Chapter 152: Empty Authority
The capital of the Zhou State is still the original capital, the imperial palace is still the original imperial palace, and the palaces and pavilions are still the same as the original, and there is no big change. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut everyone in the palace knows that some things are already quietly changing. For example, the emperor, such as the queen mother, such as the virtuous concubine, and even more like the favored concubine Niangniang in the Jade Immortal Palace.
It had been two days since Moyu woke up that night. When the morning sun shines through the screen window, it shines into the quiet room. Awakened to all sleeping things, in the vase under the window, a few petals of flowers are blooming. The candle flame on the lamppost flickered a few times before going out. The person who was napping beside the bed lowered his head a few times and then woke up leisurely.
Biyue rubbed her swollen eyes, and when her vision was clear, she turned her head to look at the master on the bed. only to find that her master didn't know when he had woken up and was looking at her blankly. Biyue rolled her eyes, shrunk her neck embarrassedly, and asked, "When did Niangniang wake up, why did she look at me like this?" ”
It's hard to be sorry for this girl, if she hadn't met her, maybe she could stay in the palace well, and when she was old, she could go out of the palace, and then find a good person to marry. However, after this incident, I am afraid that there is little hope. Mo Yu didn't move, only asked weakly, "How long have I been asleep?" ”
"It's been two days and two nights."
It's been so long! But also, which time she had a heart attack, she didn't sleep for three days. "Do you want to let them go?"
"They're all right, I saw that they were too tired, so I let them go to rest. The rest of the people in the palace are all right, but the two midwives and a few little eunuchs......"
Mo Yu looked at the top of the tent, and knew what Bi Yue's words were behind without thinking about it, and sighed: "Someone has to die." ”
"Those little eunuchs couldn't stand the torture, so they were recruited, and the emperor was angry at that time, and he didn't care about right or wrong, so he directly corrected the law on the spot."
After all, they can't be saved. "Find out who else is in their family, and give some money to compensate! Although this compensation is not worth their lives, they can do as much as they can. ”
"Yes, sissy."
Biyue poured her a glass of white water, Moyu drank it all in one gulp, then handed the cup to her again, and asked, "What's the situation with the Queen Mother?" ”
Biyue sat on the edge of the bed and said, "It seems that there is no movement, since the emperor went to the Ciming Hall the night before, the queen mother has not come out again, and I have not heard of anything happening." Niangniang, you say, will the emperor believe your words? ”
"Keep an eye on it! The emperor may not believe that it was the queen mother. "Because the Queen Mother has no reason to do this, she wants the prince, and it is impossible to hide the prince." By the way, what's wrong with Zhang Tongke? "She worries most about this person.
Biyue tucked her feet and said, "When Imperial Doctor Zhang left the palace yesterday morning, he was frightened halfway on the horse and hit the wall, and Imperial Doctor Zhang in the car unfortunately died. ”
"Dead?" She said incredulously, "I didn't expect him to die." ”
"Niangniang, Imperial Doctor Zhang must die. Rest assured, everything else has been done, and this secret can only be a secret forever. ”
Mo Yu closed her eyes tiredly and leaned on the back cushion, and sighed, "My hands are stained with blood." ”
"Niangniang, no one in this imperial city is clean."
"Hehe, I almost forgot, this is the Imperial City. Biyue, tell me what happened in the past two days! ”
That night, after the Queen Mother left angrily, the Queen also led Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian back to her palace. The emperor asked the guards to release the palace people of the Jade Immortal Palace and no longer interrogate them, but they could not enter and leave the Jade Immortal Palace at will. Yesterday morning, the two grandmothers who were passed by the emperor to Moyu to deliver the baby went to the Wende Palace, and never came back after that, as for what the emperor asked them, and what they said to the emperor, no one knows.
