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With the permission of the Empress Dowager Cining, Jing Yao could interrogate any slave in the palace at will and at any time, but he was very cautious, did not make a big fanfare, and did not want to startle the snake, he already had a general direction in his heart, and slowly groped in this direction, and finally found out the truth that surprised him.

Jing Yao asked the Empress Dowager Cining for an official - the internal historian, pretending to provide materials for Emperor Si's record, visiting relevant people one by one, etc., Emperor Si and the attendants of Emperor Shangguan and the concubine were sent out to guard the gardens and mausoleums outside the city, some people were nervous about Jing Yao's visit, some people didn't care, and some people wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to return to the palace.

Jing Yao is well versed in the way of questioning, using everyone's different minds and giving different promises, but they are all vague, and they don't have to be responsible in the future.

A palace maid provided extremely important memories, she was not the maid next to Emperor Si, she was only responsible for cleaning the palace, and when she left, it stands to reason that she would never see the emperor for the rest of her life.

In fact, she really hadn't seen Sidi, but she had heard a voice, when she was cleaning the room, but Sidi came back early, sat on the chair outside, and retreated from everyone.

The palace maid was scared, so she hid in the room and didn't dare to come out, let alone squeak.

It didn't take long for the Empress Dowager Shangguan to come, also alone, leaving the waiter outside.

As soon as the mother and son met, a fierce quarrel broke out.

Emperor Si asked his mother why his father died, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan severely reprimanded the emperor for being rude, and then his tone softened and said to Emperor Si: "Why do you have to mention the old things again? Your Majesty is now the Supreme, what is there to be dissatisfied with? ”

Emperor Si was even more angry, "If I can't even avenge my father's revenge, what qualifications do I have to call myself emperor?" ”

This quarrel finally broke up unhappily, and when the Empress Dowager Shangguan left, she asked Emperor Si to think about it, and Emperor Si was depressed alone, and kept muttering: "I know that's what happened." ”

The little palace maid was even more frightened, and she didn't dare to breathe in the room.

Then Yang Bong came.

Emperor Si had great respect for Yang Feng, and said everything to him, even the doubts in his heart, "I have already guessed why my father died, what should I do?" ”

"What does Your Majesty want to do?" Yang Feng asked.

Emperor was silent.

Yang Fengdao: "Your Majesty only has two choices: one is to fight quickly, but you can't mention the matter of the first emperor, the Shangguan family has been quite arrogant recently, Your Majesty can take this opportunity to demote the Queen Mother to the cold palace; The other is to hold back and wait until His Majesty grows up and has all the power before making plans. ”

Hearing Jing Yao say this, Han Ruzi was a little jealous in his heart, Yang Feng made a clear suggestion to Emperor Si, but he always left questions about himself, and refused to point it out at once.

Jing Yao didn't see the emperor's thoughts, and continued to speak.

Emperor Si was persuaded at that time and agreed to make a long-term plan, and the little palace maid heard this, and after the emperor and Yang Feng left the palace, she also left quickly, and did not dare to mention the matter to anyone, she hoped that Jing Yao could transfer herself back to the palace.

The testimonies of others are not so important and direct, but they come together to outline a clearer process.

Emperor Si couldn't hold back, and soon after a quarrel with his mother, several people heard the voice, and afterwards, one of the Empress Dowager Shangguan's hands was obviously injured.

Yang Feng was very dissatisfied with Emperor Si's actions, and had a long talk with him several times, Jing Yao speculated that after Yang Feng found out that Emperor Si didn't want to endure it anymore, he suggested that Emperor Si fight quickly, and maybe even suggest a dead hand, taking the opportunity to take back all the imperial power.

This is just Jing Yao's side of the story, and Han Ruzi doesn't particularly believe it.

Anyway, Emperor Si was restless during that time, he wanted to avenge his father, but he couldn't be cruel to his mother, he wanted to forbear, and he couldn't forget his father's death.

