Chapter 18: The Heart Knot

Qian Hongzuo said: "Have you found out the mastermind who assassinated me that day?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "There is no ...... yet"

Qian Hongzuo didn't wait for the Empress Dowager Xu to finish speaking, and said first: "I once swore a blood oath with all the lords of the court to kill this thief. This person not only has a strong martial arts soldier to assassinate him, but also can arrange the palace attendants to do internal response, but he is afraid that he is quite powerful. The more important the courtiers, the greater the suspicion, if I can't find out who the mastermind behind the scenes is, I don't want to choose all the daughters of the courtiers. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "On that day, the court swore a blood oath, and Marshal Dai also stabbed blood for the alliance. Like you, he swore to kill the thief. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "If you don't stab the blood oath in the court that day, it is equivalent to admitting that you are a thief on the judgment of killing the master." He swore an oath with blood, and it was possible that he was forced by the situation to do it as a last resort. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Saint, this is just your suspicion, being a monarch, it is not good to be credulous, and being suspicious is also harmful, you don't want to wronged Marshal Dai." ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "I don't want to wronged anyone, but it is a matter of the national system in the future, wouldn't it be more prudent to investigate this matter clearly and then make plans?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu looked at her son, who had always been obedient, and was so stubborn about this matter that she fell silent.

Qian Hongzuo also stopped talking, his eyes were lowered, his waist was straight, and his whole body became stiff and hard.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Xu asked in a low voice: "Holy Lord, if Marshal Dai is really the mastermind behind the scenes, how are you going to deal with it?" ”

Qian Hongzuo was taken aback and asked, "Queen Mother, have you already investigated it, is it really Dai Yun?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu asked rhetorically: "So what?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said awe-inspiringly: "If it is really him, I will kill him." The forbidden army is full of masters, although he Dai Yun has the tiger talisman seal, but the troops he is in charge of are stationed in other states. Even if his men are loyal to him, if I summon him into the palace and then suddenly ambush him in the palace, his sworn friends will only be able to mourn for his master. ”

Empress Dowager Xu shook her head and said, "Holy Lord, you have forgotten your brother Hongyu. He is nominally your royal brother, but in fact he is the own son of Marshal Dai, who served as the commander of the defense, leading a large army to defend the border between our country and the Tang State. If Marshal Dai is killed by you, he will immediately take refuge in the Tang State, lead the Tang army into the country, and take his own men and horses to Hangzhou, and then Wu Yue Kingdom will be in danger! ”

Qian Hongzuo frowned and was silent, but he understood in his heart that Empress Dowager Xu's worries were almost certain to happen.

Mrs. Xu continued: "The reason why Dai Yun was able to firmly control the military power in his own hands was not all because of the tiger talisman seal given to him by the previous king. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "Since this is the case, then slowly cut off his military power first, and then deal with him." ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Slowly cut off the military power, how can it be slow?" Marshal Dai has been in officialdom for a long time, and he is scheming, how can he sit still and wait to be killed? Maybe before the military power is cut off, there is already a rebellion. ”

Qian Hongzuo said angrily: "If the Dai family dares to rebel, I will lead troops to fight them to the death." ”

Empress Dowager Xu sighed: "In the end, it is young and vigorous, when your father lost his beloved son, he didn't want to fight to the death with anyone." I, Wu Yueguo, want the lord of the Taiping Kingdom, not a reckless horseman. ”

Empress Dowager Xu used to praise Qian Hongzuo a lot, and rarely reprimanded, but when it came to this, Qian Hongzuo's face had already burned.

Qian Hongzuo understood his mother's distress of setting up a hoopoe man as the queen, but he was still unwilling and said: "Is there only one way to establish a queen?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "The queen can be established or abolished, and it is all up to the saint to judge the situation, but when the country dies, there is only one dead end left." ”

Qian Hongzuo's face turned pale, and he fell silent again.

