On the sixth day of the first month of March, on the day of the Chang Dynasty, above the court, the Empress Dowager Liu E issued a decree to the world, and since then she has returned to the government, and removed the curtain in the hall to make her mind clear, and the ministers have bowed to the mouth and called the Queen Mother's holy act.

Zhao Zhen knew that Liu E's actions were forced to be helpless, first some important ministers knelt down in front of the palace to ask, and then all the ministers and royal relatives wrote to ask the Queen Mother to let go of power, plus the people who were arrested during the palace rebellion confessed to the Holy Religion, all of which made Liu E confused, and now he had to release the power in his hands.

It was Zhao Zhen who smiled and was humble on the surface, but in fact, he hated it in his heart, thinking of what Concubine Yang said that day, Zhao Zhen's heart was like being scalded by boiling water countless times, and the pain was unbearable every time he touched it.

However, although Zhao Zhen knows all kinds of evil deeds of Liu E, she has no evidence, even if she no longer holds the power of the Great Song Dynasty, she is still the queen mother of the Great Song Dynasty and the most noble woman in the harem.

As the benevolent and filial emperor in the mouth of everyone, he can't do anything to her for the time being, and he still has to be respectful and filial to her.

Thinking of this, the fist in his sleeve clenched hard, and if he hadn't tried his best to control it, the smirk on his face would have vanished.

Staying up to the Scattered Dynasty, Zhao Zhen did not go to the Empress Dowager's Baoci Palace to greet him as in the past, nor did he go to the Concubine Li's Cuide Hall to visit the concubine, but his footsteps walked towards the Kunning Hall of the sage Guo Hou.

Since Guo Hou was grounded, the Kunning Hall will be deserted, no longer lively in the past, at this time it is almost noon, the main entrance of the Kunning Hall is still closed, only the small door on the side is left by people in and out, thinking of the purpose of coming today, Zhao Zhen's eyes darkened.

In the palace, Empress Guo heard that the official family was coming, and her spirits immediately lifted up to greet her.

I haven't seen him for many days, and Zhao Zhen saw that the sage Guo seemed to be a little thinner, but his hair and clothes were still neat, but after today, I don't know if this Guo can still be like this?

"The official family came to Kunning Hall today, but they came to visit the concubine?" After Guo Hou gave the salute, he looked at Zhao Zhen expectantly.

Zhao Zhen coughed lightly, twisted his head away, and ordered, "Yan Wenying, take the things to the saint to see." ”

Yan Wenying replied in a low voice, took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Guo Hou, then bowed his head and took a few steps back before making no sound.

Guo Hou unfolded the piece of paper suspiciously, and after reading it in a hurry, his face turned pale in an instant, and his lips trembled and asked, "Guanjia, this is. What is it? ”

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while and asked, "Do you know the person who signed the money on this paper?" ”

"It's not very clear, it seems that it was the person of the concubine Kunning Palace, but this slave was sent to another place by the concubine last month because of eating against the palace maid, and now where does this start?" Guo Hou tried his best to keep calm and said.

"The night before yesterday, a group of people who claimed to be the Holy Sect launched a palace rebellion and wanted to kidnap me, and the person who took the lead was you, the slave of the Kunning Palace, and he was arrested afterwards, and confessed that the person who instructed him was the saint of today, but now he is a painting in black and white and confesses." Zhao Zhen looked at Empress Guo lightly.

"How so? Concubines, concubines have never been so thoughtful, let alone instructed the people of the Holy Sect to kidnap the official family, the official family must believe in the concubine! Guo Hou grabbed Zhao Zhen's arm and shook his head and said.

"The last time the saint ignored me and slapped me rashly, it was a great rebellion. It didn't take long for this to happen again, and now that I believe you, how can I block everyone's mouths, and how will you, a saint, manage the huge harem in the future? Zhao Zhen gently shook off Guo with his sleeve and grabbed his hand.

"Last time, last time, it was Shang Meiren's slut who designed to frame the concubine, and the concubine didn't mean to slap the official. It's just that this palace turmoil is said to be instigated by the concubine, which is really wronged! Guo Hou said hatefully.

"Being designed so easily, how will you, a saint, secure the supremacy of the harem in the future?" Zhao Zhen looked at Empress Guo coldly. "I will move the position of this saint."

