Chapter 364: Unscrupulous for the sake of the throne

"It's even less likely that a mage will kill!" The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, but she couldn't bear to be implicated by Master Zhen Luo, so she said frankly, "I can't hide it now, the emperor, you can't move Master Zhen Luo...... She's your great-grandmother. ”

"What?" The other five spoke in unison.

Queen Wang said the truth in dismay: "She is the Empress Dowager Shen, Shen Pearl, who has been missing for many years." ”

An hour later, Master Zhen Luo was brought into the Shicui Hall of Daming Palace.

Although she had changed her clothes and put them in order, everyone could still see at a glance that she had been tortured and that she was deeply tired.

The Queen Mother wept bitterly, almost crawled to Master Zhen Luo's feet, hugged her legs tightly: "Master, it's all my fault, it's me who has burdened you!" They are all hiding from me and not letting me know......"

Seeing this, the Son of Heaven looked complicated, and he almost opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He felt guilty in his heart, because he personally ordered Jiang Wei to torture Master Zhen Luo, and Jiang Wei also replied to him afterwards that Master Zhen Luo had confessed that he was instructed by Li Chengxuan.

Originally, he didn't believe it, so he assigned Dali Siqing to go to Fuwang's Mansion for questioning, but Li Chengxuan really admitted it all and took all the crimes alone, so he took the opportunity to convict.

He didn't expect that Master Zhen Luo was actually his great-grandmother, the Shen Pearl that their ancestors and grandchildren had been looking for for four generations! Then it will be impossible for her to identify Li Chengxuan and her own great-grandson!

It can be seen that Jiang Wei deliberately deceived the king. Thinking of this, Li Chun was extremely angry in his heart - because of Jiang Wei's self-inflicted cleverness, the grievances between him and his own brother were bloodily placed in front of his great-grandmother...... Master Zhen Luo turned out to be his great-grandmother Shen Zhu!

However, no matter what kind of eyes the people in the room looked at Master Zhen Luo, her face was very calm, and she even smiled to comfort the Queen Mother: "It's not your fault, it's because I misunderstood that you killed Master An Cheng, and I took all the blame on myself out of guilt, but I didn't want to harm you and King Fu." ”

The Queen Mother just shook her head and wiped her tears, unable to say a word.

Xilingyue was even more surprised. This turning point came so quickly that it almost overturned all her and Li Chengxuan's previous guesses! She originally thought that the queen mother had found a nun who was good at stealing among the people as a helper, presumably Li Chengxuan also thought so, so she hurriedly closed the case at that time and put all the charges on Master Zhen Luo.

Li Chunyi moved his lips and struggled for a long time before he reluctantly asked, "Queen Mother, when are you...... When did you find your great-grandmother? Why don't you tell your sons? ”

Hearing this question, the Queen Mother unexpectedly burst into a strange smile and looked at him with unusually sarcasm: "Emperor, my son, the identity of Master Zhen Luo is not a secret, as early as forty years ago, Grandmaster Dai had already found her!" Over the years, the master has been bent on the Buddha and does not want to return to the palace, so the Son of Heaven has been ordering to find, in fact, it is for the master to see, I want to teach her to understand the filial piety of her children and grandchildren, and hope that she can change her mind and return to the palace as soon as possible! ”

"What...... What the? Li Chunzhi felt incredible and unbelievable.

The queen mother laughed more and more sarcastically: "This matter was personally ordered by the grandmaster Dai before his death, and he only told the prince alone." The first emperors of the Dezong and Shunzong dynasties both adhered to the will and passed it on by word of mouth. Why, didn't the first emperor tell you? ”

Li Chun's face changed in an instant.

Everyone in the hall was even more shocked when they heard thisβ€”this was almost a sign that Li Chun's means of ascending the throne were not glorious, so they couldn't hear about it from the mouth of the first emperor......

Come to think of it, since the Emperor of Daizong, every Son of Heaven will issue an order to find Shen Zhu. If it is true that the Shen family itself is unwilling to come back, and the descendants want to show their filial piety, but they are unwilling to expose this matter and disturb her cultivation, it is indeed possible to secretly pass on this will and let the next generation of the Son of Heaven continue to pass it on.

