his heart.

The rebellion of the Jiang family's relatives back then made people who were still alive still have relatives in their hearts when they mentioned it. Whether it is the emperor, the supreme ninety-five supreme, or the people in Beijing who still remember the chaos in the past, I am afraid that no one wants to come again.

Today, more than ten years later, the emperor sometimes looks at the respectful white face in front of him, and he can't help but doubt him. Is it under the pretext of waiting for the emperor's eldest son to succeed to the throne after his death, and then through a coup d'état, let the Bai family be the master of the world completely.

This thought woke the Emperor from his midnight nightmare again and again. For fear that this matter would be known, except for Li Qian, the emperor would no longer ask people around him to serve. In the name of getting older, he rarely visits the women in the palace.

In the midst of all this torture, the emperor finally chose his successor. If the mother family is not obvious, there will be no disaster of the Bai family and the Zhou family's relatives. He has a good heart and is a person of pure filial piety and friendship. Such a child, after ascending to the top, I think there will be no fratricide and harm to other princes. The emperor had been observing Zhao Jingyun for many years, and finally made such a choice.

But it was not an easy task for the emperor to put this child on the throne of the crown prince. Standing up. The eldest son of the emperor in front of him is both a grandson and a long. Even if the emperor holds that the eldest son of the emperor was born before the White Empress was promoted to the crown princess, according to the precedent, it should be counted as a concubine. But as soon as the Bai family came to court, the courtiers recognized him as a son-in-law. The third prince has been demoted to a concubine, and the emperor is completely desperate for this child and does not want to mention it again.

Then next, it's Zhao Jingmin.

The emperor didn't dislike him, and he had a child with the palace maid Chunfeng for a while. For the emperor, who does not have many heirs, he still cherishes this son very much. But recently, he has frequently left the palace and intersected with Chai Jin, and the emperor can no longer continue to ignore it.

Zhao Jingmin has always concealed it very well, and he is attached to Zhao Jingping in the palace, which makes people think that he supports the third son of the emperor. Even the former Zhou Guifei and Zhou Dang were so convinced. But in private, he had already secretly communicated with Chai Jin.

The emperor never believed that Zhao Jingping could come up with a private award to the Zhou Party officials, so that the homeless people could target Xie Liangying and his party so accurately. The Zhou family has always had a very high opinion of themselves, and the Xie and Wei families are nothing to them. Liu Chengfang, a princess Ke who was almost out of the court, was even more disdainful to them. The Zhou family may have all kinds of bad things, but they have one thing that is very good - they don't like such subordinate methods, they use everything to face up, and rely on words and officials to fight with swords and guns. Zhou Guifei, who was raised in such a family, naturally would not teach Zhao Jingping this.

So after he degraded Zhou Guifei and Zhao Jingping, he went to investigate, and he knew the role of his fourth son in it.

It's really well hidden. The emperor sneered, he hadn't seen his true character for so many years. If it weren't for the clues revealed this time, I think Zhao Jingmin would have covered it up like this until he cleared the obstacles in front of him with the support of Chai Jin.

Thinking that he had considered Zhao Jingmin as a candidate for the crown prince, the emperor couldn't stop feeling nauseous.

But even if he dislikes Zhao Jingmin again, the emperor can't touch him now. Otherwise, the Bai family would have realized the threat posed by Zhao Jingyun to the emperor's eldest son. It's too obvious.

The Emperor stood outside the hall for a moment, then turned around and walked back slowly. As he walked, he asked, "Have you ever sent medicine to Ginseng?" What did the Imperial Doctor say? ”

Li Qian replied: "The imperial doctor said that Lord Xie may be bad, and I am afraid that he can only drag it like the daughter-in-law of his family." The medicine has already been delivered. ”

The emperor looked at the splendid decorations in the hall, and his heart gradually sank.

Xie Shenzhi's three sons are not good, but they are just idle officials in the court. The Xie family can be said to be completely supported by Xie Shenzhi, and now that he has fallen, the Xie family may not be too happy.

However, for the emperor, the most important thing is not how the Xie family is. But Xie Shen knew this situation, even if he could return home to recuperate without dismissal, he couldn't last too long after all. After he dies, whoever is the seat of knowledge will be bloody.

Now upward, five or six out of ten are white parties.

The emperor thought that he was a diligent man, but the party strife and relatives consumed the energy of half of the courtiers. He was worried that after Zhao Jingyun ascended the throne, he would be too young to control this group of old oilmen in the court, so he had to make some preparations to pave his way forward.

Li Qian waited for the emperor to sit down on the chair, and said softly: "The Wei family has been checking on the bookkeeper in Miss Wu's shop recently. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and Li Qian knew that he was waiting for his next words.

"The Wei family has always been cautious, and they think that there is some solid evidence, so they will investigate." Li Qian looked at the emperor's expression, "Your Majesty, you see?" ”

Thinking that the Wei family has been secretly searching for the descendants of the Jiang family in the past ten years, the emperor's heart softened, "It doesn't hurt to let them know, anyway, they are all blood relatives, and they always have to get together." ”

What's more, Wei Yang now has no family, and having more love and care is a good thing for him, a person with a disability.

