Chapter 094: Turmoil after the abolition
Empress Meng is from a small family, even if she has been the queen of the Great Song Dynasty for two or three years, she still can't adapt to this change of identity, in the entire palace, although she is the queen, she can't talk about any influence, plus Zhao Xu's slow snub, which makes her seem a little redundant.
Her marriage to Zhao Xu may be a mistake in itself.
The reason why she was able to enter the palace was just a result that Gao Taotao imposed on Zhao Xu according to her own needs, and the wedding date that Gao Taotao chose for them was May 16.
According to Taoism, May 16 is the day of the conjunction of heaven and earth every year, and couples in the world should sleep in separate rooms, otherwise they will lose their longevity.
Even ordinary people would never choose this day to get married.
No one knew what Gao Tao meant, she ignored Concubine Zhu's crying and pleading, and resolutely chose this day as the wedding date for Zhao Xu and Meng.
If Gao Tao doesn't believe in the Mandate of Heaven, why did he encounter any droughts, floods, earthquakes, tengu eating the moon, and too daylight, so that Zhao Xu avoided the palace and reduced his food?
Queen Meng doesn't have too many demands, even if she is a queen, she is bent on her husband and children, even if Zhao Xu snubs her, when Zhao Xu is critically ill, she is also bent on praying for Zhao Xu's longevity.
But in the eyes as if everything was fixed, when the prayer shrine of the Funing Hall was coming to an end, the inner guard Ban Liang Congzheng and the Imperial City Si Su Qi rushed in with a large group of people, except for Empress Meng, and immediately controlled everyone present.
Empress Meng was at a loss, but her personal maid Chen Ying'er reprimanded: "Liang is in politics!" Su Jue! What are you going to do? This is the queen's bedroom, how can you be allowed to come here! Don't stop yet! ”
Su Jue gave a slight salute to Queen Meng and said: "The queen forgives her sins, the official family heard that someone in the palace used a spell to harm people, and the special slave brought someone to investigate thoroughly, and asked the queen to be more considerate of the offended!" ”
After Su Jue finished speaking, he ignored Queen Meng, turned his head and shouted to a group of subordinates: "Come on!" Give me a closer look! But if there is something suspicious, don't let it go! ”
Empress Meng finally came to her senses and said in horror: "You can't do this, I invited the female crown of Faduan to come here to pray for the blessing of the official family, this matter has been consulted by the official family, you can't do this......"
Chen Ying'er also shouted: "Su Jue, you are so bold, you dare to slander the queen's mother, I think you are impatient......
Su Jue turned a deaf ear and forced his subordinates to start searching the Funing Palace, the Imperial City Division was not only responsible for the security of the palace, but also responsible for spying on the news in Beijing, this department was like a secret agency of the emperor, although it was not the same as the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty, but at least a search of the Funing Palace was not difficult for them.
Soon, the personnel of the Imperial City Division searched out some charms and puppets with needles, and finally the cup of talisman prepared for Zhao Xu found out the ingredients of the fairy grass, which is a kind of poison that cannot be detected by silver needles, and people will lose their minds and become crazy after taking it.
"Impossible, impossible...... How can there be these ......?"
Empress Meng trembled, there was no trace of blood on her face, she only wanted to pray for Zhao Xu, she really didn't have the intention of murdering Zhao Xu, but these things were searched on the spot, and she couldn't tell even if she had a thousand mouths.
As soon as Fa Duan saw that the matter was revealed, he knew that there would be no good end, so he immediately bit the poison sac between her teeth and committed suicide, and when Su Jue and the others found out, she had already vomited black blood and fell to the ground in a languid.
Let people die so easily in front of him, Su Qi was very angry, and shouted angrily: "Take everyone away!" ”
Zhao Xu didn't believe that Empress Meng would use witchcraft to harm him at first, but because of Concubine Liu's affection and Hao Suiyan's chiseling, he asked Su Jue and others to search.
