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Concubine Rong lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes, turned her sadness into joy and said, "Don't talk about this, my nephew got a good thing, and I came here today to pay tribute to my aunt." My aunt must have liked it. ”

Empress Dowager Wei smiled: "What a good thing." ”

Concubine Rong beckoned, and the palace maid who came with her outside hurriedly handed over a brocade box, Concubine Rong took it and helped Empress Dowager Wei sit up, and opened it in front of Empress Dowager Wei, but it was a string of polished smooth Buddha beads. The beads looked plain and dark brown, which did not cause people to be happy, but the moment the box was opened, the smell was fragrant and very refreshing.

"It's ...... Agarwood Buddha beads? Empress Dowager Wei was surprised.

"My aunt has good eyesight, and the local officials in Lingnan found a thousand-year-old agarwood deep in the mountains and made a few strings of Buddhist beads with the best trunk parts. When my niece found out, she asked for a bunch, not for myself, but for my aunt. Although my aunt's ivory beads are also very good, my niece and nephew think that it is better to have agarwood beads, and she can be more calm and pious when worshipping the Buddha. Does my aunt like it? Wei Yourong said with a smile.

"Millennial agarwood? That's a rarity. Agarwood is only found in the Lingnan area, and it is said that it is rare to be a hundred years old, and most of them are harvested after decades. As the world often says, one or two agarwood and one or two gold, this thousand-year-old agarwood is afraid that it is 100 times the ordinary price. This string of Buddhist beads is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, to say the least. That's how you're coming? Do you give money to others? Empress Dowager Wei had already grabbed the Buddha beads and couldn't put them down.

"What did my aunt say? Of course the silver was given? Is the niece's daughter a stealer? Besides, can this thing of honoring my aunt speak with silver? Even if it's not valuable, a piece of my niece's heart is in it, and it's priceless. ”

"Little monkey cub, you have said good things and bad things, what else can the mourning family say? It's hard for you to think of me, and I have to reward you for something. If you look at something in the temple and take it away, you will be rewarded by the mourners. The old queen mother was in a good mood, so she put the Buddha beads under her nose and sniffed and smelled, and kept fiddling with her hands.

Wei Yourong smiled: "How dare you ask for your aunt's reward?" It's as if her niece is here to ask for a bargain. ”

Empress Dowager Wei laughed and said, "You don't want it yourself, don't say later that the mourning family doesn't reward you." You little monkey spirit has an idea in a while, it's best to think it through, don't regret it in the end. ”

Wei Yourong saw that Empress Dowager Wei's mood was finally completely cheerful, and she took a breath and said coquettishly: "If my aunt wants to reward her, then I will ask for something, so that my aunt will not feel sorry in her heart." ”

Empress Dowager Wei chirped: "Bah, if you want it, what's the mourning family's concern?" What do you want? ”

Wei Yourong said in a deep voice: "Auntie, Yourong wants to ask my aunt to help talk to the emperor and let Yourong go back to our hometown in Shandong to live." Yourong is homesick. It's really stuffy to stay in this palace every day. ”

Empress Dowager Wei was stunned and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" There is good food and living in this palace, what do you want, why are you still unhappy? If you are really depressed and homesick, when spring begins, the mourning family will take you back to your hometown in Shandong. It just so happened that the mourning family also wanted to go back and take a look. I haven't been back for years. ”

The Wei family is a prominent family in Shandong, although many of the Wei family live in the capital as officials, most of their relatives still live in their hometown in Shandong. Empress Dowager Wei went back to the province a few times, but that was decades ago. She hasn't been back for nearly ten years, and when she heard Wei Yourong mention her hometown in Shandong, she also felt a little homesick.

Concubine Rong shook her head and said, "Auntie, my niece didn't mean to take a trip, my niece ...... I want to live in my hometown and don't go back to the palace. The niece wants to return to her roots. ”

Empress Dowager Wei was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Silly girl, what did you say?" How old are you, so what do you say about falling leaves and returning to your roots? The mourners didn't say that. Besides, aren't you fooling around? You are the imperial concubine, can you still live outside the palace? We don't have this rule in Da Zhou, the emperor won't allow it, and the etiquette can't be done. ”

Concubine Rong bit her lower lip and said, "Then please ask my aunt to talk to the emperor and give me the name of the imperial concubine." Anyway, these are of no use to me, and I have to go out of the palace and return home, and I will never come to this capital again. ”

