The second night of the first month of February in the first year of Yonghui.

Wanchun Palace.

The slave knelt on the ground, looking at the queen with a dull expression on her face.

She didn't have the phoenix crown and red robe on her body, she just sat on the right seat, sipping tea without a mouthful.

Seeing this, Hu Tu on one side couldn't help but speak:

"......

Or is it just a change of court clothes?

This phoenix crown......

It's also weird and heavy......"

Queen Wang didn't raise her eyelids, but moved her delicate lips and said:

"Since this palace is the main palace, it is natural that it has long been accustomed to this kind of burden......

Just ......"

She slowly lifted her eyes and looked out the window:

"You have some point......

It's time for this palace to get used to the days when you don't have that kind of weight......"

"!

Empress!

Damn the slave!

The slave is ineffective......"

When the slave heard these words, she knew that Wang Shanrou was already angry, and the big beads of sweat on her head jumped out one by one, and she kowtowed to her in horror, until she was bleeding from the door of her brain.

Naturally, she knew that the queen would not really blame herself, but the pain of ineffective work could not bear the pity of teaching a slave who had prided himself on being shrewd and capable since childhood.

Queen Wang raised her eyes and glanced at her lightly:

"Get up."

"Mother's ......"

The slave did not dare to look up.

"If you still think that this palace is your mother, then give this palace up.

There is no such person who has made such a mistake around the palace, and he will only kowtow to the person who pleads guilty.

Hongu doesn't want to use such people anymore. ”

When the slave heard this, she knew that the queen still treated her well, and she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and immediately got up and looked at the queen gratefully.

Glancing at the blood stains on the top of her head, Queen Wang turned her eyes to look at Hu Tu:

"What are you doing? Don't call the Imperial Doctor yet! ”

Hu Tu nodded and hurried out.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the queen put down her teacup and got up, and when she walked to the slave, she gently dropped a sentence.

And this sentence made the slave's eyes widen and he couldn't move for a long time.

The seventh day of February in the first year of Yonghui.

Afternoon.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the courtyard, there is a long-lost pool.

When Hu Tu, who was already soaked in white and swollen body, was found by a palace lady who had made an appointment with a good eunuch to meet here because of the seclusion of this place, his black hat had been lost, and a pair of well-made soft-soled boots were only bitten and tattered by the fish naturally generated in this long-abandoned pool.

……

The news soon spread throughout the Taiji Palace.

The death of the queen in the palace naturally attracted countless speculations.

In the same way, everyone has different ideas.

But among these people's thoughts, there is no doubt that Mei Niang's thoughts are still the closest to the truth.

……

In the Imperial Palace.

Afternoon.

It's getting warmer and warmer.

Ann sat on the soft couch under the rattan trellis, Mei Niang yawned slightly sleepily, and listened to Ryan, who was peeling fruit on one side, exclaimed after hearing her own words:

"What?

The queen who did it?

Why? ”

Mei Niang shook her head, trying to teach herself to be sober, and then said slowly:

"The queen is not stupid......

These days, there have been so many things in her temple that have gone wrong......

How could you not have thought that there might be eyes and ears in your own palace!

Just ......"

Mei Niang finished a yawn, took the peeled fruit from Ryan, who was still shocked, and said with a straight face while taking a bite:

"It's just that in this way, we have to set up some methods, and the queen will move her gaze on Hu Tu to the side......"

Wen Niang understood, and said softly:

"What does my sister mean......

Looking for a substitute figure for the Lord? ”

"It's more than that."

Mei Niang thought about it for a long time, and then said softly:

"It's not just a substitute shadow body, so that the queen doesn't suspect Jiro......

It is also necessary to make the queen firmly believe that this matter has nothing to do with Jiro, and all of this is caused by Lord Taiwei. ”

When the servants of Ryan heard this, they were all stunned.

After a long time, Ryan said:

"Sister......

Why Uncle Yuan? ”

"Because he's the only one...... Only his position and way of doing things, Jiro recently.

Other people, because of their own positions and their own ways of doing things, will do things that are different from Jiro's methods under the same circumstances......

Only he is different.

And in the end, the queen is a clan faction, and she can play these ideas on her, and she will not teach what she discovered......

