He Yong, the secretary of Dali Temple, is a capable minister, this person is capable, bold and careful. Since receiving the emperor's holy decree that he should join forces with the Criminal Division and the Suppression Division to strictly investigate the relationship between Liu Shanxiu and the palace, he let go of his hands and feet to do it boldly, and it took only six or seven days to find out about Zhongde's body. Of course, this is also thanks to the strong support of the Department of Suppression and Punishment Division. If you want to investigate the affairs in the palace, you can't do it without the help of the Criminal Division.

It's just that this matter has only been found in Zhongde, and it has already set off a monstrous wave.

In the palace inner garden Yilan Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs all stood under the eaves of the corridor outside the palace gate and held their breath and concentrated, for fear that they would accidentally make a noise and provoke the master who was already on the verge of collapse and a catastrophe would come.

Concubine Xian sat under the carved window of the small glass inlaid with clear glass, her slender white fingers twisting a jade-colored embroidered pear flower handkerchief, and she herself had a gloomy face, as if suppressing great anger and fear.

"Back to Niangniang, the Fourth Highness has come down." The palace maid who was in charge of the curtain at the door replied softly while lifting the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang.

Concubine Xian was stunned, the red gold armor on her little finger slammed into her other hand, and a piercing pain made her take a breath of cold air, and then angrily pulled off the armor and slapped it on the small kang table.

"Mother?" Yun Xuan entered the door and saw Concubine Xian smashing her armor fiercely, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong?" ”

Concubine Xian suddenly turned her head to look at him, her gaze changed from fierce to angry, then to helplessness, and at the end to sadness. Large tears fell slowly, dripping on her lotus pink palace dress, leaving a faint trace of water.

"Mother?!" Yun Yu hurriedly stepped forward and half-knelt in front of her, "Don't worry, concubine, the sons and daughters are free to arrange, and they will never involve you, my mother and son." The mother concubine is relieved. ”

Concubine Xian frowned and glanced at the entrance of the hall, pulled her son to get up and walked to the depths of the inner hall.

Almost all the concubines in the palace believe in Buddhism, and these women always worship Buddha for 300 days a year for 360 days. Concubine Xian is no exception, there is a small Buddha hall in the depths of the apse of Yilan Palace, which enshrines a jade-carved Guanyin monk.

The ashram was windowless and closed on all sides, except for a carved mahogany door four inches behind, and when it was closed, it was quiet, and any distractions outside were kept out, and likewise no one outside could hear what was being said inside.

As soon as the door closed, Concubine Xian anxiously held Yun Xuan's hand and asked in a low voice, "How did you arrange it?" They all found Zhong De's head! I heard that the emperor fainted angrily today? How can this be foolproof? ”

Yun Qi gritted his teeth and said, "He won't speak." Moreover, Erchen promised that he would not survive tonight! ”

Concubine Xian was naturally not at ease, frowned and asked, "Can it be done clean?" It's good to say that the Zhenfu Division is the henchmen of Prince Cheng's father and son, and they are only loyal to the emperor! ”

"Now I have to fight. All those involved will have to die tonight. Yun Qi said hatefully.

"No way!" Concubine Xian said sharply: "It's not time for the fish to die and the net is broken!" ”

"But if they don't die, I don't know if they can't bear it, they will pull out our mother and son. I think my father is crazy! The boss and the fifth are not as good as pigs and dogs now, I heard that the boss has gone crazy! ...... compete with dogs for food every day" Yun Xuan's eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched, "Mother, we must not follow in the footsteps of Queen Feng and the eldest and fifth!" ”

"Nope! No...... Concubine Xian hurriedly reached out and took her son, who was a head taller than herself, into her arms, patted him gently on the back, and comforted: "The concubine will never let you follow in their footsteps." You can rest assured. ”

Yun Xuan stretched out his hand to hug Concubine Xian, and sighed in a low voice: "Mother, we must not be soft-hearted. ”

"It's not soft-hearted." Concubine Xian pulled her son out of her arms and sighed in a low voice, "I'm afraid that even if you kill all those people, you will still cause harm to yourself. ”

"How is that possible? Without evidence, my father would not have done anything to me. ”

"But he'll be suspicious of you. I don't trust you anymore. There are six princes, even if the eldest and fifth have been abolished, the third will be defeated, plus you still have three people. You're not the only one, son! ”

"So what are we going to do?" Yun Xuan stared at Concubine Xian, her voice deep and slow.

"This is the catastrophe of our mother and son. If we want to win the trust of your father, we must pay a price. Concubine Xian's gaze lifted from Yun Xuan's face, and a hint of fierceness flashed in her eyes.

"At what cost?" Yun Xuan felt a little uneasy.

"Go and greet your father tonight, and then expose me to him." Concubine Xian took a deep breath, and seemed to concentrate all the strength of her body on the sentence behind her: "You tell him that I secretly instructed those people to do those things in order to blame others. The purpose is, of course, to clear the way for you. You said you didn't know about it beforehand, and I told you the truth recently. You persuaded me to confess to the emperor several times, but I never listened to my mother. Now for the sake of your father's dragon health and health, and for the sake of the Dayun Temple, you have to kill your relatives in righteousness, and tell your father about the mistakes I made, my mother and concubine......"