"Official." Empress Guo looked at Zhao Zhen sadly, "It has been seven years since the concubines came to the harem, how many times have the official family come to the Kunning Palace for the concubines?" Even if the concubine is no longer treated by the official, the concubine's heart for the official family can be seen by the sun and the moon, and the official family really can't bear to treat the concubine like this? ”

"That's why I didn't issue an edict in court today. For the sake of your family, for you to still save face, you asked yourself to cut off the name of this saint, and in the future you will be a 'pure concubine', and the degree of food and clothing is compared to that of a concubine, and I can only do this now. ”

"Concubine Jing" Empress Guo was so soft that she fell to the ground, tears involuntarily flowed down, and she laughed miserably, "Concubine Jing! From now on, I will be a 'pure concubine'! It's also clean, the official family is really ruthless, the concubine is grateful, thank you for the official name! ”

A wry smile flashed at the corner of Zhao Zhen's mouth, and then looked at Guo Hou, who was crying on the ground, although he didn't like this woman very much because of the Queen Mother, but he was so calculating to her, and he also felt a trace of guilt in his heart, but this was the best arrangement for her, thinking of this, Zhao Zhen stopped talking and turned around and left Kunning Palace.

At this time, the sun was shining warmly outside the Kunning Palace, but inside the hall was a gloomy cloud.

In the Shouchang Pavilion of the Imperial Study, Zhao Xian looked at Zhao Zhen and asked, "Brother Zhen, the person named Wei Yanxiu who escaped during the palace chaos has not been found yet?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "The harem is quite large, and it is not easy to find him for a while, but if you find this person, you can't catch him back."

Zhao Xian thought about it carefully and asked, "Brother Zhen, but you want to put a long line to catch a big fish?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Exactly, now I have to try to find the 'hidden gang' in this way." ”

"There is a secret passage in the palace, why don't you send a secret guard to guard the secret passage and wait for the rabbit?"

"I'm afraid that there is more than one secret passage in the palace." Zhao Zhen said.

Zhao Xian groaned for a moment, her eyes flashed, she suddenly laughed, and said, "This is simple, it is better to guard all our suspicions, if this person does not come out again, we will think of forcing him out." ”

Zhao Zhen looked sideways and thought for a moment, Fang gave a thumbs up and said with a smile, "This method is good." ”

On the seventh day of the first month of March, the current sage Guo wrote to the emperor, claiming that because of his jealousy, impulsiveness offended the holy face, and because he failed to manage the harem, resulting in frequent turmoil in the palace, and now he asked to cut off the name of the saint, and is willing to live in Changning Palace for a long time.

The emperor granted Guo's request, abolished the title of sage, named him a pure concubine, Yujing Chong Miao Immortal, gave the name Qingwu, and lived in Changning Palace.

A decree was issued, shocking the court, and the ministers knelt down to ask the official family to take back their orders, but Zhao Zhen's intention had been decided, and the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Then there were important ministers headed by Wang Xiang in the court who entered the palace to try to dissuade the officials again, Zhao Zhen ordered someone to take out the confession and hand it to them.

This night in March is destined to be unpeaceful, there is chaos in the harem, there is still a thief who has not yet bowed his head, and the new governor will send additional people to search the palaces in the harem, large and small, although it does not disturb the concubines with great fanfare, but it also makes the people of the harem more cautious.

At this time, most of the people in the palace turned off the lights and went to bed, and only one place was still shining with a faint candle flame.

This Changning Palace has not been inhabited for a long time, and the place equivalent to the cold palace is naturally located in a remote area, and I don't know who lives in it today.

"Concubine Jing, you should rest earlier, this is a tired day, don't bother anymore." An older woman stood beside the bed, urging the woman lying on the bed with a sad face.

The woman raised her face indifferently, it was the saint who had been abolished (referring to the queen), and now the net concubine Guo, she looked at the bed curtain blankly, and said for a long time, "Nurse, you can rest first, and I will sleep." ”

The woman who had been called the nurse sighed, turned and blew out the candle, and walked slowly out of the house.

In the dark, only the sound of turning over was heard on the bed, thinking of the events of the past few days, and then thinking of the moment when she just entered the palace, Guo's tears couldn't help dripping, she gently wiped the tears on her face with her hand, but before the hand was put down, she felt a slight breathing sound nearby.

She looked up and opened her mouth to breathe, and suddenly, a large hand covered her mouth.