A few months ago, when Han Ruzi was taken away by Yang Feng in the middle of the night, Wang Meiren was full of expectations and fantasies for the future, but now, all this has disappeared, and for her, only one thing is important.

That is to keep the son alive.

Han Ruzi was taken aback, and strangely, his first reaction was not "not the emperor", but his mother's address to him, "You called me by my name." ”

"Well, I'm your mother, so naturally I'm going to call you by your name."

"So, the Queen Mother still wants to abolish me?"

Wang Meiren shook her head, "I begged her to do this." ”

"Why?" Han Ruzi was puzzled, if it had been some time earlier, even before the palace change, he might have happily accepted his mother's decision, but now, he was a little fond of being the emperor, compared to the pure puppet state a few months ago, he felt that things were improving, a group of "hard-working people" were willing to be loyal to him, and the palace gate order that had only been seen once strictly carried out his will......

"You heard what the imperial concubine said, I don't want my only son to die in the palace."

Her words weren't necessarily true, and besides...... I won't let the Queen Mother kill me. ”

Wang Meiren smiled again, raised her hand and gently wiped off a piece of dust from her son's face, "Of course, my son is so smart, how can he let people kill him casually?" ”

Han Ruzi suddenly woke up, "Mother, did Yang Feng bring Cui Hong's condition to make the king of the East China Sea emperor?" ”

Wang Meiren shook her head, "Mrs. Cui doesn't have the guts, he asked Yang Feng to sue for peace, as long as the Queen Mother does not hold the Cui family accountable for their sins in this palace rebellion, and returns the post of the Great Sima of the Southern Army to him, he is willing to be loyal to the Queen Mother." As for the King of the East China Sea, Mrs. Cui didn't mention this nephew at all. ”

The King of the East China Sea must have been very disappointed when he learned about this, but Han Ruzi was even more disappointed now, but this was his mother's request, and he had never objected to his mother, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.

Wang Meiren was so gentle that her heart hurt a little, her son bowed his head and looked no different from when he was a child, she stepped forward and whispered in her son's ear: "The Queen Mother will inevitably fight to the death with the Cui family, whoever is the emperor is a victim, the king of the East China Sea is self-righteous, there will be no good end, you just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, there will be a chance in the future." ”

"Opportunity?" Han Ruzi raised his head in surprise.

"The Great Chu court is rotten to the roots, Luo Huanzhang is right, the fight inside and outside the court is all about family affairs, I don't want you to get involved, in the future, you will not only have to be an emperor, but also a clean emperor."

"But...... But ...... "Han Ruzi wanted to say that he would never have a chance to be an emperor in the future."

"There will always be opportunities, and I will stay in the palace to help you create opportunities."

Han Ruzi was shocked, and didn't care if he was the emperor, "No, mother, you have to go out of the palace with me, I am not the emperor, and you don't want to stay with the queen mother, she ...... She's dangerous. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as I don't fight for anything, there will be no danger. Don't worry, I won't risk my life to fight for your chance, I'm just here to watch for you, and someone will let you know as soon as the opportunity comes. ”

"No, no, I will never be the emperor again, as long as my mother leaves the palace with me."

Wang Meiren's face turned cold, "You are not a child anymore, I begged the Queen Mother in exchange for this abdication, you have to cherish it." ”

Han Ruzi didn't dare to oppose her mother anymore, "When...... Let me abdicate? ”

"It's not clear yet, it should be soon, but remember my words: don't trust anyone, and don't offend anyone."

Han Ruzi nodded, and began to seriously consider the life of the emperor, "What about those 'hard-working people'?" They only saved me but not the Queen Mother, will they be retaliated? ”

"You underestimate the Queen Mother, she is still fighting with a group of slaves, but if you are worried, I will find a way to send them all out of the palace." Wang Meiren smiled again, "You did a good job, even Weiniang was taken aback, you are a good emperor, but the timing is not right, no good fruit can grow on the rotten tree, you have to wait for the tree to sprout again." ”

"What if...... Can't wait? Han Ruzi asked cautiously, for fear of annoying her mother.