Han Ruzi never thought of avenging his father, Emperor Huan's image in his memory is vague, even less profound than his grandfather Emperor Wu, who only had a one-sided relationship, after reading the records of the various generations of the book and the unfinished book, he had a deeper impression of his grandfather, Emperor Huan did not reign for a long time, and there was almost no work that could go down in history.

Sidi is different, he grew up beside his father since he was a child, was cultivated as a future successor, and has a deep affection for his father.

Yang Feng urged Emperor Si to make a quick decision, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan hoped that Emperor Si would forget the death of his father.

A few months later, Emperor Si calmed down, and once said to his personal eunuch: "Everyone says that the emperor is the supreme in the world, but in fact, the emperor is just an ordinary person, his strength is not stronger than others, and his intelligence is not more than others, the only thing is distress, and he can't enjoy the happiness of ordinary people." ”

The eunuch also didn't dare to reveal these words to anyone, until Jing Yao visited, he had nothing else to ask for, he was willing to keep guarding the tomb of Emperor Si, only hoping to be able to vomit as soon as possible.

Han Ruzi interrupted Jing Yao's narration, "Wait, if Yang Fengruo once urged Emperor Si to 'fight quickly', why would the Empress Dowager Shangguan still trust him?" ”

Jing Yao smiled and said: "Even after many years, the minister still took great pains to let everyone speak, back at that time, no one dared to reveal half a word, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, Yang Feng may have been helping her persuade Emperor Si." Your Majesty, this is the so-called dark under the lamp, although the Empress Dowager Shangguan was in charge of the palace, not everyone will tell her the truth, not to mention that the Empress Dowager Shangguan herself is especially reluctant to mention this matter, and the palace people avoid it. ”

Another eunuch testified that Emperor Si had once stole into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, and after a short time, he came out quickly, and after those three days, Emperor Si began to show symptoms of poisoning.

Jing Yao guessed that Emperor Si stole the poison from the Empress Dowager Shangguan and ate it himself, thus proving that his father was indeed poisoned by his mother.

During the entire period of poisoning, Emperor Si hardly spoke to his mother, and only talked a few times with the concubine Shangguan Huang, who raised him, and each time the concubine would leave crying after each time.

Emperor Si obviously didn't tell the whole truth, so in the eyes of Emperor Shangguan's concubine, the person who killed Emperor Si was her sister.

Han Ruzi still felt incomprehensible, "Emperor Si committed suicide for this? ”

Jing Yao said: "Has Your Majesty seen Emperor Si?" ”

"I've seen it." Han Ruzi had a shallower impression of this eldest brother.

"I have served Emperor Si, although I am not a close servant, but I know better. Sidi people are very smart, read books and never forget, can debate with Hongru without falling behind, and their temperament is also very kind, and they are more kind to the palace people, but Sidi is born proud, and he only adapts to smooth sailing, not to the wind and waves. ”

"There is one thing that the minister personally saw, when Emperor Si was still the prince, the two eunuchs around him had a dispute over a trivial matter, and the more they got into trouble, the more stiff they became, and finally they went to the prince to make a decision. The prince was very interested at the beginning and wanted to uphold justice, but the two insisted on their own words, and everyone had a reason, but they contradicted each other, but no outsider could be used as evidence. The more the prince listened, the more angry he became, and when the minister was beside him, he glanced at the two eunuchs and asked one of them to admit his mistake and resolve the matter. Unfortunately, the man did not understand what the minister meant, but fought more fiercely, swearing and swearing, claiming that what he said was true. ”

Jing Yao sighed, obviously very impressed by the scene at that time.

"The prince suddenly burst out, jumped up and said, 'Are you going to kill me?' Only then did the two eunuchs react, hurriedly apologized, and retreated in a hurry. After the two left, the prince blushed and said to his minister, 'Am I doing something wrong?' Neither of them would tell the truth. ’”

Han Ruzi said: "Maybe these two people are telling the truth, and they think they are telling the truth." ”

Jing Yao nodded, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, according to what the minister has seen, these two people are just a battle of will, and Emperor Si has no need to participate from the beginning, or make a haha, let the two of them dissipate their anger." But Emperor Si had to find out the truth, and there was no sand in his eyes, but he couldn't see the truth, which made Emperor Si extremely angry. The most important thing is that Emperor Si thought that it was his fault, because he was not smart and majestic enough, so the two eunuchs refused to tell the truth. Later, both of them were sent to guard the tomb, and the minister also looked for them this time, and the two still held a grudge against each other, and both claimed that Emperor Si had supported him, and if he hadn't been there at the scene, the minister would have been at a loss. ”

Yang Feng and the Empress Dowager Shangguan are the two who quarreled with each other.

