"Come with the mourning family, the mourning family has something to ask you." The main hall of the Qianqing Palace was full of civil and military officials of the imperial court, and the Empress Dowager Zhang groaned for a while and walked to the side hall on the side of the main hall.

King Yue immediately got up and followed Empress Dowager Zhang to the side hall, and Empress Sun whispered a few words in the prince's ear when she saw this, and the prince stepped forward and knelt on the futon in front of the coffin.

Empress Sun and the crown prince knelt side by side, clasped their hands, and secretly prayed that King Yue's return to Beijing was only for the funeral, and had nothing to do with the throne.

At the same time, inside the side nave.

"You didn't go to the domain, why are you here?" Empress Dowager Zhang sat on a soft chair and quietly asked King Yue who was standing in front of her.

"Queen Mother, after leaving the capital, Erchen fell seriously ill because of the wind and cold, and recuperated in a small town two or three hundred miles away from the capital."

King Yue was prepared, bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and replied in an orderly manner, "In order not to delay the trip, Erchen has asked the princess to leave with her family first, I thought that I would set off after the year, but I wanted to hear that the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was on fire and was buried in the prison Zhenguo Gong was buried in the fire, Erchen felt that something was wrong, and he was worried that someone would be unfavorable to the emperor, so he rushed back to the capital. ”

"The queen mother, the son-in-law returned to Beijing without authorization, violated the emperor's edict, and asked the queen mother to punish her." As he spoke, King Yue knelt down with his legs bent and solemnly pleaded guilty to Empress Dowager Zhang.

"Get up, the mourning family knows that you miss the emperor, and this matter is not an example." Empress Dowager Zhang frowned and stared at King Yue for a while, then sighed and raised her hand to King Yue's void.

"Thank you, Mother." King Yue knew that Empress Dowager Zhang was not a person who was easy to fool, and he was worried there, and suddenly heard Empress Dowager Zhang's words, a hanging heart finally let go, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

"You have violated the emperor's decree when you come back this time, and the mourning family will say that they used the edict to recall you, but you must be loyal to the prince in front of the Manchu civil and military forces." Empress Dowager Zhang stared at King Yue and said word by word.

In fact, how could Empress Dowager Zhang not know King Yue's thoughts, there is no doubt that King Yue must have come to the throne to come back so quickly this time.

As soon as Emperor Xuande died, Empress Dowager Zhang only had two sons, King Yue and King Xiang, King Xiang was in Changsha as early as the fourth year of Xuande, and Emperor Xuande was busy with government affairs, so all these years King Yue was filial piety in front of her, and she was naturally reluctant to take King Yue to punish him.

What is particularly important is that this will be a scandal for the Ming royal family, and Empress Dowager Zhang does not want the royal prestige to be damaged.

"Erchen obeys Yi's order!" King Yue agreed when he heard this, and in his opinion, the top priority was to have a reasonable reason to return to Beijing, and it was unknown whether he was really loyal to the prince.

"The queen mother, the sons suspect that the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was not set by the spies of the Northern Yuan, but by the people of the imperial court." Subsequently, Yue Wang Yufeng turned around and looked at Empress Dowager Zhang worriedly.

"What?" Empress Dowager Zhang was taken aback when she heard this, Emperor Xuande had already ordered the closure of the case of the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and also caught the spies of the Northern Yuan, how could it involve the officials in the court.

"Queen Mother, think about it carefully, Beiyuan has been in a slump since it was defeated by my Daming two years ago, and now it is busy fighting for power internally, where does it have the energy to plan so many things?" Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang looked a little unbelievable, King Yue immediately lowered his voice and said.

Empress Dowager Zhang's brows couldn't help frowning, she also heard about the Northern Yuan in Mobei, the Northern Yuan Dynasty's Adai Khan and Taishi Tuhuan fought for the leadership of the Northern Yuan, which made them have no time to go south, so that the Mongol tribes in the Southern Yuan were able to recuperate with the assistance of the imperial court.

Therefore, in Empress Dowager Zhang's opinion, what King Yue said was right, Beiyuan should not have the energy to plan some recent things in the capital, which made her heart can't help but be alert.

"Queen Mother, Zhenguo Gong encountered two cases one after another a few years ago, one is related to Jiaozhi, and the other is related to the inner court, which can be described as carefully planned, requiring a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and Beiyuan does not have the ability to complete these things in a corner of the country now."

King Yue realized from the change in Empress Dowager Zhang's expression that she had been moved by herself, so he struck while the iron was hot and continued, "Besides, these two things involve many yamen in the capital and the local government, and Beiyuan can't do it quietly. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but bow her head slightly when she heard this, and she realized this serious problem after King Yue said this, the Northern Yuan is now difficult to protect itself, and the civil and military officials in the court have always been disgusted with the Northern Yuan, so even if the Northern Yuan uses interests to tempt, then only a few people will be bought, and other people will definitely not be in the same league with it, which means that there are many hidden secrets behind the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

"Queen Mother, based on Erchen's understanding of the current situation in the imperial court, Erchen suspects that the two cases a year ago were ordered by the emperor!"

Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang had been moved by herself, King Yue's eyes suddenly showed a hint of excitement, and then he groaned for a while, and looked at Empress Dowager Zhang solemnly, "Erchen is very strange, why does the emperor want to deal with Zhenguo Gong for no reason, there must be an ulterior motive in this!" ”

"What's the secret?" At this moment, Empress Dowager Zhang's brows furrowed even deeper, and her expression gradually became stern.