In her opinion, as well as in fact......

There are only Jiro and the eldest grandson.

Therefore, only by moving out of him as a shadow body will the queen firmly believe it. ”

Mei Niang took another bite of the fruit, squinted her eyes and swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva by the sour taste, and then said:

"And the current situation, if you can take this opportunity to draw the queen's attention from the harem to the front court, and officially fight against Lord Taiwei......

Whether it's Jirou or our political palace, it's the best thing. ”

Ryan worried:

"Sister, in this way, it is indeed a lot easier for us to establish a political palace......

But the queen may not be willing to let us go of the palace?

Moreover, in the final analysis, it is also Uncle Yuan...... If the queen is ......"

"The queen can't do anything.

It is precisely because the other party is the eldest grandson Taiwei, the eldest grandson Taiwei who controls the government with one hand, so even the queen who has a clan behind her back can't do anything, so she can only secretly do something.

As for whether she will let us go of the Imperial Palace......"

Mei Niang smiled faintly:

"You can rest assured......"

Her hand gently stroked her belly, and her face also exuded a gentle glow of motherhood:

"With this child here, Uncle Yuan vaguely guessed that the queen was secretly doing it in our political palace......

He'll tolerate it, too.

Because at this time, he was in a-for-tat confrontation with the queen, and the one who suffered would definitely not be the uncle of the second person in the Tang Dynasty, the eldest grandson Taiwei.

And for him, acting according to our arrangement can not only protect this child from being fine, but also kill the sharp spirit of some clans, and third, it can also make Jiro believe in himself more......

What kills two birds with one stone, he is willing to do. ”

Mei Niang said softly.

……

It's night.

Tai Chi Temple.

After listening to Ryan's report, Li Zhi was silent for a long time before he said:

"Mei Niang said that?"

"Yes."

Li Zhi let out a long breath, dropped the pen, gently stroked the wrinkles between his eyebrows, and opened his eyes for a long time and said:

"She's always thought so much for me......

But did she ever think that in this way, the effort it took to get her uncle to change her mind about her would be all for naught? ”

Ryan said softly:

"My sister just thought about it, and she wouldn't care.

As far as my sister is concerned, when she didn't have a child in her womb, as long as the Lord is well.

And now that there is this child, it means that the Lord is at peace with the father and son with the child, and everything is well.

Herself......

But she put herself in a position where she didn't care much. ”

Li Zhi suddenly raised his eyes, stared at Ryan's calm face with a sharp gaze, and said after a while:

"But you don't want Mei Niang to be like this."

Ryan was silent for a while before nodding and saying:

"Lord, Ryan has followed the Lord since he was four years old......

Ryan knows the Lord's mind better than anything else.

My sister seems to have both worlds, but the Lord may not be able to allow her to sacrifice herself like this. ”

Li Zhi smiled faintly:

"So you came behind Mei Niang's back to tell Yu Zhen?"

Ryan nodded.

Li Zhi suddenly smiled:

"Then have you thought about it, maybe Mei Niang already knew about it?

Precognition......

Will you come to tell me? ”

Ryan nodded:

"My sister is witty, but she can penetrate the Lord's thoughts, not to mention that the Lord knows her sister's thoughts very well......

So Ryan never dared to hope that he could carry his sister's heart. ”

Li Zhi was surprised:

"And you're still here?"

Because Ryan knows that my sister is like this, why don't you have no perfect way to think of it, and she hopes to be able to protect everything after the Lord knows?

After all, my sister knows better than anyone how important her own place in the heart of the Lord is......

No one knows better than my sister herself how sad the Lord will be if this plan comes to fruition......

Therefore, she gave the opportunity to make this decision to the Lord, just in the hope that she could get a solution from the Lord.

If it can't be done, at least it is the Lord and his sister, and they have no regrets.

This has always been the case with the Lord and his sister. ”

Li Zhi didn't say anything, just looked at Ryan fixedly for a long time, and suddenly smiled happily.

After that, he got up, strode around De'an with a faint smile on his face, stood beside De'an on one side, and walked straight to Ryan at the bottom of the stairs.

