Chapter 53: The Dead Mother

Yuan Rui took the log from Yuan Ye's hand with trembling hands, turned the first page, and a petal came into view. Gently took off the petals, and silently recited to the log: "In the second year of Jingming, on the eighth day of the fifth month, I entered the palace." The emperor is kind and kind, and treats the rest very well, and his heart has been at peace since then. Although Yu Zhifu Jun is outside the royal civil and military surname, Yu Zhizhi is happy and sorrowful, always in his heart, and he is really lucky. ”

Turning to the petals again is already in the middle of the book. "In the first year of Zhengshi, July 13, the emperor toured Jingzhou in the north."

"On the twenty-fifth day of August, the emperor returned with the beauty Hu. His father, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Yan, is honest and honest, and has a good reputation. Hu Shi is also a good blue heart, and gets along with others. However, the palace man He Gu who accompanied him did not smile, and her face was covered with scars, which was daunting. ”

"On the third day of October, I felt pregnant."

"On October 11, Mrs. Hu also got the dragon seed, and the emperor was overjoyed."

"On October 19, Hou Shanshan was jealous, and he cursed Yu and Mrs. Hu with witches, and the matter was leaked, and the emperor was abolished and secluded."

"In the first two years, on the first day of February, I was bored, and Xiaozhuo walked along the embankment, and saw the willows and grass, and my heart was swept away. On the way back to Qingxi Palace, she met Aunt He, and Mrs. Yanhu gave Yu chicken soup to nourish the fetus. However, the little burning is suspicious of its foreign things, and it is immediately poured out. ”

"On March 18, the concubines of the harem at the emperor's banquet, Yu suddenly felt unwell when he returned to the palace, and then he had unbearable abdominal pain. The micro doctor is too clever to know, and the fetus in the womb is almost not guaranteed. The emperor was very angry and killed ninety-seven eunuchs and palace maids who served the banquet. ”

"On June 19, Madame Hu gave birth to a prince and granted amnesty."

"On the first day of July, I gave birth to a son for the rest of the year. Happy, give the name wise. ”

"August 13, strange, Yu Ziwei was strong and strong, and there was almost no pain. However, in recent years, the decoction has not been separated, day by day. I didn't take two steps today, but I fainted. I'm afraid that the days are numbered, how can the rest of the blessings not be able to see Rui'er's growth? ”

"October twenty-eight, bedridden for more than a month, today I am happy to see my little sister Wanxi, the solid disease seems to be improving, you can hold the pen and write, hereby will."

Yuan Rui wanted to turn it again, but found that the back was all blank, thinking that he had no energy to write after that. Yuan Rui cleaned up his mood and wiped away his tears: "What is recorded above doesn't mean anything?" ”

Yuan Ye: "This log alone naturally doesn't explain anything, but what if you add the testimony of the person involved? ”

Yuan Rui was interested: "My mother has passed away for many years, and the Queen Mother has just died, where is the person in charge?" ”

Yuan Ye reminded Yuan Rui: "Has Your Highness forgotten Aunt He?" If there is really another hidden reason for my aunt's death, the person who did it must be the killer of the Night Wolf Alliance. ”

Yuan Rui's heart trembled: "Aunt He is also with you?" ”

Yuan Ye smiled faintly: "Your Highness said that it was a joke, since I read my aunt's diary, I always felt that there must be something strange about my aunt's death, and it happened that there was a rumor in the palace that Aunt He was the killer of the Night Wolf League, and I was looking for His Highness, but Aunt He disappeared again." So I sent people to investigate in many ways, and the hard work paid off, and I finally found out the traces of Aunt He. ”

Yuan Rui couldn't wait to ask: "Where is she?" ”

Yuan Ye: "To the east of Shangdang and north of Huguan, there is a place called Funiu Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains, misty clouds and mist, and isolated from the world. He Gu lives there alone, if Your Highness is interested, I can lead the way. ”

Seeing Yuan Rui bowing his head and pondering, Yuan Ye continued: "If our expectations are correct, this throne is very likely to belong to Your Highness. If Your Highness has the heart to regain what was lost back then, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses! ”

Having said this, Yuan Rui finally suddenly realized, no wonder this Yuan Ye didn't go to Yuan Yao and only saw him Yuan Rui, it turned out to be this idea. But if this is the case, then the Queen Mother is her mother-killing enemy, should she continue to be loyal to her son Yuan Yao? Suddenly, Yuan Rui's thoughts were disturbed, in fact, when the He Gu incident broke out, he had also doubted it so much, but this idea was too bold and could not be confirmed, so he forced himself not to think about it.

