Chapter 160: Restoring the Daughter's Body
After living in the palace for several months, Wei Ruzhao still lingered with the blandness of a person outside the world, and he was not contaminated with the slightest vulgarity.
Everyone looked at Wei Ruzhao in astonishment, and they couldn't come back to their senses by one shocking secret after another.
Shen Bai, the only son of Taifu who was born in the former queen's bedroom, is a daughter, and the former queen, who has been dead for ten years, was poisoned to death, what happened back then?
Everyone was suspicious in their hearts, Wei Ruzhao walked to the center of the main hall, raised his right hand and made a Buddhist salute, and continued: "As Shen Bai said, the person who poisoned and murdered the former queen back then was the biological mother of the four princes, the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, and now the lord of the six palaces, Concubine De, because the symptoms after poisoning are very similar to the symptoms of cold and heat, so the imperial doctor did not diagnose it at that time. β
The first imperial doctor who diagnosed the first queen was not Zhang Taiyi and Su Yuanhua, but the former head of the imperial hospital, Li Taiyi, soon after the first queen died, Li Taiyi returned to his hometown, and the people in the first queen's palace were also secretly executed.
Everyone was secretly worried, and Wei Ruzhao continued: "Later, after the death of the first queen, the poor monk secretly inserted a silver needle into her throat and abdomen, and the silver needle turned black, indicating that she died of poisoning, but the poor monk was still young at that time. Unable to avenge the former queen, the Wei family was also excluded and persecuted, in order to protect himself, the poor monk asked for holy grace to go to Yunshan Temple to lead the practice. β
This makes sense, the first queen and Emperor Hengde are very affectionate, for this reason Emperor Hengde is also very fond of Wei Ruzhao, a small uncle, after the death of the first queen, the Wei family is declining, it stands to reason that Emperor Hengde should cultivate Wei Ruzhao well, revitalize the Wei family, at this time Emperor Hengde surprised everyone, and sent Wei Ruzhao into Yunshan Temple.
However, others don't know the inside story, but Jiang De'an, the princess, knows very well what happened after the death of the first queen.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Dean questioned: "Uncle Guo said that he went to Yunshan Temple to practice in order to protect himself, how did the old minister remember that the night before Uncle Guo went to Yunshan Temple, the palace suddenly summoned the imperial doctor to the palace to see a doctor, and that time His Majesty's right arm was injured and he recuperated for more than a month?" β
Wei Ruzhao didn't quibble, and said softly: "Taiwei remembers right, that time it was Your Majesty who was injured by a poor monk. β
Under the continuous blows, the hundred officials couldn't make a more surprised expression at this time.
Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five Supreme, the body of ten thousand gold, how can you hurt him, according to the law, this is a felony that the ancestors of the eighteen generations will be exhumed and whipped.
Jiang Dean grabbed the handle and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a deep relationship with the former queen, and he has always been like a brother to his uncle. If Uncle Guo tells His Majesty the truth, His Majesty will definitely seek justice for the former Empress and the Wei family, isn't it? β
Jiang Dean held the relationship between Emperor Hengde and the first queen very high, and all the officials nodded with him, Wei Ruzhao was unmoved, and pointed out coldly: "There are three thousand fans in the harem, Your Majesty has never been the husband of the first queen, he carries the mountains and rivers and people of Zhaoling on his shoulders, the first queen is deceased, if the Li family collapses for this reason, Zhaoling's vitality will be greatly damaged, and it will only cause turmoil, which is something that no one wants to see." β
Emperor Hengde is not the husband of the first queen, he really loves the first queen. But that love was only a small part of his heart.
He is the king of a country, and he can't act arbitrarily because of his personal feelings, so even if he knows that the death of the former queen is a cat, he can't easily avenge the first queen.
Wei Ruzhao will hurt him, precisely because of this.
Logically speaking, everyone can understand Wei Ruzhao's actions, after all, he was only thirteen years old at the time, and he was just a child, and it was normal to lose his sister who loved him the most, and to do some excesses.
But understanding is understanding, hurting the Ninety-Five Venerable is not something that can be easily overturned.