Li Qian lowered his head and laid out the fold that had been put aside in front of the emperor.

Outside the palace, Wei suddenly came to the door, Wei Yang thought that she was here for Xie Liangqing's business, so she calmed down and wanted to make things clear. People like him, even people like the Wei family, who don't care, should also care.

Wei stared at Wei Yang for a long time, trying to find some traces of his aunt on his face. After a while, she took out the gold lock, "This is Mr. Wei's thing?" ”

Wei Yang glanced at the golden lock, the pattern was exactly the same as the one he gave to Xie Liangying, but the color was slightly different, probably the Xie family took it and re-fried it. He immediately said: "It was I who gave it to the owner, how can Mrs. Wei have it?" ”

Wei Shi shed two lines of tears, and took out Wei Yang's piece as well. When Wei Yang saw two identical golden locks, he was shocked.

"Your mother's surname is Wei, so you abandoned the surname Jiang. The sun and the moon are easy, and you take the yang as the name. Wei Shi squeezed Wei Yang's hand, "Your real name should be Jiang Yi, yes or no?" ”

Wei Yang has lived a reclusive life for more than ten years, and he keeps silent about his life experience, what he is afraid of is letting people know that there are still people in the Jiang family in the past. Bai Xiang has been biting this point, and the Jiang family is still a criminal minister.

His face changed, and he pulled Wei into the small room on the second floor of the shop, and looked out carefully before closing the door. Turning around, he looked at the weeping Wei family, and said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask Mrs. Wei how she found out." ”

Wei wiped the tears from her face, it was her brother who wanted to come over today. But the Wei family discussed it and felt that it was not easy to say that there were men going to the fat powder shop. Among the female dependents, Wei is the most suitable. She has a good relationship with Xie Liangying, and it is reasonable to take care of the shop in the past.

After she arrived at the shop, she carefully looked at the situation in the shop, and finally couldn't hold back her mood and went directly to Wei Yang.

Wei looked at Wei Yang's face greedily, "After Ah Ying brought the golden lock back that day, I felt familiar. After returning to my parents' house, my mother turned this out and gave it to me. She took out a piece of extremely well-folded drawing paper from her arms, laid it out, and handed it to Wei Yang, "After raiding the house, my father and mother stole it from the Jiang family." Over the years, they have even hidden it from me, and they have been hiding it well. If I hadn't gone home this time to show her the golden lock, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known it in my life. ”

It is a felony to possess the belongings of a criminal servant. Wei Yang knew that the Wei family showed this thing to himself, which was the greatest sincerity. Wei Jiatong guò sued him in this way, and they were still willing to recognize him, and they didn't care about being stained with those rights and wrongs.

Wei Yang's eyes were red, and his hand holding the drawing paper was constantly shaking. Jiang Taifu was famous for his calligraphy and painting, and Wei Yang naturally recognized his calligraphy and painting. He knew about the painting and had seen it as a child. The traces on the paintings are the same as the books I kept in my hand. It was all his father's handiwork. This painting was originally painted for the child in his sister's womb.

Wei held back his tears and said to Wei Yang: "After the shop is closed, you want to come to Wei's house." Your uncle and aunt, and my brothers and sisters-in-law, your cousins, are eager to see you. ”

Wei Yang looked at Wei's face and was worried about being rejected, and he was happy to finally find his expression, and his heart was very warm. For more than ten years, he has been counting the days alone, at first he thought about revenge, but later, when he recognized the reality, this unwillingness dissipated without a trace. Now the Wei family took the initiative to find the door and confided in him their desire to reunite. He opened his mouth, trying to answer.

But a voice in my heart was saying, if it is a Hongmen banquet, what should it be?

Wei Yang hesitated. But I thought that if the Wei family really set up such a big game, just for themselves, it would be too hard. Soon, however, he thought of his niece, the only child his sister had left behind. If it's for her, then a qiē makes sense.

Wei watched expectantly as Wei Yang's expression changed from excitement to indifference. She was nervous, not knowing what she had said wrong. The helpless Wei family pulled Wei Yang back, "Cousin, are you worried that your family will denounce you?" ”

Wei Yang looked at the Wei family coldly, "Didn't the Wei family help back then?" ”

Wei bit his lip fiercely. Before she came, Mrs. Wei had told her about this with concern. The Wei family has guilt towards Wei Yang and the Jiang family. But he didn't save people back then, but he had no choice but to do so.

"Have you ever thought that if the Wei family really came forward to protect the Jiang family, what would happen to the Wei family?" Wei looked at Wei Yang with teary eyes, "If you stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, if the Wei family also goes with you, then who will come to rehabilitate my uncle's family now?" ”

Wei was afraid that Wei Yang would not believe it, so he took out another letter, "You can put this away, if it is really a Hongmen banquet, just call someone to take the letter to sue." She stuffed the letter into Wei Yang's hand, "It's not short when I come out, and it's ...... at night I waited with my father and mother at home for my cousin to come. ”

Wei Yang looked at the back of Wei Shi leaving, opened the letter, only glanced at it, and put it away again.