Moreover, Master Zhen Luo has been living in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and there are many treasures hidden in Chang'an's residence. And Li Chun clearly said that those treasures were the ones that Chang'an fell during the Anshi Rebellion, and Xuanzong fled in a hurry and didn't have time to take them away, and Shanggong Bureau also had a record of leaving the warehouse!

Then, it is very likely that the treasure is hidden in the underground secret room of the Qingxiu Garden, after all, the Qingxiu Garden is already very close to the Daming Palace. If Master Zhen Luo hadn't been a palace man who had fled during the Anshi Rebellion, how could he have so many treasures? What's more, with Daizong's feelings for the Shen family, he also set up her son as the prince, and it was unlikely that he would leave her and run away alone.

Later, the Queen Mother's words also confirmed everyone's speculation: "In fact, for many years, the story of the Queen Mother has been misinformed by the people. She was not left behind by Daizong back then, but volunteered to stay and guard a batch of treasures that were inconvenient to carry, so she was separated from Daizong. After Chang'an was recovered, Daizong did not get back the treasures, and it was also because the Empress Dowager was unwilling to return to the palace that he wanted to leave a thought and let the Empress Dowager return to Chang'an every year to see. ”

The Queen Mother looked at Li Chun as she spoke, and sneered: "Now do you understand, why did I go to steal the Birthday Gang, but I didn't touch the treasures in the secret room?" ”

Li Chun could still speak, his face was as white as paper, and his hands were clenched into fists.

It seemed that only in an instant, the tearful queen mother had disappeared, she suddenly became indifferent and angry, glared at Li Chun fiercely, and accused him mercilessly: "Son, you will do whatever it takes to sit on the throne, you ......"

"Queen Mother!"

"Grandmother!"

The eldest princess and Guo Zhongting shouted urgently at this time, and the latter stepped forward and grabbed her arm, and dragged her out of the Shicui Hall with coaxing, and kept saying: "Grandmother, you are tired, Uncle Fuwang will also wash away his grievances, and his grandson will accompany you back to Penglai Palace." ”

Where was the Queen Mother willing to leave, but after all, she was a woman in her fifties, and she couldn't compete with Guo Zhongting's youth and strength, so she had to be dragged out by him, and she didn't forget to turn around and look at Li Chun frequently.

Finally, at the moment when she stepped out of the temple door, she gave up the idea of telling the truth, and just looked at Master Zhen Luo earnestly, and told him again and again: "Master, save Hu'er, save him!" Then he was pushed by Guo Zhongting and turned a corner, and his figure disappeared outside the door of the Shicui Palace.

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Chunyan: "Holy Lord, the queen mother is thinking of Chengxuan so much that she is delirious, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Li Chun didn't know what he was thinking, staring at the door of the hall in a daze and refusing to speak.

In fact, the means by which he ascended the throne have long been an open secret in the clan. That's right, his father, Emperor Shunzong, reigned for only half a year before he abdicated under the pressure of him and a group of eunuchs. But can he be blamed for this?

At that time, the court was worried about internal and external troubles, his grandfather Dezong died suddenly, and his father Emperor Shunzong had also suffered a serious stroke, and even his mouth and eyes were crooked during the enthronement ceremony, and he couldn't even speak. In the six months since, my father's condition has been up and down, but he has been unable to walk freely and is paralyzed in bed. As the eldest son of the emperor, he was expected by everyone, but his father did not make himself the crown prince......

He admitted that he was weak at that time, because he was afraid that his father would ornate his sixteenth brother Li Chengxuan.

He has always understood that he is deeply loved by his grandfather Dezong, and his father and mother prefer his younger brother Li Chengxuan. When his grandfather Dezong was alive, his position as the eldest grandson of the emperor was as stable as Mount Tai, and everyone almost recognized him as the "third son of heaven" and the best choice for the next prince.

(End of chapter)