Chapter 120: Debunking
Empress Zhaoren is not as pure and kind as a blank sheet of paper as she appears, she still has a lot of control over the palace, and Empress Zhaoren saw every move of the noble concubine at that time.
It's just that Concubine Gao is her own sister, and for the sake of the Gao family, Empress Zhaoren can't demolish Concubine Gao, so she can only help her cover it up.
However, when Concubine Gao wanted to kill the palace man named Li Ruyue, Empress Zhaoren made a move.
First, Empress Zhaoren was afraid that in the future, the prince would know his background and track down the whereabouts of his biological mother, and if she knew that the noble concubine had killed his biological mother, she would not be able to say what would happen.
Second, Empress Zhaoren watched Concubine Gao act and knew that she was very ruthless inside, so she wanted to leave something that could threaten Concubine Gao.
Therefore, when the noble concubine sent someone to kill Li Ruyue, Empress Zhaoren made a move, she sent someone to rescue Li Ruyue, hid her in a small mansion in Jinling City, not only gave her money to live in, but also sent her a few subordinates to take care of family affairs.
The people sent out by Concubine Gao couldn't find Li Ruyue, and replied that Concubine Gao had been killed.
Originally, Concubine Gao was convinced, but after a few years, she didn't know why she knew about it, she didn't want to leave trouble, so she sent someone to hunt down again.
At that time, Empress Zhaoren was already seriously ill and died, and she had no energy left to cover up Li Ruyue, so the noble concubine's people looked for Li Ruyue.
Li Ruyue is also a shrewd person, and she escaped with great difficulty, evading pursuit all the way until she ran into Wu's.
At that time, Li Ruyue and his party cried and told the truth to Wu's party, and Wu's was really shocked when he heard it. I didn't think that Concubine Gao was not the biological mother of the prince, and she would do such an evil thing.
Thinking that Li Ruyue is the prince's biological mother, if she doesn't see anyone, but if people see her and don't save her, they can't say that something will happen, in case this matter is revealed in the future, I am afraid that it will affect the children, and the Wu family can only help Li Ruyue cover up her whereabouts.
Later, many strangers came to the village to look for Li Ruyue's traces, and Wu Shi watched it, although it was silent. But after going back, I gritted my teeth and made a decision.
It just so happened that a few days ago, there was a family in the village with a powerful mother-in-law and an incompetent man. His daughter-in-law is a foreigner, and she was originally bought to be a child daughter-in-law when both her parents died. Later, the family got better. I dislike the daughter-in-law I bought, who has no family and no background. The daughter-in-law was sick and did not give treatment, and scolded the daughter-in-law to do heavy work.
This daughter-in-law was so sick that she died of exhaustion. This family was also mean and ruthless, and they didn't buy a coffin for her to send, and threw it directly into the mass grave.
Coincidentally, this daughter-in-law and Li Ruyue are quite similar in figure, and for safety, Wu went to the mass grave at night to put Li Ruyue's clothes on the daughter-in-law, and dragged the daughter-in-law to an abandoned old house at the foot of the mountain.
In this way, the people sent by the noble concubine to find Li Ruyue found the corpse and thought that Li Ruyue was sick and starved to death, so she took a hairpin she was wearing, which was originally rewarded by the noble concubine, and found a place at the foot of the mountain to bury her and return to her life.
After some time, Wu Shi saw that the wind was calm outside, and when he went out to chat, he inquired that it was all right, and then searched for it at the foot of the mountain, and saw a cemetery, which completely eased up.
Li Ruyue saw that there was no worry about her life, so she left when she was raised here for a few days by Wu's family.
Before leaving, she told Wu that she wanted to return to her hometown, but Wu didn't know where she went.
After Ji Yi and Ji Songxian heard these things, their faces changed.
Ji Yi asked repeatedly: "So, Your Majesty's own mother is still alive?" ”
Wu nodded: "About alive, she is a shrewd and intelligent person, and when she left, she brought the things with her, and I brought her the rest of our family's money, she should be doing well." ”
Ji Songxian was stunned for a while before he said, "I didn't think that Your Majesty was not born to the Queen Mother?" I said why the Queen Mother was unwilling to return to His Majesty, and she actually ...... No wonder so. ”
"If you say it, it's too important." Ji Yi instructed Wu Shi with a heavy face: "Don't mention this matter again, and wait until I think about it, the Queen Mother is now afraid of hating me, and our family has to think of exposing this matter in order to protect ourselves." ”
Ji Songxian suddenly thought of something, his face immediately changed, and he said something vaguely to Wu Shi, and immediately went back to the house, and went back to Jinyiwei by car.
At the door of the guardhouse, Ji Songxian touched Cheng Huaijin who was about to go out, she made a gesture to Cheng Huaijin, Cheng Huaijin nodded, helped her get out of the car and went directly into the guard.
Ji Songxian went in and said, "You find a secluded and uninhabited place, I have something important to tell you." ”
When Cheng Huaijin heard this, he immediately took Ji Songxian to the back garden, sitting in the pavilion where the wind was blowing everywhere, Cheng Huaijin asked, "What's the change?" ”
Ji Songxian thought for a while before gritting his teeth and said, "Can you think of a way to make that shadow have a Li character in it?" ”
"Why?" Cheng Huaijin asked.
"I only learned today that His Majesty is not the Queen Mother's son, but was born to a palace man surnamed Li, and the Queen Mother sent someone to hunt down and kill that palace person......"