Empress Dowager Xu walked up to Qian Hongzuo, took a bite of food for him, and said, "Although these dishes are plain, they are beneficial to the body. ”

Qian Hongzuo got up and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xu held Qian Hongzuo's shoulder, stared at him and said: "The queen mother is just a difficult problem to test you, Marshal Dai is a close confidant of your father, and I hope the saint will not be suspicious of him." ”

Qian Hongzuo's eyes were gloomy and his expression was depressed.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "It's also strange that the mourning family is not thoughtful, you don't know Miss Dai, and it is inevitable to hesitate to let you make her queen for a while." What's more, you still have filial piety in your body, and three years of filial piety will let you get married in less than two years, and it is understandable that you are unwilling. ”

Qian Hongzuo bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "It's better to be like this, three months later is the birthday of the mother, last year the saint took the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to hold a birthday banquet for the mourning family." But the mourning family is a female streamer after all, so it's easier to be with the female dependents. The mourning family planned to summon the wives of the major families of Wu Yue Kingdom and their daughters who had not left the cabinet to the palace for a banquet. Among them will be Miss Shengnan of the Dai family, you can attend the birthday banquet of the mourning family. In this way, you know more naturally, see if you are in love, if there is nothing wrong, the mourning family wants to let the hoopoe man enter the palace to live in the queen/palace, give the second grade female official, help Concubine Tian to assist in the affairs of the inner court, you also have a lot of contacts, and when your filial piety expires, if you want to make her the queen, it is naturally the best, and the mourning family will organize a big wedding for you in a beautiful manner; If you are still unwilling to make her the queen, the mourning family canonizes her as a princess with a different surname, and see if she is interested in your other royal brothers and royal brothers. ”

When Qian Hongzuo heard his mother's words, he was like a criminal who was about to be beheaded, and suddenly heard the amnesty decree, he lost a breath in his heart, and said incoherently: "Thank you to the queen mother, thank you to the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "You have to promise to mourn the family, after Miss Dai lives in the palace, you have to be closer to her and move around more." As long as you have a heart, you will have a good feeling for each other. Marshal Dai is the pillar of Wu Yueguo, this family affair is very important to you and Wu Yueguo, and you must put state affairs first. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "The child understands. ”

Empress Dowager Xu sighed: "This queen / palace has never even lived in the mourning family, do you know the origin of this palace?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "I heard that it was the palace where the abolished Ma family lived before becoming the queen. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "The original wife of the first king, Tian, that is, the current Concubine Tian, is the county lord of the enemy country, and it is your father who loves each other as a prince and is a hostage in the enemy country. Your father was able to retreat from the enemy country and return to Wuyue safely unscathed, thanks to the rescue of Concubine Tian and her mother. She was the original wife, so she should have made her queen, but your father later married the daughter of General Ma, and fell in love with her, and after ascending the throne, he hesitated about who to make queen. He himself wanted to be the queen of the Ma clan, but he was afraid that the courtiers would talk about his ingratitude. Therefore, after ascending the throne, he hung the throne for a long time, and named the palace of the Ma family as the queen / palace, and waited until the Ma family was full of power and no one dared to disagree, and then officially became the queen of the Ma family. After Queen Ma moved into the East Palace, due to the special meaning of the queen/palace, no concubines were arranged to move in. When the mourning family married to Wu Yueguo, your father specially built the Min Concubine Palace for me, I have never been a queen, and I became the queen mother directly, because I have been used to living in the Min Concubine Palace, and I have lived until now. ”

Qian Hongzuo promised: "When the national strength is enriched in the future, the child will help the mother to build a palace that matches the identity of the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Three years ago, there was a fire, and there were still many military camps in the Luocheng Forbidden Army, but they were not repaired after they were damaged. The palace of Concubine Min is still solid, and there is no need to spend more silver to repair the palace. In the past few days, because of the things after the establishment, you don't want to talk to your mother, you have a bitter gourd face all day long, your appearance, where you live for your mother, it is like living in a cold kiln ice cellar. ”

Seeing that there was no one around, Qian Hongzuo held Empress Dowager Xu's hand and put it on his face, and said, "I didn't mean it, don't be surprised." ”

More than ten days later, when Wen Minghui, the commander of the forbidden army, caught up with Qian Hongzuo from behind on the way to the court, Qian Hongzuo immediately stopped the sedan chair and asked Wen Minghui: "Does General Wen have something to tell?" Can it be about Xie Xiangcun? ”

Wen Minghui said: "Exactly, Deputy Commander Ran Qiang was afraid that you would be anxiously waiting, so he sent his subordinates to return to Hangzhou on a fast horse, and let the last general tell him on his behalf, he has found Xie Xiangcun, but the time to return may be later than expected." ”

Qian Hongzuo said with concern: "Xiao Xie is okay?" Has he promised to come back? ”

Wen Minghui apologized: "He fell ill in Taizhou, but fortunately, the Holy Lord sent someone back to look for him, otherwise his life would be in danger." ”

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