Jiang Dean still wanted to hold on to this, but Emperor Hengde said in a deep voice: "I am indeed ashamed of Shuxian, and I and Uncle Guo are both insiders about the death of the former queen. The first queen is indeed not sick, and this case will be handed over to the imperial history platform for review and handling together with the case of the prime minister's rebellion against the palace, and I will not talk about it in the court today. β
This is a state affair, but it is also a family matter, and if you continue to talk about it like this in front of hundreds of officials, the ugliest side of human nature will be revealed by the stripes, and the royal face will not be saved, so it is the wisest choice to stop it in time.
Emperor Hengde said so, and Jiang Dean could only swallow the words that came to his mouth to keep quiet.
All the officials lowered their heads, not daring to show curiosity, Emperor Hengde glanced at Shen Bai, then looked at Shen Ruxiu, and asked, "Taifu knows how to deal with the crime of bullying the king?" β
Shen Ruxiu leaned over and kowtowed, and said in a loud voice: "The little girl is innocent." It's all the minister's fault, the minister is willing to bear the responsibility for the crime, and beg His Majesty to spare the little girl's life! β
Shen Ruxiu said without hesitation, and Shen Bai glanced at him.
In the previous life, the old man Shen was worried about the country and the people, wishing that she would keep this secret and dedicate everything to Zhaoling, she thought that this old man only had the righteousness of the family and country in his heart, and there was no such daughter as her, but now he seems to feel very lucky, at least at this time, the old man Shen is not thinking about pushing her out to fight her life, but taking the blame on himself.
His heart was slightly warm, Shen Bai leaned over and kowtowed, and said crisply: "Shen Bai pleaded guilty and was willing to die with his father, but the first queen and the Wei family have suffered a lot of grievances over the years, and I also ask Your Majesty to give the first queen justice, and also return the Wei family a justice, don't chill the hearts of the family." β
Shen Bai confessed his guilt calmly, did not argue for himself at all, and only wanted to avenge Zhaoxue for the first queen, which was very different from her usual chattering appearance, and the hundred officials were a little uncomfortable, Wei Ruzhao lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, and said: "Shen Bai was young, everything is not something she can choose to control, it is indeed innocent, please consider it at your Majesty's discretion." β
Wei Ruzhao finished speaking. Zhao Che also knelt down and said: "Father, in the first battle of Yuanfeng County, Shen Bai's contribution is indispensable, and today's events, if it weren't for Shen Bai secretly mobilizing troops and horses from Chenzhou to help, the consequences are only unpredictable, these two are miraculous feats, although the merits and demerits cannot be completely offset, but the son thinks that she can also be exempted from the death penalty!" β
After Zhao Che finished speaking, Wu Zhongyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is extremely true, and Weichen seconded it!" β
At this time, Li Deren had already been arrested, and the courtiers who were secretly standing in line before aimed at the opportunity, and they all knelt down and shouted in unison: "The ministers seconded the proposal, asking Your Majesty to exempt Shen Bai from the death penalty!" β
Most of the hundreds of officials knelt down, all of them pleaded for Shen Bai, Emperor Hengde looked at Shen Bai with cold eyes, and said: "This matter is very important, I still have to consider many things before I can make a decision, you Aiqing should get up first." β
Zhao Che and Wei Ruzhao didn't get up, everyone looked left and right, and they didn't know whether they should get up or not, they didn't move, and Emperor Hengde didn't force it, and asked: "Do you Aiqing have anything else to do?" β
Today's changes have been enough, even if there is something to play, you can't pick today, all the officials are silent, Emperor Hengde ordered to retreat from the dynasty, leaving Shen Bai alone to go to the imperial study.
Everyone else was still worried about Shen Bai, but Shen Bai himself didn't care, not only was he not afraid, he went out of the political hall, and even reached out to help Emperor Hengde.
Everyone secretly took a breath of cold air, but saw that Emperor Hengde was not angry, and Shen Bai helped him to walk forward.
Emperor Hengde has not been to the imperial study for a long time, and no one in the palace has been cleaning diligently, and the imperial study is kept clean and tidy, and there is a faint and elegant fragrance of calming the nerves.