Empress Dowager Wei was startled, frowned, and said, "What's wrong with you?" Did anyone mess with you? Have you quarreled with the emperor? You girl, the emperor is not in good health now, and the affairs of the court and the central government are cumbersome, and it is inevitable that he will be in a bad mood, so you should serve him carefully and comfort him. If he scolds you twice, don't lose your temper. What's the title of concubine going home, isn't this nonsense? ”

Concubine Rong shook her head and said, "Auntie, my niece is not messing around, and my niece is not messing with the emperor." The niece is just ...... I just don't want to...... Don't want to...... Provoke right and wrong. I don't want to suffer in this house in the future. If my aunt could help her niece leave the capital, she might have saved her niece's life. ”

"What the hell is wrong with you, kid? If you don't make it clear, I'll be annoyed. The old queen mother frowned and shouted.

Concubine Rong sighed and said, "Auntie, my niece will tell you the truth." Recently, my niece and nephew have been having nightmares, dreaming that she was staying in the cold palace and dying alone. When she woke up, her niece thought about it and thought that it was not an illusion, but a portent. The niece thought about it carefully and figured it out in her heart. When the emperor is there, the niece may be able to live more freely in the palace, but if the emperor is not there one day and the new emperor ascends the throne, the situation in the niece's dream will become a reality. If the person who succeeds to the throne is Guo Xu, the king of Huai, he will definitely not spare me after he becomes the emperor. His mother, Concubine Mei, and I were already at odds with each other, and they knew that my aunt and I were helping King Jin, so you said, will he spare me in the future? Auntie, you are not afraid, no one dares to touch your old man, but the niece and nephew are different. The niece and nephew don't want to be tortured by them, so it is better to leave the capital as soon as possible and go back to her hometown to live a quiet life, so as not to survive and die in the future. ”

The old queen mother's brows furrowed, and she reprimanded in a deep voice: "Why did you start talking nonsense again? Who told you that Guo Xu would ascend the throne? Didn't the emperor suspend the establishment of the crown prince? Where did you get this news from? Did the emperor tell you himself? ”

Concubine Rong hurriedly said: "Auntie, you are very broad-hearted, but you don't know that things outside are changing very quickly." Does my aunt know what Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, who set up the Lord to change the law, have committed recently? The two adults have already been imprisoned. Hearing about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the local officials were excited and demanded that Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu be severely punished. What does my aunt think about this? ”

Empress Dowager Wei frowned and said, "The mourning family has heard about this matter, and Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu have gone too far. What kind of Lao Shizi changed the law, which caused turmoil in the court, and the mourning family was already dissatisfied. The emperor said that this was what the country needed, and the mourning family didn't say much. But they actually said such a great rebellion, can this be spared? If it weren't for the inconvenience of the mourning family to interfere in the affairs of the court, the mourning family would want to join them and punish them severely. It's good to take them, the court will go to the scourge, and you will be able to live in peace in the future. ”

Wei Yourong sighed when she heard this: "My aunt thinks so, it can be seen that the two adults of Yan Fang are dead this time." But my aunt knows that when Lord Yan and Lord Fang fall, only Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun are in charge of the court. Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun supported King Huai as the crown prince, who could oppose their opinions after that? Although the emperor is in full bloom, this matter of establishing a prince will be done sooner or later, Guo Xu is the prince, isn't this a sure thing? Aunt thinks about it, Guo Xu will take the throne in the future, what can we do with the people? The niece has to think about her own future, and the niece and nephew have no son and half daughter to protect her, and the future will be bleak and tormented. Also, my aunt also has to think about our Wei family's relatives who are officials in the court, my Wei family will definitely suffer disasters in the future, so it is better to make plans as soon as possible, and all of them resign and return to their hometown in Shandong to avoid trouble, so as not to suffer a catastrophe in the future. ”

Empress Dowager Wei was shocked, and only now did she understand what Wei Yourong was trying to express. Originally, she didn't realize that there was anything wrong with the downfall of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, but after Wei Yourong's analysis, she suddenly realized that the problem was a little serious.

"Lord Yan and Lord Fang have long said that the prince's discussion does not need to be discussed much, and there are rules for it. The meaning is already obvious to support King Jin. When the emperor proposed the establishment of the crown prince, the two adults and dozens of officials who changed the law also jointly recommended the king of Jin. There are not many people who support King Jin, and King Jin does not have an advantage, if the two adults fall this time, what suspense is there about Guo Xu becoming the prince? Although the aunt and niece can say something in the emperor's ear. But after all, we can't interfere in government affairs, and the emperor can't listen to us. The emperor relies on Lu Zhongtian and has a great love for Guo Xu, and the matter is clearly there. When the emperor is here, they naturally don't dare to retaliate against us, what if the emperor is gone? What can we do? Then Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun, did they really attack Yan Fang because of the inappropriate remarks of the two adults? In fact, they had already launched several impeachments against Yan Fang's two adults. It's just that I haven't been able to get it. This is completely a move by the party to fight against differences, and they want to eradicate all those who oppose them in the DPRK and China, so that they can do whatever they want. Concubine Rong continued.