That night, after the imperial doctor checked Moyu's pulse, he kept shaking his head and reported to the emperor: "The concubine Niangniang is angry and angry, and she has heart disease, which caused her to vomit blood and fall into a coma. Niangniang has relapsed more than once or twice with this disease, and if she does not recuperate more, she will be hopeless. ”
If you mourn to the extreme, you will have to worry about your life, and if you are angry to the extreme, you will have no hope for your life. The emperor rubbed his brows helplessly and said, "Let's talk about it, how to cure her disease!" ”
Imperial Doctor Chen of the Imperial Physician's Department had recovered from his injuries, so he was ordered to enter the palace to see the noble concubine. This time, he knew that the condition of the concubine was much more serious than before. "Anger is born from the heart, Niangniang is a heart disease, and heart disease still needs heart medicine. The minister is still the same sentence at the beginning, the concubine should think less and worry less, and if she is quiet, she will be free of illness and pain. ”
Now the children she cares about the most don't know where they are, so how can she think less. But what the imperial doctor said was not unreasonable, he looked at the strings of beaded curtains that hung up, and sighed: "Go down and prescribe medicine!" ”
"Yes." The imperial physicians bowed and retreated. He looked at the dark night outside the hall, it was the middle of the moon, the full moon was in the sky, the night was as white as fog, and occasionally there were a few insect chirping calls, in this empty hall, it seemed so abrupt and silent.
Moyu was born prematurely after eating the propulsion-inducing medicine, so where did her proliferative medicine come from, and who gave it to her? Mo Yu is proficient in pharmacology, doesn't he know that there is something wrong with what he eats? Or is it because you are pregnant, and your alertness has decreased? At present, it can only be explained in this way.
Yun Changfeng said that there were no suspicious people who had entered and exited the palace, which means that the child had not been sent out of the palace, that is, he was still in the palace. But where is it in the palace? Why can't I find it? Where did that blood-red rhododendron come from?
On the second day, the shadow reported back and told in detail all the things that happened after Moyu went to the Ciming Hall that day. The Queen Mother and the Ji family want to use Moyu's children to consolidate their honor in the harem and court, and wait for Moyu to give birth to a child to deal with the Empress Fu. Then let Moyu replace the Fu family, enter the Renming Palace, and set up her child as the crown prince to ensure the status of the queen mother and ensure that the Ji family will not be favored. Unfortunately, Moyu didn't agree, she didn't want her children to get involved in these disputes. The Queen Mother and Mrs. Ji had no choice but to give up Moyu, wanting the two midwives to do their hands and feet in the process of delivery, so that Moyu would die silently in childbirth.
However, Mo Yu should have guessed the queen mother's intentions, so on the day of delivery, Biyue threatened the two grandmothers with a dagger, and later he asked the two for questioning, and they both confessed. It's just that after the child was born, I don't know why, and suddenly I was dizzy, and I didn't know anything. When they woke up, they were lying in the courtyard with everyone, and before they could figure out what was going on, the emperor had already called someone to smoke them.
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In the afternoon, the emperor came to the queen mother's bedroom, Ciming Palace.
In fact, he didn't want to come, no matter what the reason, he didn't want to believe that the Queen Mother would do this. However, if he didn't ask him face to face, he was unwilling, after all, he was his only son now.
In the Ciming Palace, the mother and son sat opposite each other. He looked helplessly at his mother, who was not his own mother, but who gave much more than his own mother. The Queen Mother looked coldly, she looked at her grown son, who was now sitting in front of her, questioning her.
"Queen mother, last night Mo Yu was a little emotional, and she collided with her mother, and her son apologized to you on her behalf." He said first.
The Queen Mother looked coldly, "The emperor doesn't have to beat around the bush, didn't you come today to ask the mourning family if they want a child?" ”
"So the queen mother, is the child really with you?"
"Is this the good son of the mourning family? Would you rather believe the words of a slut than the person of your mother? You have disappointed the Queen Mother too much. ”
Indeed, the former emperor has been fighting abroad all the year round, and he is in the capital, and this queen mother has always taken care of him, so after he ascended the throne, he also respected her very much. "Queen Mother, Moyu is a smart person and a very rational person." Therefore, she will not blame others for no reason. "She has a lot of respect for you."
