Chapter 400: Night

Gao Zhen's story doesn't have too many details, but it doesn't prevent anyone from making up for it based on the fragments he said. And the queen mother easily made up the whole "truth" in her brain, thinking that it was the queen in front of her face and behind her back, saying that she was in favor of the marriage of Jiang Xie's two families, but behind her back, she ordered someone to find a pervert, intending to harm the daughter of the Jiang family.

How can she endure this kind of thing?!

The Queen Mother was so angry that she was trembling all over, and kept muttering "bastard" and "bastard", and she couldn't say anything else.

Gao Zhen was worried that she would get angry, so he hurriedly calmed her down, and then persuaded: "The prince of the palace just listened to a few words, maybe things are not like this, and everything is just a misunderstanding." ”

The Queen Mother said in a trembling voice: "It's all here, what misunderstanding is there?" Could it be that my niece and nephew really fell for their calculations, her reputation was ruined, her future was ruined, and she was forced to die by them, isn't it really a misunderstanding?! ”

Gao Zhen knew that it was too much, and when he heard her say this, he lowered his head and stopped talking.

The Queen Mother was angry for a while, calmed down a little, and immediately ordered someone to go to Jiang's house to pass the decree, she had to ask things clearly!

Gao Zhen didn't care, he had already gone to the Jiang family to ask before entering the palace, and he was completely sure. The long history of Guangping Wangfu actually didn't overhear so much inside information, he just accidentally bumped into the eldest prince of Anyang Houfu meeting people under the garden wall of Meishan Bofu, and the person on the other side of the flower window is very much like the master's two thousand gold, that's all. He didn't hear a word of what they said when they met. But as long as he doesn't say it, who knows that? I'm afraid that he didn't hear anything when he said it. The Queen Mother would only think that he was thinking about the reputation of the Jiang family's daughter and hiding the truth from the outside world.

Some of the rest of the information was heard by Gao Zhen from the Jiang family. There are also ears and eyes of their father and son in the palace - from the day the queen became the crown princess, among the people waiting around her were the people that the former crown princess Zhong was accustomed to, because the king of Guangping handed over all the people he left in the east palace to his younger brother. Even if the queen thinks that she has sent these people clean after becoming the master of the six palaces, but the ones who are always wary of are the ones who show their faces, who will pay attention to the little people who do rough work underneath?

The Jiang family soon came, and it was none other than Jiang Wen's biological mother, Mrs. Jiang Si. She knew all the more about them. also secretly got angry with Mrs. Jiang. After listening to the Queen Mother's questioning, she was full of resentment and told everything she knew without concealment.

The Queen Mother heard that during the Qiu family's wedding banquet. Qiu Yuan has been instigating Jiang Wen to leave the table, which happened to match Gao Zhen's words, and immediately decided that this was the truth. She is an old man who has been in the palace for a long time, and she is afraid that the things in her brain are even more unbearable than the original plan of the queen and Qiu Yuan. Naturally, he was even angrier. Angry. She felt very sad again: "Does the emperor really not know this? Look what he's done with the queen! It's really a daughter-in-law who forgot her mother...... But the Jiang family has nothing to be sorry for him, Wen Yatou's grandfather and father are loyal to him, why should he sit idly by? If Wen Yatou's reputation is ruined, what face does the Jiang family have to face? Could it be that the Jiang family is not his mother family?! Even if his wings are stiff now, there is no need to be ruthless, right? ”

The Queen Mother was heartbroken, and Mrs. Jiang Si calmed down a little after finishing the complaint, and when she saw that the matter was involved in the emperor's head, she wisely shut up. Just silently bowed his head and wiped his tears, without saying a word. secretly gave Gao Zhen a look.

Gao Zhen was happy to make trouble for the emperor, but his grandmother had always loved him, and he didn't want to see the queen mother too sad, so he gently persuaded: "The emperor has all the opportunities, and he may not know this kind of thing." If he was not happy with the marriage of Jiang Xie's two families, he would have said it at the beginning, so why lie to the imperial grandmother? The grandson felt that the queen would let people act secretly, presumably to hide it from the emperor and the imperial grandmother. Don't be sad for the imperial grandmother, it's better to ask the emperor to ask clearly. ”

The queen mother collected her tears, nodded silently, and the henchmen who were waiting around her immediately ordered someone to pass the word, and after a while, the Qianqing Palace replied: "The emperor is discussing the reconstruction of Linyi with several important ministers, and he hasn't even used dinner yet." The emperor asked the Queen Mother to wait, and when the government affairs were discussed, she would immediately come over to say goodbye. ”

The Queen Mother sneered when she heard this: "It's really a good opportunity!" ”

In fact, this kind of thing often happens, and the queen mother often advises the emperor to give priority to government affairs, if the emperor postpones the time of greeting because of the government, she will never be angry, but she still feels that the emperor is right to do this. It's just that today she was angry, and she just made up the story of "the son forgot his mother when he married his daughter-in-law", so she was annoyed. In order to further create the image of a "good grandson" and a "good child", Gao Zhen once again persuaded the queen mother: "The emperor is also for the people of the world, so don't be angry with the imperial grandmother." It doesn't matter if you wait a little longer, the queen won't be able to do anything at this time. ”

The Queen Mother gradually calmed down, but it was already dark, and Mrs. Jiang Si, as a foreign wife, could not stay in the palace for a long time, so she hurriedly retired. Gao Zhen volunteered to see her off, and although Mrs. Jiang Si was a little surprised, she didn't say anything. Gao Zhen sent her out of the palace all the way, and as for what he said to Mrs. Jiang Si on the way, it was a secret.