The old queen mother frowned and sat on the couch in a daze, in fact, the old queen mother Wei was just an ordinary woman at best. When she entered the palace, she was just an ordinary concubine, and she didn't have any outstanding wisdom and talent. It's just that the mother is favored by virtue of the value of the son. She doesn't really understand the intricacies of these national affairs. But she understands some of the simplest truths, that is: she can't let some people she doesn't look down on take power, especially the people of the Lu family, otherwise there will be endless disasters in the future. In addition, she has to think about her Wei family, all the glory she has brought to the Wei family cannot be deprived or trampled on, and she has to maintain all this.

At first, she pinned her hopes on Concubine Rong to have a son, and in the future, she could establish Concubine Rong's son as the emperor, and the status of the Wei family would be as stable as Mount Tai. But the heavens do not obey people's wishes, Concubine Rong's son died young, and the evil is likely to be Concubine Mei. Although there is no conclusive evidence, the Queen Mother has no good impression of Concubine Mei since then. Anyone's son can be the emperor, but the son of Concubine Mei will definitely not be. This is also the simplest logic for her to support King Jin as the crown prince. But now, although she didn't understand the big set that her niece said, she heard it, that is, if Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru fall, Guo Xu will be the prince. As for the cause and effect and whether the logic is smooth, she doesn't care.

"According to what you say, Lu Zhongtian and they actually have ulterior motives? How do you know these things? Empress Dowager Wei asked twice.

Lu Zhongtian's niece and nephew don't know, but their actions can be seen. Although the niece is not talented, the nightmare makes the niece have to think about it. It's not hard to figure out these things. Aunt, niece and nephew must not watch Guo Xu become the crown prince and become emperor, even if the niece dies, she can't die in the hands of Concubine Mei's slut. My Hao'er's death has a lot to do with her, and I have been looking for evidence all the time for so many years, and they must be thieves with humble intentions. Therefore, my aunt will either give my niece a way out of life and let me leave the capital and go back to my hometown to care about anything, or my niece may have to do something out of the ordinary, and I am afraid that it will affect the Wei family at that time. Ask my aunt to show my niece a clear path. Wei Yourong gritted his silver teeth and said in a deep voice.

"What do you want to do out of the ordinary?" Empress Dowager Wei said in astonishment.

"My niece and nephew died with them, and that slut hurt my Hao'er, so my niece killed her son and made them also empty of bamboo baskets. My niece and daughter thought about it, it was very simple to do this, and I poured a glass of poisoned wine for King Huai at the New Year's banquet and it was gone. I, as the imperial concubine, toasted him, but he dared not to drink it? When he drank wine, he was a dead man. Of course, I can't run either, and I don't plan to run. poisoned Guo Xu, and I can be regarded as avenging my Hao'er. It is better to die on the left and right, and it is better to take revenge than to be tortured to death in the future. Wei Yourong's face was cold, and he said in a cold voice.

The old queen mother jumped up in fright, and said repeatedly: "I can't help it, I can't help it, how can you have such thoughts?" You can't do that. Are you trying to scare the mourners to death? The mourners can't stand your intimidation. ”

Wei Yourong hurriedly supported the pale old queen mother, and said softly: "Auntie, my nephew didn't think of that step, but my nephew can't sit still, and the Wei family can't sit still." If this situation develops, the Wei family and their nieces will have no way to live. This is a matter of immediacy, and it is by no means far away, and it is by no means unfounded. ”

Empress Dowager Wei grabbed Wei Yourong's hand and said, "Good girl, you must not do this, this is a dead end, it will never work." It's also a great rebellion to do this, what should you do on the Pope? If you want to leave the palace and go back to your hometown in Shandong, this thing will not be possible, how can there be such a precedent? Exempt your imperial concubine from sending you out of the palace? There is no reason, the emperor must be suspicious, and he will not agree. The emperor treats you well. How good is that? Is there no other way? ”

Wei Yourong said: "There is still a way, but I'm afraid it will only take my aunt to come forward." ”

"You say, you say, what else can you do?" The old queen mother was busy.