"Hmph, it's free, the mourning family can't afford it. Now that the emperor is here today, the mourning family has also made it clear that this matter has nothing to do with the mourning family. ”
"In that case, why did you arrange for the midwife to kill her?"
The well-maintained hands under the brocade sleeves were not only folded and clenched, but the color of the back did not change, but the cold tone added more anger. "The mourning family doesn't know where the emperor heard this, but the mourning family also wants to tell you that the mourning family has not made these arrangements. The emperor doesn't want to believe the villain's slander and gave birth to our mother-son relationship. ”
"Then why did Moyu say that you hid the child?"
The Queen Mother shrugged helplessly, she originally wanted Moyu to die, but as a result, Moyu didn't die, and the child was gone. "How does the mourning family know that if a mad dog bites someone, the emperor should put her in prison and let her be clean in it for a few days, so she should know what to say and what not to say."
"What should be said or not, is it really you?" It seems that this is a flawed sentence, and he will not let it go.
"Shoot", "Your Majesty." The table shook, and the Queen Mother shouted, "You have to pay attention to your words, as the king of a country, you should not be obsessed with a woman, and for her, you will not hesitate to turn your face with your mother." ”
"That's not just a woman, that's the mother of my son, my only son."
"That's also the grandson of the mourning family."
The voice in the hall became louder and louder, and the Queen Mother even slapped the table, presumably really angry. Father-in-law Wan and Gonggong Ma at the door glanced at each other, and then looked inside together, but saw nothing. I had to turn around and continue to stand with my head down, without saying anything. Since the Queen Mother's words, the hall has been quiet, and they don't know what the people inside are saying.
"Your Majesty, whether you believe it or not, in short, this matter has nothing to do with the mourning family. The mourning family really wanted to use this child to bring down the Fu family, because this world is the world of the Chai family and not the world of their Fu family. However, before the mourning family could do anything, the child was gone. Your Majesty, think about it, what is the benefit of the mourning family hiding this child? Even if you hide it, can you hide it for a lifetime? ”
This heartfelt remark made him have to believe that the Queen Mother was innocent. When the Queen Mother talked about the Fu family, could it be that the Fu family hid the child. Fu Jinhuan has been in the palace for less than half a year, does she have so much ability in the palace? Can you take people away right under their noses?
The emperor raised his head, looked directly into her eyes, hesitated in his heart for a while, and finally asked: "Queen Mother, my son has something that I want to ask you face-to-face." ”
"What?"
The hand on his knee couldn't help but clench, even though he already had the answer in his heart, he was still a little afraid to hear it with his own ears. "At the beginning, the arrow that Moyu received in the Shengping Building, did you put it?"
There are some things, knowing and admitting it is not necessarily a bad thing, the Queen Mother said calmly: "Yes, it was arranged by the mourning family." ”
"Why? Didn't you personally arrange for Moyu to come in? This is what he has never understood, Yetian only said that only Moyu knew their motive for killing, and he once thought it was a bitter drama co-starred by Moyu and the people of the Ji family, but what happened later showed that it was not.
The Queen Mother looked ahead and said solemnly: "The Ji family has helped the mourning family too much, from Chang'an, to here, to the palace later, the mourning family can have today's status, they are indispensable." The position of the queen should have belonged to their Ji family. ”
"Then since the queen mother likes the Ji family, why did she kill Moyu, isn't Moyu surnamed Ji?"
The Queen Mother shook her head, looked at her son, and said, "Mourning the Ji family, but the emperor doesn't think so in his heart." Therefore, the mourning family wants to attack the heart and attack the emperor's heart, only if you have regrets in your heart, only if you feel guilty in your heart, can the people of the Ji family be in that position safely. ”
Understood, only when Moyu died, she could use his apology to her and make Ji Jade the queen to make up for her debt to the Ji family. "It's a pity that Moyu didn't die, she came back to life. So everything that happened to her later was for her life. "It's just a pity, she can't count it, and the last person to sit in the back seat is the person with the surname Fu.