Entering the imperial study, Shen Bai consciously let go and knelt down in front of Emperor Hengde obediently.
Her hair was still loose, and her eyebrows were thickly drawn. The eyes are light and light, slightly bent, revealing a little girl's natural attitude.
But she is much bolder than ordinary little girls, Emperor Hengde has a cold face, and even Concubine De will be stunned on weekdays, and only she can laugh at this time.
Emperor Hengde stared at her for a long time, and asked: "Those palace people who served Shuxian are long gone, Li Deren can be regarded as leakless in his work, how did you find out the truth that Rui Xuan hasn't found out for so many years?" β
Zhao Che is not much younger than Wei Ruzhao, Wei Ruzhao will suspect the death of the first queen, and Zhao Che will naturally doubt it, but he has never said it, not because he is patient enough to endure it, but because he does not have enough evidence to bring down Li Deren, Shen Bai picked a good time today, not only recovering his daughter's body, but also pushing everything on Li Deren's head.
But is the truth really as she said, is everything done by Li Deren?
Emperor Hengde squinted slightly, his eyes with obvious inquiry.
Shen Bai didn't panic, let him look at him, and said frankly: "Your Majesty is wise, just now in the Council Palace, everything I said is just my guess, and there is no evidence." β
Emperor Hengde's breath sank, and he raised his voice and said: "You have committed the crime of deceiving the king, and you dare to open the river in front of hundreds of officials, so bold and reckless, do you really think that I dare not touch you?" β
Emperor Hengde's tone was filled with anger.
He is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, the family is a threat to him, he can plan for many years, and draw off their foundation little by little, Shen Bai is just a child in his teens, and he dares to challenge his authority, of course he will be unhappy.
However, Shen Bai was not afraid, and said calmly: "I will say this, just because this is the best and most reasonable explanation for this matter, does Your Majesty want the hundred officials and the people of the world to speculate about the relationship between you and the former queen?" β
Although the harem is said to be the queen's master, it is actually under the control of Emperor Hengde, the death of the first queen was not an accident, and Emperor Hengde really can't find out? The first queen has been ill for so long. If Emperor Hengde wanted to save her, why didn't he announce to the world to recruit famous doctors? The Queen Mother has always disliked the first queen, didn't Emperor Hengde have any premonition of what kind of crisis the first queen might face?
Shen Bai is a person who has been relived for a lifetime, and after experiencing these things again, she has more and more transparent insights than before.
She will be born in the first queen's bedroom, and was raised in the palace by the first queen for four years, obviously the first queen deliberately, maybe at that time, the first queen had noticed that Emperor Hengde in order to stabilize the family and make up for the debt to the Jiang family, and finally decided to abandon the Wei family and her wife.
The first queen is a very smart woman, she has a premonition that she is destined not to watch the prince grow up, and she can't save the decline of the Wei family, she has the world in her heart. Therefore, he can't do anything to shake the foundation of the country, he can only refer to the phoenix as a phoenix, and use Shen Bai to tie up Shen Ruxiu, so that the Gu family and the Shen family will protect Zhao Che.
As long as these two people are here, even if the Wei family is gone, Zhao Che, the prince, can still have a little to rely on.
Shen Bai didn't know if the first queen didn't have time to do more, or finally had expectations for Emperor Hengde, except for changing Shen Bai's gender, the first queen didn't seem to leave Zhao Che with other hole cards.
Shen Bai has always been calm and calm, and in the face of her rhetorical question, Emperor Hengde opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.
After being an emperor for so many years, it is difficult for him to see what kind of person he is and what kind of feelings he has for the people around him.
Does he love Empress Xian? Love, of course. Otherwise, he would not have died in the first queen, and he had not set up another queen for many years.
But how much love can be?
In fact, he didn't love much, otherwise how could he tell the world that the first queen died of illness, and still watched the Wei family decay day by day?
The only thing he loves most is himself.
Emperor Hengde's throat was choked, and he suddenly felt that Shen Bai, who was kneeling in front of him, was very dazzling, this child who was only a teenager not only deceived him, but also had insight into the darkness in his heart.