Wang Meiren was not angry this time, and said with a smile: "If God doesn't give you the opportunity to be the emperor again, I would rather you be an ordinary person, with no worries about food and clothing all your life, and your wife and children by your side." ”

Han Ruzi felt that she was going to cry, so she forcibly held back, "I really hope that my mother will ...... with me"

"Nope." Wang Meiren refused very simply, "Even if there is only a slight chance, I will stay in the palace and watch for you." And I also have to learn, I used to think that being an emperor was too simple, and I can learn a lot by following the queen mother. ”

Han Ruzi was a little frightened.

Wang Meiren stroked her son's cheek and said with a smile: "Silly boy, I want to learn the queen mother's tricks of controlling ministers, not the way to kill people, and I don't believe that Emperor Si was killed by the queen mother." ”

"What about Emperor Huan?"

Wang Meiren's smile gradually disappeared, Emperor Huan was also her husband, but she had no impression of that man, "Don't ask too much, be careful after leaving the palace, you can gain the loyalty of your subordinates, this is a good thing, but you have offended a lot of people." ”

"It's not that I want to offend ......"

The door opened again, Yang Feng walked in, looked at the mother and son, was silent for a while, and said, "The Queen Mother, please come over." ”

The Queen Mother sat alone on the chair, staring blankly at something in front of her, Yang Feng motioned for Wang Meiren to withdraw, and there were only three people left in the room.

Han Ruzi stood in front of the Queen Mother, since he was going to be abolished, he didn't plan to do the Son of Man ceremony anymore.

"Tell him." The Queen Mother said coldly, not even moving her eyes.

Yang Feng came to the emperor's side and said, "Your Majesty knows that you are going to abdicate, right?" ”

"Hmm." Han Ruzi's impression of this eunuch has also deteriorated, Yang Feng only values the emperor, and once he abdicates, he will probably never have anything to do with him again.

"Your Majesty has to write an edict of abdication, and Your Majesty wants to write it yourself, or will I prepare it for Your Majesty?"

"Please Yang Gong, okay." Han Ruzi didn't want to fight, and after agreeing to abdicate, his heart began to drop, but after getting through the initial shock and incomprehension, he felt relieved and left the palace, which was his original goal, the only regret was that his mother couldn't go out together.

Things went well, and Yang Bong bowed respectfully and stepped back.

The Queen Mother finally turned her gaze to the emperor, "Wang Meiren thinks that you can't survive the chaos that follows, and would rather keep you away from the throne, what do you think?" ”

"I believe in Mother." Han Ruzi said.

"Wang Meiren thinks you still have a chance to reclaim the throne, but I want to tell you, this is impossible, no matter who wins or loses between me and the Cui family, we will not let a deposed emperor re-ascend the throne."

"I don't have any luxury."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand lazily, indicating that the emperor could step down.

Han Ruzi turned around to leave, but stopped again, "Can I ask a few questions?" ”

The Queen Mother nodded.

"Who the hell is Jing Yao?"

"You're about to abdicate, and you still care about this kind of thing?"

"I have doubts in my heart, and I am panicking."

The Queen Mother sneered disdainfully, "Of course Jing Yao is my person, he is in charge of the treasure seal as the central eunuch, and he has reached the top of the eunuch's power, what benefits can he get from taking refuge in the imperial concubine?" After knowing the conspiracy of the imperial concubine, he always wanted to inform me, but he was isolated by Zuo Ji, so he had to be false and wronged, and the prime minister Yin was harmless to escape from the Qinzheng Palace, and the officers and soldiers were able to enter the palace, and he had credit. ”

"In this way, it would be redundant for me to send the sword out of the palace."

"That's not it, Jing Yao is loyal to me, but he doesn't dare to act rashly, if he waits, the traitor is likely to really kill me."