But when Su Qi reported the collected puppet rune water and the fact that the female crown of the law duan committed suicide by taking poison in fear of crime, Zhao Xu was furious, and the feeling of being deceived by the people he believed in made him almost lose his mind, and almost ordered Queen Meng to die on the spot. …,
"Check! Find out for me! Zhao Xu roared, although his body was weak, the emperor's heavenly power was still extremely terrifying when he was angry, and even Liu Guifei didn't dare to say a word at this time.
"Wait."
Su Qi was just about to be ordered to retreat, and the Empress Dowager Xiang, who rushed to Baowen Pavilion when she heard the news, immediately stopped her, she hurriedly entered the hall and said to Zhao Xu: "Official, the queen has always been virtuous and virtuous, I am afraid that there is another hidden story in this matter, from the perspective of the old body, the queen is likely to be framed!" ”
When the Queen Mother said this, her eyes swept Liu Guifei sharply, and a heavy cold snort came out of her nose, and Liu Guifei was so frightened that her legs weakened and she fell to her knees.
Zhao Xu was even more disgusted with the Empress Dowager Xiang in his heart, and said to Liu Guifei in a harmonious voice: "Concubine Ai is pregnant, get up quickly, don't move the fetus!" ”
"Official, the queen is the mother of a country, how can she be so hasty, even if you want to investigate, you must have an envoy present, so that you can give an explanation to the government and the opposition."
Zhao Xu was lying on the soft couch, looking extremely irritable, this matter was a palace scandal, he didn't want to make it known to the world, but it was not unreasonable to say to the Queen Mother, the abolition of the queen is very important, and he really needs to give the world an explanation.
In this way, Dong Dunyi, the palace attendant, participated in the review of the witch case.
In all dynasties, witch talismans are a taboo in the palace, and those who are found out, the parties are either given death or abolished, and they are never lucky!
In fact, there is nothing to investigate in the case of Empress Meng, although Mrs. Xuan's Yan, Chen Ying'er, Wang Jian and others did not admit that Empress Meng harmed people with witches, but the puppet Fu Shui found out from Funing Palace on the spot, and Fa Duan committed suicide on the spot, this is already the most powerful human and material evidence.
After getting the final investigation report, Zhezong issued an edict to abolish the Yaohua Palace, and called the Huayang Sect Master Yuqing Jing Miao Immortal, and his legal name was Chongzhen.
Yan's, Wang Jian, Chen Ying'er and other thirty people were all killed.
The Shangqing Palace, where the Faduan is located, was sealed.
As soon as this edict came out, a very strange scene appeared.
I thought that I would try my best to stop the Queen Mother from disappearing, but like a spider, she retreated to the depths of the big web of the palace, without saying a word or moving.
This incident caused a strong shock in the court, and Li Qingchen, Xu Jiang, Zeng Bu, Huang Lu and others went to Baowen Pavilion to ask for a meeting.
Everyone bowed, and Li Qingchen immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, the queen mother has always been virtuous, and the government and the opposition know it, although the witch Gu has been found out, the queen mother is just deceived by others, and Your Majesty should not abolish the queen with this!" ”
Xu Jiang immediately continued: "Your Majesty, didn't you drink Fu Shui?" Isn't it true that no one suffers from the evil law that the law harms? Your Majesty is deeply blessed, how can the evil spell help Your Majesty? The queen was deceived for a while, but people are not sages, who can do no wrong, why doesn't Your Majesty forgive the queen for a while......"
What are these words? I really don't know if Xu will come to persuade Zhao Xu or to sip fire. Zeng Bu saw that Zhao Xu's face was getting darker and darker, and quietly pulled the back hem of Xu Jiang's clothes.
"Your Majesty, since the queen entered the palace, she has been careful to abide by her duties, and there has never been any immoral incident, and the government and the opposition have ......"
Zhao Xu suddenly interrupted Zeng and said: "I treat the queen politely, I don't want her to do so, the matter of witchcraft is a taboo for the government and the opposition, does she not know as a queen?" I am scared day and night, so I have to waste sleep and food, today's matter, it is a last resort, there is no need for the secretary to say more, retreat! ”
Li Qingchen and the others looked at each other, and had no choice but to retreat!