"No!" Yun Xuan let out a low roar, took Concubine Xian's arm and knelt on the ground: "I don't! It didn't come to this at all! Could it be that you have worked hard for so many years, but you have given up at this time! And if it's without you, what's the use of my son asking for that chair?! ”

For a long time, it has been the ideal of Concubine Xian to squeeze the queen down to the throne of the queen, but when she persisted in fighting for this ideal for more than ten years, she found that it seemed that it was impossible to be a queen, and the strength of the Feng family should not be underestimated. So Concubine Xian had no choice but to give up the queen's throne and focus on the queen mother.

Yes, the queen has no sons, and after the emperor returns to heaven, she is at most a queen mother. And as long as his son inherits the throne, he will be the Queen Mother. When the time comes, trying to kill her is as simple as stepping on an ant.

Besides, Concubine Xian has been planning step by step, and she has always wanted to count the queen into it, and it is best to let her die in front of the emperor. In this way, there are fewer stumbling blocks on the way to fight for the throne for his son.

The emperor lives up to his wishes. Under one trap after another by Concubine Xian, the queen finally jumped in. Of course, Queen Feng herself is not clean, if she does not calculate, she will not be harmed, and she will not be calculated and harmed. There is no right and wrong in the struggle between these two women, and it can only be said that Concubine Xian's means are slightly higher than that of Empress Feng.

It's just a blink of an eye, and the big and small things of the past 20 years have flickered in front of Concubine Xian's eyes one by one.

At the end, she smiled bitterly and touched the handsome face of her son kneeling in front of her, endured the tears rolling in her eyes, and sighed: "Son, remember, if you want to laugh to the fullest, you must give up ruthlessly." The mother's lifelong wish is to be able to ascend to the throne. The Queen's throne is no longer counted on. But the mother hopes to be the queen mother. Even if it's dead...... It's worth it too. ”

"Mother!" Yun Xuan reached out and hugged Concubine Xian's waist, whimpering and sobbing, "Don't do this! There must be a way! Let's think of something else. ”

"If you want to save the lives of you, my mother and son, there are many ways. But do you want to be sick behind closed doors like the third child? Do you want your mother to be inexplicably killed by a bowl of poison? Or do you want to live a life like the boss and the fifth? ”

Concubine Xian stroked her son's head lovingly, and sighed in a low voice: "Believe in the mother, even if you want to have such a day, the mother concubine is not willing." You also know that now your father is terminally ill, even if the Yao family girl tries her best, it is only a year and a half of life. That Mrs. Xiao is a living example! So you're going to seize this time and be sure to get the rest of us done. ”

"Mother...... If you're gone, what's the point of your son asking for that? I don't want it anymore...... I'll take you away, let's go to the ends of the earth to live a peaceful life! We're not fighting with them anymore! ”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Xian reprimanded in a low voice: "Not to mention how much energy we have put in over the years, think about it again, the whole world is not the king's land, where can we escape to?!" ”

Yun Xuan didn't answer, just shook his head vigorously, and the tears on his face were wiped on Concubine Xian's honey-colored blessing word shining golden moon dress.

The tears and cries of her son made Concubine Xian's heart ache for a while, and no matter how tough a mother was, it was impossible for her son to be indifferent in the face of such a appearance. She sighed faintly, took a handkerchief to wipe away Yun Xu's tears, and gently persuaded: "You are not alone. You also have your grandfather, your uncle, and half of the ministers in the court. And the seventh is not yet an adult, and the sixth is far away at sea. At this time, you are the only one by your father's side. As long as the mother concubine takes this matter and leaves you clean, your father will naturally attach importance to you. If you think about it, it's still worth it for us. ”

Seeing that Yun Qi was still shaking her head, Concubine Xian picked up her usual fierce look again: "What, don't you even listen to your mother's words?" ”

"Mother?" Yun Lu looked up at his mother in astonishment, "Son...... My son will never be able to do such a thing as a pig and a dog! ”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Xian said angrily: "A manly man, he must do something and not do something!" For the sake of a thousand years! I die without regrets! Are you going to let me down? ”

"......" Yun Qi was completely speechless at this time.

"Okay, you are a filial son, you can't bear to push my mother and me out. Then you go, don't come to the palace these days. The mother did it herself. But in that case, I may not even be able to keep a whole corpse of your mother. will definitely be crushed by the emperor. ”

"Mother, don't!" Yun Xuan hugged Concubine Xian again and shook his head desperately, he only thought about it now, if he went to tell his father and interceded by the way, he might be able to hold his mother's life.

------Off topic------

Dear Di, I had a busy day yesterday, first ran to the court, and then went to pick up my son home. It was already late when I got home, so I hurriedly wrote this point, but it was better than asking for leave. Thank you for your understanding!

Also, I saw the monthly ticket list plummeting, and I was really unmotivated!

If you don't work hard today, tomorrow will be 3,000 words!