Empress Xuanren's heart was a little loose. Rational judgment, what the emperor said, there is nothing wrong. Empress Xuanren suddenly thought of some actions of the new policy, so she said: "Since Your Majesty is supported by other clan kings, why is there so many policies to restrict the privileges of clan kings in the new policy implemented after ascending the throne?" Isn't Your Majesty worried about the counterattack of these clan kings? When His Majesty launched the New Deal, he had only been on the throne for two months, did His Majesty feel that he had taken control of the situation at that time? ”

Xiao Tuyou said: "Imperial sister-in-law, I also said just now, if you want to talk about eloquence, I am not as good as the first emperor; But when it comes to manipulating personnel and winning people's hearts, I am confident that there are still some means. Although I had only been on the throne for two months at that time, through the arrangements and maneuvers during the two-month mourning, I was confident that I had completely controlled the clans and courtiers in the Holy Capital, and because the imperial sister-in-law and Xiao Jia took the lead in expressing their heartfelt feelings, the county guards outside also slowly expressed their allegiance. Imperial sister-in-law, I have followed the first emperor for decades, and those courtiers and those county guards outside are not only the courtiers of the first emperor, but also my friends. This point is ignored by the kings of Beiling County. So as soon as I succeeded to the throne, I put a lot of effort into guarding these counties. In addition, there is another important reason why I am confident that I can control them. Xiao Tuyou paused for a moment, looked at Empress Xuanren and said, "The old prime minister Hong Tong and the old imperial historian Liao Xia have already expressed their allegiance to me in private at that time. They instructed the county guards outside that in order to ensure the safety of the young men and the imperial sister-in-law, they must support the new monarch and not act rashly. With the support of the clan inside, the obedience of the county guard outside, and the allegiance of the imperial sister-in-law, Xiao Jia, Hongtong, and Liao Xia, what else do I have to fear?! ”

Empress Xuanren nodded.

"And during the great mourning, there was another incident that caused a subtle change in the relationship between me and the clan king, forcing me to take immediate action. Xiao Tuyu looked at the king of Xiangting County and said, "In this matter, the king of Xiangting County is also involved, but he probably doesn't know the truth all along." ”

King Xiangting was surprised: "What is it?" Your Majesty, please make it clear. ”

Empress Xuanren was very disgusted by the respectful and obedient attitude of the king of Tingjun. She firmly believed that the king of Xiangtingjun had surrendered to the emperor.

Xiao Tuyou said: "It's the case of Taimiao's poisoning." ”

This is a big case known to the whole world during the funeral, and Empress Xuanren and King Xiangting all know about it.

Xiao Tuyou said: "Everyone knows about this big case. But the truth of the matter is not what everyone sees in the end. After I succeeded to the throne, I repeatedly discussed with Luo Yuanji and Dou Ji, and was reminded by the old prime minister Hong Tong, and realized that my biggest enemy and hidden danger in power at that time was the king of Beiling County. If the plan is not removed, the throne will never be stable. Therefore, I decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the Great Funeral Middle Festival to use the Purple Star Roland Poison Pharmacology and poison it to kill it forever. Our plan is that as long as the Beiling County King is eliminated, it will be easy to deal with the other clan county kings, and the court situation will basically be stabilized. However, I didn't expect that there was such a big change in the middle of the matter, and the eldest Lang Rongya of the Rongzhu family actually bumped into it by mistake, and Wang Shihuan of Ganzi County and his little grandson Xiao Xun also broke into it by mistake, and killed Xiao Xun by mistake. I originally thought that they handled this matter in a timely and proper manner, and the king of Beiling County should not have noticed it. But soon, the people who were placed next to the king of Beiling found out that the king of Beiling knew at that time that he was the object we wanted to poison, and he was only killed by mistake. In this way, my relationship with the king of Beiling County has actually broken off, and the relationship with the king of Ganzi has become very delicate. In addition, during the mourning period, the king of Beiling County actively contacted the kings and told the kings that I had just succeeded to the throne, and I was going to poison and kill the king of Beiling County, who supported my succession, which showed that I was ruthless, so as to remind the kings to be vigilant against me. The kings were disappointed in me. Therefore, I was already in a very serious situation at that time, and if I didn't take the opportunity to do it, the king of Beiling and other clan kings would also do it to me. This is the background of the new policy immediately launched at the beginning of my ascension to the throne and the implementation of the co-governance of the county kings and counties. In addition, there is another reason, from a policy point of view, as I have just said, I agree with the political views of the first emperor, the hereditary county king system is infinitely harmful, and if you want to maintain long-term peace and stability, you must curb the privileges of the county kings. ”