However, the snowflakes immediately spread all over Zhao Xu's desk, all of which dissuaded Zhao Xu from abolishing it;
Imperial envoy Chen Cisheng believes that it is very inappropriate for the queen to abolish the establishment and let the inner court lead the review and conclusion of the case, if there is a grievance in it, I am afraid that His Majesty will become a laughing stock for all generations, so the matter should be submitted to the external court for trial.
The imperial envoy Dong Dunyi said: On the day of the abolition, Tokyo was overcast and there was no sunshine all day long, which was the ......... that God did not want to abolish the queen.
Perhaps in the case of conclusive evidence, they can only persuade each other with this, but this angers Zhao Xu even more, Dong Dunyi, as the judge of the case, but came up with such a ridiculous reason to exonerate the person on trial, doesn't he regard the imperial decree as child's play?
Zhao Xu, who was furious, ordered Dong Dunyi to be demoted to Lingnan, and the court finally quieted down.
Zhang Dian rarely spoke on the post-abolition incident, and as a result, the old party directly attributed the abolition of the incident to Zhang Dian and Liu Guifei's internal and external collusion to frame Empress Meng.
Actually, where is this?
Although Empress Meng was imposed on Zhao Xu by Gao Taotao, she was introverted by nature, never interfered in political affairs, and did not have the ability to interfere, and the New Party never thought of dealing with her;
In other words, Empress Meng has never been looked at by Zhang Dian, let alone thinks that this cowardly woman can become her opponent.
Zhang Dian was laying out an overall situation, more and more important things were waiting for him to do, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to Empress Meng at all, that's all.
Mentally speaking, Yang Yi was reluctant to admit that he had set foot on the land of Liao, and the Yanyun region had belonged to the Zhongyuan Han people since ancient times, but now, it had indeed been occupied by the Liao State for a hundred years;
Yang Yi traveled all the way, and most of the people he saw were Han people, they were dressed no different from the Han people in the Central Plains, if it weren't for the Liao flag erected at the head of the city, you would even suspect that you hadn't left the Song Realm.
At dusk, the delegation arrived in Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou left behind Xiao Dexian personally greeted out of the south gate, this is a forty-year-old Liao nobleman, in addition to the difference in clothing, his polite and elegant posture, fully shows that he is deeply influenced by Han culture.
Yang Yi thought that Li Guangtong was in front of him, and he only needed to say a few words of greeting, and he didn't want Xiao Deguang to be very interested in him, and after greetings, he sighed sincerely: "Bachelor Yang is worthy of being a handsome man for a while, heroic, dignified, and won the first place in the palace examination when he was less than a weak crown. ”
"Lord Xiao laughed, he is young and shallow, and he has no fame!"
Yang Yi was modest in his mouth, but in his heart it was as if he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, and from Xiao Deguang's words, it could be known that he knew a lot about the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty;
Most of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty only care about themselves and infighting, and are indifferent to the changes in the outside world, and this contrast contains great danger!
Others are observing you, studying you, learning from you, and you don't know anything about others.
The reason for this form is related to the superiority of the Central Plains culture, but it is precisely because of this superiority that the Central Plains court habitually despises the surrounding neighbors, let alone imitate and learn;
For thousands of years, there is only one King Zhao Wuling!
Xiao Deguang was only polite and polite to Li Guangtong, but he showed great enthusiasm for Yang Yi, which happened to be a flip from the situation in Song Realm, and Yang Yi was secretly funny.
On the way back to the city, Xiao Deguang had been humbly asking Yang Yi about Shaosheng's new tax system, and Yang Yi could feel that Li Guangtong was a little displeased.
Yang Yi doesn't care, Shao Sheng's new tax system is not a secret, he doesn't mind chatting with Xiao Deguang.
Gu Sanshi, the commander who went out with Xiao Deguang, looked coldly at the two hundred guards behind Yang Yi, and then looked at Xiao and Yang who were talking amicably, and a mocking smile disappeared in a flash......
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