Standing next to Ryan, who has served him since he was a child and is the most confidant, Li Zhi looked him up and down, looked at him several times, and then patted him on the shoulder, and said with a faint smile:

"Sure enough, I chose you to follow Mei Niang......

Didn't pick the wrong person. ”

Ryan said lightly:

"The Lord has a good reputation."

"It's not an exaggeration......"

Li Zhi put his hands behind his back and said:

"If it weren't for you staying by Mei Niang's side and teaching her to take this step in such a difficult time, because you have to take this step because you have served me since childhood......

I'm afraid that when this happens, that stupid girl would rather carry it herself than take this step to arrange for you to find me? ”

Li Zhi shook his head and smiled helplessly, the corners of his lips and eyes, endless tenderness and pampering, eyes that could almost melt the winter ice, passed through the gauze screen standing in front of the temple door, and seemed to look at a more distant place.

"So, it's good to have you by her side to teach her that she has to make such decisions at such moments......

I'm going to reward you with something.

What do you want? ”

Ryan shook his head and said:

"Lord, Ryan has never regarded himself as an outsider around the Lord, a courtier of the Lord......

Ryan has always only felt that he is the hand of the Lord, a hand that is just helping Sister Wu to walk in this deep palace......

If so, if the Lord still wants to reward him, then he will reward Sister Wu with something!

If you reward Sister Wu, you will reward Ryan. ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and smiled at Ryan meaningfully:

"Really? I thought that if you said that you rewarded Wen Niang, it would be equivalent to rewarding you! ”

Immediately, Ryan's face flushed.

Li Zhi laughed, didn't dwell on this topic, and then said:

What Mei Niang said is indeed so......

At present, if you want to completely cut off the eyes of the queen and the clan from this harem, the only way to push everything on your uncle is to put everything on your uncle.

And because Mei Niang is pregnant with a child, the uncle is naturally willing to take on such a big responsibility because of the interests of Guan Long......

It's just that in this way, the uncle will inevitably have a bad feeling for Mei Niang.

Therefore, I must not act so simply, and all the hard work I put in before teaching Mei Niang was in vain. ”

After pondering for a long time, Li Zhi suddenly asked:

"By the way, Hutu's parents......

But are you still in the Hongyan Xiaolu? ”

"Back to the Lord, Hu Tu's father was very old and passed away last year.

But his mother is still there. ”

Li Zhi smiled lightly, nodded and said:

"That's fine...... You go and arrange for her to come to the north gate of Taiji Palace (Xuanwu Gate) to have a loving mother crying!

However, this kind of good show naturally needs more people to be lively......

Remember, arrange the harem concubines, let's listen to them!

I remember...... Concubine Xiao Shufei's grounding is also coming to an end, isn't it? ”

"Yes, there is still half a month to ......"

"Then find a reason in advance and stop! She had been bored in the temple for a long time, and she must have been bored......

Then someone called her to listen to it!

Well...... De'an, this time, you are naturally going too.

After all, if it weren't for Concubine Xiao Shu, how could I allow her to arrange for a person like Hu Tu to enter the Wanchun Palace? ”

Li Zhi's words were vague, but how shrewd are the two brothers? immediately understood, so everyone rejoiced and responded together.

……

At the end of February of the second year of Yonghui.

As Li Zhi expected, a good scene of Hu's mother crying was vigorously staged at the north gate early in the morning.

And the object of this Hu mother's crying son also refers to the object of Hu Tu's entry into the Wanchun Palace, but was indirectly killed by it, which is the favorite concubine of Li Zhi, the son of heaven, and the Taiwei Changsun who secretly supported her to compete for the throne with the queen.

And the one who directly caused this matter was the queen Wang's family.

Although she only cried a few times, Hu's mother was sent by Li Zhi to Di Renjie, and in the name of strict interrogation, she was arrested and taken to Dali Temple......

But the effect that Li Zhi expected was perfectly achieved.

The first day of March in the second year of Yonghui.

Taiwei and Emperor Yuan's uncle, the eldest grandson, played against the table in the court, and asked Li Zhi to find out the cause of the death of Hu Tu, the queen of Wanchun Palace, in order to prove his innocence.

For a time, the courtiers were in an uproar, and the back court was surging.