After adjusting the words of Empress Xia, Yang Chengzu strode out of the palace, and a low sobbing sound came from behind him. If his estimate was correct, if he was so frightened, Queen Xia would not want to sleep well in the future.

In fact, no matter how bold he was, or how powerful he was, he didn't dare to really taste this bottle of supreme daughter red. But as long as he put on this attitude and used words to threaten, it was enough to scare this queen with little social experience.

He hurt the face of the Xia family in the southeast, and more importantly, he ruined the marriage between the Xia family and the Xie family, if the son of the Xia family is affectionate enough, go to the teaching department to ask, it is not difficult to know what he has done to Miss Xie. The Xia family can't make a noise about this kind of thing, and there are not many ways to take revenge, but they will definitely feel ashamed. The hatred of killing his father and the hatred of taking his wife, the future relationship between the two sides should be incompatible. Coupled with the matter of Yongshou, the contradiction between Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Jiang, etc., Empress Xia and herself must be enemies.

She is not like Empress Dowager Zhang, who lacks reason and is easily impulsive, such people are easier to deal with than gloomy ones, but at some moments, their destructive power is greater. Smart people know the rules, know how to make trade-offs, and most of the time they get the handle to make transactions. However, people with a tendon often only want to be happy, and they will have a seizure all at once, but it is not easy to parry.

is like a matter of eternal life, Empress Dowager Zhang is used as a bargaining chip, and she will not throw it out easily, so this Queen Xia dares to announce it. If she knows anything in the future, she doesn't know what kind of turmoil she will make.

To deal with such a person, you can only scare her once, and it is better to scare her into a sanity and become a madman, or to convince everyone that she is a madman. Then no matter what she says in the future, no one will believe her, and there will be no harm. Outside the palace, there are no palace people on duty, it seems that his speculation is right, Jiajing has no good opinion of this imperial sister-in-law, plus today's fire, for the people of this department, it is about to start an official crackdown.

When the day was about to dawn, the cause of the fire had basically been investigated, and Qin Zongquan and He Zongli could basically conclude that the point of the fire was the Buddhist hall where the Empress Dowager Zhang worshiped the Buddha, where incense burners and candles had been placed for many years. It should have been the wind that knocked down the candlestick and ignited the curtain, and there may have been no one on duty there at that time, and no one found it when the fire first started, and when it was discovered, the people who counted on Zhang's side could not put it out.

The facts are similar to what Yang Chengzu thought, and the difference is how to solve it. Considering from one direction, that is, there are too few people around the Empress Dowager Zhang, and more manpower should be dispatched, but from the other direction, it can be interpreted that the people around the Empress Dowager Zhang are lazy and should be severely punished. Yang Chengzu nodded, went to Jiang's side again, and saw Yongchun standing at the door, his eyes were red and swollen, and he looked very haggard.

Seeing Yang Chengzu coming, Yongchun wanted to run over, but then he realized that he was in the palace, so he had to endure his excitement and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Metropolitan Governor, are you here?" The imperial doctor has just reported that the queen mother is out of danger and should be fine after a period of rest. The imperial sister is serving inside, and the palace will let people speak for you. ”

"Don't dare to bother the princess, the lower officials came, just to say hello, the queen mother is auspicious, and Weichen is relieved. The princess must not grieve excessively, she must preserve the jade body, and the minister will retire. ”

Since Jiang's life is not in danger, he is also relieved that Jiajing has been promoted to the court, and he asked Zhang Zuo to bring a message, Yang Chengzu just needs to deal with the affairs of Ciqing Palace, and there is no need to go to the court to reply. The fire in Ciqing Palace was handled by him with full authority and acted cheaply.

Zhang Zuo and Yang Chengzu are now considered an alliance of interests, although they are not close on the surface, they are actually each other and help each other. Zhang Zuo has a cadre in Yang Ji, and many of the children in the family rely on Yang Ji to take care of him, and in turn, the women sent to the palace by Yang Chengzu also rely on him to support them. The former Fang Meiren was almost killed by Empress Chen, but Zhang Zuo moved to Jiajing in time to save the lives of the beauties below, which also indirectly led to the death of Empress Chen.

He first passed on Jiajing's message, and then said: "Dadu Governor, the meaning of the heavenly family is that you let go and do nothing, don't care about anything, even if you make a big leak, long live can carry it for you." The slave has some manpower under him, and he is all at your disposal, so you say, what should we do? ”

"Father-in-law Zhang, I'm tired. I need hundreds of powerful palace people, and dozens of intimate palace people, just listen to my orders. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang has now moved to a side hall near Ciqing Palace, and most of the palace people around her have been taken away for questioning, and after leaving, she has never returned, leaving only Zhang Hua's cronies and more than a dozen slaves. These dozen or so people were all arranged by Jiajing in the past four years, some of them were killed by her, and the rest were arranged in the periphery and could not get in touch with any core news. But now in addition to these people, there is only one Zhang wife left.

Zhang Hua's heart was also quite anxious, this situation always made him feel that something was wrong. Those eunuchs used to have some face for his ancestor, but now, the eunuchs who stayed nearby were all fresh faces, and they had no friendship with him and did not give face. Most of them were armed with weapons, and they were the military supervisors in charge of guarding in the palace, and they wanted to go out, but they were blocked back, and they couldn't even find out the news from Queen Xia's side.

There is a fire in the palace, and strengthening vigilance is the proper meaning of the question, but looking at this arrangement, two words always appear repeatedly in Zhang Hua's heart: house arrest.

At present, the government is stable, and the legacy of Hongzhi is still there, Yang Tinghe and other civil officials of foreign dynasties may not look at Zhang's eyes, but thinking of the filial piety of the temple back then, no one will be allowed to hurt Empress Dowager Zhang, the only wife of filial piety. After a few years of getting along, Zhang Hua doesn't think that Jiajing Tianzi is a loyal king, but he is definitely a wise person and will not do extreme things. In this matter, there is nothing wrong with the Zhang family, no matter how Ouchi tosses, it is said that the Zhang family is also as stable as Mount Tai.

The only variable is in Jiang's body, once she really suffers misfortune, stimulated by the pain of losing her mother, it is difficult to say what the emperor will do. At that time, he didn't let people report the news, Zhang Hua also had his own plans and selfishness, at least in his opinion, Jiang died in the fire, his side was not responsible, no matter how angry Jiajing was, he couldn't frame the blame on the Empress Dowager Zhang.

The investigation of Yang Chengzu outside has not stopped, and with the help of heaven and man's induction, maybe he can get rid of him and give the Queen Mother anger. Now it seems that he thought about things badly, and the courage and determination of this new monarch are a little surprising, and he is going to be ruthless.

Empress Dowager Zhang turned the rosary in her hand and silently recited the Heart Sutra, Zhang Hua felt uneasy, and in front of her, she had to pretend to be confident. just muttered in a low voice, "These slaves and maids are becoming more and more unable to do things, what time is it, why don't they have breakfast?" The slave and maid went to urge it. ”

He just walked to the door of the palace, but he heard a burst of leather boots on the ground, hundreds of powerful eunuchs with weapons swarming in, in the middle of the one, but it was a young and handsome military attaché, holding a treasure knife and pointing at it from afar, "Come on, set fire to the palace, Zhang Hua, who intended to assassinate him, and took it down with this official!" ”