Chapter 150: The Death of Song Guiren

Song Guiren is the daughter of Song Yang, and the grandmother of the Empress Dowager Ma is Song Yang's aunt, so the Ma family takes more care of the Song family. I heard that the Song family had two daughters who were born slim, so Queen Ma chose them to enter the palace. After entering the palace, Emperor Liu Wei also liked it very much, and he was also very fond of the Song family.

Empress Dou was also very good to the Song family and son on the surface, but this was only part of her strategy.

She first colluded with her mother, Princess Yuyang, to discuss how to put Song Guiren to death, but even a few tricks had no effect. She first knocked on the side in front of Emperor Zhang and said strange things about Song Guiren, but Emperor Zhang ignored it, Dou is a smart person, she understands that she must use other means to bring down Song Guiren. So she paid more attention to the relationship with Emperor Zhang's favored ministers, so that someone could speak for her at a critical time. In front of Emperor Zhang, she mainly used female sex to confuse the emperor, so that Emperor Zhang continued to be infatuated with her.

At the same time, she began to order people to monitor Song Guiren's life in order to find out the flaws and deal a blow to Song Guiren.

In the palace at that time, although the concubines could not meet their relatives, they could communicate with each other. Song Gui has always been weak after giving birth to Liu Qing, but he wrote a letter to his family, saying that he was not in good health and wanted to eat a kind of wild vegetables, so he asked his mother to buy some outside the palace to help her send them into the palace. Empress Dowager Dou ordered someone to intercept this family letter, and she saw some strange words in the letter. So he decided to use this as a basis to ask Emperor Zhang for a ruling, and took it to see Liu Wei with a smile.

Her graceful figure is extremely beautiful in the eyes of the emperor. "Your Majesty, look at this family letter, this is written by Song Guiren to his family."

Liu Wei took the letter and looked at it: "This is a letter from home, what's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, look. This letter is obviously a curse, cursing the emperor to die soon, so that her son can become the emperor and she can also be a mother to the world. ”

In the past, there were many cases of witchcraft in the harem of the Western Han Dynasty, so things like curses were a big taboo in the harem, and those who violated the order should be put to death. Her remarks can be said to be extremely serious.

But Liu Wei is the emperor after all, and he is the standard by which he measures things. It's proof. Although this letter was written by Song Guiren, he knew it well. Song Guiren did not have such a strong desire for power, and at the same time Liu Qing became the crown prince, the emperor would only favor them, even if they fell out of favor. In the future, the crown prince ascended the throne, and the queen mother's phoenix crown was also hot. There was really no need for Song Guiren to do this, besides, her son was still a baby.

But Dou was extremely restless this time, and she said to Emperor Zhang: "Your Majesty, you look at your knowledge and wisdom on weekdays. It's the best in the world. The concubines admired the emperor, and this is it. Why can't you see a little problem in this little letter? The concubines also heard the courtiers talk about this hot and cold world. It turned out that the emperor only valued Song's beauty and couldn't see through her wolf ambitions. ”

She said something like this. Liu Wei was overjoyed, sad and frightened, and his face seemed to be smiling, and he said: "I don't only value the beauty of the Song family, the prince is still young, if she really disrespects the destiny of heaven, doesn't know the power of thunder, and wants to be a deer, I can't." It seems too hasty to convict on the basis of this letter alone. I am the son of heaven of a country, I should be cautious as a person, distinguish between right and wrong, how can I be childish. Today's matter, let go, I will decide again. ”

Having said that, the emperor did not abolish the Song nobles because of this, but the bewitchment in the ears of the Dou family every day finally made him lose his reason, and he began to believe the words of the Dou family, and gradually the Song nobles and the crown prince became estranged.

Three years after the establishment of the crown prince, Empress Dou provoked another incident, this time her goal was to depose the crown prince, because before that, she saw that she could not have children, so she adopted Liu Zhao, the son born to Liang Guiren, so she had to depose Liu Qing before she could become the real master of the harem.

After Liang Guiren was also the founder of the country, her grandfather Liang Tong was also a person who fought the world with Emperor Guangwu. Father Liang Zhu is a talented son who has no ambition, and his mother died early, so the Liang sisters were raised by the eldest princess of Wuyin.

After their sisters were selected to enter the palace, the sisters were beautiful, so they were all named nobles. Shortly after Liu Qing was born, Liang Guiren also gave birth to a son, Liu Zhao. But Queen Dou has never come out, her jealousy is strong, and everyone knows it, so she is in a state of trembling and walking on thin ice every day.

Queen Dou came to the door at this time, and she said to Liang Guidao: "First, your foundation is still shallow, your father is cowardly and incompetent, the family is in ruins, and the world of the harem is to be compared with the court, why do you want to fight with me?" Second, you gave birth to a son and it was a thorn in the side of my Queen Dou, and it is impossible for you to hide and avoid it, and it is impossible to rely on Weifu. You also saw the emperor's favor for me, I want you to live, you will live, I want you to die, do you think you still want to live in peace in the palace? ”

Her obscenity still made Xiaoliang nobles succumb, and in desperation, she had to ask the emperor to hand over her biological son Liu Zhao to Empress Dou to raise her.