Yuan Ye said again: "Your Highness doesn't have to make a decision immediately, why don't we meet for a while, so how about Aunt He?" I believe that the truth from her mouth will be much clearer than my aunt's journal. ”

The two said they would leave, but due to the reputation of the Night Wolf Alliance, Yuan Rui also specially called Shangguan Qian to accompany him. Looking at the three people who were alone, including himself, Yuan Ye was worried: "The other party is the Night Wolf Alliance, is our manpower a little thin?" ”

Yuan Rui: "If you are a master, what is the use of an ordinary guard?" Don't worry, if something happens, the seniors of Shangguan will definitely protect you and me. ”

Shangguan Qian cleared his throat and said to the two: "The two highnesses don't have to worry too much, when they were walking the rivers and lakes before, they also fought with the people of the Night Wolf Alliance. It is said that that person was the protector of the Dharma before the Night Wolf League was destroyed, and he was a Taoist priest named Lu Sheng, and he was not as terrifying as rumored. ”

Yuan Ye felt a little relieved at this point, what are you afraid of when accompanied by such a master. Along the way, Yuan Rui's heart was agitated, and he was both looking forward to and fearing the moment he saw Aunt He again, hoping that seeing her would have the opportunity to restore the truth of the year, and he was afraid that if his mother was really harmed, he would turn against the Yuan Yao brothers, and even meet each other.

But Yuan Ye only has a longing in his heart at the moment, an infinite longing for the future of taking charge of the authority of Great Wei. Ever since he was sensible, he has never been able to understand that the world is obviously our Yuan family, but why do the people around him only look at the faces of the Hu family? What's even more odious is that those Hu clan members actually used the excuse of a solar eclipse, saying that this terrible celestial phenomenon was caused by too many kings of the Liujing domain, and forcibly sent themselves back to the fiefdom. Since then, he has been far away from the center of power and trapped in Puyang, a small place. Watching the surrounding Yuan princes being cut down one by one because of a small mistake, they trembled even more as if they were walking on thin ice. Now that the Empress Dowager Hu, the pillar of the Hu family, has died, it is an excellent time to overthrow them in one fell swoop. Yuan Rui has recently become famous, as long as he helps him ascend to the throne of God, with his relationship with him and the power of the dragon, Hu Shen's position will not be his Yuanye at that time. Thinking of the excitement, he couldn't help but whip his horse and gallop away.

The three of them ran wildly all the way, and finally arrived at the foot of Funiu Mountain on the third day. The mountain road was rugged, and the three abandoned their horses on foot. After walking for about an hour, a thatched hut appeared in front of Yuan Rui and them, in front of the house is a ginkgo forest, this winter is not too cold, these ginkgo biloba has just fallen at this time, the layers of dead leaves on the branches and the fallen leaves fall to the ground together to decorate a golden and brilliant world. Looking at the shocking scenery in front of him, and the continuous sound of various birds and beasts in his ears, Yuan Rui couldn't help but have the idea that it was not bad to die here.

"Your Highness, be careful, Aunt He is inside." Yuan Ye reminded.

Yuan Rui swaggered towards the hut, and Yuan Ye was shocked: "Your Highness! ”

Yuan Rui didn't reply: "Didn't we come to ask her about this trip?" If you don't see it, how can you ask? ”

Yuan Ye thought about it, so he had to go forward with Yuan Rui and the others.

Halfway through the trip, He Gu suddenly came out of the house and took a look at Yuan Rui and the others, and both parties were stunned. Yuan Ye suddenly saw He Gu's appearance, and was so frightened that he took several steps back before he came to his senses.

He Gu took a deep breath: "His Royal Highness King Changle, you still found it after all, come in and sit down!" ”

After the three of Yuan Rui entered the house, they saw that the furnishings inside were extremely simple, and there were almost nothing else except the necessities of life, and the world said that the family had four walls, but this thatched hut, strictly speaking, was not even counted as "four walls", because most of its walls were made of stones and wood, and it was really difficult to associate with the "wall". Although He Gu is a subordinate in the palace, she also lives a life of fine clothes and food, and she can't imagine that she can be willing to live in this dilapidated thatched house.

"His Royal Highness King Changle, last month the old slave went down the mountain to buy rice and noodles, and I have heard some rumors about you, it seems that the dust has settled on Hu Xiude's case, are the courtiers still forcing the queen mother to find the old slave?" When Yuan Rui looked around, He Gu took the lead in asking.

Yuan Rui was quite surprised when she heard this, she didn't know about such a big thing as the death of the Queen Mother, and then she was relieved, how could she communicate with the outside world in this deep mountain? So he told her: "The Queen Mother died ten days ago." ”

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue to Aunt He, which made her whole person freeze instantly, and only after a while did she ask in a trembling voice, "Dead?" How did he die? ”

Yuan Rui: "According to Imperial Doctor Peng in the palace, it should be overworked and stimulated by something to ......"

He Gu calmed down, slowly turned around and poured a bowl of water: "Your Highness heard the rumors of the old slave, presumably he would not drink the water here of the old slave, and the old slave was rude to drink alone." ”

Yuan Rui hugged his fists and said: "Aunt He, this king is not appointed by the imperial court to come today, but I want to ask Aunt He about some private matters, which is about this king's mother, Mrs. Song." ”

He Gu made no secret of it: "Your Royal Highness still noticed it after all, yes, Mrs. Song's death was indeed caused by the old slave, in order to pave the way for the Queen Mother's ascension." It's just that this matter was all done by the old slave alone, and the Queen Mother didn't know about it. ”