Chapter 72: Deliberation

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"Okay, you Su Jin, you have the courage of an ambitious leopard, and you dare to negotiate terms with the mourning family!" The Queen Mother Dong's face was full of anger, she smashed the tea bowl, still angry, and slapped one hand on the desk next to her.

The palace maids waiting in the Antai Hall all held their breath, for fear of annoying the Queen Mother at this time.

The Empress Dowager Dong, who is five years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, has long Danfeng eyes, thin lips slightly bent downward, and the whole person looks serious and a little mean.

She was born in the Dong family of Zhenning Marquis, but she was not the original queen of the first emperor, the original partner of the first emperor followed the emperor for many years of conquest, and was injured in many places and weak, and died before the first emperor won the world, and the child born to the original partner was also killed by the enemy in the melee.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, he was originally worthy of the queen of the Yuan, but ** could not be without an owner for a day, and the emperor could not have no heir, at the suggestion of the courtiers at that time, the emperor planned to reopen the draft.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, after the melee of the previous dynasty, there was no longer any noble family with a foundation, and the upstarts were all people who followed the emperor to fight the world.

After some selection, the young daughter of the Marquis of Zhenning, Dong, was crowned the queen, and at the same time, women from other families were also selected to be concubines.

It's a pity that after years of war, the former emperor has already been strong and strong, and Rao is a lot of concubines, but no one is pregnant.

It is said that the current emperor is also the head of the Tai Hospital who has been conditioning the emperor's body for a long time, and finally made the queen conceive and gave birth to the only prince in one fell swoop.

The chamberlain standing next to him was the one who went to the prison to ask Su Jin, he was Sun Zhong, the empress dowager's henchman, and he had been by her side when the empress dowager was the queen.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Sun Zhong waved his hand, and a palace maid cautiously stepped forward to re-serve tea and clean up the broken tea bowls on the ground.

"Niangniang is angry," Sun Zhong stepped forward to smooth the Queen Mother, "This Su Jin is a hard stubble, but is there still less hard stubble we encountered back then?" Such a difficult time has come, your old man is now the queen mother, think about it, those who are against you, now I am afraid that the grass on the grave is already so high, everything will be solved smoothly, what else do you have to be angry about? ”

The Queen Mother was stunned, and Sun Zhong mentioned that back then, it obviously touched her heart, "Yes, what's so angry about the mourning family?" ”

Sun Zhong's words make sense, she has come over such a difficult situation back then, what are you afraid of now?

Sun Zhong saw that the Queen Mother's expression eased, sent tea, and cautiously persuaded: "Actually, the slave said something unpleasant, this time, I think you are making a big fuss." ”

The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and looked at Sun Zhong, "Oh, what a fuss? Tell me about it. ”

"Niangniang, you think, even if you know that the child did not die after so many years of investigation, not to mention whether the news is true or not, even if it is true, it is just a child, and more than ten years have passed, and now it is not sure what it will look like, but our emperor has been on the throne for two years, and he has long been in that position, even if it is...... No one can shake the position of you and the emperor. ”

The Queen Mother slowly swallowed the tea in her mouth, "This news must be true, it can be inferred from Su Jin's current performance, and what you said also has a certain amount of truth, but if this matter is not completely resolved, if the grass is not eradicated, there will always be a thorn in the heart of the mourning family, and it is not even practical to sleep at night, and," the Queen Mother paused, her face became a little hideous, "The first emperor was scheming, and he protected that slut like that back then, who knows if he secretly left any retreat for that slut?" ”

"In short, if this matter is not completely resolved, the mourning family's heart will not be able to live in peace, anyway, it has come to this point, and they can only move forward."

"Yes, what the mother said makes sense." Sun Zhong understands the temper of the Queen Mother, and knows when to follow her and when to advise, "What are you going to do now?" Su Jin's mouth couldn't be pry open for a while. ”

Thinking of Su Jinti's conditions, the Queen Mother's face appeared with anger again, and she snorted heavily, "If you don't give in, you will give me a hateful beating, and his family, aren't you afraid of death?" Just kill me one a day, and he won't say anything, but he will continue to kill until he finishes killing. ”

Sun Zhong's face was a little embarrassed, thinking of Su Jin's expression in the prison, he felt that Su Jin could do what he said, and the queen mother's trick was afraid that it would not work, and, "What Niangniang said is not impossible, but just now the emperor sent someone to spread the word, saying that many courtiers in the court today defended the Su family, especially those imperial histories, and directly wrote to the emperor to ask the emperor to release the Su family, saying that the evidence of rebellion was insufficient." ”

No matter which dynasty or generation, the imperial history is a very headache official, they have the qualifications to speak out and advise, and they also have the qualifications to directly impeach officials, if the official is unlucky, let the imperial history target, then wait to be convicted and demoted to the official, but the emperor in order to prove that he is virtuous, can not remove the official position of the imperial history.

"These sour and rotten literati, what does it matter to them, the mourning family sees that they are too idle." The Queen Mother scolded hatefully, but she also knew that if the imperial historians were eyeing the Su family's case, she was only afraid that it would be difficult to do it for a while, after all, when she arrested the Su family, she was a little eager to do it, and she was directly arrested on the charge of rebellion.

At that time, he just wanted to arrest the entire Su family, threaten Su Jin, and wait for the news to be released, and then let the emperor make a gesture of mercy, and ordered that only Su Jin be killed, and his family was acquitted.

But he didn't expect Su Jin's mouth to be so strict, and the matter dragged on for more than half a month and there was still no progress.

"What do you think we are going to do now?" The Queen Mother asked Sun Zhong.

Sun Zhong thought about it carefully before he spoke: "Now that the matter is over, we can only cut through the mess quickly, and we can't delay it any longer." ”

"You mean to agree to Su Jin's request?" The Queen Mother frowned, and then lowered her face, "No, the Empress Dowager Liang, who is a dignified mourning family, how can she be threatened by him, and besides, it is too cheap to let the Su family go like this." ”

"Niangniang is angry, listen to the slave slowly say that someone broke into the prison last night."

The Queen Mother's eyes widened, "What? Someone broke into the prison, how could such a big thing be reported now? Who is so bold? Can you catch it? ”

Sun Zhong shook his head, "I didn't catch it, but I was shot with an arrow in the chest, and I definitely won't survive, don't worry." ”

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, "Who is it, have you found out?" ”

"Although I didn't see the real face, the slave guessed that most of them were Su Jin's only son, Su Chenjing, he was shot with an arrow, and there was no hope of survival, and the rest of the Su family were just some old and weak women and children, as for Su Jin's two younger brothers and their heirs, they were all born to the concubines of Mrs. Su, and they were not close to Mrs. Su and Su Jin, if the mother threatened Su Jin with them, I was afraid that she would not achieve her goal."

"It's better to let the emperor make a gesture of kindness, pardon everyone in the Su family, and leave only Su Jin in the prison, anyway, outsiders don't know that Su Chenjing was hit by an arrow, and his life is on the verge of death, which meets Su Jin's requirements, sets out the news that Niangniang wants, and lets the courtiers see the emperor's tolerance, so as to avoid the harassment of those imperial histories, and the Su family has no descendants, so don't worry about revenge or anything in the future, Niangniang, you say this is not a triple win?"

"Oh, there is another point, this matter must be fast, if Su Jin in prison knows that Su Chenjing was killed, I am afraid that he will want to die in anger and say nothing, then we will lose more than we gain."

The Queen Mother stroked the thumb-sized mutton fat jade wrench on her hand, looked thoughtful, and after a while, she instructed Sun Zhong: "You go and see what the emperor is doing?" If you have time, let him come to the mourning house. ”