"Save the two adults of Yan Fang and exonerate them. This is just a mistake of tongue, Lord Yan and Lord Fang are definitely not rebellious ministers. My aunt made it clear to the emperor that she wanted the emperor to distinguish right from wrong and not be blinded by anger. As long as Yan Fang and the two adults are saved, things will take a turn for the better. Guo Xu is not so easy to become the prince. In short, the life and death of Yan Fang's two adults are crucial. My aunt has to do something for the sake of the Wei family. Wei Yourong said.

Empress Dowager Wei frowned and smacked her lips and said, "They ...... What they said is really damned, how can this mourning family tell the emperor? Is this going against the rules of the harem not to interfere in government affairs? How is this good? Ay! ”

Wei Yourong stood up, bowed and said, "My niece won't embarrass my aunt, my nephew won't mention it, my niece will retire, so my aunt should rest." ”

Wei Yourong turned around and left, the old queen mother looked at her back, her face was wrinkled, and when Wei Yourong lifted the curtain, she finally sighed and said, "That's it, the mourning family will try it." I can't teach you to do those stupid things. ”

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The interrogation of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru was very intensive, and the news that Lin Jue inquired about was that Wu Chunlai and others interrogated Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu for more than ten hours in a row, forcing them to admit the so-called conspiracy that did not exist in their hearts, and asking them to admit that they changed the law in order to disrupt the court and the Great Zhou Society. As long as one of these big hats sits firmly, it is a dead end.

Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru didn't say a word in the hall, just sneered and said nothing. Wu Chunlai asked the anti-water officials in the Ordinance Department to read out their accusations against Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru in person. These accusations are actually not worth mentioning, but what Wu Chunlai wants is not whether these accusations can be established, he wants to use the betrayal of these officials who used to be Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's side to humiliate the two, and wear down the sharpness of these two people little by little, hit them, and make them collapse.

Wu Chunlai didn't even let them drink water and sit down, and the torment of standing there for more than ten hours caused the two adults to suffer unprecedented damage to their mental and physical strength. If it weren't for the Great Zhou Law's stipulation that 'the punishment is not a sergeant', Wu Chunlai would definitely use the punishment. In short, Wu Chunlai, a guy who once stepped into his career with the support of Fang Dunru, did not have the slightest respect for his former teacher at the moment, on the contrary, his behavior was even more vicious than that of his enemies.

Wu Chunlai must put Fang Dunru to death this time, not only because of political antagonism, but also because of the betrayal in his heart that he has always been unable to erase, and even he himself regarded it as a stain. As long as Fang Dunru lives, this stain will never be washed away, and only when Fang Dunru is dead, people will forget this person, and he may not be criticized and talked about behind his back. Otherwise, no matter how high he climbs or how much power he has, it will be difficult to wash away the stain at the beginning.

Lin Jue couldn't ignore such a thing, and he had no choice but to go to the emperor again and ask the emperor to stop this barbaric and undignified interrogation. It is necessary to give Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru a minimum of respect. But although Guo Chong spoke, Wu Chunlai had other countermeasures. He used the wheel of interrogation to change the method, and each time an official asked, he asked those questions. A different person continues to ask the same question. Dozens of alleged officials took turns to make accusations, stalling for time. He also said that he would give respect to the two adults and allow them to sit down, but he made a small round stool, the surface of which was only the size of a small bowl, and the person who sat on it was not resting at all, but suffering more. The stool is still crooked and will fall apart at any time, and people need to support their bodies with their feet when they sit on it, so there is no rest effect at all. The ugliness of human nature is really vividly reflected in Wu Chunlai, and the viciousness of this person's mind can be seen from this.

When Lin Jue saw Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru again, it was already three days after the last time they met. This time, when he saw Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru in prison, Lin Jue almost burst into tears. The two adults described it as withered and suffered a great blow. The physical and mental torture almost broke them.

But their will was still strong, and they still rejected Lin Jue's suggestion and resolutely refused to admit their mistakes. Lin Jue said it ruthlessly, and Fang Dunru scolded angrily. Lin Jue was helpless, so he had to tell the two adults that they must hold on and be patient, he had already taken the path of the queen mother, and the queen mother had promised to have a good talk with the emperor and excuse the two adults. I hope you two adults must take care. Lin Jue told Yan Zhengsu that he would be interrogated again, and then sit on the ground and sleep with his eyes closed. Wu Chunlai didn't dare to use torture, so that he could maintain his physical strength and avoid being deliberately tortured by this dog thief. Yan Zhengsu also nodded in agreement.