When she was young, she was first the princess of the domain, and then the queen, and she had become the queen mother in her thirties. That is, in these years, the emperor's methods have been a little more mellowed, and only occasionally she is simple and rude, and she completely ignores the affairs of the court and China, and finally brings the time of falling asleep from close to the child to the evening morning.

However, in her early sixties, she has always been vigilant, so she often avoids Qingning Palace when she fights at night in the palace. In summer and autumn, there are even people who specialize in catching the songworms of Qingning Palace, just to let her sleep well.

But on this day, Yuquan had to wake up the Queen Mother urgently at night and convey the news that had just come from the Qianqing Palace.

The queen mother, who was helped up, only felt that her head was still a little groggy, she reached out and took a glass of warm water from Yuquan, drank a few sips to calm down, and then she frowned and asked: "The emperor really directly took out three of the four of the palm prints of the celebrant supervisor, Lu Chan was not only demoted, but also scolded by the cane, and even sent Chu Kuan to Ciqing Palace to serve the pen and ink?" ”

"Yes."

The Queen Mother put down the teacup, and then put on a dress under Yuquan's service, and then leaned on a large pillow brought over, but while gently rubbing her temples, she listened to Li Shanggong, who was brought in by Yuquan, to talk about what happened in Qianqing Palace. When she learned that Chu Kuan had not justified it at all, and had not relied on the credit of her past feelings to intercede afterwards, she sighed.

And when Li Shanggong said that the imperial attendant and Lu Chan were sent to the Criminal Division, the emperor's original words were twenty heavy rods and hard labor for life, she said lightly: "He even ignored Liu Feng's love for so many years before, and directly killed people alive, and even died without seeing the body, and he didn't even check it, but now he is so tolerant of that imperial attendant...... This is not normal. ”

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, Yuquan naturally believed in the judgment of the Queen Mother. But she knew that what the Queen Mother wanted to hear was not her own opinion, so she didn't echo or object, but just gently raised the quilt for the Queen Mother.

"Chu Kuan's palm print has only been in place for less than a year...... I thought that with his age and seniority, he could do it until he was old. The Queen Mother sighed softly, but then frowned with some doubts, "Directly belittled him without evidence, how could the emperor be so arbitrary?" This is almost like believing that Chu Kuan did it...... Li Shi Niang, Chu Kuan really didn't plead, and he didn't say that he wanted to see me? ”

Li Shanggong hurriedly shook his head: "Queen Mother, after Gonggong Chu left the Qianqing Palace, he went back to the straight room." I heard him also say to the new palm seal, that is, the former Empress Dowager Niang, you promoted Father-in-law Qian, from now on he will serve in Ciqing Palace, and the straight room in the Outer Imperial City will not be needed, and when the time comes, he will be returned to the celebrant and supervisor, and others will be able to use it. ”

"The new celebrant palm print...... Is it Qian Ren? The Queen Mother asked in disbelief, and when she saw Li Shanggong nodding again and again, this time she covered her forehead. It was indeed the Qian Ren she promoted, but back then, it was because she was loyal and honest, and there was no discrepancy when the old and new treasures were replaced in a certain warehouse, and she had just been canonized as the queen at that time, so she promoted people to Fengyu.

As a result, twenty years later, the person is still in the palace, and she occasionally sees this person being bullied by her juniors, so she speaks to the emperor and promotes him to be a follower. Later, probably the emperor remembered such a person, and after a few years, he was promoted to Bingbi.

But this is already the extreme of this person's ability, just such a literate and hyphenation, but still honestly handed over to a guy like a peasant, when Bingbi is because he has lived a long life, has enough qualifications, loyalty and few mistakes, and after all, he is more than seventy, and it is good to be an auspicious rui, but it can be a palm print...... It's no wonder that he wasn't devoured alive by those cunning juniors!

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother, who had a sore brain, lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed. Yuquan was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and Li Shanggong hurriedly stepped forward and curtsied and said: "Queen Mother, the slave maid came out to report the news, and it was specially ordered by the emperor." The emperor also told the slave maid that he knew it in his heart, please don't worry. ”

The Queen Mother was angry by the emperor's words. But what Li Shanggong said next made her sit back again.

The emperor also asked the slave to tell the queen mother that he and Gonggong Chu grew up together and knew best who he was. Gonggong Chu would definitely not come to the Queen Mother to cry and plead, if that was the case, he would not confess his guilt in the Qianqing Palace. He begged for benevolence, and the Queen Mother didn't have to feel wronged by him...... The emperor still thinks it's cheaper for him! ”

These brainless words, Yuquan listened confused, and Li Shanggong, who passed the word, was also confused, and after the initial confusion, the Queen Mother's heart instantly brightened, and the joints that she couldn't figure out just now suddenly became clear.