A twisted anger surged into his heart, but before he could get angry, Shen Bai spoke again: "Your Majesty, no matter what happens, the first queen always hopes that you and His Royal Highness the crown prince will be well, and the first queen can be regarded as nurturing Shen Bai, so it doesn't matter whether Shen Bai is a man or a daughter." Shen Baidu and His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are in the same camp. β
Emperor Hengde suppressed his anger and asked, "What do you want to say?" β
Shen Bai smiled and said softly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince have not yet married, after the Li family falls, it will cause shocks in all aspects, and the big families in Beijing will inevitably stare at them, after I recover my daughter's body, I can not only help the two Highnesses choose the most suitable candidates for the main wife, but also help them win the greatest marriage value." β
Shen Bai's tone was quite confident, Emperor Hengde squinted at her, directly pierced what she was thinking, and said, "You like Gu Hengzhou, don't you want to marry him?" β
Shen Bai nodded frankly and said, "Of course I want to marry Brother Gu, but if Your Majesty thinks that there is a more suitable candidate than me to be the princess." I can also play a fair game with that guy. β
"You don't want to be the crown princess?"
Emperor Hengde asked rhetorically, the meaning was unclear, as if he was tempting and as if he wanted to see the status of Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou in Shen Bai's heart.
Shen Bai blinked his eyes and replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of Zhaoling, and the position of the crown princess needs a dignified and intelligent young lady like the former queen who takes care of the overall situation, I know that I am not a person who follows the rules, women have dressed as men for so many years, and their behavior is very different from that of ordinary women, only the rules of the Guogong Mansion are less, and they can barely adapt to it, and they definitely dare not ask for a position that is not suitable for them." β
Shen Bai was very self-aware, and after answering, he knelt quietly and stopped talking.
Emperor Hengde stared at her for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Since you know that your words and deeds are different from those of most women from the big families, if you want to recover your daughter's body, you should be mentally prepared. Study the rules well, and be an obedient and sensible lady at home in the future! β
These words allowed Shen Bai to restore his daughter's body, and Shen Bai immediately leaned over and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, which is really a blessing for all the people!" β
Shen Bai casually began to pat himself on the back, but Emperor Hengde was useless, and said: "The crime of bullying the king is a serious crime, if I let you go like this, the majesty will inevitably be damaged, I will give you three months to learn the rules, and three months later, on the Qixi Festival, I will let Concubine Shu set up a palace banquet, and then all the ladies of the family will participate, if you make a wrong step at the banquet, I will severely punish you and Shen Ruxiu." β
This is to give her three months to learn the rules, to forcibly correct the teenage temperament she has disguised for more than ten years?
Shen Bai faintly felt bad, but he didn't hesitate, and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Shen Bai will study hard and never disappoint Your Majesty's expectations!" β
Emperor Hengde rubbed his eyebrows, he hadn't dealt with business for too long, and he felt a little tired after only a while, he raised his hand and waved, signaling Shen Bai to retreat, and Shen Bai got up and exited the imperial study.
After walking forward for a while, Sun Yuehai, the head of internal affairs, chased him out, shook the dust and said, "Miss Shen, slow down, Your Majesty instructed the old slave to take Miss Shen to the Internal Affairs Mansion to pick two teaching grandmothers to go back to the Taifu Mansion with Miss Shen, and from now on, they will teach Miss Shen the rules." β
Isn't there three months left? Your Majesty is so anxious to let people teach the rules?
Shen Bai was a little speechless, and she was not used to being called Miss Shen, but she didn't show it, she bent her eyes and smiled, and said politely: "There is a manager of Lao Sun." β
Sun Yuehai smiled when he saw this, and kindly reminded: "Miss Shen has recovered her daughter's body, so don't clasp your fists like this in the future, you should fold your hands at your waist and bend your knees to bend your body." β
What a hassle!
Shen Bai slandered, blessed, and blessed, according to his memory, and said, "Chief Xie Sun reminds you." β
She was in the wrong position, and she was wearing men's clothes. It looks very nondescript, but Sun Yuehai didn't specialize in teaching this, so he didn't say anything more, and took Shen Bai to the Internal Affairs Mansion.