Many people in the court saw that Emperor Xuande wanted to kill Li Yuntian a few years ago, so it was not surprising that King Yue knew about it, but King Yue threw an interesting question to Empress Dowager Zhang this time, that is, why Emperor Xuande suddenly had murderous intentions towards Li Yuntian, and the cause and effect of this matter was not clear even to Empress Dowager Zhang.

"The queen mother, the son-in-law is unknown." King Yue shook his head a little helplessly, he was just an idle prince in the capital, how would he know what happened to Emperor Xuande, if he knew, it would be abnormal.

"But Erchen knows that there is one person who must know what is going on." Subsequently, King Yue looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang seriously, "As long as this person is transmitted, the queen mother will definitely know the inside story." ”

"You mean Kim Young!" Empress Dowager Zhang's brows suddenly relaxed, Jin Ying is Emperor Xuande's personal attendant, and everything Emperor Xuande wants to do is done through Jin Ying, so if someone knows the reason why Emperor Xuande wants to kill Li Yuntian, Jin Ying is the best choice.

"Erchen thinks Jin Ying knows what happened." King Yue nodded affirmatively.

"Someone is coming, pass on Jin Ying, the head of the inner court." Empress Dowager Zhang groaned for a while, and shouted to the door expressionlessly, in fact, she was also very curious why Emperor Xuande wanted to kill Li Yuntian, but it was not easy to intervene, now that Emperor Xuande is dead, she must find out the inside story for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

"Slave Jin Ying knocks on the Queen Mother, Lord Wang." Jin Ying was directing the palace maids and attendants outside the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and when he heard that the Empress Dowager Zhang had summoned him, he hurried over and knelt on the ground to salute the Empress Dowager Zhang and King Yue.

"Chief Manager Jin, the mourning family asks you, are the two cases that Zhen Guogong encountered a few years ago related to the emperor?" Empress Dowager Zhang retreated, leaving only Jin Ying and King Yue in the room, looking at Jin Ying with a cold expression and asking.

"This ......" Jin Ying never imagined that Empress Dowager Zhang would suddenly ask such a tricky question, and she was a little helpless for a while, and she didn't know what to do.

"This matter is related to the Daming Jiangshan Society, you are honest, the mourning family will forgive you without guilt." From Jin Ying's panicked reaction, Empress Dowager Zhang had already guessed that the matter was really related to Emperor Xuande, and her heart couldn't help but sink, and she said quietly.

Empress Dowager Zhang knew Emperor Xuande's personality very well, and knew that Emperor Xuande would not attack Li Yuntian for no reason, and it seemed that things were just as King Yue guessed, with unknown secrets.

Since Emperor Xuande must have told Jin Ying not to tell others about the matter, Jin Ying would not tell the truth lightly, otherwise he would be guilty of defrauding the king, so Empress Dowager Zhang pardoned Jin Ying's guilt.

"Empress Dowager, these two things were instructed by the emperor and carried out by Shu Ji Shi Fang Liang." From the words and deeds of Empress Dowager Zhang, Jin Ying was keenly aware that if she didn't tell the truth, she might be in big trouble, so she had to tell the truth and tell her head to the ground.

"The fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was also ordered by the emperor?" Empress Dowager Zhang had already guessed that those two things were related to Emperor Xuande, and asked with a stern expression, which was the question she was most concerned about.

"Empress Dowager, the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion has nothing to do with the emperor, and the emperor didn't want to kill Zhenguo Gong later, I don't know who poisoned Zhenguo Gong." Jin Ying raised her head when she heard this, and replied solemnly.

"Why, the emperor doesn't know who set the fire?" Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly felt a little relieved, to be honest, she didn't want to see Li Yuntian die at the hands of Emperor Xuande, and then asked with a frown.

"The emperor wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly, but the dragon was sick and didn't have the energy and time to wait for the result, so he put the blame on Beiyuan's head." Jin Ying's eyes showed a gloomy look, if Emperor Xuande was in good health, he would definitely find out, and he would definitely use Li Yuntian, who had escaped by luck, to investigate the case, and finally find out the main messenger behind the scenes, because Li Yuntian had never disappointed Emperor Xuande.

"The relationship between the emperor and the prince of Zhenguo has always been very harmonious, why do you suddenly want to get rid of the prince of Zhenguo?" At this time, Empress Dowager Zhang had already realized that the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was not simple, and it involved complex interests if it was not guaranteed, but compared with the identity of the main messenger behind the scenes, she was now more concerned about why Emperor Xuande wanted to attack Li Yuntian.

"A few months ago, the emperor wanted to reuse the Duke of Zhenguo to assist the crown prince, but Fang Liang, a scholar of Shuji, advised that the Duke of Zhenguo was a figure like Zhuge Liang of Houshu, and he could not be of great use, so as not to disturb the court."

At this point, Jin Ying had nothing to hide, and told the ins and outs of the matter one by one, and told the Empress Dowager Zhang everything.

"Fang Liang?" Knowing the cause and effect of the incident, Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes showed a look of shock, and she never imagined that an inconspicuous Shu Jishi would make Emperor Xuande kill the dignified Zhenguo Gong of Daming with a single guess, which seemed to her to be incredible.