That's why Mo Yushi knew all their plans, so she didn't say anything. She is protecting the Queen Mother and the Ji family, but they are not only grateful, but they have also intensified their efforts and assassinated them many times. Mo Yu has survived until now, it is not lucky, it is a sword and a sword desperately survived. "Queen Mother, no matter who my queen is, she can't shake your position in the Zhou Kingdom, why do you want to take this step? Aren't I good enough for the Guo family? ”
"Okay? Hahaha, what do you think? It's so good that they are all assigned to the border, and it's so good that the family is separated? Chai Rong, don't forget, without the emperor, there would be no status you have today, if you do this, aren't you afraid of being spurned by future generations? ”
He stood up, walked under the window, looked at the depressed scenery outside the window, and said coldly: "If they keep to themselves, I will never touch them in the slightest, and they can enjoy all the honor." However, what did they do to my country, bully the good and dominate the market, occupy the land, rob the people's daughters, and make the heavens angry and resentful, is this what they should repay me? ”
"But they are the clansmen of the former emperor, if you do this, where will the face of the former emperor remain?"
"I believe that if the emperor were alive, he would agree with my approach. The state of Zhou is getting stronger and stronger, and it can't tolerate a moth to destroy the country that the emperor worked so hard to build. Queen Mother, you are the mother of a country, and what the people want to see is that you treat everyone equally, and have clear grievances, instead of shielding criminals with your own selfishness. ”
"Does the emperor mean that he wants to put the mourning family in prison?"
He turned around, looked at his mother fixedly, shook his head, and said, "There is a saying among the people that the father pays the debt to the son. You are my mother, I will not punish you for all your mistakes, let me bear it! ”
This is her son, and she seems to know her son very well, but she doesn't know her own son. She tried to open her mouth several times to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, because she didn't know what to say. Hear his magnetic voice come from me. "Mother, you should also take care of your old age, if you feel bored, you can grow flowers and grass and listen to tunes, don't worry about the affairs of the palace anymore. Although the queen is new to the palace, she has been taught by her father since she was a child, and she is decisive and reasonable. ”
Did he want to get rid of her? Since the queen entered the palace, although she has a gold seal, the power is still in her hands. The emperor's move is to put all the power of the harem into her hands, and she is just a queen mother, just a queen mother in name. He would rather trust a woman with bad intentions to help him run the harem than trust her as a mother. The Emperor, the Emperor, was your choice really right? "This is the emperor's world, it is the emperor's harem, the emperor can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't have to take into account the feelings of the mourning family. If the emperor has nothing to do, go back first, the mourning family is tired and wants to rest. ”
He wanted to say some more comforting words, but when the words came to his mouth, he still didn't say them, and with the nature of the queen mother, the more he comforted her, the more she misunderstood, it was better not to say anything. "Then the queen mother has a good rest, and my son will come back to greet you when he is free." After speaking, he bowed, looked at the queen mother who closed her eyes, and finally resolutely went to the outside of the Ciming Palace.
After the emperor left, the Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes, listened to the sound of Wan Gonggong slowly approaching beside her, sighed heavily, and said to herself: "It's not biological!" ”
Gonggong Wan lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "The queen mother doesn't have to be sad, the emperor still has you in his heart." In any case, you are his mother, this is a fact that cannot be changed. ”
"He doesn't have a mourning family in his heart, he only has that slut in his heart. The mourning family thought that what they got in was a sheep to be slaughtered, but they didn't think that it was a sleeping lion. "Once the lion wakes up, he is a king, and who dares to match her.
Gonggong Wan didn't dare to answer this, so he changed the topic and said, "Then where did the concubine's child go?" ”
"The mourning family has no clue. But I hope that this child is still alive, and there is everything possible to live. Otherwise, even if there are thousands of means, there is nothing to be done. (To be continued.) )