The celebrant has existed for too long, and if you want to rectify it, you have to fight against the celebrant and the celebrant. And if Chu Kuan is in power, how can he protect the interests of this group, the emperor wants to use the knife, he has to be hard-headed, otherwise there will be no more prestige. After all, if the palm print of the celebrant is used against the territory of the master of ceremonies, then this palm print will be finished!

Perhaps, the guy who planned to enter the palace before, but because there was no way to enter, he angrily attacked the guy who raised his son, and there were such rumors, and the driving force behind it was Chu Kuan himself. Even Liu Feng's calculation of the four princes is certainly his own will, but being able to take the four princes to wander around in the study hall of the celebrant supervisor is also likely to be Chu Kuan's intentional connivance.

I didn't expect that the four princes would not say it in front of the emperor, but in public, so it caused huge trouble.

Even the Lu family's affair may have been a play played by Chu Kuan himself, in order to make the emperor thunder and take himself down...... It's just that people are so aware of their intentions and know that the emperor intends to go outside and settle down first?

No, the Emperor didn't seem to notice the ills of the celebrants.

Maybe it's just that Chu Kuan saw that the emperor had been in Xuanda and Guanglu Temple for more than a year. The household department and even the Guozijian have started a real fire, which has aroused a strong response, and this one has just come, which just attracts those court officials to turn the spear? Does this count as cleaning up the portal and slandering the king, killing two birds with one stone?

Thinking of the defective child he picked up in front of the door, thinking of being raised by people for a while, he stayed in the palace after being raised, and he stayed by his side because he saw that he was smart and capable, and then he practiced literature and martial arts, and really became an arm, just because he couldn't be an official because of that defect, the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh deeply, and then lightly ordered: "Remove the lamp, rest in peace." ”

Yuquan and Li Shanggong were worried that after the Queen Mother learned such a news, she would be so angry that she rushed to the Qianqing Palace to theorize with the emperor at night, but at this time, seeing that the Queen Mother suddenly relaxed, and even planned to rest again, they were suddenly happy and worried. Of course, it was impossible to disobey the Queen Mother, so they could only do it one by one, and after quietly exiting the dormitory, the two looked at each other.

"You go back to the Qianqing Palace to restore your life?"

Yuquan asked, and when she saw Li Shanggong nodded, she said softly: "Just like this, you also told the emperor about the queen mother's reaction, so that the emperor can know in his heart." Looking at this situation, the Queen Mother obviously understood the deep meaning of the emperor's disposition, but unfortunately we were stupid and couldn't understand it. ”

When Li Shanggong hurried back to the Qianqing Palace, the emperor had not yet gone to bed, and after listening to her report the results of the trip to Qingning Palace, he bowed his head slightly and retreated from the Shanggong Ping, who was recommended by his mother.

Just now, he was worried that the Queen Mother would personally come to the Qianqing Palace to ask for the guilt because of tonight's incident, but now he finally put down his heart and can sleep well.

However, the emperor's reassurance only lasted for a short time.

Tonight, he was not in the mood to go to the concubine, just when the palace people made the bed, he changed clothes, washed and yawned and planned to go to bed, Chen Yongshou, the steward brand, came to report in person, saying that His Royal Highness the prince asked to see him. Thinking that he had placed his two sons in the Zhaoren Hall next door, he was too lazy to change his clothes, so he directly left a sentence to let him in and kicked off his shoes and went to bed.

So, when the three princes came in neatly dressed, what they saw was the scene of the emperor leaning on the big pillow and closing his eyes to recuperate. He knew that he had come at the wrong time, and while his face was flushed, he understood that he couldn't retreat, so he could only grit his teeth and step forward, and after saluting, he said in a deep voice: "Father, my son can't figure it out after sitting for a long time, so I can only come here to ask for advice." ”

Looking at the son who was prostrate under the bed and honestly couldn't understand, the emperor who had deliberately pretended to be asleep just now finally couldn't sit still. He raised his finger in annoyance and pointed it on the back of the third prince's head, and then reprimanded: "Don't think about things you don't understand, don't you believe in your father's methods of dominating the world for more than 20 years?" ”

"Erchen letter...... But Erchen only hopes to understand his father's thoughts, so as not to study desperately and chase desperately, but he still can't learn and can't catch up! The third prince's forehead almost touched the level in front of the bed, but he said without raising his head, "Erchen just can't understand, my father should also think that it may not be Gonggong Chu who did all those things, why punish him so heavily?" ”