There are dozens of teaching grandmothers in the Internal Affairs Office, and they are all called together for Shen Bai to choose.
The palace e's subordinates have taught not a thousand but eight hundred, and they are afraid of Shen Bai's identity, although they all have a smile on their faces, there is still a fierce aura that cannot be concealed in the corners of their eyes and eyebrows, they look much more powerful than the Sun family, and they are all difficult to mess with.
Shen Bai turned around twice and picked out two grandmothers who looked the most gentle from them.
The two of them came out of the queue and saluted Shen Bai with a smile, Shen Bai bowed his head and told Sun Yuehai that he had picked it, Sun Yuehai stepped forward with a smile, took out two small and delicate gold orders and handed them to the two.
Sun Yuehai said: "This is the golden order given by His Majesty to the two grandmothers, from now on, the two grandmothers will go to live in the Taifu Mansion with Miss Shen, and they must be responsible for the words and deeds of Miss Shen and the maids around them and everyone in the Taifu Mansion. β
Sun Yuehai said that the two grandmothers were old men in the palace, and when they heard it, they knew that His Majesty meant to let them let go of their hands and feet and toss Shen Bai well.
After all, once you get this golden order. Even if you teach the princess the rules, you don't have to be restrained, let alone a mere Shen Bai.
The two took the golden order and thanked him, and followed behind Shen Bai like black and white impermanence, Sun Yuehai sent them out of the Internal Affairs Mansion, and stopped after passing the Jin Ling Gate.
The two grandmothers saluted Sun Yuehai again, and then walked out of the palace with Shen Bai, but just a few steps away, one of the grandmothers reminded with a loud voice: "Miss Shen, the girl's words and deeds should be elegant, Miss Shen's steps are too big, please Miss Shen's steps are smaller." β
This hasn't arrived at Taifu's Mansion yet, so I'll take care of the master.
Shen Bai secretly muttered in his heart, knowing that he had to pretend these days, so he didn't say anything. The steps were obediently small, and the grandmother was not satisfied, and said, "A little smaller." β
Shen Bai took a smaller step, and repeated this three times, Shen Bai's big stride turned into small broken steps, and the palace road that could be completed in a quarter of an hour became an endless long road.
Shen Bai strained his face, he couldn't squeeze out a smile at all, if she was allowed to walk like this every day, she was afraid that she would die of suffocation!
Forced his temper and walked for a while, turning the corner, Gu Hengzhou happened to come with a team of Praetorian Guards, Shen Bai's eyes lit up, and he suddenly forgot the rules. shouted "Brother Gu" and ran over directly.
"Brother Gu, why are you here?"
Shen Bai asked in surprise, Gu Hengzhou looked her up and down for a while, and saw that she was alive and jumping, and she was not punished, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said lightly: "There are a lot of rebels, I will take someone to check everywhere again, so as not to have any omissions." β
After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, his eyelids lifted slightly, and he looked past Shen Bai at the two teaching grandmothers, the two of them were thrown out by Shen Bai for a long time, and they still maintained the rules and walked towards this side with small steps.
Shen Bai glanced back and whispered to Gu Hengzhou: "This is the black and white impermanence that Your Majesty gave me to teach me the rules, and I am afraid that I will be tortured to death by them in the future." β
In the end, he was talking bad about people, Shen Bai got closer, and looked very intimate with Gu Hengzhou from a distance, the two grandmothers were not calm, and raised their voices slightly to remind: "Miss Shen, whether men and women are intimate or not, you must pay attention to keeping a distance from His Royal Highness the Prince." β
Mama reminded Shen Bai, but Gu Hengzhou took a step back, and said with a serious face: "Since it is Your Majesty's will, you should study hard, after all, you have recovered your daughter's body, and you should not be as big or small as before." β
Shen Bai: "??"
Brother Gu, you said you would miss me that day, but now you are so cold to me? Is our friendship about to break down?
Shen Bai looked at Gu Hengzhou with blank eyes. The silent accusation, but Gu Hengzhou ignored it, and took people to continue to investigate in other places.
