After the incident in Tongguangni Temple, Zhang Heng, Yu Wenshu and others reported the news to Yang Guang, who was already on the way back to Jiangnan, and at the same time, they also submitted a plea to the imperial court, so after Yang Guang returned to Guangling, investigated the truth of the incident in detail, and appointed Pei Yun to return to Jiankang, and prepare to organize a grand funeral for Jingxu and Xinyi, He Zhu'er, the acting chief Qiu Jian and the eunuch in charge of Zhengyang Palace, was ordered by the queen Dugu Jialuo to rush to Guangling in person.

Yang Guangcha was really startled when he heard the report that He Zhu'er was asking to see outside the governor's mansion, and mistakenly thought that something bad had happened in the Chang'an court, and the father and mother once again sent an edict to return to the court, and hurriedly led Duan Da and other subordinates to welcome him out of the door, and personally welcomed He Zhu'er to the meeting hall, and asked anxiously: "Father-in-law He, what happened in the court and the palace, and the queen mother actually sent you to Guangling in person?" ”

Although He Zhu'er was very favored by Dugu Jialuo and came by order, he had always been cautious, and he did not sit in front of Yang Guang, but bowed down and replied: "Your Highness, please relax, everything is fine with the emperor and Niangniang, and nothing major happened in Chang'an." Niangniang sent our family all the way to meet His Royal Highness, just to get the news of Jiankang Yu's text and learn the news of his death, and specially ordered our family to make a gift to her. ”

Yang Guang listened to He Zhu'er's explanation, felt a lot more relieved, insisted on asking He Zhu'er to sit down, sighed slightly, and asked He Zhu'er: "Father-in-law, for so many years, Xiao Wang has always had an unsolved matter in his heart, when he was in Beijing in the past, he asked his mother, but he did not get a reply from the queen mother. ”

"Uh......" He Zhu'er didn't know what Yang Guang was asking, so he hesitated for a moment and replied, "As long as our family knows something, we will never dare to hide it from Your Highness." ”

"I've heard people say since I was a child, my grandfather died at the hands of the former courtier, Yuwen Hu, although Xin Yi (Gu Paner) was the concubine of Emperor Ming of the previous dynasty, but he and Yu Wenhu had a personal affair, and gave birth to a daughter, the queen mother must have known about it, but why did she respect her, even if she has now passed away, she has to order her father-in-law to make a special trip to give her the grace of the Tao and give her great honor?"

"This ......" Yang Guang's question made He Zhu'er feel a little embarrassed, he deliberately avoided Yang Guang's gaze, lowered his head and thought about it, and then replied with a careful statement, "Originally, the matter asked by His Royal Highness was not something that our family should talk about with His Highness, but our family accompanies Niangniang all day long, and I have more or less heard Niangniang say a few words about his heart. However, I still ask Your Highness to keep the secret for our family, and what our family says to Your Highness next, you must not say it to others. ”

"Don't worry, father-in-law, I only ask my father-in-law to clear up my doubts and doubts, and I will never tell others about it."

He Zhu'er got Yang Guang's personal promise, swallowed his saliva, and then said hesitantly: "Our family remembers that at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Niangniang once said to our family that the person she hated the most in her life was Yuwen Hu, the enemy who killed Da Sima (Dugu Jialuo's father Dugu Xin). Therefore, Gu Pan'er (Xinyi), who has had a male and female affair with Yuwen Hu, naturally does not want to let go easily, and wants to get rid of it as soon as possible. It is also that Gu Pan'er's life should not be extinguished, shortly after the death of the former Ming Emperor she served, her adulterer Yuwen Hu still controlled the government, regardless of Yuwen Hu's resolute opposition, insisted on going to Wanshanni Temple to become a monk and nun, so that when the saint was Zen ascended to the pole and Niangniang became the queen, Gu Paner seemed to be a monk and the head of the Wanshanni Temple. Even if it's a mother, it's inconvenient to dispose of her. ”

Hearing He Zhu'er say this, somehow, Yang Guang suddenly recalled the secret road to Wanshanni Temple that he found in the first year of the emperor's reign when he inspected the stone house courtyard under the guidance of Yujuluo and others, so he interrupted He Zhu'er and asked: "When Gu Pan'er became a nun, Yuwen Hu was still in control of the government, and the two of them must have broken the connection and secretly maintained contacts, can't the queen mother use this as a reason to categorically dispose of her?" And Gu Pan'er and Yuwen Nursing have a daughter, does the queen mother know nothing about it? ”

He Zhu'er shook her head and sighed, and replied: "Your Highness doesn't know, when Niangniang wants to deal with Gu Pan'er, she has already become the head of hundreds of former court concubines and women placed in Wanshanni Temple, and then has a huge influence in the court at that time, and, most importantly, it was not until later that Niangniang learned that she had a daughter with Yuwen Guardian, otherwise...... Despite this, in order to facilitate the provocation and disposal of Gu Pan'er, Niangniang sent Xinyan to the abbot Nun Temple, and only asked Gu Pan'er to be a deacon of the Ming Jing Hall...... Originally, a few years ago, when Her Royal Highness was suspicious of Gu Pan'er and sent someone to spy on her, she wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her, but unexpectedly, she surrendered to the court again and escaped the catastrophe......"

Listening to He Zhu'er's incoherent narration, Yang Guangzhi felt a chill on his body: it was obviously a life-and-death rival for more than ten years, but the queen mother Dugu Jialuo specially sent He Zhu'er to Jiangnan after Gu Pan'er's death, and gave her a grace. It's still like this to be a queen, let alone the emperor of the Ninety-Five.

Although He Zhu'er's words solved the mystery that Yang Guang had always had in his heart, it also made him more determined not to be the emperor, but he still didn't know at the moment that the original development trajectory of history had a powerful magnetic force beyond his imagination, making it difficult for him to resist and parry.

With the best efforts of Pei Yun and others, the grand funeral ceremony of the two masters of Jingxu and Xinyi was held in Tongguangni Temple in Jiankang City as scheduled on the auspicious day of the good day selected in advance. However, except for He Zhu'er, who was accompanied by Duan Da to give the decree, Zhang Heng, Yu Wenshu and other court officials in Jiankang did not see the figure of Yang Guang, the king of Jin.

After the funeral ceremony was completed, Zhang Heng and Yu Wenshu invited Duan Da and He Zhu'er to Zhang Heng's mansion in Jiankang alone, and asked them why Yang Guang did not come to attend the funeral of the two masters.

"Oh, the prince was originally going to cross the river, but before leaving, he got a report that Li Jing caught a bandit leader who blocked the road and robbed in eastern Zhejiang, and he was about to be escorted back to Guangling in the near future. So he changed his mind and sent the last general to accompany He Lingjian across the river together. Duan Da replied first.