"If you kill one and make an example, why did you take out the other two Bingbi, and then let Bingbi Qian Gonggong be promoted to palm print? He was over seventy years old, and he had heard that he was not a shrewd man! ”

Speaking of this in one breath, the third prince finally had the courage, he gradually raised his head to look at his father, and then said word by word: "My father was able to kill Liu Feng before, why did he let go of the royal attendant who was bold and reckless and bit Father-in-law Chu tonight?" ”

The self-elected crown prince was able to question himself like this, and the emperor was satisfied, but not satisfied. Satisfied that the third prince finally has a little questioning spirit, instead of being submissive, you know, he likes an empathetic echo insect pavilion elder very much, but he definitely doesn't like a echo insect prince! As for what he is not satisfied with......

That is, his own crown prince actually thinks that he, the emperor, believes that those things were not done by Chu Kuan!

So, the emperor kicked open his quilt, sat cross-legged on the bed, stared coldly at his heir, and said word by word: "Why do you think that I didn't think Chu Kuan did it?" Your teacher and Sister Yingying didn't think it was Chu Kuan who did it, it was because they thought Chu Kuan was a smart person and wouldn't be so stupid. ”

"When the celebrant and those people pleaded for mercy, they insisted that it was definitely not Chu Kuan's doing, that was because some of them were afraid of Chu Kuan's power and ability, some wanted to roast him on the fire, and some people speculated that I had a very good relationship with him, so they must protect him. Of the seven people who pleaded for mercy, there was probably not one who really thought about Chu Kuan. ”

"Even his godson Lu Chan shouldn't be sincere. Eunuchs are the same as court officials, all for profit, all for profit, where the real affection comes from, but the combination of interests. And the same is true of what they will do, smart people don't necessarily don't do stupid things, and stupid people don't necessarily don't do smart things. ”

"Because Chu Kuan was a smart person in the past, you decided that he didn't do it, I tell you, it's a big mistake!"

"How do you think the turmoil in Guozijian came about? Yingying and those boys found out about the celebrant and the outer office, because it was really easy for you to investigate, and Chu Kuan was still evading Yingying when she blocked the door, so you felt that there was a fraud? No, I can tell you plainly, it was Chu Kuan's instructions! ”

"Liu Feng instigated your fourth brother, maybe it wasn't Chu Kuan's instructions, but how did Liu Feng know some details? Have you thought about it? ”

"Tonight, I used hypnotism in Zhang Chen's ear to talk about those messy imperial attendants, do you think he is really just biting Chu Kuan? That Feng Yu was so good that he suddenly died of a strangulation, and it was someone else who planted him with a false accusation? Hehe, even if it is really planted, do you believe it or not, Chu Kuan is still strategizing behind it? That squire, killing him is indeed a bit wronged!

"I have been with Chu Kuan for many years, so I know him better than anyone else! I don't have to check, because he asked Hua Qi to bring a message to me before, and he is willing to go to the Qianqing Palace to sweep the floor! Hehe, does the Qianqing Palace lack a handyman who sprinkles and sweeps? Since there is no shortage, then I will fulfill his wish and let him go to Ciqing Palace to serve you with pen and ink! ”

The third prince was already completely stunned. He looked up at his father in amazement, and only after a while did he lose his voice and exclaimed, "What does my father mean, is Father-in-law Chu ...... Did he do it on purpose? ”

"He just did it on purpose."

The emperor curled the corners of his mouth expressionlessly, and instead of smiling, he could see a little ridicule: "If he were to design it carefully, it would be so rough, it would be so ridiculous, it would be so stupid, it would be so easy to be pierced by others, and it would be a big trouble?" He just deliberately wanted to trap himself in it, so that I could see it...... Tsk, probably for fear that I wouldn't be able to see it, this made Hua Qi speak. ”

"Why?" The third prince finally couldn't help but ask a word stupidly, but this time, he didn't get a detailed answer from the emperor's compassion. On the contrary, it was the Emperor who threw his problem back to him as it was.

"I've said so much to you, why do you have to think for yourself. From tomorrow, Chu Kuan will move to Ciqing Palace, and serve the pen and ink while you are studying, you can observe what kind of person he is with your own eyes, and use your own heart to understand his style of acting. ”

"Today, of course, I am quick to cut through the mess, but that is because the celebrant is subordinate to the royal family, so I can make decisions independently, and once it comes to foreign courts, dealing with this kind of thing will become ten points of difficulty. It's different inside and out, do you understand?. ”

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