The emperor said that the case of Taimiao Xun poisoning, the king of Xiangting County had already known the truth. At this time, he could only pretend not to know. Otherwise, the trust of both the emperor and Empress Xuanren will be lost.

Empress Xuanren thought about it for a long time, and felt that what the emperor said was not flawed. But Empress Xuanren wanted to know another thing, so she said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has another question, please Your Majesty must tell the concubine truthfully." Mid-Autumn Festival fire, but His Majesty did it? Or, but His Majesty acquiesced in what others did? ”

Xiao Tuyou's face turned red and said, "Imperial sister-in-law." I swear to the heavens, and I swear to my ancestors and ancestors, the Mid-Autumn Festival fire is neither my doing, nor do I know it. Sister-in-law, please think about it, I am the biggest victim of a fire in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the situation had slowly stabilized, the implementation of the new policy was also smooth, and the princes and princes of the clan were also very obedient. However, a Mid-Autumn Festival fire burned all my previous efforts clean. Why did I bother, why did I do such a stupid thing? ”

What he said was very emotional, and the point is that what he said was very reasonable. Empress Xuanren also didn't believe that Tuyu would act so recklessly, which was definitely not Tuyou's style of acting. Today, Empress Xuanren also realized that if the throne of Lu Tuyou is unstable, then Luo Yuan and Dou Ji will never benefit, so the suspicion that Luo Yuan and Dou Ji set fire behind their backs was ruled out.

Empress Xuanren has been completely persuaded by Tuyou, who is not the real culprit of the Mid-Autumn Festival fire. But why did you summon yourself tonight? Empress Xuanren reasoned in her heart: "Although the Mid-Autumn Festival fire was not set by Tuyou, a fire made Tuyou very passive. Forced by the situation, the only way to cut through the mess quickly and take the opportunity to solve me and Xiaojia is the best choice. If Tuyu can tell me this openly and honestly before I die, it can be regarded as his kindness. Next, Tuyu will probably explain why he killed me tonight. Empress Xuanren didn't want to hear his explanation, because it didn't help. Empress Xuanren thought, "After Tu Yu gets rid of himself, he will immediately take action against Xiao Jia." Therefore, we should end the friction here as soon as possible and find a way to let Su Poyan get out quickly. ”

Empress Xuanren said, "Okay. The concubine had no other questions to ask. Your Majesty doesn't need to explain anything else. The concubine blamed His Majesty wrongly, please forgive Your Majesty. His Majesty was able to tell the concubine these things before the concubine died, and the concubine was grateful. Now, if Your Majesty wants to get rid of the concubine, the concubine can understand, this is forced by the situation, and Your Majesty has to do it. Therefore, the concubine does not blame His Majesty. As a human master, many times this is involuntarily. The concubine just wanted to ask Your Majesty, how do you plan to let me die? Empress Xuanren calculated, and after the emperor finished speaking, she shouted loudly, telling Su Poyan to flee quickly.

Xiao Tuyu opened his eyes in surprise and said, "Imperial sister-in-law, what does imperial sister-in-law mean by this?" ”

Empress Xuanren looked at Xiao Tuyou's serious performance, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty summoned the concubine late at night, isn't it to execute the concubine?" ”

Xiao Tuyou let out a "hmm", frowned, and showed an expression that he felt was inexplicable to Empress Xuanren.