With an heir, the Dou family really became rampant, and she instructed Cai Lun to frame Song Guiren and "coerce evil and flatter". Once again, she asked Emperor Zhang for the sin of the Song Clan's witch Gu, and this time she succeeded. The tolerant and confused Emperor Zhang decided to depose the crown prince Liu Qing, demoting him to the rank of filial piety king of Qinghe, expelling the Song nobles from the palace, and Liu Zhao, born to the Liliang nobles and raised by the Dou family, became the crown prince.

After Song Guiren left the palace, he immediately fell into the hands of Dou's minions. Empress Dou sent eunuchs to torture and interrogate her, causing the concubines to suffer from flesh and skin, which was an unprecedented evil. In the prison of Yongxiang, how can two weak women withstand all kinds of torture! So he was forced to confess to the crime, and even forced to say that the young prince was also involved in the crime. Emperor Zhang was extremely sad, thinking that the case had been revealed, and he was so angry that he ordered the Song sisters to wait. Cai Lun, who was in charge of the law at that time, insisted on strictly enforcing the law, and the Song Guiren sisters couldn't bear this reality, and they also knew that they couldn't be saved.

Having said that, Dou hugged Liu Zhao, who was born to Liang Guiren, and raised her, she still had a concern in her heart, Liang Guiren is not dead, and the child will know the truth sooner or later, and everything she has worked hard will turn into water. At that time, the Liang family was still full of hope and joy, because the Dou family was the queen, Liu Zhaoli was the crown prince, and he would not treat the Liang family badly if he became the emperor in the future. But they don't know much about the Dou family, with her personality, she will only treat the Liang family with a more vicious mentality, how can they let their family fly to the branches.

So, after forcing Song Guiren to death, Dou immediately pointed the finger at Liang Guiren, and Dou instructed people to frame Liang Guiren's father in the form of "Pegasus", that is, an anonymous letter, so that he died unjustly in prison, and finally Liang Guiren and his sister were implicated, and the family was affected, and Liang Guiren could not bear the pain and committed suicide by taking poison.

Speaking of this, Li He sighed and said: "The first emperor should be responsible for the birth of this kind of tragedy. Because whether it is Song Guiren or Liang Guiren, they were all his favorite concubines, and they gave birth to a prince for him, no matter what was born, that is, Liang Guiren was really wrong, how could he force the crown prince's mother to death? And the saddest thing is that after this series of tragedies, Emperor Zhang became more and more favored by the Dou family. This is the sorrow of Emperor Zhang! At the same time, it is even more sad for the confused! ”

Li Xia shook his head and said, "It's not unreasonable to say this, but I think the first emperor still has a deep affection for the Empress Dowager Dou." Back then, he couldn't really be so confused that he didn't know anything, but because of his love for the Dou family, he just opened one eye and closed one eye. For example, the protection of King Qinghe back then also shows that the first emperor actually deliberately protected the prince. ”

"Yes, back then, my father was afraid that something would happen to me, so he kept me with the emperor, eating and living the same, and also to prevent the Dou family from harming my life!" Liu Qing nodded and said.

Li He glanced at Liu Qing, he was so haggard in the past half a month, people couldn't help but be moved, when he stared at him, he already had a plan in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Lord Wang, tomorrow morning, if you want to fall on the ground and cry, you must cry sadly and sadly, and those who hear it will be moved." ”

Liu Qing looked at Li He and asked, "What does Mr. mean?" ”

Li Xia stroked his palms and smiled: "This plan is very wonderful, Mr. Gaojian!" ”

Li He said with a smile: "Brother Li is also a smart person, Lord Wang, you have been haggard for half a month, and then you are crying on the ground, anyone who sees it will be sad, and they will ask the reason, and the emperor will feel guilty. ”

Liu Qing nodded, frowned, and said: "Liang Guiren's sister, Liang Guiren is still alive and still living in Princess Wuyin's mansion, did she also find someone to cry to the emperor and expose the evil deeds of the Empress Dowager Dou?" ”

"So good! In this way, the emperor has nothing to say. Zuo Tianqi clapped his hands and applauded.

"Then Lord Wang, when the matter is settled, don't be sad anymore. There is a way, the cycle of heaven and the way, and the wicked will eventually get the retribution they deserve. Although the emperor said that he was filial, he still had favors, and he would never embarrass the prince, but would also clear the grievances of the Song nobles and rehabilitate the Liang nobles. People say that it is difficult to recover, and when the time comes, whether it can be recovered or not depends on the emperor's words! People are warm and cold, everyone wants to accept the will, and get a thousand years, what crime can't be pinched? That's the catastrophe! At that time, the world was slim, many people had passed away, and many things had been diluted, except for those who had personal pain, who would think about your pain back then. Some places are optimistic, but some places are hidden in the worries of the victims, the emperor is a person of understanding, and there will be a good saying. Take one step at a time, that's all! She talked eloquently, reasonably, and dissipated Liu Qing's panic, depression, and sorrow. (To be continued)