Yang Feng had very high standards for the emperor, and of course he had to urge Emperor Si to make a quick decision, but the result made Emperor Si even more painful.

"Empress Dowager Shangguan doesn't know that she forced Emperor Si to death?" Han Ruzi asked.

"Maybe you know, maybe you don't know, there is no certain truth about things in the world, and Emperor Si will not understand until death. In short, in the heart of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, there was another culprit in the death of Emperor Si. ”

The Empress Dowager Shangguan transferred her hatred to the Cui family, and after killing Concubine Cui, she finally felt at ease.

"Why did the Empress Dowager Shangguan commit suicide?"

"Hearing that the enemy army was about to break the city, the Empress Dowager Shangguan was frightened, and probably couldn't hide the truth from herself anymore, so she ......"

Han Ruzi stared at Jing Yao, and the whole story did clarify many facts, but there were also many loopholes, especially the reason why the Empress Dowager Shangguan committed suicide.

"The Empress Dowager Shangguan is not a person who panics, even if the enemy army really breaks the city, she will not be the first person to commit suicide."

Jing Yao bowed and saluted, "As the minister said, there is no certain truth in the world, the Empress Dowager Shangguan has a ghost in her heart, more fragile than others, I heard that the enemy army was about to break the city, I thought it was already broken, so I hung the beam and burned the body, claiming that she did not want to be humiliated after death, but the minister thought that she had no face to see Emperor Huan, Emperor Si and the concubine of Emperor Shangguan." ”

Han Ruzi was silent for a moment, "Who told the Empress Dowager Shangguan that the enemy army broke the city?" ”

"Yes, the minister."

If you ask who sent Jing Yao, Han Ruzi decided to stop here, "The world is vast, and there are many things that the emperor can do, and Emperor Si has missed it." ”

"Emperor Si appreciated the benefits of the emperor at the beginning, and in Emperor Si's opinion, the emperor is probably like this." Jing Yao took a step forward, "The minister is also old, and his life is short, so he has no other wish, but I hope that Your Majesty will live long and protect the country forever." ”

Jing Yao has too many secrets and knows that he will be feared, but the biggest failure in his life is to be deposed by the Empress Dowager Shangguan, and he has no regrets when he takes revenge.

"When the enemy army retreats, you also go to guard the tomb of Emperor Si, I heard that the enemy army has damaged a lot of mausoleums outside the city and needs to be overhauled."

Jing Yao knelt down and kneeled his head, understanding that the emperor had absolved him of his capital crime.

"Yes Yang Feng, your guess is not accurate." Han Ruzi said that Yang Feng's wife and children were in the city, and he had the opportunity to get to know the eunuch more deeply.

Jing Yao kowtowed again, without arguing.

It was already bright outside the house, Han Ruzi only slept for an hour, but he had no intention of resting, the strange thing was that he was not thinking about the death of Emperor Si, not Yang Feng, not anyone in the palace, but Meng E, who was missing.

Recalling the bits and pieces of the night before, after a long time, Han Ruzi's heart suddenly moved, strode out, beckoned to Liu Jie and the others outside, and went straight to the Qinzheng Palace.

Zhuo Ruhe and the others were busy for a long time, they all went home to rest, only one small official was packing up their things, and after Han Ruzi came in, he asked, "Have the defenders in the city set off?" ”

The little official hurriedly knelt down, "Yes, the last batch left the city half an hour ago." ”

The enemy army is withdrawing instead of disintegrating, Han Ruzi is becoming more and more uneasy about this, some things don't ask too much, and some things must be clarified. (To be continued.) )