"Luo Huanzhang is such a strange person." Among all the rebels, Han Ruzi felt the most incomprehensible to this master of national history, "One will rebel, one will surrender, one will say that it is useless to kill the queen mother and the emperor, and the ministers outside will immediately elect a new emperor, and one after another will stop the rebels from killing people, saying that they don't want the world to be in chaos." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded to Yang Feng and asked him to explain to the emperor.

Yang Feng was not in the palace before, but he knew Luo Huanzhang very well, and bowed down and said: "Luo Huanzhang is a famous Confucian in the world, and he thinks that he is asking for his life for the common people in the world, no one is firmer than his position, but unfortunately his eyes are low." This kind of person starts out with high morale, and when he finds out that things are not what he expected, he will be disappointed, and for him, things will either be done in one fell swoop or willingly accept his fate, and there is no other choice. When it was done in one fell swoop, the killing of the king seemed to him to be just a small mess and useless; When he was willing to accept his fate, the small chaos turned into a big chaos in his eyes, so he wanted to stop it. ”

"At the beginning, I was high-spirited, and when things didn't go well, I was willing to accept my fate......" Han Ruzi looked at Yang Feng, feeling that these words were reminding him.

Yang Feng has nothing to do with him, Han Ruzi shook off this thought, "After I abdicate, do you want to make the King of the East China Sea the emperor?" ”

Yang Bong did not answer.

Han Ruzi asked again: "Cui Hong has mastered the Southern Army, and the king of the East China Sea is the emperor, how can the Queen Mother defeat the Cui family?" ”

Yang Feng made a gesture of invitation, "Your Majesty knows enough. ”

Han Ruzi suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to the Queen Mother, got up and said, "Thank you." ”

Han Ruzi left the house, and the Queen Mother said: "It may be a mistake to let him out of the palace, this kid is threatening me to take good care of his mother." ”

Yang Feng bowed, "His threat is not to be feared. After a pause, he said again: "The Queen Mother really wants me to leave the palace too?" ”

"Bringing Cui Hong into Beijing is a felony you have committed, and expelling you from the palace is already the lightest punishment, besides, there is no one in the palace that you can be loyal to, go out of the palace and arrest your hopeful."

Yang Feng also knelt down and kowtowed, "Please allow me to say a wild word in front of the Queen Mother: I was the one who brought my son into the palace, and if I leave the palace, I will spare no effort to send him back." ”

"Okay." The Queen Mother yawned.

Yang Bong got up and exited the room.

The Queen Mother sat alone for a while, reached out and knocked twice on several cases.

The Meng brothers and sisters walked out of the other warm pavilion.

"You didn't catch Chun Yuxiao?" The Queen Mother asked.

Meng Che took a step forward, "Meng E saw that there was fraud ahead, and insisted on returning to the palace, but the palace really changed. ”

This is one thing that Prime Minister Yin Wuwu did not mention and did not know, a large number of officers and soldiers killed the swordsmen guarding the door, but the swordsmen in Cishun Palace were killed by the guards, so Luo Huanzhang's persuasion was easier to take effect, so Bu Yuru did not dare to kill people, and finally knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Your sister is in a hurry to come back, and the person to save is not me, but the emperor." The Queen Mother stared at Meng E, "You have long been loyal to the emperor, is this your decision alone, or is it the common idea of your brother and sister?" ”

Meng E immediately knelt down, "It's my decision alone, and my brother doesn't know about it at all." ”

Meng Che showed surprise, and then sighed, he had already seen the signs, but he didn't expect his sister to really do it.

"In that case, my sister is out of the palace, and my brother is staying." The Queen Mother waved her hand and ordered the two to leave.

Meng E also kowtowed, Meng Che wanted to speak and stopped, now is not the time to speak to the Queen Mother.

There was really only one person left in the room, and the Queen Mother was tired, and inexplicably remembered a sentence and muttered: "I am alone." ”

These words brought her some kind of magical power, and she was ready to set off more bloody storms.

(End of volume)