Empress Xuanren said: "Your Majesty, just do it." The concubine had no complaints. ”

Tuyu waved his hand and said, "This, this, this, what did the imperial sister-in-law say?!" ”

Empress Xuanren already regarded death as her home, so she didn't even have any disgust in her heart for the emperor who was accustomed to performing and disguised, but just looked at the emperor with a condescending look.

He waved his hand again and again, looking very depressed.

"Niangniang is wrong to blame Your Majesty." This is the king of Xiangting County speaking.

Although Empress Xuanren was relieved of the emperor's actions, she could not let go of her own brother Xiangting County King standing with the emperor and secretly getting rid of herself, so listening to Xiangting County King openly speaking for the emperor, Empress Xuanren thought that Xiangting County King had probably told the emperor all of his plan to join forces with Beiling County King and jointly resist the emperor, which is probably the reason why the emperor repeatedly emphasized that the king of Beiling County and other clan county kings were the real culprits who poisoned the first emperor. Empress Xuanren was bored in her heart, but she didn't bother to reason with him, so she just snorted in disgust.

King Xiangting said with a smile: "Niangniang is really wrong to blame Your Majesty." His Majesty summoned Niangniang to come today because the minister found the real culprit of the Mid-Autumn Festival fire. ”

Empress Xuanren was shocked: "Ah! ”

The king of Xiangting County said: "The minister thinks that the Mid-Autumn Festival fire is related to the situation and the safety of Dazhao, and it is an extremely important matter, so as soon as the news is confirmed, he immediately rushed to the holy capital from Xiangting County, and as soon as he entered Beijing, he immediately detained the palace overnight to ask to see His Majesty and report to His Majesty." His Majesty knew that Niangniang had been worried about this matter in recent days, so he listened to the minister's simple report, and without a moment's delay, he immediately summoned Niangniang to come with Chuntuo and tell Niangniang the truth about the fire, so as to relieve Niangniang's worries. ”

Empress Xuanren said: "That's all?!" ”

"Of course it can't be left at that. We want to avenge the first emperor and avenge them! ”

Empress Xuanren completely misunderstood what she meant.

Empress Xuanren's mind was a little confused, and she asked King Xiangting with a trembling: "You say, who caused the Mid-Autumn Festival fire?" ”

The king of Xiangting County glanced at Tuyou, and said, "Quick, quick, you quickly report to Empress Xuanren truthfully." ”

King Xiangting nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." The king of Xiangting turned to the direction of Empress Xuanren and said, "Niangniang, the matter has to start with the case of poisoning in Taimiao during the great funeral. Because the grandson Rongya of the minister was involved, he has been paying attention to the poisoning case. Later, with the grace of His Majesty, Rongya was changed from capital to exile. After Rongya set off from the holy capital to Sanye Island, the minister felt that the case was really strange, and was worried that Rongya would be harmed, so he sent a team of soldiers to protect Rongya on the way to Sanye Island. Unexpectedly, something went wrong on the road. The king of Beiling County actually sent someone to disguise himself as a masked killer to intercept Rongya on the way, and at the same time arranged for his Zuodu Hou Huifang to pretend to save Rongya, and ordered those masked killers to falsely claim to be Nangong guards sent by His Majesty to kill Rongya to vent their hatred. In this way, he misled Rongya, and wanted to lure Rongya into fleeing to Beiling County to serve him, and he also used this to blackmail Rongzhu to take refuge in him. The people sent by the minister decisively rescued Rongya, and killed all the people of Hou Huifang, the left capital of the king of Beiling County, etc., so that Rongya escaped safely and went to Sanye Island. But after that, the minister began to suspect that the king of Beiling County had an ulterior secret, so he sent someone to secretly monitor the every move of the king of Beiling County. I never thought that the king of Beiling County would be so scheming, so ambitious, so well-planned, and so ruthless. However, because the king of Beiling County has not shown his flaws, therefore, the minister did not dare to rashly play His Majesty, nor did he dare to rashly play Niangniang. ”