The two grandmothers caught up, and asked Shen Bai not to run like this in the future, it was really hurtful, Shen Bai listened casually, and when he left the palace, the carriage of the Shen Mansion stopped outside, and Shen Ruxiu stood next to the carriage, and when he saw Shen Bai, he immediately rushed over.
The two grandmothers first saluted Shen Ru, Shen Ruxiu bowed her head, looked at Shen Bai for a while, and finally rubbed her head, and only said, "It's okay, let's go home." β
Shen Bai and Shen Ruxiu got into the carriage, the two teaching grandmothers sat outside in the carriage, and the coachman drove the carriage slowly towards the Taifu Mansion.
The palace has just experienced a bloody battle, but the people in the city have no idea, there are all kinds of cries from the streets, the drought and war at the border have not affected here, Hanjing has not changed as in memory, it is still so prosperous and peaceful.
Shen Bai relaxed his body and leaned against the wall of the carriage, slowly reflecting on everything that happened today, and inadvertently saw the corners of Shen Ruxiu's lips raised with a relieved smile.
Old man Shen was still very happy about her recovering her daughter's body.
Shen Bai's heart warmed slightly, and he opened the curtains to look out the window, letting the breeze blow away the hot flashes in his eyes.
It's so good, from now on, she can like Brother Gu openly and brightly.
The carriage quickly stopped at the gate of Taifu's mansion, the two grandmothers got off first, Shen Bai directly lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, the brows of the two grandmothers immediately wrinkled, and reminded with a stiff face: "Miss is too rude to behave like this, and if you take the carriage in the future, you need to prepare a footstool and let the old slave help Miss get off." β
Shen Bai didn't take it seriously, Shen Ruxiu listened beside him, and immediately said: "In the past, Bai'er was raised as a young master, so I didn't prepare these, it was my negligence, and I will let people remember it later." β
The group entered through the gate, and Shen Ruxiu sent the two grandmothers to settle down in the Shuyun Garden where Shen Bai lived. He took Shen Bai to the ancestral hall to offer incense to the ancestors of the Shen family.
Shen Bai finally recovered his daughter's body, and of course he had to report the good news to the ancestors of the Shen family first.
The ancestors of the Shen family all died early, Shen Bai had never seen them, and he had no feelings for them, he knelt down and kowtowed as usual, Shen Ruxiu didn't say anything, but his eyes couldn't stop reddening, and he waited for Shen Bai to finish the incense before saying: "From today on, there will be no more Young Master Shen in the Taifu Mansion, only Miss Shen." β
Shen Bai nodded, didn't look at Shen Ruxiu, only looked at his mother's tablet and said: "Mother, my daughter is already in time, and she is not young, you have to bless your daughter in the spirit of heaven to marry Brother Gu, don't let my father and that vixen mess with my good marriage." β
It's okay that Shen Bai didn't open his mouth, but one mouth blew away the melancholy and guilt in Shen Ruxiu's heart, and his anger surged.
Shen Ruxiu scolded with a calm face: "What are you talking about, your daughter's family should be reserved!" β
Shen Baicai didn't understand what being reserved was, and said lazily: "This time in Yuanfeng County, I ate and lived with Brother Gu for more than a month, and I already had a skin-to-skin relationship, and Lord Guogong also recognized me, I was born as Brother Gu's person anyway, and died as Brother Gu's ghost, so it's useless to be so reserved, Dad might as well help me prepare the dowry as soon as possible, and when Brother Gu comes to the door, he will marry me out quickly." I don't want to be angry with you at home all the time, right? β
Shen Ruxiu originally planned to make up for the debt to Shen Bai for so many years, so that she could enjoy the happiness of being the eldest lady of the Shen family under her care and care, but she didn't expect Shen Bai to marry someone in one mouth, which hurt his old father's heart fiercely.
Shen Ruxiu said with a stiff face: "You are only fifteen years old, you are still a child, you have to marry if you know what to do, and you have just recovered your daughter's body now, who dares to come to the door to propose?" β
As soon as Shen Ruxiu's words fell, the little maid hurriedly ran from outside, and said in disbelief: "Master, it's not good, a matchmaker came to the door and said that she asked to marry our young master!" β
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