Cheng Huaijin listened to Ji Songxian's words, his face changed a lot, he was a little happy for a while, and a little annoyed for a while, he grabbed Ji Songxian's hand and asked, "What you said is true?" The palace man surnamed Li is still alive now? ”
Ji Songxian bit her lower lip: "My mother said that she should still be alive, but after all these years, she was afraid that the Queen Mother would not forgive her if she knew about it, so she didn't dare to reveal a word." ”
"That's good, that's good." Cheng Huaijin showed a little joy on his face, and he hugged Ji Songxian into his arms: "Let me tell you the truth, Your Majesty and I thought that Mrs. Li had passed away, and Your Majesty was still sad for a while ago, and I didn't want to see that she was still alive." ”
"You and Your Majesty?"
Ji Songxian was shocked: "Your Majesty actually knows? ”
Cheng Huaijin nodded: "I know, Your Majesty is not stupid, I have seen it clearly over the years, I was just suspicious, since I took over the Jinyi Guard, I asked me to investigate everywhere, and it turned out that Mrs. Li had been dead for many years, Your Majesty was still sad, if you knew that Mrs. Li had not died, you would be happy." ”
"It's just that my mother doesn't have any evidence, so she doesn't dare to say these words." Ji Songxian sighed: "I still have to think of some evidence to get it, mother and son nature, I think Your Majesty also has a heart to be close to the biological mother, it's a pity." ”
Cheng Huaijin smiled and didn't say anything else, and said after a while: "I have written down everything you said, don't worry, everything will be fine." ”
The two discussed for a while, and Cheng Huaijin personally sent Ji Songxian out of Jinyiwei, and saw that she got into the carriage and left, and then entered the palace to arrange matters.
After Ji Songxian went back, he didn't mention it, just pretending to take care of Ji Yi and Wu's as if he didn't care about everything.
But it is said that on this day, the civil and military officials gathered in Chu'anmen, and after three long lives, Emperor Qingfeng ascended to the throne, and said: "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat from the court......"
Ji Yi got up and played a few things related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and then said: "The day before yesterday, His Majesty said that the matter of sending envoys to Dahua has been done, and the ones selected are Qian Weiyong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Gu Chao, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. ”
After hearing this, Emperor Qingfeng nodded and smiled: "The two of them are good, they are both old and serious people, so let the two of them go." ”
After that, Emperor Qingfeng ordered the steward of the Internal Affairs Office to pick out a few precious items to be sent to the new empress of Dahua.
After talking about this matter, the Ministry of Industry said that Emperor Qingfeng agreed, and then there was no one to do anything, and when he was about to retire from the dynasty, he saw An Guogong clearly out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." ”
"Say it." Emperor Qingfeng raised his hand, and said with a simile: "Your Majesty has been in the eleventh year of the Imperial Pole, Weijia Hainei, virtue is the people, and it is a generation of holy monarchs, however, Your Majesty should not recognize the biological mother, do not abide by filial piety, since ancient times, the mother and son are a major human affair......
"Nonsense."
Emperor Qingfeng's face sank: "My biological mother, the Empress Dowager, is still in the palace, why don't you recognize your biological mother." ”
Simile was not afraid, and said louder and louder: "The minister is sixty and two this year, how the character of the court and the central government knows, the minister has never talked about such unreasonable words, His Majesty's life experience is a secret in the palace, most people don't know, even His Majesty is afraid and doesn't understand, it's just that the minister is old, and many private things will inevitably know some, Empress Dowager Gao is not Your Majesty's biological mother, Your Majesty's biological mother is someone else......"
Before the simile was finished, the civil and military officials standing on the side almost exploded.
Ou Gong was the first to jump out and point at the simile and scolded: "Dog thief, how can you provoke the mother-son relationship between His Majesty and the Queen Mother so much, what are your intentions?" ”
Simile slapped away the fingers pointed by Ou Gong and sneered: "God knows how right and wrong, what the minister said is true, and there is a letter left by Empress Zhaoren as proof." ”
As he spoke, Simile handed over the letter in his hand.
Wei Mu took it and presented it to Emperor Qingfeng, Emperor Qingfeng's face became more and more ugly, he took the letter with trembling hands and opened it for a long time, and his teeth rattled: "My mother, my mother......"
Speaking of this, Emperor Qingfeng was about to stand up as soon as he patted the imperial case, and he heard someone shouting not far away: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Queen Mother's palace is haunted, and the Queen Mother fainted from fright." ”
Emperor Qingfeng stood up in surprise and said loudly: "Fork over." ”
A few guards went over, and after a while, a little eunuch was escorted, and the little eunuch knelt down tremblingly, snorting like pounding garlic: "Your Majesty, just now Renshou Palace was haunted, the Queen Mother and the slaves and maids saw ghosts, and the big-headed ghost opened his teeth and claws and almost wanted to eat people, and the Queen Mother ...... The Queen Mother was frightened and over-......"
"Nonsense." Emperor Qingfeng's face was pale: "How to haunt in the deep palace is simply nonsense." ”
"Slaves don't dare to talk nonsense." Although the little eunuch was afraid, how the Queen Mother had a more important relationship was concerned, so she could only stubbornly say: "Your Majesty can send someone to ask, but now that the Queen Mother is critically ill, please ask Your Majesty to move." ”
Emperor Qingfeng took a deep breath: "I'll go and see, I sit in Renshou Palace, whether he is a human or a ghost, I have to give it to me." ”
Emperor Qingfeng hurriedly walked a few steps and turned back to the civil and military officials: "What An Guogong said is true, that letter is indeed the last pen of Empress Zhaoren, and the letter explains that my biological mother's surname is Li." (To be continued......)