Seeing off Mrs. Jiang Si, Gao Zhen did not return to Cining Palace, but went directly to Qianqing Palace.

The emperor had already finished discussing political affairs with several important ministers and was preparing to give him food. He is quite considerate of his subordinates, and he knows that several important ministers are not young, and they have been busy for most of the day, and they must be hungry at this time, and it will take at least half an hour to go out of the Qianqing Palace, go out of the imperial city and return home. For such a long time, it was too pitiful for these old people to be hungry all the time, so the emperor asked them to stay and eat with him. He does this kind of thing a lot, and he's used to it. There is a compartment in the east secondary room of the main hall, which is specially used for this purpose. He would sit around a table with his courtiers for dinner, and chatted about homely things during the dinner, which could not only create the image of a virtuous monarch who did not like to put on a show, but also earn a good reputation for his courtiers.

Gao Zhen asked to see him at this time.

The emperor never told his nephew to wait for a long time, so he smiled and let the courtiers eat by themselves, and ordered the attendants to wait carefully, and then got up and went out.

After Gao Zhen made a big salute, he put forward his intentions: "Your Majesty, when do you plan to appoint the emperor's eldest son as the prince?" It has been more than a year since you ascended the throne, and the eldest son of the emperor is almost twelve years old. My nephew can't understand why you haven't made an order yet? ”

As soon as he said this, not only the emperor was surprised when he heard this, but even the important ministers in the eastern room were so surprised that they almost dropped the chopsticks in their hands.

Hey? The prince of Guangping actually offered to make the eldest son of the emperor the prince? Rumors don't say...... Well, it can be seen that the rumors are not credible!

The emperor stared at Gao Zhen before he smiled: "Okay, how can you mention this matter?" Did your father tell you to tell me? ”

Gao Zhen pursed his lips, with a stubborn look on his face: "My father often said that he is an idler, and he has no psychology to know how to govern, so he just wants to live a leisurely life." The emperor knows everything in his heart, he can trust the emperor, so why bother about it? What I want to say to the emperor today! ”

The Emperor laughed: "Then why do you have such thoughts? Your father Wang Yuan said that I do know the matter of establishing a prince, but now is not the right time. Zhen'er, the matter of establishing a reserve is very important, and it should not be decided rashly. ”

He said this not only to Gao Zhen, but also to the important ministers in the Eastern Chamber. As long as they understand his thoughts as an emperor and help restrain the courtiers, there will be many fewer people who will not have eyes in the court and shout for him to be a prince all day long. It would be better if even the voice of his concubine was reduced.

Gao Zhen sneered and said to the emperor: "My nephew knows that the emperor has a plan, but there are some things, and the emperor doesn't think the time is right, so he can not talk about it." The prince is undecided, and the palace and the court cannot feel at ease, but it is easy to cause more trouble. It's better to decide things as early as possible, those with bad intentions can die, and those who are suspicious and suspicious can also be relieved, and naturally no one will be idle and bored, dragging irrelevant people into a mess! If the emperor only thinks about procrastination, he is afraid that he will cool people's hearts, but he will never be able to warm it back! ”

After he said these thoughtless words, he didn't say much, and he bowed and left. The emperor frowned when he heard this, wondering what had happened? Gao Zhen's words, does it mean that the emperor's brother King Guangping finally can't bear the rumors and is dissatisfied with him? But...... Shouldn't it? It's just some nonsense rumors, except for annoying, it won't do any harm to the father and son of King Guangping at all. King Guangping had been criticized more than this in the past, and he had never frowned a bit, why did he suddenly lose his breath now?

Several important ministers in the eastern room were also frowning. Although they were not very happy to see Gao Zhen, a small child of the imperial family, so rude in front of the emperor, some of the information hinted at by Gao Zhen in just a few words made them even more uneasy. Is there something going on that they don't know about?

After dinner, the ministers all left the palace. They still have to go back to discuss and inquire about the latest news, to see if anything terrible has happened inside and outside the palace today. And the emperor also moved to Cining Palace to ask his mother for peace, and by the way, he asked her what she had specially summoned him for today.

Gao Zhen returned to his father's temporary residence in the palace alone. The gossip about him directly announcing in front of the emperor that he would establish the emperor's eldest son as the prince as soon as possible was quickly spread by the palace people to the prince's side. The queen mother in Kunning Palace has already thought about what she will say after summoning Mrs. Anyang Hou into the palace tomorrow to promote the marriage of the eldest prince of Anyang Hou Mansion and Jiang Wen.

Outside the palace, the old lady of the Jiang family sent a confidant and sent a letter to Mrs. Anyang Hou overnight. (To be continued......)